Vol 2 Chapter 11: Thick shell

Deep in the quiet dense forest, there are lush trees and weeds everywhere. The dense branches and leaves block the gentle sunlight in the sky. Only a little bit of sun shines through the gaps, illuminating the forest area, and falling on the group of several people. on.
The faces of the three disciples of Xuanjianmen were very ugly at this time. On their side, Nangongying also frowned slightly. It seemed that she was not in a good mood. At the same time, on her shoulders, there was a little girl lying on her shoulders. The small yellow mink the size of a squirrel, with two bright black eyes flashing, looks very flexible, but it has never been seen before.
In the open space in front of them, under a thick tree, a large hole had been dug in the ground, and the figure of a spirit sword was revealed at the moment under the soil about two feet deep.
Although it is dusty and has abrasion marks, this spirit sword still shines with a faint aura, and the blade is sharp. From this appearance, these people can recognize the calendar, not to mention the profound engraving on the hilt. The word sword.
The atmosphere in the forest is a bit dignified and cold. Geng Cheng has a calm face. He leaned over and picked up the spirit sword buried in the soil. After looking at it carefully, he nodded slightly, but his face became more ugly, and he said solemnly: "It's Qian Yi's spirit sword."
The Profound Sword Sect Spirit Sword is bestowed by the master. Profound Sword disciples never leave their bodies. At the same time, for most Profound Sword disciples, the Spirit Sword is almost the most powerful magic weapon in their bodies. It is impossible to bury it here for no reason. .
In other words, the spirit sword is here, and Qian Yi is missing, so if there are just four words clearly-there is more fortune than fortune.
Geng Cheng and Fu Junding and the others looked at each other, then turned their heads to look at Nangongying. Nangongying seemed to know what they were thinking, and gently shook their heads, saying, "Your spirit swords are Heavenly Sword Palace. It was made by'Jianlu' and then distributed to Sanjianxiamen. I also practiced in Jianlu. I knew that there is a kind of'red phosphorus' in the forged spiritual material, which naturally emits a faint odor, which just happens to be small crystal. Smell, plus there is no red phosphorus ore veins here, this is the only way to find this spirit sword. But other than that..."
She sighed lightly and shook her head, and the little mink lying on her shoulders seemed to hear her calling her name and raised her head and squeaked twice. Nangongying turned her head and glanced at it, and stretched out her hand gently Touch it.
Geng Cheng said silently, after a long while, "The spirit sword was buried here inexplicably and separated from Junior Brother Qian Yi. It seems Junior Brother Qian might have encountered some accident."
Nangongying didn’t make a sound. Fu Jun and Dinghe next to each other had a trace of anger on their faces. Although their relationship with Qian Yi was normal before, they were all from the same sect. At least they would meet each other on weekdays. Nodded in greeting, now Qian Yi suddenly saw an unexpected encounter, and naturally they were also a bit angry with the enemy.
"Who did it, who had the courage to move our disciple in the Profound Sword Sect?"
Ding He took a bit of viciousness and gritted his teeth angrily.
Nangongying glanced at Ding He, but did not speak, but Geng Cheng stamped his foot and said to Fu Junding and the two: "Anyway, look around carefully."
Since the Spirit Sword is here, perhaps Qian Yi should also be not far away. As for death or alive, there must always be a result.
So the three of Xuanjianmen separated and continued to search carefully in this forest, but Nangongying did not step forward to help. She stared at the big hole in front of her with bright eyes, looking at the inner wall of the hole and the new soil that was dug out. After pondering for a while, he slowly squatted down.
There seems to be a slight difference between the two layers of soil. Some places with loose humidity are hard to tell if you don't look closely. Perhaps it was caused by the mysterious murderer digging up the soil a few days ago? She was thoughtful, and then whispered: "Xiao Jing, if that person really killed Qian Yi, why did she have to spend a lot of time to bury this spirit sword, and bury it separately from the body?"
The little yellow mink squeaked twice again, seeming to be responding to something, and yawned as if he was yelling casually.
Nangong Ying didn't care about it. After a moment of contemplation, she stood up again and looked around the dense forest, seeming to be lost in contemplation.
What kind of person is it that after killing Qian Yi, he didn't immediately walk away and abandon the corpse. On the contrary, he would appear so worried about the consequences, carefully trying to cover up and erase all traces?
Her gaze swept across the forest, looking towards the direction where the three disciples of Xuanjian Sect were searching, and she faintly explored, but at this moment, suddenly the voice of Ding He came from the front, loudly. He shouted: "Brother, come here, there seems to be traces of fighting."
Nangong Ying raised her eyebrows and immediately walked over there. Geng Cheng and Fu Jun were even more anxious and arrived one step earlier than her. They saw that they were looking at a clearing in the forest, following what Ding He pointed out. There were some traces of broken branches and fallen leaves and the earth churning on the ground. That night, Shen Shi and Qian Yi fought fiercely in the forest. The movement was not small. Although Shen Shi carefully covered it afterwards, it was impossible to completely erase it in any case. All traces.
Nangongying looked at the site, her bright eyes turned, and suddenly he hummed, and walked to the side of a small tree with a thick wrist. There was a scorched black mark on it. She stared for a moment, and her white fingers drew lightly in mid-air. At a glance, I swept up a little, and it looked like a group of invisible spiritual power followed her gesture, flying from the air, passing through the edge of the small tree, and then gently rubbing the trunk.
Her brows wrinkled slowly, and there seemed to be some doubts in her eyes, and she whispered, "Is it fireball?"
At the same time, a few shouts soon sounded from the side, and it was Geng Cheng and the others who immediately found a few remnants left by the five-element spell. However, after this, Geng Cheng and the others looked at each other with weird expressions. You must know that Qian Yi is already a Taoist in the Ning Yuan realm. It is almost impossible for these low-level five-element spells to appear in the battles he participated in. It is almost useless for Qian Yi to be cast by others, and Qian Yi himself will not cast it, because at the Ning Yuan realm, he has magical spells that are stronger and more effective than these five element spells, such as the spirit sword.
Could it be that the wrong place was found here, and it was not the place where Qian Yi worked?
All three of Xuanjianmen's faces were ugly. Suddenly, they just heard that Geng Xing thought of something, and said, "When we separated a few days ago, the disciple of the Lingxiao Sect who was with Qian Yi last was his name... Right?"
Fu Jun said, "Shen Shi."
Geng Cheng nodded and frowned, "Should we go to him and ask..."
Before he finished speaking, Ding He said in an angry manner: "Brother, do you think that the guy who is only in the Qi Refining Realm can kill Qian Yi? What kind of killing depends on those five element techniques?"
Geng Cheng was silent, and then shook his head with a wry smile, apparently not even believing it himself, he sighed and stopped mentioning the matter. It's just that at this moment, Nangongying, who had been standing silent for a while, suddenly frowned, and after a moment of indulgence, she spoke:
"No, let's go find this person."
"Huh?" Geng Cheng and the others were all surprised. They turned their heads and looked at her together. Nangongying didn't say anything, her eyes flashed over the traces of the five elements magic technique around, and there was some faint doubt in her eyes.
"Squeaking", it was the little yellow mink on her shoulder called Xiaojing who called out for some reason.
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In the reeds beside Yinyue Lake.
The wind with moist moisture blew over the reeds, causing these light yellow and soft reeds to ripple like lake water, and somewhere under the "water surface", in front of Shen Shi and the little black pig , But slowly walked out of a monster with a fierce light in its eyes.
Gray-brown fur, sharp beak and small eyes, two fangs exposed in the mouth, and a low growl sound. The appearance looks like a large rat, but the body is very big, almost the size of a big dog, the most The conspicuous place was a fist-sized sarcoma on his back, which trembled slightly as the monster moved. At this moment, this weird rat monster was staring at Shen Shi fiercely, and his gaze swept over the white roots he was holding on to his hand from time to time.
"Grey Tumor Rat!"
Shen Shi recognized the origins of this monster and frowned slightly. This kind of rat monster is considered to be a Tier 2 monster. It is quick to move and has a gluttonous and cruel temperament. It is not easy to deal with. Bai Luogen seems to be very interested.
Think about it, not all monster beasts are stupid generations. Some high-level monster beasts that condense the demon pill are more intelligent, and many monsters love to forage spirit grass, because the spirit grass contains Spiritual power is their natural favorite.
It's just that when he got the second-rank spirit grass, Shen Shike didn't even want to transfer it. He flipped his palm slightly, and in an instant, Bai Luogen disappeared from his palm, and had fallen into the wishful bag.
Seeing that delicious Bai Luogen suddenly disappeared, the gray tumor rat became furious and roared at Shen Shi. No matter the little black pig watching him vigilantly on the way, he rushed towards Shen Shi. .
The little black pig froze for a moment, and was nervous at first, but then realized that the target of this vicious-looking gray tumor seemed to be not him, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then quickly turned around and ran away, ready to go aside. Dive into the reeds.
Unexpectedly, there was a flower in front of me, but it was Shen Shi who did not know when he came over. With a smile on his face, he picked up the little black pig and said in his mouth: "I heard you are very hard, don't be lazy, try it. "
After all, regardless of the screams of irritation and screaming in the little black pig's mouth, he just threw it away, but he threw the little black pig directly at the gray tumor rat that was roaring and rushing.
A group of black shadows smashed towards the face, the gray tumor mouse was startled, and he took a step back subconsciously, but then he saw that it was a little black pig with a smooth and shiny fur. He had no teeth, he looked harmless and timid, he roared, opened his mouth and bit it.
The little black pig was so scared that he hugged his head and yelled with a mournful voice. Shen Shi frowned on the side and took a step forward, wondering if he had misunderstood. When he was about to rescue him, suddenly the corner of his eyes suddenly flashed. Seeing a faint gray glow suddenly appeared on the little black pig's body, under the skin and flesh, faint pieces of palm-sized gray armor appeared.
Shen Shi's body paused, and he looked at the little black pig in front of him. There was a bit of complex emotions in his eyes. It seemed to be a little bit of joy, but there was also a bit of inexplicable sadness and nostalgia. He sighed slightly. Whisper:
"Sure enough, it is'thick armor'."
In addition to foraging for spirit grass, gray tumor mice usually hunt for meat. After all, the number of spirit grass is not large, and it is impossible to find it often. The black pig in front of me was simply a delicacy delivered to my door. I was unceremonious at the moment, and he bit the little black pig's back with one mouth.
It’s just that at the entrance, the feeling seems to be different from when it bites its prey on normal days. It doesn’t have the pleasure of going deep into the flesh and blood. Instead, it feels like its fangs are trapped in a thick and tough skin. The force can't even penetrate.
Grey Tumor Rat turned pale in shock, jumped a step back, staring at this little black pig curled up on the ground, thinking what kind of pig it is, such a tough and thick pig skin is the only one seen in his life!
The little black pig slowly raised his head, as if he had noticed something. At first glance, he hurriedly turned his head and looked at himself. Except for a few white marks on the pigskin, no other scars were left. The little black pig was also stunned for a moment, but after a while, he woke up and was overjoyed. He turned his head back at the gray tumor rat and screamed twice, with a triumphant and confident look.
At this moment, a strong wind suddenly blew from behind, Shen Shi appeared behind the little black pig, kicked the thick skin of the second-order monster beast with its helpless little pig, and flew directly towards The gray tumor mouse, the little black pig in mid-air turned his head back and yelled in irritation, but only heard the owner standing on the spot with a ball of fire ignited in his hand, his speech was relaxed and relieved, and he seemed to be very happy to say:
"When you fight in the future, you will be in front and I will cast spells in the back..."