Her face was pale, and she looked like a child, but Hei Yun knew that this Nüwa might have lived for thousands of years. According to rumors, she was an experiment from the time of the Warlock Dynasty!
Having cooperated with the Hei Yun several times, I know very well just how terrifying this guy's power is.
Damn it, wasn't it supposed to be locked up by a magic array? That's the Azure Dragon Array, how could it not trap this monster?
"I always thought Mr. Black Cloud had left this place long ago. I never imagined he'd been at the foot of Great Azure Mountain all this time." Ziyue raised her head, a weak smile appearing on her pale and delicate face, which looked incredibly pitiful, but sent a chill down Hei Yun's spine.
Ziyue is usually expressionless; when she does show expression, it's usually when she's harboring murderous intent!
"I've been trying to find a way to save you." Hei Yun took a breath and said, "But the defenses here are too tight. The barrier around Great Azure Mountain is extremely sophisticated; I basically can't get in."
"I believe you," Ziyue nodded, taking a step closer to the Hei Yun.
Don't come any closer!
Hei Yun took a step back and quickly asked, "How did you escape? And how did you manage to use this magic array?"
"The magic array is not for my use." Ziyue shook her head. "It's an illusion."
"Illusion magic?" Hei Yun forced a smile. " Master Ziyue, you're skilled in this?"
"Huh? You didn't know?" Ziyue paused, then nodded. "That's right. Since the King of Qin, there haven't been many people in this world who can make me use illusion magic. In fact, many people in the King of Qin's mansion knew that my illusion magic is stronger than destructive spells."
Are you kidding me?
Hei Yun swallowed hard. Illusionary magic even stronger than a destructive spell? Why didn't that idiot from the Xiao Household tell him about such an exaggerated ability sooner? Weren't they afraid Ziyue would escape using illusion magic?
"So, sir, you broke the trap using illusion magic?"
"Yes, it took some effort." Ziyue smiled slightly. "That Chen Qing is troublesome. He can detect even the slightest tampering I make, so as long as he's in Liuzhou, I dare not make any moves, but I've been laying the groundwork. For example, I sent that Yin Devourer Monster to gather intelligence. The Yin Devourer Monster has an ability to replace living people, making those around them forget that person is dead. To break the Azure Dragon Array, A Li's talent must be used. And to restore A Li's abilities, one is to clear the Golden Crow Poison from her body, and the second is to need human flesh and blood to restore her strength!"
Hei Yun: "."
" Chen Qing cares a lot about his people. Everyone who enters Great Azure Mountain is a believer of the Mountain God, and the death of even one will attract attention. So this is a troublesome matter. I can only use the Yin Devourer Monster to inquire about them one by one and see who is easier to deal with."
"It's really troublesome. I've been searching for almost a whole year and haven't found many. If it weren't for the recent influx of outsiders, especially some businessmen from other places visiting Great Azure Mountain, I probably wouldn't have had any chance at all. This is truly the first time I've encountered a place that's so difficult even for ordinary people to find."
Hei Yun felt increasingly disheartened as he listened. When he had worked with Ziyue before, he only knew her as a somewhat naive and confused little girl. How could she now seem as ruthless and shrewd as the lady of the Lu Household?
"You used the Yin Devourer Devouring Technique to lure mortals, allowing the Thousand-Faced Fox to replenish its strength, and then used the Yin Devourer Technique to replace those mortals as they descended the mountain?"
Hei Yun finally understood the other party's scheme. The Yin Devourer could simulate devouring people. Some of those who came to Great Azure Mountain from outside were just temporary guests and not believers of the Mountain God. After killing them, the Yin Devourer would impersonate them for two days and then disappear without a trace, not even their corpses could be found. However, the Yin Devourer was also a being that could devour spirits. Not only could their corpses not be found, but even the wandering spirits of the Underworld in Chen Qing's system could not be found.
If the person coming to visit doesn't have many relatives, such as being single, then they'll be even less likely to be noticed.
No wonder. No wonder Wei Gongzhan mentioned in his previous report that the Yin Devourer fellow who looked like Thousand-Faced Fox's ex-husband kept contacting the farmers of Great Azure Mountain. He had asked Wei Gongzhan to keep an eye on him, but the guy just kept contacting others and then making them forget about him, like a guy who had nothing better to do.
This process lasted for more than a year, which finally made Wei Gongzhan and me lower our guard. But we never expected that the other party's purpose was to select blood food for the Thousand-Faced Fox!
"Even if you can find a way to restore Thousand-Faced Fox's strength, how can you make Chen Ying fall for it?" Hei Yun asked doubtfully. "Since Chen Qing has sealed Thousand-Faced Fox, she must know how troublesome her abilities are. She must have instructed Chen Ying on how to control people with this magic array. Didn't she take precautions against it beforehand?"
"Of course we're on guard, and very cautiously," Ziyue nodded and smiled. "Moreover, that barrier has the effect of isolating any magic from demons; even A Li can't alter her memories through the barrier!"
"So how did you..."
"Then we'll just have to let her walk in herself!"
"Walk in by yourself?" Hei Yun was taken aback, probably realizing something.
Illusion?
"It seems you've figured it out." Ziyue stepped forward again, and with a wave of her hand, the barrier reappeared. "Imitating this barrier is very troublesome. It took me a whole year to observe it before I could make every energy fluctuation of the illusion barrier look so realistic, and only then could I deceive the original owner of the barrier."
With that, he waved his hand behind him, and Hei Yun saw that the original location of the barrier was about ten meters away!
The terrain here is very similar. At a distance of ten meters, it is not noticeable unless you pay close attention. The other party used illusion magic to cover up the original barrier and then used illusion magic to create another barrier. If Chen Ying is not careful, she may indeed walk into the original barrier.
" The Azure Dragon Array is a inherited formation, and it is absolutely obedient to those who have inherited it." Ziyue sneered, " Chen Qing used this characteristic to make that woman use a top-level formation that she shouldn't have been able to use at her level. But the drawback is that that girl didn't master the entire formation through strength. Even after studying it for so long, she can only control the formation by relying on the special nature of the inheritance, not by the original formation master's methods. So you can't blame us for exploiting loopholes, can you?"
Hei Yun: "."
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It seems like they really were outmaneuvered.
On the other side, Shen Laoqi felt a chill in his heart as he looked at the woman before him, a woman so beautiful she took his breath away.
He knew almost without thinking that this was the legendary, bewitching demon capable of captivating the world: the Thousand-Faced Fox!!
The other side's scheme was truly ruthless. They spent a year laying the groundwork, gradually weakening our guard. Taking advantage of Chen Qing's departure, they deliberately unleashed their Spirit Energy. Chen Ying is a meticulous person, but at a distance of ten meters or so, she might not have been able to detect it in such a hurry!
Moreover, just as the other party said, Chen Ying was controlling the magic array through inheritance. With the Azure Dragon Spirit Body, she could enter the barrier without any special techniques. This was to facilitate the successor's control of the magic array, which was not a problem in itself. However, it was unexpected that such a small detail could be calculated by the other party.
They tricked Chen Ying into entering the barrier, altered her memories, and then used her to lure them to the Great Azure Mountain where they had already laid an ambush. What a clever scheme!
I never knew before that Perfected Ziyue was such a clever person!
"How about you consider it, Seventh Master Shen?" A Li said with a smile, "Your magic is exceptional, and we really need you. If you join us, we'd like to share a portion of the Dragon Palace Inheritance with you!"
"That's what Chen Qing said too," Seventh Master Shen said with a smile. "Moreover, Chen Qing can offer much more. His system can change the world. My Shen Family is now completely bound to his system. You want me to betray him now? And you're only offering this little bit?"
"No one can change the world," A Li shook her head. " Chen Qing's methods are indeed amazing, but just like the King of Qin back then, such anomalies will be targeted first. Do you really think that the King of Qin of Qin could be so easily harmed by the mere Xiao Household?"
" The King of Qin is not the ruler of humanity!" Seventh Master Shen shook his head. "He has never been on the side of humanity from beginning to end. Even if he had succeeded back then, I don't think humanity would have fared much better. But Chen Qing is different; Chen Qing is on our side!"
"Does Chen Qing even deserve to be compared to the King of Qin?" A Li's face turned icy. "It seems we can't reason with Seventh Master Shen today. Then let him stay here!"
"I'm eager to experience the skills of the greatest sorcerer of the Great Jin!"
A gigantic eye appeared above Shen Qi, and when it opened, even space itself began to distort and rotate.
Many people don't know that Seventh Master Shen's Heavenly Eye Technique is actually an extremely rare spatial technique!