If I stay in the Hehuan Sect, I'll live off the pampered daughters of the Heavenly Pride Sect.

Chapter 357 Leng Yuexin's Tacit Understanding and Arm Severing

Mo Chengyue squatted down and pasted the talismans one by one next to the gray vine.

Each talisman glowed with only a very faint light.

Do not damage.

It does not dispel.

It was just a temporary "false path" added to the gray vine's perception.

Zhao Li watched intently.

"Senior Brother Mo, is this an illusion array?"

Mo Chengyue said, "Half."

Han Xiaoqiu asked, "What about the other half?"

Mo Chengyue said, "A deception."

Han Xiaoqiu was filled with awe.

"Senior brother is really amazing."

Mo Chengyue said, "That doesn't sound like a compliment."

Han Xiaoqiu quickly replied, "I'm sincere."

Mo Chengyue said, "That's even more terrifying."

Xu Shan looked at the fine lines on the talisman and said in a low voice, "This technique doesn't seem like that of an ordinary array cultivator."

Leng Yue thought to herself, "He knows a lot of things."

Mo Chengyue didn't even look up.

"Elder, the word 'miscellaneous' is very hurtful."

Leng Yue thought to herself, "Then let's choose another one."

Mo Chengyue asked, "Learned?"

Leng Yue thought to herself, "He's clinging to life."

Mo Chengyue thought for a moment.

"That works too, it's closer to the truth."

After a cup of tea.

A silent gap was created between the gray vines.

Everyone held their breath as they passed through.

Han Xiaoqiu was halfway there when a thorn caught on the hem of her clothes.

He froze on the spot.

"Senior Brother Mo..."

Mo Chengyue turned around.

"Don't move."

Han Xiaoqiu's voice trembled.

Did I move?

Zhao Li said, "Your voice is moving."

Han Xiaoqiu almost burst into tears.

Mo Chengyue reached out and pinched the thorn between two fingers.

The Yin-Yang True Essence swirled slightly.

The thorns have loosened.

Han Xiaoqiu immediately pulled her clothes back.

"Thank you, senior brother."

Mo Chengyue said, "Remember to burn the clothes when you get back."

Han Xiaoqiu's face turned pale.

"poisonous?"

Mo Chengyue said, "No."

Han Xiaoqiu breathed a sigh of relief.

Mo Chengyue said, "But you might not be able to sleep if you see it in the future."

Han Xiaoqiu: "..."

Xu Shan's shoulders trembled as he tried to suppress his laughter.

Leng Yuexin walked at the very front, but her lips twitched very slightly.

After passing through the withered vine valley, the abandoned well and old veins finally came into view.

That was a mine entrance that had collapsed on one side.

The sealing stone is covered with old talismans.

The runes were faded and the edges were peeling off.

There was no snow around the mine entrance.

Instead, there was a ring of wet, black mud.

Tiny wisps of white smoke kept rising from the soil.

The white smoke rose three feet, only to be pressed back to the ground by some unseen force.

Mo Chengyue glanced at it and cursed inwardly.

This is not a case of old formations falling into disrepair.

Someone turned an abandoned well into a pot.

The ground below is ablaze.

Ice crystals were pressing down on it.

And stuff some of Xuan Shuang Valley's underhanded tricks in the middle.

When the time is right, the entire mine can be served.

Xu Shan's face turned ashen.

"It wasn't like this during the last inspection."

Leng Yue thought to herself, "Who was on the last patrol?"

Xu Shan immediately flipped through the jade book.

"Seven days ago, the one who maintained the old order was... Liu Zhengping."

Zhao Li was taken aback.

"Senior Brother Liu?"

Han Xiaoqiu was also stunned.

"No way, Senior Brother Liu has been in the mining area for more than ten years, and he is usually the most honest."

Xu Shan asked in a deep voice, "Where are they?"

Zhao Li said, "I was still at the town's battle hut this morning."

Xu Shan immediately took out a communication talisman.

Before it could be activated, a hoarse laugh came from the entrance of the abandoned well.

"No need to look anymore."

Everyone turned around at the same time.

From the shadows of the mine entrance, a middle-aged cultivator in a gray robe slowly emerged.

He had an ordinary face, with two deep lines under his eyes.

He was also carrying a formation plate in his hand.

The array plate was covered with frost.

Xu Shan's face darkened.

"Liu Zhengping!"

Liu Zhengping glanced at Xu Shan.

"Manager Xu, it's been a long time since I've seen you so impressive."

Xu Shan tightened his grip on the sword hilt.

Why did you betray your sect?

Liu Zhengping chuckled.

"betray?"

"I have guarded this broken mine ridge for fourteen years."

"Every year we report our achievements, every year we are suppressed."

"Every time something happens, it's us, the disciples stationed here, who are the ones who lose our lives."

"Does the sect remember me?"

Han Xiaoqiu said urgently, "But that's no excuse for harming the mining area!"

Liu Zhengping looked at him.

"Xiao Qiu, you're still young."

"Wait another ten years, and you'll realize how worthless life is."

Mo Chengyue felt a subtle tension in his heart upon hearing this.

If these words were spoken at the tea table on Qingquan Peak, they might resonate with some office workers.

But resonance is resonance.

Exploding mines is a different matter altogether.

Leng Yue thought to herself, "What has Xuan Shuang Valley given you?"

Liu Zhengping looked at Leng Yuexin, a hint of fear flashing in his eyes.

But it quickly turned into resentment and malice.

"It gave me the opportunity to leave this place."

Leng Yue thought to herself, "You believe me?"

Liu Zhengping grinned.

"Of course I don't believe it entirely."

"So I left myself another way out."

He suddenly raised the array plate.

The abandoned well and the old vein suddenly trembled.

The old talisman on the sealing stone simultaneously lit up with a bluish-white light.

Mo Chengyue's expression changed.

"He's going to dig up an abandoned well!"

Xu Shan roared angrily.

"Stop him!"

Zhao Li and Han Xiaoqiu attacked at the same time.

A burst of light and a string of fire talismans rushed straight at Liu Zhengping.

Liu Zhengping neither dodged nor avoided the attack.

The soil beneath his feet suddenly cracked open.

Two arms formed from solidified ice magic rose from the ground to block the attack.

The fire talisman exploded.

Ice shards flew everywhere.

Zhao Li exclaimed in surprise, "He's refined the Ice Fiend into his body?"

Liu Zhengping laughed loudly.

"good!"

"The secret techniques of Xuan Shuang Valley are far more useful than the ridiculous rules of the Hehuan Sect!"

As he spoke, frost lines appeared on half of his face.

Its eyes also turned grayish-blue.

Han Xiaoqiu took half a step back.

"Senior Brother Liu, have you gone mad!"

Liu Zhengping hissed, "I'm not crazy!"

"I've finally realized that you have to rely on yourself!"

Mo Chengyue really wanted to nod.

The statement itself is not wrong.

But the following line, "So I'm going to blow up the sect's mine," distorts the logic to the point that even the demonic cultivators would want to call the police.

Leng Yuexin raised her hand.

An ice crystal formed at her fingertip.

Liu Zhengping's expression changed drastically, and he immediately pressed the array plate against his chest.

"Cold Moon Heart!"

"If you kill me, the abandoned well will collapse immediately!"

Leng Yuexin stopped moving.

Xu Shan gritted his teeth.

"How dare you threaten the elders?"

Liu Zhengping was panting heavily.

"I'm just trying to survive."

Mo Chengyue glanced at him.

"Senior Brother Liu."

Liu Zhengping turned his head.

"Are you trying to persuade me?"

Mo Chengyue said, "No."

Liu Zhengping sneered.

"So what do you want to say?"

Mo Chengyue said sincerely, "The way you seek to live is a bit too risky."

Liu Zhengping was taken aback.

Han Xiaoqiu almost lost her composure.

Zhao Li couldn't help but glance at Mo Chengyue.

It's already this late.

This senior brother can still be so consistently heart-wrenching.

Liu Zhengping snapped, "Shut up!"

Mo Chengyue, however, stared at the array plate on his chest.

"You think you have control of the abandoned well, but you don't."

Liu Zhengping's expression changed.

Mo Chengyue continued, "The array plate on your chest has been altered by Xuan Shuang Valley."

"If you press it, the abandoned well will collapse."

"But you will also be the first to be drawn into the formation."

Liu Zhengping's face turned pale.

"nonsense!"

Mo Chengyue said, "You can take a look at the third frost leaf pattern on the back of the array plate."

Liu Zhengping instinctively lowered his head.

At that very moment.

Leng Yuexin made her move.

There was no sound.

There were no unnecessary movements.

A cold glint flashed across Liu Zhengping's right arm.

His arm, along with the array plate, flew up and froze in mid-air.

At the same time, Xu Shan lunged forward, pinning Liu Zhengping to the stone wall at the mine entrance with a single sword strike.

Liu Zhengping screamed in agony.

But the next moment, the array plate suddenly started to rotate.

Sure enough, a third layer of frost-like leaf patterns appeared on the back.

The dark cracks have appeared.

A deep, rumbling sound came from the depths of the abandoned well.

Mo Chengyue's face darkened.

"I knew it!"

Han Xiaoqiu asked anxiously, "Senior brother, wasn't it already cut down?"

Mo Chengyue gritted his teeth.

"It never intended to wait for him to press the button."

Zhao Li's voice was strained.

"What should we do then?"