Chapter 530: Driving the Tiger to Devour the Wolf
The place where Ma Ming and others settled was located on a hill covered with iron fir trees more than a hundred miles north of Yougu. This hill, which looked like it was covered with black and towering black iron-like spiritual trees, was called Iron Fir Ridge. There were very few monsters and sea creatures on this ridge. It was a rare strange and dangerous place in the spiritual land of Shuihuo Valley.
This iron fir tree looked similar to ordinary iron fir, but its thick and gnarled trunk and serrated needles, its color and texture, were as black and strange as black iron.
What was even more strange was that after this kind of iron fir tree grew to a certain age, the outer bark of its trunk would automatically crack into fine cracks, and a liquid called "black juice" would flow out of these cracks. This liquid smelled fresh and sharp, and had a very deadly attraction to monsters and sea creatures. However, once a demon beast or a sea creature swallows this "black juice" by mistake, its internal organs and blood will gradually solidify and bond with the infiltration and fusion of the swallowed "black juice", and finally become like "iron juice" cooling in the body, completely iron-like, and eventually lose the ability to move or even die due to this strange change.
This strange and weird thing that is neither like poison nor spiritual liquid really makes demon beasts and sea creatures extremely afraid. Therefore, ordinary demon beasts or sea creatures, once they see the mountains where this iron fir spiritual tree gathers, they often avoid it from a distance and dare not approach it at all.
Few people know that the "black juice" flowing out of this iron fir spiritual tree is actually a special adhesive material that is rarely seen in ten thousand years. As long as a few materials are added to this "black juice", slightly processed, and then smelted with earth fire, a kind of adhesive glue called "black iron glue" can be obtained.
Large flying magic weapons such as the Sea Hunting Divine Boat and the Dark Cloud Warship, which are made of spiritual wood, would not be formed without this "black iron glue" for bonding and forging.
Many people know that the Sea Hunting Divine Boat and the Dark Cloud Warship are extremely strong and difficult to refine and forge, but few people know that these large warships of the Sea Hunting Alliance are made of "black juice" as the raw material, which is used to bond the fragmented spiritual wood, making such a large warship become a whole.
Unfortunately, Ma Ming and other human cultivators who settled in the Iron Fir Ridge did not know the benefits of the Iron Fir spiritual tree, and no one knew that the black liquid flowing from the thick and gnarled trunk was actually the main raw material for refining "black iron glue". The master of refining who really knew the value of these raw materials would obviously not risk appearing in this demon sea.
The reason why Ma Ming and others chose Tieshan Mountain as their base is that there are almost no monsters and sea creatures here, and the trees are tall and dense, which is easy to hide.
In a valley covered by a hidden magic array deep in Tieshan Mountain, Ma Ming and the other five were communicating with their minds and arguing fiercely about something.
After listening to Xiao Hai's proposal, Ma Ming immediately objected: "Master Xiao, this may not be appropriate. If we don't handle it well and anger Wu Yan, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to end it."
"Why not? Don't forget, the five of us are all in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. Can't we take down a small Nascent Soul early stage commander? What's more, we have gathered more than 200 elite disciples now, plus the more than 100 elites we brought in. With such a powerful strength, we can't take down him and his small team? City Lord Ma, don't tell me that you have done some shameful transactions with him, so you are protecting him so much?" Xiao Hai sneered.
Just now, after a long debate, everyone reached a consensus. Everyone agreed that this powerful protective formation on Crocodile Jiao Island was definitely not created by Wu Yan. Among the five people, Xiao Hai, Master Shi Yan and Gui Xiuluo guessed that this formation was most likely created by Xuan Yazi. After all, the news that Xuan Yazi had secretly left the Sea Hunting Alliance, resigned from the Sea Hunting Envoy, and followed Wu Yan to this island was almost known to the top leaders of the Sea Hunting Alliance.
Ma Ming was silent for a moment, and then affirmed this speculation. Xuanyuan Jiyu has been acting very abnormally these days. He has been silent since the debate began and has never expressed his own opinions.
Xiao Hai just made a suggestion to lure Wu Yan out, first stabilize him with words, and use the disappearance of Ni Daoxi as an excuse to force Wu Yan to take them to the station of the Baoxiao team for investigation, and then force Xuan Yazi out and take the control formation flag of the large formation on the island from him by thunder. To be honest, this suggestion is very tempting to everyone.
To be honest, there are all kinds of rumors about the strange disappearance of Ni Daoxi and Ghost Sword Elder, but no matter which one, it seems to be related to Wu Yan and Xuan Yazi.
If their disappearance was not so strange and clean that there was no trace left, and a series of changes occurred on Crocodile Jiao Island, I am afraid that this matter should have attracted the attention of the Sea Hunting Alliance. But no matter what, Ni Daoxi and Wu Yan, the two enemies with deep hatred, must have had some conflict on the island. Ni Daoxi's disappearance must be related to Wu Yan.
In Xiao Hai's view, just by grasping this point, Wu Yan can be suppressed to death. However, he did not expect that this suggestion was not unanimously agreed by everyone.
After Ma Ming objected, Master Shi Yan and Ghost Shura also raised objections.
"I have a way to do this." Xuanyuan Jiyu, who had been silent all the time, suddenly looked up at the other four and said.
"What way?" Ma Ming and the other four turned their eyes to Xuanyuan Jiyu.
"I know the origin of this formation, I also know the origin of Xuan Ya Zi, and I even know the grudges between Ni Daoxi and Xuan Ya Zi. Hehe, but if this matter is done according to my method, I hope Feng Tian How about we all forget about Senior Brother Hunting and don’t mention it again in the future?" Xuanyuan Jiyu said.
After the four people looked at each other for a moment, their eyes gradually became serious, and then they nodded silently to each other tacitly.
"Okay, if Fellow Daoist Xuanyuan can really find a way to resolve the situation at hand, we can no longer mention this matter in the future. But if Fellow Daoist Xuanyuan is trying to confuse the public, he will have to take responsibility for his actions." Hai glanced at Xuanyuan Jiyu and said. Ma Ming, Shi Yan and Gui Shura also nodded.
"Everyone knows more or less about the grudge between Xuan Yazi and Ni Daoxi. However, I may know a little more than everyone else. What I can be sure of is that if Elder Ni Daoxi is really dead, then it must be Xuan Yaozi's death. Xuan Yaozi and Wu Yan worked together. Xuan Yaozi has had eight disciples in his life, and their master-disciple relationship is like father and son. If we can capture a few of them, we will definitely be able to force Xuan Yaozi to show his submission. When inspecting the island, I thought I should have discovered several formations on the outside of the island's formation. This formation is called the Wuji Suoyuan Formation, and it is an extremely powerful set passed down from the Dayan Sword Sect that was very prosperous at that time. Forbidden formation. As long as any of the eight formation eyes on the periphery of Crocodile Dragon Island can be broken, the power of this formation can be broken. Judging from the power displayed by this formation, I guess Xuanya. His eight disciples were probably assigned by him to guard these eight formations. Having said all that, you should all understand what I mean, right?" Xuanyuan Jiyu finished speaking without hesitation. I couldn't help but glance at the other four people calmly, waiting for their decisions.
Ma Ming and the other four are all old foxes, so of course they can understand the meaning of Xuanyuan Jiyu's words.
"After listening to Brother Xuanyuan's words, I suddenly had a better idea. Hehe, if we spread this news, the sea demons and monsters on the island will know the existence of those eight formation eyes. Presumably, those The Sea Demon Tribe and the Monster Tribe should want to get rid of these guys who are trapping them more than we do? This formation is so powerful that it should have some attack and defense means, so we should not be able to break through it easily. It's enough to sit back and watch for now. When they fight to the death, we will take action again, hehe..." Xiao Hai, who was wearing a blood robe, said with a malicious smile.
"This is a good plan to drive away tigers and wolves. Humph, since Wu Yan has already arranged a large formation to control the island, but has been reluctant to deal with these sea tribes, he naturally has no good intentions. He is sure He wants to take the opportunity to negotiate with us and gain more benefits. This time we will take advantage of this opportunity and teach this boy a lesson to let him know that our four major sects and the Sea Hunting Alliance are not so easy to fool. , I think if the time is right, we can even take the opportunity to get rid of this kid," Ghost Shura said in a sinister voice.
"There is no absolute certainty of killing this boy, so it's best not to push him too hard. Don't forget that Xuanyuan Jie and Xie Yunya are no match for him together." Ma Ming said with a gloomy expression.
The other four people thought the same thing. If the deaths of Ni Daoxi and Old Ghost Sword were really related to this boy, they might not be able to do anything to him. Rather than causing trouble for yourself by making enemies, it is better to throw this trouble to others. If the people who come to the Ni family know about this, they should want to get rid of this son more than they do. Immediately, the five people discussed the details related to the matter and began to make arrangements.
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"Leader, you see, they sent a dozen monks in the Dan-formation stage to the place where the Sea Clan is entrenched. Now that these guys have all gathered together, what do they want to do if they don't evacuate the island quickly? Do they want to rely on their strength? How can they confront the Sea Clan's army head-on with this small manpower? No, even if they want to deal with the Sea Clan, they should contact us first and ask us to cooperate with them in a large formation. Is there some conspiracy here? ?" Xuan Yaozi suddenly noticed a dozen white light spots through the spirit appraisal ball, leaving Hemlock Ridge and heading towards Bijia Mountain where the Sea Demon Clan was entrenched. He couldn't help but ask Wu Yanxian reports.
Wu Yan was sitting in meditation with his eyes closed at this time. When he heard Xuan Yaozi's words, he slowly opened his eyes and looked at the Spiritual Appraisal Ball. Looking at the Spiritual Appraisal Ball, there were more than a dozen light spots rushing towards the north end of the Water Fire Valley Spiritual Land. He pondered for a moment and said: "Brother, it seems that these guys are really greedy. This is You want to seize control of Crocodile Dragon Island from us. By the way, does senior brother have a special way to quickly contact Shouyu and the others?"
"Of course. This Spiritual Appraisal Ball is divided into mother and son. The one we have here is the cue ball, and Ah Da and the others all have a child ball in their hands. Brother Wei once taught them a set of joint communication methods for controlling formations. You can use Different formation control techniques transmit different messages from the cue ball to the eight sub-balls. "What does the leader plan to do?" Xuan Yazi said without hesitation.