However, Li Yan has already made a judgment about this place. There is no one here, which is the best news for him.
Firstly, although he had only seen three rooms, the furnishings inside all gave people a feeling that the houses were deserted and there were no valuable treasures left.
Secondly, the basis for Li Yan's judgment was the origin of this place that Meng Zhiyuan had introduced to him before, and he compared it with other information.
Everything here was obviously arranged as a cultivator's cave residence, and Li Yan had already confirmed it without having to look anywhere else.
In addition to the three rooms he had been to, the rest must include the most common layouts of cultivators' caves, such as the breeding room, alchemy room, and spiritual plant garden.
Thinking of this, Li Yan's figure flashed and disappeared from the living room.
The next moment, he appeared in another room, looking at the deep marks on the ground.
"The alchemy and refining room left behind by the alchemy furnace and cauldron!"
Li Yan knew that his judgment was correct. The opponent's final killing move was to teleport people to the caves of several powerful men. If there were really powerful men here, he would definitely die.
But now he knew that he was safe for the time being.
Even Meng Zhiyuan couldn't enter or leave here at will, or rather, he didn't want to enter because it was very difficult to get out once he entered.
The reason why Li Yan knew so much was not all because of what Meng Zhiyuan said, but because Li Yan had previously searched the souls of two two-winged "Dark Spirit Demon Bats".
Although they are of low level, Li Yan also expected that they would not know some high-end secrets, but they definitely know some of the most basic situations here.
After searching the soul, Li Yan already knew a lot of things, which Meng Zhiyuan had never expected.
Because in the previous siege, only one side would die completely, otherwise there would be no chance and time to search the souls of others.
Meng Zhiyuan had not expected that anyone could walk out of the corridor. In his opinion, he had divided out five ethnic groups at the same time.
Although the "Dark Spirit Bats" on both wings suffered heavy casualties, no group was completely wiped out, which meant that no one had time to do other things.
In addition, his soul was damaged, and when he was held hostage by Li Yan, he was always in a state where he could not be fully awake. Due to negligence, he was unable to think carefully and thoroughly.
The other four-winged "Dark Spirit Bats" thought that Li Yan had captured Meng Zhiyuan in the fight, after all, the two-winged "Dark Spirit Bats" behind him followed Li Yan all the way.
Therefore, when Meng Zhiyuan later answered some of Li Yan's questions, although they were half true and half false, Li Yan still guessed more things after comparison.
This is a place left behind by ancient cultivators, and it was built by very powerful cultivators. As for how powerful it is, it should be at the level of the Spirit Transformation Stage.
In the memories of the two two-winged "dark spirit bats", this place was not the cave where the "Venerable Duanmu" and his two daughters lived as mentioned by Meng Zhiyuan.
Instead, it should be two powerful beings at the level of God Transformation, leading their "Dark Spirit Demon Bat" clan to guard an empty cave here.
In other words, of the three sub-caves that Li Yan and his friends had seen before, only two were inhabited, and the other one was empty.
As for the situation in these three sub-caves, the two two-winged "Dark Spirit Bats" were not clear about it. At their level, they had no access to that information.
The "Dark Spirit Demon Bat" clan lives in the forbidden land all year round, and the forbidden land is usually opened only when the formation is triggered.
If one wants to temporarily come out, one must cast a spell to open the restriction. The spell is only mastered by a few six-winged "Dark Spirit Bats" and their direct disciples.
In their memory, "Venerable Duanmu" was a real person and he had really lived here, but he was just one of the monks who patrolled here.
Every hundred years or so, two more powerful masters in the God Transformation stage would be stationed here. After living here for a hundred years, "Venerable Duanmu" left this place with another God Transformation cultivator.
In the somewhat vague memories of the two winged "Dark Spirit Demon Bats", perhaps twelve powerful people in the God Transformation Stage may have come here before and after, which is six hundred years.
But their clan has been stationed here all the time.
The reason for this was that at that time the Lost Continent was at war with the Green Continent, and their clan, as a vassal of the Demon Clan, was of course also recruited to join the war.
But in one of the great battles, two Nascent Soul ancestors of the "Dark Spirit Demon Bat" clan and some third-order strongmen were captured by the strong men of Qingqing Continent.
Because the demons were extremely powerful at the time, when they recruited small races like the "Dark Spirit Bats", they actually planted restrictions in their bodies.
If they find any abnormality, their entire clan will be completely destroyed.
When a group of powerful "Dark Spirit Bats" were captured, the strong men of Qingqing Continent had already understood the situation of the Lost Continent.
A countermeasure was devised, which was to incite some races in the Lost Continent to rebel. They took action and lifted the restrictions on the captured "Dark Spirit Bats".
And tell them that as long as they leave some people behind to fight against the demons together, then all their people can be released from the ban and taken to the Qingqing Continent.
They also promised to give them a piece of land with abundant spiritual energy for cultivation in the Qingqing Continent, and required that under the agreed conditions, they would not need to send any more tribesmen to participate in the war, and allow them to reproduce and thrive in the Qingqing Continent.
The "Dark Spirit Demon Bats" understood this request very well in their minds. In essence, the way Qingqing Continent treated them was no different from that of the demons. They were all asking for someone to join the battle at the risk of life and death.
But in detail, there are still big differences.
The first is that the strong men of Qingqing Continent will not place restrictions on their own people;
The second is that only a small number of people will be left to fight. Although these people are the elites of the tribe, the tribe will never be exterminated;
Third, this is constantly decomposing the power of the demons. But knowing it is knowing it. In order to keep the race immortal, the "Dark Spirit Demon Bat" still chose to join the Qingqing Continent.
Of course, they took great risks in doing so.
It is impossible for them to surrender in batches, and if they think the situation is not right, it is also impossible for them to return to the demon clan.
Neither side will allow this kind of fence-sitting behavior.
Therefore, they only have one chance. Once they defect to Qingqing Continent, they will migrate here all at once before the demons can react.
But if the strong men of Qingqing Continent fail to fulfill their promise in the end, their clan will never return and will be wiped out by the other side.
Fortunately, the strong men of Qingqing Continent still signed a blood contract with the "Dark Spirit Demon Bat" clan, which gave them some peace of mind.
Although this contract contains the power of law, those who violate it will be punished by heaven and destroyed.
However, the strongest "Dark Spirit Demon Bat" only has six wings, that is, a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage.
They didn't know whether the Divine Transformation cultivators had any means to deal with it, but at least they felt comforted and had some hope.
With a determined mind, several powerful members of the "Dark Spirit Demon Bat" decided to bring all their people to the Qingqing Continent.
It has to be said that the cultivators in ancient times were really powerful. Although the "Dark Spirit Demon Bat" clan at that time was very weak among the demons, there were already ten fourth-order six-winged "Dark Spirit Demon Bats" in the clan, which meant ten Nascent Soul cultivators.
This would already be a top-notch sect today.
As expected, the Qingqing Continent side kept their promise and finally decided to leave behind eight fourth-order six-winged "Dark Spirit Demon Bats", more than twenty third-order four-winged "Dark Spirit Demon Bats", and one hundred two-winged "Dark Spirit Demon Bats".
The rest of the "Dark Spirit Demon Bats" were all handed over to the remaining two six-winged "Dark Spirit Demon Bats" and taken to the Qingqing Continent. This actually brought out 80% of the top combat power of the "Dark Spirit Demon Bat" clan.
In order to allow the remaining "Dark Spirit Bats" to participate in the war with peace of mind, one of the two six-winged "Dark Spirit Bats" that had gone over teleported back shortly afterwards and informed the remaining tribesmen who had participated in the war of everything that had happened within the tribe.
Everything on Qingqing Continent really went as promised, and the "Dark Spirit Demon Bat" clan has settled down in a very good area.
In this case, the "Dark Spirit Bat" that stayed behind must also fulfill the agreement.
Just like that, the "Dark Spirit Demon Bats" that stayed behind also fought desperately on the battlefield at first. In that unprecedented war between the two worlds, the "Dark Spirit Demon Bats" soon suffered heavy casualties.
Even the six-winged "Dark Spirit Demon Bat" warriors were all injured, and three of them died quickly.
Of the five surviving six-winged "Dark Spirit Demon Bat" warriors, four were seriously injured and unable to fight anymore, and the "Dark Spirit Demon Bat" tribe members below suffered even more heavy casualties.
Only one of the four wings was left, and the more than forty wings on the two wings finally had to withdraw from the battlefield to recuperate.
Finally, they were arranged here. In addition to serving the two powerful gods, they were also responsible for guarding the periphery and allocating some daily war resources.
As for why they have been stationed here all the time, the two "Dark Spirit Bats" whose souls Li Yan searched only knew that they were following orders.
Some things were only gradually learned from Meng Zhiyuan and others in the years that followed.
Many years passed like this, and they welcomed one century after another, but the Qingqing Continent never let them fight on the battlefield again, nor did they let them return to their tribe.
But in this case, even though the lifespan of the monsters was originally long, those two-winged "Dark Spirit Bats" had already begun to die.
Only a few of them broke through to the third-level magic beast realm and escaped the fate of temporary death.
During these years, the "Dark Spirit Bats" they left behind are still multiplying, but this will not last long.
So the five four-winged "Dark Spirit Bats" began to try to ask the powerful gods how they could fulfill the original agreement. They didn't want to continue wasting time like this.
The one who came forward to answer them at that time was a powerful incarnation named "Venerable Duanmu". He finally replied that it would only take another hundred years at most.
The five four-winged "Dark Spirit Bats" said sadly.
"The sea here is deep and boundless, and cultivation resources are scarce. Some of the tribesmen who are not lacking in natural talents may not be able to hold on until that time!"
During those years, these five strong men have not been able to improve their realm again, but their lifespan is not a problem for the time being.
But there is a four-winged "Dark Spirit Bat" below, whose lifespan has reached over 700 years. This is almost the limit for a monster of his level. If he does not improve his realm, he will surely die.
And this demon beast was Meng Zhiyuan, whose talent was among the best in the tribe at that time.
After so many elite members of the "Dark Spirit Demon Bats" died, they didn't want to see Meng Zhiyuan die in such a mediocre way.
Most of the rewards from Qingqing Continent over the years have been used up by them. In addition to daily practice, they also have four two-winged "Dark Spirit Bats" whose talents are equally strong.
They gathered all their strength to allow these four "Dark Spirit Bats" to successfully form elixirs, but now they have no more top-grade elixirs to prolong Meng Zhiyuan's life.
Therefore, they wanted Meng Zhiyuan to leave here now and let only him return to the tribe.
Otherwise, please ask Qingqing Continent to provide the best elixir so that Meng Zhiyuan can prolong his life or advance to a higher realm.
After the other party begged earnestly, "Venerable Duanmu" thought about it for a long time and finally agreed to let Meng Zhiyuan return to the clan early.
But at this time he also received an order, and the battle ahead had reached the final critical moment.