On the other side, Po Gong Chi Li, who had obtained Chi Yao's permission, was already gathering his men.
"Lord Poison Master, now that you have been let out, ahem, out, do we still want to listen to that guy?"
His confidant Elder Red Anaconda asked doubtfully.
"Listen, why don't you listen?"
Chi Li answered without hesitation, "As a heroic figure who can afford to take things and let go, he will not take his own face issue too seriously, and everything will be guided by the maximization of interests."
Although it seems that Chi Yao has coerced him now, what exactly is the loss to Chi Li?
In fact, it was very small. Chi Yao didn't want the power of Ten Thousand Poison Cave, and he didn't intend to kill him. Not to mention that when he discussed the Gu technique with Chi Yao before, Chi Li himself felt that he had benefited a lot.
Plus the most important point...
The poison and insect techniques that they are good at in Ten Thousand Poison Cave cannot be used at all in front of the opponent. In this case, instead of breaking up, it is better to make such a vain offer. Poison Master even plans to use Chi Yao's magical skills.
He uses Gu techniques to help him perfect the altar of weapons, gods and monsters faster.
"You don't understand how scary he is. Besides, arresting that little girl and her accomplices is our goal. Are the old troops here?"
"Reporting to Mr. Poison, everyone has arrived."
"Very good, I will personally lead the team this time, so everything will be perfect!"
Chi Li looked at Hua Batzi, Guitou Yao, and the six maverick old members holding hands in front of him, and he was full of confidence.
The nine of them are equivalent to three great masters, but only Hou Qing on the other side has the same level of combat power. He doesn't know how he can fail in this situation!
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"Hu~hu~"
Li Xingyun and his group, who were rescued by Hou Qing, were looking for a place to heal their injuries. Although they had only fought a few moves with Huabazi Guitou, Li Xingyun, who was the main force in resisting damage, was still seriously injured.
"By the way, Hou Qing Shi Zu, didn't you say you would take Holy Boy to find the people from Twelve Cave? Where are they?"
Lu Linxuan looked at Li Xingyun worriedly for a while, but with Ji Ruxue taking care of him, she couldn't get involved, so she turned around and asked.
"Oh, that one? I couldn't find it."
Hou Qing said it in an understatement, but it almost broke the waists of several people.
"How come? Aren't you very familiar with the Miao people?" Lu Linxuan was confused.
"I am indeed familiar with Miao territory, except for Twelve Cave."
Hou Qing explained, "When I first came to Miao territory to learn how to control Gu, my first choice was Twelve Cave, but unfortunately I have never been able to find it."
"Then, what about the Holy Boy? We didn't find Twelve Cave, where did he go?"
"Well... I'm here to rescue you after all. It's not convenient to take him with me, so I'll temporarily place him in a safe place." Hou Qing turned the insect flute in his hand.
"Then take us there quickly. Senior brother needs a safe place to heal his injuries."
"no problem."
So under the leadership of Hou Qing, the group came to a temporary residence that he had built when he traveled to Shiwanda Mountain.
However, the good times did not last long, and they were soon discovered by the pursuers of Ten Thousand Poison Cave. Fortunately, Li Chunfeng, a man of God who had no clues, left a lot of guidance for them here, and they also met Xilin who was exiled to the Twelve Cave.
After decades of studying Chi Meng's mother's fresh ginseng, she finally identified the target for help, and stumbled along the way to get the exact clue to the Twelve Cave - Huagu.
However, if they want to reach Huagu Valley at the southernmost tip of Shiwanda Mountain, they still have the last obstacle in front of them - Luohua Cave.
Luohua Cave is an organization with a long history in Miao territory. They only accept unmarried women into the cave. Once they become Luohua Cave women, they must serve the cave god wholeheartedly and are not allowed to marry for life.
The most important thing is that the cave god they believe in does not actually exist, and they have been taught by generations to hate men.
But when Hou Qing and Li Xingyun arrived here, they were unusually warmly welcomed by Qianwu, the leader of Luohua Cave.
As the saying goes, when things go wrong, there must be a monster. Qianwu's enthusiasm is not without purpose, but he is preparing to take Chi Meng, Lu Linxuan and Ji Ruxue into the Luohua Cave and become Luohua Cave girls.
It's a pity that all three of them have their own intentions, and even though Qianwu tried his best to persuade them, they couldn't persuade him.
In a fit of anger, she decided to use a beauty trick on Li Xingyun and Hou Qing, letting Ji Ruxue and others see with their own eyes how unbearable their sweethearts are when faced with the temptation of beauty, in order to completely crush the three people's love for love.
Beautiful longing.
But it backfired. Not only did Li Xingyun not show his ugly face under the seductive performance of the Luohua Cave girls, he actually taught them a lesson from the perspective of a doctor, saying that their despondent and male-hating mentality was a
sick.
That's not all. What made Luohuadong lose his wife and lose his troops was that after Hou Qing took a shower and changed clothes, with his long hair loose, he captured Qianwu's heart in an instant with his extraordinary temperament and appearance.
"Lord Cave God, are you here to pick me up?"
Qianwu, who was dressed in a red dress, curtsied to Hou Qing very respectfully on the spot, shocking Chi Meng and others who were traveling with her.
Especially Chi Meng, as a native Miao girl, she still has some understanding of the rules of Luohua Cave. The legend of the cave god has been circulating in this hundred thousand mountains for hundreds of years. How could it be Hou Qing?
"You, you, you, why do you say he is the cave god?" Chi Meng couldn't understand.
"A woman's...intuition."
The twinkling happiness in Qianwu's eyes left Chi Meng speechless, with countless words rolling in his throat but none of them could be uttered.
Therefore, the last hurdle that was supposed to be a roadblock was easily overcome by Hou Qing's passive beauty trap. The group passed through the Luohua Cave and officially entered the boundaries of the Painting Valley.
Different from the lush and lush scenery in other places in Shiwanda Mountain, the name of this Painting Valley is full of poetry and painting, but all along the way is the yellow sand Gobi. It is more like Mobei than southern Xinjiang.
At this time, after being delayed by Luohua Cave, Du Gong finally caught up with his elite men and surrounded Li Xingyun and others in the Painted Valley.
The terrain here is open and unobstructed, basically eliminating any possibility of opportunism. Looking at the lineup on Du Gong's side, even Hou Qing could only say with a slight dejection, "Everyone, try your best to survive."
In this case, it can be seen that the form is bad.
"superior!"
Du Gong didn't talk nonsense. He raised his hand and pointed, Huabazi and Guitou Yao, and the six members of the old army swarmed forward. The other disciples from Wandu Cave on the periphery also threw out various hidden weapons, as if they didn't intend to leave any survivors.
At this moment, deep in the Painting Valley, in a dark cave, dim candlelight flickered. Thirteen round cushions were neatly placed around the candlestick, twelve of which had people on them.
"Reporting to the Lord of Dadong, someone broke into the Painting Valley."
"Yeah?"
"If something goes wrong, you shouldn't worry about it."
"What the Lord of Sandong said is true, but I saw one person and one thing." The person who made the initial report explained.
"Who? What?" asked the master of Dadong.
"Holy Boy, Longquan Sword!"
As soon as these words came out, the cave suddenly fell into silence. Everyone was waiting for the decision of the Great Cave Master. The agate bead string that the Great Cave Master had been fidgeting with also stopped. After thinking for a while, he called out:
"eleven."
"clear."
After a while, everyone else in the cave disappeared. Only the master of Eleven Cave, who was named to deal with the matter, stayed, got up and left.
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Painting Valley Gobi.
The battle entered a fierce stage from the beginning. In just a few moments, except for Hou Qing, everyone in Li Xingyun's group was injured. The whole team was in a state of being like a string that was about to be broken.
Just one more blink of an eye and they would be completely defeated.
Fortunately, just before the string was about to break, a figure covered in black robes suddenly appeared three feet behind Du Gong. He came without any warning, and the Ten Thousand Poison Cave surrounding Du Gong
The elites showed no reaction at all.
And Chi Li was also extremely speechless. In just a few days, he had been invaded twice. When did he, a poisonous man like this, turn into a character that everyone could bully?
Feeling that there was no overreaction to the poison on his body, Chi Li felt relieved a little. What he encountered this time was not a pervert like Chi Yao. He at least had the ability to resist.
Of course, even so, he did not choose to take action personally. Instead, after discovering the man, he recalled Hua Batzi and Guitou Yao, who were about to kill Li Xingyun and others, and asked them to decisively abandon the enemy in front of them.
, immediately turned around and attacked the man in black robe.
Bang! Bang!
After a quick exchange of two moves, Hua Batzi and Guitou Yao were knocked back several steps. However, just when they were about to regroup and continue their efforts, they were stopped by Poison Master Chili.
He turned around and looked at the uninvited guest with his strangely shiny pupils: "I wonder which cave master is here?"
The person who could easily defeat Hua Batzi and Guitou Yao must at least have the strength of a great heaven, and in the realm of Huagu, he couldn't think of any other identity for such a person besides the owner of the Twelve Cave.
"You should be the ones here. You don't need to know my name. You are not weak. If I had done something just now, you would have died without being able to control the insects."
The master of Eleventh Cave stated in a calm tone.
As soon as these words came out, the strong sense of contempt could not be hidden. Everyone in Wan Du Cave clenched their swords, waiting for Chi Li's order.
The two looked at each other for a few seconds, sparks and lightning seemed to intersect between their gazes, and Chi Li was constantly weighing the gains and losses in his mind.
If this trip was just to capture Chi Meng, he would definitely not choose to fight with the people of Twelve Cave, but this time he also shoulders the task of helping Chi Yao recall the Golden Silkworm Gu.
He was not sure whether Chi Yao would be angry with him if the mission failed. At least he had to find a way to get the people in Twelve Cave to top the vat.
After thinking for a long time, he suddenly asked: "Do you want all of these people?"
"good."
"Can't negotiate? Maybe you came here because of that guy's Longquan Sword. I can give him to you, but..."
"Not negotiable!"
Before Chi Li finished speaking, he was interrupted by the master of Eleventh Cave.
"Then there's nothing to talk about,"
Chi Li shook his head and made a decision in his heart. If he wanted to successfully transfer the conflict to the people of Twelve Dong, he could not be too precious about his own life. "In this case, although I am not talented, I have to learn from Twelve Dong in person."
The means are available. Come on!"
He gave the order, and the surrounding Gu Masters of Ten Thousand Poison Cave released Gu worms, opened their bows and arrows, or threw out all kinds of strange weapons. Suddenly, the overwhelming sharp weapons were like raindrops towards Li Xingyun and others who were surrounded in the center.
The people attacked. As for the masters such as Hua Batzi, Guitou Yao and Jiubu, they were all called back to fight against the master of Eleventh Cave together.
The most fundamental reason why Chi Li made such a choice is that the threat he felt from the master of Eleven Cave was far less than Chi Yao.
In other words, he is actually gambling, hoping that through this battle, Chi Yao and Twelve Dong will be pushed into a hostile position. When the two tigers fight, he, the poisonous man, may be able to take advantage of the opportunity to make profits.
"well……"
Looking at the battle in front of him, the master of Eleventh Cave sighed, "Forcing me to control insects, what good will it do to you?"
He took out a leaf from his arms, put it to his lips and blew gently.
The sharp whistling sound pierced the sky like a sharp arrow. The originally desolate ground like the Gobi Desert suddenly began to shake. One after another, sand scorpions, lizards, earthworms, and millipedes broke out of the ground. There were so many of them.
, densely packed, and there are even some very large individuals like insect kings among them.
In addition, there were countless "buzzing" swarms of insects swooping in the sky. In the blink of an eye, the people in Wandu Cave who were originally hunters seemed to have become prey rounded up by the swarms of insects.
The offensive and defensive trends are very different.
And the master of Eleventh Cave was no longer polite: "Should you leave on your own, or should I send you away?"
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Ten Thousand Poison Cave.
"Sir, it's not that I'm not trying my best, it's just that Twelve Cave is bullying people too much!"
Chi Li came to Chi Yao with his face covered with dust and his clothes disheveled and cried.
"Twelve caves?"
"Yes, I personally led the people to hunt down the man who was pregnant with the Golden Silkworm Gu King. I traveled all the way across mountains and rivers, and finally caught up with them in the Painting Valley. Seeing that I was about to succeed, I didn't expect that a cave master from the Twelve Cave would suddenly appear.
Come and stir up trouble."
Chili retold the whole thing with added detail, emphasizing his hard work and contribution, as well as the arrogance and unreasonableness of the people in Twelvedong.
"I originally wanted to discuss with him and let everyone else go, as long as the Golden Silkworm Gu Master, but unfortunately the other party didn't take us in his eyes at all, and we couldn't discuss it at all. He also said that if you want someone, you can go to Twelve in person.
Don’t beg them.”
Not to mention, Chi Li's acting talent is quite good. After saying this, Chi Yao, who was obviously not present, seemed to be able to personally feel his helplessness, humiliation and unwillingness at that time.
Of course, maybe only people like him who were not present can experience this, because if they were present at the time, they might have raised questions. Why is this so different from what I experienced?
"So, what you mean is..."
Chi Yao pondered, "If I want the Golden Silkworm Gu, I have to go to Twelve Cave in person?"
Seeing that Chi Yao had already begun to think along the options he provided, Du Gong Chi Li felt happy, but his face was still worried: "That man's martial arts and insect skills are very good, and Twelve Cave is even more profound.
It’s unpredictable, so don’t be careless. If you can complete the Altar of Soldiers, Gods and Monsters, you may be able to achieve your goal with this object.”
So this is your purpose!
Chi Yao understood, perhaps because of Yuan Tiangang's influence, Chi Li took the altar of soldiers, gods and monsters very seriously. He went around in circles and finally came back to this thing, which also made him dumbfounded.
"Bingshenkaitan may be very powerful, but the price the caster needs to pay is also extremely terrifying, and I won't take it."
Chi Yao shook his head lightly, "Besides, who said that I have to rely on the power of the Weapon God and Monster Altar to deal with Twelve Cave?"
"But……"
This development is slightly different from what Chi Li thought. If Chi Yao is allowed to go like this, no matter what the final result is, how can he have the capital to reap the profits without the altar of soldiers, gods and monsters in hand?
However, Chi Yao didn't care what Chi Li was thinking. His only goal when he came to Miao territory was the Twelve Cave. Now he saw that Lie Xinxi had been delayed in Wandu Cave for some time, and he also found out the specific location of the Twelve Cave.
, if you don’t go now, when will you wait?
As for Wandu Cave and Chili?
Their use value has been squeezed out by themselves, so just throw them away.
"No need to say more. Huagu, right? Lead the way."
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Painted Valley, Twelve Cave.
"Master of the Great Cave, someone else is here, and the leader is Chili from the Ten Thousand Poison Cave."
"It seems that Eleven didn't finish it from beginning to end!"
The Lord of Sandong who suggested leaving it alone before said, "Do you need me to help him clean it?"
"Forget it, we must put an end to this matter completely this time and not affect our escape plan."
The Lord of Dadong solemnly warned.
"Don't worry, I'm not that frizzy guy from Shiyi."
The Lord of Sandong smiled and assured confidently.
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At the entrance of Huagu Valley, yellow sand fills the sky.
Under the leadership of Du Gong Chi Li, Chi Yao came to the entrance of the legendary Twelve Cave.
"Tsk, what a great gesture."
As soon as he stepped into the Painting Valley, he was amazed, "You were attacked by these sandworms hiding underground before, so you suffered heavy losses, right?"
"Yes, sir, you have a keen eye."
Chi Li nodded, "Not only are there sandworms under your feet, but the swarms in the sky are also terrifying, so be careful."
"Hey, don't worry, I'll show you a trick today."
He looked at the area in front of him that was disguised as a natural scenery but could almost be called a Gu's nest. He slightly raised the corners of his mouth and took out the magical instrument, the insect flute.
suddenly--
The high-pitched and loud sound of the suona sounded with excitement, as if it was cracking through the sky and cracking stone, and it was also like blowing a horn to awaken thousands of poisonous creatures in this place.
Boom!
Even more terrifying than when the Eleventh Cave Master used the insect technique before, there was a resurgence of movement under everyone's feet and the desolate land around them, as if there was an earthquake.
Thousands of Gu creatures emerged from the ground one after another, one on top of another, hideous and terrifying, and even many disciples of the Ten Thousand Poison Cave were already fighting and preparing to retreat.
But suddenly they discovered something was wrong. This should obviously be a chaotic situation, but the Gu creatures that emerged from the ground did not move. Instead, they quietly guarded Chi Yao who was playing the flute in the center.
At this time, the third cave owner happened to appear, but before she could remember to speak, she saw Chi Yao rising into the air on a huge millipede and approaching her in an instant.