Chapter 336: No Need for Others' Help

"I rarely misjudge people."

Yu Chaoan forced a smile, trying to hide the turmoil in his expression, yet his words still lacked a certain confidence.

In his view, that little girl could not be a treacherous villain.

Moreover, she was brought back by Nie Jun.

His senior brother Nie, who killed and acted with such casual freedom, was used to being straightforward; those he disliked were dealt with swiftly by a single sword strike, which is why he nearly died from a palm strike by a certain True Person of the Slain Hunyuan Sect while in the Embracing Elixir Realm; if his master had arrived an hour later and failed to save him, he would truly have died.

And the cause was merely borrowing shelter somewhere and disliking that person for forcibly seizing another's family treasure.

How could such a proud person favor a cunning and deceitful villain?

But Jiang Qiulan's words just now coincidentally matched Zhu Shixiong Tong's thoughts.

Could it be that she truly intended to feed her companions to the demons?

"What a coincidence, so do I."

Tong Xinchuan glanced lightly downward.

By now, the three had entered the mountain, so that bronze mirror was no longer needed.

Located within the Demon Emperor's cave, the scent of the beast lingered across the entire mountain range; ordinary cultivators, merely approaching, would be so overwhelmed by the overwhelming, vast aura that their limbs would go weak.

The Crimson-Hearted Snake Emperor was already a terrifying creature nearly ascending to the strongest tier of this world.

A single casual movement from it could cause these three small ones of the Slain Hunyuan Realm to die miserably.

Even though they knew it had gone out, and Yu Chaoan and Tong Xinchuan had used an array to conceal their forms, these three did not know that a senior was watching over them from the sky.

In the eyes of Feng Huasheng and the others, the Crimson-Hearted Snake Emperor had simply gone out for no reason and would return at any moment.

"Actually, it's not bad."

Yu Chaoan looked down with a hint of regret.

Even the Daoist couple he did not like possessed a steadiness of mind far beyond ordinary cultivators, employing various methods endlessly, tense but not panicked.

"Daoist Jiang, Daoist Zhuo, place these wooden rings on your wrists; they have the effect of stabilizing the soul."

Feng Huasheng took out two wooden rings and handed them over considerately.

Zhuo Ya's eyes flickered; she quickly realized what was happening, and gratitude immediately welled up: "Thank you, Daoist Feng."

"Speak quietly... why such polite words? From now on, we are all fellow disciples; supporting each other is only right."

Feng Huasheng, like a gentle elder brother, softly reminded her.

He then turned his gaze to Jiang Qiulan beside him.

Zhuo Ya also looked at her: "Daoist Jiang, there is no need for politeness at a time like this."

Put it on quickly, otherwise how can I feel at ease?

"..."

Jiang Qiulan took the wooden ring and put it on, then nodded in thanks.

The Daoist couple protected her on the left and right; the three had already mapped out the entire mountain's layout.

Observing the qi to trace the path.

The snake cave was laid out clearly before their eyes.

"Since we are here, there is no need to worry about anything anymore."

Feng Huasheng glanced sideways at Jiang Qiulan.

This woman was beautiful, indeed, but her reckless temper was truly unbearable.

If not for the fear that she might get lucky, take the snake eggs back immediately, disturb the Snake Emperor, and cause the two of them to return empty-handed, Feng Huasheng would truly not have been willing to follow in like this.

Stepping onto the mountain range might not yet alert the Snake Emperor.

But as soon as they approached this snake cave, that old demon would surely rush back with full force; whether they could escape successfully depended entirely on how far the other had gone.

It was truly a gamble with one's life.

However, having been admitted as a disciple of True Person Ling Xi, taking such a gamble was nothing.

Moreover, with that wooden ring, once he cast the spell to transform it into a wooden cage, someone would be there to help delay the time.

Feng Huasheng withdrew his gaze, let out a long sigh: "After we take the snake eggs, we will each scatter to escape... let us see whose luck is better; everyone, we shall meet again at Mount Wutong!"

As his words fell, he suddenly darted into the cave!

In this situation, even moving a step ahead was a matter of life and death; Sister Ya should understand that.

Feng Huasheng's eyes shone with sharp light; the pitch-black snake cave was revealed in every detail before his eyes.

He soon saw three snake eggs resembling red jade; unlike ordinary, somewhat soft snake eggs, these were hard in texture, each fully six feet tall.

While his heart rejoiced wildly, Feng Huasheng suddenly felt something was wrong.

Where are they?

He turned to look, but his vision was filled with blinding cold light!

Frost like swords, white mist like dragons.

The joyful smile on Zhuo Ya's face froze; caught completely off guard, she was swallowed from behind by that vast sword light, letting out a sharp, piercing scream: "Ah!!"

"You seek death!"

In shock and rage, Feng Huasheng instinctively formed the spell.

Yet that frosty sword light struck straight at him; although the other's realm was one level lower than his own, that terrifying sharpness and momentum still covered his entire body in frost.

The sword light fell before the three snake eggs.

Revealing that graceful figure.

Jiang Qiulan's Bai Xi wrist was empty; where was any trace of a wooden ring?

She casually took one of the snake eggs.

Then, without even a moment's hesitation, she thrust both palms forward simultaneously, instantly shattering the remaining two snake eggs!

Crack—

The liquid within swirled in her palm, then splashed onto Feng Huasheng and Zhuo Ya.

"You..."

The instant the snake egg shattered, Feng Huasheng nearly suffocated.

He shielded himself with his hand, yet still got covered in the viscous egg fluid.

In that instant, Jiang Qiulan's eyes turned a cold white; the entire person shot toward the cave exit in a flash, not uttering a single word of nonsense from start to finish.

Feng Huasheng's face twisted into a grimace as he rose to give chase.

But the wailing of his Dao Companion rang in his ears: "Huasheng, save me!"

He instinctively looked toward Zhuo Ya, only to see that under her earlier sneak attack, her flesh and skin had all split apart, her Dao Infant shattered, and she was now corroded by yin-cold qi, unable to move a single inch.

"Sister Ya... she... she deliberately spared your life..."

Feng Huasheng's eyes widened, his forehead covered in beads of sweat.

Feeling the sticky egg fluid on his body, he spoke with a parched mouth as if his whole body were on fire: "You, you must understand your elder brother; do not fall for her treacherous scheme!"

"Save me... save me!!"

Zhuo Ya lay on the ground, no trace of calm remaining; the intense agony coursing through her body made her instinctively howl: "Save me quickly! Take me away!"

"..."

Feng Huasheng swallowed hard, then shot toward the cave exit without looking back.

He could feel that the Demon Emperor was returning!

At this moment, what the hell was Mount Wutong, what the hell were the Crimson-Hearted Snake Eggs; he only wanted to leave the Thousand Demon Cave as quickly as possible.

"Tsk."

Yu Chaoan watched everything unfolding beneath his feet, withdrew his gaze, then sighed with a slight sense of boredom.

Why refuse to simply discuss calmly how to cooperate? In truth, this matter was not that difficult at all.

Anyone who observed this mountain.

Could guess that a powerful being was watching over it.

Tong Xinchuan wore a victorious smile as he glanced mockingly at his junior brother, yet his fingers showed no sign of stopping their movements.

As his fingertips trembled lightly, threads of golden lines surged from the ground, then returned to his palm, while he also taunted Yu Chaoan: "Well done; it seems I need not step in to save her."

This matter was not particularly clever.

It mainly depended on whether it was done cleanly and decisively, and whether enough time could be secured.

Of course, the best outcome would be to seriously injure Feng Huasheng as well.

But after all, there was some gap in strength.

To decisively abandon that idea, not seeking perfection but striving for the method most suitable for oneself, was also a kind of skill.

In that instant, a long, piercing shriek echoed through the mountains and rivers.

The dark-red figure, which had not gone far at all, after the formation's restrictions vanished, suddenly shot back into the cave.

In merely an instant, that miserable wailing fell completely silent.

(End of this chapter)