"What? So soon?!"

The Man in Black Robe's expression changed dramatically upon hearing the words from the indistinct figure, and he exclaimed in shock.

"Yes, hurry up, or it will be too late."

The indistinct figure spoke softly, its body flickering and twisting before vanishing into nothingness.

The Man in Black Robe's face was extremely sullen, but he didn't react to the disappearance of the ethereal figure. Upon learning that the Dragon King was coming, he didn't even have time to curse in anger before quickly lifting his hand to form a seal with his fingers!

"Boom!"

Instantly, a dark light flashed beneath his feet, transforming into a complex and mysterious pattern, which finally connected to form a circular array pattern.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."

The array pattern trembled lightly, and the dark light flowed endlessly over the pattern, completing a grand circulation. Then, a spatial passage slowly appeared in front of the Man in Black Robe.

This was a small Teleportation Array!

The Man in Black Robe had prepared in advance when he planned for Qinling, fearing unexpected incidents where he would need to leave early.

"Spit out the Dragon Qi Crystal."

After activating the teleportation array, the Man in Black Robe immediately ordered the Great Python urgently.

"Hiss, hiss..."

The Great Python flicked its tongue, looking dazed. After hearing the Man in Black Robe's words, it took about a dozen seconds before it reacted, then opened its bloody maw.

With a sound, it spit out a basketball-sized, translucent white jade crystal.

The Man in Black Robe didn't bother to wipe off the sticky snake saliva from the crystal. He reached out to catch it, then walked toward the spatial passage while carrying the white jade crystal, turning back to instruct the Great Python: "Remember, after I leave, destroy the array patterns on the spot! Then attack anyone who comes in, show no mercy this time!"

"Hiss, hiss..."

The Great Python flicked its tongue. The black mist in its snake eyes swirled, leaving it uncertain if it understood the Man in Black Robe's instructions.

The Man in Black Robe had no intention of paying any more attention to it, and he quickly disappeared into the spatial passage.

"Buzz!"

The spatial passage quivered slightly, then slowly closed.

With the departure of the Man in Black Robe, the black mist prison that tightly trapped the Qinling Dragon Vein's manifested Little White Dragon began to tremble slightly, as if it might collapse due to the loss of control.

"Hiss!"

At this moment, the Great Python reacted, its snake eyes shining with fierce light. It twisted its body, ready to start destroying the teleportation array left by the Man in Black Robe.

At this moment, with the collapse and dispersal of the black mist binding the Dragon Vein, and the impending destruction of the teleportation array left by the Man in Black Robe, if those coming in were even slightly late, they might not discover anything amiss.

But at this moment, Mu Jinyu, who had come to Qinling and used his Divine Sense yet could not find the Great Python described by Xia Ruochen and others, after several careful inspections, suspected that the Demon King was hidden in the folded space behind Qinling, so he found a secret spatial crack, leading him to this more majestic and grand mountain range.

Having just witnessed the true mountains behind Qinling, Mu Jinyu was filled with a sense of awe and wonder, and simultaneously noticed the actions of the Great Python.

"Hmm? What is it doing?"

Mu Jinyu observed the Great Python, over twenty zhang long, thrashing its body in place a short distance away, sending rocks flying with flashes of dark light.

"Looks like a formation?"

Speculating that it might be remnants of a formation, Mu Jinyu was unsure if it was left by outsiders or originally existed in Qinling, but regardless, he wouldn't allow the Great Python to destroy it.

"Hah!"

With a light shout, Mu Jinyu exerted his full strength, invoking the Heaven and Earth Laws, forming invisible chains of order, instantly suppressing the Great Python, rendering it immobile.

"Hmm?! This is..."

Just then, Mu Jinyu also noticed, behind the Great Python, a short distance away, a Little White Dragon like smoke and mist, riddled with grievous wounds almost substantial, trapped by a cage of black mist that was continuously collapsing...

"Is this the manifestation of the Qinling Dragon Vein?"

"How could it be trapped by this black mist? Could this snake demon have such capability?!"

In an instant, Mu Jinyu determined the Little White Dragon was the Qinling Dragon Vein, then looked inquisitively at the Great Python he had suppressed.

This Great Python was only a Third Rank Demonic Beast, strong but equivalent to the Second Layer of the Fanxu Realm of humans, unlikely to trap the Qinling Dragon Vein, right?

"Its eyes?"

Mu Jinyu then noticed the daze in the Great Python's eyes and the occasional black mist pulsing and retracting.

This black mist seemed similar in nature to the one trapping the Qinling Dragon Vein.

"Could it really be its doing? Is this its Innate Divine Ability?"

Mu Jinyu initially speculated that the black mist trapping the Qinling Dragon Vein might be the result of the Great Python's Innate Divine Ability, pondering if it could be some kind of Exotic Ancient Beast, when a thought struck him.

"No..."

Mu Jinyu's eyes suddenly sharpened, "Its eyes are vacant, unchanging. At the level of a Third Rank Demonic Beast, its Spiritual Wisdom should be no different from a human. If the black mist truly trapped the Qinling Dragon Vein, it shouldn't be unresponsive when I suppress it!"

"Normally, if it realizes it has no power to resist in front of me, it would either look at me with despair and plea, or with unwillingness, hatred, and murderous intent..."

"How could it stare at me woodenly like a puppet?!"

Just as Mu Jinyu sensed something amiss...

"Boom!!"

Suddenly, the black mist cage trapping the Little White Dragon burst apart, transforming into a jet-black serpent, hurtling towards Mu Jinyu like lightning!

"Whoosh!"

Its speed matched a streak of lightning, reaching Mu Jinyu almost instantly.

"Hmm?!"

Seeing this, Mu Jinyu furrowed his brows, ready to intercept the mysterious black mist, when suddenly, the Three-Leaf Youlian floating quietly in his Dantian Qi Sea stirred slightly.

"Boom!"

With the movement of the Three-Leaf Youlian, the serpent formed from black mist froze mid-air and, before Mu Jinyu could react, poured into his dantian in an instant, where it was devoured by the Three-Leaf Youlian.

"Hmm? What is going on?"

Mu Jinyu was shocked, paying no attention to the Great Python, instead focusing on his Dantian Qi Sea urgently.

After all, this concerned his life and cultivation, warranting his utmost attention.

He then noticed in his inner vision that, after the Three-Leaf Youlian devoured the black mist, its three lotus leaves turned even darker, almost like ink, shimmering with an eerie gloss.

"Is it finally about to reveal its other functions?" Mu Jinyu watched this scene within his dantian, filled with curiosity and anticipation, yet also nervous and uneasy.

After all, as the mystical little tree gradually revealed its other magical uses, it either left Mu Jinyu with no choice or quickly demonstrated its effects, easing his worries.

But this Three-Leaf Youlian resided in his dantian, and its current transformation seemed quite eerie, not like the herald of something good, hence his anxiety.

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