Chapter 92: The Two-Headed Snake (Please add to your library! Please vote!)

Seeing the strange look on Zhang Nuo's face, Zhuge Qing assumed he was feeling fearful and immediately explained:

"However, Fellow Daoist, you need not worry. The four sect cultivators last time encountered the two-headed snake while completely unprepared, and since the demonic beast's cultivation is not weak, they were unable to slay it. But this time is different; we have made ample preparations. As long as we find the two-headed snake's location, we will slay it in one fell swoop!"

"The Young Sect Master has misunderstood. Since I am already a disciple of the Nanxuan Sect, I naturally would not fear such a matter. It is just that I am a bit confused; there are many demonic beasts in this Trial Ground, so why must we specifically go to slay this one?"

Hearing the subtext in the young woman's words, Zhang Nuo naturally refused to show cowardice in front of outsiders. However, he was very curious as to why they were so insistent on slaying the two-headed snake, so he asked with a solemn expression.

"There is nothing to hide about this. According to the cultivator who first discovered the two-headed snake, there is a great treasure in the area where this demonic beast resides—though what it is, no one knows. The two-headed snake has been hiding there to cultivate for a long time precisely to protect this great treasure!"

"So that's how it is!"

Zhang Nuo nodded. People die for wealth just as birds die for food; if it weren't for the great treasure guarded by the two-headed snake, the Nanxuan Sect likely wouldn't have spent such great effort to slay this demonic beast!

"There is one more thing I will not hide from Fellow Daoist Zhang: among the three cultivators killed by the two-headed snake back then, one of them was my ancestor! This trip to slay the demonic beast can also be considered me avenging my ancestor!"

Chu Budong showed a trace of sorrow on his face and followed up by saying.

"Since I am already a disciple of the Nanxuan Sect and entered the sect later than Senior Brother Chu, you may call me Junior Brother from now on! As for the matter of slaying the demonic beast, I will certainly do my utmost!"

"Junior Brother Zhang is indeed a straightforward person! Haha! This suits my temperament, Chu's temperament!"

Chu Budong had just been wearing a look of sorrow, but upon hearing Zhang Nuo's words, he suddenly burst into loud laughter. Seeing this, Zhang Nuo gave a bitter smile in his heart; it seemed this Senior Brother Chu before him was a man of temperament, with few twists and turns in his heart, saying whatever came to mind.

Just as the three were talking, a white figure flashed over rapidly, reaching the three of them in the blink of an eye.

"Senior Brother Yu, you have arrived too!"

As soon as the young woman saw the man in white who had arrived, she beamed with joy.

"Young Sect Master, I killed a few Wuji Sect disciples on the way, so I was a bit late!"

The man in white saw Zhuge Qing was also there and smiled as he spoke. At this moment, Zhang Nuo's gaze also fell upon the man in white; he saw that this person had a well-proportioned figure, a face like jade, and an elegant manner of speaking. He figured his status within the Nanxuan Sect could not be low.

Under Zhuge Qing's introduction, Zhang Nuo also learned the white-clad cultivator's name. This person was named Yu Lei, one of the few Foundation Establishment Late Stage experts in the sect. He was a main force for this trip to slay the two-headed snake!

Yu Lei was not as approachable as Chu Budong. Zhang Nuo only chatted with him for a few sentences before discovering that this person was extremely suspicious—in other words, narrow-minded! No matter what he asked him, the other party would only say half, while the second half was never spoken.

Zhang Nuo simply stopped paying attention to him and had a very agreeable conversation with Chu Budong, who was standing to the side. Another two hours passed, and one after another, Nanxuan Sect cultivators arrived. In the end, the total number of people added up to twelve!

Among these twelve, most were Foundation Establishment Early Stage disciples, including Chu Budong and Zhuge Qing. There were only four Foundation Establishment Mid-stage disciples! As for Foundation Establishment Late Stage, there was only Yu Lei!

No wonder they regarded Yu Lei as the main force; among these twelve, he had the highest cultivation! Zhang Nuo had been silent the whole time. Although Zhuge Qing had already introduced him to everyone, they were not very familiar with each other, so he spoke much less.

However, Zhang Nuo kept wondering to himself: back then, four Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators could do nothing against the two-headed snake. Now, although they were three times as many in number, their overall strength was far inferior to those four Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators. Could such a team of cultivators really slay the demonic beast?

Furthermore, it had been three hundred years since the Trial Ground opened last. In these three hundred years, if the demonic beast had advanced to the Fifth Rank, the difficulty of slaying it would be even greater.

These were just Zhang Nuo's own thoughts, which he did not dare to voice. If the situation looked wrong, he would just flee on his own; as for the lives of others, he could not care that much. Especially since he had just joined the Nanxuan Sect and was still an unaccepted outsider, saying something discouraging would make future interactions even more difficult.

After the twelve people rested in place for a night to restore their bodies to their peak state, they flew off together the next morning, riding their Dharma Treasures toward a certain part of the Trial Ground.

Zhang Nuo was sandwiched in the middle of the group, flying while listening to Zhuge Qing lay out the tasks. After he finished listening, he could not help but feel some admiration in his heart. This Young Sect Master of the Nanxuan Sect was truly remarkable; despite her young age, she acted with great thoroughness, calculating the plan to slay the two-headed snake without a single flaw. At the very least, Zhang Nuo could not see a single loophole!

At the same time, Zhang Nuo also became a bit more cautious toward this Young Sect Master. This young woman's meticulous mind surpassed that of cultivators who had practiced for decades; her appearance and her schemes were completely inconsistent! If someone met her for the first time, they could easily be played in the palm of her hand.

Suddenly thinking of this, Zhang Nuo took a deep breath. Hadn't he also just met Zhuge Qing? Could he have already fallen into the other party's carefully laid design without even realizing it?

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In a cave somewhere in the Trial Ground, Gu Yu stood with his arms crossed, his pair of small, pitch-black eyes shifting constantly. Standing in front of him were eight men in black robes; judging by their attire, they should also be disciples of the Corpse Refining Sect. From the Spirit Power fluctuations radiating from them, their cultivation should all be around the Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

None of the nine people spoke, just standing there like that, as if waiting for someone to arrive. After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, a black shadow flashed at the cave entrance, and a person rushed in. Under this person's arm, he was clutching two male cultivators, though they looked as if they were about to breathe their last!

Gu Yu lifted his head slightly, a sinister smile appearing on his face as he said:

"Senior Brother! You're so slow! We have been waiting for you for a long time!"

"I ran into two Nanxuan Sect disciples on the way, and they even wanted to join forces to kill me! Hehe! They truly don't know what death is!"

The black-robed person who had just entered the cave had most of his face covered by his robe, making it impossible to see his features, but his voice sounded just like Gu Yu's—equally sinister and terrifying!