Two years later, in a black swamp, the ground was covered with mud and bubbles, surrounded by huge trees with only some residual leaves.
These giant trees are covered with muddy vines, and between these giant trees like death tombs, there is a black miasma lingering.
All day long, everywhere here is glowing with blue-black light, as if there is no daylight.
In some places in these swamps, there will be zombies whose whole bodies are black but are unable to hold their hands. Although there are many of these zombies, they are similar to the black zombies in the Nascent Soul Realm.
But with the help of the miasma here, once they fight with people here, they have the strength not to enter the realm of gods.
Li Yan looked around. They had been walking here for seventeen days. Although they did not go deep into the depths of the swamp, they occasionally appeared here, which was equivalent to Bai Zhan in the realm of transformation.
Li Yan's team has eight people in total and is led by a woman in the late stages of becoming a god. Li Yan is just one member of the team.
They came here this time to explore the location of a Yin vein in Mosha Palace. It was said that Mosha Palace was using a Yin vein to create an army of green-haired zombies.
Once this kind of green-haired zombie is successfully refined, it is equivalent to a monk in the early stage of void refining. However, this kind of green-haired zombie that is forcibly refined can no longer make progress in the later stage.
But even so, these green-haired zombies are not only invulnerable, but the green hair on their bodies is said to be invulnerable to water and fire.
It's just that it's difficult to form this kind of green-haired zombie, so according to Moji Dao Sect's speculation, it is estimated that a team of up to twenty people can be formed, which is good.
But once such a team appears, it will definitely greatly increase the death rate of the Moji Dao Sect. Maybe only the Fusion Realm monks can take action to gain the upper hand.
Therefore, the superiors asked them to find the location of this Yin vein as soon as possible. The basic information was that the target would appear in this "dark swamp".
Because green-haired zombies require a high level of Yin veins, there should be only one such Yin vein here.
Moreover, it is estimated that it will take at least eight hundred years to form green-haired zombies, but for Mosha Temple, they don't mind this little time.
This makes the Moji Dao Sect eager to find this Yin Vein. If it is destroyed, all the previous efforts of the Mosha Palace will be in vain.
As for Li Yan and his team, their mission is only to find the branches of this Yin vein. The main vein will definitely be tightly guarded by the opponent, so if you want to detect it, it will be easily exposed.
Moreover, the location of the main Yin vein should be deep in the "Dark Swamp". After scouts like Li Yan enter there, it is unlikely that anyone will come out alive.
Li Yan guessed that once a branch of the Yin Meridian could be found, the Moji Dao Sect would send experts to open it all the way inward along the branch of the Yin Meridian.
That kind of dangerous thing must require multiple Void Refining Realm monks to take action at the same time before there is any hope.
Although they were only on the outskirts of the "Dark Swamp", Li Yan and the others were still extremely dangerous as they searched for it.
Despite being careful, I still fought against the zombies in the swamp several times. Fortunately, this thing spent more time sleeping, and they were all killed in the end.
But two of his party died and one was injured. This mortality rate is frighteningly high. Now the remaining five people are all injured.
These black zombies have already developed their intelligence. Li Yan and the others also captured the black zombies to search for their souls, but in the end they didn't get any information about the Yin vein.
Although Li Yan's face was calm, his heart was already very gloomy at this time.
Two years ago, after he and Mu Guyue came to Fengxin Camp where Zhao Haiyang was located, at the beginning, he and Mu Guyue were assigned to the same team.
Moreover, some of the tasks they performed, although dangerous for them, were still ordinary.
Of course, this level of danger is only for people like Li Yan and Mu Guyue who are used to seeing strong winds and waves.
Whenever Li Yan has free time, he keeps going to the mission hall to check out various missions. In the mission hall of Fengxin Camp, various missions with varying degrees of difficulty will be released.
Not only people from the Fengxin Battalion can take on these tasks, but also other types of army sergeants and soldiers.
Once completed, there will be unparalleled and generous rewards, which are definitely not comparable to the above-mentioned rewards for tasks specified in a routine arrangement.
Since the mission hall's mission rewards are generous, it naturally indicates that the missions are more dangerous, and the mortality rate basically accounts for more than 60%.
But even so, it still attracted many adventurous monks.
Some of the mission rewards they sometimes see are things they have no chance of getting when they are outside. Now that they have the opportunity here, how can they let go of such an opportunity?
However, anyone can only take on these tasks after completing their own tasks and during their own rest period.
Li Yan and Mu Guyue didn't care at all about this. They were more concerned about the mission of Guiyin City, which was their main purpose of coming here.
However, before Li Yan could find a suitable mission, he was transferred from his previous team. The order from the top stated that he was needed to assist in completing some missions.
Li Yan could only obey this point. After all, this was a military order. Since he had come to Fengxin Camp, he had no reason to object.
So, he went to other teams to start performing tasks, while Mu Guyue stayed in the original team.
The two of them initially thought that since Li Yan had assisted in the past, he would return to his original team after completing the mission.
But what happened later was a big surprise for the two of them. Let me talk about the mission Li Yan performed that time. It was so difficult that even the two late-stage god-transformation monks who led the team were killed and one was injured.
Moreover, that mission was not completed in the end. Only three of the entire eight-person team survived.
The death rate was ridiculously high, but the only survivors were Li Yan's two team members and one deputy captain. Li Yan also suffered serious injuries, which were caused by being chased by the opponent's Void Refining Monk.
After Li Yan came back and recovered from his injuries, he was sent on two or three other missions one after another, and they were all missions with extremely high mortality rates.
This made Li Yan alert the second time. People like him were inherently suspicious, and he immediately wondered if someone had deliberately arranged a task of this level for him.
Their team is basically dominated by late-stage gods, but his level is obviously too low, and he looks very eye-catching.
As a result, other people in his team looked at him a little strangely, but they didn't say anything to Li Yan other than the mission.
When Li Yan was free, he immediately began to inquire secretly. The last news he got made him feel that something was wrong.
A team of this level was one he had heard of and didn't want to join at all, the "Dead Wind" team in Fengxin Camp.
Moreover, this kind of team usually takes three times as much time to rest and recuperate as other scouts after returning from a mission.
However, Li Yan was constantly seconded for various reasons. He had already joined three "Death Wind" teams, and the first two were still resting and waiting to recruit monks.
Before coming out this time, Li Yan finally found Mu Guyue. This was because the team that Mu Guyue was in returned half a day early due to finishing the mission early.
After Li Yan was transferred from Mu Guyue's team, he also discovered something. Every time he came back, it happened to be when Mu Guyue's team went out to perform a mission.
The two of them have not seen each other for a long time.
This time, as soon as the two met, Mu Guyue had a cold look on her face before Li Yan could tell her about the wrong guess she had noticed, and she spoke first.
"That Zhao Haiyang told me something some time ago, hum!"
Mu Guyue only said one sentence and stopped, but finally let out a cold snort.
"Oh? What happened!"
Li Yan heard the seriousness in Mu Guyue's tone. He immediately put aside what he was going to say, and instead asked why he mentioned Zhao Haiyang.
"He wants me to serve as his deputy general. This person should be killed!"
Anger was already showing on Mu Guyue's delicate face at this moment. She didn't elaborate further after she said this.
She had met too many people like this during her journey of cultivating immortality. As long as the other party showed the slightest trace, Mu Guyue would know what the other party was thinking.
She has an extremely indifferent nature, with very little family affection and friendship.
Just like Tinglan, she actually saved the other person after having an experience together, and the other person also saved her without hesitation. The feeling of companionship that emerged is a special emotion developed in the military.
The only people who could give her real emotions were Mu Sha and Li Yan.
Therefore, when others try to gain love from her, Mu Guyue's first thought is "Kill!"
In this life, except for Li Yan, the only man who entered her heart, she would never let any other man touch her body.
At this moment, Li Yan understood the meaning of Mu Guyue's words, and his face instantly became gloomy.
At the same time, his mind was racing.
"How did you reply?"
"I have made it clear that you are my Taoist companion, and I would rather be able to perform tasks with you! But he also asked me to think about it, and if possible, I can tell him!"
Mu Guyue's voice was cold, but still filled with anger.
She didn't want to say that Li Yan was her Taoist companion, and she had also told Li Yan that they would not become true Taoist companions.
But at that moment, she just wanted to let the other person know that she already had a Taoist partner.
Of course Mu Guyue was angry, but she and Li Yan had other purposes for coming here, and of course they would not offend each other immediately.
But she was already murderous. In fact, she felt disgusted with anyone who coveted her and wanted to kill them quickly.
"I see, that can explain why I came to see you today..."
Next, Li Yan quickly recounted his experiences during this period, as well as his final guesses.
All Mu Guyue heard was that evil aura was flowing in her eyes. She didn't expect that she would cause such trouble just after the battle between the South Fang Beacon Tower and the Mocha Palace.
After Li Yan finished speaking, Mu Guyue clenched her silver teeth.
"I have looked for you several times, but you always go out to perform missions. It seems that if it hadn't been for this time, we would have ended the mission early and still wouldn't be able to meet you. What should we do now?
The mission you are performing is too dangerous and cannot last long. If you make one mistake, you will be killed."