Mortals: Take Mo Juren at the start

Chapter 968: Snake Charm

"There is one more thing you need to pay attention to. Everything I just mentioned only needs to be known to you and me. Don't reveal it to anyone, especially to the dozen or so sects on Qiyuan Island."

"What does Master mean?"

Han Li knew his master too well. Everything he said and did must have a deeper purpose. It was obviously not without purpose that he specifically mentioned not to inform the local faction of Qiyuen Island.

  "Qiyuan Island is too important, but it has never been truly incorporated into the management system of Xinggong. This is absolutely not acceptable. This incident may also be an opportunity..." Mo Juren did not continue to speak, but with Han Li's intelligence, he figured everything out in an instant and immediately understood what he meant.

"Don't worry, I will never tell anyone about this, but does Master have any specific plan on how to do it?"

"You don't need to do anything for now, just continue to maintain the current situation. When the time comes, they may give up automatically." Mo Juren smiled coldly, and Han Li also showed a look of realization and stopped asking questions.

At this time, Mo Juren looked at Xu Qingcheng beside him and said, "Friend Xu, go and get ready. You and I will set off directly to Huangyan Island after midnight."

"Thank you, Brother Mo." Xu Qingcheng naturally understood what the other party meant, and her heart immediately became excited.

With her own strength, it is almost impossible to rescue Miaoru and the other girls, as well as the dozen or so tribesmen. The only person she can rely on is Mo Juren.

The 'Blood Response Method' used by Miaoru is essentially a forbidden method, which comes at the cost of burning one's own vitality, and can only be used once in a lifetime. It will never be used lightly unless it is absolutely necessary.

This was enough to prove that the predicament she was in at this moment must be extremely dangerous. She was naturally extremely anxious and did not want to delay for a moment.

……

As the night deepened, in a room somewhere in Black Stone City, a man with a green beard was sitting cross-legged on a cushion with his eyes closed, his hands forming a strange seal, obviously practicing.

But at this moment, a faint red gas suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the room, flew straight towards the green-bearded man, and instantly penetrated into his forehead without him having any resistance.

The door then opened and two figures slowly walked in. They were Mo Juren and Snake Mother Yun Lan.

"Will there be any problem?" Mo Juren asked again after taking a look at the man with green beard.

"I know what you are worried about. Don't worry. My innate snake charm is extremely special. It can pull people into dreams without causing any other reactions.

Even if there are some restrictions on him, it will not be triggered. You, on the other hand, need to be careful during the inspection." Yun Lan smiled slightly, but her tone was full of confidence.

"I know what I'm doing." Mo Juren nodded, took a few steps to the green-bearded man, and was about to do something, but at this moment, his brows suddenly twitched.

In an instant, his movements stopped immediately.

What had just twitched was the Eye of Destruction, which was specifically designed to restrain evil powers and sorcery. The fact that it reacted at this moment was enough to prove that there was really something wrong with the person in front of him.

Thinking of this, he naturally became more careful and gave up the idea of ​​making physical contact with the other party. Instead, he directly sent out a wisp of spiritual consciousness to observe.

The other party was only in the early stage of Nascent Soul, and at this moment he was completely unprepared. His spiritual sense was like entering an empty space, including his sea of ​​consciousness, Dantian, and even his entire body.

However, to his surprise, after checking for more than a dozen times, he did not find anything abnormal.

Shouldn't it?

Mo Juren frowned. Since there were changes in the Evil-Breaking Pupil, there must be a problem. However, his spiritual sense could not detect it. It was indeed strange.

He tried to activate his Mingqing spiritual eyes again, but the result was no different, he still could not see anything.

Only then did he react. Han Li also possessed the ability of spiritual eyes. If it could work, he would have discovered it long ago. Why wait until now?

He thought of the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder again. Han Li also possessed the same power but did not notice anything. This showed that the abnormality would not cause the Divine Thunder to react.

"You and Li'er have undergone many examinations before, and you didn't find any abnormalities?" Turning to look at Yunlan, Mo Juren asked again.

  "There are none among all the Yuanying and Jindan stage cultivators. As for the foundation building, Qi refining and many mortals, since there are too many of them, we have only conducted a simple investigation and cannot be completely sure." Yun Lan shook his head slightly, but his expression suddenly changed.

"You didn't gain anything either?"

"I can be sure that there is something wrong with his body, but I can't find out what it is." Mo Juren shook his head slightly.

In fact, it’s not that it can’t be found out, but he is worried about alerting the enemy. Otherwise, if he directly uses the Eye of Breaking Evil, there should be a great possibility of getting something out of it.

"Is there really a problem?" Yun Lan was stunned for a moment, then thought for a while before speaking again.

“Not to mention that he is an early Nascent Soul cultivator, even if he is in the late Nascent Soul stage, it is almost impossible for him to hide anything after being affected by my snake charm aura. But his performance is obviously not the case, right?”

"Is there a possibility that he himself is not aware that there is something wrong with him?" Mo Juren's heart moved, and he thought of the word "demon seed" mentioned by Miaoru in the message.

  Could it be that the abnormality in the other person's body is related to this thing? Moreover, it is colorless and invisible, and has the ability to block the detection of spiritual consciousness?

"Don't you know it yourself?" Yun Lan frowned slightly. She had to say that judging from this man's behavior, this was indeed possible. However, this made things even more complicated.

"Do you want to continue investigating?"

  "No need to continue, so as not to alert the enemy. Just make sure there is really something wrong with his body." Mo Juren shook his head directly, but suddenly changed the subject and said with a smile,

"Besides, this isn't a bad thing. We can take advantage of it."

"You mean..." Yun Lan suddenly looked enlightened and said nothing more. She waved her slender hand lightly and took back the wisp of red air.

After doing this, the two men left the room directly. It was not until a few moments later that the man with the green beard slowly woke up.

"Strange, I actually fell asleep?" He frowned in confusion, and at the same time checked his body carefully, but did not find anything abnormal.

However, even so, he was still somewhat confused. At his level, he would not easily fall asleep. He fell asleep inexplicably and it felt like something was not right.

Could it be a problem of cultivation?

He couldn't help but think of the abnormalities that had occurred to him several times in the past few years. It seemed that they were related to his cultivation, but he still had no idea what was going on.

……

Mo Juren and Yun Lan returned to their room and saw Han Li and Xu Qingcheng at a glance. It was obvious that they were both waiting for their return.

"Later, Master and Fellow Daoist Xu will set out together, and you will continue to stay in Black Stone City. Everything will remain the same in the days ahead. Remember not to show any abnormality." While speaking, Mo Juren waved his arm, and a strange man with silver hair emerged.

The three of them were all surprised and were about to ask something when the silver-haired man was surrounded by yellow light and in the next moment he transformed into the appearance of Mo Juren.

  "This..." The three were even more surprised, but Han Li was the first to react.

"This... is it a clone?"

"You are quite quick to react, that's right, it's the clone that Master refined." Mo Juren nodded and continued,

"After we leave, the clone will also stay here to confuse the enemy. But its strength is very weak at the moment, so just pretend to be here. There is no need to contact others. At the same time, you two must ensure its safety."

"Master, don't worry. With me and Senior Yunlan here, there will be no problems with the clone." "Very good, that's it."

Mo Juren nodded again without any further delay, then called Xu Qingcheng and turned to leave together.

"You guys should retreat as well. There should be other hidden players in Qiyuen Island. We don't know who they are yet, so we should not let our guard down in the future." The clone suddenly spoke at this time, and his expression and tone were exactly the same as Mo Juren's. Even someone as close to him as Han Li did not feel the slightest bit of awkwardness.

"Master, don't worry. We will pay attention." Han Li accepted it very naturally. Although it was just a clone, it was no different from his master in person.

After he finished speaking, he also left the room with Yun Lan.

……

Mo Juren and Xu Qingcheng left Qiyuen Island quietly without disturbing anyone, and then rushed directly to the direction of Huangyan Island at the fastest speed.

Although the two islands are the closest, it still takes nearly three months to travel there.

However, less than a month after he left, Mo Juren suddenly received a message from Han Li that something had happened on Huangyan Island and more than a dozen cultivators had also disappeared inexplicably.

"Did they really take action?" After receiving the message, Mo Juren couldn't help but feel a little happy despite being angry. Since the other party had taken action, it was enough to prove that the news Miaoru had sent back before was true.

Thinking of this, the two of them increased their speed again, and in about two months they had reached the area outside Huangyan Island.

"How about it, is it possible to sense their location?" Somewhere in the air, the two of them stopped their escape, and Mo Juren asked Xu Qingcheng beside him.

  "No." Xu Qingcheng shook her head slightly and continued,

"Although I can lock their location through blood, there is a distance limit. It cannot exceed one hundred miles. Otherwise, it will not be effective."

"Only a hundred miles?" Mo Juren sighed.

"In that case, let's go to Huangyan Island first, and then act according to circumstances. In addition, you and I also need to disguise ourselves so as not to alert the enemy."

As he spoke, there were loud crackling sounds all around him, and he soon transformed into an old man with a hunched body and white hair. Even his aura was extremely restrained, and he only looked like he was in the early stage of Jindan.

As a red light flashed, a red dragon staff appeared in his hand. There was a glow on the surface, and it was obvious that it was not an ordinary object.

Seeing this scene, Xu Qingcheng couldn't help but be slightly surprised. This kind of disguise was really not simple. At least with her consciousness that was already in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, she couldn't see any flaws.

Then she also changed her shape and appearance, restrained her aura, and turned into a white-haired old woman.

"You..." Mo Juren was stunned. He turned into an old man, and the other party followed suit, also pretending to be an old man. Somehow he always felt something was awkward.

"What's the matter? Is there a problem?" Xu Qingcheng smiled and asked directly.

"It's up to you, but remember to change your voice." Mo Juren didn't know what to say, so he changed the subject. Upon hearing this, the smile in Xu Qingcheng's eyes became even brighter.

A few days later, the two finally arrived above Huangyan Island. Looking at the obviously deserted scene below, they couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in their hearts.

Once we entered the island, the atmosphere around us was even more depressing. Everyone had a sad face and was walking in a hurry. The teleportation array in the center of the island was already crowded with people.

It seems that the "bad news" has gradually spread, and most monks are planning to return to the inland sea.

Huangyan Island is also a big island with a large number of monks settling here, doing business, hunting monsters, etc. The only difference from Qiyuen Island is that there are not many mortals here.

Business on the island is very developed, dominated by the four major business alliances, and some large and medium-sized forces have also opened shops here.

Unfortunately, with the arrival of the "bad news", the business here has been greatly affected, and nearly half of the shops have closed down.

"Ruyi Tower!" When Mo Juren reached the door of a three-story building, he stopped suddenly, glanced at several women in the hall, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Although these women concealed their identities very well, they could not escape his perception. They were clearly half-demons.

"This is the property of Miaoyin Sect." Xu Qingcheng nodded slightly and began to explain.

It turns out that over the past few hundred years, with the support of Ling Yulin, the Miaoyin Sect has established strongholds on almost all the offshore islands, of course with different names.

These strongholds are ostensibly doing business, selling some skills, elixirs, magical instruments and the like, but they are more for helping Ling Yulin collect intelligence.

"I haven't reminded you before. Did you forget, or did you do it on purpose?" Mo Juren's heart moved, and then he looked at the other party meaningfully.

"Uh...what are you thinking about? Of course I forgot, after all, you didn't ask." Xu Qingcheng's eyes flickered, but she immediately changed the subject.

"Let's go in first and find out the situation."

After saying that, she walked straight into the store without waiting for a response. Mo Juren was speechless upon seeing this. He was already sure that this woman was most likely doing it on purpose and wanted to see him look surprised.

Ruyi Tower's business is obviously not very good, and coupled with the influence of the current situation, it is naturally even more deserted.

At the moment, there was no customer in the store. There were only a few shop assistants and the shopkeeper left, all of them were women. Most of them were in the Qi training stage, except for the shopkeeper, who was already in the late foundation building stage.

In addition, there was also a faint and powerful aura inside a suspected secret room somewhere on the third floor. It was undoubtedly a cultivator in the late Jindan stage.

Mo Juren withdrew his spiritual sense and then went directly into the hall on the first floor. At this time, Xu Qingcheng was communicating with the female shopkeeper. Judging from the latter's expression, she obviously knew something.

When the girls saw Mo Juren, a white-haired old man, they did not react. It was not until Xu Qingcheng said that this was a friend who came with her that their faces changed.

Anyone who could become friends with the sect leader was definitely not an ordinary person, so they naturally could not neglect him, and they all came forward to pay their respects to him.

In response, Mo Juren just nodded slightly, without any intention of revealing his identity. He then gave Xu Qingcheng a look, who immediately understood and directly instructed the woman:

"Have someone clean up two guest rooms. The two of us plan to stay in Huangyan Island for a while."

"Yes, disciple. I'll arrange for you on the third floor. There are many rooms there. Elder Mingyu is also here, but he's currently in seclusion in a secret room practicing a secret technique, so he can't come out to greet you for the time being." As the woman spoke, she winked at two women not far away.

The two girls were smart and immediately ran to the third floor.

  Mo Juren and Xu Qingcheng also walked towards the stairs under the guidance of the woman. On the way upstairs, the woman seemed to suddenly think of something and asked:

"Master, are you here at Huangyan Island because of the incident that happened not long ago?"

(End of this chapter)