Villain Master, my disciples all want to backstab me

"That's it."

Facing Bai Yuan's doubts, Ji Tingxue nodded: "After I came out of the 'Cangwu Abyss' last time, I can talk to her to a certain extent, although not in real time... If necessary, I can directly put my current personality into a deep sleep, and she will come out."

"If it were me, even if the Blood Source Sect's leader came personally, I think we would be able to escape unscathed."

"Um……"

In Bai Yuan's plan, there was indeed such a plan. As long as Ji Lingyun was willing to come forward, she would not even need to sneak. She could directly rush into the headquarters of the Blood Source Sect, shoot anyone who dared to come out to block the way, and then take Jiang Cheng away.

However, Ji Lingyun is not so easy to please, and her favor is even harder to repay.

The corpses of the two great demons had already been a great gift from the former to Bai Yuan. If she asked the latter to help deal with the Blood Origin Sect again, Bai Yuan felt that even if she sold herself, she would still not be able to repay such a great favor.

Can……

If you don't need this favor, then don't use it.

Bringing Ji Tingxue with you as a last resort, to ensure we can escape smoothly if plans change or the worst happens, shouldn't be a big problem. Life is always more important than favors.

It's a pity that Bai Yuan hasn't reconciled with "Ghost Yuan" yet, so he can't use the other party's power. Otherwise, there would be no need to go through so much trouble...

"It's afternoon now."

"Let's wait until night, around three quarters past midnight."

Bai Yuan looked up at the sky, then whispered to the two people beside him.

Under normal circumstances, if one wanted to sneak into the rear of the Blood Source Sect, one would need to pass through the warning blind spot of the "Flesh and Blood Wall" - there were only one or two such blind spots, and apart from Bai Yuan, a player, even the monks of the Blood Source Sect who served as sentries might not be aware of them - and then pass through the other two lines of defense before entering.

However, since Bai Yuan already has the [Moon Cat Earrings], things are simple.

She only needed to wait until night, when the power of the "Moon Cat Earrings" was maximized, activate the "Shadow Walk" magical power, transform herself into a shadow, and then wrap Ji Tingxue and Ye Shuang'er in it, and then go straight in. As long as it wasn't too blatant, the Blood Origin Sect would have no chance of noticing.

Everything is arranged properly.

Bai Yuan and his group did not speak again, but just sat apart, seizing the last bit of time to practice silently, waiting for the action to begin.

Time passed by minute by minute.

The sun sets in the west...

Soon, it was night.

As night fell, the air around them gradually grew colder, and the human-skin lanterns on the "wall of flesh and blood" began to sway, colliding with the wall of bones, making a rustling sound. It was as if countless wronged souls were whispering to each other.

At the same time, the phosphorescent flames in the lanterns lit up one after another, illuminating the surrounding blood-colored vines like wriggling blood vessels.

Although there was not much change on the outside, Bai Yuan could clearly feel that the blood and malice emanating from the wall had become more intense than before, almost turning into substance.

However, at this moment, Bai Yuan felt an indescribable sense of comfort. The cat ears on his head moved, and the shadows under his feet also stretched out. He felt as if he was blending into the night.

"Gudong..."

A sound of swallowing saliva came from the side.

It’s Ye Shuang’er.

At this point, the little girl was genuinely frightened. It seemed as if what she saw had triggered a fear of the dark ingrained in her DNA. Her small hands tightly grasped Bai Yuan's arms, not letting go until she looked over.

"Be good, don't be afraid."

Bai Yuan patted the back of the little girl's hand, slowly opened her palm, and brought her some warmth by interlocking their fingers. Then, she took a deep breath and said, "It's time to go."

While talking.

Bai Yuan's figure swayed, and the whole person turned into a dark outline. This outline spread to both sides, and soon merged with the shadows of Ye Shuang'er and Ji Tingxue, "swallowing" them both completely. Then came the white tiger next to him.

This scene was no different from what the Shadow Leopard Demon had done in Falling Eagle Gorge. After observing the effects of the latter's magical power, Bai Yuan naturally had no difficulty figuring it out.

then.

This shadow stuck close to the ground and swept towards the "Wall of Flesh and Blood".

First, he passed through the "Wall of Flesh and Blood" without any hindrance.

Then gallop along the plain...

After just a few minutes, we arrived at a rugged and steep mountain and climbed up along the path on the side of the hill.

Chapter 180: I will make sure he never comes back!

This infiltration route was planned by Bai Yuan early on.

When she was a player of "Asking the Immortal", she had sneaked into the Blood Source Sect once like this.

However, during the "first round", she had cultivated to the Spiritual Transformation Realm before coming here, and she had deliberately chosen a starless and moonless night. Even so, she still encountered several crises along the way;

In the current "Second Round", these two objective conditions do not exist, but she has an extra [Moon Cat Earring] on her, which makes the infiltration smoother.

From the perspective of an onlooker, all one could see was a small shadow passing across the ground.

Under the cover of darkness, he came and went almost without a trace.

As time passes slowly.

The moonlight poured down, illuminating the rocks with a pale white color. The protruding stone edges looked like white bones sticking out of the mountain.

The mountain becomes steeper.

The white kite continued to wind its way up the mountain wall.

The mountain where the Blood Source Sect's headquarters is located is called "Mingku Mountain". This mountain is over a thousand feet high and has extremely dangerous terrain. It has been the Blood Source Sect's stronghold for thousands of years. It has been operated by the latter for many years and has already set up a large number of traps and magic arrays.

For example, in the crevice that Bai Yuan had just passed, there was a withered head embedded in it. That thing was called the "Corpse Eye Whistle," a magical instrument crafted from the heads of cultivators above the Golden Core Realm. Once those eyes "saw" someone's image, they would immediately light up with phosphorescent flames, alerting those behind them.

In addition, there is a "Forest of Corpses" that can capture passing monks, wrap them into cocoons, hang them on trees, and absorb and devour them;

The "Hunting Bee Gu," shaped like a bumblebee, swarms out at the first sign of a living being...

There are many different methods.

As for the sentries and mountain protection formations formed by the demonic cultivators of the Blood Source Sect, there is no need to mention them.

If you sneak in using the normal method, even if you have full map vision, it will be very difficult to reach your destination safely.

But now that the white kite has bloomed, the situation has become much simpler.

of course……

It's not completely without problems.

This is because the closer you get to the heartland of the Blood Source Sect, the more people there are around and the more strict the patrol measures are. Among them are some people with keen senses or those holding special detection tools.

When passing a brightly lit patrol line, a sharp-eyed elder in the Nascent Soul Realm seemed to notice something. He flew over on his sword and raised a magic weapon that looked like an oil lamp high up, causing Bai Yuan to subconsciously hold his breath. His entire body shrank into a small strip, curled up in the crevice of the rock, and his cat ears instantly stretched straight.

——The lamp oil in that lamp seemed to contain "pure yang power".

When it was held high, it looked like a small sun rising into the sky. Just being enveloped by its light made Bai Yuan feel a slight heat on his body.

If you get splashed with that lamp oil...

It is hard to say whether the "shadow form" will have flaws and be noticed by the other party.

For a while.

The Blood Source Sect elder frowned and muttered in confusion, "Am I seeing things? I clearly saw someone passing by here just now..."

"Ah."

Another demon cultivator nearby chuckled and said with disdain, "Old Cai, I think you're just being overly sensitive. This is the headquarters of our Blood Source Sect. Not to mention the numerous defenses outside, the Sect Master and several Hall Masters are all here. Who is so blind as to dare to act so recklessly here?"

"Even if it's the number one cultivator from Tianyuan Mountain, the righteous path... humph, if they dare to come, they will never return!"

"...Brother Peng is right."

The former finally put down the oil lamp, and finally looked around, especially staring at the crevice where Bai Yuan was hiding for a while. Finally, he shook his head and turned to patrol elsewhere.

Wait for the two demon cultivators to leave one after another.

Bai Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief and emerged a little from the crevice. Taking advantage of the dark clouds covering the moon in the sky, he stretched out a long shadow and crossed the patrol belt. Then he continued to move forward at a rapid speed.

that's it.

They passed through several checkpoints, several forests, a thick mountain wall, and brushed shoulders with at least dozens of Blood Source Sect demon cultivators.

The shadow that Bai Yuan transformed into finally arrived at the inside of the mountain wall behind "Mingku Mountain", a dark and deep secret tunnel.

"It should be around this area."

"If I remember correctly, the end of this tunnel is our destination."

The shadow stopped.

First, a small face the size of a palm cautiously emerged from the shadows. Its furry ears moved, and a pair of golden-black eyes looked around.

——At this moment, Bai Yuan looks exactly like a kitten's head, but with a white human face.

After confirming that there is no obvious danger.

Bai Yuan slowly stood up, appearing in the tunnel as a shadowy silhouette. Ji Tingxue, Ye Shuang'er, and Bai Hu also appeared beside her.

Because there are formation runes in the tunnel, some of which are of a warning nature, Bai Yuan did not cancel the "Shadow Travel" magical power. The appearance of several people was also gray and they could not have direct contact with the outside world.

For this reason, Bai Yuan also specifically reminded:

"Be careful. Even if you transform back into a physical form later, don't touch these rocks."

"That thing is 'Blood Coagulation Rock'. It can corrode anything it touches into green smoke. Even the protective spiritual power of a late Nascent Soul cultivator can't withstand it for long. And there are runes carved on it..."

Just as Bai Yuan had said, their current location was surprisingly midway through the tunnel. The surrounding rock walls were covered in red veins resembling blood vessels, faintly flickering with the rhythm of their breathing. A little further, they could feel the stench of hot wind blowing towards them, causing their figures to drift slightly.

In addition, dark red liquid seeped out from the rock wall, which looked particularly creepy.

Gulp...

There was a sound coming from the front, gradually becoming clearer.

The white kite maintained its shadow form and continued to float forward for a short distance before arriving at the end of the tunnel.

At this point, the view suddenly becomes clear.

Further ahead, there seems to be a super huge cave, so big that it almost hollows out half of the mountain.

but……

If you look down, you will see the source of the noises just now——

It was clearly a circular abyss with a diameter of more than a thousand feet!

In the dim candlelight, Bai Yuan and his companions could vaguely see that in the abyss, thick, crimson blood plasma was rolling and surging wildly, like a turbulent sea.

In the "sea water", there seemed to be pale skeletons floating up and down;

The "sea" was dotted with bubbles and whirlpools that appeared to be artificial. At the center of some of these eddies stood massive bronze pillars, tens to hundreds of meters tall. Hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of them, each entwined with chains. Some chains were empty, while others held monks in various attire.

Half of their bodies were submerged in the blood, while the other half were above the surface. The portion submerged in the blood had already begun to fester, revealing even the skeletal bones.

Yet, in this situation, they seemed to be still alive, not dead, so they could only endure the pain of their vertebrae piercing their hearts, but they could not find relief.

This scene makes people feel uncomfortable even if they watch it from the side.

suddenly.

On a bronze pillar not far from Bai Yuan and his companions, an old man in a purple robe twitched and spat out a mouthful of blood.

As the blood spit out, the water in front of the purple-robed elder suddenly began to boil, and the chains attached to the bronze pillar began to slowly stir, crushing the already frail old monk's body. The blood seemed to be absorbed by the bronze pillar, causing the runes on its surface to gradually become dazzlingly bright.

"That person seems to be a cultivator from Haoran Sect. The clothing style he wears is the one Haoran Sect likes the most..."

Ji Tingxue frowned slightly, looked around, and said in a low voice with some hesitation.

"Yes, it's He Zhifeng, the elder of Haoran Sect. He disappeared for no apparent reason about six years ago. The Haoran Sect searched for him many times but couldn't find his whereabouts. In fact, he was captured here a long time ago and became a captive of the Xueyuan Sect..."

"Looking at his appearance, I think his vitality has been drained out and he will die soon."

Bai Yuan also joined in the conversation in a low voice.

Only Ye Shuang'er did not say a word. She just followed Bai Yuan closely, looking outside with a tense face, as if the scene before her had brought back some bad memories.

The environment here is really uncomfortable, like a scene in purgatory.

Not to mention Ji Tingxue and Ye Shuang'er, even Bai Yuan himself pursed his lips slightly, enduring the discomfort, casting his gaze downwards, searching carefully among the thousands of bronze pillars.

This is not difficult.

Because Bai Yuan had been here in his previous life, although it was impossible to remember every frame in his mind, he probably had an impression of it.