Chapter 179: The Master of the Mysterious Castle
"It should be almost to the place, so these demon cultivators will suddenly speed up, I don't know how many demon cultivators will be in the place where they will arrive?"
When Ye Kui followed the commanders of Tan Cheng, Gu Hongchuan, and Pan Xuan, the three commanders of the battle outposts, he also made other preparations in his heart.
According to the content of Ouyang Shiping's booklet, those demon cultivators would definitely return to another large gathering place of demon cultivators, where the number of demon cultivators would increase by at least dozens of times.
Before he knew it, the sunset was about to set completely, and the demon cultivators that Ye Kui and Tan Cheng, Gu Hongchuan, and Pan Yan were tracking finally arrived in front of a forest with the most lush black and purple vegetation on the ground.
At this time, you can see that there are a large number of bald long-necked birds and beasts like vultures circling in the sky above this forest, and in the depths of the woods, there are two mountains higher than the forest.
But if you look closely, the two mountains on the left and the right seem to be leaning against each other to the point of almost touching each other, but there are still some obvious gaps between the two mountains.
In fact, Ye Kui also found that the ones he was following gradually quieted down after coming to the outside of this forest, and then several leaders of these demon cultivators walked towards the woods with a lot of black and purple vegetation on the ground with some of their henchmen, and most of the demon cultivators were ordered to stay where they were.
"Gu Hongchuan, Pan Xuan, do you think our mission is over here? What if you want to keep up?"
Tan Cheng, one of the three commanders who had followed him, tried to ask his companion's opinion.
"There are already eighty or ninety percent of the demon cultivators left outside, if we continue to follow, we may be discovered by them, and then surrounded by the front and back, this is nothing, the point is that I am afraid that there will be demon cultivators of the same level as Mr. Duan in the woods in front of me."
Gu Hongchuan glanced at the surrounding situation twice before he said his opinion.
"I understand what you two mean, and I also think that those guiding marks left by Tan Cheng along the way before should allow the monks of the other battle posts to come here, but Tan Cheng and Gu Hongchuan, you two forgot what Mr. Duan told us before?"
Pan Xuan once again mentioned Mr. Duan Zongduan, the steward of the battle post where they were located.
"Of course I know, Mr. Duan said that if this mission fails again, then Mr. Duan may not be in the mood to continue to stay at the battle post and lead us to do things."
Gu Hongchuan thought about what happened before answering Pan Xuan.
"Tan Cheng, Gu Hongchuan, I think Mr. Duan may have received some arrangement from the Xianmen, if Mr. Duan still fails to complete the task this time, then the Xianmen should order Mr. Duan to return to the Xianmen, and Mr. Duan may receive a punishment from the Xianmen afterwards."
In fact, Pan Xuan had already repeatedly understood what Mr. Duan said to them and the other commanders in the battle outpost before, and then among the many conjectures, Pan Xuan still felt that this was more reasonable.
"Pan Xuan, you also have some reason to think so, at that time, we will have to call Mr. Duan Uncle Duan again, after all, the Xianmen has been instructed, but after leaving the Xianmen and coming to the battle outpost, they can't say their identities to their faces.
Alas, although it is said that the current Uncle Duan... Mr. Duan was a little stricter than when he was in Xianmen, but at least only in some things, he didn't manage as much in private as in Xianmen
If the Xianmen side wants to shoot someone else to take Mr. Duan's position at the battle outpost, then I will definitely not get used to it, and I will not agree to this matter."
After Tan Cheng heard what Pan Yan said, he also said some of the true thoughts in his heart.
"Tan Cheng, what's the use of you not being used to it and disagreeing? Be careful that the Xianmen will call you back directly, by the way, it seems that our Xianmen side has not sent its disciples to our battle post for a long time.
The new commanders and monks were basically selected from among the monks who had come to the battle post from other places for some years, and they could not be trusted with each other like us and Mr. Duan, of course, the Xia Changxia commander was an exception."
Gu Hongchuan also had some ideas, so he also said it directly in front of Tan Cheng and Pan Xuan.
"Commander Xia is a great talent that Mr. Duan found from other places, and Commander Xia is in cultivation
The scholar world is also a talented cultivator that cannot be underestimated, anyway, the three of us are completely inferior to Commander Xia."
When the word "Xia Chang" reached Pan Chang's ears, Pan Xuan couldn't help but praise him, who called the monk called Xia Chang was not only higher than the three of them, but also won the trust of Mr. Duan.
"Xia Chang's matter has been said many times, so let's make a decision quickly, those small number of demon cultivators who walked into the woods are almost gone, and if you don't keep up, you won't have a chance."
Tan Cheng glanced ahead through the gap in the bushes, and then began to urge Gu Hongchuan and Pan Yan to make a decision.
"Keep up."
Gu Hongchuan said affirmatively.
"Didn't you just say so much to be courageous? Let's go."
Pan Yan also responded immediately.
And Ye Kui also made a move on his side, and after Ye Kui saw Tan Cheng, Gu Hongchuan, and Pan Xuan following the other part of the demon cultivators again, he also happened to erase the latest guide mark left by Tan Cheng.
As Ye Kui avoided the attention of the demon cultivators who stayed outside the woods, followed Tan Cheng and continued to move forward, Ye Kui found that the more he walked in the woods, the more scattered the woods became.
It wasn't until Tan Cheng, Gu Hongchuan, and Pan Xuan stopped when they really didn't see the trees and bushes that could continue to walk while covering their figures, Ye Kui also stopped.
"What are the three Archons going to do now? I can't fly, so I can only walk over the empty gravel ground with no shelter, but from here, there doesn't seem to be a demon cultivator in front of me, and the demonic aura is negligible."
Ye Kui stood and looked at Tan Cheng, Gu Hongchuan, and Pan Xuan, who were a little anxious in front of him, and discussed again.
"There are still risks, but as long as we don't get to the point where we can't deal with it, we can still give it a try, let's go."
Pan Xuan took the lead and quickly rushed out of the woods and galloped towards the front of the open field, Gu Hongchuan and Tan Cheng followed, and Ye Kui deliberately waited for the three of them to leave a distance and then continued to follow.
When night completely fell, Ye Kui followed Tan Cheng, Gu Hongchuan, and Pan Hao to finally come to the bottom of the two high mountains that were inclined close to each other.
At the foot of the two mountains there is a stone wall made of a large circle of boulders, and then a castle made of stone is lit by a large bonfire and braziers stacked on top of each other.
"We can only see so much, if we lean any further, we may be discovered by the demon cultivators standing in the watchtower on the other side of the stone wall, then it will be a big trouble."
At this time, Tan Cheng and the other two were hiding behind a large rock that happened to be the shape of three people.
"We'll stay here and wait for the monks from the battle post to come, and they'll be there in another hour at the most."
Gu Hongchuan then said.
"It's really a bit dangerous to hide here, if we can, we'd better retreat to the dense forest we walked out of before, by the way, Tan Cheng didn't forget to make a guide mark when he walked through this open field just now, right?"
Pan Xuan's attention was always on the task, so he asked Tan Cheng again about the guide marker.
"Don't worry, I won't forget about this, I always draw the guide mark in a hidden place at the right distance, otherwise Mr. Duan wouldn't have ordered me to do this, right?"
After Tan Cheng finished speaking, he patted his chest with his palm.
"Got it, now that we're back in the forest from before, I still think it's too dangerous to hide here, if those demon cultivators come and patrol a few laps at will, they may find the three of us."
Pan Xuan explained to Tan Cheng and Gu Hongchuan seriously, and at the same time looked in the direction where the three of them came, I don't know if it was an illusion, Pan Xuan always felt that there was something behind him, but then Pan Xuan just felt that he might be a little nervous.
"Then let's listen to Pan Xuan, let's hurry back to the woods where there is a lot of black and purple vegetation on the ground, now think about it, the castle in front of us is full of demon cultivators."
"That's right, then hurry back to the woods."
Tan Cheng and Gu Hongchuan followed Pan Xuan
One piece returns in the direction it came.
"Why did the three of them turn back to the back again? What's going on??"
Ye Kui was still thinking about whether to continue to follow, and then he saw three figures in the darkness coming towards him.
"Hurry up, hurry up, just now I saw some demon cultivators on the city wall looking at us, maybe they have already discovered us."
"Tan Cheng, you're not mistaken, right? We didn't make any movement just now, how did those demon cultivators find out about us?"
When Gu Hongchuan was urged by Tan Cheng to run, he couldn't help but ask a few more questions.
"As soon as I looked up just now, I saw the demon cultivator from a certain watchtower on the stone wall looking over, and then at that time, Pan Xuan happened to run out of the big rock we used to hide just now, so... That's what I said."
Tan Cheng said a little anxiously.
"Huh? Is it my problem? We'll talk about that later, it's almost there, and we have more than ten breaths left before we can sit down and rest."
Pan Xuan hurriedly persuaded Tan Cheng and Gu Hongchuan not to argue about what happened just now, because Pan Xuan seemed to feel that he was being stared at for a while.
But this time, Pan Xuan still couldn't determine where the line of sight came from, so Pan Xuan could only let Tan Cheng and Gu Hongchuan rush towards the woods that were safe for the time being.
It's a pity that the three of them didn't know that Ye Kui was already waiting for the three of them in the woods.
"It's better not to touch them yet, let's see what they want to do for the time being, if I can, I hope that I can use these three commanders to help lure away some demon cultivators, so that I can take the opportunity to go ahead and see the situation."
After thinking about it for a while, Ye Kui decided to let Tan Cheng, Gu Hongchuan, and Pan Hao continue to live for a while, because it might still be of some use, and he would take action against the three of them when necessary.
After a while.
"Huh~ I can rest assured for a while, no matter what, it is still possible to have something around you that can be covered at will to make people feel at ease, don't hide it from you two, just now I always felt that I was being stared at by someone, and now I finally don't feel that way."
After entering the deeper part of the woods where the ground was covered with a lot of black and purple vegetation, Pan Xuan sat directly on the ground and gasped for breath before explaining to the other two companions.
"Pan Xuan, don't scare the two of us, among the three of us, even if Ouyang Shiping who stayed on the side of the deep valley is counted, but your Pan Xuan's perception ability is stronger than ours, so you are not mistaken?"
Tan Cheng was shocked by what Pan Xuan said, if there was really a demon cultivator who had been secretly following and observing the three of them, it would be simply a demon, in that case, maybe the three of them would die here without waiting for the monks in the battle post to arrive.
You must know that under normal circumstances, if you want to quietly track Pan Xuan, who is already the best at spiritual power perception, it is extremely difficult to do it in the same Void Cutting Mirror, unless it is the Enlightenment Realm above the Void Cutting Mirror, or even some higher realms.
"This... This... I don't know about this, I've also tried to perceive the surroundings more than once, hundreds of times, and now my spiritual power has been lost by half, wait for me to take out some spiritual stones to absorb spiritual energy to replenish spiritual power."
Pan Yan took out a few spirit stones from the space ring in a little panic and put them on his coiled thighs, and then put his spread palms on the spirit stones to absorb the spiritual energy.
"It should be fine, our actions are so secretive this time, how can those demon cultivators find out and follow us secretly, Tan Cheng, Pan Xuan, don't scare yourself or worry about nothing.
I think it must be that Pan Xuan was too nervous along the way, and if there were really demon cultivators following us, then they should have attacked us when the three of us were hiding behind the big rocks just now.
In that case, the three of us will be attacked on our backs, and the monk on the other side of the city wall and the demon cultivator who is secretly following us, we will probably have no ability to resist."
Although Gu Hongchuan was also a little nervous, he really didn't find anything just now, and the current atmosphere was also a little nervous, so it was better to take advantage of this time to adjust his mentality.
In this way, it can leave a small protection for other possible dangers, after all, the state of mind is also important.
"It's... Really? Gu Hongchuan, I've never seen you so steady before, but this time you made me a little strange."
Tan Cheng then looked at Gu Hongchuan, who was trying to stabilize the hearts of the three of them.
"Although it was because of Pan Xuan's excellent perception ability that he was sent by Mr. Duan to act with us.
But we can't always rely on Pan Xuan, so it will put a lot of pressure on him, especially in this time of temporary isolation, so that's why I said those words."
When Gu Hongchuan said this, he also leaned on the ground of a tree, instead of sitting cross-legged like Pan Xuan.
"You're right, maybe we put too much pressure on Pan Xuan, after all, the vigilance along the way is basically in charge of Pan Xuan, during which you Tan Cheng and I, Gu Hongchuan, are basically busy with other work, only Pan Xuan has been busy observing the surroundings."
Tan Cheng saw that the other two were also sitting down or sitting cross-legged, so he simply lay down at his own house and lay directly on the ground.
And earlier, when Tan Cheng, Gu Hongchuan, and Pan Yan had just hid behind a big rock, in the castle within the walls on the other side of the two mountains.
"Who do you want to see? None of the tokens representing the birth and destiny of life have yet to make it to the city?"
The demon cultivators who were in charge of guarding the gate outside the castle saw some demon cultivators who came here, and the demon cultivators guarding the door felt that the group of demon cultivators in front of them were just a little serious, but the actual situation of the matter still had to be confirmed from the specific content and items.
But the Gatekeepers are not yet able to understand and trust some of what these characters say.
"You say you killed the equivalent demon cultivator, so you want to come to us?"
The monk at the gate sneered and asked the monk on the other side who hung the monk's head on the waist or behind the monk's back.
"You may have a look at our strength, both in combat effectiveness and otherwise, but the head of the monk we are carrying and hanging now speaks for itself."
The demon cultivators who killed the monks who followed Ye Kui to the edge of the deep valley of the Tianque Continent on the other side of the deep valley tried their best to explain some things to the demon cultivators who were in charge of guarding the city gate.
"Hey, don't you know what day it is? And dare to show off to us with the head of a damned monk? And we did say here that after killing the monk, we came here with the monk's head to fight for it.
If you want to join us, we'll have a second audition to really decide who should stay and who should leave, and now I think it's really good and interesting, but you'd better come tomorrow."
Now, in addition to the demon cultivators who can be seen at a glance in the guard tower, there are many demon cultivators who are hidden in other places on the stone wall to rest quietly or chat in various ways.
In the end, the demon cultivators who were responsible for guarding the gate of the city wall still refused to allow those demon cultivators who came outside the city to intercede according to the situation.
Because these similar things at least have to be figured out whether they are stealing or whether they are responsible for others.
Recently, the owner of this castle just fell asleep half an hour ago, and when the master of this castle fell asleep, all the demon cultivators in the castle began to worry about not having any unscrupulous guys to disturb their boss.
Who is calling this Qilin Demon Cultivator recently, the mood of the owner of this castle made of stone and wood has been extremely bad, and it has to start from some time ago.
A few months ago, the Qilin Demon Cultivator temporarily left the demon cultivators in the city behind, and went to other areas alone to find a good demon cultivator for continuous fighting.
But the final result is almost the same, the Qilin Demon Cultivator has been winning almost all the time, but the simple victory that seems to be bullying other Demon Cultivators does not satisfy the Qilin Demon Cultivator or make him feel happy.
So the Qilin Demon Cultivator changed his target to those Terran monks on the other side of the deep valley who would always sneak over from time to time to be some shameless Terran monks.
During this time, the Kirin Demon
Xiu and the Terran monks on the opposite side of the deep household basically won the battle, but the Qilin Demon Cultivator has been taking the initiative to fight with those Terran monks, and after a while, this Qilin Demon Cultivator has really had a good time with the Terran monks.
And at this time, the Qilin Demon Cultivator's Qilin bloodline has not been actively exposed.
Until the Qilin Demon Cultivator encountered a strong enemy, the unyielding belief in unyielding and unwilling to admit defeat directly broke out the Qilin bloodline that the Qilin Demon Cultivator had been suppressing.
At that time, although the appearance of the Qilin Demon Cultivator was still the same as that of a Terran monk, it was only a few breaths later, and the surface of the Qilin Demon Cultivator's body changed.
First, the Qilin True Body was directly exposed in front of those monks who were fighting with the Qilin Demon Cultivator, and then the Qilin Demon Cultivator forcibly suppressed the bloodline, just allowing himself to preserve the appearance of a half-human and half-demon.
First, unicorn horns appeared on the face and forehead of the Qilin Demon Cultivator, and then the eyes also turned into silver pupils, and silver light scale armor that was not afraid of water and fire and resistant to slashing and smashing grew on the face and other places on the skin of the body.
Immediately after that, the height of the Qilin Demon Cultivator was suddenly about a quarter higher than that of the previous Terran-like self, and the nails of the ten fingers at the ends of his hands also grew sharp claws that were as smooth and sharp as the blades of the blades.
At that time, those monks at the scene stood stupidly for a while before they knew what the true body of this demon cultivator in front of them was.
It was also after this battle that all the stewards in the battle outposts on the other side of the deep valley, that is, on the edge of the deep households in the north of the Tianque Continent, knew that the demon cultivators with the Qilin bloodline finally did not continue to shrink in the deepest part of the northern part of the Tianque Continent.
As a result, the nature of greed, or the collusion of some kind of interest, began to envelop the deep valley.
The first thing I tried to go to the north of the Tianque Continent opposite the deep valley to capture the demon cultivator with the Qilin bloodline was not this one managed by Duan Zong, but another battle outpost under the Immortal Gate that was different from the Immortal Gate where Duan Zong was located.
However, things are not so simple, it turns out that behind the Qilin Demon Cultivator of the Young Enlightenment Realm, there is still an old Qilin Demon Cultivator who hides a Pure Mirror.
That old Qilin Demon Cultivator would only come to his aid when the young Qilin Demon Cultivator's life was in danger and when the monk who attacked the young Qilin Demon Cultivator had already reached the Pure Soul Mirror.
However, once the old unicorn demon cultivator made a move, almost all the monks who were attacked would die, specifically because of the gap in realm and experience.
That old Qilin Demon Cultivator's realm had already reached the ninth major consummation of the Pure Soul Mirror, and it was far from what those monks near the deep valley who were only between the first and seventh levels of the Clear Soul Mirror could deal with.
Of course, Mr. Duan of Duan Zong did not reach the height of that old Qilin demon cultivator, so he could only think about it, until the hidden illness of Duan Zong's body began to affect Duan Zong's cultivation and life, and the immortal sect where Duan Zong was located also noticed the matter of the demon cultivator with Qilin blood.
So Duan Zong tried to capture the young Qilin Demon Cultivator, but he did fail the first time.
Moreover, even Duan Zong himself didn't expect that his arrest would actually cause the young Qilin Demon Cultivator, who originally liked to fight with the Terran monks and demon cultivators very much, to have a war-weary psychological shadow.
For a long time, the young Qilin Demon Cultivator who had become a little war-weary had almost shrunk in the castle that Tan Cheng, Gu Hongchuan, and Pan Yan saw.