Seven days later, Shen Long and his four companions appeared in a vast green bamboo forest. They were not very fast and looked alert.
There was a breeze, and some bamboos swayed gently.
There was a sharp sound of breaking through the air, and dozens of two-foot-long green wind blades fell from the sky, heading straight for Shen Long and his four companions.
Shen Long reacted quickly and immediately summoned the Xuanshui Umbrella, which lowered a blue water curtain to protect him.
Several green wind blades hit the blue water curtain one after another, and the blue water curtain rippled.
Xu Lei and his three companions also cast a spell to block these green wind blades. Two green mantises about ten feet long fell from the sky. Their forelimbs were like two green sickles, flashing a cold light, with small heads, bloated abdomens, and green eyes.
"Green-eyed wind mantis in the late first stage!"
Shen Long recognized this kind of monster insect, which was more difficult to deal with.
A blue-eyed wind mantis pounced at Shen Long. Shen Long shook his sleeves and a red fireball as big as a water tank flew out to meet it.
The blue-eyed wind mantis crossed its arms and waved them forward. More than a dozen two-foot-long blue wind blades flew out, cutting the red fireball into pieces. The blue wind blades hit the blue water curtain one after another, making a muffled sound.
The blue-eyed wind mantis pounced at Shen Long. Shen Long quickly sacrificed the Blue Moon Scissors to meet it.
A huge explosion sounded, and a shrill hissing sound was faintly heard. Shen Long turned his head and saw that another blue-eyed wind mantis was killed by four flying knives with flashing yellow light.
Xu Lei held a flying knife with a flashing yellow light in his hand, his expression was cold.
"Mother and child blades!"
Shen Long said in surprise.
Most Qi-refining cultivators can control at most two magical instruments at the same time. The mother-and-child blades are a set of magical instruments. Holding the mother blade can control the child blades. Strictly speaking, it is controlling one magical instrument. However, the mother-and-child blades are expensive and ordinary Qi-refining cultivators cannot afford them.
Xu Lei killed a blue-eyed wind mantis. The yellow flying knife in his hand lit up with a dazzling yellow light. Four yellow flying knives rushed straight towards the blue-eyed wind mantis. Sun Yang and Qin Qing also attacked the blue-eyed wind mantis.
The blue-eyed wind mantis felt bad. It crossed its arms and waved them forward. More than a dozen blue wind blades flew out and met it. It flapped its wings lightly and flew towards the sky.
A huge red fireball fell from the sky and hit it. The rolling flames engulfed the blue-eyed wind mantis.
The four yellow flying knives defeated the attacking blue wind blades. After the spiritual light increased greatly, they sank into the flames. Shen Long and the other two also controlled the magic instruments to attack the blue-eyed wind mantis. A pile of minced meat fell from the sky.
"Fellow Daoist Xu, I didn't expect you to have a set of mother-and-child blades. I've never seen you use them before!"
Qin Qing's face was full of fear.
"I just bought it not long ago. This is the first time I use it. This is why I didn't invite other Daoists."
Xu Lei explained.
They put away the body of the blue-eyed wind mantis and continued to move forward.
Half an hour later, they walked out of the bamboo forest. Not far away was a steep mountain with dense vegetation.
"Fellow Daoist Xu, where is the purple apricot fruit tree?"
Shen Long asked. He didn't see any caves. Could it be on the back of the peak?
Xu Lei summoned the mother-and-child blades, and four flying knives with yellow light flashed towards the ground.
There was a loud rumble, the ground broke, and a cave about ten feet big appeared in front of them.
It seemed that someone deliberately covered this place.
"What's going on? Fellow Daoist Xu, why did you block the entrance to the cave?"
Qin Qing asked puzzledly.
"There is no purple apricot fruit tree at all, but an ancient cultivator's cave. Blocking the entrance of the cave is to prevent other cultivators from discovering it."
Xu Lei said, his eyes were fiery.
The fundamental reason why he didn't invite other cultivators was that he didn't want to share the treasure with others. With four people looking for treasure, he could better control others and would definitely get the most.
"What? Ancient cultivator's cave?"
Qin Qing was surprised.
"Fellow Daoist Xu, you can't break the restriction either?"
Shen Long was puzzled. With Xu Lei's character, he couldn't share it with them if he could take it all for himself.
"It can't be opened, even if I use the mother-and-child blade, it's useless, otherwise I wouldn't invite you. The old rules, break the ban, I take the big head, you take the small head, how about it?" Xu Lei said.
"No problem, I'll listen to you, Fellow Daoist Xu."
Sun Yang agreed without hesitation. He always stood by Xu Lei.
Shen Long and Qin Qing thought about it and agreed. If they refused, Xu Lei would definitely kill them to silence them. Of course, after breaking the ban, Xu Lei might also kill them to silence them and take the treasure for himself.
Xu Lei and Sun Yang walked in front, and Qin Qing and Shen Long followed behind.
Shen Long's wrist shook, and a yellow light flew out from his sleeve and sank into the ground. It was the iron-tailed scorpion.
The spirit beast bag was tied to his right wrist, and the bag mouth was always open. As long as he gave the order, the iron-tailed scorpion would fly out of the spirit beast bag and ambush underground.
Shen Long had trained many times, just to guard against Xu Lei, hoping that Xu Lei would not turn against him.
The cave was not big. They came to the end not long after, and appeared in a cave of an acre in size. The stone wall was uneven, and there were no spiritual herbs and medicines. It looked nothing special, just an abandoned cave.
Xu Lei controlled the mother-and-child blades, and four flying knives with yellow light flashed towards a certain stone wall.
After a series of muffled "bang bang" sounds, a thick yellow light curtain emerged, and behind the yellow light curtain, a human-shaped corpse could be seen.
"Everyone, don't hold back, break the ban as soon as possible."
After Xu Lei said this, the four yellow flying knives' spiritual light increased greatly and hit the yellow light curtain.
Shen Long and the other two all sacrificed a medium-grade magic weapon to attack the yellow light curtain.
In less than half a minute, the yellow light curtain was broken, and a simple stone chamber of a hundred feet appeared in front of them. In the center of the stone chamber, there was a human-shaped skeleton.
The human-shaped skeleton was wearing a tattered green robe, with many broken bones, some bones were black, and a green storage bag was tied around his waist. Judging from the black bones, this person should have died of poison.
Xu Lei rushed into the stone chamber in one step, took off the storage bag, and was very excited.
Xu Lei turned the bag mouth downward and shook it gently. After a green glow passed by, a pile of things appeared on the ground, including magic tools, spirit stones, ores, jade slips, etc.
His eyes fell on a token with a green glow, and the words "Yu Ling" were engraved on the front of the token.
Xu Lei felt that he had seen this token somewhere before. Just as he was recalling, a figure flew over and grabbed the green token.
"Bold!"
Xu Lei's face turned cold, and four yellow flying knives went straight to the figure, hitting a blue water curtain, and a muffled sound came out.
It was Shen Long!
He grabbed the green token, and the black water umbrella floated above his head, lowering a blue water curtain to protect him.
"Shen Long, hand over the token, and you can choose the other things."
Xu Lei said with a gloomy face.
"Sorry, I want this token too, I don't want anything else."
Shen Long's face was calm.
He has the seventh level of Qi Refining, Qin Qing and Sun Yang are both at the sixth level, and Xu Lei is at the eighth level.
"The Yuling Order is awarded by the Yuling Sect to cultivators who have made great contributions. With the Yuling Order, no matter what qualifications or age, you can directly join the Yuling Sect."
Qin Qing also recognized the origin of the token. No wonder the two of them would fight for it.
"Shen Long, are you looking for death?"
Xu Lei's face turned cold.
"If you don't work for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth. In the past, you always took the lion's share when hunting monsters. I have no objection, but not this time."
Shen Long said.