"There are a lot of pilgrims burning in Xuantian Temple today. The smoke is too thick and it's not good for the children. Let's not go this time. Let's just worship at the door of our house."
Qian Qian came out holding a pretty baby girl, while the rest of the family lit incense and candles.
Amid the smoke, each member of Qian Qian's family took turns to kowtow in front of the table with their eyes closed, muttering to themselves, burning incense and praying quietly.
"Nannan, you come and pay your respects too."
A woman held the little girl's hand and asked her to kneel down and kowtow in front of the altar, just like the adults around her.
The Qian family was not wealthy, and Qian Qian, whose energy and blood were declining, was a little thin. The little girl had a slightly chubby face, was round and plump, and blinked her big eyes, looking naive.
"Nannan, don't just worship, recite some blessings to the Immortal Xuantian." Qian Qian beside her reminded with a smile.
"Say...what?" the little girl was at a loss.
"Just say anything, anything like good health."
"Yes." The little girl carefully imitated the adults in kneeling down and bowing before the table, then closed her eyes and recited word by word:
"I wish Immortal Xuantian good health and all the best."
"Pfft..." The adults near the altar were all amused. They never expected to hear such a prayer. The wrinkles on their faces were smoothed out with laughter.
"Is this how I taught you to speak just now?" Qian Qian also laughed.
He had been quite exhausted from investigating the case of the impermanent monster these days, but when he saw his little girl like this, the tiredness in his heart faded away unconsciously.
He was about to put away the altar when he heard a sudden sound behind his ear.
roar!
Suddenly, a tiger roared like thunder, and the rolling sound almost tore the eardrums apart.
Look back.
A two-meter-tall green-eyed giant tiger spread its wings and descended from the sky, trampling several pilgrims on the street who were unable to dodge.
The giant tiger moved quickly and fiercely. While everyone was stunned by the shock, its claws easily tore the limbs of the pilgrims at its feet. Its long, white fur was soon stained red with blood, and it looked extremely ferocious.
"This giant tiger..." Qian Qian slightly widened his eyes. This giant tiger's ferocious appearance was not the first time he had seen it. He had caught a glimpse of it just last night... But he was concerned about the immortal cultivator and did not tell the truth.
While he was stunned, the giant tiger seemed to be attracted by the food on the altar. It spread its wings and swooped over, stirring up a fishy wind.
The statue of Xuantian Immortal on the altar was blown away by the strong wind and smashed to pieces on the ground.
The giant tiger landed beside the altar, opening its bloody mouth. The girl in front of the table was so frightened that she stood there, only half a meter away from the giant tiger.
The little girl's entire body was not even as big as the giant tiger's mouth.
"Nan---" Qian Qian's eyes widened, and he took a step forward with his internal strength bursting out. However, he felt a pain in the wounds on his chest and abdomen, which slowed him down a bit.
At this moment, time seemed to slow down.
He watched the giant tiger open its mouth wide and pounce on the little girl beside the altar.
He was very close to his daughter, so close that he could smell the fishy odor from her mouth.
But after all, the pace slowed down a bit.
Is there retribution for every sip and bite?... At this last moment, this thought came to his mind.
He suddenly recalled the injury he received last night when he stood in front of the young constable. When he entered the courtyard, he clearly saw the fleeting giant tiger figure beside the Immortal Mingyue, but he lied and said he didn't know... .
In this split second.
A familiar voice sounded like thunder.
"The demon disintegrates!"
A figure covered in blood pounced on the giant tiger like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey, and actually knocked the tiger sideways several meters away.
Chapter 77 Rules, Laws, and Morality (3k
In the morning, the sun had just risen and the morning light was dim.
Emperor Yonghe was sitting on the balcony of the small building, his eyes half open and half closed, a little sleepy.
He had a poor sleep during this period after leaving the palace. Today he woke up at dawn and was already feeling sleepy.
There were gradually more and more pedestrians on the street downstairs. Some familiar pedestrians stopped to greet each other. There were also hawkers selling pancakes along the street. The voices were noisy but not sharp. This was a scene rarely seen by Emperor Yonghe, who had lived in the deep palace for a long time.
"I don't know how long this kind of life will last..."
Emperor Yonghe closed his eyes slightly and gradually became absent-minded.
Since the war with aliens, the government of the Great Yan Dynasty has become increasingly exhausted. As the current emperor, how could he have the mood and energy to travel thousands of miles to the city of Heyang in Nanzhou at this critical juncture? Why was he trying to make an incognito visit
Generally speaking, secret visits are something that only the founding emperor or the emperor of a prosperous era can do.
Forty years after the foreign war, the taxes on Dayan were getting heavier and the people's resentment was accumulating. Why would Emperor Yonghe go on an incognito visit
You have no idea at all. Are you not afraid that this body worth millions of dollars will be assassinated by some fearless warrior
He did have another purpose for this trip, and the so-called incognito visit was just the last calm before the storm.
But these are things for the future, no matter how urgent it is, I can still take a nap now... .
"Your Majesty." At this time, Guard Chu appeared in front of him.
If it wasn't necessary, he certainly wouldn't disturb Emperor Yonghe from his nap. After all, he was still the emperor after all.
"Something happened at Xuantian Temple. The Qiao Pifu from before, while investigating the case of the Wuchang monster, attacked Xuantian Temple..."
"Hmm?" Emperor Yonghe, who had his eyes slightly closed, suddenly woke up and no longer felt sleepy.
He immediately remembered the case that the head constable Qiao Pifu was investigating last night, in which the Holy Maiden of Xuantian Sect killed someone with her vicious tiger.
"... How dare he act like this?"
Emperor Yonghe felt unconsciously a little heavier in his heart.
The Green-Eyed Flying Tiger that hurt people last night was a spiritual pet raised by Wu Qingxin, the Holy Maiden of Xuantian Sect.
Wu Qingxin is not an ordinary sect saint.
Her surname is Wu. She is actually the adopted daughter of the Martial Saint and also his disciple.
After she defected from the Wu Ji Society and joined the Immortal Sect, she was made the sect's saint by the Xuan Tian Sect and turned to the path of immortality.
Her existence itself is actually a flag of the immortal sect.
Wu Qingxin's identity is special, so Emperor Yonghe was hesitant last night and couldn't make a decision...
"Go to Xuantian Temple to see the specific situation."
Emperor Yonghe immediately stood up and walked downstairs, his previous lazy look gone.
...
On the street in front of Xuantian Temple in the north of the city.
A figure shrouded in blood suddenly appeared and knocked the murderous tiger several meters away.
"This Shadow Step is even more useful than expected."
Qiao Mu muttered to himself.
He has already mastered the martial arts to the sixth level, but he has never properly practiced light skills. He has always been following the principle of great force to create miracles, and has been sprinting with his internal energy bursting out from his feet.
However, this "Shadow Step" is a real light Kung Fu, with special moves to unleash internal energy, and the effect is much better than his previous hard-line approach.
After hearing the tiger's roar, Qiao Mu, who was about to force his way into the Taoist temple, immediately changed direction and rushed towards this side.
Coupled with the burst of internal energy from the disintegration of the Heavenly Demon, his figure was so fast that an afterimage appeared, and he rushed here ahead of the Taoists in Xuantian Temple.
"I just rushed too fast and my shoulder hit..."
Qiao Mu stretched his shoulders, and the pain in his shoulders made him grimace a little.
A warrior has a strong body and surging blood, but that is compared to ordinary people.
Any warrior with any brains would not go head-to-head with a monster.
After all, humans should not compete with wild beasts in strength, the sharpness of their claws and fangs, or the hardness of their bones.
Behind him.
Qian Qian pushed his little girl aside and held her in his arms, then looked up at the back of the man in warrior garb.
The tight-fitting man in front of him didn't turn around, leaving him only with his back, his blood boiling.
"Are you... Captain Qiao?" Qian Qian hesitated slightly.
When he faced the Green-Eyed Flying Tiger just now, his life started to race through his mind. He did not expect that it was the Captain Qiao in the yamen, whom he was quite afraid of, who saved his life and that of his little daughter.
"You've made a mistake." The man in tight clothes did not turn around, but just turned his back to him and said calmly:
"I'm not a captain of police, I'm just a common man."
"I have been an introvert and lonely person since I was young. I never talk to strangers, so don't talk to me."
Qian Qian, who was holding his child, was slightly stunned.
roar!
At this time, the Green-Eyed Flying Tiger shook its body, climbed up from the ground, opened its mouth wide, and roared fiercely again.
The rolling sound waves caused the air to distort visibly. The collision just now did not cause it too much injury, but instead angered it, making it even more ferocious.
Qian Qian shuddered subconsciously, and hurried into the house with the little girl in his arms, while the pedestrians and pilgrims on the street naturally fled in panic.
While running wildly, Qian Qian subconsciously looked back, only to see the man in tight clothes suddenly stomped his feet and moved forward instead of retreating.
With the explosion of internal energy, the bluestone slabs under the man's feet cracked, and his figure turned into a residual shadow, and he pounced on the giant tiger like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey.
"Shadow Sword!"
Yancheng City Lord Guo Yan's swordsmanship is complex and exquisite, but Qiao Mu is only just getting started in swordsmanship and has not mastered those exquisite sword moves.
But as the Sky Demon disintegrated and exploded, surging internal energy continued to flow out from his limbs and bones, and a sharp light burst out from the three-foot sword edge. Even though his sword skills were not very good and he stabbed randomly for a while, the ferocious tiger kept retreating and whimpering.
Qian Qian's attention was always on Qiao Mu's steps, and the corner of his eye twitched slightly.
"The 'Shadow Step' passed down from my Qian family ancestors? Is this how the Shadow Step is used?"
The key to the Shadow Step is to move stealthily and conceal one's tracks. It is to step lightly at night and climb walls and jump over rooftops, and to move swiftly and flexibly. This is a light skill for a thief.
But the power used by Qiao Mu in front of him was extremely violent.
Every step he took caused the bluestone slabs on the ground to shatter, and every step he took was close to the giant tiger's attack, but his body was so fast that Qian Qian could only see afterimages and hear the sound of bluestone slabs shattering.
"This stealth step seems to be much faster than the one my father used back then... Could it be that I have practiced this stealth step wrong?" Qian Qian was confused.
The tiger was so ferocious that Qian Qian didn't even have the courage to fight it.
But the figure with boiling blood was more ferocious than him, and every blow was an unreserved explosion of internal energy.
"Qiao Pifu, stop being so violent!"
"This Jade Eyed Flying Tiger is the spiritual pet of the Saint of Xuantian Sect-----"
At this time, Mingyue and the fat official from the main gate of Xuantian Temple in the distance finally arrived. When they saw this scene, they just shouted loudly.
"What do the rules of the immortal sect have to do with a mere commoner like me?" Qiao Mu just sneered, not slowing down at all.
He has never fought against a cultivator.
Seeing that the Taoists from Xuantian Temple were so numerous and powerful and rushing over, he had no choice but to strike first, lest he die too quickly and not have time to kill the ferocious tiger.
puff!
Qiao Mu stabbed the giant tiger's neck with a sword, and blood gushed out. The green-eyed flying tiger also stepped back in pain and almost stood up.
Qiao Mu leaped onto the giant tiger's back, clamped his legs around the tiger's back, grabbed the tiger's head with one hand, and grabbed the sword stuck in the tiger's neck with the other hand.
"The beast who committed murder in the street should be beheaded!"
Qiao Mu grasped the sword and swung it vigorously, and the internal force of the long sword that had already pierced into the giant tiger's neck burst out.
Under the shocked gazes of the Taoist priest from Xuantian Temple and the fat official, Qiao Mu chopped off the giant tiger's head with a single clean sword strike.
On the shattered and collapsed street, the headless corpse of the giant tiger that had just stood up fell to the ground with a loud bang, and smelly blood spurted out like a fountain.
The tiger corpse was lying on the street at the side entrance of Xuantian Temple, next to it were several other corpses of pedestrians, a mess of offerings, and a cracked and shattered statue of the Xuantian Immortal...
This scene fell into the eyes of the pedestrians on the street and the Taoists in Xuantian Temple, making them almost petrified on the spot.