The three of them walked another five li along the mountain path when Muqiang Baoshan suddenly pointed towards the forest ahead with tension in his voice:
"Ahead is where I encountered the Six Demons. Everyone quickly stuff your ears with cotton and be extremely vigilant!"
Upon hearing this, Li Ping'an immediately stood behind Zixia, blocked his ears, and carefully walked forward with the Hundred Plays Steel Rod in hand.
As they proceeded, two figures emerged from among the roadside skeletons, none other than Cen Changqing and Wang Lang the Protector—the very pair who previously abducted Li Ping'an and took him up the mountain.
Disheveled and with blood-red, vacant eyes, they were acting wildly insane. The former was covered in blood, the latter chasing him with an iron mallet. Though master and servant before, they now resembled sworn enemies, with the others seemingly having perished long ago.
"How are those two still alive with such dire fate?"
