There were layers of impenetrable leaves overhead, not a single ray of sunlight shining through.

However, the temperature in the forest was not low, but rather as warm as spring, without any chill.

Gu Lie led the way in the front. With a wave of his arm, the blood-red flying sword slashed left and right, neatly splitting all the branches and leaves of the bushes that blocked the way.

Since the miasma was almost diluted on the surface, it became thicker as you go higher, so everyone had to give up flying swords and move forward in their physical bodies.

Suddenly, a giant python descended from the tree and swallowed him whole from head to toe in an instant.

The next second, the blood-red flying sword ripped open the giant python's belly, and Gu Lie emerged leisurely from behind a nearby tree. There was no dirt on his body, and it was obvious that he had not been hit at all.

Wei Dongliu saw it clearly from behind: the moment the giant python fell, Gu Lie dodged with some high-speed footwork.

What the giant python swallowed was only Gu Lie's afterimage and the blood-red flying sword that was left in place. Then the flying sword dismembered the giant python from the inside and killed it.

This Gu Lie seems to have practiced some kind of secret body-building technique...

Wei Dongliu was observing Gu Lie, while Wen Yang and Jiang Li'an were also behind him, quietly observing Wei Dongliu.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang." Wen Yang pinched the Daoist formula in his sleeves and activated the spell of transmitting sound into secrets. He communicated with Jiang Li'an and asked, "Where does this fellow Daoist Wei come from?"

"What did Brother Wen find out?" Jiang Li'an asked instead of answering.

Wen Yang was silent for a moment:

“I can’t see through it.”

"He claims to be a cultivator at the Huafu level. But from what I can see, there are too many weird things about him."

"I'd like to hear the details." Jiang Li'an responded with a smile.

"First of all, where did a casual cultivator like me, without a master, get the golden silkworm Gu that can contain hundreds of poisons?" Wen Yang said slowly.

"Maybe I was lucky and came across some relics." Jiang Li'an disagreed.

"Well, even if he was lucky, he got an unhatched golden silkworm Gu from a certain ruin." Wen Yang stared at the trees in the distance, "Has it hatched yet?"

"In order to make the Hundred Poisons Golden Silkworm Gu recognize its master, it must first be refined with blood essence, and then fed with Golden Ganoderma Jade Leaf Flower. Otherwise, when this vicious creature breaks out of its shell, it will be so hungry that it will not recognize any relatives, and may even turn against its master. How did he know the method of refining blood essence, and how did he prepare the Golden Ganoderma Jade Leaf Flower?"

"Maybe there just happen to be golden mushrooms and jade leaves in the ruins, and there are jade slips recording the method of refining the sacrifices." Jiang Li'an guessed.

"Okay, let's assume that there is everything in the ruins." Wen Yang said in a cold tone, "The Golden Silkworm Gu must recognize its master in the egg, and its eggs must be suppressed by a very yin and very poisonous sealing array, otherwise they will hatch in just a few hours."

"If he is really a casual cultivator, how can he break the formation? Could it be that the formation just happened to malfunction? The Hundred Poisons Golden Silkworm Gu has already come out, right?"

"Fellow Daoist Wei claims to be proficient in formations." Witch Jiang thought to herself that Judge Wen's analysis was damn right. There were almost doubts about this man, and every doubt did not make him look like an ordinary Huafu-level cultivator. But she smiled and said, "It's natural that he can break these formations..."

"Ten Thousand Souls Devouring Heart Formation." Wen Yang suddenly said.

"What?"

"Among the formations that seal the Hundred Poisons Golden Silkworm Gu, there is one called the 'Ten Thousand Souls Devouring Heart Formation'." Wen Yang said in a sinister tone, "If a cultivator has not reached the Nascent Soul stage, his soul will be shattered if he enters the formation, and he will have absolutely no power to resist."

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, do you still want to speculate that Fellow Daoist Wei has another innate spiritual treasure that can resist the attack of the Yuanying-level magic array and can be driven by a Huafu-level cultivator?"

Jiang Li'an was speechless. Of course that was impossible.

First of all, regardless of the scarcity of innate spiritual treasures... a spiritual treasure of that level would definitely have intelligence, so how could it be willing to be used by a mansion-level cultivator? Wouldn't it be better to find an immortal?

Secondly, even if the innate spiritual treasure has lost its mind, let it recognize Wei Dongliu as its master!

If an ordinary cultivator had such an innate spiritual treasure recognize its master, wouldn’t he immediately find a big boss to become his disciple and then take off directly?

Why bother to found a sect in the mortal world and find a few random people to be disciples to show off... This is beyond description as simply outrageous.

Even though Witch Jiang prided herself on being intelligent and resourceful, she could only be sure of one thing at this moment: he established the "Wanfa Tongxuan Sect" for definitely other purposes!

As for what they are planning, it is hard to guess.

Seeing that Jiang Li'an had nothing to say, Wen Yang understood.

This Wei Dongliu is definitely not an ordinary Huafu-level cultivator. It is even questionable whether he is at the Huafu-level...

In front of him, Gu Lie casually manipulated the flying sword to skin and bone the black leopard, then turned around and asked:

"Do you need materials?"

No one responded, as no one had the need to refine equipment.

So Gu Lie put away the things and asked everyone to move on.

The location given by Qilin is deep in the Ten Thousand Mountains, more than 600 miles south of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. It is a sparsely populated place and probably only the expedition team heading to the East Emperor Realm Gate will pass through there.

The various monsters encountered along the way were all ferocious and brutal, and ordinary Huafu-level cultivators were simply unable to deal with them.

Fortunately, the five of them were not ordinary cultivators, so even if Gu Lie acted alone, he could kill them all with ease.

The crowd did not rest either. After the marrow cleansing, they had endless energy and traveled through mountains and rivers as if they were walking on flat ground. It took them about seven or eight days to reach the place that Qilin mentioned.

Ailao Mountains.

"Is this our destination?" Jiang Li'an asked curiously, looking at the steep mountains ahead.

"It should be." Wei Dongliu explained to everyone, "According to Master Qilin, this mountain is called Ailao Mountain."

"Ailao Mountain was once the core hinterland of the ancient demon tribe. The so-called 'Ailao' is the dialect of the ancient southwestern human race, meaning 'center'. The demon tribe called it 'the city of all things' and 'the capital of all demons'."

"The capital of all monsters?" Wen Yang pondered for a moment and said, "If so, why is it so unknown that we have never heard of it?"

"From ancient times to the ancient times, from ancient times to modern times, how many secrets have disappeared in the long river of history?" Wei Dongliu shook his head, "What's more, the Hundred Thousand Mountains in the southwest have changed hands several times, such as Jiejiao, Yushu Sect... Every time there is a change, countless books are lost. It is normal that we have not heard of them."

"It is said that there is a special magnetic field in the Ailao Mountain. Ordinary cultivators who enter this place will easily get lost and lose their way. Even the magic tools for finding the way will fail to work."

As he spoke, Wei Dongliu took out a small golden sword from his sleeve. It was given to him by Qilin before he left. It was only the length of a palm and shone brightly with golden light.

"This is the 'Meng Huan Sword', which can lead us through the maze and reach the Mirror Lake Temple on the top of the mountain."

Upon hearing this, Gu Lie immediately asked impatiently:

"The fortuitous encounter that allowed us to gain seventy years of Transformation Palace cultivation is in the Mirror Lake Palace?"

"That's right." Wei Dongliu nodded.

Jiang Li'an stood by without saying a word. Everyone's eyes were filled with burning desire. Even someone as introverted as Long Xiaoqi had longing in his eyes.

Only the old thief Wei had a calm look, without any sign of urgency, as if the strength gained from seventy years of hard training was nothing to him.

Little do you know that this flawless expression is your biggest flaw!

Wei Dongliu didn't know that Witch Jiang had gone through so much trouble to analyze the expression on his face and come up with hundreds of words. He just confirmed with Kunlun Mirror in his mind:

"Ajing, are you sure?"

"It's almost certain." Kunlun Mirror sighed, "When I heard about Mirror Lake, I felt something. Now that we have reached the foot of the mountain, I can roughly confirm it..."

"There should be a fragment of my body in the Mirror Lake Palace, and it seems to be suppressed by something and has no intelligence at all."