As the setting sun shone, the sea of clouds turned red and rolled in the mountains. Lu Liangsheng watched for a while, turned around, and did not rush to check the Yuelong Sword that brought in the first spiritual energy. Instead, he walked to the old pine tree, brushed off the pine needles on the monument, and picked one up between his fingertips.
As expected, the master is very experienced. The art of refining equipment is not something that can be learned by just referring to books.
On the other side of the cliff behind him, Toad Taoist was still standing on the edge of the cliff with his flippers on his back, looking at the rolling sea of clouds, his purple robe with short sleeves slightly open fluttering in the wind.
"A slight difference can make a huge difference in the concentration and flow of spiritual energy in refining..."
The scholar looked at his fingertips and hummed lightly, and the pine needles on his fingertips slowly floated up.
"It's time to take the next step."
The first spiritual essence of the refining magic circle sank into the Yuelong Sword. The scholar standing on the tombstone suddenly spread out his sleeves. His magic power shook the air, and huge ripples spread out as he waved his sleeves.
The pine needles in his hand and the needles around his feet were flying and dancing around his body.
"Forest!"
In the light of the setting sun, the densely packed needles glowed a deeper green than the leaves themselves, like a long dragon rolling into the sky, rushing towards the Moon Sword in the center of the sword formation. The moment it covered them, they all fell to the ground, and the sword body made a "clicking" sound of metal engravings. Under the clear moon and wandering clouds, the seal script appeared: the word "Lin"
The part of the sword stuck in the ground was like a tree root spreading underground, and the surrounding soil arched up and several cracks appeared.
"The wind is coming—"
Lu Liangsheng took a step forward and raised his arm towards the sea of clouds on the cliff. The old pine tree shook and rustled. The sea of clouds churned and a cloud swirled out and flew towards the cliff. Following the direction of the waved hand, a gust of wind rushed into the sword head.
Whoosh whoosh—
The surrounding mountains and woods were swaying wildly with the wind. The toad standing on the edge of the cliff quickly covered its face with its webbed feet and half bent its body, almost being blown off the cliff.
"Damn it, your master only taught you how to refine weapons, not how to refine the magic sword..."
Originally I thought that I would just let my disciple use that magic weapon frequently to absorb the spiritual essence of the seven magic swords, but I didn't expect it to be so big. He wanted to integrate the four spirits into the sword body and forge the sword together.
"Ka-ka..."
The patterns on the sword moved again, wind patterns blew across the floating clouds, and the outline of the clear moon was revealed a little more.
On the side, Lu Liangsheng controlled the mountain wind spiritual energy, combined it with the previous wood spiritual energy to stabilize it, turned around and stretched out his palm to form a claw, grabbing towards the village at the foot of the mountain where smoke was rising.
'The fire of the people!'
In the mountain village below, the woman who was washing rice and cooking had just put the rice into the pot when her husband passed a handful of firewood into the stove. With a bang, the flames rolled out and licked his face. He was so frightened that he instinctively fell backwards.
"Wow... my eyebrows are on fire!"
In the chaos, a ball of fire rushed out of the kitchen. At the same time, many fireballs flew out from the houses in the air, gathered into a ball, and flew towards the hillside of Qixia Mountain, causing the children who were still playing outside to scream.
"It's so hot it's flying!" "It must be Mr. Lu!"
“Wow…” “Will the mountain be burned down?”
“… Go back and tell the adults.”
At this time, on the muddy road outside the village, a man on horseback was galloping towards them in the sunset, his long black hair fluttering back in the wind. His anxious eyes reflected his emotion, and he was really shocked when he saw the huge flame gathering above the mountain village.
As the horse's back rose and fell, Min Yuerou glanced back and vaguely heard several very fast footsteps approaching.
She turned around and headed towards the mountain where the fireball was flying. She remembered her father's instructions, and her clenched teeth opened, no longer caring about her reserve. She opened her red lips and shouted hysterically in her clear voice.
"Lu Liangsheng!!"
"Help me—"
The clear and crisp words were shouted to the extreme, turning into hoarse and sharp sounds that echoed between the village and the mountains. Even the villagers of Lujia Village who were returning home with hoes on their shoulders were startled by the sound.
"Save me..."
"Save me..."
The sound spread and echoed far away among the surrounding mountains. Lu Liangsheng, who was standing on the cliff on the hillside of Qixia Mountain in the west, had a blank expression on his face. His body still hesitated for a moment, but now was the critical moment of igniting the fire, and he did not dare to interrupt his magic power at will.
This female voice seems to be Min Changwen's daughter...
The thought flashed through his mind, and Lu Liangsheng turned his head to the side, and sucked fiercely with his claws that were pulling the flames. A scorching wave of fire rolled over. The Toad Taoist priest who was not far away widened his eyes, held his head and ran wildly in the strong wind.
"That...quack...quack..."
Seeing a huge rock not far away, he kicked his flippers and pushed his short body into the crevice of the rock. His two short legs kicked quickly a few times outside, and his round belly contracted. With a hissing sound, his purple short-sleeved robe was torn apart before he could barely squeeze into the crevice.
The moment a huge ball of fire illuminated the cliff approaching Laosong and the scholar, it was like a wisp of smoke attached to the Yuelong Sword like a thin thread. In less than half a breath, the flames rose and wrapped around the sword, burning it red.
Lu Liangsheng suddenly stretched out his arms to the left and right, with his hands forming claws, and his white robe with cloud patterns and his silk scarf were swollen.
"Mountain!"
The next second, there was a loud rumbling sound coming from the surrounding mountains. The trees on the mountains shook violently, and flocks of birds flew away in fright, fleeing away in panic.
Spiritual energy gathered, and the dust particles in the soil below the sword formation jumped wildly and surged upwards. After a breath, the soil covered the body of the Yuelong Sword like a scabbard, covering up the burning fire.
Tsk tsk…
White mist rose up and filled the entire cliff in an instant.
'land…
good…
born…
Save me... '
The shouting coming from afar was like the buzz of a mosquito. Only then did Lu Liangsheng have time to turn sideways. From the direction where the voice came from, he vaguely sensed a ferocious evil spirit that was tainted with human life.
"Min Yuerou?!"
Now he remembered who the owner of the voice was, but why did he come here and be chased by monsters
"Save people first."
Lu Liangsheng took two steps forward, walked to the edge of the cliff, raised one hand, and wrote a seal character in the air with his fingertips.
A flash of flame lit up in the billowing white mist, and the moonlight covering the earth hummed. The hard soil on top of it was shattered with a bang. The sword hung in the air, and the sword was moving like a snake, with seal characters showing: fire.
"punish!"
The scholar squeezed out the words lightly from his lips, and the suspended moonlight hovered in the sky, with the tip of the sword pointing to the small village outside the mountain. The next moment, there was a loud bang in the air, and it rushed out in an instant, and the air waves it brought up pressed the forests and fields to the left and right, making them totter.
…
Outside Lujia Village, in the sight of the villagers standing on the ridge of the field, horses from afar were galloping towards this side.
Tap tap tap—
The horse's hooves churned, and its buttocks shook, suddenly splashing blood. The running horse felt pain and stood up.
Hiss!
With a long, painful neigh, the huge horse fell to its side. The woman on top jumped off the horse and fell into the field. She rolled a few times, and climbed up in a panic covered in mud and wheat ears. She stumbled out the delicate dagger at her waist and shouted to the villagers who were still watching the show around her.
"Hurry up!"
Then, he instinctively raised his hand to block with the knife. There was a loud bang, sparks flashed, and he couldn't hold the knife anymore. The knife flew out and he fell backwards to the ground, turning over.
The people from Lujia Village and Bei Village who were originally watching the show on the ridge of the field saw the air distorted, and suddenly two female figures appeared. They were wearing purple and black robes, holding two slender scimitars, and looking at them with ferocious faces.
The villagers around looked at each other, and the next second, turned around and ran away with their hoes.
"Where is the Minister of Personnel Min Changwen?"
One of the maids in cassocks withdrew her gaze and looked back at the woman on the ground, her voice cold and without any fluctuations.
"Protector of the Nation, please ask him to go back."
"Bah!" Min Yuerou rubbed the dirt and sat up. She glanced at the dagger that fell not far away and responded while moving: "You bunch of monsters will be dealt with sooner or later!"
At this time, the sound of horse hooves came from the end of the village road, and two guards were shouting from afar on horseback.
"Miss." "Don't touch my Miss!!"
The two maids in purple and black robes glanced sideways, and the other maid turned and walked towards the guard who was chasing them. The moment her figure stepped onto the muddy road, she disappeared into the light.
"Don't come over here!"
Min Yuerou shouted over there.
In the direction she was facing, a black shadow with a flaming tail was flying towards her at a very fast speed.
The branches hanging quietly in the fading red of the setting sun suddenly shook, a fiery red shadow flashed by, and several leaves were lit up with spots of sparks.
Flying over the mountain village and heading slowly back home, Mr. Lu was suddenly blown around by a strong wind and spun twice before he stopped, looking around in confusion.
"Hey... When did I come out? Where's home?"
boom-
The wind was rolling, and the thatched roofs of several houses were lifted up and fluttered in the air. A family who were eating inside, holding their bowls and opening and closing their mouths, looked out and saw a huge gap. The setting sun just happened to shine in and sprinkled on the family's faces. The food on the chopsticks fell to the ground unconsciously, and they murmured to each other.
"What was flying over there?"
“… I just want to know, where is the roof of your house?”
"I don't know, but it's gone."
Bang bang bang…
The moment the fences outside the village and the archway at the entrance of the village shook, the maid in the purple-black cassock who was rushing towards the two guards on the dirt road felt as if her ears had exploded and she felt a chill that made her hair stand on end. She stopped and looked back while her body was still hidden.
Over there, the other maid who was about to chop Min Yuerou seemed to have cast a spell of immobilization, maintaining the chopping action and turning her head, and the woman on the ground also turned her head.
What met her eyes was a sea of fire. With a buzzing sound, the maid in the purple-black cassock in front of Min Yuerou disappeared in an instant.
Xilulu-
The war horses were startled and fell to the sides, and the knights on them fell to the left and right. The maid in the purple and black cassock not far away ran towards a hilltop based on instinct and distance.
boom!
Bang!
There were two loud bangs in succession, and flames rose up. Min Yuerou and the two guards on the ground climbed up in horror and looked at the mountain wall at the end of the road. The mountain wall was sunken and rubble was flying everywhere.
As the smoke and dust dissipated, an ash-like human figure and a giant centipede almost as long as a human appeared in the depression.
“This… this…”
Min Yuerou and the other two had unknowingly gathered together, staring in amazement at the center of the mountain wall. A long sword wrapped in fire was stuck there, trembling and humming, and the surrounding rocks were still sliding down with a clanging sound.
"This is a fairy sword..." "It turns out that the scholar who lived in the same mansion with us is a fairy..."
The two guards were trembling with fear, partly because they were frightened, after all, the sword was flying right between them, and partly because they had lived with the immortal for a while and had greeted him before...
"Everyone, are you all right?"
The faint words seemed to ring in the ears of the three people. Min Yuerou subconsciously turned around and looked. In front of the village entrance, a scholar in a blue shirt and white robe stood there, gently raising his hand.
The Yuelong Sword, which was originally inserted into the depression in the mountain wall, hummed loudly, was pulled out from the centipede's body, and flew back.
The woman only felt the sound of wind coming from behind, her loose black hair fluttering in the air, the fairy sword passed through her field of vision, flew past the red light of the setting sun, and fell directly into the hands of the scholar over there.
It took her a long while to come back to her senses. She shook her head, pulled back the hair that was hanging on the side of her face, and called the two guards over there, one after the other.
As he walked, he calmed himself down, looked at the scholar whom he had met a few times, took a deep breath, but for a moment he didn't know how to start the conversation.
However, the guard following behind him saw the opportunity quickly and bowed hurriedly.
"I have met Mr. Lu."
Lu Liangsheng held Yuelong, who had just begun to develop the spirit sword, in his arms, turned around and walked towards the village with a smile, saying in a clear voice: "Come in together, all three of you."
"Uh… Oh."
Min Yuerou was stunned for a moment, responded in a daze, and followed them into the village. The neighbors heard the noise and were already standing on the village drying dam, watching the three people whispering.
"Who are these three people?" "It seems that they know Liang Sheng." "... They should know him. Didn't they call Liang Sheng's name just now?"
"Oh, by the way, what happened just now?" "Who knows, go to the front and take a look, over there..."
Seeing that Liangsheng and the other two had gone far away, a group of curious villagers and neighbors swarmed out and ran to the mountain wall at the end of the muddy road. They swarmed around there, looking at the deep pit, the ashy human figure, and the burnt centipede on the ground, and screamed in surprise.
"Oh my god..." "A centipede this big, I'm afraid it must be a monster."
"That's right. When I was on the ridge of the field, I saw two women holding knives. Maybe it was one of them. Fortunately, I was brave enough to take a closer look."
"Tsk tsk... With good people in our village, I'm afraid no monster would dare to come here. Look, it's almost burned down."
"Hey, by the way, I was thinking that a centipede this big, and a monster, would be good to use to make wine..."
"…Aren't you afraid?"
"What are you afraid of? They're already dead, and you don't allow me to make a fuss. Let's go, carry them back, peel them, and distribute them to every household!"
"Yes, yes, yes, who can lend a hand?"
…
Compared to the hustle and bustle outside, Min Yuerou, who came into the small courtyard with a fence, felt a little restless. She didn't know why, as soon as she entered the courtyard, she felt a chill even though the weather was hot. From time to time, she felt that there were eyes watching her from behind the window lattice.
"Don't worry, it's safe here."
Lu Liangsheng naturally knew what was going on, and called over the Taoist priest who was staring at the woman and said, "Old Sun, talk to them first."
Just as he was about to turn around and walk into the inner room, the woman in the courtyard dodged the Taoist priest who was approaching and hurriedly called out, "Lu Liangsheng, wait a minute, there are three monsters in total, and you only killed one!"
At the door, the scholar turned his head, was stunned for a moment, and then smiled:
"Hehe... There are more brutal monsters here than the monsters. Don't worry, they can't run away."
More brutal than monsters
Min Yuerou's eyelids twitched. In her peripheral vision, she saw a toad with tattered clothes, a charred butt, and his hands behind his back, walking past her feet as if he knew someone was watching him.
The Toad Taoist raised his toad eyes slightly and glanced over.
"What are you looking at? Have you never seen a toad?"
He staggered up the stone steps and walked into the slightly open door opposite.
Perhaps due to exhaustion or shock, Min Yuerou’s eyes rolled back and she fainted with a thud.