A Bug’s Desire To Survive

In recent decades, the world of self-cultivation has been full of geniuses. The young cultivators headed by Wei He have successively reached the stage of forming an elixir.

The 15 members of the Ascension Group are all on the list, and Wei He even squeezed into the top ten a year ago.

Originally, according to the agreement, after Wei Hebai entered Jijiamen, he moved to settle at the foot of Qishan. Over the past ten years, more than 20 orphans have been adopted one after another. In the mortal world, the adoption of orphans by ordinary people requires qualification, but monks can skip these procedures. Children can be adopted as adopted children, disciples or followers, and there is no limit to the number of children. For mortals, being selected by monks is both an honor and an opportunity.

A cultivator's medicinal pills or health preservation methods can benefit mortals endlessly if they leak a little. But after the cultivator is harassed, he will also be supervised by the Lingcha Pagoda, so that no one can take advantage of their status and make a fool of themselves. Although monks have a preeminent position in the mortal world, they also have their own set of behavioral rules, and they are not allowed to do evil.

Qishan belongs to Jishangmen, and outsiders must first submit an application to Jishangmen to settle down. The villages and towns at the foot of the mountain are established after the application of casual cultivators or mortals. They are protected by Jishangmen, and they will also provide labor, food and necessary for Jishangmen. Daily necessities.

Originally, he did not live in these villages and towns, but directly rented a hill from Jishangmen. Jishangmen originally disagreed, but originally sent a few spirit grasses that she cultivated, promising that in the next 50 years, as long as the spirit grasses she cultivated would be distributed to Jishangmen for free, 50%. As we all know, it is very difficult to cultivate spiritual grass in this era of thin spiritual energy. The quality of the several spirit grasses that were originally brought out were all very good. Although she did not know how many spirit grasses she could cultivate, Jishangmen still agreed to her application.

At the beginning of agreeing, Jishangmen did not place much hope. The so-called 50% is at most hundreds of plants per year. But who would have thought that in the first ten years, nearly 100 acres of spiritual fields were reclaimed, and only relying on her and the children she adopted, from the second year onwards, the output of spiritual grass increased geometrically, although most of them were low-grade There are many kinds of spirit herbs, but they are of high quality, which amazes the top and bottom of the house, and the alchemists even treat her as a guest.

Yuan Chu's popularity in the extreme door is now even higher than that of some inner disciples. When the inner disciple was bullied, their master might not even have a look, but if she was bullied in the first place, everyone at the top would help her get justice.

Compared with the attention Lingcao received, the children who were originally adopted seemed to have no sense of existence.

They each have their own flaws, either their spiritual roots are destroyed or they are disabled. Even among mortals, they are pitiful people who are ignored and discriminated against by society.

Originally, according to each person's situation, they researched the most suitable cultivation method and cultivation method for them.

These children are very obedient and diligent. Although the practice didn't work at first, and even made them suffer a lot, they still persevered.

Five years later, the first child to break the shackles appeared, that is Jun Xiaobu who originally met in the hospital.

She possesses a mutated spiritual root of 3% purity and a pair of half-awakened heavenly eyes, making her the best candidate for Buddhist cultivation.

Originally taught her to recite the Buddhist scriptures, comprehend the Buddhist way, and cultivate a Zen mind. After ten years of hard work, she finally opened her heavenly eyes by chance, took the first step in cultivating Buddhism, and entered a completely different world.

Jun Xiaobu stood on the top of the mountain and looked at the mountains in the distance. Her eyes were like a mirror, and everything was clearly reflected. She slowly turned her head and looked at the original. In an instant, the sky and the earth turned pale, only a bunch of bright light, so dazzling.

"Sister, you..." Jun Xiaobu's calm eyes were full of waves.

Yuan Chu smiled at her, and all the visions returned to normal in an instant.

Jun Xiaobu realized in her heart that her sister was more powerful than she expected, and she couldn't see the whole picture with her eyesight.

"Let's go, your journey has just started." Yuan Chu jumped and walked away.

Jun Xiaobu doesn't have such a movement technique yet, so she can only walk honestly, but her peaceful nature makes her quite comfortable. While walking, her breath circulates and the Dharma is released, which attracts butterflies flying and birds and beasts stop...

Soon after, Jun Xiaobu became a member of the Ascension Group.

After another three years, four or five children broke through one after another, and the Ascension Group added new members.

Yuan Chu also fulfilled the promise she made with Wei He, how much Wei He's cultivation will improve, the more her cultivation will improve. Wei He entered the top ten on the rookie 100 list, but no one knew that her original strength was enough to enter the top ten, but she was addicted to planting and raising cubs, and she had never made a move in front of others over the years. Except for the members of the Ascension Group, outsiders don't know how strong she is, but her ability to cultivate spirit grass has been widely recognized.

Ji came to see her cultivation ability, and recruited her many times, but she was rejected. The reason was very simple. She couldn't leave these orphans alone.

There is no embarrassment for Jishangmen. Anyway, she is in the realm of Jishangmen, and she has signed a 50-year contract with them. At least for these 50 years, she does not need to worry about her casting elsewhere.

Practice has no time, and before you know it, another thirty years have passed.

A powerful force suddenly erupted in a cave in Jishangmen, and a blazing flame shot up into the sky, illuminating the dim sky.

The top and bottom of the extremely door were all alarmed, and they all looked in the same direction.

In the sky, the flame gradually changed from red to black, and then compressed layer by layer, and finally turned into a sphere the size of a palm, rushing straight into the cave.

"There is another Nascent Soul master in the cultivation world." An elder sighed.

At the same time, the Feisheng group was also fried.

[Let me go, he broke through the Nascent Soul Stage so soon? ? ? 】

【Do you want someone else to live? They are both extremely door-to-door disciples, how can the gap be so big! ! ! 】

[Are 89% of my spiritual roots beautifully placed! 】

【Ah ah ah ah, big brother please bring me! 】

[I seriously doubt whether it was a small stove for him in the first place? 】

【Doubt +1】

[By the way, didn't the original promise with him that their cultivation speed must be the same? The difference cannot exceed two levels. 】

[Originally, it should still be in the middle stage of forming an elixir, right? Wei He suddenly advanced from the late stage of formation to the early stage of Nascent Soul, how could others keep up with the original? 】

[Poor Xiaochu, in order to catch up with a certain perverted cultivation progress, I am afraid that I will fight for my life. 】

[Hey, I'm wondering if Wei He would really quit the extremely home if he couldn't reach the Nascent Soul Stage within a year or two. 】

【Do you have any misunderstanding about the original strength? 】Qiao Mingce suddenly interrupted.

【What's the meaning? 】

Qiao Mingce: [What gave you the illusion that you were chasing Wei He's cultivation progress in the first place? (Caring for the mentally handicapped.jpg)]

【? ? ? 】

【! ! ! 】

After so many years, this group of mentally retarded people still hadn't noticed the difference from the original, and regarded her as an ordinary cultivator like them. (Ascension to the masses: How come we, who are known as geniuses, are ordinary???)

Every time Wei He is promoted, Yuan Chu is also promoted. How can ordinary people be able to improve so quickly without systematic learning? Qiao Mingce was sure that in the beginning, he might have already broken through the Nascent Soul stage, or even higher, but he did not show his strength just to cooperate and supervise Wei He.

As Qiao Mingce guessed, when the news of Wei He's promotion to the Nascent Soul Stage came out, Yuan Chu also successfully "breakthrough" to the Nascent Soul Stage.

Ascending the masses: We are really just ordinary cultivators, not worthy of being called geniuses...

Under the stimulation of Yuan Chu and Wei He, everyone became angry, and their cultivation improved by leaps and bounds, making the young cultivators who could only look up to them even more frustrated.

Genius is not terrible, but diligent genius is terrible.

On this day, Yuan Chu sent a message in the group: [Newly refined a pot of Huiyuan Dan, come quickly if you want. 】

[I, I, I...] All responded.

Came here on the same day as the distance, and happily received a Huiyuan Dan from the original.

Over the years, Yuan Chu has refined some medicinal pills from time to time, which are of good quality and are quite helpful for cultivation. The members of the Ascension Group will get the original free pills every year, which is not surprising at first, until after they really experience the effects of the pills, they immediately become the original licking dogs.

"Thank you." Qiao Mingce carefully accepted the Huiyuan Dan originally handed over, and thanked him earnestly.

Most of the people in the Ascension Group did not realize that they who took these medicinal pills were smoother and stronger than others during their cultivation journey, and they did not leave any damage caused by improper cultivation. Even if there is, Yuan Chu will calmly help them recuperate.

The meticulous Qiao Mingce knew it in his heart, and he respected and cherished the original very much.

"Mingce." When Qiao Mingce was about to leave, Yuan Chu suddenly called him, "You guys are going out for a trial in a few days, right?"

"um, yes."

Yuan Chu handed him a candle and said, "Take this one, be careful."

A hint of doubt flashed in Qiao Mingce's eyes, he didn't understand why she gave him a candle, but he didn't ask anything, put away the candle silently, and said goodbye.

A few days later, a total of seven people, including Wei He, Qiao Mingce, and Feng Hao, went to a certain ruins for a trial under the leadership of the elder brother Jishangmen.

There were also disciples from several other sects who participated in the trial, about forty or fifty people.

"Is someone missing again?" Wei He glanced around and asked seriously.

Feng Hao bit his finger and frowned: "In just ten days, 7 people have been missing, and there is no distress signal, and no body has been found."

"Let's try not to separate." Qiao Mingce reminded, "All the people who participated in this trial are the leaders of the younger generation, even if it is a master of the spirit transformation stage, it is not easy to kill them silently. thing."

"There's still half a month before the end of the trial, should we send a letter to Jishang first?" Yunshan suggested.

Everyone agreed, and when the recent incident was about to be recorded on the jade slip, the bird was sent to Jishang.

However, as soon as the messenger bird flew less than ten meters away, it exploded eerily, turning into pieces and falling in all directions.

"What's the matter?" Everyone who saw this scene was surprised.

"Try again." Senior Brother Guan Zheng said solemnly.

Wei He took out a communication talisman, and after entering the information, he raised his hand and shot it out. The result was the same, the communication talisman exploded in the air, leaving only a piece of debris.

"We seem to be trapped in a certain formation." Guan Zheng made a judgment.

"What kind of formation is this? When did it start? Why don't we feel it at all?"

"Are those missing people lost in the formation?"

"No wonder we didn't get any distress signals because there was no signal at all."

"What should we do now?"

Everyone talked a lot, and they probed around in their own way, trying to find useful clues.

Senior Brother Guan Zheng and the leaders of several other teams gathered around to discuss countermeasures, and finally decided to divide into four groups, taking this place as a circle, and exploring in different directions ahead.

There are a few people in a group, who are responsible for exploring the west side.

But for half an hour, the four groups of people returned to the original point one after another, and there were two less people in the two groups, and the atmosphere was very heavy.

This formation was like an enchantment, trapping everyone in it, unable to find a way out, and a fog appeared in the middle, causing everyone to lose their direction, and they could not return until the fog disappeared.

The four groups of people changed directions again, gritted their teeth and continued to explore.

When they returned this time, no one was missing, but the results of the exploration were the same.

At this time, Qiao Mingce suddenly said, "Have you noticed that the scope of our exploration is shrinking?"

"What do you mean?" Spruce asked in confusion.

Qiao Mingce: "In the first exploration, the fog appeared ten minutes later, and we were trapped for nearly forty minutes. In the second exploration, the fog appeared six minutes later, and we were trapped for less than thirty minutes. I think ..." He looked at the crowd, "The fog is approaching us, constricting our range of activities."

When everyone heard this, their faces became very ugly.

This formation is too bizarre, there is no trace at all, and everyone has all kinds of skills and can't do anything.

"Then why don't you take a look from above." One person took out his flying sword.

"Wait!" Qiao Mingce hurriedly stopped, but it was still too late, the man was already flying upwards on the flying sword.

"Ah!" The scream sounded, and the man seemed to be stuck on an invisible spider web, unable to move. At the same time, his body quickly became thin and flat, turning into a mummified corpse in the blink of an eye, and then together with him The flying swords turned into powder together.

Everyone gasped in horror.

They finally knew what might have happened to those who disappeared.

Is there such a terrifying formation in the world?

Decomposing people directly, leaving no bones?

"Magic repair..." Wei He and Qiao Mingce said at the same time, then looked at each other and exchanged information silently.

Only a demon cultivator would arrange such a frantic formation.

This ruin has always been one of the test sites for the disciples of the various sects, but it is randomly selected every time. The magic cultivator must have received the exact news before setting up the formation here in advance. Looking at the level of this formation, the strength of that magic cultivator must not be low.

The disciples of the sect who came to the trial this time are all rising stars with unlimited potential, especially the few who came to the door, who are even more outstanding. Mo Xiu's cultivation method is nothing more than stealing other people's spiritual power and essence, and these energetic young monks are the targets that Mo Xiu likes to devour.

"Breaking the formation violently." Senior Brother Guan Zheng made a decisive decision, and was the first to take out his weapon and attack the sky.

The others did not say anything else, and followed closely behind.

Bang bang bang... Several blasts sounded in a row, and a circle of oscillating ripples appeared in the sky, but it was not damaged, but slowly absorbed the mana of the attack.

The faces of everyone showed horror, and the attack did not stop, but the fighting spirit was gradually consumed.

"Look, it's foggy!" At this moment, someone exclaimed.

Everyone looked at the sound, and sure enough, they found that there was a layer of fog around them.

"What now?" Someone panicked.

After all, he was a young cultivator who had never experienced life-and-death battles. Facing this unknown power, he had absolutely no idea how to deal with it.

When everyone was at a loss, the fog had shrouded them, their vision became blurred, and the figures around them were gradually hidden.

"Move closer to me immediately and form a circle." Senior Brother Guan Zheng's voice entered everyone's ears.

Wei He and others did so immediately, leaning back against each other.

The slight chill came along with the mist, and everyone quickly turned their mana to resist the erosion of the cold.

But then, screams rang out in the fog.

Wei He seemed to have sensed it, and stopped the operation of mana, and Qiao Mingce made the same choice as him.

This formation can absorb mana, and mana fluctuations are likely to attract its attention.

"No luck." Wei He reminded.

Feng Hao, Yunshan and others did so without hesitation, but others who were not related to Wei He did not respond in time.

In the next second, several screams came from beside him.

Wei He and the others turned around quickly, but in the fog, they couldn't see each other clearly if they were only two or three meters apart.

The screams continued, and there was a faint smell of blood in the nose. Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, everyone's faces became more and more solemn.

At this moment, Qiao Mingce suddenly remembered the candle that was originally handed to him, and the sentence: Be careful.

Could it be that she had expected that they might be in danger?

Without thinking deeply, Qiao Mingce quickly took out the candle, and said to Wei He next to him, "Borrow a fire."

As soon as the voice fell, a faint flame lit up in the mist, shadowy and shadowy, like a ghost fire.

Qiao Mingce lit the candle, and a small flame slowly burned, swaying in the fog, and seemed to be extinguished at any time, but it finally stabilized firmly.

The bright yellow fire became more and more clear, gradually illuminating Qiao Mingce's arms, chest, facial features... With the candle as the center, the range of light expanded little by little. Outline.

"Fuck, what kind of fairy candle is this?" Feng Hao exclaimed.

Qiao Mingce took a closer look and found that the maximum illumination range of the candle was about a radius of 5 meters, basically covering the seven of them.

With the lighting of candles, Wei He and others found the people who screamed just now. They seemed to be attacked by some kind of tentacles, but when the candle light hit them, the attack receded, and the pain on their bodies lessened. But they seem to have been drained of a lot of vitality, and the whole person has become extremely haggard, as if they are recovering from a serious illness.

"Where did this candle come from?" asked Spruce curiously.

Qiao Mingce replied, "It was originally sent."

Wei He glanced at him, his face was expressionless, but his heart was sore.

"What's the use?" Spruce asked again.

Qiao Mingce: "She didn't say it."

Spruce: "..." There is no instruction for this artifact!

"Let's go meet the others first." Guan Zheng adjusted his breath a little and said.

Everyone had no objection, and moved slowly in the mist following the light of the candles.

At this moment, Qiao Mingce suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Feng Hao suddenly bumped into his back and asked suspiciously.

Qiao Mingce looked down at the flame on the candle, and found that it was tilting strangely. After adjusting the direction a little, it moved with it, but it always tilted in one direction.

Qiao Mingce showed a look of surprise and whispered, "Look at the flames on the candles."

Everyone looked around, but they didn't see any clues for a while, until Qiao Mingce moved the candle left and right, and then realized the strangeness.

"Is it pointing the way?" Situ asked uncertainly.

Qiao Mingce affirmed: "Yes."

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they said in surprise, "That's great."

Wei He looked at the flames and remained silent, and suddenly understood why Yuan Chu chose to give the candle to Qiao Mingce. Because he is nuanced and able to notice any small changes. If it were him, he would never have thought of using this candle without anyone lighting it, and he would never have noticed the abnormality of the flame.

He will not be jealous of others being smarter than himself. He will only work harder to improve his strength and give full play to his own value when necessary.

After decades of practice, Wei He is no longer the emotionally fickle boy he used to be.

Knowing that there is hope of escape, everyone is in high spirits and continues to search for the whereabouts of others.

There were still screams from time to time in the fog, and everyone followed the sound to find them, and they found a lot of people.

Over time, the candles were half burned, but they only found a dozen people.

"There's no time, let's figure out a way to go out first and then make plans." Senior Brother Guan Zheng took the lead in making a statement.

The others discussed it for a while, and all agreed.

So everyone followed the direction pointed by the flames, restraining their breath and advancing all the way, without encountering any danger in the middle.

Just when everyone was a little relaxed, a cold wind suddenly blew around, making the candles shake.

Qiao Mingce didn't dare to use mana, so he could only protect each other with his hands, but how could his palms be able to block the attack of the gust of wind?

Seeing that the candle was about to go out, a black umbrella suddenly opened and blocked in front of Qiao Mingce.

Wei He's Xuan Xiao Umbrella can only be opened with mana. Qiao Mingce secretly said that it was not good. When he was about to remind him, he saw that the candle's flame was a little brighter than before.

Um? what happened?

Mingming has been maintaining the normal brightness just now, nothing has changed, why...

Qiao Mingce suddenly realized something, glanced at Wei He quickly, and found that he didn't seem to be attacked, so he tried to transfer his mana into the candle, and as expected, the candle's fire was a little brighter.

I see! This is the correct way to use candles!

He should have thought long ago, how could a candle that can expel demonic energy and guide the direction be used in the same way as an ordinary candle?

Qiao Mingce increased the mana transmission, and the candlelight became brighter and brighter.

Wei He also understood it, and transported mana with him, followed by Feng Hao and spruce... With the increase of mana, the light of the candlelight changed from bright yellow to pale gold, radiating out in a fan shape, breaking through the fog, for the sake of The crowd paved a golden avenue.

"This is too cool..." Feng Hao exclaimed.

Can you give him a dozen of such fairy candles?

The other people also had incredible expressions on their faces.

"Stop talking, the candles are almost finished." Wei He reminded everyone to regain their senses.

Because of the input of mana, the power of the candle is increased, and the burning speed is also accelerated.

Seeing that there was only one last stanza of candles left, everyone did not dare to delay any longer, and rushed towards the exit quickly.

They did not find that behind the candles, there was a black shadow biting the shadow of the last man and following him.

Running all the way, everyone finally broke out of the fog before the candles burned out. Suddenly, the eyes of the people were bright, and the earth dyed red by the setting sun appeared in everyone's sight. Let everyone feel a sense of rebirth.

"Ah, finally alive!" Feng Hao exclaimed excitedly.

Others also showed smiles of the rest of their lives.

The formation behind him was still shrouded in mist, and it was impossible to see it clearly, and dozens of fellow Daoists were trapped in it.

"Send the news back first." Guan Zheng's words reminded everyone. Several people immediately started recording messages.

The subpoena was not blocked and was sent out smoothly.

While everyone was discussing the next action, in the underground cave in the center of the formation, a figure wrapped in black mist suddenly opened his eyes, revealing two blood-red eyeballs in the black mist. As the eyeballs turned, the surrounding black mist gradually dispersed, revealing the figures inside.

The facial features are a little clearer, and it is Sang Rong who has been missing for decades. It's just that now he has long scarlet hair scattered, his face is sinister, his temperament has changed greatly, and he is lingering with devilish energy when he raises his hands and feet, obviously he has entered the devil's way.

The author has something to say: Yuanchu: Although I did not participate in the team, there are still my legends in the team.