Chapter 298: Each Harboring Their Own Thoughts

"What, could it be?" The older man was startled and exclaimed in a low voice.

"That's right! My magic power suffered a backlash, and I urgently needed the essence blood of a cultivator to suppress the true essence in my body. Besides you, old man, the only other cultivator nearby was Old Daoist Wu. I couldn't very well come looking for you, could I? The situation at the time was extremely dangerous; the backlash came two days earlier than usual, and I almost couldn't suppress it." The young man laughed bitterly, clearly still feeling lingering fear!

"I see. In that case, I can't blame you. But you still need to explain this to those above. However, I estimate that you were too eager for success in practicing the Black Fiend Asura Art recently, which caused the backlash to occur early. Don't go to the Blood Prison to practice for now; just honestly consolidate your foundation first!" The older man thought for a moment and said slowly.

"Rest assured! After sucking that old Daoist's essence blood, my backlash has completely receded. As long as I'm careful in the future, such accidents won't happen again. I've also felt recently that my cultivation progress is too fast, and I was just thinking about not going there anymore!" The young man said calmly.

"Good, as long as you know. However, although that old Daoist has been eliminated, the person who planted a spiritual energy marker in his body is still a big problem! We can't just leave this person alone; we must find a way to leave no future troubles!"

"Hmm, that's true! But I originally thought that the friends Old Daoist Wu associated with were definitely low-level loose cultivators. So after setting the trap, I only called the Meng Mountain Five Friends to ambush him. Who would have thought it would attract a big fish? Do you think it was a group of low-level cultivators who did it, or did some Foundation Establishment cultivator make a move?" The young man couldn't help but ask the older man.

"Hehe! Based on my speculation, it's most likely a Foundation Establishment cultivator! After all, no matter how many Qi Condensation cultivators there are, if those four were determined to run, it wouldn't be so easy to capture them all at once." The older masked man said without hesitation.

"In that case, shouldn't we temporarily avoid the sharp edge? Let's continue other plans after the Sect Master comes out of seclusion. After all, Foundation Establishment cultivators are not to be trifled with!" The young man said hesitantly after hearing the other party confirm the identity of the person who had taken the Meng Mountain Five Friends.

"Avoid? Why avoid? You don't know yet, do you! The Sect Master just sent word that because of the needs of his cultivation, he needs some Foundation Establishment cultivators for blood sacrifice! Since this person has bumped into us, we naturally can't let him go easily. After all, Qi Condensation cultivators are easy to catch everywhere, but a lone Foundation Establishment cultivator is very hard to encounter!" The older man sneered, a murderous look appearing in his eyes.

The young masked man was slightly startled, but immediately said with difficulty:

"But now in the capital, because the Sect Master is sitting in town, besides the four Blood Servants by the Sect Master's side, our sect has no Foundation Establishment experts here. They are all presiding over branch affairs in various places; we can't notify them to come back to the capital specifically!"

"No need for such trouble! The Sect Master urgently needs Foundation Establishment cultivators for his cultivation. As long as I report it, the Sect Master will surely hand over one or two Blood Servants for us to command. Plus our assistance from the side, dealing with one Foundation Establishment cultivator will be easy. In this way, we two will have rendered a great service; perhaps we can even obtain the opportunity to enter the Foundation Establishment stage like the four Blood Servants!" The older masked man's eyes revealed a look of greed.

The young man was invigorated upon hearing this, seemingly completely moved by the old man's words.

"Alright, I'll go back and prepare! I will definitely capture this person alive." He said fiercely.

Then, the two whispered for a long time in the same spot before leaving the hill silently, not knowing where they went.

But what was strange was that the two never mentioned how to accurately find Han Li in such a large capital, as if this was not a problem for them at all.

At the same time, on a piece of wilderness over a hundred miles away from the hill, Han Li landed the Spirit Wind Boat and let the four walk off the magic tool.

Although the four knew that nothing good would come next, they couldn't muster the slightest heart to resist, so they had to obediently obey and walk out of the small boat.

Han Li stood with his hands behind his back in front of the silent group, eyeing them coldly. Only after a long while did he speak:

"Take off your masks! It's useless to cover your faces now." Han Li's voice was devoid of any emotion, causing the four to shudder and look at each other.

"Sigh! Take them off." The leader sighed and said helplessly.

Seeing this, the other three had no choice but to dejectedly take off their black masks, revealing their true faces.

After Han Li looked at each of their faces, his expression remained unchanged, but he sighed in his heart—it was indeed the Meng Mountain Five Friends.

When he was eavesdropping on their conversation from above, he already felt their voices were somewhat familiar. Added to their cultivation level, he naturally associated them with the Meng Mountain Five Friends and the other cultivators he had just met two months ago. Except for the woman in her forties who didn't come, the others were all here.

However, although their identities were as he had guessed, Han Li felt a massive headache.

Now he didn't need to think to know that the little prince of the Xin Prince's Mansion and the Chief Steward were the masterminds behind the successive disappearances of many cultivators. Now that they knew he was probing their secrets, they would likely be at odds with him until one side died!

And his original intention was to try his best not to provoke this trouble, but he hadn't expected this big trouble to come looking for him automatically. If he had known this, he would never have let that old Daoist monitor these two; this had nothing to do with the Demonic Dao at all, it was purely his own excessive caution.

But then again, he never expected Old Daoist Wu to be so useless. He only monitored them for one night before being discovered, and even ended up with his life hanging by a thread.

This left Han Li even more depressed and speechless!

If Old Daoist Wu had a spirit in the underworld and knew Han Li was complaining about him like this, he would probably feel even more aggrieved! He hadn't even started monitoring the little prince and the others before someone broke into his room and sucked dry his essence blood for no reason. He died truly unjustly!

Although Han Li had slightly misjudged the cause of Old Daoist Wu's death, and didn't know that the little prince and the Chief Steward didn't know at all about Old Daoist Wu's intention to monitor them, nor did they know their identities had been exposed to Han Li in advance.

But this did not affect both sides ringing the alarm bells and entering a state of total hostility!

Han Li's thoughts were very heavy.

After all, the cultivators who had disappeared recently also included several Foundation Establishment cultivators. The opponent he had provoked now was truly terrifying; he feared that one careless move would lead him to follow in the footsteps of the others who had disappeared.

Originally, according to Han Li's past thoughts, since this place was so dangerous, he should naturally flee far away—a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall! There was really no need to fight to the death with this group of people; it was better to go as far as possible.

But what made him hesitant was that he still shouldered the task of protecting the Qin family.

If something were to happen to the Qin family during the time he was away, he wouldn't be able to answer to Li Li Huayuan at all!

He couldn't just say that he felt Yuejing had suddenly become extremely dangerous, so he decided to run away first, could he?

As Han Li thought this, his expression gradually became uncertain, making the four captives in front of him extremely uneasy.

They had originally thought that since they had reached this uninhabited place, this person would definitely interrogate them severely. But they hadn't expected that this young Foundation Establishment cultivator would fall into deep thought after seeing their faces, his expression slowly becoming strange. Could he be thinking of some vicious interrogation method?

With this wild speculation, the few felt the cold air rising from their backs, becoming even more restless.

"What exactly do you intend to do with us?" The young woman in her twenties couldn't hold back and suddenly asked loudly.

Hearing this, Han Li recovered from his deep thought. After glancing at the woman, he said coldly:

"Do you think I need to deal with you myself? As long as I hand you over to the families of those missing cultivators and tell them you are among the masterminds behind their relatives' disappearances, I believe they will treat you very well, right?"

Han Li was expressionless when he said this, making the four absolutely believe that the other party would do so, and they couldn't help but turn pale with fear.

"We have never kidnapped those cultivators, not even once! We only did a few times...?"

"Shut up, Fifth Sister! He is trying to trap you!"

The black-faced old man suddenly shouted sternly, cutting off the woman's words. This startled the Fifth Sister, and she couldn't help but glare fiercely at Han Li.

"Trapping you? You think too highly of yourselves!" Han Li smiled faintly, a hint of mockery hanging on the corner of his mouth.

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