After Favorability Is Maxed

185 Schemes and the Human-Faced Howling Moonwolf

A deafening roar resounded. The airwaves rolled and shook the leaves.

Tang Yuanhua and the others, who were still studying the white stone tablet, turned around and looked at each other.

“Isn’t that the direction that Liu Yuan’s team and the two little Foxes went in? What’s happening?”

Tang Yuanhua picked up a Fallen Leaf and asked doubtfully.

Pang Ying crossed her arms and gloated, “Could it be that they encountered some demon on this island? With their cultivation restricted, it’s enough to make them suffer.”

The call for help before was enough to make people vigilant in this strange Secret Realm. That guy wanted to take his friends and be a hero, and if something happened and he lost his life, he can only blame himself.

Those two little vixens had trusted the wrong person, and it was a pity that they had such good looks.

“It just so happens that they were the pathfinders once and helped us clear the mines,” someone suggested. “Let’s go around that place and continue exploring.”

The people around him nodded in agreement. One of the people from the Green Cloud Temple said bitterly, “This Secret Realm is too dangerous. According to my experience, that roar sounded like a great demon. That’s why he can achieve such an effect with his physique alone when his spiritual energy is sealed. We’d better not take this risk. If we attract more demons to disturb our current situation, we won’t be able to stop them at all.”

He was one of the few people in the group who specialized in magic. In this Secret Realm, he was no different from a mortal and had completely lost his combat power. Therefore, he did not want to become cannon fodder.

Naturally, it was better to be more cautious and stay away from danger.

Tang Yuanhua pondered for a moment and shook his head, “No, let’s go over there and help them.”

Pang Ying’s eyes widened in disbelief, “Have you also been infected by that loser’s macho man disease?”

“Naturally not.” Tang Yuanhua shook his head and said in a deep voice, “But even if we avoid this temporary danger, the entrance we came from has been completely sealed. If we want to go out, we still have to explore the entire island. Do you think the exit of this Secret Realm is not guarded by demons?”

Pang Ying’s expression froze for a moment before she immediately reacted. “That’s true. You’re saying that they encountered a demon beast, but that might be the clue.”

“That’s right,” Tang Yuanhua nodded.

“Moreover, if they cause such a huge commotion and we remain indifferent, it doesn’t make sense.”

He turned to look at the others and said, “Let’s be more cautious. We don’t really have to help them. We’ll observe them in the dark for a while and see their strength. If there are other clues, we’ll make a move and let them be the first to fight. What do you all think?”

“What if their strength is far beyond our estimation?” someone objected. “If we let them take the lead and break through this secret realm, we won’t be able to take anything. If the Green Centipede’s mission fails, we’ll still be held accountable.”

The Son and Mother Coins of the Green Centipede were just for show. The Green Centipede that was on top of the Son Coin was the real thing. When the executor carried the Son Coin with him, he could record the process of execution, and the executor would open and close it on his own as evidence. At a critical moment, it could also teleport him back to the side of the several origin Mother Coins.

However, in this tomb, all things with spirit energy were suppressed, so even if they had the spirit coins, they were trapped here.

“So what if it’s beyond our expectations?” Tang Yuanhua said leisurely, “Since they are willing to risk their lives to save an unrelated person, they can naturally save their companions who are in danger while cooperating with them.”

He looked at the two men from the green cloud temple.

The latter was stunned for a moment before he realized that Tang Yuanhua intended to use them as bait when necessary.

However, it was not to lure the enemy, but to let the two of them, who had no strength to even truss a chicken, drag that young man to his death.

Pang Ying was stunned for a moment before she chuckled and said, “You’re a Daoist from the Taiqing Pavilion, how can you be more vicious than me from the Netherworld Cliff?”

This mature woman, who looked enchanting and charming, was born in the eastern part of the Central Plains, which was filled with evil sects. she was from the Netherworld Cliff, which was famous for its curse arts.

The temporary leader of this group, Tang Yuanhua, was actually from one of the two major Daoist sects, Taiqing Pavilion.

“I’m just an outer sect servant. Otherwise, why would I come here to work for the Green Centipede?” Tang Yuanhua said with a fake smile.

Pang Ying could tell that Tang Yuanhua was against her identity. She knew that although Tang Yuanhua was not a famous disciple, he was still one of the top disciples in the outer sect. Tang Yuanhua’s claim of being an errand boy was just a mockery.

She asked for a snub and snorted, “Well, I’m also a lowly servant at my sect, okay? Alright, alright, there’s no point in arguing about this. Since we’ve reached a consensus, let’s follow them and take a look.”

At this moment, there were still roars coming over, accompanied by the sounds of fighting. It could be heard that the battle was very intense.

Tang Yuanhua and the others followed the sound, but they still waited in the distance for a while. They waited until the sounds of the battle subsided a little before they gradually approached.

The first thing he noticed was the ruins of the palace that looked like white jade. The mysterious and ancient temperament made people feel that there must be some secret hidden inside.

Then, they saw that the corner of the palace building had collapsed, and the ground in front of them was covered in blood and traces of fighting. It was a shocking sight.

However, what was even more eye-catching was the black, rancid object lying on the ground, wailing and screaming.

Tang Yuanhua roughly judged that the thing looked like a giant wolf. Its arched back, curved leg joints, long mouth, fur, and sharp claws were all the symbols of a wolf.

However, on the back of the wolf’s head, there was a human face!

Even though they were covered in hair and looked like savages, their eyes were completely white, their faces were ashen, and they seemed to be unconscious. They still looked like humans no matter how one looked at them.

The wolf’s body was rotten, and its hair was in locks. Its bones were exposed from its shoulder blades to its abdomen, and its internal organs were still beating. Its head was half a wolf’s face and half a human’s face.

“Howling Moonwolf!” Pang Ying recognized the wolf’s species at a glance, but she frowned immediately after. “Its entire body is rotten to this extent, it should have died long ago. How can it still move? And that human face on the back of its head, what the hell is that? It’s a little like a witchcraft spell.”

If they were in the eastern part of the Central Plains, she would be sure that this was an extremely evil voodoo art. However, they were in the Secret Realm of the Martial Emperor’s Tomb, the representative figure of the Righteous path. It was not reasonable for such a thing to appear.

Although the mechanical puppets from before looked a little scary, they were all inanimate objects. Now, this was a living demon beast, but it had become like this.

The Howling Moonwolf was a strange low-level demon beast that lived in the eastern part of the Central Plains. Normally, they could not transform into human form, but their most unique ability was that they could transform into human form on the night of the full moon, deceive people, and then kill them.

However, the human head and the wolf head appearing at the same time was not the correct way to transform. It was clearly the dirty work of a human.

Their gazes were filled with surprise. The wolf’s corpse had a gorgeous long sword interweaved with gold and silver stuck in it. The girl in white took two steps forward and pulled out the long sword. There wasn’t even any blood on it.

It was not because the girl’s sword was too fast, but because there was no blood left in the wolf corpse from the beginning.

Zhiying did not put her sword back into the scabbard. The tip of the sword pointed down and looked at the few people walking over.

Pang Ying’s footsteps came to a halt. She actually felt that this young lady’s gaze made her think of the few elders in the Netherworld Cliff. That kind of indifferent and silent gaze made it seem as if she did not treat people as humans.

But the next moment, she shook her head in her heart, thinking that it was just an illusion.

Although this young girl was strong, she was completely obedient to that young man. If he was really that kind of character, how could this young lady be willing to be under someone else?

Just like the Holy Maiden of the demon sect, Pihuan Luo, no man in the world could enter her eyes.

Wherever she went, everyone would be as silent as cicadas in winter and kneel to welcome her. She was the object of admiration for almost every female cultivator in the evil sects.

“Eh? why are you here, fellow Daoists?”

The young man who was holding a kitten in his arms looked surprised.

The kitten was still meowing and struggling as if it wanted to show off its power. However, after the young man reached out and stroked it a few times, it immediately quieted down. It shook its ears, narrowed its eyes, and snuggled into his arms, rubbing here and there.

Behind him, there was a timid and unfamiliar woman. She pulled on Liu Yuan’s sleeve and stuck her head out to look at the few of them, revealing half of her fair and beautiful face.

She looked so pitiful as if she was holding a lute and covering half of her face.

Pang Ying could not help but frown in disgust. Because of her appearance and personality, she naturally had a bad impression of weak and beautiful women like He Qingmeng.

She immediately felt her hands itch, so she moved her fingers and picked up a Yarrow flower.

many of her curses and tricks did not require spiritual power, they only needed a medium.

However, it was very effective in destroying a person’s appearance or making a fool of them.

The evil sect disciple stepped forward with a smile and said, “We heard that roar and were worried about your safety, so we hurried over. So the Howling Moonwolf was the one who let out that roar?”

Liu Yuan looked at Chuichui in his arms and said with an unchanged expression, “That’s right. When we arrived here, we saw that this Miss Qingmeng was attacked.”

“Oh?” Tang Yuanhua walked up and sized He Qingmeng up, then asked, “Lady Qingmeng, which sect do you come from? Did you come here for the Martial Emperor’s inheritance?”

Liu Yuan touched Chuichui in his arms and smiled. “She’s a disciple of the Water Moon Dock. Naturally, she’s here for the Martial Emperor’s inheritance. What else could it be?”

“You’ve just saved her,” Pang Ying suddenly said, “and now you’re speaking up for her in everything?”

Tang Yuanhua’s eyes were filled with suspicion.

Liu Yuan replied calmly, “She was frightened just now. She’s still afraid and can’t speak properly. I’ve already asked her about it, so I answered for her to save some time.”

“Fellow Daoist, you’re truly a person who cherishes the fairer sex,” Pang Ying said with a smile.

“This is the identity jade archive of Water Moon Dock. Fellow Daoists, please take a look,” He Qingmeng said gently.

She reached out and took out a jade tablet that had the words ‘Water Moon Dock’ carved on it.

Of course, Liu Yuan had cut off a piece of it from the white jade palace.

While he was watching Zhiying fight, he and He Qingmeng had already made up a story. They told her that her current identity was extremely dangerous, and that once the bad guys found out, they might take her away again, just like those people from Bi Luo Mansion.

Hence, he made up an identity for her – a disciple of the Water Moon Dock.

In any case, he was very familiar with the Water Moon Dock. The future Dock Master was even his fiancée. Rounding it up, he could be considered half a Dock Master. If he were to take in a disciple, no one would have any objections.

“No need.” Tang Yuanhua took a look at the jade pendant. Although he had never seen the identity jade pendant of the Water Doon dock, there was no need for him to doubt this and that. It would not be good if he caused a conflict for no reason.

he had indeed heard of the Water Noon Dock sect before, but he did not have much of an impression of it. he only remembered that it was a small sect that was not very famous.

Recently, they were more famous because of the internal strife in this sect, and in the end, a few demon sect spies were caught.

Thinking of this, Tang Yuanhua vaguely felt that he had forgotten something. Something was not right, but he could not put his finger on it.

In the end, he could only give up and ask, “You guys met this wolf here. Is there anything unusual about this palace?”

Liu Yuan shook his head. “I was busy saving this lady just now. You guys came here after the fight, and we didn’t even go in. As for this wolf, if it didn’t mutate naturally, it looks like the Martial Emperor is doing something not too decent.”

The few of them turned their attention back to the human-faced Howling Moonwolf on the ground. It was obvious from its appearance that it was not normal. The Orthodox Dao would find it hard to accept this. He Junhao was a Martial Emperor, so it was a little unreasonable for such a thing to appear in the Secret Realm of his tomb.

“It’s not the first or second day that the Righteous sects have put on a sanctimonious front.” Pang Ying sneered and said, “It’s not surprising to think about it.”

Liu Yuan said seriously, “Although there are parasites in Daoism, most of them are pure cultivators who are dedicated to the Dao. There are also good people who are determined to save the world. Fellow Daoist, you are a little biased.”

Pang Ying did not argue with him, as though she was used to being retorted. She smiled charmingly and said, “You’re right, fellow Daoist. However, I’ve never seen such a terrifying Howling Moonwolf in the east of the Central Plains. If it hadn’t been tampered with, it wouldn’t have grown to this state naturally.”

“Then we’ll have to find the answer. By the way, did you find anything on the stone tablet?” Liu Yuan asked.

Tang Yuanhua sighed. “No. The two people who are good at runes and sorcery didn’t find any clues on it. It seems that the tablet is just a boundary tablet or something. But the palace made of the same material might be the key.”

Just as he had guessed, the demon beasts here meant that they were close to their destination.

Of course, they did not know that it was Chuichui and the Howling Moonwolf that had been fighting here, not just Zhiying.

Although the wolf’s current appearance was terrifying, it was still a low-level demon beast. Compared to Chuichui, who was a demon spirit born from nature, its level was many times lower. Chuichui’s roar had aroused its instinctive fear.

Although the wild demon beast still had the upper hand, that fear was, after all, an instinctive feeling. When they fought, the wolf’s momentum was naturally weaker. With the addition of Zhiying, the battle ended so quickly.

It was only now that Liu Yuan could truly observe up close and discover how strong Zhiying’s combat power was.

Her battle was like a dance. Every move was exquisite and difficult to track. And every sword strike that landed on the demon beast’s body was as graceful and smooth as a butcher dismembering an ox, cutting into the gaps between the bones and muscles along the muscles and weak points.

The wolf’s corpse in front of him looked complete, but in fact, if he touched it again, it might fall to pieces.

Liu Yuan watched from the side and could not help but be fascinated.

The sword strike he had used on the city wall of the City of Ten Thousand Swords was quite an extraordinary event. He had gained a certain enlightenment and comprehended Zuo Youhuai’s sword strike, which was profound enough to cut water. That enlightenment, combined his own body and his sword, Evil Heart of Killing, and with Xiahou Cenyi’s help, he was able to cut open the tide of the White Dragon River.

He had thought that he would not be able to use that sword move in the future.

However, just now, the sword that he had been holding quietly in his hand hummed as if it had moved.