After the investigation reached this point, it was no longer something Liang Yan could solve.
If you want to track down the spiritual beast hiding in the dark, you must rely on a monk like Liu Changshou who is good at controlling beasts.
After some discussion, Liang Yan said goodbye and left, returning to his cave.
In the following days, although he continued to train as usual, he secretly began to collect intelligence from all parties
Especially Wei Wuming, who claimed to be "the disabled guest of Tianshui".
This man has a deep scheming mind. Although he ranks last among the "Four Young Masters of Nanxuan", compared to Tianxie Demon Lord, Su Muyun and others, he is the one that Liang Yan can't see through the most.
Soon, the information about Wei Wuming was sent to Liang Yan.
It turns out that this person is a Confucian monk who was born on an isolated island overseas. His natal skill is "Dong Xuan Sutra". He likes to travel around the world and is especially good at deduction techniques. However, he only calculates the number of times for others. Very few, so his reputation is far inferior to that of Shen Sanchi.
There is actually not much information about him, and he seems very mysterious, but one of the records caught Liang Yan’s attention:
“He was taught by someone in Cangnan Mountain, and he has a good temperament. changed.”
"Cangnan Mountain?"
Liang Yan frowned slightly and thought to himself: "Isn't this in the Wushuang Domain? Are you being instructed by someone? With Wei Wuming's level of cultivation, the only person who can instruct him is Wu Ci. , I’m afraid the only one is the city lord.”
This discovery surprised Liang Yan.
Since entering Antarctic Fairy Continent, although I have only met Linghu Bai a few times, I always feel that there is the shadow of this city lord behind many things, and everything related to him is not simple. .
“It’s hard to say whether this person is an enemy or a friend. I’d better not inform him about the spiritual beast for now. I’ll make plans after I find out the truth.”
Liang Yan had a plan in mind and did not make a premature judgment. He only let the ANBU monks continue to collect information.
Time flies, and seven days have passed in the blink of an eye.
That evening, Liang Yan came back from the martial arts field and was about to teach Li Xiran, Cang Yueming and other disciples to practice swordsmanship. Suddenly he heard someone coming to report, but it was a message from the Wanshou Mountain, inviting He's going over tonight.
"Okay."
Liang Yan sent the monk who sent the message and sat quietly in the cave until midnight, then turned into a wisp of smoke and quietly left the cave.
Half an hour later, in Wanshou Mountain, Luoyun Cave.
A ray of light shot out from the void, turned slightly on the spot, and revealed a human form, it was Liang Yan.
"Haha, Fellow Daoist Liu, I've been waiting for a long time."
As soon as he appeared, Liang Yan saluted an old man sitting in the cave.
“It doesn’t matter, fellow Taoist came at the right time.”
Liu Changshou smiled slightly, took out a transparent ball from his sleeve, and inserted several mysterious spells in succession.
After a while, gray-white mist appeared inside the bead, billowing erratically.
"Do you have any clues about Fellow Daoist Liu?" Liang Yan asked.
Liu Changshou nodded, "In the past few days, I have been secretly tracking this master of beast control. He seems to be alert and his actions have become much more cautious. Fortunately, I still found clues tonight. , so I invited Liang Shuai in advance to see if I could catch this cunning person."
As he spoke, the mist in the bead surged even more violently, and after a while, it actually shrank inward and finally condensed. Into a gray thread.
The silk thread pointed downward.
"It seems that our friend finally couldn't hold it anymore and is about to take action." Liu Changshou looked at the silk thread floating in the bead and laughed.
"Underground?" Liang Yan had a hint of surprise in his eyes.
“Not bad!”
Liu Changshou nodded, and then fired a magic formula. White light burst out, enveloping Liang Yan and himself, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Half a quarter of an hour later, deep underground about eight hundred miles away from the ground, the figures of Liang Yan and Liu Changshou appeared at the same time.
"Did you see it?" Liu Changshou pointed to the soil in front of him.
Liang Yan looked at it intently, his expression changing slightly.
I saw that the front was densely packed with countless holes, each hole was as thick as a finger, and behind it was a long tunnel, which seemed to be drilled out by some kind of insect.
"It turns out that the spirit beast we are looking for is a kind of spirit insect, and there is more than one." Liang Yan said in surprise.
"Yes, according to my guess, the reason why the spirit beasts of the Wuchen Army went crazy is because they heard the crawling sound of these insects underground. This kind of sound is almost silent, and even high-level spirit beasts cannot hear it. Only spiritual beasts raised with the 'Sky Spider Secret Technique' can sense it."
After hearing this, Liang Yan had a solemn look on his face.
"Just the sound of squirming makes those low-level spiritual beasts go crazy and explode, and even bite their masters? What is the origin of these bugs?"
"I don't know this either. "Liu Changshou shook his head and sighed: "Although Wanshou Mountain is the home of the Beast Control Sect, But there are so many spiritual beasts in the world, and the ways to control them are all kinds of strange. There are always some things we don’t know. The only way to figure this out is to track these insects, and then follow the clues to find out the insect master. "< br>
"That makes sense." Liang Yan nodded.
Liu Changshou raised his hand and cast a spell. After a while, the gray-white silk thread in the ball twisted and determined its direction again. It was the direction of movement of these spiritual insects.
“Let’s go!”
The two of them used the earth escape technique at the same time and chased after him in the direction pointed by the gray and white silk thread.
But they said that those spirit insects were very strange, and they didn’t know their origins. They seemed to be like fish in water underground and moved extremely fast.
Even the ancestors of the Calamity Tribulation like Liang Yan and Liu Changshou were unable to catch up in a short time. The two of them tracked underground for about a quarter of an hour. They still only saw dense holes and tunnels, but Didn't catch up with these spiritual insects.
The more this happened, the more solemn their expressions became.
These spiritual insects are extraordinary. I don’t know what purpose they have lurking underground. We must find out today!
With this idea in mind, both of them used their Escape techniques with all their strength, increasing the speed of Earth Escape to the extreme.
After another half-quarter of an hour, Liu Changshou said: "The soil in front seems to have been turned over just now. It seems that we are very close to these spiritual insects."
"Yeah."
Liang Yan nodded, spreading his consciousness while hiding his aura.
The same goes for Liu Changshou.
The two continued to move forward, but they were much more cautious than before.
However, after tracking for dozens of miles, something strange happened.
I saw the round bead in Liu Changshou's hand vibrating inexplicably, and the gray-white silk thread inside the bead also broke into several pieces, then dispersed and turned into gray mist again.
Looking at the tunnels and holes, they all stopped here, as if the insects had disappeared out of thin air, leaving no traces.
"How could this happen?" Liang Yan frowned slightly.
Liu Changshou remained silent, pinching the magic formula with both hands, and suddenly shouted through the voice: "No! This person seems to have discovered our existence. He divided his breath into several strands and attached them to the spirit insects. , fled in different directions!"
After hearing this, Liang Yan's expression changed slightly. Tracking this person relied entirely on Liu Changshou's unique secret skills. He was completely unable to help, so he could only place his hope on the other party.
"Is it possible to identify his true identity?"
"How about asking me to try my best."
Liu Changshou's expression was solemn, his eyes were slightly closed, and he kept making calculations.
After a while, he opened his eyes again, but pointed out two directions.
"Most of the auras are fake. I have excluded them all, leaving only the last two auras. It is really difficult to distinguish the authenticity from the fake. Even I can't identify them."
"It's easy to handle. Let's just split up and catch up." Liang Yan said without hesitation.
“But.” Liu Changshou hesitated to speak.
"Are you worried that I can't handle it alone?" Liang Yan understood the other party's thoughts instantly and said with a smile: "Don't worry, fellow Taoist, have you forgotten Liang's methods? Even if it's not as good as Jiu Daya Holy, it’s not too far off. Even if this traitor has all the tricks, Liang should be able to protect himself.”
Liu Changshou. He is a decisive person, he only hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "Okay, fellow Taoist, remember not to be impulsive. There may be more than one person on the other side. If you feel that it is difficult, you can deal with it first, and then make a big noise, and fellow Taoist Nanxuan will come." Answer."
After saying that, he pointed his hand, and a wisp of gray mist flew out of his magic weapon and floated in front of Liang Yan.
"It will lead the way for you."
"Okay!"
The two exchanged briefly for a moment, and then each chose a direction. Liu Changshou chased to the southeast, while Liang Yan followed Follow the wisp of gray mist and chase toward the southwest.
The two of them were drifting apart at extremely fast speeds, and soon they could no longer sense each other's breath.
However, Liang Yan had that wisp of gray fog to guide him, so he would not lose his direction. Although his earth escape technique was not as good as Liu Changshou's, it was not slow either. In the blink of an eye, he had already chased hundreds of people. inside.
Suddenly, the wisp of gray fog stopped, and the fog kept rolling. It seemed that it was disturbed by something, and it actually rose straight into the sky like blue smoke.
“Up there!”
Liang Yan’s pupils shrank, and he immediately changed direction and fled to the ground.
Five hundred miles, one hundred miles, eighty miles, thirty miles. Just when Liang Yan was about to return to the ground, a white light suddenly flew above his head, followed by a bone-chilling gloom. The cold air froze the surrounding soil into ice cubes.
A sudden change occurred, but Liang Yan was well prepared and slashed out with his sword without hesitation!
brush!
The purple thunder sword light burst out from the ground, like a divine thunder tearing through the darkness, rushing into the white light above the head, only to hear the sword energy whistling, and the thunder light exploded, instantly cutting the white light into pieces.
But the white light that was chopped into pieces did not dissipate. Instead, it seemed to be alive, twisting and squirming in the soil.
At this time, Liang Yan moved a few miles closer to the ground, his consciousness spread out, and he finally saw clearly the true nature of these white lights.
It turned out to be small gray-white snakes! Drilling in and out of the soil, the cold air spurted out from their mouths, forming an invisible giant net that trapped the surrounding soil in it.
"Take it!"
A low shout suddenly came from above the head.
This giant net composed of cold air closed instantly. Wherever it passed, the space froze and everything turned into ice crystals. Even Liang Yan felt that his blood seemed to be frozen. trend.
“Hmph!”
Liang Yan snorted coldly, and with a flash of light from the Taixu gourd around his waist, a white civet cat appeared on his shoulder.
After the civet cat came out, it did not take action immediately. Instead, it yawned first and seemed to be dismissive of the ice net.
But the next moment, she opened her mouth wide, and five-color flames rushed out, and soon spread in all directions!
After contacting the five-color flames, the cold air around them was like a spring breeze turning into snow. It only lasted a few breaths before being burned completely.
After the cold air is broken, the ice network naturally ceases to exist, the surrounding space returns to normal, and escape techniques can also be used.
Squeak! squeak!
Countless screams came from the raging flames.
Looking around, there are tiny white snakes twisting and struggling in the flames. The icy air on their bodies could not withstand Li Xiaosong's flames, and they were burned repeatedly and soon turned into puddles of white pulp and disappeared into the soil.
Seeing that all the white snakes were about to be burned, a simple bell suddenly appeared above the head, and with a slight vibration, all the remaining white snakes were included in it.
Dingle bell!
The bell broke through the soil and flew to the ground.
How could Liang Yan let it escape? With a pinch of the magic formula in his hand, the escaping light flew upwards.
In just a moment, Liang Yan caught up to the ground, and the surrounding soil exploded, rising into the sky.
But he had just come out of the ground when a golden light fell from above his head, and a powerful force fell from the sky, seeming to drive him into the ground again.
Looking up, I saw that it was a eight-foot-long demon fish with eyes as big as copper bells and golden scales all over its body.
“Go!”
Liang Yan pointed his hand, the purple thunder sword light pierced the sky, and slashed the demon fish with one sword.
Zheng!
Fire light burst out in the dark night, and the purple thunder sword energy flew in all directions, scraping off the scales of the devil fish piece by piece, turning him half bald in the blink of an eye.
However, although the sword light broke through the scale defense of the devil fish, it was also neutralized by most of its power, so it was not seriously injured.
The monster fish screamed repeatedly, and in just a moment, scales grew on its body again. Then it opened its mouth and sprayed out purple magic fire, which descended like a dark cloud.
"This fish is interesting, it looks like it should be delicious!"
Before Liang Yan could make a move, Li Xiaosong on his shoulder had already jumped out.
The white civet cat quickly grew in size in mid-air, with flames attached to its sharp claws. It slapped the devil fish on top of its head, making stars shine in its eyes and even sprayed the magic fire in the wrong direction. Location.
"Haha! Let your aunt have a great time!"
Amidst the laughter, the civet cat pounced the devil fish from mid-air and pinned it to the ground. The fish tail was swaying wildly, and the two The fish's eyes were wide open, as if it wanted to turn over and escape, but it couldn't escape the cat's claws.
"My 'Fish Scale Golden Umbrella'!"
A cry of surprise came from the distance, and it could be heard that the owner of the devil fish was in great pain.
"Brother, don't panic, we are here to help you!"
There was another low shout, and two powerful auras burst out from the dark night, one person holding two black axes, coming from the north, Another person pushed a magic mountain and hit it from the south.
Two auras appeared in front of him in an instant. Liang Yan hurriedly activated his sword skills, drawing out the purple and green swords and drawing two arcs around himself.
Bang! Bang!
Amidst the loud noise, the two people who were besieging were knocked away by the sword light and involuntarily retreated several hundred feet backward.
At this time, the moonlight shone down on everyone, making Liang Yan's eyes narrow slightly.
“It’s you!”