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Chapter 165: Cliff-like Lead: Master Qianhong's Confusion
Qingyang Spirit Mine.

It was early in the morning, just as the sky was getting light.

Chang Shunping, who couldn't sleep, got up and walked outside the Ling Mine to start his daily routine inspection.

In fact, doing this has basically no effect, it just gives you peace of mind.

However, when he arrived at the entrance of the spirit mine, he was shocked on the spot.

There are demon cultivators everywhere outside!

To be precise, the outside was full of corpses of demonic cultivators, piled up like a small hill.

There was a row of wooden stakes standing in the front, and a foundation-building demon cultivator was hanging on each stake.

These are all the results of Xiao Chen's overnight battle to eliminate demons.

Even though a Qi-refining demon cultivator is not worth many points, a mosquito leg is still meat no matter how small it is.

Since he has already taken action, he can also deal with some traitors who turned against him at the last minute.

After all, as the saying goes, catching rabbits while raking grass is a by-product.

But the problem is, Chang Shunping doesn’t know.

As soon as he went out, he saw this scene and broke out in a sweat.

More than a dozen foundation-building demon cultivators are blocking the door together. This is scarier than a nightmare.

Even though this row of foundation-building demon cultivators were already dead, they still frightened him.

Not only did he cast a spiritual shield to protect his body on the spot, but his right hand also subconsciously activated the Huayang amulet, which opened up a protective spiritual light for himself.

The abnormal fluctuation of spiritual energy immediately alarmed Yang Zhenghao, who was closer to the spiritual mine.

He sat up suddenly and warned loudly: "Oh no, there's movement outside."

Du Mingjie, who lived only across the wall, had just finished his night shift and had gone to bed.

But he was immediately awakened by what he heard and jumped up.

Then he pushed the door open and shouted outside, "Fellow Daoist Chang, what happened?"

However, his call received no response.

The main thing was that Chang Shunping suddenly didn't know how to describe the situation in front of him.

But not hearing any answer made the two people in the spirit mine even more nervous.

He gritted his teeth and ran out with his flying sword, wanting to support Chang Shunping.

As a result, he was shocked on the spot and looked at the whole row of demon cultivators in amazement.

As an inspection envoy, Du Mingjie has been to the Luoyan Mountain front and witnessed the grand scene.

So he reacted the fastest: "Fellow Daoist Chang, what's going on?"

Chang Shunping shook his head: "I don't know either. It was like this when I came out this morning."

Yang Zhenghao pointed and said, "It's a sword cultivator! A senior sword cultivator has taken action!"

He keenly discovered that all these demon cultivators were killed by flying swords piercing their hearts.

When the other two were reminded by him, they found that it was indeed the case.

Chang Shunping looked at the wound that was as thin as a cicada's wing and couldn't help but exclaimed: "What a powerful swordsmanship! If it weren't for Brother Yang's reminder, I wouldn't have noticed it."

"So many foundation-building demon cultivators, and their wounds are exactly the same."

"Even a demon cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage was killed with one strike."

Du Mingjie was even more astonished: "Even the top-grade robes only had a thin slit half an inch long at the heart."

He walked around to the back and took a look: "And the back of the robe is not damaged at all. What a strong control."

The more the three spoke, the more surprised they became. They had no idea which sword master had taken action.

"What do you think? Is it possible that a Jindan Zhenren took action?"

Du Mingjie was completely stunned at this moment: "Can a Foundation Establishment cultivator be so powerful?"

A trace of memory flashed in Chang Shunping's eyes: "My ancestor once had a fake Dan. According to the records in the family tree, he can also do similar things."

"The timing between his attacks was just right, and his control over his magical power was also very skillful, using every bit of strength, neither too much nor too little."

"Perhaps this is a reclusive senior fake Dan coming out of seclusion."

Du Mingjie's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Are you serious?"

"If Senior Fake Dan could really take action, wouldn't the problem of the demon cultivator invasion be easily solved?"

Yang Zhenghao felt something was wrong: "But if it was Senior Fake Dan who took action, why did he bring the demon cultivator to the spirit mine?"

"Do you think this could be the work of Fellow Daoist Xiao?"

Chang Shunping thought about it and shook his head: "I'm afraid this is unlikely. Although Fellow Daoist Xiao also uses a sword, he is not a sword cultivator."

"I've personally witnessed Fellow Daoist Xiao's sword strikes before, and his sword light was majestic and powerful, not like this style."

Du Mingjie also agreed, "That's right, and the timing isn't quite right either."

"Fellow Daoist Xiao has only been out for two days. It should be too late to deal with so many foundation-building demon cultivators."

After hearing their analysis, Yang Zhenghao felt that it made sense: "That's strange. Which senior is slaying the demons?"

The trio here were thinking about where there might be hidden sword cultivators nearby.

On the other side, Yao Dehai, the great elder of Lingyuan Sect, also brought a team to the outskirts of Dongyuan County.

Facing the invasion of the Divine Fire Cult, simply giving in is not a solution.

But even the Wind-Chasing Fox and the Demon-Slaying Guard Ruan Hui had already died, and blindly sending people to counterattack would be tantamount to suicide.

For this purpose, Yao Dehai mobilized several cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage and personally went out to investigate the situation.

As long as they can maintain the local numerical advantage, they will be able to fight even if they encounter the Four Great Walkers.

"Everyone, be careful. Dongyuan County is just ahead. If you encounter any demonic cultivators, send a warning arrow immediately."

The group of seventeen all nodded to show they understood, and then everyone stayed within a hundred feet of each other and moved towards Dongyuan County.

However, until everyone came out from the east side of the county town, no one encountered the demon cultivator.

Although judging from the signs of destruction in the city, it was indeed plundered by evil cultivators.

But surprisingly, at this time in the city, apart from some Qi-refining cultivators and mortals hiding in the houses, there was no trace of any demon cultivator.

This situation is very abnormal.

Before coming, everyone thought they would see a brutal scene of evil cultivators capturing monks and refining their essence and blood.

Things like this have happened in the past when demonic cultivators were causing chaos.

But unexpectedly, this time it was different. The demon cultivator seemed to have run away after the robbery?
Logically speaking, essence and blood should be very important cultivation resources for demon cultivators. How could this happen?

Yao Dehai frowned, unable to figure out what this new trick was.

Yang Huaian, standing by, was also puzzled: "What is the Divine Fire Cult planning to do again?"

Qiu Qichen, who was temporarily transferred here, was also a little puzzled: "Brother Yao, should we continue to go deeper or try somewhere else?"

According to the original plan, they just came to investigate.

Now that we haven’t found anyone, it’s a big question whether we should continue moving forward.

Yao Dehai didn't hesitate: "Continue, Qingyang Mountain is a hundred miles ahead, let's at least go to Qingyang and take a look."

There is no news from Xiao Chen yet, he is probably still in Qingyang Spirit Mine.

Moreover, Du Mingjie never returned, perhaps because he was stuck inside and couldn't get out.

If they had arrived in time, they might have been able to save people.
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Looking at Yanshan Mountain.

Wang Tianhu, who was on duty, stood on the top of the side peak and looked around, but he could not see any demon cultivators.

Ever since a large number of demon cultivators crossed Luoyan Mountain and invaded some time ago, demon cultivators have been appearing every day on the outskirts of Wangyan Mountain, which serves as the second barrier.

Especially in the past two days, every morning, there were demonic cultivators harassing and challenging us outside.

However, it was almost noon today and no one showed up.

This is abnormal, very abnormal.

The Qi-refining monks under his command squinted their eyes and basked in the warm sun, enjoying this rare relaxation.

But Wang Tianhu not only did not relax, but became extremely alert.

There must have been some drastic changes outside, but he knew nothing about it and had not received any advance notice from the sect.

Such emergencies on the battlefield are generally not good things.

Wang Tianhu could only pray that this drastic change would not affect him.

And in the center of Wangyan Mountain.

Gu Qiuling was also confused. She pulled her junior sister Pan Qiaochun aside and pondered, "Junior sister, there must be something wrong with these demon cultivators' sudden retreat."

"Come with me and take a look around."

Pan Qiaochun quickly shook her head. She didn't want to take any risks. "Senior Sister, the situation is unclear right now. The most important task is to protect the operation of the formation."

"If we go out and encounter the Four Great Walkers, who will maintain the formation?"

Gu Qiuling felt a little discouraged upon hearing this. Due to the previous rotation, the two late Foundation Establishment cultivators had gone home to rest and were unable to come back in time.

Yang Huaian, who used to come here to rest frequently, was not here either.

Therefore, the number of people she can mobilize is insufficient, and if she encounters the Four Great Walkers when she goes out, she may not be able to escape unscathed.

"It would be great if we could have two more late foundation building stages here."

Gu Qiuling thought for a moment and said, "If I had known earlier when I was selecting the people, I should have chosen two more people."

She thought about it for a long time, and finally gave up going out to explore.

But Yao Dehai did not give up and led his team to advance quickly to the outside of Qingyang Spirit Mine.

Along the way, they still didn't see a single demon cultivator until they arrived at the entrance of the spiritual mine.

Yang Huaian, who was flying in the front with a sword, glanced down, then immediately rose high on the spot and turned around in the air.

Only after he grasped a magical weapon in each hand did he look down again.

His sudden action also scared the others, but everyone soon understood the reason.

Anyone who sees hundreds of demon cultivators piled together without preparation will inevitably be frightened.

Yao Dehai was surprised at first and then delighted.

He saw a disciple of Lingkuang hiding in the bushes not far away, wearing the clothes of Lingyuan Sect.

This means that the Qingyang Spirit Mine is still under control, and Xiao Chen and others should be holding on in the spirit mine and waiting for help.

Soon, the three people who stayed in the spirit mine also discovered them.

Both sides were very excited, especially Chang Shunping, who felt like he had escaped death and finally saw the sect's reinforcements.

Du Mingjie also felt the joy of surviving a disaster: "Brother Yao, I wonder which senior took action to eliminate these demonic cultivators?"

However, when he asked this question, Yao Dehai was stunned.

What does it mean?
He asked in return, "Didn't you unite and kill these demon cultivators?"

Du Mingjie was also dumbfounded: "Did we kill him?"

How could he have such ability? He hasn't done anything in the past two days.

"Such precise sword energy!"

Yang Huaian also noticed the abnormality at this time and couldn't help but sigh out loud.

Soon everyone saw those inconspicuous wounds.

Then Yao Dehai and others were also confused. Who did this?

"Wait a minute, where did Fellow Daoist Xiao go?"

Qiu Qichen asked why he only saw the trio but not Xiao Chen for a long time.

Du Mingjie quickly came forward to explain the reason.

Everyone was surprised to learn that Xiao Chen had taken the initiative to find the Four Great Walkers. Yao Dehai immediately became anxious: "Oh, why didn't you stop him?"

"Let's not talk about the Soul-Severing Needle. The Four Great Walkers have been able to dominate for so many years. Which one of them is easy to mess with?"

"Even the weakest Northern Walker has the Cold Water Divine General, which is almost equivalent to a late-stage Foundation Establishment Body Refining Cultivator. Once they face off, it's like one against two."

Chang Shunping hurriedly explained: "Friend Xiao insisted on going, and we couldn't stop him."

"Furthermore, Fellow Daoist Xiao possesses a special golden escape technique, so even if he is defeated, he should be able to save his life without any worries."

Yao Dehai sighed: "Although the escape technique is good, it depends on the situation."

"If one could come and go freely with the art of escape, wouldn't everyone practice it?"

"That Western traveler has the Ice Toad technique, and has brought disaster to countless cultivators over the years."

"No matter how advanced your escape technique is, if you swallow something in one gulp, can you still fly out of someone's stomach?"

After he said this, the trio, who had been relatively relieved, immediately became worried.

"I think it's okay. The ice toad only looks big, but it's not strong enough."

A voice suddenly sounded from behind.

"You feel?"

Yao Dehai immediately turned around, wanting to see who was being so arrogant: "You..."

He blinked and suddenly fell silent.

Everyone turned around and saw Xiao Chen standing behind them with a smile on his face, holding a huge sack in his hand.

The sack was at least ten feet high and three feet wide, and was filled to the brim.

The nearest foundation-building cultivator jumped up on the spot, with all the hairs on his body standing on end.

Xiao Chen was only three feet away from him, but he didn't notice anything before he opened his mouth to speak.

If the demon cultivator gets so close to him, he won’t be able to die even if he has ten lives.

"Xiao Chen?"

Yao Dehai was a little confused: "What you mean is that you have already met Western travelers?"

Xiao Chen nodded: "Yes, he is here."

As he spoke, he opened the sack in his hand and used his magic power to grab the remains of the three travelers.

"This headless one is the Northern Traveler. He's the worst."

"These pieces are from the Southern Walker. They're a little broken, but they can still be pieced together."

"The last one is the Western Traveler. I deliberately didn't hit his head to make it easier to identify him."

Xiao Chen placed the three travelers on the ground and took out twenty-three remains from the sack: "These are the foundation-building members of the Demon Sect who invaded this time."

"Add those fourteen over there, and there are exactly forty of them in all. All set."

From the time he formed the fake pill until now, he has either been catching demon cultivators or on his way to catching them.

He didn't even go into the Qingyang Spirit Mine to rest when he passed by it, just to get all the points first.

"By the way, Dongfang Xingzhe went to Lizhou before, and I dealt with him before coming here."

"So the four great walkers have all been killed now. Until the new demon cultivator learns the secret technique of the Soul-Severing Needle, this problem will no longer exist for the time being."

"Friend Du, since you're here, please help me with the points."
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The place was eerily quiet.

You can even hear the breathing of the others.

A quarter of an hour ago, everyone was still wondering who killed these evil cultivators.

When they realized Xiao Chen was not there, some people were worried about him, some secretly laughed at him for overestimating his abilities, and some admired him for facing the challenge head-on.

But no one expected that he would kill all the invading demon cultivators by himself.

For a moment, all kinds of different eyes looked at Xiao Chen.

Chang Shunping quickly went over the contents of the family tree in his mind.

There didn't seem to be any such remarkable achievements recorded in the original records about the fake ancestor.

There are forty foundation-building cultivators here, and at least three of them have reached the great perfection of foundation-building.

Du Mingjie was a little dazed. Although he occasionally went to the front line, he usually stayed in the rear.

If we exclude Xiao Chen’s battle record from last month, the number of demon cultivators he verified in the previous year added up to less than forty.

This is the result of the entire rear-line battle, but it is not as much as what Xiao Chen achieved in just two days.

A look of joy flashed in Yang Zhenghao's eyes, followed by sincere gratitude.

At that time, three foundation-building demon cultivators surrounded Dongyuan County, and he finally chose to flee towards Qingyang.

Facts have proved that this choice is absolutely correct.

Yao Dehai opened his lips, but no sound came out.

His mind was in a mess now, with the Ice Toad on the left and the Eastern Traveler on the right.

There are exactly forty of them alive in the front, and the problem of the Soul-Severing Needles in the back no longer exists.

He had never seen such a scene in his hundred years of life, and he didn't know what to say.

Qiu Qichen thought of the previous incident at Xianghe Market, when Xiao Chen solved the problem of street vendor Zhang with one sword.

I thought of the burned-down wing and the untriggered warning array.

If I hadn't heard the name Xiao Chen that day, and had just learned about the auction of Qianzhu Tower.

He must hold the other party accountable for injuring someone in the market according to the market regulations.

Qiu Qichen looked around and shuddered.

Given the murderous nature of this lord, it was fortunate that no conflict arose that day.

Otherwise, his fate would probably be the same as that of the foundation-building demon cultivator lying on the ground.

As a demon-slaying guard, Yang Huaian had already begun to doubt whether he had fallen into an illusion.

To be fair, someone suddenly killed all forty foundation-building demon cultivators and prepared an illusion array as an ambush for the demon cultivators.

Of these two things, the latter is obviously more realistic, right?

Thinking of this, Yang Huaian immediately activated the Ice Heart Curse, trying to get rid of the illusion, but found that it had no effect.

Something is wrong. This illusion array seems to be quite powerful.

With years of experience in fighting against demonic cultivators, he decisively bit through the tip of his tongue with his teeth.

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain, but at the same time, his mind became a little clearer.

Yang Huaian took advantage of this brief opportunity to take a look at the real situation nearby.

Hey, isn't that right?
Why is there still no change?
Is it possible that even this method doesn't work?

While he was battling wits and courage, Xiao Chen looked over curiously: "Fellow Daoist Yang, what's wrong with you?"

Yao Dehai also turned his head to look over, only to see that Yang Huaian had blood at the corner of his mouth, but his expression showed a hint of struggle.

It looks like he has fallen into an illusion cast by a demon cultivator.

He took out the Bright Heart Bead and lit it up to help dispel the illusion. "Junior Brother Yang, are you okay?"

When Yang Huaian was illuminated by the Mingxin Magic Pearl that was specifically designed to defeat illusion arrays, he finally realized that this was not an illusion array.

Realizing what he had just done, his face suddenly turned red.

Yao Dehai asked with concern, "But just now, when you turned around in the sky, did you encounter an illusion array left by the demon cultivator?"

Yang Huaian's expression froze, but he still nodded: "Ah, yes."

"But with the help of the Mingxin Dharma Pearl, I'm fine now."

He quickly changed the subject: "Oh, Fellow Daoist Xiao is really... incredible this time."

When he said this, Yao Dehai immediately nodded in agreement.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that someone could be so powerful.

"Two thousand five hundred and four, two thousand six hundred."

Du Mingjie had already counted them all, his voice trembling slightly as he said, "A total of 2,600 points!"

The person who currently holds the highest points is Ning Haochen, the eldest disciple of Lingyuan Sect, who has obtained a total of 1,300 points.

The second place is Ye Fei, who currently holds 980 points.

The combined score of the two of them was only 2,280, which was still 320 points short.

This does not include the more than 400 points Xiao Chen had previously accumulated.

If counted, Xiao Chen's points alone would be more than the top three combined.

What is a cliff-like lead? It refers to the current situation.

When everyone present heard this number, they were shocked again, but this time they were quickly relieved.

If Xiao Chen fought hard for a month and finally got 600 points, everyone would have a heated discussion about it for the next three days.

Some people may still think about learning, catching up, and surpassing.

But now it's 2,600 points, and everyone only has one reaction - it's too much.

"By the way, there's one more thing."

Xiao Chen took out the six array plates he had disassembled from his storage bag and asked, "Is there any fellow Daoist who knows about array formations and can help me see what these are?"

"It seems that the demon cultivators' invasion this time was just to set up these formations."

Yao Dehai walked up directly and said: "There is such a thing. Let me take a look."

As a result, before he could come over, he saw a conspicuous black gas emerging from the formation plate.

At the same time, a beam of blood shot up into the sky, seemingly going straight into the sky.

But the conspicuous beam of light only existed for a brief moment before it collapsed on its own due to lack of follow-up power.

If the large amount of black gas had not turned into demonic fire and fell, setting the surrounding rocks and trees on fire, everyone would have felt that they were dazzled.

"Hey, what's going on?"

"How is this going?"

Outside Luoyan Mountain, True Man Qianhong frowned and repeatedly chanted his spells, but received no response.

In front of him, above Luoyan Mountain, stood five Jindan Zhenren from different sects.

And beside him, there were also four companions.

The Divine Fire Sect had been hiding its manpower before, and this time it went out in one fell swoop to hunt down the Golden Elixir.

But at the critical moment when both sides had made their public appearances and the war was about to break out, Master Qianhong failed.

It seems that the Nine-Day True Demon, who was supposed to descend from the sky and destroy the defense formation of Luoyan Mountain, may not be able to come.

The next moment, a red light suddenly appeared hundreds of miles away.

"Now, do it!"

The Jindan Zhenren reacted extremely quickly. In less than a tenth of a breath, all the magic Jindan attacked Luoyan Mountain together according to the predetermined plan.

The spiritual energy around the entire Luoyan Mountain was basically drained out in an instant. The huge spiritual energy tide even affected the spiritual plants in the spiritual fields within a radius of a hundred miles.

However, the next moment, the red light in the distance suddenly disappeared.

Luoyan Mountain’s super defense formation dimmed for a moment, but stubbornly withstood this wave of attacks.

"Qianhong, what the hell are you doing?"

A loud shout was heard, and the other four demonic golden elixirs immediately withdrew.

Master Qianhong had a confused expression on his face, he didn't know what was going on.

However, the spiritual weapon of the righteous golden elixir had already pressed forward mercilessly.

(End of this chapter)