The Mo Ti Beast is a type of Demonic Beast that is extremely sleepy, and it has a particularly bad "morning temper."
However, it is a light sleeper and will wake up at the slightest disturbance. Whenever this happens, it becomes irritable and furious, even launching indiscriminate attacks.
If one were just walking normally, it wouldn't be disturbed, but what if a special situation happened while passing by?
Therefore, for the sake of safety, people in the Cultivation World avoid this thing.
"I seem to smell the scent of a Mo Ti Beast," Old Man Liu said, telling a bald-faced lie. "Let's take a detour."
The others feigned surprise and then all nodded.
"There is actually a Mo Ti Beast? Then it is better to avoid it."
"Indeed, we must not disturb its peaceful sleep."
【However, if we really have a grudge against those people from the Liuxian Sect, we could lead them onto that path, and then... hehehe.】 Mo Jiuwei suddenly thought of something and began to smirk.
The group from the Xianlai Sect exchanged a look, and a sharp glint flashed in their eyes.
"Wait, I have an idea..." Old Man Liu began.
A moment later, Du Wangquan, having finished eating, walked over with his disciples.
They had intended to choose the right side, the path without the Mo Ti Beast, but just as they reached the fork, they saw the people from the Xianlai Sect sitting at that intersection eating dry rations.
The already narrow path was completely blocked by them, making it impossible to pass.
"Bad luck."
Du Wangquan frowned and stopped his footsteps. "We will take the other path."
Watching this group walk toward the path where the Mo Ti Beast was located, the group from the Xianlai Sect held back their laughter, forcing themselves not to make a sound.
"Those poor cultivators are really persistent. They have held on for so long without disbanding the Xianlai Sect; they truly have perseverance!" Du Wangquan's disciple, Zhou Ye, said with a sneer.
"Who says otherwise? Their Sect Leader Xu was... cough, crippled by us, and the shops in the market were ruined by us. They can't even afford to eat now, yet they still gather together instead of going their separate ways." Another disciple also shook his head and sighed. "It is fortunate that the Xianlai Sect is already at the end of its rope and cannot establish its foundation again, otherwise they would truly be a great enemy of our side."
"Hmph, these people are stubborn and have only brought this death upon themselves!"
Du Wangquan raised an eyebrow and scoffed:
"The Xianlai Sect has been severely fractured over these years and is no longer the glory of the past. Back then, Martial Uncle Zhong Yu kindly suggested abandoning the useless disciples and taking the Elite Disciples to join the Liuxian Sect, but Liu Feng refused to agree no matter what and insisted on opposing it. Martial Uncle Zhong Yu tried to persuade him repeatedly to no avail, so he took us to join the Liuxian Sect, leaving only those twenty or so useless people struggling to support the Xianlai Sect. But what is the point of doing this? Now they still cannot hold on and are in a precarious state!"
"Martial Uncle Du is right. Since they are stubborn, they have no one to blame but themselves for today!"
"We only need to wait; sooner or later they will be unable to hold on and will abandon the Mountain Gate."
"By the way, what is the situation with that baby? Have any of you heard anything?" Du Wangquan suddenly thought of something and asked.
"It is said that Liu Feng picked her up on the road; she is an abandoned baby." A disciple who had heard the rumors explained.
Du Wangquan sneered, "They are always like this, often having an untimely 'kindness' without even considering if they have the ability to support it."
Just like the previous split, even though the Liuxian Sect had extended an olive branch to recruit the Elite Disciples of the Xianlai Sect, Liu Feng and a few others refused to agree and insisted on staying in the Xianlai Sect.
Yet they didn't even look at how downfallen the Xianlai Sect had become!
It was precisely because of their resistance that the recruitment did not seem so perfect, and there were already rumors outside saying that Zhong Yu and the others had betrayed their Sect for glory, with extremely harsh words.
If not for this, Zhong Yu would not have crippled Sect Leader Xu's leg out of spite, nor would he have sent people to ruin the shop that the Xianlai Sect had operated for hundreds of years.
Not only that, but for the past few years, no matter what the people of the Xianlai Sect wanted to do, they would secretly go and sabotage it.
Even those Xianlai Sect disciples who ventured to the Training Ground to hunt Demonic Beasts and search for Spirit Grass to earn some Crystal Stones for the Sect were all hunted and killed by their people.
Perhaps because people were always dying, the people of the Xianlai Sect did not dare to go out and take risks easily. When they were truly short of money, they would scrape together things to sell, but how long could the things in their hands last?
Living off their savings will lead to ruin sooner or later.
"Master need not worry. The current Xianlai Sect has long reached the point of exhaustion. Otherwise, why would they break the cauldrons and sink the boats to leave the Sect and come to this Qingfeng Ridge to take risks?" Du Wangquan's disciple laughed.
Du Wangquan nodded, "What my disciple says is true."
His eyes darkened as he pondered finding the Spiritual Object. Once the matter of the Spiritual Object was settled, he would turn back to deal with these people from the Xianlai Sect, ensuring they would never return!
As for that little baby... she can only blame her bad luck for being picked up by the people of the Xianlai Sect!
They walked in front, while Old Man Liu and Chen Lan followed quietly from a distance.
Chen Lan held Mo Jiuwei in her arms, looking at her from time to time while tracking them.
"Jiu Wei, be good, don't make a sound to disturb them," Chen Lan whispered, leaning close to Mo Jiuwei's ear.
【Don't worry, I definitely won't make a sound!】 Mo Jiuwei winked.
Old Man Liu, however, frowned.
"Strange, why can't I find the hiding place of the Mo Ti Beast?"
In fact, if it weren't for Mo Jiuwei's reminder, he wouldn't have been able to tell that there was a Mo Ti Beast here at all.
【Right there on the east side, that large stone wall, the one half-blocked by leaves, do you see it?】 Mo Jiuwei waved her arm, trying very hard to remind him. 【There is a Mo Ti Beast sleeping in that cave, and there are two of them, too.】
Two of them!
Old Man Liu's eyes lit up, "Found it, it's over there."
Chen Lan pursed her lips, trying hard not to laugh, and only said a moment later, "Martial Uncle truly has eyes as sharp as torches!"
Even though Old Man Liu was thick-skinned, his cheeks could not help but turn red, but because his skin was dark, this bit of red was not noticeable, at least not to Mo Jiuwei.
Du Wangquan and his group were completely unaware as they were traveling, but suddenly they heard a sound coming from somewhere behind them.
"What was that noise?"
He turned around abruptly, looking in doubt at a patch of mountain rocks in the distance that had exploded and fallen.
"I don't know, why did these rocks collapse for no reason?"
"Could it be that someone is fighting?"
"Could that be where the Spiritual Object is?"
The disciples of the Liuxian Sect were first confused, then became excited.
Du Wangquan was also happy in his heart, "Let's go over and take a look."
Actually, it didn't look much like a Spiritual Object, because when a true Spiritual Object appears, the Spiritual Energy is exceptionally intense and easy to distinguish, but at this moment, there was none.
However, if there is an anomaly, it might be related to the Spiritual Object, so he would take a look first.
Just as the group approached the stone cave, they felt the ground tremble. At the same time, the stone cave shook again, and many rocks and sand fell once more.
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