Mortals: Take Mo Juren at the start

"Fairy Ying, Fellow Daoist Yunhe, you two have kept me waiting for a long time!" The red-haired old man slowly stood up, looked at the two people flying over and said with a chuckle.

The other six people were no exception and came forward to greet him.

"Please forgive me, Brother Chi Guang. I was delayed for a while due to some things, so I'm a little late!" Gan Ruying smiled slightly, and the middle-aged man next to her also bowed apologetically.

"I see." The red-haired old man suddenly understood and asked again.

"So how is it going? Do you need my help?"

"That's not necessary. It's just a small matter and it's already been done..."

"..."

After some greetings, the red-haired old man's expression suddenly became solemn. He glanced at the giant towers in front of him and immediately got down to business:
"The main reason I called you all here this time is because of the thing down there. Originally, there was no need to alarm so many fellow Taoists, but the situation this time is slightly different. After years of cultivation, that thing has become increasingly powerful. It has been attacking the seal continuously in secret over the years, and has already caused irreversible damage. If I hadn't come here to check it out a year ago, it might have really been able to escape."

"This is actually true!" After hearing the old man's explanation, Gan Ruying and the middle-aged man's expressions changed. As for the other few people, although they already knew about it, they still looked heavy at this moment.

"In ancient times, 'Ancestor Qian Yuan' personally sealed that thing, and used 7749 giant towers as the foundation to lay the 'Five Elements Prison Heaven Array'.

It is rumored that this formation originated from the inheritance of the fairy world. Unless that thing can be restored to its heyday, it will never be possible to break out of the formation, right?" Putting away his thoughts, Gan Ruying asked again.

"That's true in theory, but don't forget, Fairy. As time goes by, the Five Elements Prison Heaven Array is also wearing out a little bit. It's only because I'm maintaining it all the time that its lifespan has been greatly extended.

In contrast, that thing was constantly recovering, and at the same time it was constantly comprehending the mystery of this formation. It must have mastered it long ago.

Fortunately, this formation is quite special, with almost no loopholes. It is impossible to break it by trickery, so we can only force our way in. Otherwise, how could we have trapped it until today?"

"So that's it!" Gan Ruying suddenly understood and continued to ask,
"So what is Fellow Daoist Chi Guang going to do?"

"That thing is a terrifying existence that was able to rival 'Qian Yuan Patriarch' in the past. If we let it escape, it will be troublesome. Even if we join forces, we won't be able to do anything to it.

The only thing that can be done urgently is to repair and reinforce the formation. Only in this way can the damage that has been caused be minimized.

Although it is only a temporary solution, there is no other solution at the moment.”

"The Five Elements Prison Heaven Array is too high-level and too mysterious. Even if we have the annotations left by the Qianyuan Ancestor, it is not easy to repair it, especially in terms of materials, many of which are hard to find."

"Do your best. If there is really no other way, then notify the seven ancient clans and ask them to help. After all, if that thing really gets out, it will not be a good thing for them either."

"If that's the case, then there's no need to worry for now."

“There is another point that needs to be noted. Over the past few months, some lucky people have arrived here ahead of time and have entered the central main tower to begin their journey.

Should we drive it away first? Otherwise, when reinforcing the seal, if that thing starts to stir, the younger generations of the human race will most likely be affected."

"It is inevitable that they will be affected, but unless that thing escapes, it is not as serious as imagined, so there is no need to disturb them, lest you ruin their chances and waste your efforts."

"That's true..."

In a blink of an eye, everyone finished their discussion and without further delay, they flew towards the group of giant towers in front of them at high speed.

……

Mo Juren had no idea what was happening hundreds of thousands of miles away. At this moment, he was flying rapidly inside the Dark Valley, constantly exploring the situation underground.

With the strength of his spiritual sense, as long as the Nine Nether Soul Crystal vein is not buried too deep, it is impossible for it to escape his perception.

Unfortunately, after flying for ten consecutive days and searching almost half of the western part of the valley, they still found nothing.

This made him doubt, could it be that the exploration was not thorough enough? Or was the location of the mineral vein deeper than he expected?
While exploring the mineral veins along the way, he inevitably encountered a large number of evil beasts blocking his way. There were all kinds of strange creatures, with different strengths. Some of them really caused him some trouble.

For example, there was a kind of insect-like evil beast that lived in groups. There were so many of them that it was impossible to kill them all. Even though he believed himself to be very powerful, he had to retreat in the end.

He couldn't help but sigh, it's true that you can never be careless! Fortunately, he has the golden light to protect his body, so he can be fearless of evil spirits. Otherwise, in this special environment, let alone searching for something for a long time, he can't stay there at all.

In the battle with the evil beasts, he gradually discovered that their intelligence was really not high. Even some of those comparable to the god level only possessed a little spirituality, and most of them relied on their own instincts.

"I don't know what's going on with Tian Dao Patriarch. His speed must be faster than mine. I think he has almost finished exploring the eastern area. However, he still hasn't sent back any news. Could it be that he didn't find anything?"

Just as he was thinking in his heart, he seemed to have suddenly discovered something, and the escape light stopped.

Turning his head to look at a place not far away, there was a small valley. It was so dark inside that he couldn't see anything clearly, but he could clearly sense that the "evil spirit of the underworld" in the valley was obviously much stronger than in other areas.

Long before the exploration, the ancestor of Tiandao had specifically reminded us that in areas where the "evil spirit of the underworld" is relatively dense, the possibility of the existence of mineral veins is much higher.

Mo Juren immediately made a decision to enter the valley to search, but he did not act immediately. Instead, he released his spiritual sense to explore carefully.

It’s not that he is timid, but when he noticed the small valley here, he also felt that there seemed to be something hidden inside the thick evil spirit.

However, when he released his spiritual sense and sensed carefully again, he did not find anything.

"Could it be an illusion?" Mo Juren frowned. He still had great faith in his instinctive feeling when facing danger, so he naturally would not act rashly.

He looked carefully into the small valley for a while, then snorted coldly.

No matter whether he is hiding something or not, wouldn't it be clear at a glance as long as he 'cleans it'?

Thinking of this, the third eye between his eyebrows suddenly opened, and in an instant a dazzling golden light burst out, sweeping directly into the small valley.

The golden light that can destroy evil is worthy of being the nemesis of evil spirits. Wherever it passes, the evil spirits that originally existed seem to be forcibly wiped away and wiped out completely in an instant.

At this time, Mo Juren finally saw everything clearly.

The small valley was not big, only about ten miles long, and somewhere in the middle of the valley, there was an unknown small lake. The lake was pitch black, and there was a strong evil spirit constantly spreading out. Seeing this scene, Mo Juren was slightly surprised. It turned out that the strong evil spirit in the small valley came from here! In addition, he thought of a possibility. Could this small lake be similar to the Eye of Evil?

Without waiting for the nearby evil spirit to invade the valley again, he turned into a beam of light and flew into it, and soon arrived next to the small lake.

After he stopped, he was about to observe it carefully, but suddenly his expression changed slightly and his figure disappeared from the spot in an instant.

At the same time, a residual shadow suddenly shot out from the lake, aiming at the place where he was standing. However, at the moment when the attack missed, the residual shadow quickly shrank back into the lake like lightning and disappeared.

"What is that!" Mo Juren stopped again several dozen feet away from the lake, but he was greatly shocked.

His eyesight was so poor that he didn't even see clearly what had attacked him just now!
Of course, it also has something to do with the opponent's speed. It was so fast that it was almost gone in an instant and could not be seen clearly at all.

It is certain that there must be some unknown evil beast hidden in the depths of this small lake, and its strength is not low.

However, when he probed a ray of spiritual consciousness into it, he was surprised to find that there was nothing under the water, and there seemed to be no life.

"It shouldn't be!" Mo Juren frowned slightly, but he immediately understood in his heart that there was only one possibility as to why he didn't discover it. The other party had the ability to block spiritual detection, and this ability was extremely powerful.

Thinking of this, he immediately started searching again, and this time it was no longer just a wisp, but he released his spiritual consciousness completely.

Sure enough, he really noticed it. He saw an unknown monster about two or three meters long floating in an area under the water.

It should also be a kind of evil beast. From the outline, it is somewhat similar to some kind of giant lizard, but the strange thing is that there is no breath around its body, and it is completely black, completely blending in with the surrounding lake water.

No wonder I didn’t find it when I first explored it. There must be a reason.

He didn't do anything immediately, but stood there thinking.

This thing has such a powerful hiding ability and is hiding under the lake. Its strength is not low. It is not easy to get rid of it successfully.

With the opponent's personality, he would probably escape immediately and dive deep into the lake if something went wrong. Therefore, the best way was to lure him out and then kill him with one blow.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the opponent's strength cannot be too high. If he has reached the Void Refinement Realm or above, then we can only find other ways.

After thinking about it, his expression suddenly changed, and a fist-sized black ball appeared in his palm.

This thing was obtained from the bodies of some evil beasts when he killed them before. It is probably something similar to the inner elixir of a monster, and it must be worth a lot.

However, this thing is different from the inner elixir. It only exists in the bodies of some high-level evil beasts, and it has a certain randomness, so the output is not high.

In the previous ten days, the number of high-level evil beasts that died at his hands must have exceeded one hundred, but he only obtained a handful of black balls.

He thought of the scene when he was fighting the evil beast before. Whenever this thing appeared, it would immediately attract other evil beasts around to scramble for it frantically.

From this, it can be seen that this thing should have a strong attraction to evil beasts. If it is used as bait at this time, it is estimated that there is a great probability that the unknown evil beasts in the lake will be lured out.

After realizing this, he immediately controlled the black sphere to float in the air, then he quickly retreated to a distance of more than ten feet, restrained his breath to the extreme, and began to wait patiently.

While waiting, a flash of white light suddenly appeared at the cuffs of his sleeves, but it disappeared in an instant.

I have to admit that the mysterious evil beast in the lake is extremely patient, but after more than an hour, it still didn't make any move.

Mo Juren was a little suspicious. Was it because he had placed the black ball too far away that the other party couldn't see it? It shouldn't be possible, right?
Just as he was thinking about whether to move the black ball forward a little, the mysterious evil beast under the lake finally moved.

As he sensed, the other party's huge body began to rise slowly until it surfaced, and then quickly approached the shore.

At this time, Mo Juren also saw the true face of the other party clearly. It was indeed a vicious beast similar to a giant lizard, covered with fine scales all over its body.

What's strange is that when it gets close to the shore and crawls onto the ground, the color of its scales begins to change rapidly. In a blink of an eye, it becomes exactly the same color as the surrounding ground. If you don't look carefully, you might miss it.

"The ability to change color, interesting!" Mo Juren was slightly surprised, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it turns out that you can't judge an animal by its appearance!

This guy is not only able to change color at any time, but his ability to shield his spiritual sense is also extremely strong! As for his strength, I can't be completely sure at the moment, but I think he won't be too weak.

The biggest shortcoming should be intelligence. The opponent was completely unable to see through my simple little trick and was no different from a wild beast.

Seeing that the other party had completely climbed onto the land and was getting farther and farther away from the lake, Mo Juren took action immediately without any hesitation.

Ice-blue sword lights appeared out of thin air and swept towards the mysterious beast. The latter reacted extremely quickly. The moment it realized something was wrong, it immediately opened its mouth and spit out, and a transparent afterimage shot out.

Only then did Mo Juren see clearly that it was actually the opponent's long tongue, and it was as fast as lightning and directly hit one of the flying swords.

But unfortunately, it was just a flesh tongue after all, so how could it withstand the sharpness of the Ice Soul Sword? It was defeated immediately. Not only was it injured, but it was also burned by the dry blue ice flame attached to the flying sword.

After this blow, the opponent immediately wanted to retreat and return to the lake.

How could Mo Juren let him get his wish? Before the other party could make any move, more than ten flying swords swept over again, and the sword bodies were completely filled with blue flames.

Although the strange beast did not have much intelligence, it still had the instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm. Naturally, it could see that the flying swords that attacked again were even more terrifying.

Without even the slightest hesitation, a black light flashed around his body and he quickly fled towards the lake.

At this moment, a white light suddenly appeared in front of him, and before he could react, the white light shot towards him.

The white light actually penetrated into the slightly opened mouth of the strange beast, and then passed through its huge body and reappeared outside.

Perhaps because the speed was too fast, the strange beast did not react at all when the white light appeared again. It was not until a few breaths later that unimaginable pain spread throughout its body and it roared horribly.

But at this time, everything was too late. His body had begun to weaken rapidly, and he had no ability to dodge the flying sword that was sweeping towards him.

In an instant, his entire body was pierced by flying swords, and then he was quickly frozen into an ice sculpture by the spreading dry blue ice flames. (End of this chapter)