Mortal Bones

"What a demonic wolf..."

Standing on the roof and looking towards Yanglu Mountain, Xu Taiping spotted a huge demon wolf running rapidly through the forest.

He was not too surprised at first. After all, the Jade Slip for Introductory Skills had already said that in this mountain, except for the residence designated by the sect, there is a possibility of monsters appearing anywhere else.

But gradually, he began to feel that something was not right.

Because soon he saw the second and third demon wolf, and they were all chasing them down the mountain.

"Help, help!"

"Can someone come and save me!"

Just as Xu Taiping was curious about what the three demon wolves were chasing, a woman's cry for help suddenly sounded in the mountains.

After hearing the sound, Xu Taiping's earlobes twitched, and then he circulated his true energy to his eyes and looked intently towards the direction where the sound came from.

This is exactly the method taught in the martial arts "Piercing the Yang Arrow" to increase vision.

As this spell unfolded, the scene in the Yanglu Mountain a mile or two away suddenly became clear to Xu Taiping's eyes, and then he soon discovered a delicate woman running wildly in the forest. Avoiding the pursuit of the three demon wolves.

"Where does this sister come from? I don't remember that there are monks near Qingzhu Residence?"

Xu Taiping was very confused.

"Someone come, someone come and save me!"

At this moment, the woman ran out of the mountain forest and began to rush along the path out of the mountain in the direction of Qingzhu Residence.

The three demonic wolves were still running behind the woman and were about to catch up with her.

"Is there anyone? Is there anyone in the front yard? I'm injured, help, help me!"

The woman ran and shouted while covering her bleeding shoulder. She must have noticed Qingzhu Residence.

"Forget it, don't think about it so much. It's more important to save people first."

Xu Taiping shook his head, then took off the bow and arrow from his back, began to string the arrow, and used the luck method of "Piercing the Yang Arrow" to gather the residual qi in the Dantian from his arms to the arrow.

In an instant, the arrow was covered with a layer of ice.

"Boom!"

When the nearest demonic wolf behind the woman was only 500 meters away from Qingzhu Residence, Xu Taiping loosened the bow string that was stretched like a full moon along with the arrow.

"Whoosh!"

With a sharp sound breaking through the air, the arrow wrapped in Can Xia's true energy hit the demon wolf's head straight, and then penetrated it with one arrow.

After mastering how to use Canxia Zhenqi, Xu Taiping's arrows were far more powerful than the last time.

"Ouch..."

The demon wolf screamed and fell to the ground.

After seeing this scene, the other two demon wolves behind were so frightened that they fled back to the forest and did not dare to continue chasing.

The woman was obviously frightened at first, but when she saw the two demonic wolves escaping and noticed Xu Taiping standing on the roof, she burst into tears of joy.

"Thank you, young hero, for saving your life."

The woman almost rolled and crawled to the front of the small courtyard of Qingzhu Residence.

Judging from the nervous look on her face as she looked back from time to time, she seemed to still have lingering fears about those demonic wolves.

"The two demon wolves have run away, you don't have to worry."

Xu Taiping, who was standing on the roof, turned to look at the woman at the door.

This woman was fifteen or sixteen years old, petite in stature, and pretty in appearance. She looked very much like the rich ladies from Xu Taiping's hometown.

"Well, it's a good thing that the young hero is here, otherwise the little girl would have fallen into the belly of those two demonic wolves."

The girl first patted her chest with a fearful expression, and then asked Xu Taiping with a grateful expression:

"May I ask what your name is, young hero?"

"My surname is Xu and my given name is Taiping. Sister, just call me Taiping."

Xu Taiping replied.

He was still standing on the roof at this time, still holding a bow and arrow in his hand, looking at the woman with a clearly wary look.

"Little Prince Taiping, the little girl is Liu Qingmei, a registered disciple of Qingxuan Sect's outer sect. A few days ago, she got lost while taking the spirit bird to collect medicine in the nearby mountains. She also lost the Cloud Chuan Flute on the way. When she met these demon wolves At that time, I could only run away and was eventually chased here.”

As the girl spoke, she took out a bronze mirror from her arms.

Seeing this bronze mirror, the vigilance on Xu Taiping's face immediately eased a lot.

This Xuanling Mirror is only available to outer disciples. If a woman can take out this object, her identity is confirmed.

"I would like to ask the young hero Taiping if he can let Qingmei stay here for the night. The sun has set today and Qingmei is injured, so it is extremely inconvenient to travel at night."

The woman asked Xu Taiping for help.

"Okay...huh?"

Xu Taiping was about to agree, after all, he could confirm the other party's identity, but before he finished speaking, his eyes inadvertently glanced at the woman's shoes.

This woman was wearing a pair of embroidered shoes with a thousand-layer sole. On the surface, they looked like an extremely ordinary pair of cloth shoes. But after Xu Taiping combined what she had said before, he felt something was wrong——

These shoes are so clean.

"Let's not talk about whether it is appropriate to wear such cloth shoes when collecting herbs. Just saying that she was chased by the demon wolf for a day, but the cloth shoes on her feet are still intact, it can already prove that she is lying."

Xu Taiping said secretly in his heart.

"Sister Qingmei, Taiping's home is so simple that you may not be used to it."

Xu Taiping jumped up to the courtyard gate, and then said calmly.

"Young young hero, I was joking, Qingmei has fallen into such a bad situation, how can I be picky? Besides, when I was outside the mountains, although my family was relatively wealthy when I was a child, by the time I was ten years old, my family was already in ruins. After coming to Yunlu Mountain, I have become accustomed to this poor life. I just have a place to stay, so why should I be picky? "

Liu Qingmei smiled bitterly.

The woman in front of him spoke sincerely. If Xu Taiping hadn't noticed that she was lying, he might actually have sympathy for her.