Liang Yan tentatively asked a few questions, but saw the shadows of the trees around him and there was no response at all.
"That's weird!"
Logically speaking, with the strength of Liang Yan's six senses, even a monk at the foundation-building stage, not to mention a monk of Xiao San's level, probably wouldn't be able to disappear silently behind his back.
"Has this person been pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger?"
Liang Yan was startled, but the next moment he shook his head in confusion and said to himself: "If he really pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger, what is his purpose? He has been with me for so long, but he has never seen me right.
If you have a plan, it will help me a lot."
While he was thinking secretly, he searched the surrounding woods relentlessly, but he couldn't even find any trace of Xiao San's departure, so he could only give up in frustration.
Although Xiao San disappeared, the last words he said before he left lingered in Liang Yan's heart at this moment.
"Key? Lock plate? What does Xiao San mean by this?"
Liang Yan stood on the spot with his hands behind his hands, his mind spinning with thoughts, and he murmured: "Dugu Jiannan came back from the dead, Xiao San left mysteriously, there was the murderous demon tree, the spirit beast riot, all these...
Is there any connection between everything?"
There was confusion in his eyes. It was obvious that there were too many questions, but he had no clue. After standing there for a long time, he sighed softly: "No matter what, I'm afraid there won't be peace in this secret realm. I'd better take advantage of it now."
Before a big change happens, we should quickly get the Dream Epiphyllum first!"
Thinking of this, Liang Yan temporarily suppressed all the doubts in his heart and took out a sheepskin map from his sleeve. This map was drawn by Lan Wangqiu based on the memory of that disciple. As long as you follow the map to find the way, you can eventually find it.
The place of dream epiphyllum.
Two days later.
In a certain clearing in the Killing Forest, a young man in gray clothes was having a fierce fight with a black-skinned ape.
This black-skinned ape is as tall as two people, and has six thick arms. The fangs from the corners of its mouth extend all the way to its chin. It is clearly the "six-armed vicious ape", a kind of spiritual beast here.
The "six-armed ferocious ape" is born with infinite strength, and the aura of this one has reached the ninth level of Qi refining. Its eyes were red, and its six arms took turns to punch, causing the surrounding air to explode.
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But his opponent, the gray-clothed young man, seemed to be able to navigate the shadows of fists in the sky with ease. He could see the blue aura flowing around him, and he often dodged the black ape's fists at the last moment. Occasionally, he would wave his fist surrounded by golden light.
The fist and the six-armed ferocious ape clashed twice, making a loud bang! in this quiet forest.
The two fists, one large and one small, were evenly matched in every collision. If there were other monks here, they would be extremely shocked: a mere monk at the eighth level of Qi refining could actually be as powerful as a six-armed ferocious ape.
Match!
It's just that this young man in gray didn't seem to be very serious. He was casually fighting the six-armed ape while looking around from time to time.
"It's weird, how come there is such a strong smell of blood here? Could it be that human monks really died here? I don't know if they are people from Piaomiao Valley or from my Yungang Sect."
This young man in gray is naturally Liang Yan who came all the way here.
Just half an hour ago, Liang Yan was still on the route to Meng Epiphyllum, but suddenly there was a pungent smell of blood. Liang Yan frowned and slowed down. After a while, he guessed that it was
A human monk died nearby.
Since the source was not too far from his original route, out of curiosity, Liang Yan wanted to come over and have a look. Unexpectedly, not long after he set out, he encountered the same six people who came following the smell of blood.
Armed ape.
All the spirit beasts here have gone into a rage and almost kill everyone they see. Naturally, this six-armed ape is no exception. It attacks Liang Yan directly without any hesitation.
Although the six-armed ferocious ape has the ninth level of Qi refining, and is extremely talented and powerful. But with Liang Yan's current strength, there is no pressure at all to deal with it. It's just that he suspected that someone from Piaomiao Valley was hiding in secret.
He didn't reveal his strength easily.
After fighting for a while and confirming that there were no other enemies around, Liang Yan exerted force with his right hand and used his "One Punch Phase" to strike hard at the six-armed ferocious ape.
"Roar!"
The six-armed ape's eyes were red, he roared, and punched Liang Yan in the same way.
This man and the ape had fought each other dozens of times with no distinction between victory and defeat, but this time they decided to compete!
On the six-armed ferocious ape's arm, countless small wounds were inexplicably opened from the inside, blood spurted out wildly, and several faint sword sounds could be heard coming from its arm.
And through its wounds, you can see the majestic black sword energy, going straight into its lungs along its arms, and finally galloping throughout its body.
However, in just a short moment, this arrogant six-armed ape slowly secreted blood from its eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, and finally stood motionless and died!
Liang Yan withdrew his fist and used his fixed light sword to cut off the two fangs of the six-armed ape. After putting them in his bag, he turned around and walked towards the source of the bloody smell.
Without taking a cup of tea, Liang Yan saw the deceased under a big tree. He saw a short monk wearing a yellow mandarin jacket. His eyes were wide and his lips were wide open. He seemed to be quite shocked before he died.
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"Huh? This person looks familiar."
Liang Yan was silent for a while, then suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "By the way, I met him once when we gathered that day. This is Senior Brother Liu, who is ranked 33rd in our Yungang Sect!"
"Why did he die here? Was it caused by people from Piaomiao Valley?" Liang Yan muttered to himself, while squatting in front of Senior Brother Liu and taking a closer look.
"The fighting was not fierce. It was as if someone had pierced the Dantian with a long object and died. This person was extremely shocked before he died. Could it be that someone he knew did it?"
Liang Yan frowned, and suddenly sniffed the air with his nose, and said in surprise: "There are actually dead people!"
As he spoke, he stood up suddenly and rushed in the same direction. The two were not far apart, but after more than ten miles, Liang Yan found another corpse on a huge rock.
This person was wearing a long robe, with a square face, broad shoulders, and a hook-shaped nose. Due to his strange appearance, Liang Yan recognized him at a glance. This person was Tang Hao, who was assigned to the Jin Jiuzhong team that day!
There are many scars and broken trees around here, and the body of the deceased is covered in blood and stains. It is obvious that he has experienced a fierce struggle, but it is not like the previous person who died in an unknown manner.
Discovering the corpses of two Yungang Sect disciples one after another, Liang Yan felt a little uneasy. At this moment, a sound of fighting suddenly came from the distance. Liang Yan's heart moved, and he immediately activated the Tianji Pearl to hide his aura.
At the same time, the cat stood up and groped towards the source of the sound.