The road is vague

Chapter 467 Annihilation and Escape
After arriving in Yinyue City, Li Mo went straight to the street where the Qin Mansion was located.

There weren't many people on the street; the vast majority were Qi Refining cultivators from the lower levels of the Lu Kingdom.

In front of the Qin mansion's gate stood two stone statues, their eyes gleaming with spiritual light. They looked at the luxurious mansion shrouded in a hidden array and couldn't help but sneer.

"Did you think that by changing your name and hiding at the foot of the Undying Mountain, protected by the great formation and layers of restrictions, you could survive?"

As Li Mo's eyes flickered slightly, in a short moment, he discerned seven or eight weak points in the great formation and devised more than ten ways to infiltrate silently.

This is all thanks to him, who has now broken free of his constraints and officially become a master of formations.

However, it was late afternoon, and committing murder in broad daylight was not in line with the habits of an assassin. This made Li Mo hesitate slightly, wondering if he should wait until night to carry out the assassination mission.

But it was only a brief hesitation.

Immediately afterward, a cold glint flashed in his eyes. To avoid any unforeseen complications, he decided to act swiftly.

"As long as the Immortal Daoist doesn't show up in person, it's fine!"

Think of this.

After arriving at a secluded and deserted corner, Li Mo summoned the money-stealing rat from his sleeve and quickly stepped into the money-stealing realm.

The thieving rat is elusive.

Under Li Mo's guidance, it silently entered the mansion's protective array, cleverly avoiding three forbidden traps and one mechanical device, and kept wandering around the mansion, searching for its target.

"Squeak."

The thieving rat sniffed lightly and vaguely sensed the aura of a powerful figure inside the side room, revealing a look of fear.

Li Mo then peered through his eyes at the cultivator in the side room within the Thief Realm.

Although this person's aura was extremely restrained and isolated by a restriction, with the completion of Li Mo's True Spirit Eye and the absorption of Su Ba's wisdom and memories, his pupil power has gradually surpassed that of Sima Fu, and he has begun to see some subtle changes in order that are difficult for outsiders to perceive.

A late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator?

Although this person was not among the intelligence reports, the Undying Mountain was, after all, the second-best super sect in the Lu Kingdom after the Longevity Temple, with unfathomable depths. It was not impossible that they had hidden a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator as part of the sect's foundation.

"It seems that the difficulty of this task is no less than that of the other three."

Li Mo thought to himself.

But the mission has already progressed this far, and there's no turning back now.

So he immediately signaled to Zizi to continue forward, to avoid this person as much as possible, and to find the target.

At this time.

A Golden Core cultivator arrived at the mansion, passed through the heavily guarded area, and headed straight for a certain room.

"This is... Yao Chun Chun!?"

Li Mo, who was worried about not finding a target, was first taken aback, then his eyes lit up.

He signaled the money-stealing rat to follow silently.

You should know that this Yao Chun Chun was once a true disciple of the Undying Mountain. During the battle of the First Line of Heaven, his main body was destroyed and several of his clones escaped. It was thought that his chances of advancing to the Golden Core stage were slim, but unexpectedly, he has now advanced to the Golden Core stage by chance.

Judging from his aura, his cultivation level has probably stopped there.

soon.

The money-stealing rat followed Yao Chun Chun to a courtyard and faintly heard a conversation inside.

"Master Qin, tonight an envoy from the Ling Kingdom's Sword Sect will be visiting. The Sect Leader sent me to inform you that you must attend and promote the Lu Kingdom's policy of assimilation."

"Do I absolutely have to go?"

"This was personally instructed by the sect leader."

"Do you want me to die before you're satisfied?! Haven't you witnessed the horrors of the Seventh Day Memorial Organization? I've already survived so many near-death experiences, haven't you had enough?!"

"This is at the foot of the Undying Mountain, so you can rest assured about your safety. You have survived so many near-death experiences, and we have saved you with our immortality techniques. You are now an honored guest of the Undying Mountain, and the Undying Mountain will not allow you to die easily."

Li Mo was now basically certain that the person inside the house was his target for this trip.

However, the conversation inside stirred something within him.

"They were all saved by the magic of immortality?"

The immortality techniques of the Immortal Mountain are quite diverse.

Judging from the target's situation, the most suitable method of immortality and survival is most likely the Life Box Technique.

Legend has it that this technique is the highest secret of the Immortal Mountain.

To perform this technique, the practitioner needs to create a so-called "life box" from their heart and soul beforehand. In this way, even if they are completely destroyed, they can regenerate and recover through the life box. However, their personal cultivation will stagnate as a result. Furthermore, the life box cannot be too far from the body. Once it is obtained by another person, it is equivalent to having their life force controlled.

And this is the most suitable place to store the Life Box...

Li Mo couldn't help but glance at the side room where the late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator who had been hiding there was located.

If Qin Hui truly used this to save his life, then his life box was most likely hidden in that room.

"No wonder the First Seventh Organization has never been able to complete its mission, hmph."

After Li Mo chuckled, he released his natal Gu, which he had revived using the Ethereal Transformation Technique after killing Gu Yue. The red venomous snake flashed and disappeared into the room, while the money-stealing rat turned and ran towards the side room where the late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator was.

"Alright, that's all the Sect Leader's instructions. I'm leaving now."

Yao Chun Chun today no longer possesses the captivating charm she once had.

Back when she and her junior brother Feng Aoxie were training in the First Line of Heaven, they were defeated by that person from the Spirit Eye Sect of the Qian Kingdom. After her clone was seriously injured and escaped, she had completely lost the possibility of advancing to the Golden Core stage.

Left with no other choice, she revealed to the sect the secret that the Hell Pillars aided the disciples of the Undying Mountain in their cultivation. Because of her great contribution, she finally gained a sliver of hope.

The first thing he did after his lucky advancement to the Golden Core stage was to vow revenge, but he never heard from that person again. Sixty years have passed.

When Yao Chun Chun accidentally heard that the person had actually advanced to the Nascent Soul stage in such a short time, she was shocked for a long time. She repeatedly confirmed it, filled with disbelief.

Thinking that the other party was already a Nascent Soul expert, while she was stuck at the early Golden Core stage and her status in the sect was declining, she felt utterly hopeless and decided to just let her life pass by in a daze, completely extinguishing any other thoughts.

Whenever she thinks about these things, Yao Chun Chun is filled with regret.

If only I had reported the matter of the Hell Pillar to my sect sooner.

"what!!"

Sudden.

Qin Hui, standing behind him, cried out in surprise.

He looked at the venomous snake that had appeared out of nowhere and bit him silently. He was terrified and quickly covered his wound, trembling uncontrollably.

"It's the seventh day after death! It must be the person who's on their seventh day of mourning!"

Yao Chun Chun instinctively stopped and turned to look at Qin Hui.

Upon seeing the scaleless red venomous snake, she instinctively froze, feeling an indescribable sense of danger rushing towards her. Suddenly, the scaleless red venomous snake leaped up and lunged at her.

Yao Chun Chun immediately released her spiritual light and prepared to unleash her natal magic weapon.

However, this venomous snake was simply too fast and had the ability to ignore the protective aura of cultivators.

At such close range, Yao Chun Chun didn't even have time to unleash her natal magic weapon before she felt a slight pain in her arm. The strange venomous snake had left two fang marks on her arm. As her natal magic weapon, the Azure Fire Sword, flashed, the strange venomous snake transformed into a series of afterimages, quickly dodging the attack and appearing by the window.

"My inspiration isn't working! It hurts! Ouch...it hurts so much!"

Qin Hui let out an uncontrollable scream.

He scratched his skin desperately, and it festered at a visible speed. The scene of his flesh and blood rapidly rotting and falling off was akin to the separation of flesh and bone.

Even Yao Chun Chun, a disciple of the Undying Mountain, was horrified when she saw this scene.

hum!
Almost simultaneously, in a side courtyard of the mansion, a terrifying spiritual pressure was suddenly released.

Just as the little red snake was about to escape the house, an amazing light descended from the sky, but it struggled to break free.

"what?"

Immediately afterwards, a golden chain descended from the sky, transforming into a golden dragon that opened its blood-red maw and lunged at it. No matter how the little red snake struggled, it could not escape.

"This is... the Miao ethnic group's natal Gu?"

The golden dragon, formed from the chains, snatched up the blood-red snake.

The disheveled old man looked at the strange little snake that was bound and unable to move, a hint of surprise showing in his eyes beneath his white eyebrows. Then he looked at Qin Hui, whose flesh and bones had been completely separated, and Yao Chun Chun, whose skin seemed to be melting. At this moment, she was like a highly rotten apple, with a look of terror and despair in her eyes.

"Master, save me!"

"The Miao people's innate Gu poison is incurable."

Seeing this, Master Jiulong sighed and stopped paying attention to the dead man in his eyes. He kept looking around for any approaching enemies.

Yao Chun Chun was unwilling to accept her fate, so she immediately used a secret technique to split her body into six.

But in just a moment, the six figures melted into foul-smelling blood and died instantly.

"I have already seized your natal Gu, won't you show yourself?"

Master Jiulong snorted coldly.

He has not left the Immortal Mountain for five hundred years.

He was once famous in Tianyuan Highlands, but due to his excessive killings, he was suppressed and imprisoned by a divine monk from the Jin Kingdom for a hundred years before being released. Since then, he has never left the Undying Mountain, where he has devoted himself to enlightenment. As a result, people have forgotten him or believe that he is still being suppressed in the Jin Kingdom.

Sudden.

Master Jiulong sensed something and was immediately taken aback. Nine chains surged from his body, each chain transforming into the shape of a dragon, and rushed towards the room where he had previously been cultivating in seclusion.

boom!
Amidst the deafening explosion, a figure shrouded in lightning emerged from the dust, holding a bonsai tree with a crimson heart growing on it.

"huh huh huh huh."

"stop!"

Amidst the shouts of Master Jiulong, Li Mo shattered the crimson heart, completely annihilating this traitor who had been killed on his seventh day after death.

Nine golden dragons rose from the ground and lunged at him.

The Golden Flame Sword shot towards one of the dragon heads.

However, the two sides were actually evenly matched, each retreating a certain distance.

"What an old monster."

Li Mo murmured to himself, clearly sensing the terrifying power of the opponent's natal magic weapon; this was merely a chain.

Just as the other golden dragons were about to bite the Flowing Gold Like Fire Sword, a golden dragon phantom, seemingly solid, rose into the air. The nine dragon bodies froze, then reverted to their original forms as golden chain magic weapons, causing True Man Nine Dragons to widen his eyes in astonishment.

He was called the Nine Dragons True Man because when he was young, he traveled to the outer sea of ​​Lingwai, where he survived many near-death experiences and killed nine half-dragons, which he then refined into the Nine Dragon Chain.

After nearly a thousand years of sparring, this natal magic weapon has become incredibly powerful, yet it is now being subtly countered by the opponent's magic weapon.
Taking advantage of the moment when Master Jiulong was stunned, Li Mo activated the Composite Thunder God Transformation state, transforming into a raging thunderbolt and fleeing into the distance.

"Where to run!"

Master Jiulong roared and gave chase, and the two quickly disappeared into the horizon.

(End of this chapter)