Shen Yuan, who was about to take the Maine Coon cat up the mountain, looked in the direction of the sound and saw a young man in a blue shirt waving at him. There was a hint of fear under his happy expression.

Shen Yuan was slightly stunned, realizing that this place seemed to be not simple. After a little hesitation, he secretly sent a message to the Maine Coon:

"You and I will act separately."

"yes!"

The Maine Coon pretended not to know Shen Yuan and walked slowly towards the top of the mountain with an arrogant attitude.

A large number of little demons surrounded the Maine Coon and led the way for it. Their faces of different styles were full of human-like flattery. For most of the little demons present, the demons in the Qi Transformation Realm were already existences that they had to look up to.

As for Shen Yuan who was walking towards He Yao, no one paid any attention to him.

Before Shen Yuan stepped forward, He Yao grabbed Shen Yuan, with an enthusiastic look on his face as he took Shen Yuan to a remote corner.

Looking around and making sure that his actions did not attract too much attention from the demon tribe, He Yao breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"I don't know you. I just said that to get you to come over."

"Don't rush up the mountain right now, there's something wrong with this Dragon King Banquet!"

“Just now, someone went up the mountain, and the little demons found a reason to beat him to death. Some who wanted to escape were also chased by the demons, and are now most likely in danger.

Stay here and wait for the opportunity to change, maybe there will be a glimmer of hope."

Listening to He Yao's serious admonition, Shen Yuan smiled and saluted He Yao:

"My name is Shen Yuan. Thank you for your help, fellow Taoist."

He Yao quickly waved his hand and said:

"My name is He Yao. You don't need to thank me for such a small thing. I just said a few words."

Although He Yao spoke modestly, a smug smile could not help but appear on his face.

But afterwards, He Yao seemed to remember his situation, and the smile on his face turned into a bit of bitterness.

"This can only save us temporarily. You and I are now in a dilemma. It is still unknown whether we can get out alive."

At this point, He Yao's face became even more angry.

“I really don’t know who spread the news on the forum, exaggerating the so-called Dragon King Banquet to the sky, and even attached a lot of records from ancient documents.

As a result, there are only demons everywhere here. We ordinary practitioners can't even save our lives. We may be eaten by those monsters at any time.

Attending the Dragon King Banquet? I'm afraid we are the main course at that banquet!"

He Yao's words made Shen Yuan's expression change slightly.

He got the news about the Dragon King Banquet from Maine Coon, and was not familiar with the forum that He Yao mentioned. However, there were some strange things about the Dragon King Banquet held by Fu Bo Dragon King.

With the identity of Fu Bo Dragon King, he has no qualifications to hold a real Dragon King Banquet. Now this so-called Dragon King Banquet is being spread among the demon tribe and the water tribe just for the sake of flattery.

But this news, which should have been circulated among the demon tribe and the water tribe, actually spread to the human society. Even a human cultivator like He Yao who was at the Essence Refining Stage knew about it. This in itself revealed something unusual.

There must be someone behind this secretly fanning the flames.

Almost immediately, Shen Yuan thought of the Qingzhou Liu family, a family that had a close relationship with Lord Fubo Long.

If it were based on the Liu family's influence, they could indeed spread the news of the Dragon King Banquet among the group of practitioners.

"But what is the purpose of the person behind this?"

"Simply killing ordinary practitioners? Or do you want to murder some people?

Or what benefits can the people behind the scenes gain from it?"

Shen Yuan felt that this matter was very strange, perhaps it was related to the cooperation between the Liu family and Fu Bo Long Jun.

After thinking for a while, Shen Yuan still had no clue. However, He Yao was very talkative and kept complaining to Shen Yuan about his experiences.

Shen Yuan could see that beneath He Yao's talkative appearance, he was actually trying to distract himself and reduce the fear in his heart in this way.

Shen Yuan had a very good impression of He Yao, but it also made him increasingly disgusted with the schemes of the person behind the scenes.

"Have you ever heard of the Liu family, Fellow Daoist He?"

Shen Yuan didn't have enough information, so he just asked He Yao directly. If he could get some useful information from the victim, it might help Shen Yuan's judgment.

"Liu family?"

He Yao's expression suddenly changed, and there was something unnatural in his expression. There was also some suspicion in his eyes when he looked at Shen Yuan.

"The Qingzhou Wang Liu family is very famous. How many people in Qingzhou don't know about it?"

Although these were words of praise, there was a hint of sarcasm in He Yao's tone.

Shen Yuan said calmly, "I'm from Yunzhou. I just heard some things about the Liu family on the road, so I was a little curious."

He Yao's expression immediately became kind after hearing this, and he apologized repeatedly, saying:

"I'm really sorry that Fellow Daoist Shen suddenly mentioned the Liu family. I thought that Fellow Daoist was related to the Liu family."

Shen Yuan shook his head nonchalantly and asked with some doubt:

"Did Daoyou have any conflicts with the Liu family?"

"It's more than a contradiction!" He Yao said gloomily, "Fellow Daoist Shen, you are from Yunzhou, so you naturally don't know how overbearing the King of Qingzhou is."

“Three months ago, I accidentally entered the realm of refining essence and became a natural practitioner that is one in a million. Various organizations, including the Great Xia court, have extended olive branches to me, including the Liu family.

The people of the Liu family were very humble at the beginning, and even suggested that I marry a young lady from the Liu family's side branch and provide me with many subsequent cultivation resources.

Considering the conditions of the Liu family and the great influence of the King of Qingzhou, I am actually inclined to join the Liu family.

However, just after I showed some interest, the Liu family suddenly took out a so-called spiritual contract, claiming that all my conditions would be met as long as the spiritual contract was signed. "

“I was cautious at the time and did not agree to it right away. Instead, I secretly searched for relevant information on the practitioner forum.

The spiritual contract is indeed a treasure used in contracts between practitioners, but the value of a spiritual contract involving fair transactions is often extremely high. If the Liu family just wanted to bribe me, there is no need to spend such a huge price.

On the day scheduled for signing the contract, the Liu family took out the spiritual contract. I was already prepared and I recognized at the first time that it was not a transaction spiritual contract at all, but a modified spiritual beast contract.

The Liu family wants to deceive me into signing the spirit beast contract!"

Shen Yuan's pupils suddenly shrank, and he had a more comprehensive understanding of this so-called Qingzhou Wang Liu family.

The spirit beast contract is a contract prepared by practitioners to control those low-quality spirit beasts. Since the spirit beast that signs the contract will have part of its soul stripped away, the spirit beast owner can control its soul and thus have the power of life and death over the spirit beast.

However, the spirit beast contract will greatly damage the potential of the spirit beast, so unless it is absolutely necessary, practitioners will rarely use the spirit beast contract on spirit beasts.

The Liu family secretly tampered with the contract, which even required extreme caution in the use of spiritual beasts, and tried to lure practitioners into signing it.

Once a practitioner signs the contract, his life and property will be controlled by the Liu family.

Furthermore, since the spirit beast contract strips away the potential for damage to the soul, there is almost no chance for the practitioner to turn things around after signing it.

Such actions are enough to show the viciousness of the Liu family's intentions.

"And what happened next?"

"I exposed the Liu family's tactics on the spot." He Yao looked gloomy.

"Then I was threatened by the Liu family. They forced me to keep this matter to myself and not let anyone know. If the news got out, they would take action against me."

Shen Yuan couldn't help but ask, "The Liu family is so unscrupulous in murdering the human race's genius. Is there really no one in Qingzhou who can stop them?"

He Yao sighed and said, “The Liu family had already made preparations in advance when they were planning, and they would never cause trouble.

There are only a small group of people in Qingzhou who can threaten the Liu family, and they will not cause trouble for a cultivator who is not related to them.

When facing a cultivator, the Liu family would give up as soon as they were exposed. They would not choose to attack directly, nor would they force the other party into a dead end. They barely left a glimmer of hope and did not resort to war. "

“More importantly, I had already rejected the solicitation of the Great Xia court and several other large families.

The Liu family chose me as their target because they knew that no one could help me. "