After receiving the news, Chen Taizhong hurried back, but there were animal cultivators enforcing the law outside now. If he didn't want to get into trouble, it was best to walk on two legs.
So when he arrived outside Yashan City, it was the morning of the next day. Lei Xiaozhu and Xiaotian were waiting for him outside the city. Next to him was a handsome man, a ninth-level immortal. In addition to a medicine pestle, there was also a tablet on his waist badge.
Xiaguang.
According to Lei Xiaozhu, this is Yin Xuezhen, the head of the Foreign Affairs Hall of Baiyao Valley.
Perhaps because he knew about Chen Taizhong's achievements, Hall Master Yin did not show any expression of rejection. On the contrary, his attitude was extremely enthusiastic, "You are very lucky to explore. I am also happy to see you, so I will join in."
join in the fun."
It seems that the last time Xiaotian was in danger, it still attracted some attention. Chen Taizhong knew it, but he couldn't expose it when people said so.
After receiving the jade bottle of Zhuyan Dan, he put it away without any interest in checking. The identities of each other were both there. "Since you two have Hall Master Yin with you, I wish you good luck."
Already."
"You won't come with us?" Xiaotian looked at him in surprise. He had agreed that we should all do the task together.
"While you were away, I encountered something else," Chen Taizhong smiled apologetically, "We can't go into the mountains together for the time being. Let's wait until two months later."
"Actually, you have the same harvest as last time, maybe you are lucky," Xiaotian replied with a frown.
"I've never really believed in luck," Chen Taizhong spread his hands. He always only believed in his own efforts.
Lei Xiaozhu originally had something to say and planned to say it on the way, but when he saw that he insisted on leaving, he lowered his voice and spoke. "By the way, you have to be careful when cooperating with others. We heard that your killing of the immortal has been fixed by the beast.
The news has spread... and I know your surname is Chen."
"What?" Chen Taizhong opened his mouth in astonishment. He was really afraid that something would come his way. Good things would not go out, but bad things would spread thousands of miles.
"It was said by a rat cultivator and a cow cultivator," Lei Xiaozhu spread his hands, "it has been spread all over Yashan City. It didn't say whose family the Tianxian belonged to, and the introduction of your origin was also very vague... He only said that his surname was Chen.
But if others don’t understand, how can we not understand?”
"That's true," Chen Taizhong sighed. Doesn't this mean that my brother is extinct from the human race?
However, he didn't take it too seriously. There were only four insiders in total. At worst, he rarely visited Yashan City recently.
There is also a supply point outside the city of Yashan. It should be noted that there are many ghosts and snakes here, and some of them are even on the wanted list. Of course, the price of the supply point is relatively dark. And large-scale transactions can easily attract the covetousness of others.
For Chen Taizhong, this is nothing. He can just invite the disciples from Baiyao Valley to go to the city to buy it on his behalf.
So at noon, he entered the Hengduan Mountains again. He originally wanted to go straight to Sunling Mountain, but after thinking about it, he came to the place where he met the man in the hat.
He looked around and found that there was no movement, no messages or anything, and he felt funny in his heart: It had only been a few days, and people said it would take almost two months.
Wait, that guy doesn't know my surname is Chen, does he?
After thinking about it, he thought that he had never reported his name to that guy, and I didn't know what his last name was.
Just when I was unsure, I suddenly saw the gray-shirted man in the distance without blinking, and it turned out to be a man in a bamboo hat.
He didn't say a word, he just looked at the other person and you were too lazy to speak, and I was too lazy to speak.
"Follow me," the man in the hat didn't say anything else, he just said three words, turned around and left.
Chen Taizhong couldn't hold it anymore and quickly followed, "Where are you going?"
"Looking for ruins," the man in the bamboo hat said three more words, but he didn't look back.
Is this reliable? Chen Taizhong was a little hesitant, but finally followed him. For some reason, this person gave him a more assured feeling, basically similar to meeting Yu Wuyan.
It can't be said that the first meeting between the two was very pleasant, and they didn't communicate much afterwards, but they just gave him this feeling.
Thinking about it again, this person has the ability to scare away ninth-level immortals, but he is willing to help kill people in exchange for elixirs. This is extremely rare.
The two of them walked quickly with their heads down. The man in the hat was indeed familiar with the Hengduan Mountains. He knew exactly where there were trails and where there were ravines that could be jumped. It was very easy to follow him.
After walking for almost three hours, Chen Taizhong couldn't bear it anymore, "I said, isn't this the way to Sunling?"
He could understand that the mountain road had to be detoured, but after looking at it for so long, it was not close to Sun Ridge at all, so it couldn't be such a detour, right?
"Not going there," the man in the hat didn't mean to explain at all, and continued to walk straight ahead.
You are really arrogant. Chen Taizhong was choked by his attitude and was too lazy to continue talking. Didn't you know when you got there?
This guy walked for two hours after dark before finding a place to rest. He got up to cook before dawn the next day, and continued on his way when it was first light.
Two days later, the two of them broke through the outer circle and entered the inner circle. During these two days, the two of them spoke no more than five sentences.
One of these times, the man in the hat saw him marking the jade slips and asked him what he was doing.
Of course Chen Taizhong would tell him that I was making a map. The other person was stunned for a moment and said nothing more.
Strictly speaking, what he made was not a map, it was just a route map. The two of them were in a hurry and had no time to explore the surrounding area.
When entering the inner circle, Chen Taizhong still didn't say anything. Wherever you dare to go, I dare to go. What's the point?
However, the ability of this man in a bamboo hat to find the way in the Hengduan Mountains is really amazing, much better than Mr. Zhu from the main residence of Yashan City.
Along the way the two of them traveled, even the spiritual beasts only saw one Level 3 Moyun Leopard, which was easily killed by the man in the hat with a single blow.
However, after entering the inner circle, his walking speed slowed down significantly, and sometimes he even took the initiative to make noises. For example, there was a Moyun Golden Roc here, which was already an intermediate beast cultivator. It didn't matter if he made a louder sound when walking, but try not to disturb the vegetation.
Moyun Jinpeng has extremely good eyesight, but poor hearing. These are all targeted coping methods.
After walking in the inner circle for another five days, at noon that day, the two came to a small lake. The man in the bamboo hat sighed in a rare way, "We're here."
Chen Taizhong was not a talkative person, but after holding it in all this time, he was choked. When he heard this, he frowned and looked around, "Is there a ruins here?"
The small lake is not big, only about three to four hundred acres of land in total. The surrounding vegetation is extremely lush and there are not many wild animals, giving people a desolate and gloomy feeling.
The man in the hat did not answer him, but took out a knife and chopped down a piece of the surrounding weeds and shrubs.
Then he sat down cross-legged to practice, and then uttered one word, "Wait."
I really can't stand you. Chen Taizhong also followed your example. After cutting down a piece of grass and trees, he closed his eyes and practiced.
A whole day passed after this. The man in the hat did not bother to cook, and Chen Taizhong naturally did not miss this meal.
At dawn the next day, a white mist rose from the lake, and it didn't dissipate until nearly noon.
Then Chen Taizhong discovered that there was a green and white tiger beside the water. This tiger had extremely long hair. It was the eighth-level spiritual beast, the Cloud-Stepping Tiger.
The Cloud-Taking Tiger drank water by the lake for a while, and then got into the grass. Not long after, a clear singing sound came from the distance.
Another animal cultivator? Chen Taizhong frowned, the singing was quite nice.
The singing got closer and closer, and after a while, the grass stirred, and a human girl appeared.
The girl is young, she looks about thirteen or fourteen years old, she has delicate features, a double bun on her head, and a basket in her hand. She is considered to be a first-level spiritual fairy.
She walked to the lake, found a creek that flowed into the lake, squatted down, sang, and picked up snails in the creek, which at least looked like snails.
Just as she was picking it up, the grass not far away parted silently, and the cloud-walking tiger appeared silently like a ghost, approaching her little by little.
Damn it, the corners of Chen Taizhong's mouth twitched. As a human being, he really couldn't bear to watch this scene.
Although not long ago, his sympathy was exploited by a young man, and it was very chilling to him at the time.
However, a real man must do something if he doesn't. He took a breath and looked at the man in the bamboo hat, "Are you going to sit back and watch?"
The man in the bamboo hat didn't even move his body, he just said one word lightly, "Wait."
"I can't wait any longer," Chen Taizhong was about to stand up.
"That's not a human being," the man in the hat said softly, rarely saying more, "you'll know after you read it."
His tone was extremely calm.
Chen Taizhong thought about it and finally chose to believe the other person, "I hope you didn't lie to me."
The man in the bamboo hat looked sideways at him and said nothing.
Since the girl was not a human being, Chen Taizhong thought that she was probably an animal cultivator or even a demon cultivator who had transformed into a human being.
Unexpectedly, the next moment, when the cloud-walking tiger approached not far behind the girl, he suddenly jumped up, first spit out three wind arrows, and then rushed forward, biting through the girl's neck in one bite.
The girl was caught off guard and hurriedly evaded. She had already been hit by two wind arrows, and her blood was everywhere. If she took another bite, she would be dead immediately.
The basket in her hand fell to the ground, and the round snails inside rolled everywhere.
Chen Taizhong turned his head to look at the man in the bamboo hat, narrowed his eyes, and released a faint murderous aura, "Is this what you said...not a human being?"
"She has been dead for a long time." The figure of the man in the hat was still motionless. "It was the means of the Cloud-Stepping Tiger to attract help."
Chen Taizhong was excited when he heard this. How could I have forgotten this statement?
In the Middle Kingdom of the Earth Realm, there were stories of people working as evildoers, but he always thought that those were just rumors, so he asked uncertainly, "No, that girl obviously has blood, is she really... a devil?"
"I guess she's not even a ghost," the man in the hat was not sure, so he emphasized again, "Wait!"
Chen Taizhong gritted his teeth, not to mention how upset he was at this moment.
After the cloud-stepping tiger bit the girl to death, it did not leave. Instead, it looked left and right, licked the blood from the girl's body, and then picked the girl up...