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Chapter 602 - 332 Mountain Lord: What is he fiddling with? (Please subscribe! Please vote monthly!)

Chapter 602: 332 Mountain Lord: What is he fiddling with? (Please subscribe! Please vote monthly!)

Outside the Demon Cave, Zhou Qingxue and others from the rescue team and Jiàn Wáng Group gazed at the entrance of the cave.

Zhou Qingxue asked, "Is this really the place where the monster of the mountain resides?"

Li Mujian nodded, "The compass has located it here, and the demonic aura here is a hundred times denser than anywhere else, indicating that the large demon has been dwelling here for a long time. This is definitely the lair of the mountain monster, no mistake about it."

"Taoist Li, what should we do now?"

Armed police asked Li Mujian.

Should they charge in to rescue, or what?

Li Mujian said, "The large demon in this mountain has significant cultivation, at least over five hundred years. With your ordinary human strength, you cannot contend with it, and large demons generally have strong defensive capabilities; these bullets won’t hurt it!

"I’ll deal with this large demon myself. While I engage the demon, you find an opportunity to rush into the Demon Cave and rescue the people."

Zhou Qingxue asked, "Mujian, can you handle that monster alone?"

Zhou Qingxue was a bit worried about Li Mujian, considering it was a five-hundred-year-old large demon.

Such strength sounded very formidable.

Could Li Mujian handle it alone?

Li Mujian smiled, "Don’t worry, a five-hundred-year-old demon, as long as it’s not above King-level, I alone am sufficient!"

On Hong Kong Island, the levels of ghosts and the like are divided into Soldier, General, King, and Emperor.

The Soldier-level is the most common ghost, slightly stronger than an ordinary human.

General-level corresponds to the Qi Refinement Realm.

King-level corresponds to Foundation Establishment.

Ghost Emperor and Corpse Emperor are more powerful, corresponding to the Golden Core.

Hong Kong Island hasn’t seen an Emperor-level ghost in hundreds of years.

Above Emperor-level are the Ghost Emperor and Corpse Emperor tiers.

Such levels exist only in legends.

Li Mujian’s best record was killing a King-level (Foundation Establishment) ghost on Hong Kong Island with his Qi Refinement cultivation.

He was very aware of his strength against King-level.

As long as the mountain demon’s strength isn’t too absurd.

A five hundred-year practice, at most, would be King-level.

Even against a King-level large demon, Li Mujian was still confident.

Li Mujian said, "Everyone now, retreat fifty meters back. This large demon is no ordinary foe. While it hasn’t noticed us yet, I need time to make some preparations."

If the opponent really was a King-level demon, Li Mujian could not take it lightly.

After all, this was like fighting above his own level.

Last time when killing the Ghost King, Li Mujian had managed a narrow victory, having made extensive preparations beforehand.

This time was no exception. Going directly for the large demon without preparation was tantamount to seeking death.

Li Mujian certainly wasn’t here to be an easy target.

Moreover, since Zhou Qingxue was here too, it mattered even more. Li Mujian had grown up with Zhou Qingxue; they were childhood sweethearts.

In terms of looks, Zhou Qingxue wasn’t exactly a breathtaking beauty, but she could outshine any top actress.

In terms of status, backed by the Jiàn Wáng Group and holding 7% of the group’s shares.

In Hong Kong, she was known as the queen of the business world.

Such an outstanding woman, it was impossible for Li Mujian not to have feelings for her.

Thus, Li Mujian wanted to impress in front of Zhou Qingxue.

Becoming the son-in-law of the Zhou family wasn’t out of the question either.

Zhou Qingxue and others nodded, then followed Li Mujian’s instruction and moved back, staying fifty meters away.

Watching as Zhou Qingxue and the others reached a safe distance.

Li Mujian promptly began taking out magic artifacts, and started setting them up around the Demon Cave.

From a distance, Zhou Qingxue and the others watched as Li Mujian’s palms flipped and one magic artifact after another appeared in his hands, like magic.

A paramilitary couldn’t help but ask, "How did he make those appear?"

They hadn’t noticed Li Mujian carrying so many items upon arrival.

Zhou Qingxue glanced at the speaking paramilitary.

She thought that mainland police really lacked experience.

They didn’t even know about Storage Magical Treasures.

Zhou Qingxue said, "That is the exclusive Storage Magical Treasure of Shenwu Mountain, the Mustard Bracelet. See the bracelet he’s wearing on his hand?

It is made from top-grade jade using special techniques, and contains a vast storage space. Normally, when traveling, one can store many items inside the bracelet and simply take them out when needed."

The paramilitary, listening to Zhou Qingxue’s explanation, asked, "That bracelet must be quite expensive, right?"

Zhou Qingxue looked even more dismissive.

"Naturally, just the top-grade jade used to make the bracelet is worth a fortune, not to mention the crafted Mustard Bracelet, these items are rare and not just available for purchase, even in Shenwu Mountain, there are only a few."

Magic artifacts, you can’t buy them just with money.

Their Zhou family’s Jiàn Wáng Group was well-known and wealthy enough in Hong Kong.

Moreover, they had a very good relationship with Shenwu Mountain, but in the entire Zhou family, only Grandpa Zhou had one Mustard Bracelet, and that too was a gift from Taoist Bei Yue in his early years.

Even Zhou Qingxue, who had been with Li Mujian for many years, could not get one from him.

The making of Mustard Bracelets was extremely challenging, only direct descendants of Shenwu Mountain had access.

Several of such descendants, like Li Mujian’s junior brothers, didn’t have one either.

It wasn’t likely to be gifted to Zhou Qingxue.

For this, Zhou Qingxue had complained before, but there was nothing she could do about it.

Meanwhile, Li Mujian was busy setting up arrays around the Demon Cave.

After all, Shenwu Mountain is best known for, besides magic, its arrays.

Especially Li Mujian’s teacher, Taoist Bei Yue, who is a master of arrays.

As a disciple of Taoist Bei Yue, Li Mujian was naturally skilled at setting up arrays.

At this moment, Li Mujian planned to set up three arrays around the Demon Cave.

One Confinement Array and two Slaughter Arrays.

The Confinement Array is to restrict the large demon’s movements.

While the two Slaughter Arrays lay in ambush, ready to annihilate the large demon.

Of course, a single Confinement Array to restrict a demon with over five hundred years of cultivation was obviously risky.

Had there been more time, Li Mujian would have liked to set up a few more.

But unfortunately, time was insufficient.

He didn’t know when the large demon might discover him.

Thus, he could only set up the most cost-effective arrays as swiftly as possible.

A Confinement Array and two Slaughter Arrays were some of the most cost-effective demon-slaying arrays of Shenwu Mountain.

In Li Mujian’s hands, with a specially made Peach Wood Blade, copper wire, chicken blood, and Array Plate, he set up the arrays.

Soon, two arrays were already in place.

From afar, Zhou Qingxue and others watched Li Mujian’s neat and speedy array setting.

In just a few minutes, two arrays were completed.

Zhou Qingxue couldn’t help but marvel.

Li Mujian truly was the worthy successor of Taoist Bei Yue, with such a fast array setting speed, it was rare even among all the array masters in Hong Kong.

At this moment, inside Tiger Cave, Qin Hao and the Mountain Lord Tiger were watching Li Mujian’s busy figure among the arrays.

Mountain Lord scratched his head and asked, "Taoist, are these your people outside?"

Qin Hao shook his head, "No, I have only met them once, they seem to have come from Hong Kong too, probably here to save the children."

Mountain Lord Tiger continued, "What’s he doing at the entrance of my den with that peach wood and chicken blood?"

This Mountain Lord Tiger had no formal cultivation lineage, reaching this point all by himself with a stem of Immortal Herbs he had found years ago.

Many magic techniques were new to him, so naturally he hadn’t seen even rarer arrays before.

As Li Mujian fiddled outside his den, the tiger watched without understanding what this human was up to, so he asked Qin Hao for explanations.

Qin Hao touched his nose, "Infinite Heavenly Venerable, that should be some kind of array, probably to deal with you."

Mountain Lord Tiger was dumbfounded, "So this is an array, I had heard that human arrays could be very powerful, I finally see it today. Then may I ask friend, are these arrays he’s setting up outside my den strong?"

Qin Hao replied, "I don’t know, I haven’t seen arrays of this level before, they shouldn’t be too strong."

Qin Hao wasn’t just talking; he truly hadn’t seen arrays of such low level.

He wasn’t familiar with them.

In any case, in Qin Hao’s eyes, these arrays weren’t powerful.