"In that case, Wan Tianren is hiding his clumsiness. Either he has suppressed his realm in front of me, or he has some powerful life-saving artifact. No matter which one it is, it shows that this person is not only deep-minded, but also has a deep foundation.
It's deeper than we thought." Wang Fulong sighed.
"Master, do you think he already knows that we arranged all this? I always feel that there is something wrong with the way he looks at me when he comes back. I am afraid that he will take action against me at any time, and my situation may be very dangerous.
Already." Wei Ling said in a panic.
"Don't scare yourself. If he really has some real evidence, he has already taken advantage of you in the flaming desert and attacked you without supervision. How can he continue to carry out missions with you?" Wang Fulong scolded.
Wei Ling thought about it and felt it made sense, and nodded secretly.
"After he comes back, will you pay attention to whether he has any signs of injury?" Wang Fulong pondered for a moment and then asked.
Wei Ling paused, thought about it carefully, and immediately said: "Yes, he coughed up blood when he came back today. Although he tried to hide it, I still saw it."
"It's normal to be injured. After all, we are facing the Four Owls of the Black River. If we can kill those four people without any injuries, he is no longer a Void Return Stage monk, but a Dharma Phase Stage monk." Wang Fulong said thoughtfully.
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"That Wan Tianren might be a Dharma cultivator!" Wei Ling was surprised.
"Of course not. No matter how suppressed the aura of the cultivator in the Dharma phase is, I can still see the clues. Even if I can't see it, that gentleman will not miss it." Wang Fulong sneered and shook his head.
Little did he know that Yuan Ming was not an ordinary monk in the Dharma Stage. He was also a physical cultivator of the All-Seeing Body and a soul cultivator of the witchcraft realm.
The two-pronged approach of suppressing the power of the soul and controlling the power of Qi and blood, coupled with the cover of the immortal tree, made it impossible for even Sima Changqin, the boundary keeper, to see through.
"How about it? Are you sure you can kill Wan Tianren if he is injured?" Wang Fulong suddenly asked.
When Wei Ling heard this, his heart tightened, and he quickly shook his head and said: "Master, although he was injured, it looks like he was definitely not injured at all. The disciple knows very little about him, and if he takes action rashly, it would be better if it succeeds."
, if it fails, it will undoubtedly lead the disaster directly to our Sunset Sect, which is definitely not a wise move."
Although he said this, what he actually thought in his heart was that he would not risk his own life even if he were to die.
"What you said makes sense. Let's do this. You continue to monitor him for a few days and don't make any extraordinary moves to disturb him. I will find a way to get rid of him as soon as possible." Wang Fulong heard this and did not force it.
"Disciple, I obey." Wei Ling breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to salute.
When he returned to the camp, he saw Yuan Ming sleeping against the tree trunk. He wanted to go up and say hello and check his injuries up close, but when he thought of what his master had said before, he still didn't do anything extra.
Yuan Ming glanced towards Wei Ling and dismissed the Circle Light Technique at hand.
However, his attention continued to be focused on the red ball condensed on the immortal tree, but he was not in a hurry to pick it. At the same time, he continued to absorb the power of the underground spiritual veins to practice.
Time flies, and three days have passed.
During this period, Yuan Ming's team encountered no special danger except for a few more waves of fire beast attacks, and the group did not notice that they accelerated their pace of exploration.
Wei Ling also behaved very normally. He would even discuss matters with Yuan Ming when he needed to make a decision. Although his tone was not particularly polite, he generally respected some of Yuan Ming's opinions.
Except for Wei Ling who took the initiative to find him, Yuan Ming was at the end of the team most of the time and acted quite low-key.
Two more days passed like this, and each team exploring the Sky Fire had become very scattered as they continued to penetrate deeper into the volcanic desert.
Although there are a large number of people in this exploration team, they are scattered in this vast desert, and they are like a bucket of sand and gravel thrown into the sea, without causing much waves.
Similarly, as we go deeper, more and more fire beasts are encountered in the desert. Some of the fire beasts have reached levels three to four, causing casualties to many teams.
As a result, the exploration speed of each exploration team gradually slowed down, and they could only travel about a hundred miles a day. They maintained contact with each other by relying on communication talismans.
Early morning on the sixth day.
The group came to a circular sand dune area and stopped to rest.
Yuan Ming sat down as usual and used the roots of the immortal tree to draw the underground spiritual veins.
In the past few days, he tried his best to rest in places with spiritual veins underground.
After a few days, his cultivation level has not improved much, but the red ball on the immortal tree has grown several times in size, and there is a faint feeling that it is about to break out of its shell.
"It seems that this red ball is about to transform. I wonder what it will become?" Yuan Ming secretly hoped.
"Master, it's already the sixth day. Since we have determined that Wei Ling is an accomplice of the Four Black River Owls, why don't you capture him and follow him everywhere?" Lei Yu's voice sounded in Yuan Ming's sea of consciousness.
"No hurry, wait a moment." Yuan Ming replied through a message.
"What are you waiting for?" Lei Yu was puzzled.
Yuan Ming smiled and said nothing. It was just a Wei Ling, not worth mentioning. He could arrest it anytime he wanted.
The reason why he left this person untouched was because he wanted to see what Sima Changqin would do next.
After advancing to the Dharma Stage, Yuan Ming is no longer the little guy who was chased around by others. If Sima Changqin wants to play, he will definitely accompany him.
Moreover, if we catch Wei Ling and leave now, we will really lose sight of him. We have to guard against both the treasure hunting team and the Ten Thousand Monster Kingdom. The gain outweighs the loss.
"You can do whatever you want, but master, can you let me out, and I will help you find out the news. It's really boring to stay in Shura Palace all day." Lei Yu said.
"No, the people from the Ten Thousand Monster Kingdom are in the Fire Rock Desert now. You will be treated as a monster from the Ten Thousand Monster Kingdom, which is very dangerous." Yuan Ming refused.
"Okay." Although Lei Yu was unwilling to give in, he also knew that Yuan Ming was telling the truth and no longer insisted.
Seeing this, Yuan Ming closed his eyes and activated the roots of the immortal tree to absorb the underground spiritual veins.
At this moment, a golden-eyed falcon that was patrolling high in the sky suddenly folded its wings and fell straight down from the high sky.
Immediately afterwards, a Nascent Soul monk in the team shouted at the top of his voice:
"There is an enemy attack!"
This shout broke the silence of the early morning and alerted everyone who was already a little relaxed.
They had made an agreement when they set out. If they encountered a monster attack, they would usually shout "monster attack" directly. If the situation was unknown, they would usually shout "there is a situation". Only when encountering an enemy attack, they would directly shout "enemy attack".
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After entering this flaming desert, their only enemies are naturally the monsters from the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom.
Yuan Ming had been distracted by exploring the underground spiritual veins and trying to find out the distribution patterns of the underground spiritual veins, so he did not pay too much attention to the situation in the outside world.
When he turned to look in the direction of the enemy, he saw hundreds of spears made of yellow sand in the sky, covering them like a rain of arrows and falling towards them.
"Form up and meet the enemy." Wei Ling shouted loudly and at the same time, he swayed and came to the front of the team.
I saw his sleeves trembling, a loud "crash" sound was heard, and two green whirlwinds twisted like dragons, soared straight into the sky, and were involved in the rain of sand spears and arrows.
Amidst the bursts of explosions, all the sand spears broke off and turned into sand and dust.
Hundreds of feet away behind the sand, more than a hundred tall figures emerged, but they were lizard men covered in hard scales and trailing long tails behind them.
Their heads are broad and their necks are thick, connected with their bodies, almost indistinguishable. Each of them is bare-chested and wearing dark brown trousers with their tails exposed. They stand on the sand dunes in the distance, staring with bulging eyes.
The pupils formed two vertical slits, looking this way from a distance.
"Is this the demon clan from the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom?" Yuan Ming came to Wei Ling and asked.
"The Sand Lizard Tribe, one of the thirty-six tribes of the Ten Thousand Monsters Kingdom, is a naturally talented person, the darling of the desert, and a natural assassin." Wei Ling glanced at him and said with a frown.
"Assassin?" Yuan Ming said in surprise.
During this period of time, he has been collecting information on the thirty-six tribes of the Ten Thousand Monsters Kingdom. The Sand Lizard Tribe is not very prominent in the Ten Thousand Monsters Kingdom. He has not yet collected any information on this tribe.
"These guys are good at concealment and sneak attacks. They can blend in with the sand and soil in the desert. Sometimes it is difficult to detect them even with spiritual detection." Wei Ling said, scanning his eyes left and right.
Yuan Ming's eyes suddenly moved slightly and he looked at a spot on the ground. He jumped back and warned: "Be careful!"
Wei Ling, like a frightened bird, also leaped high and retreated.
Wherever Yuan Ming looked, a vortex suddenly rolled inward from the ground, and a vortex of yellow light suddenly appeared out of thin air, and then expanded instantly.
In an instant, it was as if countless swords of light were twisted out of it, slashing in all directions.
If Yuan Ming and his two men had not retreated in time, they would definitely have been involved.
As Yuan Ming retreated, he rolled up his sleeves, and the air wave he brought up pushed the monks behind him back. Although the group fell backwards in embarrassment, they completely escaped the attack of the sword light.
Wei Ling was in mid-air, and just about to breathe a sigh of relief, he suddenly felt the sound of wind behind his ears. He suddenly shrank his neck and fell down.
A bright blade of light appeared out of thin air and hit the top of his head, flying off the scarf on his head. It also cut off a few strands of hair and floated in the air.
As a cultivator of returning to the void, Wei Ling reacted very quickly. While he was falling down, he flicked his wrist.
Three golden copper coins flew out, golden light flashed in mid-air, and hundreds of afterimages instantly dispersed, turning into a rain of money, catching up with and covering the sword light.
The bright sword light had gradually faded away and was about to disappear. The moment it was enveloped by the rain of money, it lit up again, sending out a sword light that dispersed the rain of money.
At the same time, a figure appeared behind the sword, and it turned out to be a sand lizard.
It's just that his body is relatively thin, and his scales are glowing with green and black light. In his hand, he is holding a bright scimitar that is about the same size as him and shaped like a crescent moon.
This demon's aura is so powerful that it has reached level five.
At this time, the light of the twisting sword on the ground gradually dissipated, and half of the head of a dark red sand lizard was revealed in the sand pit. It looked coldly at Yuan Ming, who was also a fifth-level demon clan.
Wei Ling looked ugly, raised his sleeves and took back the three gold and copper coins before taking action again.
"These sand lizard monsters don't seem to have any intention of starting a war. Let's wait and see." Yuan Ming stopped Wei Ling.
Wei Ling was startled when he heard this and stopped his hand.
Sure enough, the Sand Lizards on the ground slowly retreated and left here.
Like Yuan Ming's team, they were also the stones thrown into the flaming desert by the Ten Thousand Monster Kingdom. This encounter was like a sudden encounter between two armies of scouts. They were just testing each other's depth, not trying to fight to the death.
The necessity of a war.
Seeing them retreat, Wei Ling also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fellow Taoist Wan, thank you very much just now." He thanked Yuan Ming for his previous reminder.
"No problem." Yuan Ming waved his hand and didn't care.
Wei Ling felt relieved. It seemed that Wan Tianren still didn't know about his relationship with the Four Black River Owls, so he felt relieved.
"Can you please help me, fellow Taoist Wan, to guard against another sneak attack by the monsters from the Wan Monster Kingdom? I have to report what happened here to the superiors as soon as possible." Wei Ling said with a serious expression and cupped his fists.
"That's right. Fellow Daoist Wei, you can do whatever you want. I'll take care of you here." Yuan Ming nodded.
"Thank you." Wei Ling thanked him and left in a hurry.
When he came to a deserted place, he took out the communication array and contacted Wang Fulong.