The road is vague

Chapter 283 Lightning Escape
Zunlong flew over after seeing that Li Mo's battle had ended, without much expression on his face.

"This fellow Daoist does not appear to be from the State of Lu."

Li Mo didn't know much about the concept of immortality.

Just like the people of the Six Doors in the Qian Kingdom's palace, the disciples of the Changsheng Temple have always lived in seclusion, devoted to comprehending the Great Dao, and not troubled by worldly affairs. Now, judging from what the other party said, he didn't even recognize his disguise as a disciple of the Zhao Kingdom's Sword Heart Sect.

"I am Li Heiquan, a disciple of the Sword Heart Sect of Zhao State."

Li Mo responded in a low voice.

"I see. Fellow Daoist Li's swordsmanship is profound, but he really shouldn't have killed that black bear demon. Although we are different from demons, that black bear demon is most likely from Mount Motian in the Southern Barbarian Lands. His background is powerful and unfathomable. Fortunately, Fellow Daoist is from the Seven Kingdoms. As long as you don't go to the Southern Barbarian Lands, there shouldn't be too much of a problem."

This is exactly what Li Mo was worried about.

Unlike humans, these mountain spirits and water monsters often possess special bloodline intuition or bloodline curses after they die, which are difficult for outsiders to detect.

"I have never been to the Southern Barbarian Lands before. Upon seeing this black bear spirit, I couldn't resist the urge to attack. I never expected to cause such trouble. Alas, I shall take my leave now."

Li Mo forced a response.

However, John Lone smiled faintly upon hearing this.

"Fellow Daoist Li, don't worry. Your senior brother Zhao Yan happens to be on the Jianmu Divine Tree. He should be able to give you some sound advice."

I heard that name again.

When Li Mo first encountered that person who was suspected to be a true disciple of the Reverse Scale Sect, he had heard this name before.

At this moment, he was caught in a dilemma.

However, refusing the invitation would be too abrupt and would surely arouse the suspicion of this disciple of Changsheng Temple. But going along would be even more dangerous. Not to mention how to deceive Zhao Yan, there might be someone there who knows him.

But just then, a voice suddenly came to his ear.

“You have the scent of another of my kind on you.”

Li Mo's eyes widened as he secretly glanced around.

"Who is your Excellency?"

"I am a descendant of the Phoenix of the Mountains and Seas. They call me Tianhong. I am trapped by them. If you can take me away from here and find my kin, you will be richly rewarded!"

Li Mo took a deep breath and glanced sideways at the Jianmu tree in the distance.

At such a great distance, even if he concentrated his divine sense into a single beam and increased it to its maximum range, he would still find it difficult to perceive. It was truly unbelievable that the other party could transmit their thoughts through divine sense.

"Your Excellency is currently in dire straits, surrounded by a powerful array barrier. How could I possibly fight against so many people? I am truly powerless to do so."

Li Mo was not so arrogant as to believe that he alone could fight against so many true disciples.

Putting aside others, Li Mo was at least 70-80% certain that this Venerable Dragon of the Longevity Temple possessed a secret technique to temporarily raise his spiritual pressure to the Golden Core stage, but he was unable to use it due to the environment of the Heavenly Realm.

The true disciples of other sects in the State of Lu must also be extraordinary.

If he were only dealing with two or three people, and none of them were particularly powerful, he might have a chance if he used all his skills. But with more than twenty people over there, he knew there was absolutely no chance, and he wouldn't go looking for his own death.

"Rest assured, Your Excellency. If this were anywhere else, I would be helpless, but this is on the Jianmu tree. I have a way to leave on my own. You only need to take me away from here."

"this?"

After a moment's thought, Li Mo finally made up his mind.

He looked up at John Lone and smiled slightly.

"I have been traveling for many years and have only ever heard of Senior Brother Zhao Yan. It is naturally the best that I can meet him today."

Say it.

Li Mo then followed Zunlong and flew towards the Jianmu tree.

Looking down at the earth from high above, Li Mo was even more shocked. The entire area, spanning dozens of miles, was covered in ashes, the earth was shattered, and only the Jianmu Divine Tree stood alone.

Li Mo heard the old man's sigh from his sleeve.

"The Jianmu tree is truly amazing."

Riding on the back of the money-stealing rat, the old man looked down at the earth from within Li Mo's sleeve, seemingly recalling some ancient stories.

"Young man, do you know that the competition among various divine trees in the depths of the ancient wilderness was far more brutal than you can imagine? This included our immortal roots. Each one had to have enough territory to draw upon sufficient power from heaven and earth. The method of the Jianmu tree was to continuously accumulate spiritual power. Once enough spiritual power was accumulated, it would open a rift in another world and destroy other divine trees through war and plunder..."

As Li Mo listened to the Divine Herb Doll recount the ancient order of the divine trees in the Mountain and Sea Realm, he was utterly astonished.

After a while.

He followed Zunlong to the Jianmu tree, and his heart immediately became uneasy.

At this moment, half of the twenty-odd disciples here are trapping the Rainbow Bird with an array barrier. The bird is constantly changing size and elusive within the barrier, trying to break through, but has never succeeded. The other half are gathered in a circle, discussing what has just happened.

Shi Shanchang came over.

"Senior Brother Zunlong, have you captured that ethereal peacock clan member named Jin Yue?"

"Yes, but she absolutely refuses to admit it."

Upon hearing this, Shi Shanchang chuckled softly.

"Once we reach the sect, a master will surely make him speak. With this peacock and these two disciples of the Ziwei Realm, we can say that we have something to report back to this time."

While observing the Rainbow Bird, Li Mo listened to the two people's conversation and was shocked. They had actually captured a human cultivator from another world.
After exchanging words with Shi Shanchang, Zunlong looked at a cultivator in the arena who was wearing a black mask covering the upper half of his face.

“Fellow Daoist Zhao Yan, this Fellow Daoist Li Heiquan is a disciple of the Sword Heart Sect who is traveling with you during the New Year. His swordsmanship is exceptional, but he just accidentally killed the Black Bear Spirit of the Southern Barbarian Sky Cliff. He may cause you considerable trouble in the future. You should report this matter to your sect as soon as possible.”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yan looked Li Mo up and down, and couldn't help but be somewhat taken aback.

But when he heard that Li Mo had accidentally killed the Black Bear Spirit of Motian Cliff, he immediately became serious.

"May I ask which senior uncle you are, Junior Brother Li?" "I have not formally become a disciple. After advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage, I began traveling the world..."

Based on the information he had gathered about the Zhao Kingdom's Sword Heart Sect, Li Mo began to spout nonsense, and at this time and place, Zhao Yan did not suspect anything.

His mind was entirely focused on the Black Bear Spirit of Motian Cliff.

"Junior Brother Li, there's no need to panic. Not to mention that getting from the Southern Barbarian Lands to the Zhao Kingdom requires traversing the borders of the Lu and Qi Kingdoms, our Sword Heart Sect is a sect with two Nascent Soul Elders presiding over it. So what if the Sky-Piercing Bear King comes knocking on our door? After this conference, you only need to come back to the sect with me immediately to hide. Even if the Sky-Piercing Bear King has immense abilities, it is ultimately just a demon king from the Southern Barbarian Lands..."

I must say, this senior brother Zhao Yan is quite good.

At the same time, Li Mo noticed that as he spoke, he looked at someone with a wary expression.

Li Mo secretly observed through his spiritual eye and was astonished to discover that among the dozen or so people present, there was actually a demonic beast from the Southern Barbarian Lands.

It wore a hat and a raincoat, and its true form was actually an owl.

"Hmph, Fellow Daoist Zhao is indeed very caring towards his junior brothers, but the fact that he killed the descendant of the Sky-Piercing Bear King is probably not as simple as you think. If he were a true disciple of a sect in Lu Kingdom, the Sky-Piercing Bear King would naturally have no objections, but would your Sword Heart Sect of Zhao Kingdom really offend a transformed demon king for the sake of a mere insignificant disciple?"

The owl's words were tinged with sarcasm as it looked at Li Mo, who seemed slightly flustered.

"In my opinion, it would be much safer for you to flee immediately after the conference than to return to the State of Zhao."

Zhao Yan remained silent.

Li Mo sighed, outwardly showing a troubled expression, but inwardly he fully understood the sorrow of cultivators from small countries.

Fortunately, he was a cultivator from the Great Qian Kingdom and a true disciple of the Lingmu Sect, so at least he didn't have to worry about the Sky Bear King pressuring him through official channels and the Lingmu Sect offering him up voluntarily.

At this time.

A female cultivator with delicate features looked at Li Mo.

"Your aura seems somewhat familiar. Have we met somewhere before?"

"kindness?"

Upon hearing this, Li Mo couldn't help but look at the woman. She was actually the second Ruoyu of the Rebirth Sect, which startled Li Mo.

Fortunately at this time.

The dozen or so disciples of the Lu Kingdom who were imprisoning and suppressing the Rainbow Bird in the distance all let out a cry of surprise.

Suddenly, the Rainbow Bird, which had been trapped by the crowd, let out a high-pitched cry. It seemed to trigger the spatial properties of the Jianmu Tree, causing the space in all directions to twist violently. This not only changed the direction of the true disciples of Lu State and affected the positions of the Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches, and Five Elements, but also caused chaos on Li Mo's side, who was also affected by the Jianmu Tree.

The rainbow bird shrank to the size of a palm and landed on Li Mo's shoulder.

"If you don't leave now, when will you stay?"

Li Mo was already uneasy because of the appearance of the Second Ruoyu. Now that the Rainbow Bird had suddenly used such a method, he dared not stay any longer and immediately fled at full speed into the distance.

"Be bold!"

Liu Can and Zhao Wu, the two true disciples of the Duotian Sect, were closest to Li Mo and were furious upon seeing this scene.

The two released a burst of spiritual light, and the spiritual pressure in the sky suddenly appeared, forming a huge phantom of a foot, seemingly about to crush Li Mo to death.

Li Mo then took out a sealed bottle and threw it at the two of them.

Bang!
The sealed bottle suddenly shattered, and hundreds of venomous scorpions, each a foot long, flew out of the small sealed bottle. The two who were performing a combined attack were taken aback and cried out in alarm, scrambling to deal with these venomous insects from the Miao region. The giant foot in the air also dissipated and disappeared.

This was the venomous scorpion that Li Mo sealed away through the Illusionary Gold Network after he killed the Miao woman who was disguised as a disciple of the Holy Nest Sect.

"Humph!"

A pale man with eyes like will-o'-the-wisps let out a chilling snort.

His body was as solid as a rock, and his spiritual power almost overflowed from his body. Dozens of invisible ghosts suddenly appeared around him, constantly crawling in and out of his body.

Li Mo recognized it at a glance as the Nanshan Longevity Technique practiced by the disciples of Wanshou Mountain.

"court death!"

The disciple from Wanshou Mountain suddenly threw a black inkstone with the four characters "Long Live the Emperor" engraved on it at Li Mo.

Before the inkstone, which had expanded to over ten feet in size, even flew over, Li Mo felt as if he were locked in place. The surrounding gravity increased sharply, and his body became slightly unstable, as if he was about to fall from the sky.

The precious body of Nanshan, its spirit commands ghosts.

Li Mo finally got to experience firsthand the power of the Nanshan Immortal Technique.

Immediately, Li Mo's speed doubled. Using the Wind Escape Technique, he transformed into an invisible thread, avoiding the gravity lock of the Wanshou Mountain disciple. He then vanished in a flash, appearing more than ten feet away, and continued flying forward.

"Hehe, you have quite the nerve."

A female cultivator's soft laughter came from Li Mo's left rear.

It was Yao Chun Chun, a true disciple of the Immortal Mountain, who caught up with them.

Two pairs of transparent cicada wings suddenly appeared behind her, moving at incredible speed. She looked at Li Mo with a hint of admiration in her eyes, licked her tongue, and showed a drooling expression.

"Don't let him get away!"

Meanwhile, the true disciple of the Time Gate wielding the Time Wind was far stronger than the Time Gate disciple who had secretly joined the Hidden Dragon Organization. The area of ​​his Time Wind actually reached more than 20 zhang, descending from the sky with the aura of life and death, preparing to trap Li Mo in the domain and kill him.

The other disciples from afar also caught up, each using their own methods.

Feeling the imposing aura behind him, Li Mo's eyes narrowed slightly.

boom!
As a lightning crystal in his dantian silently cracked open, a torrent of lightning power erupted!

Immediately afterwards, this chaotic and violent thunderous power was drawn back into the body by a powerful force of qi and blood. The internal organs throbbed violently, and the heart made a clear "thump, thump" sound.

Affected by this, Li Mo's flying speed suddenly increased by more than double. To the astonishment of the pursuers behind him, he transformed into a streak of light and swiftly rushed out of the ash-covered area next to the Jianmu tree, heading towards the distant forest.

(End of this chapter)