Three days later, on the top of a mountain more than 500 miles south of Fengliang Mountain, the mountain towered into the clouds. Li Yan led a hundred monks to fly over.
The mountains and rivers are no longer the clear mountains and green waters of the past. There are large pieces of fallen trees everywhere, as well as burnt and blackened vegetation.
Pieces of wasteland covered with rubble seemed to have experienced the coming of Shura. Large and small pits were connected one after another, and fragments of various magic weapons were scattered in many places.
Broken limbs and rotten intestines were hung all over the charred branches, and pools of purple and black were visible. A gust of wind blew by, and there was a strong smell of burnt odor in the wind, which made people nauseous.
"Junior Brother Li, are you sure that the order we received is to come here to take defense?"
As soon as they flew to the top of the mountain, the faces of Gong Yuantai and the old members of the Qing Sixteenth Team became very ugly. After Gong Yuantai was sure that Li Yan was going to stop here, he asked with a hint of complexity. road.
After Li Yan heard this, a gleam flashed in his eyes. Of course he heard the vigilance, doubts, and even dissatisfaction in Gong Yuantai's words.
At the same time, he could also feel the abnormalities in the aura fluctuations of many monks after his death. These abnormalities were revealed as soon as he stayed in the air on the top of the mountain. They were all old members of the Qing Sixteenth Team.
Li Yan took out a jade slip, and after his consciousness sank into it, he looked around and then raised his hand and handed the jade slip to Gong Yuantai.
"This is the jade slip given by the superior. This is the right place. The location is clearly marked on it."
Gong Yuantai immediately took the jade slip, and at the same time, Wang Ning, Wu Ye and other newly recruited fake alchemy monks nearby also felt the changes in the faces of the old members of the Qing Sixteenth Team.
Wang Ning has a straightforward personality and immediately asked Gong Yuantai, "What's the problem here?"
Gong Yuantai withdrew his consciousness from the jade slip, and his expression became more serious. Before he could answer, at this moment, two figures flew quickly from below, and someone shouted at the same time.
"But are fellow Daoists from the Qing Sixteenth Team here to take over the defense?"
With so many people from Li Yan and the others flying over, people below must have noticed it a long time ago, but the direction Li Yan and the others came from was Fengliang Mountain, which was their rear area.
Fengliang Mountain's defenses are lined up, and there are two defensive points on the east and west sides, Tumo Ridge and Jianfuyuan. If there are so many enemies attacking, they will definitely be discovered, and they will also be the first to attack. Time is communicated.
In addition, they received the order last night that someone would be on guard today, so they were already prepared.
Seeing someone flying quickly from below, Gong Yuantai immediately swallowed back his words as they came to his lips, and the others had no choice but to move their eyes towards the person coming below.
The two figures flew in front of Li Yan and others at an extremely fast speed. When the rainbow light passed, two figures, a man and a woman, appeared.
The man was about forty years old, with a slender figure and deep-set eye sockets, but his pupils were black and white, but at this time they were covered with bloodshot eyes. His aura was like a sword, which gave him the impression of a tax profiteer.
The woman looked to be only about thirty, with a mediocre appearance, but a plump and fair figure. Her arms were half exposed, and she held a foot-long lancet in one hand, with a slender and sharp blade.
She was wearing a lotus green dress, and looking at her figure, she looked a bit charming, but from her half-squinted eyes that looked like a smile but not a smile, anyone could tell that this woman was definitely not a kind person.
The clothes of these two people were somewhat torn, and there were many dark brown stains on them.
Although the female cultivators' long green skirts were a little cleaner than the male cultivators' clothes, they also had a dusty aura. Li Yan felt a chilling aura and a strong smell of blood from their bodies!
The person who had just asked the question was the lanky male cultivator. As soon as the two of them appeared, it was the male cultivator who spoke again.
"Please show me the jade slip!"
His tone was cold and devoid of any emotion. After saying that, a pair of bloodshot pupils stared firmly at Li Yan's face. He had already seen that Li Yan was the leader.
Li Yan looked at the slender male cultivator. There was a vigilance in the man's eyes that he did not trust anyone. The female cultivator beside him looked harmless, but the sword light in his hand could be stretched or retracted.
The two of them didn't have the slightest idea when facing hundreds of monks. On the contrary, Li Yanyang was more like a lamb in their mouths.
Li Yan smiled slightly, raised his hand, and a light yellow jade slip appeared in his palm. With a slight toss, the light yellow jade slip flew lightly towards the slender male cultivator.
At the same time, Li Yan said calmly, "I'm the captain of the Qing Sixteenth Team, Li Yan!"
Seeing the light yellow jade slip flying over, the slender male cultivator did not reach out to catch it. Instead, he flicked his robe sleeves, and a force of energy turned into a giant palm, grabbing the light yellow jade slip in his palm.
A pair of eyes were still staring at Li Yan and the others. After seeing that Li Yan and the others had no other abnormal behavior, he released a ray of spiritual consciousness. After sensing the periphery of the jade slip, it was confirmed that there was nothing abnormal. The slender male cultivator then became cautious. He penetrated his spiritual consciousness into the jade slip.
After a while, the lanky male cultivator left the jade slip with his spiritual consciousness, and his expression softened a lot. He first nodded to the plump female cultivator beside him, and then raised his hand to Li Yanyi again.
"It turns out to be fellow Taoist Li Yan. Please come with me. We'll discuss matters of communication and defense in the cave below."
Speaking of this, his face showed a strong look of fatigue for the first time.
After confessing to Li Yan, the lanky male cultivator said no more. There was a flash of light in his hand, and a palm-sized bronze compass appeared in his hand. He waved the compass downwards.
There was a "buzzing" sound in the originally empty void below, and then a faint light flashed across everyone's eyes quickly.
After seeing this, many people exclaimed, "This is... an offensive and defensive formation." At this time, many people understood that no wonder these two people were not afraid of hundreds of them. It turned out that they had been in the opponent's formation for a long time. within the attack range.
It's just that this kind of "one-piece offensive and defensive formation" that can cover the entire mountain is already very difficult to refine. It is said that only Nascent Soul-level formation masters can refine it, and it can generally be compared with the guardians of second-rate sects. It is comparable to the Zongda Formation.
Of course, the amount of spiritual stones consumed by such a large formation is very astonishing. If it is a third-rate immortal cultivating sect, it will probably take less than half a month to disperse the sect and withdraw.
Li Yan was also amazed. When he flew over this mountain just now, he felt a death threat and guessed that there might be a formation restriction here, but he had the jade slip with him, so he felt at ease.
I just didn't expect that it would be such a large formation. If the other party recklessly activated the formation ban as soon as they met, it would be possible for the hundred or ten of them to die immediately without any precautions.
The slender male cultivator closed the compass in his palm and plunged downwards. The plump female cultivator also showed a relaxed look at this time. After waving to Li Yan and the others, she also plunged in headfirst.
Of course, Li Yan and the others had no objection to the other party's proposal, and the group followed the man and woman to the top of the mountain.
In the process of flying down, the two monks in front did not say a word, and the faces of the former members of the Qing Sixteenth Team in Gong Yuantai were even more gloomy and scary, and everyone looked worried.
This made the other monks, including Li Yan, feel something bad.
During the flight, Li Yan felt as if he had hit an invisible transparent wall head-on, but his body lagged slightly and he passed through.
The scene that appeared in front of me at this time was completely different from the scenery in the mountain that I had just seen from the outside. This mountain had a radius of about fifty miles.
At this time, although there are many places with large tracts of fallen forest on the rolling mountains, there are still at least 30% green dots, which is a lot more vitality than outside.
Here, a team of monks were patrolling in the air. When these monks saw Li Yan and the others, led by two slender male cultivators, they only took one more look, and then flew away without even saying a word.
Soon they landed on a small platform on the top of the mountain. This platform was very simple and should have been opened up by someone with the magic power. The color of some rocks on the ground was very different from the weathered weather of the mountain. It should be It doesn't look like it's been too long.
The platform is not big, and there are eight or nine cave entrances, large and small, on one side of the mountain.
At this time, there were seven or eight monks standing or sitting on the platform. Some of them closed their eyes and meditated, while others were staring blankly in one direction. There were even some who were holding a branch or drawing on the ground. Or click, I don’t know what I’m writing or drawing.
Their clothes were all badly torn, and two female cultivators even exposed a piece of skin on their thighs, but their skin was covered with mud. They didn't seem to care at all, and just glanced sideways at Li Yan and others.
Each of these people seemed to have injuries on their bodies, and the parts of someone's cut clothes were still bright red, as if they had been treated just now.
Just the appearance of those two female cultivators made more than a dozen female cultivators on Li Yan's team, including Wang Ning, have expressions of astonishment on their faces.
Although some female cultivators among the monks do not care about their appearance, most of them still pay great attention to their external appearance. Although the two female cultivators on the platform below have torn and dirty clothes, their faces are very clean. They both look good. It's not vulgar, but it looks like it doesn't care about the exposed skin.
After seeing the lanky male cultivator, some of the people on the platform just nodded, and even turned a blind eye to Li Yan and the others.
The slender monk and the plump female cultivator just nodded slightly and remained silent as well, leading Li Yan and the others towards the entrance of a cave in the northeast corner of the platform.
It seemed that in this world, the arrival of Li Yan and the others was just a gust of mountain wind blowing by.
Since Li Yan and the others entered, they felt a deathly silence. Since it was broad daylight, they also felt lifeless.
This is a very large cave, at least it is completely different from what Li Yancong looked like outside just now. It should not be a problem to accommodate one to two hundred people.
There are still twelve monks in the cave. Their clothes are also in rags, with blood and unknown liquid on them, and they all look like they are seriously injured.
The twelve people were spread out in various corners of the cave, either sitting cross-legged and meditating, or lying on the ground and sleeping soundly. There was no trace of the appearance of immortals.
When some people saw Li Yan and the others coming, they just raised their eyelids, and no one paid attention or cast inquiring glances. They were as indifferent as the monks they met outside just now.
After entering the cave, the slender monk glanced at these people and sighed softly. Although the voice was small, Li Yan was following behind, but he could hear it clearly.
At the same time, Li Yan also saw from the side the plump female cultivator's tightly biting lower lip and the whitened joints holding the lancet, while the slender male cultivator's face became even more tired.
The slender monk led Li Yan and hundreds of people through the indifferent monks, and soon arrived at the back of the cave.
Seeing Li Yan and the others following him in, the slender monk did not hesitate and showed a smile to Li Yan for the first time.
"Fellow Daoist Li, next, I will explain to you the purpose and scope of defense of 'Tonggui Ridge'."
