Chapter 56: Fighting Demonic Cultivators

Loose cultivators going to the Fuyun Mountain Range to hunt demon beasts basically chose to go to the demon-hunting list of Guiyun Market to accept missions first, select targets, and make preparations before heading out.

The various rewarded demon beast missions they received were all investigated by Flying Cloud Guard members like Song Qingming, summarized, and then posted.

Those unknown areas that the Flying Cloud Guard had not yet explored were not posted on the demon-hunting list, so naturally, no one would accept missions to hunt demon beasts here and specifically come to these places.

The Flying Cloud Guard was a force built by the Golden Core cultivators stationed in Guiyun Market by the Carefree Sect for hundreds of years, who had spent their efforts to better deal with the demon beasts in the Fuyun Mountain Range.

For hundreds of years, this area near Song Guo in the Fuyun Mountain Range, although it was tens of thousands of li in size, had already been explored several times by the Flying Cloud Guard.

However, after the Flying Cloud Guard explored an area, it would take at least a hundred years to re-explore it.

During these hundred years, the demon beasts on the demon-hunting list would gradually be killed by cultivators who accepted the missions, and new demon beasts would slowly migrate to this area.

After decades, the demon beasts here had basically changed a wave. Without the demon beast missions on the demon-hunting list, naturally, no cultivators would specifically come here to hunt demons.

This area would slowly become a new unknown area, until the Flying Cloud Guard re-explored it a hundred years later, and then cultivators would slowly come here.

This group of demonic cultivators led by Yang Wuqi was precisely taking advantage of this loophole, hiding in an unknown area, and had avoided several waves of cultivators sent by Guiyun Market to search for their tracks for several years.

Until half a month ago, the Flying Cloud Guard team led by Lu Yunfei happened to be assigned the mission of exploring this area and came here.

The Flying Cloud Guard member who was killed by Yang Wuqi earlier was named Luo Ping. He had joined the Flying Cloud Guard for several years and had never had any major incidents while performing missions. He was considered a relatively mature cultivator.

This time, he could be considered unlucky. The place he was assigned to explore happened to be near Yang Wuqi’s cave dwelling.

Having already known that a Foundation Establishment cultivator had swept through the air once, the information obtained was that there were fewer Level 2 demon beasts in this area, so he thought it was a relatively safe unknown area. He didn't expect that a group of demonic cultivators was hidden in this deep mountain.

Luo Ping, who didn't know the situation, blundered into it. When he discovered Yang Wuqi and this group of demonic cultivators, he wanted to hide in place and wait for the demonic cultivators to finish the refining and leave before quietly going back to report the news. He didn't expect that there was also a high-cultivation Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator hidden inside.

Although he was considered careful, he encountered Yang Wuqi, whose cultivation base far exceeded his, and accidentally exposed his whereabouts, losing his life in vain.

The Flying Cloud Guard’s exploration of areas was generally carried out secretly. Yang Wuqi and this group of demonic cultivators didn't know this situation either. Gu Liangshan and the others discovered that the Flame Rat had been killed, and although they were suspicious, they also thought it was done by a demon-hunting team nearby. They didn't know that a large number of Flying Cloud Guard members had come near their cave dwelling.

Until after killing Luo Ping, the cautious Yang Wuqi faintly felt that something was wrong. If this person who suddenly broke into this place was really a Flying Cloud Guard of Guiyun Market, their cave dwelling would definitely be exposed sooner or later.

Yang Wuqi, who had been roaming Song Guo for many years, naturally had also heard of the Flying Cloud Guard in Guiyun Market, and also knew that the Flying Cloud Guard was specifically responsible for exploring information on demon beasts in the Fuyun Mountain Range for Guiyun Market.

"Today, cultivators have discovered this place. This place is afraid that it is not very safe. Let Liangshan and the others hurry up and prepare for the refining matter. After this refining is completed, we must find another cave dwelling."

Sitting in the cave dwelling, Yang Wuqi pondered for a while, and it seemed that he had made up his mind, and ordered his disciples standing below.

In a dense forest a few li away from the altar, a cultivator with a somewhat panicked face hurriedly said to the crowd in the forest.

"Captain, I have found the place where Daoist friend Luo sent the distress talisman. It is at the foot of the mountain ahead. A altar was also found in that place, and there was a group of people on it, as if they were holding some ceremony. It looks like Daoist friend Luo seems to have fallen into trouble."

"Altar, blood sacrifice, could this group of people be demonic cultivators?" After Lu Yunfei finished listening, he said with a face full of shock.

"What, the one who killed Daoist friend Luo is actually a demonic cultivator? How could there be demonic cultivators here?" Everyone heard that the people ahead were a group of demonic cultivators, and their faces also changed for a while.

Demonic cultivators had always been cruel in their actions. Many of the cultivators present knew very well in their hearts that Luo Ping had fallen into the hands of demonic cultivators, so he must be in bad luck.

Song Qingming, who had been uneasy, heard the news of demonic cultivators and was also very surprised. Demonic cultivators had cruel means and many strange techniques, which were much more difficult to deal with than ordinary demon beasts. If they fought later, he must be careful.

"About how many of them are there, and what is their strength?" Lu Yunfei thought for a while and asked again.

"There are about five or six people, all in the Qi Refining stage, among whom two are already in the late Qi Refining stage, and their strength is estimated to be no weaker than the captain. The others have low cultivation bases, all in the mid-Qi Refining stage." The person who reported the news hurriedly replied.

Lu Yunfei looked at the dozen or so cultivators beside him and secretly made a resolution in his heart.

"Fellow Daoist friends, since we have encountered this group of demonic cultivators, no matter whether Daoist friend Luo is alive or dead, we have the obligation to eliminate demons and defend the Dao. We don't have to be afraid. The ones in front are just a group of Qi Refining demonic cultivators, and their strength is not strong. Follow me to eliminate demons and avenge Daoist friend Luo."

Gu Liangshan and the others were currently on the altar, anxiously preparing various sacrificial materials, and several cultivators who had fallen into a coma were already tied to the pillars around the altar.

Refining this demonic knife not only required the essence souls of cultivators but also required preparing many other materials and some cumbersome rituals.

"Junior brothers, hurry up. The blood sacrifice is about to begin. Master just passed down the word to guard the altar well. Junior Brother Nine, you go and guard the mountain entrance first. A cultivator has already broken into this place. We still have to be careful, so as not to affect Master’s refining of the demonic knife."

A middle-aged demonic cultivator was stunned for a moment, cupped his hands toward Gu Liangshan with some displeasure, and then slowly walked out of the mountain.

The relationship between demonic cultivators was more cruel than that of righteous cultivators. In performing missions, they never cared about each other’s life or death.

This unlucky demonic cultivator had just walked half a li when suddenly a burst of spiritual light flashed, magic treasures flew all over the sky, and more than a dozen cultivators from both sides killed their way out at the same time. This demonic cultivator saw more than a dozen magic treasures flying over and revealed a look of horror in disbelief.

A desperate scream sounded. This demonic cultivator’s cultivation base was not high, only at the sixth level of Qi Refining. Encountering a sneak attack by more than a dozen cultivators whose cultivation bases were higher than his, he hadn't even taken out his magic treasure before he was beaten to death by Song Qingming and the others.

"Not good, there is an attack. Junior brothers, block them together. Must not let them destroy the altar. Junior Brother Li, hurry up and notify Master."

Gu Liangshan saw a large number of cultivators attacking from afar, hurriedly let one person go to notify Yang Wuqi first, and then he led several demonic cultivators below the altar and bit the bullet to top it.

"Fellow Daoist friends, these demonic cubs are really performing blood sacrifice. Everyone don't hold back. Any Daoist friend who can kill a demonic cultivator, I will report this matter to the sect, and there will definitely be no shortage of benefits for everyone."

Lu Yunfei saw that Gu Liangshan and the others had only four or five people and took the lead to kill toward the altar.

"Kill to avenge Daoist friend Luo."

Several late Qi Refining stage experts who were eager to make contributions heard Gu Liangshan’s words and also rushed to the front, shouting loudly that they wanted to kill these demonic cultivators to avenge Luo Ping.

Seeing that the demonic cultivators on the opposite side really only had a few people, everyone gained a bit more confidence. Their number was more than twice that of the opposite side. If there were no accidents, these demonic cultivators would all be stepping stones for them to make contributions.

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