Exorcism

Except for the frequent jets of white air, the entire lake was like a pool of stagnant water. When the boat passed by, the ripples caused by the water surface seemed extremely reluctant, slow and stagnant, and made no sound.

Mu Xingqiu reached out and touched one of the flea's horns, but there was no response. The flea did not change or react at all after the light ball entered. It seemed that it was not aware of it at all. Instead, it raised its head and licked Mu Xingqiu's palm.

Mu Xingqiu gently stroked Flea's cold neck, recalling the appearance of the ball of light, and saw Zuo Liuying's style in it. This was the favorite trick of the Chief of the Forbidden Secret Division, but he didn't know whether it was to protect him and Flea this time, or to protect him and Flea this time. There is another plan.

The boat moved forward silently. Mu Xingqiu suddenly raised his head and found that the demon clan whose bow was pierced by a wooden pillar was turning to look at him. His neck had almost completely turned around. A living person could not do this, and neither could a living demon. But The demon not only turned its head, but also blinked, staring at the guest with its cold eyes.

Mu Xingqiu lowered his arms and took a step away. He found that the demon was staring at the flea's horn, as if it had discovered something.

This demon is very thin, wearing a light gray robe, with complex patterns embroidered on the collar and placket. A sharp wooden pillar penetrates from the left shoulder, with almost no blood stains. His arms hang down weakly, revealing The half of the palm outside the sleeve is as pale and slender as a girl, but his appearance is definitely that of a male demon. There is a light beard on his lips, his lips are slightly open, and his narrow and straight nose is like a bird's beak, with two The eyes are very close together.

Mu Xingqiu asked the flea to take two steps away, and moved to block it. The flea was too tall, and he had to lower his head to hide one horn behind Mu Xingqiu, while the other could only be exposed.

That was enough. The demon's eyes lost sight of the target and he slowly turned his head. The joints in his body made a rattling sound, like a door that had been in disrepair for a long time and was turning.

Mu Xingqiu stood in front of Flea until the boat docked. The poisonous fog dissipated here, and it was cleaner than the valley on the other side. Even the unclean air was very thin.

The Ice City rises from the ground on the shore. It does not occupy a large area, but it is extremely tall. The outer city wall is fifty feet high. It is said that it was just added. It was originally about half as high as it is now. The palaces in the city Even taller, like a thick pillar piercing the sky.

The city walls and palace are all pale white, and they do look a bit like thousand-year-old ice from a distance. If you look closely, you can see that they are all white stones, perhaps made of white bone powder that can be found everywhere on the shore and in the lake.

The pier is very small, built just under the city wall. It seems that Bingcheng has not planned to accept too many visitors. There is no way that the seven or eight hundred monsters on the other side can attack.

Dao Tong couldn't do it either. Mu Xingqiu's heart moved and he began to wonder if the ball of light was sent by Zuo Liuying. Maybe Dao Tong was taking the opportunity to attack Bingcheng.

The boat stopped, and Mu Xingqiu had no time to think about it. There were more than a dozen gray-robed monsters standing on the pier. The common feature was that they were all thin and had their shoulders straight, as if they were always standing sideways. They did not receive the guests immediately, but first took off the demon on the bow of the ship, revealing the blood-red wooden pillar, which had pierced countless sons of the Virgin and was so dark in color.

The impaled demon was indeed dead, lying motionless on the white dock. The other demons gathered around the body and chanted something in a low voice.

Mu Xingqiu stood on the boat and watched the scene silently, without rushing up.

All the demons worked together to push the dead demon into the lake. The waves on the water surface were very small and the body was quickly melted. When only the head was left, the dead demon's eyes suddenly moved and he took one last look at the boat.

A demon with gray hair turned to the visitor and said, "You have evil intentions."

"I am a Taoist priest." Mu Xingqiu shrugged casually, "All Taoist priests want to capture the Ice City. To be honest, I have also had this idea."

The demon clan on the dock seemed not satisfied with this answer. They still did not invite the guests ashore. Instead, they gathered together and whispered. They had the same figure, wore the same gray robes, and even looked similar, but they were older and younger. , they look like different stages of the same demon.

After a long time, a young demon ran towards the city. The oldest demon said to Mu Xingqiu: "Wait here, you are not allowed to go ashore."

"I'm here to see Lan Bingju. Just ask her to come out."

The old demon said nothing.

Mu Xingqiu raised his head and found many monster heads protruding from the towering city walls, all staring at him curiously, "Bingcheng rarely receives Taoist priests, right?"

"At least in the past ten thousand years, you are the first one, and there is no record of anything going forward." The old demon looked very proud, "Even you are not considered to have entered the ice city, because you have not yet landed. Warning You, don’t act rashly, we won’t let you pass through Saint Child Lake if we are not sure of defeating you.”

"Saint Child Lake, is it because many descendants of the Virgin are buried in this lake?"

"It has nothing to do with you." The old demon said coldly.

After being worshiped as the "Devil King" by the demons on the other side, the attitude of the Ice City demon clan has plummeted.

Mu Xingqiu looked up again. The many demon clans on the city wall were obviously guests here. It was obvious from their appearance that they were from different tribes.

After a long time, more and more descendants of the Virgin gathered on the pier, eventually reaching hundreds, crowding the small pier. There were even more than a dozen banshees among them - only they wore belts and had sluts on their lips. He has no beard. Other than that, he is almost the same as his brothers, uncles and nephews. They are all very thin. The same dock can only accommodate fifty or sixty ordinary monsters.

At the same time, there were fewer and fewer monsters watching the excitement on the city wall. When night fell, there were no curious figures on it.

Lan Bingju refused to show up, but Mu Xingqiu felt at ease, which showed that Gan Zhiquan's plan was half successful: Lan Bingju was likely to use the magic of demon transformation on the demon-invading Taoist priest again, and she would fall into the Seven Within the Yuanyin Star Array.

Compared with the brown poisonous fog, the dark night in the Ice City looks pure and deep. I don’t know whether it is because of the visit of Taoist priests or because of habit. There are no lights inside and outside the Ice City. The many Virgins and children on the pier are more like the same demon, even with their age. The differences have been erased.

Near the second watch, the group of demons suddenly separated to both sides and crowded together. Not one of them fell into the lake, and a passage was opened.

The only light floated out from the city gate and slowly came to the end of the pier, facing the visitors.

It was indeed an independent floating lantern, made of a complete skull. The firelight shot out from the eye sockets and mouth, as dim as the moonlight obscured by thin clouds.

In the shadow behind the skull lantern stood a tall banshee, twice as tall as the thin demon descendants around her, but not much fatter, like a walking bamboo pole.

Mu Xingqiu looked with his third eye and saw the same face: a thin line of lips, a beak-like nose, and two eyes very close together.

The feather crown she wears on her head is the biggest difference between her and the other demons.

"Are you that Taoist priest?" The banshee's voice actually sounded very young.

"Are you the Holy Mother of All Sons?" Mu Xingqiu asked back.

The banshee didn't answer, but her demeanor said it all. She just waved her hand lightly, and the little demons crowded on both sides trotted back into the city without a moment's delay.

"I thought the Taoist priest would be taller than me." Our Lady of Ten Thousand Sons said disappointedly. The skull lantern flew closer to Mu Xingqiu so that she could see it more clearly. "I heard the demon on the other side shouting 'Devil King'. "

"They made a mistake."

"Well, the demon clan often makes mistakes, which is why it has fallen into such a miserable situation today. Even letting you cross the lake, I think it was a mistake, but Mr. Yishi said that he can control you, so I will believe it. ”

"I'm here to see Lan Bingke."

"You mean the Faceless Taoist Priest. You have to wait until you can see her. My descendants said that you have evil intentions, so I had to come and check it myself. Apart from endless fertility sacrifices, this is what I will do. ”

"If Lan Bingqu doesn't want to see me, just send me back to the other side. I don't want to waste time."

"In order to come here to see you, I interrupted a pregnancy and lost five children in my belly. You just waited a little longer and you think it was a waste of time?"

Mu Xingqiu was speechless. He opened his arms and accepted the Virgin's inspection. The skull lantern circled around Mu Xingqiu several times, pausing several times in the process. It took a quarter of an hour before he returned to the Virgin's side.

"Come ashore, Taoist priest. I heard that you are looking for the art of transforming demons, so you have come to the right place."

Mu Xingqiu stepped onto the pier, Flea followed closely behind, "What I'm looking for is a way to reverse it."

"Don't argue with me, you should ask Ishi-kun about these things."

The bamboo-pole-like Madonna walked in front, and the skull lantern followed behind her, but still faced Mu Xingqiu, as if she was lighting him up, more like monitoring him.

Mu Xingqiu couldn't help but think that the ice city protected by poisonous mist would not have too strong demonic power. If he suddenly cast a spell now, he could probably kill the Holy Mother and leave the ice city ownerless, but this was not the purpose of his visit. , he wanted to see Lan Bingju or the Yishi Lord, real or fake, to find out what the magic of demon transformation was going on here. As for the ball of light in the Flea Corner, he couldn't guess its purpose.

Flying is not allowed near the Ice City, and there is no tall main gate on the city wall. There is only a low doorway. It seems that the Virgin has to bend down to get in.

"Qilin, you didn't check that Qilin." A voice suddenly came from above the city wall. The voice trembled slightly, as if speaking with great fear.

Only a dozen steps away from the city gate, Our Lady of Ten Thousand Sons stopped and turned around, "Stop, Taoist priest. Alas, I just said that I am not good at doing this kind of thing. I gave birth to too many sacrifices, which made my brain damaged. . Is that Qilin? It looks no different from a scaled beast. You have to step aside. I want to check it."

Mu Xingqiu hesitated for a moment before stepping aside, looking at the flea and telling it not to be afraid. If it was really in danger, he would not hesitate to cast a spell to save it.

There was no poisonous mist here, and with a little effort, he felt that he could cast a powerful spell.

The skull lantern began to slowly circle around the flea. Mu Xingqiu watched it for a while, then raised his eyes to the city wall above his head.

There was a demon lying on the wall, wearing a black cloak, like a huge bat. His head was hidden in the hood, but the height of dozens of feet and the darkness of night could not affect his third eye. Mu Xingqiu saw a He had a pale face, two fangs exposed in his mouth, and his eyes were wet, as if he had just cried.

"Feiba, how did you escape from Yashan?"