I, a minor character, fell into the Shura field of the heroine and the villain

For example, before they and their sister had even gotten married to their master, rumors of their three-person relationship had spread throughout the Holy Land. This was most likely the work of the Jianya Palace lineage.

Ruining the reputation of Yaohua Palace is a small matter.

What I am going to say next is even more infuriating.

When Luo Xueqing first participated in the Holy Land Competition, the Sword Cliff Hall disciples she encountered were all deadly, completely disregarding the strict rules of competition. In several matches, they even bribed the elders who served as referees, allowing the Sword Cliff Hall disciples to attack with hidden weapons and take temporary power-boosting elixirs, all without the referees noticing. Although Luo Xueqing ultimately emerged victorious, it was a significant loss of her strength.

Furthermore, when Luo Xueqing participated in the Holy Land Trial, she was pursued and intercepted by several Sword Cliff Hall disciples in the Trial Valley. Gongsun Shu was their leader. If Luo Xueqing hadn't been so skilled and had taken advantage of the terrain to escape them, the outcome of that trial would have been uncertain.

"Why don't I remember their names being on the flying boat I took?"

Before setting off, Luo Xueqing took a quick look at the list of people on her flying boat. She remembered clearly that Gongsun Shu and several other Jianya Hall disciples were not on it.

They must have used their connections to temporarily switch with someone else.

This gave Luo Xueqing a bad feeling in her heart.

They wouldn't be trying to disgust me again, would they?

Looks like I don’t need to meditate tonight.

So she found her teammates and pretended to chat with them as if nothing had happened. In fact, her attention was basically on Gongsun Shu and her junior brothers and sisters.

Gongsun Shu's team was composed entirely of disciples of Jianya Palace. In addition to her, there were two direct disciples in the Jindan stage, and the other two were also inner disciples of the Jianya Palace.

Luo Xueqing noticed that Gongsun Shu seemed to be looking at her secretly.

This made the chief disciple of Yaohua Palace feel uneasy. Could it be that they were trying to take advantage of this demon-slaying operation to cause trouble?

"When the operation starts tomorrow, you can follow the main force closely. Your speed may not be able to keep up with me." Luo Xueqing didn't want to implicate these four strangers she just met.

If those people from Jianya Palace wanted to do something bad to her, this demon-slaying operation would be a perfect opportunity.

By that time, the situation will be chaotic and it will be difficult to investigate what happened afterwards.

"Master Luo, are you going to act alone again?" said a junior sister who also came from the Holy Land.

Back when they were in the Broken Sun Mountain Secret Realm, Luo Xueqing had once separated from the main group and acted alone. For this, Lin Ruowei had taken the opportunity to attack her.

This kind of large-scale operation should be coordinated. This junior sister was clearly dissatisfied.

However, Luo Xueqing continued, "My strength is superior to yours, and the enemies I will face are beyond your ability to deal with. I am also considering your safety."

Although intelligence reports indicate that the highest-level demon cultivator to have appeared at Yunze's Blood Luomen stronghold was a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, no one knew if there were more experts hidden within.

These junior sisters also knew that there was a huge gap between their strength and Luo Xueqing's. In actual combat, Luo Xueqing might not be able to take them into consideration. So they did not waste any more words on this topic.

"You guys take a rest for a night. I'll go out for a walk." Luo Xueqing was still a little uneasy.

She left the group of five, but did not leave the village.

The sky was already dark, and a crescent moon had already appeared in the night sky.

She flew alone to a hillside next to the Kurumu Village, where she could overlook the entire village.

It was precisely this unintentional action of hers that led to her unexpected discovery.

Withered Wood Village is located on the south side of a mountain.

The road leading to this Kurumu Village from the outside is the same whether you are going in or out, and there is only this one road.

And the direction of that road is exactly towards Yunze.

But Yunze is a deserted swamp. What's the point of building a road there?

If you want to enter the Kurumu Village from outside, you have to cross mountains and ridges, but the mountain roads here are rugged and difficult to walk on.

So how does the people of Kurumi Village obtain daily necessities?

Is it necessary to rely on this rugged mountain road for transportation?

The monks could reach this place by flying, but would mortals have to climb over the mountain to the north to enter and exit this mountain village? The white-robed female swordsman faintly sensed something was amiss.

That night, Luo Xueqing meditated on the hillside.

Nothing happened all night.

The next morning, when the ten teams of monks were preparing to set off, something unexpected happened.

There were fifty people in their group, but after that night, one person was missing, leaving them with forty-nine people.

When the elder leading the team counted the number of people, he found that the missing person was a male disciple from a vassal sect.

The people in his team shouted the name of the missing disciple everywhere in the village, but there was no response.

"Is he afraid of fighting?" said a tall teammate of the missing person.

This demon-slaying operation was inherently dangerous, with a significant risk of death. A timid individual might even escape from the battlefield.

However, another young female teammate said, "Senior Brother Gao won't run away. He told me yesterday that he would take me with him to kill the demon cultivators."

The tall teammate said, "Tsk, you just believe what he says. I think he's just afraid of death."

The female teammate remembered that she was about to cry, but she couldn't find the words to refute.

A male cultivator from another team said, "We're only missing one person, it's not a big deal. We're not the only ones here. There are several other groups gathering in various directions in Yunze."

Hundreds of people came to the Xueluo Sect stronghold in Yunze alone for this operation. They came from different sects or families, and were assigned different routes to attack Yunze.

They formed an encirclement to prevent any demon cultivator from escaping to the greatest extent possible.

"No, the missing person is the grandson of an elder of Chaoxia Mountain. We must find him, otherwise we won't be able to explain to Chaoxia Mountain." At this time, the elder in charge checked the personnel list and confirmed the identity of the missing person.

It turns out that he is a third-generation cultivator and has a certain background.

Chaoxia Mountain is also a subsidiary sect of Ziyang Holy Land. Although it is not very large, it has always been a staunch supporter of the holy land.

So, the leading elder gave the order for everyone to search for the missing disciple separately.

"What bad luck! We lost a person before the mission even started. What a big deal." As soon as this happened, some people started complaining.

"Could it be that the guy took a fancy to a village girl and sneaked into her house last night to do that indecent thing?" There are always people who assume the most malicious things about others.

Originally, this group of monks only wanted to rest for one night in Kurumu Village, but after dawn, they had to disturb the villagers here.

They searched every house in the village, causing widespread complaints and even some ill-tempered villagers started cursing.

But this is understandable. No one would be in a good mood if their home was broken into and searched by a group of outsiders for no reason.

Luo Xueqing didn't participate in the search, but she also walked along the village roads. She had a strong premonition that this demon-slaying operation might not go smoothly.

"Found it, found it." Someone shouted in the distance.

Soon, a large group of people gathered in the direction where the sound came from.

Luo Xueqing continued to rush over at a leisurely pace.

She found that many houses in the village had their doors closed, but there were several pairs of eyes behind the windows peeking at the outside world.

She had felt something was amiss with Deadwood Village since last night, but she couldn't quite place it.

"Is this Senior Brother Gao? Ugh~~" The voice of a female cultivator that had been heard before came from the crowd.

Luo Xueqing also realized that something was wrong.

She stepped on the ground, jumped into the air, and landed on the roof of a thatched house.

Climbing to a higher place, she could clearly see the situation over there.

It turned out that they found a dried corpse under a big tree at the entrance of the village. The corpse was still wearing the standard Taoist robe of Zhaoxia Mountain.

The ugly mummy looked like it had been drained of its energy by some evil spirit or monster.

"There are dirty things in this village." Someone with quick reaction shouted at this time.

Then he looked at the villagers of Kurumi Village with suspicion.

At this time, many villagers came to watch, but when they met the monks' questioning and unfriendly looks, they all shrank back.

The leading elder immediately used his psychic vision to examine the villagers present, but found nothing unusual. They were human, not demons in disguise.

"There are only a dozen villagers here, and there are still dozens of people who need to be carefully checked." Someone else in the team said that.

However, just as this person finished shouting, something unexpected happened again.

Thump~

Without warning, someone fainted on the ground, one, two, three...

The cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage among the crowd inexplicably fell into a coma.

Swish!Swish!Swish!

The remaining monks all drew their swords vigilantly.

However, several monks at the scene also held their foreheads, and they all felt dizzy.

"Oh no, when?" Unknowingly, they seemed to be in a trap.

This was probably some kind of hidden incense or poison that could have tricked so many monks without anyone noticing.

Luo Xueqing also felt a little dizzy, and she realized that there was a faint fragrance of flowers in the air in the village. But strangely, there were no flowers in the Deadwood Village.

"Kill!" Someone among the villagers who seemed harmless just now suddenly shouted this.

The villagers who were watching outside suddenly transformed into cruel executioners. Their fierce expressions were exposed, and dark demonic energy emanated from their bodies. They drew their weapons and rushed towards the remaining monks who were still standing.

Since Luo Xueqing did not follow the crowd to gather together, she stood alone on the roof, and no demon cultivator targeted her for a while.

So she flipped down from the roof and tried to find a place to hide.

Her eyelids grew heavier, and her hands and feet began to feel weak.

At this time, she saw a well not far ahead.

With a wave of her hand, a scabbard surrounded by precious light appeared in her hand.

She walked quickly to the front of the well and before her consciousness became dizzy, she hid in the scabbard of her sword.

The scabbard of the Qingni Sword fell into the well water.

Chapter 299: The King of the Sewer

The sewer network in Chuanliu City is well-connected, and a bustling residential area has actually formed here.

Many were either desperate and destitute, or forced to hide here due to committing crimes. As a result, the underground world of River City was a mixed bag, even forming its own ecosystem.

Almost everything here is controlled by a force called the Black Snake Gang. The lower-class people living here have to rely on others if they want to survive.

Who says that people who can come here are more or less not clean and cannot easily return to the ground?

A gray jelly kitten was strolling in the dark sewer.

It is so small that it can easily hide in the shadows.

The kitten observed its surroundings with its transparent eyes. Although it was only a tiny creature, its eyes were filled with unusual intelligence.

Because at this time it was Zhao Mengyao herself who was controlling the cat's actions.

She was still in the same position as when she first came in, but she had already used remote control to make the kitten run far away.

"Have you found any suspicious places?" asked Zhao Kangping who was standing aside.

At this time, Zhao Mengyao was controlling the kitten's movements, and she also obtained the kitten's vision.

However, her realm was not high enough to project the situation over there. She could only explain the situation over there verbally.

"I found that there are quite a few people living there. They are dressed in rags and are obviously from poor families. It's strange, why are there so many people living here?" Zhao Mengyao shared her discovery.

People living in the sewers are basically illegal immigrants, and they are not counted in the population statistics of River City.

"The backgrounds of these people should be quite complicated. Some of them are indeed poor people, but some are villains who can't make it in the outside world." Dongfang Jingrou explained.

In fact, with Suzaku Hall's intelligence network, they discovered the underground world of Chuanliu City very early on and sent people to infiltrate the sewers.

However, Suzaku Hall's spies were limited, and investigating the sewer network was not a high priority. They would not send someone with a high level of cultivation, as low levels would limit the intelligence they could obtain.

According to known information, there seems to be a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage in charge here. That person seems to be very xenophobic and does not welcome outside forces to enter the sewer network.

"I can reveal one thing to you. The Black Snake Gang has not actually collapsed, and they have become bigger in this underground world. But the exact scale is still unknown." Unfortunately, Dongfang Jingrou has retired from her position at Suzaku, and the information she has is very limited.

At this moment, Zhao Mengyao made a new discovery. She said in surprise, "I found a warehouse."

In the distance, the kitten controlled by Zhao Mengyao climbed up a wall and entered a dark room through an old small window.

The extremely dark water cat has night vision. Although it cannot see as clearly as when there is sufficient light, it can still transmit the outline of objects to Zhao Mengyao.