Exorcism

Bent Bone Gorge is famous for a huge bone. It is a must-go place to go to Ice City and Wolf Plain.

Before entering Bent Bone Gorge, Mu Xingqiu changed his clothes. Now he looks like a wandering half-demon soldier, wearing a cow horn helmet on his head, half-worn leather armor on his body, a bone inlaid on his heart, and furry, roughly made leather boots on his feet.

The fleas have not changed. Pangshan Iron Kirin is rare and not gorgeous in appearance. In the eyes of humans, any Kirin is a precious beast, but in the eyes of the demons, it is just an ordinary scaly beast. If they see that fleas can fly without wings, they will be surprised.

Yin Buchen was wearing a long robe, all of which he had exchanged for on the road. As he walked further and further away from the Taoist priests, his back straightened up. Seeing the entrance to the canyon from afar, he began to sigh: "Did you see that bent bone? It is said that it was left by an ancient dragon, which lasted longer than the war between the demons and the Taoists. It was originally a complete skeleton, just occupying the entire entrance to the canyon, but the bones had been stolen long ago, leaving only the last one, spanning the peaks on both sides of the canyon, and no one dared to move it..."

Mu Xingqiu saw the bent bone above the valley entrance and felt that it was more like a stone beam.

"How do you feel? Can you still bear it?" Yin Buchen asked in a low voice.

The land of demons is full of unclean air. In addition to this, Wolf Plain and Ice City have various rare poisonous gases. Only special demons can live here.

Mu Xingqiu nodded. There was a small copper seal hidden in his helmet, and a copper mirror in his leather armor, which could ensure that he could breathe relatively fresh air. However, this was only a stopgap measure. They were still in the periphery. Once they entered the core area, the Taoist instruments could not provide sufficient protection.

There is only one way to enter the Ice City safely, and that is to apply the blood of the descendants of the Holy Mother.

"The Holy Mother family is the first demon family to settle in the Ice City. They are used to the poisonous gas here and pass on this ability from generation to generation through their blood. The current Holy Mother is already more than 170 generations. The children of the Holy Mother are never allowed to leave the Ice City because she is afraid that the family blood will flow outside and give hostile tribes, especially Taoist priests, an opportunity to take advantage of it."

Yin Buchen introduced endlessly. In fact, a lot of information was obtained by him along the way. He is a sea monster from the south and knows no more about the land of demons than Mu Xingqiu.

"Didn't you say that you are friends with a son of the Holy Mother of Ten Thousand Sons? But this is your first time in the Ice City." Mu Xingqiu said.

Yin Buchen was stunned, "Did I say that? Hehe, Taoist priests have a really bad memory... Actually, the situation is like this. I was helping the giant demon king develop the art of taking pills. I needed some poison gas from Ice City as raw materials, so I wrote a letter. One of the sons of the Holy Mother of Ten Thousand Sons - what was his name - sent someone to deliver a bottle and wrote me a letter in return, saying that he admired me very much and said..."

Mu Xingqiu understood, and walked forward side by side with Flea, no longer paying attention to Yin Buchen.

More than a dozen demons in full armor hurried past him, and the tall beast demon leading them roared, "Hurry up, the Bone Bend Gorge is about to close, and you won't be able to enter if you're late."

Dozens of paths were trampled out on the undulating snowfield, and demons on each path ran towards the Bone Bend Gorge. There were also a few flying demons in the air, and they all landed and walked when they approached the entrance.

"What's going on? The demons from Ice City and Wolf Plain are fleeing, but so many demons are rushing to enter the Bone Bend Gorge?" Mu Xingqiu asked.

Yin Buchen caught up with him in a few steps, "This... The monsters in Bingcheng are afraid of Bingkui, but the monsters outside don't know this and think Bingcheng is the safest place in the monster land. Now rumors are flying everywhere, saying that the Taoists and the human army have already attacked and will sweep across the entire monster land and Sheshen Country."

It seems that the Demon Slayer Association has really taken action. Mu Xingqiu couldn't help but wonder, if he hadn't taken the demon pill and still stayed in the Demon Slayer Association, what would the situation be like now?

"What exactly is Bingkui?" Mu Xingqiu asked. He never let himself think too much, especially those things that have no answers.

"Hey, where did Bingkui come from? It must be a barbaric tribe in the north. It must have become a terrible monster due to rumors. The northern monsters are the same as the sea monsters. They love fighting among themselves. You kill me and I kill you. They have not remembered anything for hundreds of thousands of years. Decades ago, the sea monsters spread the rumor that there was a complete skeleton of a demon in the deep sea of ​​the extreme south. It was said that whoever got it could unify the entire demon clan. In order to fight for this skeleton, the tribes fought so fiercely that several tribes that had lasted for tens of thousands of years disappeared. What was the result? It was a whale skeleton. It was really big, but it had no magic power. Have you seen a whale? It was bigger than the largest ship. My third uncle once took me to travel on the back of a whale in the South China Sea..." Yin Buchen didn't believe in the existence of Bingkui at all, and Mu Xingqiu didn't believe it either. According to what he learned in the Taoist tradition, the demons in the extreme north were strong and stupid. They used most of their energy to strengthen their physique to resist the cold. They had low intelligence. Some demons didn't even recognize their identities and regarded the demons in the extreme north as strange beasts. The entrance to the Bone Bend Gorge is more than ten feet wide, with a stone platform several feet high in the middle, dividing the entrance into two parts, left and right. Usually, people enter from the right and exit from the left, but today it was disrupted. Hundreds of monsters were blocked outside and were yelling in dissatisfaction.

It was not the iron gate that blocked the entrance, but ten beast monsters.

The shortest of these beast monsters was nearly two feet tall, and the most burly one was five feet tall, a head taller than the stone platform. The ten monsters stood on both sides of the stone platform, five on each side, with their hands leaning on huge weapons that matched their bodies, their eyes coldly looking over the heads of the monsters, turning a deaf ear to the noise.

The monsters screamed loudly, but no one dared to rush over.

A half-demon of normal height and wearing a dark green robe was explaining over and over again, "No, the Ice City is full. The Holy Mother has ordered that starting from yesterday, the Ice City will only receive reputable demon clans, so please report." Name and family background.”

A lot of Qi, Fei and Hao popped out from the mouths of the demons. These are the three most common surnames of the demon clan. It is said that they come from the three branches of the ancient demon emperor, but now they have become a symbol of cheapness.

The robed half-demon held a book in his hand, lowered his head and kept flipping through the search, "Speak more slowly...Fighting Demon Mountain Feirong? No record; sacrificing one's life for the king's prince Tuohua? No record; the giant demon king's son Qi Xia? No Record...can you tell the truth?"

Yin Buchen opened the way in front, and Mu Xingqiu and Flea followed behind. The demons who were squeezed out all turned their heads and glared angrily. When they saw the person who came was wearing a robe and there was a strong scaly beast behind him, they barely restrained their anger.

Yin Buchen pushed aside the last few tall beast monsters and stood in front of the robed half-demon. He looked around a few times. When Mu Xingqiu and Flea followed and the monsters around him gradually became silent, he said, "Yin Unsinkable, the iron-spine dragon of the South China Sea.”

Yin Buchen finally stopped claiming that he was Lord Yishi everywhere, because it was too troublesome to explain, and even he was tired of it.

The robed half-demon put down the book and his face darkened, "I have heard of your name. You are the great traitor of the demon clan. It is because of you that the giant demon king was defeated by the Taoist priests."

The group of monsters were startled and started talking, and the ten gatekeeper monsters held their weapons with both hands.

Not only was Yin Buchen not afraid, but he was very happy. He raised his hands to signal the demons to silence, "Is this what everyone said about me?"

"Do you deny it?" The robed half-demon put away the book and had a bone staff in his hand. He was a sorcerer.

"Of course not, this is the greatest reputation in my life." Yin Buchen said in surprise, looking left and right, admiring the angry expressions on the faces of the demons, "I don't need to say more about the abilities of the giant demon king. He was so powerful, but he died at the hands of a Taoist priest because of my betrayal. Think about it, how powerful must I be? The Giant Demon King paid the price for underestimating me, and who of you still wants to make the same mistake?"

The group of demons looked at each other and suddenly retreated. The robed half-demon also put away his bone staff. The demon kingdom established by Qi Wushang was too short, and it has not yet penetrated into the hearts of all the demon clan. They only looked at their strength and felt that Yin Buchen would be successful. Makes some sense.

"Take out your booklet and see if my name is on it?" Yin Buchen ordered.

The robed half-demon hesitated for a moment, then took out the book again and turned to the page at the back of the middle. "There is your name, but...but..."

"but what?"

It was clearly written in the book that Yin Buchen would be killed without mercy, but the half-demon in robe did not dare to say these three words, and turned to look at the demon soldiers behind Yin Buchen, "Who is this? Please report Name comes.”

Yin Buchen stepped aside, bowed and asked Mu Xingqiu to come forward, with a smile on his face, like a slave who was good at pleasing his master. This move shocked the surrounding monsters and they didn't understand. Why is this great traitor so respectful to an ordinary demon soldier?

"My name is Mu Xingqiu, from Yelin Town, Xijie Country."

With a clatter, the book fell to the ground, "Who do you think you are?" The robed half-demon didn't even notice that the thing in his hand was gone.

The demon clan around them all seemed to be under a restraining spell. They all looked confused and stood motionless.

"Mu Xingqiu, Lan Bingju invited me here." Mu Xingqiu had no intention of hiding his identity. He put on the costume of a demon soldier not to hide it, but because he didn't want to cause trouble in the land of demons because of his Taoist robe.

"Which Mu Xingqiu?" a beast monster guarding the door asked, his voice rough, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time.

"It was Mu Xingqiu who first defeated the giant demon king in Duanliu City and then killed the giant demon king at Yaoshan Pass." Yin Buchen said loudly that Mu Xingqiu did not kill Qi Wushang himself, but the demon clan did not care about these details. .

"Mu Xingqiu who killed a hundred thousand monsters?"

"Mu Xingqiu, the one who sent out the disaster of destroying demons?"

"Mu Xingqiu who challenged five demon species to kill the giant demon king?"

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The monsters at the entrance of Wangu Gorge asked a series of questions, and Yin Buchen nodded frequently, as if he was the Taoist priest mentioned by the monsters. Suddenly, the scene fell silent, and then a dozen flying monsters turned around and flew away in panic. The other monsters retreated dozens of steps before stopping and making way for a large space.

"Impossible." The robed half-demon shook his head firmly, but his face turned pale. "Mu Xingqiu should have brought a group of Taoist priests to kill him, riding lightning and holding the Demon Soul Sword in his hand."

The demon tribe gave the Frost Soul Sword another name. Indeed, more than half of the more than 100,000 souls in the sword came from demon tribe soldiers.

Just as Yin Buchen was about to open his mouth to defend, a voice came from the air, "Yes, this is Mu Xingqiu, the one whose hands are stained with the blood of the demon clan."

A flying demon floated in mid-air, its silver wings flapping slightly.

"I'm not dead yet." Feather King Fedong said. Behind him, more flying monsters were flying from inside Wangu Gorge. "You came at the right time."