Chang Zhong watched the two showing off their skills and felt helpless for a moment. He could only slap his hands on the ground, and two huge rock snakes rose up, sealing the remaining three people away.
The three exchanged a glance, then turned their attention to Chang Yu.
Without a doubt, the attacks of the eight disciples were a joke to the three of them; they could deal with them if they were a little serious, and there was no need to worry about Chang Yu being disturbed.
However, alchemy is different. There are many factors that can cause alchemy to fail. For pills of grade five and above, unless the alchemist is two grades higher, there is no guarantee of 100% success.
An hour passed quickly, and fortunately, all was well and no danger occurred. Chang Yu successfully refined the item, and the four of them undoubtedly advanced to the inner sect in this competition.
There isn't much difference between the inner and outer sects of Changchun Valley. The main difference is the increased monthly salary and better cultivation caves. In addition, each inner sect disciple is directly assigned an elder as their mentor, who is also their master.
This one-on-one approach is what attracts countless alchemists the most.
Gu Yifeng unsurprisingly became the disciple of Valley Master Zhuang Qingqian. Although some inner disciples were dissatisfied with this move, they could not say much. Compared with the outer sect, the atmosphere of infighting in the inner sect was much less intense, and unity was the main focus.
Just as Gu Yifeng was about to bring up the matter of challenging the Pill Tower with Zhuang Qingqian, an inner disciple covered in blood burst into the main hall.
"Valley Master, no, something bad has happened! There's something strange going on in Spring Mountain. The monsters deep inside have gone berserk and are attacking wildly. I was ambushed while patrolling and only rushed back after gathering intelligence."
The disciple finished speaking hastily, and before anyone could ask a question, he collapsed into unconsciousness.
An elder nearby immediately stepped in, helping the disciple up and channeling spiritual energy to heal him.
"There's been unusual activity in Spring Mountain. As this is Changchun Valley's territory, we should investigate thoroughly. Valley Master, please give the order for your disciple to go and investigate!"
Chang Yu was already used to being the senior disciple in the outer sect, and he immediately stepped forward when trouble arose.
Chang Qing and Chang Zhong also stepped forward, while Gu Yifeng stood by and watched coldly, with an air of indifference.
"Ahem. Well then, since there's been some unusual activity at Spring Mountain, and you four are new to the inner sect, let's take this as your initial assessment. If you fail, you'll have to stay in the valley and focus on your cultivation."
Zhuang Qingqian coughed lightly. As the valley master, he couldn't agree to his disciple trying to shirk his duties. He made the decision and then turned to leave.
The four exchanged a glance and, without further hesitation, gathered outside the sect after quickly checking their luggage. Gu Yifeng took out the immortal boat, and the four of them arrived at Chunshan, which was under the jurisdiction of Changchun Valley, in less than half a day.
Sure enough, as soon as they arrived, everyone sensed a massive demonic aura.
Gu Yifeng activated his Eye of Tracing, and the demonic energy in the sky took shape in his eyes. Among the dark demonic energy, there was a particularly conspicuous and thick dark red wisp.
"Let's go to the resettlement site prepared in the valley first. It's at the foot of Spring Mountain, and it shouldn't have been affected yet. Let's go there first, set up a simple barrier, and then we can go and check it out."
Chang Yu slowly opened his mouth and immediately began to assign tasks. Everyone had no objections and traveled directly on the wind to the foot of Spring Mountain. At this moment, some low-level demonic beasts had already run out from the outer perimeter of Spring Mountain and were causing trouble everywhere.
The four immediately dispersed and began to kill or drive back the demonic beasts that led from the foot of Spring Mountain to the surrounding towns.
"Go."
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, Gu Yifeng quietly opened his spatial ring and sent Gu Er and Gu San out to gather information, while he stayed behind to deal with the monsters.
With the Dragon Soul present, he only needed to unleash his Dragon Might to crush their berserk state, and then kick them all back into Spring Mountain.
It took the four of them most of the day just to clear out the monsters around the foot of the mountain. Finally, the four of them used the Four Extremes Seal at the same time to seal off the outer area of Spring Mountain.
Back at the settlement, the four began exchanging information. After about half a day, Chang Yu had sorted out some useful information.
"For demonic beasts, the berserk state is not easily activated, especially a large-scale berserk state. Either someone has done something that provokes all the demonic beasts in Spring Mountain at the same time, or these demonic beasts have been manipulated."
Chang Yu spoke slowly and deliberately, while Gu Yifeng and the other two nodded in agreement.
"No violent magic array was found at the foot of Spring Mountain, and there were no traces of divine soul magic around, so it should not be man-made."
Chang Zhong then took over the conversation and spoke slowly.
"It's a demon king, or at least a demon king at the Dao Integration Realm, who's controlling it. I was just observing the demonic energy of Spring Mountain. Although the demonic energy is turbulent, it's always revolving around a more powerful wisp of demonic energy."
Gu Yifeng couldn't help but speak up and recount what he had observed with his Eye of Tracing.
Upon hearing this, the expressions of Chang Yu and the other two changed drastically, becoming visibly grim.
“That would be troublesome. A thousand years ago, a beast tide occurred in Spring Mountain, led by a demon king. Although it was forcibly suppressed by the then Valley Master of Changchun and the demon king was sealed, the valley has been guarding Spring Mountain ever since.”
"That demon king was born with auspicious signs, named Hou. If he were killed, it would only bring disaster to Changchun Valley. I didn't expect that he would not perish and would break free from the seal. If it is really him, his cultivation is at least at the peak of the Dao Integration Realm."
Chang Yu slowly spoke, "Such secrets are only known to the eldest disciple among the outer disciples."
"Should we report back to the sect or...?"
Upon hearing this, Chang Qing also became anxious and asked directly.
“It’s probably too late to go back. Let’s send a sect signal.” Chang Yu shook his head, and then the four of them simultaneously took out their sect mission tokens and crushed them.
This is a unique contact method of Changchun Valley. Crushing the mission token does not mean abandoning the mission, but rather that the mission information is incorrect and support is needed. The time it takes for the sect to receive the signal will vary depending on the distance.
Spring Mountain is still quite a distance from Changchun Valley, and it would take at least a day to transmit a signal. In other words, the four of them must try to hold out for as long as possible without being discovered by the Demon King.
Before the four could make any further plans, the demonic energy around them suddenly surged. The next moment, the treehouse where the four were located exploded and scattered into pieces. Hundreds of demonic wolves had already surrounded them.
"More than a hundred fifth-grade Wind Demon Wolves are invincible to those below the Dao Integration Realm."
Gu Yifeng murmured. This was a commentary in the Complete Book of Myriad Treasures, which gave a very high evaluation to the demonic beast Wind Demon Wolf. You must know that a fifth-grade demonic beast is only at the Condensation Realm. A hundred of them are invincible to those below the Dao Integration Realm.
This shows how powerful the Wind Demon Wolf team is in team battles.
"I'll go first."
Gu Yifeng pondered for a moment, then his figure plummeted down, and at the same time, his spiritual power erupted, instantly turning the ground beneath his feet into a swamp, which was none other than the Yellow Springs Swamp.
"Me too."
Seeing this, Chang Qing didn't let it go either. Before the group of wind demon wolves could react and their four feet were stuck in the swamp, he swung his sword, which turned into a rain of fire that shot out.
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