Chapter 26: Mission accomplished.
Meijiapu.
In the Wubao archery tower, the icy cold light of arrow clusters flashed from time to time, and a sense of fortitude permeated the air.
In the outer moat, the water remains dark and heavy.
It is used to prevent enemies from sneaking over the underwater objects, cruising around, causing strange waves from time to time.
When the wind passed by, the spiritual plants all over the fort wall were filled with the smell of blood.
On the wall, between the flickering runes, dozens of puppets were still patrolling.
The clan protection formation has been reopened, but no one can be seen up and down the Meijia Fort.
The place where the head of the Mei clan retreated was a mess with thorns, broken branches and broken leaves all over the place.
Many traps, curses, and runic arrows have all been triggered, and there are traces of spells everywhere.
The ground is full of potholes, and the courtyard walls covered with runes are also in dilapidated condition.
Traces of flames, toxins, ghosts, withering, etc. are scattered everywhere.
After the war, everything was devastated.
The original rockery has long been razed to the ground, and in the remaining secret room, the old head of the family, Mei Qing, is sitting on a futon. He has never left the place since he woke up.
Its aura is still strong, but within its strength, there is a sense of impending decline.
"Cough cough cough cough cough..."
Huo Zhaojing vomited blood and knelt half on one knee on the ground. He looked at the old patriarch with a look of shock, confusion, and regret.
Mei Cheng had no expression on her face and said calmly: "When I was still in the inner sect of Chongming Sect, I was just like you. I didn't know how high the world was!"
"If I hadn't offended the wrong people and left behind old illnesses, I would have already entered the end of my life."
"You, a junior who has just entered the late stage of foundation building, dare to come here and challenge me?"
Hearing this, Huo Zhaojing swallowed the elixir to recover from his injuries and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Senior Mei would still have such strength when his life is approaching. I guess I missed a step..."
"However, the senior is old after all, and now there is not much of his origin left. If he continues to take action, how many more hours can he live?"
"My current strength is indeed not as good as my predecessors."
"But the one who loses in the end must be the senior!"
Having said that, Huo Zhaojing had no intention of continuing to take action.
Patriarch Mei's life is indeed approaching, but precisely because of this, the current opponent is the most dangerous!
It really drives people to a dead end, and they will do anything to drag themselves along with them!
Thinking like this, Huo Zhaojing was secretly angry.
His original plan was to sneak into Meijiapu and secretly massacre the entire Mei clan.
Then, he peeled off the skin of his old master and used it to disguise his identity to welcome the disciples of the Chongming Sect who would throw themselves into the trap!
But I didn't expect that the old Patriarch Mei was so cunning and cunning. His cultivation was already half-way through pill formation, but he kept it a secret and always claimed that he was only in the late stage of foundation building.
In the case of serious information asymmetry, Huo Zhaojing fell into this old man's trap on the spot. Before he could ambush the Chongming Sect disciples, he injured himself first!
With a gloomy face, he sent a message to other junior brothers and sisters and asked: "Have the rest of the Mei family been solved?"
"According to senior brother's instructions, except for the one who just came out of the fort to greet us, everything else has been resolved."
Huo Zhaokong nodded and then smiled coldly.
This old Patriarch Mei is indeed powerful, but so what?
The opponent's lifespan is now scarce and cannot be moved easily.
Now that all the other Mei clan members have been eliminated, this Mei Family Fort can still be used to set traps for them!
"Then we will proceed as planned." Huo Zhaojing said via voice transmission, then he stared at the old Patriarch Mei and stepped back step by step.
Until Huo Zhaojing completely left his sight, Patriarch Mei never took action.
He looked indifferent, as if he were just a sculpture.
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After one day and one night.
A motorcade appeared outside Meijiapu.
There were far fewer Mei clan members than when we set out, carefully surrounding the two mended cages.
Next to the motorcade, a blood sedan passed through the air without anyone to carry it.
Engraved on the ribbon ring board of the blood sedan is a picture of a hundred ghosts traveling at night, with numerous skulls hanging down from the four corners like beads on a string.
There is a face on each of the eight sides on the top of the sedan. They are all lifelike, men, women, old and young, with blood and tears in their eyes.
On the back wall, a poisonous dragon with fangs and claws was nailed.
Pei Ling and his party traveled through mountains and rivers and finally arrived at their destination.
"Master Pulse, we're arriving soon." Jin Sumian sent a message to remind Pei Ling in the sedan, "Meijiabao is ahead."
Hearing this, Pei Ling had a thought in his mind, and the curtain of the human-skin sedan rolled up automatically without wind, revealing the scene in front of him.
It was a heavily fortified and heavily guarded fort.
Overall, it looks quite similar to the Xuanjiapu and Mojiapu we saw along the way, but smaller in scale and with a higher level of vigilance.
Considering Mei's current situation, this is not surprising.
Pei Ling nodded slightly, and finally arrived at the place. Huang Quan Mu is still alive and must be handed over to Mei immediately.
With this in mind, he ordered: "Don't waste time, speed up!"
"Yes!" Jin Sumian responded.
Soon, the team no longer cared about their legs and ran very fast.
Not long after, we arrived at the foot of the fort.
Seeing that no one appeared in the fort, Pei Ling said loudly: "Pei Ling, a member of Chongming Sect and Sang lineage, is escorting the three-headed wolf and Huang Quanmu! The Mei clan, please inspect the goods quickly!"
There was no movement on the fort.
After a while, the formation suddenly opened, and at the same time, a group of Ganmei clan members also appeared on the wall of Wubao.
The leader had a pale appearance, and was flanked by many people in rich attire. It was the head of the Mei family and a group of family elders. They were smiling and looking down at the motorcade.
When Mei Keqiu saw the head of the family and others, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Head of the house, all the elders of the family, Ke Qiu is lucky to live up to his orders. The three-headed winged wolf and the yellow spring tree are all in the car."
"Not bad, not bad." The head of the Mei family nodded slightly and said, "Please hurry up and enter the fort. The fort has already calculated the time for your arrival, and has prepared food and wine to welcome you and wash away the dust!"
"Go in." Pei Ling ordered.
This mission is for the elixir fire.
After they transported the three-headed winged wolf and Huang Quanmu to the Mei clan, they also needed to collect the Danhuo from the Mei clan.
So there is no reason to communicate outside the fort.
With a creaking sound, the gate of Wubao was slowly lowered by chains as thick as an arm, and hit heavily on the bank of the moat, across the river.
Pei Ling stepped out of the Blood Puppet sedan, stood by the suspension bridge, and urged the convoy to cross the river and enter the fort.
Finally, he took Jin Sumian and three others behind the convoy and walked into Meijiapu.
As soon as the group of people stood in Weng City after entering the fort, the fort gate behind them was immediately raised again, and at the same time, the formation was closed.
Seeing the Mei family descending from the fortress wall, Pei Ling stepped forward to hand over.
I originally thought that the Huangquan wood was seriously damaged, and the Mei clan would definitely take this to make things difficult and refuse to hand over the elixir fire. However, I didn't expect that these people just took a casual look at it and accepted the goods readily.
Seeing this, Pei Ling secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Things went smoothly than expected.
Immediately afterwards, he said: "Everyone, since you have accepted the three-headed winged wolf and the yellow spring wood, where is the lightning-struck peach core fire?"
Chapter completed!