Chapter 176: Meeting in the Formation

Chapter 176: Meeting in the Formation

Chapter 176: Meeting in the Formation
On the east side of the Lost Lake, there are more than ten mountains, stretching for twenty to thirty miles. The originally lush forests on each mountain have been dug up, with patches missing in the east and west, like strips of green cloth that have been patched up.

These patches were temporary nests built by demons who cut down ancient trees. People could be vaguely seen gathering in clusters. A rough look at the mountains and plains showed that there were no less than 10,000 people. Some of these demons were practicing martial arts, some were refining treasures, some were wrestling naked for fun, and some were quarreling because of occupying each other's territory. It was a chaotic and chaotic place with demons dancing wildly.

No one may believe it when I say this, but these demons who act without rules and practice disorderly actually come from the same sect, which is called Yelang Sect.

This evil sect was established less than two years ago. It is a branch of the Southern Evil Sect. Its leader is Yao Kaijiang, also known as the Green-faced Yelang.

The mountain in the middle of the dozen or so peaks has no demons stationed there to disturb it. The whole mountain still looks like a primitive forest. The top of the mountain has been flattened, and a bronze chariot is parked on it. In front of the chariot are four bronze horses with yokes and reins. The bronze horses are cyan and gold in color, with red eyes and fiery breath, making it impossible to tell whether they are living creatures or puppets.

There were three bronze warriors standing on each side of the chariot, each of them was nine feet tall, wearing armor, holding a long spear, and standing motionless.

Inside the chariot, there was a sturdy man sitting cross-legged. He looked taller than the guards on both sides, probably about ten feet tall. The sturdy man was wearing a black robe, but it was worn sideways, exposing his left arm and left chest. The exposed skin was blue-gray, and the knotted and bulging dark silver tendons under the skin were clearly visible, as if mercury sand was flowing inside.

Fang Kuoju's face was covered with a golden mask, with only a pair of red pupils visible under the golden mask.

Yao Kaijiang looked down at the mist on the lake. No matter what, he could not let the disciples of Hongmuling stay in this world. If they could live well, wouldn't it be a joke for him to betray his religion and join the enemy?

But Yang Xuanla and Long Youpo were unmoved, just pretending to beg them, besieging them without attacking them, and spending years in the Lost Lake but still refusing to kill them. Yao Kaijiang began to wonder if Hong Changbao would take advantage of the terrain to rebuild the mountain gate and continue his rule.

He could no longer bear it and decided to go talk to Yang Xuanla and Long Youpo again.

"Boom!"

Just as the bronze horse's hoof moved lightly, a jade talisman flew out from somewhere and hit the sky. Suddenly, the wind and clouds changed color, dark clouds gathered, thunder fell from the clouds, and the mist cleared away the miasma, falling towards the isolated peak at the southernmost end of the row of hills.

Yao Kaijiang took a glance and saw that it was just a second-level thunder talisman, so he ignored it. However, the warhorse also calmed down and stopped moving.

"who!"

"Enemy attack!"

Yao Kaijiang did not move, but where the thunder struck there was chaos, and the demons dodged and flew around like birds startled in the forest.

But this was just the beginning. Jade talismans and thunder flags rose up like flying birds, and thunder from the sky fell like rain.

"Someone from the right path is coming!"

A demon shouted.

"It's Shushan. This place is too close to Shushan. Someone must be coming from Shushan!"

A demon echoed the voice with panic, and the whole mountain began to become chaotic.

Yao Kaijiang frowned. These crooked and broken things that Xin Chenzi stuffed over to him were indeed unsightly. He couldn't even distinguish the Taiqing Thunder Talisman from the Shenxiao Thunder Talisman. Moreover, judging from the spiritual power of the Jade Talisman Thunder Flag, it was only at the second level. Yet it could make them so panicked.

"Why panic!"

There was a sound of golden swords coming from the chariot, cold and murderous, suppressing the thunder, which also made the panicked demons calm down a little.

Yao Kaijiang raised his hand and shot out a dark green light. It was a nail-like magic weapon. The magic weapon turned in the sky and shattered all the jade talisman and thunder flags, and the thunderclouds dissipated.

When the demon leader of the Yelang sect saw this, he immediately cheered and shouted, and the demon leader of that mountain went back as if nothing had happened.

At the same time, in the southwest of the Lost Lake, a group of stars suddenly flashed in the sky, especially the Big Dipper, which shone brightly. A seemingly ethereal starlight fell from the sky and landed on one of the hills of the Yinhe Ghost Cult.

The Yinhe Ghost Cult was obviously different from the Yelang Cult's chickens and dogs. Some of them went to attack the Lost Lake, some were practicing in the mountains, and some were on guard duty. Yang Xuanla was not seen from beginning to end. Only a demon leader on the mountain took action and offered a black pottery jar. A column of water rushed up into the sky and rolled back into the sky. There were dense water ghosts in the water, jumping out of the water to eat the starlight.

The starlight turned the black water into nothingness, and the water ghosts howled and turned into black smoke.

However, it was not just one demon who took action. After that person took action, dozens of people followed, forming a dark wave of water, which soon submerged the starlight.

But the next moment, the starlight seemed to have learned its lesson and fell towards one of the hills where the Yelang Sect was located. When the demons here saw the starlight falling, they scattered like birds and beasts. Some of them raised their magic weapons to block it, but there were only a few of them and they couldn't use their strength together. When the starlight fell, the few who ran slowly were like being pierced by sharp swords, and their heads and bodies were separated.

When the demon leaders of the Yinhe Ghost Cult saw this, instead of helping, they booed and sneered.

Yao Kaijiang suddenly felt embarrassed and mentioned two names.

"Chi Tongpi guards the mountain, Meng Tianhu goes out to search for people, bring your men with you, if you make a fool of yourself again, both of you will be refined into corpse puppets!"

Yao Kaijiang's angry voice echoed among the mountains.

Even though the two demons whose names were called were extremely reluctant, they had to move at this moment. One led his men to deal with the starlight, and the other led his men to leave the mountain and look for the place where the thunder talisman first rose.

Hundreds of people set off, and then they saw several yellow clouds floating over. When they got closer, they could see that they were actually six huge yellow talismans. The talismans were shining with divine light, and they transformed into six giants fifty or sixty feet tall in the air. After falling to the ground, they caused an earthquake.

"Shenxiao Thunder Talisman, Zhoutian Star Fighter, Yellow Turban Warrior, these are the Shenxiao Sect, Shangqing Sect, and Lingbao Sect all coming, Old Ghost, Long Po, can you two still sit still?"

Yao Kaijiang questioned Yang Xuanla and Long Youpo with his primordial spirit.

"Heh, they are just a few kids, and they are targeting you, not me. Besides, the task that Patriarch Nanchen gave me was to kill all the people in Hongmu Ridge, not to go against the righteous path."

Yang Xuanla replied to him calmly, but Long Po remained silent from beginning to end.

Yao Kaijiang's face was hidden under the golden mask, and no expression could be seen, but his eyes became even redder.

At his command, hundreds of demon soldiers left the mountain to look for traces of the righteous path. However, he didn't need to look for them. Seeing that Long Youpo and Yang Xuanla remained indifferent, in order to make a bigger fuss, Song Jishu, Meng Xuqi, Meng Xuyi, Li Chengyan, Wang Chengyi, and Fang Weimin all appeared one after another. Strong men, thunder, starlight, and elixir fire all poured towards the Yelang Sect, until the noise became so loud that even Yao Kaijiang could not sit still.

These people did not attack the other two families but attacked the Yelang Sect, which made Yao Kaijiang embarrassed and furious. As soon as he thought about it, his bronze warhorse stepped into the air and the wheels of the chariot rolled through the void, making a sound like thunder. The bronze warriors on both sides also looked for their targets and rushed over to kill them.

Yao Kaijiang is a well-known demon. Everyone dares not to be careless and joins hands to fight him, but their magic is always well controlled so as not to fall into the hands of the other two families.

However, there were always unexpected events over time. The thunder of the Meng brothers and sisters and Fang Weimin's elixir fire would occasionally fall on the blood river formation in front of the Yelang Sect, causing the blood river to surge and roll endlessly.

Once again, the stars twinkled, thunder and fire roared, and suddenly three figures passed through the chaotic Yelang Sect and approached the blood river.

Sensing that outsiders were approaching, the blood river suddenly roared, and countless blood vines instantly grew out of it, like snakes and lightning, and entangled the three figures.

At this time, the lightning and fire fell all at once, landing on the blood vines. The first of the three figures turned into a sword rainbow, and the red-gold sword light faced the oncoming blood vines without dodging or evading, and just went forward.

The blood vines disintegrated as soon as they touched the sword light, transforming into dark smoke.

"The true meaning of Chun Yang?" An old female voice sounded, seeming very surprised.

But in just a moment of surprise, the sword light led the two figures behind it, broke through the blockade of the blood vines, and rushed into the fog.

"Ah!"

Yao Kaijiang, who was sitting high on the chariot, sneered, "Long Po, it seems that this is not just directed at me!"

However, after exclaiming at the true meaning of Chun Yang, Long Youpo stopped talking and ignored Yao Kaijiang completely, but the river of blood did become thicker.

Seeing that Cheng Xinzhan and the other two had already entered, Song Jishu and the other six did not stop and immediately retreated. Although Yao Kaijiang had no strong soldiers, his own magic skills were very powerful. The six bronze warriors were all at the early stage of the golden elixir. He himself had not yet stepped out of the chariot, but the dark blue iron nail alone made it difficult for everyone to resist.

After Yao Kaijiang realized that these young righteous people wanted to save Hongmuling, he didn't chase them. He saw through the faces of Ghost Master and Dragon Lady, and thought it would be better to let these righteous people make some noise, and then the people of Hongmuling would break out, and then see if the two old guys are still willing to help.

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Nothing could be seen in the fog. Cheng Xinzhan stimulated the red blood in his heart and shouted,
"Master Hong, an old friend is here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the fog in front of him dissipated, forming a passage.

Cheng Xinzhan, Shen Zhaoming and Huang Miaoluo looked at each other, nodded, and walked into the passage.

After a moment, the view suddenly opened up, and I saw a marshland standing before my eyes, with small islands and hills scattered all over the place. It should be an excellent tourist destination, but now, every small island is full of people, and it is a bit crowded. Everyone's face is full of sorrow and they are complaining bitterly.

However, these remnants still gathered together. The wounded were treated, and those who were not injured were organizing resistance to fight off the demon soldiers who occasionally broke into the fog.

The situation was not as bad as Cheng Xinzhan thought.

Cheng Xinzhan's eyes blurred and a person suddenly appeared in front of him.

"It's you?"

Hong Changbao was very surprised.

He naturally knew that there was so much noise outside, but he would not go out. What if it was a trick to lure the enemy? Moreover, from beginning to end, there was only the voice of the traitor Yao Kaijiang, while the more difficult Yang Xuanla and Long Youpo were silent.

He knew when someone rushed in, but he didn't attack immediately because he wanted to see who the person was. However, he didn't expect that person to have the aura of his master and even called him an old friend.

He never expected that the person coming was him.

"Cheng Qieqing?"

Hong Changbao still remembers this man's name and has a deep impression of him because this young man rushed into the Rotten Peach Mountain to retrieve the bodies of the Miao people and was nearly killed by the True Evil. He was also Wen Sukong's apprentice. All these things combined made it difficult for Hong Changbao to forget.

Oh, the aura on his body is the drop of essence and blood bestowed by the master.

Hearing this unfamiliar name, Shen Zhaoming and Huang Miaoluo both looked over. Everyone had heard of Yi Fu, and Nan Dou had just explained it, so why did another Qie Qing pop up?

Cheng Xinzhan bowed and said, "Master Hong, my name is Xinzhan, and Qieqing is just another name I used when I was traveling in the martial arts world. This is Taoist Master Shen Zhaoming from the Wanshou Palace in Xishan, and this is my fellow disciple, Taoist Master Huang Miaoluo."

Hong Changbao and Shen Zhaoming greeted Huang Miaoluo, and smiled at Cheng Xinzhan without paying any attention. "No matter what Qieqing or Xinzhan, it is true that you are Wen Sukong's disciple, and it is true that you have done a favor to Hongmuling. Three Taoists, please follow me."

Hong Changbao led the three people to a small island, made a table and chairs out of water and soil, and asked the three people to sit down.
"This place is simple, please don't mind it."

The three shook their heads.

Hong Changbao looked at Cheng Xinzhan and praised,
"When I first met you, you were still at the first level, but when we met again, you were already at the third level. You really make me ashamed!"

He thought to himself, he is worthy of being her apprentice.

Cheng Xinzhan shook his head and replied, "Master Hong, you are too kind."

Hong Changbao talked about the old times and then asked,
"I am a poor old man who has lost his home. I am living in this forest in fear all day long. Fellow Daoist, you are from the outside world. I just want to ask you one question: Is my master still alive?"

Hong Changbao was indeed as pitiful as he said. After Hongmu Ridge was breached, he had been hiding in Miao territory, gathering the remaining soldiers, and then he hid in this Mysterious Lake and never went out again. He only heard from the demon soldiers that Red Hair was dead, but he had no way to verify it and he refused to believe it in his heart.

Cheng Xinzhan saw hope in Hong Changbao's eyes, and sighed in his heart, saying,

"Master Hong, please accept my condolences. I have personally seen the body of the red-haired senior. He is indeed dead."

The hope in Hong Changbao's eyes disappeared instantly, replaced by hatred. He asked,
"Where did you see my master's body?"

Cheng Xinzhan really didn't want to answer this question, but he couldn't lie, so he had to tell the truth.

"Master Hong must be prepared."

Hong Changbao closed his eyes, and the strong man like a mountain actually shed tears. He took a long breath, then exhaled slowly, then opened his eyes and looked at Cheng Xinzhan.

Cheng Xinzhan sighed.

"The body of the red-haired ancestor has turned into its original form and has been refined into a corpse puppet by the red corpse Wu Lao."

Hong Changbao suddenly opened his eyes wide, his eyes were bloodshot and tears of blood flowed from the corners of his eyes.

He was silent for a long while, then suddenly he coughed violently and vomited a pool of blood.

"If I don't take revenge, I, Hong Changbao, will not be a human being!"

The man's voice had changed, sounding like crying or howling.

Cheng Xinzhan and others were not in a position to say anything, so they waited quietly for Hong Changbao to recover.

After a while, Hong Changbao slowly adjusted himself and asked Cheng Xinzhan,

"Then I wonder what the Taoist priests are doing here?"

Cheng Xinzhan said bluntly,
"The Demon Sect is the common enemy of the Taoist Sect and the Side Sects. To put it bluntly, the Demon Sect is now so powerful that Redwood Ridge is in danger of collapse. How can the Taoist Sect stand by and watch them perish?"

(End of this chapter)