On the ground, blood is crawling, and in books, big blood characters are fighting:

  Branch Task 1: Kill the 'Palm Universe' among the four innate masters of the opposing camp, and receive rewards: Qi Zhengyan rewards 80 good deeds, Zhen Ding rewards 50 good deeds, Jiang Zhimiao and Zhang Yuanshan each reward 20 good deeds.

  With the task completion prompt, Meng Qi thoroughly put his mind at ease, but still habitually took out his knife and walked to Tang Shun's corpse, poking it a few times to prevent fake death.

  "It seems that the reward for this side quest is mainly based on the comparison of the strength of both parties..." Meng Qi said to Zhi Zheng, then quickly walked in front of Jiang Zhi Wei and asked with concern "Miss Jiang, do you still have any healing medicine?"

  The last time in the Dahongbao Temple, killing "Bai Bian Shu Sheng" was because Jiang Zhiwei and Zhang Yuanshan were not damaged in strength, and were much stronger than the enemy, so the final reward was relatively low. This time, Jiang Zhiwei and Zhang Yuanshan not only had less than 30% of their original strength, but also forcibly interrupted their meditation, with unstable injuries. Their own strength and that of Qi Zhengyan and Tang Shun were vastly different, which is why the reward was so generous.

  Jiang Zhiwei spoke with difficulty and nodded slightly, pointing to her waist with her left hand.

  Meng Qi reached out and felt the object in a bottle. It was a thumb-sized white jade bottle, and when opened, a refreshing fragrance wafted up, with a dark red dan medicine quietly lying inside.

  Meng Qi poured out the dan medicine and fed it into Jiang Zhiwei's mouth, watching her struggle to swallow, then sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes and meditated.

  Then, Meng Qi didn't delay and ran to Zhang Yuanshan's side, asking if he had any wound-healing medicine.

  Zhang Yuanshan's injuries were more severe than Jiang Zhiwei's, his eyes were dull, his breathing was weak, and he couldn't move. With great difficulty, he opened his mouth with a hoarse voice and squeezed out two words: "Chest... throat..."

  Meng Qi stretched out his hand, rummaged through his bosom, and indeed found a white jade porcelain bottle. Inside were five or six pellets of Qingbi Dan medicine, emitting a refreshing fragrance, like the scent of bamboo after rain.

  At this time, Qi Zhengyan recovered a bit of energy after taking the elixir he had brought with him and stumbled over to see Meng Qi feeding Zhang Yuanshan the elixir.

  "If we hadn't used the 'Soul- Severing Dart' to kill Tang Shun, our reward would have been even higher." Qi Zhengyan replied to Meng Qi's previous question while squatting down and skillfully treating Zhang Yuanshan's broken ribs. He then carefully helped him up and assisted him in assuming the "Five Hearts Facing Heaven" posture for meditation and breath regulation.

  Meng Qi watched with great envy, he had just entered the martial path and hadn't had the chance to learn about treating various injuries yet.

  Qizheng took a deep breath and said to himself, "You must be very surprised that I have the 'Zi Mu Li Hun Biao', hehe, you may not even know what the 'Zi Mu Li Hun Biao' is."

  "Qī Gūniáng's exchange of miscellaneous skills gave me a hint, and I secretly exchanged the Changhe Sword Technique, Luòrì Heart Method, and other martial arts for 'Six Paths Reincarnation Master', accumulating 150 good deeds. Originally, I wanted to exchange for 'Tiān Cōng Wán', but in this month, the final aperture was not condensed, even with 'Tiān Cōng Wán', it would be impossible to break through. So, when entering for the second time, I thought of what you said before about 'exchanging hidden weapons and poison*medicine for self-protection', and decided to hide a Shāshǒu Qī."

  "The 'Tang Flower' that Qiu Niang exchanged for me meets my requirements, but the price of the finished product is too high and I don't have time to study it. Later, I took a liking to 'Cui Si Qing Feng', but its application environment and techniques are too limited, and the price is also expensive, just a small bottle of antidote costs 200 good deeds."

  "After some selection, I chose the 'Zi Mu Li Hun Biao', worth 130 good deeds, capable of killing a high-ranking expert. Who would have thought that it actually came in handy? Brother Zhen Ding, aren't you surprised?"

  Meng Qi looked at Zi Zhengyan's muttering and his mouth twitched slightly, saying: "Brother Zi, actually I'm surprised not because of this."

  "What? What's surprising you? The 'Mother-Child Soul-Destroying Dart' isn't as easy to use as it looks. Originally, only highly skilled masters could use it, but with special hand techniques and at the cost of one's own life force, even a cultivator who has reached the Great Completion stage can still unleash it..." Qi Zhengyan was stunned for a moment before explaining the details about the Mother-Child Soul-Destroying Dart.

  The things that had been ravaged and recreated, he did not conceal, because his current situation, as long as one was not blind, could be seen.

  Meng Qi suddenly laughed and said, "Brother Qī, what surprises me is that after your injury, you seem to have become a different person. You're no longer so taciturn and talkative like an old wife."

  I had already guessed about the Mother-Child Separation Dart!

  Qizheng turned his head silently and looked at Zhang Yuanshan who was healing his wounds, then sat down cross-legged himself, trying to recover some of his energy.

  After a moment, Zhang Yuanshan's breathing changed from weak to clear, and Meng Qi immediately put his mind at ease. He had managed to save his life. On the other side, Jiang Zhiwei's pale face, which was devoid of any blood color, also regained some luster.

  Zhang Yuanshan's injuries were initially stabilized, and he slowly opened his eyes, pointing to the white porcelain bottle: "Cao Mu Sheng Sheng Wan, you take one too."

  He feared stirring up his injury and spoke as briefly as possible.

  Meng Qi was only slightly injured, and the elixir couldn't restore his Iron Shirt anyway, so he hadn't been too concerned about it earlier. But since Zhang Yuanshan mentioned it, he honestly took out an elixir and swallowed it down.

  A refreshing energy permeates the chest and abdomen, and Meng Qi's internal force revolves with it.

  Suddenly, he cleared his head and remembered something. He ran three steps at a time to near Wang Jin's body, picked up that round black cylinder.

  "This is actually a Stormy Rain Lily Needle! A hidden weapon that's even more expensive than the 'Tang Flower'!" Meng Qi was overjoyed and couldn't help but repeatedly examine the needle tube of the Stormy Rain Lily Needle, caressing the mechanism on it.

  Even if the silver needle has been fired and is temporarily useless, this thing is worth a city. At worst, after returning, exchange with the master of the Six Paths Reincarnation for corresponding silver needles to make up for it.

  On the "Exchange List", just one use of the disposable "Baoyu Liuhua Needle" is worth 400 merits, this one in my hand should be good for two or three uses!

  And in exchange for the silver needle filling, Meng Qi had previously guessed that it would not exceed one hundred good deeds.

  Menqi, who had always been in a state of "poverty and hardship", suddenly felt that he was going to become "prosperous".

  …………

  The Da Xiong Bao Dian was in ruins, with broken walls and rubble everywhere. The collapsed beams were burning fiercely, and the heavy rain poured down on them, occasionally sending up a burst of white smoke.

  The sky is pitch black, the lightning has stopped, and this place seems like a ghostly lair.

  Two figures chased each other, fleeing towards the back mountain, fast as flying birds.

  The former hunched over his body, Buddha's light flickered and dissipated, the latter was surrounded by a whirlwind, its momentum like a heavenly demon.

  On the highest cliff of the mountain behind, a small tower covered with glass all over stands here, under the starlight, flowing with a clean and solemn meaning.

  Dark clouds gather, starlight is obscured, crystal dullness, heart quiet escaped to this place after, suddenly stopped body shape, sat cross-legged in front of the tower, face floating with a faint smile.

  "Do you understand that you can't escape?" Duer noticed that the left chest of her shirt was torn, with a clear handprint on it, as if cast in gold.

  And in the midst of the stillness, a punch pierced through his body at the corresponding position.

  …………

  Meng Qi inserted the small "Ba Yu Li Hua Zhen" needle tube into his sleeve, walked to Wang Jin's corpse, and planned to pull out one by one the fine needles with a faint blue glow to see if he could save some good deeds.

  Just then, his eyes suddenly darkened, and a black cloud had already obscured the starry sky in front of him.

  Dark clouds gather, and the wind grows stronger.

  "Has Du'er returned from the back mountain?" Meng Qi was startled, and without removing the poison needle, he ran back to where Jiang Zhiwei and the others were meditating.

  Just as he was about to speak, he saw the glazed Buddhist pagoda in the distance shining brightly, and then said knowingly: "Duo Er should be chasing after Xin Ji Da Shi. We'd better hide first, lest he kill Xin Ji Da Shi and then casually finish us off."

  After all, his left eye was blinded by Jiang Zhiwei's gift, and he hated it to the bone. At that time, he would not mind killing himself and others together.

  Jiang Zhiwei and Zhang Yuanshan were at a critical moment in their treatment, so they nodded reluctantly, agreeing with Meng Qi's opinion and letting him take charge.

  At this time, if they interrupt their treatment, they will have no ability to act, so whether or not they interrupt makes no difference.

  Qizhengyan mainly suffered a backlash, still retaining his basic physical strength. His face flushed with excitement as he interrupted his breathing and asked directly: "Where did you hide?"

  Meng Qi glanced around at the forest on both sides and subconsciously pointed to the familiar right side: "Let's hide in the woods first."

  "In terms of Duer's perception, this degree of forest obstruction is not significant to his senses." Qi Zhengyan hesitated a little.

  "Master Xinjie will die, Shaolin will soon fall, and our main mission will be accomplished. We just need to hide from Duer for a moment, and we can return to the cycle space."

  He now regrets that he didn't know more about hidden weapons, otherwise he would have pulled out the poisonous needle and reloaded it into the Pear Blossom Needle tube, giving him another means of counterattack.

  However, after using the poisonous needle once, its toxicity greatly decreases and it's hard to pose a threat to Duo'er anymore.

  Matters are urgent, Zhen Zhengyan didn't dare to say more, could only choose to believe that "Shaolin Monk" was true, turned around and carried Zhang Yuanshan on his back, and ran into the forest with Meng Qi who had Jiang Zhimiao on his back.

  After running for a distance, Meng Qi suddenly stopped in his tracks, his expression stunned as he stood there, because the red boulder was standing upright in a familiar place.

  Is there really such a stone?

  Could there be a secret passage here too?

  Meng Qi was shocked and stunned, his emotions fluctuating and hard to calm down.

  Rumble!

  Lightning struck down, thunder burst open, rain poured down suddenly.

  "Meng Qi fell silent for a moment, then suddenly thought that if they hid in the secret passage, they should be able to avoid Duer Cha's search. This world shouldn't have any monsters or ghosts, so the danger inside the passage wouldn't be high."

  "Are you hiding here?" Zhi Zhengyan looked at Meng Qi, "Alas, if only I had prepared more hidden weapons and poison... their effects are really not bad when one's strength is weak..."

  Meng Qi ignored Zhi Zhengyan, who had become nagging again, and walked a few steps forward with Jiang Zhimiao on his back. He reached behind the red boulder and began to search in the same way as Zhen Guan.

  Is there really a mechanism?! Meng Qi suddenly touched a movable protrusion.

  He took a deep breath and gently pulled, with a soft "za za za" sound, an entrance appeared on the cliff wall!

  Really?! Meng Qi's heart was stirred up with shock and astonishment.

  He looked at him with a puzzled expression, then looked at the dark and lightless entrance, wondering when he had found out about this Shaolin secret passage.