The road is vague

Chapter 97 Everyone Shows Their Means
When Li Mo arrived at the Peacock Cave, it was already dark.

However, since the next place to be explored is the Peacock Cave, the underground cave is in darkness all year round, so it doesn’t matter whether it is dark outside or not.

When Li Mo arrived at the only entrance to the Peacock Cave, he found that three people had already lit a bonfire there.

Seeing Li Mo coming here alone, the three of them looked over.

"It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Li from Lingmu Sect!"

One of the men, who was wearing a black tights and carrying a wooden box, stood up and greeted Li Mo with a smile when he saw that the person coming was Li Mo.

This person turned out to be Ma Xuanji from the Shenji Sect.

When Li Mo got closer, he found that of the two female cultivators next to him, one was Xin Yueyao from Daowen Sect with a stunning beauty, and the other was wearing strange clothes. Although he didn't know her, it was not difficult to tell from her clothes that she was a disciple of Weiguo Qianchong Sect.

“It turned out to be Fellow Daoist Ma.”

Li Mo did not show any enthusiasm. Seeing this, Ma Xuanji's smile faded slightly and he stopped approaching.

"Fellow Daoist Li, let me introduce you to Fairy Xin from the Daowen Sect. I don't need to say much. This is Fairy Miao from the Qianchong Sect."

"My humble self, Miao Qianhua, is honored to meet Fellow Daoist Li."

Miao Qianhua bowed slightly to Li Mo, but Li Mo didn't have a deep impression of her.

"So you are Fairy Miao from the Thousand Insect Sect. I am Li Mo from the Spiritual Eye Sect. Nice to meet you."

Li Mo took a few steps forward and came to the campfire.

With the help of the light from the campfire, he looked at the huge statues on both sides of the stone wall.

As expected, here it was just as described, with an ancient monk and a giant peacock, about 20 to 30 feet tall, in a posture of worshipping each other, which was quite majestic and spectacular.

Between the two is a huge stone cave, about four or five meters high and eight meters wide.

It was pitch black inside, with no bottom in sight.

"Fellow Daoist Li, how about forming a temporary team with us and exploring the Peacock Cave together?"

Ma Xuanji took the initiative to invite.

"Inside the Peacock Cave, there are numerous passages that crisscross and intersect with each other. There are also several underground rivers, which have given birth to many evil spirits with strange abilities. If we explore alone, we will inevitably encounter unexpected situations. Why don't we go together? There is strength in numbers, and we can have someone to look after us if we encounter any problems."

Li Mo did not agree or refuse immediately, but thought about it.

Seeing this, Ma Xuanji continued to encourage Li Mo.

"As for the three of us, I am the eldest senior brother of this generation of Shenji Sect, Fairy Miao is also the eldest senior sister of this generation of disciples of Qianchong Sect, and Fairy Xin is from the great Daowen Sect, so her strength is also needless to say. As for Fellow Daoist Li's strength, with the example of Jiang Shengmingzhu, the three of us are also confident."

He smiled softly.

"With the strength of the four of us, I believe it's enough to deal with the evil spirits in the cave."

“If something is discovered, how should the proceeds be distributed?”

Seeing Li Mo's agreement, Xin Yueyao said as a matter of course, "Of course it will be divided equally. If it can't be divided equally, we can bid on the spot."

"If that's the case, then I'll join."

Li Mo agreed for some unknown reason.

Seeing this, Ma Xuanji and Miao Qianhua breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, they didn't have to wait any longer. They had been waiting here for nearly an hour.

Xin Yueyao chuckled when she heard that.

"Fellow Daoist Li's choice is quite wise. As far as I know, at least two groups of people have already entered to explore, including four people led by Dongfang Gouyu from the Shengding Sect. If Fellow Daoist Li had entered the cave alone and encountered them, he would probably be outmatched."

Li Mo didn't say much.

Then the four of them entered the Peacock Cave together.

This underground cave is far and seems to be much more complicated than Li Mo imagined.

Each of the four has a different method of lighting.

Li Mo summoned the Thunder Sword and used its lighting properties to lead the way, Miao Qianhua released several luminous insects, and Xin Yueyao held a lamp-shaped magic weapon.

The most amazing one is Ma Xuanji.

A robotic arm extended from the wooden box behind him, holding a hat and putting it on his head, turning on the spiritual light search function, and the cave in front of him instantly became as bright as day.

Miao Qianhua looked at Li Mo with a puzzled look in her eyes.

"Fellow Daoist Li, isn't the main cultivation method for you Spirit Eyes supposed to allow you to gain a pair of spiritual eyes? Does that also require light?"

She seemed quite curious about the main practice of Lingmu Sect.

Li Mo briefly explained that this was basic common sense and there was no need to hide it.

"The characteristic of the Spirit Eye is that it can clearly see the subtle spiritual energy veins. It is mainly used for observation and research in the daily life of Spirit Eye disciples. It is also helpful in combat. But unfortunately, low-level disciples cannot see into the darkness."

Miao Qianhua nodded after her doubts were cleared up, while Ma Xuanji and Xin Yueyao seemed to have known it for a long time.

After the four of them went a hundred feet into the cave, they came to a three-way intersection.

One of them is wider and looks like the main road, another is narrower and only about ten feet high, and another is crossed by an underground river.

The four of them observed it carefully.

The underground river is about ten feet wide, with a fast-flowing current. No one knows where it leads to, and it looks extremely dangerous.

After a short pause, the four of them finally unanimously chose the most dangerous underground river road.

"Great minds think alike. In that case, let's cross the river!"

After Ma Xuanji finished speaking, eight long mechanical arms stretched out from the wooden box behind him, making him look like a giant spider. As these mechanical arms continued to climb, Ma Xuanji ignored the terrain obstacles and climbed over the walls to cross the underground river.

Miao Qianhua stretched out her hands, and hundreds of fist-sized purple beetles flew out of her sleeves.

These beetles were clearly poisonous. But now, under the control of this female cultivator, they were as swift as an arm, each flapping its wings at high speed, carrying Miao Qianhua smoothly across the dark river.

After Xin Yueyao summoned nine primary wind birds in one breath, as she continued to draw black seal characters, the nine wind birds were grouped into threes and merged into three larger wind birds.

Then she did the same thing, with a rate of three, and merged it into a giant wind bird that was comparable to a mid-level spell.

Xin Yueyao jumped up and ordered the wind bird to carry her across the dark river.

"The Daowen Sect's methods are truly miraculous."

Compared with the three of them, Li Mo's method of crossing the river was mediocre. He simply activated the wind-controlling technique of the Qingming Crane Cloak and easily flew across the dark river.

After the four people crossed the underground river, the cave suddenly became clear.

"It seems our choice was right. There really is something else going on here!"

After the eight robotic arms behind Ma Xuanji automatically retracted into the wooden box, he smiled and said, "Let's go. I hope no one has explored this passage yet."

After the four of them walked for a while, another fork in the road appeared in front of them.

One of the roads is wider, while the other is lined with stalagmites.

The four hesitated here for a moment.

At this time.

In the cave full of stalagmites, something suddenly flashed by, and the four people were immediately surprised.

"Evil!"

Since the evil spirit has appeared, it proves that at least the first two teams of monks who came in to explore did not choose this route. As for the monks before that, it is hard to say.

So the four of them immediately took out their respective magic weapons and rushed into the cave full of stalagmites.

"what!"

Miao Qianhua let out a strange cry and held her head in her hands, looking in pain.

"Be careful, it can cause hallucinations."

Upon hearing this, Ma Xuanji, Xin Yueyao, and Li Mo did not stop, but divided into three groups and approached the evil spirit that was constantly dodging in the stalagmite forest.

At this moment, Ma Xuanji was wearing a set of external mechanical armor. He moved swiftly and violently, like a bronze-armored iron man. The stalagmites as thick as bowls were smashed one after another under his impact. He was rapidly approaching the evil spirit.

However, just as Ma Xuanji was about to approach the evil spirit and strike it, he also let out a strange cry of pain, half-crouched on the spot, with veins bulging on his forehead.

"Don't look into its eyes!"

Miao Qianhua, who was far away, recovered a little and caught up.

With the help of the light from the Thunder Sword, Li Mo vaguely saw the evil form.

This is a combination of a bat and a snake. It is extremely flexible in this stalagmite forest. Like other evil spirits, it is only good at causing trouble from behind. Facing the pursuit of the crowd, it can only keep fleeing and dodging.

"Daoyou Li, I'll stop it!"

Xin Yueyao let out a delicate cry, and fireballs kept flying out of the lantern in her hand, drawing graceful arcs, bypassing the complex stalagmite terrain, chasing after the evil spirit, blocking its way.

Seeing this, the evil spirit that looked like a fusion of a bat and a snake spread its wings and flew into the sky, trying to escape from the fireballs that followed it like a shadow.

Xin Yueyao let out a light laugh.

Four of the fireballs actually emitted mysterious runes, which seemed to form a temporary barrier that imprisoned the evil spirit in the air.

But at this moment!
The wings of this evil creature actually opened densely packed eyes, which immediately made Xin Yueyao groan, and also made Ma Xuanji and Miao Qianhua, who were rushing over, stop again.

puff!
The Thunder Sword flashed by.

The evil spirit that was flapping its wings in the air was instantly split into two, and its body fell from the sky.

Seeing this, Xin Yueyao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and began to breathe heavily.

"This evil spirit is really difficult to deal with."

Ma Xuanji and Miao Qianhua came to Li Mo.

At that moment, Li Mo seemed to see the scene of Zhao Siman falling into the Tan River. His face was also not very good. Fortunately, the True Spirit Eye had a very good resistance in this regard, and he finally understood why these people were in such a state.

"I am fine."

After Li Mo recalled the Thunder Sword, he and the three of them came to the evil spirit's corpse.

Looking at the evil corpse on the ground that was split into two by Li Mo, Ma Xuanji was extremely happy.

"Fellow Daoist Li's swordsmanship is truly exceptional. Ma admires it."

After saying this, he actually squatted down, covered the evil spirit with his magic power to prevent it from dissipating further, and began to cut off the evil spirit's many eyes.

Li Mo seemed to be lost in thought.

"I've heard for a long time that the Shenji Sect can use evil organs to create some special mechanical devices. I didn't expect it to be true."

"Not all evil organs can be used."

Ma Xuanji said with a smile: "However, this battle is the result of the joint efforts of several of us. Since I have gained something here, if there is any gain next time, I can take a smaller share."

The three of them nodded after hearing this.

After Ma Xuanji collected all the eyes of the evil spirit, Miao Qianhua suddenly laughed, and a large number of purple beetles flew out of his sleeves again. They rushed to the corpse of the evil spirit and began to eat it frantically.

Generally speaking.

After the evil spirit dies, even if it is not dealt with, it will quickly dissipate within a few hours, so it is naturally best if it can be recycled.

Most monks just burned it down.

(End of this chapter)