About seven hundred miles west of the hinterland of the wilderness, the jungle is densely covered. From time to time, you can see colorful poisonous snakes twisting and circling on the branches, spitting scarlet snakes and poking their heads in the gaps between the trees, looking for targets to kill.
Under the trees with venomous snakes circling around, on the damp and muddy ground, the rotten leaves suddenly glowed, the light getting brighter and brighter, and finally they spontaneously ignited with a "bang" sound without fire.
The surrounding rotten leaves were implicated, forming a ring of fire on the ground.
The fire was scorching, and two figures appeared in the center of the circle.
One of the figures was that of a young man, with an ordinary appearance. The only thing that caught his attention was that his nose was a bit larger than that of ordinary people.
His expression was sinister, and his face was pale and almost sick. If he had seen him at night, he might have thought he was a fierce soul who had just crawled out of the ground.
Another figure was wearing a silk coat and a round hat, with a pointed mouth and a small mustache on his face. Every time he blinked, his eyes flashed with green light.
These two people are none other than Wang Jin and Cui Yuanwai who came from Dingjun Mountain!
Since the arrival of the Blood Lord Dharmakaya, Wang Jin's murderous intention towards Jiang Ning has become increasingly intense.
There were both tasks assigned by the master and personal grudges of his own. So with the help of the blood pool in the restricted area, he and Cui Yuanwai bypassed the Great Wall of Zhenshi and used the teleportation formation to reach the hinterland of the wilderness.
The purpose is to join forces to save Jiang Ning's life in the wilderness!
"This is just a deserted fortress. It doesn't look like there's anything impressive about it." Cui Yuanwai waved his sleeves to extinguish the flames that were still crackling on the formation and looked around.
Wang Jin was also looking around, and after hearing this he said: "If you don't want to cause trouble, you'd better keep your mouth shut. We are both in a restricted area for living beings, so show some respect to Huang Sai!"
There are many restricted areas for life in the Kyushu Continent, among which the most transcendent and famous ones are undoubtedly the Great Mist Ridge and the Sea of Life and Death, followed by the Fengdu Ghost Monster, the Blood Pond, the Howling Abyss, the Desolate Fortress and other places.
Among these restricted areas, Huangsai is the one least favored by other restricted areas.
The reason is also very simple.
The deserted fortress is difficult for cultivators from Kyushu to conquer, while other restricted areas are completely unreachable for them to enter.
Which one is strong and which one is weak is clear at a glance.
Therefore, after hearing Wang Jin's words, Cui Yuanwai, who was born in the ghost town of Fengdu, did not take it seriously.
"Wang Jin, you are here to represent the blood pool. Now that you have such a low attitude toward Huangsai, aren't you afraid that your master will crush you to ashes?"
Cui Yuanwai mocked.
In his eyes, the wilderness is nothing more than birds and beasts, and the four sects of the five courtyards have been unable to attack for a long time. It can only be said that they are too useless.
If the Fengdu ghosts were replaced, there would be no need for the ghost master to come forward at all. One-third of the twenty-four ghosts under his command would be enough to wipe out the entire fortress.
For such a weak restricted area, as one of the "Twenty-Four Ghosts" of the future ghost domain, it is already a great honor to be able to come.
Wang Jin frowned slightly, but didn't say much.
Little did they know, the conversation between the two was already heard by the surrounding insects, birds and beasts.
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"Li Si, tell me, who are you and what is your true purpose in coming to Huangsai?" Jiang Ning asked.
Li Yinyang grimaced and hesitated for a long time before saying: "My name is Li Si, from Mozhou. Speaking of which, our Zhancang Taoist Temple and your Shangqing Taoist Temple are from the same origin."
"I really came to Huangsai just to take something. This thing originally belonged to our family. Later, the clan members rebelled and took refuge in the forbidden area of life. They also stole this thing when they left."
"I was ordered to retrieve it." Li Yinyang's words were full of sincerity.
Jiang Ning didn't believe it at all.
"The family asked you to come and get it?" He looked Li Yinyang up and down, and said teasingly: "I'm afraid you have offended someone in the family. Otherwise, with your incompetence, I'm afraid I won't be able to take the things away when I come.
Your little life will definitely be left behind."
When Li Yinyang heard this, his throat was choked and his eyes were red.
"Fellow Taoist, you...what you said is not false at all. Yes, they just want me to die here."
Jiang Ning was indifferent as he listened to the tearful words.
"Okay, okay, stop pretending." He waved his hand.
When Li Yinyang saw this, he thought Jiang Ning was going to let him go, and he was overjoyed. However, he heard Jiang Ning say: "You actually know how to kill Sha Nightmare, right?"
"The reason why I didn't say it is because you want this thing." Jiang Ning raised his hand and spread it out, revealing a pure white round bead lying in the palm of his hand.
Beast elixir!
A beast elixir originating from a desolate beast in the golden elixir realm!
Li Yinyang's pupils shrank suddenly, but there was a blank expression on his face, trying his best to act as if he didn't recognize the object at all.
"What...what is this?" he asked.
Jiang Ning sneered and said: "Whether you really don't understand or you pretend not to understand, I have to accept the love you made me become a fourth-level wild warrior."
"Although I don't know what you are planning, I can guess that you need my help, my strength and the identity that I can gain!"
"Therefore, before we achieve our goal, I hope we can still... get along harmoniously." Jiang Ning played with the ball in his hand and said casually.
Today's Jiang Ning is no longer the young man who knows nothing and is arrogant when he is proud.
After experiencing many life and death difficulties, he understands how to survive in this bizarre and treacherous world.
Li Yinyang was silent.
After a long time, he showed a smile, his face no longer looked stupid, and said calmly: "Fellow Daoist Jiang is indeed the person I chose, and he really did not disappoint me."
"Everything remains the same between you and me. I will help you break through to the Golden Core Realm, and you will get what I want for me. Before our respective goals are achieved, you and I will get along well."
"The identity of a fourth-level desolate warrior is a meeting gift I give to fellow Taoists, and it is also my sincerity." Li Yinyang stopped pretending.
He understands that when dealing with smart people, sometimes you can't just pretend to be confused.
Otherwise, it is very likely that the cleverness will be misled by the cleverness!
Jiang Ning was not surprised by his greeting.
He had already realized just now that his encounter with Sand Nightmare could not be a coincidence.
"Okay, I accept this gift."
Jiang Ning stopped pestering him and said, "Master Yong, let him go."
Chen Fu twisted his wrist, and the gold chain wrapped around Li Yinyang's waist immediately clattered and returned to his wrist.
The two stood looking at each other, understanding each other tacitly.
There were no accidents on the rest of the way. It was not until they passed through the wild woods that they met the first group of cultivators they saw after entering the hinterland of the wild fortress.
Three men and two women, their cultivation levels are not very high. Except for the leading man who is in the early stage of foundation building, the rest are all in the Fengchu state of Dzogchen.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, be careful they come with bad intentions." Li Yinyang reminded in a low voice.
Jiang Ning was too lazy to pay attention to him.
Everyone has surrounded the two of us, do you still need to remind me?
But as soon as Jiang Ning and the others came out, they were stared at by one of the enchanting women with her navel exposed.
Without saying a word, the five people stood up and surrounded the three Jiang Nings.
Jiang Ning coughed twice, stepped forward and clasped his fists in greeting: "We are destined to meet each other. Fellow Taoists, we all come to Huangsai to seek opportunities. What is the reason for your attitude?"
The leading strong man snorted and laughed loudly: "Young man is still polite, which is interesting. As for what we are talking about..."
"Can't you understand such a simple truth?" The strong man winked at the other four people and laughed: "Of course we were the ones who robbed him!"