The road is vague

Chapter 298 King of Assassins

Sima Fu and the gaunt old man both looked at Li Mo.

"Disciple Li Mo greets Sect Leader."

Sima Fu smiled slightly and quickly gestured for Li Mo to step forward.

"Li Mo, let me introduce you. This is the Grand Elder of the First Seventh Organization, the legendary King of Assassins. He is here specifically to deal with the affairs of Bai'an County."

Li Mo couldn't help but look at the gaunt old man again.

The gaunt old man also began to sized up Li Mo.

"So you are Li Mo, a true disciple of the Lingmu Sect?"

"That's right."

After gauntly humming in agreement, the gaunt old man pulled out a wild fruit from somewhere, tossed it into the air, and suddenly stuck out his forked tongue, instantly rolling it into his mouth and chewing it.

He then stood up from his seat and let out a hoarse, unpleasant chuckle, which made Li Mo feel a little uneasy.

"The Holy King has decreed that the Sky-Piercing Bear King's crimes are unforgivable and he must be killed. Now, you must cooperate with me to find this demon king."

Li Mo frowned slightly, looking puzzled.

"May I ask, senior, how should I cooperate?"

"Hehe, it's very simple. Don't you have the Jingzhao Order in your hand? This will ensure that you have no obstacles on your way. You should leave the Great Qian Kingdom immediately and head to the Southern Barbarian Lands. Do whatever you want, and try to make a big fuss. Once that Bear King learns of your whereabouts, he will definitely come looking for you. After that demon appears and is killed by me, you will be free."

After the king of assassins finished speaking, his body gradually became transparent amidst a strange laugh, and he quickly disappeared before Li Mo's eyes.

"The task assigned by the Holy King, whether it takes three to five months, three to five years, or even ten to a hundred years, we must complete it with all our might. You can rest assured about safety. Once the Bear King appears, I will end its life."

Li Mo looked at Sima Fu.

He vaguely sensed that the sect leader also showed some surprise and uncertainty.

After Sima Fu's eyes flashed with a hint of brilliance, and he secretly looked around, he finally let out a sigh of relief, revealing an ugly smile, and turned to look at Li Mo.

"From this day forward, you shall follow the advice of the elder and go to the Southern Barbarian Lands to spread the might of my Lingmu Sect. Strive to lure out that Bear King as soon as possible, complete the mission entrusted by the Holy Emperor, and avenge the innocent people of Bai'an City in my Great Qian Kingdom."

"Yes!"

After Li Mo activated his spiritual eye, no matter how he observed, he could not find any trace of the other party. It was clear that his skill was insufficient to see through the concealment of this king of assassins.

But he knew that the other party would definitely be by his side at all times.

But this feeling of not being able to see or touch is too terrifying. It's as if your life is constantly in the other party's hands. Is that the oppressive power of the number one assassin?

After leaving the Qingming Hall, Li Mo first returned to his cave dwelling.

After carefully setting up multiple layers of protection, Li Mo, having confirmed that his current situation was safe, summoned the money-stealing rat and the divine herb doll from his sleeve.

"Old Master, can you see him?"

"No, but he certainly can't see me either. This person is full of danger. He is probably like that Rainbow Bird, a descendant of an ancient demon from the Mountain and Sea Realm, but without the restrictions of the Heavenly Realm. You should try not to communicate with me in the future."

"Squeak."

Li Mo nodded upon hearing this and carefully packed his belongings in the cave. He didn't know how long the trip would take, so he wanted to bring everything he could.

The only thing he was certain of was that this king of assassins, once he made a move, would be earth-shattering, just like the assassin named Tong Yuan from the Road Guidance Bureau during the Battle of Qinglongtan.

However, as the king of assassins, this person is far more terrifying than Tong Yuan.

Next.

Li Mo summoned two communication talismans, which summoned Cao Lingjie and Niu Wan respectively.

Li Mo first expressed his gratitude to Cao Lingjie, and then told Cao Lingjie about Wang Panzhi and Wang Jiawen's situation.

"This person is the daughter of an old friend of mine. Her father died in the calamity of Bai'an City, and I am deeply saddened by this. If she ever seeks help with my token in the future, please do your best to take care of her."

Upon hearing this, Cao Lingjie's expression turned serious.

"Don't worry, I will take good care of this woman."

After Cao Lingjie left, Niu Wan also arrived at Li Mo's cave.

After spending these days together, Li Mo was quite satisfied with him. He originally planned to test him for a while longer, but time was tight, so he had to make a decision immediately.

So he took out the "Fire Refining Elixir Classic" and solemnly handed it to Niu Wan.

"This book, 'The Fire Refining Elixir Classic,' was personally taught to me by a senior sister named Chen Rong. She..."

After pausing for a moment, Li Mo let out a long sigh.

He seemed somewhat remorseful, realizing he shouldn't have said so many hurtful things, which had driven his senior sister away. Now that she was dead, there was no point in trying to make amends.

"In short, I am now passing this on to you. You must study it carefully. When you have mastered alchemy in the future, you must pass it on to the younger disciples of our sect, so that the torch may be passed on from generation to generation. Do you understand?"

Niu Wan was overjoyed and immediately bowed solemnly.

"Yes, Uncle Li!"

Later in the Lingmu Sect, these two were considered Li Mo's confidants.

"Alright, I'm going to go on a trip and I don't know when I'll be back. Here are two Foundation Establishment Pills, you might need them in the future. I'm off."

After completing all this, Li Mo immediately left Qingming Mountain, boarding a white jade flying chariot and heading straight for the Southern Barbarian Lands. Different versions of the map present vastly different perspectives on the Central Plains.

The map in Li Mo's hand was the surrounding map he obtained after killing Huang Tong, the bamboo rat spirit of the Southern Barbarian Plains. It was drawn with the Southern Barbarian lands as the center.

In other words.

This is a map drawn from the perspective of a monster.

In the eyes of these mountain spirits and water monsters, the entire Central Plains belonged to humans, and the Southern Barbarian Lands were merely a narrow area between the Qian and Lu states. Although some special historical reasons attracted spirits from all over the country to gather here, forming a strategic triangle with the Miao region, the sense of crisis and oppression in the hearts of the status mapder could still be felt.

But in the eyes of these mountain spirits and water monsters, there is still a paradise in the world of mountains and seas.

Just as countless human warriors regarded the Xia Kingdom as their ultimate goal, these mountain spirits and water monsters also regarded the lost land isolated overseas as a paradise.

The Blood Dragon Clan, which has long been separated from the Hundred Misty Clans by the sea, is inhabited there.

The Blood Dragon Clan raised a large number of humans and built numerous temples on this basis, attracting mountain spirits and water monsters from the entire Mountain and Sea Realm to gather here. However, for the many mountain spirits and water monsters of the Southern Barbarian Lands, even a transformed great demon would find it no easy task to cross large countries and long, dark, and dangerous lands to reach them.

Fortunately, the southern barbarian lands seem to have been the former capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Therefore, many ancient relics remain here, including some little-known ancient teleportation arrays, but each activation comes at a great cost.

On this map, a pair of ancient teleportation arrays connecting the Southern Barbarian Lands and the Lost Continent are clearly marked.

All the thoughts flashed through my mind.

Li Mo looked at a region on the map in the Southern Barbarian Lands, Mount Motian.

Now, with the Qian Kingdom's army advancing eastward and engaging in a long-term standoff with the Manlu allied forces at the Jianmen Mountain's First Line of Sky, the Qian Kingdom has occupied 30% of the southern barbarian lands, including several strategic locations such as Motian Mountain and Corpse King Mountain.

Corpse King Mountain was a dangerous place that Lu Qi once explored with two human cultivators from the Southern Barbarian Lands. Legend has it that a Corpse King, comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator, resides in a deep palace protected by a great formation, but we will not go into details for now.

Mount Motian is the home of the Sky-Piercing Bear King, where countless bear demons once gathered.

Compared to the Sky Bear King, a powerful demon king who commands all demons in human form.

The Cangyuan Earth God, the Three Immortals of Zhushan, the King Mountain God, the Jinsha River God, and so on that Li Mo knew in the border region were really not worth mentioning. They were just small local forces. The relationship between the two sides was similar to that between the Beishan Sect and the Lingmu Sect. Although they were both gods, they were not on the same level at all.

of course.

In the southern barbarian lands occupied by the Qian Kingdom, there are several similar dangerous places, all of which were once inhabited by transformed great demon kings, but they are irrelevant to Li Mo.

His primary goal now is to explore Mount Motian.

Whether we can make any discoveries is secondary.

His primary objective now is to lure out the Bear King so that the Grand Elder of the First Seventh Organization can deal with it, or to investigate how it escaped the extermination of the Extreme Ice Mystic Maiden.

More than ten days later.

As Li Mo ventured deeper into the southern barbarian lands, he was subjected to three waves of soldiers' checks in just a few days.

The cultivators of the Qian Kingdom built fortresses and passes and set up large arrays and barriers in various dangerous passes.

While these arrangements are unlikely to hinder Golden Core cultivators, the natural dangers surrounding them provide an effective defensive barrier for the vast majority of Foundation Establishment cultivators who can only fly using levitation techniques, as well as Qi Refining cultivators who cannot fly.

The Qian Kingdom's control over this southern barbarian land was not limited to the cultivator level, but also included the control of various barbarian tribes by the mortal army, as well as the extensive indoctrination by a large number of instructors, clerks, doctors, and merchants who went deep into the people, completely disrupting the traditional life of these barbarians that had lasted for thousands of years and forcibly popularizing the etiquette of the Great Qian Kingdom.

Fortunately, Li Mo had the Jingzhao Order in his possession, so he traveled smoothly all the way to the foot of Motian Mountain.

He stared at the distant icebergs, stunned.

The Motian Mountain Range stretches for hundreds of miles and is composed of dozens of peaks of varying sizes. The main peak, Motian Mountain, is the tallest and is said to be a lush and verdant place. However, what he sees now is a huge iceberg, which leaves him somewhat at a loss, as he had originally planned to explore it in depth.

Fortunately, after the white jade flying car circled in the air, it noticed that there was a market at the foot of the mountain. It seemed to have been built in recent years. Although it was not large, it was quite lively.

So he immediately drove the white jade chariot down to the market.

"Bear hide, top-quality bear hide, a superior material for crafting magical robes!"

"Fresh bear bile..."

"A demon core that I just hunted down..."

The market was bustling with the sounds of vendors calling out their wares.

Li Mo looked at the various bear demon products being sold by the vendors and suddenly realized something.

Teams of demon hunters brought their spoils from the Sky-Piercing Mountains to the market to sell, creating quite a lively scene.

After a moment's thought, Li Mo went to a noodle shop, ordered a bowl of braised bear meat noodles, and then spent some extra copper coins.

"Waiter, how long has this market been built?"

The waiter quite naturally put away the coins.

"Hey, sir, that must have been built after the Battle of Motian Mountain, only seven years ago."

Seeing that the surroundings weren't busy, he patiently began to explain.

"Actually, it wasn't built by anyone. After General Chen Youyou of the Xuanbing Sect used the Tongtian Ice River Tower to kill the Sky-Piercing Bear King, the entire Sky-Piercing Mountain was frozen. It's said that it will take hundreds of years for it to gradually thaw, which attracted some cultivators to hunt demons. This market gradually formed. However, it's said that some direct descendants of the Sky-Piercing Bear King are still hiding in the mountains, and there are even a few bear kings at the Golden Core stage. So the imperial court sent two Golden Core cultivators to be stationed here for a long time and built a great formation to prevent any unforeseen events..."

Through the waiter's slow and deliberate explanation, Li Mo finally understood everything that had happened here.

(End of this chapter)