"This place is too close to where mortals live. If we attack with all our strength, many mortals will be hurt."
"Um!"
Bei Mu said this of course not because although he was a demon he still had humanity, but because demons like him were different from ordinary ignorant demons. They knew that harming a large number of mortals was not only taboo, but the backlash from human beings should not be underestimated, and in serious cases it could lead to a disaster.
After talking privately, the two decided to withdraw first, but their expressions remained unchanged. Beimu looked at the tea stall owner over there and smiled.
"I was wondering why after I sat down I discovered that there was actually a trace of evil spirit lingering here. It turns out that there is a master here. I guess it was you who caused them to suffer such bad luck before?"
Although Lu Shanjun did not speak, his face was expressionless and his eyes were calm. There was neither murderous intent nor divine light in his eyes. It was like the calm before the storm.
Lu Shanjun and Bei Mu were already slightly tense inside, ready to deal with the situation, but on the surface they didn't seem to care. The seemingly simple young man standing by the stove in the tea shed was actually calm inside and out.
"I have never brought bad luck to anyone. As the saying goes, good fortune and bad luck come from one's own actions. This bad luck is all my own fault."
As he spoke, the shop owner came out from behind the stove, brushing the dust off his body with the dirty rag on his shoulder.
"How do you say it? Do you want to follow me on your own, or do I 'invite' you to go?"
The shopkeeper said the word "please" with particular emphasis, and his expression was half-smile. Lu Shanjun narrowed his eyes, picked up a teacup in one hand and sipped the tea while asking.
"Where are you going?"
Seeing Lu Wu's actions, Bei Mu was secretly prepared in his heart. Even though he and Lu Wu didn't get along with each other, they had cooperated several times before, so they still had some tacit understanding.
The shopkeeper still spoke in a friendly manner. He put the rag back on his shoulder and answered slowly.
"Go see the God of Hengshan and repeat what you just said..."
Before the shopkeeper finished speaking, Lu Shanjun suddenly poured the tea in the tea bowl in his hand onto the shopkeeper. In an instant, the tea in the cup turned into a huge boiling wave, bubbling in the boiling water and rushed towards the shopkeeper who was less than ten feet away. Beimu on the side stomped his foot, and the next moment the ground shook and a wave of earth rose into the sky.
"Walk!"
"Crash..." "Boom..."
The entire tea shed was instantly crushed by the huge waves of water and soil in front and behind. The huge waves of water and soil did not disappear, but grew bigger and bigger, rushing to the back of the road with a huge momentum. As for Lu Shanjun and Bei Mu, they had turned into two imperceptible beams of light and flew away rapidly.
"You two evil bastards! My tea stall is ruined again!"
The shop owner thrust forward with one hand, and the scalding waves of water and rolling waves of earth seemed to be split in half by his hand, rolling from both sides of his body to the back. With a hint of anger, the shop owner stomped his feet.
"Boom..."
The ground where the shop owner was standing and at least several miles behind him collapsed instantly, forming a long, dark hole of unknown depth. Scalding waves of water and soil fell into the hole at the same moment.
"Boom!"
There was another stomping of the feet, and with a rumbling sound, the earth healed its wounds again. Even the official road behind still appeared on the ground, but the road was slightly damaged.
From Lu Shanjun spilling the tea to the ground sinking and recovering, it all ended in just a breath. The shopkeeper looked at the broken wood chips and thatch of the tea shed behind him and snorted coldly. A gray breath gushed out of his nose and turned into a soft wind that swept behind him. He suddenly flew out and chased after Lu Shanjun and Beimu.
After the shop owner left, a small teahouse made of earthen walls and a thatched hut had been erected where he had originally stood, not much different from the previous one.
In the distant sky, Lu Shanjun and Bei Mu were traveling at extremely fast speeds. One of them was already flying at a high speed like a gust of wind, while the other was invisible and seemed to be accompanying Lu Shanjun as he flew away.
"Bei Mu, how about we run separately?"
"No, that person's breath-hiding method is indeed powerful, but his Taoism may not be so high that we cannot deal with him. If we can't escape, it would be better for us to join forces. I will confuse his sight and hearing, and you take me with you!"
Compared to Lu Wu's demonic aura, Bei Mu knew that his own demonic aura was more conspicuous and more hated, but he disagreed to act separately. The main reason was because of the agreement with Ji Yuan. As a true demon incarnation, he vaguely felt that although he had not sworn an oath before, it seemed that if he did not do so, something terrible would happen, so he had to make sure that Lu Wu would be captured by Ji Yuan.
And Lu Shanjun didn't waste any words. After saying "OK", he cast a spell to drag Beimu, and the latter began to release evil energy around.
These evil spirits transformed into real phantoms in the air and flew away in multiple directions. Although this way of escape was very old-fashioned, it has to be said that sometimes simple tricks are the most useful, as long as quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes.
At this moment, there were hundreds of demonic auras shooting into the distance, some of which turned into phantoms, and some were pure demonic auras.
A beam of light at the back couldn't help but pause for a moment after seeing so many confusing auras fleeing in all directions, thinking that the demon and the monster seemed to be more complicated than he had imagined, mainly because it was difficult to tell the real from the fake in these auras.
But the shop owner was not impatient. He waved his hand and a gentle breeze blew towards the mountains below.
"The mountains, forests and plants help me see the truth!"
As he was muttering to himself, bits and pieces of feedback information gathered on the shop owner. He could vaguely see the demonic energy coming out of the devil and the direction in which the demon left.
"Hey, you're still a little tender!"
The man, who was still wearing the rough clothes of a helper, immediately chased in the identified direction. At the same time, he also shot out more than a dozen magical lights in all directions, hitting the thicker demonic energy. His main purpose was to eliminate the demonic energy to prevent it from attaching to anyone.
After chasing for just over a quarter of an hour, he finally caught up with a black cloud. When the man saw the black cloud, he immediately realized that something was wrong.
"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap!"
…
Two quarters of an hour later, in the distant sky, Beimu and Lu Shanjun were still flying, but by this time they had relaxed a lot, and the former even laughed.
"I knew that this shop owner must be a cultivator from the Southern Wasteland. He is best at borrowing the power of spirits and gods. For convenience, he will definitely use mountain spirits and plants to 'see the way'. Lu Wu, how about my move of changing shape and shadow?"
"Hmph, not bad. Now that we have landed on this mountain, tell me what happened just now."
It was rare for Lu Shanjun to praise Bei Mu, and the latter also had a smile on his face.
"Of course you can. Today I will open my heart and talk to you. In the future, when we work together, we will have a better understanding of each other."
"Hmph, let's talk about it later."
Lu Shanjun replied and forced a smile to Beimu, and the two of them slowly landed on a nearby hill below. It seemed that they just changed the place where they talked from the tea shed. However, they were not happy for long before a thunderbolt fell from the sky.
"Crack, boom..."
The thunder struck unexpectedly, hitting Lu Shanjun and Bei Mu directly, but the former simply raised his hand to the sky to block it.
"Boom..."
The sound of "Zizizizi..." of electricity was heard, and lightning flashed in Lu Shanjun's hand. Then the next moment, he actually threw it away and hit the mountain in the distance, causing a destructive electric arc.
"You two evil creatures are quite capable. You've made me, your grandpa, run around in circles!"
The voice of the shop owner who was in the tea stall before came closer and closer, cursing as he flew over at a very fast speed. In his hand, he was holding a delicate monster that was not much bigger than his palm. It looked a bit like a human and a bit like a monkey, but it had claws, no tail, and a thick nose.
"Hey, run? Keep running?"
The man was suspended in mid-air, and the little monster in his hand turned into a cloud of smoke and disappeared in his palm, leaving the man with his hands on his hips, looking at the demon and monster on the top of the mountain.
Lu Shanjun and Bei Mu looked at each other.
"It seems that this person still has the means to track him down. This battle is inevitable."
"Well, he listened to something he shouldn't have listened to in the first place, and it really should be addressed."
Beimu and Lu Shanjun spoke calmly, without any of the usual demonic arrogance, which made the cultivator frown, and suddenly a slight warning was given in his mind.
'It seems they are not simple!'
As soon as this thought came to mind, the demon that was originally standing on the top of the mountain had disappeared, as if he had evaporated into thin air in a flash. The monster that looked like a scholar had rolled up his sleeves, with a strange and fierce light in his eyes, which made the monk tremble inexplicably and feel a deep sense of fear.
As the feeling of fear arose, the monk secretly thought that something was wrong. He exerted all his magic power and a strong spiritual light flashed around him like a storm. At the same time, four burly bodies emitting white light appeared.
"Please ask my bodyguard to appear!"
"boom… "
One of the white light guardians punched out with both fists, hitting a stream of evil energy that appeared beside him at some point in time, knocking Beimu out, but after just a roll, the latter disappeared again with a mocking smile.
The two guardians glowed with white light, their bodies were as fast as lightning, and they chased after the evil spirit wildly.
“Boom…” “Boom…” “Boom…”
Thunder, fire, swords, all kinds of attacks were done in one go, like two fighting gods, the battle was massive.
When the monk was concentrating on the unpredictable demon, there was a sudden huge shock of air around him.
"Boom..."
The shock wave sent the monk flying back, with two guardians following closely behind him. Turning around, he saw two other guardians blocking the oncoming monster.
Lu Shanjun grabbed a guardian with one hand and slowly pushed them back. Both guardians attacked with both arms, one with fists and the other with sword, but they were all caught by Lu Shanjun, and the white light on his body kept flashing.
"Crunch..."
There was a teeth-grinding creaking sound, and Lu Shanjun's eyes flashed with a demonic light. One of the guardians actually trembled slightly, and then was guided by Lu Shanjun to strike the magic sword towards him, as if the attack trajectory was changed by the soft power of martial arts.
"Bang..." "Boom..."
The next moment, the two guardians collided with each other, and an illusory giant tail shadow swept over the two guardians, knocking them all away. However, Lu Shanjun had quickly approached the cultivator, and this time he won completely by his skills, so that the two guardians seemed to be driven away easily.
But the two guardians quickly came back to defend and fought with the monster again. However, the battle was filled with thunder and fire from the sky and earth, and after a few encounters, the two guardians would be thrown away, seemingly unable to use their strength. Instead, the monster was getting closer and closer to the monk.
"Thunder!"
The cultivators made hand gestures together and used the most powerful Tiangang Thunder in their own spells.
"Boom..."
The thunder struck down, creating rolling lightning on the monster. The demonic energy on its body suddenly rose up like an explosion, and a terrifying silhouette of a monster appeared behind it. The lightning seemed to be just a tickle, and the latter just turned its head without any sign of pain.
"Huh, it's far worse than the thunder of heavenly tribulation!"
The monk's heart was pounding, and he couldn't shake off the feeling of panic. He knew that he was too arrogant. This monster was much stronger than he had imagined, and it was also very dangerous for the demon to be around.
"The natural world of heaven and earth, all things are beautiful, I call upon the spirits to help me kill the evil..."
The monks quickly formed hand seals and poured their magic power into them like crazy. This was a preparation to ask any righteous beings within a considerable range to act as guardians, usually gods. This hand seal was also a very mysterious technique, and its function was somewhat similar to that of binding gods, but there were also great differences, for example, it was not compulsory.
The monk hoped to summon the City God of a nearby city, and have him bring along the gods of the underworld.
"So he's just a show-off. It's a pity that we two are still so serious. Hahahaha..."
Bei Mu's laughter became piercing. The monk's ears trembled. He knew that the other party was disturbing his mind. Under the protection of a layer of protective spiritual light, he quickly retreated, chanting magic spells continuously.
"Call for the guardian, call for the guardian!"
At the tense moment, a golden light suddenly flashed in the monk's heart. The City God did not feel it, but he seemed to vaguely see several giant gods in golden armor.