The First Academy in the Cultivation World

Not long after Ling Yan'er finished eating, Song Mingcheng caught up with her: "How was it?"

Su Hongxiu shook her head: "Nothing has been found yet."

After walking around half of the city, they finally entered a secret passage from a rockery in a remote courtyard.

Even the householder who came over with a lantern was puzzled: "When did our house have a secret passage?"

Song Mingcheng said, "There may be demonic cultivators coming in and out of here. Go to the City Lord's Mansion tomorrow to collect the money."

After saying that, he continued to walk down the secret passage first, and Ling Yan'er and others followed behind him.

This time the secret passage looked the same as the one in the cloth shop before. There was a thick layer of dust on the ground of the secret passage, and it was obvious that no one had passed by for many years. Apart from the footprints of a few of them, there was only one footprint left in and out, which was obviously left by the previous demon cultivator.

The layout is almost the same as before, except that the secret room here is not as spacious as the previous cloth shop, and the formation is much smaller. There is only the formation here, no people.

After destroying the formation and confirming that there was no one else here, everyone left.

Continue to look for the next location, and this time, what is discovered before the secret passage is the traces of the demon cultivator.

Song Mingcheng and Ling Ziye were about to go over after hearing the news about the demon cultivator, but Ling Yan'er quickly stopped them and said, "Wait a minute, I'll look for any items or formations that can trap the demon cultivator, otherwise he'll try to escape after a while."

Song Mingcheng and Ling Ziye stopped in their tracks. The demon cultivator had already escaped from their hands three times. It had to be said that it was really frustrating.

Ling Yan'er first went to the equipment room to search, but found only weapons inside, no auxiliary magical tools like this.

There isn't even any weapon that can restrain demon cultivators. It's obvious that it's just teaching equipment.

Ling Yan'er could only place her hope on the library. She searched for formations to deal with demonic cultivators, and more than ten results popped up.

Judging from the title, there are books about killing various demon cultivators in a targeted manner, and some about trapping demon cultivators with magic arrays. Hmm? How come there's also a book about using beauty traps to deal with demon cultivators?

Ling Yan'er first flipped through the book about the magic array that trapped the demon cultivator and asked, "Do you know what race this demon cultivator is? I read in the book that there are 172 races of demon cultivators, and different demon cultivators require different trapping arrays."

There is a little difference between demon cultivators and monster cultivators. The children born from monster cultivators and humans are half-monsters, and most of their bloodlines are not as strong as those of two monster cultivators. But it is different for the demons. The bloodlines of the demons have a complete devouring exclusivity. No matter whether they are with monsters or humans, the children born will only be of the demon clan. And if they are both demons, the child will be of the clan of whoever has higher cultivation and stronger bloodline.

Song Mingcheng and Ling Ziye, who had fought the demon cultivators three times, exchanged glances. Ling Ziye said, "The City Lord is well-informed and should know."

Before Song Mingcheng could say anything, Ling Yan'er handed the book forward: "You two have a fight, and see which one matches the book."

Song Mingcheng took the book, read it quickly with his spiritual sense, and handed it to Ling Ziye, waiting for Ling Ziye to finish reading.

After reading it, Ling Ziye said, "The Xuanying Clan and the Moying Clan. Every time he disappears, black demonic energy spreads out. He must be one of these two clans."

Song Mingcheng also nodded: "These two belong to the same branch, the Nine Shadows Confinement Formation of the Xuanying Clan, and the Extreme Shadow Confinement Formation of the Moying Clan. We don't have these two formations."

Ling Yan'er searched the library and said, "Yes, yes. Wait a minute, I'll get it out right away!"

After saying that, he took out the Nine Shadows Trapping Formation he had just searched out and handed it to Song Mingcheng, saying, "This formation is designed for the Xuanying Clan. It will be much less effective against other demons."

Song Mingcheng frowned: "You're just going to give it to me like this?"

Although he wanted to know what secrets Ling Yan'er had and whether it would be detrimental to Lingyun City, Ling Yan'er just casually gave him a formation?

"If not you, who else should I give it to?" Ling Yan'er said, "You can't let me set up the formation, right?"

After saying that, he handed the Extreme Shadow Locking Array to Ling Ziye and said, "If you each learn one, you should be able to learn it quickly, right?"

Ling Ziye took the formation and said with mixed feelings, "I've never learned formations before. If you ask me to study them, I probably won't be able to figure them out."

Whenever he encountered a formation, he would chop it down with one sword. If one sword couldn't cut it through, he would chop it down a few more times. He still believed that force can defeat skill.

Dongfang Zichu flew over and said, "Give it to me, my formation is pretty good."

Ling Ziye quickly handed the jade slip containing the formation to Dongfang Zichu. Su Hongxiu took the opportunity to divide the work and said, "How about this: the City Lord and Dongfang Zichu will study the formation here and try to trap the demon cultivator inside. Ling Ziye, Ling Yan'er and I will continue to search for other formations to see if we can find the remaining victims."

Song Mingcheng nodded: "Okay, remember to fire flares if you encounter danger."

"City Lord, you too, this place is too close to the demon cultivators. Don't let them escape before you even finish setting up the formation." Ling Yan'er said, "It's still not easy to find his residence."

Song Mingcheng said: "Don't worry, I will send guards to keep an eye on him."

Now that he has discovered the trace of the evil cultivator, he will definitely not let him escape this time.

Song Mingcheng clenched the jade slip in his hand. His Xuan'er was still unconscious, so of course he would avenge him.

Suddenly, Ling Yan'er said, "City Lord, if you kill the demon cultivator later, does that mean no one has completed the mission?"

Ling Yan'er's focus was still strange, but Su Hongxiu also stared at Song Mingcheng with a burning gaze. Song Mingcheng was silent for a moment and said, "Just consider it as me joining your team. If you can kill the demon cultivator tonight, you will complete your mission."

"What if you don't set up the formation tonight?" Ling Yan'er said seriously, "As long as you use the formation to trap the demon cultivators and kill them, they will be counted as ours."

At this moment, Xu Qiran and more than a dozen cultivators who had met before also flew over to greet Song Mingcheng.

"City Lord Song, it's so late, what are you doing?" Xu Qiran asked.

Isn’t this asking knowingly?

"We are discussing how to deal with the demon cultivators." Song Mingcheng said.

He was still cautious and did not directly say that the demon cultivator was nearby.

Xu Qiran was about to say something, but Ling Yaner tugged at Su Hongxiu's sleeve and said, "Let's go first."

Su Hongxiu then said to Song Mingcheng, "Then let's go first and look somewhere else."

Song Mingcheng replied with an "okay", and Su Hongxiu and Ling Ziye took Ling Yan'er and continued their journey according to their previous plan.

After all, in addition to killing the demon cultivator, there is now another task, which is to clear the formation left by the demon cultivator in time and find the other children.

Song Zixuan is still alive. If the children ahead were found earlier, perhaps they could still be saved.

Although the chances are slim, it is not impossible.