Please call me Huanxian

Chapter 194: If you don’t die in the death battle, you won’t see anyone alive.

Xu Yuanchang rushed to the woods three miles away from the west gate of the county city, and met Zhao Jun and Flower-backed Spider who had been waiting for a long time. Bi He, He Shutang and Yan Yuhan had already set off ahead of them.

Almost all the demon hunters at Heiji Inn were dispatched, leaving only Boss Qi, who could not leave without permission, to guard the place.

Zhao Jun put away the flower back with the spirit beast bag, and flew southwest with Xu Yuanchang carrying the bamboo box.

"Brother Eight Legs, has Boss Qi received any more news? Why are there Sanzhonglou monks in the Tingyun Mountain area who dare to sneak attack Qianmian who is wearing a demon hunter identity tag?"

Xu Yuanchang sent a message to inquire.

Wuwu Mountain is a natural barrier between Daning, Xiyu and Jianshan Kingdom. It stretches more than 15,000 miles from north to south and spans 8,000 miles from east to west. It was once one of the birthplaces of ancient monks and ancient Shinto in Dingzhou, and it flourished for a while. .

The two battles between the Immortal Way and the Shinto Way that occurred ten thousand years ago and five thousand years ago destroyed the spiritual roots of the Infinite Mountain Region.

Many places in the Infinite Mountains have become dangerous restricted areas.

There are still remains of ancient monks' caves and the remains of ancient gods' hidden monasteries on its periphery. It is a paradise for escaped monks and adventurers.

In the nearby Baili area, there were several demon-catching teams searching for Shi Wangchen's whereabouts. Douya followed one of the demon-catching teams in Lianshan City.

Bai Xiayi took out a map of Kantu, spread it flat in the air, and told the two of them what happened.

Worried about gains and losses, uneasy.

Yuan Bao said many worried words to her.

Hei Xiayi pointed out the location of Tingyun Mountain and said: "I asked Daozhang Zhao, the third-level hexagram master of Lianshan City Dao Palace, to use items that Qianmian had used before as a medium to divine three hexagrams. From the analysis of the hexagrams, Qianmian has no I am worried about my life, but the situation is not good, and I cannot calculate the details. Director Zhao said that there was serious interference, and he suggested that I hire more people to search the area carefully. "

Zhao Jun sighed, this may be one of the reasons why the thief did not pursue Yuan Bao.

Xu Yuanchang felt heavy and speculated that revenge was the most likely possibility.

Qian Mian and Yuan Bao were attacked by a sneak attack at the water pool south of Tingyun Mountain. The masked thieves lurked in the water and attacked unexpectedly. Qian Mian relied on his demon soul to save his life and narrowly escaped. He shouted to let Yuan Bao, who had lost one of his legs, be affected by the attack. Split up and run for their lives.

Xu Yuanchang took out a red willow branch from the bamboo box, inserted it in the grass beside the pond, and followed Zhao Jun to fly to the hillside where the trees were broken.

Monster hunters from all over the world often go on missions outside the Wuwu Mountains. In addition to assisting in catching fugitives who have committed heinous crimes, sometimes it is a kind of experience benefit. Inadvertently, they can often find valuable wild spiritual medicinal materials, or capture people who have escaped from the depths of the Wuwu Mountains. monster.

He had heard Xianfeng say before that shopkeeper Hei was loyal to his brothers, but treated ingots and bean sprouts as tools that could be discarded at any time, so Liu Xianfeng would not follow shopkeeper Hei because he was uneasy.

Before Yuan Bao escaped from the col, he looked back.

Hurrying all the way, flying over two thousand miles, the two of them arrived at Tingyun Mountain at the southeastern end of the Infinite Mountain Region.

Hei Xiayi sent all her subordinates abroad, but as the shopkeeper, she had to stay in Lianshan County.

Liu Xianfeng saluted and flew away in a hurry.

The two of them tied their monster hunter identification tags on the left side of their waists to make it easier for other monster hunters to identify them in the wild and avoid misunderstandings.

If something unexpected happened to Qian Mianzhen, she would ask Elder Mei to help deduce clues about the murderer at any cost.

After talking for a while, he said goodbye, worried about Qianmian's safety.

After walking out of Heiji Old Shop, Xu Yuanchang greeted Liu Xianfeng back to the bamboo box, and he and Zhao Jun flew out of Lianshan City and headed for the vast mountains in the north.

Zhao Jun put away the map and said: "From this point of view, it is undoubtedly a premeditated vendetta. With Yuanbao's sense of smell, he should have remembered the smell of the thief."

She was very angry when this happened.

In his position, who can be alone?

I only saw the colorful rope Qianmian used to escape break into countless pieces above the forest on the hillside, and a fairy mist was dispersed above the treetops, but I didn't see Qianmian's death.

He spent several years, worked hard, and with extraordinary perseverance, condensed the complex prototype of the natal formation diagram bit by bit in the space of spiritual consciousness, and thus broke through and advanced to the third level formation master in one fell swoop.

Liu Xianfeng didn't say any more. She regarded Yuan Bao as a friend, and she was not in a good mood when she saw her friend in trouble.

Liu Xianfeng said in a message: "Yuanbao is so pitiful. It has a disabled leg, its meridians and nose are damaged, and it will almost lose the possibility of promotion in the future. It begged me to find a way to buy it from the black shopkeeper. It is worried about being abandoned."

Liu Xianfeng had already become invisible and escaped into the woods, using the vegetation to check for movement within a few miles.

Zhao Jun had a good relationship with Lao Shi and was worried about Shi Wangchen's safety.

Hei Xiayi nodded, not in the mood to care about Yuan Bao's whereabouts at this time, and warned: "Be careful."

Xu Yuanchang heard that Hei Xiayi seemed to be giving up the Yuanbao, so he sent a message: "Boss, when you want to sell the Yuanbao, please remember to inform me, and I will buy the Yuanbao back to take care of Bailin Valley."

The two of them rushed to Lianshan City's Scale Alley as quickly as possible. It was already dusk, and they walked into the door with the words "Heiji Old Shop" hanging on it. In the second courtyard, they saw the shopkeeper Hei dressed in colorful clothes.

Having been a demon hunter for nearly thirty years, Qianmian has offended many monks and sect forces.

In his words, he finally left the likes of Thousand Faces, Bandits, and Sparrows behind to eat dust.

It was around midnight, the stars were shining brightly, and the strange cries of night owls could be heard from time to time in the deep forests of the mountains and fields.

Xu Yuanchang sent a message to comfort him: "Don't worry, I have already told shopkeeper Hei about this matter."

There was a wry smile in Hei Xiayi's eyes, and he said: "Yuanbao was hit by the cold poison attached to the thief's attack, which affected the sense of smell in his nose. I rushed back to report the news after traveling two thousand miles. It took too long to get the cold poison into the body, and the body was disabled. It will be difficult to do it in the future." Identify the masked thief by his scent.”

Hei Xiayi, Zhao and Xu nodded in greeting, and then said to Liu Xianfeng who flew out of the bamboo box: "Yuanbao is in the box room on the west side of the yard next door. The doctor has treated its injury. Go and take a look at Yuanbao. "

The thief was so anxious to trace the whereabouts of Qian Mian that he didn't bother to take care of Yuan Bao, who was still running away very fast on three legs.

"No, shopkeeper Hei also invited the demon catchers from Fushan City to assist in the search. We have some guesses, maybe which sect's third floor rebelled? It may also be a sect that Qianmian has offended, and took advantage of Qianmian's advantage. Take the opportunity to sneak into the mountains and retaliate?"

Last year, he made a special trip of more than 5,000 miles to Lianshan City, nominally to visit Brother Qianmian, but in reality, he was showing off and ruining the heartbroken Qianmian's banquet.

Zhao Jun released the flower-backed spider, glanced around the water pool at the foot of the mountain, leaned down to check the secret mark on the ground, and said: "Muji and the others went to the west to search."

Xu Yuanchang picked out a length of colorful rope from the tree fragments, and Zhao Jun also found a piece of rope. The two recognized it as the fragment of the fairy rope that Shi Wangchen used to save his life.

Xu Yuanchang practiced the "rope-climbing cloud escape technique" a few years ago.

For this purpose, he spent eight hundred spirit coins to create a relatively good fairy rope.

I don’t know if this Shinto secret method conflicted with him. He couldn’t learn the escape skill of “climbing the rope to escape the clouds”. Later, he specially burned incense and worshiped the God of Liujia. He spent three years and still couldn’t figure it out. He couldn’t invite him. "Like divine help" in the dark.

I sent the Wanli messenger talisman to ask Lao Shi for advice, and he replied, "If the divine way does not agree, don't force it."

He then gave up practicing.

Xu Yuanchang had not learned how to climb a rope to escape the clouds, but he was familiar with the operation of this secret method. He estimated the position where Shi Wangchen's colorful rope was chopped, flew up to about the height of the treetop, made rope-climbing movements with his hands, gestured and felt carefully for a moment, and headed northeast Pointing his finger, he said, "Go and take a look two miles over there."

Zhao Jun called to Huabei, who was crawling around in the forest.

"Did you find anything?"

"Qianmian is escaping in that direction. Even if the thief interrupts his spellcasting, he should still be able to escape for about two miles."

Xu Yuanchang said with certainty in a professional manner.

Liu Xianfeng's thin voice suddenly came to his ears: "Sir, in the cave five miles away to the east, there is a monk in black from the third level building resting. He does not have an identity tag around his waist."

Wherever there are plants and trees, Liu Xianfeng’s ears and eyes are everywhere.

She did not hesitate to expend all her mana to search for it, and within a short period of time, she was able to find it five miles away.

Xu Yuanchang sent a message to Zhao Jun and asked, "Do you want to call others to come?" Within a hundred miles, there are more than 20 monster hunters scattered around, and there are at least six masters of the Sanzhonglou, which can be said to be a huge force.

Zhao Jun shook his head. He was not good at fighting, but he was good at using formations to trap monks of the same level.

He exchanged a few formation terms in a low voice with the trees on the side, and asked Liu Xianfeng, who was five miles away, to prepare first. He said "let's go" and took the lead to fly east, followed by Xu Yuanchang.

Huabei received the order from his master and sat at the back and took his time, so as not to alarm the monks in the third floor.

The two of them arrived at a steep cliff. Zhao Jun threw a few jujube-sized beads into the air. As he gestured and waved, the beads turned into earthy yellow mist and blended into the night sky.

There is a hidden cave entrance covered by shrubs on the cliff wall a hundred feet above the ground.

A muscular man wearing black clothing emerged from inside.

"The demon catcher is handling the case. Please show me your identity card."

Zhao Jun said in a deep voice.

The man in black noticed the fluctuations in the nearby formation, looked at the signs flying in the air around the waists of the two men, grinned, took out a golden sign from his sleeve, and said: "Xie Yi, the demon captured by Wushi Mountain's Dry Stone Town, is out. Routine inspection.”

Light up the front and back of the identity plate.

After Zhao Jun carefully identified it, he smiled and apologized.

There are eighteen monster-catching towns scattered around the Infinite Mountains to protect the world from monsters and criminal monks from the depths of the Infinite Mountains, and to prevent the invasion of evil monks from the other two dynasties. The frontier for communication and liaison.

Kushi Town is less than three hundred miles away from Tingyun Mountain, so it is not surprising for Xie Yi to appear here.

"Hey, brother, is there any big case? Previously, I was seventy or eighty miles away, and I encountered two waves of demon hunter interrogations. I almost had a misunderstanding, so I came here to hide in peace."

Xie Yi tied his identity tag around his waist and asked curiously.

Zhao Jun believed that the other party's identity was true, but he would not trust Xie Yi easily. The timing and location of the other party's appearance could easily arouse suspicion, and said: "One of our brothers is missing nearby. Brother Xie has nothing urgent to do, so it's better not to hang around here." ”

Xie Yi nodded with understanding, said "goodbye" and flew towards the southeast.

Zhao Jun made a secret to condense the atomized array treasures into beads and put them into his sleeves.

His skill and his natal formation chart complement each other.

Xu Yuanchang landed on the cliff and planted a red willow branch in a bush. He faced the tree and communicated with Liu Xianfeng who was hiding somewhere for a while.

The two of them returned three miles to the northwest. Xu Yuanchang looked down at the large forest of rocks below and observed carefully.

Zhao Jun had been here before and said: "This is a remnant of the 'Stone-Suppressing Soul-Sealing Platform' Shinto Formation. The ground roots have been destroyed, the land has changed, and it has been washed away by many flash floods. Only the formation nodes of the year remain, forming a high and low formation." There are different stone pillars and stone forests, and the ancient formation has been broken for a long time.”

Xu Yuanchang learned how to break the formation, and also saw the clues of the remaining formation.

Over the years, the stone forest has long lost its mysterious power to pull the world and has become a dead relic without vitality.

Since they met, Xu Yuanchang took the opportunity to ask for advice on the layout and cracking methods of the Stone-Suppressing Soul-Sealing Platform.

Zhao Jun didn't know much about the soul-sealing platform formation, so he gave a rough summary of what he knew.

The two of them went down to search for half an hour. Xu Yuanchang did not find the secret mark and said: "There are no fresh traces of fighting skills here. Let's look for them in the nearby area."

He firmly believed that Lao Shi briefly appeared in this area.

Where did it go?
Even if Lao Shi has another backup fairy rope, there will be gaps and some mana fluctuations every time he casts a spell.

With the cultivation level of the second floor building, it is impossible to escape by climbing the rope without limit, and the thief will definitely be able to catch up.

However, three people and one spider searched separately until dawn. They searched all the ditches, rocks and trees within ten miles, but found no useful clues. Lao Shi seemed to disappear out of thin air, which was strange.

During this period, they encountered Fushan City's demon-catching team led by Lei Gongchong, and a demon-catching team from Lianshan City, but they all found nothing.

Xu Yuanchang was sitting on the top of a steep cliff three miles away from the stone forest.

When the sun first rises, its warm rays shine through the thin autumn mist and slant on the stone forest, creating a beautiful scene of light and shadow.

Xu Yuanchang, who was frowning and thinking, suddenly raised his head and focused on the forest of rocks to the west.

The silent altar in his consciousness space was touched by something unknown, and began to vibrate rhythmically. He was a little surprised.

Could it be that the remains of the ancient Shinto formation that have been dead for thousands of years still have some unknown secrets?
He flew away and circled through the stone forest.

He did not rush to greet Zhao Jun and Liu Xianfeng who were searching several miles away. He decided to check first without disturbing everyone's business.

Looking for the incomplete cave entrance, I felt that I had fallen into the middle of one of the huge stalagmites.

The entrance of the cave is facing the rising sun. Under the light, a very light purple mist emerges. From a distance, you can't see anything strange.

Xu Yuanchang carefully observed the purple mist with his spiritual consciousness, but in the next moment, his whole person suddenly disappeared.

The rising sun slowly shifted, and the purple mist disappeared abnormally.

The cave entrance is no more than three feet deep and is clearly visible at a glance.

After the tea time passed, Liu Xianfeng appeared on a red willow tree planted below the cliff.

She suddenly discovered that the young master was missing for several miles. She had seen him flying and hovering above the stone forest before, and then disappeared in the blink of an eye. She felt uneasy in her heart, and hurriedly came over to search for him with magical powers using the red willow tree.

After a while, Liu Xianfeng panicked. She couldn't find the young master, so she quickly took out the messenger talisman and sent it to him.

The communication talisman flew into the air, circled around and fell back into her hand.

In this case, the direction of the young master cannot be found.

The young master disappeared mysteriously.

……

Xu Yuanchang was in the darkness, and the altar was still trembling. He smelled the earthy smell in the air, and already understood that Lao Shi, like him, had accidentally bumped into this "Stone-Suppressing Soul-Sealing Platform" that was not dead. "Underground of the ancient formation.

Brother Eight Legs is still not good at learning, and he has misjudged this Shinto formation.

He hated digging into holes in the ground and being brought in again without knowing what he was doing.

Then he discovered that this place was isolated from the outside world, because he could not send out the communication talisman, and his spiritual consciousness could not reach far within the ancient formation. Fortunately, it was not as thorough as the Nine Fantasy Palace, so he could open the storage bag and the ring space.

He took out a luminous stone and floated it in the sky, illuminating the area for more than ten feet.

"Lao Shi, Qianmian, where are you?"

Xu Yuanchang still failed to notice the formation fluctuations here.

He was in an oval underground passage about a foot high, with a dark rock structure and rough ground. His screams echoed and disappeared into the depths.

"……I'm here."

There was a voice that came intermittently. I couldn't tell whether it was Lao Shi or who it was. It was vague and unreal.

Xu Yuanchang listened for a while and then turned around and walked towards the back.

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(End of this chapter)