To the east of Linchuan City, there is a remote compound.
There were few lights in the courtyard and it was quiet. The owner of the courtyard seemed to have gone to bed early.
The slightly sultry night wind blew the two red lanterns hanging outside the courtyard door, casting a faint glow in the swaying shadows of the lamps.
At first glance, everything seems so quiet, as if this is just an ordinary big house.
However, the murderous intention is always hidden in every corner of the house, and even the insects in the house are silent.
"clatter......"
Stepping very lightly, holding his breath and hiding outside the courtyard wall, Wei Changtian raised his head and looked at the branch above his head that stretched out over the wall.
During the fight this morning, he had used "Thousand Miles of Smoke" on a second-grade master, so he found this place without any effort.
Although it is currently unknown how many of the ten people live here, it seems that not all of them are there.
In addition, the second-level master and the others all used the same sword technique, so there should be several assassins from the same sect living here.
And his goal tonight is to capture anyone alive and find out who is behind the assassination...
"Whoa!"
With a flash of figure and a gust of breeze, Wei Changtian's figure immediately disappeared from the place, leaving the bright moonlight in the sky.
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On the other side, five hundred miles west of Linchuan City, is the foothills of Changliu Mountain.
The night is as dark as ink, and the rolling mountains are like the waves in the night sea. It looks very spectacular from a distance.
While Wei Changtian quietly sneaked into the compound to catch someone, Yang Liushi and Xu Quan finally arrived at the fifth demon land after traveling for a day.
Similar to Shiwandashan, Changliu Mountain also has a "subtropical monsoon climate" and is not a snowfield like Bailing Mountain. Therefore, at this time of year, the trees in the mountain are very lush, lush and green, and it feels like a fairyland.
However, Yang Liushi and Xu Quan were not here to enjoy the scenery, and because they were pressed for time, they headed straight for the depths of the mountains as soon as they entered the mountains.
The figures of the two people flickered in and out of the forest, and they finally stopped at the foot of the main peak after an unknown amount of time.
Under normal circumstances, if Changliu Mountain is really a gathering place for monsters, monsters will definitely appear at this time.
But Yang Liushi and Xu Quan saw nothing.
Even looking back, from the time they entered the mountain until now, they have never felt any aura of monsters.
Not a single bit.
Yang Liushi is a fox demon, and Xu Quan is a son of heaven blessed with the "Way of Demons". Their perception of monsters is no worse than a demon appreciating compass.
So there was absolutely no way they could ignore any anomaly, but there really were no monsters around them along the way.
Then this is very strange.
Not to mention that Changliu Mountain is the fifth demon land with the same reputation as Shiwan Mountain and Bailing Mountain. Even if it is an ordinary mountain, it should have encountered a few demon beasts in such a long time.
So what exactly is going on in Changliu Mountain?
"Madam, why don't you go to the peak and have a look?"
Looking around, and then looking up at the main peak hidden in the night, Xu Quan whispered: "You should be able to find a few monsters there."
"..."
Yang Liushi, who was dressed in black, frowned and did not answer immediately.
She has lived in the Hundred Thousand Mountains for decades, and is far more familiar with the situation in the Demon Land than Xu Quan, so she naturally understands how weird the current situation is.
In Yang Liushi's view, there are only two possibilities for a place like Changliu Mountain to be free of monsters.
1. Something happened here that caused all the monsters to run away or die.
Second, the monsters in the mountains were deliberately avoiding themselves and Xu Quan, that is, they were hiding.
The second situation is undoubtedly a bit too forced.
Because even Su Qi didn't know about their trip to Changliu Mountain, how could the Demon King of the Fifth Demon Land know about it in advance.
To take a step back, even if the demon king here knew about it, he couldn't make all the demon beasts hide obediently.
After all, monsters are not humans. Most monsters have extremely low intelligence and act like ordinary beasts before they transform. Even the monster king cannot directly command them.
Therefore, it should be difficult to find a "demon is hard to find" situation.
And this way...
"Well, let's go."
Yang Liushi nodded lightly, and quickly went straight to the top of the main peak of Changliu Mountain with Xu Quan.
The moonlight cast flecks of silver light through the gaps in the leaves, and it seemed like there was no living thing except the two of them in the entire mountain, which was eerily quiet.
There is no doubt that something must have happened in Changliu Mountain.
And it only happened recently.
Wei Changtian was just preparing to "borrow troops" from the fifth demon land, but something happened here... Such a coincidence obviously has the meaning of "the halo of the protagonist".
But if you think about it carefully, this is normal.
After all, although Wei Changtian is not the protagonist, another person is.
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"Brother, what should we do next?"
His eyes returned to Linchuan City.
In the same compound, four men were discussing matters in a secret room.
Two second-grade and two third-grade assassins were the assassins who assassinated Wei Changtian this morning, and both came from the Jiuzhen Sect, the largest sect in Daqian.
The Taoist Jiuzhen means the nine kinds of real people in heaven.
Since this sect has such a name, it means that they follow the Taoist path and are very powerful.
But no matter how powerful the situation is, it will not be easy to send four upper-level third-level masters to Sichuan at once. It is estimated that Jing Guoqing secretly promised many benefits.
But their behavior today undoubtedly means that there is another person behind them, and this person has given more "benefits" than Jing Guoqing...
"Brother, Su Qi is not stupid. What happened today must have aroused suspicion. I'm afraid Jing Guoqing won't listen to our words."
A long-faced man frowned and said, "Not to mention Wei Changtian, he will definitely look for opportunities to retaliate against us in the future."
"Should we make plans in advance whether we are leaving or staying?"
"There's no rush yet."
On the other side, a man in yellow clothes quickly replied: "So what if Su Qi and Jing Guoqing are suspicious?"
"If we leave, who else in Linchuan can be better than Wei Changtian?"
"As for Wei Changtian... Humph! He is not a god. As long as we are careful, how can he find us?"
"makes sense."
Everyone nodded after hearing this, quite approving of it.
And when the worries in my heart gradually subsided, what was left was confusion.
"Brother, I still don't understand why the sect leader suddenly ordered us to take action."
"That's all. The key question is why the other six people would do the same thing?"
"No matter how powerful the sect master is, he can't possibly order those six people, right?"
"Who knows, maybe the sect master is also entrusted by others... In short, we just obey orders, and the benefits are not lost to us anyway."
"Right......"
"..."
The candlelight flickered and the conversation in the room continued.
However, Wei Changtian outside the room frowned slightly.
After pondering for a moment, he did not enter the house to arrest people as originally planned, but turned around and left the place, returning to where he came from.