Fairies Are Fierce

Chapter 366 Barren Mountains

Under the starlight, Cheng Jiujiang and Zhao Wuxie walked together on the dilapidated official road. The surrounding mountains and fields were deserted. Occasionally they could see an earthen house, but it had long since been deserted and only the ruins of the walls were left.

Deep in the mountains and fields, one could see dots of firelight, but the green light clearly did not belong to the mortal world.

"'Ghost Fire' means a prairie fire. For the past thousand years, wars have been going on every day here, and there are so many ghosts everywhere that we can't catch them all. Nowadays, those little ghosts who can't cause harm to anyone are too lazy to take care of them..."

"The Yin energy here is heavy."

"Brother Zhao, don't be afraid. I am full of yang energy. If I stand in front of you, ordinary lonely ghosts will not dare to get close."

"You take off the 'evil-proofing charm' from your waist first before you say this."

"Well, in practice, people should follow their heart in everything, even if they don't rely on this thing, there is always no harm in being prepared..."

Cheng Jiujiang rambled on, pretending to be arrogant in his words, but the way he looked around at the wind and grass in his eyes revealed the guilt in his heart.

Zhao Wuxie was not surprised by this, because he also felt guilty.

After arriving at Posu Island by cargo ship, Zhao Wuxie accompanied Cheng Jiujiang to deliver various supplies to various small strongholds in Guiliao River.

At this time, the location of the two of them was in the Fulin Kingdom in the northwest of Guiliao River. The Fulin Kingdom in the secular world was not destroyed, but in the world where the demon Immortal Master was rampant, it had already lost control of the land, and the people degenerated into Without the autonomy of villages and towns, most places have ten rooms and nine empty spaces. The scenery seen along the way can only be described as "the gods fight and the mortals suffer".

Wangchuan City has set up a supply point at Dongyue Yinglu Peak in Fulin Kingdom for monks who explore the way to come back for supplies and recuperation. The surrounding area is a low-risk zone; but after all, it is only a few thousand miles away from Snow Wolf Mountain. Are there any monsters from other races coming here? No one could predict the situation of the investigation. The two of them had no one to rely on and walked at night to deliver goods. How could they not be worried?

Fortunately, he kept a low profile and was not satisfied with his whereabouts being exposed by flying around. It was not that easy to be noticed by the demons, so he did not encounter any danger along the way.

The two of them arrived at the foot of Yinglu Peak at dawn, and both breathed a long sigh of relief.

This was not the first time Cheng Jiujiang came here. He took Zhao Wuxie and successfully passed the guard's interrogation and entered the old Taoist temple on Yinglu Peak.

Sitting here is Immortal Venerable Yan Xiong from Juejianya; there are more than thirty people in the Taoist temple, all of whom are monks who have come to recuperate and prepare to set off again.

Cheng Jiujiang found the deacon in the Taoist temple by familiar means and handed him the Linglong Pavilion filled with elixirs and talismans for inventory. He also asked what else was needed, whether anyone wanted Longyang Pills, etc. While chatting, he suddenly heard from the Taoist temple Behind him, a loud voice sounded:

"Uncle Junior, I have never been lazy here for a day. If you don't believe me, ask Yan Jianxian, I wish I could kill all the wild foxes in the mountains and make 365 fox furs for Junior Uncle, all year round. Change your clothes..."

"I said you were lazy? What I said was that you used your strength in the wrong place..."

Cheng Jiujiang heard the voice sounded familiar, so he looked out the second door.

The backyard of the Taoist temple is where the worshipers are seated. The formation eyes of various formations are located here. They are guarded by the Sword Immortal Yan Xiong, always paying attention to the disturbances within hundreds of miles.

There were four people in the yard at this time.

The old man standing under the eaves with a pestle and a sword is the Sword Immortal Yan Xiong. The three people under the steps are all wearing the iconic armor of Tiechu Mansion.

Standing on the right are two women. The leading woman is wearing heavy black armor, without a shield, and only has a symbolic gold mace hanging around her waist. Her face is cold and noble, and she looks similar to the statue of Shangguan Ancestor. Similar to Spirit Partitioning.

The woman behind is wearing a red armor, with a unicorn beast-faced breast shield on the chest. The beast's pupils have a dark red luster, like a living creature. Although her face is a bit tender, she is quite imposing with this armor on her body. For terrifying.

The person who was being lectured was a male monk, who was nearly ten feet tall in black armor. The tiger-headed shield behind his back looked like a door panel. He was very powerful with a long black beard, but his expression was very aggrieved.

The two women were quite tall, but the man's height was really exaggerated. Perhaps because he didn't dare to look down at his elders, the man squatted on the ground and talked. The scene looked a bit funny.

Cheng Jiujiang recognized that the one squatting on the ground and moaning aggrieved was his uncle Shangguan Baxue, not to mention the two opposite him. He blurted out in disbelief:

"your Highness?"

In the yard, Jiang Yi, who was watching her sister training the juniors, was startled when she heard the sound, and turned to look at the door:

"Cheng Jiujiang? Why did you come here?"

Although Cheng Jiujiang ran far away, he was still the candidate national advisor of the Great Dan Dynasty, a worshiper of Qihuang Valley, and one of the princess's escorts. Even now, his family still received a salary from the Jiang Dynasty. When he saw Jiang Yi, he naturally With respectful eyes, he quickly raised his hand and saluted:

"I came here with the teacher from Tiechu Mansion. I'm running errands here... Is the concubine here?"

Jiang Yi couldn't explain it, so she didn't say anything and signaled Cheng Jiujiang to do his own thing first.

Shangguan Baxue, who was squatting on the ground, was the upright contemporary Qinggui of Tiecu Mansion and Situ Zhenzhen's senior brother. He had experienced in Posuzhou in recent years, so he naturally knew Cheng Jiujiang.

Seeing that Cheng Jiujiang actually knew his junior uncle, Shangguan Baxue felt as if he had seen a savior and said quickly:

"Jiujiang, you came just in time, please help me and my little uncle to explain. How could I forget the teacher's teaching, last time I killed a few tiger demons, I specially cut... cut off that thing, and let you take it back to my little uncle Fengdu, send it back to Master to repay Master..."

Cheng Jiujiang didn't know why, but he still answered truthfully:

"Master Baxue is really hardworking. He is either slaying demons or demons, or he is on the road to slaying demons. I have been running for so long, but I have never seen Master Baxue spend a day at leisure..."

Yan Xiong, the sword fairy under the eaves, also nodded:

"It's hard to say anything else. When it comes to bravery and diligence, Baxue is absolutely unmatched among the younger generation. I can prove this."

Shangguan Lingye felt helpless at these words of persuasion.

She naturally knows that Shangguan is bloody, brave and hardworking, and without these advantages, it is impossible to become the young leader of the Tiecu Mansion; the reason why she taught this nephew a lesson is because this fellow respects the master's set of "nothing can't be solved with fists" behavior style.

Master's Taoism is there. In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are naturally empty talk; the disciples below do not have such domineering Taoism.

The master asked Shangguan Baxue to come over to help Zhengdao. Because things have gone wrong in recent years, Shangguan Baxue was asked to secretly investigate the future trends and potential plans of the alien race.

Shangguan Baxue's investigation method is very "Iron Cluster Mansion" - risking his life to catch monsters everywhere, bringing them back for interrogation, if they are not questioned, it can only be said that the monsters caught are not big enough, not enough, and we have to work hard.

If she doesn't come over, Shangguan Baxue, who hasn't completed his sect's mission, will most likely go to Snow Wolf Mountain to catch monsters in the alien lair.

This method is not impossible, but judging from Shangguan's domineering morality, the chance of finding out the result is very slim, and the danger is high; Shangguan Lingye, as a senior uncle, is only natural to discipline one or two on behalf of his senior brother.

Seeing someone coming to persuade, Shangguan Lingye stopped and said:

"Leave the matters here to me from now on, and you can just slay the demons with peace of mind. When encountering problems in the future, try to solve them with your head, don't just think about being reckless."

For the disciples of Tiechu Mansion, solving problems with their heads is like hitting their opponents to death with a hammer!

However, Shangguan Baxue is not unkind. How dare he say these words of wisdom that the disciples of Tiecu Mansion regard as a model in front of his junior uncle. He quickly stood up and walked out:

"Understood, I will definitely remember it in my heart in the future. I have to go to Tuofeng Ridge, so I won't accompany my little uncle."

Shangguan Lingye also just arrived here, heard the reputation and looked at the sword fairy Yan Xiong under the eaves:

"What's different about Hump Ridge?"

Sword Immortal Yan Xiong shook his head: "Half a year ago, a Taoist named Zhang Zhen reported that he had run into a ghost over there. After investigation, there was no abnormality, but a team of monks passed by there a few days ago, and they haven't come back yet. I'm afraid it's an accident. Something went wrong, so let Ba Xue go and have a look..."

Shangguan Lingye thought about it for a moment and felt that Shangguan Ba's blood could handle it, so he didn't say anything more.

After Shangguan Baxue took Cheng Jiujiang out, Shangguan Lingye turned his gaze to the northwest and asked:

"Has Qiu Niuniu been here a few days ago?"

Sword Immortal Yan Xiong did not know the past entanglements between Shangguan Lingye and Miss Qiu. He only knew that they were both famous fairies in Dongzhou and were about the same age, so they must have known each other. He smiled and said:

"I came here half a month ago. I was accompanied by Bao Lanshan, Zi Lin and others. Dongfang Xu also followed. I guess I have arrived in the Snow Lang Mountains now..."

"oh……"

After a while, Shangguan Lingye and Jiang Yi came out of the yard.

Jiang Yi originally wanted to call Cheng Jiujiang over to ask about the current situation, but when she went out, she found that Shangguan Baxue was holding Cheng Jiujiang and secretly stuffing something into Cheng Jiujiang's hand - if nothing else, it was a tiger whip, a deer whip, etc. Yes, let Cheng Jiujiang help bring it back.

Jiang Yi didn't speak when she saw this, and looked at Shangguan Lingye who turned a blind eye beside him:

"Lingye, you want to know about Miss Qiu, are you planning to go to Snow Wolf Mountain to find her?"

"She is so old, and she still doesn't know how deep the sky is and how far she goes. If she really encounters the monsters in Snow Wolf Mountain, she won't be able to escape even with just a few of her peers."

Shangguan Lingye complained about his defeated general and then said:

"You don't have to look for her. If something goes wrong, she will naturally ask for help. I will just go over there then. When we get to know each other, we still have to help those who need to be helped."

Jiang Yi looked a little suspicious: "Miss Qiu is a better person than you. She has to ask for help. Is it useful for you to go there?"

"When the time is right, Zuo Lingquan can save Lord Peach Blossom. What does this have to do with the level of Taoism?"

"That's right... By the way, what is Zuo Lingquan doing now?"

"Besides fighting and practicing, he spends the rest of his time flirting with women. What do you think he is doing now?"

Jiang Yi opened her mouth, thinking that this man might as well not mention it...

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In the northern part of Fulin country, Shajiang River.

In the early morning, the large reed swamps on the river beach are bathed in the morning light, and crystal clear dewdrops hang on the green grass.

The old fisherman held a bamboo raft and slid across the calm river. He looked at a white bird that was drinking water by the reed marsh.

The white bird is round and round, looking like a ball from a distance and a chicken up close. It is not very intelligent, but it is easy to catch at first glance.

After looking at it twice, the old fisherman felt a little confused. He shouted in the distance at a small fishing village on the river bank:

"Whose white chicken has escaped? Come out and catch it..."

The white bird on the riverside seemed to be frightened. After chirping twice, it disappeared into the reed swamp. When the bamboo raft floated past, it resurfaced and continued to drink water by the riverside like a chicken pecking at rice.

Thick reeds block everything, and no one or thing can be seen. However, if you go into the depths and listen carefully, you can hear the faint voice of people inside:

"Taoer, are you sure we are catching monsters?"

"Well, this is how monsters are caught. Surviving monsters are very good at hiding. If you can't find a lair, you have to use bait to lure the snake out of the hole; normally you use cattle and sheep, but the dumplings are so fat, you can see them at first glance. It's delicious, and it's also suitable as bait..."

"grumble?"

…

In the depths of the reeds, on a small open space covered by vegetation, Tang Jingxun sat on the ground with her arms around her swollen chest, listening to the chatting of the two people next to her.

Although Tang Jingxun didn't regard herself as a practitioner, she still felt that she was like a dragon and two phoenixes sneaking around in the reed marshes without the slightest demeanor.

After waiting by the river for a long time, the dumpling was almost full of water, Tang Jingxun couldn't stand it anymore, and asked:

"How long will it take?"

Xie Qiutao, wearing a bamboo hat, sat next to Zuo Lingquan, scanning the riverside earnestly:

"You have to wait at least one day to survive the guard time for the monster to observe secretly. If you don't come out, you can wait in a different place; it's not difficult to fight the demon, but the difficulty lies in the early detection. The monster will not say 'I'm right here. , you come to hit me, idiot', you have to rely on patience to find..."

Zuo Lingquan kept his hand on his saber all the time, looking at the calm river, and didn't say anything about it.

The Shajiang River is more than a thousand miles away from the Snow Wolf Mountains. The water and grass are fertile, and there are some mundane villages and towns in the middle reaches. For this reason, Wangchuan City will send people to patrol here regularly to prevent monsters from harming the creatures here.

By the way, not all monsters are subordinates of the Youying Alien Race. The Youying Alien Race is a Body Integration of evil forces, and whether it is a human or a demon, there is a clear 'self-awareness'.

The low-level demons and ghosts that run around outside and harm the living beings belong to the "wild monsters". The Youying alien race can kill them when they see them, after all, monsters have some value.

According to the file given by Wangchuan City, it was said that during the past few times they came to patrol, some monks found that there were cases of theft in the villages and towns in the middle reaches of the Shajiang River. Some puppets played by children were lost, but no traces were left, and it was suspected that there were monsters lurking.

Although there are few news, the clues are worthy of attention-throwing chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep are mostly done by wild beasts or fierce beasts, or little monsters with low morals, so the danger is not great; but throwing dolls and miscellaneous objects is different. .

Beasts with enlightened intelligence, because they have no parents to teach them, will be very interested in things they can't understand; while other creatures in the world can only eat and reproduce, only humans can make all kinds of weird things, start After seeing it, intelligent beasts will instinctively follow their thirst for knowledge and curiosity to explore and understand.

If the abnormal movement here in Shajiang is caused by a monster, there is a high probability that it is a monster that has just opened up its intelligence and is in a period of strong thirst for knowledge.

Birds and beasts have very different thresholds for opening their spiritual wisdom. Birds and beasts that eat fairy fruits by mistake or are more intelligent can open their spiritual wisdom very early, such as Tuanzi; while normal birds and beasts, if they want to practice until they have self-awareness, they will at least have spiritual wisdom. Start in the valley; stupid birds and beasts may not get rid of their instincts even after reaching the jade steps, and still act according to the instincts of birds and beasts.

It was also because the risk was uncertain that the level of this errand was relatively high, and it was sent to Zuo Lingquan's three-person team to find out the truth.

Zuo Lingquan arrived here yesterday, searched secretly, and looked at the people in several villages. He found no trace of monsters, and the surrounding environment was as usual. The method is to wait here to see if there is any harvest.

Although both Zuo Lingquan and Tang Jingxun felt that Taotao's method of catching monsters was unreliable, Xie Qiutao was a child from a family of catching monsters after all, so the method was a bit weak, but it was really effective.

Zuo Lingquan lay in the reeds, waiting quietly until noon, when smoke came from the fishing village not far away, and finally there was movement from the tranquil riverside.

Hua Hua...

Zuo Lingquan's gaze was slightly fixed, signaling to Taotao, who did not stop talking, to suppress her voice. She sensed under the water with her spiritual sense, and found something slowly swimming towards her, about half the size of a human being.

Xie Qiutao put his hand on the iron pipa, staring at the water surface with burning eyes, just waiting for the monster to show its head and hurt the bird, then jumped out and slapped it to death with a hammer.

But it's a pity that the dumpling who was drinking water with his head down by the river also sensed the change; it may be that he was starving in the morning, but no matter how well the dumpling performed, his small eyes inevitably flashed a look of joy from the "predator" seeing the lunch coming , It was at this moment that there was a soft sound of "哗啦——" on the surface of the water.

"Ran."

Zuo Lingquan has already locked the position of the bottom of the water, seeing this, he flew up without hesitation, and jumped into the river with Xie Qiutao...

(end of this chapter)