The Lord who use immortals as food

"Brother Pei." After being quiet for a while, Shang Lang suddenly said, "We are here to receive documents signed by Beiya and Xianrentai. Do you know what is going on?"

"..."

This is the information Pei Ye is thinking about in his mind on how to obtain it quietly.

"Is this...convenient to say?"

"What's the inconvenience? That's how it is at Xianrentai. Every matter must be stamped with "handled with care" - of course I have no objection to Sister Xing Zhi."

"Besides, you are going to go into the mountains with us anyway, so you have to know even if you don't want to know."

"Aren't you still going to listen to that Lord Zhu's decision?"

Shang Lang laughed: "That was the most nonsense that Sister Xing Zhi said along the way - Brother Zhu can only say 'um', 'ok', 'whatever' and 'listen to you'."

"Although not many people know about this matter, there is no harm in telling it." Shang Lang shook his head and suddenly whispered mysteriously, "Unlike the other one, there was not even a document, and it was only handed over to Brother Zhu orally. , I inquired all the way and he didn’t say anything, so he doesn’t believe in my ability to keep secrets? Anyway, I guess... I’m looking for the same thing."

After knowing each other for a long time in the future, Pei Ye would have no choice but to get used to Shang Lang's gossip, but this was the first time they met, and Pei Ye, who felt that confidential information had been revealed, was a little wary and uneasy.

"Let's go back to the first uninteresting thing." Shang Lang stretched out his other hand and pointed at the distant mountains outside the window, which looked like paintings. "It's that a few years ago, Xianrentai developed a new hexagram technique. From now on, you can Monitoring Immortal Hunting was born. But a few days ago, this hexagram suddenly responded. The hexagram said that in the Xincang Mountains, we were ordered to come to investigate. When we entered the state, we heard that the Zhushi Sect had revived. We suspected that their purpose was also Immortal Hunting, so we investigated together - I thought, since people and magic weapons can be transformed into that kind of substance, Immortal Hunting might be able to do the same."

Immortal hunting, this is the second time I heard this word.

Pei Ye already had a guess in his mind, but he still asked: "Brother Shang, I have little knowledge, what is Immortal Hunting?"

"Born from Cang Ming, belled by Hou Tu, the spirit of all spirits, patrolling on behalf of the immortals." Shang Lang said, "The red bird in the south, the scorpion in the north, the Taoist crane, the water dragon in the Dongting...anyone without relatives or clans, the world The only miraculous creatures can be called immortal hunters."

That naturally includes... Xin Cang Shen Chi.

Pei Ye asked, "How are you going to investigate?"

Shang Lang didn't notice the young man's slightly condensed tone and said: "All kinds of immortal hunters have different temperaments. There are auspicious beasts like Qilin and righteous beasts like Bifan. We naturally try our best to make friends with each other in order to be used by the Tang Dynasty; there are also We won’t disturb people like Suanni who are stable and happy. But sometimes there will be masters like Taotie and Jizhen who harm living beings. They are not called fairy hunters, but demons. When we encounter this kind of situation, we will They must be eradicated immediately, otherwise they will form a pact with evil people and another bloody storm will occur - do you know about the pact?"

"I...should know a little bit," Pei Ye said.

Shang Lang explained with a smile: "A contract is a life-and-death contract between a person and an Immortal Hunter. It is mutually beneficial and is of great benefit to both parties. The Immortal Hunter's contract ranks among the 'Five Opportunities to Climb to Heaven' commonly said by cultivators. Third place. The reason why we are here this time is to lead the team with Brother Zhu, firstly to ensure our strength. Secondly, we came to Xianrentai and said that this immortal hunter might be suitable for Brother Zhu and let him see if he has a chance. From this point of view, this This Immortal Hunting should be good."

Pei Ye had never heard of the so-called "Five Opportunities to Climb to Heaven", but he didn't ask any more, because at this time he felt a little guilty and asked to confirm: "Is this Lord Zhu a swordsman?"

"yes."

"Oh... what if this Immortal Hunter has formed a contract with someone else?"

Shang Lang's smile faded: "What do you mean?"

"Just...hypothesis."

"...What a strange assumption."

"Tell me about it."

"First of all, this hypothesis is difficult to establish, because the fairy hunter often wanders in the human world for a long time before he finds his destined person. Secondly, if it has really formed a contract with a person, we will try to bring this person back."

"What are you taking back?"

"Serve the Tang Dynasty."

"Well, that's good."

Shang Lang looked at him and suddenly frowned slightly: "How do I feel about you..."

"I have feelings." Pei Ye interrupted with a serious expression.

"What?" Shang Lang didn't react for a moment.

"Dantian." Pei Ye stretched out his right arm in front of him.

As his mind turned, the blue color in his blood vessels quickly receded, returning to his dantian, and his arms returned to their normal appearance.

"What a keen sense of Qi." Shang Lang praised, then looked at his arm and said, "Can you still send them back at any time?"

"Yes, this will increase the power a lot." Pei Ye thought, and his arms were covered with blue lines again, "The 'web' weaved by the 'spider' has not been destroyed, and it can go back at any time."

"That being the case, the other three limbs and internal organs should be able to achieve this effect. But for the sake of conservatism, you should only let it enter this arm."

Pei Ye nodded and was about to say something else when the sound of running came from the courtyard. A servant stopped in front of the door and said urgently: "Pei Shaoxia, Mr. Shang, the front hall calls you two to hurry up. "

The two looked at each other and stood up at the same time.

Striding to the main hall, I heard a miserable male voice inside the room saying the second half of the words: "...We divided into four groups, and now...now only I am here."

Pei Ye frowned and pushed the door open. At a glance, there was a man in civilian clothes in the hall. He was short and stocky, with rough clothes and messy hair. His skin was bronze and his face was dusty. His trouser legs were stained with dry mud. His eyes were slightly swollen. Her lips were red and very chapped, but she had no intention of drinking the tea on the side. She must have been the one who spoke just now.

The remaining three people had serious expressions on their faces. When they saw the two people entering, Xing Zhi took the lead and said, "Shang Lang, go assemble the Longwu Army."

Shang Lang cupped his fists and turned away. Pei Ye came to Chang Zhiyuan in confusion. Chang Zhiyuan handed over a wrinkled jute paper: "This is the hunter from Baizhu Village. Take a look at what he brought first." information."

Pei Ye took it over. The writing on it was slightly stained by sweat, but it was still legible:

"Your Majesty the County Magistrate: More than 20 people have been killed outside Baizhu Village due to demonic tiger eating. Please send 300 knights from the Hefu clan or government soldiers to help! Urgent! Urgent! Urgent!"

A line of small characters at the end is signed, "Zhengzhao Baishu of Baizhu Village".

After Pei Ye finished reading, he put down the letter in astonishment.

Not only Baizhu, but also Fenghuai County is almost buried in the Xincang Mountains. There are many hunters in the county, and tigers and leopards are not feared in the eyes of the people of Fenghuai County. For experienced hunters, as long as they are familiar with its habits and act cautiously, they can get a good piece of leather worth more than ten taels.

What kind of "demon tiger" can frighten Baizhu Village, which has lived in the mountains for a long time, and yet it still needs such heavy help?

Isn’t Xian Shou Black Chi? Where did this demon tiger come from?

Only then did Pei Ye realize that there were some thresholds for writing a letter asking for help. Shen Yanping's letter to the state must be simple and clear, clearly describing the predicament, opponents, and designated helpers.

But many details of the short note in my hand are very vague, and most of the situation in the village can only be guessed at. However, the village lacks the manpower to investigate the case and does not understand the power of the state and county. It is reasonable to write it like this.

Pei Ye frowned, Chang Zhiyuan put his hand on his wrist and whispered: "Don't get involved in this trip. The registered knights are already the strongest force known to the people. Zhao Baishu wrote such a request, which shows that he It was a profound shock.”

Pei Ye was silent for a moment: "Uncle Chang..., I have a reason to go."

"...Okay." Chang Zhiyuan let go of Pei Ye's wrist and said worriedly, "In that case, I will sign a warrant, and you will appease the folks in Baizhu Village for me, and promise you to recruit local braves for deployment and stabilize the village - - Huang Er, you also tell Zhao Cunzheng for me, asking him to work hard to cooperate with Pei Ye. Although Pei Ye is young, he is thoughtful, brave and calm, and is worthy of this responsibility."

Pei Ye and the man both agreed.

Jing Zi stood up and said solemnly: "Since the matter is urgent, we won't delay too much. Let's set off now."