Just as the night began, the sky was filled with stars twinkling.
Chen Yun, Wu Koujiu, Qin Ming, and a group of more than forty cultivators stood solemnly surrounding the Dragon Princess Sanjiu.
At this moment, the Dragon Princess Sanjiu, who had just restored her vitality within, was in a solemn state. She retrieved something from her storage artifact that looked somewhat like a compass and there was also a metal toad tied to her foot with a red string attached to it.
Qin Ming whispered to the side: "Master, this is a witchcraft used by Dragon Girl to track people. It's called Golden Toad Scent Skill."
Chen Yun nodded slightly, "I hope the Dragon Lady can find that scoundrel."
In fact, there are also tracking spells in the Taoist school, and there are more than one. Some are relatively simple, even if it's just for the monks in the transmission hall. However, Chen Yun's cultivation has improved dramatically. He has always been studying internal energy techniques or combat-type spells, without any time to pay attention to these "miscellaneous skills."
Perhaps everyone was filled with an intense hatred towards Kang Yuan, at this moment, no one spoke. Everyone only looked at Dragon Princess Sanjiu's actions with serious eyes.
Dragon Princess Sanjiu bent many small circles with a thin red thread, and then she twisted these small circles together, looking like little red flowers.
Chen Yun could clearly see that these small circles corresponded to eight different directions of a compass-like object.
After winding the small circles, Dragon Princess Sanjiu picked up the Golden Toad and put it close to the herbs that Kang Yuan had provided to everyone before, beginning to murmur words, as if chanting a spell.
After a while, the Golden Toad seemed to come to life as it suddenly opened its eyes, stuck out its tongue to lick the herbs, and then automatically began to jump around on the compass.
Chen Yun carefully stared at the compass, trying to see what was going on.
The Golden Toad jumped a few times and stopped at the angle between Qixi and Rensui.
At this moment, one of the small circles made with red thread automatically enclosed the Golden Toad.
Dragon Princess Sanjiu suddenly lifted her head, "I guess I know where he is."
Wu Koujiu couldn't wait to ask: "Where is this scoundrel?"
Chen Yun, Qin Ming, Ding Xu, and others watched intently as well.
Dragon Princess Sanjiu pointed to the northwest direction, "That's thirty thousand miles away. There is a convergence of the Jin and Shui rivers."
Wu Koujiu was somewhat angry and said: "I will go and kill him now!"
"Hold on!" Chen Yun stopped Wu Koujiu and said, "The calculation by the Dragon Lady indicates that Kang Yuan is thirty thousand miles to the northwest, but it doesn't necessarily mean that he will still be there when you get there."
Everyone nodded, thinking the same thing. For Wu Koujiu, a high-level cultivator at the early stage of his career, besides his rest time, he can fly about ten thousand miles a day with full force. Even if he doesn't stop, he will take almost three days to get to the direction mentioned by Dragon Princess Sanjiu.
Whether Kang Yuan is still there after three days is doubtful, as the opponent is a person who will continuously move around.
Qin Ming agreed with Chen Yun's suggestion, "So we will put aside all our current tasks for the next few days and concentrate on flying towards the northwest direction. Every half day, the Dragon Lady will track Kang Yuan's location and follow him if he moves to another place. If he goes elsewhere, we will also track him at once, so we won't lose track of him."
"Right, we should track him every half day."
"In this way, he will surely be unable to escape."
"This fellow's behavior is too overbearing, and we regard him as a close friend. How can he even want our lives? This is something that can be tolerated, but there are some things that cannot be tolerated!"
Gao Chen, Ding Xu, and others were filled with indignation. Everyone despised Kang Yuan deeply.
Chen Yun didn't say anything angry, but the anger buried deep within him had long been burning fiercely.
originally, everyone had a similar aim and came to the Yueyue Spring Cave for treasure hunting. They worked together to overcome difficulties and could be considered close friends who would die together with each other. No one could have imagined that Kang Yuan, who was supposed to be a human being, would do such untrustworthy things. If it weren't for the crab-like magical beast's attack not being too strong, they might all have died in this place.
The Transforming Spirit Herb can be given up.
Traitors must die!
Chen Yun's eyes were filled with a killing intent!
As soon as they traced Kang Yuan's movements, the group didn't even intend to rest and set off immediately towards the northwest.
By the time the late night arrived, the group stopped at a relatively cool spot under a mountain next to a fire path. During this time, they had Dragon Princess Sanjiu trace Kang Yuan's location again and found that he was still in the same place, so they began to rest one by one.
...
The next day, just after dawn.
Dragon Princess Sanjiu woke up without even having eaten some dried food and immediately began to track Kang Yuan's footprint again.
This time, the direction of the opponent had changed, although it was still in the northwest position, it had moved further away. It seems that Kang Yuan was specifically traveling at night and they didn't know what kind of situation it was.
Normally, after calculating the location, they should continue on their journey.
However, Wu Koujiu, staring at the location calculated by Dragon Princess Sanjiu, stood there in silence for a long time.
Zhang Ling approached and asked, "Wu Master, what's wrong?"
Chen Yun, who was about to cast the "Ascending Clouds and Riding the Mists" spell, also looked over.
Qin Ming, Gao Chen, Ding Xu, and the others all looked on in confusion.
Wu Koujiu's gaze was still fixed on the northwest direction. He didn't turn around and asked, "Old Ding, do you remember that we passed through this way on our last visit to the Yueyue Spring Cave as well?"
Ding Xu was taken aback, "I remember. What about it?"
Wu Koujiu spoke slowly, "Then do you remember that near the Jinshui Pond on the fire path, we once encountered a formidable iron armor general spirit beast that could match a high-level cultivator?"
Chen Yun knew that the iron armor general was the common name for the crab-like spirit beast.
But he didn't understand why Wu Koujiu suddenly brought up this topic.
Ding Xu seemed to still be recovering from the shock, "Of course I remember. At that time, we had over a hundred people, but the iron armor general spirit beast slaughtered us down to only forty or so. Fortunately, we managed to escape to the nearby fire yuan..."
At this point, he suddenly realized and looked at Wu Koujiu with wide eyes, "Wu Master, are you suggesting that Kang Yuan is heading towards the Fire Cave to take the fiercely hot artifact in the cave?"
Dragon Princess Sanjiu's face also changed, "With his previous strength, it is not enough for him to obtain the artifact that spews burning fire. However, he now possesses the Ice Ring artifact which can suppress it in terms of attributes. Perhaps he really has a chance to get that artifact."
Gao Chen shuddered all over, "The Ice Ring artifact is already hard for us to deal with. If he really gets hold of that artifact that spews otherworldly fire, perhaps even if all of us combine our efforts, we won't be his match."
Wu Koujiu, Qin Ming, and Xu Yang's faces also became serious.
Hearing this, Chen Yun also became aware of the seriousness of the problem.
Originally, he had thought that with his promotion to a high-level cultivator and the mastery of the first great achievement of the Flying Spirit Jade Talisman, he might be able to kill Kang Yuan without relying on the saving breath of immortals. This was under the premise that Kang Yuan only possessed the Ice Ring artifact. But who knew what level of strength Kang Yuan would reach if he acquired the otherworldly fire-spewing artifact mentioned by Wu Koujiu and Dragon Princess Sanjiu?
Having personally seen the Ice Ring artifact, Chen Yun had some confidence in being able to deal with it.
But for the artifacts he hasn't seen before, it's really hard to say.
Thinking about this, Chen Yun deeply realized one thing: he must find a way to severely kill Kang Yuan before he acquires the artifact that can spew otherworldly fire. Otherwise, if Kang Yuan gets a new artifact, it would lead to endless troubles.
Chen Yun decisively said, "We must reach the Fire Cave before him and prevent him from obtaining the artifact."
Wu Koujiu took a deep breath, "Since he hides during the day and travels at night, it seems he fears our pursuit. Therefore, we do have a chance to catch up with him. For example, if some of us with higher cultivation practice the flying talisman to quickly transport the rest of us to the Fire Cave, then those practicing this talisman may not have enough strength left to fight afterward. And currently, there are only three of us who have the ability to transport more than forty people quickly."
Although he didn't mention who the three people were, everyone knew that the three people referred to by Wu Koujiu were himself, Chen Yun, and Qin Ming who had recovered to nearly 60% of his strength.
These three were originally the main force to confront Kang Yuan. If they used all their spiritual power for traveling, even if they found Kang Yuan later, they probably wouldn't have enough strength left to fight again.
Chen Yun's gaze became resolute, and he spoke decisively and firmly, "Master Wu, you and Master Qin, do your best to carry everyone and fly rapidly. If you arrive at the Fire Cave and encounter Kang Yuan immediately, it will be me who will personally kill him!"
Wu Koujiu looked at him seriously and asked, "Mr. Chen, are you truly confident that you can kill this villainous criminal?"
Qin Ming and the remaining forty or so cultivators all looked over.
Chen Yun considered that he still had two saving breaths of immortality. Although Kang Yuan had the Ice Ring artifact, Chen Yun's mastery of the first great achievement of the Flying Spirit Jade Talisman allowed him to ignore it to some extent.
Even if it was just a guess, he spoke with all his might, "I will definitely kill this villain!"
Wu Koujiu spoke loudly, "All right. Since Mr. Chen is so confident, I will alternate with Master Qin and use the flying talisman to transport all of us to the Fire Cave."
Qin Ming said resentfully, "It's hard to ease my anger without killing that scoundrel Kang Yuan!"
Dragon Princess Sanjiu, Gao Chen, and Ding Xu, and others were all grinding their teeth in anger. Their hatred for Kang Yuan was much deeper than that of Chen Yun and Qin Ming, who hadn't been buried underground. After all, who wouldn't hate Kang Yuan after nearly dying in the underground cave?
With the plan set, the group fell silent.
Wu Koujiu immediately cast the Wind Riding technique, sweeping up the forty or so people and flying towards the Fire Cave at high speed.
During this time, when Wu Koujiu felt a bit weaker, Qin Ming would take over and continue the "watch" of the other.
...
Three days later.
The group arrived near the Fire Cave.
During this period, Dragon Princess Sanjiu would calculate Kang Yuan's whereabouts every half a day. It turned out that Kang Yuan was indeed heading towards the Fire Cave, but he was extremely cautious, only traveling at night and hiding during the day.
It was clear to everyone that Kang Yuan was extremely scared of being chased by Chen Yun and Wu Koujiu, so he was only traveling for a few hours at night, avoiding the day time as much as possible.
Exactly because Kang Yuan was so cautious, it gave Chen Yun, Wu Koujiu, and Qin Ming the time they needed to catch up with him.
This place is different from other parts of the fire path, where flames occasionally erupt.
As soon as Chen Yun arrived, he saw a vast expanse of the ground, which was all blazing blue-white flames.
Even though they were suspended in the air, there was an overwhelming heat that seemed to burn them into ashes.
After three days of transporting everyone through the air, Wu Koujiu and Qin Ming looked extremely exhausted on their faces.
Wu Koujiu deeply inhaled and said, "Mr. Chen, the flames down below are too hot. We can't land there. Otherwise, releasing our spiritual energy to resist the flames is much more consuming than using the flying talisman. If today we haven't recovered our strength yet and Kang Yuan catches up with us..."
Before he could finish, Qin Ming pointed to the ground below and said, "Look, is that Kang Yuan?"
Chen Yun and the others hurriedly looked down and saw that among the raging flames, there was an elliptical "domain" made of ice crystals moving rapidly.
This elliptical "domain" made of ice crystals was incredibly powerful, as no matter how fierce and hot the blue-white flames were, they couldn't break through it.
And within the ice crystal, a familiar figure was dimly visible.
Indeed, it was Kang Yuan who had been missing for several days!
Great!
You evil demon is indeed here!
Chen Yun narrowed his eyes and spoke emotionlessly, " Everyone, please use the flying talisman to watch from the air as Chen Cheng eliminates this villain!"
After speaking, he didn't give Wu Koujiu and Qin Ming a chance to respond and transformed into a beam of golden light heading towards the raging flames below!
(Chapter Complete)
