After all, the fire ape couldn't think that Gu Chen needed to use the earth fire, but simply thought that he was really a hostage, so let him stay on the mountain and ignore him.

And this is also in line with Gu Chen's intentions, the fire ape cultivates in the cave, he refines the fire essence on the mountain, and the two do not disturb each other.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is a month's time, Liu Qi Niang felt that Gu Chen should be almost there, so she came to visit, and found that he was still meditating, so he excused himself and said that he was worried that the fire ape was in a hurry, so he would briefly talk about his investigation this month.

In the second month, Liu Qiniang came again, found that Gu Chen was still meditating, and simply talked to the fire ape and left, until the third month, when Liu Qiniang came for the third time, Gu Chen finally opened his eyes, and returned to his human appearance, Liu Qiniang knew that he had succeeded, and it was time to take him away.

So Liu Qiniang excused herself that she had encountered some difficulties in the investigation and needed help, so she easily took Gu Chen away from the fire ape.

Returning to the border city again, Gu Chen still had a lot of strange feelings, after all, after he came to the border city, he only stayed here for less than half a day before leaving, and it was four months after leaving, so this side of the city, he was as strange as those newcomers.

"When are you going to leave?"

In the quiet room, Liu Qiniang looked at Gu Chen quietly, as if she was tempting and concerned.

Although Gu Chen said at that time that he had already made a feud with the fire snake and must take revenge, but now that such a long time has passed, Liu Qiniang feels a little ridiculous when he thinks about it, his purpose is only the earth fire, and now that he has obtained it, there is no need to make extraneous branches at all, especially against such a powerful opponent as the fire snake.

How could Gu Chen not understand what Liu Qi Niang meant, he first took a sip of tea, and then replied, "That depends on when the fire snake is killed." ”

Gu Chen continued, "Liu Qiniang, I know what you mean, you don't have to test me, since we have reached an agreement, I will definitely fulfill it." ”

Looking at Gu Chen's sincere eyes, Liu Qiniang was silent for a while, "Why are you helping me?"

"Then why did you save me?" Gu Chen did not answer, but asked rhetorically.

"This ...... Maybe I see that you are also a half-demon, and you feel very kind, because half-demons are rejected by humans and demons, and it is not easy for us to find someone who can speak. ”

"Then you should be, I am here to repay you for saving your life. Gu Chen smiled, "Although we are half-demons, but we also have clear grievances, if you really insist on revenge, then if you don't take advantage of this opportunity, you can only be alone in the future, and it will definitely be sent to death, I can't watch you go to death." ”

Looking at Gu Chen's eyes quietly, Liu Qiniang suddenly smiled, she wiped her eyes busily, and said, "I thought that since my sister left, I would never be able to experience the taste of being cared for, it seems that you are not bad." ”

"Haha, everyone is a half-demon, and it is right to help each other, but I want to know, how much do you know about the fire snake and the people who surrender to him?"

Hearing Gu Chen talking about business, Liu Qiniang hurriedly controlled her emotions and said, "Actually, I have investigated a lot in the past three months, and I can only say that the power of the fire snake is greater than I thought before. ”

Gu Chen took a sip of tea and motioned for Liu Qiniang to continue.

Looking at Gu Chen's calm appearance, Liu Qiniang felt that she suddenly had a backbone, so she told all her three months of investigation.

After listening to Liu Qiniang's story, even though Gu Chen was mentally prepared, he was shocked by the power of the fire snake.

Not only Lava Valley, but the entire border city is under the control of the Fire Serpent.

Four months ago, when Gu Chen crossed the river, there was a small episode, that is, a person named Jin Lei's subordinates was thrown into the river by him and drowned, and Jin Lei was the actual city lord of this side of the city, and he controlled Li Yiguang, the city lord canonized by the Dragon and Tiger Guard, behind his back, and managed the entire border city.

And Jin Lei is the subordinate of the fire snake!

Although Jin Lei appeared and controlled the border city earlier than the fire snake, but three years ago, because of the appearance of phoenix feathers in Lava Valley, it attracted fire snakes, and after the fire snake occupied the phoenix feathers, it did not get the followers of demon cultivators, but got the followers of some human monks, and Jin Lei was one of them.

The reason why Jin Lei took refuge in the Fire Snake was that if one day the Dragon and Tiger Army regained control of this place, he would be the target of eradication, and following the Fire Snake would be regarded as a backer in the future, his main task was to check the purpose of everyone who came to the border city, and if there was an interest in the Lava Valley, he could solve it, and if he couldn't solve it, he would notify some other people around the Fire Snake in advance, such as the bald man.

The bald man is the one who protects the fire snake from being disturbed by his cultivation, and like him, there are a total of five around the fire snake.

Unexpectedly, a single fire snake could attract so many powerful human cultivators to follow, Gu Chen couldn't figure it out.

After pondering for a while, he looked at Liu Qi Niang, "Miss Liu, can you tell me, human monks, why do you want to follow the fire snake, and what benefits does the fire snake give them?"

Facing Gu Chen's question, Liu Qiniang thought for a while, "It should be the same as Jin Lei, I have lived in the border city for a long time, the border city is a mixed place, it was abandoned by the Dragon and Tiger Army, and there is no legal system, so many people who have major murders on their backs have hid here, and the five people around the fire snake must also be wanted by the Dragon and Tiger Army, so they will choose to follow the fire snake and seek refuge, otherwise, these five people can enjoy good treatment in other places." ”

Gu Chen nodded, Liu Qiniang's analysis was reasonable, if these five people were all mid-level Transformation Realm strength, and they were fully qualified to be the heads and elders of some sects, there was no need to look at the fire snake horse at all.

"Looks like they're all damned people, Miss Liu, where do you think we're going to start?"

"Definitely get rid of these followers around the Fire Serpent first. Liu Qiniang said, "And among the followers of the Fire Snake, Jin Lei is the weakest, only a high-level Yuan Dan realm, so it's easy to start with him." ”

"That's what I said. Gu Chen shook his head, "But it's easy to startle the snake in this way, although Jin Lei's strength is not very good, but his influence is great, if he dies, it will cause many people in the border city to be leaderless, and the fire snake will definitely pay attention to it, I think it's better to start with the five people around the fire snake." ”

"It's up to you. Liu Qiniang nodded, "Then do you think when is the right time for us to act?"

"Three days later, give me three days to fix it. ”

When night fell, Gu Chen crossed his knees in the room, quietly looking at the 'two Yuan Dan' suspended in his sea of qi, one of which was the fire essence he refined, during this time, Gu Chen spent all his time on cultivation, and he didn't even know what kind of changes had happened to his body, and he didn't know what the difference was after entering the Yuan Dan realm.

Now, he finally had time to give it a try.

The vitality was running, Gu Chen carefully experienced the vitality released by the Yuan Dan, and he found that although it didn't seem to have changed much, it became more refined, and correspondingly, the power was also more powerful.

This may be the reason why once the high-level Qi Sea Realm becomes the Yuan Dan Realm, its strength will skyrocket.

In fact, if it weren't for refining the fire essence to suppress the demonic power in his body, and Lang spent three months, Gu Chen believed that he might have been promoted to the middle-level Yuan Dan realm, after all, his cultivation speed was still a little terrifying.

"Blind cultivation is not a good thing, and when I have time, I have to find some martial arts to practice. ”

Since embarking on the path of cultivation, Gu Chen's only regret is that he has not learned any martial arts, his battle is not by virtue of transforming into a demon, or by virtue of a sensitive reaction, and a high-explosive martial art like Wang Zhan, the same will not, but, one day he will encounter a situation where he cannot transform, if there are few hole cards in human form, it is also a tricky thing.

Thinking of this, Gu Chen shook his head and walked out of the room, under the dark sky, the entire inn was silent, and only the breathing of Bai Su in the next room could be heard.

Bai Su is in retreat!

During Gu Chen's absence, Bai Su was not idle, according to the shopkeeper, Bai Su retreated half a month ago, saying that he wanted to open up a sea of qi.

Although Gu Chen knew that as long as he opened this door, he could see Bai Su, but at this time, Bai Su was in retreat to open up the sea of qi, and any disturbance might make her lose all her efforts, so he held back.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, Gu Chen finally did not wait for Bai Su to come out, and according to the agreement with Liu Qiniang, the two left the border city again.

In the dense mountain forest, Gu Chen and the others slowed down when they were still more than a hundred miles away from the lava valley.

Liu Qiniang said, "According to the information I gathered some time ago, not all of the five people who followed the fire snake were waiting near the lava valley, they took turns to guard, and one person was seven days. ”

"That's good news. Gu Chen said, "If they take turns to guard, the other four will definitely be cultivating elsewhere, and when they cultivate to their level, they will definitely not live together, and we may be able to break them one by one." ”

"You're so smart. Liu Qiniang praised, "You guessed it right, about fifty miles south from this place, there is a cave, which I stumbled upon when I came some time ago, and it must be one of the five of them."

"Without further ado. A ball of light burst out in his eyes, Gu Chen rushed over first, since he had decided to do it, then he had to go all out.

Sure enough, after the two of them ran for about fifty miles, under the guidance of Liu Qiniang, they found a hidden cave, and the familiar smell from the cave made the bald man who almost killed him with one punch directly appear in Gu Chen's mind.

"It's that bald-headed cave!" A fierce light flashed in Gu Chen's eyes, "Let me deal with him." ”

Knowing that there was a life-and-death feud between Gu Chen and the bald head, Liu Qiniang didn't stop it, but just said, "Be careful." ”