Mortal: Starting by looting Han Laomo's entire herb garden

Lu Yan activated his Illuminating Demon Eye and searched around, but still couldn't find Zhong Wu's figure.

That old bastard ran away as soon as he saw things were going badly.

Lu Yan cursed under his breath and continued searching, eventually pulling out a map made of animal hide from a disciple of Spirit Beast Mountain's storage bag.

The map marks the terrain of the Crimson Forbidden Land, with a stone palace marked in the center.

Lu Yan's eyes lit up. The black dragon and the treasure chest were right there. He could go there once the Moon Sun Pearl was activated on the third day and the mist dissipated.

He put the map away, glanced at the corpses scattered on the ground, and after they were all cremated, he turned and left.

The first day in the Crimson Forbidden Land has come to an end.

The next morning, Lu Yan meditated in the cave while the Illusionary Phoenix was letting out some fresh air.

He looked down at himself, wearing the blue Taoist robe of the Qingxu Sect. He first used a few smears of mortal disguise techniques on his face, then put on a human skin mask, and finally used the Illusion Technique to change his appearance to something else.

With three layers of disguise, even if he encountered an old monster like Xiang Zhili who might be able to see through the illusion technique, he would only see his disguised face.

Lu Yan nodded in satisfaction and was about to get up and continue on his way.

"Help!"

A sharp cry for help came from outside the cave, growing louder as it approached.

"Which senior brother from Yellow Maple Valley is this? Please save my junior sister's life! I promise you a great reward upon our return!"

Lu Yan frowned and immediately used the Illuminating Demon Eye.

Several hundred meters away, a female disciple from Huangfeng Valley was seen running towards them, followed by a charming man named Han Tianya from Huadaowu.

The female disciple was injured and pale, clearly driven to desperation.

She saw the cave and rushed in without hesitation.

Then she froze, and there stood a Taoist priest from the Qingxu Sect at the entrance of the cave.

Before entering, Zhong Lingdao cast the "Connecting Technique" on each disciple. She sensed the presence of fellow disciples here, which is why she rushed over.

But the person in front of me is clearly dressed as a member of the Qingxu Sect.

Was there a problem with the mechanical manipulation technique? Or perhaps...?

Before she could think it through, Han Tianya had already caught up with her.

He glanced at them and saw a female cultivator from Huangfeng Valley and a young Taoist priest from Qingxu Sect.

A cruel smile curled at the corner of Han Tianya's lips.

Just as they were about to take action, a series of heavy footsteps approached from afar.

A barefoot, burly man strode over, carrying a silver longsword on his back.

Han Tianya's expression changed slightly. He knew this big man from the Giant Sword Sect. His swordsmanship was extremely fierce and he had a good reputation among the disciples of the seven sects.

"Han Tianya?" The barefoot burly man glanced at the wounded female cultivator and frowned. "Are you indiscriminately killing innocent people again?"

Han Tianya sneered, "This has nothing to do with you, get lost."

The barefoot man ignored him and focused his gaze on Lu Yan.

He was a young Taoist priest from the Qingxu Sect, and he looked quite ordinary.

He then looked at the female cultivator from Yellow Maple Valley and shook his head.

"I don't lay a hand on women, this man is mine."

Han Tianya's eyes flashed; this barefoot giant was no weakling, and he wasn't confident he could defeat him.

The other party offered to deal with the Taoist priest, and he was happy to oblige.

"Alright, the woman is mine, and the Taoist priest is yours."

The female disciple's face turned pale, and she subconsciously moved closer to Lu Yan, only to find that Lu Yan had somehow run behind her.

Female disciple: "..."

Upon seeing this, the barefoot giant wore a disdainful expression: "Hmph! A coward hiding behind a woman."

Lu Yan remained expressionless, already making plans in his mind. He then took the initiative to distance himself from the female disciple, as he did not have the habit of turning his back to others.

The barefoot giant said in a deep voice, "State your master's name and lineage, and I will not kill nameless nobodies."

Lu Yan was slightly taken aback, but his expression remained calm:

"Half-god, half-saint, half-immortal; a complete Confucian, a complete Taoist, a complete sage. With ten thousand volumes of true books in his mind, he holds half the sky in both literature and martial arts."

"I am Su Zhenhuan, of the Qingxu Sect."

The barefoot man was stunned. What was this?

Before he could react, a dark chain came crashing down from directly in front of him from the ground.

It was the Xuan Tie Lock that Lu Yan had secretly released while reciting the poem. Oh no, it should now be called the Nine Netherworld Heaven-Binding Lock.

"mean!"

The barefoot man snapped out of his daze, drew his longsword from his back, and slashed directly at the chains with tremendous force.

Click.

The Nine Netherworld Locks snapped instantly.

"A mere trick!" the barefoot giant shouted, his momentum undiminished, as he slashed straight down at Lu Yan with his long sword.

A layer of white light appeared on Lu Yan's body, the Mysterious Light Averting Calamity Shield.

boom!

The giant sword struck the light shield, but it didn't even cause a ripple. Instead, he himself was shaken back two steps.

The barefoot giant was stunned. An ordinary Qi Refining stage cultivator would not be able to withstand his sword strike, yet this young Taoist from the Qingxu Sect had actually managed to withstand it.

Could it be... a top-tier defensive artifact?

Before he could react, Lu Yan was covered by a black light shield and an earthen yellow light shield.

It is the Yin-Yang Gathering Ring and the Mysterious Primordial Turtle.

At the same time, he also secretly activated the Five Thunder Heavenly Heart Net.

A cold smile appeared on Lu Yan's lips. The barefoot man sensed something was wrong, but it was too late.

The next second, flames shot into the sky from beneath their feet, the earth shook violently, and an explosion rang out.

After the smoke and dust cleared, the barefoot man had become a charred corpse.

It turns out that Lu Yan had not only secretly buried the chains underground, but also carried a large number of explosive tags on them.

The barefoot man only saw the first half of the chain; the second half, which carried the explosive tags, was still buried in the ground.

Lu Yan just released three layers of defense, not to resist the opponent's giant sword, but to prevent himself from being blown up.

On the other side, Han Tianya's pupils contracted. He had just cornered the female disciple of Huangfeng Valley and hadn't even had a chance to kill her when the barefoot giant died.

The female disciples of Huangfeng Valley were completely dumbfounded.

Han Tianya's expression changed repeatedly, and with a quick glance, he forced out a smile that looked more like a grimace.

"Fellow Daoist, it's a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding." Han Tianya took two steps back and pointed at the female disciple of Huangfeng Valley: "If you want this woman, feel free to take her. I'll be leaving now."

The female disciple turned pale and bit her lip tightly.

Lu Yan glanced at her, then looked at Han Tianya, and said calmly, "Did I say you could leave?"

Han Tianya's smile froze on his face.

"Fellow Daoist, what do you mean by this? We have no grudge against each other, there's no need for us to fight to the death, is there?"

Lu Yan remained silent.

The smile on Han Tianya's face gradually disappeared, and his eyes turned sinister.

"Fine, fine, fine!" he said three times in a row, gritting his teeth, "Since you won't give me a way out, then don't blame me!"

He patted his storage bag, and seven or eight magical artifacts flew out at the same time.

Fans, flying swords, short knives, iron rings, poison needles... all sorts of spiritual light rained down on Lu Yan.

At the same time, his other hand had already pulled out a talisman from his pocket, activating it while grinning maliciously: "Kid? You want to kill me? I'll fight you to the death today! Let's die together!"

Lu Yan glanced at the talisman and activated his Netherworld Demon Eye.

The Wind-Riding Talisman.

A high-level wind-attribute escape talisman that, once activated, allows one to instantly escape dozens of miles away.

Lu Yan: "…………"

Another sixth child.