Chapter 5: The Dark Mist Mountains

About half a month later, the Thunder Fire Sect's training team was finally about to reach its destination.

The Holy Heavenly Emperor Dynasty has a vast territory, the Dark Fog Mountain Range is located close to the border of the northeast border, cold, damp, rare sunny days are rich in vegetation, the geographical location is dangerous, the environment is very harsh, but it also breeds a large number of strange medicines and fierce beasts, those bloody murderers even use this place as a hiding nest, it is because of the unique geography here, the Holy Heavenly Emperor Dynasty's arrest team is reluctant to set foot in. In addition, it borders the northern Gegao tribe, and if the situation is not good, they will slip to Gegao, so there are many murderers hiding here.

The mountain road ahead is more and more rugged and difficult to walk, the perennial dark fog is very terrifying, everywhere big trees and vines, stream moss and thick fallen leaves, the original gloomy and difficult to see the light of day of the forest is even more terrifying, coupled with thousands of years of accumulated miasma and rancid smell, it is really scary. Cheng Haoye took the lead, and the two elders guarded not far from the left and right, and the team members were vigilantly advancing, although it was the second day, these disciples were still a little frightened.

This is already the second day of entering the mountain range, although I have dug up a lot of medicinal materials that are not usually common, but they are not precious, and I haven't seen any fierce beasts, just some ordinary beasts on the periphery, and these disciples of Thunder Fire are not interested.

Yuan Zhichen concentrated on moving forward, perhaps because of his long-term meditation and practice of the "Heartless Heart Sutra", his divine sense of touch was much more sensitive than that of ordinary martial artists, he focused on perceiving everything around him, and the two birds were sleeping in his arms.

Half an hour later, came to a bushy place, everyone saw that the terrain here was slightly flat, and couldn't help relaxing, the leader Cheng Haoye was about to order to rest in place, Yuan Zhichen suddenly felt a little bad, ran to Cheng Haoye and said with an urgent expression: "Senior brother, I feel a little bad, let everyone be on guard!" Suddenly, the bird in Yuan Zhichen's arms also woke up from its deep sleep, and chirped loudly three times. Seeing this, Yuan Zhichen said affirmatively: "Senior brother, there is a situation!"

Cheng Haoye and Yuan Zhichen have been senior brothers for several years, and they knew that his bird was a little unusual, so they ordered loudly: "Everyone pay attention, the battle formation is on guard!" The two elders were also surprised, they both had the cultivation of the Eight Grades of Martial Arts, but they didn't find anything abnormal. When the disciples heard this, they quickly entered the alert, with weapons in hand, and individual disciples immediately put the elixir that replenished the true yuan into their mouths, and everyone formed a defensive circle with solemn expressions, and their mounts were on the outermost periphery.

Behind the trees in the distance, several black-cloaked figures hid among them, looking at the thunderfire team, and one of them asked in a low voice, "Head, do you want to continue to attack and kill them?"

The leader thought for a while, shook his head and said, "The opportunity has been lost, let's touch the situation first!"

These black-cloaked figures are all masters of assassination, but when the other party is alert, they are not sure to kill them in one fell swoop.

The man in black stood up and walked towards the Thunder Fire Sect team: "Who are you? The Fourth Prince has an order, this is a royal forbidden place, and idle people are not allowed to approach!" Elder Thunder Fire frowned and stepped forward and said, "We are people from the Thunder Fire Sect!"

"It turned out to be the Thunder Fire Sect, this is a royal powerhouse, you should have come to practice, please find another place!"

The Ten Great Sects were not very afraid of the royal name, and a Thunder Fire Elder asked, "I am Xiang Songbai of the Thunder Fire Sect, why do you want us to leave?"

Another black-clothed man said: "His Royal Highness the Prince wants to hunt a spirit beast here and take the beast pill, for fear that outsiders will disturb him, so he ordered me to drive away unrelated people here!"

Xiang Songbai sneered: "What a big faction, our Thunder Fire Sect is actually an idle person?"

The birds also looked at the few men in black with a hostile expression.

Yuan Zhichen was the man in black who stared at the man who spoke, and his eyes shot out deep hatred, this man in black was none other than that Xiang Chaolu, eight years ago, this Xiang Chaolu, who was called the princess's messenger, was actually an undercover agent arranged by the four princes beside Princess Yinyue. It was precisely because of his tipping that the four princes sent someone to assassinate Yuan Zhichen. Princess Yinyue later told Yuan Zhichen about this, and Yuan Zhichen only knew. The hatred of destroying the family, the hatred of Master Murong Tianyun's broken arm, these can all be said to be caused by this Xiang Chaolu.

It's just that Xiang Chaolu fled back to the four princes after the assassination failed, and he was cunning and cunning, and Yuan Zhichen's cultivation was not enough, so this revenge could not be avenged. There were faint rumors in Shengtian that the four princes had the intention of rebelling, but the dynasty did not move. The emperor even reprimanded those ministers for chasing the wind and shadows, listening to the wind and rain, punishing them severely, and appeasing the four princes.

Now that Yuan Zhichen's appearance and temperament have changed greatly, this Xiang Chaolu didn't recognize it for a while. The man in black who led the way hurriedly said: "Mr. Xiang, my subordinate can't speak, but His Royal Highness the Prince has an order, and we will act according to the order, please Haihan! Brother is grateful!"

Only then did the two elders of the Thunder Fire Sect slow down their faces and nodded, "Since this is the case, we are not embarrassed, we will leave after a short rest!"

"Thank you!" the man in black led the man away.

Yuan Zhichen clenched his fists tightly, but he couldn't bear it, he knew that now was not the time to settle accounts.

The man in black rebuked Xiang Chaolu with some shame as he walked: "Take care of your mouth, if you arouse the suspicion of those people and ruin the great affairs of His Highness, no one will be able to save you!" That place we haven't found yet, although we have narrowed the scope of search, but we can't take it lightly, if those people are suspicious and find that place, the four princes will not spare us!"

Xiang Chaolu was in a cold sweat, he wanted to put on a royal majesty, but he didn't expect those people to buy it very much, as soon as he thought of the terrible of the four princes, he was frightened, and hurriedly responded: "Yes, my subordinates know their mistakes!"

After the disciples of the Thunder Fire Sect rested for a while, they continued to move towards the depths of the Dark Mist Mountain Range. Xiang Songbai said to another elder: "Zhu Zhuo, I have always felt that those few people in black are weird, they must be tired!" Elder Zhu Zhuo's wise eyes narrowed: "Hehe, this is the periphery of the Dark Mist Mountain Range, and the spirit beasts are almost nowhere to be seen, which is obviously an excuse; besides, those few people's cultivation is not low, and it is even more obvious that there is more than one such sentry, so they must have something important to arrange so carefully! Even at the expense of extinguishing their mouths, it is obvious that the danger we perceive first is likely that they want to kill us secretly!"

Xiang Songbai nodded and said, "I just don't know what they are trying to do? If they can grab a bite of food, it would be good, hehe!"

In the afternoon of the same day, it seemed that God was extraordinarily gracious, this mountain range shrouded in dark fog almost all year round, it was rare to be clear, Thunder Fire Elder Zhu Zhuo had a lot of research on herbal medicine, and led everyone to find many rare herbs in a deserted mountain col, this always calm old man shouted excitedly: "Ah, seven-leaf exquisite flower, this, this, this, and blue night fragrance? Good things, good things! This dark fog mountain range is really a treasure land, hahaha......"

He turned his head and beckoned to the disciples: "Hurry up, come here, these are all hard-to-find treasures!"

Cheng Haoye hurriedly arranged for the disciples to follow the two elders in groups, and according to Zhu Zhuo's instructions, they dug up these treasures. Yuan Zhichen heard the soft chirping of the Huluan birds, and suddenly, the two birds jumped towards the mountain gap on the right, which was narrow and dark, and the sun could not shine, only allowing a few people to go side by side.

Yuan Zhichen didn't bother to greet everyone, seeing that the bird was about to run out of shadows, he hurriedly swept up and followed. After advancing hundreds of steps, the gap between the mountains became narrower and narrower, and the birds stopped and motioned for Yuan Zhichen to step forward. Yuan Zhichen quietly hid behind a big stone ridge, quietly probed to check, and was startled!

I saw that dozens of feet ahead, on the edge of a dark spring under a cliff, a huge scorpion was rubbing water against its body with its huge pincer feet. The scorpion was more than five feet long, and its whole body was blue and black, especially the back and the two huge pincer feet, which were blue and radiant, and stood out in this dark mountain gap.

Yuan Zhichen's heart was beating violently, and finally his state of mind cultivation was good, so he quietly took a deep breath and suppressed the panic in his heart. Soon, Yuan Zhichen turned back to the same place, found the two elders, and told them what he had discovered.

Elder Zhu Zhuo was knowledgeable, and after hearing this, he gasped: "According to what you said, that scorpion, it shouldn't be the Netherworld Blue Crystal Scorpion, right? According to the environment here, it really fits a bit, but the Blue Crystal Scorpion is a sixth-level demon beast, how can there be such a thing here?"

The two elders let Yuan Zhichen lead the way, quietly went to see it back, and said excitedly: "It's really a Netherworld Blue Crystal Scorpion, today's luck is really surprisingly good!, however, the shell of that thing is very hard, it is not easy to kill, and the most troublesome thing is that it is highly poisonous, if it is stung by it, it is estimated that it will take half a life, and it will not be able to be cured, and it will be in danger of life!" Zhu Zhuo frowned and thought about it. Along the way, the captain Cheng Haoye presided over all affairs, which was also the cultivation of these core disciples of the sect. But the stakes are high and must be decided by the two elders.

Yuan Zhichen said: "Two elders, I'm afraid that the scorpion will stay there for a short time, and he needs to make an idea immediately." The disciple thinks that we can use fire, and we all have sulfur powder on us, it should be useful!" Zhu Zhuo was overjoyed: "Yuan Zhichen, your idea is good, I don't know the weakness of this scorpion, how do you know?"

"The disciple was influenced by Mr. Private School in his childhood, he likes to read a lot of books, and he knows that things that like water must be afraid of fire, this scorpion has a clean temperament and likes water, so he should be afraid of fire, and many poisonous insects are afraid of sulfur!"

Zhu Zhuo nodded in praise, and Xiang Songbai also patted Yuan Zhichen's shoulder appreciatively. Murong Hou on the side sighed and patted Mu Renjie's shoulder: "Wood, who will say that Ah Chen is a nerd in the future, I will be the first to be anxious with him! It seems that we will have to read more books to make up for our brains in the future!"

The disciples snickered. Zhu Zhuo scolded with a smile: "Young poor mouth, Haoye will arrange it!"

"Yes!"

"Elder Xiang, I remember that your combat skill is the 'Flame Palm', your cultivation is the highest here, and the first battle team is led by you with two disciples with high defense, and after swallowing the poison avoidance pill, you will take the lead" Cheng Haoye commanded in an orderly manner.

"Good!"

"Command!" The magnanimity of the great sect was also shown at this time, and the cultivation of the core disciples really spared no expense, and even the elders of the sect could command it.