Chapter 269 The first appearance of the magic trail
"Okay, since you are Tian'er's savior, I will take good care of you in the future, so let's go down first."
"Uncle Zheng!"
Pan Tian'er was very dissatisfied with Mr. Zheng's attitude towards Lin Mingyuan, but when she saw the high gaze in his eyes, she could only snort coldly, but came to stand next to Lin Mingyuan.
Lin Mingyuan has long been accustomed to this kind of cynicism. After all, the Qingyun Sect has declined decades ago. In the world of cultivation, the weak are the strong and the weak will be looked down upon. This is common sense.
He came to the outside of the crowd and stood quietly. Since someone was willing to be the leader, Lin Mingyuan was naturally happy to relax. He was quite surprised when Pan Tian'er followed him, but he didn't say much.
"Brother Lin, this is what my uncle said. You must not take it to heart."
Pan Tian'er carefully looked at Lin Mingyuan's face and said quietly.
"It doesn't matter."
Lin Mingyuan smiled. He really didn't take it to heart. Others' contempt and slander would not hurt him at all. In the end, he would only bring humiliation to himself.
Lin Kai, who was standing next to Mr. Zheng, saw his junior sister whispering to Lin Mingyuan and felt very jealous. He always wanted to find an opportunity to explain to Pan Tian'er why he left her and ran away, but the other party ignored him at all and instead talked with a low-level sect member.
The disciples got into trouble, which made him furious.
When Mr. Zheng saw that the manpower sent by various sects had already arrived, he cleared his throat. Although for some reason the Langya sect did not send monks to exorcise the demons, this was a good opportunity for the Lingbo sect to establish its majesty.
Naturally, he would not let go of the opportunity.
"Fellow Taoists, it's been a long journey to get here."
There was a smile on his face, but it looked a little pretentious, obviously he was just showing off.
The monks from various sects around him also gave him face, obviously because they were quite afraid of the Lingbo Sect's strength, and they all complimented each other. It seemed that they were not here to slay demons, but to discuss the Tao.
"Okay, since the Wolf King of the Wolf Fang Sect has not sent anyone here, I will preside over this demon elimination conference. What do you think?"
"That's natural!"
“It’s all at Mr. Zheng’s command!”
The monks in the field all joined in, and a satisfied smile appeared on Mr. Zheng's face. In the past, the monks of the Wolf Fang Sect were the leaders, and today he finally felt this sense of dignity.
"Since all fellow Taoists have no objections, let me arrange the manpower."
He named several sect leaders in the crowd, all of whom he knew well.
"The information transmitted this time shows that the location of the Demon Cave is in the forest near the village. In this way, we will be divided into four teams. We will set out from here and explore in the four directions of east, west, north and south. Once we find traces, we will meet up immediately. How about that?"
"good!"
"good!"
Lin Mingyuan also nodded. Although many monks from the sect came to the scene, the number was not very large, only about twenty people. There were also young people sent by the sect for training. Obviously, they did not take this matter to heart.
According to their opinion, there are eight golden elixir stage monks here. The small devil's cave in the Qingyun Mountains is not enough evidence. They have not felt any strong demonic energy. At most, they are the golden elixir stage demon cultivators. They can take it down together.
That’s it.
Mr. Zheng's arrangements were considered appropriate and he could quickly find the location of the Demon Cave. However, he did not call Lin Mingyuan when assigning tasks, and he obviously did not take him to heart.
Lin Mingyuan felt at ease. After seeing everyone scattering, he left the place and found a random direction to explore.
In the woods, Lin Mingyuan's spiritual consciousness was maximized, but he never felt the strong demonic energy. Logically speaking, the birth of the Demon Cave should be very conspicuous, but with his spiritual consciousness in the late stage of the golden elixir, he did not find anything fishy, but only felt it faintly.
There was an abnormality in the northwest direction, so we moved forward.
"Come out."
Lin Mingyuan suddenly stopped and said towards the woods behind him.
Sure enough, a figure jumped out with his head pierced, and saw Lin Mingyuan staring at him with a somewhat embarrassed smile.
"Brother Lin, what a coincidence."
The person following Lin Mingyuan was none other than Pan Tian'er, who had been following furtively from the beginning. He thought he hadn't been discovered, but he didn't know he had been exposed to Lin Mingyuan's consciousness.
"If you don't follow your own sect, why do you come to me?"
Lin Mingyuan said helplessly that this girl, who had obviously been pampered since she was a child, did not know the dangers of the Demon Cave at all. I am afraid that even Mr. Zheng had never fought against a demon cultivator and only thought that this mission was very easy.
"Brother Lin, just let me follow you, otherwise I will be annoyed to death by that bastard!"
Obviously, the bastard in Pan Tian'er's mouth was Lin Kai, who kept explaining endlessly by his side, but Pan Tian'er didn't want to listen to him at all. She was so annoyed that she couldn't stand it, so she found an opportunity to escape and followed him.
The back of Lin Mingyuan's butt.
Looking at Pan Tian'er's expectant eyes, he saw that the other party was a young foundation-building monk who was inexperienced in the world. If he got lost in this mountain forest, he might be in danger. Lin Mingyuan could only nodded and acquiesced to follow her.
"Great! I will never cause you any trouble!"
Pan Tian'er received the permission, with a bright smile on her face, and she obviously had a good impression of Lin Mingyuan.
Lin Mingyuan withdrew his mind and continued to investigate the situation in the woods. He always felt that there was something strange here. Recalling the deserted villages and missing villagers, he didn't know what happened.
The four teams assigned by Mr. Zheng were also investigating, but their attitude seemed a bit careless. Many familiar monks were walking and talking and laughing.
"Oh, you see, Old Man Zheng is very happy today. Fortunately, the masters of the Wolf Fang Sect are not around, and he has finally been able to show off his power."
"Who says it's not? I'd say it's just a few monsters. We can easily suppress the masters of the Golden Core stage, and use chicken feathers as command arrows. Do we really think we are characters?"
"Hahaha, just tell me these words, but don't let Old Man Zheng hear it. He is a small-minded and face-saving person, and he will definitely go crazy!"
Two middle-aged monks chatted frequently on the road, followed by several sect disciples. Their steps were slow, and they obviously did not take the Devil's Cave to heart.
"Master, if you want me to tell you, let's just rest here for a while, and then when we go back, we can tell you that we didn't find any monsters. You see that there is no trace of demonic energy nearby. Isn't that unfounded worry?"
One disciple said, unable to help but yawn.
"Okay, let's take a rest in front."
The middle-aged monk accepted the offer gladly. After all, with his early golden elixir spiritual consciousness, he had not been able to detect any trace of demonic energy at all, so he naturally let down his guard a lot.
rustle.
There was a strange sound in the woods, accompanied by a feeling of heart palpitations.
The middle-aged monk had a stern look on his face and walked quickly forward. A dagger flew out of his hand and suddenly shot out. The surroundings were silent again.
The middle-aged monk walked to the dagger, only to find a small snake stabbed on the tree trunk. A relieved smile appeared on his face, and his whole body relaxed.
"What did I think it was? It turned out to be a snake..."
"Master, behind you!"
Before he could finish speaking, he heard a shout coming from his disciple's mouth. Before the middle-aged monk had time to turn around, he felt a fishy smell coming towards him.
The demonic energy was strong in the woods, and several figures in ragged clothes suddenly appeared. Their expressions were ferocious, but there was no light in their eyes. They just pounced on the middle-aged monk fiercely.
The middle-aged monk wanted to resist, but found that his body had already been invaded by demonic energy, and he could not muster any spiritual power to take action. He could only watch the figure dressed as a villager bite him with his bloody mouth!
"ah!!!"
The scream suddenly stopped and disappeared completely into the forest.