After hearing this, Nanlong Hou nodded with a smile to show his agreement:
"Fellow Daoist Chen is absolutely right. Just as I said before, using puppets to coat them with venom is enough to lure away the scorpions. Unfortunately, I forgot that you are a master of puppetry. I am really ashamed."

Chen Yun remained silent, feeling a little unhappy.

In fact, whether it is to lure away poisonous scorpions or evil bees, it seems that Nanlonghou’s several vultures are also capable of doing the task.

The last time he faced the giant python beast, Nanlong Hou had already destroyed quite a few puppets.

Although Chen Yun had his doubts, he remained calm and nodded in agreement.

After all, this mission still relies on the two of you, and he doesn't want this small matter to affect the overall situation.

What's more, the Green Dove Poison in his hand came from the legacy of Master Cangkun.

With just one sniff, he accurately identified the poison and quickly put it into his pocket.

Recalling what happened that day, Chen Yun couldn't help wondering:

"Master Cangkun placed the poison in the box. Did he do it on purpose? If not, why did he hide it in there?"

However, Master Cangkun's careful design of a way to obtain the treasure for future generations seemed overly enthusiastic and suspicious. Chen Yun discovered that there might be some mystery hidden in it.

Nanlong Hou claimed that Master Cangkun was his ancestor, which shows that he may have more information.

But no matter what, once they get the Fire Toad Beast Demon Pill, what happens afterwards will have nothing to do with them. Chen Yun decided not to care about other trivial matters and quickly find a shortcut to leave.

Having made up his mind, Chen Yun concentrated on preparing for action.

He reached out and patted the storage bag on his waist, and four or five huge monkey puppets flew out of the air.

Chen Yun then took out a few jade bottles, dripped emerald green poison into them, sealed them, and handed them to the puppets.

Chen Yun's mind moved slightly, and all the puppets flew silently towards the hill on the left.

When the puppet reached the top of the mountain, Chen Yun and others were only a few miles away from it, so they hurriedly cast a breath-concealing spell to avoid the poisonous lizards in the air.

The puppets exerted their strength at the same time, and the poison bottles they held broke instantly, and a pungent stench spread around the mountaintop. The puppets turned into white light and flew away.

When several puppet soldiers fled separately, Chen Yun and his two companions who were hiding behind them all held their breath nervously.

Although Chen Yun's words were quite detailed and accurate, they still had doubts about what the actual effect would be.

In fact, even Chen Yun himself was not completely confident about this, because he knew every piece of information about the Ten Deadly Poisons.

They are all verified from countless classics, but are far from enough compared with his own personal experience.

But after this brief moment, the doubt was gone.

Just as the giant apes leaped a few dozen feet away, several shrill and strange cries suddenly rang out on the originally quiet mountain top.

Upon hearing this strange cry, Chen Yun immediately felt the blood in his body boiling, his head shook violently, and he almost fell from the sky.

Frightened and anxious, he quickly used all his strength to mobilize the spiritual power in his body, and only then was he able to stabilize his body.

He looked at Nanlong Hou and Li Ling and his wife on the side and found that they were also in a bad condition and needed the help of spiritual energy to gradually regain their balance.

Chen Yun frowned, deeply shocked.

This sudden attack was obviously not aimed at the spiritual consciousness, but directly hit the true energy in the body.

Although his spiritual sense was powerful, it was unable to resist this kind of strange attack method.

It is truly astonishing that this purple-striped scorpion possesses such a rare talent and skill.

It seems that the knowledge recorded in classics is not omnipotent and insightful. It is often limited to the theoretical level and lacks the verification of practical experience.

Just as Chen Yun was secretly complaining in his heart, fifteen or sixteen dark purple lights burst out from the mountain and chased after several giant monkeys like fleeting lightning.

Chen Yun immediately activated his spiritual sense and called out. One of the giant ape's clones immediately ran at the maximum speed and also turned into several dazzling white lights and dissipated away.

Relying on the strength of his own spiritual sense, Chen Yun roughly observed the objects in the purple light in this short moment.

Apart from their incredibly large size, each one being nearly ten feet long, their bodies having a dark purple luster and a pair of crystal clear wings, they are almost identical to ordinary scorpions in other aspects.

However, the leading scorpion was much larger than its peers, reaching a height of two meters. It seemed that it was the leader of the group of scorpions.

Looking at its ferocious appearance with yellow smoke spewing out of its mouth, Chen Yun couldn't help but his pupils shrink slightly.

Although the giant ape's flying speed was obviously slower than those purple lights, it still managed to temporarily lead the purple scorpions away from their original place during the process of escape and chase.

In the blink of an eye, they turned into tiny black dots.

A moment later, a loud shout came from the sky:

"Hurry up! A puppet has already triggered some kind of restriction and is being chased."

As these words fell, Chen Yun's body was surrounded by flickering spiritual light, and the concealment spell disappeared instantly. He was the first to transform into a streak of light and fly forward.

Upon seeing this, the other two immediately transformed into two golden streaks and flew rapidly towards the top of the mountain.

The three of them knew that these purple-striped scorpions were coming with great force like a storm. If they couldn't get through the mountains in front of them as soon as possible, the consequences would be disastrous.

Fortunately, the three of them were all very fast in their escape techniques.

Although Chen Yun did not use the Wind and Thunder Wings, thanks to his profound cultivation level which was far higher than that of cultivators of the same level, he could cross the mountains in a flash.

At this moment, several giant ape puppets that he sensed remotely had lost contact one after another.

Chen Yun's heart suddenly tightened. He did not dare to delay for a moment and drove his body to escape from the purple-striped scorpion's nest as fast as possible, flying more than ten miles away.

Finally, when they stopped temporarily at another mountain, the three of them were able to breathe a sigh of relief and truly put their minds at ease.

"This time, I really want to thank Brother Chen for his help with the Bijiu Poison and the cleverly arranged mechanical puppets. If we didn't have this help, I'm afraid it would be difficult for us to pass this level smoothly. It is indeed a difficult problem that gives us a headache."

Nanlong Hou praised repeatedly with a beaming face.

Chen Yun just glanced at Nanlong Hou and did not easily reveal his emotions, even though the Bijiu Poison was the most precious treasure left by Master Cangkun.

But Chen Yun was too lazy to explain further and just passed it over vaguely.

When the old man surnamed Lu saw that the problem was solved so easily, he couldn't help but be full of admiration, which seemed to contain some sincere emotions.

Chen Yun smiled and responded with a few words, then the three of them set out on their journey again. The road below returned to its original smoothness, and after they flew smoothly for half an afternoon, the air around them gradually became hotter.

As they continued to move forward, the lush green vegetation on the mountains gradually became sparse from the initial denseness, and finally turned into a wasteland. This change seemed quite strange.

Finally, even the rocks of all sizes on the hilltops took on a strange fiery red color.

Moreover, on the top of some mountaintops, you can vaguely see some large and small lava fissures with flames burning inside.

At the same time, scorching hot air and gray-white smoke erupted, and the whole scene was like purgatory. Chen Yun and Lu Weiying both showed surprise on their faces.

However, when they noticed that Nanlong Hou's face remained calm, they realized that their direction was correct, so they did not comment too much on it.

Not long after, a huge red peak several thousand feet high appeared in front of them, with most of the mountain directly inserted into the fiery red clouds in the sky.

Compared to the surrounding low hills, this huge peak was particularly eye-catching. When the leader, Nan Longhou, saw this huge peak, his flight light suddenly stopped, and his body also became motionless.

When Chen Yun and Lu Weiying saw this situation, they looked at each other and felt very excited.

"My two fellow Taoists, the cave below the mountain ahead is the lair of the Fire Toad Beast."

"The remains of that ancient monk rest within this lair. According to rumors, this beast's perception abilities are quite powerful. Let's stop and discuss this for a while."

Nanlong Hou took a deep breath, turned around and spoke seriously.

"Under that mountain?"

When Chen Yun heard this, his eyebrows slightly raised, and then he immediately used his spiritual sense to investigate.

Sure enough, at the bottom of the giant peak, there was indeed a huge fiery red hole, with gusts of hot air gushing out from it from time to time.

In order to avoid disturbing the fire toad beast in the cave, Chen Yun immediately withdrew his spiritual sense and did not rashly explore again.

"What do you want to discuss? Let's use the ice-attributed skills that Fellow Daoist Chen is good at as the main method, and the two of us will assist in destroying the fire toad beast directly."

Lu Weiying said without hesitation.

“Brother Lu! Things are not that simple. According to Master Cangkun’s description, almost half of the Fire Toad’s lair is built in lava.”

"No matter how badly the beast is hurt, once it leaps into the lava, it will instantly recover."

"Fighting this beast in such an environment will undoubtedly put us at a great disadvantage. The best strategy should be to set up a magic circle first, then lure it out of its lair and destroy it."

"For this purpose, I have specially prepared a set of equipment for setting up a water-attribute magic array."

Nanlong Hou said with confidence.

After hearing this, the old man surnamed Lu did not raise any objections. Chen Yun also thought that this plan was feasible.

So, after some discussion, the three of them began to make relevant preparations. In addition to the large magic array mentioned by Nanlong Hou, Chen Yun also arranged several sets of small magic arrays outside the magic array, just in case.

After all the preparations were completed, they decided that the three of them would hide aside and let Chen Yun use the puppet beast to lure the ancient fire toad out of its nest.

Chen Yun gently patted the spirit beast bag on his waist, and the only remaining white wolf puppet beast immediately flew out of the bag.

Then, Chen Yun sat cross-legged next to the magic circle, controlling the puppet beast and rushing towards the cave under the giant peak.

With the help of the distraction in the puppet, Chen Yun clearly perceived every detail of the surrounding environment the moment he stepped into the end of the cave.

In front of the white wolf was a natural passage about seven or eight feet high, with the walls on both sides showing a mixture of pitch black and dark red.

From time to time, wisps of hot flames emerged from it, causing the surrounding air to deform and distort due to the high temperature.

Chen Yun knew very well that if a cultivator with insufficient cultivation mistakenly entered this passage, he would easily face dangers that he would be unable to guard against and would be knocked unconscious in an instant by the scorching hot wind.

However, this situation does not apply to the mechanical puppet synthesized by the White Wolf.

It flew forward along the passage, and after a short while, the view in front of it suddenly became clear, and a fiery and extremely spectacular underground world appeared before its eyes.

The area occupied by this place is hundreds of feet long and wide, but the most eye-catching sight is the lava lake that occupies most of the space.

Scarlet bubbles were surging and rolling in it, and from time to time there were "popping" sounds, which was extremely terrifying.

It seemed to be telling people that if they got any closer, they would be roasted into a dried-up state.

Surrounding the lake is a reddish rocky ground. Surprisingly, there are a few scattered emerald green spots on the ground, and there are actually magical herbs growing there.

This shows that these spiritual herbs are extraordinarily precious.

However, Chen Yun in the White Wolf had no interest in this at all, as his eyes had already been fixed on a huge protruding rock in the center of the lava lake.

On top of this huge rock, a monster with a red body was lying on its back, sleeping soundly.

This monster is not huge, only three meters wide and five or six meters long, and looks like a giant toad.

However, its skin, which is as dazzling as flames, makes it look majestic. Whenever this monster breathes, layers of red clouds always emanate from its body, adding a mysterious atmosphere.

Obviously, this is the legendary fire toad!

Chen Yun saw the beast clearly. He observed it carefully for a long time, and then turned his attention to an ancient stone platform opposite the lava lake.

This stone platform has obviously gone through many vicissitudes of life. Although its surroundings are engraved with intricate patterns and mysterious runes, the four corners of the platform have long been corroded and dilapidated.

However, in the center of the stone platform, lying quietly were the remains of a monk wrapped in a green robe.

This robe is simple and elegant in style, simple and unique, and one can tell at first glance that it is not something that a modern practitioner can wear.

Moreover, after such a long time, the robe is still as new as before, emitting a faint green light, which is enough to prove that it is definitely not an ordinary item.

The remains wrapped in the robe had long since turned into a pile of dry bones.

However, these bones are crystal clear, as clear as crystal, which is really weird.

Chen Yun carefully examined the bones, then looked back at the fire toad beast. He then separated a strand of his attention and silently entangled the remains.

He planned to first check the remains of the monk to see if there were any rare treasures hidden there.

After all, he did not find any treasures or storage bags on the remains. This made him suspicious. (End of this chapter)