txolops Chapter 184 Exposing Mu Lan's spy and turning the tables on him!
Chapter 184 Exposing Mu Lan's spy and turning the tables on him!
"Think about it, how could Han Li, a mere early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, kill a cultivator of the same level in a single move? There must be something fishy going on!"
The bald, burly man hesitated.
"this……"
"If Fellow Daoist Lu doesn't believe me, I have another piece of evidence."
As Gu Shuangpu spoke, he took another step forward, and something seemed to be wriggling in his sleeve.
The bald, burly man was about to ask—
"Whoosh!"
A slender, emerald-green shadow suddenly darted out from Gu Shuangpu's sleeve, moving at an astonishing speed!
It was a small, bright green snake, only as thick as a finger, but it was as fast as lightning and bit the bald, burly man's wrist!
"you--!"
The bald, burly man was filled with astonishment. He opened his mouth as if to shout something, but in an instant his face turned black and his hair turned purple. Then he silently fell to the ground and lay motionless.
Gu Shuangpu looked at the corpse on the ground, a satisfied smile appearing on his lips.
"Heh, the venom of the Twin-Tailed Jade Serpent is indeed potent. Even a Nascent Soul cultivator caught in its venom can't escape."
He crouched down and began rummaging through the storage bags on the bald, burly man's body.
"Impossible. Where's the token? I clearly saw it put into its storage bag."
A moment later, Gu Shuangpu let out a soft exclamation, his expression changing slightly.
He searched through all the storage bags on the bald, burly man's body, but still couldn't find the token that could control the central hub of the Yellow Dragon Mountain formation.
"Keep the change, please."
A faint voice came from the entrance of the main hall.
Gu Shuangpu suddenly turned around, his expression changing drastically!
At the entrance of the main hall, five figures stood side by side—Lin Chuan, Han Li, the bald-browed giant, the cultivator surnamed Ma, and Bu Yunhe.
Not one is missing, they're all here!
"You...you all..."
Gu Shuangpu's gaze fell on the bald, burly man, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
The person who had just been poisoned to death by snake venom was now standing alive at the door, showing no signs of poisoning whatsoever.
"This is a puppet?" Gu Shuangpu suddenly realized, his face turning ashen. "You knew I would come all along? Did you suspect me all along?"
"No, no." The bald, burly man shook his head with a smile. "All of this was discovered by Fellow Daoist Lin."
Gu Shuangpu turned his gaze to Lin Chuan, his eyes filled with disbelief.
How did you know?
"My spiritual sense just happens to be a bit stronger, so I overheard you communicating with the Mulan people yesterday," Lin Chuan said calmly.
"Listening to my telepathic messages... that's something only a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator's divine sense can do..."
Gu Shuangpu's face was deathly pale, and he muttered to himself.
He never expected that this seemingly young mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator would possess such terrifying spiritual power.
"Why did you become a traitor?" the monk surnamed Ma roared, his eyes filled with resentment.
Gu Shuangpu looked at him and suddenly laughed. In that laugh, there was a hint of mockery and a hint of relief.
"Hehe, I was originally from Mulan." He paused, "Back then, I was sent to Tiannan as an undercover agent, and hundreds of years have passed in the blink of an eye."
He took a deep breath and glanced at everyone.
"With the Mulan army pressing in, I'm merely returning to my own people. What's wrong with that?"
"No need to waste words with him."
Lin Chuan's voice rang out, calm yet cold.
"Let him live for now, kill him tomorrow."
Gu Shuangpu wanted to say something, but Lin Chuan raised his hand and activated the restriction.
Gu Shuangpu was trapped in the main hall.
"Brother Lin, are you planning to use this as a pretext tomorrow?"
The bald, burly man's eyes lit up, and he tentatively asked.
"First, feign disabling part of the restrictions to lure the Mulan army into the restricted area, then reactivating the restrictions to trap them like turtles in a jar?"
"Mm." Lin Chuan nodded.
Upon hearing this, Han Li nodded thoughtfully.
The cultivator surnamed Ma and Bu Yunhe exchanged a glance, both showing their approval.
"Great plan!"
The bald, burly man clapped his hands and laughed, "Tomorrow we'll teach those Mulan people a lesson!"
After discussing the details for a while, the group dispersed.
Inside the main hall, only Gu Shuangpu remained, trapped in a corner by the restrictions.
……
The next day at noon, the sun was blazing and the heat was unbearable.
The thunderous sound of war drums rose again, growing louder as it approached, causing rocks to tumble down from Huanglong Mountain. A massive, dark army of sorcerers...
Like dark clouds rolling in from the horizon, they slowly approached.
This time, however, a colossal creature appeared in the middle of the group.
It was a brown behemoth over thirty feet tall and over twenty feet long, which at first glance looked like a giant rhinoceros magnified dozens of times.
At the front of the giant beast's nose, a massive, blue horn, over ten feet long, reflected a dazzling, cold light in the sunlight.
Its massive body was covered in a layer of shiny black armor, with various runes and incantations faintly appearing and flashing on the armor plates, making it clear that it was extremely valuable.
Despite its enormous size, this behemoth is a master of flight.
Wherever its four feet tread, strange blue clouds support it, making it extremely agile and showing no clumsiness whatsoever.
On the back of the giant beast sat a beautiful young woman in her early twenties.
The woman was barefoot and bare-armed, with a healthy wheat-colored skin and a delicate face. However, a murderous aura was faintly visible in her beautiful eyes, and a cold light would occasionally flash in her bright eyes.
She wore a short, dark green dress that revealed her slender waist and calves, a stark contrast to the attire of women from southern China.
The tall, thin mage and Ku Yao, who had appeared yesterday, followed closely on either side of the giant beast, their expressions respectful, as if they held the woman in great awe.
……
"Huh—"
Before they even got close to the sky above Huanglong Mountain, the woman in green on the giant beast suddenly looked surprised and let out a soft exclamation.
"What's wrong? Has Master Le made any discovery?" Ku Yao asked upon hearing this.
"Hmm, it is a bit strange." The young woman's beautiful eyes flashed with an odd light as she spoke slowly.
"Has something changed? Did that person fail?" The tall, thin mage was taken aback and became somewhat worried.
"That's not necessarily true. You'll see for yourselves," the woman said calmly, then closed her eyes and said no more.
The tall, thin mage and Ku Yao exchanged a glance, and somewhat strangely released their divine senses at the same time, slowly probing forward.
A moment later, the two looked astonished.
Ku Yao exclaimed in surprise, "What's going on? The mist has already dissipated! Wasn't it agreed that we would only remove the restrictions halfway through our attack to wipe out all these cultivators? Now that the restrictions are wide open, has something else happened?"
"I don't know. We'll take a closer look when we get there."
The tall, thin monk hesitated.
The woman on the giant beast remained expressionless and silent.
The army of mages continued to advance, but under the shouts of the tall, thin mage, all the mages became extremely cautious.
……
Nothing unusual happened during the remaining short distance.
The mages successfully reached the high altitude where they had been the day before.
This time, however, seeing the scene below, all the mages couldn't help but stir.
The once boundless sea of emerald green mist has vanished completely.
The peaks of Huanglong Mountain and the magnificent pavilions atop it are clearly visible.
These once exquisite buildings are now completely blackened and charred, with wisps of smoke rising from them, as if they had been burned by a fire, making them look extremely desolate.
The entire mountaintop was silent, as if everyone had left.
Something's not right.
The woman in green opened her eyes, her voice cold and clear, "There are still restrictions on this mountain to conceal our divine senses, so be careful."
She waved her hand, and several Core Formation stage mages immediately obeyed, leading a force of several hundred men to carefully fly towards Huanglong Mountain.
……
On Huanglong Mountain.
Lin Chuan and the others hid in the shadows, watching the mage group slowly approach.
"Unfortunately, the other party is very cautious."
Han Li felt a little regretful.
Lin Chuan remained expressionless.
The divination results were already shown this morning.
The Mulan people will not fall completely into the trap; they will only send in some low-level mages to test the waters.
However, even a small mosquito is still meat.
Let's devour these low-level mages first.
Lin Chuan gave the bald, burly man a wink.
……
The group of sorcerers flew over Huanglong Mountain and had just stepped into the designated area—
"Buzz—"
A thick, emerald-green fog suddenly surged out from all directions, instantly engulfing the entire team! All around, in all directions—front, back, left, right, up, and down—was churning green fog, completely isolating them from the outside world!
"We've fallen for their trap! Retreat now!"
The leader, a Core Formation mage, had a drastic change in expression and shouted an order.
But it was too late—countless beams of spiritual light shot out from the green mist, surrounding them completely.
"It seems Fellow Daoist Gu has met with misfortune."
Beyond the green mist, the woman in green saw this scene and sighed softly.