Three days have passed. These have been three busy days. With diligence and hard work, Sect Leader Su has successfully infiltrated the inner circle of Ling Mountain and won over the side peak elders.

After a quick bath together, Su Cheng bid farewell to Cang Jue and went to meet Cheng Liang of the Heavenly Dao Pavilion.

Nanding City, Chenmeng Restaurant.

In a luxurious room filled with real gold and silver, a man slowly lowered his legs and waved to the waiter beside him.

"Tell me about the current situation."

"Your Majesty, the coordinates of the mansion and Heng'ai Palace have been located. We only have one chance."

The man glared fiercely at the attendant in front of him, seemingly very dissatisfied with his tone.

"Didn't you say he'd become a useless piece of trash?"

"Yes, but if we fail and he escapes to the mansion or Heng'ai Palace, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to strike again."

"I really don't understand, what does Xiao Ai see in him!"

The waiter remained silent; it was not a question he could answer.

"I don't want to see him go back alive, understand?"

At the other city gate, Su Cheng met Cheng Liang and Shangguan Rou.

After a few perfunctory pleasantries, the four set off for their doom.

The dead zone at Xiushan has been cleared away by Ye Qinghan and the other two. Su Cheng is taking Cheng Liang to another small dead zone.

In the early stages, most dead zones will appear in the wild. They are not exactly deserted, but they are usually there to accumulate strength. They will not appear in densely populated towns.

The area around a mountain village is a prime target for death.

In most cases, ordinary people would already be dead before rescuers arrive.

Most people would succumb to poison, and as for the case of his brother-in-law, Su Cheng couldn't explain it either.

If you really want to explain it, then it's the protagonist's halo; he'll be useful later on.

However, such rules are rare among the many worlds that Su Cheng has traveled through.

This world of cultivation clearly cares more about so-called destiny or trajectory.

But in the past, even heroes were just mortals.

Even the King of Godslayers is not indestructible.

Even after relinquishing power and removing all defenses, one can still be bitten by mosquitoes and have one's fingers cut by sharp new paper.

"Is this a death trap?"

Further ahead, they entered the area shrouded in black mist. Su Cheng didn't say much along the way; it wasn't a secret that he disliked Cheng Liang.

The black fog almost completely enveloped the mountain village, including the surrounding hills, with a coverage radius of about one kilometer.

"This poisonous fog is deadly. Miss Shangguan, you'd better take precautions before entering."

Even if Shangguan Rou were a fool, she could tell that he had become the messenger.

What should I do?

"Hold your breath, or use your inner energy or immortal techniques to isolate it from your body, or take a pill."

However, no matter which method it is, Su Cheng will not use it.

As he spoke, Su Cheng gave Yu Lan a bracelet called the Spirit Gathering Bracelet, which could gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for one's own use and form a spiritual energy barrier around the body.

However, he couldn't use this bracelet either. As a defensive magic weapon, it couldn't even withstand a single attack from the hunter in his hands.

If that were all, it would be fine, but magic weapons also need to be infused with magic power to be used. For him, the benefits are far less than the consumption, so it's basically a waste.

However, this amount of energy expenditure was negligible for Yu Lan.

Even if the black mist had no effect on him, and even if he were poisoned, he could simply stay by Yu Lan's side.

Compared to Su Cheng, Cheng Liang was clearly much more carefree.

Because of Su Cheng, he has now turned misfortune into blessing. By a twist of fate, it's as if his Ren and Du meridians have been opened up, and the original blockages in his cultivation have disappeared with his recovery.

He has now reached the threshold of the Fusion Stage, and he feels that it won't be long before he breaks through to the Fusion Stage.

Holding your breath? Taking pills? That's just too embarrassing!

He was, after all, the leader of a sect!

With a simple stomp of his foot, a barrier of true energy formed around him, protecting him and Shangguan Rou within it.

Let's go.

Su Cheng nodded and led the three of them toward the center of the black fog.

At this moment, the three disciples had just returned from their stay at the inn in Dingzhou City and were having breakfast.

"Shiyao, drink less. If you drink too much and run to Shizun's room again..."

Before Ye Qinghan could finish speaking, Dongfang Jue, who was eating noodles, suddenly jumped up.

"not good!"

Li Shiyao and Ye Qinghan exchanged a glance, wondering what was wrong with their junior sister.

Li Shiyao put down the wine pot and asked with a worried expression, "Jue'er, what happened?"

"Master is in danger!"

Ye Qinghan and Li Shiyao exchanged another glance. Is their master in danger?

"Dongfang Jue, you're not joking, are you? Is Master in danger?"

Ye Qinghan was also pondering in his mind that although his master only had the Foundation Establishment cultivation, it was not so easy for an ordinary person to hurt his master.

If it weren't for the intervention of the two Immortal Venerables, virtually no one could have harmed Master.

[A high-risk hostile combat unit has been detected near Su Cheng. Immediate rescue operation recommended.]

“Hostile,” “High-risk,” “Combat unit.”

What is the opponent's cultivation level?

[Permission denied...]

Dongfang Jue's thoughts were a bit chaotic at the moment, but high risk was always a good thing, which meant that his master might be in danger.

Dongfang Juexin thought to himself, "Last time, that Bitterwood didn't say it was a high-risk enemy combat unit. In other words, this time, the one who came is the real enemy."

In other words, they really came with the intention of killing Su Cheng.

"Senior sister, I'm not sure either, but if Jue'er is wrong, it's just a wasted trip."

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