"Maybe that's the case. The white-haired old man sighed, apparently not wanting to discuss the topic any more.

At this time, the group had already entered the stone house, and walked straight down a stone staircase that led diagonally to the ground.

Liu Ming followed Zhu Chi all the way, and kept looking at everything around him.

The entire stone staircase is made of bluestone, and at intervals, there is a stone lampstand on one side of the stone wall to illuminate the surrounding area

When they reached a depth of more than thirty zhang underground, the front suddenly opened up and walked into a hall that extended in all directions.

There is an open and broken stone door on each side of the hall, and it is unknown where it leads.

The young man leading the way in front of him turned left without hesitation and entered a passage.

But the group had not gone far, and there was another hall in front of them, each with several passages connected together.

This place is a small man-made underground labyrinth.

However, the disciples of Jiuqiao Mountain had obviously already explored this place clearly, and the disciples who led the way only took Liu Ming and the others to turn left and right, and appeared in front of a purple-red bronze door not long after.

When Zhu Chi and Aunt Zhong saw this bronze door, their expressions moved slightly.

"Rattle".

The bronze door, which was originally closed, slowly opened after the two Nine Trick Mountain disciples grabbed it and pushed it hard.

Looking at their hard work, they seem to weigh more than 10,000 catties.

As soon as the bronze door opened, a scorching aura rolled out, making Liu Ming and other disciples of the Barbarian Ghost Sect who were following closely behind startled.

And Zhu Chiyi also frowned when he sensed the scorching breath behind the door, but the next moment he and Dao Gu walked in without hesitation.

Liu Ming followed closely into the back of the bronze door, and after looking around, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

This is an underground cave of several acres in size, the ground is full of cyan stone slabs, some light red spars can be faintly seen around, and there is a crimson fruit tree in the center, which is full of emerald green round fruits the size of a fist, and there are more than 30 pieces.

The entire fruit tree was covered in a pale blue curtain of light, but in the dark red soil within a few feet below the roots, a cloud of scorching heat kept pouring out, making the people in the cave feel as if they were beside a large furnace.

But whether it was Zhu Chi or Daogu surnamed Zhong, seeing this scene, they didn't show too surprised looks.

And Zhu Chi stared at the fruit tree for a while, and then said slowly:

"It seems that what I expected at the beginning was correct, not long after the spirit fruit rived, it was the day of the eruption of the earth fire below. It's really a pity for this spirit tree, otherwise as long as you wait a few more years, you can get some more Tianqiong fruits.

"If we hadn't all seen this, you and I wouldn't have let go of this spirit tree so easily. How can there be a time to distribute the spirit fruit politely today. Dazhi said with a smile.

"As soon as the fire erupts, the island of Fujiao no longer exists, and the spirit tree has been under this kind of ground for many years, once there is no earth fire to nourish the spiritual root, J will wither into ashes in an instant. Well, I've already checked, and there are a total of thirty-three spirit fruits on the tree, which are the same as they were at the beginning, and they are not missing. Let's discuss the competition of fighting methods. Daogu surnamed Zhong spoke.

"I'm waiting for the disciples to compete in the Fa Competition, so naturally it doesn't need to be too complicated. In this way, since there are thirty-three spirit fruits, then divide the spirit fruits into three batches, and each batch has eleven spirit fruits, and the winner will pick them personally. Of course, this is just a competition, if there is a disciple on either side who may be seriously injured and killed in the fighting method, you and I can stop it. However, once he made a move, he automatically admitted that his disciples had failed in the competition. The old man with the wooden crown, who rarely spoke, also spoke.

"Dashang Daoyou seems to have thought it through, and Zhu has no opinion. However, the two of them have also promised not to use high-level puppets for their disciples, and if the disciples of your sect use third-order and above-order puppets, they will also lose the competition. Zhu Chi said with a flash in his eyes.

"Naturally, there is no problem with this. Dazhi agreed

So after the two discussed a few more words, the old man with the wooden crown stepped on the ground with one foot, and his toes went several inches deep into the ground, and then his body suddenly moved, and after a vague shaking nearby, he drew a circle of acres on the seemingly hard and incomparably hard stone ground.

Liu Ming and the others who saw this were shocked in their hearts.

The old man looked wrinkled, unusually old, but his feet didn't seem to be flesh and blood.

"Okay, those who take the initiative to admit defeat, those who are out of the circle, and those who are incapacitated will all lose! Now you can each send one disciple into the circle. After the old man with the wooden crown withdrew from the circle, Mu Ran said.

And at the moment when his words fell, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old short-sleeved girl walked out of the disciples of Jiuqiao Mountain, with a yellow leather bag hanging from her waist, combed with seven or eight pigtails, her eyes were shining, and her small mouth was slightly upturned, looking very playful.

"Yu Cheng, the other party is also in the early stage of the spirit disciple, you can try it first. Zhu Chi looked at the girl's appearance and immediately said by name.

At this time, it is not the time to use any scheming, if they dare to send a mid-stage disciple like Xiao Feng or Liu Ming from the beginning, although there is a chance that they will definitely be able to win the first game, it is equivalent to giving up the following two victories, this kind of thing that not only destroys their reputation but also cannot maximize their benefits, naturally it is not what Zhu Chi and Daogu surnamed Zhong want.

After Yu Cheng agreed, he walked out of the circle with a hint of excitement on his face, and the moment Fang Yi walked into the circle, his qi breathed up, and a layer of yellow light suddenly appeared on the surface of his body.

Seeing this, the girl on the other side pursed her lips and smiled, and suddenly grabbed her waist with one hand, and threw out a yellow ball.

After a "rattle" sound, the moment the yellow ball hit the ground, after a huge deformation, it turned into a six-foot black python, judging from the black body and the scales on the surface of the body glowing with cold light, it was obviously a puppet beast.

"Go"

The girl pinched the trick with one hand, and after the other hand put a little on her forehead, she made a coquettish sound.

"Poof".

The puppet beast just slapped its tail to the ground and shot out at the opposite side like a crossbow.

"It's good to come!"

After a period of guidance from Confucian scholars, Yu Cheng was no longer too unfamiliar with puppet beasts, and he was not afraid at all when he saw this, but he leaned down, pressed the ground with one hand, and several yellow spirit patterns flashed on his arm.

With a muffled sound, a huge bluestone floor floated up from the ground, and after a horizontal stroke, it turned into a stone wall in front of him.

Seeing this, the girl's expression moved slightly, but the black python hit the stone slab without dodging.

With a loud "boom", the slate burst and shattered instantly, turning into a cloud of dust and mist, and the black python also fell to the ground with a bounce

But the moment this puppet beast Fang landed, it suddenly opened its mouth, and a cold light shot out.

It was a silver needle like a cow's hair, and it pierced through the dust and mist at an incredible speed, and "banged" on top of an object.

When the girl heard this, her face was happy, and as soon as the law in her hand changed, she was about to manipulate the puppet beast to attack again, and the yellow light flashed above her head, and an earthy yellow stone the size of a skull appeared out of thin air, and fell down fiercely.

The girl was startled, and she twisted her waist without caring about the others, and the stone suddenly fell from the side grazing her shoulder.

But at this moment, there was a "whew".

A crimson fireball shot out from the dust mist without the slightest warning, and instantly arrived in front of the girl of Jiuqi Mountain.

The girl's face was panicked, and she only had time to slam one arm forward with a slam in front of her.

With a "boom", the fire bomb burst open, drowning the girl's figure into it.

"Ha Lu Ha"

Yu Cheng let out a loud laugh and walked out of the dust and mist on the opposite side, but at this time, his body was covered with a thick layer of soil loess, as if he was wearing a piece of soil armor.

The silver needles shot by the puppet beast before were all inserted into the earth armor one by one, and they looked like they were safe.

Seeing this, Liu Ming raised his eyebrows slightly, and there was a secret pity in his heart.

This earth armor technique is considered a unique spell of the Earth Yin Gong, and even if people who practice other exercises want to practice this technique, they will do it twice with half the effort, and the effect is not good.

"Senior brother, you're laughing too early. “

There was also a hint of anger in the flames, and with a "whoosh" sound, the flames were all swept away by a gust of wind.

The figure of the girl is re-revealed in the same place.

It's just that at this time, she has an extra vermilion shield on her arm in front of her, and in her other hand she holds a crimson talisman, emitting a faint red light to protect it, and her body has the slightest appearance of being burned by flames.

Liu Ming couldn't help but show a hint of surprise when he saw the talisman in the girl's hand.

Although he hadn't been in the cultivation world for a long time, he also knew how rare it was to be able to store spells in the Dao.

Except for a few talismans that can be used repeatedly a certain number of times, this kind of attack defense talisman that is consumed at one time is not much in the hands of even ordinary spirit masters.

"Fire avoidance talisman! The two Taoist friends are really willing to spend money for this competition! The materials needed for this talisman are very difficult to find, and the average talisman master even knows if the Dao can make one a hundred times, and you will even equip the disciples with it. When Zhu Chi saw the talisman in the hand of the girl of Jiuqiao Mountain, his face couldn't help but be a little ugly.

"Hehe, the two Taoist friends can misunderstand the two of us, this talisman is not given by us. Do you know what this girl's surname is?" Dazhi was not surprised at all when he saw this situation, but asked rhetorically with a smile.

"What's your surname?" Zhu was a little surprised.

"Her surname is Nan!" replied to the white-haired old man, shaking his head.

"The surname is Nan, does this woman have anything to do with Master Nan?" Zhu Chi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered something.

"Ha Luha, Zhu Daoyou finally figured it out. This girl is indeed a granddaughter that Master Nan loves for ten minutes, and it is only because she has liked puppetry since she was a child that she will worship under the door of the two of us. So this girl has some talismans on her body, but it's a very ordinary thing. Dazhi replied leisurely.

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