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Han Yan stepped on his flying sword, his figure quickly moving through the forest, not far behind him, countless flowing lights chasing him relentlessly. The rogue cultivator leading them, was Li Ming. Li Ming's divine sense firmly locked onto Han Yan's body, and at the same time, loudly said. "Fellow Daoist, if you have anything to say, please say it."

After a while, Li Ming saw that Han Yan did not reply, and continued to speak: "Dao friend, we have been searching for that Demonic Beast for a long time, if you give it to us, we are willing to give you a price that will satisfy you."

Han Yan was flying quickly and had no intention to answer.

Seeing this, Li Ming's face slightly changed. The red clothed female at the side said: "Li Ming, why did you talk so much nonsense with him? He's only a cultivator from the Fifth stage of Qi Refining Stage.

"Did you see that? He's very strange." Li Ming said as he flew, "It's impossible for a cultivator with Fifth stage of Qi Refining Stage to fly so fast."

The woman in red disagreed. "So what? Maybe the magic tools under his feet can speed up!"

Li Ming laughed bitterly. The spirit artifact under Han Yan's feet could not be any more ordinary, and because it was too ordinary, he was a little unsure in his heart. Was it because the other party had a powerful spirit artifact, or was he concealing his cultivation? Li Ming still believed in the latter. If he really had such a powerful artifact, the spirit energy fluctuations from it would not be so weak.

In the dense forest, Han Yan was quickly flying in front. The people chasing from behind were getting closer and closer, and it seemed like the distance between both parties was about to close soon. Han Yan's figure moved, and with a sudden acceleration, he flew forward. Not long after he started flying, a series of low growls came from not far away. His face darkened as he quickly changed his direction and flew to the side.

That growl came from the Demonic Beast. All the powerful Demonic Beast had their own territory. Demonic Beast with a better temper would let out an angry roar as a warning when humans barged into their territory. If he met a bad-tempered Demonic Beast, he would immediately attack. That Demonic Beast from before was not because it had a good temper, but because when it saw the many cultivators behind Han Yan, it did not know whether it was a group or not. After all, humans were too cunning. That was why the Demonic Beast did not dare to act rashly, and had let out a low roar for the other party to leave.

"Roar!"

"Aooo!"

"Moo!"

Along the way, Han Yan had encountered countless Demonic Beast, and every time they flew for a while, he would hear different Demonic Beast's roars. From the roars of the Demonic Beast, Han Yan could roughly guess their cultivation level. The previous one was at least a level two Demonic Beast, and had a human Foundation Establishment stage cultivation. The last one was even stronger, with just a low growl, it could make the blood in their body expand.

"So many Demonic Beast." Han Yan's eyes flashed, sensing the people chasing after him, he lifted his head and flew forward. Don't look at how shocking the forest was, Han Yan didn't have many places to go. If this continued, even if the people behind him didn't catch up, he would die under the claws of the Demonic Beast.

Just then, the Nine-clawed dragon cat in his arms moved a little. It suddenly popped its head out and smiled at Han Yan.

Han Yan's face darkened, he was not in the mood to laugh with it, he said in a serious tone: "What are you laughing for, it's all because of you."

The Nine-clawed dragon cat seemed to understand Han Yan's words and issued a meek laugh. It then raised its furry little claws and pointed to the side.

Han Yan was startled, and asked probingly: "You want me to go in that direction?"

The Nine-clawed dragon cat happily waved its claws and nodded its head. Its eyes were filled with excitement.

The cultivators behind him were getting closer and closer. Seeing that they were about to catch up, Han Yan clenched his teeth and said: "Alright, I will trust you." He took out the Heavenly Dao Imperial Jade Seal and a huge amount of spiritual energy quickly entered his body. With the recovery of his spirit energy, Han Yan increased his speed, transforming into a graceful figure as he flew towards the west.

After flying for a while, the forest disappeared and a large valley appeared. The valley was filled with fog and the visibility was shockingly low. When he spread out his divine sense, he could only feel the distance of 100 feet. The people who were chasing after Han Yan saw that he had arrived and were startled. Then they cheered and chased after him quickly.

The expressions of these people, Han Yan saw them in his heart and thought to himself: "Could it be that there's something strange about this valley?" After hesitating for a moment, he flew in with a flash.

The rogue cultivators who were chasing after them stopped outside the valley one after another. The lady in red said, "Li Ming, they've gone in. What should we do?"

Li Ming's eyes was full of hesitation, he understood this place better than anyone else. This place was called Fog Valley. Although there weren't many dangers in this valley, it was extremely strange. Without a clear route, it would be very difficult to find a way out. Not only that, the valley was much larger than he had imagined. It was as if it had shrunk to a smaller world. He had stumbled into it a few years ago, and it had taken him three years to get out. If it were just that, then he wouldn't have hesitated so much. After entering the valley, he saw many corpses of cultivators that showed that they would never be able to come out. They all died of old age inside the valley.

Thinking about it, Li Ming told everyone about the situation in the valley, and then asked: "If we enter right now, we can still catch up to him, but if we were too late, I'm afraid we wouldn't even be able to find him."

Everyone had different expressions, and many of them had expressions of hesitation. The woman in red curled her lips and said, "What's there to be afraid of? We were able to come out last time, but this time we can. Let's go!" After saying that, she flew in with a flash.

Li Ming sighed, and said: "Those that want to go in, follow me. Those that don't want to go in, stay outside."

The valley was filled with fog, vines and weeds, as if they had entered a primitive forest that no one had ever been to before. Han Yan had just flown for three hundred meters when he stopped. This valley was too strange, and he did not know how dangerous it was inside. If there was a strong Demonic Beast here, it would not be easy for them to leave it alive.

Just as Han Yan wanted to return and check if those people were chasing after them, he saw a red figure approaching quickly.

"Concealment." Han Yan frowned, and continued flying towards the valley.

The fog in the valley became denser and the visibility became lower. The range of Wang Lin's divine sense decreased from 100 feet to 500 feet. The surrounding scenery seemed to be unchanged. No matter how one flew, they were all vines and weeds, and one could not even see a single decent tree. However, among the weeds, Han Yan saw many precious medicinal ingredients, some of which were more than a hundred years old.

Although medicinal herbs were good, the key point was that they had time to gather them. This was the most painful thing in the world. He had clearly found the medicinal herb, but he didn't have the time to take it. When the red-clothed female caught up from behind discovered the medicinal ingredients, her eyes also lit up. She similarly did not dig for medicinal herbs, and instead chose to chase after Han Yan. In her eyes, Nine-clawed dragon cat were much more precious than hundred year old herbs.

Han Yan was extremely depressed. He lowered his head to look at the dragon cat in his embrace and said: "You brought me here, is there anywhere to hide?"

The cat grinned and pointed to the west, a confident look in its eyes, as if to say, Listen to me.

At that moment, Han Yan could only listen to it and quickly flew towards the west. Under the guidance of the Nine-clawed dragon cat, they changed who knows how many times and finally arrived in front of an empty area. Other than the small stones that littered the ground, there was not even a single plant. It was extremely strange. A gentle breeze blew past, causing the world to turn somber, as an invisible pressure enveloped Han Yan's body.

Under that pressure, Han Yan felt like he had been seen through. It was as if a pair of eyes was hiding in the shadows and peeping at him.

When the lady in red saw Han Yan stop, she was slightly taken aback. And then one of them landed behind him and said harshly, "Kid, let's see where you can run to now." Just as she finished speaking, dozens of lights flashed and Li Ming and the rest appeared. Out of the hundred rogue cultivators, only half entered and the rest stayed outside.

Han Yan turned, stared at the crowd, and said: "Everyone ?"

The lady in red snorted and interrupted Han Yan's words, "What nonsense are you spouting? Hand over the Nine Clawed Spirit Cat and I'll give you an intact corpse."

Han Yan's face sank, a trace of killing intent surfaced in his eyes, and he said: "Does that mean, no matter what choice I make, I will die?"

The woman in red raised her head and said with disdain, "That's right."

Li Ming's expression changed slightly as he hurriedly said, "Fellow cultivator, please do not listen to her. We can have a good talk."

"How so?" Han Yan raised his eyebrows and asked.

Seeing that Han Yan did not make a move, Li Ming heaved a sigh of relief and said: "Leave the Dragon Cat with us, we'll leave immediately, how about it?" Although he could tell that Han Yan's cultivation was only at Fifth stage of Qi Refining Stage, the feeling gave him was terrifying, even if all of them were to attack together, they might not be able to kill him.

The Dragon Cat in his arms hurriedly grabbed onto Han Yan's clothes, its eyes filled with pleading.

Han Yan hesitated for a moment, then said: "What if I don't hand it over?"

Li Ming's expression did not change, it was as if he had already expected the other party to answer him in such a manner, and said: "If you don't hand it over, then I'll have to offend you." Saying that, he took out a Glyph from his bosom and waved it in front of Han Yan, "Fellow cultivator, you should know this, right?"

Han Yan's eyes congealed, and landed on the Glyph, immediately feeling a huge wave of spirit force, and said seriously: "talisman treasure!"

Li Ming nodded his head, and said: "That's right, this is a talisman treasure that I had accidentally acquired, the techniques inside have 30% of the Cultivator In Golden Pill Stage's attack power, Fellow please think about it."

If Cultivator In Golden Pill Stage were to kill Qi Refining Stage Cultivator, it would be easier than killing an ant. Although it was only at the third floor, it was still very difficult for Han Yan to block it. Although the cultivation base of this rogue cultivator wasn't high and he didn't have many people, it was unknown how many people had such treasures. If they were to fight, the outcome would be hard to determine. Initially, Han Yan did not confront everyone directly because he had considered this aspect. He wasn't going to make a move unless it was absolutely necessary.

At this moment, the other party had already said this much. Han Yan had no choice but to say: "Since that's the case, I will have to disappoint fellow." With that, his figure flashed as he headed towards the strange ground. He knew that this group of people could have just killed him. Even if he gave the dragon cat back to them, they might not have let him go. The most important reason was that he did not know if these people knew the cultivators of Tianming Sect.

Seeing Han Yan leaving, the rest of them quickly followed him. When he arrived at the ground, he was shocked to find out. A gravity array had been set up here, making it impossible to move a single step. What was even more surprising was that this formation could suppress the spirit energy within his body, to the point where he couldn't even use a tenth of his spirit energy. Everyone's face became gloomy as they looked towards Han Yan. When they saw that Han Yan did not have such a restriction, they all gasped, turned and ran.

Seeing the crowd run away, the Nine-clawed dragon cat grinned, looking extremely excited.

Han Yan frowned, looking at the direction of where everyone was leaving, he revealed a puzzled expression. Then, he seemed to have thought of something, and turned around to continue walking. Not long after, a huge mountain wall appeared in front of him. The center of the mountain wall was extremely strange. It was not a stone, but a huge jade wall. The jade wall was completely white, sparkling and transparent. It was ten meters tall and dozens of meters wide. Waves of spiritual energy were emitted from it.