Smelling the smell of blood, Venerable Dali, who was about to speak, immediately closed his mouth and looked intently into the forest.
But it was dark at this time, and the trees in the forest grew very densely, making it impossible to see the scene in the forest clearly.
Venerable Dali looked in the direction of the other people and found that the expressions of the others were similar to his, and it was obvious that they could not see what was happening behind the forest.
Several people moved more gently and quietly approached the edge of the forest.
Due to the obstruction of dense branches, they did not dare to move forward rashly for fear of disturbing the situation.
Just when a few people were at a loss what to do, they saw Bu Xiaotian's figure slowly disappearing, blending into the dense forest in a moment.
Seeing Bu Xiaotian's methods, the others couldn't help but be secretly surprised.
But no one said anything. They knew that Bu Xiaotian must have gone into the forest to inquire, and they all waited quietly for news about Bu Xiaotian.
They thought it would take a long time for Bu Xiaotian to come back, and they were prepared to wait for a long time.
But less than half a quarter of an hour later, Bu Xiaotian's figure was seen falling from the sky.
Seeing Bu Xiaotian coming back, the others looked at him curiously, wanting to know what was behind the forest.
Bu Xiaotian didn't mean to hide it, and without waiting for others to ask, he said directly:
"There is a cave behind here that goes downwards, and the smell of blood comes from inside."
He didn't lower his voice deliberately, and everyone heard him.
But a few people frowned, obviously thinking that Bu Xiaotian's loud voice would reveal their whereabouts.
Bu Xiaotian also saw their thoughts, shook his head and said:
"Don't worry, I went in and took a look. The cave is very deep, and we can't communicate here."
Only then did everyone feel relieved.
Zuo Canglan asked:
"Is the fox demon hiding in the cave?"
Bu Xiaotian shook his head and said:
"I don't know. I only walked a few dozen feet in the cave. I heard a faint groan coming from inside, so I didn't dare to go any further."
Hearing this, Zuo Canglan looked anxious and said excitedly:
"It must be the fox demon who is torturing my son!"
With that said, he rushed straight into the woods.
Several others were worried that something might happen to Zuo Canglan alone, so they followed him regardless of the situation.
After rushing through a dense forest, a small pile of rocks appeared in front of them. There was a cave about half a person in the middle of the pile of rocks. It was so dark that it was difficult to see what was going on inside.
There was only a faint but continuous smell of blood coming from the entrance of the cave.
Zuo Canglan has disappeared, and must have entered the cave first.
The few people did not hesitate much, and headed by Venerable Dali, they also got into the cave one by one.
Venerable Dali takes the path of physical training. Even if he is attacked, he can hold on for a moment with his strong body, buying time for those behind him to react.
The entrance to the cave was so narrow that they could only move forward with their bodies hunched over.
Bu Xiaotian walked last, on guard against something coming in behind them.
Lan Yunxin walked in front of Bu Xiaotian. As they moved forward, a faint fragrance floated into Bu Xiaotian's nose, which made him feel a little strange in his heart and his ears felt a little warm.
Fortunately, it was dark in the cave and he was the last one, so no one noticed anything strange about him.
The further we go, the cave gradually becomes wider.
After walking dozens of feet, a few people can straighten up and walk without having to maintain a stooped posture.
Feeling the strangeness of this cave, Taoist Qingxu couldn't help but said:
"There is such a weird cave here. I have been practicing in Haizhou City for more than two hundred years and I haven't discovered it yet!"
Venerable Dali, who was walking at the front, joked:
"You, an old Taoist priest, have lived in your little Taoist temple all your life. It's a rare thing to find this cave!"
Taoist Qingxu did not show any weakness and replied:
"Hey! You have been wandering around for a lot of time, how come you haven't found this cave?"
Venerable Dali said:
"I've been to famous mountains, rivers, and dangerous peaks. How could I wander around in such an ordinary forest? What right do you, an old Taoist priest who has never even been out of Haizhou City a few times, to laugh at me?"
The two bickered for a while, but their steps were not slow. They moved forward dozens of feet while talking.
Suddenly, when several people turned a corner again, the faint sound of fighting came from the front.
It seems that Zuo Canglan has already made contact with the things in the cave!
The few people suddenly stopped talking and moved a little faster. Even though they were in a dark cave, they were still walking as fast as flying.
But for a moment, there was a faint red light in the darkness ahead, a trace of heat came from the front, and the sound of fighting became clearer.
At this point, the cave has become very wide, enough for two or three people to walk side by side.
After walking for nearly two sticks of incense in the dark upper cave, they suddenly saw a bit of light, and several people unconsciously quickened their pace again.
When they finally came to the red light, they were all very surprised.
A huge magma lake appeared in front of them, and the exit of the cave was on the stone wall of the magma lake.
At the feet of the few people was a stone platform that protruded about two feet from the rock wall. More than ten feet below the stone platform was lava that was slowly flowing with a red light. Bubbles swelled up from time to time in the magma, and then exploded, pungent. The smell emanates from it.
A burning sensation came from the soles of their feet, and they had to use a little bit of energy to resist it.
On the huge magma lake, Zuo Canglan was fighting fiercely with a woman in white, causing ripples in the magma lake.
That woman was born extremely beautiful, even in the midst of a fierce fight. Every move exuded a seductive sense of beauty, except that six snow-white furry tails behind her kept sweeping towards Zuo Canglan.
When those tails flicked, the seemingly soft hair exuded a feeling as sharp and hard as steel needles.
This is a six-tailed white fox!
However, the few people who had just arrived here did not pay attention to the fighting man and the fox. Everyone was staring at a bloody figure on the edge of the stone platform.
If it weren't for the same body shape as a human being, they would hardly believe that the thing in front of them was actually a human being.
The smell of blood they smelled in the cave came from this bloody human body.
Looking at this figure, everyone couldn't help but feel numb.
Without him, the scene in front of me would be too horrible to look at!
What kind of person is that!
There was not an inch of skin on the whole body, and all the flesh and blood was exposed. The blood continued to flow out, and was evaporated by the hot stone platform, exuding a strong smell of blood.
It's like being skinned alive!
Oh, no, he was skinned alive!
Because next to the bloody man, they also saw a piece of skin, a human skin!
It was a very complete human skin, with all the beard and hair on it, and the face was somewhat deformed, but they could still barely tell that it was the face of a young man.
Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help showing unbearable expressions on their faces and turned their eyes away.
Lan Yunxin even held Bu Xiaotian's shoulders while retching with a pale face. Her knuckles turned white because she held Bu Xiaotian's hand too hard.
Although Bu Xiaotian's shoulder was very painful when he was pinched, he resisted not struggling or making a sound, and let Lan Yunxin squeeze his shoulder.
A faint moan came from the bloody mouth.
After suffering such abuse and torture, he is not dead yet!
Several people endured the discomfort and looked at the bloody man on the ground, only to see that he was indeed twitching slightly.
The oldest layman Huang Lin took a few steps forward and squatted down to investigate. A look of shock and anger suddenly appeared on his face, and he shouted in a low voice:
"It turns out to be a thousand-year-old ginseng!"
Several people were immediately shocked. How much hatred was there to make the fox demon do such a cruel thing!
Not only did they peel off this man's human skin, but in order to prevent him from dying, he even used thousand-year-old ginseng to forcibly hang his life!
They couldn't imagine how much pain that man was suffering at this time!
Everyone turned angrily to look at the fox demon who was fighting Zuo Canglan.
Almost at the same moment, everyone chanted incantations and all magic weapons came out, all attacking the fox demon.
The fox demon's cultivation level was only about the same as Zuo Canglan's, so how could he withstand a combined attack from everyone?
In the blink of an eye, the fox demon was seriously injured and was caught by Zuo Canglan and thrown onto the stone platform.
Zuo Canglan flew back to the stone platform with red eyes and asked angrily:
"What on earth is my son's hatred against you that makes you want to torture him so cruelly?!"
"Ah!"
Although the fox demon was seriously injured, he managed to sit up, spit out a mouthful of blood, and sneered:
“You are angry that I tortured your son.
But have you ever thought about how painful it was for me to lose my child! "
When he said the last sentence, the fox demon's face showed an extremely sad and painful look, and he spurted out another mouthful of blood under the excitement of his heart.
"You are the lord of Haizhou City. Your son was born with no worries about food and clothing, and has countless people following you to please him.
Just because he said he liked spirit fox fur, someone took my child away and skinned it alive in order to please him.
And this is just a word for your son! "
Hearing this, Zuo Canglan seemed to remember something and asked:
"Could it be that the three-tailed fox fur someone gave my son a few days ago..."
Before Zuo Canglan finished speaking, the fox demon shouted with a mixture of sadness and anger:
"That's right! That's my child!
You captured him, and in order to preserve his spirituality, you skinned his skin alive and used it as a show-off ornament.
Have you ever thought about how painful he was?
Have you ever thought about how painful it was when I lost my child? !
What I am doing now is just returning to you the pain you have inflicted on me and my children!
All this is retribution, the retribution you deserve! "
"this……"
After listening to the fox demon's words, everyone understood the cause and effect, and suddenly didn't know how to evaluate what she did.
If it were their close relatives who were treated like this, I'm afraid they wouldn't be much better off.
Especially Bu Xiaotian, perhaps because he felt that his experience was somewhat similar to that of the fox demon, he actually felt a sense of sympathy and even some sympathy for the fox demon in his heart.
Zuo Canglan also fell silent, the anger on his face gradually disappeared, and what was left was more of unspeakable sadness.
After a long while, Zuo Canglan murmured:
"You shouldn't have killed my son..."
"Then my child should die!"
The fox demon asked loudly, his face already covered with tears of sadness.
"father……"
At this moment, the bloody man on the ground groaned.
Zuo Canglan quickly squatted down, wanting to help his son reduce some pain, but he did not dare to touch him, for fear that his touch would make him more painful!
He could only keep comforting:
"My child, don't be afraid, daddy will definitely cure you!"
But his son's consciousness had already been wiped out by the pain of being skinned and burned, and just calling him was just a moan in confusion.
This made Zuo Canglan even more painful. His muddy tears fell down and were evaporated by the stone platform.
"City Lord, Tao'er has run out of gas and lamp. Rather than let Tao'er continue to suffer in pain..."
Master Huang Lin was halfway through his words but didn't know how to say the following words.
Zuo Canglan knew what he was going to say. He closed his eyes in pain and shattered his son's heart with a palm.
"What should I do with this fox demon?"
But it was Venerable Dali who asked.
Zuo Canglan opened his eyes and looked at the fox demon, who also looked at him with a sneer on his face.
After a while, Zuo Canglan said with a gloomy expression:
"Let it go..."
No one knew how painful he felt when he made this decision, and no one would ask him why he did it at this time.
The fox demon didn’t appreciate it:
"Put away your false mercy! Even if I die, I don't need you to pity me!"
After saying that, the fox demon jumped up and jumped off the stone platform.
No one thought that the fox demon would seek death. No one reacted when the fox demon jumped down, and just watched helplessly as the fox demon fell into the lava.
When it came into contact with the magma, the fox demon's body burned, but disappeared in the flames in an instant.
