Chapter 111: Ambush

As Hu Zha's memory collapsed, Yuan Ming suddenly felt a sense of loss.

This feeling was hard to describe, as if a piece of his memory had been hollowed out, and he could not help but feel a sense of loss and emptiness.

But soon, he remembered the warning from Silver Cat.

When using a soul ability like feeding souls, one must avoid being emotionally immersed in it, otherwise, it will be easy to have memory confusion over time.

Yuan Ming's heart was startled, and he immediately gathered his thoughts, closed his eyes and silently practiced the "Underworld Moon Art" to eliminate the mixed thoughts and negative emotions from Hu Zha's memory.

After a long while, Yuan Ming opened his eyes again and let out a long sigh.

The next moment, he keenly noticed a slight change in himself. After devouring Hu Zha's soul, his soul power seemed to have slightly increased.

He was not too happy about this, but reminded himself: "Although feeding souls is good, you can't be greedy."

At this moment, he turned his head and saw the tattooed beast slave hall man who had come here and looked into his eyes with shock.

He didn't see Yuan Ming holding a weapon, nor did he see Yuan Ming's clothes stained with blood, so he couldn't react for a while.

"What...what's going on?" The tattooed man shouted in horror.

"Oh, I just came here too. They seemed to have been ambushed...what have you been doing?" Yuan Ming suddenly changed his tone and scolded.

"I, I..." The tattooed man was already guilty, and was shocked by Yuan Ming.

"Come here, I have something to ask you." Yuan Ming shouted.

The tattooed man had to move over, and before he got close, Yuan Ming smelled a strong scent of powder.

"Asshole, you can never control your crotch!" Yuan Ming pretended to scold him and took another step closer to him.

The tattooed man was about to apologize and beg for mercy, but before he could open his mouth, a sword flashed in front of him. He felt a chill on his neck, and then he was lifted into the air, spinning around, and then he knew nothing.

As the man's body was separated, warm blood spurted from his neck, and the scent of powder seemed to be stimulated by the bloody smell and became more intense.

Yuan Ming kicked the tattooed man's headless body away, and after calming down, he rubbed his cheeks, changed his self-consciously gentle expression, and came to the mother and daughter who had escaped death.

The mother held the child tightly and protected her in her arms, and the fear in her eyes still did not dissipate.

"Don't worry, I'm here to save you." Yuan Ming said in southern Xinjiang dialect.

The woman raised her head slightly, not daring to look at it any more, just glanced at Yuan Ming, and then looked away immediately.

She couldn't believe that someone would come specifically to save them.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming didn't mind. He checked and found that there were no obvious scars on the mother and daughter, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Tuya..." He whispered to the little girl in the woman's arms.

The little girl's body trembled obviously. Regardless of her mother's suppression, she turned her head buried in her arms little by little, revealing a tender round face.

The moment he saw this face, Yuan Ming was sure that this child must be Tuya.

Her eyebrows and eyes were seven points similar to Ha Gong.

The girl was obviously seven years old, but her stature looked about the same as that of a four or five-year-old child. Her hair was slightly dry and yellow, and she looked malnourished.

Especially her pair of black eyes, which were seven points of fear and three points of doubt. She looked like a frightened little animal, which made people feel pity.

"Dad..."

The little girl suddenly called out, and Yuan Ming and the woman were stunned at the same time.

Yes, in the eyes of a child who had just escaped from the brink of death, the one who could save him was not the father he had been thinking about?

"I don't..." Yuan Ming opened his mouth, and for a moment he didn't know how to explain.

Just as he sorted out his thoughts and was about to speak, he suddenly felt a knife-like pain in his lower abdomen, and a cold force immediately came from his dantian.

"Poisoned, when?" Yuan Ming was surprised.

He recalled the strong fragrance on the tattooed man just now, and immediately realized that the poison should be emitted from him.

But who was the person who poisoned?

Yuan Ming's mind turned quickly, and he immediately restrained his painful expression, put one hand into his sleeve, pinched the seal, and secretly operated the Nine Yuan Seal, trying to turn the magic power to suppress the poison.

But this poison was very strange. The moment he operated the magic power, it pierced into his dantian.

Yuan Ming immediately felt the cold power of the dantian entrenched, as if it was frozen, and the cramping feeling in his lower abdomen became more and more acute, reaching the point where it was unbearable.

"No!"

The person who poisoned must still be hiding somewhere around, and his situation suddenly became unfavorable.

Yuan Ming gritted his teeth and endured, standing up straight, twisting his wrist hidden in his sleeve, taking out something and holding it in his hand, while his expression suddenly turned fierce.

"I'm in a good mood today, so I won't kill you, hurry up and get out." He scolded Tuya and her mother.

The woman was startled, but when she heard that she was allowed to leave, she quickly got up with her daughter in her arms and was about to flee.

Just as they were about to leave, a burst of footsteps suddenly sounded from the front, and five or six figures walked out and blocked their way.

"Yuan Ming, you are really patient. You can remain calm even after being hit by the cold frost. This is the first time I have seen such a person." The leader laughed loudly and was amazed.

"Kuntu, you are really haunting." Yuan Ming narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a cold voice.

As he spoke, he looked at the people coming from the opposite side. They were all familiar faces, Huhuo, Bada, Ulu, and the one-eyed woman who appeared when he was surrounded and killed last time.

Behind Huhuo, there were two people who were more than ten feet tall, covered with white hair, bloodshot eyes, long black claws on their hands, and a mouthful of fangs with staggered and white luster.

They were two human goblins!

However, just when Yuan Ming was about to look away, he found that the two human goblins in front of him were different from those he had seen before.

There was no crazy killing intent in their eyes, only dry and dead silence like a dry well, without any life. They looked like two puppets, quietly following behind Huohuo.

When Yuan Ming looked into the eyes of one of the human goblins, his pupils suddenly shrank.

Although there was no emotion in those eyes, and his body also had no obvious features, Yuan Ming had a strong intuition in his heart.

That human goblin was Hagun.

Yuan Ming subconsciously wanted to call out his name.

"Wow..."

Just then, a cry woke him up.

Tuya, who was only seven years old, turned her head carefully in her mother's arms to look at the people blocking the way. She was immediately frightened by the terrifying appearance of the human goblin and couldn't help crying.

Yuan Ming looked at Tuya, then at the human goblin, and felt an unspeakable pain in his heart.

The three of them had been separated for seven years, and when they met again, it turned out to be such a scene.

After the bitterness, there was uncontrollable anger.

The experience of the Ten Thousand Mountains had made Yuan Ming somewhat numb. Even when he was persecuted, he had never been so angry. His sight even ignored Kuntu and unconsciously locked on Huhuo.

Huhuo trembled, and felt a little weak in his heart when he was looked at by Yuan Ming's terrifying eyes. At first, he didn't understand why Yuan Ming looked at him like that, but after looking at Ha Gong behind him, he suddenly realized it.

But soon, his expression settled down a little, and the corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a mocking smile.

"Yuan Ming, Yuan Ming, we followed you out this time, originally wanting to kill you secretly, but never thought that you would actually kill your fellow disciples. This is great, we can kill you legitimately, and report back truthfully, which is still a credit." Kuntu said with a smile.

After entering the inner gate, he was cultivated by Elder Mengshan and assisted by elixirs. His cultivation level improved by leaps and bounds and he had reached the seventh level of Qi Refining. Naturally, he had full confidence when facing Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming's expression remained unchanged. His eyes fell on Kuntu and asked, "The missions of the Beast Slave Hall have always been carried out in secret. I have never made it public. How did you know that I participated in this mission?"

"Hehe, I forgot to tell you that this time it was so smooth, naturally thanks to Wulu." Kuntu smiled.

Yuan Ming frowned and looked at Wulu.

"I'm sorry, Brother Yuan, when you asked me about the mission of the Beast Slave Hall last time, I felt a little strange. After I came back, I reported this to Fellow Daoist Kuntu." Wulu said with a smile, without any guilt on his face.

After all, in his opinion, Yuan Ming was doomed to die today.

Yuan Ming sneered in his heart after hearing Wulu's words, which was really a bit unexpected.

He didn't expect that Wulu would actually notice such details.

It seems that after entering Biluo Cave, I was not alert enough, which led to the danger today because of some mistakes that should not have been made.

"Speaking of which, it was also Daoist Fellow Kuntu who was very smart. He guessed that you would participate in the mission of the Beast Slave Hall after hearing me casually mention it, and then he kept sending people to keep an eye on you, and sure enough, he waited for you." Wu Lu did not forget to flatter Kuntu.

"Yuan Ming, this time you are far away from the sect, let's see if there is anyone who can save you?" Kuntu showed a complacent look on his face and sneered.

"If a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. Brother Yuan, after all, we have known each other for a while, and I have my own difficulties. Don't blame me." Wu Lu smiled and bowed slightly to Yuan Ming and said.

At this moment, Yuan Ming suddenly groaned, his face turned ashen, and he collapsed to the ground with one hand covering his lower abdomen.

Seeing this, Kuntu couldn't help but laugh out loud and said, "I've been talking so much nonsense to you just to wait for the poison to take effect. How is it? The feeling of the cold Yin Frost poison invading your Dantian must be unpleasant, right?"