Junior Disciple C

"Huh?" Feng Ye, who was walking along the uneven rock layer under the surface of the floating island, suddenly looked back.

The phantom array he drew was broken.

It seems that Hao Chen finally found out, but it was a little earlier than he expected.

Thinking of this, Feng Ye couldn't help but chuckled softly.

His chain trick was a great success, he activated the phantom array drawn on the Taoist robe while Hao Chen was standing in place and not following him closely, and then he took off the Taoist robe himself, making a golden cicada escape from its shell.

He hid in the dark and watched as Hao Chen, who was catching up again, unknowingly followed the Taoist robe driven by his spiritual power, gradually drifting away.

If it wasn't for the fear that the laughter would be exposed, he probably wouldn't be able to stop laughing on the spot.

He finally held back, and waited for Hao Chen to leave his sight, then turned and walked in the opposite direction.

Deacon Zheng only said that Lingyun was a tree species found in the seabed of the secret place of the floating island, but although this sea area is not as vast as the real sea outside, it is not too small. Might not be able to find it.

And the secret realm of the floating island is only open for one day. After one day, outside monks have to leave, otherwise they have to wait ten years for the entrance to open again.

But being trapped in such a dangerous secret realm for ten years, even if you don't die, you will have to peel off your skin.

Feng Ye wasn't worried about any danger, but he didn't have that much time.

He doesn't dream all the time, but lately it has been more and more frequent.

The interval between the repeated dreams is getting shorter and shorter, and the sense of shock that makes people unable to relax for a long time after waking up is getting stronger and stronger.

All of this shows that in this seemingly peaceful world, catastrophes are coming quietly.

He had to hurry up and figure out the source of all this.Therefore, it is impossible for him to spend decades searching all over this sea area.

Feng Ye never fights unprepared, he came here, naturally he has a way to find tree species.Hao Chen was really ignorant of the location of the tree species, but Feng Ye was not.

Deacon Zheng didn't speak in detail, but the file he peeked at was very detailed. After being reminded of the story told by Deacon Zheng, Feng Ye also recalled the contents of the file.

Lingyun is a tree species found in an underwater cave 300 meters deep in the east of the floating island that has not been eroded by sea water. This greatly narrowed the scope of the search.

Feng Ye is now heading east along the edge of the floating island. He has dived to a depth of about 300 meters, and finally saw the edge of the floating island underwater.

The land part of this floating island is relatively flat, the highest hill is no more than 300 meters, but the rock layer under the water surface is a full [-] meters deep.

Feng Ye opened his fingers slightly, and the fine water flowed through his fingers. He could feel that he was getting closer to his destination.

The subtle vibrations of the sea water came through the exposed skin, not because of the movement of fish or monsters swimming in the water.

is the wind.

The wind under the sea.

This shows that there must be an air chamber in front that is not filled with seawater. The balance between wind pressure and seawater has caused the seawater not to pour into the cave, and it has also caused the seawater to oscillate differently than other places.

This is likely to be the underwater cave where Ling Yun found the tree species mentioned in the dossier.

After Feng Ye looked back, he continued to walk forward.

So what if Hao Chen discovered the phantom formation? Although it was earlier than he expected, it was not too long.

He didn't expect to hide it from Hao Chen for long. He drew the pattern during the short time of separation from Hao Chen. Although he was proficient in formation, he was not good at illusion. Very, the illusion made can't speak or make any expression.

Had it not been for the dimly lit location on the bottom of the sea, Hao Chen would have spotted it at a glance.

During the time when Hao Chen was kept in the dark, Feng Ye was already far enough away from Hao Chen, there was no way he could easily chase after that piece of brown candy.

Feng Ye actually didn't know where the Taoist robe with the pattern pattern led Hao Chen to. He just chose a direction opposite to his real destination.

Then he let the Taoist robe with the broken sleeve float along the sea, leading Hao Chen to an unknown distance.

Thinking of Hao Chen being fooled by a piece of clothing, Feng Ye couldn't help laughing again.

After laughing, he realized that he was a little too frivolous, so he quickly restrained his expression, and there was still business to do.Thinking of this, Feng Ye continued to walk in the direction of the wind.

Just walking back, the corners of his mouth still curled up uncontrollably.

After not walking for too long, he found the cave that was not filled with sea water.

He walked through the narrow passage, and at the end of the passage, he saw a faint light.

As he swam, the light became more and more obvious, and finally, after Feng Ye surfaced, he saw the true face of the light.

It was a spirit stone embedded in the stone wall.It was actually a Lingshi mine here, Feng Ye looked around in surprise.The spiritual stones are scattered in the stone wall, like stars in the night sky, emitting a faint spiritual light on the dark seabed.

Although it was faint, it also illuminated the way ahead. Feng Ye saw the outline of the cave clearly with this ray of spiritual light.

Although the cave was not submerged by sea water, it still had a lot of moisture. Apart from dots of spirit stones on the stone walls, there were moss everywhere.

The top of the cave, which is about ten meters high, is densely covered with sharp, upside-down rocks like bamboo shoots. Water drops slide along the top of the rocks, and when they slide to the bottom, they will hang in the air without falling.

Finally, with a "tick", water drops fell from the air, and just happened to drip onto the tip of Feng Ye's nose. He casually reached out to wipe off the water drops on the tip of his nose, and the hem of his underwear, which was completely soaked in sea water, followed his movement of raising his hand. Inadvertently passed the cheek.

The drop of water was wiped dry, but the dripping underwear made his face more watery.

It was only then that Feng Ye noticed his wet, white underclothes stuck to his body.

Some inner masters who have made great achievements in martial arts can directly dry clothes with their internal strength.Cultivators can do the same, Feng Ye just shook his sleeves casually, and the clothes that were sticking to his body dried again.

Although there was no one else here except him, it was still a bit inappropriate to only wear an underwear.Feng Ye then took out the storage bag hanging on his waist.

The storage bag is embroidered with the pattern of a small sword, which is standard equipment for each Ling Xiao Sword Sect.

In fact, there are two standard equipment of Ling Xiao Jianzong. In addition to this storage bag, there is also a high-quality iron sword.Although it is not a magical weapon, it is better to have a sword for self-defense when going out than to fight with bare hands.

It's just that when Feng Ye left the sect, in order to catch Hao Chen by surprise, he couldn't show any intention of going to the secret realm of the floating island.

He, a person who doesn't usually practice swords, suddenly took a sword, not to mention Hao Chen would notice something wrong, even Fang Yang, who was as slow as Fang Yang, would be surprised.

And his storage bag was too small to hold a sword at all.So he simply didn't bring it.

Feng Ye lifted the storage bag upside down and dumped all the contents on the ground.There are not many items in total, two spirit stones, plus a spare Taoist robe of the uniform standard of the sect.

That's all he has.Two Taoist robes that are worn and washed in turn, and two spirit stones.

So poor that a mouse would have to come out crying.

As for the extent of his own poverty, Feng Ye had already had a deep understanding of his own poverty level as early as that time when he rummaged through boxes and cabinets, but couldn't even find a jade pendant. In the end, he could only replace it with bamboo pieces.

The junior disciples of the Lingxiao Sword Sect have a monthly subsidy of ten spirit stones, and food and drink are provided by the sect, so there is basically no expense in normal times.It stands to reason that no matter how poor you are, you can't be so poor.

But Feng Ye was really poor to this extent.

It wasn't because the original owner of this body spent money lavishly, but because he was unlucky. When he went out to travel, he ran into robbers who made a living by looting. Not only was his property robbed, but his life was also lost.

It was also because of this that Feng Ye was able to use his identity to sneak into the Lingxiao Sword Sect.

The only two pieces of spirit stones were found by Feng Ye at the foot of the bed when he was searching for the jade pendant. They were probably the private money hidden by the original owner.

Now it has become Feng Ye's private money, Feng Ye put the private money back into the storage bag, then picked up the Taoist robe that fell on the ground, feeling sorry for it while wearing it.

I was only thinking about being happy just now, but I forgot that although I cheated Hao Chen away, I spent a quarter of my property for it.

Although the sleeves of the Taoist robe were broken, it could still be worn after being mended.Now that the phantom formation has been broken, the clothes with the formation patterns probably will not end well.

loss!Feng Ye sighed melancholy, and wrapped his only Taoist robe tightly.

The other one is that he will never come back at all, and the only one left must be protected, otherwise he will really be so poor that he can't cover his clothes.

After putting it on, Feng Ye observed the distribution of spirit stones above his head, chose a direction with more spirit stones, and continued walking.

Ling Yun once used the spirit gathering array to cultivate Jianmu, but it ended in failure.Later, he realized that sunlight, rain, dew and soil are the key to make Jianmu germinate, but this does not mean that Jianmu does not need aura.

Although aura can't make Jianmu germinate, it can guarantee the activity of the tree species to the greatest extent.That tree species that has been buried in the dark seabed for an unknown number of years has not completely lost its vitality in such a long time, which shows that there must be enough aura in its environment.

Therefore, the denser the distribution of spirit stones, the more likely it is the location of tree species.

Feng Ye walked for a while, the cave was not small, and the passage was winding, even with the faint light from the spirit stone, Feng Ye couldn't see where the end of the cave was.

But he should not be far away from the tree species, because there are more and more spiritual stones above his head, and there are only a few stars falling on the stone wall at the entrance of the cave, but when he comes here, the sky is already full of stars.

Finally, Feng Ye walked to the center of the Lingshi Mine, and those supposedly weak and inconspicuous auras illuminated every corner of his field of vision.

The rich aura comparable to the heavens overflows from the spirit stones embedded in the rock formation to the outside world. The number of spirit stones is difficult to estimate, but at a glance, there must be tens of thousands of them.

If other monks came here, they probably couldn't hold back anymore, picked up their weapons, and started digging out spirit stones from the rock layer.

As a poor man, Feng Ye turned a blind eye to the treasures all over the place, his eyes wandered around, his attention was not focused on the spirit stones, but on the spirit energy scattered in the air with the wind.

He was observing the direction of the aura. Although the scattered aura was messy, it faintly drifted in a fixed direction, which must be the location of the tree species.

Feng Ye suddenly raised his foot, and he found the spiritual energy gathering place.He walked towards a stone platform protruding from the ground not far away. The stone platform was roughly circular, and the stone was surrounded by densely inlaid spiritual stones of excellent quality, like the petals of a lotus flower.

But in the middle of the lotus platform made by nature's uncanny workmanship, it is slightly concave, so Feng Ye could only see the scene on the lotus platform when he walked closer.

Nothing.

Unconcealable surprise appeared on Feng Ye's face. It is normal for such a rich aura to give birth to some kind of treasure, but there is nothing here.

No, maybe not at all.Feng Ye suddenly thought that on the lotus platform a hundred years ago, it was probably the seed that was taken away by Ling Yun.

But Ling Yun only took one away, and the place is empty.

Is there really a second tree species in the world?

Feng Ye was not sure.

In fact, he prefers not to.

Like Hao Chen's thought, he didn't think that a sacred tree like Jianmu would be a mass-produced product. Therefore, when he first investigated the matter of Jianmu, he never thought of coming to the secret place of the floating island to find out.

But what Deacon Zheng said is not unreasonable. After such a fire, even if there are residual debris of Jianmu, it should be discovered by the group of monks who went to search for the remains of relatives and friends. It is impossible to keep silent for a hundred years.

And the only person who has the possibility and motivation to discover Jianmu's fragments and keep them private is Ling Yun's junior brother--Ji Chengyue.

Ji Chengyue was the second villain who appeared in Feng Ye's dream. The two brothers and sisters had a very close relationship. After Ling Yun planted Jianmu, he was the first to notify him.

Ji Chengyue also participated in the entire trip to the sky, and he was present until Jianmu was cut off.

He didn't climb Jianmu, but like Ling Yun, he stood at the foot of the tree to maintain order and prevent the group of people from fighting because of competing for the priority of ascending to the sky.

Because of this, when Jian Mu collapsed, he narrowly escaped unharmed.

After the sky fire burned out, he was the first group to search for the ashes. Lingyun and Jianmu were connected to life and death. Even if Lingyun was condemned by everyone as a sinner through the ages, Ji Chengyue was still his brother who grew up with him.

Frightened by the reputation of Yinglong, the god of war, people dare not even mention the word Lingyun, and naturally they dare not hide this ominous tree that provoked Yinglong.

But Ji Chengyue is different. Feelings can make people irrational. As long as he still has a sense of brotherhood towards his senior brother who committed a heinous crime, he may find the fragments of Jianmu in the ashes and keep them secretly. down.

Although Ling Yun died in the sky fire, as long as Jian Mu lives, maybe Ling Yun who is connected with Jian Mu's life and death can also be resurrected.

This is a logical speculation, therefore, Ji Chengyue is the first target of Feng Ye's suspicion.

But he searched Ji Chengyue's room, but found no trace of Jianmu.

Jianmu is not a dead thing, and it is impossible to keep it in the storage bag for a long time, so it is impossible for Ji Chengyue to carry it with him, otherwise, once it is discovered, the consequences will be disastrous.

The rest of the people don't care whether Lingyun can be resurrected or not, they only know that Jianmu will provoke Yinglong, and Yinglong will bring disaster.

Although more than a hundred years have passed since the fear brought about by Ying Long, once that memory is awakened, countless people will be terrified and sleepless all night.

Fear makes people sensitive and suspicious. Obviously Yinglong didn't say a word throughout the whole process, but people couldn't help but speculate on the mind of this god, and listed Ling Yun's name as a taboo, and dared not even mention it again.

Therefore, if Ji Chengyue really found the fragment of Jianmu and hid it secretly, as Feng Ye thought, he would definitely hide it in a fixed place.

Like his bedroom.

The room where the master is located is on the top of the Lingxiao Sword Sect, and it is also the most heavily guarded place. In addition to the disciples patrolling at night, there are also nine defensive formations inside and outside, which can be said to be watertight.

Of course, it's just that he is so impervious to ordinary people, and someone as unusual as Feng Ye found an opening to slip in.

But this is already an excellent hiding place, the bedroom is different from other places, only Ji Chengyue has always been able to enter, the security and privacy are extremely high, there is no more perfect place to store the wooden fragments.

But unfortunately, there is no such thing in this bedroom.

Moreover, there is nothing related to Ling Yun in Ji Chengyue's room, he really looks so heartless, together with others, he regards his senior brother as a sinner, and refuses to even think about it.

From this point of view, he may not have hidden any fragments of Jianmu.

Feng Ye's inner balance gradually tilted towards the speculation that there might be a second tree species in the world, but he found nothing here today.

How is this possible?

Jianmu must still exist in this world, Feng Ye is very sure of this.

But the only two possibilities, the answers Feng Ye found were no.

Unbelievable, Feng Ye searched around the lotus platform again. The flow of spiritual energy cannot be faked. If there is a second tree species here, it will inevitably absorb spiritual energy to maintain its vitality.

But he didn't see any aura circulation disturbed by foreign objects. In order not to miss it, he searched back and forth three times, but the result was still the same.

He's sure he's been careful enough, there really aren't any tree species here.

So where is Jianmu?

Maybe... He still has to find Ji Chengyue to find out the answer.

Feng Ye sighed, the trip was in vain.He paid such a huge price for a Taoist robe to get here, but he found nothing.

He started to walk back, the business was done, and all that was left was to return to the land, meet Fang Yang, and then quietly wait for the day to pass before leaving the secret place of the floating island.

Speaking of which, I don't know what Fang Yang's gains on land are. That silly boy should be doing well, because Feng Ye didn't notice any danger.

The bamboo piece he gave Fang Yang would not usually monitor Fang Yang's actions, and he is not some weird-loving pervert like Hao Chen.So he will only notice when Fang Yang encounters life-threatening danger.

But since he entered the secret realm of the floating island, the patterns engraved on the bamboo slices haven't sent him any danger signal, so Fang Yang is naturally fine.

Feng Ye walked back unhurriedly. Anyway, half of the day would be over, and he didn't race against time to search for treasures like others. He had enough time to walk slowly to Fang Yang's side.

However, he wobbled to the entrance of the cave, and when he was about to re-enter the water and leave, he suddenly felt a strange feeling of panic in his chest.

Feng Ye's originally scattershot gaze froze. He raised his head, but he only saw a rock formation that was 300 meters thick and could not reflect a single ray of light.

Good and bad spirits, I just thought that Fang Yang should be going well, but I didn't expect that silly boy to encounter fatal danger in the next second.

The author has something to say:

Five thousand yesterday, five thousand today, add up to ten thousand.

In fact, although I didn't write as much as you imagined, but I didn't write as little as you imagined.

Excluding the [-] already taken out, I still have [-] in my box.

But I was afraid that I would be empty in one breath, and I could only confess to the skylight in the next few days.

Then it's time to make a decision, whether you want to finish it in one go, or update it on time and steadily in the next few days.