Comprehensive Martial Arts: Relying on Pili Martial Arts to Achieve Dimensionality Reduction Attack

Chapter 256: Encountering an enemy pretending to be an NPC while killing wild monsters
After dealing with the seven poisonous men who were attacking, Lu Ping walked forward and found that he had reached the 'end' of the dense forest.

The end point is a mountain wall that is almost vertical to the ground.

The entire dense forest grows around the valley, serving as the outermost layer of protection.

Behind the mountain wall is a valley, which is where the poisonous gas is the heaviest and where there are the most poisonous corpses.

There is only one way to enter the valley.

Previously, the team of six was divided into four groups and went deep into different directions to investigate. In addition, the forest was surrounded by poisonous gas and it was difficult to tell the direction. Naturally, some people were lucky enough to find the entrance, while others could only hit a wall.

"It seems that I am the unlucky one..."

Lu Ping murmured in a low voice, then laughed and said, "It seems that this cannot be said. This valley is not a good place. Going in too early may not be a good thing..."

"Anyway, let's go in and take a look first."

The poisonous fog obscured his vision. He didn't know how long it would take to find the entrance along the mountain wall. Thinking of this, Lu Ping stomped his right foot on the ground and soared into the air.

“Spinning Sky Slash!!”

In a breath, he leaped out of the dense forest with a tall figure, broke through the poisonous gas, soared hundreds of meters into the air, and landed on the top of the mountain wall.

Looking back, I could only see a green poisonous barrier and could not see the details of the forest.

Lu Ping had no choice but to turn around and walk to the other side, overlooking the valley, and found that it was also covered with a thick layer of green poisonous barrier. Only in the large lake in the center of the valley was the poison slightly lighter.

He took a step forward and fell straight down again, finally sinking into the poison barrier and arriving in the valley.

"Sure enough, this method is faster."

As soon as he finished speaking, a poisonous corpse that was not far ahead began to move. The poisonous corpse sensed Lu Ping's arrival, and rushed over using its hands and feet, with murderous intent all over its body, like a ferocious beast.

Before Lu Ping could think too much, a burst of energy instantly burst out from his body and hit the poisonous corpse accurately.

A fierce energy burst out of the body, and the poisonous corpse suddenly stopped, blood splattered all over the body, and fell heavily to the ground, without any movement.

"Oh, that's miserable..."

Seeing this, Lu Ping secretly apologized in his heart, observed three seconds of silence, and continued walking forward.

Unlike the outside world, the valley is no longer covered with tall trees, but is mostly flat. However, the air here is worse and the environment is more dangerous. On average, a group of poisonous corpses will be encountered every three minutes.

These poisonous corpses do not all act alone. Some gather in groups of three or four, or even in groups of more than ten.

The continuous attacks almost made Lu Ping think that he had come to a place in the game specifically for spawning poisonous corpse monsters. He simply practiced his uncommon sword moves on the enemies in front of him.

And follow the path in the valley all the way to the lake that we saw on the top of the mountain before.

"Ishiki, be careful!"

The sword energy was swung wildly, breaking blades and cutting edges wherever it passed, and not a single poisonous corpse could continue to move.

Lu Ping took the Baidai Kunwu back in his hand, but did not put it into the system space, just to prevent possible sudden attacks.

"The poisonous man is getting stronger and stronger. It seems that the corpse refining methods of the conspirators behind the scenes are also constantly evolving."

"But why haven't we seen the place where the corpses are being refined, and haven't we seen anyone who is suspected of manipulating the poisonous corpses behind the scenes?"

If you go deep into the enemy camp and only kill some small monsters without finding anything else, such an investigation result is absolutely unacceptable.

"According to the time, it has been nearly an hour since we entered the forest. It is important to take the anti-poison pill first."

Just after taking the anti-poison pill, I heard a strange sound of footsteps behind me, and a breeze accompanied by a poem.

"The clouds are vast and boundless, and the clouds are rolling in the mist. The sky is clear of gloom, and the rainbow shines on the mountains."

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure dressed as a Taoist priest with black hair and white clothes, holding a whisk, walked out of the forest.

This person is so ignorant that he dares to show off in front of me?
Lu Ping opened his eyes, and with the hidden power flowing in his hands, he became alert and shouted, "Who are you? Why are you here?"

The visitor was very polite and bowed: "I am Yun Shu Xia Juan Jie Tian Lan, and I am here to investigate the missing villagers in the three villages of Xi Miao!"

Connect with Tianlan...

I knew it was this pretentious lotus fairy!

In the plot of Jin Guang, Jie Tianlan's real name is Ling Fengge. In his early years, he traveled the world with Tieqi Qiuyi and Murong Qing. After cheating Murong Mansion of his swordsmanship, he abandoned Murong Qing, causing Murong Qing to commit suicide due to the humiliation.

Afterwards, this person framed Tieqiong to get the clothes, but failed and was instead disfigured and his skills were wasted by the other party.

Unfortunately, bad guys often stay for a thousand years. When he was at his wit's end, he met Jin Qianhua, who was granted supernatural powers by Qi Tianshoujia. He was cured and transformed, and resumed his martial arts.

Jie Tianlan and Pianfeng Wuji secretly colluded with each other and swore an oath of brotherhood.

Since the latter was the murderer who kidnapped the prisoners from the Iron Army Guards, and the former happened to appear here, he was obviously one of the masterminds behind this case.

Maybe he was the one who killed the villagers in those villages.

Now this person is trying to get close to me with the excuse of 'investigating the reasons why the villagers disappeared', which obviously has bad intentions!

After figuring out the key, Lu Ping sneered in his heart, but remained calm on the surface: "Oh? So you are a fellow traveler, what a coincidence, I am here for this matter as well." "I wonder if you have gained anything?"

The so-called catching a thief and seizing stolen goods, if you act rashly without evidence, you will definitely be in the wrong.

Instead of that, it’s better to pretend not to know and see what the other party is up to.

Seeing that Lu Ping did not doubt him, Jie Tianlan felt relieved and began to act: "Brother, since you can come here, you must have encountered a poisonous person on the way, right?"

Lu Ping nodded: "Indeed, I have encountered them. From what I have observed, those poisonous people are the disappeared villagers."

"That's what I thought too."

"But the mastermind behind the poison refining doesn't seem to just target ordinary people."

Jie Tianlan continued, "I have been here for three days and have encountered hundreds of poisonous people. I was surprised that their identities are not just ordinary villagers."

"Among the poisoners, there are also many prisoners, bandits, and martial artists from Miao territory. The higher their original martial arts skills, the stronger the poisoners they create."

This is not particularly important information, but it can give people the signal that they are not enemies but allies.

Lu Ping was very cooperative and was shocked: "There is such a thing?!"

"You have been here for three days. Have you seen the person behind the scenes, or the place where they refine the poisonous corpse?"

Jie Tianlan said, "This valley is filled with poisonous gas and there are poisonous people everywhere. It is extremely dangerous. However, after a lot of searching, I finally found a suspicious cave a few days ago."

"The cave is under strict surveillance and there are signs of herbal medicine being transported around it. It is very likely that this is where the person behind the scenes is refining corpses."

"To avoid alerting the enemy, I only took a look from a distance and did not dare to force my way in."

"Now that you are here, why don't you go with me to investigate?"

Faced with Tianlan's invitation, Lu Ping suddenly felt as if he was playing a game and encountered an NPC, who asked him to complete a task.

Your calculations are about to hit me in the face...

There is no doubt that Jie Tianlan's plan was to lure someone into a trap.

The main purpose of the other party appearing here is to trick him into the cave, and then take the opportunity to stab him in the back, ambush him, defeat him with superior numbers, and capture him in one fell swoop.

Maybe I will even turn myself into a poisonous corpse for them to use.

Really evil heart...

But as the saying goes, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
If I don't go now, I don't know how long I will have to wander around in this valley before I can find their base camp, and I don't know how long it will take before I can meet all the masterminds behind the scenes.

The anti-poison pill that Qu Yun gave him could only last for another two hours.

"Let's go now without further delay. Please lead the way!"

"Young master, please come with me!"

Jie Tianlan turned around with a sly smile on his face, showing a look of success.

What he didn't know was that the expression on his face was reflected in the lake and could be seen clearly by Lu Ping.

Lu Ping: “…”

Hey man, could you please put away that little black smile of yours?
If you are not serious when acting, how can you become a gangster in the future?

Complaints may be complaints, but now I am sure that it is not because I was influenced by the original drama that I am biased against Tian Lan, but that the person in front of me is simply a bad person!
On the way, Jie Tianlan brought up another topic in order to gain Lu Ping's trust.

"I still don't know what to call you, young man?"

Lu Ping said calmly: "I am Lu Ping, not from Miaojiang, maybe you have never heard of me."

"It turns out to be Young Master Lu from the Southern Wulin!"

Jie Tianlan widened his eyes, pretending to be shocked, and started flattering Lu Ping again in front of him.

"You destroyed Bat Island, defeated the Flame Demon, and restored the Southern Martial Arts World... all these heroic deeds have spread all over the martial arts world. Jie Tianlan has also heard of them and is deeply impressed!"

"With the help of the young hero, it seems that the two of us can definitely bring the mastermind behind this to justice..."

Pretend, keep pretending!
Otherwise, this person's acting skills are too bad. He is still pretending not to know me...

If he really didn't know me, when a normal person met a teenager in a place like this, wouldn't the first reaction be something like 'the other party may be related to the mastermind, so I should be wary', or 'the other party may be a hindrance, so I should let him go home quickly'?
How could it be 'tricking the other party into going deep into the enemy camp with you to defeat the enemy'?
After a while, the two finally arrived at the strange cave that Jie Tianlan had mentioned.

There were indeed people guarding outside the cave, and there were quite a few of them, about twenty or thirty at a glance.

These people's clothing was strange, different from that of the people in Southern Wulin, and also very different from the unique style of brocade hats and sable furs of the Guming Dynasty. In comparison, they were somewhat similar to the Five Immortals Sect where Qu Yun and Dehang came from.

Then the identities of these people are obvious - they are members of the Tianyi Sect who were gathered under his command after Wu Menggui defected from the sect.

These days, the disciples of the Yi Sect are busy transporting the medicinal materials purchased from all over Miaojiang to the cave in batches using wooden carts.

The wooden cart loaded with wooden barrels of medicinal materials was heavy when it went in, but light when it came out.

Anyone would think that the cave is where the mastermind is making poisonous corpses!
(End of this chapter)