Just as the two Nascent Soul monks from Xuan Yuan Sect were chatting, Zhang Shiping suddenly felt something move in his heart, and his whole body disappeared immediately, leaving not even a trace of breath behind.

Yi Changqiu's face darkened when he saw this. I wonder who provoked this True Lord Shiheng?

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Far away in a large river called the Minjiang River at the junction of the Central Plains of Nanzhou and the territory of the Xuanyuan Sect, a small boat was seen going up the river.

There were only two people in the boat. A young man in black clothes was sitting on the bow of the boat holding a sword, looking at the rushing river with an indifferent expression. The other young man in blue and gray cloth was lying under the canopy of the boat, closing his eyes and falling asleep.

While boating across the mountains, the greenery on both sides of the river is rapidly receding.

Suddenly, the young man in black stood up and looked sternly at a small town not far away leaning on a mountain.

The man in gray cloth noticed something. He lazily sat up, leaned against the side of the boat, and asked, "Ming'an, what's wrong?"

"There is a deathly aura in that mountain city, mixed with demonic aura. It seems that there is an evildoer at work." Du Mingan said.

As soon as he finished speaking, he stepped onto the river, tapped the water with his toes a few times, and appeared on the shore more than a hundred feet away.

"Here we go again." Li Jiantong lamented, and immediately rushed out of the boat. After a few leaps, he also landed next to Du Mingan.

Although the small town at the foot of the mountain ahead was about thirty or forty miles away from where the two of them were, and beyond the scope of the Foundation Establishment monks' spiritual detection, Li Jiantong did not question what Du Mingan said.

In order to avoid attracting attention, the two of them did not fly with their weapons. Instead, they gathered their breath, concealed their foundation-building skills, and then galloped for thirty or forty miles to arrive in front of the mountain city gate.

This city looks to be quite old, the walls are somewhat dilapidated, and there are some weeds and small trees growing between the cracks between the bricks.

There was a big hole in the city gate, and there was a blood channel seven or eight feet wide in the road, leading straight into the city.

After Du Mingan looked at it carefully, he said in a deep voice:

"Judging from the residual aura of this snake path, this snake demon is about ten feet long and eight feet wide. It is at least the middle of the second level. There are very few people left in the city. I am afraid that there are only seven or eight people in this city.

All the people in the city have been devoured by this snake demon. Let's go in and look for people. Since the remaining people in the city have not escaped yet, this snake demon must be wandering nearby. It is very likely that it will wait for it to digest.

Will come back again.”

After finishing speaking, he stepped into the city without waiting for Li Jiantong to say another word.

I saw that the long streets in the city were deserted, not to mention not a single human being, not even a wild dog.

The two walked for a long time, and there was someone in the house watching, but they knocked on the door and pushed in.

But the people inside were either screaming like madmen, or huddled in the corners of the room, twitching and trembling, dozens of them in a row.

Li Jiantong restrained all these people and made a diagnosis. He shook his head and said to Du Mingan: "It's all apathy caused by panic. They were all scared out of their wits."

"It seems that this demon snake is very fierce." Du Mingan sneered.

"Let's go and see if we can still find one or two people who are conscious." Li Jiantong said in a deep voice.

The two of them continued walking slowly until they arrived in front of the county government office.

At this time, they discovered an eye looking carefully at the crack in the door.

Suddenly, the two people disappeared, and the person behind the door seemed to have seen a ghost and let out a scream.

But the sound stopped suddenly.

At this time, Du Mingan and Li Jiantong had already appeared in the county government office.

Among them, Du Mingan grabbed an old government official in soap clothes who was covering his mouth with his hands and running away while urinating.

Then he asked slowly: "What happened here?"

Seeing that he was fine, the old Yamen glanced at the ground again and saw the shadows of the two of them.

Only then did he become a little bolder and suppress the panic in his heart.

"Two knights, run away quickly, otherwise it will be too late at night. There is a big snake here, and there is also a black-clothed ghost that is eating people. It is very ferocious." The old Yachai said in a low voice.

"Then why don't you run away?" Du Mingan asked slowly.

"We can't escape, we can't escape. The evil ghost is staring at us. As soon as we leave the county office, we encounter the ghost hitting the wall, wandering around and then coming back again." The old government official seemed to have thought of something, his face was pale and his legs were shaking.

At this time, Li Jiantong, who was on the sidelines, sent a message and said:

"I found that someone has arranged a psychedelic formation here. It seems that it is not a simple evil disaster."

"Driving demons and swallowing people is the work of evil cultivators. But if you can drive a second-level snake demon that is comparable to a foundation-building cultivator, the person behind it is most likely a golden elixir cultivator. Let's first treat these people who are not crazy yet.

Rescue him, then leave first and look for other Jindan masters in the sect to come and deal with the matter." Du Mingan said in a message.

After the two of them reached an agreement, he then said to the old Yamen:

"We have cracked the ghost wall here. While it's still light, you can ask the people in the county government to run together."

But at this moment, a fishy wind blew up from the backyard of the county government office. Amidst the whining sound, a big snake rushed out. It was about ten feet long, with a waist like a vat, and it moved very quickly.

The demon knocked down several brick walls along the way. As soon as it saw the two men, it spewed green poisonous fire from its mouth, and immediately a miasma of poisonous mist rose up, covering the surrounding area for hundreds of feet.

When the snake entered the poisonous mist, its silhouette was only faint and almost invisible.

Du Ming'an's whole body was covered with protective spiritual light, protecting the old Yamen officer, and then the sword in his hand flew out, and a green light flew towards him behind him, flickering unsteadily.

Accompanied by several crisp sounds of metal and stone clashing, there were also sparks flying around.

Li Jiantong, who was on the side, took the opportunity to wave his hand, and a three-inch-long sharp wood turned into blue light and disappeared in an instant.

At this time, the demon snake was in pain, and it let out a hoarse roar and jumped back.

Du Mingan grabbed the old cadre and rushed out of the poisonous fog, followed closely by Li Jiantong.

As for the snake demon, it was two to three hundred feet away, coiled up in a pile, with a blood hole the size of a fist about seven inches away, and blood was pouring out.

Surprisingly, a middle-aged man wearing a gold brocade embroidered with cloud patterns appeared next to this demon, who was casting spells to heal his wounds.

"Seeing that you two have good skills and are of extraordinary origin, if you let go of the mortals and leave, I will let you go. Young people, I advise you not to meddle in other people's affairs so that you can live a long life."

The young man held a strand of long hair on his temples and chuckled.

However, as soon as he said these words, a stream of blood spit out from his mouth and shot straight towards Du Ming'an's face, arriving suddenly.

However, the two of them were already prepared and did not let down their guard at all.

When the middle-aged golden elixir cultivator first appeared, Li Jiantong already held a shining silver talisman upside down in his hand. He instantly pulled it out and turned it into a spiritual light shield with overlapping silver scales, blocking the blood light.

Du Mingan used Li Jiantong's body to cover himself, and with a black jade-like spirit bead in his hand, he shot towards this person without saying a word.

"High-level talisman." When the middle-aged monk saw this, he immediately screamed with disbelief on his face.

However, when he was surprised, he noticed a black light coming towards him, and he quickly retreated without paying any attention to the demonic snake beside him. At the same time, a bloody skeleton flew out of his body, casting a scarlet aura around his body.

However, as soon as this spiritual light appeared, the black light suddenly disappeared, and then a ball of black flame completely submerged the man's figure.

The middle-aged monk wanted to get rid of the raging black flames around him, but the next moment he was shocked and angry to find that his protective aura was crumbling, and the magic power in the golden elixir poured out. He could barely hold on.

But this situation did not last long.

Just after three or five breaths, the scarlet spiritual light disintegrated on the spot, and the black flames extended its magic power and burned to the man's chest.

And this middle-aged man was also very straightforward. When the black flames came over, he decisively used his finger as a knife, slashed his chest, and cut off a large piece of clothing and flesh.

However, the black flames did not go away. Instead, they rekindled from the ribs, as if they would not give up until they were burned to ashes.

"Master, save me." The middle-aged man shouted hurriedly.

As soon as he finished speaking, a clear light emerged from the human body and transformed into an old man with a white beard.

This man just glanced at the black flame, and his originally calm expression suddenly became serious.

After two or three breaths, he sighed, then waved his sleeves, and a piece of clear light sank into the middle-aged man's body, peeling off the black flames.

After doing this, the incarnation of this person's soul became extremely weak, as if it would disappear in the next moment.

The middle-aged man who had finally saved his life looked at the three people who were protected by the silver scale talisman with extremely malicious eyes.

At this time, the body of the old Yachai suddenly exploded and turned into a pool of smelly and sticky substance, which splashed Du Mingan and Li Jiantong all over their bodies.

Seeing this, the old man's expression suddenly changed dramatically.

At this time, a calm voice was heard in the silver scale talisman light: "Fellow Taoist Lingyun, is it too much to bully a small disciple by attacking a young disciple?"
Chapter completed!