81: Chuanshan Temple, meeting Li Jinyi

“It should be the fifth day since entering the Ancient Demon Remnant Tomb.” Escaping from underground, Lu Chen made a rough estimate.

The time should be accurate, meaning that half of the Ancient Demon Remnant Tomb's ten-day sweep is over.

So, in the next five days, I need to hunt more Xuan Fa Realm demons to prepare the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin for breaking through to the Penetrating Aperture Realm after leaving the Ancient Demon Remnant Tomb.

After all, after leaving the Ancient Demon Remnant Tomb, there wouldn't be so many places with concentrated demons for Lu Chen to find in the outside world.

Additionally, it also depends on luck whether he can encounter Dao Infant Realm demons again. With Lu Chen's current strength, even if he encountered three Dao Infant Realm demons clustered together at the same time, he could fight them.

Without any hesitation, Lu Chen once again took his Dao Soldiers and traveled underground, killing demons he encountered and leveling Demon Mountains he found, with extremely high efficiency.

After a day like this, the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin, which was originally empty, was once again piled high with demonic corpses.

While killing demons, he used piles of demonic corpses to help the Silver Armor Dao Soldiers advance to Golden Armor Dao Soldiers. In a day, he once again nurtured three Golden Armor Dao Soldiers, sweeping over ten Demon Mountains. The number of Golden Armor Dao Soldiers successfully broke through twenty-four, while the Silver Armor Dao Soldiers decreased to nineteen.

The corpses of Xuan Fa Realm demons also accumulated back to nearly thirty, but unfortunately, he never encountered Dao Infant Realm demons again.

It should be that the Peak Lords' True Disciples, Registered Disciples, and the Elders of each peak swept through the Dao Infant Realm demons in advance. This made Lu Chen quite regretful.

It is worth mentioning that the Dongming Sect Disciples swept from outside to inside, forming a layered encirclement, until finally, all Dongming Sect Disciples would meet at a central point, completely leveling all the demons in the Ancient Demon Remnant Tomb.

And now, Lu Chen had already encountered Dongming Sect Disciples one after another.

“It seems the sweep of the Ancient Demon Remnant Tomb is nearing its end.” Lu Chen mused,

On the seventh day, Lu Chen encountered fewer and fewer Demon Mountains until his communication jade slip suddenly showed activity.

【There is a lineage of demons from the 'Earth Dragon Rat' clan currently roaming underground in the Ancient Demon Remnant Tomb, counter-hunting this Sect's Disciples. It is suspected that there is more than one Dao Infant Realm Earth Dragon Rat】

【In addition, a group of Ancient Demons led by the Ancient Demon Bloodline 'Red Dragon Descendant' are also concealing their tracks and counter-hunting this Sect's Disciples. At least three Dao Infant Realm demons are involved. Supplement: The Red Dragon Descendant has been injured by the combined efforts of the Elders from various peaks and is currently fleeing】

【All Disciples should be cautious and vigilant. If either of the above is discovered, immediately report to the Sect and kill them together】

【In Qingkong Demon Mountain, there is a gathering of monstrous beings in large numbers. They are using spiritual herbs as bait to set up a killing array specifically to lure and kill this Sect's Disciples. This has now been exposed. Those proficient in array formations should quickly go to assist】At the end of this message, a map was also attached, marking the location of Qingkong Demon Mountain.

【Night Courtyard Mountain is the location of the Demon King of the Ancient Demon Remnant Tomb and the heart of the Ancient Demon Remnant Tomb. The number of demons on this mountain is several times greater than that of Qingkong Demon Mountain. Disciples who are not busy can all go to assist in the extermination. Supplement: The Demon King of Night Courtyard Mountain has been killed by True Disciple Yang, but there are still many Dao Infant and Mysterious Method Realm demons within, which should not be underestimated】Here, a map was also attached, marking the location of Night Courtyard Mountain.

“Indeed, the trip to the Ancient Demon Remnant Tomb is approaching its final stage.” Lu Chen murmured softly, looking at the communication jade slip in his hand.

The ordinary Demon Mountains and demons in the Ancient Demon Remnant Tomb have almost all been swept through by the Dongming Sect Disciples. The remaining ones are the most troublesome Grand Demon Mountains, where groups of demons are gathered.

There are also Ancient Demon Bloodlines like the 'Earth Dragon Rat' clan and the 'Red Dragon Descendant', which are attacking and killing Dongming Sect Disciples everywhere. Without exception, these are powerful characters among the Demon Clan.

Lu Chen fell into thought for a moment: “So, where should I go?”

There might still be some small Demon Mountains that haven't been swept, but there definitely aren't many, and it's not worth his while to go around looking for them. Moreover, the main task for the Dongming Sect Disciples next should be to fight the 'Earth Dragon Rat' clan, the 'Red Dragon Descendant' and other Ancient Demon Bloodlines, and then to fully attack Night Courtyard Mountain and Qingkong Demon Mountain.

If the Dongming Sect Disciples and the Elders of each peak cannot complete this by the ten-day deadline, then most likely the Grand Elder, Third Elder, and the two True Disciples will personally take action.

After much thought, Lu Chen finally made up his mind: “Then I'll spend a day first looking for the 'Earth Dragon Rat' clan. If that's fruitless, I'll go with the majority to attack Night Courtyard Mountain or Qingkong Demon Mountain.”

Actually, for maximizing benefits, he should first go to attack Night Courtyard Mountain or Qingkong Demon Mountain. After all, these two Demon Mountains are the most resilient and largest Demon Mountains in the current Ancient Demon Remnant Tomb. They have an extremely large number of demons gathered on them, and there are also quite a few Dao Infant Realm ones.

But Lu Chen had just nurtured the Five Elements Dao Soldiers at this time, and it was actually not good to expose them in front of all his fellow Disciples. Even if he had to fight, he could only release the Golden Armor Dao Soldiers to fight.

Otherwise, all the trump cards he had just acquired would be revealed. Previously, he released all the Golden Armor Dao Soldiers and Silver Armor Dao Soldiers to devour ten thousand ghosts. Firstly, ghosts were very useful to the Dao Soldiers, so Lu Chen couldn't bother hiding anything.

Furthermore, he had already decided to nurture Dao Soldiers in the Ancient Demon Remnant Tomb. Even if he had revealed all his Dao Soldiers before, it wouldn't have mattered, because this Ancient Demon Remnant Tomb was the best place for his Dao Soldiers to 'update and replace'. The trump cards that were leaked before didn't count.

But now it was different. The Five Elements Dao Soldiers were comparable to the Dao Infant Realm and were Lu Chen's biggest trump card. For a period of time afterwards, there might be very few opportunities for further advancement, so he naturally had to be extra careful and couldn't easily reveal them.

Therefore, directly going with the Sect's main force to attack Night Courtyard Mountain and Qingkong Demon Mountain was not the best choice for Lu Chen, because there would likely be no chance to get Dao Infant Realm demons.

However, the 'Earth Dragon Rat' clan was unfriendly to other Disciples, but for Lu Chen, it was just right.

Under the earth was the home ground of the 'Earth Dragon Rat' clan, but at the same time, it was also the home ground of Lu Chen's Dao Soldiers. The key was that this 'Earth Dragon Rat' clan had more than one Dao Infant Realm, and if he could get his hands on them, it would be more cost-effective than attacking Night Courtyard Mountain or Qingkong Demon Mountain.

This was also the main reason why Lu Chen was willing to spend a day trying his luck underground. As long as he could find them, he was confident he could achieve a victory.

As for the Ancient Demon Bloodlines like the 'Red Dragon Descendant', Lu Chen didn't consider them at all because they were hard to find.

Instead, the 'Earth Dragon Rat' clan underground was something Lu Chen might encounter.

With his mind made up, Lu Chen no longer hesitated. He took his Dao Soldiers and continued to travel underground, searching everywhere for traces of the 'Earth Dragon Rat' clan.

An hour passed!

Two hours passed!

Not to mention finding the 'Earth Dragon Rat' clan, he didn't even find a single hair of an Earth Dragon Rat. Lu Chen cursed his bad luck.

Just then, the Dao Soldiers that had spread out suddenly transmitted a will fluctuation: “Hmm? A discovery? Could it be that they found the 'Earth Dragon Rat' clan?!”

Lu Chen was pleasantly surprised and quickly switched to the Dao Soldier's perspective, only to see that underground, there was actually a rough great hall, on which the demon race's characters were written: 'Tunneling Hall'!

Lu Chen recognized the demon race's characters; he had been taught them in the Dongming Sect. Just like many demons understood the Human Race's characters, this was not strange.

“Tunneling Hall?” Lu Chen was surprised. Borrowing the Dao Soldier's perspective again, he saw several large pangolins burrowing underground and immediately understood.

Turns out he didn't find the 'Earth Dragon Rat' clan, but instead found a nest of pangolins.

“But it wasn't completely fruitless.” Lu Chen's mood improved slightly, and at the same time, he issued an order to the numerous Dao Soldiers: “Kill them.”

In an instant, twenty-four Golden Armor Dao Soldiers and nineteen Silver Armor Dao Soldiers charged out together. The rough Tunneling Hall immediately became precarious and finally collapsed with a bang.

“Human Race scum, even this deep underground can be detected by you. Die.” An angry roar came from the collapsed Tunneling Hall.

Lu Chen, who had two Five Elements Dao Soldiers guarding him, was far away, but through the Dao Soldier's perspective, he could clearly see that there weren't many of the pangolin clan hiding deep underground, not even a hundred in total. Some of them were young pangolins, with strength only in the Qi Condensation and Spirit Transformation Realms.

But those adult pangolins were all strong. The weakest were in the Penetrating Aperture Realm, and there were as many as seventeen Xuan Fa Realm pangolins. The largest old pangolin even faintly had the aura of touching the Dao Infant Realm. However, it was still a step short and hadn't broken through the Realm barrier.

“Seventeen Xuan Fa Realm, and even one close to breaking through to Dao Infant Realm. This pangolin clan is not weak!” Lu Chen was even more delighted.

He had swept through many Demon Mountains, but in terms of strength, none could truly compare to this pangolin clan.

Typical Demon Mountains only had two or three Xuan Fa Realm demons, and some even only had one. He had never seen a pangolin clan with as many as seventeen Xuan Fa Realm ones.

As for Mo Yuan Mountain, if you included the old Dao Infant Realm ape that was about to die of old age, it could suppress these pangolins.

But you couldn't say that for sure, because with enough time, this pangolin clan was very likely to produce a Dao Infant Realm pangolin. Unfortunately, Lu Chen wouldn't give the pangolin clan that time.

He would like to, but the Ancient Demon Remnant Tomb was only open for ten days, and Lu Chen couldn't do anything about it.

Otherwise, compared to a dozen Xuan Fa Realm pangolins, a Dao Infant Realm pangolin was clearly more valuable.

…………

Above the earth, Li Jinyi, wearing a jade crown and a sky-blue long robe, walked through the Void, his gaze sweeping in all directions.

He was looking for the 'Earth Dragon Rat' clan, the Ancient Demon Bloodlines like the 'Red Dragon Descendant', and also Lu Chen.

He was tall, with a straight back like a sword, and a resolute face, especially his eyes, which were like hungry tigers. As he looked around, they seemed to be able to penetrate all illusions. This was also his unique characteristic.

Those eyes were not just scary to look at; they indeed had something different from ordinary people and could see through most illusions, born that way. The Third Elder called his eyes 'Spirit Pupils', but they seemed incomplete and far less powerful and formidable than the 'Spirit Pupils' recorded in ancient texts.

However, even so, Li Jinyi was far beyond ordinary people, and he also cultivated many 'Pupil Techniques'. His eyes had developed various divine abilities and possessed great power.

“Night Courtyard Mountain is not there, nor is there any trace in Qingkong Demon Mountain…” Li Jinyi murmured softly, but stopped halfway through his sentence, because his 'Spirit Pupils', which were like hungry tigers, saw extremely violent fluctuations coming from deep underground.

This didn't even require Li Jinyi to deliberately use his Spirit Pupils or Pupil Techniques; with his newly advanced Dao Infant Realm, he could easily perceive the abnormality underground.

Because the fluctuations from the fight were too strong, they even made the entire earth seem to undulate and crack. Deep underground, it seemed as if a colossal creature was about to break through the soil.

“Who is fighting deep underground?” Li Jinyi's heart suddenly stirred: “Could it be the 'Earth Dragon Rat' clan?!”

He was suddenly pleasantly surprised. Although he hadn't found Lu Chen, if he could find the Earth Dragon Rat clan, it would also be a great merit for him.

“It is truly heaven helping me. First, there was the tongming flower to help me break through to the Dao Infant Realm, and now there is the 'Earth Dragon Rat' clan to help me achieve great merit!” At this moment, Li Jinyi even had the illusion that 'heaven's will is with me'.

The truth was, this trip to the Ancient Demon Remnant Tomb had been too smooth, too smooth.

“Let me take a closer look.” Li Jinyi suppressed the excitement in his heart and used his Pupil Technique to look. Immediately, the earth in his eyes seemed to turn into rippling water, and all obstacles disappeared from his sight. He saw the depths of the earth.

He saw the collapsed 'Tunneling Hall', saw nearly a hundred of the pangolin clan being constantly killed, and at the same time, he saw the ones killing the pangolin clan...

Dao Soldiers!

At this moment, an unprecedented bright light suddenly shone in Li Jinyi's eyes: “Puppets?!”

Lu Chen's Puppets!

Good, good, good!

Searching high and low, only to find it effortlessly!

Indeed, heaven's will is with me!

Lu Chen, oh Lu Chen, this time, the Third Elder is not here, and even heaven's will is not with you, but with me!

“It is fitting that you should die this time!” Li Jinyi was ecstatic in his heart. He took a step and instantly disappeared underground.

Since Lu Chen's Puppets were here, how could Lu Chen himself be far away?

He must be within these dozens of miles, and he could easily find him.

The divine light in Li Jinyi's eyes became even more extraordinary. As he burrowed underground, he scanned the surroundings and quickly saw Lu Chen, as well as the two dark gold Puppets in front of Lu Chen.

“Indeed, he is here!”

However, this Lu Chen was cautious. Even at this moment, he still kept two dark gold Puppets in front of him for protection.

Li Jinyi had already seen these dark gold Puppets. They were stronger than the dark silver Puppets and could fight in the Xuan Fa Realm. Before, whether they were devouring ten thousand ghosts in the Infernal Ghoul Realm Diagram or displaying great power at the gathering of the three gates, fighting all the way from the Spirit Transformation Realm to the Xuan Fa Realm, these dark gold Puppets had shown extremely strong strength.

Moreover, these dark gold Puppets could also use the Earthly Fiend Dragon Slaying Art, their strength truly not to be underestimated.

What a pity, what a pity, the current Li Jinyi was not in the Xuan Fa Realm, but the Dao Infant Realm!

He was comparable to the Elder of Doujian Peak and dozens of times stronger than the Xuan Fa Realm.

Lu Chen's dark gold Puppets no longer posed any threat to him.

It was also good. At this time, Lu Chen's Puppets were all Siege the pangolin clan, with only two dark gold Puppets in front. This was just right for Lu Chen to die silently!

PS: Two chapters combined