Chapter 1405: Miscalculation

Against a fourth-rank spirit plant, Li Yan had a certain degree of confidence. But facing a spirit plant whose realm was higher than his own, Li Yan could only watch and wait without a sneak attack.

Especially since he had no idea what kind of divine abilities the other party possessed. The innate divine abilities of spirit plants and demonic beasts were the most troublesome. He couldn’t be sure how much damage he could inflict with a single blow.

And at this moment, Li Yan still couldn’t release his Divine Sense to probe the situation outside. To what extent had the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator been poisoned? And where was she now? He had no idea at all.

And just then, the concealed Li Yan’s body also tilted slightly to the side, instinctively adopting a defensive posture.

The spirit plant before him instantly erupted with a powerful aura, and many of its vines began to dance along with it. For a moment, Li Yan didn’t know what had happened.

But Li Yan soon discovered that on a thick vine not far from Chongyangzi, an old face had appeared. Its pair of aged eyes scanned the surroundings, and a wave of pressure spread out.

Immediately after, Li Yan saw the old face that had appeared on the tree’s body, its lips beginning to open and close.

‘He’s transmitting his voice. That Yuan-surnamed female cultivator has been poisoned. Are the two of them transmitting their voices to each other?’

Li Yan quickly judged in his heart. He still couldn’t be sure if there were other people on this second floor.

And just as he was thinking, he heard a loud “BOOM,” and the entire boat shook a few times.

Li Yan was stunned. It seemed like someone was attacking the giant boat, but the sound was very close, as if it came from the left of this room.

It didn’t seem to have come from the passage entrance, so it was unlikely that they had discovered Donglin Tingyue and the other below.

At this time, the two hiding at the stern of the boat below also sensed the shaking of the entire giant boat. They also looked at each other. Before, they had seen the figure of the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator appear at the corner of the staircase at the bow.

This had made their hearts leap to their throats. A Late-stage Spirit Transformation cultivator had personally come down to search. Jia Fugui was even less confident that his magical treasure could deceive the other party.

At the same time, they also didn’t know why Li Yan had disappeared after going there, and at this time, he had attracted a Spirit Transformation cultivator. Could Li Yan have been captured and soul-searched?

But just as they were filled with fear, waiting for the other party’s arrival, they saw the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator stop at the staircase and seem to be sensing something.

And just over two breaths of time later, the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator suddenly let out a cry of alarm and anger, and her whole person instantly returned to the staircase.

“She’s been poisoned?”

“What kind of potent poison did Fellow Daoist Li use there? Even a Spirit Transformation cultivator couldn’t sense it in advance and couldn’t resist it!”

The two transmitted their voices with a tremor, and another wave of fear washed over them.

But it wasn’t just fear of the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator’s arrival. They were also grateful that Li Yan had stopped them in time and not let them get close to the staircase.

This poison was too domineering. Nascent Soul cultivators died on contact, and even Spirit Transformation cultivators couldn’t seem to dispel it.

One had to know that with each level of cultivation a cultivator advanced, even without an antidote, their own ability to resist poison with their cultivation alone would increase exponentially.

And the potent poison in Li Yan’s hands could actually threaten a Spirit Transformation cultivator. Although the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator did not die immediately, the alarm and anger in her voice already showed that this poison was a great threat to her. …

After Li Yan heard the commotion outside, in the next moment, he had quietly floated to the room door. Since this was a fifth-rank spirit plant and the situation outside was unclear, he naturally couldn’t stay here any longer.

Taking advantage of the lingering roar, Li Yan’s person had already floated outside the door of the third room.

Then he saw that the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator had broken open the door of the second room she had called out to before and was standing there observing the inside of the room.

Just as Li Yan was feeling a little confused, the other party’s figure flickered again and arrived at the first room at the bow that he had observed…

After that, he saw the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator’s movements did not stop. One after another, she broke open the doors of the other rooms.

Li Yan hid under the eaves of the room, his eyes twinkling like starlight.

‘The other two rooms are indeed empty. It seems Chen Xingshan and the others have probably met with misfortune…’

And when the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator floated to the other side, she swept past him, the distance between them almost at arm’s length.

But he and the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator seemed to be in two completely different spaces. Li Yan was like a person watching a fire from the other side of the river, quietly observing the other party’s every move, while the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator remained oblivious.

Until the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator finally stood on the deck, the snow-white skin under her thin black gauze skirt heaving with her breathing, and when her Divine Sense began to sink into the ring, Li Yan once again left his original spot.

On the second floor deck, the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator sent a message to the first floor through the ring in her hand.

“Heavenly Mountain Garden disciples, gather on the deck immediately!”

Then, her Divine Sense once again swept down to the deck of the first floor through the staircase.

But after a full ten breaths, the deck, illuminated by the flashing blue light of the shield, was as silent as a ghostly domain. There was not a single person in sight.

‘They were really killed by that bitch!’

Although the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator was already boiling with anger, she felt a chill that pierced her heart.

The other party had actually completely annihilated the team she had brought with her. Many of these people were her direct disciples of Heavenly Mountain Garden, and all of them had reached the Late-stage Nascent Soul.

In her mind, the sinister face of the old woman surnamed He instantly appeared.

Only then did she seem to remember that while she was controlling the flying boat, people had been thrown out of the boat one after another. Among those people, it was possible that there were some of her desperate disciples.

It was just that because the flying boat was moving too fast, those people were thrown far behind as soon as they went out, and she didn’t pay any attention.

Thinking back now, apart from her heart trembling with pain, she also felt that something was wrong. When she transmitted her voice to the old woman surnamed He, she had always said that it was not completely resolved.

It shouldn’t take too long for a Spirit Transformation cultivator to kill some low-level cultivators, unless she had killed other people in addition.

“Fine, fine, you old bitch. You want to snatch food from the tiger’s mouth. I’ll kill you first!”

At this time, the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator was truly enraged, and it felt as if thousands of steel needles were stabbing inside her body. But she still forcibly suppressed it with her Magical Power.

She was so angry that she laughed. The other party had started plotting against her the moment she went down.

With a thought from Yuan, in the next moment, an old figure appeared behind her. At this moment, the “forest” in the third room, along with Chongyangzi, also disappeared.

“Can you still fight?”

An old voice sounded from behind her. It was a tall old man in a green robe with a face full of wrinkles. His exposed skin gave people a feeling of dryness, but it looked vigorous and powerful.

“It’s fine. First, kill all the people from Spirit Subduing Manor!”

“Alright! I’ll break the potent poison at the staircase, and then we’ll deal with that old woman together!” the tall old man in the green robe nodded.

His cultivation was similar to the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator’s, but his intelligence and experience even surpassed hers.

It was just that he had been seriously injured once. Although he had later taken many heavenly materials and earthly treasures, the effect was limited. In the end, he was still waiting for death in a state of continuous decline.

But in this generation, the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator had found the “Ever-flowing Bright Dew,” which had brought him back to life and allowed him to return to his peak.

Although he had come back to life, in terms of age and seniority, he was already a guardian and a foundation-like existence of Heavenly Mountain Garden, and he only needed to cultivate diligently.

But he owed the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator a huge favor. So when the other party proposed that he come along to help this time, the green-robed old man did not hesitate at all.

In the quick exchange of voice transmissions with the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator, he had already learned that Spirit Subduing Manor might want to take everything for themselves, and they had even used a trick to make the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator fall into a trap.

He did not doubt the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator’s words.

He had also long since investigated the situation on this giant boat. Only the three of them, Spirit Transformation cultivators, were left. And the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator had said that she had seen the old woman surnamed He on the first floor deck.

Then, the old woman surnamed He had clearly seen the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator go down, but she had pretended not to know and had not pursued her.

The other party was worried that even if the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator was poisoned, she would still be no match for two against one. This meant that the old woman surnamed He had definitely set up many traps and ambushes below.

“Be careful when breaking the trap at the staircase. That old bitch knows you exist, so she will definitely have other sinister methods!”

The Yuan-surnamed female cultivator immediately instructed. At this moment, she could only exert less than sixty percent of her combat power. She had to rely on the power of the “Netherworld Demon Vine.” She would then attack from the side. She had to personally kill that old bitch to vent the anger in her heart.

“It will be fine!”

The tall old man in the green robe said, and then floated towards the staircase. At the same time, a layer of green light covered his body.

The Yuan-surnamed female cultivator followed closely behind. She would stand at the staircase and act as a guard for the “Netherworld Demon Vine.” The other party had to break those potent poisons and must prevent any moves from the old woman surnamed He.

By the way, they also had to find out where the old woman surnamed He was hiding.

The deck was five hundred zhang long and about two hundred zhang wide. The two of them had almost just made a move when they had already arrived at the staircase.

The two stood at the staircase and looked down. From here, they could clearly see the scene below, but the old woman surnamed He was still hiding somewhere unknown.

“That trap is at the corner of the stairs!” the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator reminded him again.

The green-robed old man didn’t say anything, but the moment he reached the staircase on the second floor, he gently waved his hand. A layer of restriction first enveloped the entire staircase.

Then, a cloud of white smoke rose in the entire staircase. In the next moment, the smoke turned into streaks of white spiritual snakes, all of which drilled out towards the staircase below.

The bodies of these white spiritual snakes seemed to be infinitely long. After their snake heads poked out of the staircase, the bodies inside the staircase were still constantly stretching.

In just a moment, they had turned to the entrance of the staircase on the first floor.

Then, the green-robed old man’s expression changed. With a sudden shake of his single hand, the white mist in the staircase quickly began to dissipate. And at the staircase entrance below, more than ten snake heads also retracted at lightning speed.

Then, the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator saw that the remaining white mist that filled the entire staircase, starting from the already crumbling snake heads below, turned black at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Then, it turned into puddles of liquid, falling like rain, and soon filled the entire staircase. When these liquids touched the stairs, they immediately made a series of piercing “hissing” sounds.

Along with it, the entire staircase was filled with clouds of black smoke, making the light below blurry.

But fortunately, these stairs were also part of the flying boat. Although they were corroded by the black liquid and emitted black smoke, they still did not seem to be damaged.

“What domineering poison. But that restriction was triggered before, so these potent poisons are no longer in a dormant state, making them easier to identify!”

The green-robed old man’s face changed slightly at first.

The toxins below were too fierce. No wonder a cultivator of the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator’s level had turned into this state. He still needed to take action against a Mid-stage Spirit Transformation cultivator.

But since he had probed it, he had a preliminary judgment in his heart. The restriction below was actually not very strong, it was just that the opponent’s previous potent poison was too well hidden.

Now that it had been triggered, he could use his Magical Power to wrap these potent poisons and directly roll them out of the flying boat.

At this time, black smoke rose from the staircase. The two of them had already held their breath, and at the same time, their Magical Power surged, blocking all foreign objects from getting close.

“Can you break it?”

The Yuan-surnamed female cultivator didn’t know what the green-robed old man was thinking. Seeing that the white mist had turned into a pool of black water in the blink of an eye, her beautiful brows furrowed.

“No problem, let’s go down together. You stay at the staircase for a while and be careful not to be ambushed. I need about five breaths of time!”

The green-robed old man said quickly. Since the restriction below was very weak, the time he would spend would mainly be on those potent poisons.

Immediately, the two looked at each other, then their bodies soared into the air. Without touching the stairs that were still emitting black smoke, they fell down one after another.

But just as the two entered the staircase and were falling down, just as they were about to land at the staircase entrance on the first floor, both of them suddenly had a change of expression.

“Retreat!”

“Quickly retreat!”

The two of them issued a warning almost in unison.

At the same time, they were greatly alarmed. They had not only probed with their Divine Sense just now, but the green-robed old man had even personally taken action, laying restrictions all over the staircase. It was not until they passed the corner after leaving the staircase below that they discovered the problem.

But now, when their bodies had fallen halfway down the staircase passage, a fluctuation of Divine Sense suddenly appeared below them, and at the same time, a strong suction force was generated.

At this time, in their eyes and Divine Sense, the staircase entrance with a white light below had already been revealed. Although they didn’t know what had happened, it was definitely right to retreat.

Although they had discovered the abnormality in the staircase, their bodies were already falling inside. To retreat again, they would need time to circulate their Magical Power and use their movement skills…

While the two of them were still quickly discussing on the second floor deck, at the corner of the staircase entrance on the first floor, the concealed Li Yan had already arrived.

After arriving here, he immediately sat down cross-legged. He did not release his Divine Sense to probe upwards, but stared at the top with unblinking eyes.

And at a certain moment, the entire staircase entrance suddenly turned into a vast expanse of white.

This sudden change startled Li Yan. He was about to make a move, but the white mist instantly gushed out, and he saw more than ten white snakes floating out with long bodies.

Li Yan hurriedly controlled the Divine Sense power that was about to erupt. This made him feel dizzy and nauseous, and he almost felt like vomiting.

Without releasing his Divine Sense, he had almost misjudged and thought that the other party had arrived in person, but he didn’t expect the other party to use a spell to test the waters this time.

Seeing several snake heads coming towards him.

Although Li Yan was in a concealed state, he didn’t want the other party to touch his body. He immediately dodged at a small angle, and those snake heads brushed past his cheeks and sides.

And before Li Yan could react again, those snake heads had already retracted at a faster speed.

Li Yan broke out in a cold sweat. He had almost failed his sneak attack and exposed his existence. Under the condition that he did not dare to use his Divine Sense, he watched those snake heads retract.

Li Yan hurriedly flashed to the staircase entrance again. And as soon as he arrived here, he found that the white mist restriction in the staircase had disappeared, and a figure had appeared in front of him.

“Not good!”

Li Yan secretly cried out. The other party was also meticulous. As soon as this side had just probed, the next moment they quickly came down.

He didn’t have time to think too much. His mind suddenly connected with the “Earthen Patch,” and another wave of Divine Sense power immediately appeared at the staircase entrance, instantly forming a void passage.

All of this, for a cultivator, was completed in the instant he saw the figure.

At the same time, a powerful pulling force was immediately formed at the staircase entrance…

After Li Yan left the room above, he saw the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator’s series of door-smashing actions. The other party had actually become suspicious of the old woman.

This situation could only mean that in the other party’s heart, she had always been on guard against the old woman from Spirit Subduing Manor. His previous probe had alerted the other party, so the other party had become suspicious.

And all of this had actually caused the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator, after being poisoned by the illusion, to subconsciously have her own imagined person or event appear.

This was undoubtedly a big gamble that Li Yan had won. Although all of this was just speculation, Li Yan was already fifty percent sure that the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator had developed hostility towards the old woman surnamed He.

Otherwise, she would not have acted so crazy after shouting “Fellow Daoist He.”

However, the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator’s aura was extremely amazing. Although Li Yan felt that the other party was poisoned, the effect of the Fragmented Body poison did not seem to be very good in his opinion.

The old woman surnamed He was definitely not going to appear again. Li Yan immediately realized that with the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator acting so crazy, she would most likely go down to find trouble with the old woman surnamed He.

And looking at the surrounding environment, Li Yan didn’t think there was anything else on the second floor that he could use. With the other party injured, she could only become more and more vigilant.

And the only environment on the flying boat that could still be used was the only passage between the upper and lower floors, the staircase. Li Yan, after thinking quickly, had already decided to lure the other party into the “Earthen Patch.”

What he had to do was to wait for the opportunity and set up a void passage in the staircase passage, occupying the entire staircase entrance.

Once his plan succeeded, he could first kill one person. In the “Earthen Patch” space, whether she was Spirit Transformation or Void Refining, he was the only god.

And just as Li Yan was connecting with the “Earthen Patch” and then trying to lure the figure above, he was stunned to find that there was another figure behind this figure!

This situation was already beyond Li Yan’s expectations. The other party had actually come with two people.

He had been unable to know the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator’s state at this moment. So in his plan, with the Yuan-surnamed female cultivator’s Late-stage Spirit Transformation cultivation, how could she still call for help to deal with the old woman surnamed He?

Li Yan had thought that the fifth-rank spirit plant would be watching Chongyangzi above, or controlling the flying boat.

This hasty scene put a double burden on Li Yan’s Divine Sense. Whether he could lure the other party into the trap was uncertain.

And Li Yan’s situation at this moment would once again be the same as when he dealt with Xue Longzi, unable to lure the other party into the trap!