Qiushui Town, a small town located at the junction of the Spring Kingdom and the Datong Kingdom, is very prosperous because of its special geographical location, with a large number of merchants.

After eight months, Si Dao came to Qiushui Town again, but the prosperity was gone, and the scene in front of him was not an exaggeration to describe it as desolate.

There were no pedestrians on the streets, and business travelers from both countries chose to take a detour. Fallen leaves are sprinkled wantonly, becoming the only moving presence on the street. The originally vibrant town of Autumn Water has become a dead town.

Stroll to the front of the "Good Inn". "Good Inn" is run by an old couple and is an iconic inn in Qiushui Town. Now, however, there were no guests in the inn, and the old man was nowhere to be seen, and it was not known if he was in danger. The doorway of the inn was stained with blood. There are such bloodstains in many locations in Autumnwater Town.

Of course, Si Dao knew what was going on here, and he also knew why Autumnwater Town had become such a dead place. He came here to carry out his mission.

As a disciple of the Immortal Sect, he was obliged to carry out the task. But for three years, because he focused on preparing "art and sword", he has not fulfilled his obligations.

Therefore, when the technique and sword were imminent, the Hehuan Sect handed over the mutation task of Qiushui Town to him.

There is no doubt that this mission is much more dangerous and terrifying than the trial mission three years ago.

Moreover, Si Dao also knows one thing. The reason why Qiushui Town has become like this has something to do with him.

Since three years ago, because of the "seizure transaction incident", the head of the Iron Sword Gate was killed and fell, and the Iron Sword Gate was disbanded. Before the new Xianmen appeared, Qiushui Town lost the protection of the Xianmen.

Although the Hehuan Sect bears the responsibility of protecting the people of the Spring Kingdom, the Hehuan Sect was born and ignores everything on weekdays, and its core scope of influence is only in the central region of the Spring Kingdom. Qiushui Town, on the border of the Spring Kingdom, has been out of the core sphere of influence of Hehuan.

As for the establishment of the New Immortal Gate, this is not an easy matter. The basic condition for the establishment of the new immortal gate is that of a predecessor of the Jiedan. However, although there are many scattered cultivators in the world, the predecessors of Yudan are very rare and extremely rare.

Therefore, half a year is too short, and a new immortal gate is impossible.

When Si Dao learned about this, he felt a little guilty in his heart. Either way, what happened here had something to do with him.

In addition, this task has a special significance. This task is a test of the priest and a test of the identity and position of the priest.

Si Dao colluded with the demon clan. This is an established fact. What's even more dissatisfying is that Si Dao fully admits this, but lacks a completely repentant attitude. At this point, Si Dao will inevitably be questioned by all immortal cultivators.

Therefore, through this task, the Hehuan Sect tried to make Si Dao understand the essence of the demon. Why can't demons and humans coexist peacefully?

So, Si Dao came to Qiushui Town and saw the desolate scene of Qiushui Town.

He watched calmly, strolled calmly, carefully examining every nook and cranny of Autumnwater Town. On the wall, on the ground, he saw some wriggling branches. These branches are full of life, they are broken, they are plants, but they are wriggling like reptiles.

In Huanshi, the mission intelligence clearly shows that the real culprit behind the death of more than 100 travelers in Qiushui Town is a wood demon, and it is a wood demon at the peak of qi refining. The current message is exactly what it is.

The wood demon is not a rare demon, it is generally located in the deep mountains, and it is good at arranging formations and proficient in illusion. The wood demon uses illusion to attract the traveler into the formation, and then kills the traveler, devouring the traveler's flesh and blood to improve his cultivation.

For demons, the vitality and flesh of living beings are the best tonic. Just like for monks, the soul of a demon is the best tonic.

Right now, Si Dao didn't understand one thing—why did the wood demon give up his originally carefully arranged deep mountain formation and deliberately run to Qiushui Town to harm the travelers?

It stands to reason that if the Wood Demon leaves its original lair, its strength will be greatly weakened. Because the arrangement of the formation requires time accumulation, resource consumption, and environmental cooperation, all three are indispensable.

In the past six months, after He Muluo's teaching, Si Dao has known these basic knowledge. On Hehuan's Lover's Island, Si Dao personally felt the power of the formation. This is not something that fellow monks can resist. However, no one will obediently step into the death hole of the formation arranged by the other party.

Now, when the wood demon leaves its lair, even if it re-establishes the formation, it is only a temporary formation, and its power will be reduced by half.

Even, if the wood demon was in a hurry to escape and failed to lay out the formation at all, although he had the cultivation of the peak of qi refining, he was actually very weak.

That's why, it's generally impossible for Wood Elves to leave their lair. Wood Monsters are not highly mobile monsters at all.

And the demons with weak mobility hardly dare to blatant murder. Because once discovered by the Terran monks, they could not escape, but they could only meet the catastrophe.

To sum up, it is not difficult to understand why the priest is confused. A wood demon suddenly appears in Autumnwater. The wood demon slaughtered as if he had completely forgotten the existence of the Terran monks. The pleasure brought by cultivation and ascension can indeed make people forget about death. But the wood demon in front of him is too crazy, it is completely a carnival before death, which is very different from ordinary demons.

It has nothing to do with cruelty, demons live longer than people, and they know how to seek advantages and avoid harm. Except for the demon clan who have just developed their intelligence, in most cases, the demon already knows how to suppress the desires in their hearts. Those demons who don't know how to restrain their hearts can't live long.

Of course, the mission of Xianmen is to eradicate those demons who have lost their minds. And right now, this wood demon may be a demon who has lost his mind.

Si Dao's task is not to conduct a psychological investigation, but to eradicate this demon that has plagued hundreds of living beings.

The first step he had to do was to find out where the Wood Demon was hiding.

The Wood Demon does not have the ability to move quickly, and it is impossible for him to be as proficient in the art of the sword as the genius monk of the Terran race, and he can fly away quickly. In this case, the Wood Demon must still be within a hundred miles of Qiushui Town.

Si Dao did not look around in a hurry, but walked carefully in Qiushui Town. He tried to find more clues in order to shorten the time of searching.

Things went much smoother than expected. Leaving the Good Inn and going deep into Qiushui Town, Si Dao found traces of blood that had not yet dried up. This means that the Wood Demon is near Autumnwater Town, extremely close to Si Dao.

Perhaps, this wood demon has already set up a formation, waiting for Si Dao to throw himself into the net.

In fact, Si Dao had already stepped into the formation arranged by the other party. The blood along the way is simply the bait.

The surrounding houses suddenly turned into trees, and the avenue beneath their feet was now a corpse of dead bones. The bones were new, stained with blood and shredded flesh. A dignified fishy smell replaced the smell of decay.

There is no doubt that under the influence of illusion, Si Dao came to the center of the killing array.