"Excuse me, Fellow Daoist Li, how is Ah Ying now? What is the situation of the clan?"
After Gong Shanhe basically confirmed Li Yan's identity, he immediately looked into Li Yan's eyes and asked questions directly.
He did not ask Li Yan why he could come across the border. The other party said that he was his daughter's junior brother, so it was not surprising that he came here to visit his fellow disciples, or to gain experience, and then to the Tianli tribe by the way.
Gong Shanhe suddenly saw someone coming from outside. He had a lot of things in mind at the moment, but he could only ask about the thing he was most worried about first.
After hearing his question, a hint of anxiety flashed in Li Yan's eyes. He thought about it for a moment.
"We are a bit pressed for time. We will need Chief Gong to explain the situation on your side first, and then we can see how we can get out as quickly as possible. As for the situation in the clan, it is roughly like this now..."
Next, Li Yan began to quickly give a brief account of the current situation of the Tianli tribe. He focused on the comparison of the high-end combat power of both sides, as well as the current situation of the Tianli tribe's territory being compressed.
Although Gong Shanhe was anxious about his daughter's affairs, when he heard the other party start by talking about the situation in the clan, he began to listen carefully.
Soon, the way he looked at Li Yan became different. After Li Yan finished speaking quickly, he bowed to Li Yan again.
“Thank you, Brother Li, for your help. It helped my clan escape from disaster. I never thought Yan San was so cunning.
After setting up a trap to lure me and the Sixth Elder into an ambush where we couldn't escape, he secretly cultivated two fourth-order wind beasts and launched a decisive battle when the Fifth Elder was injured, almost destroying the Tianli tribe. Our Tianli tribe is truly grateful to you for your kindness!"
Li Yan only talked about the last war in general, but he did not say who was responsible for the death and injury of two Yuanyings on the Wind Beast side.
Even so, Gong Shanhe could hear that everything was due to this person's help. The other party's great favor was beyond doubt. If he had the chance, he would still ask about the matter in detail.
Gong Shanhe was unable to understand the meaning of what Li Yan had said before, "time is a bit tight", but he knew that this was not the time to dwell on some details, so he waited for Li Yan's next words.
Seeing that the general situation had been explained, Li Yan immediately continued.
“This time I came here with Senior Sister Gong. The Great Elder and I tried to persuade her but it was no use, so in the end we had no choice but to bring her here.
It's just that we encountered some accidents before, and while exploring here, we were blocked by a completely different wind column.
Those chaotic wind columns were not too dangerous, and we could defend ourselves well. However, when we descended to a certain depth, we encountered a group of wind columns that were swinging in a regular pattern…”
Li Yan quickly recounted what had happened before.
In fact, when he said that Gong Chenying would come with them, Gong Shanhe already had a bad feeling, because Li Yan had already seen him at this time.
If Gong Chenying was nearby, she should have come over long ago, and Li Yan wouldn't have to explain like that.
When he heard the "regularly swaying" wind columns, he already knew the result.
For a moment, Gong Shanhe's face became a little embarrassed, but he also believed what Li Yan said. He certainly knew very well what kind of character his daughter had.
"Although Senior Sister Gong is currently at the late Jindan stage, she has already cultivated the Qiongqi Purgatory Technique to the fifth level. When she exerts her full strength, she can temporarily defeat an early Yuanying stage cultivator.
I also gave her four talismans that can defend against the attacks of Nascent Soul cultivators. She should be fine for the time being, so we need to get out quickly.
But before that, I still need to ask Patriarch Gong to explain the situation here, and then we can decide how to get out!"
Although Li Yan was anxious, he had already met Gong Shanhe. The best case scenario was of course to get more accurate information about this place from him. Gong Shanhe had been trapped here for a long time and knew much more about this place than he did.
Even if he wanted to rescue Gong Chenying immediately, he had no idea at the moment. The most important thing right now was to figure out the situation here first.
Gong Shanhe took a deep breath.
"Fellow Daoist Li just said that the Third Elder also predicted the Sixth Elder's life or death? And he was able to find out that he was fine at that time?"
"Yes, but only once, and that was many years ago."
After hearing what Li Yan said, Gong Shanhe's expression relaxed a little in an instant.
“In that case, maybe nothing will happen to Ah Ying in the short term, because the situation that the Sixth Elder and I encountered when we were trapped here was almost exactly the same as yours.
At that time, we were also blocked when we encountered those 'regularly swinging wind columns'. Afterwards, I also asked the Sixth Elder to pick me up from above, and I went down to explore by myself, and finally I was swept here.
And since Fellow Daoist Li was also swept here, and the Third Elder had predicted that the Sixth Elder should also be trapped, then it is very likely that Ah Ying would be swept into the same space as the Sixth Elder.
The first divination in the clan was calculated to be at least half a year after we were trapped, which means that the Sixth Elder stayed in that space for at least six months. Six months means that nothing happened immediately..."
Gong Shanhe analyzed the situation quickly. Although the results of his analysis were all positive, there were often many unexpected situations in the world, but at least it gave him and Li Yan hope.
After briefly assessing Gong Chenying's situation, the two felt a little relieved. Then, Gong Shanhe quickly explained the situation here to Li Yan.
The fact that he and the Sixth Elder could come here was probably a trap set by Yan San, because there was a kind of ghost-like wind beast under this swamp.
This kind of wind beast is not a soul, but a real extremely cold wind beast. I don’t know why no one has discovered them before.
Later, it may have been discovered by Yan San first. For some unknown reason, this ghostly wind beast never broke out of the ground and remained hidden deep under the swamp.
However, according to Gong Shanhe's guess, at the deepest part of this swamp, there might be a sleeping wind beast at the peak of the fourth level.
Once this wind beast wakes up, Yan San will probably not be its match. Then all the surrounding wind beast species may be devoured by it, and even the Tianli tribe will face a catastrophe.
Therefore, after Yan San realized that something was wrong, he persuaded the "Wind Iron Beast" and "Wind Elephant Beast" tribes to join forces. Afterwards, they launched a series of crazy attacks on the Tianli tribe, regardless of the large number of deaths among their tribesmen.
The purpose is to occupy the Tianli tribe first, and then use its abundant resources to allow a fourth-level peak or even fifth-level wind beast to appear among the three tribes, so as to suppress the ghost wind beast under the swamp.
All of this is the result of Gong Shanhe's connection between cause and effect after being trapped here for all these years. Although it may not be accurate, Gong Shanhe is 50% sure that his guess will not be wrong.
The clues that led Gong Shanhe here were deliberately left by Yan San. He should have been here before and encountered the same danger. However, with his cultivation as a late Nascent Soul cultivator, he finally escaped after paying an unknown price.
Then, Yan San wanted to lure the Nascent Soul cultivator of the Tianli tribe here and kill him with a borrowed knife.
As for who came here, Gong Shanhe guessed that Yan San wanted to plot against the Great Elder the most, but in the end it was only himself and the Sixth Elder who came here.
Although he failed to attract the great elder, Yan San's plan was actually half successful. The Tianli tribe lost two Nascent Soul cultivators at once...
After being trapped here, Gong Shanhe kept trying to break out, but at the entrance of the cave, there were three ghosts who looked exactly the same and whose cultivation level was the middle Nascent Soul stage, blocking him.
With his many years of experience dealing with wind beasts, he quickly determined that the ghost here was a kind of wind beast.
With Gong Shanhe's strength, he couldn't break out under the attack of three middle-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. But what surprised him was that the three middle-stage Nascent Soul ghosts and wind beasts only forced him in here, but never came in to chase him.
When Li Yan heard this, he frowned slightly, but did not respond and continued to listen to Gong Shanhe's narration.
There were originally many low- and medium-level wind beasts in this cave, but after being repeatedly killed by Gong Shanhe, it became empty.
Until three months after he entered here, suddenly one day, when he was trying hard to think of a countermeasure and thinking about rushing out again to see if he could find a way to get rid of the entanglement of the three middle-stage Nascent Soul wind beasts.
From the deepest part of the cave, an extremely cold wind suddenly blew in that he could not resist.
He had explored the interior of the cave day and night, but apart from the only entrance, there was no other exit, which made him quite helpless.
In this cave, even the "earth escape technique" cannot be used.
It seemed as if there was a force that he could not perceive shrouded this world. Gong Shanhe guessed that this should be somewhere in the "Sky Eye Pit" and the cave should have been affected by the "Sky Eye Wind".
The deepest part of the cave was just a mountain wall. That day, a cold wind blew out that he couldn't bear. He didn't even know where the cold wind came from.
The cold wind seemed to freeze him to death and continued to blow for about half an incense stick of time. Gong Shanhe was unable to defend himself with his magic power and could only take out various defensive magic weapons to resist the cold wind.
However, the cold wind had no effect on his defense and went straight through it into his body. This made him struggle to hold on even though he used all his magic power.
Finally, Gong Shanhe began to fall into a dizzy state, and at that moment, the extremely cold wind suddenly disappeared without a trace.
At that time, he was completely exhausted, and the magic power in his body was so frozen that it was almost unable to function.
It was not until about half an hour later that he seemed to have recovered a little. He immediately began to regulate his breathing and meditate. It was not until three days and four nights later that he finally recovered.
At that time, although Gong Shanhe had not returned to his peak state after recovery, his strength had recovered to about 80%.
As a Nascent Soul cultivator, his control over his body has certainly reached a subtle level, and any slight changes in the body can hardly escape his detection.
At that time, he felt that his energy and blood were somewhat depleted. After thinking about it, he felt that the Yin wind was too overbearing. After the Yin wind entered his body, he had already been injured by it, which led to that situation.
Afterwards, after practicing for a few more days, the depleted qi and blood returned to normal. Gong Shanhe didn't take it seriously at the time. What he had to consider more was that extremely cold and strange wind. What exactly was it
But when he began to search the cave carefully again, he still couldn't find the source of the horrible strange wind.
And for the next period of time, the strange wind never appeared again.
Gong Shanhe felt that he had come to the conclusion of his guess. The gust of wind that had blown here for no apparent reason should be one of the few and rather special "eye of the sky winds", which should only appear occasionally.
He began to try to break out of the blockade outside the cave, focusing on escaping, but more than three months later, the mysterious and terrifying wind blew again from the depths of the cave.
Gong Shanhe cursed in his heart, but could only try his best to use his destiny to resist again. What happened next was exactly the same as the last time.
Just when he felt he could no longer hold on and was about to faint, the cold wind suddenly disappeared again.
Afterwards, Gong Shanhe could only regulate his breathing and meditate to recover. However, a few days later, when he had recovered almost everything, he was shocked to find that he had lost a lot of weight.
In fact, a monk can easily control the fatness or thinness of his body. Even if a monk weighs hundreds of pounds, it only takes a thought to lose weight. It mainly depends on whether he is willing to do so.
But Gong Shanhe was very clear that he did not deliberately control his body from becoming thinner, and he was practicing the "Qiongqi Purgatory Technique", a top-level physical cultivation method, so his bones and muscles were quite strong.
This kind of situation is of course abnormal. With Gong Shanhe's intelligence, he quickly made a new judgment this time.
Gong Shanhe guessed that the evil wind would stop when he was about to be unable to resist it, because it didn't want him to die immediately.
Every time he rushed out of the cave, he would be forced back by the three men, and they did not chase him in, which meant they had other purposes.
"Trap yourself and use it as a furnace!"
This was the first thought that came to Gong Shanhe's mind. Every time he felt he was lacking energy and blood, it was clear that someone was deliberately absorbing his energy and blood.
Gong Shanhe is a physical cultivator with well-developed limbs, but he is not a reckless man. Instead, he is a very smart person. After just a brief thought, he thought of something that made him shudder.
Deep in this cave, there should be an unknown powerful ghost. It is fully capable of killing me, but I want to obtain more energy and blood from me, rather than just one time.
Therefore, he was able to survive here, but he was not allowed to escape. That terrifying existence wanted to possess a "living furnace cauldron".
Once he figured this out, Gong Shanhe felt a chill all over his body and was terrified when he thought about it.
So, when the third gust of evil wind came, Gong Shanhe, after resisting for a while, deliberately went into a state of suspended death a little earlier.
Sure enough, as Gong Shanhe's body was "crumbling", the extremely cold wind immediately disappeared. Almost at the same time, Gong Shanhe endured the severe pain in his body and dizziness in his head, and immediately flew deep into the cave.
He did not hesitate to use his magic power and exerted it at the fastest speed. In just a few breaths, he reached the deepest part of the cave. He indeed saw that there was still a slight spatial distortion on the dead end of the mountain wall.