Chapter Seventy-Three: The Clansmen Arrive
After the Hessian python left and re-entered the cave, Li Xuangang saw that only a pile of white powder was left in place.
He settled his mind, and then refocused his gaze on the cave opening, which was just an episode in his observation.
After this incident, there was a period of tranquility in the place.
Except for the occasional run out to bask in the moonlight, the Hessian python basically didn't leave the cave.
Just when Li Xuangang estimated that the Seventh Uncle and they were about to arrive in the next few days, he found another monk besides himself in the evening, to be precise, when the sun had just begun to sink in the west.
This is a female nun dressed in plain white clothes, her hair like a black waterfall hanging down to her waist, and her delicate ears looming in her hair.
When Li Xuangang saw her, she was holding a compass-like magic weapon, wandering around on the flat ground outside the cave.
Sometimes she looked down at the magic weapon in her hand, and sometimes she looked up to determine the direction in which she was going, as if she wanted to make sure that she was going in the right direction.
Li Xuangang's face was grim, and he didn't begin to guess where this monk came from, and only the cultivators of the sixth layer of qi refining dared to run around.
Seeing that the other party was gradually getting closer and closer to the entrance of the cave, Li Xuangang's heart began to raise his throat, he was not worried about the other party's life, he just hoped that at this juncture, when the seventh uncle was about to come, he would not be made any trouble by this stupid-looking female cultivator.
If he ruined the plan he had been planning for so long, Li Xuangang didn't mind giving her a ride for the Hessian python.
Quietly watching the female cultivator get closer and closer to the entrance of the cave, Li Xuangang had nothing to stop for the time being, so he had to stare at the female cultivator who came out of nowhere with some angry eyes that some plans were messed up.
In Li Xuangang's knife-like gaze, the female cultivator finally walked to the entrance of the cave. Then Li Xuangang found that she was startled by the black hole, and although she didn't say anything, he still saw the frightened look on the female cultivator's face.
Just when Li Xuangang thought that she was going to give up entering this cave and chose to turn around and leave, the female cultivator took a serious look at the compass in her hand, and then hesitated to walk into the cave.
Li Xuangang was completely stunned by this scene, although the aura fluctuations of the Hessen python and the third-order spirit plant had been covered, and ordinary monks might not be able to feel it, but the aura emitted by the first-order mid-grade spirit vein in this cave was real.
Anyone who had a little bit of brain should have known what it meant to have a place in the Hengduan Mountains with a first-order spiritual vein. That often means that there is a demon beast of at least the second order entrenched inside.
If this female cultivator has a cultivation above the foundation building period, Li Xuangang can still think that the other party is going to hunt for treasures, but from his perception, this female cultivator is indeed only a sixth-level cultivation of qi refining, then Li Xuangang can only attribute the reason to the other party's lack of brains.
When the white-clothed nun entered the cave and finally disappeared from his eyes, he knew that he might not need to do it himself.
Now, he only hoped that this Hessian python would not think that someone had discovered its lair, and forcibly dug up the third-order spirit plant, and then took it away.
As Li Xuangang expected, not long after the female cultivator entered the cave, a slight aura fluctuation came from inside, but this slight aura fluctuation only lasted for a moment, and then she regained her calm.
It was impossible for a sixth-level Qi refining monk to compete with a third-order Hessian python.
The opponent only needs to attack at will, and they can make their body die.
After this brief fluctuation of aura, Li Xuangang was worried that the Hessian python would leave this place, and at the same time guessed that the female cultivator might have entered the Hessian python's stomach.
Moreover, it is unlikely that this female cultivator has the same kind of soft armor as the monk in the foundation building period, so she is afraid that she will not be able to last in the stomach of the Hessian python for a while, and she will be completely corroded by the gastric juice of the Hessian python, and she will not be able to leave even a single skeleton.
And the monk who was in the foundation building period had at least a pile of white powder left.
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didn't make Li Xuangang wait too long.
A day later, under the guidance of the second brother Li Xuantian, the seventh uncle Li Changzhi rushed here with twenty clansmen.
Since Li Xuantian had already mentioned the brief situation to his seventh uncle Li Changzhi in advance, among the twenty clansmen brought this time, all of them were cultivators in the late stage of qi refining.
Among them, Li Xuangang also saw the second uncle Li Qingyang and the fourth uncle Li Qingjing, as for Li Xuankun and Li Xuanyu, he didn't see them, thinking that they stayed in the Lingshan stronghold.
More than 20 monks of the Li family were concentrated in this temporary cave mansion of Li Xuangang.
After Li Xuangang was called back by his second brother Li Xuantian, he first met the elders of the clan, and then said to his seventh uncle Li Changzhi:
"Seventh Uncle, after this period of observation, Xuan Gang found that the Hessen python had a cultivation close to the middle grade of the third order, and it had previously hidden its cultivation and killed a monk in the early stage of foundation building. ”
Hearing Li Xuangang's answer, Li Changzhi was a little dissatisfied, he waved his hand and said to Li Xuangang:
"Your second brother has already told me this, and you say something I don't know. ”
So Li Xuangang stopped talking nonsense, and told all his observations about this Hessian python during this time:
"Uncle Seven, after the second brother left, I also found that the internal organs of this Hessian python may have suffered some minor injuries, and the one who caused this was the monk of the foundation building period who swallowed it. ”
Immediately, Li Xuangang told him that he saw the Hessian python spit out a skeleton.
Hearing this, Li Changzhi's face showed a hint of heaviness, and then said:
"I'm afraid this kind of injury will not be able to cause any damage to that Hessian python, what else is so special?"
So Li Xuangang continued:
"In addition, some time ago, this Hessen python didn't know what method to use to cover up all the aura of himself and the third-order spirit plant, and now the cave only has the aura fluctuations emitted by the first-order mid-grade spirit vein. ”
Speaking of this, Li Xuangang paused, he didn't know whether to tell the white-clothed nun about it, he hesitated for a moment, and finally said:
"The night before, there was also a female cultivator of the sixth level of qi refining who entered the cave, and judging from the aura fluctuations behind, I think she has been killed by the Hessian python. ”
Li Changzhi showed a hint of suspicion on his face, and asked:
"Is there any doubt about the female cultivator of the sixth layer of qi refining?"
Li Xuangang replied:
"There was nothing to doubt about it, except that I saw that she was holding a compass in her hand, as if she was looking for something, and finally she followed the compass into the cave. ”
Li Changzhi fell into deep thought, but after thinking for a long time, he didn't come up with a reason.
At this time, Li Qingyang, who was standing next to the two, exited:
"Uncle Seven, I think this female cultivator may have broken in by mistake. Didn't Xuan Gang just say that she went in with a compass, maybe it was that compass that could detect the location of the spiritual object, and after her compass detected the third-order spirit plant in the cave, she became greedy, so there was such a thing. ”
Although this explanation is a bit far-fetched, there is no better explanation for the Li clan people present. So it was Li Changzhi who made the final decision:
"Anyway, since we are already here this time, we must have some results, and wanting to come to a female cultivator of the sixth level of qi refining will not affect our actions, so everything is planned as usual. ”
"Rest for the night today, and start the operation tomorrow. ”
After speaking, Li Changzhi waved his hand and motioned for the clansmen to find a place to rest.
However, he left Li Xuangang behind and handed him some tools for transplanting spirit plants.
"Tomorrow's operation is over, I'm afraid it will take a hard time. ”
Li Xuangang took all kinds of jade, and then arched his hand and said:
"Xuangang knows, and the seventh uncle can rest assured. ”
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On the last night of the operation against the Hessian python in the cave, Li Xuangang and Li Xuantian stood on a hillside outside the cave.
Li Xuangang returned the second-order earth and rock talisman that Li Xuantian had lent him to the other party before, and then said solemnly:
"Thank you, second brother. ”
Li Xuantian put the earth and rock talisman handed over by Li Xuangang into the storage bag, then patted Li Xuangang on the shoulder and said:
"Be careful with tomorrow's actions. ”
After saying that, both of them looked up at the flickering night sky, quietly enjoying this last silence.
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The stars are shining, and this will be another family collective task for the Li family in Taiqiu Mountain.
Maybe someone will die, maybe not. But for Li Xuangang, this is a problem that the seventh uncle Li Changzhi needs to consider, and he only needs to think about how to save his life as much as possible in tomorrow's actions.
Because among the more than 20 clansmen who participated in this operation, his Li Xuangang's cultivation was really not high.