The fairy is fierce

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Along the banks of the Shajiang River in the bright spring, the water was surging, frightening a few wild ducks living in the reed swamps.

Zuo Lingquan plunged into the river. His body was naturally close to water, so he transformed into a fierce dragon crossing the river as soon as he entered the water. His movements were much faster than on land.

It was noon, the sun was directly above our heads, and the water of the river, which was more than three feet deep, was not dim, and we could see the aquatic plants, fallen rocks and dead trees at the bottom of the river.

Zuo Lingquan followed his perception and quickly rushed towards the center of the river. Within two breaths, he spotted a ghostly black shadow more than a hundred feet away.

The black shadow was as big as a millstone and oval in shape. Zuo Lingquan originally thought it was an old turtle at the bottom of the river, but upon closer inspection, he discovered that the black shadow in front of him was crawling sideways on the bottom of the river. Its eight legs were dark red and two pairs of pliers were faintly visible. It has a metallic luster and is a big river crab that has been practicing for an unknown number of years.

Xie Qiutao also loved the water. After entering the river, she moved quickly, her movements smooth without losing speed, just like a dragon girl strolling in the dragon palace. After seeing the appearance of the monster, she was slightly surprised:

"Gulu gulu... cough, it's such a big crab! No wonder Tuanzi couldn't hold it back..."

After eating autumn crabs from Chunchao Lake in Qianqiu Yuefu, Tuanzi had no resistance to the big crabs. At this time, he chased diligently on the water and even rushed in front of the two of them. He was probably already thinking about whether to steam or braise.

"Tuanzi, go back."

Zuo Lingquan saw that the crab spirit was moving too fast, so even though he didn't know the details, he still erred on the side of caution and asked Tuanzi to return to Jingxun, and then he and Xie Qiutao split up to outflank him...

The big river crabs escaping at the bottom of the river are not low in intelligence. They seem to have thought about being caught by hunters and set some traps at the bottom of the river in advance. However, without the guidance of their elders, what they can figure out after growing up on their own is still in front of the human race. It seemed too childish. It was just a few water plants that bound the feet, a round stone about the same size as a river crab, eight legs on a wooden stick as a disguise, etc., but it couldn't stop the two of them at all.

Zuo Lingquan chased for about two miles at the bottom of the river. After confirming that the fleeing crab spirit was not in great danger, Zuo Lingquan suddenly increased his speed. Hearing a muffled sound of "boom", a hole was directly rushed out of the bottom of the river. In the blink of an eye, he had reached the front of the river channel. .

The fleeing big crab didn't react slowly. When he saw Zuo Lingquan rushing forward, he raised his crab claws and wanted to fight back.

The attack of the crab claws was clumsy in Zuo Lingquan's eyesight, but what surprised him was that when the black crab claws were lifted up, a white stream of light lit up on the crab armor, which was visible to the naked eye and converged towards the crab claws.

boom

The moment the crab claws closed, cyan thunder exploded at the bottom of the river, instantly hitting Zuo Lingquan who was blocking the way.

Zuo Lingquan was slightly surprised, but not too worried.

There is a huge difference in talent between birds and beasts and humans. It is difficult for turtle spirits in the Netherworld Realm and even jade-level monks to break through their defenses; but God treats all people equally, and given strengths, there will inevitably be shortcomings. The combat power of turtle spirits and No big difference.

Crabs belong to the genus of scale armor, and like turtles, they follow the "stacked armor" approach. Their combat power is slightly higher, but that's it, far inferior to the serious dragon genus; if you know how to use thunder, you can If the human race's genius like Zuo Lingquan could be brought down, it would be impossible for the human race to become the master of the Nine Continents.

When he sensed that the crab was mobilizing the power of heaven and earth, Zuo Lingquan was already on guard. The green thunder as thick as his wrist struck, but only hit the Xuanming Sword in his hand, without even the slightest sluggishness in his movements.

Behind, Xie Qiutao had already jumped up and took the opportunity to hit the crab armor with a hammer, making a loud "block" sound.

The crab armor exploded with sparks at the bottom of the water. The texture was as hard as iron stone and there were no cracks. However, the river crab, which was only the size of a millstone, was smashed directly into the mud of the river bottom by the huge force, creating a large crater with a radius of more than ten feet in the river bottom.

As the water surged, Xie Qiutao took advantage of the victory and pursued the attack. He held the pipa upside down with both hands and wanted to try again, but Zuo Lingquan, who was surrounded by swords, suddenly said:

"etc."

Xie Qiutao stopped hurriedly in the water, alerting the surroundings. Just as he was about to ask what was wrong, he discovered that something was wrong with the crab that was thrown into the bottom of the river.

After some hunting, the bottom of the river had turned into murky water, but the appearance of the crabs at the bottom of the pit could still be seen clearly.

The big black crab did not fight back, but lay on the ground, nodding awkwardly, and the fear and fear were clearly visible in its black bead-like eyes.

Although the crab spirit's movements are clumsy and funny, it can be seen that it is imitating people to kowtow. Xie Qiutao was stunned. When he saw this, he put down his iron pipa and asked in a deep voice:

"You are a bold monster, do you accept it?"

The crab's intelligence has been opened, and he lives near the gathering place of the people. He can understand people's speech, but he can't speak. He just lies at the bottom of the pit and trembles.

Zuo Lingquan put away the Xuanming Sword, shrugged slightly and said:

"Looks like he's convinced."

Seeing that the storm at the bottom of the river subsided, Tang Jingxuan and Tuanzi also floated over. They didn't like going into the water, so they stood on the water.

The dumpling was very excited, with a posture of "knocking on the bowl and waiting for rice", and turned around on the water: "chichijiji~...".

It was the first time Tang Jingxun saw such a big crab, and he was a little afraid, so he asked:

"What should I do now? I'm afraid I can't find such a big pot to steam the dumplings..."

Xie Qiutao really wanted to steam the big crabs, feed the meat to dumplings, and sell the crab shells to make armor. He would probably make a lot of money.

However, according to the rules of the righteous way to eliminate demons, you must be careful when killing animals. Birds and beasts have practiced for thousands of years to achieve the Tao, which is far more difficult than that of humans. Cutting off their Tao just for a piece of fur violates the concept of "immortal Tao cherishes life" and destroys the balance of nature. Therefore, there is no reason for this. Birds and beasts that cause harm to the common people still focus on "education to do good".

This big crab lives in the Shajiang River and only stole some strange objects. Obviously, the crime is not worthy of death. Xie Qiutao hesitated and looked at Zuo Lingquan:

"This is Posas Island, and there are demons everywhere. If you let them go, without anyone to teach them, they will definitely become demons in the future. What should we do now?"

Zuo Lingquan saw that this crab spirit had been imitating people to kowtow and beg for mercy, but it was not easy to kill him, so he shook his head and said:

"Follow the rules. First, take him to Chunlu Peak to revive him. Well...find someone to give him to Wang Rui or Lao Cheng as a spiritual pet. They shouldn't dislike the spiritual beasts of the Netherworld Realm."

"Gu..."

The dumpling suddenly became angry and muttered "coo-coo" in a low voice, probably saying: "What a troublesome thing, why not just stew it...".

The crab spirit begging for mercy at the bottom of the river could understand the meaning of the two people's words, and there was a look of reluctance in its eyes, and it moved its crab legs.

Seeing this, Xie Qiutao mentioned the iron pipa again: "You crab, you don't know the blessings in the midst of blessings. If it weren't for us here today, you would have turned into a steamed crab. Go out and study hard in the future, and maybe you can learn the Great Way to Heaven." …”

The big river crab's intelligence is estimated to be equivalent to that of a seven or eight-year-old child. He didn't dare to run away when he saw this. After being scolded for a while, he looked somewhere in the middle of the river.

Zuo Lingquan had been with Tuanzi for a long time and could roughly understand the simple meaning of the birds and beasts, so he moved out of the way and signaled the crab to pass.

The river crab moved cautiously a few times and crawled toward the center of the river. The speed was not slow. In about half an hour, it came to a bend in the Shajiang River. There was a hole under the stone cliff on the shore.

Zuo Lingquan followed him into the entrance of the cave, and saw that there was a three-foot-wide hollow inside, which was carved out by crab claws. It was quite clean, and there were a bunch of puppets, cups, stools and other sundries inside.

Xie Qiutao followed in, wanting to see if this big crab had any treasures in it that would be given to her as a gift. However, after scanning around, she was very disappointed:

"Why are you stealing these things? You don't have any use for it. If you just keep practicing in the cave, you won't be discovered..."

The big crab has already opened his spiritual intelligence. Like Tuanzi, he must have his own hobbies. Even though he was scolded by Xie Qiutao, he still rummaged through the debris and found a wooden box for jewelry. He used crab claws to Protect it carefully and keep it under your body.

Xie Qiutao blinked, put on a majestic look, and stretched out his right hand:

"What is it, let me see it."

The big crab cared about the wooden box and was reluctant, but due to the power of the man and woman in front of him, he still put the box on the ground.

Xie Qiutao picked up the wooden box and opened it and found four porcelain bottles inside.

The porcelain bottle was cyan and made of a special material. It looked like a bottle containing elixirs, but when the bottle was opened, it was empty. Zuo Lingquan could not tell what it had been filled with before.

"What is this?"

"This is……"

Xie Qiutao picked up the bottle and looked at it carefully, then went to the mouth of the bottle to smell it, thought about it for a moment, and said thoughtfully:

"It's an elixir, but it has a special smell. It should contain dragon tendon vine. The function of dragon tendon vine is to expand the qi and blood meridians. Its medicinal properties are too strong and it is highly toxic to humans. Only some demon cultivators who are born with powerful bodies can use it. Only by chance can this thing be used as medicine, mostly when the mirror is broken... This big crab must have secretly eaten this elixir by chance, carried it over and survived, and luckily opened his spiritual intelligence..."

After a spiritual beast accidentally eats the treasures of heaven and earth and develops spiritual wisdom, it will be extremely fond of the food it eats. It will try every means to collect it throughout its life, and even if it is not used, it will be kept by its side as a guardian angel.

The big crab cares so much about these empty bottles, so it’s easy to guess the origin of his spiritual path.

Zuo Lingquan looked at the bottles for a while and found that the bottles were old and new. The time difference was probably a hundred years. They were definitely not picked up at the same time, but the styles were the same. He thought for a while, handed the jewelry box to the big crab, and asked:

"Where did you find these bottles?"

The big crab hurriedly put away the jewelry box, raised its claws, and pointed to the upper reaches of the Shajiang River.

It is impossible for a monk to take the elixir to help break through the realm in an unsafe place, and the same is true for the demon clan. The place where such a bottle can be picked up is most likely near the demon cultivator's lair.

Zuo Lingquan took out the map of Fulin Kingdom from Linglong Pavilion and searched for suspicious locations upstream along the Shajiang River.

However, the upper reaches of the Shajiang River are within the sphere of influence of Zhengdao. If there were demon clan nests, they would have been cleared out long ago. There are no special markings on the map provided by Wangchuan City.

Xie Qiutao came closer to take a look, and saw the words "Huofeng Ridge" next to a tributary of the Shajiang River, and was slightly startled:

"I came over on the ferry and heard that there was something weird over at Tuofeng Ridge. It seemed like someone bumped into a tomb and then disappeared again..."

Zuo Lingquan had no other clues, so he put away the map:

"Then it's most likely here. Let's go and take a look..."

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As I write this today, I called my family to tell him that the blind date has come to the city and asked Aguan to pick her up, so I can only update so much. If it works out, we can continue talking. If it doesn't work out, the blind date will be over.

I have to take a day off tomorrow, and I will be busy within the year after finishing this matter.

It is best for everyone to wait until the book is finished before reading. In reality, I have to take a leave of absence, and if I do, I feel sorry for the readers. I write in a hurry to make up for the word count and update, and the writing is short and boring, which makes both the readers and the author uncomfortable.

(This line was added after the number of words stuck, so it doesn’t cost any money)