After a long time, Cheng Ling completely consolidated the late Yuan Ying's cultivation. Turning to look at Bai Yiyi and Gu Youlan, she asked, "Miss Yiyi, Senior Sister Gu, have your true energy recovered?"
Bai Yiyi and Gu Youlan nodded at the same time.
Cheng Ling said: "How is the situation in the east and south?"
Bai Yiyi said: "There are many monks from the seven major forces in the east and north. In the north, there are mainly the four major families and Yujian Sect, and in the east, there are Jiuxiao Sect and Wushen Sect, which happens to be the direction of their sects. As for the south, I walked for a long time and didn’t find anything special!”
"Where's the academy?"
"I didn't see the men and horses in the academy. I just accidentally heard from the disciples of the Yujian Sect that the academy dispatched tens of thousands of disciples, led by the master of the Sword Academy in person, and they were in a stalemate with the seven major forces in the north."
Cheng Ling was shocked. The master of the Kendo Academy personally led tens of thousands of disciples in the academy to hold on to a stalemate. It seemed that the seven major forces had been prepared for a long time. The situation at hand was not optimistic.
Bai Yiyi asked: "Cheng Ling, what should we do now? I don't know where Brother Jian is."
Cheng Ling comforted him: "Don't worry, with Brother Jian's ability, those monks can't do anything to him. Now I have a few ideas, let's go over them together."
"Say it!" the two women cheered up and said at the same time.
"The first idea is to go south until it is outside the sphere of influence of Jiuxiao Sect and Wushen Sect, then turn east and return to the sphere of influence of Northern Academy via the sea."
"This method is difficult, because it is easy to lose your way in the mountains, and on the sea route, I cannot guarantee that there will be no interception by people from the seven major forces!"
"What about the second method?"
"The second method is more risky. Nowadays, almost all the elites of the seven major forces are confronting the academy in the north, and the same is true for the disciples of the Agni Cult. At this time, the lair of the Agni Cult must be empty, so we will take advantage of the situation to rush into it and give him Let’s have a backyard fire.”
"In this way, the Agni Fire Sect may be attracted to us and retreat from the north, and the pressure on the academy will also be reduced. Moreover, Brother Jian is likely to be within the sphere of influence of the Agni Fire Sect. Regarding this, I have at least seven It’s a sure thing!”
"Why?" Bai Yiyi asked.
"You have gone to the north and east to investigate. Most of the disciples of the seven major forces are concentrated in these two places. With Brother Jian's intelligence, it is absolutely impossible to hit the road of death."
"However, this second method is extremely difficult. The Fire Sect's lair is by no means so easy to enter. There may be many unknown dangers inside, and there must be many monks staying in the lair."
The two women looked at each other and both pondered. After a long time, they seemed to have made some kind of determination and said at the same time: "Let's choose the second method and enter the Agni Fire Cult!"
Cheng Ling nodded with satisfaction and said from the bottom of his heart that the first method was actually a kind of escape and he didn't like it. And even if it succeeds, it won't be of much help to the academy.
After spending the past few days getting along with the two women, he had some feelings of integration into the academy. At least from their perspective, he definitely didn't want the academy to lose in the end. The two women were kind to him, and Cheng Ling was very kind to him, so he naturally wanted to help them.
What's more, Jian Yinghao and Wu Chenlong might still be nearby, and he couldn't leave them alone.
The three of them had decided on a plan, made some preparations, and headed towards the lair of the Agni Cult.
Along the way, they hid themselves to avoid unnecessary trouble. Sometimes they passed by areas where monsters were entrenched and chose to avoid them. Fortunately, there were very few disciples of the Agni Fire Sect along the way, and they traveled very quickly. After two days of walking, they arrived outside their lair.
Cheng Ling did not choose the direction he had fought in before. There were disciples of the Agni Fire Sect guarding that side. He was afraid of alerting the enemy if he broke through, so he chose to sneak in quietly from the side.
The lair of the Agni Fire Sect is built under a mountain range, and the entire mountain range is very huge. At the bottom of the mountain, there is a huge entrance, like a giant dragon opening its mouth. There were eight stone pillars on each side of the entrance, and two rows of torches were lit. The flames swayed in the wind, illuminating the entrance of the cave.
The three of them all put on black night clothes and hid under a stone pillar ten feet away from the cave entrance. Cheng Ling looked at the entrance of the cave from a distance and saw several disciples guarding it, all of them dozing off against the stone pillars.
Bai Yiyi asked softly: "Cheng Ling, should we deal with these disciples first?"
Cheng Ling said: "Don't alert them first. We rush directly into the cave and attack from the inside. With them here, other disciples of the Agni Fire Sect will not be suspicious, and they can be caught off guard!"
"But they are guarding the door, how can we get in?"
Cheng Ling smiled sinisterly and said, "It's too easy to lure them away."
After saying that, he picked up a piece of gravel and flicked it with his thumb. The stone hit the outermost stone pillar heavily, making a crisp sound.
As soon as those disciples woke up, their attention was instantly attracted, and they all ran towards the surrounding stone pillars.
Cheng Ling shouted "Let's go!" He used his body skills and took advantage of the gap to gallop towards the cave. Bai Yiyi and Gu Youlan followed closely behind, and the three of them entered the cave easily.
Entering the cave, there is a large molten cave with a dark passage ahead. Cheng Ling walked towards the passage first, with the two women following behind, always on guard.
The passage is long and spacious, and it doesn't feel stuffy. On both sides of the cave wall, a groove about a foot long was cut out. The groove was filled with grease and ignited by fire. The passage was illuminated like daylight. The design was indeed exquisite.
Cheng Ling's consciousness was released, and he had a clear view of the scene in the passage. He did not find any monks from the Agni Fire Sect. He quickened his pace and walked deeper along the passage.
After walking forward for a quarter of an hour, his spiritual consciousness scanned a circular space in front of him. There were more than a dozen monks in the space, all of them hurriedly shuttled back and forth.
Cheng Ling whispered: "There is a circular space ahead, and there are people inside. We will eliminate them as quickly as possible and try to avoid making any noise. Do you understand?"
The two women nodded at the same time, and Cheng Ling quietly moved forward.
When they reached the edge of the space, they gave a signal with their eyes. The three of them suddenly launched an attack and rushed out in an instant. In an instant, more than a dozen monks were all dead without making a sound. Cheng Ling nodded with satisfaction, dragged the corpses of the monks to a corner and hid them, and then began to look at the situation in the space.
A circular space with three passages directly in front. Those monks just now were obviously shuttled between various passages. But where do these three passages lead to? Cheng Ling came to the passage, squatted down and observed carefully.
There are many footsteps going forward in the first passage. It should be that more people enter and fewer people come out. The second passage is about the same going forward and backward, with some black and gray residue on the edge of the footprints. The third passage has the fewest footprints, only four, and the traces are very shallow, and it is difficult to find without careful observation.
The two women watched him observing at the entrance of the three passages. They were curious, but they did not dare to disturb him. They just stood aside and waited silently.
Cheng Ling stood up and said, "Of the three passages, the one in the middle should be the safest. Let's enter from here first, and then turn back after we finish exploring the inside."
Bai Yiyi asked curiously: "Why?"
Cheng Ling said: "Come with me, I will tell you slowly."
The two women followed him into the passage. Cheng Ling explained: "Of the three passages, the middle passage has the most footprints, indicating that people come and go frequently, and there are black and gray residues on the ground. This cave is a volcanic cave, and the residue indicates that These people had contaminated soles of their feet.”
"Just think about it, if you are a high-level employee, will their residence be built in a place with a lot of debris?"
"Of course not!"
"So, there must be the most monks in this passage, and their cultivation levels are not very high. We can easily annihilate them!"
Bai Yiyi was amazed. Just by looking at the footprints, she could analyze so much content. How did Cheng Ling's head look like that?
Gu Youlan's eyes were filled with confusion, and Cheng Ling became more and more mysterious in her eyes.
The three of them walked slowly towards the depths. Sure enough, it didn't take long before the two female consciousnesses discovered that there was a huge molten cave in the passage. In the molten cave, many monks were talking loudly, drinking, gambling, bragging, and so on.
Although there are many monks, their cultivation levels are not high. There are only a few in the early stage of Nascent Soul, and the rest are all golden elixir and foundation-building monks. The two women glanced at Cheng Ling with admiration, and they were really impressed by what he said.
Cheng Ling smiled, raised his eyebrows proudly, moved his hands together, and placed several restraints behind him. He said easily: "Okay, now even if there are gongs and drums inside, no one outside can hear them. These monks are our first batch of souls killed by the sword!"
The three of them had cold looks in their eyes at the same time, like tigers coming out of their boxes and rushing into the group of monks. Hundreds of monks didn't react at all. The sword energy was flowing freely, and most of them died in an instant. The remaining monks were stunned. It was unbelievable that they were killed like chickens in their own lair.
"Run!"
I don't know which monk shouted, and everyone ran away. But as soon as they ran into the passage, they were blocked by the ban and couldn't get out at all.
"Come quickly, the enemy is coming!"
"Elder, Hall Master, help!"
No matter how loud they shouted, there was no response. Cheng Ling ignored it and continued to kill the monks in the melting cave.
Bai Yiyi glanced at him and muttered: "He's tricked me again, it's really...!" However, the monks who died in her hands were piled up into a small mountain.
With one stick of incense, all the monks in the molten cave were killed. Cheng Ling moved his hand and cast the gravity spell, causing hundreds of storage rings to float in mid-air.
"Miss Yiyi, Senior Sister Gu, let's divide these rings!"
Bai Yiyi curled her lips and said, "I don't care about these people's rings. You can keep them for yourself!"
Gu Youlan also shook her head slightly.
Cheng Ling sighed secretly, the eldest lady really has a strong backing, and the ant legs are also meat! Since you don’t want it, I’ll take it all. With a wave of his hand, he collected all the rings in the air.
The three of them looked at the melting cave and saw that there were many densely opened doors all around, which should be the residence of these monks. Cheng Ling chose a door and walked in. There were very few things inside, only a meditation futon and some scattered materials.
He put it away casually and was no longer interested in other portals. These were just low-grade materials and the price was not high. Presumably this is the case with most other portals, so there is no need to waste time. Moreover, monks' wealth is usually stored in storage rings, and now they have collected 10% of it.
Turning around and walking out of the door, Bai Yiyi asked, "Where should we go next?"
Cheng Ling pondered for a while and said, "Let's go back and enter the first passage. The harvest there will definitely be greater!"
