Dragon Lord: Starting from the daily settlement

Outside the capital of Xiang Kingdom, there was a large camp. Zi Shu led Zhou Yan and the others in.

"Grand Preceptor, when shall we launch the attack?"

As soon as she entered, Zi Shu asked impatiently.

"No rush." ​​Zi Huan shook his head. "Let's wait for the Southern Route Army."

"Okay." Seeing this, Zi Shu didn't say anything more.

Zi Huan then explained the situation to everyone and told them to go and rest.

The next day, a streak of light flashed across the sky. Sitting in his tent, Zhou Yan looked up and saw a treasure ship sailing from afar, followed by a large number of cultivators.

"It's the Southern Route Army." Upon seeing this, Zhou Yan had a sudden realization.

On this day, Zi Huan arranged for everyone to rest in the camp as usual.

Night fell quietly before we knew it.

Brushing his sleeves, Zhou Yan stood up, walked out of the tent, and headed towards Zi Huan. He planned to ask him if he knew anything about the Myriad Tribulations Sinking Water Marrow and the Prison-Suppressing Profound Abyss Crystal.

As Zhou Yan walked through the camp, he suddenly sensed something was wrong.

Looking around, he saw that the surroundings were no different from usual, with cultivators constantly patrolling.

He looked around, but still couldn't find anything wrong.

Turning back and finding nothing, he continued walking in Zi Huan's direction.

Shortly after Zhou Yan left, several patrolling cultivators suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. One of them complained, "We told you to be careful; we almost got caught."

"How can you blame me? Why am I wandering around here in the middle of the night instead of cultivating properly?"

The other person also looked like they were complaining.

"Alright, be careful from now on." At this moment, the person in front turned around and said coldly.

The crowd booed and silently continued their patrol behind him.

On the other side, upon arriving at Zi Huan's tent, Zhou Yan immediately told him about the strange feeling he had just experienced.

It's better to believe it exists than not to believe it doesn't. If you're just overthinking it, that's fine, but if there's actually something going on, that's a big problem.

"Is that really true?"

Beside Zi Huan, Zi Shu immediately frowned, "Does your friend still remember what those patrolling cultivators looked like and where they were?"

"I know, I marked them." Zhou Yan nodded.

"Then please take me to investigate quickly, fellow Daoist." Seeing that Zhou Yan had a backup plan, Zi Shu was immediately impatient and got up to go out.

Zhou Yan looked at Zi Huan, who nodded in agreement. Seeing that he seemed to have everything under control, Zhou Yan didn't say anything more, got up, and followed Zi Shu out.

"Please lead the way, fellow Daoist."

As soon as she came out, Zi Shu spoke to Zhou Yan.

"Shouldn't we gather more fellow Daoists?" Zhou Yan asked cautiously.

"If someone has indeed infiltrated, the two of us alone might not be enough..."

Although the words were not yet finished, the meaning was already quite clear.

"Don't worry." Zi Shu shook her head, not taking Zhou Yan's doubts about her strength to heart at all.

"I just sent a message to Fellow Daoist Xu, and she said she's on her way."

"I wonder what cultivation level this Fellow Daoist Xu possesses?" Zhou Yan asked curiously as he flew towards their previous location with Zi Shu.

Judging from Zi Shu's demeanor, he showed her great respect. Zi Shu was a cultivator in the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm.

"Fellow Daoist Xu..." Seeing Zhou Yan's curious look, Zi Shu pondered for a moment before saying, "Fellow Daoist Xu is at the peak of the Purple Mansion realm, with superb swordsmanship, and it is said that he comes from the Shu Mountain lineage in Zhongzhou."

"However, Fellow Daoist Xu has a rather bad temper, so please don't say anything when the time comes."

Zhongzhou, Shushan.

"Understood." Zhou Yan nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Not long after they advanced, a sword light suddenly flashed from the side, arriving beside Zhou Yan and Zi Shu. It then transformed into a woman dressed in black, with her hair tied up, wearing a veil, and holding a long sword.

"Where are those guys?" Xu Yourong asked as soon as she appeared, her tone icy.

"It's right there." Zhou Yan pointed ahead, then landed with the two of them.

"That's where I just felt something was off," he added.

After saying that, Xu Yourong took a step forward, closed her eyes, and a sword intent spread out in all directions.

After a few breaths, he opened his eyes and calmly said, "There is indeed the aura of those demonic cultivators here, but it is very mixed."

"Those guys actually dared to come in and die!" Upon hearing this, Zi Shu's face immediately showed a look of rage, and she then looked at Zhou Yan and said.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, can you still find those patrolling men?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yourong also looked over at him.

"Okay." Zhou Yan nodded and then took a step forward.

"Please come with me, gentlemen."

Before long, the three of them arrived in front of a group of patrolling cultivators.

"Three venerable ones, what brings you to us?"

Seeing the three Purple Mansion cultivators blocking his way, the Foundation Establishment cultivator in the lead spoke tremblingly.

"It's not them." Xu Yourong raised her sword and sensed the group of people, then shook her head.

"It's alright, just continue patrolling." Seeing this, Zhou Yan said this and then led the two of them to fly towards another patrol team.

On those patrol teams, a drop of heavy water slowly seeped from their sleeves and returned to Zhou Yan's hand.

Three patrols in a row failed to find anything unusual, and Zi Shu began to get a little impatient, while Xu Yourong remained calm.

Before long, they arrived near the next patrol team.

Before they even got close, Xu Yourong's eyes narrowed, and she opened her pink lips to say, "It's them!"

Having said that, he extended a sword finger with one hand and moved forward. Zhou Yan heard a sword cry, and a sword mark appeared out of thin air in front of him, slashing fiercely at the group of demonic cultivators.

"what!"

"What's going on?!"

"Oh no, we've been discovered..."

Before the group of demonic cultivators could react, several lower-level Purple Mansion demonic cultivators behind them were directly cut in half.

Only the three demonic cultivators at the front remained. Upon being discovered, they immediately revealed their true forms. One of them wore close-fitting soft armor, had a beautiful appearance, and was at the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm.

One of them was thin, with a red mark between his eyebrows, and was also at the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm. The last one, however, was dressed in black armor and held a small tower, and his cultivation was at the peak of the Purple Mansion realm.

"Let's go together."

Revealing their figures, the three of them charged directly at Zhou Yan and his companions without the slightest hesitation.

"Good for you, you scum."

Seeing that these guys not only didn't run away, but even dared to launch an attack, Zi Shu's face immediately showed excitement.

He directly unleashed the Purple-Gold Demon-Slaying Sword and charged towards the demonic cultivator with a red mark between his brows.

Xu Yourong, on the other hand, fought alone against the two female demon cultivators, one in soft armor and the other in black armor. She drew her sword, releasing streaks of sword light, and managed to overpower them both.