Chapter 123: The Eyes Behind the Scenes
There was nothing to say all night, and as soon as the next day dawned, Aotian and Zhou Zhirui immediately set off to continue looking for demonic beasts and hunting.
But just as Aotian expected, the first-level demonic beasts in the Valley of Trials had basically been hunted down, and all that remained in the woods were corpses.
And the number of second-level demonic beasts is estimated to be not even a tenth of the first-level demonic beasts, and after removing the ones hunted by Aotian yesterday and those hunted by other disciples, there are not many left, and it is estimated that because of the corpses all over the mountain, he was so frightened that he hid a long time ago.
Therefore, Aotian and Zhou Zhirui searched all over the mountains and did not see a single demonic beast, but they did encounter a few sneaky disciples of the outer sect.
Those disciples should be afraid of being discovered by those powerful disciples, so they either hid in Tibet one by one, or cautiously walked forward in the woods, and when they found Aotian and Zhou Zhirui, they all quickly hid, for fear that the two of them would find their whereabouts.
However, they thought that they were clever and hidden, and fell on the eyes of Aotian, who had strong spiritual perception, but it was basically equivalent to having nowhere to hide, but Aotian didn't want to snatch their badges, so they regarded that they didn't see those disciples, and quickly took Zhou Zhirui to continue to go up to other peaks.
Coming to another mountain peak, Aotian and Zhou Zhirui finally found two second-level demonic beasts and hunted them down.
But after killing these two second-level demonic beasts, they didn't find any demonic beasts on this peak, so in desperation, the two of them could only leave this mountain peak and prepare to look for it in other peaks.
But just as the two of them walked down the mountain, they were stopped by four men who jumped from the tree.
"Stand still, hand over your two badges, lest you suffer from flesh and skin!" shouted a man at the head of the four.
Hearing the man's shouting, Aotian glanced indifferently at the four people in front of him, but seeing that the four of them were already five or six years old, wearing the clothes of the Inner Sect, he couldn't help but shake his head and said secretly: "It turned out to be a disciple of the Inner Sect, I said how dare you come to snatch the badges of me and Zhirui!"
In fact, he had already noticed those four people, but he thought that the other disciples were hiding because they were afraid that he and Zhou Zhirui would snatch the badge, but he didn't expect it to be four inner sect disciples.
"You are not my opponent, hurry up and get out of the way, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!" Aotian frowned, his eyes suddenly became sharp, and he said coldly.
"Yo, now the disciples of the outer sect are really getting more and more crazy, and the big words are about to blow the sky—tell you stinky boy, don't scare us here, I will warn you again, hurry up and hand over the badge, or Lao Tzu will let you lie in bed for the next month!" the man in charge shouted even more arrogantly.
"I'll warn you again, if you don't get out of the way, don't want your badges!" Aotian frowned even tighter, and said in a cold voice.
"Damn, little rabbit cub, I see that you really don't know how thick the sky is, I want to see how many catties and taels you have, how many brothers are on!" The man at the head grinned, shouted angrily, then pulled out the long sword on his waist and rushed towards Aotian.
At the same time, the other three also drew their swords and rushed towards Aotian.
Seeing the four of them rushing over, a cold glint flashed in Aotian's eyes, and his figure disappeared in place.
In the next second, I only heard the four muffled sounds of "bang bang" almost at the same time, and the four people who originally swung their swords and rushed towards the sky flew out of the sky almost at the same time, and the most of them either crashed into the tree behind them, or fell heavily to the ground, and rolled on the ground with their stomachs in their arms one by one.
Knocking the four of them out of the city, Aotian walked to the side of the arrogant man before, bent down and searched out a brocade bag containing a badge from the man, and then took out all the badges in it.
"If I run into you again, don't want other people's badges!" Aotian threw the bag containing the badge on the ground, and then took Zhou Zhirui into the dense forest in the distance with the fearful gaze of the four people.
......
In a wooden house in the Valley of Trials, Wu Tao stood in front of five men dressed in the costumes of Inner Sect disciples, his face was full of cruelty, and he said coldly: "They are now in the area of Black Jade Peak and Black Peak in the north of the valley, you are ready to act, kill them both for me!"
"Kill Senior Brother, this, I'm afraid this is not appropriate, if the elders find out, we will die!" said a man in his thirties with some panic.
"Yes, Senior Brother, killing fellow disciples is a big crime!" The other four were also full of fear and embarrassment.
They were arranged here by Wu Tao before, just to let them help deal with Aotian, they thought that they were just letting them pretend to be disciples of the Inner Sect to snatch Aotian's badge, so that he could not pass the Inner Sect selection competition, but they didn't expect this Wu Ze to be so vicious that he wanted to kill Aotian directly.
They are very aware of the rules and precepts of the sect, and if they kill their own sect disciples, they will be severely punished, and if they don't do so, they will be sentenced to death directly.
So several people were a little panicked in their hearts, and they couldn't help but retreat.
"What are you afraid of, now the supervising disciples in this trial valley are all people arranged by me, no one will leak the news, as long as a few of you kill the two of them, and then throw the bodies of the two to the third-level demonic beasts to use them as rations, when the elders investigate, they will only think that the two of them are beyond their strength and take the initiative to hunt the third-level demonic beasts, and they are killed by the third-level demonic beasts. Besides, don't you want that ground-level low-grade martial art?" Wu Tao said coldly.
Hearing this, several people were silent, the ground-level low-grade martial arts were definitely a treasure for them, even if they looked at the entire Ice Heart Sect, they were definitely top-level martial arts.
They all dream of getting ground-level martial arts, if they can get ground-level martial arts, their strength will definitely increase in the future, and maybe they can get a relatively better ranking in the Inner Sect Disciple Ranking Competition, which is also very beneficial to their future development.
So after thinking about it, the hearts of several people who were originally afraid were gradually blinded, and they couldn't help but be ruthless again, and decided to take a risk.
"But, Senior Brother, isn't Zhou Zhirui the woman that Senior Brother Wu Ze like......s?"
"Kill, a woman who betrayed my brother, what's the use of keeping it, if you want to blame her, blame her own clumsiness, follow that kid! Go ahead, do it neatly!" Wu Tao said with a vicious face, his eyes full of coldness.
"Yes!" the five men bowed their hands, and then pushed the door and walked out of the cabin.
Seeing the five men leaving, Wu Tao's eyes became even colder, and the corners of his mouth also hooked up a hideous sneer: "Hmph, this feeling of holding other people's lives in your hands is so good, sooner or later, I, Wu Tao, will become the sect master of this Ice Heart Sect and control the life and death of everyone!"
Wu Tao raised his right hand and slowly shook it, as if he wanted to hold the power of life and death in his hands.
......
Aotian and Zhou Zhirui walked into a mountain peak that was taller and denser in the woods.
Through the observation of the surrounding grass and trees, and the ground, Aotian judged that there should be few disciples set foot here, because this place is not like other mountain peaks, there are trampled grass everywhere, shrubs that have been cut off and this section is everywhere, and the air is not like other peaks, the smell of blood is filled, and a demonic beast corpse will be found every time you walk a distance.
"It seems that there should be a lot of second-level demonic beasts gathered on this mountain peak, and there are even third-level demonic beasts infested, so those disciples don't dare to enter this mountain peak to hunt demonic beasts!" Aotian guessed in his heart.
But his suspicions were soon confirmed.
"Zhirui be careful!" Aotian suddenly pulled Zhou Zhirui behind him, and at the same time, the long sword in his hand slashed at the diagonal upward, and a fierce sword qi shot out in an instant, meeting the head of a demonic beast bitten from above.
In the next second, only a "poof" sound was heard, and the fierce sword momentum was like a broken bamboo, and it suddenly split the head of the demonic beast that pounced from the tree in half, and the blood splattered instantly.
Aotian pulled Zhou Zhirui back quickly, dodging the blood that splattered out.
At this time, I saw a huge green python writhing and falling from the tree, and then "bang" and smashed on the ground, still writhing and struggling.
Looking at the green giant python, it was not difficult for Aotian to recognize that this giant python was a second-level demonic beast with a head like a wolf's head - the wolf-headed python.
After a while, the wolf-headed python finally gradually lost its life, and Aotian also took out the magic crystal nucleus and badge from its body.
"It seems that there should be a lot of second-level demonic beasts here, and there may even be third-level demonic beasts, Zhirui, you follow me carefully!" After putting away the magic crystal core and the five badges, Aotian returned to Zhou Zhirui's side and said in a deep voice.
"Okay!" Zhou Zhirui nodded, and then followed Aotian closely, continuing to walk towards the depths of the mountain peak.
After walking for a while, Aotian vaguely noticed movement in the dense bushes in front of him, so he took Zhou Zhirui over quietly, and the long sword in his hand was also horizontal in front of him, ready to attack at any time.
Suddenly, the bush suddenly separated, and a vigorous and swift figure rushed out of the bush and pounced directly on Aotian and Zhou Zhirui.
Seeing this, Aotian's eyes were fast, and a sword was swung out, and suddenly a fierce sword qi shot towards the rushing figure, instantly splitting the figure into two, and the blood and internal organs were scattered all over the ground.
At the same time, Aotian also pulled Zhou Zhirui backwards and withdrew, and only stopped when he saw that the two halves of the demonic beast corpse that had flown forward for a distance due to inertia landed in front of them.
"There are indeed a lot of second-level demonic beasts here!" Looking at the two halves of the corpse on the ground, it was a second-level demonic beast again, and Aotian was even more convinced of his initial guess.
It's definitely because there are a lot of second-level demonic beasts, or even third-level demonic beasts, so those disciples who set foot here are all scared away, and no one dares to stay here.
Putting away the magic crystal nucleus and badge in the body of this demonic beast, Aotian took Zhou Zhirui and continued to walk towards the depths of the mountain peak.
As the two of them went deeper, they encountered several second-level demonic beasts one after another and hunted them all.
"Poof-" Aotian's sturdy figure jumped onto a tusked lizard the size of a rhinoceros, and the sharp sword easily pierced the lizard's body, and at the same time, the fierce sword qi also raged in the lizard's body, instantly destroying all the lizard's internal organs.
The internal organs shattered, the lizard screamed, and its body hit a big tree uncontrollably, and with a "boom", the big tree shook for a while, and countless leaves fell down.
But then, the huge body of the fanged lizard also fell weakly, slamming into the ground with a "bang", and then the ground was dusty and trembling slightly.
Seeing that Aotian had killed the fanged lizard, Zhou Zhirui, who was hiding on the side, ran over, and then quietly watched Aotian take out the magic crystal nucleus and badge in the tusked lizard's body.
After putting away the magic crystal core and badge, Aotian didn't say anything, but prepared to take Zhou Zhirui to continue looking for the demonic beast.
But just after Aotian took two steps, he suddenly turned his head sharply, and looked at the dense woods behind him vigilantly.
For some reason, at that moment, he suddenly felt a pair of eyes looking at him behind him.
......