If they had not possessed a fifth-rank talisman back then, they would have lost their lives.
Lingxiao True Person spread out his divine sense and probed into the valley. Sure enough, he sensed the aura of a fifth-rank demon beast.
To be safe, they set up an array outside the valley, while Azure Lotus Fairy went to lure out the fifth-rank demon beast.
Azure Lotus Fairy cast a defensive spell on herself and strode into the valley.
A great many shattered rocks lay scattered throughout the valley, bearing scorch marks that were likely left behind by Guo Dong.
After walking more than a hundred steps, Azure Lotus Fairy reached the end. A cave several zhang wide appeared before her.
She strode inside. The cave was dark and damp.
After several dozen steps, she came upon a fork. Turning left and walking several dozen more steps brought her to the end, where an underground cavern spanning more than ten mu appeared before her eyes.
In the lower-left corner of the cavern lay a giant yellow python. Scales had fallen off in many places along its body, leaving it bloody and battered. The ground was pitted with craters, and two golden flying knives with dim spiritual radiance could be seen.
It seemed that cultivators had come here to kill the Demon Python, but had failed and been devoured by it instead.
Azure Lotus Fairy swept her gaze around, her willow brows tightly furrowed. She did not see the Azure Jade Mushroom. Could they still have arrived a step too late? Had the yellow Demon Python already eaten the Azure Jade Mushroom?
Such a possibility was not unheard of. Demon beasts could not guard spiritual herbs forever; perhaps it had consumed it to make a breakthrough, or perhaps to heal its injuries.
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