Not far away, Wei Wuyai saw Lu Xuan. A slight embarrassment crossed his face. He merely nodded in acknowledgment, without approaching to greet him. Lu Xuan nodded in return, and the two remained silent.
As time went on, more and more cultivators gathered in front of the valley. Many were dissatisfied with the Ghost Spirit Sect's practice of blocking the entrance. However, seeing that there were at least a dozen Nascent Soul stage cultivators around the Ghost Spirit Sect, no one dared to voice their opposition. Many cultivators without Demon-Falling Tokens had no choice but to buy them on the spot. The prices were enough to empty the pockets of a Golden Core stage cultivator. Those rogue cultivators even had to sell some unused magic treasures on the spot to raise enough spirit stones.
The Ghost Spirit Sect earned at least a million spirit stones from ticket sales alone. Even for a sect, that's a considerable sum.
Gradually, no more cultivators came here. The time was almost up. Both the Ghost Spirit Sect and Lu Xuan's side observed the seal weakening.
"The time has come, fellow Daoists you may enter."
An elder of the Ghost Spirit Sect waved his hand, and his disciples began to enter the Fallen Demon Valley one by one. They even invited Lu Xuan to enter for free, as if Lu Xuan hadn't killed their own people back then.
Lu Xuan naturally had no need for their teleportation array. Having a teleportation array controlled by someone else was tantamount to handing one's life over to them.
Although the Ghost Spirit Sect would most likely not dare to actually do anything, Lu Xuan wouldn't take that unnecessary risk.
"No need, we have our own path."
As Lu Xuan spoke, he took out a small set of array flags and arranged them around the area. Then, he chose another spatial rift and vanished from the spot. Most importantly, all four of them teleported together. Even the array flags disappeared simultaneously.
The elder of the Ghost Spirit Sect was stunned by this scene. After all, he had never heard of such a teleportation array before.
After Lu Xuan and the others were teleported into the Fallen Demon Valley, a wave of dizziness washed over him, and he found himself in an unfamiliar valley.
Looking around, the surroundings were desolate. Not a single tree could be seen.
Lu Xuan lifted his leg to leave, but immediately realized something was wrong. He slowly lowered his foot back down.
With a pale blue light shining in his eyes, Lu Xuan used a special eye technique to carefully scan his surroundings.
Then he gave a wry smile, because he had just discovered that above his head was a long, narrow spatial rift. The rift stretched for dozens of miles, covering the entire valley.
Around this rift were countless smaller fissures, densely covering the entire sky. Had Lu Xuan rashly taken to the air just now, he would probably have been torn to shreds by these countless fissures by now.
After a moment's thought, Lu Xuanzhan remained motionless, his spiritual energy expanding to form a barrier several hundred meters in diameter, resembling a balloon.
The barrier was extremely fragile, but that was exactly what Lu Xuan wanted. Firstly, to conserve mana, and secondly, to improve its sensitivity. If it encountered an obstacle like a spatial rift, the barrier would instantly break, allowing Lu Xuan to receive an early warning.
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Ask for leave
As the title suggests, I need to take a day off to rest.
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Continue to ask for leave
I'm in the hospital, and my wife and child both have fevers. But they won't give me fever reducers until my nucleic acid test results are in. They say the hospital doesn't have the medicine??? And they won't sell it to outside pharmacies!!!
He has collapsed...
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Chapter 535 Gang Yinsha
In the Fallen Demon Valley, everyone was randomly teleported away. Even Lu Xuan couldn't do anything about it. After all, the restriction hadn't actually been activated. Everyone had simply entered through a spatial rift. Since they hadn't used the main entrance, their destination was naturally uncertain.
Even entering through the Ghost Spirit Gate's teleportation array doesn't guarantee a safe landing. It's actually quite normal for someone like Lu Xuan to end up in a canyon riddled with spatial rifts. Some have even been swallowed up by them entirely.
Lu Xuan, protected by his self-developed warning spells, flew out of the canyon. Following the agreed plan, he headed towards the rendezvous point. Maps of Fallen Demon Valley did exist, but they were incomplete. Many major sects retained some map information from their explorations. However, this information still represented less than a tenth of the entire Fallen Demon Valley.
After all, the Fallen Demon Valley is full of various restrictions. And cultivators only have a short time to move around inside, so most of the areas are unexplored.
Lu Xuan didn't know where the two ancient demons were sealed. He vaguely remembered that the Ghost Spirit Sect had released them. The Ghost Spirit Sect had somehow obtained a map of the Fallen Demon Valley, which recorded a key point of the valley. Therefore, they concluded that there must be treasure there.
In fact, they had long suspected that the location was likely where demons were sealed. But as the saying goes, it's good if demons are released. They can keep the sealing array and magical artifacts for themselves. Once the demons emerge, the entire Demon Valley can fight them together—wouldn't that be wonderful!
Don't even mention the Ghost Spirit Sect being a demonic path; even the righteous path in the mortal world is the same. They take all the benefits while everyone else bears the danger.
It took Lu Xuan and Han Laomo over ten days to finally meet at the agreed location. By then, Han Laomo had already made his move once, obtaining a spiritual fruit that could increase lifespan. A large part of the reason Hehuan Laomo and Wei Wuyai had come was for this fruit, as both of them were nearing the end of their lifespans.
Many more cultivators didn't even make it to the rendezvous point, being directly killed by the various demonic beasts or restrictions within the Fallen Demon Valley. Because the Fallen Demon Valley had been closed for a long time, when it occasionally opened, most people weren't there for the powerful demonic beasts. Therefore, many high-level demonic beasts became incredibly powerful over their long lives.
Although most of them did not possess consciousness, this did not prevent the presence of a large number of level 10 demonic beasts.
"We are currently within the lair of a three-eyed golden toad. The toad sap of this demonic beast is a key ingredient in a longevity-enhancing elixir, and it is extremely precious." Old Demon Han was a money-grubber, and he had his eye on this as soon as he saw the golden toad. Lu Xuan naturally had no objections.
The two immediately joined forces and ganged up on the three-eyed golden toad. In fact, Lu Xuan and Han Laomo barely lifted a finger. Simply by releasing their puppets, they easily thrashed the three-eyed golden toad.
Two puppets at the late Nascent Soul stage, plus two at the mid-Nascent Soul stage and eight at the early Nascent Soul stage from Lu Xuan's side—a total of twelve puppets—are ganging up on the Three-Eyed Golden Toad. The toad was originally a renowned level ten demonic beast, a dominant force occupying a radius of over a thousand miles.
But unexpectedly, today, a group of human cultivators suddenly attacked. Two cultivators of the same level, along with ten cultivators of slightly lower level, ganged up on the Three-Eyed Golden Toad and blew it to pieces. By the time the Ghost Spirit Sect members arrived, even the cave had been emptied.
The expressions of the Old Demon of Hehuan and Wei Wuyai immediately changed. The reason they had accepted the Ghost Spirit Sect's invitation to enter was because the Ghost Spirit Sect had provided several clues about opportunities that could increase their lifespan. They had agreed to side with the Ghost Spirit Sect for the sake of their own longevity.
However, their luck had been truly terrible these past few days. First, the Longevity Fruits were all harvested by Old Demon Han before they could be obtained. Then, the Three-Eyed Golden Toad was also intercepted by Lu Xuan and Old Demon Han. The Ghost Spirit Sect had gone empty-handed twice in a row. The elder leading the group's face began to darken.
There was nothing he could do; he was followed by two powerful cultivators at the late Nascent Soul stage. Moreover, the other party had clearly sensed the growing dissatisfaction of the two powerful cultivators behind him. Feeling uneasy, he quickly changed the subject.
"Since we haven't found anything at these two places, let's go straight to the core point. Once we get there, if we find anything, both of you seniors can choose one item."
After making this promise, the two late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators looked somewhat better. However, Wei Wuyai was still somewhat disappointed. To him, no powerful magic weapon was as valuable as a spiritual elixir that could extend lifespan. But if he really couldn't find one, acquiring some ancient treasures for his sect would be a good alternative.
The Ghost Spirit Sect knew they were about to incur the wrath of the masses. Without wasting a moment, they quickly headed towards their target location on the map.
At this moment, Lu Xuan and Han Laomo arrived at a rather peculiar valley. Before them stood a gigantic black python. Its body was as thick as a water vat, and coiled up, it resembled a small black mountain.
At this moment, a pair of scarlet eyes were staring intently at Lu Xuan and Han Laomo.