Changsheng Xiuxian: I can see through everything

Chapter 44: The Dark Shadows (Seeking Follow-up Reading)

"Run!"

At Zhong Bo's reminder, the Xu family team by the lake dispersed.

The hook snake failed to catch its prey, looked around, but was unwilling to leave the lake and gradually sank to the bottom of the lake.

Everyone was in shock.

"What the hell?"

"Hook the snake."

The monster encountered this time is undoubtedly a second-level water beast.

The two Xu family members narrowly escaped death, their faces pale and they were terrified.

Just a little bit, and the two of them would become the meal of the hook snake.

Chen Xuan looked at Yu Qingsong with complicated eyes.

"Is this what you mean by easy and without danger?"

“It wasn’t like this before!”

Yu Qingsong said hesitantly.

"Don't enter the forest, don't cross the water. Everyone, be careful!"

Zhong Bo's face was also ashen.

If the Xu family team had not sent out the puppet dog and had walked along the lake, everyone would have been wiped out.

That's a second-level water beast!
Zhong Bo and Xu Anjing whispered for a long time.

Chen Xuan didn't know how the two discussed, but they finally decided to avoid the lake and continue marching in another direction.

Time passes day by day.

More than half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

The Xu family team was getting farther and farther away from the other teams, and even their communication devices had no signal.

Very normal.

There is fog in the wilderness all year round, which not only affects the spiritual consciousness of cultivators, but also affects the effectiveness of various magical tools.

Chen Xuan estimated that this place was about two to three thousand miles away from Qingyun Market.

In the Xu family team, Chen Xuan was inconspicuous. He still drove a carriage with Yu Qingsong and spent his days hanging around.

But all the Xu family members, from top to bottom, from Xu Anjing to Zhongbo to Xu Wan'er and others, were polite to him.

To prevent any accidents, Chen Xuan dispatched the Jade-faced Queen Bee's army of poisonous bees.

Thousands of poisonous bees spread out with the Xu family team as the center, and the buzzing sound could be heard over a dozen miles in radius.

With the help of the poisonous bees, the Xu family team successfully avoided many powerful monsters and beasts.

The wilderness is the home of the poisonous bees.

When encountering various weak demon insects and low-grade monsters, the queen bee will send out a signal, and hundreds of poisonous bees will swarm over them, stinging them unconscious first, and then extending their mouthparts to enjoy the delicious meal of victory.

The three cultivators of the Xu family wisely collected their respective demon insects.

In the eyes of the Jade-faced Poison Bee, these are delicious meals.

……

"Are these the remains of another team?"

Xu Anjing said in surprise.

That day, the Xu family team encountered some broken corpses on the road.

The death was tragic.

As if he had encountered something extremely terrifying, his flesh was completely dehydrated and dried up, and his skeleton was broken.

"Is it some kind of blood-sucking monster?"

"Maybe."

Chen Xuan walked forward and observed the corpse, and the voice of the psychic green snake came from his sea of consciousness.

"It's not a demon, it's a devil."

Demons and monsters are different.

Demons generally refer to monsters or demon cultivators, which are originally living animals and plants such as wild beasts and plants that have awakened their spiritual intelligence, absorbed the spiritual power of heaven and earth, and cultivated themselves into monsters.

Demons are mostly evil spirits, of various types and shapes, and they strengthen themselves by absorbing demonic energy or devouring essence and blood.

Chen Xuan frowned.

If it's a monster, he can still hold out for a while with the help of strange insects like the psychic green snake.

If it's a demon...

He had no idea how to deal with it.

If I had known this earlier, I would have prepared some fine talismans to ward off evil spirits.

"Maybe it was some kind of demon?"

"Monster?" Zhong Bo pondered for a long time and nodded. "Indeed, it's more like the work of a monster. Could it be that we encountered a demon cultivator?"

Everyone felt a chill in their hearts.

There is no demon sect in Song State.

But the neighboring Liang State is led by the six major demon sects.

The practice of monks focuses on refining essence into qi, meditating and sitting quietly, and cultivating themselves, so as to build the foundation and form the elixir, step by step, consolidating their Tao heart and ascending the ladder to heaven.

Demonic cultivators are different.

The demon cultivators absorb demonic energy, devour essence and blood, extract souls and refine spirits, and use every possible means to strengthen themselves. In the initial stages of cultivation, their speed is extremely fast, and their fighting methods are even more vicious and cruel. Their strength far exceeds that of cultivators of the same level.

"Sir, we can't stay here for long. Let's go back!"

Zhongbo suggested.

Xu Anjing also felt inexplicably palpitating in his heart.

The Xu family members are all his clansmen. Although it is good to make contributions to the clan, if too many clansmen are sacrificed, he may be held accountable by the family, which will not be worth the loss.

"Then let's go back!" Not long after the Xu family team turned around and left.

There was a fluctuation in the air at the place.

An illusory figure appeared out of thin air and gradually solidified into a solid entity.

It turned out to be a skinny and sinister old man holding a snake-headed staff.

Sizzling sound.

The snake-headed staff was actually transformed from a real green demon snake, and its eyes were sinister and vicious.

"You met me, but you didn't offer your blood and essence to me and you still want to escape?"

……

That night.

The Xu family team set up a five-element reversal wind and thunder killing formation, and the family members patrolled in four directions.

In the tent, Chen Xuan was guiding the heavily armored cricket with his spiritual power and teaching it combat skills.

It is of low grade at the first level, but with the help of the essence of insect spirits, it can be promoted to mid-grade in just two or three months.

Chen Xuan was attracted by its super strong defensive ability.

At a low quality, the spiked armor can withstand the sharp sword of the Ironback Mantis.

Although the Ironback Mantis did not use its full strength, it still made Chen Xuan look at it with admiration.

Each kind of strange insect must have a special function to be worth his spending the essence of the insect spirit to cultivate it.

Not long after.

The heavily armored cricket has learned many combat techniques.

After putting away the Insect Emperor Divine Wood Cauldron, Chen Xuan closed his eyes and practiced the Great Circulation.

Being in the wild, even though he had set up a defensive killing formation, Chen Xuan still did not dare to be careless.

He was even a little annoyed.

There are still too few means to protect the road.

It would be fine if I met an ordinary monk.

If I were to encounter a demon cultivator like today, I would be completely unsure.

If you have the chance, you should learn some thunder magic.

Thunder magic has a restraining effect on demonic cultivators.

Chen Xuan stretched out his hand gently.

A dark golden bean appeared in his palm, its luster like a dream.

It is the poisonous flame golden silkworm.

Even if it was a demon cultivator, if he was poisoned by the poisonous flame golden silkworm, he would probably feel uncomfortable.

"Qingqing, can you deal with the demon cultivators?"

"That's what I said!"

In the sea of consciousness, the psychic green snake said with disdain.

"Qi training magic cultivator, nothing special."

"What if it's a foundation-building demon cultivator?"

The psychic green snake was silent for a while.

"One word, escape!"

"I see."

The answer is predictable.

At this time, the night was getting darker.

The chirping of insects outside the tent suddenly stopped at some point.

All sounds are silent.

An unknown black mist gradually enveloped the Xu family team's camp.

A faint foul smell of blood emanated from the fog.

Chen Xuan's five senses were sharp, and he felt something in his heart, so he looked up and looked outside the tent.

Total darkness.

There were soft footsteps.

"Who?"

"Mr. Chen, my master has an important matter he wants to discuss with you."

The person outside the tent whispered.

Xu Anjing asked him to come over to discuss something in the middle of the night?
Hearing this, Chen Xuan couldn't help but reveal a sneer on his face.

What is coming will eventually come.

"Fellow Daoist Yu, wake up!"

He pushed Yu Qingsong awake, and the Qingmu sword on his back flickered slightly.

Open the tent.

A member of the Xu family was standing outside. His expression could not be seen clearly in the shadows, and his eyes were empty and lifeless.

Chen Xuan smiled slightly.

The smell is obviously wrong.

A faint fishy smell.

It seems to be the smell of a rotting animal carcass.

A brief sweep of the spiritual consciousness.

A thick black fog rose outside, obstructing spiritual consciousness and stagnate the flow of magic power.

(End of this chapter)