"Night Frost …" Moon Shadow Demon Lord's eyes flickered.
Night Frost Demon Lord brushed away the stray hair on her forehead and smiled. "It's me.
What, you also want to ask me which path to choose?
Oh, no, you won't ask me, because with me around, you won't be able to become the second Demon Lord. "
Moon Shadow Demon Lord did not speak and only stared at her.
Night Frost Demon Lord did not speak either. She smiled calmly.
This made Nan Guitian and Daoist Ru Yi even more confused.
Night Owl City had always been the most overbearing Demon Domain. One could imagine Night Frost Demon Lord's strength.
She rarely fought personally, but Moon Shadow Demon Lord and Guifang Demon Lord were very polite to her and never got into conflict with Night Owl City.
Moon Shadow Demon Lord could not kill Night Frost Demon Lord. That was for sure. But what about Night Frost Demon Lord?
Knowing that he had accomplices, she jumped out just like that. Wasn't she a little too confident?
"Night Frost, do you think you can stop me?"
"I can't," Night Frost Demon Lord said.
"However, I'll have to give you some trouble so that I won't be in vain for you to think so highly of me."
Moon Shadow Demon Lord's murderous aura suddenly became heavy.
* * *
After entering Carefree Valley, Perfected Yuanmu and his group followed the route that Yuanzhen had given them. They passed through the outer valley and into the inner valley. Finally, they turned into a pit. This pit was narrow and irregular, with obvious traces of digging. Occasionally, they could see things like mining hoes scattered on the ground.
After winding around the pitch-black pit for a long time, they passed by a place where they seemed to hear the sound of rushing water. There was another place where the strange aura was so strong that even the Nascent Soul cultivators like them felt their hair stand on end.
After an unknown period of time, they suddenly saw a huge karst cave in front of them.
Once they walked out, they saw more than ten Nascent Soul cultivators standing at the side. When they saw them, everyone was on guard.
Perfected Yuanmu glanced at them and realized that they were all Nascent Soul cultivators from various sects. He did not know why they had all stopped here.
He gave Big Beard a look, and Big Beard understood. He took a step forward and bowed to them. "Fellow Daoists."
Seeing that he was treating them politely, the Nascent Soul cultivators let down their guard and greeted him.
Among these cultivators, a chubby middle-stage old man grinned and said, "So it's Brother Zhao. Your Jiuyan Sect is a little slow!"
Big Beard laughed and said, "I was delayed by some matters.
Fellow Daoist Xiao, may I ask why all of you have stopped here? "
The chubby old man sighed when he heard this. "It's not that we want to stop, it's because we can't!"
Big Beardy was taken aback. "You can't walk over?"
The chubby old man nodded and pointed. "Look, the road has been blocked by someone. It's impassable."
Everyone from the Jiuyan Sect went forward to take a look. Indeed, the passageway marked on Yuan Zhen's map had disappeared.
"This …" The bearded man was a little stunned. "What's going on?"
The chubby old man said, "I don't know.
We arrived just a bit earlier than you, but we found that the road was blocked. Moreover, Fellow Daoist Yan from the Five Elements Valley said that the method used to block the road is a special kind of barrier, which contains the Dao of Formation, and is very difficult to break. "
He pointed to a bashful young man next to him. This young man seemed to have just formed his Nascent Soul and didn't look very stable. Seeing the chubby old man pointing at him, he hurriedly cupped his hands at Big Beard.
The Five Elements Valley specialized in the Dao of Formation. If the cultivators from the Five Elements Valley said that it was difficult to break, then it was really difficult.
Big Beard asked about the situation and probed for a while before he went to report to Master Yuanmu. "Senior Martial Brother Yuan Mu, that Fellow Daoist Yan shouldn't be lying. There is indeed a barrier. In my opinion, it's not something that can be broken in a day."
This junior martial brother of his wasn't very outstanding in fights of magical powers, but he was quite talented in formations. Master Yuanmu believed in his judgment.
He pondered for a while and suddenly thought of a possibility. He said in shock, "Not good! Yuan Zhen might be trapped here!"
Hearing his words, all the cultivators from the Jiuyan Sect looked surprised. After a moment of shock, Big Beard immediately thought that there was indeed such a possibility.
All the way here, they couldn't contact Yuan Zhen, and the passage was blocked. How could there be such a coincidence in this world?
If Yuan Zhen happened to be trapped inside, then it could be explained.
Master Yuanmu quickly calmed down and thought quickly. "Yuan Zhen is my blood relative after all. If something happened to him, I should be able to sense it. Moreover, once his Life Lamp is extinguished, the sect will immediately use a Ten Thousand Miles Sound-Transmitting Talisman to inform me.
Since there's none of that, Yuan Zhen and the others shouldn't be in danger. They're just temporarily trapped. "
Big Beard nodded, agreeing with his judgment. "Since Yuan Zhen and the others aren't in danger, shouldn't we go and save Junior Martial Brother Ling first?"
"Yes."
Master Yuanmu nodded. His eyes narrowed again. "Let's go and look for them. Yuan Zhen said that there's another path here, but it's very difficult to walk. We can only choose that path."
As they spoke, they suddenly saw two figures slowly flying out of the karst cave. One of them looked to be about fifty years old. He was dressed in silk clothes and embroidered shoes like a rich man from the secular world. He had a gold belt and jade belt. The other was dressed in a sky-blue Daoist robe, looking plain and delicate.
"Senior … Senior Martial Brother Ruyi!" The youth surnamed Yan from the Five Elements Valley called out.
When the two people saw them, they slowly flew over.
"Fellow Daoists." Nan Guitian smiled. "So you're already here."
"Fellow Daoist Nan!" The chubby old man surnamed Xiao hurriedly bowed and asked, "Fellow Daoist Nan, what's going on?
Why is the path blocked? "
Nan Guitian sighed. "That's why I'm here.
Old Donkey Ma colluded with Old Freak Yue Ying to steal the Black Tortoise's inheritance. However, he was worried that there were too many of us, so he sealed the path.
Fellow Daoist Ruyi and I saw that the situation was chaotic, so we left early. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to escape. "
"So that's what happened?"
The chubby old man was both shocked and angry. "No wonder Old Freak Yue Ying suddenly became so generous. He's up to no good!"
Daoist Ruyi said coldly, "When did he have good intentions?
Fortunately, I was already paying attention. "
"Fellow Daoist Ruyi." Master Yuanmu suddenly spoke. "Since Fellow Daoist Ruyi was already suspicious, why did you still follow us?"
Upon seeing Master Yuanmu, Daoist Ruyi softened his tone and said with a bitter smile, "Fellow Daoist Yuanmu makes it sound so easy. Your Jiuyan Sect is a big family, so how can our Five Elements Valley be so relaxed?
I'm not afraid of being laughed at by fellow Daoists, but it's better to believe it than not. Who knows, maybe this fated chance will fall into our hands? "
Upon hearing Daoist Ruyi's words, everyone felt distressed. Which one of them didn't think so?
Otherwise, how could more than 20 Nascent Soul cultivators come as soon as Devil Monarch Yue Ying released the news?
Decades ago, the world changed, and One Leaf Island and North Pole Island were destroyed. Now, the cultivation world in Yunzhong was short of manpower. They couldn't cultivate Core Formation cultivators, and Nascent Soul cultivators couldn't find spiritual treasures either. Since they had nothing to do, they might as well join in the fun. With so many people, Devil Monarch Yue Ying couldn't possibly capture them all at once, could he?
The chubby old man said doubtfully, "Fellow Daoist Ruyi, Old Freak Yue Ying and Old Donkey Ma are just two people. How can they do that?
I remember that Fellow Daoist Ye Shuang and Monk Xu Xiang also came. I don't think they have the guts! "
"Fellow Daoist Xiao, there's something you don't know," Nan Guitian said. "Ye Shuang and Xu Xiang have been lured away. The two of them seem to be colluding with someone, and they've been prepared for a long time."
"Who did they collude with?
What did they prepare? "Master Daoist Yuan Mu went straight to the point.
Nan Guitian shook his head. "The two of us aren't their match. When we realized something was wrong, we ran for our lives."
The cultivators were silent, but they were frantically sending voice transmissions to each other. Whether it was their teammates or disciples, they were all discussing what Nan Guitian and Daoist Ruyi said. Did Devil Monarch Yue Ying really collude with Old Donkey Ma?
Or did they deliberately lure them away to avoid having too many competitors?
They didn't believe Devil Monarch Yue Ying and Old Donkey Ma, but they also didn't believe Nan Guitian and Daoist Ruyi. The competition for resources in Yunzhong was too fierce.
Some of them wanted to save their lives, some wanted to snatch treasures, and some wanted to save people. For a moment, more than ten people hesitated and debated, unable to make a decision.
"Senior Brother Yuan Mu, do you think they're telling the truth?" Big Beard sent a voice transmission to Master Daoist Yuan Mu.
Master Daoist Yuan Mu frowned. After a while, he said, "It's possible."
"Ah?"
Master Daoist Yuan Mu said, "Others might not know what kind of person Old Devil Yue Ying is, but we old fellows do.
When he was young, he didn't keep a low profile at all. After he became a Nascent Soul, for some reason, he actually started to cultivate his character.
If you say that he set up this trap, I'll believe you. "
"Then we …"
Master Daoist Yuan Mu hesitated again. "It's just that Nan Guitian and Ruyi have always been inseparable from each other. It's not impossible to say that they're working together to deceive others."
Looking at him, Big Beard knew that Senior Brother Yuan Mu had gone crazy again. He had to think carefully about which was the truth before he made a decision.
At this moment, three people came out of the pit. Everyone looked and saw that they were Teacher Yu and two other Nascent Soul Confucian cultivators from the Yue Mountain Academy.
Seeing them, Teacher Yu was shocked. "Fellow Daoist Yuan Mu, you're …"
"Mister Yu." Master Daoist Yuan Mu raised his hand in greeting, his gaze sweeping over the two people behind him.
Yue Mountain Academy had lost some cultivators in the Sea of Returning Ruins back then. Among these two people, one had just formed his Nascent Soul in recent years.
Of course, this wasn't the main point. The main point was that Yue Mountain Academy only had five Nascent Soul Cultivators now. Including Han Shizhi, who was sent here first, they actually had four!
Could it be that Han Shizhi had obtained some news?
While he was thinking about this, someone had already told Teacher Yu about the situation.
After hearing that, Teacher Yu looked at Master Daoist Yuan Mu. "Fellow Daoist Yuan Mu, what do you think?"
Master Daoist Yuan Mu shook his head. "It's hard to say."
Teacher Yu smiled. "My Yue Mountain Academy will have to take a gamble." After saying that, he cupped his hands at everyone and left with his two juniors.
Master Daoist Yuan Mu was stunned and hurriedly called out, "Mister Yu!"
Teacher Yu stopped. "Fellow Daoist Yuan Mu, what can I do for you?"
Master Daoist Yuan Mu narrowed his eyes and asked, "Mister Yu, you seem very confident?"
Teacher Yu paused, a mysterious smile appearing on his face. "You can say that."
After saying that, he turned around. "My Yue Mountain Academy isn't as big as Jiuyan Sect. When it's time to fight, we still have to fight!"