The hall was in an uproar.

As soon as the scream was heard, cultivators had already gone up to investigate.

By the time Qingying and the others returned to the hall, those people were still gathered outside the room where the incident occurred, not dispersing.

One said, "Heavens, how could this be!"

Another said, "It's really a demon beast, there are demon beasts!"

Wan Qingqing also went to take a look and returned with a pale face: "That person died a horrible death."

Qingying frowned, "How horrible?"

Wan Qingqing said, "The head is gone, and there's a big hole in the body. The intestines and internal organs have all spilled out."

She described it in great detail, but the other female disciples couldn't quite take it. Some immediately covered their mouths, almost throwing up on the spot.

Qingying's expression was also very unsightly, but unlike those female disciples, she immediately realized that there was an invisible enemy around them, hiding in the shadows, watching them like a tiger eyeing its prey. The most terrifying thing was that her spiritual sense search was completely ineffective.

"Liu Yun, what did the demon beast you saw earlier look like?"

"This disciple also didn't get a clear look, but that demon beast seemed to look like a human, just with claws on its limbs and spikes all over its body. When it opened its mouth..." Liu Yun shuddered, "its tongue extended out from inside and could pierce through a person's body."

Everyone was stunned. What a strange appearance.

The horrible deaths of two people in a row caused panic in everyone. The cultivators were one thing, but the merchants were all clamoring to leave. Pushing open the door, the wind and sand outside were overwhelming, scaring them into quickly closing the door again.

Everyone started giving the inn owner a hard time: "Just what kind of ghostly thing is staying at your place?!"

The owner smiled bitterly and no matter how he explained, he couldn't wash away the suspicion.

One of them was standing by the window, arguing red-faced with the owner, when suddenly there was a bang. The wooden floorboards were pierced by something unknown, and that person fell straight down without even making a sound.

A quick-eyed cultivator beside him casually threw out a talisman, but it hit empty air.

Everyone gathered around to take a look and found that the person had a large hole pierced through from his back to his front heart, blood gushing out.

Originally, they thought it might be an assassin hiding here secretly making a move, but when the third person died just now, everyone saw clearly. The thing that pierced through that person was a sticky, bright red, tongue-like object, extremely disgusting.

Turned out it wasn't a person at all!

Now, the place completely exploded into chaos.

Amidst the chaos, only Qingying's table remained relatively calm. No matter how fierce the demon beasts were, with a Nascent Soul stage cultivator present, the disciples of Shangxuan Sect had a backbone to rely on. The cultivators at the other tables, due to their shallow cultivation, couldn't help but feel apprehensive.

However, as Qingying's beautiful eyes swept across the room, she discovered that Zhou Yin and Yun Zong had disappeared without a trace.

Outside, the yellow sand filled the sky, and inside the inn, it was also in a state of chaos. The people on the second floor, worried about being ambushed, hurriedly packed their belongings and ran to the main hall. The main hall was already crowded, and now it became even more so.

More people didn't mean more safety, but instead provided an opportunity for attackers to take advantage of.

Just as everyone was noisily bustling about, another scream was heard. Qingying reacted extremely quickly, and a white light flew out from her sleeve, striking towards the source of the sound.

Before everyone could figure out what the white light was, they saw it heavily strike the back of the screaming person.

With a thud, the person fell limply to the ground, and something also fell behind him.

Everyone took a closer look by the candlelight and discovered that the object was actually a tongue about a foot long, bright red and hideous, with some blood and mucus around it.

Looking at the person again, although Qingying had made a move, unfortunately the distance was too far and the demon beast's speed was too fast, so there was no saving him.

What kind of demon beast was it after all?!!

The fear escalated layer by layer, and everyone was having a hard time bearing it. The inn owner was a bit unlucky and was immediately grabbed by the collar by angry people who wanted to give him a good beating.

"You treacherous merchant, tricking us into staying here, when this place is actually hell!!"

The inn owner was also so depressed he almost coughed up blood, and hurriedly begged for mercy.

Qingying looked at the chaotic scene before her eyes and couldn't help but frown slightly.

Beside her, Wan Qingqing softly said, "Master, should we set up a formation?"

This demon beast didn't seem like the demon beasts they had encountered before. It appeared quite intelligent and knew to take advantage of their unpreparedness to attack them one by one.

The most terrifying thing was that even the divine sense of cultivators couldn't detect its existence. In this situation where the enemy was hidden and they were exposed, even people from Shangxuan Sect had to be on guard.

Just as Qingying was about to speak, a merchant walked over from that direction and knelt down in front of their table.

"We beg the immortal to save our lives, and we are willing to give all our wealth as a gift!"

At this moment, Zhou Yin and Yun Zong were standing on the roof of the inn, setting up a formation.

Divine sense was equivalent to a person's third eye. It depended on one's cultivation level. The higher the cultivation, the more things one could capture. But if even a Nascent Soul stage cultivator like Qingying couldn't capture the movements of the demon beast, they wouldn't waste time searching for it either.

Zhou Yin directly used runes and spiritual power to set up a Seven Star Formation. The Seven Star Formation wasn't very powerful, but the person setting it up could sense the existence of demon beasts through the fluctuations of the formation.

However, Zhou Yin had no intention of exhausting all the talismans he had stored for the sake of a formation, so he called Yun Zong over to use his spiritual power to make up for the deficiencies of the formation, which was just about enough.

East position seven, west position...

Zhou Yin was fully focused, silently calculating. The wind and sand rolled up to him but were blocked by his protective spiritual shield, leaving his whole body as clean as before.

Yun Zong looked at his serious appearance while setting up the formation, and a strange feeling suddenly surged in his heart.

He was very clear that he himself had extremely high innate talent. Although he was now called a once-in-a-thousand-year genius, in fact, no matter how good one's aptitude was, without the external assistance of the sect's resources, he wouldn't have been able to achieve such a high cultivation level in such a short time. It was precisely because of Shangxuan Sect's vast resources that his cultivation progressed so quickly.

In contrast, Zhou Yin came from a third-rate small sect and didn't possess top-grade dual spiritual roots. But now his cultivation speed was not low, and after being by his side for a long time, he discovered that this person was simply a genius.

Not only was he knowledgeable, but he could also observe the heavens, draw talismans, and set up formations. He almost knew everything, not at all like someone who came from a small sect. Even those Nascent Soul stage cultivators might not necessarily have his abilities.

After thinking about it for a while, he couldn't help but voice this doubt.

Without even lifting an eyelid, Zhou Yin replied with three words: I'm smart.

Yun Zong was speechless.

After a long time, Zhou Yin finally said, "Done..."

He had only said one word when screams were heard from the inn again. This time it wasn't just one, but one after another.

The sounds were quickly blown away by the wind outside, sounding extremely faint, but they contained the extreme terror of people on the verge of death.

"Northeast corner!"