When they destroyed the first small array, the sensitive demonic beasts seemed to sense something. The previously threatening roars rang out again, but this time with a hint of goodwill. Perhaps they too had sensed this subtle change and realized that these two were not there to cause trouble.
With the first one serving as a demonstration, the subsequent ones became much easier to handle. Lu Shenzhi's cracking speed also increased with each attempt.
There were twelve small formations in total. Lu Shenzhi spent three hours finding the core of each formation and destroying them all.
When all the formations were destroyed, Shi Xuan could clearly feel that the flow of spiritual energy in the valley had changed. Even the air was fresher than before, and breathing was very refreshing and pleasant, unlike the sluggish feeling before.
It is expected that this incident will fundamentally resolve the issue of the monster tide, and the monsters will no longer need to riot.
This time, the formation set up by [New Life] was set up in the open in the valley, unlike the hidden formation set up by Luoyin Sect. However, the consequences were very serious. If no one discovers and breaks these formations, the monsters' riots will not stop. At that time, Qingshui City will not be able to defend the pass, and the monster army will enter Qianyuan territory, which will inevitably cause turmoil, panic, and death.
What exactly do these "new students" want to do?
"Can you sense the aura of other formations?" Shi Xuan asked.
Lu Shenzhi shook his head.
Shi Xuan: "Following the direction of this formation, can we find a place like the one we had last time for [Continuing the Dragon Vein]?"
"Although it's not easy, finding the next receiving array is feasible, but it may not be in the same place as last time."
Shi Xuan thought for a moment: "Since we're here, let's go and investigate. Destroy whatever we can to prevent it from reigniting."
Shi Xuan withdrew from the valley, not exploring the peaks any further. He decided to leave the monsters' habitat untouched to avoid another beast tide.
The two followed the direction indicated by the formation, turned a corner, avoided the mountains, and flew southwest.
Along the way, Lu Shenzhi kept looking at the Lone Star Array Plate in Shi Xuan's hand while analyzing the direction of the array. This array genius had used all his focus throughout his life, and after many twists and turns, he finally located the direction of several arrays.
After flying for another six hours, destroying two small transit formations along the way, they arrived at a dense forest.
The dense forest was nothing special. Just as Shi Xuan was about to fly away on her sword, the array plate in her hand moved.
"Huh?" Lu Shenzhi seemed somewhat surprised and gestured for Shi Xuan to move closer to the dense forest. They then walked back and forth between several locations in the vicinity.
"There seems to be a formation here, a kind of illusion designed to make people overlook this place," Lu Shenzhi said, while directing Shi Xuan's movements.
After some maneuvering, the view suddenly became clear: the outskirts of this dense forest turned out to be a small village.
To be on the safe side, Shi Xuan put an invisibility talisman on himself and hid outside the village, using his divine sense to observe.
Then, to my surprise, I discovered that this was actually a human village! Aren't humans and demons supposed to stay separate? Why is there a human village here?
Although there aren't many people in the village, everyone you see is human, including men, women, and children.
Lu Shenzhi said, "There's also a large spirit-gathering array here!"
So all the spiritual energy absorbed from the monsters' territory was supplied to this village? Then this place must be something special, definitely an important territory of the [New Life] organization.
Shi Xuan was already pondering how to deal with the village.
"Should we notify Qingshui City?" Lu Shenzhi asked.
“We need to notify them,” Shi Xuan said. “However, the formation in the Demon Beast Valley has been destroyed, so they will probably realize something is wrong soon. Once the others arrive, they will likely have to move away.”
Shi Xuan touched his hair, took the lucky charm off his head, looked into its little bean eyes, and said, "It's time to put your intelligence to use. Fly inside and lure someone out."
Little Black Bean's eyes looked blank for a moment, as if he hadn't understood what Shi Xuan said.
It's quite good at putting on an act.
Shi Xuan turned around and pretended to say to Lu Shenzhi, "Senior Brother, do you think some of my spirit pets eat my food, drink my water, and sleep all day long, if they don't play a role, can't they just be roasted and eaten?"
Upon hearing Shi Xuan's words, Little Black Bean immediately perked up, flapped its little wings on its chest, and flew into the village in a flash.
Before long, it flew out again, followed by a child of about seven or eight years old.
The little boy chased after Zhao Cai excitedly, holding a stick with a net hanging from the top, and was chasing after Zhao Cai with great enthusiasm.
Shi Xuan twitched the corner of her mouth, letting it lure someone out; it really wasn't picky.
But something is better than nothing.
Shi Xuan acted swiftly, covering the child's mouth, then took out a rope to tie him up and stuffed him into the silver frost.
Shi Xuan discovered through experiments that if Yin Shuang were to impersonate a living person, she would have to be tied up before entering, probably because she considered the subdued person to be her "victory."
The child was suddenly tied up and moved to a different place, which startled him, and he burst into tears.
Shi Xuan ignored it. She wasn't in a hurry to question a child, because if the child was missing, an adult would surely find him soon.
Sure enough, about half an hour later, the villagers inside discovered that the child was missing and began calling out the child's name.
"Little Sizi~" "Little Sizi, where are you~"...
There was no response, but after a while, people gradually found the village.
Perhaps because they had lived away from the world for too long, they had little sense of vigilance. The people who came out to look for their children were scattered, searching in all directions.
Shi Xuan and the others remained where they were, searching for the person from afar until they reached her vicinity.
This person has just passed the Qi Refining stage and is only slightly stronger than an ordinary person; he poses no danger.
But in order not to make a noise, Shi Xuan waited for him to walk past him.
At that moment! Shi Xuan suddenly made his move, channeling his spiritual energy into the opponent's acupoints, and with a single strike, he rendered the opponent unconscious.
Shi Xuan quickly tied him up and threw him into Yinshuang. Then she quietly left and went to squat in another spot.
Before long, they followed the same method and captured a second and a third.
It wasn't until they had taken in more than a dozen people that the villagers realized something was wrong. Not only had the child gone missing, but all the people who had gone out to look for the child had also stopped coming back.
They started traveling together, but that didn't change their fate of being taken away by Shi Xuan.
Three hours later, nearly thirty people had squeezed into the area that Shi Xuan had specially prepared for them in the Silver Frost.
At this time, panic began to spread in the village. After discovering that many villagers had disappeared without a trace, the Golden Core cultivator who was stationed in the village came out in person.
Shi Xuan didn't know how many Golden Core cultivators or higher-level cultivators were in the village, so she didn't confront them head-on. Instead, she turned around and went to the back of the village from another direction, found a safe place to hide, and then entered the Silver Frost.
The thirty-odd people locked up inside were already terrified. Upon seeing Shi Xuan suddenly appear, the more timid ones cowered in the back, trembling. A few of the bolder ones stepped forward and questioned, "Where is this? What is your purpose?"
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