It happened so quickly that before the young monk Yuquan and I could stand up from the ground, two illusory figures appeared in the Xiangyun Temple and slowly solidified.
They appeared at the entrance of the Taoist temple, probably to prevent an ambush, and did not go deep. The leader was an old woman with a gloomy face and sharp eyes like a knife. Needless to say, this person must be the old cat demon Tianqi Grandma who has practiced for a thousand years.
The other man had a mustache and looked extremely wretched. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, as if he was saying something to the old woman next to him.
The young monk Yuquan and I quickly stood up from the ground.
I put the Taiyin Pearl in my arms.
Seeing the Taiyin Pearl in my hand, the old woman said coldly: "It is indeed you two who broke into my clan's demon cave, stole the Taiyin Pearl, and destroyed my elixir that was about to be made into a pill."
I asked Yuquan to stand behind me.
I stood in front, staring at the old woman with a cold gaze, and said, "I guess you are the cat demon who has been practicing in Yuanbao Mountain for a thousand years?"
The old woman sensed my level of cultivation and said unhappily, "Young man, is that how you talk to me? Indeed, just as you said, I am the cat demon on Yuanbao Mountain who has practiced for a thousand years. Everyone in the tribe calls me Grandma Tianqi."
It was indeed that old cat demon.
The young monk Yuquan pulled at the corner of my clothes and said to me in a low voice: "Brother Yang, I think we should retreat to the Jade Emperor Hall of the Taoist temple first. These two monsters are very powerful and we are no match for them. If we resist rashly, we might hurt ourselves!"
I didn't look back, but nodded imperceptibly.
At this time, the old man with a mustache next to the old cat demon said to the old cat demon: "Sister Tianqi, the skills of these two humans are not worth mentioning. Since we have confirmed that they are the two who broke into your Yuanbao Mountain demon cave, let's take action now. Kill them."
"I haven't eaten human flesh for a long time. This human is clean and white. He can be used as a snack for me!"
The old cat demon looked at the "rat demon" Shu Cunguang and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Brother Cunguang. We'll attack together and kill one person each. Then the Taiyin Pearl will belong to me, and the bodies of these two people will belong to you. We'll share the things on them equally. How do you think?"
"Okay, it's settled then!" Shu Cunguan said with a smile.
I stood aside and after listening to the old cat demon's words, I knew that these two demons would definitely not let us go. And when they were discussing killing us, their tone was as if they were discussing two kittens and puppies.
This makes me angry.
But no matter how angry I am, now is not the time to fight.
Then the little monk and I slowly backed away.
A layer of good karma appeared on my body, and a layer of golden Buddha light appeared on the body of the young monk Yuquan.
Seeing the two of us retreating towards the Taoist temple, the old cat demon Tianqi shouted, "You two youngsters, where are you going? Go to hell!"
After saying that, the old cat demon did not hesitate and took action.
The rat demon beside her, Shu Cun Guang, was also not vague, and rushed towards me and Yuquan with strange steps.
Yuquan and I had already used our skills to the maximum, but I found that we were no match for them. We only ran two or three meters away, and at this time, the old cat demon and the mouse demon had already caught up with us.
I glanced back and found that the old cat demon's palm had turned into a claw, so I quickly dodged to the side. At the same time, I raised my hand and grabbed the arm of the young monk Yuquan.
Although the young monk Yuquan is good at Buddhism, his attainments are still not as good as mine.
I grabbed Yuquan's arm and dodged more than half a meter away.
Only then did we manage to avoid the attacks of the old cat demon and the mouse demon.
At this time,
The old cat demon and the mouse demon are already blocking us and the Jade Emperor Palace.
Damn, I was so careless. I should have eaten in the Jade Emperor Hall of the Taoist Temple. Now we are blocked outside the Jade Emperor Hall. No matter how powerful the Buddha statue in the Jade Emperor Hall is, it can't protect us.
"Grandma Tianqi, what do you want?"
"Yes, we broke into your demon cave, but we didn't kill any of your raccoon cats. There's no need for you to kill us. Your raccoon cats are always harming people. Is there anything wrong with me saving the souls of the people you harmed?"
I looked coldly and said with some resentment.
Grandma Tianqi smiled coldly and said in a deep voice: "Little Taoist priest, you said that our civet cat clan harms people, which is true. But this is also forced by you humans. If you, Master Xiangyun, had not sneaked into our clan's demon cave and took away the Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart, how could we have hurt humans? If you want to blame someone, blame you humans for being too unreasonable and ruthless."
"Besides, that Master Xiangyun also killed one of my favorite tribesmen. I will avenge this sooner or later. Today is the perfect opportunity to settle both the new and old grudges at once."
At this point, Grandma Tianqi was already a little impatient. She said rudely, "Since you two have entered the demon cave of our civet cat clan and hurt our clan members, and even caused the rebirth pill I was refining to fail, today, no matter what, you two must pay the price."
"Master Xiangyun is dead. No one can save you two."
Having said this, Grandma Tianqi winked at the mouse spirit.
The two monsters rushed towards Yuquan and me again.
I glanced at Yuquan and said quickly, "Yuquan, go into the Jade Emperor Hall first. I'll be there later. I'll hold these two monsters here for now."
Just as Yuquan was about to refuse, a gentle energy of virtue suddenly came out from my right hand, pushing Yuquan's body towards my side.
"Haha, you two want to escape? Forget it. Neither of you can escape."
Having said that, the old cat demon and the mouse demon separated. The old cat demon rushed towards me, while the mouse demon rushed towards Yuquan.
Now I can’t care about the little monk Yuquan anymore.
I quickly released the Yin-Yang diagram on my right hand to defend myself.
Although the Yin-Yang diagram is very powerful against ghosts, it seems a bit fragile when facing a thousand-year-old cat demon.
With a "bang!", the demonic energy of the old cat demon slammed fiercely onto the Yin-Yang diagram. The Yin-Yang diagram had just begun to circulate when it was shattered, and the Yin-De energy on it suddenly dissipated.
Then the old cat demon's claws grabbed me without any mercy.
I stepped on the Seven Star Steps and at the same time, I took out the Phantom Night Needles with my left hand and quickly sent out two Phantom Night Needles.
Originally, the old cat demon thought that the Phantom Night Needle was nothing and could be shaken away by a demonic energy. However, she did not expect that when the Phantom Night Needle was about to be swept away by the demonic energy she released, it suddenly disappeared.
Immediately afterwards, the Phantom Night Needle appeared near the old cat demon's body, half a meter away.
"Damn it, this magic weapon is so weird!"
The old cat demon hurriedly took out a silk ribbon from his body.
That silk ribbon should be a high-level magic weapon. After it appeared, it actually directly protected the body of the old cat demon, and one end was rolled up and swept towards the Phantom Night Needle.
The two Phantom Night Needles could not carry much Yin De Qi. They had already consumed a lot of Yin De Qi in the flash just now. Now facing a high-level demon weapon, the two Phantom Night Needles seemed a little defeated.
Soon, the two Phantom Night Needles were rolled up by the ribbon-like magic weapon and fell into the hands of the old cat demon.
But fortunately, it was those two Phantom Night Needles that gave me
A moment to catch my breath.
However, the time to catch one's breath is only short.
The Phantom Night Needles fell into the hands of the old cat demon Tianqi. She looked at the two Phantom Night Needles, sneered and said to me: "Little Taoist, your magic weapon is quite good, which is beyond my expectation. Since this thing is good, it will be mine."
"Hehe, I'm afraid you still have this kind of needle-shaped magic weapon on you. If you do, they are all mine!"
I know that ordinary methods will not work when dealing with this old cat demon.
I thought about it. I did have the red lacquer coffin on me, but the Taotie beast inside the red lacquer coffin was very stubborn. It would not help me without any benefit.
As for the Golden Crow Flute and the Sky Eye, they are not very effective means to deal with this old cat demon.
After thinking about it, I took out the incomplete piece of the divine map from the cloth bag.
Although Lady Magu doesn't allow me to reveal the magic map casually, now is the most critical time for me and the young monk Yuquan. If I don't use the magic map, I'm afraid I will be killed by this old cat demon in minutes.
Seeing the old cat demon Tianqi rushing towards me, I quickly threw away the divine map in my hand.
When throwing out the divine map, I chanted a spell and summoned the ancient humans in the divine map.
"Tubagen, hurry up and bring your people out to rescue me, or I'll be dead!"
Seeing me take out a broken scroll, the old cat demon Tianqi said disdainfully: "Little Taoist priest, no matter what you do, you have to leave your life behind today."
After saying that, the old cat demon Tianqi Grandma attacked me again.
At this time, the divine picture was already suspended in the air under the control of the Yin De Energy in my hands.
The divine picture stood in front of me.
A muffled "bang" sound came from between the divine picture and Grandma Tianqi.
I saw a somewhat withered hand stretched out from the divine picture. The hand was in the shape of a fist, and it collided fiercely with the claws of the old cat demon Tianqi.
Then, I saw the old cat demon actually let out a loud scream and its body flew backwards.
Only after knocking over a cauldron with incense sticks in it did Grandma Tianqi's demon body stop.
"Damn, what is that thing!"
The old cat demon exclaimed.
I ignored her.
At this time, the owner of the hand in the divine picture has slowly emerged from it. He is Tubagen, the patriarch of the ancient human clan.
Tubagen came out directly from the divine map.
After Tubagen, several feet tall, ancient humans wearing animal skins and with lush body hair kept coming out of the divine map. Many of those ancient humans were holding bones in their hands. Those bones should be from some kind of animal, and they looked very large and hard.
"Master, we are here to protect you!"
Tubagen bowed to me and said respectfully.
I looked at Tubagen and asked with concern, "Chief Tubagen, are you okay?"
Tubagen smiled at me and said, "Don't worry, Master. That monster can't hurt me. We ancient humans are immune to ghost energy, demon energy, and devil energy. The demon energy on her claws just now can't hurt me at all."
"And who knows, maybe the monster has internal injuries!"
I looked at the old cat demon Tianqi. Just as Tubagen said, I found that some of the sharp nails on Tianqi's claws were broken. There was also a little blood on her arm. It seemed that Tubagen's fist had really hurt her.
Damn it, I now understand that I am invincible now that I have the fragments of the divine map. As long as I can summon the ancient humans to protect me at any time, I don't have to be afraid of any monsters or demons.
At this time, the little monk Yuquan's urgent voice came from a distance, "Brother Yang, hurry up and save me!"
(to be continued)
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