Chapter 340 Encounter with Huang Tianjiao

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The raindrops gathered into beads along the eaves of the ancient village, rolled down along the tiles, and knocked on the bluestone slabs, making a crisp and pleasant sound.

Xiao Man carefully put the dry firewood he had just collected together and lit a bonfire. The flames jumped, reflecting his focused face, with a bit of relief in his eyes.

"The rain came so fast. It was sunny just now, but in a blink of an eye, it was covered with dark clouds and poured down. I almost became a drowned chicken."

Shang Jin's brothers sat close together beside the bonfire and said, "Fortunately, Lord Shen is here, otherwise we really don't know what to do in the rain."

When they mentioned Shen Qing, their tone was full of gratitude.

If Shen Qing hadn't noticed the change in the sky just now, and used his own spiritual power to carry them to find a place to shelter from the rain in time, they might still be struggling on the muddy mountain road, in a mess.

Shen Qing stood at the door, listening to the conversation of several people silently, without saying a word.

He looked around and found that there were many broken large items in the house without much dust, and there were still many scattered belongings in the house. The owner had not evacuated for long.

Shen Qing guessed that many villagers had already known some news and felt something was wrong and left in advance.

Now they were hiding in some deep mountains and old forests, so they were given these houses.

However, Shen Qing felt that hiding was not very useful.

With the ability of these martial artists, they would definitely find these people if they really searched.

If there were martial artists who wanted to accumulate evil spirits in the Jingluan Association, these people would not be able to hide.

Shen Qing looked up at the door and saw that the sky was dim and the rain curtain was like a curtain, covering the distant mountains and nearby fields in a hazy state. He couldn't help sighing and sympathizing with these people who were also from the mountains.

When he lived in Hongshan Village in the past, he often heard the elders in the village talk about the past, knowing that bandits passed by like combs and soldiers passed by like combs.

In the minds of the villagers, soldiers are more terrifying than bandits.

In fact, these martial arts masters who practice martial arts are much more terrifying than those soldiers.

Soldiers can still resist a little when they injure people, but it is as easy for them to kill these ordinary people as to slaughter chickens and dogs.

Indiscriminate killing of innocent people is almost inevitable.

Shen Qing did not investigate further.

In the house, Shao Hongling and Shang Jin leaned on one side of the wooden house, closed their eyes and adjusted their breathing.

After two days of running around, they have already penetrated into the area controlled by Huang Tianjiao, and there may be several fierce battles later.

Next, they need to rest enough to prevent accidents.

As the sky gradually darkened, Shang Jin recovered his spirit. He took the initiative to wake up and replace Shen Qing.

"Call us in time if there is any disturbance."

"Okay."

Shang Jin was a lieutenant who climbed up step by step from the city gate guard. Being on duty was his job, and he was very good at such things.

He knew that the current environment was complicated and he could not be careless.

Under Shen Qing's instructions, he became more serious.

After Shen Qing finished her instructions, she sat back by the campfire, listening to the continuous rain outside, occasionally mixed with thunder, and the cries of unknown wild animals coming from the distant mountains and forests, and silently regulating her breathing.

Shao Hongling, who heard the movement, habitually opened her eyes and ended her breathing.

Her cultivation may not be bad in their small place, but when she came to this place where there are many hidden dragons and crouching tigers, she knew very well that it was not good enough at all.

Now she can only rely on Shen Qing.

Fortunately, although Lu Anzhou is a lady from a wealthy family, she is doing business for the lower class in a small place, so she is not as precious as a real wealthy family, and she can do many housework and chores.

When she saw Shen Qing resting, she took the initiative to prepare food for Shen Qing and tried her best to do what she could.

Shen Qing did not resist. After a few times, he gradually became familiar with her service, and their relationship became much closer.

As the only woman among them, she is also a very beautiful woman.

Everyone saw the changes in Shao Hongling.

Shang Jin and the others also secretly paid some attention to their own limits, and did not talk nonsense, showing great insight.

The rain was heavy and urgent, and it took a whole night for it to weaken.

The heavy rain stopped completely after dawn the next day.

At this time, looking around, the mountains and forests in the distance were washed green by the rain.

The mountains and villages were shrouded in mist.

The water drops dripping from the eaves made a crisp sound, and the village roads were filled with a muddy and earthy smell.

But the sky was still gloomy and there was no sunshine.

Shen Qing felt the moisture in the air, and it should not rain again for a while.

Now their location is about two or three hundred miles away from Danzhou. With their speed, it will take about two or three days.

He planned to lead everyone to continue moving forward, wanting to reach the destination outside Danzhou as soon as possible.

Shang Jin and the others naturally followed Shen Qing's lead and followed him.

Several people followed the route guide and walked onto a road. The road was full of mud and footprints after the rain.

Some of the footprints were even very new.

Shen Qing immediately realized that a large number of people had just passed by on this road.

And judging from the depth of the footprints, there were many people with high cultivation.

"Wait a minute."

Shen Qing stopped and looked forward. With a move in his heart, he released his spiritual sense.

As the continuous breakthrough of Tiangong's bow method made his spiritual sense more sharp and solid.

Nothing within a radius of 100 meters can escape his perception.

Under the cover of this divine sense, the surrounding mountain forest environment is clearly visible.

Every tree and every leaf's texture is perceived by him.

Shen Qing focused his divine sense on the mountain road.

Soon, the lines of footprints of varying depths and traces washed by rain on the muddy path were clearly reflected in his consciousness.

However, despite his careful exploration, he did not find any traces of anyone within a radius of 100 meters.

What's going on?

Shen Qing frowned slightly.

He did not give up and continued to use the skill of [Traces], and suddenly lines of footprints of different colors appeared in his sight.

Many of them left traces of spiritual power.

Prove that someone must have passed by nearby just now.

There is something strange.

"Master Shen, what's wrong?" Shang Jin stepped forward to ask.

Shen Qing said: "Nothing, we won't take this road, let's go through the mountains."

Now he has broken through the Lingxu realm, and among the many martial artists participating in the Jingluan Association, his strength is enough to rank among the top.

But he did not become arrogant because of this, and acted recklessly, but became more cautious.

As far as he knows, the Cui family, the Wang family and other major families are nearly a thousand years old, and their foundation is extraordinary, far beyond the Xue family, which has only been promoted to a family for decades.

There must be many hidden skills among these families, and the weakness of the Xue family does not mean that the other families are weak.

Shen Qing saw traces of people here, but he could not detect them, which made him feel uneasy.

So it's better to be careful.

At Shen Qing's call, they went into the forest and walked forward in the forest.

Shen Qing was born a hunter, and he had been rolling in the mountains and fields since he was a child, not to mention that he had the [Hunting Sutra] martial arts, so he was like a fish in water when he entered the forest, and it was like walking on flat ground with Shang Jin and others.

Not to mention that with his practice, he is no longer the same.

He continued to move forward carefully, his spiritual power was surging, and his figure kept flashing in the forest.

Now he has many martial arts, and the two major martial arts he mainly practices, the Eight Desolate Dao Destruction Seal and the Six Paths Whale Swallowing Art, are progressing slowly.

These two martial arts have almost reached the great level of [Entering Dao with Martial Arts], and they need to feel the principles of heaven and earth, and constantly use the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for their own use to condense the Yuanshen before they can break through.

The whole process is quite difficult. There is no one in the whole Great Zhou who can enter the Yuanshen realm at the age of less than 100, and most of them can successfully break through at the age of 200.

If you want to break through from these two martial arts, you must devote more effort and time.

However, he has used the two martial arts of Daxushu and Tiangongfa more recently, and the progress is orderly.

These two martial arts, one is an ancient martial art from the Huangfu family, and the other is a pure ordinary bow technique from scratch, which does not involve the way of Yuanshen.

Once the progress is full, you can successfully break through to the next stage.

Shen Qing plans to focus on these two martial arts next. He wants to try what a low-level martial art will become after breaking through to the highest level, and also wants to see what level the Great Void Art can reach after being refined by the Great Void Art.

This meeting to quell the rebellion is a good opportunity to improve these two martial arts.

When the time is right, he can use the ink panel to help himself break through the current bottleneck in one fell swoop, which may have unexpected results.

However, Shen Qing is not in a hurry to achieve success. Some things, especially martial arts, may be counterproductive if they are blindly pursued.

On the mountain forest trail after the rain, Shen Qing kept using the Great Void Art and led a group of people to walk on the wet soil.

Suddenly, in the depths of the dense forest ahead, a hazy yellow light loomed, like a candlelight in the mist suddenly appeared in the forest.

Shang Jin and others hurriedly stopped, hid aside, and lowered their voices curiously: "What is that?"

Shen Qing's expression froze, and he quickly released his spiritual sense to explore.

What he didn't expect was that when his consciousness touched the hazy yellow light, it was like touching a black hole. All the consciousness was swallowed up, and there was a state of nothingness.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it seemed that there was no such abnormality there.

This surprised Shen Qing very much.

Speaking of which, this was the first time he encountered such a situation.

Shen Qing did not give up. His eyes flashed with brilliance and his eyes were like torches.

The scene in the distance seemed to be pulled closer in an instant, magnified several times in his eyes, and presented in front of him.

If you look closely, the light image is an inverted yellow bowl.

Just as he was staring curiously, a ripple appeared in the yellow light, and a person walked out of the hazy yellow light.

He had a yellow cloth tied on his arm and a yellow turban on his head.

Shen Qing's face changed.

Saint!

It's the people of Huangtian Sect.

This is the formation arranged by Huangtian Sect.

They are in ambush.

Shen Qing's heart trembled. He narrowed his eyes and carefully looked at the person who walked out of the yellow light.

The other person had a cold face, deep eyes, and an indescribable aura around him.

He took off the precious bow on his back and silently signaled everyone to stay alert.