Murong Shan's Hidden Hand

Changsun Wuji froze, staring at Chen Changming in disbelief. He never expected that this silver thread would actually be a rare Silver Thread Heart-Devouring Insect...

A beam of light shot out.

Changsun Wuji abandoned his physical body, and his Primordial Spirit escaped.

The Golden Core cultivator's Primordial Spirit moves extremely fast; he was certain that this Body Cultivator couldn't catch up with him.

"You wait..."

As he flew over someone's head, Changsun Wuji uttered a harsh remark.

Sizzle!

Two thick Sword Qi arrived suddenly and abruptly.

The Sword Qi struck Changsun Wuji's Primordial Spirit simultaneously, Changsun Wuji let out a miserable scream as his Primordial Spirit was instantly shattered.

"Yet another Golden Core cultivator's body..."

A hint of joy flashed in Chen Changming's eyes. The physical body of Golden Core cultivator was very useful and could be used to repair the Black Buddha.

After killing Changsun Wuji, Chen Changming changed his mind about exploring through the first passage and decided to start from the third passage, since Changsun Wuji knew about the Murong Family's passages.

This passage is very likely the third passage.

After all, he had previously represented Murong Qingxuan at the opening of the Ancient Demon Palace, Three Great Families should have assumed that he knew the entrance to the Murong Family's passage. Therefore, Changsun Wuji hiding in the third passage was a perfect place for an ambush.

As it turned out, Chen Changming's judgment was correct.

After turning a few corners in the third passage, he discovered that the route was exactly the same as the one on the Ancient Demon Fragment Map.

After turning a few corners, the passage in front of us disappeared, replaced by huge pillars standing in the gray fog. The pillars were arranged in a neat row, but they intertwined to form many roads.

In other words, if you want to go to a certain location in the distance, you can pass through different pillars, which creates many routes, including straight lines, diagonal lines, and curves.

There are many choices.

After glancing at the Ancient Demon Fragment Map, Chen Changming's lips twitched. His gaze fell upon the distant pillars, and a winding route formed in his mind.

It's not a straight line.

If we act rashly, we will inevitably trigger an attack from the formation.

Chen Changming remembered that Murong Qingxuan had said that there were many traps in the maze of the Ancient Demon Palace, and if one did not follow the map, one would be very likely to be attacked by the traps.

Holding the Ancient Demon Fragment Map, Chen Changming followed the route shown on the map without encountering any danger. However, he used his Divine Sense to scan for many half-humanoid Demon Beast, which were sneaking around in the gray mist, seemingly about to attack him.

There are quite a few of these Demon Beast, almost all of them are high-level fourth-tier Demon Beast. If they were to launch a large-scale attack, even Golden Core cultivator would have a hard time dealing with them.

Chen Changming was unsure of the strength of these half-humanoid Demon Beast.

Many Demon Beast emerged from the gray mist and approached Chen Changming. However, the Ancient Demon Fragment Map emitted a faint bloody light, which made these Demon Beast wary, and they did not go forward.

After several hours, Chen Changming finally emerged from the maze and entered a huge passage.

"I deliberately lowered my altitude along the way and kept searching for the Gold Spirit Immortal Mushroom, but I found nothing. It seems that the Gold Spirit Immortal Mushroom should be near the Ancient Demon Corpse..."

Standing at the entrance of the passage, Chen Changming pondered to himself.

His two main objectives in entering the Ancient Demon Palace were the Gold Spirit Immortal Mushroom and the Ancient Demon Corpse.

Once he obtains the Ancient Demon Corpse, he will inevitably turn against the other Three Great Families, leading to a fierce battle.

However, Chen Changming was not afraid.

He was well prepared this time, and even with the variable of the Xiahou Family having Yin Corpse Puppet Body, it wouldn't pose a significant threat to him.

Moreover, his Pure Yang Sword Art has an extremely powerful suppressive effect on the Yin Corpse Puppet Body.

We walked in along the passage.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Changming entered a very large Ancient Hall. In the center of the Ancient Hall was a red Crystal Coffin, and inside the coffin lay a robust Ancient Demon Beast.

This Ancient Demon Beast resembles a human, except that it is covered in a layer of fine red fur, somewhat like a monkey. It has pointed ears, a robust body, and no tail.

Outside the Red Crystal Coffin were seven Bronze Lamp, their flames burning seemingly never to go out.

A layer of array light enveloped the Crystal Coffin and the seven Bronze Lamp.

Of the other Three Great Families, only the Xiahou Family and Duanmu Family arrived; the Changsun Family had not yet arrived.

Chen Changming walked over.

Upon approaching, he discovered a skeleton lying outside the formation.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, you've arrived quite quickly. The Changsun Family has dragged us down this time."

Xiahou Hefeng glanced at Chen Changming and grinned.

"Is this Murong Shan?"

Chen Changming walked up to the remains, his expression turning serious.

"Indeed, I didn't expect that old fellow hadn't quite died back then, and actually struggled back to the Ancient Demon Beast realm..."

Xiahou Hefeng snorted coldly, his expression displeased.

Where did his Storage Ring go?

Chen Changming glanced at it and asked.

"I don't know, anyway, I wasn't the first one to arrive."

Xiahou Hefeng shook his head and smiled.

Chen Changming's gaze fell upon Duanmu Lianye, sharp as a knife.

Why are you looking at me? I didn't take anything.

Duanmu Lianye -eyed and said.

"Heh, you guys won't even spare a dead person..."

Chen Changming smiled faintly, his eyes turning somewhat cold. Just then, several figures flew over from the passage in the distance.

The Changsun Family has arrived.

"Changsun Ting, why are you so late?"

Xiahou Wanfeng complained, but when he saw that the Changsun Family members were all injured and even had suffered significant losses, his eyes widened and he frowned, asking, "What happened?"

"Someone has changed the formation."

Changsun Ting's gaze fell menacingly on Murong Shan's remains, his heart filled with boundless hatred.

Inside the maze, the Demon Beast in the gray mist attacked them, resulting in the loss of a third of the Changsun Family members, and he also suffered minor injuries.

"Murong Shan did it."

Xiahou Hefeng's expression changed, and he stared at Murong Shan with a look of fear in his eyes.

Changsun Ting walked over, staring at the formation, and said angrily, "That old bastard altered the formation, causing the corpse energy of the Ancient Demon Corpse to leak out, resulting in the mutation of the Demon Beast in the maze!"

"Has this formation been altered?"

Duanmu Lianye was startled and carefully examined the formation.

"Indeed, he altered the course of events, allowing most of the corpse energy to enter the Changsun Family's passageway. He intends to annihilate the Changsun Family!"

Changsun Ting roared in anger.

Duanmu Lianye and Xiahou Hefeng frowned, and a layer of cold sweat rose on their backs.

Back then, Murong Shan was framed by the patriarch of the Changsun Family. Unexpectedly, he only faked his death. After they left, he returned and modified the formation, releasing corpse energy into the Changsun Family's passage.

The Demon Beast absorbed the corpse energy mutated and then attacked the Changsun Family.

However, the Changsun Family was still very strong. Despite sacrificing a Golden Core cultivator and several Foundation Establishment cultivators, they still managed to hold off the demonic Demon Beast.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, you've actually come."

Changsun Ting looked at Chen Changming, took a deep breath, and his expression became wary.

Changsun Wuji went to ambush the Body Cultivator as he intended, but he didn't return; he was most likely killed.

"Good."

Chen Changming smiled faintly, "Some people are blind and will always run into the line of fire."