Hong Tang led the way, chatting with Qing Kehen and the other three. The young men in civilian clothes followed silently behind with women, children, and the injured to glue the dead.
"Has Senior Brother Hong always been living in the secret realm?" Gu Yun asked with some confusion.
After Hong Tang heard Gu Yun's question, he raised his head slightly and his eyes were a little moist.
"Yes, so many years have passed since I opened and closed my eyes. When I was selected to enter the secret realm, I was only as big as you. In the blink of an eye, so many years have passed." Hong Tang sighed deeply: "For so many years, I have been living in the secret realm and never left."
Along the way, before Xu Ying and the others could ask why, Hong Tang himself began to explain his past.
"I just heard the introduction from junior sister, you are already the 93rd generation disciples. Time is not forgiving. I was the 90th generation disciple back then. When I entered the secret realm, I was an ordinary Taoist Realm ten He entered the secret realm as a first-level disciple."
Hearing this, Qing Kehen looked at Hong Tang. Hong Tang is now only at the peak level of the Taoist Realm, and he does not suppress his cultivation like Gu Yun and others. But it is true that he has reached the peak level of the Dao Establishment Realm. Could it be that after so many years, his strength has only improved so much?
Or, what¡¯s the secret?
"You must also know that every time the secret realm of the Spiritual Spring is opened, the disciples of each sect have seventeen days to hunt for treasures in the secret realm. On the eighteenth day, all disciples who enter the secret realm must rush back to the exit of the secret realm. There, return to the Nineteen States of the True Dao. And those who do not return on time will have the opportunity to go back only after the next secret realm is opened." Hong Tang said aloud.
"Yes, but the secret realm is extremely dangerous, and almost every step is a crisis. Every time the secret realm is opened, there are many disciples who are too late to go back. But there has never been a time when the secret realm was opened for the second time and they still came out alive." Gu Yun He nodded.
¡° Surviving for more than ten days in a secret realm is completely different from surviving for several years. There are dangerous beasts and strange dangerous places everywhere in the secret realm of the Spiritual Spring. If you are not careful, you will face death.
And there are ferocious beasts above the second level everywhere, but the warriors who are promoted to the ¡®spiritual realm¡¯ in the secret realm of the psychic spring will be automatically teleported out and leave the secret realm within ten days after the secret realm door is opened.
But if the warrior who is promoted to the psychic realm after the secret realm is closed - he will die! Because it cannot be teleported to the Nineteen States of the True Dao, it will be directly teleported to the space between the secret realm and the Nineteen States of the Ten Dao. There is a gap in space, and the only thing that stays in it is death.
"I was one of the disciples who didn't come back. Back then, I entered the secret realm, and my friends and I competed with disciples of the enemy sect for a magic medicine. During the battle, I was unfortunately struck by a sword from a disciple of the enemy sect. It's through the chest." Hong Tangxin lifted up the cloth on his chest, and there was an obvious sword wound on his left chest.
"However, fortunately, the sword did not pass through my heart. Instead, it happened to miss my heart by a very small distance. After being pierced by the sword, I fell to the ground in a state of suspended animation. . But I finally woke up by luck. But I didn¡¯t have the strength to return to the exit of the secret realm at that time. All my companions died beside me, and no one could help me. So I could only wait for the door of the secret realm to close. "
"After the secret realm was closed, I had to try my best to survive. I wanted to hold on until the next time the secret realm was opened. So, after my injury improved a little, I began to explore the secret realm and look for medicinal materials. But as my body The medicine I brought with me gradually decreased, and the remote valley pills were all used up. I had to hunt some less dangerous beasts for food. But doing so is extremely dangerous, and the smell of blood in the secret realm will attract a lot of people. A vicious beast.¡±
"Especially after the secret realm is closed, the ferocious beasts in the secret realm will become more active. Perhaps when the secret realm is opened, the ferocious beasts are suppressed by a force. In fact, the ferocious beasts seen by our disciples from various sects are not even the ferocious beasts in the real secret realm. Less than one-tenth of the total. And once the secret realm is closed, all the ferocious beasts appear one after another, causing the secret realm to become even more dangerous."
"I was just lingering in the secret realm, but in the end, I had no food, no water, and no shelter. I had nothing but this long sword on my body. In the end, they rescued me. They gave me food and water, and allowed me to We have gone through the most difficult days." Hong Tang pointed at the young people behind him.
Gu Yun and Xu Ying smiled slightly at the young man in civilian clothes behind them.
Some young people were a little distracted after seeing Xu Ying's sweet smile.
"I later found out that they were the aborigines of this secret realm, and they lived in a corner of the secret realm. There was a magical place there, which was hidden by an unknown personThe ?-level powerful man deployed a mysterious formation to protect him. Without their guidance, those of us coming in from the outside would not be able to reach their tribal residences or even discover their tribes at all. Therefore, every time the secret realm is opened, none of our disciples who enter the secret realm find that there are aborigines in the secret realm. We all thought that there were only ferocious beasts and elixirs here, and no humans. Hong Tang said silently: "Not only that, there are more elixirs and more treasures growing in the formation protection area of ??the residents of the secret realm than outside the formation!" The number is astonishing! "
"Wait, Senior Brother Hong, are you so trusting of us? Are you going to tell us this kind of thing?" Gu Yun frowned and said. Even though they are fellow disciples, Hong Tang told them such a secret matter just after they met. Is this too much trust? Isn't he afraid that he and others will be greedy?
"Could it be that" Qing Kehen suddenly thought of something. If the aborigines in the secret realm were protected by a large formation, how did they come to this place? Even if they had the mysterious treasure of the Desolate Tower to enter this place protected by the formation, how did the disciples of the Star Gate find this place? Unless there is something wrong with the guard formation.
"Haha." Hong Tang suddenly smiled bitterly and said, "The reason why I told everything is because a few years ago, the formation that protected the residents of the secret realm suddenly disappeared!"
"As expected." Qing Kehen sighed.
"The formation that protects the residents of the secret realm has lost its effectiveness, and the people of the secret realm are no longer protected by the formation. If all the disciples from various sects who enter the secret realm to hunt for treasure find this area, how can they let go of this treasure-rich area? ? And once disciples from other sects enter, the lives of all residents will be under great threat. If there are a few disciples like Tianxing Sect, I don¡¯t know how to face it." Hong Tang¡¯s eyes were wet, and he Weak people alone cannot protect all the indigenous people.
"So what is Senior Brother Hong thinking?" Gu Yun asked. Since Hong Tang told the three of them everything and took them to the residence of the residents of the secret realm, he must have wanted the three of them to help the residents of the secret realm.
¡°I want to take advantage of this opportunity when the door to the secret realm opens again to take all the residents of the secret realm out of the Secret Realm of Spiritual Spring and take them into the Nineteen States of the True Way!¡± Hong Tang said seriously.
This is a good idea.
Having said this, his eyes fell on Qing Ke and said: "Senior Brother Qing, you are the true disciple of the Qingcheng Sect and have supreme power. Hong would like to ask you to help these poor original residents of the secret realm."
"How can I help?" Qing Kehen said calmly.
"You are a true disciple, and you have the power to temporarily command and control all the disciples of our sect who enter the secret realm this time. As long as you protect the natives of the secret realm for the next sixteen days, and then keep them out of the secret realm! I think, with this Our Qingcheng faction is fully capable of doing this." Hong Tang looked at Qing Jihen seriously.
As one of the three major sects in Shuzhou, Qingcheng Sect certainly has the ability to do this!
"In return, when the formation failed a few years ago, I asked the aborigines of the secret realm to collect all the medicinal materials and treasures in the formation. By then, as long as the original inhabitants of the secret realm successfully come to the true way, In the Nineteen Prefectures, all these medicinal materials and treasures can be distributed to the disciples of our sect!" Hong Tang said: "I guarantee that the quantity of this batch of magical medicines and treasures is greater than what one hundred of our disciples could search in the secret realm. Hundreds of times!"
After Qing Kehen thought about it, he suddenly asked: "Can I exchange for 100,000 sect contribution points?"
"??" Hong Tang didn't react for a while.
"I mean, are these treasures and magic medicine worth 100,000 points converted into contribution points from our Qingcheng Sect?" Qing Kehen asked seriously.
"Well, although I don't know if the points conversion of the Contribution Hall has changed recently. However, if I follow the contribution conversion method I used at that time, this batch of medicinal materials and treasures will be at least 400,000 contribution points! Even if it is one hundred If divided among the disciples, each of them can get more than 4,000 points!" Hong Tang made an estimate and said.
"Okay then!" Qing Kehen said: "I will protect all the residents of the secret realm. I will share half of this batch of medicinal materials and give me 200,000 points of medicinal materials. Then I will give Gu Yun and Xu Ying 50,000 points of medicinal materials each. No matter how many other medicinal materials there are, they will all be handled by you, Junior Brother Hong. If you take the residents of the secret realm out, you will need enough resources to survive."
Hong Tang suddenly became excited: "Senior Brother Qing, are you willing to help?"
But after a moment, he paused again: "Senior Brother Qing, don't the disciples of the Qingcheng Sect who come to help don't need to share some medicinal materials and treasures with them? Then will they be willing to come to help?"
"When did I say that I would ask all the disciples of the sect to come over for help?" Qing Kehen said with a smile: "The aborigines who protect the secret realmUnder attack from disciples of various sects, I am enough! Whoever dares to come here and seek death will give them a ride! "
"Ka!" Hong Tang suddenly turned to stone: "Senior Brother Qing, this is no child's play. You have to know that there are so many disciples from various sects entering the secret realm!"
"Don't worry, Senior Brother Hong." Gu Yun on the side suddenly patted Hong Tang and said: "Junior Brother Qing, he alone killed more than half of the Hunyuan Sect's warriors who entered the secret realm at this time. And he was only one Killed on sight