Chapter 30 Tracking
Under the night sky, two black figures jumped out of the wall of Laifu Inn and quickly headed northwest of Yongle Town.
The two of them left the town and continued to head into the woods in the southeast without stopping. Three miles in front of them, a figure could still be vaguely seen.
The man was wearing a dark green gown, a wide robe with big sleeves, and was tall and thin. He was not walking on the forest plains, but on the treetops. He put his hands behind his back, as if taking a leisurely stroll, but each step he took made him swing more than ten meters, and his speed was surprisingly fast.
The two people behind are naturally Liang Yan and Tang Diexian. At this time, they both changed into a set of black night clothes and hung far behind.
"I didn't expect that there would be cultivators in this small Laifu Inn." It was Tang Diexian who spoke.
Liang Yan replied: "Well, this person has reached the peak of the fifth level of Qi training. You must deal with it carefully later and act according to the opportunity."
Tang Diexian glanced strangely He glanced at him and said, "I can't tell, you My cultivation level is not high, but my ability to detect other people’s realms is amazing! It’s strange, why can’t I see through this person’s cultivation level?”
Liang Yan didn’t answer her question, but suddenly stretched out his hand to stop him. , stopped Tang Diexian.
Tang Diexian knew that there must be a reason, and was not in a hurry to ask. He stood there and waited for a moment, when he suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from the trees. She looked up and saw a centipede poking out from the tree trunk. There was a dark black air on its mouthparts, which was obviously highly poisonous.
"Spiritual worm!" Tang Diexian was startled, and then said: "Have we been discovered?"
Liang Yan shook his head and said: "Probably not yet, but he is cautious by nature and likes to do something on the way. I You two should be careful and don't fall for his tricks."
Tang Diexian nodded and looked at Liang Yan with a strange look in his eyes: "This junior brother only seems to be practicing Qi. With a higher level of cultivation, the six senses are actually better than ordinary ones. Disciples at the fifth level of Qi are even more sensitive."
At this time, Liang Yan said again: "Do you have any treasure that can cover your Qi?"
Tang Diexian was stunned when he heard this. But I still opened it subconsciously He said, "Yes!" Then he took out a string of white jade Pixiu pendants from the storage bag and said, "This was given to me by my ancestors to prevent Qi cultivators of the same level from exploring my realm."
"Okay, from now on, you will always carry this Pixiu pendant until we leave Yongle Town."
"Oh." Tang Diexian nodded and put the pendant on his neck obediently. Although she didn't know the purpose of this move, she knew that Liang Yan was resourceful and trusted him very much. Moreover, she was born into a family of immortal cultivators and had been cultivating within the sect since she was a child. This was her first time going down the mountain to experience, so she knew nothing about worldly matters. Along the way, Liang Yan took care of all the major and trivial matters for her, and she unknowingly developed the habit of relying on Liang Yan's orders.
Liang Yan nodded with satisfaction when he saw that she was wearing the Pixiu pendant and the fluctuations in her cultivation were greatly reduced, almost non-existent. If he hadn't had the gangster skills and deliberately investigated, he wouldn't have found out that she was a cultivator.
The two set off again, this time further away, hanging about four or five miles behind. Anyway, with Liang Yan around, they wouldn't be lost.
After about one stick of incense, the tall and thin man suddenly stopped. He saw a wide hole in front of him, and he could faintly feel a trace of spiritual energy escaping from it. After pausing at the entrance of the cave for a moment, he plunged in.
"Spirit Mine!" Tang Diexian said in shock.
Liang Yan frowned and said: "It seems that this is the branch of the spiritual mine belonging to the sect. Could it be that this incident is really related to the cultivators?"
"Then what should we do now? ?”
Liang Yan smiled slightly and said, “No hurry, let’s go first. Just wait here. If you don't understand anything, wait for him to come out and ask him directly."
Tang Diexian nodded slightly, and the two of them waited outside the cave entrance for almost an hour when they suddenly saw a green streak. The shadow flew out of the mine, and it was the tall, thin man who had been following him before.
He stood outside the cave entrance, holding an octagonal compass in his hand, looking puzzled. He murmured to himself: "Has the calculation been wrong all along?"
However, before he could calculate again, the compass in his hand suddenly started spinning on its own. After a period of crazy rotation, he saw that the pointer was pointing firmly at the woods opposite. among.
"Oh no!" Liang Yan secretly shouted in his heart, because the compass was pointing to where they were hiding.
As expected, the face of the man in green robe changed greatly, his eyes were fixed on this side, and he shouted: "Where is the fellow Taoist hiding his head and tail here?"
Liang Yan and the two knew that there was no hope of a sneak attack, so they simply After calmly walking out from behind the tree, the man in green robe saw that Liang Yan was only practicing Qi at the first level and didn't take it to heart at all. It's just that the other girl seems to have some treasure close to her, and she can't see through her cultivation. It made him dare not act rashly.
He clasped his hands behind his back and quickly said goodbye, but shouted in his mouth: "What do you mean by stalking me here?"
Liang Yan, however, had no intention of talking nonsense to him, and rushed forward towards him. The man in green punched out.
The man in green hurriedly stepped back, and at the same time flicked his sleeves, and saw a green light shooting towards Liang Yan, and Liang Yan turned around to avoid it. Unexpectedly, the green light seemed to have eyes. It fell to the ground without a hit, bounced up with a "bang!", turned around and shot towards Liang Yan again.
Liang Yan was shocked. He put his foot down and ran upwards along a big tree next to the sky. The green light also changed its direction and followed Liang Yan like a shadow.
"Be careful! That's a jade-blooded snake. This person knows how to control spiritual beasts!" Tang Diexian shouted urgently.
After being reminded by her, Liang Yan looked back and saw that the green light was really a small green snake, but it was so fast that he didn't notice it just now.
He pushed hard on the tree trunk with his feet, flipped in mid-air and fell back to the ground, then spun around in circles at an extremely fast speed, forming a tornado in the blink of an eye. It was " The "circle-turning method" in "The Method of Mind Without Determination".
The Green Blood Snake followed closely behind and pounced on the tornado. With a puff, it was carried away by the tornado. Then there was a flash of sword light, but Tang Diexian had already arrived with the Baihua Sword, and stabbed the green blood snake seven inches with one sword.
The green-blooded snake was in mid-air, unable to evade, and was stabbed through by a sword. However, before Tang Diexian could breathe a sigh of relief, the green-blooded snake mysteriously split into two. A small snake of the same size pounced towards him again.
"Be careful!" Liang Yan shouted when he saw this, rushed over, took Tang Diexian's hand and led him away. But still a little slower, one of the green-blooded snakes flew past Tang Diexian's arm, leaving a wound on her snow-white skin. The blood gushed out and instantly turned green.
Tang Diexian felt dizzy for a while, and hurriedly took out an elixir from the storage bag, opened his mouth to swallow it, and at the same time secretly used his spiritual power to force the poisonous blood out of the wound.
"Are you okay?" Liang Yan asked with concern. Tang Diexian shook his head and said: "The poisoning is not serious, it's nothing serious. You have to be careful, this person is weird!"
Liang Yan nodded secretly, reached out and took out a bag from his storage bag. A seven-foot-long black wooden stick with nine golden dragons surrounding it, and the faint sound of dragon roaring could be heard. It was the Nine-Dragon Stick obtained from Yuan Ba. During this time, he had already erased Yuan Ba's mark on it and made it his own.
Seeing the Green Blood Snake regain its strength and pounce towards the two of them again, Liang Yan stood in front of Tang Diexian and swung the Nine Dragon Stick to hit the snake on the head.
Liang Yan's physical strength is so strong that monks of the same level rarely encounter opponents. In the past, he had to fight with his bare hands. Now with the Nine Dragon Stick, he can be said to be even more powerful. This stick smashed down, directly smashing the entire green blood snake into blood mist. Liang Yan felt happy in his heart and swiped the stick again, bang! With a sound, the other one also turned into a puddle of flesh.
However, before they could get happy, they saw the mud rolling on the ground, and two small heads suddenly appeared. Then they stretched out rapidly, and two more green blood snakes emerged! At the same time, the blood mist in the air also condensed and continued to roll, and in the blink of an eye, two green blood snakes sprang out.
Before they could think about it for a moment, the four green blood snakes rushed towards them at the same time, and Liang Yan and the two had no choice but to meet them again. But the strange thing is that this green blood snake seems to be immortal and endless. No matter how they kill it, it will split into two after death and continue to participate in the war.
Liang Yan and Tang Diexian were fighting back to back. Seeing the green blood snakes gathering more and more, he was anxiously thinking of countermeasures, but he had no clue.
Suddenly I heard Tang Diexian shout loudly: "No! This person is not a beast master, he is a fantasy monk!"
"Illusion?" Liang Yan was shocked, "Are you saying these are all illusions?"
"Yes, not entirely. Illusions are all in one, virtual and real, surprising and attacking people unprepared. "
"That's it." Liang Yan knew it in his heart. He had just wondered why the green-robed monk never showed up to attack again, but let them fight with the green-blooded snake. It turned out that he was doing it in secret. Cast a spell to maintain the illusion.
However, he is not afraid of ordinary physical and mental training. However, he has only been practicing this illusion for a long time. He has never been exposed to it and does not know how to deal with it. He can't help but secretly complain in his heart.
At this time, Tang Diexian suddenly whispered: "I have a way to break the illusion, and I need you to protect it." After saying this, without waiting for Liang Yan's reply, he threw the Hundred Flower Sword in his hand into the air, and at the same time, he kicked Stepping on the Gang Step, muttering something in the mouth, the two index and middle fingers of the right hand are pointed together to form a sword, pointing straight at the sky, while the left hand is placed across the chest to make a quick seal.
Liang Yan didn't say much when he saw this. He held sticks in both hands and used the "Uncertain Mind Technique" with all his strength to protect Tang Diexian's side. Although there were many green blood snakes around, none of them could get close to him in a short period of time.
Tang Diexian's steps coincided with Tiandou's. Every time she took a step, Liang Yan followed her. Above the head, the Baihua Sword started to spin. Tang Diexian took nine steps, and the Baihua Sword suddenly stopped and pointed directly at a treetop in the southeast.
"Over there!" Tang Diexian shouted.
In fact, before she could say anything, Liang Yan had already rushed out like a flying sword. He rounded the Nine Dragon Stick with both hands. As soon as Tang Diexian said the word "that", Liang Yan had already struck it down with the stick. .
There was a muffled sound of "Bang!", and a man in green robe emerged from under the Nine Dragon Stick. He was beaten and flew backwards, and landed on the ground, creating a deep pit about ten feet wide, and the sky was filled with green blood. The snakes also disappeared. Only one of them fell to the ground and turned into a curved dagger. There was a faint green light on it, which was obviously smeared with poison.
"So that's it!" Liang Yan said secretly: "Thousands of green snakes are all illusions. Only this one is transformed into a poisonous sword and can hurt the enemy. It's just that people are trapped in illusions, virtual and real, and it is really difficult to guard against them."
< br>Thinking like this, Liang Yan walked up to the man in green robe, checked carefully, and found that he had indeed died and could no longer die. Then he took off his storage bag and took a brief inventory. There were over a thousand pieces of spiritual stones in it.
Without any thought, he threw the storage bag to Tang Diexian. Tang Diexian stretched out his hand to take it and said angrily: "What kind of identity do I have that I would care about your small favor?"
Liang Yan already knew her character and didn't care. Little did he know that although Tang Diexian said this, his heart felt like honey,
“You little pervert, you still have some conscience!”
She thought to herself, then rummaged through her storage bag for a while, took out the octagonal compass, threw it to Liang Yan, and said, "Here, this is what I reward you for!"
Liang Yan stretched out his hand. He took it and said with a smile: "Miss, you are really considerate of your subordinates."
Tang Diexian The interface said: "Of course, I just didn't expect that you would be so bold and have such a level of cultivation, and you would actually deceive me before. Humph, when you go back, let's see what I do." But before she could finish speaking, Liang Yan suddenly squatted down. , reached out and pulled off a jade pendant from the waist of the man in green robe, and examined it carefully.
"Huh?" Tang Diexian also came up curiously and saw a purple jade pendant with some complicated patterns engraved on it and a number engraved in the middle, which was the word "one".
“What is this?”
"I don't know," Liang Yan shook his head and said, "But this thing also has the function of hiding one's cultivation level."
Tang Diexian thought for a while and said, "The sect has lost contact with the local spiritual mine. This should be it." It's someone's fault. Now that this person is dead, how about we do something wrong? We need to go into the mine to check.”
“I’m afraid it’s not that simple. Let me ask you, if this person really did it, what was his purpose?”
“Purpose? "Tang Diexian is also a very smart person and immediately understood what Liang Yan meant: "By the way, if his purpose is to occupy the spiritual mine, he should have sent more manpower to mine it. Otherwise, in a year or two, the sect will definitely become suspicious and will definitely send people to investigate. But now, there is enough spiritual energy in the spiritual mine, and there is no need for it at all. It looks like not much has been mined yet”
“ It means that he has other goals in the spiritual mine, but he has not achieved it now. Another thing I want to tell you is that there is not only one cultivator in front of us in Yongle Town. I saw one when we first arrived in the town. It’s also the fifth level of Qi training.”
Tang Diexian was surprised: "Is there such a thing?"
Liang Yan nodded and said: "So you know, what we are facing may be a group of organized monks. There may be restrictions set by them. If you enter rashly now, you will only alert the snake. "
"Then what should we do?"
"For the current plan, we can only wait and see what happens."
After hearing this, Tang Diexian rolled his eyes and said: " Aren’t you just saying it in vain? To put it bluntly, you just don’t do anything, right?”
Liang Yan chuckled and said: "You don't know something. The stage in Yongle Town has been set up. The next step is for the actors to take the stage."
(End of this chapter)