After carefully arranging a residence for Xu Dao, Chen Mu recruited two Taoist disciples from the camp, and they all seemed to be following his orders.
He ordered the two of them: "You two are moving here together. Fellow Taoist Bai Gu is not familiar with the camp. Please be at your disposal at any time."
"Yes, Taoist disciple Shen!" The other two, a man and a woman, all bowed their hands to Shen Mu respectfully.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Xu Dao didn't know whether the other party was a subordinate specially arranged for him, or someone sent to monitor him, or both.
But he didn't care much, and just said to the two Taoist disciples: "Thank you, you two."
Both of them bowed their heads in return and said hurriedly: "I don't dare, I don't dare. Just tell me what Senior Bai Gu has ordered."
When the two came over, they had already inquired about "White Gu" from other people in the camp, especially Duan Yuan and Gao Ning. They all knew that "White Gu" was a ruthless person, so they faced Very respectful.
After Chen Mu arranged the matter, he smiled and said: "Hahaha! Taoist Bai Gu has just come to the camp, and he must have been tired along the way. In this case, Taoist friend, it is better to take a rest in the room first."
"After a while, the Yin Qi rose, and it was the time when demons and ghosts appeared in the Black Mountain. Pindao had to go on patrol for the night, so he left first."
Xu Dao turned into an insect body, bowed his hands, and said, "I have a lot to do today, fellow Taoist Shenmu."
"you are welcome."
Not long after, Chen Mu strode down the mountain and disappeared from Xu Dao's sight.
The other two Taoist disciples who stayed behind also bowed their hands towards Xu Dao, left the stone house, and meditated cross-legged in a nearby place more than ten feet away.
The spiritual energy here is much richer than that at the foot of the mountain. If the two of them practice hard, they can still get some benefits.
Xu Dao stood in front of the arranged stone house, meditated for a while, and then spread the earthworms and inspected everything inside and outside the stone house, even turning over the soil.
Fortunately, he didn't find anything wrong, so he walked directly into the stone house, ordered the Gu insects to guard the four sides, and began to breathe in and out of spiritual energy, so that he could practice cultivation.
Today, Xu Dao had a fight with the demon tiger Taoist disciple of the Yaksha Sect. Although it was a crushing victory, it also consumed a lot of mana. He had to recover his mana as soon as possible to avoid appearing when something happened later. A situation of insufficient mana.
About half an hour later, Xu Dao suddenly felt that the surroundings were getting colder, the yin energy became thicker, and at the same time, the sky outside the house became dark.
In this black mountain, although there is no alternation between the sun and the moon, there are also changes in light and darkness, similar to day and night.
During the day, the sky is dark, similar to the situation in the outside world on cloudy days and evenings, while at night it is completely invisible and the Yin Qi is strong. It is also a good time for monsters to appear.
Xu Dao looked directly at the bottom of the mountain through the window of the stone house. He immediately saw clusters of pale will-o'-the-wisps rising from the Baiguguan camp, floating to the surrounding stone wall at the foot of the mountain, stretching into a ribbon, protecting the entire Camp.
At the same time, people often show their magic power and energy at the foot of the mountain to deter the monsters around them.
In other words, when Xu Dao first entered Black Mountain, he was lucky. He landed on the outskirts of Black Mountain and immediately set up a cave to hide himself.
Therefore, he did not suffer too many attacks from demons and ghosts in Black Mountain. Even if there were, he would easily deal with them.
But not everyone is as lucky and cautious as Xu Tao. After entering the Black Mountain, the most difficult thing for many people is not the hunting of other Taoist disciples, but the attacks of monsters in the Black Mountain.
Especially for Taoist disciples who have not cultivated their external incarnations, they have few means to save their lives, and their physical bodies are full of vitality. They are just a feast in the eyes of demons and ghosts. If they are not careful, they may die tragically in the mouths of demons and ghosts at any time and fall into their belly.
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This is also the reason why major forces gather their disciples. Otherwise, let alone searching for spiritual objects and looking for immortality fruits, except for the powerful Taoist disciples, everyone else is just flesh and blood delicacies given to monsters and ghosts.
The current Baiguguan camp is to deter and resist the coming monsters.
Xu Dao glanced at it casually for a few times, then retracted his mind and continued to swallow his spiritual energy.
Although this place is closer to the depths of the Black Mountain than his cave, it is at most the middle part. Although there are many types of demons and ghosts, there are formations, and the Taoist disciples of White Bone Temple do not need to panic. He does not need to worry too much.
As the Yin Qi became stronger, there were often strange sounds outside the White Bone Temple camp. However, it was nothing serious, which showed that the mountain-protecting formation was quite useful.
About two or three hours later, Xu Dao finished adjusting his breath and restored most of the mana in his body.
He sat cross-legged in the stone house in the posture of a yin god. He suddenly opened his eyes and pinched his hand. Suddenly, hundreds of crickets crawled in from outside the stone house and flew in front of him. They kept circling and dancing and making movements.
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These are the worms that Xu Dao randomly scattered when he entered the White Bone Temple camp. The intention was to explore the entire camp and prevent danger from appearing.
But now that these earthworms have returned, they have not brought back much news to Xu Dao.
Although the camp at White Bone Temple is large and manpower is tight, every important place, such as the large tent used for alchemy in the Alchemy Academy, has warning formations both inside and outside to prevent others from peeking.
Although earthworms are tiny, they are still living creatures, not dead. At the same time, they are not good at hiding their energy, so they cannot enter these places to explore.
After learning about the situation, Xu Dao thought to himself: "It seems that if I want to take a peek at the situation in the camp without alerting anyone, I still have to do it myself."
Xu Dao took action personally. He could use the Jade Hook to block Qi, cover up the fluctuations of Yin Shen and the demonic Qi of the earthworm, and even deceive some low-level formations.
Thinking of this, something moved in his heart:
"We just happened to go to the alchemy courtyard together to inquire about You Bing's situation... I wonder how the elixir was refined?"
After not seeing each other for two and a half years, You Bing actually joined the Alchemy Academy. Judging from his appearance, he might have learned some good alchemy skills, which made Xu Dao a little surprised.
After a little preparation, in order to hide his aura, Xu Dao only selected twenty or thirty earthworms from a group of forty thousand earthworms, and then these earthworms held breath-collecting jade hooks and crawled outside like ordinary ants.
When leaving the stone house, Xu Dao remembered that there were two Taoist disciples sitting around, and he originally wanted to bypass them directly.
But suddenly his heart moved, and he secretly groped towards where the two of them were, preparing to take a peek at each other's situation along the way.
After wandering around for a while and seeing clearly the condition of the stone house, Xu Dao's mind suddenly became slightly tense.
Because there should have been two Taoist disciples sitting nearby, but he only saw one, and the other one was not within a few dozen feet.
This aroused Xu Dao's suspicion. After all, the two were sent here by Shen Mu, and after arriving at the Baiguguan camp, Shen Mu's attitude towards him was too friendly.
If it were someone else who had reciprocated, the other party might just think Chen Mu was being polite.
But Xu Dao was different. He had had a bad relationship with the other party, and he was really worried about the other party's character, lest he was cheating.
"We have to figure it out." Xu Dao thought to himself.
So he tried his best to control his breath and boldly approached the remaining Taoist disciple.
The earthworm crawled on the ground without even making a rustling sound.
The Taoist disciple left behind was the male Taoist disciple of the two. The other Taoist disciple was sitting cross-legged on a piece of bluestone with his eyes slightly closed, as if he was practicing.
But when Xu Dao got closer, he found that there was no fluctuation of spiritual energy on the other party. He was obviously just closing his eyes to rest or pretending.
This made Xu Dao even more suspicious.
Not knowing the whereabouts of the other female Taoist disciple for the time being, Xu Dao suppressed his thoughts and ordered Xiao Fei to lie beside this person and wait patiently.
Half an hour passed, the light in the forest became scarce and the yin energy became stronger.
Suddenly, footsteps sounded all around, which immediately attracted Xu Dao's attention.
The male Taoist disciple sitting cross-legged on a stone also raised his eyes and looked in the direction where the footsteps came from. A figure walked out there, it was the female Taoist disciple from before.
The other party came directly to the male Taoist disciple's side, lowered his voice and said: "Is there any movement on the other side?"
When the male Taoist disciple heard this, he immediately shook his head and said, "That man has been staying in the stone house. Occasionally, there are poisonous insects entering it, but no poisonous insects fly out. He is quite peaceful."
He seemed to be comforting the female Taoist disciple, saying: "Don't be too cautious. Even if he finds that there is one less person around, he won't be able to guess anything. He will just think that you have left temporarily."
Listening to the conversation between the two, it was obvious that they were discussing Xu Dao.
Xu Dao shook the two tentacles of the crickets, and immediately suppressed the Qi around his body even more. Twenty or thirty crickets and the breath-collecting jade hook seemed to be integrated into one body, without any fluctuation of breath, like stones.
The female Taoist disciple breathed a sigh of relief. With a pinch of magic in her hand, she cast a soundproofing spell, covering her whole body ten feet, which could effectively prevent others from peeking.
But what the two of them didn't know was that Xu Dao was hiding under the rocks at this time and happened to be wrapped in the spell.
The female Taoist disciple said: "In less than an hour, the formations protecting the mountain will be messed up. Then there will be demons and ghosts attacking. You and I must be more careful."
The male Taoist disciple's voice was slightly condensed and he said: "Didn't you just create chaos and put in a few demons and ghosts? Why do you need to affect the formation?"
The female Taoist disciple heard this and in turn comforted the male Taoist disciple, saying: "It's just a formation. After we get it, Senior Brother Shen and the others will naturally make arrangements. If the formation is not chaotic, but a demon enters the camp, it would be too unexpected."
Hearing this, Xu Dao felt strange and suddenly felt as if he had discovered something extraordinary.
The male Taoist thought carefully for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "That's it. That's it. If the formation becomes chaotic later, monsters will run rampant in the camp. You and I must not be careful!"
"I know!" the female Taoist disciple replied, and she lowered her voice and said: "When the chaos breaks out later, you and I will take the Taoist Bai Gu and run to the spiritual cellar."
"What does this mean?"
"I don't know. Maybe he wants to get rid of this person and frame him, or maybe he wants to win over this person... This Taoist Bai Gu is really clever."
The male Taoist disciple said with some hesitation: "The other party is a Taoist disciple in the middle stage of Qi refining, and his physical body is not yet there. I don't know what senior brother Shen Mu and the others are planning to do..."
The female Taoist disciple said nonchalantly: "What do you care about? As you just said, when the formation is in chaos and demons run rampant, I don't know how many people will be killed or injured. You and I are worried about ourselves. But we don't want to pay back the benefits."
If you don’t get it, your life will be lost first.”
The two chatted quietly for a long time, and Xu Dao, who was hiding aside, understood.
It turned out that after the masters of White Bone Temple left, the camp was short of manpower, and there were only three middle-level Taoist disciples left with advanced cultivation.
These three people are responsible for maintaining order, guarding the formation, uniting the remaining dozens of Taoist disciples, and protecting the people of the White Bone Temple.
But in this way, if a few people don't go deep into the Black Mountains, they will have no chance to make a fortune.
So Shen Mu and the others secretly wooed the Taoist disciples, preparing to cause attacks by monsters and ghosts, disrupt the camp, and then embezzle the elixirs, talismans, and spiritual objects accumulated in the camp.
It should be noted that such a large camp started to accumulate talisman money, talismans, and elixirs as early as the establishment of the camp... In the past ten days, there were a lot of them.
Although most of it has been taken away by Mo Wen and other leaders, the remaining part is still a huge sum of money.
If this falls on Shen Mu and the others, it will be enough for them to use for the next twenty to thirty years, or even a hundred years.
Hearing the discussion between the male and female Taoist disciples, Xu Dao thought to himself: "Perhaps this is the reason why Chen Mu is willing to stay in the camp."
I would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.
Rather than going into the depths of the Black Mountains to fight for life and death, it is better to stay in the camp and directly line your own pockets and embezzle Taoist funds, which is convenient and easy without much risk.
Even if they were bolder, they could destroy the entire camp and divide all the property.
The only thing that puzzled Xu Dao was: "Is it possible that the Taoist priests in the temple won't search everyone when they leave Heishan?"
But he doesn't need to care about this. What he needs to care about is how prepared Shen Mu and the others are to treat him.
After thinking about it carefully, Xu Dao sneered in his heart, and murderous intention appeared.
In order to get benefits, Chen Mu would dare to lure monsters to attack the camp, but he would never be so generous as to use money to win over Xu Dao.
Most of them were worried that if they kept Xu Dao out of the camp, Xu Dao would become a variable when the plan started, and he might even take the opportunity to break into the camp and rob them of their benefits.
Instead of doing this, they might as well welcome Xu Dao into the camp, treat him with courtesy, and paralyze Xu Dao.
Then wait for Xu Dao to relax, then trap him and frame him.
In this way, Shen Mu and others can not only eliminate sudden risks, but also have one more candidate to take the blame for the failure of the formation on She Zhao.
Xu Dao thought to himself: "I thought that this guy Shen Mu was just cruel at heart and tolerant at the outside, but I didn't expect that he had such thoughts."
But this guy chose the wrong person to assassinate.
Xu Dao quietly listened to the conversation between the male and female Taoist disciples. When the other party finished their discussion, he removed the spell, and while the two of them were meditating, he controlled the earthworm to crawl out from under the bluestone and crawl back to the stone house.
As soon as he returned to the stone house, Xu Daojiang Yin Shen appeared. He walked around and thought for a while, and his mind suddenly settled.
Xu Dao sat down cross-legged and began to breathe out and nourish his energy. Since something was going to happen later, he naturally had to adjust his state to the best to cope with the change.
While vomiting, Xu Dao opened his eyes again.
He took in a dead leaf from outside the house, used his true energy to pierce a series of small characters on it, and then threw it on the ground, where a team of earthworms picked it up.
A small group of earthworms crawled out of the stone house and crawled straight towards the Danyuan.
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Half an hour later, a voice suddenly came from outside the stone house: "Is Senior Bai Gu here?"
The voice was that of the female Taoist disciple among the two people outside the house.