Only after Ye Qianming sneaked into the Ghost Snake Cave did he realize that this cave actually meant Dongtian.
The entire Ghost Snake Cave opens inward along a hundred-foot crack on the cliff, opening up a natural fortress the size of a mountain village. The rocks are undulating and there are many caves, forming separate spaces one after another.
Five of the caves are large in size, conspicuously decorated and guarded by guards. They are presumably the places where the big shots in the Ghost Snake Cave live, and Xiaobai's spiritual aura is coming from one of the smaller caves.
"Yes, those bandits called that Scarface Fourth Brother. Maybe he is the Fourth Boss of Ghost Snake Cave."
Ye Qianming concealed his figure and used Ghost Trail to move like a ghost in the Ghost Snake Cave at night. Without alerting the low-level bandits, he headed straight for Scarface's cave.
The two bandits who were standing guard in front of the cave were chatting idly, but Ye Qianming suddenly appeared behind them and gave them two Qingquan Palms, causing them to pass out.
Ye Qianming hid the two of them, walked into the cave, and walked along the long corridor of the cave for nearly a hundred meters before he suddenly realized that he saw two men sitting across the table.
One of them was the wounded Scarface, and the person opposite him was a short dwarf, but his eyes were full of shrewdness.
"This person's cultivation level is higher than mine!" Ye Qianming's heart trembled. He could vaguely observe the cultivation level of the dwarf. Although he had not reached the foundation building level like the ghost, he was still a monk who had completed the Qi refining period.
Although Ye Qianming wanted to rescue Xiaobai, he didn't dare to rely on him. The content of the other party's conversation also moved his heart slightly, and he listened attentively.
"Brother, I just heard that you came back early and caught a spirit beast with excellent blood. But I didn't know that you were so seriously injured. If the elder brother hadn't healed it in time with magic, I would have been injured by the third brother.
All I can see is your body!"
The dwarf pretended to be sorry, but his eyes turned into crescent moons with a smile.
Although Scarface's wound was healed, the internal injury still needed to heal on its own, so it still hurt, making his face full of pain.
"Third brother, you didn't see the situation at that time. The boy from the academy came in with a sword and trapped eight or nine brothers. His methods were brilliant and his strength was not weaker than mine."
"Also, although I found an opportunity to make a sneak attack, it didn't work for some reason. Instead, I was struck by his three-color sword, which almost killed me. I panicked and could only grab his spirit beast and escape.
Come back."
After hearing this, the third dwarf brother raised his eyebrows, turned his eyes left and right for a moment, and then smiled and said: "Then you did kick a hard rock, but it doesn't matter. Now that you have returned to the cave, can he still kill you?"
"That's right, the white fox I captured and the last batch of sacrifices have been handed over to big brother. As long as we refine that treasure, not to mention the mere disciples of the Academy, even the entire Hexia City will be ours!
"
Scarface said, his face full of excitement.
But the third brother frowned and asked doubtfully: "Didn't the eldest brother say that it will take another year to collect enough tributes? Why can we collect them now?"
Scarface waved his hand: "There are not enough spiritual beasts and monsters on the mountain. The second brother went down the mountain and caught some people and asked the eldest brother to use magic to turn them into monsters. When the human blood turns into animal blood, it can be used. This
I just collected enough sacrifices in advance."
"Is there such a thing? I'm busy outside these days and I don't even know about it." The third brother laughed.
Scarface also laughed: "Then third brother, you have suffered a big loss. I helped second brother with this matter a few days ago, and I tasted a lot of moist little girls, but a few of them were disobedient.
Yeah, let me throw him off the back hill."
Hearing this, Ye Qianming was filled with anger and walked out of the shadows with his sword in hand.
Scarface, who was originally relaxed, immediately became frightened when he saw Ye Qianming appearing in front of him like a ghost: "It's you, it's you! The guards come and kill him! Third brother, it's this kid, it's this kid who took me
It’s so injured!”
Ye Qianming walked up to the two of them more silently than usual, pointing his sword at Scarface: "How many people have you killed?"
"How many people have I killed?" Scarface was instinctively panicked, but thinking that this was his own territory and having his third brother by his side, he gradually became arrogant.
"I can't count how many people I've killed, but you will be next soon! Third brother, if you have any ideas, let's do it together!"
Scarface picked up the long knife beside him and was eager to try it, but suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. When he lowered his head, he saw a dagger inserted into his wound, and the owner of the dagger, the dwarf-like third brother, was looking at him coldly.
.
"Third brother, what are you doing..."
The third brother's tone was as cold as ice: "I have long disliked you. You have been chattering in my ears all day long. It would be better for everyone to die as soon as possible."
After that, he pulled out the dagger and kicked Scarface to the ground. The latter died not long after, his eyes full of unwillingness and doubt.
Ye Qianming was a little confused about the situation. He originally wanted to be righteous and heroic and eliminate harm for the people. Why did he just put up a pose here and the other side started fighting among themselves?
The third brother wiped the blood spattered on his face, put away the dagger, and respectfully bowed to Ye Qianming: "Murong Yun, the Lord of the City, has met Taoist friend."
Ye Qianming did not relax his vigilance and asked: "Are you from the City Lord's Mansion?"
Murong Yun didn't mind Ye Qianming's vigilance. He raised his head and said, "Yes, our Murong family has been secretly scouting since General Fuyun. Now I am working as an undercover agent in this Ghost Snake Cave. I didn't expect to see fellow Taoist here."
Ye Qianming's side was surrounded by flying needles, and he followed his words and asked: "How do I know if you are lying? You killed your accomplice just now. If you frame the crime on me, it should be justified, right?"
Murong Yun took out a token without changing his expression and threw it to Ye Qianming. The token was engraved with floating cloud patterns, which was quite exquisite: "This is a secret order from the scouts of the city lord's palace. I wonder if you believe it?"
Ye Qianming shook his head: "I have never seen the token from the City Lord's Mansion. You may have faked it."
Murong Yun frowned, and then took out a silver charcoal-like object: "I used to study in the Academy. This is a silver pine ash block made of the ash falling from the Academy's silver pine trees. It has the Academy's signature on it."
The restriction is that only the disciples of the Academy can use it, so fellow Taoists may wish to take a look."
"Silver pine ash?" Ye Qianming took the charcoal-like object with some excitement. As expected, the restrictions of the academy appeared on it, and it was felt in the hands of Ye Qianming and Murong Yun.
Although Ye Qianming is not yet an official disciple of the academy, he has a jade talisman issued by the academy and has responded to this ban. It seems that he has a certain degree of credibility.
Although the main purpose of entering the academy was the silver pine ash, Ye Qianming still endured the desire and returned it to Murong Yun and bowed.
"I also ask for your forgiveness, fellow Taoist. I, Li Lang, am in the enemy camp and have to be cautious."
Murong Yun nodded: "I understand, but why did fellow Taoist come here? I heard from the description that fellow daoist must be strong and not captured, right?"
"My spirit beast is the white fox you just mentioned. I came here to save it."
"I see, I can help you with this, but I also ask you to rescue your spiritual pet and report to the City Lord's Mansion and Academy, telling them to come and close the net as soon as possible."
Ye Qianming heard this and asked his own question: "But is it related to that treasure?"
Murong Yun nodded solemnly and said: "On the order of the city lord, I sneaked into this ghost snake cave nine years ago and found out that they wanted to use monsters and spirit beasts to sacrifice some treasures left by ancient monks to revive them.
This will dominate Hexia City."
"After I came here, three years later, three years later, and then three more years, I went from being a bandit to becoming the third master. Although the treasure is getting stronger and stronger, I have never heard of using people to turn into monsters.
To fill the vacancy, it can be seen that it is a critical moment."
"If we don't inform the City Lord's Mansion and the Academy in time, I'm afraid there will be countless casualties and even greater disasters."
Ye Qianming touched his chin and said: "I have told my friends about informing the academy. They should have informed the academy by now. There should be experts in the Yu family who have noticed this, but just in case, please ask
Friends help me rescue the spirit beast, so I can go and tell you again in person."
Murong Yun nodded: "That's good, then I'll... No, his ghost is still alive!"
Ye Qianming turned around and was surprised to find that Scarface, who had been stabbed in the back by Murong Yun, had left his body and was planning to leave secretly!
"Death to the traitor!" The scar-faced soul who was discovered had a ferocious look on his face, and spewed out a stream of dark demonic energy towards the two of them.
"Be careful, Your Excellency, this is the devil's poison gas passed down to him personally by the head of the family, it can poison the soul!"
Ye Qianming's expression did not change, he took out the Five Ghost Flags and blocked the demonic energy, and then the Cold Stone Sword flashed with cold light.
"Suppress Evil!" The Suppressing Evil Sword Technique was activated, and the soul with the scarred face screamed in grief, and was driven away.
In the flash of lightning, Ye Qianming had ended the battle, but still did not relax.
After a moment of silence, he realized that he had killed someone for the first time. Although he did not kill the physical body, he also ended Scarface's life.
This made his heart feel a little turbulent, and he felt hesitation, fear, joy, excitement and other emotions all at once.
But when he thought of Scarface's evil deeds and countless murders, as well as the resentment and pain of those who died, he quickly stabilized and accepted it all calmly.
He killed someone, which was an unavoidable part of his path to immortality. The twists and turns of right and wrong were all determined by fate.
Murong Yun on the side looked surprised: "Your Excellency is so clever, you actually have such a powerful way to restrain the soul, and the flag seems familiar, can I take a look?"
Although Ye Qianming did not completely trust Murong Yun, he still wanted to ask more questions. He was also the current owner of the Five Ghost Flags, so he nodded and threw it to Murong Yun.
Murong Yun looked at it and sighed: "It is indeed the second master's ghostly treasure. I wonder why it is in your hands?"
So Ye Qianming recounted his previous duel with the ghost shadow, but he hid Xiaobai's formation and his true level of suppressing evil, but it was enough to make Murong Yun marvel.
"Two of the top five leaders should be dead now. I'm afraid there will be turmoil soon. Your Excellency, stay here for now. I'll ask you about the location of the spirit beast first."
After saying that, Murong Yun covered his mouth with his hands and blew out a little bird like a magic trick and flew out of the cave. This also made Ye Qianming, who was worried that Murong Yun would regret it after going out, feel relieved a little.
"However, it is still possible that he used the bird to send a message. We must not be careless. At least we must protect Murong Yun's life."
Ye Qianming thought about it and gently held the Cold Stone Sword, but Murong Yun seemed to notice it and said with a bitter smile: "Your Excellency, please be careful. This is a good thing in such a bad place... You are back!"
A little bird chirped back, landed in Murong Yun's hand, and spit out a rolled up tissue paper from its mouth.
Murong Yun opened the paper and said with a surprised expression: "Oh no, your spirit beast has been sent to the altar together!"