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I knew that my martial uncle’s words were largely for my sake.
Because of the life curse.
My time is running out.
Judging by the life curse’s reaction these past two days, it might be a matter of these three to five days.
Once the life curse erupts.
And if we can’t get the Soul Stone, Qingdai and I are both done for.
Time is very important to us, and the journey to the Black Demon Cult is also very important.
At least for me, there is no turning back.
But for others, it is not the case.
They were merely assigned a mission, primarily for training.
As long as they bring back this weasel demon.
Even if they retreated halfway, no one would fault them.
Capturing a demon soul at the mid to late stage of Profound Core and bringing it back would even be a meritorious deed.
However, what I didn’t expect was.
As soon as my martial uncle finished speaking, Xia Qiu Xi stepped forward:
“Master, I am not afraid of danger, I will go with Martial Uncle Tang and the others.”
After speaking, she stood on our side.
As soon as Xia Qiu Xi finished speaking, Yun Long and Yun Hu also spoke:
“This is our first mission since descending the mountain.
We don’t want to give up halfway.
We don’t know anything about the Underworld Cult or the Longevity Society.
I think we can still move forward.
If we really can’t handle it, it won’t be too late to retreat.”
“Yes, my brother and I will continue! We won’t retreat.”
After speaking, the Yun Long and Yun Hu brothers also came to our side.
The last ones remaining were Guan Xin, Xu Han Chi, and Luo Fei.
Guan Xin didn’t speak and timidly walked to our side.
It was obvious she didn’t want to go back like this.
They had only traveled half the way, were they going to be scared back by a few words from an old demon?
Xu Han Chi and Luo Fei exchanged glances.
“Martial Aunt, let’s keep going!
Even if we know there is danger ahead.
We can still gather more intelligence!”
“Yes, our team can temporarily transform into a scout team!
Focus on gathering intelligence and taking more photos.
When we return, the Dao Alliance can make more targeted deployments!”
After the two finished speaking, they also came to our side.
Seeing this, Aunt Yun Xia suddenly smiled.
She was very gratified.
At least her disciples, the disciples of the Qingcheng Sect, dared to face the difficulties.
White Sect disciples should have such courage and mettle.
Aunt Yun Xia nodded:
“Good, our Seventh Squad will temporarily change its strategy.
The focus will be on scouting and gathering intelligence.”
Saying this, she looked at the weasel demon:
“Then, you will lead the way for us next!”
With the old demon’s life in our hands, he had no choice but to obey.
“Daoist nun, everyone, please follow this way…”
After speaking, he ran forward.
His speed was neither fast nor slow.
Seeing this, everyone followed.
However, it was still necessary for Guan Xin to make judgments.
We must guard against him.
If he wanted to die and take us with him, we would suffer a great loss.
How to walk, how to proceed.
The decision was still in our hands.
Not long after, we left the Misty Stone Forest.
At this moment, we entered the woods again.
The weasel demon said that after this mountain forest, there would be a corpse land.
With walking corpses and zombie guards.
It was also the last line of defense before reaching the Demon Palace.
As an outer perimeter demon, even he was not qualified to pass through the corpse land.
Each time he entered or exited, he needed a specialist from the church to guide him.
So, how to proceed and how to get through next, we had to weigh and control ourselves.
At most, he could provide us with an accurate direction of advance.
Everyone’s faces were solemn.
Martial Uncle and Aunt Yun Xia were whispering, I didn’t know what they were talking about.
After walking for about half an hour, we arrived at the corpse land the old demon had mentioned.
This place, the corpse energy was really heavy.
As far as the eye could see, the ground was black soil, with nothing growing.
Even the few trees were bare, scorched by the corpse energy and devoid of life.
“This is the corpse land, about five li.
As soon as we enter, our scent will be exposed.
Thus attracting the zombie horde…”
Hearing that there was a five li corpse land, everyone was stunned.
In our opinion, a corpse land of a hundred or eighty square meters or one or two hundred meters was already very formidable and large.
It was considered a place of great inauspiciousness and great evil.
But here, it was a full five li.
It was terrifying to even think about.
In the mist, we could occasionally hear “woo woo” low growls.
It was the sound of zombies.
The sound was not very loud, but it was frightening to hear.
Martial Uncle narrowed his eyes and said to everyone:
“Most zombies are blind, only those of higher levels have vision.
They sense their surroundings through scent and sound.
Especially scent.
So, if we want to pass through here safely.
We must conceal our scent and the living breath we exhale.”
Speaking of this, Aunt Yun Xia took out several talismans:
“These are Breath-Concealing Talismans, everyone stick them on your chests.
They can suppress the human aura on our bodies.”
I had used Breath-Concealing Talismans before, back in Xiao Han Mountain.
I was very adept at using them.
Taking a talisman, I stuck it on my chest.
After sticking it on, Martial Uncle then said:
“Alright, everyone stick on the talismans and follow me.
Since this is a corpse land, the number of zombies is bound to be large.
If we encounter them, we must not engage in prolonged combat.
If we can avoid fighting, don’t fight.
Even if we do fight, it must be a swift victory.
The main objective is to pass through this area as quickly as possible…”
Martial Uncle gave a few instructions.
After listening, everyone nodded repeatedly.
Finally, after adjusting slightly at the outskirts of the corpse land.
Under the leadership of Martial Uncle and Aunt Yun Xia, we entered this dangerous corpse land of black earth…