I, a minor character, fell into the Shura field of the heroine and the villain

Everyone treated her as a treasure, afraid that she would get hurt, and would protect her even at the cost of their own lives.

Nangong Ruyun recalled those dark years again. When the young sect leader who had fought with her for power suppressed her in the bottom of Youchihan Prison, he did not let go of her senior and junior sisters and elders from the same lineage.

Junior Sister Qi probably forgot the pain after the wound healed and did not learn any lesson from that disaster.

No one can protect her forever, not only those who died, but also her senior sister cannot protect her forever.

While Nangong Ruyun was still worried about the trouble caused by her stinky junior sister, Zhao Kangping had already started communicating with A Shui.

(You said there's a secret treasure hidden inside the Pixiu statue. How do I find out?)

[You are now bound to it, you can try to inject spiritual power into it.]

So simple? Then Qi Honglian had it in her hands for so many years, and she didn't even notice it?

As a result, Zhao Kangping tried it and found that it was really not easy.

The Pixiu statue contains a lot of secrets, and there are some strange lines and patterns inside.

It looks like some kind of pattern has been disrupted, and it looks very messy.

He can use his mental power to move these lines, but he can only move one line at a time, and after moving one line, the other line will move as well.

Some of these lines are long and have several bends, some are almost closed circles, and some are relatively simple arcs.

(Cheng's puzzle lock?!)

Zhao Kangping recognized this thing. It was an encryption method developed by a formation master named Cheng, and could be regarded as a puzzle game.

This time, there is a relationship in which the lines in this pattern correspond to each other, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of solving the puzzle.

He also studied the puzzle and found that the maximum limit for moving the lines was ten times. If the combination could not be completed ten times, it would fail.

There's no limit to the number of challenges you can have, but the problem is that solving the Cheng family maze requires mental energy. The higher the level of the maze, the more mental energy is required.

Zhao Kangping tried twice and failed, but these two attempts were not without results. He at least found the corresponding relationship between several groups of lines.

But there was a problem. He counted the lines and found that there were 47 lines of different shapes, which was an odd number.

There is an isolated line with no other related lines. Zhao Kangping guessed that this isolated line is the key to solving the problem.

After the third attempt failed, Zhao Kangping began to feel dizzy and dizzy, which was a sign of a large consumption of mental energy in a short period of time.

"Ping'er, what's wrong with you?" Nangong Ruyun saw Zhao Kangping holding the Pixiu statue and staring at it, maintaining the same posture for a long time as if possessed. Her heart, which had finally calmed down, began to lift again.

"I'm fine, I'm studying this statue." Zhao Kangping held the Pixiu statue in his hand. Only the owner could glimpse the secrets within after injecting spiritual power into it. Others could not see what was special about this thing.

After five attempts, he figured out that the Cheng family puzzle lock was a simple drawing of a Pixiu's head.

Every time he failed, he would start over, and the lines would be shuffled again, completely different from the previous arrangement. Furthermore, the mental energy consumed increased with each restart, and it became extremely difficult for him to operate.

It is indeed a bit difficult. No wonder Qi Honglian doesn't know the clue to the treasure inside.

After interacting with Qi Honglian, he felt that she was a bit careless and a bit silly.

When he attended the ceremony of his succession to the city lord, he behaved very seriously. It turned out that Aunt Yun was urging him behind the scenes.

Having said that, Qi Honglian was not familiar with the art of formations, and this Cheng family maze lock was actually extracurricular knowledge derived from the art of formations.

Usually, if you want to solve the Cheng family maze, you have to learn some formation techniques, because there are some mysteries of formation techniques in it.

After Zhao Kangping tried seven times, his forehead was covered with sweat.

Aunt Nangong, who was watching from the side, was anxious, but she knew that she could not persuade him. She simply gave up and took out a silk handkerchief full of woman's fragrance and wiped the man's forehead carefully.

Finally, on his ninth attempt, he solved the puzzle. The puzzle lock really looked like a roaring Pixiu with its mouth wide open. However, the Q-version style made it look not only not menacing, but also a little silly and cute.

Zhao Kangping was gasping for breath. He felt a little confused and his legs went limp as he sat on the ground.

"What, what's wrong?" Nangong Ruyun immediately supported Zhao Kangping.

The man's lips were a little pale and his eyes were vacant. Within three seconds, he felt a tidal wave of sleepiness sweeping over him.

Unlocking this puzzle consumes too much mental energy, even more than using the heavenly book.

After he finished solving the puzzle, before he could check the Pixiu statue, his consciousness fell into darkness.

……

When he woke up again, he found himself lying on the same bed where he and Aunt Yun had made love before.

He was covered with a blanket, but he still felt a little cold.

He soon realized he had no clothes on.

He turned sideways, and the first thing that caught his eye was a large, voluptuous peach.

The shape was so charming that he was fascinated by it.

Not long ago, he was wantonly after this peach...

But it’s never enough.

cough~

The woman beside the bed noticed his movement, turned around quickly, and met his eyes.

"What's wrong with Aunt Yun?" Zhao Kangping asked in confusion.

The woman leaned over anxiously and grabbed one of his hands.

She pressed the hand against her pink cheek, letting him feel her body temperature.

His aunt's breath hit his wrist, and a scent of orchid came to his face, which was intoxicating.

That beautiful face, as beautiful as jade and as beautiful as an immortal, was so close to him that Zhao Kangping couldn't help but pinch her face lightly with his fingers.

His fingers quickly sank into her soft face, revealing the snow-white and elastic whiteness between his fingers.

"You were unconscious for about four hours."

"Ah, but why are my clothes gone?"

"I took it off. Don't get the wrong idea. You've been sweating a lot. Let me help you clean it up."

"You didn't take advantage of me."

"No way, you were unconscious and unresponsive."

So how do you know there was no response?

Zhao Kangping sorted out his thoughts. He knew that he had consumed too much mental energy, and his body fell into a self-protection mechanism, and then he fell into a coma.

There are many ways for monks to restore their spiritual strength, such as taking pills, meditating, or sleeping.

He fell into a coma, which was equivalent to sleeping for about four hours. During these four hours, his mental strength slowly recovered and finally returned to a safe level.

Maybe he hasn't fully recovered yet, and his head still feels like it's being pricked by needles.

Each challenge of this maze consumed twice as much mental energy as the previous one. No wonder he found it increasingly difficult later on.

But the puzzle was solved successfully.

"Hey, where's the statue?"

Zhao Kangping finally unlocked the puzzle, and he was naturally curious about what was inside.

"It was in your other hand. You were unconscious, but you were still holding it so tightly that I didn't force it open."

After she mentioned this, Zhao Kangping raised his other hand.

The Pixiu statue was indeed in his palm.

Zhao Kangping probed into his spiritual consciousness again, and found that changes had indeed occurred in the Pixiu statue after he solved the puzzle.

He injected spiritual power into it, and the Pixiu statue emitted a light blue light, and then it floated up.

The Pixiu's eyes flashed blue, projecting an image screen.

"This looks like a map." Zhao Kangping recognized the contents of the light screen at a glance.

He sat up slowly, his eyes scanning the map again and again.

Unfortunately, there were no words on the map, but the terrain was clearly marked. Mountains, rivers, forests, and cities all had patterns that were easily identifiable.

There was a cross drawn on a certain spot on the map, the only one on the entire map. He suspected that this was where the treasure was hidden.

"I seem to have seen this place somewhere." The speaker was Nangong Ruyun. She was also very surprised that this Pixiu statue could actually project images.

She remembered that she seemed to have seen the terrain in this image on a map.

This should be a small part cut out from a large map, and there happened to be a river shape in it that evoked her memories.

But her impression was too vague, and she wasn't quite sure where it was.

"Oh no, oh no." Just as the two of them were concentrating on studying the map, a woman's loud voice was heard outside the door.

Zhao Kangping moved his mind, and the Pixiu statue stopped projecting. He quickly stuffed the statue into the storage ring.

The person shouting outside was Qi Honglian, the woman who rushed into the house in a hurry.

When she saw the two people on the bed, her face turned red and she turned around quickly.

Zhao Kangping then remembered that he was still shirtless, and he quickly covered himself with a blanket.

"You, what are you doing?" Qi Honglian's cheeks flushed, obviously having misunderstood something.

"I didn't do anything, but why are you so nervous? Did something happen outside again?" Nangong Ruyun crossed her arms, with a pair of small watermelon pillows on her forearms, pushing her clothes up high.

This stinky junior sister is so jumpy. She is already a cultivator in the Spirit Transformation Stage, but she is still so flustered and doesn't have the aura of a strong person at all.

"Wow, the people from Miaoyin Sect are coming to kill us!"

"what?"

"The leader of Miaoyin Sect is coming with a group of people to kill us."

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Chapter 412: Killing Two Birds with One Stone

Miaoyin Sect is also a sect of female cultivators. Their territory is close to Xianyun Sect, and frictions often break out between the two sides.

The feud between the two has a long history, but there are different opinions on the exact reason for the feud.

Some say it was a bloody conflict caused by a fight over a piece of territory. Others say it was because one side killed the other's talented disciple during training in some secret realm.

In addition, Aunt Yun also told him a story that sounded like something from a cheesy storybook.

According to legend, there was a pair of sisters who lived thousands or even more than ten thousand years ago.

They fell in love with the same man, but broke up because of jealousy.

But in the end, none of them got the man. The one who finally benefited was their common junior sister.

The sisters who were eliminated were disheartened and left their original sect.

They had fought all their lives, initially for men but then for personal reasons, and every encounter between them was followed by a fight, often leaving both of them injured.

Later, they each established a sect, namely the Xianyun Sect and the Miaoyin Sect.

Legend has it that the feud between the two sects dates back to the time of their founders. The two sides are as hostile as fire and water, practically a feud for generations.

Until now, the relationship between the two sides has eased on the surface, but in fact, the competition in secret has never stopped.

If the female cultivators from the two sects met in the wild, the result would basically be a fight to the death.

Zhao Kangping was not very interested in the feud between the two sects, but was more interested in the love-hate relationship between the two founders.

He wanted to say, "I've seen this story," and secretly complained about why the man couldn't be more philanthropic and give his fellow sisters a home.

Maybe there wouldn't be so many troubles later.

But he was just thinking about it. Maybe the guy was a die-hard lover, too devoted to love, with no room for anyone else in his heart. Or maybe the two sisters wanted to monopolize him and didn't want to share him with anyone else.

Everyone’s choices are different, and there is no need to worry about who is right or wrong.

He thought of his two apprentices, whose relationship was not harmonious to this day. But they did not want to monopolize him, because neither of them could handle him.

On the way to the gate of Xianyun Sect, Aunt Yun also told him some information about Miaoyin Sect.

There are currently three people in the Refinement Void Stage in Miaoyin Sect. Among them, the Sect Master Xu Manling is in the early Refinement Void Stage, her master and also the Grand Elder Jiang Yanfei is in the late Refinement Void Stage, and there is another elder who broke through to the Refinement Void Stage not long ago.

When the Xianyun Sect suffered internal strife, Nangong Ruyun emerged victorious.

She killed or imprisoned those in the sect who participated in the rebellion, and from then on the Xianyun Sect was severely damaged.