Chapter 498: Hidden Crisis
After returning to Bijian Peak, Zhan Chen was finally able to devote himself to cultivation without distractions, this time he did not devote all his time to accumulating immortal yuan, but spent half of his time on comprehending the "Dragon Journey", including the sword technique, and steadily advanced. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Time flies, and nearly twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Zhan Chen's cultivation has also risen, and he is no longer far from the bottleneck of the high-level of Peeping Yuan. And the most advanced is the comprehension of "You Dragon Decision", he has a hunch that he is only one step away from the immortal yuan dragon described in the exercises.
It's a pity that he can't take this most critical step for a long time, Zhan Chen feels that he always stays on this Bijian Peak, no matter how much he cultivates, his progress is slow, he needs an opportunity to break through, and at this moment, another news also happened to interrupt his cultivation, that is, Zhuang Xiaodie is back!
On this day, he got Mei Qing's message, asking him to go to Ningcui Palace early the next morning to greet Zhuang Xiaodie, after reading the information, Zhan Chen was extremely happy, and thought: "Senior Sister Zhuang's punishment period has finally passed, this is really good, speaking of which, I haven't seen Senior Sister for nearly twenty years." Yes, since the last time she separated, she told me to break through the retreat, and since then I have never dared to go up the Hanging Sword Cliff again, and I don't know if she has succeeded, I really want to see her immediately!"
Zhan Chen couldn't wait, and the long-term separation deepened his miss for his senior sister.
On time the next day, he rushed to Ningcui Palace and found that not only Zhuang Xiaodie came, but also Li Junchen, Li Qiong and Chen Junlan, but Mei Qing had not arrived for a while.
As soon as he saw him, Li Junchen was surprised: "Good guy, Zhan Chen, you also broke through!"
Zhan Chen looked at him and said with a smile: "It's just a fluke, didn't you also break through the middle level of the peep yuan?"
Li Junchen also smiled: "Yes, it's just that Zhan Chen, you are a little monster, you have been in the beginners for less than a hundred years, and you have broken through two realms in a row, if you continue like this, won't you want to press on my head?"
Zhan Chen smiled and said, "How could it be." ”
"Zhan Chen!" At this time, Zhuang Xiaodie also walked over, with great joy in her eyes!
"Senior sister-" Zhan Chen also replied excitedly, staring at her speechless for a while.
Li Junchen looked at the two of them strangely and exclaimed, "No! Zhan Chen, there is definitely a story between you and Senior Sister Zhuang!"
"What's the story?, we're just normal senior sisters, junior brothers!" Zhuang Xiaodie hurriedly retorted.
"No, you don't look at each other right!" Li Junchen said with a smile.
Zhan Chen also smiled and said, "Junchen, you can eat this meal indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense!"
"Okay, okay, I won't talk about it!" Li Junchen glanced at the two of them meaningfully. Zhan Chen was fine, his expression was as usual, but Zhuang Xiaodie's face turned red all of a sudden.
In order to relieve her, Zhan Chen began to change the topic and asked, "By the way, senior sister, have you broken through?"
"Zhan Chen, Xiaodie has naturally broken through!" At this time, Chen Junlan also walked over with a smile, and then said, "My position as the second senior sister has to be given up now." ”
Zhuang Xiaodie hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Senior Sister Chen, how can this be done? You will always be our second senior sister!"
"Chen Junlan is right!" At this moment, a familiar voice came from outside the door, and everyone turned their heads to see their master, Mei Qing, appearing at the door.
Mei Qing walked towards them, and said: "Zhuang Xiaodie, Chen Junlan is right, this second senior sister will be you in the future, and when you go out in the future, except for Li Qiong, you have to be responsible for taking the junior sisters and brothers well, you know?"
"But—" Zhuang Xiaodie had to defend again.
"Okay, Zhuang Xiaodie, don't say anything more, you must know that there are rules in the sect, and people with high cultivation have high status, this is an eternal truth, if they all follow you like this, then won't everything in the sect be messed up?"
"Senior Sister Zhuang, please take care of me in the future!" Chen Junlan smiled indifferently at Zhuang Xiaodie.
"Yes, Senior Sister Zhuang, listen to the master!" Li Qiong also walked up and said.
Zhuang Xiaodie silently lowered her head.
Mei Qing continued to walk to the front, sat on the bench in the middle, condescendingly, and said to everyone: "I called everyone here today, first, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I want to let the big guys get together to understand each other's current situation; ”
Speaking of this, she looked at Zhan Chen and Li Junchen again, nodded and said, "Very good, Zhan Chen and Li Junchen, both of you have lived up to expectations and successfully broken through the middle level of Peep Yuan, but you can't slack off yet, you must learn from your senior sister and improve your cultivation as soon as possible, because the test for you may come soon." ”
"Yes, master!" Zhan Chen and Li Junchen replied in unison.
Zhan Chen was quite concerned about the word "test" that Mei Qing said, and secretly thought: "Could it be that something is going to happen again?"
Then I heard it, Mei Qing said: "Okay, today is just a meeting, in the coming days, I hope everyone can stay in Bijian Peak as much as possible, because a new round of sect tasks will be issued soon." So let's disband it now. ”
"Yes!"
After Zhan Chen and the other five left Ningcui Palace, they went out for dinner to celebrate Zhuang Xiaodie's return and the reunion of the same family.
At the same time, Zhuang Weiye was playing a game of Go with Yan Yan in the Tianjian Mountain Sect Lord's Mansion, and the direction of the chess game was one-sided, and Yan Yan had the advantage.
Zhuang Weiye picked up a chess piece and wanted to fall, but his brows suddenly wrinkled, and his fingers hung in the air, and he didn't make a decision for a long time.
Seeing this, Yan Yan suddenly smiled and said, "Zhuang Weiye, why are you indecided? I didn't expect that a person like you, who is so proficient in chess, would lose three games in a row to the old man, a rough man, today!"
Zhuang Weiye also sighed faintly when he heard him say this.
Yan Yan continued to probe tentatively: "Wei Ye, what's wrong, did you encounter something troublesome?"
Zhuang Weiye glanced at his old friend, and he didn't intend to hide it, and said, "Yes!"
"What can make you, the sect master, feel confused?"
Zhuang Weiye didn't answer his question immediately, but paused before saying, "I'm worried, I always feel like something is going to happen." ”
"Worried about what?"
"Recently, in the area of the Western Domain, the foreign disciples of our Spirit Crane Sect have often disappeared mysteriously, and just last week, three missing disciples were found in a forest, and their whole body essence and blood have been drained, and this is obviously a demonic cultivator. ”
"Demon cultivators, isn't that normal? In this vast mountain range, the righteous and the demons are entangled with each other, and dead people are a common occurrence. Yan Yan said disdainfully.
Zhuang Weiye's expression became serious, and he said: "However, it is also too frequent, and it is concentrated in the Western Domain, there have been eleven incidents in the last month alone, and nearly twenty disciples have disappeared mysteriously, and not only our sect, but even people from many other sects have also been attacked. If it is a Demon Sect, it must not be able to do this, in my opinion, this seems to be an organized and premeditated operation!"
"Western Domain!" Yan Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said: "The Western Domain Region is a rich plain close to the Cangheng Mountain Range, with a population of hundreds of millions, and it has always been a battleground for the major sects.
"Yes! The last battle between the righteous and the demons took place a thousand years ago, and the righteous sects of our Cangheng Mountain Range united and launched a purge against the Demon Sect, and the vitality of those demon cubs should not have recovered yet, but why are they so arrogant recently, it is intriguing!"
"Could it be that they have something to rely on?"
Zhuang Weiye shook his head and said, "It's hard to say, now we have too little information, the only thing we can do is to strengthen the defense of our territory, there are many industries of our sect in the land of the Western Domain, and there is no room for failure!
"And who do you want to send there lately?"
Zhuang Weiye said: "Naturally, we are the most elite inner disciple of our sect, I have already drawn up a list, and it just so happens that Xiaodie has already been released, and I am also going to send her to experience the experience." ”
"Oh, your father is really strict enough, your daughter has just broken through the realm of the Great Perfection of the Yuan, is she going to send her to a dangerous place?"
"Yan Yan, you are wrong, jade is not cut, I am doing this for Xiaodie's good, I doted on her too much in the past, and she is like a delicate flower, unable to withstand any wind and rain. She is my daughter, but she is also a disciple of our sect, and it is only natural for her to contribute to the sect. I'm going to send her to the most dangerous places to train, only then can she grow up quickly!"
Yan Yan nodded and said, "Wei Ye, what you said also makes sense, speaking of your daughter, it seems that my apprentice is still in the same door as her." ”
"Apprentice?" Zhuang Weiye's eyes flashed with curiosity, and he asked, "Old Yan, don't you never accept apprentices?" I once sent many young talents in the sect to you, wanting to learn your alchemy technique, but you drove them back, when did you accept an extra apprentice, and who is he?"
"Hehe, it's Zhan Chen! He's the most talented alchemy wizard I've ever met, and I've already entrusted him with all my alchemy!" Yan Yan said happily, as if Zhan Chen was his pride.
"Zhan Chen!" Zhuang Weiye suddenly remembered the genius who had a top-grade spiritual root and could comprehend the sword intent of the Great Perfection, and now he was praised by Yan Yan as an alchemy wizard, such a character might be able to change the future fate of the Spirit Crane Sect!
So he asked Yan Yan again: "I remember that Zhan Chen should also be Mei Qing's disciple, right?"
"Not bad. ”
"So he's cultivating geometry now?"
"Let's take a look at the intermediate level. ”
"Peep Yuan Intermediate Rank! He has not been in the sect for less than a hundred years, and he has broken through the two realms in a row!" Zhuang Weiye looked even more shocked!
"Hehe, it's more than sixty years!" Yan Yan helped him clarify again.
"Yes, it's really a genius! It's just that the realm is still too low. Zhuang Weiye sighed, thought for a while, and muttered: "Then I'll just add him to this operation." No, it should be to add Mei Qing's apprentices, so that talented people can have a good experience and grow up quickly, maybe there is not much time left for our Spirit Crane Sect!"