Xie Lian only felt layers of violent fluctuations coming from all directions, and an indescribable strange smell spread.

All those yellow talismans exploded!

As for the demons and monsters who had attached them to their heads, their solid heads were blown to pieces, blood and flesh splattered, while the hollow heads were blown into shapeless pieces, black smoke drifted away. In front of the mountain wall, there was a sound of ghosts howling. Hua Cheng let go of the hand that was covering Xie Lian's ears, and it seemed that there was no effect. Xie Lian stood up, slightly frightened. He had just looked at those yellow talismans one by one, and they were indeed the most common ghost-exorcising talismans. How could they have such a terrifying effect?

At this time, a piece of torn paper slowly fell from the sky filled with black dust. Xie Lian was quick to catch it and took a look at it. He immediately understood what it was and said, “How cunning.”

This is a broken corner of a yellow talisman. If it weren't broken, it would be impossible to tell that it actually has two layers!

There was a layer of paper covering the top, with the most common talisman drawn on it, and another layer of extremely thin talisman paper. Although it had been burned so that it was impossible to tell what was drawn on it, it was undoubtedly the most vicious and powerful talisman.

Dust and smoke were flying everywhere, and it was hard to see clearly. Many ghosts were still screaming, as if someone was taking the opportunity to attack. Xie Lian immediately crouched down, and a ghost shouted, "Wait! The fight hasn't even started yet, why are you guys already fighting?"

"Yeah! Didn't we say that since we're all ghosts, we should live in peace and work together to get through this mountain before we go in?!"

A voice grinned and said, "Fools like you deserve to be eliminated in the first round! No one has ever said when the fight will start. We are all opponents anyway, so of course the sooner we kill them, the better! Can they even give you a heads-up before they start?"

"Wait, wait! I quit! I haven't even entered Tonglu Mountain yet! Can't I quit now?!"

"What do you think this place is? You can come and go as you please? You haven't entered Tonglu Mountain? Take a good look at where you are now!"

The smoke and dust cleared a little, and the ghosts could see clearly. They were all shocked and said, "Ah?! How could this happen?!"

Not only them, Xie Lian was also slightly shocked by the scene before him.

When they came, they were blocked by a mountain that they could not get around or climb over. However, when they looked again, they found that the mountain had disappeared without a trace.

No, it didn't disappear, but moved behind them.

It turned out that they had already entered the territory of Tonglu Mountain without realizing it!

Xie Lian suddenly understood why when he asked if there were any landmarks in Tonglu Mountain, Hua Cheng said yes, but he shouldn’t believe them. Because these “landmarks”, like children who like to play pranks, will move on their own!

Suddenly, Xie Lian heard a voice sneering behind him, “I want to see, are you a puppet doll or something else?”

Deadly knife demon!

Xie Lian turned his head sharply, but before Ruo Xie could fly out, he saw a flash of cold light, and the Swift Blade Demon was cut in half before he could even let out a scream!

Xie Lian leaned forward to take a look. It was indeed true. He was cut into two neat halves. This time, he was dead as dead as could be. He raised his head and saw that it was the cloaked stranger who had done it. He was slowly inserting a long sword into the scabbard under his cloak and walking towards him steadily.

Xie Lian felt that this figure and gait were somewhat familiar, so he stood up and asked, “Who are you, sir?”

The man smiled softly, and seemed to be about to answer, but suddenly leaned forward. Seeing this unusual behavior, Xie Lian's heart was alarmed, and he focused on guarding against his sneak attack, but he saw that the man just leaned forward, his hands on the left and right, and hugged the slender waists of the two female ghosts, and said, "Is there anything wrong with the two girls?"

Xie Lian: “…”

The two female ghosts were both pretty, and because they didn't use swords, they didn't have the yellow talisman, so they escaped, but they were still knocked unconscious by the explosion. Now someone was holding her in his arms and calling her affectionately, and she woke up slowly, saying gratefully, "I'm fine, thank you..."

Unexpectedly, before he could even finish saying "thank you", the two female ghosts' faces changed drastically, and they pushed the cloaked stranger away with a slap, saying, "Get lost!" Then they hurriedly crawled to the side. The man was not annoyed after being slapped away, but seemed to feel strange. He touched his chin, frowned, and asked in surprise, "Isn't this right? Isn't this face ugly?"

“…”

Although he still hadn’t taken off his disguise, Xie Lian already knew who he was and asked, “General Pei, why are you here too?”

The person turned to him, smiled slightly, and put his hand on his face, revealing his true face. It was Pei Ming!

He said, "Of course, the Emperor asked me to come and lend a helping hand to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Xie Lian said, “Really? I’m so sorry. You can see that this place is quite dangerous.”

Hua Cheng said: "Brother, there is no need to be embarrassed. He must have asked Jun Wu for favors."

Pei Ming walked up to Hua Cheng, squatted down and compared his current height with his hand, and said with a smile: "Am I seeing right? Could this be Mr. Xueyu Tanhua? It is true that a scholar should be looked at with new eyes after three days of absence. What did you eat to grow backwards? Ha..."

He just let out a "ha" sound, and Xie Lian swung out a silk ribbon, nearly sending him flying. Pei Ming narrowly avoided it, leaped back, and said, "Your Highness, how much do you love City Lord Hua that you can't even take a joke?"

Xie Lian asked seriously, “Are you really General Pei?”

Pei Ming patted the sword at his waist, showed it to him, and said, "It's genuine."

Xie Lian said, “If it’s fake, I won’t exchange it, just return it.”

Hua Cheng said: "Brother, beat him to death, it's fake."

Pei Ming: “Hello!”

Xie Lian asked, “If you were really General Pei, how could the yellow talisman leave a burn mark on your forehead?”

Pei Ming said, "It's very simple. It all depends on this." As he spoke, he threw a small object to Xie Lian. Out of caution, Xie Lian did not catch it with his hands. Instead, he picked it up with the tip of his sword and held it in front of his eyes, saying, "Candy?"

On the tip of the sword was indeed a small, shiny black candy. Pei Ming threw another one into his mouth and said, "I bought this ghost-flavored candy ball at the ghost market. Chewing one will fill your mouth with ghost energy, from the inside out. It's quite useful when you're pretending to be a non-human being."

Xie Lian picked up the ghost-flavored candy ball and asked curiously, “Can you buy something this magical in the ghost market?”

Pei Ming ate the candy and said, "Ask the City Lord Hua next to you. He knows best. You can buy anything in the ghost market. It all depends on whether you have the know-how. It tastes good. Your Highness, would you like to try one too?"

Xie Lian was also curious about what ghosts tasted like, so he said to Hua Cheng, “In that case, we should have bought some of these ghost-flavored candy balls before we came.”

Hua Cheng took the candy ball from his hand and said, "Brother, if you want something from the ghost market, just tell me. But don't eat this."

"Why?"

Hua Cheng didn't use any force, and the sugar ball screamed and turned into a wisp of black smoke. He said, "Everything in the ghost market is very dangerous. For example, this kind of sugar ball comes from a black workshop, and the raw materials are mostly low-quality ghosts of unknown origin. Eating it will harm your body."

Pei Ming didn't take it seriously: "It's okay, I don't eat it often, it's just for emergencies."

Hua Cheng continued, "And the smell is pungent. Priests and humans can't smell it, but the lower the level of the imp, the more foul the smell."

Pei Ming: “…”

Hua Cheng chuckled and said, "So, do you know why those two female ghosts told you to get lost?"

“…”

Because they felt that the ghost energy on Pei Ming was extremely inferior and extremely smelly!

Xie Lian coughed lightly and said tactfully, “General Pei, this… you’d better not eat it.”

Pei Ming gestured, took out the remaining ghost-flavored candy balls and threw them all away, saying, "Okay. However, we are only at the outermost layer of Tonglu Mountain now. Once we go in, there will definitely be more powerful monsters and ghosts. They will be able to tell at a glance that something is wrong between you and me. What should we do then?"

Those female ghosts flocked to Hua Cheng, probably because they liked his smell very much. The ghost energy that Hua Cheng passed on to him must be of the best quality, so there was really no need to buy ghost-flavored candy balls. However, if he wanted to prevent others from seeing that the ghost energy was contaminated from the outside, he would probably still need to pass on the energy by lips and teeth together and exchange body fluids like the previous times. Thinking of this, Xie Lian stopped himself and said seriously: "I don't know. I'm just a puppet doll."

It means that the show will continue. Pei Ming said: "Okay. Then Your Highness the Crown Prince must follow your master closely."

Xie Lian pretended not to hear it, looked around, and after a moment of hesitation, he said, “I never expected that there would be such heavy casualties at the beginning.”

Originally, there were more than 400 demons and monsters gathered here, and almost all of them were killed or injured in the chaos just now. Xie Lian couldn't help but think of the scene that Hua Cheng demonstrated to him that night. It was really not an exaggeration at all, just like a gust of wind blowing, and all the weeds were blown away. The remaining ones who escaped the disaster and were not completely dead were less than a dozen, with their limbs torn and groaning. Hua Cheng stood in front of them and said, "Do you know where Tonglu Mountain is now?"

The surviving ghosts dared not say a word. Xie Lian said gently, “You are still only on the outer layer, and you can still get out. If you don’t want to go deeper and encounter more terrifying things, just wait here and find a chance to leave.”

The ghosts were thinking the same thing, but seeing that they had no intention of silencing them, they hurriedly helped those who were left and hid as far away as possible. Looking at the retreating figures, Xie Lian said thoughtfully, “Although the name of the Deadly Blade Demon is extremely exaggerated, he is surprisingly a powerful character and is very ruthless.”

Pei Ming agreed, "This thing is extremely scheming. He has been muddying the waters since the beginning, and he is very quick to react. Your sword strike just gave him the opportunity to use his own self-torture tactics."

Xie Lian was startled and asked, “Wait, ‘that sword’? Which sword? I didn’t stab him?”

Pei Ming said: "No? It was the sword on his lower abdomen. If he hadn't tried so hard to create panic before, and if the wound hadn't been stained with your spiritual light, other demons and ghosts wouldn't have believed him and put talismans on their heads."

Xie Lian asked curiously, “To be honest, I thought it was you, General Pei, who stabbed me with that sword?”

Pei Ming said: "Your Highness, what misunderstanding do you have about me? I will never do anything like a sneak attack."

Xie Lian said, “It’s neither you nor me, so could it be that there was a third priest among all the people present? Or, is there something wrong with the spiritual light on the wound of the Swift Blade Demon…” He turned around, wanting to check again to confirm, but the place where the Deadly Swift Blade Demon had dismembered his body was empty.

He was stunned and asked, "Where is the body of the Quick Blade Demon?"

Pei Ming was also slightly stunned and said, "I clearly cut him in half with my sword just now."

Hua Cheng said in a deep voice: "Brother, be careful. In Tonglu Mountain, the more opponents you kill, the stronger the killer will become."

And just in that instant, the deadly knife demon killed nearly four hundred monsters!