Unexpectedly, after a few days, another sad news came.
Several monks in charge of inspection were injured by monsters wandering outside the mountain gate.
Although the injury is not serious, it still looks shocking.
Just like burns in the real world, some exposed parts of the wounded's skin surface were burned with horrific marks, and a strange black juice flowed from the wound.
The black juice was so powerful that it even corroded part of the monk's clothes, the copper buttons on the clothes, and the hilt of the long sword.
"This is..." Li Yuebai frowned.
"This black juice is the body fluid spit out by monsters." The system explained: "It is extremely corrosive."
"Monsters?" Li Yuebai asked anxiously, "How can there be monsters near Kunlun Fairy Mountain?"
"Host, didn't you slaughter tens of thousands of Demon Cult troops?" the system asked.
"Related to the Demon Cult?"
"In short, tens of thousands of demon cultists died outside the gate of Kunlun Mountain, and some died inside Kunlun Mountain." The system said: "Blood is everywhere, and corpses are everywhere."
"... I did the right thing." Li Yuebai said.
In order to prevent the epidemic, as soon as the battle with the Demon Cult was over, Kunlun immediately arranged for manpower to properly burn and bury the fragments of corpses all over the mountains and plains.
"Well, the system knows, you cleaned it up." The system said: "But no matter how you deal with it, the demon soul will still remain."
"Devil soul?"
"The so-called demon souls are the scattered souls left after the death of demon cultists. There are many of them, wandering in the air, without a fixed place."
"Isn't this thing like smog and dark clouds, unable to harm those who practice Taoism?" Li Yuebai had a vague impression of this: "Since the body is dead, what else can the soul do?"
"It is true under normal circumstances, but if it is a coincidence, or someone casts a spell to lure..." the system said: "The demon soul may also condense into a monster, which has a shape and can hurt people."
This world of cultivating immortals more or less follows the theorem of the conservation of matter and energy. Demon souls do not have bodies, but outside the gate of Kunlun Mountain there are vegetation, sand, stones, and water. These substances, after complex transformations, can form the bodies of monsters.
"..." Li Yuebai felt a chill in his heart: "This matter is no small matter, it should be dealt with as soon as possible!"
"This kind of situation has been encountered by all the immortal sects before, so the host doesn't need to worry too much." The system comforted.
"Then how do the major immortal sects do it?"
"Nothing was done." The system said, "Because nothing can be done."
"Aren't the major immortal sects afraid of accidents among their disciples?" Li Yuebai frowned.
"What they encountered was all on a small scale." The system said: "No fairy gate has ever slaughtered so many demon cultists, so there are very few demon souls wandering outside their mountain gate. The two monsters are inappropriate, just ignore them."
"Our situation is different." Li Yuebai frowned: "Judging from the condition of the wounded, there are more than one or two monsters outside our mountain gate just because of chance and coincidence."
"Host, the probability of demonic souls condensing into monsters is very small." The system still comforted: "Now there are tens of thousands of demonic souls wandering outside the Kunlun Mountain Gate. Even if this coincidence is too coincidental, it can only condense hundreds of monsters. Although it will hurt people, it is not a serious problem, as long as you order the monks to be more careful."
"If it's really just a coincidence, of course it's fine." Li Yuebai said in a deep voice: "But you just said that in addition to the coincidence, there is also - intentionally cast spells to lure, and the demon soul can also be condensed into a monster. "
"That's the evil method of the evil heretics." The system said: "The Kunlun monks are all cultivators of immortality, and it is absolutely impossible to practice this evil heretics."
"Even if it's the way of the devil, so what if you practice it?" After all, Li Yuebai is a modern person, and he has no principles for matters in the world of cultivating immortals.
"That's a madness!" The system reminded: "It's not considered a cultivator, and he will be rejected by his own fairy sect, and even cleaned up... Looking at the entire Kunlun Immortal Mountain, there is no such monk."
"What if there is?"
"What if there is something?" Yu Tianji got up from the couch, yawned, stretched her waist, her long hair was lazily scattered on the bed without combing, and her eyes were demonic. , Now it seems to be open but not open, and it is full of obscenity.
"Look." Li Yuebai said to the system: "I would not be surprised if someone like the Immortal Lord has practiced evil and heretics."
"That's natural." Yu Tianji didn't understand what he was talking about at all, but continued glibly: "If it's for Mu Meier to look at me more, what does it matter if I go crazy."
"I don't dare to hope for the moral self-discipline of tens of thousands of people in Kunlun." Li Yuebai said to the system: "Even if ninety-nine percent of people are meticulous in self-discipline, there will always be hundreds of people who have bad intentions..."
"It's also... Immortal cultivators are also human beings, not a system like ours, and it's inevitable to have bad intentions." The system admitted.
"Even if it's a system, there will be bugs." Li Yuebai remembered the system in his last life that wanted to kill him, so he couldn't get angry: "So, I want to take someone to the outside of the mountain gate to see what is there. What about demon souls and monsters?"
"Going out?" Yu Tianji rolled her eyes: "Do you want to bring me the Immortal Master?"
"No." Li Yuebai thought about it carefully: "It's too dangerous."
"Since it's so dangerous, don't go with the beauty." Yu Tianji said shamelessly.
"It's okay, just bring enough people and take care of each other."
"Oh? Could it be that this Immortal Master can't take care of you?" Yu Tianji pretended to be sad and said, "If you don't take this Immortal Master, who can you take?"
"Wan Guangliu." Without talking nonsense, Li Yuebai directly named a person.
"Didn't your old man piss him off? Because of Ji Yao's matter..." Yu Tianji remembered it clearly.
"But I also promised Ji Yun a few days ago, and I will no longer interfere with Ji Yao's freedom." Li Yuebai said helplessly: "In this way, the conflict with Master Wan can be resolved."
Sure enough, after hearing Li Yuebai's speech, Wan Guangliu was overjoyed.
He had great trust in his wife, and he did not hesitate to argue with Li Yuebai for her sake. Now that Li Yuebai said that he no longer suspects interference with Ji Yao, it is naturally a huge stone removed from his heart, and he is extremely relaxed.
"Host, Wan Guangliu's support for you has returned to 100%," the system said.
"Okay." Li Yuebai replied casually, still thinking about the demon soul and monster.
"Master Jijiu." At this time, Ji Yao came out from the inner room, bowed gracefully to Li Yuebai: "Thank you, Lord Jijiu, for treating me generously."
"You don't have to thank me." Li Yuebai said, "It's your family who committed the crime, and it has nothing to do with you."
"Father and brother made a big mistake, and Kunlun is guilty. Thinking about this matter, I still have trouble sleeping and eating." Ji Yao said: "Therefore, I have always wanted to find an opportunity to redeem my crime."
"Madam doesn't have to be like this." Li Yuebai said: "As long as Madam lives in peace, I can rest assured."
"However, I heard that Lord Jijiu is going to go outside the mountain gate to inspect those... demonic souls, and the monsters formed by the condensed demonic souls." Ji Yao said with a smile: "I have practiced immortality since I was a child. It is a classic, and I have some experience in the attributes of monsters, and I am willing to do my little work for Lord Jijiu."
"Host, she's right...that's right." The system reminded: "Ji Yao is the daughter of the Ji family after all, so she has access to more knowledge than ordinary monks. Look at her uncle who has studied spells so well. She is naturally not weak, and it is true to say that she has some understanding of the devil soul."
"Oh." Li Yuebai said.
He had already agreed in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it too much on the outside. Ji Yao had asked him several times before, but was rejected. This time, of course, he couldn't agree too simply.
Therefore, Li Yuebai repeatedly refused, and Ji Yao repeatedly asked, and finally, Li Yuebai sighed and made a concession, agreeing that she would go out of the city with Wan Guangliu.
This trip was dangerous, the group of people did not dare to take it lightly, they all put on self-defense, and flew out of the mountain gate mightily with their swords.
The situation outside is really not good.
When the Xianmeng Conference was held before, due to the warm weather and scorching sun, nothing could be seen.
These days the weather has turned cloudy and cold, the sun has been hidden in the clouds for a long time, and the environment has changed.
The air is filled with a damp and musty smell, the ground is overgrown with weeds, the strange rocks are rugged, and it is desolate. The most disgusting thing is that there are all kinds of strange smoke floating on the ground—there are yellow-green miasma and white mist , and the black devil soul.
The devil soul looks very similar to the mist, but it is black in color. When the wind blows, it spreads and flutters. When the wind stops, it gathers again, and it is too thick to melt.
After flying for only a few dozen miles, I encountered three monsters. Fortunately, these monsters had just condensed and formed, and their attack power was not strong. They were quickly beaten to pieces, but the black juice sprayed out by the monsters was really disgusting. .
However, the fog and demonic souls became thicker and thicker, gradually obstructing the line of sight.
Everyone had to slow down their flight speed, concentrate and observe carefully.
Flying forward, it is almost difficult to see the companion's figure clearly.
Suddenly, another monster appeared.
The monster moved extremely fast, and everyone was chasing it at full speed, but it was difficult to catch it, seeing that it became smaller and smaller in the field of vision.
"Husband, I'm afraid only you can catch this thing." Ji Yao suddenly laughed.
What she said was the truth, Wan Guangliu's swordsmanship was excellent, Yujian's flying speed could be controlled freely, chasing a small monster was like picking something out of a bag.
It's just that Wan Guangliu has been trapped in the formation, and it's hard to stand out alone.
"Lord Wan Feng, since this is the case, please make this contribution for us." Li Yuebai thought for a moment, and said, "Just be careful."
Wan Guangliu glanced at his wife and said, "Forget it, it's just a little monster, so don't chase after it."
Li Yuebai could tell that he was worried about Ji Yao's safety and that he would not be able to protect her well if he left, so he refused.
"Husband is too worried." Ji Yao smiled and said, "There are so many immortal elders here, so don't worry."
She really wanted to make this contribution, so she tried her best to persuade her husband.
The monster also arrogantly stayed not far away, as if waiting for them to catch up.
Wan Guangliu was finally moved by his wife, he raised his eyebrows, raised his sword formula, his figure was like a white rainbow, and chased after the monster.
Everyone's eyes couldn't help but follow his figure.
Suddenly, Li Yuebai heard a scream from behind.
It was Ji Yao's voice, sharp and painful.
Li Yuebai hurriedly manipulated the flying sword, and rushed back—only to see that Ji Yao's original place was empty, and she, together with his own flying sword, fell into the vast black mist below.