Stars fall and locust trees grow

Seeing these four people falling asleep like dead pigs in an instant, Zeng Muchan was a little amused and helpless. He could only sigh and shake his head helplessly.

"It seems that Huaiyi and his friends didn't sleep all night last night. I don't know what they were doing. Anyway, we just came back from Mingyuejian and need to rest. Why don't we stay here tonight and set off on Kunzhou to Jiangzhou tomorrow."

Gu Chuanlin nodded slightly. Just as he was about to say something, he heard a very subtle friction sound above his head. He frowned and slowly raised his head to look at the roof.

Zeng Muhan was a little puzzled when he saw this, but he held his breath and didn't say anything.

Then Gu Chuanlin moved his fingers slightly, and something flew in from the window and fell directly into his hands.

It turned out to be a tile.

Zeng Muhan immediately understood. "I'll go up and take a look!"

After he finished speaking, he flew out of the window and directly climbed onto the roof. But after a moment, he flew back.

"The tiles show signs of being moved, and some of them even have a layer of muddy footprints on them. It looks like someone must have been here last night, and more than one person."

Zeng Muhan said as he handed Gu Chuanlin a small pine needle. "This was found on one of the tiles... I don't know if this is related to the group of black-robed people. If it was them, why didn't they do anything last night? It's really strange."

Gu Chuanlin gently twisted the pine needle and said, "Perhaps something happened along the way and they had to leave."

Zeng Muhan said: "No matter what, it's a blessing that Huaiyi and the others are okay."

Gu Chuanlin nodded.

"Muhan, go tell Changsheng Palace about this news. They are familiar with the topography of Shuozhou and may be able to find the location of Fuxiling based on this pine needle."

"Yes, Little Master!"

Seeing Zeng Muhan responding and preparing to leave, Gu Chuanlin seemed to suddenly think of something, and then continued: "Remember to buy some more spiritual food when you come back."

"Yes!"

***

At this moment, in the dense forest west of Shuozhou City, most of the people in black robes were resting with their eyes closed in the distance, only Wang Qiang was pacing back and forth, muttering to himself.

"We failed so badly on our first mission. I wonder how the leader will punish us..."

"I heard that our elder Ku Rong who is in charge of punishment is extremely cruel. I wonder if you can bear it..."

"But, Boss, you faint when you see blood. I guess if you pass out directly, it will still reduce some of the pain..."

Wu Naozi was already having a headache because of the mission, and now seeing Wang Qiang hanging around in front of him, he felt even more annoyed, so he kicked him directly, knocking him to the ground.

"Damn it! You keep going back and forth, don't you? You're almost making me vomit!"

Wang Qiang nonchalantly brushed off the dirt on his body, then slid to his knees and hugged Wu Naozi's thighs.

"Boss! You better be more careful! We haven't even completed such a simple task. How are we going to explain to the leader when we go back?"

Wu Naozi pointed at Fu Xiling who was unconscious next to him.

"Good-for-nothing! Don't we still have him?"

Wang Qiang was overjoyed: "Boss! Are we going to kill him to silence him?"

Wu Naozi kicked again!

"Stop talking about killing all the time. What's the difference between you and a bandit?"

!!!

Wang Qiang: "Boss! We are not good people anyway, are we?"

Wu Naozi slapped Wang Qiang on the head, showing a look of disappointment. "I say, how come you only grow taller but not smarter!"

He pulled Wang Qiang to his side, then lowered his head and whispered: "You know why this Changsheng Palace was upgraded to a fourth-level sect, right?"

"Of course I know! Because the Juyun Sect used its disciples to conduct forbidden experiments, which was inhumane, it was expelled from the Immortal Sect Alliance."

"Since you know this, I don't need to explain it any more. Think about the techniques we have learned since we entered the sect. Do you feel that something is wrong?"

Wang Qiang thought of the thing that popped up from his back from time to time, and suddenly felt his scalp tingling.

"Boss, that couldn't be..."

Wu Naozi said: "When I first joined the Tianwu Sect, they didn't ask about my background or age. Then they taught me a set of body and bone training techniques, and I had to take unknown elixirs regularly every month. So, our Tianwu Sect may not be as simple as we imagined."

Wang Qiang was a little confused, and asked in a low voice: "Then why did you join the Tianwu Cult in the first place, Boss?"

"It's because I'm old and poor!" Wu Naozi said, "I heard that if you join a sect to practice, you will not only have food and shelter, but also receive spirit stones every month, so I plan to find a sect to live in for retirement."

At this point, Wu Naozi sighed deeply again. "Who knows that the sects nowadays only like to recruit young disciples who are only a few years old or in their teens. For someone like me who started practicing in my thirties, no one wanted me at Huo Zao Fang. In the end, only the Tian Wu Sect had low requirements in all aspects, so I could only stay here."

Wang Qiang: "Boss, if our sect really practices evil magic... then what will we do if the Immortal Sect Alliance finds out?"

"What can I do? Anyway, I am controlled by the elixir now. I can't run away even if I want to. I might as well take it one step at a time!" Wu Naozi continued: "So, don't worry about the sect missions. Just live your life."

After Wu Naozi finished educating his younger brother Wang Qiang, he was just about to close his eyes and rest for a while when he saw many flower petals suddenly floating in from the dense forest.

This dense forest is full of green pines. I have been going in and out for the past two days and have not seen any flowering trees. Where do these petals come from?

Wu Naozi was just wondering when he saw the petals that were dancing freely just now suddenly fly towards them at an extremely fast speed. Then, a murderous aura came towards them.

Everyone quickly took out their magic weapons to resist.

But there were too many petals, covering the sky like sand and sharp as blades, leaving bloodstains every time they touched the body. Moreover, someone had smeared something on the petals, which made the wounds feel numb and itchy, very uncomfortable.

"Sha!"

Wu Naozi's back of hand was seriously injured and he grimaced in pain. He subconsciously lowered his head to look at his hand, but suddenly his eyes went dark and he staggered and fell down.

Wang Qiang: "It's over! The boss fainted again!!!"

Other black-robed people: !!!

Wang Qiang didn't care about the petals anymore, he just carried Wu Naozi on his back and ran away. As he ran, he turned back and shouted, "What are you guys still doing? Get out of here now!!!"