Mortal: Fight monsters and upgrade, I will enjoy immortality!

The entire cliff in front of me was actually the entrance to a huge cave.

The magic smoke bird seemed unobstructed by the black fog and immediately sank into it.

"Please wait a moment, senior. Let me check the situation inside." Xianxian said cautiously.

Then he sat cross-legged in the air, clasped his hands together, closed his eyes, and attached a wisp of his mind to the magic smoke bird, controlling the bird to go into the cave to explore.

Ye Ming smiled, put his hands behind his back and paced around to look around.

After a meal, there was a bird cry, and the magic smoke bird rushed out from the black fog, circled, and landed on Xianxian's shoulder. The girl also opened her eyes at this time and said happily:
"That holy-level monster is still sleeping inside. Now is a good time to attack."

"Well, you wait for me here and let your magic smoke bird lead the way."

"Okay! The Demonic Smoke Bird has memorized the route we took just now, so you just need to follow it. However, the demonic energy inside is extremely fierce. I suggest that you make a quick decision and use thunder-like means to kill the demon ape to avoid any accidents." Xianxian was delighted and said seriously.

Then he pointed his finger into the air, and the magic smoke bird immediately flew into the black fog again.

"Haha, don't worry, fairy, I'll be back soon." Ye Ming nodded calmly, then his body moved, turned into a golden rainbow, and disappeared into the black fog.

Seeing Ye Ming's figure disappear, the smile on Xianxian's face slowly faded, and her dark eyebrows moved and slightly wrinkled.

Suddenly she shook her long sleeves, and a ball of green light flew out from her sleeves. After a flash, it turned into a light green beast the size of a fist.

This beast has scales all over its body, and its limbs have extremely sharp claws. It also has two horns on its head, a wide mouth and fangs. It looks exactly like the Qilin Spirit.

However, this little beast was abnormally blurry and had no form, and it looked like it would disintegrate and disappear if the wind blew.

"Huh, this guy finally left. I seriously doubt that our decision was wrong. We shouldn't have asked this guy for help and brought him here." The Qilin phantom turned around and said depressedly to Xianxian.

"I also didn't expect that this person's magical powers are so unfathomable! What he did along the way, I guess he didn't even use half of his strength. Even a Saint-level existence is no more than this." Xianxian smiled bitterly.

“So what should we do now? The backup plan you made before is probably useless. Even if you and I combine to unleash my full potential, we may not be a match for this person.” The phantom of the Qilin jumped onto the woman’s shoulder.

"What else can I do? Now that I'm here, can I back out? My cultivation has reached a bottleneck. Even if Senior Ye gives me some pills, it will be difficult to raise me to the seventh level of the upper clan. If I don't get the origin of the true spirit, I'm afraid my life will be ruined. I don't want to wait for hundreds of years. I must succeed this time." Xianxian said with a firm face.

“That’s right. With your Crystal Clan’s poor talent for cultivation, without my guidance over the years, you would probably only be at the Jindan stage. This opportunity is indeed not to be missed!” The Qilin phantom sighed.

"Although Senior Ye has great magical powers, we are not without a chance. If I am not mistaken, the Saint-level demon ape inside is still asleep, but it must have taken some precautions in its residence beforehand. It is unlikely that Senior Ye can easily approach this beast.

So they will definitely fight, no matter whether he can really kill the holy beast, as long as they fight, we may be able to open the True Spirit Cave without anyone noticing. Even if this person discovers our actions, it would be fine if we give in and share the things in the True Spirit Cave with him. "Xianxian said calmly.

"What you said does make some sense. Let's wait a little longer." The Qilin phantom tilted his neck, thought for a while, and nodded.

Ye Ming followed the magic smoke bird and walked slowly in the thick black fog.

Every time the bird moved forward a certain distance, it would turn around and make a few low chirps. It looked anxious, as if urging him to move forward faster.

But Ye Ming ignored it and continued walking calmly.

Seeing Ye Ming like this, the Demon Smoke Bird had no choice but to slow down its flying speed and cooperate with him to lead the way forward little by little.

The demonic energy all around was so thick that one could not see one's hand in front of one's face. It gave people a terrifying feeling as if they were in the underworld.

Ye Ming suddenly made a hand gesture, and his body suddenly shone with golden light, and a thin layer of golden scales appeared.

The golden light flashed, illuminating his surroundings.

At the same time, his eyes flashed with blue light, and he took in all the surrounding situations clearly. At this moment, he was in a huge square passage, which was more than ten feet long and wide, and the walls were all made of a kind of black stone.

The thick demonic energy in the passage constantly emerges from these strange stones.

He did not sense any aura of restriction on the stone, and he did not know whether it was naturally the case with the stone or if there was some more advanced restriction.

But now is not the time to research.

After walking for a while, they came to a crossroads, but the Magic Smoke Bird turned left without hesitation and flew past.

Ye Ming followed closely.

The road we walked along next proved that the passage was interconnected and crisscrossed, like a maze throughout the entire mountain, and it seemed that the further we went, the deeper it went underground.

If it weren't for the Demon Smoke Bird leading the way, it would probably be impossible to find the Demon Ape for a while.

Just like this, time passed by little by little!
Thinking back to the time the Magic Smoke Bird had just come in and out, it only took a meal. Meanwhile, Ye Ming had been walking for a long time, but it seemed that he had not yet reached the end.

It seems that this bird is deliberately delaying time!

Ye Ming had foresight and knew the purpose of Xianxian's coming here, so he didn't care much about it.

After a while, more than a quarter of an hour later, the Demon Smoke Bird took Ye Ming through several intersections, then suddenly circled in front and stopped moving forward.

Ye Ming's heart moved, and he narrowed his eyes and looked forward. He saw that the demonic energy in front seemed to be much thinner, and there was a huge exit with a faint white light.

It seems that we have reached our destination.

After retracting his gaze, Ye Ming waved at the Demonic Smoke Bird with one hand.

This bird had a wisp of divine consciousness attached to it, so it was naturally very spiritual. Seeing this, it blinked its eyes, showing a look of doubt, and after a slight hesitation, it still flew over obediently.

But as the bird flew towards Ye Ming's head, before he could do anything, Ye Ming suddenly shook his sleeves towards it.

A gray light shot out like lightning, and in just a flash, it swept the unsuspecting Magic Smoke Bird into it.

The Demon Smoke Bird was startled and flapped its wings to try to break free, and opened its mouth to make some sound.

But Ye Ming did not give it any chance. The rays of light swirled around the bird and knocked it unconscious in an instant.

With a flick of his finger, a golden rune shot out from his fingertips and hit the immobile Demon Smoke Bird in a flash, temporarily sealing the spiritual power in its body.

Then he waved his sleeves, and the bird disappeared, and was put into the spirit beast bracelet by Ye Ming.

After doing all this, Ye Ming clapped his hands lightly, with a smile on his face, "In this way, Xianxian won't be able to know what happens next!"

Then, Ye Ming turned his gaze to the exit of the passage in front. After his eyes flashed a few times, he suddenly moved his hand and a purple talisman was attached to his body.

Suddenly, a bright light appeared and a purple mist spread out. Ye Ming's figure suddenly turned invisible under the flashing silver runes.

In order to get rid of the sleeping demon ape inside at the lowest possible cost, Ye Ming chose to launch a sneak attack and used the Taiyi Huaqing Talisman.

With his current level of cultivation, after using this talisman, any being below the late stage of fusion will not be able to discover him.

After his eyes turned again, Ye Ming moved, and his virtual body slowly floated towards the exit. (End of this chapter)