Chapter 480: Do Not Act Arrogant Before the King of Hell

Regarding the inquiry from this green-robed cultivator, the Yanmiao Clan surrounding the leaf boat gave no reply. Ignoring the leaf boat's defenses, they instantly passed through and began to wander among the cultivators on the leaves.

While the crowd of cultivators changed color one after another, there were also a few Yanmiao Clan figures who arrived at Xu Qing's place, circling around him for a few laps. Ferocious faces were revealed in the mist, constantly examining him.

Until half a while later, those Yanmiao Clan members on the leaf flew away rapidly, returning to the front of the puppets, kneeling down toward the puppet in the very middle there.

"Boss, among these thirty-five cultivators, there are six whose scent is wrong."

When the buzzing sound was transmitted from within those Yanmiao Clan mist shadows, the cultivators on the leaf all had their expressions change again.

But before they could make any move, the next instant, red light appeared in the eyes of all seven puppets, especially the one in the middle, whose red light clearly surpassed the others, making the entire leaf illuminated into a blood color.

"Kill."

The moment the cold voice was transmitted from the puppet's mouth, the Yanmiao Clan figures who were kneeling in front of it rose rapidly into mid-air, gathering into six giant faces, carrying ferocity, and charging out rapidly toward the leaf boat.

Combat power comparable to six Tiangong Golden Cores also erupted from these six faces.

This kind of high-palace Golden Core, no matter at any time, was the backbone power of all tribes, not to mention that now there were no Spirit Repository and Returning Void stages in the entire Fenghai County inland, and the Nascent Soul, as the highest combat power, was often sitting in the tribe under this war chaos. So high-palace Golden Core was already extremely strong combat power.

In an instant, these six faces charged into the leaf boat, heading straight for six cultivators. Among them, three were alone, two were gathered together, and the last one was actually a green-robed member of the business alliance.

Roaring sounds erupted immediately. Even though these six resisted, they were clearly affected under the shroud of the black puppet's red light, and five of them were directly swallowed by those six Yanmiao Clan faces.

Only one escaped, its expression carrying suspicion, but before it could flee far, following the instant blur of the puppet in the middle, it chased after it, pressing down with one palm, causing the surroundings to tremble. The escaped cultivator let out a shrill scream, and its body collapsed and fell apart.

"False Nascent Soul." Xu Qing frowned, watching this scene, lost in thought.

He had already judged that the six Yanmiao Clan faces were not individual entities, but formed by a group of clansmen. As for the seven puppets, except for the one in the middle possessing False Nascent Soul combat power, the others had combat power of about seven or eight palaces.

This degree of combat power was about the same as a team of Black-Clad Guards of the Saint Lan Clan.

"Should be the elite of the Yanmiao Clan."

Xu Qing suppressed his killing intent. He received the task of secret investigation, so he didn't plan to make a move at the beginning, but now that he had made a move, according to his personality, he could only kill them all.

"No one knows, then it's a secret investigation."

The remaining cultivators on the leaf boat breathed rapidly, filled with extreme terror. The two green-robed cultivators of the Dawn Merchant Alliance were even more so; they watched helplessly as their companions were slaughtered. Anger appeared in their eyes, but they dared not speak a word, forced to endure in silence.

There was even more violent cultivation power erupting within. In an instant, this puppet's body trembled, and with a bang, it collapsed. As it fell apart, it flew out from within the puppet, a group of gray mist, about to flee.

But the shadow appeared silently, swallowing it in one bite.

"I want a live one."

Xu Qing spoke calmly, his body charging out, crashing directly into another puppet. That puppet also trembled and erupted, the gray mist inside couldn't flee and was shrouded under the explosion of thunder light from the Jin Gang Sect Old Ancestor's entire body.

All of this took a long time to say, but in reality, it all happened in the blink of an eye. In the blink of an eye, the collapse of two puppets and one face made the Yanmiao Clan members who had returned from killing other cultivators change their expressions completely.

Especially that False Nascent Soul puppet, whose red light in its eyes was even more intense. Just as it was about to give an order, at this moment, bursts of shrill screams were transmitted from the faces formed by the clansmen around it.

All eleven faces let out miserable, shrill sounds, their bodies collapsing on their own with a bang, constantly being corroded. The Yanmiao Clan members inside revealed pain in their expressions, screaming in terror and scattering.

But it was of no use. Their mist bodies visibly lost their vitality, becoming residual smoke.

"You!!" The False Nascent Soul puppet's body trembled, and it turned and fled. The other four puppets beside it were also terrified and fled in an instant.

But it was too late.

Xu Qing's body flickered, his speed astonishing, and he appeared in front of that False Nascent Soul puppet in an instant.

He could kill a real Nascent Soul, let alone the False Nascent Soul realm.

Xu Qing's eight Heavenly Palaces erupted within his body, poison prohibition power permeated, and although the Purple Moon power didn't spread, after gathering on his fingers, cooperating with Xu Qing's move, it crashed directly onto this False Nascent Soul puppet.

As the puppet's entire body trembled, the shadow arrived. The moment it shrouded Xu Qing, Xu Qing's physical body power instantly surpassed ten palaces. This kind of extreme physical body, even a Nascent Soul early stage would be injured after bearing it, and a False Nascent Soul...

With the power of Xu Qing's punch, this False Nascent Soul puppet collapsed and exploded. Xu Qing's right hand reached deep into the puppet, grabbing a group of white mist.

This mist twisted rapidly, transforming into the face of a young girl, revealing shock and terror. Just as she was about to speak, she was pinched hard by Xu Qing, directly collapsing by half, and fell into a coma.

After doing these, Xu Qing turned his head, his gaze falling on the last four puppets. They were now also disheveled, being restrained by the shadow, the Jin Gang Sect Old Ancestor, the head, and the stone lion.

Xu Qing walked over expressionlessly. With his move, all four puppets collapsed, and the gray mist shadows inside couldn't escape, all being captured alive.

The reason he didn't kill them was that Xu Qing planned to ask about the situation. He wanted to know what exactly the other party was looking for and how they found the abnormal ones.

This matter, Xu Qing felt something was wrong at the port.

"You Yanmiao Clan, what are you looking for?" Xu Qing sat cross-legged on the leaf boat, holding a gray mist group in his hand, speaking calmly.

The leaf boat beneath him was clearly a living thing, trembling at this moment.

As for the gray mist in his hand, it was now twisting rapidly, transforming into a face, staring dead at Xu Qing, not saying a word.

Xu Qing had no time to waste words with it. The poison prohibition within his body spread out, and instantly this mist face let out a shrill scream. The sound was so shrill that the other Yanmiao Clan members captured alive by Xu Qing trembled even more.

Until a while later, the mist face was destroyed in body and soul. Xu Qing grabbed the second Yanmiao Clan member and asked the same question calmly.

The other party hesitated.

Xu Qing flicked his hand and threw it to the shadow.

"Eat it."

The shadow opened its big mouth excitedly, swallowing it hard, and even deliberately let out a harsh sound of teeth grinding, accompanied by the chewing and the miserable sound of that Yanmiao Clan member, making the other Yanmiao Clan members look at Xu Qing as if looking at the King of Hell of the Yellow Springs.

Xu Qing was expressionless, grabbing the third Yanmiao Clan member. This time, before he could speak, that gray Yanmiao Clan member hurriedly spoke.

"It's a task assigned by the upper echelon of the clan, letting us search for those with abnormal reactions inside and outside Zhaoxia Prefecture and kill them. During this period, we are not allowed to approach the depths of Zhaoxia Prefecture."

"And our method of probing abnormal ones is aura... we can smell the aura on cultivators with human bloodlines, even if there is only a little bit, we can smell it."

Xu Qing was startled. The stone lion and the head beside him, as well as the Jin Gang Sect Old Ancestor, all instinctively looked at Xu Qing. They remembered that before, the Yanmiao Clan didn't seem to smell Xu Qing at the first time.

Xu Qing was lost in thought, and interrogated the other gray Yanmiao Clan members, getting the same answer. They only knew this was a task issued by the upper echelon within the clan. As for why it was like this, they didn't know.

Even if Xu Qing tortured them, the answer was the same.

So Xu Qing looked at the last Yanmiao Clan member, which was the white-mist young girl inside the False Nascent Soul puppet.

The young girl had already awakened at this moment. After being gazed at by Xu Qing, she opened her eyes trembling.

"What I know is only those..."

Xu Qing waved his hand, just about to throw her to the Jin Gang Sect Old Ancestor for interrogation, but the shadow on the side hurriedly revealed a clear sense of longing, seemingly telling Xu Qing that it could do it too.

So Xu Qing thought for a while and threw it to the shadow.

"Interrogate."

The shadow was exhilarated. While the Jin Gang Sect Old Ancestor's heart was shaken and his sense of crisis was incomparably strong, it opened its big mouth and swallowed the white-mist young girl.

I don't know how the torture was carried out, but it was half a stick of incense's time. When the shadow spat out the white-mist young girl again, the Yanmiao Clan woman revealed unprecedented terror in her eyes, and even her consciousness was somewhat blurry. Her mist body trembled sharply, and her mouth let out rapid and shrill sounds.

"I'll say, I'll say, it was Yao Hou of the human race who found our clan, entrusting our clan..."

The mist young girl just said this, and her body seemed to trigger some prohibition. Before she could finish, with a bang, her mist soul collapsed and exploded, destroyed in body and soul, becoming fly ash and dissipating in all four directions.

Xu Qing, upon hearing this, felt huge waves rising in his heart.

Until more than ten breaths later, he calmed his emotions, looking at the place where the mist young girl dissipated, his eyes revealing contemplation.

"Yao Hou?"

After a long while, Xu Qing suppressed this matter in his heart and patted the tree-leaf giant boat beneath him.

"Go to Zhaoxia Mountain, I'm in a hurry."

The leaf boat trembled, and the four thin, rod-like legs walked forward shivering. ===== CHAPTER 481 =====

"And our method for detecting anomalies is by aura... We can smell the aura on cultivators with human bloodlines. Even if there is only a tiny bit, we can smell it."

Xu Qing was startled. The stone lion and the head beside him, as well as the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor, all instinctively looked at Xu Qing. They remembered that the Yanmiao Clan previously did not seem to have smelled Xu Qing at the first opportunity.

Xu Qing was lost in thought and interrogated several other gray Yanmiao Clan members. The answers he received were the same: they only knew this was a mission issued by the upper echelons of the clan, but as for why, they did not know.

Even when Xu Qing resorted to torture, the answer remained the same.

Thus, Xu Qing looked at the last Yanmiao Clan member, the girl in white mist inside the fake Nascent Soul puppet.

The girl had awakened by now. After being stared at by Xu Qing's gaze, she opened her eyes, trembling.

"What I know is only that much..."

With a wave of Xu Qing's hand, just as he was about to throw her to the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor for interrogation, the shadow beside him hurriedly projected a clear sense of longing, as if telling Xu Qing that it could do it too.

So Xu Qing thought for a moment and threw her to the shadow.

"Interrogate."

The shadow was invigorated. Amidst the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor's trembling heart and intense sense of crisis, it opened its large mouth and swallowed the white-mist girl.

I do not know what kind of torture was unleashed, but after only half an incense stick of time, when the shadow spat the white-mist girl back out, the Yanmiao Clan woman's eyes revealed unprecedented terror. Her consciousness had even become somewhat blurred, her mist-body trembled violently, and she emitted rapid, miserable sounds from her mouth.

"I'll speak, I'll speak! It was the human Yao Hou who found our clan and entrusted us..."

The mist girl had just said this much when her body seemed to trigger some restriction. Before she could finish, with a 'Boom—', her mist soul collapsed and exploded, her form and spirit destroyed, turning into fly ash that dissipated in all directions.

Upon hearing this, a huge wave rose in Xu Qing's heart.

For over ten breaths, he calmed his emotions, staring at the place where the mist girl had dissipated, his eyes revealing deep thought.

"Yao Hou?"

After a long while, Xu Qing suppressed this matter in his heart and patted the giant leaf boat beneath him.

"Go to Mount Zhaoxia. I'm in a hurry."

The leaf boat shuddered, and its four stick-like legs trembled as they walked forward.