Immortal Road.

Chapter 311 Uninvited Guest

"The Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation is unpredictable. According to the theory in the book, if you enter from the Shengmen, Jingmen, or Kaimen, it will be auspicious; if you enter from the Shangmen, Jingmen, or Xiumen, you will be injured; if you enter from the Dumen or Simen, you will die."

Zhong Shenxiu shook his head in embarrassment.

He only had a slight understanding of it and was not very proficient in military formations, so naturally he couldn't crack it.

Each portal is not static and rotates irregularly. If you accidentally enter the wrong portal, you will die.

He can talk about it on paper, but when it comes to real operations, he cannot afford to lose too many troops.

Lin Shan was also helpless. The Void Star Disk was not omnipotent. He could find some loopholes to deal with the formations built according to the terrain, but he was powerless against the flexible and changeable military formations built by manpower.

The Kuihu Demon King could not help but stand up, his tiger power surged and his aura was like thunder, he wanted to use violence to break the formation.

However, from the opposite side of Hongya Cave, an equally sharp aura was projected from afar, locking it firmly. Once there was any unusual movement, it would surely be hit by a devastating blow!
The Yuanlu Demon King is paying attention to this place all the time and will never give it a chance to take action!
Time just stood still.

The noise on the battlefield gradually died down, leaving only the sound of the demon soldiers' footsteps constantly changing positions in the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation.

Young Master Jiuyou suggested: "My king, since it is too dangerous to enter the battle formation, why not try attacking from a distance outside the gate?"

The demon king Kuihu had no other choice but to agree.

The troops under his command summoned their own demon souls and launched indiscriminate bombardment outside the formation.

However, since Mr. Bei dared to promise the Yuanlu Demon King that his Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation would be flawless in terms of defense, it must be absolutely flawless.

Relying solely on long-range attacks, they were unable to break through the formation after fighting for a whole day.

Having no choice, the Kuihu Demon King had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

At night.

There was silence in the king's tent. Lin Shan and the other two thought hard, but for a while they couldn't think of any way to break the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation.

The Kuihu Demon King also regretted his decision. If he had known earlier, he would have killed Mr. Bei directly. Now he is in a dilemma, neither knowing what to do nor what to do.

"Three military advisors, is it possible that even with the three of you working together, you are unable to handle this last stage?"

The three of them thought about it and decided to persuade the Kuihu Demon King to be patient, maintain the offensive posture for the time being, and give them a few more days to think.

The Demon King Kuihu was about to break into Hongya Cave, so he naturally would not give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He could only comfort the three people with kind words, telling them not to be anxious and to think slowly.

And in Hongya Cave on the other side.

The Yuanlu Demon King was overjoyed and held a banquet to celebrate.

After all, the battle during the day successfully restored the confidence of the entire army.

Everyone saw Mr. Bei's ability. The Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation was indeed a top-level defensive formation. It was completely flawless. Not only did it devour four armies of the Kuihu Demon King as soon as it appeared, but it also remained unmoved under the fierce attacks afterwards.

With Mr. Bei around, no matter how powerful the enemy is, they can't attack us.

"Mr. Bei, Military Advisor Dai, Military Advisor Zhu, I am fortunate to have the help of the three of you to protect this last piece of my foundation. How lucky I am!"

"Today, I must not go home until I am drunk, drink to my heart's content!"

The Yuanlu Demon King felt that although his three think tanks were not as strong as the young men on the Kuihu Demon King's side, they were completely equal in other aspects. Even Mr. Bei could be said to be an all-rounder!

Old Kuihu is so stupid and foolish that he could drive away such a talented person. He deserves to be humiliated now!
Dai Budong and Zhu Duiyou mingled with the other demon generals with a smile, eating meat with big mouthfuls and drinking wine with big bowls, without any restraint. The children of cultivation families are born to know how to socialize, otherwise why would they have such a wide circle of friends?

Mr. Bei was meticulous and refused directly on the spot.

"Your Majesty, I have to lead the army tomorrow, so this matter cannot be taken lightly, so I shouldn't drink. You can just drink!"

The Yuanlu Demon King couldn't help but put down the wine jar, clapped his hands and sighed:
"Sir, you are dedicated to your duties and do your best. This is a blessing to me!"

Dai Budong and Zhu Duiyou also praised Mr. Bei highly and admired his seriousness and rigor.

It was just when the celebration was in full swing.

Suddenly, footsteps were heard in a small passage inside.

“Thump, thump, plop!”

A little demon came in, knelt down and presented a letter.

The crooked demon language written above clearly shows that the cultural level of the demon who wrote the letter is not high.

The Yuanlu Demon King took it, looked at it, and threw it into the brazier without paying any attention to it, and continued to invite his generals to eat.

Mr. Bei asked curiously, "My lord, is there anything else?"

The Yuanlu Demon King waved his hands with an expression of indifference.

"It's the gazelle guarding the west entrance of Hongya Cave. It discovered a human monk who tried to sneak in during the daytime. It has already chased him away. It's not a big deal."

Hongya Cave is interconnected, and the stalactite forest alone covers an area of ​​a thousand miles, not to mention the densely packed underground rivers. It is impossible for the Yuanlu Demon King to cover every corner of such a large territory, so he only occupied a small part of the wide area in the south as his base.

The remaining distant entrances were only symbolically guarded by soldiers to prevent thugs from breaking in from behind and causing trouble.

Today, a human cultivator in the Jindan stage accidentally broke in from the west, but the Yuanlu Demon King did not take it seriously. Seeing that the boss did not say anything, Mr. Bei, Dai Budong, and Zhu Duiyou naturally did not ask any further questions. Anyway, the most urgent task was to defend against the Kuihu Demon King.

……

In the next few days, the two armies continued to fight fiercely.

The demon king Kuihu led his troops to attack fiercely. Lin Shan and the other two were still observing carefully looking for flaws, but Mr. Bei was helpless because he led his troops very steadily, defended strictly and managed the army well, and there was no loophole for them to exploit.

The two sides were deadlocked at the southern entrance of Hongya Cave.

As the saying goes, the first push is strong, the second is weak, and the third is exhausted. The morale of the troops gradually rises and falls, and they are in a balance.

Just when the Demon King Kuihu, Lin Shan and the other two were looking worried.

The Yuanlu Demon King also received unusual news one after another. At first, it did not take it seriously, but as the news became more and more, it had to take it seriously.

At first, at an entrance on the west side of Hongya Cave, a human Jindan-stage cultivator sneaked in again and again, but was directly expelled by the gazelle demon general.

Later, news came from some entrances in the east, saying that several waves of human monks tried to break in, but they were all repelled by the defenders there.

You should know that among the demon clan, the Jindan stage demon generals themselves have extraordinary combat power. If they lead their troops to form a military formation, they can possess cross-level combat power. Ordinary people of the same level are really no match for them.

But more and more human monks appeared. They were like popping out from cracks in rocks, so sudden and unprepared that people were caught off guard.

These people were naturally the great Jindan-stage cultivators of the human race who had entered from the Swallowing Star Mountains together with Lin Shan, Zhong Shenxiu, and Young Master Jiuyou.

Because Lin Shan and the other two followed Zhong Shenxiu's luck aura and randomly chose a route, which happened to come straight from the south, so they were the fastest and arrived at the entrance of Hongya Cave first.

The other Jindan stage cultivators chose another path and unknowingly deviated from the direction. They took a long detour, suffered a lot along the way, and finally went around to the east and west sides of Hongya Cave, which slowed down their time a little.

But considering the time, it’s time to arrive.

As the Yuanlu Demon King received letters of request for help one after another, he was forced to transfer some of his troops to the various entrances in the rear to guard against the human monks who attempted to break in.

It never left the main gate and stayed in the forbidden area on the cliff. It really had no idea why these human monks came here.

What kind of humans would dare to come to the forbidden area? And why come so many at once? And it happened to be at the critical moment of the decisive battle between the Kuihu demon king and himself!

Mr. Bei didn't understand it very well, but he always felt that this group of people seemed to have some connection with the three guys from Lin Shan.

Dai Budong and Zhu Duiyou guessed why. Before their Dai family was destroyed, it was a wealthy and powerful family. Naturally, they knew the legend of the Lu Yu stalactite.

This time, during the millennium period, the two of them had come to look for it more than ten years in advance, because their cultivation strength was not enough, and they were afraid that they would not be able to snatch it from these Jindan stage monsters, so they thought of taking the risk and trying it out first.

Now the Reed Jade Stalactite has arrived unexpectedly, but he has to stay to help the Yuanlu Demon King fight for supremacy. He has no time to break through or escape. Now, hearing that Jindan-stage cultivators of the human race from the periphery have appeared in large numbers, he can't help but feel worried.

With powerful enemies in front and external threats behind, the weather is not on the side of the Yuanlu Demon King!

This secret was not hidden for long before it was discovered by people here.

A few days later, in Hongya Cave.

There were braziers burning all around, with demon soldiers and guards standing by, and all the demon generals gathered together.

"Pfft!"

"Master Demon King, please spare my life. I really didn't know this was your cave. If I had known, I would never have dared to enter without permission. Please leave me a way out!"

An old man in the Jindan stage cried bitterly and knelt in the wide cave, begging for mercy. He had special vines tied to his body. His cultivation had been sealed long ago, and he had no power to resist at this moment.

The echoes lingered in the cave, reverberating with pleas.

He is the man who tried to sneak into the western entrance of Hongya Cave many times before, Master Ningfa from Xuanwu Village!

Before this old man in the Jindan stage came, he brought a whole boat full of disciples with him. However, when passing by the Aurora Sea, he was attacked by the evil spirits "Mang", "Guo" and "Ru". All his disciples died while trying to protect him from the disaster, and he himself escaped in a panic.

Later, he managed to reach the entrance of Hongya Cave after a narrow escape from death, but was refused entry by the gazelle monster.

Seeing that more and more Jindan stage monks were about to arrive behind him, Master Ningfa decided to take a risk and sneak in alone to look for the Reed Jade Stalactite before everyone arrived.

结果
The result was that he was too stubborn and was captured by the gazelle demon general and sent directly to the Yuanlu Demon King.

Seeing that there was a demon king in the Nascent Soul stage in Hongya Cave, he was so scared that his soul left his body. He didn’t have many years left to live anyway, and he almost died!
"Tell me, who are you and what are you doing in this king's cave?"

The Yuanlu Demon King sat upright, his whole body of pressure pressing him to the ground.

Master Ningfa was shaking like a sieve, with cold sweat dripping down his face and his speech was stuttering.

"My name is Ning Fa. I disturbed you unintentionally. If I had known that Honghong Cliff Cave was your territory, I would not have dared to come even if I had ten times the courage!"

"Humph!"

The Yuanlu Demon King snorted coldly, and Master Ningfa's ears and nose started bleeding, and he fell to the ground as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer.

"I want to ask you, why do you want to sneak into Hongya Cave so many times?"

Master Ning Fa was trembling with fear. He suppressed his fear with difficulty and answered reluctantly:
"I have heard from the outside world that there is a legendary spiritual object in Hongya Cave, a thousand-year-old reed jade stalactite, so when my death is approaching, I hope to obtain it to prolong my life. However, I never thought that this place is owned by someone."

After listening to this person's story, the Yuanlu Demon King learned that a human cultivator from the outside world had been here thousands of years ago, so the news of the Reed Jade Stalactite had spread. And he built this place into his lair two hundred years ago in order to fight against the Kuihu Demon King.

And now, those human cultivators from the outside world are actually coming here for the reed stalactites in the cave!
Mr. Bei frowned and asked:

"How many people from your tribe came this time?"

"Before Lu Guolin set out, there should have been more than thirty Jindan-stage cultivators in the five regions combined. We don't know how many got lost along the way, but I think there must have been at least 10 to 20."

"so much?!"

The Yuanlu Demon King and Mr. Bei immediately couldn't sit still anymore. What was the difference between this and stirring up a hornet's nest?
They were fighting for dominance over the forbidden land, and the battle was going on.

You are sitting at home and disaster strikes from the sky?
You have to know that under the command of the two demon kings, there are only about twenty direct demon generals and vassal Jindan-stage cave masters, and now there are so many enemies all of a sudden. Who can withstand it?

The key point is that many of these humans are about to die, and in order to enter Hongya Cave to find the reed stalactites, they are determined to get it regardless of the danger!

Don't be fooled by the light words of Master Ning Fa in front of him. If he had known that there was a demon king in charge, he would not have dared to come.
Shit!

The person is about to be buried!

Aren't you coming to prolong your life and wait for death?
I'm going to die anyway, so I might as well give it a try!
After the Yuanlu Demon King questioned him in detail, he forcefully used the soul-searching technique to extract some memory fragments.

Master Ningfa's soul was violently searched, and he immediately became confused and dazed, like a walking corpse or a vegetative person. He was dragged away and killed by the surrounding demon soldiers.

Mr. Bei couldn't help but ask, "My king, how is it?"

The Yuanlu Demon King closed his eyes and browsed for a while. After extracting the useful information, he destroyed all the irrelevant memories to prevent them from affecting himself.

"Soul searching can only retrieve 1% of the memory at most. What you find is completely a matter of luck. However, I happened to capture this group of human cultivators gathering at a place called Lotus Fragrance Garden in Jiangning City at the foot of the Swallowing Star Mountains in Lu State."

"There are indeed many Jindan-stage cultivators among them, and there are also many lower-level cultivators following them. As expected, more than half of them are here for the Luyu Stalactite!"

"There are also three military advisors around old Kuihu, Lin Shan, Zhong Shenxiu, and Wei Wuya, three young men, who are also on the list!"

……

After listening to this, Mr. Bei stood up immediately and understood the whole story in an instant!
No wonder!
No wonder those three guys not only came to surrender specially, but also always advised the Demon King Kuihu to lead his troops to advance recklessly and forcibly attack Hongya Cave. It turns out that this was their idea!
Mr. Bei understood everything at once and was so angry that he trembled with anger!

So, I worked hard for the Kuihu Demon King, but ended up becoming a stumbling block for these three people?

Damn, these three little bastards!
Dai Budong and Zhu Duiyou who were standing next to him were also greatly shocked by the news.

They had roughly guessed before that some Jindan-stage cultivators from Lu would venture to come, but because they had not reached the Jindan-stage, they were not clear about the specific situation.

When he heard that so many Jindan stage cultivators had come this time, he couldn't help but become even more worried. How could the Yuanlu Demon King, who was already at a disadvantage, resist?

The house leaks but it rains all night!
另外
The Taoist genius of Lu State, Zhong Shenxiu, is here too?
And, Lin Shan.?

This name sounds familiar.
Could it be that the president of the Lin Chamber of Commerce who pretended to be Mr. Xiongshan?

……

After a brief thought, the two shook their heads and put the idea behind them.

They came here more than ten years ago, and were not aware of Lin Shan's later deeds of establishing a religion in Tianfu Mountain and becoming famous in western Shandong.

He didn't even know that Lin Shan had broken through to the Jindan stage.

Furthermore, how could a person who could stand shoulder to shoulder with the immortal genius Zhong Shenxiu be an ordinary person?

I think it's just a coincidence of names.

Just as they were discussing in the cave, the crisis of a large number of human Jindan stage monks appeared.

At the northern entrance of Hongya Cave, three elderly humans slowly appeared.

"Brother Yang, if we try a few more times in the east, we may be able to force our way in. Is it necessary to go all the way to the north?"

"My two wise brothers, the two demon generals guarding the east gate are obviously not ordinary demons. They have strict defense and strict military discipline. The key is that they also know how to coordinate and deploy the formation. We don't need to bite the bullet. Isn't it better to go around and take advantage of the loopholes?"

Listen to the words, then look at the appearance.

They were actually the three brothers who had come with Lin Shan: the ancestor of the Yang family, the grand elder of the Zhenyue sect, and the master of Xuchan Cave!
(End of this chapter)