Cheng Qian had just joined the sect, and Yan Zhengming was uneducated, so the two looked at each other in bewilderment, and neither of them knew who this "Lord Bei Ming" was.

At this time, Li Yun, who had been following behind and pretending to be deaf and dumb, finally spoke.

Li Yun whispered softly, "The Lord of the North Sea is not a single person... It is said that the North Sea is deep and boundless, and the darkness is endless, so the Ten Thousand Demon Sect is often compared to the 'North Sea'. Over time, this has become a title that everyone in the demonic world wants to fight for. Senior Zi Peng, this talisman was carved by my master, and the wood chips on it haven't been wiped clean yet. It's not the Lord of the North Sea."

Cheng Qian asked quietly: "What is the Ten Thousand Demon Sect?"

Yan Zhengming said with a half-understood answer: "The most powerful demon cultivator... the big demon?"

Cheng Qian didn't think his master was capable of playing the role of the "devil" anyway, but he changed his mind and felt that if he looked at the matter from a chicken's perspective... it didn't seem to make sense.

Then I heard Master Zi Peng angrily say, "Bullshit!"

The next moment, she turned to Cheng Qian, and the female figure in the air pointed at him and said unceremoniously: "Boy, come here."

Before Cheng Qian could say anything, Yan Zhengming stopped him.

Yan Zhengming shook his head secretly and walked up to Zi Peng and said, "Senior, my junior fellow disciple has just joined the sect and hasn't memorized all the sect rules yet. I'm afraid he might offend you rashly. If you have any instructions, I'll come."

He was only growing taller, but his shoulders were still thin as a teenager. Cheng Qian looked at his back and pursed his lips. For the first time, he felt that the eldest brother was not the good-for-nothing he had imagined.

Zi Peng shouted, "I was calling him! What does it have to do with you?"

Yan Zhengming frowned, and Cheng Qian hurriedly whispered, "Brother, it's okay."

As he spoke, he walked forward a few steps despite the demonic aura rising into the sky, and heard Master Zi Peng command, "Pick up the talisman."

Cheng Qian bent down and picked up the talisman that had fallen on the ground as he was told. The moment he touched the wooden sign, he clearly felt the violent power contained in it. It seemed as if a ferocious beast was locked up in the wooden sign, but the beast seemed to recognize Cheng Qian quickly and slowly retracted and calmed down in his hands. The bright light that had just been blazing gradually dissipated, and the wooden sign remained quietly in his hand.

When Cheng Qian was holding the wooden sign, for a moment, he looked at the big demon who was bossing him around, and the fear in his heart miraculously subsided a lot. He suddenly had a thought: "When will I have the power to despise everything? When will I be able to go anywhere without having to tremble in fear in front of an old demon?"

Zi Peng stared at the talisman, her expression changing several times. Finally, her tone softened a little and she said, "You're here to look for someone? It's not impossible. Let's put it this way. There is a Linxiantai in the Monster Valley. There are restrictions on it. We monsters are not allowed to enter, but it's okay for humans. You go up and get the things in the Linxiantai for me, and I will return the kid who accidentally broke in to you."

For an eight-hundred-year-old monster like Zi Peng, a bird that has lived for more than ten years might have just begun its cultivation, and might still retain the bad habit of eating insects. Therefore, her words were full of loopholes, and she was obviously fooling the three young men in front of her as fledglings that ate insects.

Unfortunately, it didn't work, because these three weren't birds, they were people, and they all thought to themselves, "Pah, that's bullshit."

After several rounds of winking at each other, Yan Zhengming finally made the decision - no matter what, they had to trick their way into the Demon Valley first.

As for what to do when he comes back... Young Master Yan didn't think too much about it. Looking at the condition of the old hen, she might die on her own in a while.

The three of them left Zi Peng Zhenren's cave quickly. Yan Zhengming was quick-witted and took a strand of Zi Peng Zhenren's hair from her cave before leaving.

They went out by water again, but this time the pit was very shallow. They reached the end in two splashes and climbed ashore, arriving at their neighbor's place - the Valley of Monsters.

After getting out of the water, Yan Zhengming raised his hand and inserted the wet feather into Li Yun's chest, saying, "In ancient times, there was a fox who borrowed the power of a tiger, and now there is a bastard who borrowed the power of an old hen. You should take this to give yourself courage. Look how scared you are - find a way to find someone for me quickly, we must go back before dark!"

Li Yun's heart tightened when he heard this, and he immediately asked Yan Zhengming anxiously, "Big Brother, is there anything taboo in this Demon Valley after dark?"

Yan Zhengming said angrily: "Why are there so many taboos? I want to go back and take a shower. My feet are all mixed with mud and shoes!"

Cheng Qian: “…”

He could tell that the senior brother was not joking. Yan Zhengming's ferocious expression made it seem as if he really intended to chop off his own legs - if a person only had one pair of legs in his lifetime, he would surely not be reluctant to sacrifice his flesh and blood.

Li Yun was proficient in all kinds of unconventional methods. Under the high pressure from his senior brother, he chewed his fingernails and thought for a moment, and lived up to everyone's expectations and came up with a bad idea.

He took out a small bottle from his arms. Cheng Qian saw that the bottle looked familiar, so he blurted out, "Isn't this the water used by the toad to wash his feet?"

Li Yun held his masterpiece and broken heart in his hands, and glanced at Cheng Qian dimly: "Junior brother, this is the Golden Clam Divine Water."

Three drops of golden clam holy water transformed a small stone into a jumping toad. The eldest brother didn't know whether he was afraid of this thing or simply found it disgusting. His face was uglier than when his sword was broken by Master Zipeng. He looked at the toad with an irreconcilable look.

Cheng Qian probably understood how his two brothers became enemies.

Li Yun said, "Go find Han Yuan."

Upon hearing this, the toad croaked, jumped up and flew in one direction.

Li Yun motioned for them to follow the toad while explaining, "The Golden Clam Divine Water is actually a mixture of the Golden Clam's urine and the Five Poison Water. A few drops can turn small objects like leaves, paper, and stones into toads. A few days ago, Junior Brother played with a toad transformed from a leaf for a long time. His clothes and body were stained with the same smell. He should be able to find it."

Yan Zhengming was about to collapse: "You mean, he hasn't changed his clothes for several days, or hasn't taken a shower for several days? Is he still a human being?"

After hearing the recipe for the Golden Clam Divine Water, Lian Chengqian's face turned pale: "Second Brother, you don't have to explain it in such detail."

The effect of toad urine was limited. The little toad only jumped two or three feet away before the candle was blown out and the candle turned back into stone. Li Yun had no choice but to drip a few drops again and sighed, "After all, this is just for fun, not a talisman. It can only last for a while. I only have this one bottle left. I'm afraid I'll have to use it sparingly before I find my junior brother."

When Li Yun said this, he looked at the jumping toad with an expression that was almost one of pity and reluctance. Cheng Qian shuddered suddenly, feeling that his second senior brother might not be an ordinary person.

The toad led his three fellow disciples through the increasingly dense woods at a speed of hopping and resting. They didn't know how far they had walked. Suddenly, the originally healthy and strong toad's limbs twitched, and he fell to the ground with his four legs facing the sky, looking dead.

Seeing this, Yan Zhengming picked up a three-foot-long branch from the ground, raised his sleeve to cover his nose, and poked the toad on the ground from a distance with the branch, wondering: "Did it finally die of shame and anger over its life experience?"

With a slight sound, the dead toad turned back into its original stone with a look of fear. No matter how Li Yun dripped the "magic water" on it, it refused to come back to life.

Li Yun scratched his head and said, "This..."

Yan Zhengming's expression suddenly changed: "Shh!"

He stood up suddenly, threw the stick on the ground, drew the sword from his waist, and pointed it at the dense forest beside him.

An ominous rustling sound was heard in the dense forest, followed by a roar, and a huge bear with a human head and a beast body appeared in front of the three people.

The beast was more than two people tall, with a head as big as a bucket. When it opened its mouth, it revealed a mouthful of iron and steel teeth. The fishy wind flowing from it could be smelled from miles away. As soon as its head appeared, it waved its bear paw and blew away a big tree.

Yan Zhengming pushed Li Yun and shouted, "Why are you in a daze? Run!"

Li Yun's limbs were cold and he could not move, but the wooden sign in Cheng Qian's arms became hot at that moment. Then, the three of them heard a man's voice at the same time.

The man said calmly, "Don't move."

Yan Zhengming turned around suddenly: "Who is it?"

The man spoke again: "Don't be afraid, come over here."

This time, all three of them heard clearly that the voice came from beside Cheng Qian, but they could not see the person who spoke. Cheng Qian seemed to understand something, and his eyes slowly fell on the wooden sign in his hand.

Li Yun's eyes widened: "There are also talismans that can talk?"

The talisman seemed to be amused by him, and then calmly softened its voice and said, "They are just two or three little demons. They can't hurt you. It's okay."

But before he could finish his words, the big bear demon was already running towards them. The earth was shaking wherever this "little demon" passed by. No wonder Li Yun's cowardly toad who looked like his master had to pretend to be dead!

The three two-legged boys had no chance of outrunning the big beast, and it was too late for them to escape. To make matters worse, a sharp roar was heard not far away.

The next moment, the big bear's waist was rolled up by a brightly colored snake's tail. The hill-like big bear was suddenly thrown into the sky, and then fell down heavily, making a deep pit on the ground. The surrounding ancient trees, flowers and plants were all affected, and they fell down one by one, with a foul smell.

Even the eldest senior brother had no time to care about his white clothes covered with mud.

Are these two or three little demons? No matter how rare a talking talisman is, the three young men present felt that he was talking without any pain in his waist.

It turns out that Mu Pai will not die!

Then, the full appearance of the snake demon emerged. The upper half of his face was human-like, with a pair of vertical pupils, and the lower half was covered with scales and spitting out a snake tongue. As he moved, a more violent fishy wind blew than before, swirling in the smoky forest, almost becoming an afterimage. Cheng Qian could only hear the teeth-grinding sound of the scales rubbing against the ground, and could not see where the snake's head was at all.

Until it tilted its head and bit the big bear's neck, and hot blood spurted out three feet high, forming a blood fountain.

The big bear's face, which already looked 80% human, was filled with extreme fear. After a moment, it fell to the ground with a bang. Its huge body rolled and twitched desperately on the ground, struggling desperately. The snake tightly wrapped around the big bear's body and rolled around on the ground with it.

The big bear died amid indescribable screams and struggles.

Cheng Qian just met those gray, dilated pupils, and his entire chest seemed to be filled with ice.

The big snake let go of the bear's body, shrank its body, and retreated a few steps. Cheng Qian thought it was trying to make sure whether its prey was dead, but then he saw the big snake suddenly bury its head in the bear's body at an invisible speed. Its head seemed to have turned into a sharp blade, piercing the corpse's lower abdomen from back to front, and then it broke out of the bear's belly with a bloody demon pill in its mouth, and stood up with its upper body at least ten feet tall.

Li Yun vomited on the spot. He couldn't believe that he had been neighbors with these things for more than a year. He had repeatedly wanted to come over on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month to find out what was going on.

Yan Zhengming felt that all the blood in his chest was rushing to his limbs, which made him almost unable to feel where his legs were for a moment. If it weren't for his sword supporting him on the ground, he would probably have been sitting on the ground at this moment.

Only Cheng Qian, facing the blood all over the ground, his heart was beating wildly. He stared at the bear corpse and the munching snake monster with his eyes, and some indescribable feeling arose in his heart again.

If the Tao is boundless, can it also be like this... to have the power of life and death?