When Li Yan's spiritual sense swept through, the surface of the villa looked the same as before, but Li Yan sensed more than a dozen hidden auras in the villa, and they all seemed to be deliberately hiding.
Among these auras, there was no sign of the familiar Ding Yushan and his men. After a brief guess, Li Yan came to a rough idea that most of Ding Yushan's team had been killed or injured. Even if they went back for reinforcements, they might not be sent here again.
Among these dozen auras, Li Yan discovered an extremely strong golden elixir aura in a house in the northwest corner of the manor. This aura should be from the middle stage of the golden elixir, and the rest were from the foundation-building stage. So it was easy to judge that this person was the leader.
Li Yan had already performed the "stealth and hiding at night" technique. He didn't want to get involved, unless the "gray copper coin" of the Pure Land Sect in his hand lost its effect when he went to find the teleportation array later. It was estimated that the disciples there would send a message to this person.
What Li Yan didn't know was that things are different now. When he first came here, whenever he met a patrol team, he only had to take out the "gray copper coin". After the other party verified its authenticity, they would let it go. But now the world of immortal cultivation has changed a lot.
Just when Li Yan flew away from Beiling Villa, in the room in the northwest corner of Beiling Villa, a middle-aged monk in a black robe suddenly opened his eyes from meditation.
"Hmm? It seems like someone was spying here just now. If I wasn't practicing the art of divination and my mind had not reached a state of selflessness, I wouldn't have sensed it at all.
If he can evade my divine sense, then this person’s cultivation must be at least at the same level as mine.
However, he just glanced by quickly and left quietly. I didn't feel any evil coming from the hexagram. Could it be that this person just passed by unintentionally
No, now let alone the Golden Core cultivators, even the Foundation Establishment cultivators have received the summons, how could there still be cultivators appearing here?"
The monk in black robe thought about it and shook his head again, "There is another possibility, that is, this Jindan monk is ordered to carry out a certain mission..."
For a moment, the middle-aged cultivator gave up the idea of chasing after him. He was only ordered to take over the position of the previous Jindan cultivator who stayed here a year ago.
He only needs to wait for another half a year before he can go back and hand in his mission. This is also the "sitting and waiting" method used by the three major sects to target the demon strongholds.
The monk in black robe was very confident in his divination skills. He had indeed sensed the aura of a human being in the divination just now, and the other party's cultivation level was similar to his own. If it was really a demon, he was afraid that his fighting power would not be as good as the other party's...
Thinking of this, the monk in black robe completely gave up the idea of pursuit. Not all human monks wanted to kill the demon monks.
Just like this monk in the black robe, he had been dissatisfied since he was sent here. Although his cultivation was not low, he was not good at fighting. He was more of a person who wanted to recuperate and pursue the path to immortality. He was the type of monk with the worst combat power among the Jindan monks.
Normally, if it is to deal with a Qi Condensation or Foundation Establishment cultivator, it is not a problem, but if you meet a cultivator of the same level, you usually have to run as far as possible.
The monk in the black robe also knew that he was sent here as a substitute because his predecessor had been waiting here for more than a year without finding anything unusual. Now the war at the front was tense and capable Jindan monks were needed. Otherwise, it would be better for him to refine pills and grow them and do a good job of supplying pills.
After Li Yan flew over the Beiling Villa, he did not fly directly to the teleportation array, but made a big circle and did not reappear until he was more than 2,000 miles away. He still suppressed his cultivation at the middle stage of foundation building before flying towards the teleportation array.
The teleportation array is only about 500 miles away from the Beiling Villa. This range is definitely under the control of the spiritual consciousness of the Jindan cultivator in the villa.
The reason why he did not mind the trouble and went to investigate the situation in Beiling Villa from a close distance was because he was worried that Beiling Villa might fall into the hands of the demons again.
Although the possibility of this happening is very small, Li Yan is not afraid of trouble at all. He just follows his plan, proceeding step by step in an orderly manner.
The result was just as Li Yan expected, so now he could think of a way to borrow the teleportation array.
When he just flew into the vicinity of the teleportation array, the black robe golden elixir's spiritual sense had already locked onto him firmly, and scanned Li Yan inside and out several times.
In the end, it was confirmed that Li Yan was a human cultivator, but when he saw the direction Li Yan was flying, the black-robed Jindan cultivator immediately became alert.
“He’s just a foundation-building kid, but from the looks of it, he’s flying towards the teleportation array, as if he knows where the teleportation array is. Could he be a human cultivator controlled by the demons?”
The black robe Jindan began to hesitate. After his spiritual sense scanned Li Yan several times over and over again, when he felt that this cultivator was unaware of his spiritual sense's lock, he began to have other thoughts.
If Li Yan showed any sign of being aware of being spied on at this time, the monk in the black robe would hesitate whether to intervene or not. The monk in the black robe thought that his life might be in danger.
After confirming that Li Yan's cultivation was not as good as his, and that the direction he was heading to was one of the two places he needed to monitor, the monk in the black robe felt secretly delighted.
If he could really find a demon spy or a demon remnant and capture them in one go, then he would have made a great contribution this time. At that time, he would definitely get the reward from above.
Then, the monk in the black robe immediately flashed and disappeared from the houses in Beiling Villa.
Li Yan's brows suddenly moved during the flight, but on the surface there was still no sign of abnormality, and he flew towards the teleportation array as usual.
"That Jindan cultivator has indeed come out. He seems to be suspicious of me." Li Yan was not surprised at all. When Ding Yushan took him to see the location of the teleportation array, he said that even if the teleportation array was not destroyed, the Pure Land Sect would send cultivators to guard it. It would be strange if he did not attract attention if he flew there in such a high profile.
After another cup of tea, when Li Yanfei was still a hundred feet away from the teleportation array, a breeze suddenly blew in front of him, and then a monk in a black robe and two young monks appeared.
This change made Li Yan suddenly stop in his tracks. He showed an appropriate expression of surprise on his face at first, and then quickly retreated more than ten feet. He put one hand in front of his chest as if to protect it, and stared at the three people who suddenly appeared in front of him, looking very alert.
In fact, in his spiritual consciousness, next to the teleportation array in the distance, there were five foundation-building monks hiding in ambush, staring closely at this place.
Together with the two young monks behind the monk in the black robe, there are actually four fake elixir monks here. From this, we can guess that the Pure Land Sect still attaches great importance to this place.
Seeing Li Yan's nervous reaction, the monk in the black robe couldn't help but feel extremely satisfied. Everything was under his control. In addition, there was no bloody disaster in today's divination, so he was even more confident.
But his face was as cold as ice, and he shouted in a deep voice, "Who are you? Why are you here?"
Then the monk in the black robe stared at Li Yan's eyes with a look that he thought could see through everything, and then the golden elixir aura in his body surged.
Next, Li Yan’s reaction made the monk in the black robe even more proud.
Li Yan seemed unable to bear the pressure from the black-robed monk. His face immediately turned pale and he took several steps back again before speaking in a trembling voice.
"Senior, I'm... I'm Jiang... Jiang Hai, I... I'm just passing by here, oh... no, I... I want to use the teleportation array here..."
Before Li Yan could finish his words, not only was the man in the black robe Jindan shocked, but even the two people behind him and the people who were ambushing in secret were all stunned.
"Have the demons become so rampant now? Are they using a foundation-building cultivator as a guide to gather information?"
But this thought only flashed through everyone's mind, and then they felt that it was too ridiculous and there must be some other hidden story.
The black robed Jindan only had some flaws in his character. He was able to condense the golden elixir and come this far. How could he be a stupid person? His face froze and he asked in a deep voice.
"Oh? Have you used this formation before?"
His question was also clever. He did not ask Li Yan how he knew there was a teleportation array here, but directly assumed that Li Yan had used the teleportation array here before.
If Li Yan answered "yes", he would fall into his trap. Then he would take advantage of the situation and get to the bottom of it, and Li Yan would have no choice but to deny it.
If Li Yan answered "no", then how would he know that there was a teleportation array here
Li Yan smiled secretly when he heard this. He had already had a plan, but when he saw the stern look in the black robe monk's eyes, he first shrank his neck, then swallowed his saliva and spoke in a hoarse voice.
"I... I haven't used it, but... I know about it."
His answer made the monk in the black robe unable to understand for a moment. He didn't want to waste time on a monk who was so frightened that he couldn't even speak clearly, so he had already started to plan to "search his soul".
The "Soul Search" spell is an intermediate-level magic that can only be practiced by cultivators above the Golden Core stage. It is the most direct and reliable way to query news and intelligence.
But for the person whose soul is searched, it is like having their memories stripped away alive, which is extremely cruel. In the end, more than 99% of them will die, and there is less than a 10% chance of survival. However, they will definitely become an idiot.
“What nonsense are you talking about? I’ll give you one last chance, otherwise…” The monk in the black robe was not one of those Jindan who lived in blood rain all year round, so he held back his anger.
“Yes, yes, senior, it’s like this. My master traveled around here two years ago and killed an enemy in a villa. In the end, he rescued a patrolling group of monks sent by the Pure Land Sect.
Since my master and I are from a small sect and live in a remote area, it is sometimes inconvenient for us to go out. In the end, my master took note of this teleportation array.
My master has also made an agreement with that group of monks that if the teleportation array is still there in the future, they can lend it to us if needed, as a way of repaying them for saving our lives."
Li Yan seemed to be frightened by the other party's harsh words, and this time he spoke more and more fluently.
Everyone was surprised by Li Yan's answer and there was silence for a moment.
"Your master? Two years ago, right?" After a moment, the monk in the black robe asked with a frown.
"Yes, senior! I think I was right in the direction my master described to me." Li Yan's pale face recovered a little as the other party's expression relaxed.