Chapter 806: The Path to the Inner Valley

West of the Fallen Devil Valley, on a small mountain filled with brown rocks, two people, one sitting and one standing, were waiting on the mountaintop.

The person sitting was a kind-faced white-robed old man; the person standing was dressed in brocade clothes and a high crown, with a long beard reaching his chest.

They were Lu Lu Weiying, an elder of the Heaven Extreme Sect, and Nan Long Hou.

Nan Long Hou stood with his hands behind his back, five or six zhang in front of Lu Lu Weiying, looking into the distance with a calm appearance, but a trace of anxiety flashed in his eyes.

"Brother Nan Long, don't be too anxious. That person likely teleported to a more remote location, so it naturally takes more time to get here. Didn't we see him enter the magic array and be teleported in?" Lu Lu Weiying, who was sitting on a giant rock and resting his eyes, seemed to sense the anxiety in Nan Long Hou's heart and suddenly opened his mouth.

"That is true! But you also know. This Fallen Devil Valley is full of dangers, and some dangers cannot be dealt with just by having great divine abilities. And for this trip, we absolutely cannot lack this person. Otherwise, this Fallen Devil Valley trip might be in vain." Nan Long Hou sighed, turned his head, and said helplessly.

"That Arctic Origin Light is one thing. We must have the Two-Yi Rings to get through it. But is that Fire Toad Beast really that powerful? Otherwise, when we got the ring, why did we have to pull this person in?" Lu Lu Weiying opened his eyes and couldn't help but complain.

"Whether it's powerful or not, I haven't seen it with my own eyes. However, in Cang Kun Shangren's legacy, it is indeed described as terrifying. It is best to find a cultivator whose cultivation technique counters this beast to deal with it. Otherwise, even if we can deal with this beast, we won't be relaxed, and we might end up severely injured. In such a dangerous place, I don't want to give anyone a chance to take advantage of us." Nan Long Hou frowned and explained.

"Brother Lord Nanlong's words also make sense. It seems that after the Mulan Grassland incident, Brother Lord Nanlong has become increasingly cautious and careful. However, I have seen introductions regarding the Fire Toad Beast in some ancient texts. This ancient beast was not particularly famous in ancient times. According to what is written there, it shouldn't be difficult to deal with. But since Senior Master Cangkun said so, it is estimated that this one in the valley might be a mutated Fire Toad." Lu Lu Weiying pondered for a moment and stated his own judgment.

"Things have reached this point, saying anything is useless. That Fire Toad must be killed. And the path leading to the Fire Toad Beast is full of Arctic Origin Light. People who haven't prepared well can never get through there. We don't have to worry about the ancient cultivator's remains being discovered by others first." Lu Lu Weiying closed his eyes again and said leisurely.

Nan Long Hou saw the old man's unhurried appearance and smiled slightly, just about to say something else when his expression changed slightly. He hurriedly turned around and looked toward the sky.

In the distant sky, green light flickered, and then a green rainbow flew over slowly from afar.

"It's him. He finally arrived." Nan Long Hou, who was familiar with Han Li's flight light, recognized the owner of the light at a glance, and a look of joy appeared on his face.

Lu Lu Weiying heard this, hurriedly opened his eyes, and stood up at the same time.

It seemed that although this Heaven Extreme Sect elder appeared calm on the surface, he had also been anxious early on.

The green rainbow seemed very cautious, and its speed was not fast. After a good while, the flight light arrived above them.

The green light converged, revealing a figure wearing a cloak. He floated lightly above the two, looking down at them.

"Is that you, Fellow Daoist Han?"

Scanning with his spiritual sense, he found that his spiritual sense couldn't penetrate the green cloak, and Nan Long Hou looked surprised, hesitating before saying.

"Why, besides Han, did you invite others?" Han Li touched the cloak on his head and said with a light smile. At the same time, his gaze moved, glancing at the Lu-surnamed old man.

Lu Lu Weiying also discovered the anomaly of Han Li's cloak, but his expression remained as usual.

"Fellow Daoist Han is joking. Brother Lu and I have been waiting for you for a long time." Hearing that it was indeed Han Li's voice, Nan Long Hou breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he felt it was strange that Han Li was wearing a cloak, seeing that Han Li didn't want to mention this matter, he didn't ask any further.

The three of them were not indecisive people, so they directly discussed the matter of killing the Fire Toad Beast.

To get to the Fire Toad Beast, they had to enter the inner valley first.

The so-called "inner valley" was actually a place where more powerful ancient barriers were used to circle off a large area in the center of the Fallen Devil Valley.

It was just that this time, there wasn't only one path into the inner valley.

Just by circling the entire outer valley, one could easily find over a dozen paths of varying sizes.

However, these paths were all full of barriers, and if one wanted to pass through them, besides breaking the barriers bit by bit, trying to rely on brute force to break through was simply asking for trouble.

These ancient barriers were all extremely powerful and merciless. It was fine not to attack, but once they did, they would definitely counterattack without any courtesy.

Cang Kun Shangren had relied on his array attainments not being weak, and after studying for several days, he had completely given up.

Although it wasn't that they couldn't be broken, relying on him alone would take too long.

Later, Cang Kun Shangren spent a great deal of effort, and coupled with a stroke of luck, he found this secret little path filled with Arctic Origin Light.

This path was very secret and wouldn't be easily discovered, but the Arctic Origin Light in the path was enough to kill any cultivator who broke in without knowing it.

However, now with the Two-Yi Rings, entering the inner valley should be extremely easy.

Han Li and the two of them discussed it slightly, and without resting at all, they immediately rose into the air, preparing to activate their flight lights and head toward the inner valley.

But just as they rose into the air, Nan Long Hou slapped his storage pouch and took out several bells of different colors, a few inches in size, then hung them on his waist.

Han Li saw this scene and was stunned for a moment, looking at Nan Long Hou somewhat unexpectedly.

"These are induction bells. As long as there is any slight change in spatial fluctuations where we go, the bells will ring on their own. Although they can't predict all spatial rifts, they can warn of most of them." Seeing the curiosity in Han Li's eyes, Nan Long Hou explained slightly to Han Li.

Han Li nodded in realization. The three of them transformed into three flight lights and flew away from the small mountain.

They flew toward the center of the valley, and those copper bells were indeed quite effective.

Once a spatial rift appeared, the bells immediately made a crisp ringing sound, allowing the three of them to pay attention early to prevent bumping into one.

However, most of these rifts were traceable, or the rifts were dimmer. The truly invisible spatial rifts could not be warned of by these bells.

Han Li knew this so clearly because he saw an invisible spatial rift with his Spirit Eye divine ability, not far to the side of the three of them, and the three flight lights brushed past it. The copper bells remained indifferent and didn't alarm at all.

Seeing this, Han Li had a measure in his heart.

However, just as Nan Long Hou said, it was indeed much more convenient with these bells.

Nan Long Hou and Lu Lu Weiying could also let go, making their flight speed at least a few points faster.

Since the three of them luckily didn't have invisible rifts in front of them on the way, Han Li naturally didn't need to warn them of anything, happy to remain silent.

The three of them flew like this, safe and sound.

Half a day later, they appeared in front of a strange mountain range outside the inner valley.

This mountain range was formed by over a dozen small mountain peaks connected together, forming a micro-mountain range dozens of li in size.

And behind this mountain range, a patch of blood-colored light covered the yellow hazy sky, appearing incomparably eerie.

"That is the inner valley. Those blood lights are extremely powerful barriers; absolutely do not provoke them, otherwise, you will lose a layer of skin even if you don't die." Nan Long Hou was also seeing these blood lights for the first time, but upon seeing this scene, he warned like an old horse knowing the way.

Han Li narrowed his eyes and glanced at these blood lights a few times, his face expressionless.

These blood lights were so strange that even if Nan Long Hou didn't say this, he wouldn't break in rashly.

However, these ancient demonic cultivators were interesting. They actually set up layers upon layers of powerful barriers in this Fallen Devil Valley. I really don't know what this valley was originally used for, defending so strictly? Could it be a prison or a cage?

For some reason, such a strange thought arose in Han Li's heart, but immediately he laughed at himself and denied it.

What kind of monster would need such a large valley to be a cage? This was simply impossible. Most likely, this place was some important stronghold of ancient demonic cultivators!

Han Li guessed in his heart.

At this time, Nan Long Hou took the old man and Han Li and flew into the mountain range, flying directly toward the place between the two mountain peaks.

Arriving there, Nan Long Hou raised his hand, and the three of them stopped, landing slowly on the ground.

Scanning the front with his naked eye, green grass and mountain rocks, everything looked normal, seemingly without anything wrong.

"It's here. This place shouldn't have looked like this originally, but when Cang Kun Shangren left, he performed a kind of illusion technique to cover the entrance. So you can't see the entrance. I will break the illusion technique first." Nan Long Hou showed a trace of excitement on his face, but said calmly.

Afterward, he flicked his sleeve, and a pale white jade pendant flew out from his cuff, circled once, and stopped above his head.

Low incantations were issued from Nan Long Hou's mouth. He pinched spells with both hands, hitting the jade pendant with one after another colorful spell techniques.

All the spell techniques disappeared in a flash, absorbed by the jade pendant, and afterward, white light shone brilliantly, and amidst slight trembling, the jade pendant emitted a clear ringing sound.

Nan Long Hou let out a loud shout, and a large patch of white rosy light sprayed out from the jade pendant, sweeping toward everything in front.

Below, a strange scene appeared.

Wherever the white light passed, all the mountain rocks and trees twisted and tore apart like a painting, disappearing as they were crushed by the light.

The white light let out a clear ringing sound and retracted, quickly shooting back into the jade pendant and disappearing.

And in front of Han Li and the other two, a strange scene appeared.

===== CHAPTER 807 =====

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