There were countless openings in the ground, and the earth and rocks on the mountain seemed to have been turned over by people. There were dry cracked earth and smashed rocks everywhere.
Lin Lan could even see some giant trees covered by mud from some rubble piles.
Lin Lan looked around, and all he could see was a barren land that had been subverted.
And in the center of this half of the barren mountain, there is a huge wooden stake standing there.
More than 20 corpses were pierced through their stomachs with wooden stakes, and they were closely arranged on the stakes.
"Let's go take a look."
On the side of the mountain, because there was no forest barrier, Lin Lan could clearly see the wooden stakes and corpses standing halfway up the mountain, and immediately walked down quickly.
"Boss, why don't we go around?"
The Linjia beast was lying on Lin Lan's shoulder, and it still had the spirit when it first came to Evil Wind Valley.
"A person who can easily destroy such a big mountain is at least a fifth-grade high martial artist. It's too dangerous for us to pass now!"
"Where did all this nonsense come from, if there were really strong fifth-grade Gaowu guards here, we would have been discovered long ago."
Lin Lan rushed down quickly, his eyes fixed on the more than twenty corpses that were crossed by the wooden stakes.
There are thousands of miles of steep mountains and forests on the periphery of Evil Wind Valley. From any place, you can enter Evil Wind Valley.
The reason why Lin Lan chose this path now is because on the map of the Qing Emperor City Lord and the woman in red, the elders of the Qing Emperor Sect are on the straight line connecting the core of the Evil Wind Valley where he stands. superior.
So he can't detour.
"Those people in front of you should have nothing to do with the Qing Emperor Sect. Their locations marked on the map are still in the inner layers!"
Lin Lan quickly rushed to the huge wooden stake halfway up the mountain, and her face suddenly became extremely ugly!
"Boss, these people actually..."
The linjia beast lay on Lin Lan's shoulder in horror, with fear in its voice.
"The human cultivator who did it is really ruthless! Not only did he kill these people, but he also tore off the faces of these people."
"Even the clothes on their bodies are torn and tattered. Boss, why did that person do this?"
"In order to make people fearful in the future, after seeing this scene, I accepted the thought of going deeper into the Evil Wind Valley."
Lin Lan raised her head, and from top to bottom, glanced at the corpse stakes that were stacked higher than the two.
"The man who did it cut off the faces of these people and scratched their clothes. They wanted to show latecomers like us that he did not kill because of hatred."
"It's to kill everyone who can be killed, regardless of identity!"
"It's too perverted. It would be nice if we, monsters, ate it directly and spit out the bones and left it here."
Lin Lan threw a blank eye at the Linjia Beast: "When have you eaten humans?"
"I mean other monsters, boss, don't you know that I'm a vegetarian."
The Linjia Beast said, and took out another barren stone.
Whoosh!
Lin Lan didn't wait for the Lin Jia beast to fill the barren stone into his mouth, his arm quickly swept past the Lin Jia beast's mouth and grabbed the barren stone.
"The barren aura of the barren stone is too special and easy to attract attention. During these days in Evil Wind Valley, you two should endure it first."
"Boss..."
The Linjia Beast really wanted to cry without tears, and even the little giant tortoise on Lin Lan's shoulder made a dissatisfied voice.
After swallowing a lot of barren rocks, even the little giant tortoise seems to be able to understand human speech.
"Do you also want to be cut off and strung together?"
Lin Lan threw the barren stone back into the Linjia Beast's storage ring and asked with a smile.
"Then don't eat it, right, Xiao Hei?"
While the Linjia Beast was talking to Lin Lan through the Spirit Beast Array, it also cried out twice.
The little giant turtle nodded hurriedly.
Although its turtle shell is hard, it can still be strung together from the head to the tail.
"There are many footprints on the ground around here, all of which came down from the top of the mountain."
Lin Lan looked down at the surrounding land and whispered.
"And from the footprints, many people who pass by here have stayed here."
"However, there is not a pair of footprints, so they walked back."
Since this half of the mountain has been beaten with martial arts, there are rocks and dirt everywhere, so Lin Lan can easily identify the footprints on the ground.
"Human monks are really not afraid of death."
The Linjia Beast couldn't help but sighed.
"That's because the temptation of Evil Wind Valley is too great, and..."
Lin Lan frowned and looked at the direction of the core area of Evil Wind Valley.
"And most of the people passing by here probably have the same thoughts as us."
"This place is still very far from the core area of Evil Wind Valley. The battle here happened a long time ago."
"Going in from this direction now, you shouldn't encounter the perpetrator."
"Boss, shall we keep going?"
"Go some distance first, but always be careful."
Lin Lan took the Linjia Beast into the Evil Wind Valley again.
The further he went in, the more uncomfortable he felt.
After walking forward for about two or three miles, Lin Lan had already arrived at the foot of the mountain.
It was only at this time that Lin Lan finally realized where the faint sense of crisis in his heart came from.
"You... do you feel that the blood around here seems to be getting worse?"
"seems like it."
The Linjia Beast moved its nose slightly.
"Although after we left those corpses, the blood around us became a little lighter."
"However, in the recent distance, these bloody odors are sometimes thick and thin, and they have no intention of dissipating."
"We've already left the man's flesh pile for two or three miles. The blood around here is still so thick, which is a bit abnormal."
"There might be something else going on ahead."
As expected by Lin Lan, when he took the Linjia Beast out of the ruined mountain and went deep into the dense forest again, he found that the bloody aura in the forest became even more intense.
At this time, the Linjia Beast also used its keen sense of smell to find the starting point of these bloody odors.
"Boss, the source of the bloody smell is in that direction, and there seems to be a living person there!"
Lin Lan nodded slightly to the Linjia Beast, and at the same time restrained the breath of the whole body, and moved closer to the direction of the bloody smell.
About seventy feet forward, Lin Lan's spiritual sense finally realized the source of this bloody aura.
In the middle of the dense forest, there was a big tree that had been cut into wooden stakes with weapons, and on top of the wooden stakes, a dozen corpses that had already begun to rot were placed in the same way.
Different from the first human flesh pile, this human flesh pile in the dense forest does not seem to have any serious fighting marks around it, but there are several big trees around the human flesh pile, which just collapsed.
As the distance got closer, his spiritual sense gradually glanced at several big trees in the distance of the human flesh pile, which were hiding some high-martial-level cultivators.
"What are those people doing here? Could it be that they made this second pile of human flesh?"
Lin Lan suddenly stopped and said solemnly: "There are seven people in total, five of the second-grade Gaowu, and two of them are martial cultivators of the extreme martial arts realm of the third-grade Gaowu."
"If I go directly, without revealing Xiaolin, I will definitely not be their opponent."
After all, Lin Lan was alone and alone. After weighing the pros and cons a little, he was ready to step back.
However, he had just withdrawn less than ten feet when he suddenly discovered that a third-grade high martial cultivator within the range of his spiritual sense had activated.
A distance of several tens of feet is an instant for a high-martial practitioner.
Keng!
Lin Lan's ice-cold sword stood proudly in the air, pointing directly at the figure flying over.
"Brother, don't be in a hurry, we have no ill intentions."
Whoosh!
A cyan figure quickly flashed in front of Lin Lan, and then, a gentle and elegant voice came from the front.
"What are you doing?"
Lin Lan looked vigilantly at the young man in green robe standing in front of him and frowned.
"Don't be nervous, brother."
The man in green robe smiled slightly, and then waved lightly at the top of his head, three men and two women jumped down from the big tree above him.
Together with the man in green robe, these people stood in front of Lin Lan in unison.
"Um?"
Lin Lan looked curiously at the man in Qingpao in front of him. He was the only cultivator of the third rank of high martial arts among the six people around him.
However, in Lin Lan's telepathy, the one who threatened him the most was the last third-grade Gaowu cultivator who had not yet appeared.
"Don't worry about this brother, we have no ill intentions to find you."
The Qingpao man smiled and explained.
"Actually, we've discovered you since you just showed up on the mountain opposite."
"So many of you are here just to wait for me?"
Lin Lan put away the Frost Sword and said indifferently.
"We are waiting for someone strong enough to enter the Evil Wind Valley together."
"Brother, you also saw the human flesh pile. It was the martial arts master who came in ahead of time and deliberately placed it in order to intimidate the people behind."
"Their purpose is to make the people behind do not have the courage to continue to approach it."
The blue-robed man always had a faint smile on his face, and his tone was also very kind.
"So in order to cope with the possible danger ahead, you chose to wait here and join forces with other people who came in?"
Lin Lan understood.
It turned out that the other party did not come to find fault, but did not dare to go in and stay here to find help.
"Many people are powerful."
The blue-robed man said softly.
"This is just the outskirts of Evil Wind Valley. There must be more difficulties waiting for us."
"I think brother, you only have the strength of the first-rank Gaowu. If you want to break through alone, it is almost impossible to survive. Why don't you consider our proposal?"
Lin Lan's heart moved a little, and she said with a smile on her face: "If I'm with you, will I also become part of those human flesh piles?"
The man in green robe immediately said, "If you choose to be with us, brother, we will make an oath of heaven with you, within the scope of Evil Wind Valley. We will never kill each other."
"The oath of heaven?"
Lin Lan's eyes lit up.
The oath of heaven is a kind of law constraint on this continent.
The martial arts experts on this continent dare not violate the oath of heaven, otherwise they will suffer the backlash from the vitality of the continent.
At light level, the cultivation base will be completely lost, and at heavy level, the sky will be thundered, and the ashes will be wiped out.
The martial arts cultivators of Guangwu Continent have experienced abroad, and using the power of oath is indeed a means to effectively restrain temporary allies.
"Well, the oath of heaven! If you are willing, brother, we can make an oath together immediately."
"Of course, if you want to go in alone, we can make way for you right away, and we won't force it."
"Hey, boy in black, if you want to agree, agree quickly, don't be so rude!"
At this time, a second-rank Gaowu cultivator behind Lin Lan yelled at Lin Lan.
"Song Ye, don't talk too much!"
The blue-robed man frowned.
"It's okay to give this brother more time to think about it."
"I need to know your identities before I agree."
Lin Lan glanced at the four men and two women in front of him.
The woman in red standing on Lin Lan's right said coldly, "After forming an alliance, you will naturally know our identity."
"If you're not with us, why should we tell you our origins?"
"Junior Sister Hong, I am in charge of the affairs here."
The man in green robe glanced at the woman in red with a look of embarrassment on his face, and then said to Lin Lan:
"To tell the truth, my name is Guan Xiao, and I have been together with Hong Ruo, Cao Yuan'er, two junior sisters, Qian Hao, and two junior brothers Bi Fang."
"We are from Yutong Academy."
"As for the Song Ye brother behind you, he joined us later. I can't say more about his origin."
"In addition, we have a friend who has gone ahead to explore the road. If you are willing to join us, you can see him later."
"I have always been alone, with no origin."
Song Ye said loudly.
"Okay, I promise to temporarily form an alliance with you, but the agreed conditions can only be that they can't kill each other. You can't restrict my actions for any reason in the future."
"Hmph, a cultivator of the first rank of high martial arts, where did he get so many conditions!"
Hong Ruo looked at Lin Lan coldly.
"If you don't agree, I'll have to go by myself."
Lin Lan was too lazy to look at Hong Ruo, who was born with a widow face that day, and looked directly at Guan Xiao, waiting for his reply.
"It seems that this brother should already have a friend ahead."
Guan Xiao could see Lin Lan's thoughts at a glance, and there was still a smile on his face.
He said, "Okay, I promise you!"
After the two sides reached an agreement, Lin Lan then made an oath of heaven with Guan Xiao and others.
At this time, the last third-grade Gaowu cultivator hiding in the tree no longer hid, jumped down from the tree, and joined Lin Lan and the others.
"Are you Lin Lan?"
The last third-grade Gaowu cultivator to appear was a middle-aged man.
His eyes swept up and down Lin Lan's body. When Lin Lan swore just now, he already knew Lin Lan's name.
"This senior knows me?"
This middle-aged man is much older than Guan Xiao, so Lin Lan unconsciously used the honorific title.
"My name is Bailijun."
Bailijun's eyes were fixed on Lin Lan's body, and he refused to move away for a moment.