kvmb Chapter 184 What exactly is she trying to do?
Chapter 184 What exactly is she trying to do?
The most urgent task now is to find Qingyu's whereabouts.
After Yunyi left the Purple Jade Valley, the two of them were at a loss.
"Um, where should we start our search?" Yunyi asked Lu He for help, carrying a heavy bag on her back.
“That’s a really good question…” Yesterday, I impulsively agreed to Yunyi’s request to search for Qingyu together, but I didn’t plan how to find her at all.
“I have a suspect now, or I should go and ask that person first…” Lu He remembered that the time traveler who had deceived his feelings, killed Chi Yu and took the Phoenix Inner Core that Gong Zhan had mentioned, and he felt that it was her.
"Let's go, let's go to Wanqingshan first!" Lu He made a quick decision to go find Gongzhan.
At the same time, she opened the internal map and carefully searched for the boundary between the two areas to ensure that she could move around in Wanqingshan without going outside the boundary.
Within Wanqingshan, only the Bamboo Forest Secret Realm, the Great Stone Forest, and the Great Flame Valley are outside the territory; the rest are overlapping areas and are safe.
After confirming everything, she and Yunyi traveled day and night to Wanqingshan.
Lu He released his demonic power at the entrance of the mountain. With his strength reaching level eleven, Lu He was fully capable of covering the entire Wanqing Mountain, provided that Gong Zhan did not leave Wanqing Mountain.
Suddenly, the barrier of Wanqingshan materialized like a giant net, and Lu He and Yun Yi were enveloped within the range of the Wanqingshan barrier.
"Something's not right!" Yunyi looked up at the dark clouds gathering over Wan Qingshan.
The sky suddenly darkened, and the vast expanse of darkness oppressively turned into night.
"Ignorant brat!" A thunderous voice boomed from the sky: "You dare to cause trouble at Wanqingshan!"
"Oh no!" Lu He then remembered that Gong Zhan had mentioned that there was a great demon in Wanqing Mountain who had set up a barrier to protect all the beasts in the mountain.
As my thoughts intertwined, a huge head emerged from the clouds in the sky, shaped like a dragon with a face like a blue ox.
"What is this?" Lu He was shocked. This thing's head was huge, as big as a house, and its eyes were like searchlights.
Her legs went weak, and she squatted down behind Yunyi, covering her head and daring not to open her eyes: "No, no, I have megalophobia."
"?" The giant creature in the sky and Yunyi were both stunned for a moment.
"Why don't you get up first..." Yunyi was caught in the middle of the great demon and Lu He, feeling very awkward.
"You should talk to him and ask him to shrink a little. I really can't bear to watch..." Lu He covered her eyes. After all, she was just a human who had lived for over thirty years. Compared to these monsters who had lived for hundreds of years, she really hadn't seen much of the world.
Lu He now has a better understanding of what it would feel like for humans to stand in front of dinosaurs if they could really resurrect them.
My heart can't stand it.
The great demon in the sky was visibly speechless, and its expression changed from fierce to disgust.
With a hiss, a cloud of smoke dissipated, and the enormous monster transformed into a child of about ten years old.
"No, I've never seen such a cowardly thing as you..." The child looked androgynous and was quite beautiful.
"You're supposed to be a high-level eleventh-level demon beast, how come..."
Lu He was still squatting on the ground. He turned his head and looked at the guy who was about the same height as him when he stood up. He felt like a college student being mocked by an elementary school student.
"No, aren't you a great demon? What? You're still a child?" Lu He reached out and poked the child's chubby little face.
"How dare you! You dare attack me!" The child was shocked and took a step back, ready to fight back.
"No, no, I just thought you were so cute... I couldn't help myself... I'm sorry!" Lu He quickly put her hands together, full of apologies.
Yunyi carefully observed the child and suddenly realized that this guy might be an ancient divine beast, not a powerful demon that had cultivated normally.
"You are... the divine beast Qiuniu, right?" Yunyi asked.
"Oh, you know your stuff! It's me, your master!" the child said proudly, hands on his hips.
Legend has it that the dragon has nine sons, each different from the other, with Qiuniu being the eldest. However, this may have been from a world from countless ages ago, where Qiuniu was not yet fully grown and his mind was still immature.
"No way! Don't try to get close to me," Qiuniu said, stamping his little foot and pointing at Lu He, shouting loudly, "How do you explain the smell of the little green ox on you!"
"Huh?" Lu He finally realized, the Green Ox Inner Core? No wonder that bastard Gongzhan didn't want it himself, I was wondering why he was so kind as to give her the inner core of a level 12 demon beast.
"You mean the inner core of the Green Ox?" Lu He immediately explained, "I got it from someone I traded for it."
"What could possibly be worth exchanging for the inner core of a high-level demon beast?" Although Qiuniu was young, he had lived for a thousand years; he was just naive, not stupid.
Lu He pondered her words for a moment, then began to analyze the situation logically and with evidence: "You must have checked the place where Qingniu died, right? Is there any trace of my scent? I have never seen him, nor have I ever been to his territory. How could I have killed him?"
"Furthermore, the people I'm dealing with are from the Fire Fox Clan. See, does the information I've provided match up?"
Qiuniu fell silent. He had indeed examined the corpse of the green ox, and the place where it was killed was covered with traces of the demonic power of the Fire Fox Clan, but there was no trace of the person in front of him.
He has been protecting the beasts of Wanqingshan for thousands of years, and they have lived in peace until a few days ago when he sensed trouble in the bamboo forest secret realm, which made him vigilant again.
He had been at peace for too long, which made him lower his guard and fail to protect his people in the mountains.
"Where is the person you made the deal with now?" Qiuniu asked seriously, his face turning serious like a child's.
She looks even cuter now, like a little adult.
Lu He thought this to herself, but still quickly and respectfully answered his question: "He may no longer be in this mountain..."
If he had known that the death of the Green Ox would attract the great demon Qiuniu, he would have definitely run away with Tan You back then.
I was too naive. I originally thought that as long as I came here, I could find Gongzhan.
Wait a minute... Lu He suddenly had a flash of inspiration. She turned her head and glanced at Yun Yi, her eyes full of meaning.
Yunyi was momentarily confused about Lu He's intentions, and after a moment of stunned silence, she heard Lu He's next words, which startled her greatly.
"But I know her name is Qingyu. Has Lord Qiuniu heard of her?"
Just as Yunyi was about to speak, Lu He quietly reached out and pulled her belt, stopping her from asking any questions.
In that instant, Lu He realized why Yun Yi had been relentlessly pursuing Zhi Yan at the beginning: it was because she and Qing Yu were both from the Fire Fox Clan.
"It's her again?" Qiuniu frowned, a fierce glint in his eyes.
Ok?
This reaction made Lu He and Yun Yi's eyes light up at the same time. It was truly like finding a needle in a haystack!
The clue has now appeared, hasn't it?
"You know her?" Yunyi asked impatiently.
"Not only did I know her, but my young friend Chi Yu died at her hands!"
"Could it be for the Phoenix's inner core?" Lu He asked, getting to the crucial point.
“That’s right, this guy probably wants to break through to the ancient power.” Qiuniu sneered, then looked at Lu He and Yun Yi: “I haven’t asked you who you are yet? Why are you looking for her again? Didn’t you make a deal with her? Could you be in cahoots?”
"Uh, I am the cat demon Qin Wu, and this is my friend Yun Yi. Her true form is a fire-feathered spirit bird. We were cheated out of our deal... I've come here to find her and demand an explanation. She tricked Yun Yi out of a piece of fire feather."
"Hmm?" Qiuniu pondered, "Fire Feather? What is Qingyu trying to do? Taking the Phoenix Power isn't enough, she also wants the Fire Feather?"
Although Lu He couldn't understand, her intuition told her that Qing Yu probably wanted to do something far more than just complete her task.
We must find her as soon as possible.
"We have no clue how to find her right now. I wonder if you, Boss Qiuniu, have any ideas..."
"Ah!" Qiuniu suddenly shouted, interrupting Lu He's question and startling him.
"Wait, I think I've seen an ancient scroll before. Could it be that it uses the Bright Horn, Fire Feather, Tiger Scales, and Nine-Tailed Fox..." Qiu Niu realized that something seemed wrong. Could it be that Qing Yu didn't just want to break through the bottleneck and enter the ancient power? But instead wanted to obtain the power of that ancient legend?
"I'm afraid if she goes mad, she might even kill her own Fire Fox clan members..." Qiu Niu pondered, thinking that the nine tails referred to the nine-tailed fox, and among the Fire Foxes, those who cultivated to the level 20 Great Demon realm would develop nine tails.
"What does that mean?" This knowledge was beyond Lu He's comprehension.
"She can't sever her own nine tails, so she has to kill her clansmen and sever their nine tails. Do any of the Fire Fox clansmen you know have level 20 demons?"
"No... there are no nine-tailed fire foxes..." Lu He shook his head. At present, only Zhiyan in Hundred Steps Hill has the highest level and her talent is at its peak.
The Fox King had been severely injured in the early battles against the demons and beasts, and it is said that he only had three tails left (and his level was reduced as a result), so he did not meet the requirements for nine tails.
"Then she will probably find a suitable person with exceptional talent, help him reach the top, and then kill him to take the tail."
Those who can quickly reach the top are either Zhiyan or Gongzhan, but the person who deceived Gongzhan before was probably Qingyu, so the probability of him being deceived again is very low... It can only be Zhiyan...
Now Lu He finally understood the meaning of what Gong Zhan had said earlier: "That woman is dangerous; she would even harm the time travelers in order to achieve her goals."
The harm mentioned in that sentence is not simply emotional harm, but physical harm, in the literal sense!
"You heard that, right? That's the kind of person she is." Lu He looked at Yun Yi, who was standing there with a blank expression.