The Legend of Qingpeng: Starting from the Costinus

Under the tree hole, the four of them had already begun using their spiritual sense to scan the surroundings.

The people present didn't see Liu Ruqian, so they didn't need to be reminded and understood what was going on instantly.

At this moment, they all started looking for Liu Ruqian.

However, without the guidance of Chen Hao's essence and energy, they found it difficult to discover anything for a while.

The formation in the tree hole is not simple. Chen Hao bought it from a formation shop after selling a second-grade top-grade alchemy furnace in the black market and adding the spirit stones he originally had on him.

According to the shopkeeper, this is the masterpiece of a third-level formation master in his youth. It is a compound formation that perfectly combines three sets of second-level top-grade formations.

Although it is not at the third level, it already has some of the power of a third-level formation.

It is called the "Fantasy Dream Mist Concealment Array", and it is a set of arrays that combines illusion, concealment, and defense. However, the most powerful function is the concealment function. The combination of illusion and concealment array can be said to complement each other, achieving a benefit of one plus one far greater than two.

That is why the four of them had not discovered anything.

During the investigation, two of them had communicated with each other several times through eye contact.

They are brothers from the same mother. Few people know about this because they deliberately conceal it.

The two men valued their lives very much, and every time they robbed and killed monks, they used insidious means such as deception and sneak attacks. Although they were very powerful, they had never killed directly.

The method was simple. The two men pretended not to know each other at first. One of them found a prey to get acquainted with, and then the other one came out to create conflicts and deepen the relationship with the prey. Then he tricked the prey into exploring the ruins of the ancient cave.

As long as they tricked them out of the market town and launched a surprise attack together, it would work every time.

Of course, this is also a trick they often use when they are in the sect.

The Smiling Monk was one of the few people who knew the identities and methods of the two men. He secretly revealed his identity to Hu Shi and Liu Ruqian. He did this for the sake of achieving balance in his heart.

He is the strongest, but the two of them are naturally one, and their strength in theory can naturally overshadow his, so when a conflict breaks out, he will not be the first target of concentrated fire.

Now, the two brothers have begun discussing how to take action.

The position of true inheritance is actually as attractive to them as the five elements spiritual fruit.

Since the Laughing Monk was promoted to the highest level by the powerful background behind him, no one knew his true strength, but many people thought he was the easiest to deal with.

Although the Smiling Monk knew what the true teachings meant to the lower-level disciples, he had never considered this issue.

Because he also wanted to kill the other four people, not just for a Five Elements Spirit Fruit.

As a person secretly sent by the sect to monitor other disciples, he knew very well how much each of them had gained.

These four people were carefully selected by him, both in terms of strength and the wealth in the storage bags. Many of his plans were just to catch these people in one fell swoop.

Just like that, after looking around for a long time, they found nothing, not even any signs of a fight.

As the four people each had their own thoughts, they all returned to the tree at the same time, and the atmosphere gradually became tense.

Liu Ruqian's disappearance broke the balance of everything.

It was because they didn't find her that the four of them thought that the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit had slipped away from them and was obtained by Liu Ruqian who had escaped.

At this moment, four people stood in four directions and did not take any action, but the murderous intent among them was almost reaching the sky.

Seeing that the situation was at a stalemate, a man suddenly launched an attack without any warning, and his target was the Smiling Monk.

The person who took the first action was the person that the Smiling Monk least expected, Hu Shi!

Hu Shi was very clear at this moment that the other two were brothers. If he attacked the Smiling Monk directly, the two brothers would definitely join in and besiege the seemingly strongest Smiling Monk to ensure victory. Then it would be the time for him to launch his attack in the chaos.

Hu Shi took out a blood-red sword and controlled it from a distance, stabbing the smiling monk.

The Smiling Monk had not expected that Hu Shi would actually attack him, which would clearly benefit the other two.

But there was no time to think about it, the flying sword had already crossed the void and came closer.

The Smiling Monk made a Buddhist demon-subduing seal with his left hand, and pushed his right hand forward, and a golden Buddha seal condensed with magical power appeared in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, the Buddhist seal collided with the flying sword.

Boom boom!

With a loud bang, a cloud of dust was raised. When the smoke and dust dispersed, the Smiling Monk successfully caught the flying sword.

The two brothers were delighted when they saw the situation and started attacking the Laughing Monk without thinking.

The two men summoned two flying knives from their storage bags and shot them towards the Laughing Monk as soon as they appeared.

At this moment, the Smiling Monk took the flying sword that suddenly attacked him, breathed a sigh of relief, and seeing that the two brothers also started to attack, he calmly took out a Zen staff from his storage bag.

With a wave of his hand, he swung the Zen stick twice, creating a wave of air, which shows how strong his power is.

Holding the Zen stick in his hand, he used his physical strength to knock the incoming flying knife several feet away.

After the first round of attack.

The three of them immediately noticed the whereabouts of the Smiling Monk, and found out that he was practicing both physical and magical skills!

This situation caught the other three people by surprise.

"The original Blood-illuminating Divine Light was already difficult to deal with, and this person is a perfect second-order physical cultivator. How can we deal with him?"

The three of them thought the same thing.

But the arrow was on the string and had to be shot. Hu Shi already had a trump card that he had not used yet. How could he be willing to accept this!

Looking at the smiling monk who was still standing in the same place after taking the attack, he seemed to have already won.

Hu Shi stopped pretending and waved his hand to take out a sinister banner with a ghost face pattern printed on it.

Magic power poured into the banner, and the flag immediately swelled in the wind, covering the sky above the four people in a blink of an eye. A curtain of light also spread out from the banner, covering the four people.

"Ghost Banner!?" One of the two brothers exclaimed immediately when he saw the flag appear.

The reason why this magic weapon can make a foundation-building cultivator lose his composure is naturally because it is extremely famous. It is the iconic magic weapon of the Ghost King Sect and also the magic weapon that the demon cultivators fear the most. Not only is it sinister and treacherous, it can also form a formation with just one banner and can also extract the enemy's soul and train it into a ghost slave.

The fact that a disciple of the Blood Sea Sect possessed a magical weapon from the Ghost King Sect instantly made them doubt his identity and whether he had any hidden means.

Facing the exclamation of the person in front of him, Hu Shi ignored it directly, and said to the Smiling Monk with a gentle smile: "Brother, there are no Five Elements Spiritual Fruits here. Why don't we get rid of these two people first?"

After hearing Hu Shi's words, one of the brothers shouted without waiting for the smiling monk to reply, "Brother Hu! Don't try to get the skin of a tiger. Even if we die, this smiling monk will not let you go!"

It seemed like he was speaking out of consideration for Hu Shi, but in fact he was trying to sow discord.

He had already planned to escape, and they both knew their own weight very well.

Now the apparent strength of Hu Shi and the Smiling Monk is beyond their reach, not to mention whether they have any hidden tricks, so naturally they have to find a way to escape.