Seeing Yi Yin's earnest expression, Liang Yan knew that she was worried about him.
After all, in her eyes, she is a young man who is just starting out and does not understand the rules of the Langhuan Continent. If there is a dispute in Longding Mountain and someone is killed, it will affect the entire Stone Spirit Clan.
But what she didn't know was that even if Liang Yan didn't take action, people would probably die in Longding Mountain.
"Don't worry, Mr. Yi, Liang has learned a lot about Langhuan Continent these days, and he won't kill anyone just because of a momentary impulse." Liang Yan responded.
"That's good, that's good!"
Yi Yin nodded repeatedly, very satisfied with his answer.
Next, Liang Yan asked Yi Yin about some things, including the rules of hunting in Longding Mountain and the contestants that other tribes would send.
Since the ten major tribes had close contacts when they were far apart, Yi Yin also had some knowledge about the masters of other tribes, so he told Liang Yan everything he knew.
Half an hour later, Liang Yan already had the information he wanted and stood up to say goodbye to Yi Yin.
"Little friend Liang, walk slowly. It's up to you whether we, the Stone Spirit Clan, can change our ranking this time during the Longding Mountain hunt."
"Don't worry, Mr. Yi, Liang will do his best. After all, we have an agreement long ago." Liang Yan said with a slight smile.
"Okay!" Yi Yin nodded and said lightly, "Chunxiang, Qiuju, come to see the guests off!"
"No need! Liang knows it himself."
Liang Yan rejected Yi Yin, said goodbye, and walked out.
He walked through several corridors and passed through several courtyards. Just when he was about to see the exit, he inadvertently slowed down.
The right hand hidden in the sleeve made a magic spell without any trace, leaving a mark on the ground.
After doing this, Liang Yan looked as normal and walked out of Yi Yin's house very naturally.
After returning to his room, Liang Yan made a spell and felt it with his heart. He immediately understood the situation in Yiyin's residence.
"Successful."
Liang Yan's face showed a look of satisfaction. Although his realm had fallen, the "Mirror Soul Art" was very clever. Even Yi Yin didn't notice this mark.
And the reason why he did this was not to spy on Yi Yin, on the contrary, it was to protect him.
The current leader of the Shiling Clan is Zheng Qiu, who is a cultivator in the early stage of Tongxuan. Liang Yan eavesdropped outside the courtyard that day and learned that the only person Zheng Qiu was afraid of was Yi Yin.
Liang Yan went back and thought about it carefully, and felt that what Zheng Qiu was afraid of was not Yi Yin's strength, but Yi Yin's "Earth Spirit Seal Technique"!
The magical power that Yi Yin learned from the totem was very strange. He could actually sense the conditions in other people's bodies through the ground under his feet.
It's okay if Zheng Qiu doesn't take action. Once he takes action, Yi Yin is very likely to discover his cultivation level in the early stage of Tongxuan, and his identity will be revealed by then!
It is for this reason that Zheng Qiu said that it was not convenient for him to take action directly.
Even so, Liang Yan was still a little worried.
Among the entire Stone Spirit Clan, only Yi Yin poses some threat to Zheng Qiu. If Zheng Qiu had murderous intentions and secretly killed Yi Yin, and then followed the same pattern and replaced him with someone else to pretend to be Yi Yin, then it would be impossible for him to get his five-color soil.
In order to ensure that the five-color soil can be in his hands, Liang Yan must ensure Yi Yin's safety.
So under the guise of asking for information, he secretly left a mark on Yi Yin's house. If Zheng Qiu really wanted to attack Yi Yin, he would be able to sense it immediately.
When that time comes, Liang Yan will take action without hesitation.
After returning from Yi Yin's house, Liang Yan meditated in his room for three days.
During these three days, Liang Yan thought carefully about why the Ye Ming Sect wanted to kill people. There were only two possibilities.
One is that the Ye Ming Cult has a grudge against the ten major tribes. This is a vendetta.
The second is that the Ye Ming Cult wants to provoke civil strife among the ten major tribes.
The first possibility is very small. The Ye Ming Sect has masters like Zheng Qiu. If you want revenge, you can go directly to the clan leaders of the major tribes. There is no need to resort to such methods.
The second option is somewhat possible. All the Langhuan tribes regard themselves as believers of Mother Earth and are prohibited from fighting each other. If there are heavy casualties in this hunt, I am afraid that irreconcilable conflicts will arise between the ten tribes.
This result is in line with the teachings of the Yeming Sect. They are afraid that the world will not be chaotic. The so-called "night ends and dawn" is probably to overthrow the transcendent status of Shennong Mountain and bring a new order to Langhuan Continent.
In order to create a new world, the old world must be chaotic, and the more chaotic the better.
Zheng Qiu's conspiracy is probably just one part of it, and the same drama will be staged in different places throughout Langhuan Continent in the near future.
Liang Yan organized his thoughts and came to a conclusion in his mind.
This should be a game between the old and new forces in Langhuan Continent. I wonder if Shennongshan, as the old force, is aware of it and will he make countermeasures?
Of course, Liang Yan doesn't care about the final outcome of the game between the two parties.
Due to his fall in realm, he is restricted in all aspects, so restoring his strength and rescuing Wu Xin are what he should be concerned about.
After calming down, Liang Yan continued to meditate and enter concentration.
In the early morning of the fourth day, Liang Yan went out again and made an appointment with Lu Dayou, asking him to take him to Longding Mountain.
This time the competition between the ten major tribes took place right at the boundary of the Shiling Tribe’s sphere of influence.
The two left the village and headed west. After seven or eight days, they finally arrived at the foot of Longding Mountain.
Due to the upcoming hunting, the ten major tribes had already sent people to seal off the mountain, and now no one is allowed to go up the mountain.
Lu Dayou likes to travel and has been to Longding Mountain several times before. Although he has not climbed to the top of the mountain, he is very familiar with some of the terrain on the mountain.
He took Liang Yan around the foot of Longding Mountain and spent two full days.
In the past two days, Liang Yan drew a topographic map of Longding Mountain in his mind while listening to Lu Dayou's explanation, and had a general understanding of the topography of Longding Mountain.
Sometimes he would imagine that if he were a member of the Ye Ming Cult, where would he choose to attack, and how would he escape quietly afterwards without arousing anyone's suspicion.
Soon, Liang Yan simulated various plans in his mind.
Two days later, he had almost understood the terrain of Longding Mountain. Except for the area near the top of the mountain that his spiritual consciousness could not explore, the other mountain roads had been imprinted in his mind.
Lu Dayou was a very straightforward person. He felt that Liang Yan did this to help the Stone Spirit Clan gain a better ranking, so he told everything he knew without reservation.
"Okay, let's go back."
Liang Yan patted Lu Dayou and expressed his gratitude to him.
The two returned the same way and returned to Shiling Village a few days later.
So far, Liang Yan has made all preparations and is just waiting for the day of hunting in Longding Mountain.
Next, for thirty days, the door of Liang Yan's residence was never opened again.
It's not that he is practicing in seclusion, because his level can no longer be improved.
During the past thirty days, he had been reading "The Secret Scroll of Heavenly Works" in his room.
Tianji Pavilion is worthy of being a major Confucian sect in ancient times. This secret volume contains all the mysteries of puppetry and weapon refining, which makes Liang Yan admire him from the bottom of his heart.
"What a great book! No wonder Luo Qing tried so hard to get this secret volume. It is indeed a rare treasure!"
Liang Yan sighed with emotion, closed the secret scroll in his hand, and put it back into his storage ring again.
In order not to make Zheng Qiu suspicious, he stayed at home during these thirty days and never left the house.
During this period of time, he was not concentrating on studying the "Tiangong Secret Scroll". He would often use the marks in Yiyin's mansion to inquire about some external situations.
As the high priest of the Stone Spirit Clan, Yi Yin has been in power all year round and is often visited by people.
These people are all well-established people in the Shiling clan. If they go to Yiyin's house to talk about recent events, Liang Yan will spy on them.
Liang Yan learned from their mouths that nothing major happened outside. At least before the hunting at Longding Mountain, the ten major tribes were all calm on the surface, and Zheng Qiu had no plans to attack Yi Yin for the time being.
Everything is stable, which is the best news for Liang Yan now.
So he did not leave his house, but quietly waited for the arrival of the Longding Mountain hunter.
Time flew by and ten days passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, Shiling Village was bustling with people, and thousands of monks from the Shiling Tribe gathered in the square in the center of the village.
There is a high platform behind the square, and there are three people standing on the platform, namely the patriarch Mu Chunhua, the high priest Yi Yin and Shenwei Lin Yi.
These three people are the three most powerful people in the Stone Spirit Clan.
"Haha, the ten-year competition has begun again. Can the warriors of our Stone Spirit Tribe get a good ranking this time and strive for more training resources for our Stone Spirit Tribe?" Mu Chunhua looked at it.
The Shiling tribe monk in the audience twirled his beard with his hand and smiled slightly.
"Clan leader, don't worry, we will try our best and we will never lose the prestige of our Stone Spirit Clan!"
The person who answered him was Gu Xingyun, one of the "Three Red Cloud Scholars".
At this moment, under the high platform, there were four people standing at the front.
In addition to Gu Xingyun, Luo Kai and Zhou Tong, who were ranked among the "Three Red Clouds", there was also a man in gray.
This person is naturally Liang Yan.
He put his hands behind his back and stood leisurely. Although he already knew that Mu Chunhua on the stage was Zheng Qiu pretending to be, his expression did not waver at all.
In addition to the four of them, there are also "Seven Heroes of White Cloud", "Twelve Heroes of Black Cloud" and some powerful Juyuan Realm monks behind them, totaling thirty-three people in total.
These people were also going to participate in the hunting at Longding Mountain, and Mu Ying and Lu Dayou were among them.
"Don't worry, Patriarch, we will try our best!"
Everyone who was going to participate in the competition expressed their determination, and Liang Yan naturally responded.
"Mu Chunhua" had a look of satisfaction on his face, turned around, glanced at Yi Yin, and said with a smile: "High Priest, it's getting late. Shall we set off immediately to Longding Mountain?"
"good!"
Yi Yin nodded without saying any more nonsense. She raised her hand and waved, and a ray of blue light flew out from her sleeve.
This blue light fell on the ground and turned into a dragon boat that was over a hundred feet long, looking majestic.
"Go up."
Following Yi Yin's order, all the monks participating in the competition boarded the dragon boat, and Liang Yan was no exception.
Flying to the sky and the earth is prohibited in Langhuan Continent, so this dragon boat is not a flying magic weapon.
Yi Yin stood on the bow of the boat, punched a spell into the restriction on the dragon boat, and embedded the spirit stone into it.
The dragon boat started quickly and set sail on the muddy land. The speed was actually no slower than the escape speed of the Jindan realm monks. It soon left Shiling Village and headed towards Longding Mountain.
Three days later, everyone took a dragon boat and came to a majestic mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, someone has been waiting for a long time.
Liang Yan stood on the side of the boat and looked around. He saw hundreds of people in front of him, divided into seven different groups. They were all waiting quietly at this time.
Beside him, Lu Dayouzheng took the trouble to introduce:
"The group at the front is the Crimson Fire Clan, who are famous for their fire spells; the group to the east is the Alchemy Clan, whose monks are good at refining alchemy; and the group near the foot of the mountain is the Kamikaze Clan, which is fast.
Very fast and good at controlling the wind.”
Lu Dayou kept talking and introduced all the tribes at the foot of Longding Mountain in one breath.
Liang Yan had learned a lot of information from Yi Yin before, and now he verified what Lu Dayou said one by one. He roughly knew the strength of each tribe and who among their tribes had the strongest combat power.
While he was talking, the dragon boat had already landed.
Mu Chunhua and Yi Yin took everyone off the dragon boat and arrived at the foot of Longding Mountain.
"Haha, Chief Mu, we meet again, stay safe!"
The leader of the Kamikaze Clan was the first to come over to say hello, but Mu Chunhua just nodded slightly and didn't say much.
The leader of the Kamikaze Clan was a little embarrassed when his hot face touched someone else's cold ass, but he couldn't say anything and could only walk back angrily.
Seeing this scene, Liang Yan sneered in his heart.
Of course he knew the reason, because the real Mu Chunhua had died long ago.
The person standing here now is Zheng Qiu. He is not familiar with the Kamikaze clan leader at all. He is afraid that he will reveal some flaws in the conversation, so he behaves so coldly.
Yi Yin took everyone to find a place to rest. Just as everyone settled down, the sound of breaking through the sky came from the distance.
Liang Yan turned around and saw two dragon boats, one on the left and one on the right, approaching at the same time.
One of the dragon boats was very tall and surrounded by water. There were about fifty monks standing on it. In addition to the clan leader, high priest and Shenwei, there were also seven young monks in the Golden Core realm.
Before the dragon boat even approached, the majestic water spiritual energy was already swarming in. Everyone seemed to see a sea on land, with rough waves and rolling waves.
Without Lu Dayou's introduction, Liang Yan knew that this was the "Tianshui Tribe", the most powerful among the ten major tribes.
As for the other dragon boat, it is much weirder. It is clearly in broad daylight, but it seems to be traveling at the intersection of light and shadow. Sometimes it is fully exposed, and sometimes it disappears into the shadows, giving people an elusive feeling.
"That's the 'Shadow Clan'!" Lu Dayou whispered.
Liang Yan narrowed his eyes.
The number of Jindan realm monks on board this dragon boat is only one less than that of the "Tianshui Tribe", and their momentum is not weak at all.
