Returning from the abyss

Chapter 1365 Dream of Eternal Life

At the foot of the mountain, Yuchi Long was trying to reorganize the group of people he brought with him. The first group had already been discharged, and the first one to come back... he was trying hard to analyze the other party's words.

"What do you mean you were hit by a teapot?"

It is easy for these illiterate farmers he brought with him to talk incoherently. They can certainly talk about the prices of crops, but it is very difficult to ask them to explain clearly what they have encountered.

The man with a bruised face and nose was indeed trying hard to describe what he had encountered.

"So you weren't hit by a teapot, but a teapot jumped out of the bushes and hit you, and you were scared and ran back?" Yuchi Long tried to extract meaning from his words.

The man thought about it, then nodded vigorously.

"Okay..." Yuchi Long held his forehead with his hand, "But you were just frightened, but not afraid?"

"What's there to be afraid of? Even though it has arms and legs, they're too thin."

The amazing thing is that because these people lack knowledge and understanding of demons, they don't overreact even if they see something strange. When they hear that it might harm their fields, they can't wait to pick up pitchforks and fork them out.

"Go and rest first, and wait and see if the others have any reports. By the way, don't forget to take a miasma-avoiding pill to clear the poison from your body."

"Hey, yes."

After sending this man away, Yuchi Long thought for a moment and called over a few of his brothers who had followed him.

"Boss, what do you say?"

"There may be demons in the mountains, so you should be careful. These demons may be new demons, and new demons cannot spread toxins. There must be other reasons behind this."

"Boss, we believe you, but are you really sure that the new monster can't make any noise?"

Yuchi Long was happy: "How about sending you over to fight the new monster? You have followed me for so long, you should have some experience in dealing with monsters. Try to see how weak they are, and you will know that the new monster will definitely not be able to participate in this matter."

"So what should we do?" someone else asked.

"No hurry, set up the camp here first. We will probably have to stay here for a few days. Inform the brothers to be on guard at all times. There won't only be new monsters on the mountain, there may be something else. Or..."

Yuchi Long paused for a moment and said, "Anyway, you should build the camp first. With the camp, everything will be easier."

Several people responded in unison and then dispersed to prepare.

Yuchi Long was thinking about the current situation, and he didn't dare to make any rash judgment.

As a tourist, the special abilities he brought into the scene were based on group combat, and his individual combat capability could be said to have not been improved at all. Even after two rounds of missions, he had not made any reinforcements in this regard. It could be said that all of this was in preparation for the battle in Saibei.

Today, his "legion" has finally taken shape, and the change in Meteoric Moon Mountain is also a part of his early test of his strength. However, he does not want to lose too much here, every soldier who officially becomes a member of the legion is his strength, even if there are subsequent additions, it will take time to turn them into regular soldiers.

Unfortunately, the time was too short. If he had another one or two years, he would be able to gather a "legion" of about 5,000 people that he could command at will. According to the power comparison in this scene, this legion could probably fight head-on with the ghost army of Xingyin Fengdu.

However, there is not enough time, so we can only have such a strong legion in our dreams. Fortunately, Yuchi Long is not a person who demands perfection.

=

At this time, Lu Ning had already entered the crack in the ground. The small spell of "Looking for a gap to hide" allowed her to enter narrow cracks at will, so passing through such a place was naturally no problem.

In this underground space, there are a large number of humanoid demons formed from piles of ash. They wander around in the underground space with a faint flame. Each demon holds a weapon in his hand. Although they look like garbage picked up from the previous battlefield, their martial arts are enough to control such tattered weapons.

However, Lu Ning's infiltration in this state was not discovered by these monsters.

Could it be that these monsters really rely on vision to capture targets? The monsters that Lu Ning had seen all had strong perception abilities, but these monsters were completely different.

Lu Ning stuck to the gap and looked at the situation underground. Since these demons all had a little fire on them, each one was like a small lamp, and she could see something with it.

In fact, most of the things here have been destroyed, and the remaining things are just some small pieces. Lu Ning stared at these moving monsters for a long time before he saw some things that looked like paper piled up in a corner.

But it has been decades now, and the paper would probably have broken at the slightest touch.

Lu Ning reached out and touched the wall, then shook a thin rope out from her sleeve.

Using the rope to borrow objects, when the rope touches the books, you can pull the books out with just a slight shake.

When the book fell into her hands, Lu Ning felt a heavy touch. These were not ordinary papers, but special papers made from animal leather after special treatment.

She turned around and walked out of the cave, then looked at the book in her hand.

Only one of the books was fished out. There was no writing on the cover. It was a hand-bound book. She gently opened it and found that the pages were indeed a bit hard, but thanks to the special material, it didn't break directly.

This is a lab note from the beginning.

[…Referring to the method of transformation of demons, try to give birth to new demons with human power, and there will be only six out of a hundred.

This is not a reliable strategy, and the new monster is too weak to be of any use.

Trying to refine weapons with demons is not right. Everything is created by nature, and everything has its own law. Refining weapons with life, no matter what life it is, will be punished by heaven. Those who try it are dead, and their internal organs are broken.

But what is the right way? Thunder roars in the sky, and fierce fires appear on the ground. These are all natural phenomena. And humans are born from heaven and earth, originating from here and returning to here. How can it be wrong? 】

The whole book is full of notes and experiences. It is obvious that it was written by Qiu Weishuang, the leader of the Demon Cult. The tone is full of cruelty, ruthlessness and arrogance, which is quite consistent with the title of Demon Cult Leader.

Lu Ning read very quickly, skipping some meaningless words. It only took her a short while to finish reading this notebook. Then, she followed suit and took out several other notebooks.

Although all of these are not complete, Lu Ning has roughly pieced together the overall picture of the story. Qiu Weishuang has an ideal that is quite consistent with what the villain wants to achieve - eternal life.

This is quite normal. After all, there are even gods in this world, and there are all kinds of magic. Qiu Weishuang himself can really refine weapons. With such conditions, it is not surprising to pursue immortality.

Since he had such a dream, Qiu Weishuang certainly conducted many tests. He quickly set his sights on the demons - this man was quite knowledgeable about the principle of gradual progress, and actually believed that one should not pursue complete immortality right away, but should increase lifespan little by little until one achieves immortality.

As for how to increase lifespan? Qiu Weishuang set his sights on demons. Demons have a much longer lifespan than humans, and this man with a keen research spirit actually started his own experiments from the very beginning, that is, how demons are born, what is the structure of demons, and what is the secret of longevity...

Although from Lu Ning's point of view, there are some fallacies and emotional experiments in it, but considering the limitations of this era, Qiu Weishuang has indeed done enough research.

He studied these things, firstly, to find out the secret of longevity, and secondly, if he could not accomplish it within his life span, he would activate the backup plan - transforming himself into a demon in order to continue his pursuit of immortality.

Of course, by now, Lu Ning already knew Qiu Weishuang's ending. He was already dead, no matter what the plan was. Even if there were any monsters born from his plan, they would not be him.

However, she searched everywhere but still couldn't find out the origins of these new monsters with superb martial arts skills.

Just when she was feeling a little puzzled, she heard a series of tinkling sounds coming from outside. She walked out of the hall and saw Bai Wu Jin Ji running up the mountain quickly.

"Hey! Human, did you bring anyone else with you?"

"What do you mean other people? I came here by myself, but I did hear that someone was coming to investigate the spread of toxins in the mountain. Why? Have they arrived?"

"Someone entered the mountain and was chased out by the little guys. But some of them were quite powerful, so the little guys didn't dare to fight and could only hide." Bai Wu Jin Ji said, "That group of people were very rude. After entering the mountain, they used sticks to dig around everywhere. How could there be any snakes, insects or beasts in this mountain?"

"This... they probably don't know either." Lu Ning said helplessly, "Let those new monsters hide. The people who came here just want to figure out the problem of the toxin. If you have nothing to do with this, there is no need to get involved."

“Already involved!”

Bai Wu Jin Ji stabbed the ground with those sharp limbs: "You have to think of a way to make them leave quickly! Otherwise I will have to take action, and if I do, they will all die! I am only here to hide, not to kill anyone!"

"Do you understand this underground space? If I want to send people away, I also need to understand what happened on the mountain, otherwise I will be unable to defend myself." Lu Ning said.

Bai Wu Jin Ji glanced at it and said, "Is it the little fellow that came out of the nest?"

"Yes."

"They have nothing to do with the poison. These little guys are quite capable of fighting, but they are only capable of fighting. They haven't even discovered their own special abilities, so they won't have any effect on the poison here."

"You know even I can't completely believe what a demon says." Lu Ning said.

After a pause of a moment, Bai Wu Jin Ji took out another piece of object from his cavity.

"I don't need you to believe me." It showed the sign in front of Lu Ning, who was stunned.

She had a brand very similar to this one, but compared to the one in front of me, hers looked very crudely made and dull.

The originally relaxed state disappeared in an instant, and Lu Ning felt that her whole body was tense.

Demon Star Order.

"I can threaten you." Bai Wu Jin Ji said, "I just don't like killing people, so I'm just trying to persuade them with kind words. But what's the saying? It's hard to persuade a damned ghost with kind words? I have a good impression of you, so I hope you can talk to them with reason, because I'm not good at reasoning."

"I... understand. But I still need to find out the situation on this mountain."

"Okay, you, at most two more people. I won't accept more people disturbing our peace. Too many people won't be good." Bai Wu Jin Ji took the Demon Star Order back into the cavity, "I know you, you can come."

Lu Ning nodded and walked quickly down the mountain.

She had seen a demon star, the oldest demon star "Jiuli", but Jiuli had all the oppression and mystery that a demon star should have. In Xingyin City, although she had not encountered the demon star "Shidian" head-on, she could still feel the prestige brought by the arrival of this demon star from a distance.

But this unrestrained man who looks like he was made up of scrap metal doesn't look like a demon at all.

Of course, the person holding the Demon Star Order may just be a subordinate appointed by the Demon Star for use in future comebacks. The problem is, in the environment of Meteorite Moon Mountain, which Demon Star would throw a Demon Star Order here?

There are many possibilities, but Lu Ning doesn't want to gamble. If Bai Wu Jin Ji is really a demon star, then let alone her and Yuchi Long's group, the land of this state may not be enough for it to kill alone.

The Great Wei was no longer a country that could deploy top-notch combat forces in every state. There were wars everywhere, so this relatively peaceful place certainly didn't have much combat power. Moreover, this person who had no taboos was not even in the records of the Demon Suppression Department. Apart from anything else, his ability to dodge was unique.

She hurried down the mountain, it was already getting dark. In the distance, she could see people lighting campfires, and they actually set up tents outside the range of the toxin.

When Lu Ning reached a place where the poison gas was thin, she began to speed up her luck and ran over. When she arrived in front of the tent, someone immediately asked who was approaching.

However, when her face was illuminated by the firelight, someone was stunned for a moment, and then asked happily: "Is this Miss Lu?"

Lu Ning took a look and found that it was a coincidence that this person was the archer she had met once in Xingyin City. To be chosen by Yuchi Long to deliver the message, he must have some extraordinary knowledge of people and memories, and he would not forget Lu Ning. The archer did not rush to ask others to put down their weapons, but bowed from a distance: "Miss Lu, it's been a long time, how did you come down from the mountain? There are many strange things in this Yunyue Mountain."

"That's why we came here because it's weird." Lu Ning answered loudly, "You don't know what's in the mountains. You came here rashly and disturbed the residents living in the mountains. That's the cause of trouble."

"What do you mean?" the archer was surprised.

"Take me to see Yuchi Long. You guys wait and explore the mountain. If my judgment is correct and you dare to act rashly, we will all die here."

"Then wait a moment, young lady." The archer did not dare to neglect the words and turned around and rushed into the camp to report. Yuchi Long was also a quick-witted person. Upon hearing the archer's report, he immediately came out to welcome Lu Ning in.

"Let's be frank, Yuchi Long. I will tell you what I saw in the mountains. But you'd better not use the method of mobilizing a large army."