"There's smoke over there, isn't it?"
"Let's go and take a look!"
"Follow me, follow me quickly!"
Amid a flurry of footsteps, a large group of officials from the Nandao County government office hurried to the end of the street. However, when they arrived, there was only a cloud of smoke that had not yet completely dissipated, and a distinct smell of burning.
"What just burned here? Is it related to the suspect's escape?"
"Who would burn something here in the middle of the night?"
The officer hesitated for a while and then continued to move forward.
By this time, those men in black had already left Nandao County with Xu Jun's ashes. All Ji Yuan could do was to preserve Xu Jun's remaining soul, but his body could not be saved.
At this moment, Ji Yuan had already arrived at the house with the ancestral hall and the tunnel. He stood in the yard and looked at the quiet place. With a thought, he entered the dreams of those people infected with the plague.
Just half a quarter of an hour later, Ji Yuan left the courtyard. He wandered around Nandao County, taking away any insects he could find, and then headed south quickly. As the scenery beneath his feet was rapidly receding, more than an hour later, Ji Yuan arrived at a large camp behind the Zu Yue army. After a brief stay in the air, he continued to fly to the next one, searching back and forth in this way.
This kind of insect plague is considered an extremely rare evil magic. Although the spread of the plague seems to be autonomous, the caster can influence and even control all the insects.
Ji Yuan flew over many camps and could feel that more and more people had been infected with the plague. He could even imagine that perhaps many people who escaped from the military camps in various ways had brought the plague to various places in the rear of the Zu Yue Kingdom.
It is not as simple as Ji Yuan's ability to help people get rid of insects on his own. In addition to spreading the message, the most urgent task is to find the person who cast the spell.
The caster must be very powerful to be able to control so many insects. Either he has the same refining process for the insects as he does for refining magical instruments, or he has a similar queen insect or special magical instrument to rely on. But in essence, even if the caster refuses to surrender, getting rid of the caster, killing the queen insect and destroying the magical instrument will cause the insects to wilt or even die, making it much easier to treat them.
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The central military camp of the Zu Yue coalition forces is now within the original border of Zu Yue. As the sky approaches dawn, a large tent in the army is still brightly lit. Inside, several rows of practitioners in different attire are sitting cross-legged. Among them are men and women of different ages, and of course there are also some with scary looks.
This group of people were discussing how to counter the Dazhen army.
Among this group of people, two white-haired old men stood out particularly. Their faces were haggard and they sat cross-legged on the cushions like two skeletons wearing clothes and with disheveled hair. They closed their eyes and seemed to be oblivious to the discussions of others.
"Well, two seniors, as you said before, if the insect soldiers are well-trained, one can defeat a thousand. Now it has been a long time, and there are tens of thousands of insect-feeding soldiers. When can they be effective? How can we deal with the increasing number of monks in the Dazhen Army?"
The two old men with skull-like faces said nothing, and seemed not to want to pay attention to each other's questions. The big tent fell into an awkward silence.
After a long time, one of the old men slowly opened his eyes, and his somewhat turbid eyes swept across the surrounding monks. No matter whether they were human or demon, they subconsciously avoided him instinctively.
"Haha, refining insect people is not as simple as you think. Now those who are infected with insects in the army are all vessels of body Gu. They use human bodies as Gu to reproduce insect swarms, and they fight each other in human bodies. If everything goes well, one person can give birth to a bug, and only when the brain is eaten out can a bug king be obtained."
"Eating tens of thousands of soldiers to raise insects, only one or two insect kings are obtained. However, insect kings can practice, and can also drill into people's hearts and minds to control them as puppets. They can also influence thousands of small insects around them, making ordinary people infected with insect disease obey their orders, and it is easy to defeat the mortal army."
The old man spoke slowly. He paused for a moment, then continued with a smile.
"As for the Dazhen monks, there is no need to worry. As long as we can get 10,000 insect kings, feed them with flesh and blood of strong men, and then give birth to an insect emperor, and then combine ten thousand insects to become a real insect man, then he can fly and hide in the ground. Even if there are capable people in the Dazhen army, they can only protect themselves and escape."
After saying this, the old man closed his eyes and rested again. Although the cultivators present had some doubts about this, they did not dare to say anything more. This was because the two men were much more advanced than them. They even dared to go to Tingqiu Mountain alone to find the mountain god on the day they showed up, and returned safely.
The other old man also opened his eyes at this time.
"Now that we have confirmed that the mountain god of Tingqiu Mountain has not joined the Dazhen side, as long as you don't provoke him and stay away from Tingqiu Mountain, there will be no problem. My two brothers will leave after the insect soldiers are refined, and the insect king in our hands has been handed over to Emperor Zuyue. You don't have to rely on us to help you deal with the monks in the Dazhen army."
This technique of raising insect soldiers is cruel, but it is also extremely secretive. The external manifestation is a plague, and it can even be affected by the medicine prepared by the doctor. Even monks find it difficult to detect, and it may only appear abnormal under certain specific circumstances under the moonlight.
When the weather warmed up in the spring and the two countries were at war, it was very likely that a plague would break out. Even if outsiders were aware of the severity of the disease, they would at most keep their distance to avoid being infected.
After hearing the two old men express their attitudes, some monks in the account raised new concerns.
"But there is still a Wuya ghost city in Zuyue country, which is extremely powerful. The ghosts in this city are neither ministers of Zuyue nor ministers of Dazhen, but what they do is obviously biased towards Dazhen. Can the two seniors teach us how to deal with it?"
"Haha, the lord of the ghost town is blinded by profit and wants to do something unprecedented to prove his ghost cultivation skills and act like a god. It won't have much impact."
As the two were saying this, they suddenly felt their hearts skip a beat. A treasure on their bodies was rapidly getting hotter and even scalding. After looking at each other, they immediately stood up.
"Has he been discovered?"
"Two seniors, what happened?"
The two old men looked around and smiled with their bony faces.
"We are in trouble now. We have to leave first. Bye!"
Several monks in the tent who thought they had good cultivation also stood up.
"Two seniors, is there anything we can help you with?"
"You guys? Hey, just sit down. Just pretend you don't know anything about the insect soldiers."
The two of them left the tent in just a few steps, then rose directly off the ground and disappeared into the air under the cover of night.
But after the two of them had been flying rapidly for just over a quarter of an hour, the sense of crisis became stronger and stronger. Not long after, a sword light was rapidly chasing them from behind. The two of them just looked back and had no intention of talking. A drop of blood seeped out of each of their brows, which merged with magic power to become rainbow light. They used the art of escape and disappeared from the spot in an instant.
After a moment, Ji Yuan's sword flashed straight across the air where the two were just now. His pair of Dharma eyes were fully opened, and after scanning the surroundings and finding nothing, Ji Yuan, while maintaining his sword escape, used the art of dream wandering to create a dreamlike state of mind, allowing his own dream to cover the reality along with the state of mind. As his mental strength was rapidly consumed, a towering Dharma image appeared in the void, scanning the universe. Then Ji Yuan turned his sword escape, slightly changed direction and continued to chase.
The two skinny old men had already kept a considerable distance between themselves because of their escape technique, but at the mental level, they suddenly felt the sky and earth brighten, and they had a feeling that they could not hide under the light. Although this feeling disappeared immediately, the two men immediately understood the seriousness of the problem.
The elder brother among the two immediately reminded his younger brother in a hurry.
"What you fear will come true. Although it seems absurd, the person who came is probably that gentleman himself!"
"He actually came down and did it himself? Brother, what should we do? Can we get rid of him?"
The senior brother shook his head.
"I'm afraid it's difficult. Even the eldest brother wouldn't dare to face that gentleman head-on. I'm afraid only one of us can escape tonight."
"In that case, Junior Brother, you should stay here. It's a good opportunity for you to learn the methods of that gentleman and hold him back for me!"
"Brother, don't talk nonsense. With your level of Taoism, you can't escape for long. At most, you can tangle with that person for a while before he really attacks. Once he really attacks, you won't be able to withstand a few moves. If you stay to block him, then neither of us can escape. Let me do it, brother!"
"Brother, you..."
The junior brother wanted to argue yet, but a calm and fair voice came from far behind, as if it was ringing right next to his ear.
"I am considering the fate, please stop now."
The senior brother looked back into the distance, then turned to his junior brother and spoke seriously.
"Don't say anything more, hurry up and leave, otherwise no one will be able to escape. Brother, I will use all my life's skills to fight, and I may not be able to survive. Hurry up!"
"Take care, brother!"
Without saying anything more, after leaving these farewells, the junior brother once again transformed into a drop of blood essence and fled far away, while the senior brother slowly reduced his speed and turned to face the direction he was fleeing from.
Soon a sharp sword light was approaching, and Ji Yuan, dressed in light and shadow and standing in the air, appeared in front of him.
Ji Yuan looked up and down at the man in front of him, and then looked in the direction behind him.
"What are your origins? Since you are not from Zu Yue's side, why do you use this insect poisoning technique to help them? Well, let's not talk about these things for now. How about I let you live tonight after I have solved this problem?"
Although the senior brother was very nervous in his heart, he did not show it on his face. Instead, he sneered.
"Mr. Ji, why do you have to lie to me? You let us go tonight, but in less than two minutes the night will be over. You might as well tell me that I have handed the Insect King over to the Song Emperor, and I have become one with him."
"So do you understand or not?"
Ji Yuan narrowed his eyes and asked this question. The next moment, before the other party could even utter the word "no...", he had already made his move.
"Zheng~"
The bright sword light illuminated the darkness in an instant, and the withered old man saw a blinding light before his eyes. At that moment of warning, he had already been stabbed by the sword.
"boom… "
A jade pendant on his waist exploded, and the old man who was supposed to be split in two appeared a hundred miles away, regulating his breath with lingering fear.
"There really is something that can save your life!"
Ji Yuan sneered and immediately chased after him.