As soon as Li Yan thought about this, he made his decision. Immediately, with a thought, two figures, one black and one white, flashed out beside him.
"I've met the master!"
"Owner!"
Qian Ji and Zi Kun looked around curiously, and then they were shocked to find that the Shadow Mistress was missing. In order not to disturb Li Yan and the Shadow Mistress's coexistence, the two demons had been practicing in the "Tuban" recently.
of.
"This is the underground of a swamp. There are some ghost-like things outside. Some of their cultivation levels have even reached the Nascent Soul stage.
I will set up a formation later, and you will be responsible for guarding the surrounding area. If anything happens, just remind me in time. If nothing happens, I will focus on exploring the situation inside the cave."
Li Yan briefly talked about the situation here and began to arrange the formation.
After a piece of light green light flashed, a formation was set up around the three of them, which was the "Yuanqi Taiqing Formation".
After more forked roads branched out from the eight passages, if Li Yan wanted to investigate carefully, he would need to continuously branch out more spiritual consciousness to go deeper. Among those forked roads, there were even smaller forked roads, which were twists and turns and extended for unknown lengths.
Under such circumstances, he no longer had the energy to take into account the situation around him. Although he had some guesses about the situation here, he was still afraid that the two men in red robes who were dripping with blood outside the cave would suddenly attack.
Therefore, Li Yan must prepare his own defense in advance and be able to withstand at least one blow from the Nascent Soul Realm monks. The "Yuan Qi Taiqing Formation" will certainly do its job.
Letting Qianji and Zikun come out to assist and provide warning is to make it more secure.
Before, when Li Yan retreated, he would somehow enter into the thick black air. There was no guarantee that some changes would not happen quietly in this cave. It would be best if everything was done in the most meticulous way.
After Li Yan gave a brief explanation, Qianji and Zikun asked a few more questions and finally understood their situation.
The two demons couldn't help but look at each other, and then looked at the entrance of the cave. There were actually two Nascent Soul-level ghosts there, and their attack methods were a bit weird. It seemed that they could use the cold ghosts here and the power of heaven and earth to kill Li in one move.
Yan was forced into the cave.
Of course, they knew better than anyone else what kind of cultivation Li Yan had, and they were not afraid of fighting against several people of the same level. However, Li Yan did not say that he did not try his best, and he was not a person who was very happy with his achievements.
After Li Yan finished his instructions, he immediately waved his hand, and the spirit stones flew around one after another, falling to the ground and disappearing in an instant. Then he pinched the magic spell, and after a slight distortion of the surrounding space, it returned to normal again.
After he activated the "Yuanqi Taiqing Formation", Qianji and Zikun stood in two directions, with one facing the entrance of the cave and the other observing the surroundings at all times.
Immediately, Li Yan sat down cross-legged, and his consciousness once again covered the eight passages. This time, he wanted to carefully explore all the forks...
Time passed like this bit by bit. In the darkness, there was no trace of time, sun or moon, and only the repeated whistling sound of the wind came from the deep and distant cave.
About an hour and a half later, Li Yan, who had been sitting still, suddenly opened his eyes. At this moment, his eyes were shining with a frightening light. He stood up suddenly, and the two demons also turned to look at Li Yan.
Say this.
Li Yan waved his sleeves, and the green light flashed, and the "Yuanqi Taiqing Formation" had been put away by him.
"let's go!"
After he whispered to the two demons, he lifted them into the air and flew quickly towards one of the passages.
"Master, have you discovered the Shadow Mistress?"
As they walked forward, Qian Ji, who was standing beside him, immediately asked.
"Not yet, but there are other discoveries!" > Li Yan shook his head.
Qianji's words made him regret in his heart that he had made a mistake in his judgment. He was originally afraid that Gong Chenying would be in danger, so he left her in a safer place above. Unexpectedly, he lost contact with her in the end.
Seeing that Li Yan didn't want to say more, Qianji immediately shut up.
The three of them moved forward quickly in the darkness. Whenever they encountered a fork in the road, Li Yan would choose one of the directions and enter directly.
He had previously left a spiritual sign in the direction he was going, and of course he looked very familiar with it.
After the three of them flew for about half a stick of incense, Li Yan suddenly stopped.
At this time, a cave appeared in front of them. They were five hundred feet away from the cave. Fortunately, the road here was no longer tortuous, otherwise they would not be able to see the end.
"Master, that is..."
The two demons suddenly discovered that there was a group of things in the cave at the end of the road. The group of things looked like a person sitting cross-legged. Even at such a close distance, they could not detect any aura fluctuations from each other.
"dead body?"
Qianji and Zikun looked at each other, but neither of them felt alive.
"You guys stand here first and don't move. I'll go over and take a look!"
While Li Yan was speaking, he strode forward, but when he was still a hundred feet away from the cave entrance, he was blocked by an invisible barrier.
When Li Yan's consciousness arrived here, it was also blocked by this barrier, so he didn't show any surprise.
There was a person sitting in the cave. The person also had short hair and was wearing a black robe. He was tall, but the black robe was a few times too big, as if it was worn on a tall frame.
At this moment, he was forming a strange seal with his hands, his eyes were closed tightly, and his cheekbones were raised high. The aura on his body was almost undetectable even by Li Yan, like a dead person.
"Not a weak formation restriction!"
After Li Yan observed carefully for a while, he suddenly took a step back and took a lunge. Then with a flash of light on his body, he punched the invisible restriction in front of him.
Although this attack did not use too much power from the immortal ghost wind essence and blood, nor did it unleash the full power of the "Qiongqi Purgatory Technique", it was still powerful.
"boom!"
Two balls of light, one yellow and one black, burst out under Li Yan's fist, and a loud noise shook the entire cave, and many pieces of ice and gravel fell.
In the distance, Qianji and Zikun's eyes showed horror, and they couldn't help but take a few steps back. Li Yan was no longer something they could guess.
After Li Yan punched him, he immediately withdrew his hand. Then, he stood on the spot and looked up to the front.
The moment Li Yan stopped his momentum, the person sitting cross-legged within the confines of the formation suddenly opened his eyes, and his aura emerged.
When he saw a figure standing in front of him, he stood up suddenly, followed by a powerful spiritual consciousness that instantly swept towards Li Yan.
At this time, Li Yan had already put his hands in his sleeves, but his previously hidden cultivation suddenly exploded, and the powerful strength of the mid-stage Nascent Soul was revealed without reservation.
The man's consciousness quickly swept over Li Yan. When he saw Li Yan clearly, there was a look on his face.
His originally vigilant expression turned into a daze.
"Huh? In the middle stage of Nascent Soul, you...are you a human monk?"
"I've met Patriarch Gong!"
Li Yan leaned forward slightly and performed a Taoist salute.
As soon as he said these words, coupled with the salute he performed, the tall man in the formation was even more stunned. He hesitated and spoke.
"Hmm? Fellow Taoist, you... do you know Gong? Who are you and why are you here?"
Although the man was extremely thin and his aura was alternately strong and weak, there was a domineering look in his eyes that looked down on the world.
Although the face of the tall and thin man only showed a look of daze, his heart was already surging with waves. It had been a long time since he had seen any living beings here. To be precise, all he had seen were ghosts, winds and beasts.
Why did a human monk suddenly appear today, and he brought two monsters with him.
He was certain that the person and two monsters in front of him were definitely not the illusion of ghosts, winds and beasts. He had fought against each other for so many years, so he still believed that he would not make a mistake in his judgment.
Furthermore, the person in front of him was obviously a powerful monk of the same level as himself. Why was there a hint of humility in the gesture he performed, which would never appear among monks of the same level?
What surprised him even more was that the other party actually recognized him again, and after he looked at the other party carefully, he had no impression of him at all, whether it was his appearance or his aura.
Li Yan had stood up straight again. He looked into the tall man's eyes and said nothing nonsense.
"My Excellency, Li Yan, is a monk from the Demon Sect in Desolate Moon Continent and Gong Chenying's younger brother at Xiaozhu Peak. I wonder if Chief Gong has ever heard of it?"
Li Yan looked at the man opposite him calmly. Although the man in front of him was too thin to look good, when Gong Chenying came, he still carved the portraits of Gong Shanhe and the Sixth Elder on the jade slips for Li Yan to
Take a look.
In order to prevent Li Yan from encountering any extreme danger in the swamp, he would put her into the spirit storage bag. Once he met his father and father again, it would be bad to take action due to misunderstanding.
"Li...Yan, Aying's...that junior brother?"
The tall man whom Li Yan recognized as Gong Shanhe was still thinking and analyzing everything that happened in front of him. He thought countless times that a human monk might appear here.
But that person should be a member of the Tianli tribe, but today a strange monk came.
After he saw at a glance that the other party was a human monk, he also wondered whether the other party was the same as him. He might have noticed something strange in the swamp and entered the underground, or he had entered here by mistake.
But Li Yan's words immediately made him widen his eyes.
Even if he is such a calm person, even if he has been trapped here for a long time, even if he suddenly saw that the person coming was a human monk, he was just surprised and confused before.
But now Li Yan's words, all the previous information combined, are not as shocking as the meaning contained in the words.
Although the name Li Yan is unfamiliar, he has heard of it. When he went to pick up his daughter, Wei Zhongran once told him that his daughter Zhao Min and his young disciple Li Yan fell into the crack of Yin Mo Cliff during the decisive battle between the demons.
I don’t know…
With the monk's memory, and the fact that Li Yan added a series of specific titles after introducing his name, Gong Shanhe immediately thought of who the other party was, Wei Zhongran's young disciple.
"But...but...when he fell off the cliff, wasn't he just a junior foundation builder?"
Although Gong Shanhe was shocked, But he was the leader of the clan and reacted quickly. However, he did not speak immediately. Instead, he quickly thought about what Li Yan had just said in his heart.
Seeing that the other party fell into silence for a while, Li Yan waved his hand casually, and a token appeared in front of him. He raised his palm and pushed forward gently, and the token floated quietly outside the restriction of the formation.
"This is my sect token!"
The moment Gong Shanhe saw the token, a strange light flashed in his eyes.
Of course he recognized the Token of the Demon Sect, especially when the other party took out the Token of Xiaozhufeng, which was exactly the same as his daughter's.
He didn't need to take it over at all, but after carefully scanning it with his spiritual consciousness, he confirmed that the other party's token was the real Demon Sect token and could not be fake.
The shock in Gong Shanhe's eyes quickly disappeared, and he quickly continued to judge in his mind, but he still did not remove the formation restriction immediately.
"Didn't you get killed in the battle with the demons?
The last time I went there, Master Cen told me about this, why did you suddenly come here today?"
Gong Shanhe asked with a puzzled look on his face, and Li Yan smiled softly when he heard this.
"Master Wei Zhongran, Senior Sister Min and I just fell into the crack of Yin Mo Cliff and were trapped somewhere. It wasn't until more than a hundred years ago that we escaped.
I came here this time because I was entrusted by Senior Sister Gong and requested by the First Elder and the Third Elder to try to find out the whereabouts of you and the Sixth Elder.
Now in the outside world, the three tribes of wind beasts are still at war with your tribe, and it won’t be too late to explain the details later when I have time!”
Li Yan briefly explained his purpose of coming, and at the same time, seemingly unintentionally, he also "corrected" some of the other party's "mistakes."
Of course he would not think that Gong Shanhe had remembered it wrong, or that the person in front of him was transformed by a wind beast and was talking nonsense here.
If Li Yan himself is a fake and he is only slightly familiar with the Demon Sect, then he may fall into at least one of the traps.
Without Li Yan, with Li Yan's current level of cultivation, his master should be Da Cen. Don't underestimate the existence of their level.
This time, Li Yan did not call him "Sixth Senior Sister", but "Senior Sister Gong!" because he wanted to explain the situation as quickly as possible.
While speaking, Li Yan raised his hand to call back the sect token and put it away.
After listening to Li Yan's words, Gong Shanhe's eyes flashed again, but his expression also relaxed slightly.
Not only did Li Yan "see through" his "lie" just now, but he also deliberately named the first elder and the third elder, but did not mention the other elders in the clan at all.
This also illustrates the situation from another aspect, that is, the other party also knows the distribution of forces within the Tianli tribe, and Li Yan may have come from the Tianli tribe.
After a few breaths, Gong Shanhe waved his hand, and the space in front of him was slightly distorted, and then everything returned to normal.
He cupped his fist at Li Yan and then bowed.
"The wind beasts here are also good at transforming into illusions, so you have to be careful. I hope Fellow Daoist Li won't be offended!"
Li Yan saw that Gong Shanhe was a seemingly rough man, but he was a very delicate person, and he was also very decisive in doing things. Gong Chenying's personality was very similar to him.
Just seeing him and Gong Shanhe saluting him like this, he couldn't help but touch his nose.
This is my father-in-law. Once I explain the situation, I don’t know how the other party thinks about the current situation.
