Once she found the stream, Mo Tiange could finally distinguish her position on the map. Then, in order to deliberately avoid others, she carefully studied a route.
Fortunately, the information stated roughly what was in each place, and each disciple had a copy of the map. By finding a place that no one liked, she could naturally avoid most people.
If someone was unlucky enough to be teleported to that place, he or she would probably leave.
The place she found was dangerous in the eyes of ordinary people. There were cliffs, abysses, and a poisonous spring that emitted poisonous fog all year round. The map indicated that this place wasn't good. It wasn't easy to walk, and there weren't any demonic beasts that were easy to kill. However, there were some demonic monkeys that lived in groups, which were quite troublesome.
Mo Tiange thought about it. It wasn't easy to walk, so she just had to be careful. After all, she wasn't an ordinary person, so she wouldn't encounter any accidents.
As for those demonic monkeys that lived in groups, they were suitable for her.
She was good at formations, and first rank demonic beasts couldn't recognize them. She just needed to find a suitable place to lay a Disorienting Formation and lure the monkeys inside. Then, she wouldn't be afraid no matter how many monkeys there were.
After making up her mind, she walked smoothly. Although her Breath-Concealing Technique wasn't brilliant, the divine sense of an Aura Refining cultivator wasn't strong, so very few people could detect her.
Soon, she arrived at the place indicated on the map. Mo Tiange took a look and unconsciously frowned.
This place was indeed as the information said. It was a disgusting place. Probably because of the poisonous spring, there was poisonous fog as soon as she approached. The shrubs were so dense that there wasn't even a path, and most of them were poisonous.
It was obviously daytime, but this place was gray and overcast. She couldn't see the sky at all.
Without a better choice, Mo Tiange could only brace herself and go.
After sweeping this area with her divine sense, she had a general understanding of the terrain and also found the position of the demonic monkeys.
There were many faint spiritual aura fluctuations on the edge of the poisonous spring.
The divine sense of an Aura Refining cultivator wasn't strong, so it was difficult to sense the spiritual aura fluctuations of a single low-rank demonic beast. However, when they gathered together, it was very easy to distinguish them.
She swallowed a Refreshing Pill to prevent the poisonous fog from affecting her. Then, she laid a simple Disorienting Formation and a Spirit-Trapping Formation in a place that wasn't too far from her.
As its name suggested, the Spirit-Trapping Formation's main function was to make people lose their way. Once they entered the formation, they would keep walking in circles and couldn't get out.
The Spirit-Trapping Formation's purpose was to deal with people or beasts with spiritual aura. Once they entered the formation, their spiritual aura would run slower. Generally, this formation would be placed in cultivators' caves to prevent others from breaking in.
These two formations were not enough. After thinking for a while, she set up another Five Elements Life and Death Formation. This formation was more troublesome than the previous two, but she had been studying the formation book some time ago and had modified this formation. It could be used for both offense and defense, so it was safer to use it.
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First rank demonic beasts weren't much smarter than ordinary beasts. They didn't know how to think and acted according to their instincts. Soon, their figures appeared in the poisonous fog.
Sensing the sudden provocative aura, these demonic monkeys pounced towards Mo Tiange's location without the slightest hesitation. However, before they could even get close to her, they began to run in circles. The group of monkeys formed a circle and chased each other, running in circles from head to tail.
It looked interesting, but Mo Tiange didn't dare to be careless. She waved the formation flag in her hand. The formation was instantly filled with quicksand and fire.
The group of monkeys squeaked. They ran left and right, but they couldn't escape no matter how hard they tried. They were burned by the fire, so they ran and trampled on each other.
Mo Tiange waved the formation flag again. Many stones fell from the formation. The group of monkeys had nowhere to hide and died under the stones.
Mo Tiange breathed a sigh of relief when all the demonic monkeys were killed.
Aura Refining cultivators wouldn't be able to deal with so many first rank demonic beasts if they hadn't set traps in advance. Although they were successfully killed, she still spent a lot of spiritual aura.
The ability of Aura Refining cultivators was too low. They couldn't use multiple spirit tools at the same time, nor could they maintain a fight of magical power for a long time. Even magic weapons without cultivation level restrictions couldn't display much of their power.
The more she cultivated, the more eager she was to build her foundation.
After recovering her spiritual aura, Mo Tiange stood up and cleaned up the mess.
There were about twenty to thirty monkeys in the group just now. Presumably, there would be a chaotic fight in this mountain forest, so the number of demonic beasts they killed wouldn't be many. These demonic beasts were enough to exchange for a Foundation-Building Pill.
Therefore, after stuffing the corpses of the demonic monkeys into her Qiankun Bag, she sat in the formation and meditated. She didn't plan to kill any more demonic beasts.
Her goal was only to obtain a Foundation-Building Pill. She didn't want to lose her life, nor did she want to be in the limelight.
While she was meditating leisurely, a monstrous wave was set off in this mountain forest.
The first Zixia Sect disciple who was killed wasn't discovered, but it wasn't just one or two people who had this idea. Soon, other people also made their moves.
Zixia Sect disciples were numerous and powerful. They also felt that these two groups were exterminated, so how could they be willing to give up? By the afternoon, the fight had already been brought to the surface.
Although the total number of Yunwu Sect and Jindao School's disciples wasn't as many as Zixia Sect's disciples, they harbored hatred in their hearts. Moreover, they usually launched sneak attacks and succeeded quite a few times.
However, when Zixia Sect disciples finally reacted, both sides began to have victories and defeats.
As more and more people were killed, they basically didn't care about anything else and started fighting as soon as they saw each other.
Mo Tiange didn't know any of this. Fortunately, she came to this place. Otherwise, she would've probably also been involved in the fight.
The sky gradually darkened, but Mo Tiange didn't do anything. She just sat in the middle of the formation.
She couldn't light the lamp or it would attract other people. Even if she didn't attract other people, it wouldn't be good to fight at night if some demonic beast came.
In any case, she could still see a little. She only needed to endure this night because the exit formation would be opened tomorrow.
Suddenly, she wrinkled her brows and raised her head.
Spiritual aura fluctuations were coming from outside. Someone seemed to be coming here.
After pondering for a moment, she slightly tidied up the formation she laid, leaving behind the Five Elements Life and Death Formation. She then hid herself and carefully paid attention to that person.
That person stumbled as he ran. His steps were weak and he fell from time to time, but he still managed to run all the way to this place.
But all of a sudden, he seemed to bump into something. With a "bang," there was no sound.
Even after a long time, she still couldn't hear any sound. Mo Tiange pondered for a moment then came out of her hiding place and cautiously felt her way over.
She had always been cautious. Now that she had a defensive spell on her body and Green-Wood Sword in her hand, she could deal with this person even if he suddenly launched an attack. Therefore, she decided to go and take a look.
Not far from her, there was a person lying motionless on the ground.
The sky was too dark, so she couldn't see him clearly. She could only vaguely see that he was wearing black clothes.
Mo Tiange felt a bit relieved. She went over to take a look. Sure enough, it was a young Yunwu Sect disciple.
"Senior Martial Brother, Senior Martial Brother!" She gently pushed the person.
After a long time, the person finally reacted. He raised his head with difficulty and said in a low voice, "Junior Martial Sister … s-help me."
Mo Tiange was dumbfounded.
Junior Martial Sister?
Before she could think of anything, the person's head tilted to one side and he fainted again.
After thinking for a moment, she still helped the person into the formation she laid.
She didn't know this person. Yunwu Sect had so many Aura Refining disciples, but she only knew a few of them. Even the people in the other rooms in the courtyard only looked familiar to her, so she didn't remember this person at all.
However, since they were both Yunwu Sect disciples and there wasn't any trouble, she could lend him a hand.
She then inserted her spiritual aura into the person's body to examine his injuries.
After circulating her spiritual aura through the person's meridians, Mo Tiange felt a bit relieved.
The injuries on his body were very serious, but his meridians weren't damaged, so it was actually easy.
After thinking for a moment, she took out medicinal pills from inside her robe and fed him a Refreshing Pill to prevent the poisonous fog from entering his body. She then fed him an Aura-Nourishing Pill.
A Refreshing Pill was only an ordinary antidote pill; it wasn't a precious medicine.
As for healing medicinal pills, she did have Small Reversion Pills on her, but they were expensive. Even Foundation Building cultivators could use them. Giving them to an Aura Refining cultivator she didn't know would be a bit wasteful. Besides, she didn't know this person at all, so giving him something precious was a bit too kind.
Kindness had to be done appropriately to make people feel grateful and not greedy. This was the principle Second Uncle taught her.
Not long after, the man groaned and seemed to have woken up.
Mo Tiange said, "Senior Martial Brother, are you feeling better?"
The person opened his eyes, struggled to sit up and forced a smile. "Junior Martial Brother … Thank you. If I didn't run into you, I would've lost my life today."
Mo Tiange said faintly, "Senior Martial Brother, you don't have to be so polite. It was nothing."
The person nodded and took out a jade bottle from inside his robe. After swallowing several medicinal pills, he handed the jade bottle to Mo Tiange. "I don't dare to let Junior Martial Brother suffer any losses."
Mo Tiange didn't stand on ceremony and took the bottle.
This was also a rule in the cultivation world. First, no one was willing to help others and lose their belongings. Second, people who received favors from others didn't want to owe them favors.
Upon seeing her taking the bottle, the person asked, "Junior Martial Brother, where is this place? Is it safe?"
Mo Tiange said, "This is the poisonous spring in the northwest."
The person must've known about this place, so he immediately heaved a sigh of relief. "That's good. Presumably, no one will come here." After a pause, he greeted her again. "I'm Murong Zi. May I ask how I should address Junior Martial Brother?"
Since he said "I am" instead of "I'm", he was obviously a well-known figure among Aura Refining disciples. Mo Tiange had indeed heard of this name before.
Murong Zi was the disciple who persisted until the end with Senior Martial Brother Zhou and the others in Miwu Valley's trial two years ago. At the same time, he was also Murong Yan's clan brother. Together with her, he became a disciple of the Foundation Building cultivator Lin Qingwan. He was the Senior Martial Brother Murong Yan mentioned who guarded the medicinal garden and provided seeds.
This Senior Martial Brother was indeed quite famous among the Aura Refining disciples.
Because she and Murong Yan could be considered friends, Mo Tiange was a bit polite. "So it's Senior Martial Brother Murong. My name is Ye Xiaotian. I'm an old acquaintance of Senior Martial Sister Murong."
Murong Zi let out a soft "ah" then said, "So it's you! I heard Xiaoyan mention you before."
He looked her up and down then revealed a smile. "No wonder I thought you were a Junior Martial Sister in a daze just now."
Mo Tiange originally had doubts, so she naturally asked, "Why is that?"
Murong Zi pursed his lips and said with a smile, "Because Xiaoyan said it's a pity you're a man. Your figure and appearance are more suitable to be a woman."
Mo Tiange was instantly speechless.
Aside from Xu Jingzhi, Murong Yan also liked to tease her. She said she was thin and small and had a girlish appearance, so it would be good if she was a woman and so on … When she thought of Murong Yan, she couldn't help but sigh. The Murong Yan who loved to laugh and play around had already disappeared.
Murong Zi noticed something was wrong with her expression and thought she didn't like people saying she had a girlish appearance, so he changed the topic. "Junior Martial Brother Ye, did you meet anyone from Zixia Sect here?"
Mo Tiange shook her head. "No."
Judging from Murong Zi's expression, something seemed to have happened, so she asked, "Did Senior Martial Brother Murong encounter something?"
This question made Murong Zi sigh. He then said, "Junior Martial Brother Ye, you've always been here, so you probably don't know the disciples of the three groups have already started fighting."
In fact, Mo Tiange had long foreseen this, but she didn't say it out loud and just pretended she didn't know. "Really?
What's going on? "
"I don't know how it started. At first, it was just a private fight, but later on, it turned into a chaotic fight.
We joined forces with Jindao School and were already fighting against Zixia Sect.
Originally, I didn't want to get involved, but as long as I ran into people from Zixia Sect, they would take the initiative to attack me. I had no choice but to protect myself.
Just now, I was killing a demonic wolf, but I was sneak-attacked by someone. It wasn't easy for me to escape. "
Speaking up to this point, he had a worried expression on his face. "It's so chaotic now. I don't know how Xiaoyan is doing. She used to always be lazy, so fights of magical power are really …"
Upon hearing what he said, Mo Tiange also felt a bit worried.
Although Liu Yidao and Qin Xi were experienced in fights of magical power, two fists were no match for four hands. Xu Jingzhi's cultivation level was also ordinary. Although he was a descendant of a cultivation clan and definitely had several treasures, it was hard to say if he encountered a strong enemy.
Murong Yan was the most worrisome. She never liked cultivating, and the reason her cultivation level was so high was all because she ate medicinal pills. Her own abilities were really mediocre.
The two of them looked at each other in silence for a while. Murong Zi forced himself to smile. "Junior Martial Brother Ye, I'll take advantage of you. Let me stay here too. My injuries really can't be healed in a short time …"
Mo Tiange nodded. "This place isn't mine; anyone can come here. Senior Martial Brother Murong doesn't need to be polite."
Murong Zi smiled then began to meditate to heal his injuries.
This place was very dangerous, so it was better for him to recover his spiritual aura as soon as possible.