Chapter 282: There Must Be a Demon If Something Is Abnormal

It was very difficult for others to notice this detail, only Xu Qing, because of the eeriness of his own shadow, would also pay attention to other people's shadows when observing.

And the moment Xu Qing looked over, his shadow also immediately emitted excited emotions.

"Same... kind... swallow..."

This time, there was no need for the Jin Gang Sect ancestor to translate. Xu Qing already understood what the shadow wanted to express, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

After a long time, he spoke slowly.

"There must be a demon if something is abnormal."

"Especially the diversion matter, it doesn't look like they really want to intercept, but more like they want to attract our attention."

The Captain looked at this scene, smiled, and gave orders.

"Asking for help? Interesting. Come, someone, go and bring the ruler of this small country to ask about the reason. This matter is a bit wrong. It's not like they don't know the rules tacitly allowed by the Alliance."

It didn't take long. Following the long rainbow approaching, the Seven Blood Eyes disciples brought a fat old man wearing a yellow robe to the ship. The moment he arrived, the old man trembled, knelt down with a thud, and spoke tremblingly.

"Begging the Immortal, save my small country!"

Following the crying of this ruler, gradually Xu Qing and the Captain learned the reason.

This small country was named Chiruo Country.

Ancestors were once Foundation Establishment cultivators of a small sect. Because breaking through was hopeless, they migrated here, formed a family, and gradually gathered refugees, becoming a small country.

Life was difficult on weekdays, but relying on the offerings to a small sect of Taisi Du'e Mountain, under its protection, safety was still okay. Cooperating with food containing foreign substances, they could still survive.

Although their lifespans were mostly short, in this world, they had no other requests.

But all this changed with the appearance of the distributary of the Eternal Immortal River.

The source of the change was in Taisi Du'e Mountain, where forces were mixed, and it was already chaotic with constant fighting.

The appearance of river water caused the expansion of the territory. Thus, a month ago, the small sect that provided them with protection was exterminated by three alien rogue cultivators from outside.

From top to bottom, they were all killed and eaten clean. Then these three alien rogue cultivators occupied this place.

Because they revered the Three Spirits Suppressing Dao Mountain, they called themselves the Little Three Spirits, requiring all small countries nearby to send a large amount of river water in exchange for peace.

If the quantity was not sent within the specified time, they would eat one thousand people here every day, eventually either eating the whole country or sending enough river water.

This Little Three Spirits clearly grasped the tacit behavior of the Eight Sect Alliance toward humans, which led to such a request.

After all, mortals taking water was something the Eight Sect Alliance wouldn't stop.

And the amount they needed was large, and they didn't dare to divert water publicly, so they had such a plan.

"We have already passed the deadline, and the Little Three Spirits eat one thousand people here every day. They left this morning. If the quantity of river water is not enough tomorrow, they will come again. I had no choice but to divert water to attract the Immortal's attention." This ruler was also a cultivator, but only Qi Condensation. At this moment, he spoke tremblingly.

Xu Qing's previous guess was correct. Diversion was their self-rescue.

At this moment, his gaze was deep, sweeping over the ruler's shadow on the deck under the sunset.

The other party's shadow was also missing its left ear.

But because of the angle, it wasn't particularly clear, especially since this ruler didn't know if it was intentional, always keeping his head slightly tilted, which made his shadow even harder to be seen in detail.

Only those with a heart could see the details of the shadow the moment he kowtowed.

"Little Three Spirits?" The Captain narrowed his eyes. Xu Qing's eyes were deep. Both of them had rich experience, especially the Captain, who was like a human spirit. Naturally, they could see whether what the ruler said was true or false.

In Xu Qing's view, what the ruler said was true, but clearly the other party also had concealment.

But they didn't make a decision immediately, but asked clearly about the location of the Little Three Spirits, arranged for disciples to go out to scout, waited for a few hours, and after the disciples returned with information, the Captain smiled and looked at Xu Qing.

"The strongest is three two-fire Foundation Establishments?" The Captain raised his right hand and pressed it on the large ship. After opening the ship's formation, a formless ripple suddenly spread, sweeping across the surroundings instantly.

The coverage was huge, and it was adjusted by the Captain to the designated area. After scouting again relying on the formation, it was confirmed that there were no Golden Core cultivators in that designated area, and everything was consistent with the information brought back by the disciples who went out. Only then did he nod.

"The Alliance's scouting formation is indeed very easy to use. Xu Qing, why don't you send someone to destroy that Little Three Spirits." During the conversation, the Captain arranged for the Seven Blood Eyes disciples behind him to go over and handle this matter.

Xu Qing suddenly spoke.

"Senior Brother, I will go along."

The Captain looked at Xu Qing with a smile that wasn't a smile, didn't ask much, and nodded.

"Do you need me to go with you?"

"It's not very convenient." Xu Qing pondered for a while and shook his head. He didn't intend to deliberately hide it.

Moreover, Xu Qing felt that even if the Captain didn't notice now, he would see the clues after recalling it later.

After all, one should never underestimate anyone.

Instead of letting the Captain guess randomly afterward, it was better to inform him directly that this was his own secret.

Xu Qing's judgment was correct. The Captain heard Xu Qing's words, his smile carried profound meaning, and he didn't ask much.

Xu Qing's body flickered, stepped into the air, summoned more than a hundred Seven Blood Eyes disciples, and a group of people headed straight for the Taisi Du'e Mountain.

Even if it was confirmed again and again that the scouting was correct, Xu Qing's personality still made him summon more people.

Watching Xu Qing's back, the Captain revealed satisfaction in his eyes.

"Little A-Qing really didn't treat me as an outsider. Since that's the case, I won't be overly curious. Everyone has their own secrets."

The Captain took out an apple, swept a glance at the trembling ruler and the shadow at his feet and the missing left ear of the shadow, laughed softly, greeted the ship fleet to stop sailing, and waited for Xu Qing to return.

At this moment, in the mid-air of Taisi Du'e Mountain, Xu Qing was leading more than a hundred Security and Protection Special Department disciples, roaring away, with astonishing speed.

These team members were thirty percent Qi Condensation Great Perfection, and the others were Foundation Establishment.

Those who could join the Security and Protection Special Department were naturally not ordinary people. Inside, although most hadn't opened Life Fires, there were more than twenty who had one Life Fire, six with two fires, and one with three fires.

Little Mute was also among them, with a cultivation base of Qi Condensation Great Perfection, but his fierce intent was huge. When he moved, he didn't want his life. Among the cultivators of the same Qi Condensation realm, he was already considered an outstanding one.

Such a scale, basically unless encountering a Golden Core of two palaces or more, was enough to sweep everything.

And as they approached, Taisi Du'e Mountain clearly entered Xu Qing's eyes. There were countless mountains in this mountain range, filled with dense forests. Under the sunset, these forests seemed to hide ghosts and monsters, looking full of gloom.

Even under the forest, it was very difficult for sunlight to shine in, a pitch-black piece.

The ground was muddy, some had cracks, hiding countless dangers and eeriness.

At this moment, just as they approached, Xu Qing heard the eerie fluctuations emitted from the distant dense forest. This fluctuation was very far away and was not his target this time, but Xu Qing just looked from afar, and a malice instantly rose from that direction, covering the surroundings of Xu Qing's party.

Xu Qing's expression was as usual, and the shadow under his feet grinned.

Almost the moment it grinned, this eerie malice instantly disappeared, as if it had been startled, without a trace.

Xu Qing didn't care, flew toward the destination, and gradually a fishy smell spread from the dense forest between the black mountains. One could see many human, beast, and alien heads hanging on the trees here, with blood dripping onto the rotten skeletons under the trees.

There was also a piece of mud turned from rotten meat on the ground.

Everything was imitating the appearance of the Three Spirits Suppressing Dao Mountain. Xu Qing furrowed his brows, coldly looking at the middle position of the mountain body in the distance, where there was a giant hole, and the noise came from within, drifting very far.

There were even some ferocious-looking alien races carrying corpses of humans and beasts that had been roasted, walking toward the hole.

This scene made Xu Qing's eyes increasingly cold, and he spoke indifferently.

"Kill your way in, except for the main culprit, leave no one alive!"

"Yes!" The hundred-plus Security and Protection Special Department disciples behind him spoke in unison, then turned into long rainbows, heading straight forward, and arrived at the hole in an instant.

Those alien races carrying food were shocked and terrified, and before they could make a sound, their heads had already flown off, dying instantly.

The one who made the move was Little Mute. He held a dagger in his hand, licked the blood on the dagger, bent down and moved forward, with extremely fast speed, heading straight for the hole.

Others also rushed in. For a time, roars came from the hole, and even more miserable screams echoed.

Xu Qing was expressionless, walking step by step, with the black iron sign floating outside, and the shadow spreading from the ground.

Wherever Xu Qing passed, there were corpses.

Occasionally, the Jin Gang Sect ancestor would grin and control the iron sign to instantly pierce through the corpses. Every time this happened, the pierced corpses would scream and die completely.

Clearly, those were the ones pretending to be dead.

And the shadow didn't pay attention to these people pretending to be dead now. It emitted a strong desire, pointing the direction, and led Xu Qing deep into this hole.

Soon, as the sound of fighting ahead disappeared, Xu Qing walked to the deepest part of this hole.

There was a giant cave sky there, and above it, one could see a hole more than a zhang large, seeing the night sky that had just passed the sunset outside.

The ground was filled with large amounts of broken and scattered tables, food, and corpses of alien races.

All the Security and Protection Special Department disciples were here, capturing more than twenty alien races alive, suppressing them to kneel there.

These alien races had terror in their eyes, among which three were two-fire Foundation Establishments, now seriously injured, looking fearfully at Xu Qing who was walking toward them.

"Superior Sect, we..." The one speaking was a cultivator with fire hair and scales all over his body, also one of the three spirits here.

Xu Qing didn't pay attention, waved his hand, and the person speaking hadn't finished his words, his head instantly exploded, dying directly.

This scene made the other captured alien races gasp, incomparably terrified, not daring to speak.

Xu Qing also didn't speak, his calm gaze swept over the shadows of these alien races one by one, finally condensing on an alien race with wings on its back.

This

This alien was the second of the Three Spirits.

He looked at Xu Qing, trembling, and was just about to speak, but the next instant his expression suddenly twisted. Somehow, he broke free from his restraints, flickered, and fled straight toward the cave opening above.

His speed was extremely fast.

Yet, his eyes revealed disbelief and horror; it seemed that what controlled his body was no longer his own will.

Nor was it Xu Qing's shadow.

It was the alien's own shadow!

There's more tonight! Resting a bit before writing.