Cold Clouds

The half-dead Shen Qiufan was lying on the ground, breathing cold air from his mouth. His internal organs were all frozen by the cold air contained in Xue Shun's previous attack. Now his eyes were blurred and he was only breathing his last breath.

But there is still one breath left.

"You have passed the test," Xueshun smiled with satisfaction and injected his spiritual power into Shen Qiufan's body to heal his injuries. "When you recover, I will tell you the secret book and the name of my child."

Shen Qiufan was breathing heavily, but he was still conscious.

"Oh, right," Xueshun seemed to have suddenly thought of something and started talking to himself, "In the future that I predicted before, Ah Ruo would die. Now that this guy has arrived safely, should I do a new divination?"

He did it as soon as he said it. Xueshun's soul floated far away, drew a magic circle, chanted a spell for a while, and a curtain of light unfolded before his eyes.

"Oh... my divination level has also regressed... I can only see a little bit now," Xueshun was muttering. When he saw the scene in the light curtain clearly, he suddenly narrowed his eyes and his uneasiness reached its peak. "This is..."

The Eight Sects have formed an alliance to siege Yunshan? These humans are really... If I could still take action, I would tear you into pieces!

Xue Shun suppressed the anger in his heart and turned to look at Shen Qiufan who was still lying on the ground.

"Boy, you're lucky!" Xueshun said helplessly, loosening his clenched fists and walking in front of Shen Qiufan. "I'll give you a wisp of dragon energy and help you refine it. Then, go and kill all those guys!"

"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your agreement!" Xueshun said as he started to take action.

Shen Qiufan, still half dead: Do you think I look like I can speak?

"Don't worry, although most of my strength is used to maintain the secret realm, I am still 70% sure that I can help you successfully refine the dragon energy of my prime period." Xue Shun patted Shen Qiufan's shoulder seriously.

What if I run into that 30% chance? Shen Qiufan's eyes widened, his lips trembling, but he still couldn't speak.

......

Tang Lan stood on the platform, looking at the crowd gathered below.

“Big Brother, the monster from Tianli Mountain has never hurt anyone and has even saved people. We have gathered so many people to encircle and suppress him. Isn’t this too…” A disciple of Lingxia Sect spoke with some hesitation.

"Ah!? Are you questioning me?" Tang Lan glared at the disciple.

“No… I dare not…” The disciple’s face turned pale for a moment and he quickly ran off the stage.

"Oh, I'm too lazy to care about you now," Tang Lan glanced at the disciple again, then looked at the people below the stage again, and said excitedly, "Dear Taoist friends! No one has obtained any treasures from Yunshan for so many years, so there must be a lot of treasures accumulated there. The monster of Lishan that day is indeed powerful, but we are all elite disciples from various sects, and we can't say that there is no possibility of defeating him!"

"Besides, he always asks a question before meeting anyone. As long as we send someone to entangle him, we will have the opportunity to launch a large formation!"

"By then, he will be trapped in a jar!"

"Brother Tang is right! Aren't we here for the baby?" The people below began to discuss.

"But the monster from Tianli Mountain has never done anything to harm anyone, right? It didn't actively attack us, nor did it harm our interests, and it didn't kill anyone..." Several men in green were still hesitating, thinking that it was unreasonable to do such a thing.

"Now is now, what about in the future? He is a monster after all, and aren't you here to earn treasures for your sect? If you can't bring back good stuff this time, your sect will go bankrupt." Several disciples standing beside the man in green came up and spoke.

"If you want to leave, you can leave now." Tang Lan looked at the scene and said lightly.

The men in blue fell silent after hearing this, but did not move.

"Okay, so everyone has passed, right?" Tang Lan raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "Then, the operation will be scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. We need to select the people who can entangle the Tianli Mountain Monster head-on as soon as possible."

"Everyone, go and have a rest."

At night, several blue-clothed disciples who had raised objections in the afternoon sat together, not knowing what they were thinking.

"Big Brother, it's true that our Youdao Sect is in a very poor state, but we can't do such a thing!" A disciple spoke to the slightly more mature disciple who had spoken to Bai Ri, his tone full of confusion.

The eldest senior brother of Youdao Sect, named Ci Yun, looked at his two junior brothers, and then said to the disciple who spoke: "Ma Ruan, if we do this, it is equivalent to offending seven sects, which is even more unbearable for us in Youdao Sect."

After hearing this, Ma Ruan was silent for a moment and looked at the two disciples beside him: "Jiao Si, Jiao Luo, you guys also say something!"

Jiao Si and Jiao Luo remained silent and did not speak.

"Ma Ruan, there is no need for us to offend them. We just need to save the monster of Tianli Mountain," Ci Yun spoke again, with a gleam in his eyes. "The four of us are the weakest in this alliance. It would be normal if we fail to stop the encirclement."

"Besides, the other party is the demon from Tianli Mountain. We just need to injure him and make him flee, and then we can get away with some treasures."

"What Senior Brother said makes sense!" Jiao Si suddenly spoke, looked at Ma Ruan and Jiao Luo, and began to discuss with Ci Yun how to implement the plan.

......

Xueruo sat on the top of Yunshan Mountain, quietly waiting for the sunrise, while Shen Qiufan, who was ordered by Xueshun to protect Xueruo, had just climbed out of the cave gate.

It's so weird. How come the cave collapsed after only one day?

Oh... forget it, let’s go to Yunshan first.

Eh? Yunshan...which direction is it?

On the other side, Lin Xiaoxiao and a few others dragged Yu Ting out. It is possible to conclude a contract in the Tianli Mountain Secret Realm, but the conditions are quite harsh. One needs to beat the opponent to the point of being on the verge of death and almost exhaust his mental power, and then suppress the opponent with mental power that is dozens of times that of concluding a contract in the outside world.

Of course, if the other party takes the initiative, then there will be no problem.

As for Yu Ting, Lin Xiaoxiao and the others chose the first method.

Li Tianyuan, who absorbed almost all the spiritual power of a god, got a lot of soul nutrients that he hadn't felt for a long time and seemed very satisfied.

"Ye Lan, let me tell your sister Xiaoxiao that the king that the zombie mentioned is not dead yet. Judging from his breath, he probably went to Yunshan. The breath of that thing is extremely ominous, so it's better to chase him and kill him." Li Tianyuan digested it and said to Ye Lan.

"Okay, I understand." Ye Lan nodded and walked to Lin Xiaoxiao.

"Ah? An evil spirit that can eat a whole Phoenix fire cannon and still be alive? What is that? It's a bit scary..." Lin Xiaoxiao seemed very shocked. You know, even Fusheng was afraid of eating a whole Phoenix fire cannon. "So it seems that the king is at least at the same level as Fusheng."

Are you kidding me? This secret realm only allows Nascent Souls to enter, but you stuffed a peak Spiritualization ghost in here? Are you crazy!?

Xueshun suddenly sneezed and felt something was wrong.

Hmm... the ghost king that I sealed there should have been eliminated, right? As long as no one opens the coffin for food, it should be like this.

But there are always people who love to die, and that coffin has already swallowed forty or fifty people.

......

The next afternoon, Xue Ruo, who felt someone coming down the mountain, went down the mountain according to the usual rules and saw a man in a red coat.

"Do you know my name?" Xueruo asked as usual.

The other party smiled and said, "I know."

Xueruo's eyes lit up. Even though he might be lying to himself, he was still looking forward to it.

"What did you call that...hiss...thing?" The man in red seemed to be thinking, and then suddenly realized, "Ah! That's right!"

The man in red pointed at Xueruo: "Evil spirit."

Xueruo suddenly jumped backwards, and a large formation lit up. Xueruo just jumped out of the formation and discovered Tang Lan and others.

"You..." His expectations were dashed again, and a fierce light flashed in Xueruo's eyes. He had never hurt anyone, but he was not someone to be trifled with.

"Go!" Tang Lan commanded the others to encircle them. Xue Ruo thought for a while, took slight steps, and wanted to enter the forest.

"You can't leave," the man in red suddenly stepped forward, a large and imposing sword appeared in his hand, "I'll let you have a taste of the power of this Heaven-Slaying Sword!"

The Heaven-Slaying Sword is ranked 21st on the Lower Realm Sword List. It originally belonged to the Youdao Sect and now belongs to the Wandao Villa.

Xueruo dodged to the side and avoided the knife, but the others had already surrounded her.

Tang Lan looked at the battle above, smiled, and a gem appeared in his hand.

This gem was given to him by Tang Zhen, and it contained three extremely fierce sword lights.

This sword light is the sword light that is lacking in the Black King’s Palace.

"Almost." After standing for a while, Tang Lan saw that the direction was correct, and controlled the orb to emit a knife light.

The knife light was swift and sharp, and it came in front of Xueruo in an instant, then cut her abdomen.

However, this blade also cut through other things.

Jiao Si from the Youdao Sect, who was originally entangled with Xueruo, was cut in half.

“Jiao… Si?” Ci Yun was stunned for a moment, and only reacted when two people came in front of him with swords in hand and quickly dodged. His eyes, which were already bloodshot because of Jiao Si’s killing, saw someone stabbing Ma Ruan in the chest with a sword, so Ci Yun used a knife to repel the two people in front of him, and then roared, “Tang Lan! What are you doing!?”

"Don't you think this is bad? I'll give you a good name," Tang Lan said with a smile, "Are you happy to die to protect the demon of Tianli Mountain?"

"You......!" Ci Yun gritted his teeth and squeezed out a voice, "Jiao Luo, take the demon of Tianli Mountain away!"

"I'm going to burn my life!"

"Big Brother..." Jiao Luo, who was standing outside the encirclement, gritted his teeth when he heard this, tears welling up in his eyes, but he still did as he was told.

"Don't even think about leaving!" Several of Tang Lan's accomplices wanted to step forward and capture Jiao Luo and Xueruo, but Ci Yun appeared in front of them.

"Nascent Soul, shattered." Ci Yun only said three words, but the pressure it brought to others was extremely great.

An illusory flame burned all over Ci Yun's body. His cultivation collapsed in an instant, and then was forcibly merged together.

His spiritual roots, Nascent Soul, and life all began to burn, and he did this with only one purpose - to kill everyone in front of him.