Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 303: Golden Core Battle [Happy New Year to Everyone]

"That must be Jiufeng Ridge, the weather looks good."

Outside Jiufeng Ridge, Liu Xi, a middle-aged man who came all the way from Qi State with Ruan Hongzhuang, was looking at the Zhou Family Mountain Gate in the distance.

He and Ruan Hongzhuang entered Jingguo and after finding out the location of the Zhou family's mountain gate, they rushed all the way to Lanzhou. They also stayed in Hongyafang Market for two days to inquire about the situation of the Zhou family.

Compared with the cultivators outside Lanzhou, the local cultivators in Lanzhou undoubtedly know more about the Zhou family's situation.

Therefore, the two of them did not spend much effort to find out the relevant situation.

Then the two of them came to the outside of Jiufeng Ridge and observed the Zhou family’s mountain gate in person.

Seeing Liu Xi only looking at the gate of Zhou Family Mountain without saying anything, Ruan Hongzhuang could only take the initiative to ask, "Senior Liu, what are you going to do?"

Unexpectedly, after hearing her words, Liu Xi immediately asked back: "Fellow Daoist Ruan, what do you think we should do?"

This also made Ruan Hongzhuang stunned, and she immediately lowered her head and said, "With the senior here, I dare not speak nonsense."

"Humph, since you know you can't command me, then keep quiet. It's not your turn to teach me how to do things!"

Liu Xi snorted coldly, and his words made Ruan Hongzhuang's face change drastically, and she said "I dare not" repeatedly.

After being scolded like this, she didn't dare to say anything more. She just shut her mouth and said nothing more.

After Liu Xi pondered for a long time, he whispered to himself: "To be on the safe side, it is better to test it first."

Test?

How to test?

Ruan Hongzhuang looked at Liu Xi, a hint of curiosity flashing in her eyes.

But due to the other party's previous warning, she didn't dare to ask more.

Fortunately, Liu Xi did not keep her in suspense and quickly instructed her: "Fellow Daoist Ruan, hide your cultivation and sneak into the Zhou family to test it out. If there is no Jindan stage cultivator in there, I will break the formation and destroy the Zhou family!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Ruan Hongzhuang's expression suddenly changed and her pretty face turned pale.

How could she not understand what Liu Xi meant? He wanted her to be a cannon fodder to explore the way!
"Senior Liu, the Zhou family has three Purple Mansion cultivators and a third-order dragon. With my cultivation strength, even if I sneak into their mountain gate and alert them, I'm afraid they can easily suppress me without the need for a Golden Core cultivator to take action!"

She didn't dare to directly refuse Liu Xi's order, but she also didn't want to go in and die like this, so she could only explain the difficulties in a roundabout way.

Although she also wanted to kill Zhou Mingde and destroy the Zhou family.

But she cared more about her own life.

She would not risk her own life in exchange for Zhou Mingde's life.

"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Ruan. Since Liu has asked you to do this, I will certainly not let anything happen to you!"

As Liu Xi spoke, he patted the storage bag on his waist, took out a jade box and handed it to her.

"There is a defensive talisman inside. It will protect you, Fellow Daoist Ruan. Even if you are besieged by several cultivators of the same level, it will help you hold out for a while, long enough for me to take action."

The first thing he did was to give away a talisman. Only a Jindan stage cultivator could be so generous.

But in fact, for Jindan stage cultivators, most talismans are of no use to them, unless they are talismans made from particularly powerful magic weapons such as the "Hunyuan Bowl".

And when she saw that Liu Xi had even taken out the talisman, Ruan Hongzhuang knew that she had no choice but to go.

Since she asked Liu Xi to come and deal with the Zhou family, she must have fully inquired about this man's character beforehand.

Therefore, she knew very well that this person often liked to use courtesy before force.

If she postponed going any further, Liu Xi would probably turn hostile and force her to go.

At the moment, he could only bow and thank him helplessly: "Thank you for the treasure, senior. I know what to do now!"

Then they prepared to set off according to Liu Xi's instructions.

But at this moment, Liu Xi called her again.

"Friend Ruan, don't be in such a hurry to leave. I want to leave something with you."

Want to leave something behind?

Ruan Hongzhuang looked at Liu Xi with surprise and doubt, not understanding what the other party meant.

"Don't worry, this is just a small warning. It won't have any impact on you, Fellow Daoist Ruan!"

As Liu Xi spoke, he immediately explained the situation to Ruan Hongzhuang.

After a while passed, Ruan Hongzhuang, who was ready, quietly restrained her cultivation and headed for the Zhou family's mountain gate.

Just like when Lin Hongyu concealed her cultivation and infiltrated the Zhou family, Ruan Hongzhuang, as a Purple Mansion stage cultivator, was not recognized when she disguised herself as a casual cultivator and infiltrated the Zhou family.

This cannot be blamed on the guards. After all, those who guard the entrance to the mountain gate are only at the Qi Refining Stage. How could they possibly see through a Purple Mansion Stage cultivator who deliberately concealed his cultivation level?

It should be said that this is a weakness that most immortal cultivation families cannot avoid.

They opened the family mountain gate to independent practitioners to practice and earn spirit coins, so this kind of weakness was bound to appear and be exploited by others.

However, although this weakness exists, not everyone can exploit it.

Just like Ruan Hongzhuang, if she didn't have Liu Xi outside to support her, even if she really sneaked into the Zhou family's mountain gate, she would not dare to do anything out of line.

Otherwise, once his identity was exposed, the Zhou family would close the mountain protection formation and he would be caught in a jar.

In short, after Ruan Hongzhuang sneaked into the Zhou family's mountain gate, she first waited for the Zhou family's cultivators who were monitoring these wandering cultivators to calm down, and then she found an opportunity to leave the training area and headed straight for Pagoda Peak.

Her plan was very simple. She would go to Pagoda Peak and capture Zhou Chun who was working there. In this way, if there really was a Jindan-stage cultivator in the Zhou family's mountain gate, he would definitely be alarmed.

However, her methods were undoubtedly much cruder than Lin Hongyu's.

Or it could be said that after learning from Lin Hongyu's infiltration incident, the Zhou family also increased their precautions in certain aspects.

She had just left the training area when a burst of rapid wolf howls sounded in the surrounding mountains and forests.

It turned out that the Zhou family had learned the lesson from Lin Hongyu's last attack and placed wolves with keen sense of smell in the mountains and forests surrounding the training area.

As long as they smell a stranger and find that the target has not left the training area via the normal route, these demon wolves will sound a warning.

Because the Zhou family itself is a family famous for its beast taming skills, Ruan Hongzhuang discovered the demon wolf in the forest in advance, but she didn't pay much attention to it and just thought it was a normal free-range demon beast.

It was not until the wolf howled as a warning that she realized how big a mistake she had made.

However, it was meaningless to regret now, so she stopped hiding her skills and soared directly into the air, rushing towards Pagoda Peak.

"Oh no, it's a Purple Mansion Stage cultivator!"

On Baozhi Peak, Zhou Jiahe's face changed drastically when he saw Ruan Hongzhuang's figure. He immediately realized that the enemy was not one he could deal with.

She also decisively gave up the idea of ​​intercepting the enemy, and just quickly set off warning fireworks and ordered the Zhou family monks who were preparing to intercept the enemy to move aside.

Although he didn't know that the ancestor of the Su family was in charge of the Zhou family, Zhou Jiahe still had great confidence in the strength of the family's several supreme elders.

Although the enemy was powerful, she didn't believe that he could really cause a big commotion in the Zhou Family Mountain Gate alone. At the same time, Zhou Chun, who was working in the Zhongping Hall on the Pagoda Peak, was the first to hear the warning from the mountain gate.

He quickly left the hall and came outside, where he saw Ruan Hongzhuang who was rushing towards him.

And Ruan Hongzhuang also saw him at this time.

For Ruan Hongzhuang, this was like a meeting between two enemies, and she was extremely jealous.

She stared at Zhou Chun intently, the magic weapon already appeared in her hand, and she was ready to take Zhou Chun's life as soon as it came into attack range.

When Zhou Chun felt her fierce gaze, he instantly understood her thoughts.

So he rushed to the ancestral temple not far away.

As an important place of the family, the Zhou family's ancestral hall is guarded by another set of independent formations.

Moreover, as the head of the Zhou family, Zhou Chun also masters the secret to opening the ancestral temple formation.

At this moment, he flew into the ancestral temple and immediately made a hand gesture to activate the temple's formation.

At about this time, a red flame suddenly came rushing from the back mountain of Pagoda Peak and headed straight for Ruan Hongzhuang. It turned out that the Fire God Jackal had arrived in time.

Seeing this, Ruan Hongzhuang could only secretly hate Zhou Chun for his cunningness, and hurriedly gathered her strength to deal with the attack of the Fire God Jackal.

A man and a demon fought in mid-air, and the aftermath of the fight alone brought considerable impact to the Zhou family's mountain gate below.

Fortunately, the entire Zhou family reacted at this time. Soon, Zhou Jiarui, the elder on duty who was guarding the formation today, activated the mountain protection formation and directly mobilized the power of the "Five Directions Miro Formation" to set up four spiritual light barriers around the battlefield to prevent Ruan Hongzhuang from moving the battlefield to another place and causing damage to other places.

Then Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi also rushed to the battlefield and joined the battle.

Faced with the siege of two Zhou family Purple Mansion cultivators and the Fire God Jackal, Ruan Hongzhuang was forced to use the defensive talisman given to her by Liu Xi on the spot.

It was a golden token-shaped magic weapon, and the defensive golden light it released was unstoppable. No matter how Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi attacked, they could not break it.

However, this item seemed to consume a great deal of mana. After Ruan Hongzhuang, who was at the initial stage of Purple Mansion cultivation, activated it, she also showed a look of effort.

Not only was she physically exhausted, she was also extremely anxious.

The means that Liu Xi left on her did not seem to be triggered, which should be a good thing.

But Liu Xi hasn't taken any action yet, which makes her very uneasy.

If Liu Xi really didn't take action, she would definitely die today!

"Friend Ruan, you shouldn't have come. Zhou had already let you go that day. Why did you come here again?"

In the sky, Zhou Mingde looked at Ruan Hongzhuang with gleaming eyes. While maintaining his offensive, he also spoke tentatively with a look of emotion on his face.

"Hmph, Zhou Mingde, don't be too proud too soon. Since I dare to come here, I am naturally not afraid of your tricks!"

Ruan Hongzhuang snorted coldly and responded with a hint of meaning.

Since Liu Xi hasn't shown up yet, she can only save herself.

Sure enough, after hearing her words, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi's expressions changed, and their offensive immediately eased.

Zhou Mingde immediately looked at her with a look of doubt and said, "Friend Ruan, please don't scare me. You are already trapped in a jar. Once the power of this talisman is exhausted, you will be meat on our chopping board. What other means can you use to turn the tables?"

"Whether I'm trying to scare you or not, you'll soon find out!"

Ruan Hongzhuang looked so confident that no one could ignore her words.

As a result, the offensive of Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi weakened a little.

Even Zhou Daoyi soon withdrew from the battlefield and seemed to take over the formation.

Seeing this scene, Ruan Hongzhuang felt relieved.

She no longer cared about anything else and just wanted to save her own life.

But she was relieved for a short while before her expression changed again.

After Zhou Daoyi took over the formation, he immediately mobilized the power of the formation to launch a fierce attack on her.

Under the attack of the formation, the power of her talisman was consumed at a very fast speed, and her own magic power was draining away like a waterfall!
"Even the formation has been mobilized. It seems that there really is no Jindan cultivator in charge!"

Outside Jiufeng Ridge, when Liu Xi saw the changes in the Zhou family mountain gate protection formation, his eyes suddenly flashed, and he suddenly soared into the air and headed straight for the Zhou family mountain gate.

But finally he couldn't help but take action.

Just as he soared into the air and pounced towards the Zhou family's mountain gate, the ancestor of the Su family suddenly flew out of the cave on the top of Pagoda Peak.

Naturally, he had been startled by Ruan Hongzhuang's intrusion.

But when he saw that the intruder was only a cultivator in the Purple Mansion Stage, he quickly understood everything as if he were seeing through fire.

At this moment, when he sensed the powerful aura approaching rapidly outside the gate of Zhoujiashan, he knew that his judgment was correct.

At this time, he came out of the cave and was released by Zhou Daoyi without any pause, and flew directly out of the range of the Zhou family's mountain protection formation.

Outside the Zhou family's mountain gate, Liu Xi, who was about to attack the Zhou family's mountain gate, was stunned for a moment when he saw the ancestor of the Su family suddenly appear.

what happened?

How could there be a Jindan-stage cultivator in the Zhou family!
After being stunned for a moment, Liu Xi quickly thought of something and stopped and said in a deep voice, "Are you Fellow Daoist Su from the Jiangzhou Su family?"

Hearing his words, the Su family ancestor couldn't help but say coldly: "Since you know that it is Su who is here, you still dare to come here and act so presumptuously. You really don't take my Jingguo Xiuxian world seriously, and you don't take Su seriously!"

Liu Xi's face changed when he heard such hostile words. He waved his hand and said hurriedly, "Fellow Daoist Su, you misunderstood. There must be some misunderstanding. I just happened to pass by here!"

Since he knew that the ancestor of the Su family came here specifically to take charge of the Zhou family, he certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to admit that he came here to deal with the Zhou family.

As for Ruan Hongzhuang inside, now she can only give up.

Liu Xi would never choose to go to war with a native Jindan cultivator of Jingguo like the Su family's ancestor just for Ruan Hongzhuang, whom he was not familiar with.

However, faced with the excuses he gave, the Su family's ancestor did not appreciate it.

He immediately sneered and said, "Whether it is a misunderstanding or not, you and Su know it in your heart!"

"Enough of the nonsense. Now that you are here, let me learn from your skills!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his hand and summoned his own magical weapon.

His natal magic weapon was an azure blue octagonal mace. At this moment, he flicked his sleeves and the mace broke through the air and hit Liu Xi.

Rumble!
All that was heard was a thunderous roar, and wherever the treasure mace passed, the air in the sky was torn apart and exploded, and the speed was extremely fast.

Seeing this, Liu Xi on the opposite side suddenly changed his expression and hurriedly summoned the green flying sword to meet the eight-sided treasure mace.

As we bid farewell to the old and usher in the new, I wish all my book friends good luck, good health, and everything goes well in the Year of the Rabbit!

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