The first thought in Ding Yushan and the others' minds was that the Jindan elder of "Lingtian Sect" had finally arrived.
But when Li Yan's figure began to slowly and clearly appear in everyone's sight, for a moment they all felt that this person was a little strange, yet a little familiar.
Especially for Ding Yushan, this feeling was even stronger, but he immediately remembered that this person seemed to be the foundation-building cultivator who had come to the villa before.
However, at that time, they were almost frightened out of their wits by the manor owner's two attacks. They were still in shock and only quickly scanned Li Yan's cultivation level with their spiritual sense and found that he was a foundation-building cultivator. Then they ignored it in great disappointment.
Now that Li Yan showed up, it was inevitable that he gave them a familiar feeling.
So everyone looked at each other in confusion, not knowing whether this person was an enemy or a friend, and did not dare to ask directly.
The next moment, Ding Yushan stared at Li Yan's turned face and felt more familiar with him. He judged in his heart that this was not the first time he had met this person before, and he must have seen this person somewhere before.
As for the others, they were also confused about Li Yan's identity. No matter how they used their spiritual sense to quietly investigate, this person was already in the Foundation Establishment Stage, and was even in the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment Stage.
But it was obvious that the young man in black robe was incredibly powerful just now. Now the six foundation-building cultivators are still standing there with a dazed look on their faces. As for those Qi Condensation cultivators, they had already disappeared from this world without a trace.
But Li Yan didn't say anything. Before they knew what his intention was, Ding Yushan and others didn't dare to say anything either. For a moment, the atmosphere here seemed very strange and quiet.
At this moment, an uncertain voice finally broke the brief silence, "This... senior... did... you enter the second floor of the Beiming Demon Suppression Tower more than a year ago?"
Ding Yushan finally remembered, and slowly overlapped the man in front of him with the black-robed young man who had let Sun Jiuhe cut off his own arm on the surface of Hongfeng Lake a year ago.
He still had a deep impression of this incident. The young man in black robe at that time should have been a poison cultivator, and now the cultivators in the village were clearly showing signs of poisoning.
But what still made him unbelievable was that if this person really was the one who came outside the villa before, then what about the two terrifying Jindan monks in the villa
When Ding Yushan thought about it, he felt a chill in his heart. For a moment, he was not sure whether the person in front of him was the same person he met a year ago. After hesitating, he hurriedly called him "senior" with an extremely respectful attitude.
"Oh, it seems that you have recognized me. After not seeing me for a year, you must have gained a great opportunity at the foot of the Red Maple Pond, and your cultivation has greatly improved."
Seeing that the other party recognized him, Li Yan smiled slightly, looked at Ding Yushan and spoke.
As soon as he said this, several monks who were still awake were shocked. It turned out that Ding Yushan was acquainted with this powerful monk.
However, the way the two addressed each other made everyone confused for a moment. One of them lowered himself to a junior in front of a cultivator of the same level, but the other still addressed him as "fellow Taoist".
But after this result, several cultivators on Ding Yushan's side couldn't help but feel relieved. This person should be a friend rather than an enemy, so their lives should not be in danger for the time being.
Just now they were afraid that Li Yan was a casual cultivator with a strange personality. This kind of cultivator often has no rules to follow and only acts according to his own temporary preferences.
Don’t think that he just subdued the monks in the village the moment before, he might suddenly kill people the next moment and kill them all here without any reason.
But Li Yan's words had a different meaning to Ding Yushan. "So this senior doesn't want to acknowledge his senior status. I need to pay special attention to this."
In Ding Yushan's mind, he didn't think that Li Yan's cultivation was only at the Foundation Establishment stage. Even if he was a poison cultivator, so what? Facing so many cultivators of the same level, even if it was a sneak attack, he couldn't be so relaxed.
He asked himself, even if he could reach the false elixir realm in the future, which was only one step away from the golden elixir, he would not be able to do these things.
At that time, it would be good enough if he could successfully launch a sneak attack on two monks, and that required him to give it his all. Looking at Li Yan's calm appearance, he did not seem to be struggling at all.
Moreover, Li Yan had no intention of introducing himself, which made Ding Yushan and others dare not ask any further questions.
"I am Ding Yushan from the Snow Wind Sect. I am a member of a patrol team affiliated with the Pure Land Sect. This time, we accidentally entered the heartland of the demon clan. If it weren't for you, fellow Taoist, we would have died here.
Oh... One more thing, I wonder if the two golden elixirs in this village..."
Ding Yushan was naturally very smart. He first directly brought out the name of the Pure Land Sect and stated the purpose of his group. Finally, he mentioned the two Jindan monks in the village with concern.
After saying that, he couldn't help but look up at the sky in the distance, feeling very uneasy.
If the black-robed young man in front of them only cast a spell to trap the other two, then they must leave as soon as possible before the other two escape.
"So it's Fellow Daoist Ding. If you're talking about the two golden elixirs, a man and a woman, then there's nothing to worry about. Fellow Daoist Ding, could you please tell me a little bit about your patrol team
I just came out of the Beiming Demon Suppression Tower a few days ago, and apart from finding that there are patrol teams composed of monks everywhere, I don’t know much else.”
After Li Yan finished speaking, he stared at Ding Yushan with burning eyes.
He did not say that the two Jindans had died, but everyone present could hear that the man in front of him should have killed the two Jindans. Thinking that they were two Jindan cultivators, and that they might be transformed from demons, far from being comparable to ordinary Jindans, everyone was terrified and began to avoid looking at Li Yan, no longer daring to look directly at him.
This was beyond Ding Yushan's expectations. He had had contact with Li Yan before and thought more about it. His heart was suddenly filled with undercurrents.
"He actually killed two Jindan. This means he must be at least in the late Jindan stage to have been able to do that."
How could he know that Li Yan was also being chased like a stray dog, and that in the end the owner of the manor died at the hands of his wife.
But seeing that Li Yan was unwilling to talk about other things, Ding Yushan only then realized that the young man in black robe in front of him had just come out of the Beiming Demon Suppression Tower.
No one knew which sect or family this cultivator came from, and why he came to such a remote place. But he didn't dare to hide anything from Li Yan, so he began to tell Li Yan what had happened in a low voice.
During the entire narration, the other cultivators did not even dare to breathe, let alone move. Li Yan occasionally interrupted and asked a question.
It was not until more than half an hour later that Ding Yushan finished explaining. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He didn't expect that this senior would ask so many detailed questions. Some things were completely beyond his knowledge.
But this senior would bring it up and seem to take it very seriously. He could only explain the situation with trepidation in his heart, not knowing whether the other party would be satisfied.
But he still kept some core secrets concerning the demon clan, and he dared not talk about such things casually.
But thinking about it, with Li Yan's cultivation level and the qualification to enter the North Ming Demon Suppression Tower, he must be a crucial figure in the sect or family. If even the master of a second-rate sect like mine knows about it, then this person should also know about the affairs of the demon clan.
Li Yan's statement was not "taking it seriously" at all; he simply didn't know. All the previous events were just deduced by him. Of course, if he had a chance, he would verify it in detail.
“Sure enough, just as I guessed, those two weren’t monsters at all, they were just demons from another dimension.
I never thought that the situation in the world of immortal cultivation has reached this point. The demons that have been dormant for a long time have begun to appear. Is this going to be a major change?"
Li Yan held his chin with one hand, his mind racing.
Earlier, he could not feel any trace of the Five Elements from the black smoke emanating from the manor owner and his wife, but he felt a violent and violent force from it. He immediately thought of what Shuang Qingqing had said about the war between the two realms.
Only then did he slowly connect all these things together and guess whether the black smoke was demonic energy.
"These demons are born berserkers. They are much stronger than human cultivators in both strength and physique. If I hadn't used a trick before, even if I had the Guishui Sutra and the Qiongqi Purgatory Technique, I would have lost more than I won against one of the couple. Now I finally understand how terrifying those two Qingqings are."
After Li Yan confirmed that the enemy that appeared was undoubtedly the demon clan, he felt a lot of emotion. The powerful strength brought by his rapid improvement in cultivation recently was suddenly reduced a lot.
Especially when thinking about the fact that Shuang Qingqing was not only able to fight across prices, but also able to deal with three demon generals at the same time, and when they were ambushed, they relied on their own powerful combat power to kill one, seriously injure another, and then escape.
Before, Li Yan had no idea about Shuang Qingqing's ability to deal with the three demon generals. He just thought she was powerful. But after experiencing the power of the demons himself, when he thought of Shuang Qingqing again, it was no longer powerful, but... terrifying!
Li Yan couldn't help but admire them, but at the same time he also felt regret for his own fighting ability. Facing two demon cultivators in the early Jindan stage, he had no choice but to run for his life.
But he did not think for a moment that he was just a fake elixir cultivator, which was a world of difference from the golden elixir realm. Even if he could escape unscathed, he would have already surpassed most of the cultivators of the same level.
However, if Dong Fuyi and Ping Tu were here, they would also disagree. In their minds, it was natural for the Five Immortal Sect to kill cultivators who were one or two levels higher than themselves.
Otherwise, why would it be impossible to find a person who can inherit the Five Immortal Sect after hundreds of thousands of years
"So they are demons from another world. I was wondering why there was such a hatred of life and death spreading in my heart, and I had the urge to kill them with my own hands."
In Li Yan’s storage space, the Purple Divine Dragon Elephant was muttering to itself in a low voice.
It was originally formed by the great magical powers of three purple dragon elephants. When these three purple dragon elephants were alive, they had been fighting with the other seven purple dragon elephants and the demons for a long time.
And their final demise was all related to the demons from other worlds, which was an irreconcilable feud. Although the little purple dragon elephant did not inherit the memory, the deep hatred in its blood had already been engraved deep into its soul.
After Ding Yushan's narration, Li Yan gradually understood some of the doubts that had been bothering him for so long. Needless to say, Gong Chenying and the others returned to the sect a year ago because of this matter, but the situation was not so bad at that time.
Almost in a very short time, Li Yan came to the conclusion that a major change was about to happen.
These demons have been invading since tens of millions of years ago. Although the passage between the two realms was later sealed, the remaining demon remnants were repeatedly besieged by human monks.
But the centipede is still alive and well, and there are still many forces left. Since these forces have been lurking for a long time before, but are now moving out in a large scale, it must be that some opportunity has come for them to do so.