Boundless Mao

When everyone from Dangyang Palace evacuated from the dangerous peaks, He Wenwen took a small path and went directly to the border between Tunning Bay and Wuyinmao.

The Wuyinmao region is vast and rugged, making it a natural stronghold that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In the past, it was the domain of a group of green spider demons, but as time went by, the spider demons declined and it became the place where the Ye Hong lineage settled down.

However, back then, besides Night Red, there was also the Nine Lives branch of their cat clan, which was said to have been wiped out during the internal strife in the Yin Palace.

These were all old stories about Qiling Mountain recorded in Xu Jinnian's collection of books. He Wenwen was not interested in them, and only occasionally flipped through them to pass the time. Who would have thought that when he actually stepped into this land, these old stories would suddenly come to mind and make him think deeply.

He didn't hate demons, but he didn't particularly like them either. Those demons often cultivated themselves into humans and then began to learn how to be human. To be honest, deep down he still felt that demons were no different from other beasts and could not be considered human.

He just never expected that Xiangxiang would choose the demon over him. At this moment, he felt incredibly ironic, whether from anger or sadness.

He Wenwen traveled for two days without encountering the Rat-Head Flower or any other demons along the way.

This is the third day.

In fact, he hasn't been able to say what his goal is since he started acting alone. Although he is unwilling, deep down he still wants to prove something to someone.

Thus, with mixed feelings, he arrived at the border of Tunning Bay.

At that moment, a sudden gust of wind swept through the air, and looking into the distance, a swarm of dragonfly claws flew toward him.

He Wenwen had never seen this thing before. It came fiercely and was already half a zhang away in the blink of an eye.

"What? Is this a person who's come back this time?"

No sooner had she finished speaking than Hua Chixing's attack was already upon her. He Wenwen's vision blurred as a cold light suddenly circled behind Hua Chixing, followed by several loud explosions.

A young man not far away narrowed his eyes slightly upon hearing the explosion nearby.

Dust flew everywhere, and the black dragonfly remains were blown apart.

The demonic claw drew a shrill arc in front of Hua Chixing, suddenly wrapping around him, and the next second there was a loud bang.

The enhanced Firestone suddenly exploded, instantly raising dust and billowing smoke. He Wenwen hid in the shadows, but unexpectedly, a dragonfly claw flew out from above her head.

The dragonfly claw came down suddenly from above, and as He Wenwen looked up, a cold glint flashed before her eyes.

He felt a lightness in his body, and a deep voice reached his ears.

Hua Chixing's icy blade pierced through the thick smoke and narrowly sliced ​​across He Wenwen's throat.

He Wenwen's vision blurred, and a sword shadow leaped past in front of her, its powerful demonic energy violently repelling her.

A barrage of dragonfly claws descended, and He Wenwen scattered three Fire Chasing Pills.

Bang bang bang!

With the help of the Fire-Chasing Stone, the dragonfly claws fluttered to the ground, and there was no one left in sight.

Who else? Hua Chixing sheathed his snake sword, looked around, and sensed the unusual demonic aura emanating from the other party. He muttered to himself, "People from the Night Red Clan?"

In the blink of an eye, He Wenwen had left the place she had just left. What came into view was a rocky hillside with low grass scattered among the rocks. The young man in front of her had sheathed his sword and had a handsome and imposing appearance.

It was Ye Honglanzhi, the young man who had escorted the caravan into Qiling Mountain. After the caravan entered Yangdian, he left for Wuyinmao, his childhood home, but everything had changed.

"Who are you?" He Wenwen frowned, not mentioning at all that she had just saved him, and was not polite at all.

"My name is Ye Honglanzhi," the young man replied politely. "I saw that you were all alone, which is why I took action."

He Wenwen didn't know much about the demon race, but seeing how polite the other party was, she couldn't find a way to be sarcastic.

Not long after Ye Honglanzhi returned to Qiling Mountain, she knew very little about Yang Palace. However, she knew that the demon tamers and demon slayers in Yang Palace all had distinct characteristics, and at least when facing demons, they were not easily at a disadvantage. Only the Demon Refining Elder could be considered to have little ability to protect himself, but he was quite skilled in medicine.

"Are you the Demon Refining Elder?" Ye Honglan asked.

He Wenwen sneered, "Exactly."

Ye Honglan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "To be honest, I only returned to Wuyinmao a few days ago. During this time, not only have countless black dragonflies appeared inexplicably, but I have also encountered some injured members of my clan. I wonder if you could lend a hand to help me?"

Logically speaking, given that he had just been saved, he shouldn't have been so polite. But he had encountered the eccentric He Wenwen and hadn't asked anyone for help.

He Wenwen hesitated and remained silent. Firstly, it was risky for him to enter Tunning Bay rashly, and he was also facing the unknown Black Dragonfly. Secondly, he was now in the territory of the demon race, and the young man in front of him was polite. He really couldn't find a reason to refuse. Surprisingly, he said with a sour face.

"lead the way."

Ye Honglanzhi visibly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you."

After crossing the hillside and following a small path to the other side of the hillside, you'll soon reach Wuyinmao.

Strangely enough, there were no dragonflies here. Looking around, the towering mountains were faintly covered with a layer of white gauze, and a few dragonfly remains were hanging on the gauze.

"Is that Wuyinmao?" He Wenwen blurted out.

Ye Honglan nodded, "Yes, those white veils belong to the Liuzhu clan under the Ye Hong clan. They are very effective against those black dragonflies, which is why Wuyinmao has not been able to be breached so far."

As they spoke, the two arrived at a cave in the ravine. Inside the cave, five or six young men lay sprawled out, their faces contorted in pain. Hearing someone arrive, the young man closest to them forced himself to sit up. Upon seeing who it was, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother...you...you're back..."

As he spoke, He Wenwen noticed that his lips were bluish-purple, and his leg wound was oozing black blood, with something hanging on it.

"This is Elder Demon Refiner of the Yang Palace, he is..."

Ye Honglanzhi suddenly realized that he hadn't asked the other person's name.

"He Wenwen," He Wenwen said with a stern face, "Sit down."

The injured young man was pounding with anxiety, but he dared not disobey the other party's wishes, so he could only obediently sit down and look at Ye Honglanzhi for help.

He Wenwen never dreamed that one day he would take the initiative to save a demon. Although he was in the Yang Palace, he had the most contact with demon bones and demon cores. These things could be turned into elixirs or demon-slaying weapons in his hands. But now he felt the fragility of the young demon in front of him.

It turns out that all living beings, whether human or demon, share the same desire for life and fear of death.

He Wenwen was filled with emotion, and suddenly wondered what Xiangxiang would say if she saw herself now.

"Demon, Demon Master Doctor..." The young man looked at He Wenwen with a frightened expression and pitiful eyes.

He Wenwen looked up, and the young man immediately shrank back.

“I have a name, not Demon Master,” He Wenwen said, taking out the antidote she had prepared earlier. “This can neutralize most of the toxins in your body.”

The young man was taken aback, then glanced at Ye Honglanzhi, and immediately accepted the antidote with both hands, "Thank you, thank you, Doctor He, thank you, Doctor He..."

The young man ate it without hesitation.

This surprised He Wenwen slightly.

“We have no other choice,” Ye Honglanzhi explained from behind him. “Many people have already died at the hands of those strange dragonflies. How could you possibly have an antidote?”

He Wenwen tossed the medicine bottle to the young man, instructing him to distribute the antidote to everyone, before standing up and replying, "Because something similar has appeared in the Yang Palace, called a rat-head flower. Are there any dragonfly carcasses?"

"Follow me." Ye Honglanzhi led the way.

A layer of white gauze gently falls on the strange rocks in the deep valley. Looking around the valley, such white gauze is everywhere, piece by piece.

One or two dragonfly claws hung on each piece of white gauze; some of these claws were already withered and dead, while others were still twitching slightly.

But they no longer have the ability to attack.

He Wenwen used a knife to pick up one of the dead dragonfly claws, dismembered it in a few quick movements, and then picked out a tiny white worm the size of a sesame seed and put it into the small gourd on her body.

"What are you doing?" Ye Honglan asked.

He Wenwen didn't even look up and said, "Do you think I can conjure up an antidote out of thin air?"

After saying that, he paused for a moment, realizing that he was not familiar with the young man in front of him, but he did not intend to make amends and continued to deal with the dragonfly claw.

If this stuff comes flying in all directions, it will be really troublesome. The fire-chasing stone has limited power, and the medicinal powder is also quite troublesome to use, and it's easy for some to slip through the net.

Just as the Gu woman controls the rat-head flower, these dragonflies naturally also have a controller.

He Wenwen thought for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Do you know what attracts this thing?"

Ye Honglanzhi remained silent for a moment, then shook her head.

He hadn't really considered that. After it came out, it attacked everyone indiscriminately, and it appeared in groups. Everyone was too busy running for their lives to notice what attracted it. If he had to say something, it would definitely be a living creature.

Just as the two were racking their brains trying to figure it out, a loud bang suddenly came from not far ahead.

Pieces of white gauze, each wrapped around a dragonfly, fell down.

A white veil shrouded the boundless Mao Mountains. At the entrance, a man and a woman stood on either side. The man had a cold and solemn expression and held a four-sided sword, which was the Flying Squirrel Clan's Book Cutter.

The woman looked quite young, dressed in a deep purple dress, her eyes still sleepy and her face tired. She sat lazily on a large rock, yawning.

The entrance to the boundless forest, shrouded in white gauze, rapidly contracted after the attack, only slowly opening again after the crisis subsided, revealing a human-headed blue spider inside.

The head of the person was that of a man, but the voice was that of a woman.

"Two Palace Immortals, our Azure Spider lineage is now nothing more than the Night Red Clan's watchdog. Why are you making things difficult for me?"

"That's easy, just tell Dijin to come out, and I won't make things difficult for you." The woman yawned again, her voice soft and weak.

The human-headed spider just smiled ingratiatingly.

Despite his exhaustion, he was actually one of the Six Palace Immortals, named Ye Hong Leqing. Years ago, when the five major demon clans joined forces to kill the twin children left behind by the former demon lord, a branch of Ye Hong's lineage became blood relatives of those children and protected them with all their might.

This angered the other four clans, leading to the split of the Night Red Clan in two. One branch joined forces with the other four clans to eradicate the other branch.

Ultimately, this led to tragedy, and Ye Hong Leqing was the one whose clan was wiped out.

However, he was saved by Shu Zhuo at the time and eventually grew into one of the Six Palace Immortals.

Di Jin currently leads the Ye Hong Clan and is also Ye Hong Le Qing's mortal enemy. He has been avoiding her for many years, let alone now.

Even if she heard it, she wouldn't come out, much less open the door.

Upon seeing Ye Hong Leqing, Ye Hong Lanzhi, who had come from the sound, immediately turned to leave. However, Ye Hong Leqing, who was on higher ground, spotted the person and chased after her.

"Stop right there!"

Ye Honglan paused in her steps.

"This is our third meeting. Who exactly are you? Why won't you even tell me your name?"

Upon seeing this, He Wenwen stepped aside with an expression of watching a good show.

Seeing that Ye Honglanzhi did not speak, Le Qing took two more steps, "You are a member of the Ye Hong clan...you are...Lanzhi, right?"