Chapter 589 Suddenly!

Chapter 589 Suddenly!

"Wait a minute. This location seems to be not far from the ruins of the "Changnan Ancient Road"?"

Turning back and looking deeply at the direction in which the third-order Fire Bird was leaving, Liu Yu had a flash of inspiration and suddenly thought of something.

According to the records in ancient books and the information given by the Seven Nations Alliance, the direction in which the third-order fire sparrow left seems to be not far from the location of the "Changnan Ancient Road".

With this thought flashing through his mind, he immediately dropped his escape light and started searching on the ground with very little vegetation.

Trying to find some clues to verify your guesses.

With a clear goal in mind, Liu Yu scanned carefully with his spiritual consciousness, and it didn't take long before he found a clue.

This is a brown rock the size of a palm, but there is a deep track mark on it, which looks very much like the mark of a wheel.

"Perhaps, this was originally an ordinary piece of soil that was run over by passing wheels when the "Changnan Ancient Road" still existed."

"Later, the "Changnan Ancient Road" was regained control by the demon clan, and the former buildings were destroyed. Under the high temperature environment of the Xinghuo Mountains, the soil gradually solidified into rocks."

After wiping off the dust, Liu Yu looked at the brown rock carefully, pondering its past in her mind.

Looking at the continuous volcanoes in the distance, he was not surprised at all that the road that once belonged to the human race had become what it is now.

For high-level monks, it is too easy to move mountains and fill seas.

Even Liu Yu now can barely move some hills using magic.

Not to mention the fourth- and fifth-level demon cultivators who move mountains and fill the seas, burn mountains and cook the seas, just taking it easy.

Perhaps back then, the Spark Mountains were not so large.

Only later, after severing the connection between the Central Territory and Tiannan, in order to destroy the "Changnan Ancient Road", did the Fire Phoenix Clan expand their scope here and bring this area under their direct jurisdiction.

"So, if you keep walking in this direction, you can reach the Central Territory?"

Liu Yu guessed in his mind.

Some of the volcanoes here do appear "dwarfed" compared to the main body of the Xinghuo Mountains a thousand or two thousand miles away.

And if you look carefully, you can obviously find traces of human movement, which is not natural.

In this way, everything makes sense.

The Fire Phoenix Clan has put the "Changnan Ancient Road", the safest road from Tiannan to the Central Region, under their direct jurisdiction, making the originally safe road extremely dangerous. The Central Region monks will naturally not confront it stupidly.

Over time, there has been no attack from the monks, so it is normal for the defense to be lax.

What's more, the Spark Mountains are not directly bordering the Central Territory. There are many powerful demon forces in the middle, so they don't need to be constantly guarded.

"As a former ancient road, it will definitely receive the attention of the Demon Clan Royal Court. It is definitely not a wise choice to follow the ancient road."

"However, the defense here is relatively lax, so it can be used as one of the backup breakthrough points to break through the blockade."

"We'll keep an eye on it later."

With this in mind, Liu Yu put the brown rock back to its original place and restored it to its original state in great detail.

Then with a turn of mana, the "Wall of Divine Consciousness" surrounded the surroundings and returned to the temporary cave built by the "Ice Soul Mysterious Light Array".

He tried his best to avoid the demon cultivators along the way without any thought of taking action. He left silently without being noticed by any demon cultivators or monsters.

…

"Click"

There was movement from the formation, and Gao Jianhan, Mu Yunyan, and Zhuo Mengzhen, who had been waiting for news, immediately became alert when they heard the sound.

When he found out it was Liu Yu, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fellow Taoist Qingyang, how is the situation?"

With a pair of eyes fixed on Liu Yu, Mu Yunyan couldn't wait to speak.

At the moment, they are "out of ammunition" and their cultivation is as slow as a turtle. Zhuo Mengzhen is doing better, but the other two are suffering a lot.

After all, Gao Jianhan and Mu Yunyan are already quite old. They participated in the "Chang'an Project" this time because they wanted to give it a try and see if they could have a chance to conceive a baby.

But nearly thirty years have passed and they still haven’t reached the Central Territory. Both of them started to get anxious.

If more time is wasted, even if the final plan succeeds, the two of them will lose the chance to condense their babies.

Gao Jianhan had the "Golden Scale Fruit" and his situation was slightly better, but Mu Yunyan could no longer sit still.

"There were some serendipities."

After walking to the main seat and sitting down, Liu Yu slowly took a sip of the spiritual tea and spoke slowly.

Next, he did not hide anything and told the terrain conditions he observed and the information about the third-order fire sparrow that he accidentally discovered.

Of course, the conjectures about the possible existence of human monks behind the Xinghuo Mountains and the "Changnan Ancient Road" were also expressed.

Liu Yu's calm voice sounded in the narrow hall, and the three of them listened quietly.

"Although the defense is relaxed, there are still about ten demon cultivators. If we want to force our way in, we may not be able to do it."

"If you are entangled by a demon cultivator and fall into a quagmire of fighting, I'm afraid it won't take long for the transformed demon cultivators from the Spark Mountains to arrive."

After hearing the news, Mu Yunyan was a little disappointed and sighed softly.

She realized that she might be delayed for a while.

However, in this situation, there was no point in being anxious. Mu Yunyan could only try his best to calm down his anxious state of mind.

"Fellow Daoist Qingyang, can you use your spiritual beast again to see if you can get through it?"

Gao Jianhan rarely spoke.

The spiritual beast he was referring to was naturally Xiao Qing.

After embarking on the road of transforming into a dragon, Xiao Qing was able to reach the upper level in the spirit demon bloodline.

And the demon clan respects strength, and ordinary demon cultivators dare not question him at all.

Therefore, several times, when encountering extremely dangerous situations, Liu Yu released Xiao Qing and several people hid in his mouth.

Use the trick "Hide in the mouth of the beast" to successfully pass several levels.

However, it is impossible for any third-level demon cultivator to appear out of thin air. After using this trick to fool him several times, Liu Yu stopped using it.

After all, Xiaoqing's identity cannot withstand any interrogation. Once exposed at the critical moment, the four of them will fall into a trap.

And the demon clan is not stupid. As long as they suspect Xiao Qing, this trick can basically not be used again.

"No, after the previous few times, the demon clan must have begun to doubt."

"The risk of using Xiaoqing again is too great."

Liu Yu shook his head slightly and rejected Gao Jianhan's proposal.

Xiao Qing was used three times, and each time the four of them "disappeared out of thin air". However, this half-dragon, half-snake demon cultivator happened to appear, making it almost impossible not to arouse suspicion.

He did not dare to underestimate the wisdom of the demon cultivator, so after three times, he decided not to send Xiao Qing out again.

Moreover, the Xinghuo Mountains are the territory of the Fire Phoenix Clan, and their bloodline is at the same level as that of the dragon. Xiaoqing's bloodline is not enough to make the Fire Phoenix Clan fear them.

If you show up arrogantly, you will definitely be questioned, and then everything will go bad.

"All right."

Seeing Liu Yu's resolute attitude, Gao Jianhan nodded lightly and did not continue to insist.

Seeing that there is no shortcut, the four of them can only follow the old method, continue to observe for a period of time to collect information, and then formulate a strategy for crossing.

After continuing to chat for a while, the four of them returned to their rooms after the meeting.

On the stone bed, Liu Yu sat cross-legged, doing exercises and regulating her breath, recuperating and resting for the day.

The next day, under the watch of three teammates, he started again.

This time, Liu Yu focused on his previous discoveries.

Observing the movements on the former "Changnan Ancient Road" and now the Silent Volcano, I tried to find out the activity patterns of the demon cultivators and see if I could find a gap.

…

Time flew by. With Liu Yu going out frequently and the three of them waiting anxiously, three months flew by.

"Click"

A dead branch on the ground suddenly broke. The low-level monsters who heard the movement ran away, but there was no one there.

Their noses twitched, and no new scent appeared in the air.

After watching for a while and finding nothing new, the low-level monster quickly lost patience and lowered its head again to do its own thing.

Although if the demon cultivator scans carefully, there is a high possibility that "Qinghunsha" will be discovered, it is almost impossible to detect these low-level demonic beasts, so it is still very useful.

With Zhuo Mengzhen activating the "Qinghun Sha", the four of them put away their formations and moved forward cautiously. They came to a stone forest with jagged rocks and looked at the vast expanse of dead volcanoes in the distance.

"Fellow Daoist Qingyang, this is the place you mentioned."

"This was really part of the "Changnan Ancient Road"?"

After looking at the mountains in the distance for a while, Mu Yunyan looked back with a hint of disbelief in his eyes, turned around and asked.

Everything in front of us is really hard to associate with the "Changnan Ancient Road".

The continuous volcanoes are filled with figures of low-level demon cultivators. There are also several powerful auras of third-level demon cultivators in the continuous volcanoes. It is really difficult for people to think of the word "road".

Although most of the immortal cultivators fled on their way, when Tiannan was still in the expansion stage, many Qi-refining monks and mortals did walk to Tiannan, and there was indeed a ground road.

According to records, it is about tens of feet wide.

"That's right."

Hearing this, Liu Yu withdrew her gaze, lowered her head and scanned the brown rock with ruts on the ground, and said with great certainty.

Looking at the mountains in the distance, at this moment, he suddenly remembered a song that is familiar to the world:

Pull out arrows to search for traces of ancient paths,

The canopy swallows up the twilight,

Be like the smoke of the wolf, go to the clouds and ride away from the dust,

In the whole world, I am the only one who has the most talent!

He nodded, with a hint of disbelief in his eyes, but Mu Yunyan already believed most of it at this time.

Recalling the ancient book records and the information given by the Seven Nations Alliance, after some comparison, the "Changnan Ancient Road" is indeed almost in this direction.

"It is really unimaginable for us to be able to change the environment on such a large scale and turn the ancient road into the volcano it is now. The power of the Nascent Soul Transformation into God realm."

"How terrible and terrible!"

Looking at the endless volcanoes and feeling the rich fire-attribute aura in the space, Zhuo Mengzhen sighed.

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell into silence.

"Fellow Daoist Qingyang, do you really not want to consider trying your spiritual beast again?"

"I think my bloodline is very extraordinary. I am in the upper echelon of the spirit demon bloodline. Maybe I can still get away with it?"

With a roll of his eyes, Mu Yunyan asked without giving up.

Using the same method, she got through three times in a row. It's not like this woman didn't know the dangers involved.

But if the illegal crossing fails and turns into forced entry, the risk will be even greater.

For her, it was better to take out Xiao Qing and try again. If she was lucky enough, she might be able to pass through the Spark Mountains without any danger.

"No third-level demon cultivator can appear out of thin air."

"A third-level demon cultivator, even if he is in the upper echelon of the entire demon clan, has records in the demon clan royal court."

"Because of the three previous uses, Xiao Qing has probably been exposed. We must not take risks again, otherwise it will be no different from throwing ourselves into a trap."

"Fairy Mu, you must never take chances like this again!"

When he said this, Liu Yu turned to look at Mu Yunyan with a meaningful look.

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The proposal was rejected without mercy. Mu Yunyan smiled awkwardly, but said no more.

She couldn't be beaten, and since it was someone else's spiritual beast, there was nothing they could do without using her.

In the past three months, Liu Yu has traveled around the Xinghuo Mountains and basically observed its terrain conditions and the strength of its defense forces.

The final conclusion is - unfathomable.

Apart from the first place I noticed, it was impossible to determine how many demon cultivators there were in other places, and whether any transformed demon cultivators would suddenly appear.

But here, because the fire sparrow appears every half month, the defensive strength has almost been figured out.

Every half a month, the third-order fire sparrow would carry an iron cage in its mouth and transport a cage full of monks to somewhere in the Spark Mountains.

Escorting these monks may be for other things, but it is more likely to be used as rations for demon cultivators!

The surroundings of the Spark Mountains are equally dangerous. There are groups of fourth-level monsters or Jedi. And due to the special distribution, if you don't want to force your way into the lair of the fourth-level transformed demon cultivator, you will more or less have to pass through the Spark Mountains in the end.

Compared to the Xinghuo Mountains, the four of them knew a little information, but knew nothing about the surrounding situation.

Even if there are records in ancient books, Liu Yu and others can't believe it. Who knows whether there will be changes after so many years?

If the plan is made completely according to the recorded information, and if it is inconsistent with the actual situation, then I am afraid that not even the whole body will be left!

Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, the four of them could only focus on the Xinghuo Mountains. They could not find a good breakthrough, and they could only focus on the location of the "Changnan Ancient Road" in the distance.

However, even if there are only ten demon cultivators here, the possibility of a few of them trying to sneak over using the "Qinghunsha" is very small, so Gao Jianhan, Mu Yunyan, and Zhuo Mengzhen are still hesitating and have been unable to make a decision. .

"How about I wait and see for a few more months?"

Zhuo Mengzhen felt a little guilty and spoke tentatively.

After the words fell, Mu Yunyan and Gao Jianhan nodded one after another. They all felt that Liu Yu's method was too "reckless".

After crossing the blockade in front, the trump cards prepared by the sect for them have been exhausted, and they really have no confidence to "sneak" over again.

If the demon cultivator discovers it, it will be impossible to escape!

"This place is a silent extinct volcano with at most a third-level high-grade spiritual vein. It is one or two thousand miles away from the main body of the Spark Mountains."

"Even if a battle begins, the Fire Phoenix Clan will not be able to detect it for a while."

"And after crossing the blockade, referring to the location of the ancient road, it is very likely that you will meet the Central Domain monks. What are you fellow Taoists still hesitating about?"

Liu Yu frowned, glanced at several people, and said slowly.

Due to his strong strength, he did not consume any important cards when crossing the front blockade.

Therefore, the "Easy Thousand Miles Talisman" and "One Qi Qiankun Talisman" are still lying quietly in the storage ring.

For him, as long as a few teammates attract the attention of the demon cultivator and use the "One Qi Qiankun Talisman" based on his own strength, the possibility of safely escaping is very high.

Therefore, Liu Yu highly praised this operation and tried his best to persuade the three of them.

If the information is correct, the Xinghuo Mountains are not far from the "Annan Protectorate", and teammates are not that important.

However, the three of them are not taking it easy. They are keenly aware of the hidden crisis. If they break through from this, it may become a stepping stone.

So no matter how Liu Yu told her, she still refused to let go.

After a pause and giving the three of them some time to think, Liu Yu continued:

"After three months of exploration, this place is already the weakest defensive location that Liu could find."

"If it were changed to another location, the defensive force would only be stronger."

"If you don't believe it, a few fellow Taoists can investigate for themselves and then make a decision."

This place is indeed the weakest defensive location, and the risk of passing through is relatively small.

If this place is chosen as a breakthrough point, the three of them are most likely to become stepping stones, but there is also hope of escaping.

If you choose any other location, you will almost die!

Therefore, Liu Yu was not worried that the three of them would not submit obediently, because he was telling the truth. Neither he nor his good teammates had a better choice.

Hearing this, Gao Jianhan, Mu Yunyan, and Zhuo Mengzhen frowned and remained silent.

Too much is not enough, so Liu Yu did not rush when he saw this. This time he just brought the three people out to see the actual situation and let them be realistic.

"I hope these "good teammates" like me will make the right choice."

Liu Yu flashed this idea.

The night was dark, and after calculating that it was time for the third-order fire sparrow to appear, he turned his head and continued to look in the direction of the Deadly Volcano.

"Bah~!"

Sure enough, not long after, there was a clear sound in the distance, and a red light quickly came from the north.

It was the third-order fire sparrow, still holding the iron cage in its mouth, and there were still many ragged human monks in the cage.

These monks' eyes were dull, and there were blood stains under their torn clothes. Some even had arms and legs missing, and there were traces of bites on the wounds.

It seemed that these monks had experienced inhuman torture and had lost all hope. Their eyes were dull, as if they had accepted their fate.

After the fire sparrow appeared, demon cultivators appeared in several dead volcanoes, and their aura locked onto this demon from a distance, waiting for it to show its token before letting it go.

"Bah~!"

There was another scream, and the fire bird looked at the demon cultivators with contempt, then quickly left with the iron cage in its mouth and flapped its wings.

But before the demon flew very far, it suddenly paused and let out a cry:

"Third Princess?!"

"Huh?!" Liu Yu, who was secretly eavesdropping, understood this witchcraft and couldn't help but turn his head and look into the distance.

The body is like a white crane, with dark red feathers, long tail feathers and a graceful and slender neck.

And the pupils are golden and red, as if burning with flames, exuding the noble temperament of a born king!

It is a genuine fire phoenix!

Moreover, his cultivation level has reached an astonishing third level, which is equivalent to the peak of Golden Core!

"not good!"

The moment he saw the fire phoenix, Liu Yu's heart trembled, and he immediately withdrew his prying consciousness and surrounded several people with a "wall of consciousness".

Just the next moment, he felt a gaze and looked over suddenly.

A strong sense of crisis spread throughout his body in an instant, and Liu Yu suddenly felt a sense of horror!

PS: This is a chapter of "Afternoon", there is another chapter before one o'clock.