Chapter 284 Monster in the Stream

In the mountain stream, Li Qing used his spiritual sense to locate and closely followed behind this group of mortals, moving forward into the depths of the forest.

Not long after, on the outskirts of the mountain stream, array flags were erected, fixing the important positions of this area.

Swish, swish, swish!

Then, one piece after another of precious array materials were thrown out, landing on various positions of the array that was about to be formed, forming array eyes.

Li Qing, who was in the mountain stream, immediately sensed the changes around him.

"Is someone setting up an array?" Li Qing's face changed slightly, and his expression was uncertain.

The spiritual energy between heaven and earth was completely locked, and the terrain was also fixed. This was a trapping array.

"It should be the cultivator of the Lu family who is preparing to deal with the monster in the mountain stream. Judging from the posture of this array, the monster to be dealt with should be a second-level monster."

Li Qing stood there and observed for a while, but did not find any cultivators coming in. The forest was still very quiet, with only the movements of the mortals in front.

"Are you planning to use these mortals to lure out the monsters? They have even set up the formation, but they are not willing to take this little risk. The Lu family is really cautious."

Thinking of this, Li Qing decided not to move.

Now his aura has been completely restrained, and it is difficult to be discovered even if he is in the formation.

But after all, he has fallen into the encirclement of the formation. For safety, Li Qing still took out a black furnace from the storage bag!

This forging furnace used for refining is very strong. He has confirmed in the Soul Nurturing Secret Realm that it can resist even the attack of the second-level prohibition.

As long as he hides in this black furnace, Li Qing believes that even if he is affected by the attack of the formation, he can be safe.

Entering the black furnace, Li Qing was quickly attracted by some strange patterns on the inner wall of the black furnace. These patterns are tadpoles and some are like flames, which are very strange.

"Huh? Why didn't I find this strange pattern inside this black furnace before?"

Li Qing curiously touched the tadpole pattern on the inner wall of the black furnace, but he couldn't tell what these patterns symbolized. He had never heard of it before.

Because the furnace body is black, it is difficult to see the existence of these strange runes with the naked eye from the outside.

You can only see it clearly by getting into the furnace. Of course, normal people rarely get into the forging furnace like Li Qing.

Unfortunately, after observing for a long time, Li Qing didn't see anything strange.

These runes are like the black furnace itself, without a trace of spirituality. It can only be described in four words: dead!

After confirming that there is nothing special, Li Qing hid in the black furnace, holding two spiritual stones in his hands, and began to recover his spiritual power.

Just when Li Qing was hiding in the black furnace, on the periphery of the mountain stream, a graceful figure dragging a compass in his hand came floating in the air, driving the divine rainbow.

"Hmm? The Si Tian Yi is ineffective?"

This woman is Su Xin who came all the way from Feng Country to hunt down Li Qing. She frowned and looked at the bronze compass in her hand.

The bronze needle on it began to rotate chaotically, rotating counterclockwise and clockwise without any rules, and it was impossible to use it to identify the direction.

"Could it be because of the formation set up here, which disturbed the terrain and affected the deduction of the heavenly secrets?" Su Xin whispered to herself and slowly put away the Si Tian Yi in her hand.

"The direction it pointed to was this mountain stream. Could it be that this person was hiding in this mountain stream covered by the formation, which caused the Si Tian Yi to fail?"

"A second-level formation, this is quite a feat. It looks like there is no way out. Is it trying to trap something?"

"Once you get stuck in it, you will be in big trouble."

As a foundation-building elder of Tianhe Sect, Su Xin has a wide range of knowledge. In a few words, she recognized the purpose and subtlety of this formation.

She stroked her chin, thinking about how to deal with it next.

But soon, her brows slightly frowned again, just because a clear voice rang out from the other side:

"Haha, this fairy is really knowledgeable!"

A middle-aged man in a gray robe slowly flew over, with a kind tone, but his eyes were wary of Su Xin who was driving the divine rainbow.

In response, Su Xin did not show any panic, but looked at the cultivator who was also in the foundation-building stage calmly, and said softly:

"Fellow Daoist, please forgive me. I passed by here and saw the formation here. I was curious and wanted to check it out. I have no ill intentions!"

The middle-aged man in gray robe laughed and said, "Hahaha, curiosity is just human nature. My Lu family is not a domineering family. How could I blame you for this!"

"It's just that this fairy looks a little unfamiliar. I, Lu Feiyu, think I have a wide range of friends. I have heard of the foundation-building cultivators in this area, but I don't know when such a beautiful fellow Daoist who is in the foundation-building stage appeared?"

Faced with Lu Feiyu's temptation, Su Xin responded with a smile: "I have only been in the foundation-building stage for a short time. I just came out of retreat not long ago. It is normal that fellow Daoist Lu doesn't know me."

The answer was flawless. Of course, as the head of the Lu family, Lu Feiyu would not believe it easily.

He couldn't tell the background and depth of this beautiful female cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, and he was already feeling a little fearful. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart that there would be some uncontrollable factors in this evil action.

"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Lu. Since I know that it was you who set up the formation, I won't ask any more questions. I'll leave now!" Su Xin said politely.

As soon as she finished speaking, she turned her graceful body and rode away on the divine rainbow.

Lu Feiyu frowned and watched Su Xin leave. After the other party disappeared, his brows relaxed a little.

Soon, he flew to several Lu family members who were presiding over the formation, and said in a deep voice: "Come on, everyone, be alert. There may be some accidents in this monster hunting."

Someone asked in confusion: "Master, what happened?"

Lu Feiyu whispered: "Just now, a strange foundation-building cultivator came. Although he has left, there is no guarantee that he will not come again when the monster appears later."

"How can this be? Which cultivator in the surrounding area dares not to give face to my Lu family? My Lu family's actions will also be involved?"

"In short, pay attention!" Lu Feiyu shook his head. He never thought that he could suppress a foundation-building cultivator just by relying on the name of his family.

It was about the crystal core of the second-level monster, which was the main medicine for refining the foundation-building pill.

Money can move people's hearts. In the face of absolute interests, people's hearts are the most untrustworthy things.

Not to mention the strange foundation-building cultivator just now, even fellow Taoists who have some friendship with him may show up at that time.

"Keep the formation running, wait until those mortals send a signal, then follow my instructions and act!"

On the other side, Su Xin, who pretended to leave the mountain stream, did not go far. She stayed in another direction of the forest, as if waiting for something.

Soon, a flawless, furry and pretty snow fox appeared in the forest and ran towards her quickly.

Su Xin lowered her body, held the snow fox in her hands, and then closed her eyes and listened.

"It turned out to be to capture a second-level monster. No wonder they made such a big fuss and set up a second-level formation."

After saying that, Su Xin's beautiful eyes flickered, as if she was thinking carefully about something.

"If we wait until the monster hunting is over, I guess that Li Qing will have almost recovered his spiritual power. When he activates the snake-headed spiritual boat, I guess I still can't catch up."

"Now that we have this formation, although it is a trouble for me, it also completely blocks his way. Why not take this opportunity..."

As he said, Su Xin took out a piece of rag from the storage bag. It was a corner torn from Li Qing's clothes, and there was an arrow hole on it.

"Si Tianyi is useless, so we can only use this simple method to determine the location of that person."

So, Su Xin handed the rag in his hand to the nose of the snow-charming fox and let the monster smell it.

Soon, the snow-charming fox raised its head, and after a while, it nodded to Su Xin.

"Sure enough, it's inside. It seems that I have to go in."

Su Xin sighed, then put the snow-charming fox away and rushed to the other side of the mountain stream.

This place is still covered by the formation, and there is no exit from the formation. If you want to break in, you will definitely be discovered.

However, since Su Xin dared to make this decision, she must have something to rely on.

She took out a wooden frame that looked like a ladder, which was covered with Dao marks and veins!

The next moment, Su Xin activated the ladder, causing the veins on it to glow.

At the end of the ladder, a ray of light actually extended, and it actually passed through the formation and directly reached the mountain stream!

"Fortunately, it is a temporary formation with many flaws. If he had time to improve it and check for omissions, even if there was a cloud ladder, it would not be possible to sneak in without being noticed."

As she said that, Su Xin walked along the light ladder extending from the cloud ladder, and quietly passed through the formation outside without alarming anyone!

After entering, she waved her hand, and the cloud ladder flew back to her hand.

After entering the mountain stream and wild forest, Su Xin released the Snow Fox in her arms again, and then asked it to search for Li Qing's trace.

Returning to the formation, Li Qing, who was in the black furnace, had almost recovered his spiritual power at this moment.

He slowly opened his eyes, poked his head out of the forge, and then emitted his spiritual consciousness, trying to find the traces of those mortals just now.

However, the next moment, a shocking roar resounded in the depths of the mountain stream.

"Roar!"

Then, a dazzling red light rose up, extremely dazzling and eye-catching!

It was obvious that the group of mortals who went deep into the mountain stream had already discovered the traces of the monster beast, and then sent out a signal at the first time.