"Master, they are just ahead, only half a day's journey away." Cheng Gu said hatefully.

Looking at the face of Patriarch Huaiyin, he is just an ordinary middle-aged man with skin so pale that it looks bloodless. However, with his pair of vertical pupil eyes like those of a cold-blooded animal, a chilling aura comes over you.

"No hurry, they can't get away." Patriarch Huaiyin said grimly, "If anyone dares to hurt my disciples and descendants, I will tear them alive, eat their flesh, and drink their blood!"

Cheng Gu sneered and felt pleased.

Patriarch Huaiyin is not just talking, he really will do it.

"Master, let's hurry up and catch up." Cheng Gu looked at Patriarch Huaiyin inquiringly, "Or should I go ahead and lead the way for you like before?"

The Huaiyin Patriarch glanced at him slowly, and Cheng Gu felt a chill all over his body, and a shudder appeared. He resisted the urge to rub his arms. Even though he was his own master, and he was already used to it, he still couldn't help but feel afraid.

Compared to his own flying speed, the movement speed of Huaiyin Patriarch was very slow. If it weren't for this worryingly slow speed, they would have caught up with the three culprits long ago, and they wouldn't have been able to get away with it for so long.

Thinking this in his mind, Cheng Gu did not dare to make any complaints, nor did he dare to show the slightest disrespect to Patriarch Huaiyin because of his slow speed.

You have to know that over the hundreds of years, it was not just the three of them who became disciples of Patriarch Huaiyin. As for why the three of them survived to the end, it was nothing more than their knowledge and attitude.

The Huaiyin Patriarch said: "You are too impatient. Your impatience has blinded your eyes."

Cheng Gu didn't understand what he meant, so he bowed and said respectfully, "Master, please give me some advice."

The terrifying red lips of the Huaiyin Patriarch curved into a strange arc, and he raised his hand and pointed to the ground in another direction.

Cheng Gu quickly turned his head to look.

It was a meadow, nothing eye-catching at first glance. The heavy rain had not stopped, the ground was wet with the rain water, the grass leaves were beaten by the rain and couldn't lift their heads, a few stones were washed clean, everything looked very ordinary.

The Huaiyin Patriarch would not shoot without a purpose. Cheng Gu patiently looked at it again carefully, not missing any small details, and finally set his sights on a few black particles rolling under the grass roots.

These black particles are scattered on the ground, with a small distance between them, just like a line.

"What is this?" Cheng Gu squatted down and picked up the bean-sized black particle, thinking it looked familiar. When he remembered that he had found such black particles near the camp before, his face darkened and he threw the black particle away. "It's feces!"

"Humph." Elder Huaiyin gave him a glare. "Such an obvious clue, and you turned a blind eye to it. You grew a pair of eyes in vain!"

"It was my negligence." Cheng Gu was sweating profusely.

Elder Huaiyin looked in the direction of the feces and said, "It seems that they have split into two groups. With the guidance of the Blood Staining Technique, we won't lose the group on that side, but we can't let them escape on this side. You continue to track that side, and I'll take care of this side."

Since they split into two groups, it was obvious that they had discovered the effect of the Blood Stain Technique. The people who were hit by the Blood Stain Technique ran this way, perhaps to attract pursuers, and the people who took the other route would definitely not be too defensive.

Elder Huaiyin underestimated Chen Xiao. He had never had such a fluke mentality. Not only did he travel carefully and quickly, he was also very wary of being discovered by other evil cultivators.

However, this kind of vigilance and caution is of no use in front of the Huaiyin Ancestor, who is stronger and more experienced than him.

In less than an hour, Chen Xiao was caught up by Patriarch Huaiyin.

Cheng Gu had already reported the appearance of Chen Xiao, Liu Lang and Jing Hui in detail to Patriarch Huaiyin.

Seeing that there was only Chen Xiao, Huaiyin Patriarch was a little surprised. But he was already tired of chasing after him for so long, so he would take one if there was one!

"Boy, I finally found you." The words of Patriarch Huaiyin floated over in a sinister tone, which made Chen Xiao startled.

He didn't even dare to look back. He raised his hand and slapped the prepared Yuanqi Shenxing Talisman on his body, and his speed suddenly increased significantly.

He then activated the Lan Wei jade hairpin on his head with the vital energy that he had brewed in advance. A layer of protective shield shining with a faint golden light emerged, and his body became lighter.

Yinjiantan is just ahead, he can't fall here!

Chen Xiao rushed out like a gust of wind, and Patriarch Huaiyin was caught off guard and was unable to stop him.

That Buddhist cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage would be fine, but the Taoist cultivator in front of him is just a small Taoist who has completed the Foundation Establishment stage, and yet he dares to leave him behind and eat dust!

"Little bastard, I'm going to make you die miserably!" The Huaiyin Patriarch became angry and humiliated.

As soon as he raised his hand, a giant python as thick as a bucket fell to the ground and quickly chased after Chen Xiao.

"Swish, swish, swish." The sound of the giant python's scales scraping against the grass on the ground was so loud that it made Chen Xiao's scalp numb. He moved his feet frantically, his lungs almost exploded, and he barely avoided being caught up.

The pressure from the beast behind him frightened Xiao Ba and made him scream in a sharp voice. At the critical moment, Chen Xiao hardened his heart and threw Xiao Ba towards a slope.

Xiao Ba rolled down the grass slope, and the giant python didn't even look at it. Chen Xiao threw it with his strength, and Xiao Ba was not injured, and he got up quickly.

Just as Chen Xiao expected, the giant python didn't even look at Xiao Ba and continued to chase Chen Xiao.

Xiao Ba stood up and barked twice in the direction Chen Xiao left in a restless manner. He turned his head and saw the approaching Huaiyin Ancestor shrink with his pupils horizontally, and then he turned his head and spread his little hooves to run for his life.

Chen Xiao's effort to throw Xiao Ba inevitably affected his movements, slowing him down for a moment. In just this moment, the giant python had come very close.

Chen Xiao could feel the fishy smell coming from the giant python's sharp teeth. He couldn't run away, so Chen Xiao made up his mind and turned around, drew his sword and mounted his horse.

The giant python opened its bloody mouth and bit towards Chen Xiao. Chen Xiao twisted his body to avoid it, then turned around and jumped to avoid the giant python's tail.

He had fought with vipers before and knew that he must not get entangled, as getting entangled would mean death.

Chen Xiao's body was light and he jumped nimbly to avoid the attacks of the giant python. He used Zheng Ge or paper talismans in his hands to cause damage to the giant python.

This giant python is only fast and big, and looks very powerful, but in fact it is far inferior to the poisonous viper which has the strength of a Nascent Soul.

Chen Xiao, who had the experience of killing a poisonous viper once, knew the weak points of snakes and beasts very well. He turned defense into offense in a short time and beat the giant python, leaving it covered with wounds.

The giant python was even a little dazed by the beating, and Chen Xiao seized the opportunity and stabbed it in the vital spot with a knife.

Seeing that the giant python was about to die, the slowly walking Huaiyin Patriarch could not help himself. This giant python was his soul beast, which he raised with his spiritual power. Huaiyin Patriarch wanted its fast speed. At certain times, such as this time, it could be used to chase the prey for him and delay until he arrived.

Patriarch Huaiyin was unwilling to spend energy to cultivate another one, so he had to take action directly.

"Woo——" There was a sharp sound of a whip cutting through the air, and a black shadow came towards Chen Xiao.

He no longer cared about killing the giant python and quickly put away his knife and retreated.

Fortunately, the whip was more of a threat than a killer, so Chen Xiao dodged it easily.

He landed lightly on a large rock nearby, and only then did he see clearly what the whip was. It turned out to be a tentacle extending from the arm of the Huaiyin Patriarch!

The Huaiyin Patriarch was wearing a wide robe with big sleeves, and exposed at the cuffs were long flesh-red tentacles with a cone-like head like a flower bud on the top of each tentacle.

Chen Xiao felt his whole body go numb as he saw this. He had never seen anyone with a more bizarre appearance than that of Patriarch Huaiyin.

The Huaiyin Patriarch took back the giant python and said grimly, "Are you the one who caused Fan Shiming's Dantian to be broken and unable to practice? You and I are from the same hometown, but it's a pity that you are so young and you are going to die here. Although my sixth-generation grandson is not ambitious, you can't kill him. In addition to the lives of my two disciples, you will pay with your flesh and blood."

As the Huaiyin Patriarch spoke, he licked his lips with his blood-red tongue and said with a sinister smile: "Become nutrients for my body!"

The Huaiyin ancestor stood on his feet, with the cones on the top of his two tentacles opened. Each petal was covered with sharp teeth, and in the center of the petal was a cavity that was wriggling in and out.

Chen Xiao felt extremely regretful. Why did he kill the giant python so vigorously just now? It would have been better to let it strangle him to death instead of knowing such disgusting news.

Who would be willing to be nutrients? It really makes one feel uneasy even if they die!

The two tentacles of Patriarch Huaiyin are extremely powerful. Fortunately, it seems that because he has practiced this alternative martial art, he cannot use magic in the tentacle state and can only use melee combat.

The place where Chen Xiao was caught up by the giant python was less than a thousand meters away from the tiankeng where Yinjiantan was located. At this moment, he would rather commit suicide than fall into the hands of Huaiyin Patriarch.

The magic shield on his body shattered, and the layers of vitality protection amulets could not hold up. Chen Xiao ran desperately, and the tentacles of the Huaiyin Patriarch became longer and longer. In this state, his movement speed was even slower.

Chen Xiao could feel the taste of rust in his mouth. He finally ran to the edge of the sinkhole and jumped with all his might.

In front of him was a silent pond that was so deep that it was almost black. A cold breath hit him in his face. Chen Xiao almost cheered in his heart and wanted to throw himself into the arms of Yinjiantan.

It seemed as if God was playing a joke on him. Just when he leapt to the center, the tentacles of the Huaiyin Patriarch suddenly became thinner, and the cavity in the middle of the flesh petals opened into a bloody mouth, biting Chen Xiao's right hand tightly!

"!!!" Chen Xiao was pulled back in severe pain. He was falling towards Yinjiantan and hit the cliff of the tiankeng.

Chen Xiao seized the opportunity, pulled out Zheng Ge and thrust it fiercely into the stone wall, trying hard to fix himself.

The pulling force over there stopped, but Patriarch Huaiyin still felt something on his tentacles. He could feel waves of biting cold penetrating into his skin.

This immediately reminded Huaiyin Patriarch of the legend of Yinjiantan. He sneered and said, "You would rather die than surrender."

However, he was afraid of the extremely cold water in Yinjiantan. He could not see the specific situation below and did not dare to act rashly.

It took the Huaiyin Patriarch some time to move to the edge of the tiankeng, and he slowly stretched his head out to look towards Yinjiantan.

During this period, Chen Xiao had been trying to save himself, but to no avail.

His entire arm was bitten tightly, and the forearm and palm had even penetrated deep into the cavity. The sharp teeth on the flesh flap pierced into his flesh fiercely, making it impossible for him to move this arm.

Just as Patriarch Huaiyin stretched his head out and looked down into the tiankeng, a series of crisp tapping sounds were heard.

Chen Xiao raised his head and saw Xiao Ba climbing down the almost vertical stone wall, nimbly looking for a place to land.

"Xiao Ba!" Chen Xiao shouted, "What are you doing here? Get out of here!"

Xiao Ba turned a deaf ear to him. Chen Xiao was not far from the ground. After a while, Xiao Ba came to his side, opened his mouth and bit the tentacles of Huaiyin Ancestor!

Chen Xiao stared in amazement as the lamb used its little milk teeth to gnaw at the tentacles. Although its teeth, which were originally used to eat grass, could not do anything to the tentacles, they still caused Old Ancestor Huaiyin to feel quite painful.

The Huaiyin Patriarch laughed angrily. How dare such a little thing twist his beard? He swung his other tentacle and whipped it downwards, intending to send the master and pet to the sky together.

"Xiao Ba——"