We had just reached the second level, but because Huo Ling killed Master Black Wind's physical body, the situation at the entrance of the canyon became weird.
Those Jindan stage cultivators who had just arrived did not dare to speak. They just found a corner and waited silently.
As for the foundation-building cultivators?
At this stage, there are basically no cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage. At most, there are only one or two who follow the Jindan cultivators to the second level to see the world.
At this moment, a figure appeared at the mouth of the canyon.
After taking a look, those Jindan cultivators ignored him, thinking that he was just an ordinary Jindan cultivator like them.
But Master Black Wind's breathing became rapid, and he said hurriedly: "Three Taoist friends, it's that girl, she has a Nascent Soul stage spirit beast hidden in her body!"
Hearing this, Man Huzi, Ji Yin and others turned their heads to look over, and looked around unscrupulously with their spiritual sense.
At this time, because of the relationship with Master Black Wind, they were naturally hostile to Qin Feng and Yuan Yao and the others. Naturally, they would not cover up such things as the spiritual sense investigation.
Of course, this is also because Yuan Yao’s cultivation is low.
Even if a cultivator in the early stage of Jindan has a Nascent Soul spirit pet, does it matter? Do they dare to cause trouble for them?
If Qin Feng had come, these people would not have been so unscrupulous.
"Sure enough! It's really a spirit beast in the Nascent Soul stage!" Man Huzi said with a little surprise.
As the saying goes, what you hear is not as true as what you see. He previously suspected that the three Ji Yin people had teamed up to deceive him, but now it seems that at least half of what they said was true.
Ji Yin and Qing Yi's pupils also shrank, obviously frightened by this Nascent Soul stage spirit pet.
In their perception, there was a ball of fiery red energy on Yuan Yao's arm.
The pressure contained in it is not much different from theirs, and may even be slightly stronger.
This shows that the monster has not just entered the early stage of Nascent Soul, but has stayed in this realm for quite some time. Its strength is solid and is not weaker than any of them.
Moreover, this monster was able to directly kill Master Black Wind's physical body in a sneak attack, so its magical powers might be extremely powerful.
If a fight breaks out at that time, they must be extremely careful, otherwise it would be bad if they followed suit.
The atmosphere in the canyon was somewhat peculiar. On the surface, the groups of people were unrelated to each other and were all resting with their eyes closed, but in fact, they were all paying attention to each other.
Now Man Huzi and his men have all turned their attention to Yuan Yao, and they are openly releasing their spiritual sense to investigate. If Wan Tianming and his men didn't notice anything, then something must be wrong.
"What's on that person that attracted so much attention from the barbarians?!"
Thinking in his mind, Wan Tianming and the others also released their spiritual sense to investigate.
"A spirit beast in the Nascent Soul stage!" Mu Fujiko exclaimed, looking incredulous.
These Nascent Soul cultivators usually also have spiritual pets or something.
But basically, they are at most in the late Jindan stage, and they don’t have any spirit pets with cultivation levels higher than that.
Spirit pets in the late Jindan stage, with their thick skin and flesh, as well as some magical weapons, can barely resist one or two Yuanying cultivators.
In the battle between Nascent Soul cultivators, spirit beasts of this level are already extremely powerful and can influence the outcome of the battle!
The spiritual pets in the Nascent Soul stage are even more powerful. In terms of fighting, they are much stronger than the ordinary Nascent Soul early stage cultivators.
After all, the body of this monster is enough to rival a magic weapon, and its tolerance rate is too high.
Of course, this is nothing. The most important thing is that this is a Yuanying stage spirit beast. How powerful must the owner behind it be? !
Man Huzi and the others are so concerned about her, could it be that the woman is the disciple of the Six Paths Supreme Saint? !
Eh, that's not right!
If she was really the disciple of the Six Paths Supreme Saint, Madam Wen had never had any interaction with this woman before, as if she were a stranger.
Hide yourself?
There's no need to expose it now, right? Wouldn't it be better to take action when the tripod is finally taken?
So for a moment, Wan Tianming and the others were shocked and didn't understand the situation.
On the Xinggong side, Jin Kui could sense the changes in the field.
He tilted his head to look at it, frowned slightly and said, "Where did this Nascent Soul-level Scarlet Flame Bird come from? I've never heard of it before."
He had previously speculated who had destroyed Master Black Wind's physical body, but now the appearance of Yuan Yao seemed to have pointed him in the right direction.
But a spiritual pet in the Nascent Soul stage doesn't seem to be able to do this, right?
He guessed that Yuan Yao and the mysterious guy were probably in the same group.
"Sister Ling? What should we do now?" Yuan Yao asked with forced calmness.
Now it won’t be long before the second level starts. Yuan Yao deliberately chose this time to come here in order not to attract attention.
But the current situation seems to be counterproductive.
So many Nascent Soul cultivators were paying attention to her, and their spiritual senses were investigating her without any concealment, which really made her nervous.
He was a great cultivator at the Nascent Soul level. With so many people looking at her, the psychological pressure on Yuan Yao was really too great.
She had the urge to turn around and leave immediately, but before leaving, she still had to ask Huo Ling's opinion.
"Don't panic, it's just a small problem."
Hearing the panic in Yuan Yao's tone, Huo Ling said calmly.
She was actually a little nervous inside. After all, it was the first time she faced so many beings of the same level at the same time, and they were all human monks. She couldn't handle it.
But she is a Red Flame Bird who has seen big scenes, and these people can't scare her.
Moreover, her attainment in the art of escape was not low. If Qin Feng had not been so skilled in setting up the formation and concealing his breath, and had not set up the formation silently, both she and Lei Peng would have had a chance to escape.
Now facing a group of enemies and there being no formation nearby, she was confident that she could take Yuan Yao away from here, so she was not in a hurry to leave.
"With so many Nascent Soul cultivators watching us, is that a small problem?" Yuan Yao felt that this was a bit absurd, but Huo Ling was a powerful Nascent Soul cultivator and would not lie to her.
For a moment, Yuan Yao also relaxed.
At this moment, Master Black Wind shouted loudly at Yuan Yao.
"That thief actually brought a monster into the Xutian Palace! He colluded with foreign tribes, and his heart deserves death!"
Before Yuan Yao appeared, Master Heifeng had already thought of a countermeasure.
It is obviously impossible to just give in. After all, his physical body has been destroyed. This is a life-and-death feud. He and Yuan Yao are already fighting to the death!
In this case, he only had one way out, and that was to find a way to make everyone else hate Yuan Yao!
The matter of Xu Tianding cannot be discussed for now, and Wan Tianming and the others cannot be made aware of it.
When he really wants to say something, he has to ask Man Huzi and the others for their opinions.
So at this moment, all he could do was to pull Yuan Yao against everyone and use justice to suppress him!
"Colluding with the demon clan?"
"What do you mean? A demon race entered the Xutian Palace?"
Master Black Wind's words immediately caused everyone to talk.
I don’t know how many years ago, ever since the human race drove the demon race out of the inner star sea, Xutian Palace has never seen the demon race enter again.
Could it be that this time, some demons sneaked in?
You know, although demons and spirit beasts are similar, they are just called differently, but they are completely different things. Spirit beasts are usually raised from childhood, and are very close to their raisers, so they don't have any "wildness".
As for the demon race, they are a completely different race in the Chaos Star Sea, and they are at war with humans to the death.
If there really are humans colluding with the demon clan, then everyone should kill them!
Therefore, when Master Black Wind put such a big hat on Yuan Yao, everyone's eyes turned gloomy when they looked at Yuan Yao.
"Senior, you are a Nascent Soul cultivator, it's ok for you to sneak attack me, but now you are confusing right and wrong, it's really despicable!"
Huo Ling said it was a small problem. Yuan Yao was not afraid at all at this time. Facing such slander, she naturally would not tolerate it.
"You are confusing right and wrong? You are just a Jindan cultivator, how come you have a Yuanying stage spirit pet? Apart from colluding with foreign races, what other possibility is there?!"
Master Black Wind continued, "And that demon beast is still hiding its head and showing its tail. Now it doesn't dare to show up, and it still wants to quibble?!"
To be honest, there is not much causal connection between these words of Master Heifeng, and even the logic is not sound.
But it is still quite convincing when said in this scenario.
Man Huzi, Jiyin and Qingyi immediately knew Master Heifeng's plan, which was to choose a "hard fight".
They are also happy to see this.
After all, Master Heifeng's action at this time could be considered as helping them to find out the situation of Yuan Yao and Qingyun Sanren behind him.
There is also the Nascent Soul level spirit beast. If we can force it out, we can also get more information.
On the other hand, Wan Tianming and his companions roughly guessed the current situation. Master Heifeng must have become an enemy of Yuan Yao!
This is a good thing!
The enemy of an enemy is a friend.
Yuan Yao and the evil ones are not on good terms, so naturally they are friends of the righteous ones.
As for what Master Black Wind said about colluding with the demon clan?
Wan Tianming is not a fool. Would the demon race be stupid enough to cooperate with a cultivator in the early stage of Jindan?
No one would believe such a lie that is easily exposed.
Of course, even if Wan Tianming wanted to win over Yuan Yao, he would not speak at this time. After all, things were still unclear, and he had to wait for the right opportunity to speak and win her over.
"Could this be a conspiracy of the evil sect?" Behind him, Mu Tengzi was shaking the fan in his hand, looking thoughtful.
After all, we haven't entered the inner hall yet. What grudges or grievances must be resolved now?
Is there anything more important than the Xutian Ding? Even a life-and-death feud shouldn't be allowed.
When reaching the Nascent Soul stage, cultivators basically put interests first.
For the sake of huge benefits, everything else can be put aside.
"I think it might be someone from Xinggong." Tian Wuzi frowned slightly.
"It's possible. The people in Xinggong are very cunning and it's hard to say," Mu Fujiko murmured.
If Mo Dao is a real villain, then Xing Gong is a hypocrite!
These Nascent Soul cultivators all knew everything very well.
"No matter who it is, let's take a look first." Wan Tianming said calmly.
What they have to do now is to watch quietly and see how the Demonic Path and the Star Palace react.
Who knows, this so-called "collusion with monsters" was really specially made up by Xinggong.
"Grand Elder, should we take care of this matter?" Elder Jia asked on the stone platform.
“No rush, let them play for a while first.” Jin Kui glanced at the whole audience, calm as water, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.
On the side, Elder Jia nodded in agreement and continued speaking.
"That demonic person is really hypocritical. It's only the second level, and he's already acting like that?"
After saying this, he glanced at Wan Tianming and the others, and then said, "Maybe this is just a show between the good and the evil!"
The Anti-Star Alliance was no secret to their Xing Palace, and in order to paralyze the Xing Palace, both the good and the evil had to pretend to be at odds.
Jin Kui knew this, and so did Man Huzi and Wan Tianming.
But the play should be performed. After all, some words and some things belong to the secret things and cannot be said openly.
"We'll know whether it's acting or not later!"
Jin Kui had no intention of intervening now, and Master Black Wind did not bring the fire over either, so he decided to wait and see what kind of trouble they would cause.
At this moment, a flash of fire appeared in front of Yuan Yao, and Huo Ling in red appeared in front of everyone.
After she appeared, she stared directly at Master Black Wind and said, "You are such a jerk, attacking a Jindan cultivator by surprise, how shameless!"
"It would have been fine if you ran away after I destroyed your physical body, but now you actually dare to appear in front of me. Come out and die if you dare!"
Huo Ling is not a person with a good temper. It was because Master Heifeng was among several Nascent Soul cultivators. Otherwise, with her temper, she would have run up to fight.
"That's right, a dignified Nascent Soul cultivator attacked a junior and slandered me. It's really disgusting that the villain is the first to complain!"
Yuan Yao also said loudly: "Listen carefully, old man! This is my master's spirit beast, not some demon!"
If Yuan Yao could take action to deal with the slander, she would have done it long ago.
But she was not strong enough and could only win with words.
After hearing these words and seeing Master Black Wind's face suddenly darken, everyone almost knew that what he said was true.
At least his sneak attack on Yuan Yao should not be fake.
It couldn't be that Yuan Yao took the initiative to attack Master Black Wind. It could only be that Master Black Wind launched a sneak attack, didn't anticipate Huo Ling's existence, and then became enemies.
"You witch, you are full of nonsense!"
Master Black Wind flew directly into the air, glanced at everyone, and shouted: "The young master of Qingyang Sect was killed by this witch!"
"There are several Qingyang thunders on this girl's body. If they are not removed, it may become a serious disaster!"
Yuanying cultivators are extremely thick-skinned and will not get angry over a few words.
Master Black Wind did this at this time for no other purpose but one - to test the Star Palace!
Because he suspected that Yuan Yao and Qin Feng were from the Star Palace, he had been paying attention to Jin Kui while testing them.
Not only him, but also Man Huzi and his men were paying attention.
However, from beginning to end, Jin Kui did not express anything and did not say a word.
Wan Tianming was the same, as if he was just watching the performance.
Seeing this scene, Master Heifeng knew that the strength of this test was not enough and he had to increase his strength, so he immediately sent a message to Jiyin and the others, asking them to come up as well.
(End of this chapter)