Lava forest.

After arriving at the inspection site, the two Golden Guards naturally began to assign tasks.

Because Hu Tao had given notice in advance, the final allocation became very “reasonable”.

Hu Tao and Yuan Yao explored the west together, while the others were assigned to explore other places.

Yuan Yao naturally didn’t want to do this, and she tentatively refused.

But Hu Tao became very strong today, and the other Golden Guard didn’t even wait for her to speak, and left with his men, leaving only Hu Tao and Yuan Yao.

In this case, if Yuan Yao refuses again, they will directly fall out.

So Yuan Yao could only start this so-called inspection with Hu Tao.

The area of ​​the lava forest is so large that even a Void Refining cultivator would need several months to patrol it.

Their mission lasts three months.

In the first few days, Hu Tao looked very serious and was just patrolling with Yuan Yao as usual.

But as the distance to the gathering place gets farther and farther.

Hu Tao also slowly revealed his true colors and wanted to take Yuan Yao to a formation.

After all, he is a cultivator at the peak of the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm. If he has some powerful secret techniques, they might pose a threat to him.

So for the sake of safety, Hu Tao, on the one hand, lured Yuan Yao into the formation, and at the same time, he also had to find a way to make Yuan Yao take drugs that specifically affect the soul.

“Fairy Yuan, the fire miasma ahead is vicious, but take this special fire-repelling pill and you will be safe.”

Hu Tao’s elixir was specially disguised. It looked like a fire-proof elixir, but in fact it was an elixir designed to make people lose their minds.

As long as Yuan Yao eats it and then cooperates with the formation, the opponent will be at his mercy.

“It’s better not to trouble Lord Hu. I also have the Fire-Repellent Pill.” Yuan Yao took a look at the pill and said lightly.

Although her alchemy level is not as good as Han Li’s, she also studied under Qin Feng and has achieved considerable accomplishments.

She only took one look at the pill in Hu Tao’s hand and she realized something was wrong.

Although the outer layer of the pill is indeed the Fire-Repellent Pill, there is definitely something else inside.

Recalling the change in the other party’s attitude in recent days, Yuan Yao knew that this thing was definitely not a good thing.

“I asked my master for this pill specifically. It is incomparable to ordinary pills. Fairy Yuan, you’d better eat it quickly.” Hu Tao said in a cold tone without changing his expression.

At this moment, there were no cultivators from Tianyuan City around, only the two of them.

No matter what he does, no one else will know.

When the time comes to report that Yuan Yao was killed in an attack by foreigners, no one will pay attention to it.

By the way, Yuan Yao seems to have a few friends who ascended to the spirit world with her.

However, those people are only Jinhua cultivators. When he breaks through to the middle stage of Lianxu, his master will help him break through to the late stage of Lianxu.

By then, the gap between them will be impossible to bridge!
At this moment, Yuan Yao suddenly stopped. She did not continue to move forward with Hu Tao, but just stood silently in the air, looking at Hu Tao.

“What’s wrong?” Hu Tao frowned slightly.

Not only did she refuse to take the pills, but her attitude changed drastically. He felt that Yuan Yao must have discovered something.

But it doesn’t matter anymore. All the way here, both of them kept their spiritual shields on to guard against the heat in the lava forest.

This bit of heat is nothing for a Void Refinement cultivator, but it would still consume quite a bit of mana for a Spirit Transformation cultivator to pass through.

During the flight, Hu Tao ignored Yuan Yao, letting her fend for herself, and flew specifically towards those hot places.

As a result, Yuan Yao must have consumed a lot of magic power.

As long as Yuan Yao really sees through his thoughts, Hu Tao will take action immediately.

When asking the question, he also stared at Yuan Yao closely, trying to gauge her reaction.

“Master Hu, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly.”

When Yuan Yao said this, the flying sword in her body was already covered with golden patterns.

She could sense that Hu Tao’s eyes were looking at her in an unpleasant way, as if he was going to harm her.

This place is very remote, which is a good place to take action.

Hu Tao wanted to take advantage of Yuan Yao, and Yuan Yao, in turn, wanted to completely eliminate this threat.

As for what happened afterwards, the reasons used by the two were actually similar.

Hu Tao can say that Yuan Yao was killed by outsiders, and conversely, Yuan Yao can also say that Hu Tao was killed by outsiders in order to save her.

After all, there were only the two of them here, so they could say whatever they wanted afterwards.

“Fairy Yuan, since you…” Hu Tao was also secretly gathering strength at this time, preparing to subdue Yuan Yao.

He thought of forcing Yuan Yao first to see if the other party would cooperate.

After all, there are different situations for replenishing the body. One is a one-time replenishing, which may even directly drain the body’s vitality.

There is another kind of replenishing that is long-lasting. Although the effect each time is not as good as a one-time one, it is better in that it lasts longer.

Yuan Yao has a special physique and can withstand his repeated use of energy.

So at this time, his first thought was to talk about it first.

However, before he could say anything, he felt a sharp pain between his eyebrows, and a sense of death crisis suddenly emerged in his heart.

what’s the situation? !

The first thing Hu Tao thought of was that an outsider was ambushing him, and that outsider was also a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, and was about to launch a surprise attack on him.

After all, the Yuan Yao in front of him was just a Jindan cultivator who had just ascended to the realm of immortality two hundred years ago. Even if he was stronger and broke through to the initial stage of Lianxu, it would be impossible for him to feel the crisis of life and death.

After his spiritual sense scanned the surroundings, he found nothing. However, he was a cultivator in the Void Refinement Stage after all, so Hu Tao subconsciously dodged and summoned several defensive magic weapons to protect himself.

But the direction he was guarding was always outside, and most of his attention was focused on exploring the surroundings.

In this situation, Yuan Yao’s natal flying sword flew out instantly, with a golden light, carrying unparalleled power of heaven and earth, blocking the surrounding space and piercing straight in front of Hu Tao.

How can it be? !
When Hu Tao discovered that the threat came from Yuan Yao, he was in disbelief.

But the flying sword broke his defensive magic weapons one after another, and was finally knocked away by a yellow bell.

However, before Hu Tao had time to breathe a sigh of relief, three consecutive golden rays of light came towards him from behind the flying sword.

At this moment, Hu Tao was dumbfounded.

The attack just now actually damaged several of his spiritual treasures at once.

These are all mid-grade spiritual treasures, and he is a cultivator in the Void Refinement Stage.

Although the ascended monk is good at fighting, he is not bad either.

Back then, Hu Tao was also a Qingming Guard who was extremely powerful in fighting, otherwise he would not have been accepted as a disciple by an elder in the fusion stage.

But now, facing Yuan Yao who was in the late stage of Spirit Transformation, he was horrified when he was defeated with just one blow.

There were three more similar attacks in succession. He was so horrified that he immediately used his life-saving trump card!

A talisman in his hand broke open, and instantly a phantom of a mountain appeared on his body. The subsequent magic weapons that Yuan Yao threw out were bounced away after hitting the phantom.

Si Earth Liuhe Talisman!
Yuan Yao recognized the origin of the talisman at a glance.

This thing is extremely powerful. After using it, the power of the earth can bless your body, greatly increasing your defense and being able to withstand an attack from a cultivator in the fusion stage.

If it is an attack from a cultivator of the Refining Void Realm, this talisman can resist about half an incense stick. This is a gift from Hu Tao’s master to save his life, and it is extremely precious.

The time was urgent just now, and the only way Hu Tao could think of to save himself was this talisman. All other means were useless.

“Fairy Yuan, I am the Golden Guard of Tianyuan City. You attacked me without any reason. This is a violation of your authority. You deserve death!”

Although he was shocked by Yuan Yao’s methods, Hu Tao felt more confident after casting the talisman.

But his words received no response.

After Yuan Yao recognized the talisman, he immediately threw out formation flags in all directions.

Those formation flags had hidden restrictions. While throwing them out, Yuan Yao also kept attacking Hu Tao with magic weapons to attract his attention.

As a result, Hu Tao did not immediately notice that the formation was taking shape.

Thus, the countdown to Hu Tao’s death began.

“I admit that you have some abilities, but you deserve to die today!”

Yuan Yao and Hu Tao exchanged a few moves. Hu Tao, with the defense of Si Tu Liu He Fu, was able to completely suppress Yuan Yao and fight very easily.

Therefore, he became arrogant.

However, before he could finish his words, Yuan Yao’s formation took shape instantly and the surrounding environment changed drastically.

This is the Thirty-Six Stars Tiangang Formation, which is the fastest formation that can be set up and its effect is also quite good.

After Yuan Yao made the arrangements, Hu Tao instantly fell into an illusion.

The power of this formation was set up with Yuan Yao’s cultivation level in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm. Needless to say, Hu Tao, who was in the early stage of the Void Refining Realm, would definitely not be able to escape.

If it is the Seventy-two Stars Earthly Evil Formation, even if you are in the middle stage of Refinement Void, you will not be able to escape.

This is the case when Yuan Yao’s level of formation is relatively poor. If Han Li were to set it up, even a cultivator in the late stage of refining emptiness would probably find it difficult to escape.

Hu Tao possesses a magic weapon that can break the illusion array, but this magic weapon is only effective for a short period of time under the siege of the power of the array and soon shatters.

And Hu Tao was trapped in the illusion and killing array again.

With the help of the formation, it took Yuan Yao half an hour to eliminate the effect of the talisman on Hu Tao’s body.

Not long after that, Yuan Yao killed Hu Tao directly!

In terms of fighting strength and experience, local cultivators like Hu Tao are far behind these ascended cultivators.

At least in the human world, when those Nascent Soul cultivators are fighting, you cast a defensive talisman, and naturally you want to kill the opponent with all your strength before the talisman takes effect.

No matter how bad the situation is, you must completely control the situation and eliminate all factors that are unfavorable to you.

However, when Hu Tao was fighting just now, he was simply fighting and did nothing else.

Although the formation flags that Yuan Yao released had concealment restrictions, if Hu Tao used special detection magic weapons or set up formations, they would most likely be discovered.

But Hu Tao suffered from lack of experience!
Although he was considered to be a relatively strong fighter among the local cultivators, his fighting skills had dropped rapidly since he became a disciple of an elder and broke through to the Void Refinement Stage.

After all, his task became simpler. The cultivators of the same level had never really fought each other. Even if they were just sparring, the opponent would not dare to kill him.

These factors combined ultimately led to Hu Tao’s death.

After killing the person, Yuan Yao directly erased all traces of him.

Yuan Yao did not touch any of the opponent’s storage bags, magic weapons, etc.

Who knows what kind of restrictions or secret techniques Hu Tao will have after his death, so to be on the safe side, he naturally destroyed him into ashes!

After doing all this, Yuan Yao waited for a few days before rushing to the gathering point.

A month later, Yuan Yao and his patrol team returned to Tianyuan City.

The news that Tianyuan Guard Hu Tao was surrounded and killed by foreign tribes during his patrol gradually spread.

at the same time.

On Qin Feng’s side, because of the red sand crystal, he used the large teleportation array of Sifang City and came to Tianyuan City, the main city in Tianyuan Territory.

At that time, the city lord wanted to win over Qin Feng, but Qin Feng was not moved at all.

Of course, before leaving, Qin Feng secretly killed the deacon.

If you dare to set up a plan to kill him, you will naturally have to bear the consequences.

Tianyuan City, as the main city of Tianyuan Realm, is extremely prosperous and well-informed of all kinds of news.

Here, cultivators in the Spirit Transformation Stage can often be encountered, and there are also quite a few cultivators in the Void Refinement Stage.

Even the monks in the fusion stage have a fixed place in the city, and there are ways to visit them if you want.

Qin Feng made some transactions here, replenished his supplies, and sold some useless things.

At the same time, he was also trying to gather information.

Qin Feng paid special attention to the news from Tianyuan City and the wild land.

“I heard that this foreign invasion was caused by the Xuantian Treasure?”

“Xuantian treasure? How do you say that?!”

“There is a new treasure called Xuantian Soul-Slaying Sword on the Chaos Ten Thousand Spirits List, which ranks third.”

“I heard that the Xuantian treasure is right here in our area, so the foreigners in the wild land gathered together.”

In Tianyuan City, there is an exchange meeting specially prepared for cultivators.

Exchange supplies, exchange information and so on.

Qin Feng was in such a place at this time. He raised his eyebrows as he listened to the idle chatter of the monks around him.

It seems that the Xuantian Soul-Slaying Sword has come into the world.

By this calculation, Han Li might have to leave Tianyuan City at this time.

Afterwards, Qin Feng specifically inquired about the news about the Chaos Ten Thousand Spirits List and the Xuantian Soul-Slaying Sword.

These two pieces of news were only reported recently.

After all, the news that foreign races were gathering to attack Tianyuan City was too big a matter. Originally, these things were kept secret, but now they are almost spreading throughout the spirit world.

Not only the nearby races, but basically all the races on Fengyuan Continent want to join in the fun.

However, in this matter, most of the people below the Mahayana stage are busy here.

Mahayana monks all have their own circles, and they will not give up easily.

It’s just like in the southern part of the human world, the evil sects invaded the seven sects.

No matter how hard the fight goes, it is a battle between cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage. When they reach the Nascent Soul stage, they all have higher aspirations and will not personally take part in the battle.

No matter what, we have to go to Tianyuan City as soon as possible, otherwise if we go too late, it will be difficult to find him after Han Li leaves.

After all, compared with the original work, Han Li’s changes now are really huge.

If he leaves Tianyuan City, who knows where he will be.

As for Han Li’s going out, it was a secret decision made by some elders of the Elder Council to preserve the fire of the ascended cultivators before foreign races invaded Tianyuan City.

This kind of thing shouldn’t change much.

(End of this chapter)