"The young master jumped down from the dangerous place without hesitation for the two of you, so naturally I had no choice but to follow him without hesitation. As for the matter of assisting the mountain ghosts, we have no other helpers in Wuxia. Only by helping them will they treat us sincerely and become our spies invisibly."
"The Demon Sect was defeated because of this. They were always looking for profit and only thought about taking advantage in the short term, until everyone was terrified when they heard the word 'demon' and were afraid of it like a tiger. As a result, even if they had the slightest connection with the Demon Sect, they would immediately become alert. How could they defeat the Taoist Sect?"
"Young Master has his own ideas. Whether it's for righteousness or for power, we don't need to ask too much. If Young Master is worthy of following, the Evil Lotus Sect will be able to flourish again. If he is not worthy of following, the Evil Lotus Sect has been divided for more than two hundred years anyway. Although it is reorganized now, it cannot be guaranteed that it will not split again."
Lady Plum Blossom and Lady Peach Blossom looked at each other.
Madam Meihua said, "Of course we will follow the young master wholeheartedly. After all, it was because we were careless that we fell down, and the young master jumped down to save us."
Madam Taohua said, "We are not people who don't know how to be grateful. From now on, we will listen to the young master in everything."
Sha Lingshan smiled and said, "Although the young master is the young master of our Xie Lian Sect, he is not a demon by nature, but a chivalrous man. The world is dangerous, and all kinds of conspiracies and tricks emerge one after another. If you are worried, you can help him in secret."
"In fact, I think the young master is very wise and prudent. Although he is benevolent and righteous, he has long-term plans. You and I just need to follow him without worry."
Shi Hao and others stayed underground for more than a day. During this time, they did not do much. They just secretly observed the movements outside through the mountain ghosts.
In the Wu Gorge area, the thunderclouds dissipated, but a large amount of thunder energy sank and gathered on the ground without dispersing.
If you look from a high place, you will find that the situation here becomes even more weird.
The whole mountain and field were filled with electric sparks, shining brightly, and a vast expanse of white.
The Wu Gorge, which was always shrouded in clouds and fog in the past, has now dispersed the fog, and the sunlight directly covers the earth, making the sky and the earth appear white.
This abnormal scene makes people feel that something important is about to happen.
The mountain ghosts here began to fall ill one by one.
This disease came without any reason, and suddenly, it spread from one person to another.
Those sick mountain ghosts were gathered together, weak and dying.
"Many Taoist priests from the Shenting Sect outside have also fallen ill," the thin old man with a white beard told Shi Hao and Sha Lingshan the news that the mountain ghosts had gathered. "They are just like here, almost falling ill in large numbers. It can be seen that they are in a panic."
Sha Ling fanned her fan and frowned, "I'm afraid this is not an ordinary disease, but a sudden plague. These mountain ghosts have completely different physiques from ordinary people, but they are affected in the same way as those people from the Shenting Sect. This is definitely not a naturally occurring plague, but a magical power."
After a pause, he continued, "As far as I know, there are four kinds of divine crystals that can cause plague. These four kinds of divine crystals are 'Eastern Plague', 'Southern Plague', 'Western Plague', and 'Northern Plague'. They cannot enter the human body. Those who absorb these four kinds of divine crystals will inevitably become the source of the plague. Although they spread the plague everywhere, they themselves will also die of a serious illness.
"Therefore, they can only be made into magic weapons. If my guess is correct, someone must be using magic weapons made from these four kinds of divine crystals."
Shi Hao said: "It seems that the Poison Sunflower Sect has taken action!"
Chapter 195: Red Scorpion Underground
Sha Lingshan pondered and said, "There are too many warriors in the Shenting Sect. The Dukui Sect should be trying to use this method to weaken the fighting power of the Shenting Sect. This will be troublesome. If we stay here, I am afraid we will inevitably be infected by the plague."
Shi Hao said, "No problem!" He took out a token from his arms.
Sha Lingshan said: "This is..."
Shi Hao said: "The magic weapon 'Plague Relief Order', the divine crystal inside is the 'Plague Relief Messenger', which can just relieve the plague created by the four divine crystals."
Sha Lingshan was surprised: "Why did the young master happen to bring such a magic weapon?"
Shi Hao smiled and said, "It's not that I happened to have it with me, but it happened to be carried by that guy called Tu Baoquan. Tu Baoquan and Huang Facai wanted to kill me, but I killed them instead. I searched their bodies and happened to find this magic weapon.
"I was also wondering why they brought this magic weapon. After all, it seems that this magic weapon is useless under normal circumstances. Now I understand that they must have obtained the divine crystals related to the four kinds of 'plagues'.
"Tu Baoquan and Huang Facai's original plan was to rush here after robbing and killing me, and meet up with Xie Zun and Du Zun from the Dukui Sect. It's just that they were unlucky."
Sha Ling fanned herself and smiled, "In that case, the young master can help the mountain ghosts here and end the plague."
Shi Hao nodded, but then said: "The only problem is that both the Four-Way Plague and the 'Plague Messenger' seem to be regional. When I helped the mountain ghosts here to get rid of the plague, I was afraid that I would also save those people from the Shenting Sect. They are not good people either."
The thin old man with white beard hurriedly bowed and said, "Master..."
Shi Hao helped him up: "Don't worry, I will never leave them alone. Besides, we are here too. If we allow the plague to spread, it will be a big threat to us."
At that moment, he held the plague-eliminating order in his palm and activated his supernatural powers.
There was an invisible cool air that spread out and rolled in all directions.
After a while, Shi Hao said, "It should be done!"
The thin old man with white beard hurriedly ordered people to check on the sick mountain ghosts. Sure enough, their conditions gradually stabilized and they recovered slowly. In the next few hours, no one else continued to fall ill.
About ten hours later, sick people began to appear again.
Obviously, the people in the dark continued to use their magical powers.
Shi Hao once again used the "Plague-Removing Order", and like this, the plague would appear almost every half a day, breaking out extremely quickly, and then being resolved by Shi Hao. In total, he fought against it five times.
Before I knew it, more than two days had passed.
At noon on August 14th, Shi Hao was waiting again. Once someone among the mountain ghosts fell ill, he would start to use the "plague-eliminating order."
It has been twelve hours since the last time the other party used the magical power of "spreading plague". According to calculations, it is time to release the plague again.
Shi Hao guessed that the Poison Sunflower Sect had at least two magical weapons related to the four divine crystals: the Eastern Plague, the Southern Plague, the Western Plague, and the Northern Plague.
The plan of the Poison Sunflower Sect is to release the plague once every half a day. However, the "Plague Relief Order" is a rare magic weapon that can be used twice a day.
But this time, the time limit had clearly arrived, but he waited for three hours and no one in the mountain ghost world got sick again.
Did the Poison Sunflower Sect realize that their magical power of "spreading plague" was not effective, or did the magic weapon related to it run out of uses? Shi Hao guessed in his heart.
At this time, it was already evening on the ground, but underground, the effects of the alternation of sun and moon could not be felt.
There was a loud bang in the distance. Shi Hao quickly put away the plague relief order and followed the sound.
After passing through a tunnel, the mountain ghosts in front retreated quickly.
The mountain ghosts were short, so Shi Hao didn't need to make any effort to look over them and towards the broken mountain wall in front.
I saw a woman, tall and with a hot body, wearing a bright red long dress, with her hair combed in a high bun, and walking with lotus steps.
"Finally I found you!" The woman in red clothes twisted her waist like a snake spirit, "You are just a bunch of insignificant little things, but you ruined our good deeds. I should have gotten rid of you from the beginning."
As she spoke, the red-dressed woman's eyes met Shi Hao, who had emerged from the crowd of mountain ghosts. She snorted coldly, with murderous intent: "Could it be that you are Shi Chongyun?"
Shi Hao smiled and said, "Girl, do you know me?"
The woman in red clothes said coldly, "Let's be frank. Some of my companions went to hunt you down. They should have come to meet us at this time, but they haven't shown up. They must have died. They happened to be carrying the plague relief order. It seems that the plague relief order fell into your hands."
Shi Hao said: "It seems that the young lady is also from the Poison Sunflower Sect. May I ask your name?"
But a sweet laugh came from behind him: "She doesn't have any good reputation, only a bad reputation."
Sha Ling Shan came strolling over with Madam Plum Blossom and Madam Peach Blossom: "Isn't this Red Scorpion Sister Hong? Long time no see!"
The Red Scorpion's eyes fell on Sha Lingshan's delicate face, his expression changed slightly, and then he sneered: "I was wondering who was hiding here secretly and opposing us. It turned out to be your Xie Lian Sect. It seems that after the three sects of your Xie Lian Sect merged into one, you have great ambitions."
Sha Ling fanned and smiled, "Sister Hong, please don't accuse me. We don't have any ambitions. We just happened to be guests here with this Master, and we were dragged into this inexplicably. Why, Sister Hong came to my house to ask for punishment
"I wonder if you have made any progress in your strength these days, so that I can ask for your advice?"
The Red Scorpion had a cold expression on his face: "I've heard that Sister Sha has now advanced to the fourth rank and is a little arrogant. Now it seems to be true. Unfortunately, your enemy is not me."
As soon as she finished speaking, she moved away quickly. In the distance, there was a sound of strong wind approaching this side, obviously a large group of people were rushing over.
Shi Hao's face changed: "She has brought the people from the Shenting Sect here!"
His mind raced, and he suddenly said, "Sister Sha, you stay here to protect these mountain ghosts and retreat to a safe place." His figure flashed, and he chased after the red scorpion.
Sha Lingshan shook her fan helplessly and turned to look at the white-bearded old man who came over: "Do you have any way to retreat?"
The thin old man with white beard said quickly: "We can retreat to other places and cut off the tunnel. It just takes time."
Sha Lingshan said, "Hurry up then!"
The old man quickly made arrangements.
Sha Lingshan turned around again and saw a middle-aged man who was also wearing a purple robe with a thundercloud pattern on it. Behind him were many purple-robed warriors.
The man landed in front of the cracked tunnel and saw her. He was furious and shouted, "You are the evil spirits hiding nearby and plotting against us?"
Sha Ling fanned herself and said, "Don't accuse anyone so casually. Alas, if it weren't for our help, you would have suffered heavy losses."
The man snorted: "No matter if it's you or not, I'll capture him first." His figure flashed, and a strong energy quickly attacked Sha Lingshan like thunder.
Seeing this powerful energy, Sha Lingshan did not dare to be careless. She turned the round fan, and flames blazed around her. The round fan was like a knife, pushing back.
With a loud bang, the surrounding earth and rocks shook, and lightning and fire appeared around the tunnel.
The warriors behind the man did not dare to approach. The mountain ghost also retreated to the back under the protection of the plum blossom lady and the peach blossom lady to avoid being affected.
The middle-aged man threw a punch, but was stopped by the young woman in front of him. He couldn't help but asked with emotion: "Who are you?"
Sha Lingshan also knew that this person had the strength of a fourth-grade person and should not be underestimated. She smiled and said, "Who are you?"
The middle-aged man snorted and said, "I am one of the four great gods of the Shenting Sect, the 'Thunder King' Li Zhen.
Sha Lingshan said, "So you are the Four Divine Kings. I am so sorry! Unfortunately, you have found the wrong person. The one secretly against you is the Poison Sunflower Sect. We are just guests here."
As they were talking, the two men attacked quickly. "King of Thunder" Li Zhen instantly launched more than thirty punches, but Sha Lingshan did not give in and used the fan as a knife to return more than thirty blows.
Both of them felt that the other had profound skills. This was underground, so they did not dare to burst out with all their strength, so they restrained their energy and only used their special skills to fight.
"Thunder King" Li Zhen concentrated his strength in his fists to prevent his energy from leaking out, while his moves were fierce and powerful.
However, this woman looked no more than 20 years old, and she was holding only an exquisite silk fan, but her moves were exquisite, and each of her "knife" brought out a mysterious vortex, which pulled at his energy and deflected every punch he launched.
Over the years, although the Shenting Sect has been hiding quite deeply, it has never given up on gathering intelligence from the martial arts world.
Li Zhen knew a lot about the masters in the martial arts world, but no one could match her. He couldn't help but wonder in his heart, where did this woman come from
Shi Hao used the Soul-Chasing and Soul-Locking Steps to quietly follow the Red Scorpion.
Suddenly, the red scorpion floated into the darkness, while many warriors from the Shenting Sect rushed out from the other side.
Shi Hao shrank his body and hid under the shadow of the stone pillar using the Nine Transformations of Yin Mei. The warriors ran past him quickly and no one could find him.
After these people left, Shi Hao came out again, ran over, passed through a tunnel, and suddenly saw three roads in front.
And because those warriors just now disrupted his perception, he lost track of the Red Scorpion's energy and had no idea where she went.
"Young Master!" A voice came from one of the roads. It was Little Feicui who appeared quietly and waved to him.
Little Feicui has the mysterious ability to come and go without a trace. In the past few days, she has always been by Shi Hao's side, but because she often disappears, Shi Hao sometimes forgets about her.
Shi Hao was overjoyed and rushed towards the little jadeite!
Flying quietly along this passage, he could sense the red scorpion's aura again.
After chasing her in twists and turns for a while, he sensed that the Red Scorpion had stopped, and there seemed to be another person beside her.
"What's the situation?" The person was a man, with a low voice.
Chapter 196 Demon Lady and Wei Yueyan
"Poison Lord!" Red Scorpion reported, "What's hidden there is the Sha Ling Shan of the Evil Lotus Sect, and that 'Hidden Dragon' Master Chongyun. I wonder what the relationship between these two is..."
"Shut up!" the man called the Poison Lord suddenly said.
The Red Scorpion quickly fell silent.
But he heard Poison Lord sneer: "Come out, you can't hide anymore!"
Shi Hao was secretly shocked, thinking that he had been discovered again
Ever since he failed to track down the leader of the Leopard Sect in the Leopard Palace last time, Shi Hao has been working very hard to perfect his secret tracking skills.
He restrained his energy, relying only on the coverage of mysterious energy and the induction of qi, and followed carefully, also coordinating with the Nine Changes of Yin Mei along the way.
I can’t believe that I would be discovered even in this state
This man is obviously the "Red Poison Lord" among the two Lords of Evil and Poison.
The man sneered again: "It's useless to hide anymore. I have already found you."
There was a sound of breaking air approaching rapidly.
Shi Hao resisted the urge to flee, and relied on Yin Mei Jiubian to hide in the narrow space of a collapsed stone house. He gritted his teeth and did not move.
The sound of breaking air was getting closer and closer. After a while, it stopped and flew back again.
Red Scorpion asked, "Poison Lord?"
Poison Lord said in a deep voice: "You mentioned the Evil Lotus Sect just now. As far as I know, the Evil Lotus Sect has a secret method that can track from a distance behind by sensing the qi. I just tried to see if you were followed by the Sha Ling Shan. It seems that I was worrying too much.
Red Scorpion said: "Poison Lord is still cautious!"
Poison Master said: "Keep talking!"