After the night fell as scheduled, Zhao Siguang, as the leader of the whole team, inspected back and forth, and when he came to Zhou Xiang's side, he said, "Huh?" sighed, and his face became respectful, "Didn't Zhou Daoyou hide his cultivation?"

Zhou Xiang was a little strange: "Why did Daoyou say this?"

"Fellow Daoists, don't be surprised, every time we cultivators are one level higher, our cultivation is very different. In this realm of ninth-level demon beasts, even if it is a marginal area, it will be subject to powerful coercion. The lower the cultivation, the more severe the influence of this coercion, but there doesn't seem to be any discomfort in the next Daoyou, and the spiritual power shield is actually turned on as usual, so there is this question?"

Zhou Xiang suddenly explained: "Actually, there is a kind of spell in the lower master sect, although it is useless against the enemy, but it can isolate the influence of the outside world and help calm the mind and condense the qi when cultivating, that's all." Naturally, he would not reveal the actual reason.

"I see! As a disciple of the Great Gate Sect, it is really a lot more convenient in terms of cultivation!" Zhao Siguang seemed to accept Zhou Xiang's answer and said enviously.

"It's much safer here at night than in other places, and ordinary demon beasts will instinctively stay away from this area, so Daoists can rest assured that they can cultivate at night. ”

"What if a ninth-level demon beast comes?" Zhou Xiang asked casually.

"Hehe! If the shape-shifting demon beast comes, do you think we can run away?" Zhao Ciwei smiled.

"Hey!" Zhou Xiang asked a stupid question, and could only laugh at himself.

The two chatted for a while, and then each found a place to meditate.

After a night without a word, the next day everyone hit the road again. Everything was calm at noon, and Zhou Xiang was completely relieved, so it was actually good to go on quietly like this.

But just as they were approaching the intended resting point, a cloud of fog came from afar without warning, enveloping the entire team in a matter of moments.

The fog was so thick and thick that they couldn't see each other face to face, and Zhao Siguang, who was walking in the forefront, had to loudly order the entire team to stop and wait for the fog to pass. Zhou Xiang also stood still obediently, but he found that something was wrong with the situation, because in the dense fog, in addition to not being able to see the surrounding situation clearly, the divine consciousness of the whole person seemed to be blocked.

As soon as Zhou Xiang thought of this, he hurriedly used his spiritual power and fully opened his defense, and at the same time took out his shield to protect his side, and held the Shocking Sword in his right hand to cope with the changes that may occur at any time.

Time passed little by little, except for the fog, there seemed to be nothing unusual around, and after almost two hours, the fog finally gradually dissipated, Zhou Xiang's consciousness and eyesight also recovered, and the surrounding scene appeared in the range of perception again, as if there was no change from before. But Zhou Xiang immediately found that the entire caravan that was originally surrounding him had disappeared, and there was no trace of the rest except himself!

What kind of monster could it be that he had taken away dozens of people without even noticing? Why did he stay where he was?

However, he sensed another possibility, and that was that the caravan had been hit by some kind of phantom array.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xiang touched the Broken Array Jade on his chest, it was still hanging there without any reaction, if he was in the array, the Broken Array Jade would definitely hold up a transparent light shield.

Zhou Xiang forced himself to calm down and let his divine sense out with all his might, there was still no figure around, but he found that there were traces of new walking on the ground, and the grass nearby seemed to be chaotic, but the direction of the lodging was surprisingly consistent, could it be that the people of the caravan deliberately left themselves here, and they left with the help of a secret passage?

Zhou Xiang immediately rejected this assumption, after all, in the situation just now, even his own divine sense and vision were affected, and it was even more impossible for those in the caravan with lower cultivation to go in the same direction without being noticed by themselves.

There is only one possibility left, that is, they were affected by the dense fog, and they seemed to be trapped in some kind of formation, and they went to a certain place under the guidance of the formation. And because of the reason for breaking the formation jade, he was not affected by the big array, so he could still stand in place.

After figuring it out, he began to carefully probe, relying on the traces left by the caravan members as they walked, Zhou Xiang gradually identified a direction, and he was fully aware of the vigilance and explored forward. After a while, I was in a cold place.

The trees are tall and shaded, and the ground is sparsely vegetated, and the stray footprints are easily recognizable. Zhou Xiang gradually followed in front of a mountain cliff, and calculated that he had already penetrated a lot of distance into the territory of the ninth-level demon beast. After those footprints reached this point, they all extended into a bush in front of the cliff, and Zhou Xiang walked a few feet forward after removing the thorns that blocked him. A smooth stone wall appeared in front of him, but strangely all the footprints extended directly into the cliff wall, making it look as if the caravan members had walked into the rock without hindrance.

Zhou Xiang expected that this stone wall must have set up some kind of obstacle or a gate, he slowly approached the cliff wall, stretched out his right hand and touched the stone on the opposite side, the Broken Array Jade really reacted at this moment, Zhou Xiang's arm went deep into the stone wall without any obstacle to support a small gap.

Through the gap Zhou Xiang looked into the depths of the cliff, unfortunately it was still a rock not far away, Zhou Xiang's arm was deep again, and the tentacles were extremely hard, but this time it was really a rock wall. He withdrew his arms and walked slowly forward, and as he approached the outermost rock wall, a passage appeared around his body and passed through it without hindrance.

Now there should be a real rock wall in front of him, Zhou Xiang used his spiritual power to push forward, but the rock wall seemed to be stuck, and it didn't move at all. It seems that this place is quite tightly set up, the outermost layer is covered by a formation, and the inside is blocked by a stone wall. These arrangements were definitely not made by ninth-level demon beasts, because if it wanted to kidnap people, it would be enough to shoot directly, even the Yuanying cultivators would be powerless to resist, let alone those caravan members in the Qi refining period.

The other party arranged a shielding formation in the territory of the ninth-level demon beast, and made a rock mechanism, which shows that the cultivation is not very high, or he can't make a move for other reasons. Moreover, it is impossible for ordinary demon beasts to go to great lengths to learn formations, so nine times out of ten, the other party is a Terran monk, living in seclusion here to do some unseemly deeds. Zhou Xiang pondered for a while, he thought to himself that he had the broken formation jade in his body, as long as he was careful of some of the other party's formation prohibitions, he couldn't help himself, coupled with the drive of curiosity and the desire to rescue Zhao Civic, Zhou Xiang no longer hesitated, he took out the Shocking Sword, and stabbed it hard at the stone wall in front of him to break it with violence! But to his surprise, the Shocking Sword actually only pierced into the stone wall by half an inch! Could it be that this stone was made of some magical material?

Thinking of this, Zhou Xiang hesitated a little again, the Shocking Sword is a ground-level magic weapon of Master Li Xuankong, and it is definitely a top-ranked treasure in the entire human world, and it can't help the rough stones here! It can be seen that this place is not trivial, the other party can use such a hard material to make a stone wall, it must be a non-negligible existence. After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Xiang still gritted his teeth, he put away the Shocking Sword, summoned the Feihong Sword, held it in his hand and slashed forward, this time like cutting tofu, a large piece of rock was easily cut down.

After cutting the tea time, Zhou Xiang chiseled a gap in the stone wall for entry and exit, and saw that the thickness of the stone wall was about half a zhang, and after careful exploration and found that there was nothing abnormal, Zhou Xiang slowly walked into the cave, where many messy footprints reappeared on the ground, guiding Zhou Xiang forward.

The further he went, the darker the cave became, and Zhou Xiang had to use his spiritual power to inject his pupils, and after a long time of incense, a stone chamber suddenly appeared in front of him, and the cave came to an end. There is a teleportation array in the center of the stone room, and there are several spirit stones inlaid in the middle, judging from the fluctuations of spiritual power here, it is obvious that it has just been activated.

Could it be that this leads to some treasure, or is it a secret passage for a caravan to pass through the territory of a ninth-level demon beast?

Zhou Xiang thought about it for a while, secretly checked his protection again, and finally gritted his teeth and stepped into the teleportation array. After a short period of trance, his front lit up, and he found himself in another stone room, the stone room was empty, only a teleportation array existed under his feet, and with the appearance of Zhou Xiang, it gradually dimmed, and there was no sign of inlaid spirit stones around the array. Oops! It seems to be a one-way teleportation array, and if you want to return, you can only find another channel.

Zhou Xiang was a little apprehensive in his heart, and now he could only move on. There was an exit from the stone chamber, from which a bright light seemed to shine, allowing him to see the dust and messy footprints on the ground. Zhou Xiang's divine sense swept outwards and found that there was no danger, it seemed to be a rather vast place. He cautiously walked to the exit and looked out, and was amazed by the view.

Zhou Xiang found himself in a huge space, with several palace-like buildings in front of him, guarding a tall pavilion in the center. There are also several stone chambers that resemble the rooms he teleported to, and in the distance, the whole space looks like the interior of a hollowed-out mountain.