Along the way, Luo Haoyang felt inexplicably uneasy. He had never participated in a mission to explore the Netherworld before. This time, he still relied on his cousin Luo Ting to take care of him. If it weren't for this rare opportunity, It was not the turn of people like him. Unlike what he expected, the Nether Realm was not as dangerous as imagined for the monks. The abundant spiritual energy even gave him signs of breakthrough in his long-dormant realm.
Compared with other promising children of the Luo family, Luo Haoyang appears to be much ordinary and does not have sufficient resource supply. After becoming a monk, his strength has always stagnated at the lower level of Yuxu, while the young men of the same age as him have always been stagnant. The head of the family, Luo Tianchen, has reached the upper level of Yuxu due to the family's efforts in training, and can be regarded as a leader.
To be fair, there are many ways for mortals to become monks, and it can even be said that many of them are not difficult to obtain. However, the journey after becoming a monk is much more bumpy. Each promotion requires a large amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth to be accumulated. If you only rely on your own With the ability to absorb, even if it takes a lifetime, it will be difficult to break through Qingxu. The assistance of elixirs can be said to be indispensable.
Although this mission is difficult, if it can be completed successfully, there is a high probability that Luo Haoyang can get some elixirs as a reward. Combined with his hard training in the Nether Realm during this period, he will no longer be promoted to the middle level of Yuxu. It is so out of reach. Whenever you want to be taken seriously by others, it is essential to improve your own strength.
Although there are many monks in the Luo family, most of them are monks who have stayed in the lower level of Yuxu for a long time. They are about the same strength as Luo Haoyang. Among the monks in the middle level of Yuxu, there are only two other monks, Luo Ling, who is responsible for leading the team. Yu and Luo Nanyi, while the only Qingxu monks are Luo Qin and Luo Ting.
Luo Haoyang thought for a while and found out the reason for his uneasiness. The original task of placing the soul-binding coffin had been completed. They should have returned to the guard station with the border troops, but the sudden appearance of the blood pool and the blood conceived in it had The tyrannical monster caught them off guard, and now a person who stole the red gauze bodhi appeared out of nowhere, as well as the strange believers they had encircled and suppressed before. These successive events are full of weirdness, and it is difficult not to think of these things. Things are connected together.
Thinking of this, Luo Haoyang raised his right hand and motioned for everyone to stop. This place was still some distance away from the smoke column, but for safety reasons, he decided to avoid a head-on confrontation with Yan Zheng. Instead, he investigated first and found Yan Zheng. After seeing the traces of Zheng, he called the other two teams and asked them to come for support.
Luo Haoyang took out something wrapped in layers of yellow talisman paper from his arms. After peeling it off, he revealed a delicate bird inside that looked like it was carved from obsidian. He put his spiritual power into it and then lifted it up. With both hands, he threw the bird into the air. The bird immediately expanded and turned into an eagle and flew rapidly towards the direction of the smoke column.
Luo Haoyang's practice of the Demonic Shadow Heart-Eating Curse was not strong enough, and he was unable to control the wolf shadow for investigation, so he had to use the long-cherished alchemy beast. As the name suggests, the alchemy beast is used by an immortal master who is proficient in the method of alchemy and mercury. It is refined from the captured monsters. The size of the refined monsters is reduced, making it easier to carry. It can retain 70% of its own strength. It is then sealed with talisman paper and identifies its master with the user's blood. It needs to be used. Once the seal is released, it can reveal its original form for the user to control.
The dark hawk flew across the sky, its sharp eyes scanning the entire forest, looking for any traces that Yan Zheng might have left. However, after a search, no signs of human activity were found. Unexpectedly, around the smoke column, The eagle couldn't find anyone. It folded its wings and landed quickly, but there was only a pool of blood on the ground that had not yet dried. The eagle dipped its sharp beak into the blood on the ground, then hovered into the sky and disappeared into the clouds. .
Luo Haoyang sat cross-legged on the ground, waiting for the reconnaissance falcon to return. His followers stood beside him, fiddling with the weapons in their hands from time to time. The other three teams did not send any signals, and it seemed that they did not find Yan either. Traces of Zheng.
One of the followers muttered: "This little thief moves really fast, so many of us can't catch up."
Another follower took over and said, "If you dare to steal something from our Luo family, you must have eaten the courage of a bear and a leopard! Who doesn't know that our Luo family is the most powerful in the Northeast Province."
"To be able to escape from the hands of the steward, this thief is not weak." An old follower who had participated in the Netherworld mission before said, "The place he escaped to is already relatively deep into the Netherworld, and it will only be more dangerous there."
There was a sharp cry in mid-air, and a dark figure flew across the sky. The falcon folded its wings and quickly descended, landing lightly on Luo Haoyang's shoulder. Luo Haoyang took out a red pill from his arms and threw it to the falcon. He took the pill and swallowed it in one gulp, then let out a sharp cry of satisfaction and rubbed his head against Luo Haoyang.
After becoming an alchemy beast, it cannot hunt normally and can only rely on this specially refined beast-controlling elixir to raise it. This falcon was a gift from Luo Haoyang's parents. It must have been passed down from his ancestors. Every time the alchemy beast There will be wear and tear with use, so Luo Haoyang usually takes good care of it and does not use it easily until important moments. But now in order to quickly find Yan Zheng and avoid unnecessary complications, he decisively chose to use the alchemy beast.
After dripping blood to recognize its owner, the alchemy beast will be connected with its owner. Through the eyes of the falcon, Luo Haoyang saw the situation around the smoke pillar. There was no figure of Yan Zheng there, only a pool of blood that had not yet dried up. They were all hit. In order to escape Jin Chan's shell, Yan Zheng deceived his tracking technique with blood, causing the direction of their tracking to deviate.
Luo Haoyang was a little angry. He didn't expect that so many of their monks would be fooled around by a mortal. He reached out and dipped some of the blood on the eagle's beak, then squeezed the magic formula with his hand and activated the tracking technique again. As he Light ink spiritual energy surged around them, and another column of smoke appeared from behind them, pointing in the opposite direction.
This kind of trick can only deceive for a while, but it cannot deceive the whole life. Let me find you anyway. A smile appeared on Luo Haoyang's lips. He stretched out his hand and sent a signal to the sky, calling other teams to look at the location of the new mark, and then brought The followers around him took the lead in chasing in the direction of the smoke column.
The evening is coming to an end, and the Netherworld is about to usher in its night. Yan Zheng, who is wearing a shadow-eating cloak, looks at the gradually darkening night sky and secretly sighs with relief. There is only a waning moon in the sky, and the light it emits is not The visibility was very poor at night, and the Luo family never came after them. Judging from the situation, they should have gotten rid of them. Yan Zheng decided to have a good rest tonight and set off to join the main force tomorrow.
Yan Zheng stopped in front of a somewhat narrow cave entrance. He picked up dead branches on the ground, lit them with the flint he carried with him, and then threw them deep into the cave entrance. The burning dead branches illuminated a corner deep in the cave. You can clearly see the pale white bones scattered among them. Those bones have been broken into pieces and have obviously been abandoned here for a long time.
It is estimated that a certain demonic beast lived in this cave before, but later the demonic beast left here, and the cave has been abandoned since then. After burning for a period of time, the dead branches gradually extinguished, indicating that there was something for breathing in it. Oxygen, and after repeatedly making sure it was safe, Yan Zheng got in with confidence. He wrapped himself in the Shadow Devouring Cloak, and then gradually fell asleep.
Dimly, he noticed someone walking into the cave. It wasn't the person's footsteps that betrayed his actions, but the sound of the metal blade touching the rock. Yan Zheng immediately woke up. At this moment, he encountered It can't be the border troops, but the Luo family who are chasing him here. It seems that someone has discovered his plan to escape from the golden cicada's shell, and has searched for his traces again.
Because the entrance to the cave was too low, the Luo family attendant could only bend his waist and move slowly inside. However, after walking through the path into the cave, the inside became spacious. He walked carefully, trying his best to The noise it made was reduced to a minimum. Through the dim moonlight outside, he could vaguely see a huddled human-shaped object next to the rock in front of him. The human-shaped object was covered with a black cloak and almost blended into the surrounding ground. If it weren't for this name, The follower has good eyesight, so he might miss it.
There's no mistake, this person must be Yan Zheng who stole the Luo family's treasure! The Luo family attendant took out the long knife from his waist, walked over quietly, and slashed at the humanoid object on the ground!
But the long knife did not feel like it was cutting into flesh. Instead, it shriveled up along with the cloak. It turned out that there was no one under the cloak at all, but a few rocks and hay!
Yan Zheng suddenly appeared from the side of the cave, knocked down the Luo family attendant violently, and then held the Luo family attendant's wrist. The Broken Steel Art was immediately activated, and the tide of scarlet blood set off a turbulent wave in his body. Yan The strength in Zheng's hands doubled. The Luo family attendant who was holding his wrist felt that his wrist was almost broken. He couldn't help but let go and let the long knife fall to the ground. Yan Zheng grabbed the long knife and cut the sharp blade. It was sent into the belly of the Luo family’s entourage.
But the Luo family follower did not die immediately. He clenched the handle of the knife with both hands, knowing that making noise at night would attract the attention of monsters, but he shouted to the surroundings regardless, "I caught him! He is here!" "
Yan Zheng was shocked and immediately hit him with a heavy elbow on his temple. The Luo family attendant spurted blood from his mouth and nose and fell to the ground. Yan Zheng wanted to pull out the long knife inserted into his abdomen, but failed. Thinking that this Luo family follower was so brave and tightly grasped the handle of the knife with both hands, Yan Zheng tried many times but failed. The shouts of the Luo family follower must have attracted the attention of others. He could not waste any more time. Yan Zheng gave up and pulled out the long knife, got out of the cave, and fled into the forest in embarrassment.
