I am a mage and a wet nurse, so using seven swords is not too much, right?

It might be an illusion.

It could also be intuition.

Regardless, she, Ning Ruan, had already remembered that guy.

The valley is very large.

Looking out, the steep mountain walls appear as if they have been cleaved by a giant axe, piercing straight into the clouds.

At regular intervals along the mountainside, there is a cave dwelling.

It resembles a beehive, but each hole is indeed quite far apart.

The cave dwellings vary in size and style, some being simple and rustic, only large enough for one person to sit cross-legged.

Or perhaps it is magnificent and imposing, with palaces and pavilions appearing and disappearing, exuding a powerful aura of varying strength.

After entering the valley, Ning Ruan watched as the Shadow Clan female cultivator who had argued with Wang Wu entered a simple cave dwelling.

She did not stop and continued forward.

They also encountered several other monks traveling along the way.

Strong or weak.

The strongest among them were the old monsters from the Shadow Clan who came to cultivate in seclusion.

The weaker ones, like the one named Wang Wu, must have come with tokens from elders of their clan.

When they reached a secluded place...

Ning Ruan took out the painting from her storage artifact.

Release that Shadow Clan cultivator.

As for the other three, they remain in the painting.

After all, it's impossible for four Shadow Clan cultivators to travel together in the Eastern Extreme Valley.

"Senior, in which cave do you think the Northern King will be?"

Ning Ruan transmitted the message.

The Shadow Clan cultivator remained silent for a moment, "At least it won't be in the cave dwelling that those idiots mentioned before."

It's useful for Ning Ruan to make friends with the younger generation of the Yingzu through small talk.

But its usefulness doesn't lie in those fools knowing the location of the Northern King.

Quite the opposite.

The location they so confidently assert can definitely be ruled out.

The true location of the Northern King is simply impossible for anyone to know.

However, it would be excellent if we could eliminate some of them.

"So, how does Senior plan to find it?" Ning Ruan asked.

The Shadow Clan cultivator looked up at the cave dwellings in the distance. "Those are my bodies. As long as I can get close enough, I will be able to sense them."

Ning Ruan tilted her head slightly, "So we can only search one by one?"

The Shadow Clan cultivator said, "At least some of them have been ruled out."

Even with the vastness of the East Pole Valley, and after eliminating some possibilities, it would still take a very long time to find it.

Moreover, searching for too long carries the risk of being exposed.

But how could there be no risk in assassinating the King of Beijing Film Studio?

"If they all project their divine senses, can you find him?" Ning Ruan suddenly asked again via telepathy.

Shadow Clan expert: "?"

He paused for a moment, then transmitted his voice, "Ning Ruan, don't do anything reckless. If you make a big fuss and attract their divine senses, we won't be able to kill them, and we won't even be able to leave."

"How long will it take you to kill him?"

"...Of course, the sooner the better, and it should not be delayed. If everything goes smoothly, it should be within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn."

“That’s enough, but before that, we need to set up an array.” Ning Ruan asked softly, “If I set up another interdimensional teleportation array here, are you confident you can leave?”

"Another interdimensional teleportation array?" The Shadow Clan cultivator asked in surprise. "Have you already set it up?"

"Yes."

"Impossible. We've always been traveling together. When did you set up a formation?"

"You can see me setting up an array in my own room?"

That's definitely not visible.

I thought Ning Ruan was just a glutton and a sleepyhead, but I never expected that she had secretly done such a big thing.

but……

He asked, "You set up the teleportation array in the room. Won't other people notice if they check in?"

Ning Ruan gave him a strange look. "I paid a month's rent, so why is someone else staying here?"

Shadow Clan cultivator: "?" Okay.

well.

It is indeed great to be rich.

He had never even considered going in that direction.

“But cross-dimensional teleportation arrays will always leave traces. They can use this to trace the source, and eventually they will find you.”

"Then let it be destroyed."

"Destroyed? How could it be destroyed?" The Shadow Clan cultivator asked in surprise. "We all left using the teleportation array, so this thing you set up will inevitably remain in the Eastern Extreme Valley. We have no way to destroy it."

“Senior is mistaken. It’s not that we all used the teleportation array to leave, it’s you,” Ning Ruan said. “Once you leave, I will destroy the teleportation array.”

"And what about you? Aren't you coming with us?"

"no."

"Ning Ruan, do you think they can't find you?"

"They just can't find it."

"..."

Ning Ruan proved with her actions that she was not just talking.

They immediately began setting up the formation.

As a powerful being, one may not have a cross-realm teleportation array, but one will definitely have a teleportation talisman for use within the same realm.

Especially for short distances like this.

Therefore, placing the interdimensional teleportation array anywhere in the East Pole Valley will not have a significant impact.

With the powerful divine senses of the Shadow Clan cultivators watching over her, Ning Ruan's process of setting up the formation in a secluded place went exceptionally smoothly.

After setting up the formation, the two moved away from it.

Ning Ruan chuckled and looked over, "Are you ready, senior?"

The Shadow Clan cultivator spoke in a deep voice, "You said before that it was possible you wouldn't kill him?"

“Theoretically speaking, that’s how it is,” Ning Ruan said. “If he has no hostility towards humans, then I still have a use for him.”

"It's impossible for him not to be hostile towards you or the human race."

"So it's just in theory, but I'll find out if I ask before I take any action, right?"

"..."

The Shadow Clan cultivators fell silent.

But one can roughly guess that the person who was invisible beside them is no longer there.

I was originally very curious about how Ning Ruan would induce the Northern King to use his divine sense.

Suddenly, they sensed a burst of celestial energy ahead.

In an instant, the celestial aura vanished completely.

The Shadow Clan cultivator's pupils constricted sharply.

So they were using magical artifacts to attract attention!

Almost at the same moment——

boom! boom! boom!

One after another, incredibly powerful divine senses swept out from each cave!

Several figures also suddenly flew out, heading straight towards the direction where the immortal energy appeared.

That is why the Shadow Clan cultivators, who were also moving at great speed, did not seem strange at all.

He has found it!

As expected, the most cautious fellow did not rush out to investigate even though he sensed the presence of immortal energy.

He merely extended his divine sense.

It was quickly taken back.

His gaze instantly locked onto the deepest part of the East Pole Valley, a seemingly ordinary, even somewhat inconspicuous, gray-white mountain wall.

There was a narrow, simple cave entrance on the mountain wall, barely wide enough for one person to pass through.

If he wasn't certain that his intuition was correct, who would believe that the dignified King of the Northern Film Studio would choose such a simple cave dwelling?

They arrived outside the cave.

The Shadow Clan cultivator took a deep breath.

He raised his hand and began to open the restrictions at the entrance of the cave.

It is not a forced removal.

Instead, his movements were practiced and skillful, as if he had set them up himself. In just a moment, the restriction was opened normally.

The moment the restriction was lifted, he quickly threw out a talisman.

Banning symbol.

It was given by the Lingsha Clan cultivators.

It can completely seal off an area in a short period of time.

And it was at that very moment—

A highly refined, chilling shadow thorn shot out from the depths of the cave, aiming straight for the Shadow Clan cultivator's brow!

This strike was as swift as lightning and unstoppable.

However, the Shadow Clan cultivators seemed to have anticipated this.

Before the attack even arrived, he swiftly dodged and rushed directly into the cave.

His entire body was hidden in the shadows.

The interior of the cave is much more spacious than it appears from the outside, yet it remains simple, containing only a stone platform.

On the stone platform, the King of the Northern Films had already stood up, his face icy cold, staring intently in the direction where he was standing.

"who are you?"