Chapter 317 Earth Demon
"What? Your dean is leading a team to the underground cave world?" Qin Xingbao almost jumped up when he heard Qin Ziling's words.
Soon, Qin Xingbao rubbed his hands together excitedly and said, "That's great. Your headmaster is very powerful. With her leading the team, we will definitely gain a lot of benefits."
"It seems that what you said before about trusting me was all lies!" Qin Ziling couldn't help but teasing when he remembered that Qin Xingbao had an attitude of risking everything and going to the execution ground, but now he looked so excited and couldn't wait to set off.
"Hehe, how could that be! But with one more grandmaster, we will definitely have one more protection!" Qin Xingbao scratched his head.
Qin Ziling smiled and was too lazy to expose him.
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Wuzhou, like Xiyunzhou, also has eight counties under its jurisdiction.
However, each county under Wuzhou, except for its smaller area than Xiyunzhou, is much more prosperous, wealthy, and has more powerful people than the entire Xiyunzhou. Even the top-ranked counties can crush Xiyunzhou in terms of wealth, number of powerful people, etc.
Changyong County is located in the middle level among the eight counties under Wuzhou.
The Qin family of Wuzhou has a relatively powerful branch in Kunchong County of Changyong County.
This branch family has a master in charge, and also rules over a cave world in Kunchong County and Kunheng Mountain.
Kunheng Mountain is not high. It is located in Kunchong County and its highest peak is only 1,500 meters.
On a gentle slope of the highest peak, a tall and majestic castle is built against the mountain.
Below this castle, more than two hundred meters away, there is a strange ground with an area of about thirty to forty acres.
To be precise, it cannot be called ground.
Because there was no soil, water, stones, grass, etc. in that area, it was just pitch black. From a distance, it looked as if the area had been swallowed up by the darkness and a piece was missing.
The pitch-black plane seemed to be between reality and illusion, with ripples like water waves appearing from time to time, but it was clearly not the surface of water.
Suddenly, the pitch-black plane began to fluctuate greatly, and a ferocious wolf head suddenly emerged from underneath, and then the entire body suddenly jumped up from under the pitch-black plane.
Its body was remarkably like a human's, also upright, but its hands were shaped like claws, with long, hooked claws, and its body was covered with a layer of green scales like armor.
A strange airflow constantly emanated from the surface of the green scales.
The air currents stirred the surrounding space. A bird flew across the space. Its pair of small eyes, which originally seemed to be quite smart, suddenly revealed a hint of ferocity. It screamed and rushed towards one of its companions. They started fighting in the air, with feathers flying everywhere.
This monster that looked like neither wolf nor human jumped out from the dark plane. Perhaps it smelled the bloody smell in the mountains, or sensed the dangerous atmosphere emanating from the castle, it immediately rushed towards the mountains in the opposite direction of the castle at a speed as fast as the wind.
At this moment, a crossbow arrow as big as a spear shot out from the castle and whizzed through the void.
"Stab!" With a sound, it pierced through the body of the monster that leaped in the air.
"Bang!" The monster fell to the ground.
As soon as the monster fell to the ground, monsters of various shapes jumped out from the dark plane one after , roaring and screaming and running in all directions.
Huge crossbow arrows whizzed through the void, shooting the monsters one by one.
Suddenly, a monster with a body shape similar to that of a giant ape, but covered with thick scales, with one arm shaped like a giant claw and the other shaped like a scimitar, and bone spurs growing on its back, jumped out of the dark plane.
"Bang!" A loud noise.
The giant ape monster swung its scimitar-like arms down and actually cut off the spear-like crossbow arrow that was shot at it.
"The monsters before were just ordinary earth demon soldiers, with strength equivalent to that of ordinary martial artists, and they could be shot to death by the giant crossbows in the city. But this monster is a demon guard, with strength equivalent to that of a great martial artist, and it is difficult to shoot it with the giant crossbows guarding the city." On the castle wall stood a middle-aged woman with a high bun, a thin face, and a cold expression. She pointed at the giant ape monster in the distance and said lightly.
There were eight people standing behind the middle-aged woman.
Two women and six men.
This middle-aged woman was none other than Qin Zitang, the head of the "Weiwu Academy".
Standing on both sides of her were two women and six men, two of whom were naturally Qin Ziling and Qin Xingbao. There were six others, two of whom were from the "Weiwu Academy", one named Qin Xingyong and the other Qin Xingzhen.
Both of them are direct descendants of a branch family of the Qin family with a grandmaster in charge, and are great martial artists in the late stage of bone refining.
The former is a tall and burly man in his thirties, and the latter is a petite but explosive woman in her thirties.
Qin Xingyong brought two followers with him, both of whom were great martial artists in the late bone refining stage, and their ages were between fifty and sixty years old.
Qin Xingzhen brought two followers, a man and a woman. The man was a great martial artist in the late stage of bone refining, and the woman was a great Qi refining master in the middle stage of true essence, both of them were between fifty and sixty years old.
While Qin Zitang was speaking, three great martial artists wearing armor and holding huge swords and sabers jumped down from the castle.
The three great martial artists ran at full speed and surrounded the giant ape demon guards in a blink of an eye.
The three great martial artists besieged the Demon Guards, and soon they were killed.
After killing the demon guards, the three great warriors carried the bodies of the demon guards and returned to the castle, while the bodies of the other killed demon soldiers were directly thrown back onto the dark plane.
As soon as the body fell onto the flat surface, it disappeared as if it had sunk into water.
"The demon soldiers are of almost no value." Qin Xingbao explained to Qin Ziling in a low voice.
Qin Xingyong and Qin Xingzhen, who were standing nearby, saw Qin Xingbao explaining to Qin Ziling in a low voice and glanced at them slightly, with a hint of contempt.
Qin Ziling looked at Qin Xingbao speechlessly.
Is this guy really wise but appears foolish, or really foolish but appears wise?
Isn't the answer obvious? He's not a fool, so why does he need to explain it to him?
"Okay, you should all know what the Earth Demon is. When you go down later, try not to leave me too far, and send a signal if there is any danger." Qin Zitang said lightly after standing on the castle and watching for a while. While speaking, she deliberately glanced at Qin Ziling.
Obviously, her words were mainly directed at Qin Ziling.
"Yes!" Everyone answered with a slight bow.
"Elder Zitang, everyone, I am waiting for your triumphant return." In the castle, an old man with blood surging like the sea bowed to Qin Zitang and others.
This old man is the martial arts master who is responsible for guarding Kunheng Pass, and is also the head of the Qin family's Kunchong County branch.
Upon hearing this, Qin Zitang and the others bowed to the old man, then jumped off the castle and came to the edge of the dark flat area.
"Let's go!" Qin Zitang extended one hand to Qin Ziling and the other to Qin Xingzhen.
Qin Ziling quickly stretched out one hand to grab Qin Zitang's hand, and the other hand to grab Qin Xingbao's hand.
When Qin Xingyong saw Qin Zitang reaching out to Qin Ziling, a hint of envy and jealousy flashed across his eyes.
Qin Xingzhen looked at Qin Ziling and Qin Zitang with some surprise.
Speaking of which, judging from their standing positions, it should be easier for Qin Zitang and Qin Xingyong to hold hands, and Qin Xingyong's family background is much stronger than Qin Ziling's .
There are two martial arts masters in the family now, which is considered a major branch in the entire family. Moreover, he became a great martial artist in the late bone refining stage two years ago, when he was 28 years old. He is actually not much inferior to Qin Ziling who is now 26 years old.
If one thinks in a normal way, one would definitely pay more attention to and take care of Qin Xingyong. After all, Qin Ziling's branch came from the remote Xiyunzhou, and it has been a single-line inheritance for five generations. He is the only pillar of the family, and the overall strength is too weak. His background cannot be compared with Qin Xingyong at all.
However, Qin Zitang's character was a bit strange in the family. He usually only considered the family's interests when doing things, and hardly considered his personal interests. He also did not get involved in the power and interest struggles among the various branches of the family. Therefore, Qin Xingzhen was just a little surprised and did not think much about it.
