() I saw the Four Rings Master point his finger on the map where everyone is now, and said: "Because time is pressing, we will set off from the stronghold tomorrow night and lurk at the location of Qingfeng Ridge. ”

Duan Chen glanced at the meeting place of the Four Rings Master's fingers, and saw that the Four Rings Master was pointing to a mountain forest depicted on the map, which was only seven or eight miles away from Qingfeng Ridge.

As for the Qingfeng Ridge, Duan Chen was no stranger to it, some time ago he had killed a patrol team of the Red Wart Clan there, and he also knew that there was a stronghold and Spirit Devouring Demon Array established by the Demon Clan over there.

However, because he heard that there was a relationship between the Yuanying Demon King and the Yuanying Demon King, Duan Chen had never dared to approach and investigate, so he didn't know the specific situation of the demon clan's stronghold, only that the stronghold seemed to be established in a valley, and it was originally a stockade where bandits were entrenched.

Later, after the invasion of the demon army, they killed the bandits in the village, established a stronghold on it, and arranged a soul-devouring demon array.

In the past, Duan Chen's missions were mainly based on harassing and killing the demon monks who were guarding this stronghold, and now they were suddenly ordered to destroy this stronghold, and it seemed that they had already figured out the demon clan forces gathered in this stronghold.

Sure enough, I only listened to the Master of the Four Rings continue: "According to the information sent back by our eyeliner lurking in the Demon God Society, there are hundreds of demon clan monks entrenched in this stronghold in Qingfeng Ridge, in addition, there are thousands of demon beasts scattered around the stronghold, and they are very heavily guarded. ”

"So when the time comes, the Jindan monks who have come to support from other strongholds will kill the demon clan's patrol team on the periphery one step ahead of us, attract the attention of the demon clan stationed there, and lure them away. ”

"At that time, Uncle Jian Wuya will also take action to lure away the demon king stationed in the stronghold, while we are waiting for the opportunity to sneak in from the rear and destroy the Soul Devouring Demon Array in the demon stronghold. ”

"Remember, our mission is to destroy the Soul Eater Array, and if we succeed, we will retreat immediately. The Master of the Four Rings said with a solemn face.

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the cave couldn't help but nod their heads.

Seeing this, the Master of the Four Rings couldn't help but say: "Okay, this is the specific situation about this mission, if you have any questions, please ask as soon as possible, there is not much time left for us." ”

Hearing this, Duan Chen couldn't help but ask curiously, "Dare to ask the master, how much is the specific battle merit rewarded for this mission?"

The number of combat merit points he has accumulated now is only three hundred and two points away from 10,000, if the combat merit reward for this mission is enough, maybe after completing this mission, he will be able to gain freedom and not have to be trapped in the Eastern Wilderness all the time.

The Master of the Four Rings seemed to have guessed what Duan Chen was thinking, and immediately said with a smile:

"This mission, because it is a raid on the stronghold of the demon clan and the destruction of the Soul Devouring Demon Array, is very dangerous, so it is said that as long as those who participate in this mission, regardless of the success of the mission, each of us can get five hundred points of merit afterwards. ”

"And if we can successfully destroy the Soul Devouring Demon Array arranged by the Demon Clan in this stronghold, we can also gain another five hundred battle merits. ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes couldn't help but light up.

"Alright, do you have any other questions to ask, if not, then go back and get ready, and we'll meet here tomorrow night at this time. The Master of the Four Rings looked around at everyone and said.

Naturally, the others had no opinions, and they immediately got up

He took his leave and returned to his stone chamber to prepare.

After Duan Chen returned to his residence, he first imagined in his mind the possible accidents and dangers that might occur during this raid on the demon clan's stronghold, and thought of how to deal with it, before he sat cross-legged on the stone bed and continued to cultivate.

......

At the same time, in another stone room not far from the stone room where Duan Chen was, the Master of the Four Rings and Tai Miao Zhenren sat opposite each other, as if they were secretly discussing something.

I saw Tai Miao Zhenren look at the Master of the Four Rings with a puzzled face and asked, "I don't know why the master summoned me to come here?"

"There's one thing tonight that needs to be taken care of by a real person. The Master of the Four Rings said with a solemn expression.

"With the master's cultivation today, you still need to ask the real person to take action, I think something very serious must have happened, and I also ask the master to say it clearly. Tai Miao Zhenren nodded and asked.

"Since I have invited Taimiao Zhenren to come to this matter, I naturally want to make it clear to you. ”

The Master of the Four Rings said slowly: "Actually, I have long suspected that there is a demon clan Neiying among us, if my expectations are right, then Neiying will definitely take action tonight after listening to the task we are going to attack the demon clan's stronghold, so I want to ask Taimiao Zhenren to stay with me inside and outside, and observe in secret." ”

Hearing this, Taimiao Zhenren couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said, "Didn't the master suspect that I might also be a demon clan's internal response?"

I saw the master of the four rings clasping his hands together and said: "It's not a secret, the poor monk actually suspected the real person, but with the strength and status of the real person, the possibility of being lured by the demon clan is very low, and the poor monk and the real person have been friends for hundreds of years, and they still have some eyesight to look at people." ”

"It's a great honor to have such trust from the Master. Tai Miao Zhenren nodded and continued: "Since the master has long suspected that there is a demon clan among us, I wonder if the master already has an eyebrow in his heart?"

The Master of the Four Rings smiled, and instead of directly answering Tai Miaozhen's question, he stretched out a finger and wrote on the stone table.

After a while, I heard Tai Miao Zhenren whisper, "How could it be him? This is impossible, this is absolutely impossible." ”

The Master of the Four Rings shook his head and said: "The real person is in the picture, there is nothing impossible in this world, and the real person should not forget, this person was not originally from our stronghold, but was only sent later, so he is the most suspicious, if he was originally from this stronghold, I am afraid that our stronghold will be exposed long ago." ”

"The master has a point, but I still find it a little hard to believe, how could he be lured by the demon clan?" Tai Miao Zhenren shook his head.

"There is nothing impossible in this world, we still don't know if we are forced to be helpless because of the interests of others, or because life and death are tied to the hands of others. The Master of the Four Rings said confidently: "If the real person doesn't believe it, he can see for himself tonight." ”

When Tai Miao Zhenren heard this, he seemed to remember something, and suddenly asked, "By the way, the task that the master mentioned in the cave just now was not made up to lure this person to take the initiative to expose?"

"Amitabha, the real person has forgotten that the poor monk is a monk, and the monk never speaks. ”

The Master of the Four Rings shook his head and said: "Regarding the task of raiding the stronghold of the demon clan, it is true, but the time for action should have been arranged for the day after tomorrow, but after the poor monk and Jian Wuya's predecessors discussed, the time for action was deliberately mentioned

The day before, in order to force Na Nei Ying to show up. ”

"We're going to set off tomorrow night, and there are so many people during the day that he won't dare to act rashly to contact the demon clan, so the only time left for him is tonight. ”

Tai Miao Zhenren still seemed to be a little incredulous and asked, "What if the master guesses wrong?"

The Master of the Four Rings glanced at Tai Miao Zhenren and said with a smile: "It's best to guess wrong, but if you guess right......"

At this point, the master of the four precepts said in a deep voice: "When the time comes, if the poor monk guesses correctly, please don't let this person go because of his old feelings." ”

Taimiao Zhenren nodded heavily: "Master, don't worry, if that person is really a demon clan, the real person will never be soft." ”

Hearing this, the Master of the Four Rings couldn't help but smile and said: "If the real person has this determination, then I will be much more relieved, without further ado, I am responsible for monitoring this person's every move in the cave, so I will ask the real person to wait in the waterhole outside the cave to prevent this person from escaping." ”

"I see. Tai Miao Zhenren nodded without hesitation, and then quickly got up and left.

At this time, the night was getting deeper, and everyone stayed in the stone room, either meditating and cultivating, recuperating their energy, or preparing for tomorrow's action.

About three hours later, when the ugly hour came, a gap suddenly opened in a stone room in the cave, and a pair of eyes immediately appeared in the darkness and looked out for a while.

Then there was a flash of black shadow, and a figure quietly flew out of the stone chamber and flew towards the outside of the cave.

But in the blink of an eye, the man appeared at the entrance and exit of the cave.

I saw that after this person flew to the entrance and exit of the cave, he suddenly stopped, and seemed to be a little hesitant.

But after a while, the man immediately became resolute again, and quickly left the cave, came to the shore of the waterhole outside the cave, and took advantage of the darkness of the night to fly to the foot of a nearby mountain, and took out a wooden box from his bosom.

But just as he was about to open the wooden box, a sigh suddenly came from behind him, as if filled with endless disappointment, and the man couldn't help but stiffen.

"Why are you doing this? Senior Brother of the Desolate Heavenly King treats you well, why do you want to betray him and betray our human race?"

In the darkness, the figure of Tai Miao Zhenren appeared out of thin air, looking at the man with a complicated expression, his eyes full of regret.

"What, is there any misunderstanding about me, I just want to come out tonight to practice a secret technique, so as to prepare one more means for tomorrow's action, why do you want to betray the human race?" The man slowly turned around, looked at Tai Miao Zhenren with a strange expression and said.

I saw the moonlight sprinkled on his body, revealing a tall figure with scattered hair, who was the Northern Xia royal family worshipping Xiang Ba.

At this time, Xiang Ba looked calm and calm, as if he had just met a wonderful real person in the forest, and his face did not show a trace of panic.

"Amitabha, since this is the case, then I wonder if the donor can hand over the wooden box in your hand to the poor monk for inspection, if my expectations are correct, this should be your contact token with the demon clan, right?"

At this moment, in the dark night, the voice of the Master of the Four Rings suddenly appeared above Xiang Ba's head, and then his figure slowly descended from the sky, and asked with a solemn face.