Chapter 887: Tacit Cooperation

The Yin Beast Mountain was located on the southeast side of the Devil Capital and was surrounded by yin’sha force all year round. There were many naturally formed Yin Beasts in the mountain, and devil cultivators below Unification Realm couldn’t travel deep at all.

The Yin Beasts in the mountain formed a large-scale beast tide. Even devil cultivators at Unification Realm would be in life-threatening danger if they were caught in it.

But in such a harsh environment, a palace was built in the deep belly of the Yin Beast Mountain.

The periphery of the palace was surrounded by black and green mist, covering all the scenery inside.

Lou Mu Yan and Ming Xiu hurried along in Long Yao’s internal space and when they arrived at Yin Beast Mountain, Long Yao stuck on an Invisibility Talisman and rushed in directly.

Along the way, they met many waves of Yin Beast groups but none of them found their traces.

“The name Yin Beast Mountain really lives up to its reputation. The deeper you go, the higher the strength of the Yin Beasts, and the number’s also very high.” Lou Mu Yan sighed as she looked at the Yin Beasts who were fighting not far away.

If such large-scale Yin Beasts were used on the battlefield, it would be able to compete with the army of venomous insects—Yin Beasts were much more vicious and sinister than demonic beasts.

“Mm, but there’s a very strong Beast King in the Yin Beast Mountain. I heard that it’s at least at Peak Unification Realm, and it’s very likely that they’re also at half-step Immortal, so the devils in the Devil Capital don’t dare to plot against the Yin Beast Mountain.” After Ming Xiu entered the Devil Realm, Emperor Ming sent the most confidential news about the devils over one after another.

“That mean Shen Mu Feng isn’t so simple!” Lou Mu Yan narrowed her eyes.

Based on the information, Shen Mu Feng’s cultivation base was only at Intermediate Unification Realm, but he dared to build a palace under the eyes of the Yin Beast King of the Yin Beast Mountain, which could be described as a bold act.

But if this was the case, how could he be forced into retreat by the Third Holy Maiden?

“No, the palace built on Yin Beast Mountain shouldn’t belong to Shen Mu Feng.” She said after some thought.

Ming Xiu smiled at her and wrapped his arms around her waist, playing with strands of her black hair, saying: “The palace in the Yin Beast Mountain should be a residence of the current Devil Lord, and Shen Mu Feng’s just benefiting from association.”

With Shen Mu Feng’s cultivation base and strength, it was simply in his wildest fantasy to be able to converse with the Yin Soul King and negotiate. The top powerhouses on this continent had their own pride and rarely got involved in mundane matters.

“Then do you think it’s possible for the Devil Lord to be hiding in this palace?” Lou Mu Yan raised her head and asked.

“It’s also possible, so we still have to be rather careful when we go find Shen Mu Feng.” Ming Xiu thought for a bit, then said: “You should send a message to Jun Luo Chen. If we really find any traces of the Devil Lord, then get him to come over immediately.”

“Alright!” Lou Mu Yan nodded, took out a special talisman, then activated it.

Long Yao headed all the way into the depths, and when he reached the belly of the mountain, he was blocked by the black and green intertwining poisonous mist that appeared in front of him.

“Owner, Female Owner, I can’t get through the sea of fog in front of me.”

Ming Xiu and Lou Mu Yan came out from Long Yao’s body, with Invisibility Talismans stuck on them, and the surrounding Yin Beasts and devil cultivators in the palace didn’t notice them.

The two walked side by side to the edge of the sea of black and green mist, took out an array compass and looked around.

“This sea of black fog has a corrosive effect, and the green sea of fog is highly poisonous. If there’s no powerful means, then even if a Sword Master at Celestial Unification Realm entered, they may be poisoned to death, and their entire body rotting.” Lou Mu Yan wrapped a wisp of black and green force using her spiritual energy to investigate, then telepathically said to Ming Xiu.

Ming Xiu pointed to the array compass in his hand and said: “The sea of black and green mist is a layer of defence, and there’s also a grade 10 array guarding it. No wonder the Third Holy Maiden’s forces can’t reach inside.”

“Then should we force our way in or find a way to get in quietly?” Lou Mu Yan furrowed her brows.

Ming Xiu pressed his lips together and pondered for a moment, then said: “If we want to investigate thoroughly and catch Shen My Feng by surprise, then we should find a way to enter quietly. If we reveal ourselves and attack forcefully, then we’ll be exposed.”

“Alright, I’ll find a way to enter the sea of black and green mist, you break the grade 10 array.” Lou Mu Yan said with a chuckle.

There had long been a tacit understanding between her and Ming Xiu, and they were best at cooperating.

With Ming Xiu’s attainments in arrays, coupled with the fact that he was already a grade 10 array master, it was entirely possible to find a loophole in the array and break through a gap to enter secretly.

As for her, as long as she took a little time, she could also concoct a liquid medicine to neutralise the poison of the black and green sea of mist and break in safely in a short amount of time.

“Alright.” Ming Xiu lowered his head and kissed Lou Mu Yan’s forehead.

The two split their tasks and worked together. Lou Mu Yan returned to Long Yao’s internal space and tossed the poisonous mist extracted with spiritual energy into the Seven-Coloured Glazed Cauldron to refine it.

After roughly analysing the ingredients of the poison, she took out some advanced-level spiritual herbs to prepare the liquid medicine.

Meanwhile Ming Xiu constantly deduced the array, using the Domain to penetrate into the weak point of the array.

Be it the sea of black and green poisonous mist, or the grade 10 array, both were very troublesome, and the two of them only completed their assigned tasks after a day.

Lou Mu Yan handed a bottle of red liquid to Ming Xiu and said: “Drink this.”

Then she took out another bottle of blue liquid and continued: “Spray this on your body.”

Ming Xiu took the bottles and did as he was told, and Lou Mu Yan did the same.

Meanwhile Mo Yan and Long Yao were temporarily sent into Lou Mu Yan’s bell’s space.

After spraying that layer of blue liquid, the outside of their bodies was covered with a layer of water vapour.

As soon as the black and green mist touched the blue vapour, it was blocked outside, and the poisonous gas that forcibly penetrated was completely detoxified by the bottle of red liquid they took.

Passing through the sea of black and green mist, Ming Xiu formed a few Taoist signs, and the Domain entered the array, while the array compass rotated a few times.

Soon, a gap just enough to accommodate two people appeared out of thin air.

As soon as the two entered, the gap quickly closed, only creating a very faint fluctuation on the array.

This slight fluctuation didn’t attract the attention of the devils in the palace. After all, there would often be Yin Beasts inadvertently breaking in and touching the array here, and even fluctuations bigger than this often occurred.

After the two passed through the array, the true face of the palace appeared before them.

Right now, in a large hall in the main palace, a man in black was holding a wine glass alone in a daze.

His expression changed a few times, sometimes seemingly happy, sometimes worried, sometimes hateful.

He finished the wine in his hand completely, narrowed his eyes, and the wine glass in his hand turned into powder in an instant with a light squeeze of his hands.

“Third Holy Maiden, I will never rest until you die.” With deep hatred and resentment bursting out of his eyes, he let out a roar.

As soon as Ming Xiu and Lou Mu Yan snuck into the hall, they saw Shen Mu Feng’s expression changing many times, and even heard his roar.

The two looked at each other—Shen Mu Feng indeed held a deep grudge against the Third Holy Maiden. There was hope.

Compared to such deep resentment, that little bit of resentment between Lou Mu Yan and Shen Mu Feng was nothing.

“Long time no see, Holy Son Shen is actually living such an unhappy life right now.” Lou Mu Yan’s voice suddenly sounded in the hall.

Shen Mu Feng was originally deep in thought and was startled when he heard this clear female’s voice.

He looked around and was extremely vigilant, “Who!”