Chapter 97 Danger is coming

Tonight, it was particularly hot and humid, with no breeze blowing.

The night sky, which was originally clear, was now covered with dark clouds, like a huge curtain, covering the entire sky in darkness.

Xu Feng, who was looking up at this scene at the moment, holding a piece of grass in his mouth, couldn't help but say to himself:

"Looking at this situation, it might rain later. This big rock is unobstructed, and it's not easy to survive all night.

Oh, by the way, I remember that the bottom of the boulder seems to be suspended in the air, which is good for sheltering from the rain. I have to go and see."

Thinking of this, Xu Feng immediately stood up and was about to jump off the boulder.

At this moment, several ghostly figures suddenly appeared in the distance, and they came under the boulder in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Xu Feng retracted his outstretched foot and quietly lay on the top of the boulder, observing the movements of this group of people, while also guessing their origins in his heart.

"Strange, how come five cultivators suddenly appeared here? And all of them are extraordinary, all of them are in the late stage of Qi Refining.

They are all dressed in black robes, they should be from the same force, and they are so secretive, they must not be good people."

As for whether these people are cultivators from other teams, his answer is no.

Because when they gathered originally, although he did not recognize all the 100 people, but when he entered the mountain, he recognized the cultivators from the five teams that entered Lingxiao Mountain.

He basically recognized them all, and there was definitely no such people among them. The memory of the immortal cultivators is so terrible.

The five cultivators who came under the boulder did not speak at first.

But they first released their own spiritual senses and scanned the surrounding situation.

Feeling the five powerful spiritual senses that swept through his body, Xu Feng, who was lying on his stomach, felt nervous, fearing that someone would see through his whereabouts.

Although he knew that the robe on his body would cover these, he still felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.

The five people at the bottom of the stone, after confirming that there were no strange cultivators around, began to discuss.

"Elder, you are really a wise man. You have long expected that they would take this road today.

You calculated that they would spend the night in the cave on the hillside, and took us to do something inside in advance.

Hehe, wait until they fall asleep in the second half of the night, and then we will launch a surprise attack to ensure that none of them can escape."

A black-robed monk of the seventh level of Qi Refining said flatteringly to the monk standing in the middle.

"Okay, save the flattery for later.

I emphasize again that tonight's operation must succeed, not fail.

If it succeeds, I will promote you and reward you, but if it fails, hehe, you will weigh the consequences yourself."

The leader seemed not to be impressed by the flattery and said very sternly.

"Elder, just tell me what we should do?"

A hoarse voice sounded, and the speaker was very alert, with a pair of eyes constantly wandering around, as if he was always searching for enemies who might be hiding in the dark.

"My plan is this. When we left yesterday, we sprinkled a lot of colorless powder on the ventilation hole of the cave.

This powder is prepared by the alchemist of the Holy Church. It is colorless and tasteless, has no spiritual energy, and is not toxic, so no one will suspect anything.

But if this powder is mixed with the bottle of liquid medicine in my hand, it will become a terrible poison.

As long as an ordinary Qi-refining monk inhales a little bit, he will be poisoned immediately, and then he will be powerless and unable to mobilize his magic power, and can only be slaughtered."

"Hiss!"

"Hiss!"

The four people below and Xu Feng on the top of the stone took a breath of cold air at the same time, and looked at the dark bottle in the leader's hand.

The difference is that the people below really inhaled it, while Xu Feng inhaled it in his heart.

"What are these guys going to do? It sounds like they are planning to catch our team in one fell swoop. What about this so-called elder?

It doesn't look like a sudden impulse, but rather a premeditated plan. Could it be that this hunting operation has long been targeted by some people with ulterior motives?"

At this moment, countless questions emerged in Xu Feng's mind, but no one gave an answer. He could only calm down and listen to them continue talking, hoping to get more valuable things from it.

"You must all know that except for cultivators who practice special skills, ordinary cultivators cannot practice breath-holding in the Qi Refining stage, so they will be affected by this poison anyway.

In the second half of the night, you will follow me and quietly go around to the back of the cave from the path we took when we went down the mountain yesterday.

Then approach the ventilation hole, pour the venom there, wait for half an hour, until they are all affected, and then we will kill them."

What a vicious plan, Xu Feng thought.

If this plan succeeds, their team will be almost wiped out.

"Elder, I have another question."

"Go ahead."

"According to convention, when we rest at night, we will set up two people to stand guard at the entrance of the cave to prevent sudden attacks by people or monsters.

My question is, what should we do with the monks on guard? What if they take advantage of us slaughtering the monks in the cave and escape alone?

If they really escape, won't our plan fail?"

This time, the speaker was a female cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining. Her voice sounded pleasant, but the words she said were chilling.

After hearing this, no one spoke for a while, as if they were all thinking about countermeasures.

"How about this, after they are poisoned, we split into two groups, you, Qian Yong and I will sneak into the cave.

Yao Ling and Hong Ming will go to deal with the two monks on guard, what do you think?"

"Elder, it's not that I don't want to go, but if it's a head-on confrontation, I have the confidence to kill the opponent, but if the opponent is determined to escape, I really can't guarantee that I can kill him."

The monk named Hong Ming's voice sounded old, revealing a sense of vicissitudes, and there was a hint of slickness in his words.

The action hasn't started yet, and he has already made excuses for himself, so that even if it fails, he has no responsibility.

The leading elder stared at Hong Ming for a long time, and finally had no choice but to modify the plan:

"Then you and Fellow Daoist Qian swap positions, and you follow Fellow Daoist Gan and I into the cave, how about it?"

When Hong Ming heard this arrangement, he showed his big yellow teeth and nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay, let's do this. Now meditate and adjust your state, and act on time at midnight."

"Yes."

Looking at the five monks sitting there meditating, Xu Feng really wanted to use his flying sword to cut off the boulder and crush them all to death.

But considering the difference in strength between the two sides, he gave up this unrealistic idea.

Then he quietly got up and prepared to go back to the captain to report the news.

But what he didn't expect was that when he got up, a thumb-sized rock fragment fell exactly in the middle of the five-person group seat where he was lying.

This was like a drop of ice water dripping into a boiling oil pan, and the reaction was quite violent.