Chapter 86: Mu Xuan

  Under the blood-red sunset of Village Tuo, Zhang Heng and Zhao Rui left Fang Family Town together.

  Turning back to take a glance at this seemingly ordinary village, Zhang Heng's face still carried a hint of regret. He always felt that there was something unknown and mysterious hidden within the village.

  But he also doesn't want to waste too much time here. In a common saying, don't give up the whole forest for a single tree.

  There are more opportunities in Xue Sha's Difu, and the outer layer of Difu may just be an appetizer. The real core secrets must be inside the central temple.

  The front was still a vast grassland, and it was hard to see the footprints of the monks on the road again. However, some demons could still be seen. But these demons were mostly in groups of dozens, and Zhang Heng did not take action against them.

  "Second Brother, why did Luoxianzi ask you to visit Blood Kill Cave Mansion?" Zhang Heng asked curiously.

  Zhao Rui said without hesitation: "Luo Shijie told me that she grew up here? Let me go to her place as a guest after I arrived at the cave house."

  Luo Ningxue grew up in this cave? Zhang Heng's face showed a few strands of weirdness. As for the identity of this woman and Ning Xuerong, Zhang Heng really couldn't figure it out.

  "Big brother, why don't you come with me too!" Zhao Rui said expectantly.

  "Alright, I'll go take a look," Zhang Heng nodded and said.

  As for the origins of Luo Ningxue and Ning Xuerong, Zhang Heng was really interested, he wasn't afraid that once he entered Luo Ningxue's territory, he would be at a disadvantage.

  He believes that outside the cave, there won't be any extremely abnormal creatures, just like in online games, balance is always a consideration.

  The previous Heavenly Snake Dragon King is an example, although it can only exert less than one-thousandth of its strength, but in terms of combat power, it is enough to contend with the Cong Dan period cultivators. Such an existence can completely kill the cultivators who enter the cave mansion, but the movement speed of this Heavenly Snake Dragon King is not very fast, and it cannot catch up with those cultivators, making its existence reasonable.

  "Huh? There are two stray demonic beasts up ahead." Zhang Heng suddenly pointed at a place about one mile away.

  "Then let's hurry over!"

  A short distance for both of them, before long they arrived.

  Before the two of them were two second-order demon beasts, these demon beasts had a body similar to that of a tiger, but their skin was extremely rough and grayish in color. The eyes of both beasts shone with a fierce light.

  As for this demon beast, neither Zhang Heng nor Zhao Rui had seen it before. Perhaps this thing wasn't even a demon beast that existed in this realm.

  Zhang Heng chuckled: "Second brother, these two demon beasts are one each for us. You should be able to handle it, shouldn't you?"

  Zhao Rui said with a hint of excitement: "No problem, let's get started."

  "Halt!" Just then, a young man and woman appeared from afar, one of whom suddenly shouted.

  Zhang Heng narrowed his eyes and watched the two people who had rushed over.

  This young man was about twenty years old, and his cultivation had reached the Great Perfection of Refining Qi. His eyes were sharp as a blade, and he also emitted an aura that made people feel oppressed. From his attire, it seemed that he was still wearing a defensive spiritual artifact on his body.

  Beside the young man stood a girl of fifteen or sixteen, her face as cold as ice and snow, with no expression on her pale white jade-like face. Her silk-like hair fluttered gently in the clear wind, but couldn't hide those eyes that seemed to see through everything.

  The girl's cultivation had also reached the realm of Qi Refining Great Perfection, her slender body stood still like an ice sculpture not far away, yet it was impossible to ignore her presence.

  Zhang Heng's heart moved, these two people were obviously cultivators from the Bi Xue Xiang Yun Sect. The stunning girl had seen them when she opened the cave, and her status in the Bi Xue Xiang Yun Sect seemed to be not low.

  Zhao Rui looked at them curiously: "What do you want to come here for?"

  "Hmph," the young man looked at the two with a scornful expression: "You're disciples of Fang Yunshan, right? Hand over these two demon beasts to us."

  "This demon beast was clearly discovered by us first, why should we give it to you?" Zhao Rui said indignantly.

  The young man sneered: "This Blood Kill Cave Mansion is not your territory, whoever has the strongest power will have the final say. If you keep nagging, I'll take care of all of you together!"

  Zhang Heng didn't give the young man another glance, he had seen many people like him before, his attention fell on the cold and beautiful girl instead.

  The girl also looked at Zhang Heng, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in her cold eyes, and a hint of surprise could not be concealed on her jade face.

  "I am Bi Xue Xiang Yun Zong, Mu Xuan." The girl surprisingly nodded slightly to Zhang Heng and reported her own name.

  Facing this icy girl whose beauty was no less than Luo Ningxue's, her clear and cold eyes made Zhang Heng feel uneasy all over.

  Zhang Heng did not expect that this girl would keep her name secret, the other party also seemed to be a lonely and proud person, such behavior was indeed unexpected.

  Since the other party had reported their name, Zhang Heng would not show weakness either, and calmly said: "Fang Yunshan, Tang Feng."

  The young man beside Mu Xuan had an incredulous look on his face, he couldn't understand why the normally taciturn and reserved Mu Xuan would take the initiative to introduce herself to a strange man.

  Zhao Rui saw Zhang Heng report his name and followed by saying: "My name is Zhao Rui, I am also a disciple of Fang Yunshan, we are brothers..."

  Mu Xuan's gaze swept over Zhao Rui's body twice before shifting to Zhang Heng beside him.

  "Cough cough, I'm also a disciple of the Bi Xue Xiang Yun Sect. My name is Yu Meng." The young man finally reported his name, with a slightly awkward tone.

  The four of them fell silent for a moment, before Zhang Heng spoke up: "These two demonic beasts were discovered by us first. If the two of you want to fight over them based on your strength, we will naturally accompany you."

  This time, Yu Meng didn't dare speak up and instead cast a inquiring glance at Mu Xuan.

  It seems that the one in charge is this much younger girl after all.

  Mu Xuan hesitated for a moment before saying: "Let's set aside the demon beast for now, first I want to exchange blows with Tang Daoist."

  "Yu Meng, retreat beyond 100 meters."

  "Yes." Yu Meng immediately responded, not daring to hesitate for a moment, and retreated 100 meters away.

  "Second brother, you also retreat for now." Zhang Heng knew that there would definitely be a fight today and didn't take this matter to heart.

  "Big brother, you'd better be careful, her cultivation is higher than yours..." Zhao Rui was somewhat worried, but still retreated a hundred steps back.

  Mu Xuan closed her eyes, and her perfect face like a jade in the mist was fully revealed to Zhang Heng, causing his heart to skip a beat.

  "Are you ready?" Mu Xuan's clear and melodious voice reached Zhang Heng's ears.

  "Wait!" Zhang Heng suddenly waved his hand and said to Mu Xuan, who had closed her eyes: "Mu Xuan, before we spar, I'd like to ask you something. Why did you want to find me for a match? I'm just an ordinary late-stage Qi Refining cultivator."

  "My eyes have never deceived me......" Mu Xuan's voice carried a hint of remoteness, "As for whether or not he is an ordinary cultivator in the later stages of Qi Refining, it will be clear after a trial."

  Zhang Heng's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, this woman seemed to possess some kind of special ability, and was actually able to see that his strength surpassed that of a cultivator of the same rank.

  "What's wrong? You want to kill me..." Mu Xuan didn't open her eyes, but she spoke out Zhang Heng's mind.

  Zhang Heng repeatedly calmed himself down and maintained sufficient calmness and caution in any situation.

  "So we're starting now!"

  Zhang Heng's calm and composed voice sounded, his hands extremely agile as he struck out one seal after another, a faint silver light flashing on his hands.

  At this moment, Mu Xuan's jade lips lightly opened: "Frost!"

  Slender fingers as white as scallions drew a series of illusory shadows in the air, forming a beautiful lotus shape.

  In an instant, a frost spread out for dozens of meters around, and the surrounding temperature also dropped sharply. A cold white mist condensed in the air.

  Within this frosty range, the enemy's movement speed will greatly decrease, and their body will continuously accumulate frost. If time passes for a short while, they will be frozen into a human-shaped ice popsicle.

  In general, mages facing this spell must continuously use spiritual shields to counter the frosty attacks while casting fire attribute spells.

  Zhang Heng's mouth corners rose with a few strands of cold smile. A supporting spell of this level, he could completely ignore!

  He who cultivates the Heaven and Earth Refining Technique has a mutated body, and is completely immune to some low-level spells with little power.