After emerging from the illusion of inner demons, everything before my eyes changed.
Although it was already dark, they could vaguely see that they were on the dragon's claw.
“If we follow the dragon’s claws upwards, we can find the dragon’s head. Should we strike while the iron is hot, or go back and come back at dawn?” Helian Shi asked.
Lu Qing looked around; the fog wasn't too thick yet.
"Since we're already here, let's go up and take a look!"
"good!"
The three continued forward, following the dragon's body, and soon found the location of the dragon's head.
Standing atop the dragon's head and looking down, the place was exactly the same as the one the man in the black cloak had asked Lu Qing to find.
"This is it!" Lu Qingxin exclaimed happily.
"But how do we find that person now?" Gu Xicheng asked.
"No need to look, he's right behind me!"
Helian Shi turned to look into the distance. He knew that person had been following him ever since he went up the mountain, but he was probably still trapped in the illusion of his inner demons.
The three walked along the same path for about half an hour before they saw the black-cloaked figure standing there, dumbfounded.
He kept repeating:
"Master, don't abandon me! Master..."
While he was trapped in the illusion, Lu Qing removed his cloak.
You wouldn't believe it until you see it! It's not a person at all, it's a skeleton!
The front half of his head was covered by a layer of human skin, but the back half was just bones. If you lifted the skull, you could even see his beating brain, which was really disgusting.
"Huh~ Why is this person acting like this?" Lu Qing backed away in disgust.
Helian Shi: "He should still be a human being, but his vitality is gradually disappearing."
Helian Shi probed his body, then his gaze darkened:
"Blood Devouring Array!"
Upon hearing these four words, Lu Qing was also startled:
"Blood Devouring Array! I've only seen this technique once in ancient books. It uses one's entire flesh and blood as a sacrifice to prolong life, but the price is eternal damnation. This technique is permitted by the Heavenly Dao, but very few people know how to use it."
Gu Xicheng frowned and asked, "Why would he pay such a heavy price to extend his lifespan?"
Lu Qing: "No matter what his motives are, let's take him away first!"
Helian Shi picked up the man in the black cloak, who was completely oblivious to the illusion and let them carry him away.
On the drive back, the cloaked man slowly woke up from the illusion.
He opened his eyes and found himself in a car. Startled, he quickly sat up and tried to escape, but was jolted back by the talisman on the window.
"Don't waste your time, you can't leave!"
Sitting in the passenger seat, Lu Qing turned her head and looked at him with a grin.
Seeing that he couldn't escape, he made up his mind:
"Have you found that place?"
Lu Qing: "It's been found."
"Where? Take me there quickly!" the cloaked man exclaimed excitedly.
Lu Qing calmly took a sip of water:
"What's the rush! That place is there, it's not going anywhere."
"You're in our hands now, aren't you going to tell us who you really are?"
"None of your business!" the cloaked man roared.
"Take me to that place quickly, or those four old people will all die."
Lu Qing hated being threatened, especially with the lives of her family members. But before she could even make a move, Helian Shi slapped her across the face.
"You are a prisoner now, so speak properly!"
The cloaked figure snorted coldly, shut his mouth, and refused to say a word.
Lu Qing scoffed: "It doesn't matter if you don't tell us, anyway you can't get into that place without us."
"What do you mean?" the cloaked man asked hastily.
Lu Qing: "To tell you the truth, that place is right in front of where you just fell into the illusion, but your inner demons are too strong, and you can't get there at all. So without us, you'll never be able to get to that place in your entire life."
Upon hearing this, the cloaked man's mouth opened slightly, his eyes first flashing with shock, then confusion, and finally bitterness.
"So that's it! No wonder I couldn't find it for so long!"
Lu Qing: "So... tell me, who exactly are you? What do you want?"
The cloaked figure remained silent for a long while before speaking:
“My name is Shaluo, the guardian of the King of the Moro Clan.”
"The Moro tribe?" Puzzle flashed across the faces of the three, even the most knowledgeable Helian Shi had never heard of this tribe.
Seeing their puzzled expressions, Shaluo couldn't help but smile wryly:
"The Moro race has been extinct for thousands of years, so you naturally haven't heard of it."
"About three thousand years ago, the Moro tribe offended a god and was punished. The god sent down natural disasters and plagues, causing the death of most of the Moro people."
“I escorted the king to the altar. The king offered himself as a sacrifice, willing to seal himself in purgatory for a thousand years to beg for the gods’ forgiveness. But even so, he could not quell the gods’ anger, and the Moro tribe was still destroyed.”
"The king used his last strength to send me away with a secret technique. I was unconscious for hundreds of years. When I woke up, everything had changed."
"There is no trace of the Moro people in this world, nor of the king. I can't find the altar, nor can I find the king."
“The lives of the Moro people are not eternal. I will die sooner or later, but I cannot die. I must find the altar and release my king from purgatory.”
"Therefore, I planted a blood-devouring array within my body, hoping to prolong my life and have more time to search for my king."
Lu Qing asked, puzzled, "What does your search for your king have to do with me? Why did you hurt my grandparents and maternal grandparents?"
"I didn't mean to hurt them!" Shaluo hurriedly explained.
"Because the Blood Devouring Array caused great damage, I have to find a place to cultivate in seclusion every once in a while. That day, your grandfather must have accidentally wandered into the cave where I was resting and accidentally injured his hand."
“My blood entered his body and then passed to the other three through him. The blood of the Moro people is poisonous, and I sent my power into their bodies in order to save their lives.”
Lu Qing nodded slightly: "No wonder I felt that the power had no malice."
"But my body is severely damaged and I can no longer extricate myself from those powers, so I must find the altar and release my king in order to save their lives."
Lu Qing: "Then why did you come to me? How do you know I can definitely find the location of the altar?"
Shaluo's eyes flickered slightly:
"Before my king sent me away, he told me that one day in the future, a girl would help me release him."
"A girl? Me?" Lu Qing asked, puzzled.
Shaluo nodded.
"Why? How can you be sure it's me?" Lu Qing asked.
Shaluo looked at Lu Qing and uttered two words calmly:
"intuition!"
Lu Qing paused for a moment, then rolled her eyes:
"You've always relied on your intuition?"
Shaluo grinned, a somewhat sinister smile.
"I have told you everything. Can you take me to the altar now?"
"It's too late today, let's go tomorrow."
Lu Qing yawned. The fog was thick in the mountains at night, and the dim light inside the car made him even more drowsy.
However, just as Lu Qing was dozing off, a loud noise outside startled her awake.
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