Although Ji Yuan has made tremendous efforts, there are still many people in the world of cultivation who choose to hide in the face of the obvious chaos in the world and the calamity it reveals.
However, there are also many practitioners who choose to take action at the first opportunity. Although there are many immortal sects, the relative number of practitioners is far less than that of demons and monsters.
There are a large number of immortal monks coming out of various immortal sects and many holy places to save the world. The same is true in Buddhism. There are even some righteous monsters and monsters who take action, not to mention the gods of various parties. However, the actual situation is not optimistic.
Immortal masters often have strong spiritual perception, and basically they can calculate, and with various magical methods of cultivation and treasures, they have very precise control over spirits and laws. Generally speaking, demons of the same level can never be the opponents of righteous masters, at least they can never be the opponents of famous and orthodox sects. But in today's situation, unless the cultivation level is high enough to be free from taboos, even immortals will face various threats, after all, they are also in calamity.
In Tianyuzhou, the old beggar and his two disciples shrunk the ground and wandered on the human world. The current situation in Tianyuzhou is certainly not as exaggerated as the disaster that year, and the human world is not without the ability to resist, but in fact it is more chaotic than that year.
It was dusk at this moment. The sun had already set, and only the afterglow and sunset glow remained, but the Evil Sun had not set. There was just a white-belly-like light in the sky due south. This light would not dissipate at night, but it could not affect the darkness of the night, as if the light could not illuminate the night, and was not even as bright as the starlight.
"Master, there's a ghostly aura ahead, it's not normal!"
Lu Xiaoyou said something in a low voice, the old beggar just snorted coldly and hurried away with his two disciples, while Yang Zong frowned.
"The sun hasn't even completely set yet. Even if this ghost has some skills, it dares to show up immediately. Has the human world reached this point?"
In the early years, let alone dusk, even if the sun had set and the sky was completely dark, the ghosts remaining in the world would not appear until late at night, but this is the situation now.
Although the master and his two disciples were walking on the ground, their method of shrinking the earth was far better than that of running horses. In a moment, they had reached a place filled with ghostly aura. What they saw was an unattended convoy. There were ghosts wandering among the carriages and horses in the convoy, hooking up the residual souls and even sucking the living horses.
"Hiss..."
The horses were frantically dragging the carriage, trying to move away, but most of the wheels were broken and the horses were injured. They were dragging the damaged vehicle on the road, which soon attracted ghosts, which clung to the horses, sucking their souls and energy, and even drinking their blood.
"Ghost swallows the blood, what an evil creature, it's almost becoming powerful! Yang Zong, take care of it."
“Yes, Master!”
Yang Zong's footsteps were different. He took a step and instantly reached the vicinity of the carriages and horses. His right palm turned out from his chest, and a flame appeared in the palm of his hand. Then he opened it and blew out a breath of air gently.
"Huh... Wow..."
First there was a small tongue of fire, and then it turned into a gust of fiery red wind, sweeping across a large area including the surrounding carriages and horses.
"Oh-"
The sharp screams of the ghosts rang out in the wind, but soon they quieted down, leaving only the wailing of the injured horses beside the broken carriage.
There were some corpses in these carriages and also on the roadside. When the old beggar brought Lu Xiaoyou over, the latter suddenly looked surprised.
"Junior brother, these people..."
Yang Zong looked at Lu Xiaoyou and nodded.
"Brother, these people were not killed by ghosts, but by humans. They must have died at the hands of robbers first, and then attracted ghosts."
The old beggar shook his head and sighed helplessly.
"It's pitiful for these people. They can't even transform into lonely ghosts, and their spirits are sucked away by ghosts. This is the way the world is. Not only are there demons and monsters running rampant, but we also have to be on guard against people. Oh!"
The old beggar stamped his feet, and a gully slowly appeared on the ground beside the road. The corpses on the carts and beside the carriages were led into the gully and lined up neatly, and then covered with soil again.
"Although your souls are scattered, I will still let you rest in peace."
Lu Xiaoyou and Yang Zong watched this scene, and after it was over, they helped to untie the reins of the remaining horses in front of the carriage. Without the restraints, even the spirited horses struggled to get up and ran away into the distance.
The good horses should have been taken away by the robbers. These horses were injured in previous fights. It depends on luck whether they can survive if they escape, but the sky is already in chaos now.
"Master, the passage that was blocked at the beginning is just ahead."
"Well, we can't delay any longer, let's go over there."
The old beggar set out again with his two disciples. This time, they didn't encounter any strange things until it was completely dark. They successfully arrived at a small hill. This was the natural passage of one of the black wilderness demons during the rebellion in Tianyuzhou. Although it has been sealed, they were afraid that the black wilderness demon would use it to make a comeback.
"It seems to be relatively safe. The previous means are no longer reliable. I will reinforce it. Please move aside."
After the old beggar finished speaking, he waited for his two disciples to fly away, then he leaped forward and raised his palm in the sky. Immediately, the wind and clouds around him responded, and rolling earth energy came whistling. Amidst the flying sand and rocks, the phantom of a mountain had formed in the old beggar's hand.
"Boom boom boom..."
The earth began to shake slightly, and the shadow of the mountain became lower and lower, larger and more real. Wind and sand gathered together, and the earth's energy followed. In the more violent shaking, a huge peak reappeared on the small hill, which could be said to stand out among the small mountains.
“Pah~”
The old beggar landed, clapped his hands and nodded.
"It should be fine. I will go to the next place to check, and you two can go to other places to eliminate some evil spirits."
"Yes, Master."
After all, they were his only two disciples, so the old beggar gave them one more reminder.
"The great calamity of heaven and earth has brought great disasters to all living beings. Naturally, threats also have different sizes. Unfortunately, the destiny of heaven and earth is in chaos now, and the information that divination can bring has been greatly discounted, so that the masters of all parties can only act based on their feelings in many cases. Even if you have made some achievements in cultivation, it is not without taboos after all. Remember to do everything within your ability. If you encounter something that is beyond your ability, don't be reckless. Just cast a spell to notify me, an old beggar."
"Got it, Master."
After responding again, Lu Xiaoyou and Yang Zongcai left together, this time flying away on the wind.
Nowadays, the world is in chaos, and many sects have sent out younger generations with certain levels of cultivation. However, it is often these younger generations who are most likely to get into trouble. However, for those who practice cultivation, especially for those who are determined to gain enlightenment, this catastrophe is an unprecedented experience, and this is even more so for Lu Xiaoyou and Yang Zong.
"Brother, which direction are we going?"
Lu Xiaoyou has an extraordinary talent for cultivation, and he is not a person without his own opinions, but the life experience of his junior brother next to him is much richer. At this time, it is better for his junior brother Yang Zong to make the decision.
"Brother, as Master said, the situation is chaotic now, and there are no demons in sight. Let's go find what we can first. Evil spirits do not distinguish between humans and demons."
"Those robbers?"
Lu Xiaoyou reacted quickly, and Yang Zongze nodded directly.
"Yes, I dislike them more than the demons."
Lu Xiaoyou said nothing more, and the two of them flew on the wind. Although the fate of heaven and earth was in chaos now, it was still relatively easy to find those bandits. However, when they arrived at the location of the stronghold, they found that it was in a mess, and monsters were killing and devouring people. The brothers took action without saying a word.
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On the other side, the old beggar who was walking leisurely had a smile on his face. He looked up at the sky, which was covered with dark clouds before he knew it. Then the old beggar stopped.
"Well, you better show up. I didn't expect there are so many brave ones."
"Boom..."
The ground suddenly exploded, and a huge hand covered with scales stretched out from under the old beggar's feet and grabbed him with a tearing sound.
"boom… "
His arms grabbed nothing and the old beggar was already flying into the sky like a dandelion.
“Boom…” “Boom…” “Boom…”
Suddenly, several bolts of lightning fell from the sky, all hitting the old beggar. At the same time, more than a dozen demonic auras appeared in the clouds, on the mountainside, and underground, each with an extraordinary aura.
“Well done!”
The old beggar was floating in the air, his figure drifting in the sky, scratching the mud on his body with one hand. A bat-like monster appeared behind him, but it was found that the old beggar also turned around lazily at this moment, and his other hand had already gently patted the bat's head.
A huge pressure came, and the bat fell from the sky instantly, hitting the ground with a "bang". Cracks continued to appear, and the bat's body was becoming more and more twisted and flat.
"Ah You… "
"Puff..."
This big bat seemed to be flattened by a mountain, its skin and flesh were cracked and squeezed out, like a bloody pancake, spread out on the cracked ground.
"Let's go together. If we can obtain the flesh and blood of this immortal, we will surely attain enlightenment!"
“Hoo—” “Woo-wah—”
Amid the roars of the demons and the gusts of evil wind, most of these monsters gave the old beggar a feeling of insanity.
"That's ridiculous!"
The old beggar stepped on the air and suddenly approached a talking transformed monster. The monster's reaction was also fast. In an instant, its sharp claws stretched out and condensed into blood light, and it grabbed the old beggar's head fiercely. However, the old beggar's body was like a phantom and he was one step faster than him.
"Pah~"
The monster's neck was grabbed by the old beggar, and pressure like a mountain collapsing came from not only that hand, but also from all directions.
"Show me your true form!"
The old beggar shouted coldly, and with a shake of his magic power, the person in his hand quickly began to twist, his body became narrower and longer, and his voice became strange and sharp.
"Woo wow, woo wow..."
A distorted monster was struggling violently in the old beggar's hands. The monster had a sheep's body and a human face, and its eyes were constantly moving around. But when the old beggar took another look, he found that the monster had huge eyes under its armpits, staring at him with bloodshot eyes. There was an extremely weird, chaotic and extremely cruel aura.
"What an evil creature! Die!"
The old beggar exerted great force with his hands, and the monster with a human face and a sheep's body screamed even more painfully, but the next moment, the old beggar pressed the mud ball rubbed by his left hand into the monster's mouth.
In an instant, all the monster's struggles stopped.
“Crackle…Crackle…”
It quickly spread from the mouth to the whole body, and the monster in the old beggar's hand was completely transformed into a stone sculpture with a sheep's body and a human face. The old beggar then squeezed it and it became three inches in size, which he then put into the pocket of his ragged clothes.
'Another monster that I don't even recognize. Maybe Ji Yuan will know...'
The old beggar frowned and thought, not taking the demons around him seriously at all. If he wanted to make them suffer, such a small show would not be enough.
However, masters like the old beggar are a minority after all. The battle between good and evil will naturally have winners and losers, and the number of righteous practitioners who have died is also difficult to count, not to mention the human world and other living beings who have suffered a great disaster.
Cultivators from all over the world have discovered that there are more and more monsters that they do not recognize at all. Some of them are just in appearance, while others are extremely strange and difficult to deal with, just like the various chronic diseases caused by the illness of heaven and earth.