"Me?" Xiao Chen pointed to his nose, shook his head and sighed. He then walked to Liu Fenghuang and said, "Alas, forget it. Senior Sister Liu, let make some room for them to kill each other, so that the Skygale Sect can come to clean up the mess."
Liu Fenghuang knew what he meant and said quickly, "Yeah, Junior Brother Han is right. The Skygale Sect is nearby. Let"s stop fighting each other, okay?"
"Humph!" Shen Qian swung her sleeve and went back. She raised her head and saw the night was coming, saying, "The monsters in the Dragon Meridian Mountains at night are incredibly fierce. Let"s find a safe place to camp and wait for someone to bring the Flying-cloud Stone here." She then took the people and walked forth.
Not everyone could ride on a sword. Some normal disciples in many sects needed the Flying-cloud Stone to travel. It was a travel tool.
Before long, the sky became completely dark. The crowd found an empty place, took out some flints, and set up some fires.
The firelight cast some ferocious shadows behind them. Liu Fenghuang crouched under a big tree, lowered her head and said nothing. Xiao Chen sat down beside her. He wanted to get close to her because she was his only protection at present. He had felt the light murderous intent from Chu Lingjiao, and Shen Qian was also very suspicious.
Also, he could ask her everything about Violet Manor. It turned out that Violet Manor was really big. Except for those unknown areas, there were four continents and the Middle Continent. He was now in the East Divine Continent, where many states and cultivators" powers existed.
He was now at the border between Zhou State and Qing State in the eastern continent. Of course, this was just the outer rim of the Dragon Meridian Mountains. Deep in the mountains, there were countless unknown dangers. So, few people had entered that area. The Qing Province belonged to Qing State and was hundreds of kilometers away.
An hour pa.s.sed, the people who was supposed to bring the Flying-cloud Stone here that Shen Qian said had not come yet. The mountains became colder, and some thin fog gradually appeared in the distance. They could even hear the deep roars from the depth of the mountains. They sounded like the roars of ancient fierce beasts.
There were many rumors about the Dragon Meridian Mountains. It was one of the ancient ruins, and many unknown ancient creatures lay in the center of the mountains, such as dragons. Some people even claimed that they had seen the ancient dragons.
This was no news to Xiao Chen, and he did not doubt that the dragons existed in this world because the Dragon Roar Palm was a palm style that the founder of the Mystic Cyan Sect created to deal with ancient ferocious dragons. Unfortunately, it was too abstruse, and gradually, many disciples could not understand the true essence of this technique and few of them practiced it as Xiao Chen did.
Another hour pa.s.sed, and the moon rose to the top of the sky. It was nearly midnight. Liu Fenghuang yawned and said, "Junior Brother Han, maybe the Senior Brothers who are supposed to bring the Flying-cloud Stone will come tomorrow when it gets bright. You should get some sleep first. I"ll wake you up when they come."
Many disciples around leaned against the trees and had fallen asleep. Only a few people stayed guard outside. Xiao Chen smiled gently and said, "It"s okay. Senior Sister, you get some rest first. I can still hold it." Not far away, Chu Lingjiao was awake, so he dared not to sleep.
"Okay." Liu Fenghuang nodded, leaned against the tree, and gently closed her eyes.
Another two hours pa.s.sed, and the moon gradually sank to the west. Many fires around also had gone out, and only the one in the middle was still making a crackling sound. The disciples around were basically asleep, and even some uttered words while sleeping. Not far away, Chu Lingjiao and Shen Qian, also leaned against the big trees and closed their eyes. But obviously, they were not asleep.
Liu Fenghuang had already fallen into a deep dream. Her head gradually leaned against Xiao Chen"s shoulder as a faint fragrance of her hair went into his nose. Xiao Chen turned his head and looked at her quiet little face and trembling eyelashes. It seemed that she did not have any shrewdness. Unconsciously, he had some good feelings toward her.
With a yawn, Xiao Chen also could not resist the sleepiness. It took him so much energy to travel here from the Human World. Gradually, he fell asleep. Didn"t know how long it had been, some noise rose in his ears. He opened his eyes and found Liu Fenghuang missing. The fires around were all put out, and there were figures flashing in the distance with vague battle-cry.
Being shocked, Xiao Chen jumped up to a tree. Under the light moonlight, he finally recognized who were fighting. One party was the Teal Jade Sect members, while the other party was a bunch of men in black with their faces covered. More than half of the Teal Jade Sect members were killed. Obviously, it was because of the men in black raided them.
Xiao Chen was shocked upon seeing Chu Lingjiao engaging three men in black while Liu Fenghuang and Shen Qian together fighting a man in black. That man was so familiar. Xiao Chen"s divine sense was extraordinary, so he recognized at a glance that the man was Qian Yeli, the one who came to the Three Pure Sect with Ouyang Yu and Xu Hao.
Now, this person had reached late Foundation Building Realm, so Liu Fenghuang and Shen Qian were struggling to fight him. Suddenly, Liu Fenghuang chanted a spell as a virtual-looking jade zither appeared in her arms. But the zither made no sound after she played it. There might be some forbiddance in the f.u.xi Zither. She had played it once in daylight, yet she could not make it sound at all.
Qian Yeli noticed this and pushed Shen Qian away. He then moved to s.n.a.t.c.h the zither. Liu Fenghuang was startled and leaped back, but she could not get out of the effective area of the palm strength. She hurriedly shouted, "Senior Sister Chu!"
Chu Lingjiao was not far from her and wanted to rush to her, but she was stopped by the three men in black. With her cultivation, she could never get rid of them. Xiao Chen noticed some clues and said inwardly, "Not good." He did not want Liu Fenghuang to get hurt, and if the sting fell into Qian Yeli"s hand, it would be hard to find back.
He moved as an arrow off the string and punched at the back of Qian Yeli. "Poom!" Qian Yeli was caught unguarded. At night, he also could not see Xiao Chen"s face.
Liu Fenghuang saw Xiao Chen come and said urgently, "Junior Brother Han, get aside. I can"t protect you at the moment!" Before her voice fell, Qian Yeli came at her again. It seemed that he did come for the string. Behind him, Shen Qian was engaging five or six men in black and could not get away.
Xiao Chen shouted, "Sister, give me the zither!" Before Liu Fenghuang could react, her zither had been taken away by Xiao Chen.
In an instant, a feeling of connection with the ancient blood returned to Xiao Chen again. For thousands of years, this feeling had never faded for a second, even though it was just one string.
Xiao Chen could not think much. He held the zither and heavily played three times on the C Major string. Suddenly, the mountains collapsed, and the earth shattered as an overwhelming power rushed forth. Qian Yeli was the first to get hit and was immediately sent flying backward while spitting a mouthful of blood.
More than 20 men in black were also sent flying backward by this sudden power. The Teal Jade Sect members were not hurt by the zither sound and just felt a slight quiver of their hearts because the zither sound was sent from Xiao Chen"s heart, and Xiao Chen only targeted at the men in black.
The three zither sounds faded away like thunders, but the remaining power was still oppressing. Everyone stood blankly on the ground before Qian Yeli shouted, "Fall back." More than 20 men in black then escaped into the woods.
"Stay!" Shen Qian flashed forth and caught one of them. She pulled off his black mask and thundered, "Who are you!" The eyes of the man moved as he suddenly took out a dagger, trying to stab it to her belly.
Chu Lingjiao shouted, "Careful, Junior Sister!" She unleashed her flying sword as the sword flashed and cut the man"s head off. Shen Qian turned her head and glared at her. "You!" But she could not say anything. Chu Lingjiao seemed to have saved her, but she might want to kill that man to leave no trace.
"Junior Brother Han, are you all right?" At this point, Liu Fenghuang"s voice broke the silence.