Please bring your best friends to practice immortality

Chapter 665 Change of plan
Gu Shiyi pointed to the Crescent Lake Road.
"Shall we go down?"

Pu Yanlan nodded and let the Ten Commandments monk and the king guard outside. The little monk was small and sat cross-legged among the grass and trees. No one could find him once his breath was hidden. The king went into the sand dunes. As long as he didn't show his head, it would be difficult for others to catch him!
Here, Lao Ma returned to his original form, shrunk to the size of a turtle, and rushed into the water first. Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan also quietly entered the water with the fox...

Crescent Lake looked small from the outside, only two or three acres in size. But after getting into the water, Gu Shiyi took a quick glance and found that it was surprisingly large. The water was icy cold. She knew that this was because the corpse qi was condensed here and the yin energy was too heavy. If it were a mortal, he would be corroded by the corpse qi and turned into an unconscious walking corpse just by the lake before even getting into the water!
Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan released their spiritual senses and found that the bottom of the lake was unpredictable. After exploring four or five miles, they still couldn't find any trace of Elder Mao and his group. Gu Shiyi turned to look at Pu Yanlan, who frowned and made a downward gesture. The two of them swam straight to the bottom of the lake with the fox...

The deeper you go, the darker it gets at the bottom of the lake. This darkness is not due to the lack of light, but because the thick corpse gas in the lake has turned into substance. Pu Yanlan is not afraid. Instead, she releases the red-clothed ghosts to lead a group of little ghosts and asks them to carefully explore ahead. When the red-clothed ghosts and the group of little ghosts enter this place, they are truly like fish in water. Several of the little ghosts couldn't help but raise their heads and scream, which of course feels extremely comfortable!
Gu Shiyi's entire body was covered with fine scales, and she exuded an extremely strong and masculine aura. When the corpse qi encountered her, they would involuntarily avoid her and could not touch her at all.

The fox in her arms, with its four claws tightly grasping Gu Shiyi's clothes, was not affected at all and even had time to look around.

"Gu Shiyi, there..."

The fox tugged at Gu Shiyi with its claws, signaling her to look to the left. The two turned their heads and saw a little light indeed appearing there.
“Is this the end?”

The two swam quickly, and the light in front of them became brighter and brighter. They could see the scene at the bottom of the lake clearly, but they saw that there was a huge bubble at the bottom of the dark lake, as if there was an inverted transparent bowl, blocking all the lake water above. In the center of the lake bottom, there was a person lying flat on a stone platform, with his hands on his chest, motionless, naked, and his face could not be seen. Only his long white hair scattered on the bed was very conspicuous. The five people sitting cross-legged on the bubble at this time were none other than Elder Mao of Zhengyuan Sect and others!
"Five-star formation!"

Pu Yanlan said softly,

"They are breaking the formation!"

Elder Mao and the other four had their eyes closed at this time, and their hands were tightly clasped with the people on their left and right. In the middle of the five people there was a green pearl, emitting a faint green light. This pearl was to condense the power of the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth to break through the light shield bit by bit!
This method of breaking the formation is very gentle. It will use the power of the Five Elements to dissolve the barrier of the defensive formation bit by bit. This will prevent the important things inside from being damaged when the formation is destroyed. However, this method of breaking the formation is time-consuming. Unless there is enough time, it will not be used!

Gu Shiyi asked Pu Yanlan,

"Look, are they almost done?"

Pu Yanlan shook her head slowly.
"The cyan pearl's light is too dim. I'm afraid we'll have to wait for a while!"

So the three of them just quietly hid in the dark and watched. But Old Ma couldn't wait and quietly approached them. He paddled his limbs above the heads of Elder Mao and the others, and looked at them in a circle. Elder Mao suddenly became aware and raised his head. The little turtle immediately swam quickly into the darkness. Elder Mao frowned at that time.
"Sure enough... the center of this formation is not simple. There is actually a monster with the aura of Xuanwu hidden in it!"

Why didn't this monster attack us?

Oh, yes, we haven't broken the formation yet. As long as it finds signs that the center of the formation is broken, it will appear again!

Elder Mao felt somewhat regretful at this time.

"If I had known, I would have brought more people here!"

However, the team of fifty-six people from the Zhengyuan Sect is already large enough. If there are more, it will probably arouse suspicion from those who are traveling with them!

Thinking of this, Elder Mao suddenly opened his mouth and spit out a cloud of earthy yellow mist.

"go with!"

The mist dissipated and turned into a giant hand. The giant hand twisted strangely in the water and turned into a hideous-looking fish, chasing the direction where the turtle disappeared. Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan looked at each other, a little worried about Lao Ma, but the fox said,
"Don't worry, Lao Ma has been practicing diligently in the secret realm recently and has improved a lot. And we are in the water, so he will be fine!"

Xuanwu is a true spirit in the water favored by heaven and earth. If he were to be subdued like this, he would have no face to hang out with everyone else!

However, Elder Mao and the others below realized that they could not delay here for too long, so they did not delay any longer and used all their strength to circulate their spiritual energy. The blue pearl suspended among the five people suddenly burst into a dazzling blue light.

"Om..."

As the green light flashed, the light shield trembled, and then the entire magic circle was shaking. Bubbles began to emerge from the bottom of the lake. It seemed that the center of the magic circle was broken and the balance here was broken. Elder Mao and others sank and sank straight into the bubbles.
"It's done!"

The five men descended straight toward the person lying flat on the stone bed.

"Then it's Hanba?"

Seeing them sink into the bubble, Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan quietly moved closer. Gu Shi asked Pu Yanlan, but Pu Yanlan frowned tightly.

"No, he is not Hanba!" Pu Yanlan is a person who practices ghost arts and has been in the demon world for a while. She couldn't sense the bubble blocking her in front of her. Now that the light shield opened, the breath leaked out. She could feel the corpse aura on the person on the bed. It was a little... familiar!
Before she could figure it out, Gu Shiyi also started to sigh.
"Eh... why do I feel like..."

Before she finished her words, Elder Mao had already landed in front of the white-haired Hanba. Elder Mao reached out and grabbed the thing under Hanba's head...

Gu Shiyi stopped talking, and the two of them watched Elder Mao's actions with bated breath. They saw Elder Mao stretched out his hand and very smoothly took out the thing that the drought demon was resting on. The two of them watched from afar and saw that the thing should be a jade pillow, crystal clear and very delicate. There seemed to be something hidden inside, and there seemed to be liquid flowing when it was turned!

After Elder Mao took out the jade pillow, everyone looked at the lying Hanba with vigilance and took out their own magic tools. However, after waiting for a while, they saw that Hanba did not move at all, and they could not help but look at Elder Mao in confusion.

The monkey-like elder Mao's eyes flickered.
"No! It's very wrong!"

For a high-level monk like Elder Mao, the ability to foresee danger is almost instinctive!

He took the jade pillow and quickly took a step back. Seeing this, several people from Zhengyuan Sect also took a step back with him. Elder Mao stared at the Hanba on the stone platform with a burning gaze, and his expression was very surprised and doubtful. When they stepped aside, Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan in the dark saw the person on the stone platform clearly, and immediately looked at each other in bewilderment.

“Is this a drought demon?”

Isn’t this the hatred of the Immortal Corpse Forest?
When did this guy come here?

Gu Shiyi suddenly remembered,

"Didn't Ma Guirong say earlier that a powerful enemy had come to their sect? Could it be... it's him?"

Pu Yanlan's delicate brows wrinkled.

"If he is here, what about Hanba?"

"And...where is the leader of the Chiyang Sect?"

The two of them thought of the general from the previous dynasty named Xiang Wentian. Where was he?
The two of them looked at each other, and immediately gave up the idea of ​​waiting for an opportunity to attack. They both retreated a little bit in unison.
The current situation is too weird. If things go wrong, Zheng Yuanzong might fail to trick others and end up being tricked instead. The two of them should stay away from him, lest they get into trouble and get implicated!

It is said that after Elder Mao hesitated for a long time in front of the stone platform, he finally stretched out his hand towards Lin Hen who was sleeping on the stone platform. A huge green palm grabbed the other person's chest, but the person on the stone platform remained motionless.
"Wave……"

The giant palm touched Lin Hen, and after a slight sound, it turned into nothingness and disappeared. The people of Zhengyuan Sect were all shocked, but Elder Mao breathed a sigh of relief and pointed to a faintly flashing rune on the man's chest and said,

"It seems that our ancestors had foreseen this day. Not only did they suppress it with magic weapons, they also sealed it with runes. So... our arrangements outside may not be used!"

After Elder Mao said this, a disciple from the Zhengyuan Sect bravely came up to take a look and said,

"Then Elder...are we just going to take the treasure back like this? What about those people outside?"

Elder Mao snorted and said,

"Who is outside? Are there any people outside... Weren't they all killed by Hanba?"

As soon as he said this, the disciples of Zhengyuan Sect all showed understanding on their faces and responded in unison,
"Yes, elder!"

Elder Mao glanced at the jade pillow in his hand and said gloomily,

"I'm afraid the plan has changed!"

The original plan was that Hanba had been suppressed by the magic weapon for many years. Once it escaped from the cage, it would naturally vent all its pent-up anger. The cultivators outside were the best targets. When it had killed most of them, its hostility would have dissipated enough. Then he would appear in time and let the cultivators lead Hanba to the trap outside. By then, several other high-level cultivators in the sect would rush over to join forces to subdue Hanba and use him for the sect!
If we have such a monster in hand, and combined with the power of Zhengyuan Sect, then all the alliances and invaders on this continent will have no choice but to surrender!

But now there is still a seal on the chest of this drought demon. So there is no need for them to bother with it. I will just take it in!

Thinking of this, Elder Mao gave an order.
"Stand back!"