QiuJiti was too determined.
It is the stereotypical perception they have of their inheritance.
QiuJiti's face turned pale again quickly, not knowing what he had thought of, his tone slightly changed, hoarse saying, "If he were to be in the mountains, there would only be a few places that could meet his needs. Moreover, we are not brave enough to go to those places he doesn't dare to go. Therefore, he would be on our way..."
"He saw us enter the gloomy realm!"
The gentlemen exchanged looks, while Wu Jinluan remained silent, his hand continuously tracing incantation patterns and calculating.
I can't do anything to help in the process, I can only wait for QiuJiti to give a result, or for Wu Jinluan and Lao Gong to give a result.
"Earlier you said... There's a place outside where someone has been practicing shadow observation and mountain art... The Bazi lineage has snatched the inheritance of Juxu Mountain... They can see that this group specializes in taking corpses and the inheritance… Assuming Jiqi gained this part of the inheritance... Come with me."
Qiu Ji looked very despondent.
This makes it even simpler. The inheritance has been lost or stolen outside, outsiders have disrupted the ancient Qiang City, and the previous master is dead. He is the successor, but he can do nothing about it.
Following QiuJiti in the direction of the coming path.
I could feel a strange sense of constraint along the way. Looking in the direction, I saw at the very edge of this mountain valley, a dark shadow was lurking. Wasn't it that Fei Corpse?
She didn't come to attack us or go attack Li Yujie.
It's exactly the same as what Li Yujie and Lao Gong have judged: she is protecting her own man...
Wants to wait for the Emperor Corpse to emerge.
Li Yujie holding the Emperor Corpse makes sense.
I believe that once the Emperor Corpse appears, it will definitely not be as what Li Yujie says on the surface, simply because there is no previous master and can't be handled.
It's possible that Ji Kui might have some layout to provoke the Emperor Corpse into chaos!
As the saying goes, "It is easy to avoid direct attacks, but difficult to defend against hidden arrows."
It is imperative to maintain one hundred percent vigilance.
Soon, we returned to the mountain path.
Since everyone has walked this road before, they all seemed a bit more composed.
QiuJiti's mouth continuously mutters and analyzes something. At first, we were walking on the right path, but suddenly, he stopped his steps and looked at the ground on the right side of the road with a slightly surprised expression.
"This... There shouldn't be these few stones here..."
"This is not right..."
QiuJiti slightly tilted his head to look up at the sky, and we only then noticed that there happened to be a beam of moonlight shining directly on those few stones.
The stones were stacked one on top of the other, appearing not to be adhered together, relying solely on the fit between the gaps. The moonlight shining on them gave a sense of transparency.
"What's the big deal? It's just a few more stones. Don't be so exaggerated." Lao Gong rolled his eyes.
"No... This mountain, this path, from beginning to end, has been walked only by the previous master with guidance, and no one has made any changes. How could there be stones piled up? This place is one of the several live caves in the Shadows Observing Mountain Skill. After all, such a technique will not make all regions into deadlands. Dead within living, can make the array last longer."
"Does he really know the Shadows Observing Mountain Skill? Or is it just a coincidence that we found a live cave?" QiuJiti's voice trembled even more.
Clearly, this puts the seriousness of the situation to a whole new level.
Originally, we all believed that Ji Kui happened to come in. Now it seems like there was no such coincidence at all...
Opening that water mouth might all be part of a brilliant calculation.
It's because he knows this place?
Killing the previous master was also part of the plan?
I didn't ponder for too long, because QiuJiti actually gestured as if he was going to step off the main path and onto the open ground where the pile of stones was.
Li Zizhiguo appeared extremely vigilant, and the gentlemen were equally on their guard.
At this moment, Wu Jinluan suddenly moved.
He reached out and grabbed QiuJi's shoulder, then took a step, about to step on the spot where QiuJi was about to step.
Suddenly, there was a change of circumstances.
Suddenly, there was a creaking sound, as if wood had snapped.
Above, a large section of tree fell with a roar, directly heading towards QiuJi and Wu Jinluan.
Wu Jinluan's face turned pale with sweat, and he suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Li Zizhiguo shouted and struck a palm out!
Bang! He hit the fallen branch perfectly; the branch was as thick as a person's waist and made a heavy thud upon landing.
Everything in front of me suddenly changed...
The pile of stones by the side of the road was gone, as if it had never existed.
In its place, there was a cluster of wildflowers at the edge of the stones, wildflowers that shouldn't have been there, but were instead on the mountain suppressing the second poison corpse.
Under the thick branch, there was a snake about as thick as an arm, of average human length.
The snake's face was flat, and at first glance, it looked like an asp. However, upon a closer look, it resembled an abstract human face!
It hissed as it flicked its tongue, and the branch had just hit it at its vital point, causing it immense pain.
My scalp went numb, and I kept sweating profusely.
How good is Wu Jinluan's luck?
This is the effect of the Shadows Observing Mountain Skill, fooling our senses. The stones are not stones, but shadows, with poisonous flowers hidden within?
That strange snake must be a ghostly creature. Like us, it was not seen because of the Shadows Observing Mountain Skill.
Whether it's QiuJi or Wu Jinluan, their past is bound to be death!
Lao Gong muttered a few words in his mouth, saying, "Don't show off, when Gai Hao was alive, his fate was much more elusive than you can handle. And, don't mess with fate too much; you won't be able to grasp it."
Although I don't understand the details, this is a kind of ability?
And what does Wu Jinluan have to boast about?
It's just that Lao Gong is too envious...
"I... I know that even horses sometimes stumble. However, before, I always felt something was off... I secretly gave Qiu Ji a divination, indicating a sudden death..." Wu Jinluan wiped sweat.
"You secretly gave me a divination?!" QiuJi was surprised: "Why didn't you say:
"I did say that. It's a change of fortune, more death piled on death. Master Qiu is not involved in divination, and the situation here is very complex." Wu Jinluan shook his head.
QiuJi didn't continue to ask, he just stared at the ghostly creature snake and looked at the broken flowers.
The sense of despair was even stronger, and there was a helpless feeling.
"He... indeed knows the Shadows Observing Mountain Skill... He must die!" The killer intent erupted from QiuJi's eyes.
"Little fellow, your second elder said to capture alive." Lao Gong reminded.
"No, you don't understand! Seeking burial shadows requires observing mountains, this technique is extremely difficult to learn and also extremely exquisite. Once thoroughly mastered, it will not be inferior to any grandmaster or any yin-yang technique. The changes in feng shui are more varied than those in yin-yang techniques. He won't be so easily found by us. Even if found, he will definitely use changes in feng shui, still having methods to escape alive!"
"Unless we can instantly disable him from escaping or moving, we must kill him!"
"I don't care about Pure Yang Temple's affairs! He must not leave alive!" QiuJi spoke resolutely.
At this time, Wu Jinluan leaned close to my ear and said a few words very seriously, making my face turn a deep purple.
