"The Donglin family has always had a good relationship with the Pojun Sect. This time, I am grateful to Daoist Li for saving my life. After I survive, Daoist Li will also... will also be a close friend of my Donglin family."
Dong Lin Tingyue bit her teeth lightly and spoke softly.
But when she talked about gratitude, her tone suddenly paused, and a blush quietly rose on her face. No one knew what she was thinking of at that moment.
But at this moment, the other two didn't care too much about it.
Both of them expressed their gratitude, which simply highlighted one point, that is, both sects or families were grateful to Li Yan personally.
Li Yan nodded. He did not say much to express his gratitude to the two of them, but went straight to talking about his plans.
"Friend Jia's suggestion is good, and it is actually the best method right now. I think it is feasible.
Let’s find a place to hide first. I don’t think we can go into the room, as it is often the key area for exploration.
It might be better to find a place to hide at the stern of the boat. The most important thing is that it is easy to detect the situation outside the boat there. As long as we find the area of the 'Big Fruitless' tree, we can fly away immediately!"
Li Yan suggested.
After hearing this, the two of them thought about it for a moment and felt that what Li Yan said made sense.
"Then let's go there now!"
As Jia Fugui spoke, he no longer hesitated and immediately walked towards the stern of the boat. The "mysterious tail feathers" on his head floated away with him.
Although the "Mysterious Tail Feathers" still have a concealing effect at this time, they will leak your aura, so under normal circumstances, it is best not to move the "Mysterious Tail Feathers" if possible.
Dong Lin Tingyue also followed and moved forward, letting the white light above his head always cover his body. However, after the two of them took a few steps, they immediately stopped and turned back.
At this time, due to the movement of the "Mysterious Tail Feathers", it only had the effect of hiding under the white light, and the defensive ban had disappeared.
Li Yan had already escaped from the white light of "Miweiling" and his figure appeared.
Li Yan did not follow them, but stayed where he was, with a gleam in his eyes, and looked towards the bow of the boat.
In the void, on the empty deck, came Jia Fugui's somewhat suspicious voice.
"Friend Li, what are you doing..."
Although Li Yan couldn't see the two of them, he thought that they must be staring at him at this moment, with a look of confusion on their faces.
He spoke slowly towards the empty space.
"You guys go ahead, I want to go to the second floor. I have a magic weapon for defense. It can protect me alone and allow me to pass through the poisonous area, but it won't work if I bring more people with me.
I was just thinking about this. Of course, I want you two fellow Taoists to go up with me to take a look, but it is obviously a problem to pass through that highly toxic area.
No one knows what the situation is now. Did the two Divine Transformation monks from the Blood Lantern Sect and the Seven Tigers Alliance really betray? They were also killed. It is also unclear. I still want to get some information.
Otherwise, even if we escape into the secret realm where the Big Fruitless Tree is located, and even if we can get away with it in the end, the sect we belong to will be listed as those to be killed by the Chun Yang Hall.
In the future, whenever we show up, we will be arrested. If we go back, we will be caught. I still want to get to the bottom of this matter.
You guys hide here first. If I come back, even if I come to find you in person, I must confirm my identity. Be careful if someone disguises themselves as me to lure you out.
This jade slip contains the imprint of my spiritual consciousness. If I die, the imprint of my spiritual consciousness will dissipate."
After Li Yan finished speaking, he did not give the two a chance to speak. Instead, he shook his body, and when a layer of blue light appeared on his body, he disappeared around the corner of the stairs.
At the same time, a jade slip was shot out to the location where the voices of Jia Fugui and the others came from.
"Daoyou Li..."
Dong Lin Tingyue couldn't help but feel anxious after hearing this. She didn't expect that at this moment, Li Yan would still go to the second floor.
This made her heart tremble. While she was shocked by Li Yan's boldness, she was also a little anxious.
Just now, those Nascent Soul cultivators were killed instantly after passing through that poisonous area, but Li Yan himself said that there was no antidote.
Moreover, the place above is undoubtedly a dangerous place with at least two Jindan cultivators there. Li Yan is really reckless.
If he stayed down there, considering the current situation, he could at least take a gamble and have a chance of survival. But once he went up there, it would be like actively seeking death.
As for what Li Yan said, how could she not understand that if the "Blood Lamp Sect" really rebelled, then the Donglin family would definitely be implicated.
However, the "Chun Yang Hall" can search souls, and his family knows nothing about the "Blood Lamp Sect". Although the soul search is humiliating, it's because his family is too weak. In the end, as long as he can prove his innocence and survive, it will be fine.
But before she could finish her words, Li Yan disappeared.
"Let's go and take a look!"
Jia Fugui was stunned at first by Li Yan's behavior. He never expected that Li Yan would choose to go to the second floor to inquire about the news.
But then, he was frightened by Li Yan's audacity and his heart beat faster. Even if there was no highly poisonous area, if Li Yan took them up there, they would probably be terrified.
Moreover, Li Yan's words implied that if they were captured alive, there was a possibility that their souls would be searched by the other party, so they had to be careful as well.
The two of them swayed and reached the bow of the boat, carefully avoiding the area near the corner of the stairs.
Just now, Li Yan had withdrawn the illusion array, so there was no need to use force to break the illusion in front of him, and he could see the scene on the stairs.
At this time, there was no trace of Li Yan anywhere, completely gone!
… …
On the second floor, in the room where Chong Yangzi once lived, in the "dense forest" inside, under a thick vine, a graceful body was sitting cross-legged.
There were a few strands of black hair scattered on her jade-like forehead. Under the translucent black veil on her body, a snow-white and smooth area was looming under her gentle breathing, arousing the man's infinite desire.
The beauty's eyes were slightly closed, her hands, as white as lotus roots, were placed on her knees. On one of her slender jade fingers was a ring, which was faintly flashing with a faint blue light.
At this moment, she was using all her strength to drive the giant boat through the desert. Hundreds of breaths had passed, but she did not explore another level.
The situation in the boat was clear long ago. There were so many Divine Transformation cultivators and several teams of Nascent Soul cultivators. It would not change at all. Everything was a foregone conclusion. It was normal that the old woman surnamed He did not come to find her. She had seen that the other party was dissatisfied with her instructions. After the other party came back, she might not report the situation to her.
Both of them obey the orders of the "Lianxin Valley". After dealing with the monks below, the other party should enter his own room and wait to reach the "Big Fruitless" tree area, or he can let the other party come to take over the control of the flying boat.
The female cultivator named Yuan controlled the flight of the giant boat, and most of the time she would actively increase the speed of the giant boat without any other unnecessary actions.
Because the "Bone-Eroding Wind" was too strange and overbearing, even she would not release her spiritual sense too far. She basically kept it in the front to confirm where she had arrived, and she only occasionally looked out of the boat to investigate.
Her spiritual consciousness was also unable to withstand the erosion of the "Bone-Eroding Wind", and was often released and then retracted immediately, and the distance was only just away from the boat.
Before, she sensed that some cultivators had flown out of the giant boat, but because the giant boat was moving too fast, she had just sensed that some people had left the giant boat, and then those people were left behind and disappeared without a trace.
She couldn't even sense who the other party was. Li Yan had been betting on this point before. The giant boat was moving at an incredibly fast speed. Even the spiritual sense of a Jindan cultivator couldn't keep up with the scenery on both sides.
Moreover, under the influence of the "Bone-Eroding Wind", his spiritual consciousness did not dare to stay, let alone extend out.
Li Yan's own spiritual awareness had already reached the strength of a Divine Transformation cultivator, so he tested it himself before finalizing his plan for a sneak attack.
The female cultivator surnamed Yuan certainly wouldn't think that anything unexpected could happen to the old woman surnamed He here. This is a completely enclosed space, so how could any accident happen
Just as she was trying her best to drive the giant boat, a hidden figure sneaked up from the stairs at the bow of the boat.
After entering the stairs, Li Yan did not immediately step into the second floor, but stayed on the stairs and quietly released his spiritual sense.
The old woman surnamed He had not completely lifted the ban here before, so Li Yan held the "Heaven-stealing Scarf" in his hand and covered it.
It may be because of the extraordinaryness of the "Heaven-Stealing Scarf", or it may be that the old woman surnamed He thought that she would go back soon, so she only left behind the restrictions to prevent spiritual detection.
After forty or fifty breaths had passed, Li Yan was sure that he had entered the stairs and had not attracted the attention of anyone above. He floated up like a ghost walking in another space and then stepped into the second floor.
He had already used "Stealth at Night" and "Ebb Tide" to their full potential. He did not dare to be careless. There were at least two people in the Spirit Transformation Realm above him. Once discovered, the chances of his escape would be slim.
The most likely possibility is to try to find an opportunity, hide the "soil spot" well, and then hide in quickly.
But if the other party has discovered his existence, Li Yan feels that the final result will most likely be the scene in the "Holy Demon Palace".
The other party knew that he had hidden in a magic weapon, and once the "earth spot" was found, it would be difficult for him to get out.
But Li Yan is never a person who sits and waits for death. The old woman surnamed He below has not returned to the second floor. Sooner or later, the Jindan cultivator above will find out that something has happened and come down to investigate personally.
Li Yan was unwilling to wait on the first floor for the other party to come to him. By then, the other party would be full of vigilance and they would be completely passive.
While the other party has not yet reacted, Li Yan must of course find a glimmer of hope in death.
Although Dong Lin and Ting Yue could both help him, they didn't give him much, especially when it came to secret investigations like this. Li Yan felt that it was better to do it alone, as he didn't want to expose himself to the other party.
Jia Fugui’s concealment magic weapon is pretty good, but in Li Yan’s opinion, it is far from enough.
After reaching the second floor, Li Yan looked around while hiding. There was no one on the second floor deck.
Looking up, you can see the yellow sand outside the light blue defense shield above, which is being cleared away like a thorn in the side, and then sliding rapidly to the back like a silky smoothness, rushing thousands of miles away.
"There are five rooms in total, and there are exactly five of them. If we rank them in order of priority, then Chong Yangzi should appear in one of the first, third, or fifth rooms..."
Li Yan thought quickly in his mind.
As the owner of this flying boat, Chong Yangzi can either choose the two rooms at the front and rear, or the one in the middle, which basically eliminates two rooms.
According to the old woman surnamed He, Chong Yangzi was injured, so if Li Yan could see Chong Yangzi's condition, he could first judge whether Chong Yangzi himself was attacked by someone.
If this is the case, it means that there must be a traitor among the five people here, and the remaining people are really on Chongyangzi's side...
Li Yan's mind raced as he analyzed quickly.
Then, like a ghost, he floated towards the first room at the bow of the boat.
The restrictions on the five rooms are all opened. Although this is a temporary residence assigned to everyone, the monks are accustomed to sealing their own residences after entering and leaving.
… …
In the first room at the bow of the boat, on the side of a window, Li Yan, who was in the void, was holding something in his hand, which was pressed against the wall. The window was about thirty feet away from the door and was very wide.
Li Yan continuously poured his magic power into the "Heaven-stealing Scarf". He didn't want to enter the room, but wanted to quietly open a small hole in the opponent's formation restriction.
Afterwards, his spiritual consciousness could enter instantly and just check quickly, so there was no need to choose the most sensitive place like the door, which was often the place that the monks in the room paid the most attention to.
Li Yan has already mastered the art of stealth and assassination, and has reached the master level.
Often, once a decision is made on such a thing, as long as the thought comes to mind, all subsequent actions can be done easily without any consideration.
Time passed by little by little, and Li Yan stood there motionless. The restriction formation here was quite difficult to break.
In Li Yan's perception, the "Stealing Sky Scarf" was like a drop of ink entering the crack of a stone, seeping in little by little, and the process was much slower than before.
Fortunately, the restriction warning sound that Li Yan was worried about did not appear, which showed that the restriction of the formation here was very powerful. Even the "Heaven-Stealing Scarf" that had always been successful became quite difficult to break.
This is completely different from the feeling of holding a handkerchief in hand and instantly traveling through the sky and earth.
In fact, Li Yan should be very satisfied with this. This is the fairyland. This giant boat is a magic weapon that can only be refined by cultivators in the Void Refinement Realm. The formation engraved inside it is of course very powerful.
On the other hand, if the people of "Chun Yang Hall" knew that Li Yan, who didn't know much about formations, was able to silently and slowly dissolve the restrictions with just a magic weapon.
He will definitely get the "Stolen Sky Handkerchief" at any cost.
After about seventy breaths, Li Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, and his spiritual sense, which had already been concentrated, quickly probed to the place where the "Heaven-Stealing Handkerchief" was.
In just a moment, Li Yan's consciousness and palm were retracted at the same time.
"nobody!"