Chapter 30 Tracking

Under the night sky, two black figures jumped out of the wall of Laifu Inn and quickly headed northwest of Yongle Town.

The two of them left the town and continued to head into the woods in the southeast without stopping. Three miles in front of them, a figure could still be vaguely seen.

The man was wearing a dark green gown with wide sleeves and was tall and thin. He was not walking on the forest plains, but on the treetops. He put his hands behind his back, as if he were taking a leisurely stroll, but each step moved a distance of more than ten meters, and his speed was surprisingly fast.

The two people behind were naturally Liang Yan and Tang Diexian. At this time, they both changed into a set of black night clothes and hung far behind.

"I didn't expect that there would be cultivators in this small Laifu Inn." It was Tang Diexian who spoke.

Liang Yan replied: "Well, this person has reached the peak of the fifth level of Qi training. We must deal with him carefully later and act according to the opportunity."

Tang Diexian glanced at him strangely, "I can't tell, your cultivation level is not high, but your ability to detect other people's realms is really great! It's weird, why can't I see through this person's cultivation level?"

Liang Yan did not answer her question, but suddenly stretched out his hand to stop Tang Diexian.

Tang Diexian knew that there must be a reason, so he didn't rush to ask questions. He stood there and waited for a moment, when he suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from the trees. She looked up and saw a centipede poking out from the tree trunk. There was a dark black air on its mouthparts, which was obviously highly poisonous.

"Spiritual insect!" Tang Diexian was startled, and then said: "We have been discovered?"

Liang Yan shook his head and said: "Probably not yet. It's just that this person is cautious by nature and likes to do something on the way. Let's be careful and don't fall into his trap."

Tang Diexian nodded and looked at Liang Yan with a strange look in his eyes: "This little junior brother only has the first level of Qi training, but his six senses are sharper than the ordinary disciples at the fifth level of Qi training. .”

At this time, Liang Yan spoke again: "Do you have any treasure on your body that can cover your breath?"

Tang Diexian was stunned when he heard the words, but he still subconsciously said: "Yes!" Then he took out a string of white jade Pixiu pendants from the storage bag and said: "This was given to me by my ancestors. It can prevent the same level from happening. The Qi-training monks are exploring my realm."

"Okay, from now on, you will always carry this Pixiu pendant until we leave Yongle Town."

"Oh." Tang Diexian nodded and put the pendant on his neck obediently. Although she didn't know the purpose of this move, she knew that Liang Yan was resourceful and trusted him very much. Moreover, she was born into a family of immortal cultivators and had been cultivating within the sect since she was a child. This was her first time going down the mountain to experience, so she knew nothing about worldly matters. Along the way, Liang Yan took care of all the major and trivial matters for her, and she unknowingly developed the habit of relying on Liang Yan's orders.

Liang Yan nodded with satisfaction when he saw that she was wearing the Pixiu pendant and the fluctuations in her cultivation were greatly reduced, almost non-existent. If he hadn't had the gangster skills and deliberately investigated, he wouldn't have found out that she was a cultivator.

The two set off again, this time further away, hanging about four or five miles behind. Anyway, with Liang Yan around, they wouldn't be lost.

After about one stick of incense, the tall and thin man suddenly stopped. He saw a wide hole in front of him, and he could faintly feel a trace of spiritual energy escaping from it. After pausing at the entrance of the cave for a moment, he plunged in.

"Spirit Mine!" Tang Diexian said in shock.

Liang Yan frowned and said: "It seems that this is the branch of the spiritual mine belonging to the sect. Could it be that this incident is really related to the cultivators?"

"Then what do we do now?"

Liang Yan smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, let's wait here for now. If you don't understand anything, wait for him to come out and ask him directly."

Tang Diexian nodded slightly, and the two of them stood outside the cave entrance. After waiting for almost an hour, they suddenly saw a green shadow flying out of the mine. It was the tall and thin man who was following them before.

He stood outside the cave entrance, holding an octagonal compass in his hand, looking puzzled. He murmured to himself: "Did I make a mistake in my calculations all along?"

However, before he could calculate again, the compass in his hand suddenly started spinning on its own. After a period of crazy rotation, he saw the pointer pointing firmly into the woods opposite.

"Oops!" Liang Yan secretly shouted in his heart, because the compass was pointing to where they were hiding.

Sure enough, the face of the man in green robe changed drastically, his eyes were fixed on this side, and he shouted: "Where is this fellow Taoist hiding his head and tail?"

Liang Yan and the two knew that there was no hope of a sneak attack, so they simply walked out from behind the tree calmly. The man in green robe saw that Liang Yan was only practicing Qi at the first level, so he didn't take it to heart at all. It's just that the other girl seems to have some treasure close to her, and she can't see through her cultivation. It made him dare not act rashly.

He clasped his hands behind his back and made a quick gesture, but shouted in his mouth: "You are following me here sneakily, what are your intentions?"

Liang Yan, however, had no intention of talking nonsense to him. He rushed forward and punched the man in green.

The man in green hurriedly stepped back, and at the same time flicked his sleeves, and saw a green light shooting towards Liang Yan, and Liang Yan turned around to avoid it. Unexpectedly, the green light seemed to have eyes. It fell to the ground without a hit, bounced up with a "bang!", turned around and shot towards Liang Yan again.

Liang Yan was shocked. He put his foot down and ran upwards along a big tree next to the sky. The green light also changed its direction and followed Liang Yan like a shadow.

"Be careful! That's a jade-blooded snake. This person knows how to control spiritual beasts!" Tang Diexian shouted urgently.

After being reminded by her, Liang Yan looked back and saw that the green light was really a small green snake, but it was so fast that he didn't notice it just now.

He pushed hard on the tree trunk with his feet, flipped in mid-air and fell back to the ground. Then he spun around in circles at an extremely fast speed, forming a tornado in the blink of an eye. This was the "Method of Uncertain Mind" The "circle turning method" in.

The green-blooded snake followed closely behind and pounced on the tornado. With a puff, it was carried away by the tornado. Then there was a flash of sword light, but Tang Diexian had already arrived with the Baihua Sword, and stabbed the green blood snake seven inches with one sword.

The jade-blood snake was in mid-air, unable to dodge, and was stabbed through by a sword. However, before Tang Diexian could breathe a sigh of relief, the jade-blood snake mysteriously split into two, turning into two small snakes of the same size. , and rushed towards it vigorously.

"Be careful!" Liang Yan shouted when he saw this, rushed over, took Tang Diexian's hand and led him away. But still a little slower, one of the green-blooded snakes flew past Tang Diexian's arm, leaving a wound on her snow-white skin. The blood gushed out and instantly turned green.

Tang Diexian felt dizzy for a while, and hurriedly took out an elixir from the storage bag, opened his mouth to swallow it, and at the same time secretly used his spiritual power to force the poisonous blood out of the wound.

"Are you okay?" Liang Yan asked with concern.

Tang Diexian shook his head and said: "The poisoning is not serious, it's nothing serious. You have to be careful, this person is weird!"

Liang Yan nodded secretly, reached out and took out a seven-foot-long black wooden stick from his storage bag, with nine golden dragons surrounding it. He could faintly hear the roar of dragons. It was the Nine-Dragon Stick he got from Yuan Ba. During this time, he had already erased Yuan Ba's mark on it and made it his own.

Seeing the green blood snake regain its strength and rush towards the two of them again, Liang Yan stood in front of Tang Diexian and swung the Nine Dragon Stick to hit the snake on the head.

Liang Yan's physical strength is so strong that monks of the same level rarely encounter opponents. In the past, he had to fight with his bare hands. Now with the Nine Dragon Stick, he can be said to be even more powerful. This stick smashed down, directly smashing the entire green blood snake into blood mist. Liang Yan felt happy in his heart and swiped the stick again, bang! With a sound, the other one also turned into a puddle of flesh.

However, before they could get happy, they saw the mud on the ground rolling, and two small heads suddenly appeared. Then they stretched out quickly, and two more green blood snakes emerged! At the same time, the blood mist in the air also condensed and continued to roll, and in the blink of an eye, two green blood snakes sprang out.

Before they could think for a moment, the four green blood snakes rushed towards them at the same time, and Liang Yan and the two had no choice but to meet them again. But the strange thing is that this green blood snake seems to be immortal and endless. No matter how they kill it, it will split into two after death and continue to participate in the battle.

Liang Yan and Tang Diexian were fighting back to back. Seeing the green blood snakes gathering more and more, he was anxiously thinking of countermeasures, but he didn't have the slightest clue.

Suddenly, Tang Diexian shouted loudly: "No! This person is not a beast master, he is a fantasy monk!"

"Illusion?" Liang Yan was shocked, "Are you saying these are all illusions?"

"Yes, but not entirely. The illusion is a combination of illusion and reality. It catches people by surprise and attacks people unprepared."

"So that's it." Liang Yan understood in his heart. He had just wondered why the green-robed monk never showed up to attack again, but let them fight with the green blood snake. It turned out that he was secretly casting spells to maintain the illusion.

However, he was not afraid of ordinary physical and mental training. It was just this illusion technique that he had only practiced for a short time. He had never been exposed to it and didn't know how to deal with it. He couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart.

At this time, Tang Diexian suddenly whispered: "I have a way to break the illusion, and I need you to protect it." After saying this, without waiting for Liang Yan's answer, he threw the Baihua Sword in his hand into the air, stepped on his feet at the same time, and muttered something. , the index and middle fingers of the right hand are pointed together to form a sword, pointing straight at the sky, while the left hand is held across the chest to make a quick seal.

Liang Yan didn't say much when he saw this. He held sticks in both hands and used the "Uncertain Mind Technique" with all his strength to protect Tang Diexian's side. Although there were many green blood snakes around, none of them could get close to him in a short period of time.

Tang Diexian's steps coincided with Tiandou's. Every time she took a step, Liang Yan followed her. Above the head, the Baihua Sword started to spin. Tang Diexian took nine steps, and the Baihua Sword suddenly stopped and pointed directly at a treetop in the southeast.

"There!" Tang Diexian shouted.

In fact, before she could say anything, Liang Yan had already rushed out like a flying sword. He rounded the Nine Dragon Stick with both hands. As soon as Tang Diexian said the word "that", Liang Yan had already struck it down with the stick.

With a muffled sound of "Bang!", a man in green robe emerged from under the Nine Dragon Stick. He was knocked upside down and flew out. He landed on the ground and created a deep pit about ten feet wide. The green-blooded snakes in the sky also disappeared, leaving only One of them fell to the ground and turned into a curved dagger. There was a faint green light on it, and it was obviously smeared with poison.

"So that's it!" Liang Yan said secretly: "Thousands of green snakes are all illusions. Only this one is transformed into a poisonous sword and can hurt the enemy. It's just that people are trapped in illusions. They are virtual and real, so it is really difficult to guard against them."

With this thought in mind, Liang Yan walked up to the man in green robe and checked carefully, finding that he was indeed dead and could no longer die. Then he took off his storage bag and took a brief inventory. There were over a thousand pieces of spiritual stones in it.

Without thinking, he threw the storage bag to Tang Diexian. Tang Diexian reached out to take it and said angrily: "What kind of identity am I, young lady, that I would care about your small favor?"

Liang Yan already knew her character and didn't care. Little did he know that even though Tang Diexian said this, his heart felt like honey.

"You little pervert, you still have some conscience!"

She thought to herself, then rummaged through her storage bag for a while, took out the octagonal compass, threw it to Liang Yan, and said, "Here, this lady is rewarding you!"

Liang Yan reached out to take it and said with a smile, "Miss is really considerate of my subordinates."

Tang Diexian said: "Of course, I just didn't expect you to be so bold and have such a level of cultivation. You actually deceived me before. Humph, when you go back, let's see what I do." But before she could finish speaking, Liang Yan suddenly He squatted down, reached out and pulled a jade pendant from the waist of the green-robed man, and examined it carefully.

"Huh?" Tang Diexian also came up curiously and saw a purple jade pendant with some complicated patterns engraved on it, and a number engraved in the middle, which was the word "one".

"What's this?"

"I don't know," Liang Yan shook his head and said, "But this thing also has the function of hiding one's cultivation level."

Tang Diexian thought for a while and said: "The sect has lost contact with the local spiritual mine. This person is probably the cause. Now that this person is dead, should we go into the mine to check."

"I'm afraid it's not that simple. Let me ask you, if this person really did it, what was his purpose?"

"Purpose?" Tang Diexian was also a very smart person, and he immediately understood what Liang Yan meant: "By the way, if his purpose was to invade the spiritual mine, he should have sent more manpower to mine it, otherwise in a year or two, the Zong family would The door will definitely be suspicious, and people will definitely be sent to investigate, but now there is enough spiritual energy in the spiritual mine, and it seems that not much has been mined yet."

"It means that he has other goals in the spiritual mine, but he has not achieved it yet. One more thing I want to tell you is that there is not only one cultivator in front of us in Yongle Town. I saw one when we first arrived in the town. , which is also the fifth level of Qi training.”

Tang Diexian was surprised: "Is there such a thing?"

Liang Yan nodded and said: "So you know, what we are facing may be a group of organized monks. There may be restrictions placed by them in the mine. If we enter rashly now, we will only scare the snake."

"Then what should we do?"

"The only way to plan for now is to wait and see what happens."

After hearing this, Tang Diexian rolled his eyes and said, "Isn't it true that what you said is in vain? To put it bluntly, you just don't do anything, right?"

Liang Yan chuckled and said, "You don't know something. The Yongle Town stage has been set up. The next step is for the actors to take the stage."