Li Yan had just arrived at the palace under the lake. This was his first time entering here, and he had not yet figured out the situation here. It would not do him any good to travel quickly, so he needed to observe while adjusting the direction occasionally based on the directions he remembered after reading the jade slip.
He had already made his attitude clear, but the two men still followed him. To be exact, the man in front flew towards him on purpose, and the man behind chased him with a puzzled look on his face, just like when Mei Hongyu was being chased before. It was just that Mei Hongyu knew how to deal with the situation, but this man obviously wanted to get behind Li Yan.
Just as Li Yan slowed down, a slightly excited voice came to him, "Brother, save me. This person wants to kill me. As long as you help me, I don't have to give you the treasures and spirit stones that we snatched together two days ago. I will just consider it as a favor from you."
At the same time, two figures appeared in Li Yan's sight when he looked back. The one who spoke was the person who was fleeing in front. Li Yan's face was so gloomy that it seemed like water was about to drip out. It was obvious that the man wanted to drag him into the water and divert the trouble.
The other party even hinted that he had other treasures on him. This person must be extremely vicious. No matter the joy on his face or the sincerity in his words, people left no doubt at all, as if he really happened to meet a fellow Taoist who had once teamed up with him to hunt for treasure.
As expected, as soon as the person in front shouted loudly, the person chasing behind him slowed down, a look of vigilance appeared on his face, and the distance between the two of them immediately widened.
How could Li Yan be willing to be used as a gun? After feeling the cultivation level of the two men, he simply stopped and looked up at the people flying towards him with an embarrassed expression.
The man being chased was about thirty years old, with an honest complexion, and was wearing a khaki robe. He had a square face, big ears, a straight nose, and his cultivation was at the great perfection of foundation building. He gave people a feeling of being upright and incorruptible. At this moment, he was looking at Li Yan with surprise, his eyes full of gratitude.
Behind him was a fat monk, holding a crescent shovel and wearing a wide yellow monk's robe. He was flying like a mountain of flesh, giving people a strong sense of oppression. His cultivation was also at the great perfection of foundation building. His flying speed had already slowed down, and he was staring at Li Yan with his small eyes.
"roll!"
Li Yan let out a low shout and swung his robe sleeves at the square-faced, big-eared monk. A great force rushed forward. The square-faced, big-eared monk's face changed, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes. He bent his body while moving forward and avoided Li Yan's attack. As for the aftermath of the blow, it did not pose any obstacle to him at all. Instead, his spiritual power surged and he flew towards Li Yan at a faster speed.
At the same time, the square-faced big-eared monk kept shouting, "Brother Wang, it's not me who brought disaster upon you, but this man is vicious. Since you saw him chasing me, he won't let you go either. How about we join forces again?"
The square-faced, big-eared monk spoke again. Although the fat monk was still chasing him, his eyes looking at Li Yan became more ferocious. Li Yan was only in the middle stage of foundation building. The fat monk did not think that having another cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building would pose much threat to him.
"Hehehe, if you know what's best for you, get out of here. Otherwise, I don't mind helping to save one more person!" The fat monk suddenly sped up.
Li Yan saw that the square-faced, big-eared monk was so scheming and had tried to trap him firmly. He sneered in his heart. As for the fat monk's attitude, he didn't take it to heart for the time being. He didn't know whether the two were killing each other for revenge or to kill for treasure. He saw that the square-faced, big-eared monk was getting closer and closer.
Li Yan suddenly shouted in a deep voice, "Monk, why are you so rude?" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and the Lihuo Xuanhuang fan appeared in his hand. Li Yan waved the fan expressionlessly, and a flame flew diagonally towards the fat monk. The fat monk could not help but snorted coldly.
The big-eared monk was stunned at first, he didn't expect that the monk could not stand provocation so much. The monk just told him to "get out", but he attacked in anger. Then, of course, he was overjoyed, thinking that he had dragged the man into the water. The next moment, he took the opportunity of the two fighting to quickly get away.
But then Li Yan sneered at him and said, "Since you are dragging me into this, then just stay!" Then there was another fan, and then another beam of fire went towards the big-eared monk.
Although they were very close, in such an open space, the big-eared monk snorted in his heart, "Can you stop me with just a flame?"
He felt the heart-pounding temperature of the flames, and felt that he was invincible. However, he was escaping and his main goal was to dodge, so he turned his body to the side, but how could Li Yan let him dodge so easily? He pinched his fingers with a magic formula, and another blade as sharp as a knife whistled towards him.
For a moment, Li Yan blocked the two directions in which the big-eared monk was running towards him. The big-eared monk's eyes were full of murderous intent. The wind blade released by Li Yan was not too threatening to him, but once he took over, he would face the opponent's subsequent overwhelming attack.
Under normal circumstances, he could easily kill a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building with just one finger, but now he couldn't delay, because the main target of the big monk was the treasure that he had stolen with great difficulty. He hated Li Yan in his heart and swore that if Li Yan didn't die in the hands of the fat big monk, he would come back and kill this blind boy. So, when he was about to fly out in another direction, suddenly the flames that were originally flying towards the fat big monk in the distance suddenly turned and hit him, so that at that moment, the three directions in front, left and right were suddenly blocked by Li Yan.
At the same time, a strong wind whistled from behind, and the fat monk shouted, "Boy, you've sensible enough. I won't make things difficult for you!" It turned out that the fat monk did not fight back because of Li Yan's attack, but took the opportunity to get closer to the square-faced and big-eared monk.
All this happened in less than a breath. This sudden change made the big-eared monk Fang Fang feel a chill in his heart, and then his eyes were bloodshot with anger. He had determined that Li Yan would attack the fat monk the moment before, but the two seemed to have a tacit understanding. The fat monk actually ignored the flying flames and instead accelerated to block his own retreat, not allowing himself a moment to breathe.
The big-eared monk shouted, "Boy, I'm going to make you take the blame!"
Li Yan, who was far away, sneered repeatedly and said coldly to the big-eared monk who was yelling at him, "Let's talk about it when you can survive!"
After saying that, Li Yan urged the Cloud-piercing Willow with his feet, and his figure flashed as he quickly flew away.
"It really is a great magic weapon, but just as I guessed, that guy deliberately didn't leave before, otherwise I would still be left far behind by him!"
The fat monk, who had been paying close attention to Li Fang during the attack, couldn't help but whisper, a trace of greed flashed in his eyes, but he quickly retracted his gaze and grinned, "Your brother can't care about you anymore, Lian Hu, hand over the silver paper obediently, and I can give you an intact corpse, otherwise... hehehehe!!"
The fat monk let out a series of strange laughs and struck straight forward with the crescent shovel in his hand. Lian Hu felt the unmatched power behind him. At this time, the weakest wind blade in front of him became the biggest threat. If he turned around to resist, his back would be at the mercy of the wind blade. What's more, he had no confidence that he could withstand the attack from the other party. That was a Zen monk who had cultivated a "small Vajra body" and the power of his attack could pierce through a mountain. In that case, the flames behind and on his left would come together.
At this time, the yellow flames that were originally attacking the fat monk on the right finally arrived, about ten feet away from him. He made a judgment in an instant, and the spiritual power on his body shone brightly, and then he rushed to the side diagonally. He wanted to pass through the ten-foot gap.
But the fat monk behind him was very experienced. When he was whispering to Li Yan, he had already made the second preparation. At that time, he secretly released a spell and a rosary appeared under the flames.
A beam of Buddha's light flew out from it and wrapped around the ankle of the square-eared monk.
When the monk Fangbian had just flown a few feet, he felt his right foot tighten, and his body involuntarily stagnated. During the stagnation, his flying body crashed head-on into the yellow flames. Fangbian Big Eared Monk shouted loudly, and was about to cast a spell to break through. The fat monk also pinched the magic formula again, and the spinning rosary flew out another beam of Buddha's light, intending to attack the back of the monk Fangbian's head directly.
But before all this was done, the big-eared monk Fang Fang, who had crashed into the dark yellow flames, turned his roar into a shrill scream. The originally solid and heavy spiritual power shield became fragile the moment it hit the flames, and a raging fire quickly ignited on his body, which made the fat monk who was attacking him from behind open his eyes wide, and immediately stopped his attack, stunned.
Li Yan was very depressed by this unexpected disaster. The square-faced big-eared monk was really insidious, and every word he said would put him in a passive situation. Originally, Li Yan could have several ways to prevent the square-faced big-eared monk from succeeding. For example, he could use all his strength to activate the "Cloud Piercing Willow" to reach the flying speed of a Jindan monk. He was sure that the two of them could not catch up. If they had better flying magic weapons during the chase, they would have used them long ago.
Another possibility is that Li Yan uses magic, whether it is poisoning or casting spells, to block him in front or even kill him without any problem.
But Li Yan hated the feeling of being used, so he planned to trick the other party as well. As a result, when the fat monk told him to get out, he did not argue with him. It was obvious that the monk really suspected that he was the "Brother King" that the monk was familiar with.
He then raised his hand and attacked the two at the same time, but at the same time, he secretly sent a message to the monk, "Whether you believe it or not, I don't know this person. I will block the right side of this person with the flames that are attacking." The telepathic transmission is just a thought, so his words did not come later than his attack.
Of course, Li Yan didn’t care whether the fat monk believed it or not. He just wanted to ambush the big-eared monk. After attacking, he would leave immediately.
Just as Li Yan expected, the fat monk was of course skeptical about what Li Yan said, fearing that the other party had set a trap and that the two would attack him together, so he quietly offered a rosary on the right side. As long as Li Yan Huoyan really attacked him, he would not mind giving him a head-on blow.