Li Yan didn't care about the Fengliangshan Yuanying who were staring at him. Everything was going according to his plan.
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Behind Fengliang Mountain, "Mo Qing, I have never heard of your Wuliang Sect's two skills of concealing aura and flying. If I didn't know he had these skills, I would have been easily fooled by him.
Although this kid's cultivation is not yet at the right stage, we can get a glimpse of his abilities. These two techniques are both top-level techniques. You have invested so much money in him at this level, so it's no wonder that you treat him like a treasure."
A powerful voice sounded in the mind of Mo Qing, one of the other two.
At this time, Mo Qing had just retracted his spiritual sense, and felt somewhat puzzled about Li Yan's stealth method. He also couldn't tell what kind of martial arts this boy was using.
He was requested by Wei Chongran to come here, otherwise he would not have participated in this matter. Most of the preparatory matters before a war were presided over by the Nascent Soul cultivators from aristocratic families or first-class sects.
Now Da Cen stays in the Wuliang Sect, while the other two, Zhu Luan and Mo Gu, who have reached the late Nascent Soul stage and are great monks who have cultivated two other kinds of poisonous bodies, have already gone to the crack of Yinmo Cliff.
Among the four, only Mo Qing, who had the lowest cultivation level, was assigned to work outside. He was almost serving as a liaison officer and was extremely busy.
However, today, Wei Chongran found him through the secret contact method of the Wuliang Sect, and asked him if he could do his best to save Li Yan's life during the mission of destroying the enemy's magic weapon.
As soon as Mo Qing heard it, he knew that the problem of Da Cen's lineage had come back again. He immediately reprimanded Wei Chongran severely and scolded him, saying that he should not misuse such an important means of communication of the sect, and that he was only thinking about pursuing his own selfish interests while in his position.
After being scolded by him, Wei Chongran no longer dared to say anything, as if he didn't even dare to respond, as if he was afraid of being scolded by Mo Qing again. He has been silent since then.
But Mo Qing knew that Wei Chongran was very thick-skinned. After he scolded him, the more Wei Chongran kept silent, the angrier he became.
"Brother, I don't owe you anything. You want me to clean up this kind of trivial matter? I'm not so good to my own son. A Foundation Establishment cultivator can be targeted by a Nascent Soul cultivator. It's really..."
In the end, the usually elegant Mo Qing didn't know what words to use to express his dissatisfaction. After thinking about it, he could only sigh to the sky.
Wei Chongran was indeed much stronger than his two useless disciples. No wonder his senior brother had always let him do whatever he wanted, thus causing the bad habits of the Xiaozhu Peak lineage to develop.
However, he still felt that if this matter was not handled well, he would have no good life in front of Senior Brother Dacen for the rest of his life. He would either be scolded to death, or he would have to stay away from him like a rat whenever they met.
With a sigh, he had to use the large teleportation array to come to Fengliang Mountain. If someone knew that he used the large teleportation array in this way, it was for a foundation-building cultivator.
I don’t know if the sky will be cursed and the weather will not clear up for several months, and one day a thunder will come down and kill Li Yan.
When Mo Qing found a reason to participate in destroying the enemy's magic weapon, several Yuanying here were surprised.
But they were all experienced and savvy, and they seemed to understand something. Then one of them found an excuse to leave and gave his place to Mo Qing. In this kind of situation, the more people there are, the better.
"Fellow Daoist Xiao Yaoyuan, whether this guy is a treasure or not is not important. How much information do you have about the demon general in the valley now?"
Mo Qing was full of anger. Although he was always gentle and refined, there was a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone. Xiao Yaoyuan knew that this kid was the grand-disciple of that crazy Senior Brother Da Cen, but he still wanted to send him to die.
If Senior Brother Da Cen knew about this, that old man would probably be in big trouble. Although both of them are in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, if they really came to a fight, Xiao Yaoyuan would be far inferior. Senior Brother Da Cen's ability to scheme against people is first-rate.
I just heard that since Xiao Yaoyuan entered the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, he has also sought out many people to discuss Taoism and fight with, and it seems that he loses less and wins more. However, does he really think that his cultivation can be compared with that of Senior Brother Dacen
"I guess he thinks that even if he loses, Senior Brother Da Cen won't be able to do anything to him, right?"
Mo Qing thought so in his heart. He didn't have much contact with Xiao Yaoyuan, but he had heard that this man had fire-related magical powers that were very powerful and domineering, and ordinary mid-Nascent Soul cultivators were no match for him.
Today, by observing the aura and fluctuations of magic power, he could roughly judge that he was definitely no match for the opponent in a head-on fight, but if other means were used, such as assassination and poisoning, Xiao Yaoyuan would probably be in trouble.
Once Senior Brother Da Cen takes action, Xiao Yaoyuan will definitely suffer a great loss.
Seeing that the other party did not answer, Xiao Yaoyuan did not take it seriously. With Mo Qing's arrival, he realized the status of that young foundation-building cultivator in the Wuliang Sect. He had underestimated him, but that was all.
Now that the thing has been done, Xiao Yaoyuan will not take it back. He just laughed and told the information he knew.
Mo Qing and the others had no plans to follow Li Yan directly. They were only a thousand miles away from the valley, so they could reach there in an instant.
Now we just need to confirm Li Yan's location occasionally, so as not to make too much noise and alert those demon cultivators.
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By evening, in a forest southwest of Fengliang Mountain, the mountain breeze blew, and the tall trees gently swayed their thick leaves that blocked out the sun.
A hare was hopping lightly in the bushes, stopping from time to time, standing up, with its front two limbs in front of its chest, chewing some unknown food in its mouth.
The three-petal mouth moved rapidly, and the pair of ruby-like eyes looked around. When a strange noise was heard occasionally, it would immediately stop chewing, and the white furry head would turn rapidly around.
With a pair of long ears erected nervously, it listened attentively, and its upright body leaned forward, as if it would immediately get on all fours and jump away if it found something wrong. But everything was normal, it did not find anything unusual, and after standing in front of a cluster of bushes for a while, it immediately lowered its body and crawled under the bushes again.
There was a soft rustling sound, and in just a moment, the forest returned to peace.
After more than ten breaths, a figure appeared silently in the low bush where the hare had stood before, just like a ghost appearing there.
When the figure gradually solidified, it was Li Yan in a gray shirt. He stared at the place where the hare disappeared, and his eyes slowly narrowed.
This was the sixteenth wild beast he had seen in half an incense stick, and there were also two low-level monsters.
Along the way, he also encountered some demon scouts. After all, the area 500 miles south of Fengliang Mountain was already under the control of the demon army.
It may be that the battle at many defense points in front of Fengliang Mountain has just ended today, so these scouts are just routinely deployed to gather information while preventing harassment from the monks of Fengliang Mountain.
These scout teams did not move too frequently, so it was not too difficult for Li Yan to avoid them. However, he was more worried about the sudden appearance of a Jindan or even a Yuanying cultivator's spiritual sense scanning them.
Therefore, Li Yan spent more time observing while stealthily moving. He would often stop and lurk for a long time before moving forward to an area that he had observed many times, and then stop and lurk again.
They walked and stopped like this until evening, and had only covered more than 700 miles.
Li Yan felt that this was necessary. They could all think of a plan to destroy the other party's powerful magic weapon. After the other party used it today, they would definitely be more vigilant about that area.
Looking at the scenery ahead of him which was gradually turning darker in the forest, Li Yan felt more and more peaceful in his heart, although for a cultivator, there was no difference between day and night in terms of what he could see.
But people’s psychology is like this: when they do something they don’t want others to know, they always think that the night can cover up their tracks.
Li Yan took out a jade slip and placed it on his forehead. After a long time, he still stood there motionless.
"This place is only about three hundred miles away from the nameless valley. At the current speed, we can reach there at least when it is completely dark. But I have to find a suitable place to stop outside the nameless valley."
Looking down from the sky, valleys like the one where the powerful magic weapons of the demon cultivators are located are almost everywhere in this continuous mountain range, especially in shapes that are similar.
If it was a battle between mortals, even if there were spies sneaking in, they would probably have been lost in the vast jungle long ago. This is because monks have supernatural powers that can go to heaven and earth and ignore all this.
Li Yan has not yet decided where to stop and wait for the Nascent Soul cultivators of both sides to fight. The place is not easy to determine.
But he knew that even if a Nascent Soul cultivator had an extremely powerful spiritual sense, he would not release it all the time to continuously scan the entire area it could cover. No one could handle that.
Therefore, the demon general sitting in the nameless valley should lock his spiritual consciousness on a certain area and suddenly scan it from time to time, and that area is the demon general's last warning line.
Li Yan must control this range well. When approaching the outer edge of the cordon, he must lie in ambush and wait for the attack from the Nascent Soul cultivator of Fengliang Mountain.
This position is difficult to grasp. First of all, he has to consider that he can sneak into the nameless valley at any time after the Nascent Soul battle between the two sides, and he will not make mistakes due to his haste and be discovered by the guarding monks left there.
This requires that while being fast, one must also ensure that one's hidden aura is steady and not chaotic. Li Yan never thought that he was very strong, but was instead careful in everything.
He would not ignore any details, which might be the biggest reason why he could survive until now. Otherwise, even though there was such a huge gap in strength between him and Master Ji, he would still be able to calculate everything against Master Ji, who had a mind as smart as a fox.
After thinking for a while, Li Yan felt that it should be within the range of a hundred miles. The reason was very simple. The distance between Wuming Valley and Fengliang Mountain was about one thousand five hundred miles, and it was a thousand miles away from "Tonggui Ridge".
For a Nascent Soul cultivator, this distance is nothing at all. Whether it is teleportation or the arrival of spiritual consciousness, it only takes a moment.
But no matter what, the fluctuation of space is from far to near, this is a process, but because the Nascent Soul cultivator is moving too fast, he can hardly feel this process.
But between people of the same level, at a distance of a hundred miles, the abnormal fluctuations in space were enough for another Nascent Soul to react.
Moreover, the demon general who sits in the nameless valley is defending in all directions, not just the direction of Fengliang Mountain. This is exactly why cultivators like to have formations for defense. It would be very tiring to rely solely on manpower.
When it comes to a large-scale attack between monks, defense is often the most difficult part, as the enemy can appear from any direction, unlike a mortal army, where you can almost always determine the enemy's route and direction of attack simply by relying on the rugged terrain.
Within a radius of a hundred miles, a Nascent Soul cultivator does not need any rest time and can constantly explore the surrounding situation without tiring his spiritual consciousness.
And he only relied on his own powerful cultivation, and the spiritual consciousness that had just dissipated could be restored again between breaths.
Another reason why Li Yan made such a judgment was that he was less than three hundred miles away from the Nameless Valley, but he could still see many wild beasts and low-level monsters appearing.
The living environment of wild beasts and monsters is extremely cruel. They are naturally very sensitive to abnormal auras and pressure, especially to powerful beings that are superior to them.
What's more, this area is where they live all year round. Like the hare that appeared just now, since they are still moving around in this area, it means that the wild beasts or monsters here have not sensed the danger.
After thinking for a while, the darkness in the jungle became thicker, and the sunset was still hanging outside. The figure once again merged into the large area of black light and shadow in the jungle, indistinguishable from each other...