The centipede man relayed everything he knew to Lu Qingshan, then he and the scar-faced man anxiously watched Lu Qingshan.
It was now the moment that would decide their life or death.
Lu Qingshan did not make things difficult for them.
First, he was not a bloodthirsty man, and second, these two would not be any hindrance to his next action; there was no need to kill them.
Seeing Lu Qingshan turn to leave, the centipede man and the scar-faced man exchanged glances, filled with a sense of relief after a narrow escape.
The centipede man patted his chest with relief and exclaimed, "We should hurry back to the village. It’s really lucky that we managed to save our lives this time..."
"Lu Qingshan, are we going back to find that Witch of the Crow-tailed Tribe?" King of the Western Rats asked.
Lu Qingshan nodded and praised, "Not bad, you’ve been getting smarter lately."
"Of course." King of the Western Rats unabashedly accepted the praise.
Indeed, the most pressing matter of his journey now seemed to have a clue.
According to the Qingqiu Mountain Master, Mimi had awakened an ability of life-healing.
And in this White Flower Snake Village, where most of the villagers were afflicted with a forbidden poison, the Witch of the Crow-tailed Tribe happened to concoct a Rejuvenating Elixir that could cure all poisons in a short time.
Even the poison of the Poisonous Spirit Flower, which many wizards failed to cure, could be dispelled with the aid of the Rejuvenating Elixir.
Moreover, there was another crucial point; Big Blockhead just happened to have seen Mimi with people from the Spirit Snake Tribe nearby!
So, to say that the Rejuvenating Elixir had nothing to do with Mimi, he did not believe it.
"First head back to White Flower Snake Village," Lu Qingshan decided.
In Black Scorpion Village, Cultivators mixed with mortals, but the scale of White Flower Snake Village was vast, so mixing was naturally impossible.
White Flower Snake Village was built alongside the mountain, and their Cultivators resided on this peak.
The entire mountain peak contained a vast Spirit Vein, divided into three layers.
The top layer, which had the richest Spiritual Energy, was where the Great Witch Cultivator, the Witch of the Crow-tailed Tribe, had his cave dwelling.
The Witch of the Crow-tailed Tribe was at the Golden Core Stage, but his exact realm was unknown.
Besides the Witch of the Crow-tailed Tribe, there were eight Cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Stage, who built their cave dwellings on the midsection of the mountain where the Spiritual Energy was slightly inferior.
As for the base of the peak, it was the location of cave dwellings belonging to dozens of Qi Refining Cultivators.
Lu Qingshan quietly approached the vicinity of the mountain peak, but instead of choosing to barge in directly, he patted King of the Western Rats. Stay connected through NovelHub.Côm
In this situation, it was time for it to play a role.
"The focus is to investigate news about Mimi," Lu Qingshan instructed. "Be careful not to get discovered."
"Don’t worry, I’m good at this, much better than you," King of the Western Rats said confidently.
Dealing in stealthy thievery was always something small demon rats were adept at.
Lu Qingshan also had a sufficient level of trust in King of the Western Rats’ abilities in this aspect.
In Lu Qingshan’s gaze, King of the Western Rats emanated a haze of gray smoke, its silhouette became blurred and inconspicuous, and even vanished from his Divine Sense detection.
This was a unique technique of concealing aura, exclusive to King of the Western Rats.
The posture was distinctively different from before, and the effect was much stronger than previously.
This must be one of the many benefits King of the Western Rats obtained from the Demon Spirit inheritance, Lu Qingshan thought.
The West Rat King’s presence receded, stealthily scaling the mountain.
It was inherently an unnoticeable Demon Rat, small in size. Coupled with its incredible skill in concealing its form and presence, it went unnoticed by any Cultivator and smoothly passed one wizard’s dwelling after another, all the way from the foot to the summit of the mountain.
However, at the entrance of the wizard’s dwelling on the mountain peak, there were multiple layers of banishment spells. If it charged in recklessly, it would inevitably alarm the master of the dwelling.
But the West Rat King was feeling particularly smug facing this situation.
"In the past, these trinkets could indeed hinder me, but times have changed!" it said.
The Demon Rat stuck close to the entrance of the dwelling, its demonic power coursing through its body as a beam of red light shot from its eyes onto the banishment spell ahead.
Immediately, a small ring of light appeared on the banishment spell, just large enough for it to slip through without raising any alarms.
The West Rat King chuckled with satisfaction and effortlessly broke into the wizard’s dwelling.
The wizard’s dwelling was massive, with a total area estimated to be several hundred square zhang. As soon as it entered, the West Rat King felt an extremely cold chill hit it.
The West Rat King’s gaze wandered, first surveying the scenery within the dwelling, which was divided into many stone chambers.
The Demon Rat sensed around and discovered that the dwelling was empty.
----The wizard was not currently inside the dwelling.
It must be said that the wizard was very cautious; although there were banishment spells at the entrance of the dwelling, he had also set up spells in these stone chambers within.
However, this did not greatly affect the West Rat King since its purpose was to investigate and gather information.
After some thought, the West Rat King carefully slithered from one stone chamber to another.
In some chambers, there were large cauldrons apparently used by the wizard for alchemy—these must be the wizard’s alchemy rooms. In other chambers, there was nothing but darkness and piles of poison, with numerous black snakes with spotted patterns slithering around, which made West Rat King’s skin crawl; this was the room where the wizard cultivated his poison snakes.....
After years of management, his dwelling was fully equipped, yet the West Rat King still had not seen the Mimi it was looking for.
"Could it be that both Lu Qingshan and I were overthinking?" the West Rat King speculated in its mind.
Suddenly, the West Rat King’s body shook violently, staring blankly at a scene in the stone chamber before it, trembling slightly.
The West Rat King, responsible for infiltrating the mountain to gather intelligence, quietly appeared before Lu Qingshan.
"Lu Qingshan, I’ve seen Mimi. She’s indeed in the wizard’s dwelling," The West Rat King spoke in an unexpectedly low tone, "And moreover, the wizard is not in his dwelling right now, it seems he has gone out on some errand."
Lu Qingshan’s heart lifted with joy, not only had they found Mimi, but the only Golden Core Cultivator was not in the vicinity.
This meant he could infiltrate the mountain just like the West Rat King; these Foundation Establishment and Qi Refinement Cultivators posed no threat to him.
"What’s the situation with Mimi?" Lu Qingshan casually asked.
The West Rat King fell silent for a moment before speaking with difficulty, "You go up... You’ll understand when you see it."
Seeing the reaction of the West Rat King, Lu Qingshan had an ominous premonition.
Not wanting to cause too much disturbance, he reached the wizard’s dwelling undetected under the protection of the Hidden Spirit Talisman, without alarming anyone.
Facing the banishment spell at the entrance, Lu Qingshan felt somewhat troubled—breaking it was not difficult, but the banishment spell apparently also had an alert function. If it was attacked, it would create an enormous disturbance, informing others that someone had broken into the wizard’s dwelling.
"Let me do it," the West Rat King volunteered, as a beam of red light shot from its eyes.
Just as before, an opening large enough for Lu Qingshan to pass through appeared on the ripple of the banishment spell.
Lu Qingshan’s eyes shone with wonder.
The spell cast by the West Rat King was both mysterious and magical, truly remarkable, and most importantly, it was a perfect match for West Rat King itself.