Woof woof woof—
The town was quiet, with only the occasional barking of dogs. In the lighted attic window, a Taoist priest had one foot on the end of the bed and one foot hanging on the ground, covering a corner of the quilt, and was drooling in his sleep. Inside the small door of the compartment, Toad was lying on his side with a small quilt covering him. He scratched his bulging belly as if he felt a slight itch, smacked his lips twice, and continued to snore.
The candlelight flickered as Lu Liangsheng turned a page of a book. The sound was clear and powerful. It was already late at night, but he was not sleepy. He thought about the matter of the Qihuo Sect and whether Yan and Zuo had gone there to wait. He read the books of sages, suppressed his restlessness, and cultivated his noble spirit.
hiss~~
The small snake coiled on the window hissed, and suddenly slid down the window frame. Its slender body walked along the edge of the bed to the oil lamp on the desk, and raised half of its body high, as if talking to Lu Liangsheng, but what it said was laughable.
"I don't know what you want to say."
Putting down the book, Lu Liangsheng smiled and teased the little green snake's chin with his fingertips: "But you are psychic, you have spiritual consciousness, right?"
The little green snake gently shook the half of its body that was erected, and from time to time its head tilted to the northeast, making one short and two long hisses. Seeing that the scholar was still puzzled, it seemed to be anxious, and crawled up the back of his hand along the outstretched fingers, and only felt a slight chill spreading on his warm skin.
Hiss~hiss~~
It stuck out its tongue and hissed a few times. At this time, wind blew in the room, and black smoke rolled up in front of the bookshelf. The little green snake was frightened and trembled. It turned around and dragged its tail. It slipped into Lu Liangsheng's sleeve and poked out its little head to take a peek.
The black smoke rolled by, and a silhouette of a woman with a curvy figure appeared. She walked over with small steps on the creaking wooden planks. She put her hands behind her back, leaned over, and smiled, looking at the little green snake hiding in her sleeves and peeking at her.
"Old demon, old demon, I know what this little snake said."
"You know?"
"Hmm!" The tree demon squatted down against the square table, resting his chin on the tabletop, looking at the little green snake in his sleeve, "Were you saying just now that there is danger in the northeast and that we should not go there?"
The little green snake swam out a little from the scholar's sleeve, stuck out its tongue and nodded, as if it had met someone it could communicate with. It crawled out excitedly, turned around and around, and hissed a few times.
"Old demon, it said there was a river over there. It was originally there to practice. Later, a big fish swam in from somewhere and occupied the place. Then it fled to the pond we passed by..."
The tree demon stared at the little green snake's swaying movements and the hissing sounds, and told Lu Liangsheng what he understood.
"Hmm... It seems he can do magic. The deaths in this town are related to that big fish."
Lu Liangsheng tapped the table with his fingertips. It was easy to deal with if there was a monster, but he didn't know how deep its cultivation was. However, the Taoist had used magic to calculate this place before, and there was no yin energy or demonic energy... He was afraid that this monster would still hide its demonic energy.
While he was thinking, the small door of the bookshelf compartment was pushed open with a creak. The Toad Taoist yawned, came out with his flippers on his back, dragged the gourd out and put it on his back with a solemn expression.
"When you encounter an evil demon, Liangsheng, you can't just ignore it. As a cultivator, you must uphold justice. How can you let it wreak havoc on the world and devour human lives wantonly... It just so happens that my injuries also need a demon pill to heal. Let's go! Take it!"
After saying that, he walked across the wooden board, carrying a gourd that was taller than him on his back. He jumped up and hooked onto the corner of the table. He struggled to climb onto the table top, and rested his hands on his waist.
Well…
The second half of the sentence is what Master wants to say, right? !
Lu Liangsheng looked at the tree demon. The Taoist was sleeping soundly on the bed again. Forget it, he didn't ask him to join them.
"You are not allowed to run around here."
Worried that the tree demon's power was too high and would prevent the fish demon from coming out, he told her to stay in the house. He stood up, collected the little green snake and hid it in his wide sleeves. With a wave of his hand, the Yuelong Sword inserted in the bookshelf trembled with excitement, flashed, and fell into the hands of its owner, pushing open a part of the hilt.
"Can you remove the bones and thorns?"
"No! Then, shut up."
Lu Liangsheng slapped the head of the sword and pushed it back into the sheath. He hung his master on his shoulder, lifted the hem of his robe and jumped towards the big tree in the alley outside the window. The branches swayed, and he jumped onto the roof. His toes touched the tiles and he disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye.
Following the direction told by the little green snake, he moved a few steps to the road ahead, walked for a distance in a very short time, and heard the sound of rushing water in the distance.
This place is right at the exit to the north of the town. There is a land temple on the side of the road that is at shoulder height, but only three remaining walls remain, and the land god tablets inside are gone.
'Without the scent of incense, this land has probably also disappeared.'
After watching for a while, Lu Liangsheng shook his head and sighed, then turned and walked to the river. Under the night sky, the river was about four or five meters wide. A stone bridge was built over the river, and the water flowed through the bridge hole and extended to the east.
Walking to the river, Lu Liangsheng picked up a stone and threw it into the water. There was a slight sound of "dong", and water splashed up. He watched the ripples quickly subside and frowned slightly.
"This demon seems a little cautious."
snort!
The Toad Taoist priest sitting on the scholar's shoulder snorted coldly. He sensed a familiar demonic aura.
"Master, I know who this demon is. He is a defeated general..."
As he said this, the Toad Taoist stood up, hugged his flippers, raised his face, lightened his flippers, and jumped off his disciple's shoulders. Bang! He fell to the ground, got up, quickly dusted off his body, and strode to the river with flippers on his back.
There was majesty and solemnity in the toad's eyes.
"The defeated general fled from the southern river and hid here to practice—"
The river breeze blew, and the corner of the plaid clothes fluttered slightly. Looking at the dark river surface, it was as if she had returned to her peak, galloping over the mountains and rivers, and approaching the Demon King. She could not help but straighten her back and raise her voice again.
"The little green-backed demon—"
“—Do you still recognize me?!”
The corner of Lu Liangsheng's mouth twitched, as if he was about to remind himself that his injury had not yet healed, when suddenly a gust of river wind blew along the water surface, the weeping willows and grass along the river channel swayed wildly, and the turbulent water surface surged with waves and rushed towards the river bank.
The scholar closed his mouth, and the little green snake that had poked out of his sleeve went into his sleeve pocket and dared not come out. Not long after, the surface of the river bulged in the eastward direction, and the huge water bags pushed the waves to both sides, overturning several docked boats.
The sound of rolling waves rushed over from the middle of the river in the distance. The water stopped in the river more than ten steps away from Lu Liangsheng and Toad Taoist, forming a whirlpool. In an instant, a scarlet color lit up under the dark and turbulent water.
"Who called me..."
These words were spoken with the power of magic. Ordinary people could not hear them and could only feel the sound of violent wind.
The water waves were rippling, and the sound became deeper, as if a short figure carrying a gourd was finally seen on the river bank.
"Toad... Hehe... Taoist Zixing, long time no see, how is your cultivation?"
The Toad Taoist was stunned, and then he remembered that he was no longer the same as before.
A wave suddenly rose up, and a fish tail flashed in the water. The wave hit the river bank and rolled towards the Toad Taoist over there.
"Master, stand back!"
Just as Lu Liangsheng was about to cast a spell to push away the waves, the Toad Taoist suddenly waved his flippers to tell him not to move. The flood continued to hit the river bank, splashing water down on his head.
"Cultivation?"
The Toad Taoist, who was soaking wet, spat out a mouthful of river water and said, "I have returned to my original state. It's up to you to hit me with the river water. I won't hide from it!"
At the bottom of the river, the pair of scarlet eyes like lanterns blinked and stared cautiously outside the flowing water.
"real?"
The Toad Taoist shook his sleeves, dropped the gourd on his back to his side with a bang, and his eyes gleamed coldly.
"Then you try. Am I still the Taoist Purple Star? Or am I your defeated opponent? You have cultivated for so many years but have achieved nothing. You can only hide and run here to secretly cast spells and eat people's vital energy?"
"I am not a defeated general!!"
There was a sudden roar, shaking the river water. In the distant town, many dark houses lit up their lights. People opened their doors and windows and stuck their heads out after hearing the sound like thunder. The dogs in the houses behaved out of character, with their tails between their legs, whimpering and shrinking back into their kennels, not daring to come out.
The sound of water rolled in the river, and with the loud noise, the water surface suddenly broke open, waves splashed several feet high, white scales flashed, and a huge shadow opened its mouth and pounced on the river bank.
On the shore, Lu Liangsheng raised his hand to cast a spell. The Toad Taoist standing in front looked at the giant shadow. Suddenly, his demonic power burst out. His body did not move, but his head instantly expanded countless times and turned into a fat toad's head. He opened his toad's mouth, which was full of fine and sharp teeth.
Gu-Gu-Gu
Just like an ancient bell ringing, the big green-backed fish looked at the mouth that was bigger than its head and swung its tail in the air. It turned around and jumped into the river, swimming quickly towards the river channel whence it came.
The huge toad head shrank, and the Toad Taoist sat down with sweat dripping down his face, pointing in the direction where the waves were receding.
"Liangsheng, hurry—"
Behind him, Lu Liangsheng flew over a weeping willow. Under his eyes, which were filled with magical power, he saw the big fish in the distance flapping its tail and swimming quickly towards the farther river.
With a clang, the sword let out a long hum.
The Yuelong Sword shone with magical light, rushed out of the scabbard and floated into the air. Lu Liangsheng spread out his sleeves and drew the seal script in the air with his sword finger: the word "fire".
The last stroke fell and his thin lips opened slightly.
"punish!"
The moon became more excited, and the light of Dharma spread over the carvings. In the night sky, a stream of light was drawn, and the surrounding weeping willows and the surface of the river were swaying.