Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 108 Gathering of Heroes
"Hurry up and get going before the monsters from the other low mountains arrive!"

"Yes! Yes! Leng Fengxiang is still lying there, let's take this opportunity to shake him off!"

"By the way, bury Lu Meier, the spirit binder. Poor thing, one is a beauty, and the other doesn't even know her name after she died!"

"Don't bury them together, or Lu Meier will get off easy!"

"Shouldn't this benefit the spirit binder?"

"You know nothing! The Spirit Binder is incredibly skilled; countless female cultivators in Baiyun Market have been bewitched by him!"

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Su Qing felt that the dead should be respected, and these rogue cultivators who gossiped about the deceased were really lacking in manners.

But I can't help but feel a little regretful. If I had known that the spirit binder was so skilled, I should have gone to him to learn his skills sooner. I missed my chance!
The team resumed their journey.

Leng Fengxiang is no longer causing trouble.

Although several waves of monsters blocked their way.

However, thanks to the powerful output of this elite team, they escaped unscathed.

Thus, two days and two nights later.

The group finally arrived at the foot of Black Tiger Mountain.

As soon as Su Qing arrived at the foot of the mountain, she noticed its unusual features.

While other mountains are covered in snow, this one stands bare and exposed to the world.

The temperature here is unlike any other place, and the exotic fragrance of the blood lotus fruit is so refreshing that it warms the heart.

Even after reaching their destination, the group did not relax.

It was even more somber than before.

Because once you reach the top of this mountain, it will be the most dangerous moment of the trip.

They were about to face a second-tier demon king and cultivators who might also covet the Blood Lotus Fruit.

"Fellow Daoists, there's no need for further words. As agreed, all you need to do is help us deal with the Black Mountain Tiger."

As for the struggle for the Blood Lotus Fruit, and the other cultivators or demonic beasts attracted by it.

That's our business. If we're not capable enough, it's just our bad luck, and we can't blame our fellow Daoists.

Once the Black Mountain Tiger is dead, all fellow Daoists except Fellow Daoist Liang may either leave on their own or hide far away, and return together after we have seized the Blood Lotus Fruit!

Qinghe gracefully walked to the front of the group, cupped her hands in greeting, and said...

It seemed that once they arrived at this place, the leadership of the team was transferred from Ma Tuan to her.

At the same time, Liang Haishun stepped forward from the crowd, reached out and pressed his hand against a piece of gravel by the roadside, and gently twisted it.

Immediately, beams of light lit up one after another.

Su Qing glanced at it and exclaimed, "Good heavens!"

These days, the people from Baibaoge have set up countless formations on Black Tiger Mountain.

Liang Haishun must have earned countless spirit crystals from them.

Looking at Black Tiger Mountain, most of it is filled with arrays of light, especially at the red glowing spot on the mountaintop, where more than ten arrays of light are shining.

"I would like to inform all fellow practitioners that I have set up a total of eighteen formations on this Black Tiger Mountain."

There are different formations, such as the Thick Earth Formation, the Returning Qi Formation, the Rejuvenating Spring Formation, the Mist Formation, and the Bewitching Mind Formation.

Fellow Daoists, please remember the functions of each formation. When the battle begins, each of you should find the appropriate formation to take refuge, resolve difficulties, or slay demons and beasts.

Liang Haishun is quite satisfied with his achievements over the past few months.

Amidst the compliments of the professionals, I carefully explained the distribution and corresponding functions of each formation.

"This is the guiding formation. Follow the light spots under your feet and go all the way up. It's an area that has never been trodden by monsters, so it's absolutely safe!" Although he spoke with great confidence, Liang Haishun habitually returned to the middle of the group and landed under the protection of Su Qing's puppet, letting Ma Tuan and the others lead the way.

Black Tiger Mountain is steep and towering, and the path up the mountain is not easy to walk. The path indicated by the guide formation that avoids the monsters is one that even the monsters do not like to take, so it is easy to imagine that it is even more difficult to walk.

It wasn't easy for the armored war bears to travel in this kind of terrain, so Su Qing simply put the war bear team into his storage bag first. However, when he saw Xiong Er being stuffed in, he noticed that there was a hint of grievance in Xiong Er's eyes.

"Are you acting all wronged? You're so young, why do you want to run around everywhere every day?"

Su Qing pressed the bear's head back down, letting Huodan follow the group forward. He then used his divine sense to deploy all the bee-reconnaissance fighters, confirming that the entire Black Tiger Mountain was within his field of vision.

But as soon as it was deployed, they discovered that something was wrong.

The first thing that caught his eye was naturally the blood lotus tree on the mountaintop.

This tree grows in an open area on the mountaintop, its trunk a dazzling red, resembling a burning flame.

The three fruits hanging on the treetop, steaming hot, looked like perfectly cooked red steamed buns, making one want to take a bite.

They carefully observed the area around the blood lotus tree.

On the west side of the mountain, behind a huge rock, there were about seventy or eighty rogue cultivators hiding within a spell.

Judging from their fierce faces, they were no good people. They were probably doing the same thing as Feng Tianyang before, robbing cultivators.

Not far from them, three shadow leopards, each over ten feet tall, with glossy black fur and clearly better nutrition than him, were hidden in the shadows.

If it weren't for one of them seemingly being underdeveloped and flicking its white tail out of the shadows, even the Bee Sniper wouldn't have been able to detect them.

Besides the group of cultivators and the three Shadow Leopards, a two-headed falcon was also circling around the Blood Lotus Tree a hundred feet above the mountaintop.

This is just what the Bee Detective Puppet discovered; there might be some with strong stealth abilities that even the Bee Detective Puppet couldn't detect, hiding in some unknown corner.

"It is said that these cultivators are waiting for the Hundred Treasures Pavilion's team to hunt down the Tiger King, use the Tiger King's blood essence to feed the Blood Lotus Tree, and then reap the benefits."

Are the Shadow Leopard and the Two-Headed Falcon also waiting to take advantage of the Treasure Pavilion?
The cultivation world is indeed treacherous and fraught with danger at every turn. Puppets can steal, and demonic beasts can trick people. Even with my sharp mind, after getting this Blood Lotus Fruit, I shouldn't be running around recklessly anymore!

Su Qing could see clearly that the two-headed falcon, relying on its speed, was flying recklessly at low altitudes, and Qinghe and the others would definitely notice it.

Those cultivators who had undergone tribulations might have some fighting skills, but their concealment formation was too crude and could not be hidden from Qinghe and the others.

Only the three Shadow Leopards blended almost seamlessly into the shadows, revealing not a trace of demonic aura.

In such a situation, if Qinghe and the others were not aware of it, they would inevitably suffer a great loss if they were targeted by them during the battle.

That's where he needs to remind me.

After all, these three Shadow Leopards were also his competitors.

He walked up to Qinghe and told her what he had discovered.

Qinghe was somewhat interested in how he discovered the Shadow Leopard, but since Su Qing didn't say, she didn't press him further.

She simply nodded slightly to indicate that she understood, and then whispered a few more words with Ma Tuan and the others.

Seeing that they did not change color in the slightest because of this unexpected opponent.

Su Qing secretly thought that these people probably also had powerful methods that he was unaware of.

That makes sense, as he and other professional smugglers like Helian Xian all had considerable wealth.

Since the Hundred Treasures Pavilion was determined to obtain the Blood Lotus Fruit, it was perfectly normal for them to prepare some powerful items.

"They're just magical artifacts and talismans, at most a few more of Helian Xian's underwear—the Thunder Pearls. My Sky Team and Hammer Team should be able to handle them."

"I think so?"

Su Qing squeezed the storage bag, trying to relax and prepare for the fierce battle to come!

(End of this chapter)