The stars form a silver belt across the night sky.
Awooo~~
Occasionally, the howling of wolves could be heard in the wild mountains and wilderness. The cold moonlight shone through the woods, and there was a fire burning. The dim light flickered and illuminated a small area. An old donkey opened its mouth wide and yawned loudly. It lay on the ground with its head resting on its forelimbs, and swung its bald tail to sweep away a toad nearby.
Afterwards, he was opened by the other party. The Toad Taoist shook out the blanket and spread it on the ground. He lay down with his bright white belly, covered with the quilt, and used a branch as a pillow. He looked at the starry sky, as if he was thinking of the past, the years of galloping and looking down on others. The corners of his mouth curled up and he smiled.
The pig demon leaned against the tree not far away, also looking at the bright moon, with a scroll unfolded on its belly. In the silence of the forest, the bonfire crackled and sparks rose into the sky. The scholar was quietly flipping through "Boundless Mountains and Seas" by the firelight. The picture on the pages of the book had changed a little. The node that originally connected Sichuan and Shu turned a corner and split into two lines, one going further south and the other turning east and stagnating along the river.
"Do we need to draw a circle on the map?"
With a slight rustling sound, Lu Liangsheng stretched a section of the page. In the light from the fire, he could see some mountains and terrain outlined in ink on the painting. Just like before, they were gradually covered with green and full of vitality. Without Lu Liangsheng outlining, birds were already moving in the painting, flying over the clouds at the foot of the mountain.
This is just a small world, but I don’t know whether real living things can exist there.
"Master, who do you think created this "Boundless Mountains and Seas"? Is it like Sun Wukong, who absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and created it naturally? If I take Lujia Village into it, what do you think?"
Closing the book, the scholar turned his head to look at the Toad Taoist lying in the quilt over there, and the latter glanced at him wrapped in the quilt.
"Master doesn't want to talk. I'm still hungry. If only the Taoist priest Sun Yingxian was here, he wouldn't be hungry. At worst, he'd still have frogs!"
Gu~~
As he spoke, his stomach rumbled. The Toad Taoist wrapped himself tighter and quickly closed his eyes, muttering, "I won't be hungry when I sleep, I won't be hungry when I sleep."
In fact, Lu Liangsheng was also hungry. The food he bought at the market before was not enough for one person and two monsters. Especially Zhu Ganglie's appetite was enough to feed five Lu Liangshengs, and even then it was still not enough.
After hearing this, Zhu Ganglie realized that he had eaten too much. He laughed awkwardly and said, "I, the old pig, haven't even eaten enough..."
He paused for a moment, and suddenly turned his head to look in one direction. The old donkey crawling on the side shook its long ears, raised its head from its crossed front hooves, and arcs of electricity crackled on its body. Then, a scream of "Ah~~" was heard from the side.
The Toad Taoist jumped out of the quilt into the air, his body stretched straight, his bones showing in the lightning, and he fell to the ground. He raised his frog web twitchingly to point at the old donkey, and squeezed out a voice with difficulty: "That mother..."
At this moment, Lu Liangsheng threw the book into the bookshelf and stood up. The bonfire at his feet suddenly fell over and began to flicker. He looked in a fixed gaze. The cold moonlight seemed to be splashed with ink and was pitch black.
Whoosh~~
The wind began to rise, and the branches and leaves of the surrounding trees rustled and swayed. As a cultivator, and at the Nascent Soul stage, he was naturally very sensitive to demonic aura. At dusk, he learned from an old farmer that there was a monster in Baihu Ridge. In order not to delay his journey, he bypassed Baihu Ridge. He did not expect that the monster would find him.
Then, the scholar flicked his sleeves, and the flickering flames suddenly rose up. The fire became brighter and forced away the spreading darkness. The sound was clear and majestic.
"You want me to chase you out?!"
The woods rustled, and as the wind blew through here, a faint sound of sharp laughter could be heard, and there were rustling sounds in the surrounding woods, and shadowy figures flashed past behind the trees, like the sound of flapping wings.
snort!
Lu Liangsheng made a gesture with his fingers and pointed it at the flame. A small ball of fire flew into the air and exploded. The splashing light instantly dispelled the darkness and illuminated the forest. More than a dozen black shadows raised their arms to block the strong light, baring their teeth and roaring.
"This cultivator is so powerful~~" "Dharma light, it's Dharma light, the firelight is mixed with magic power, my eyes!!"
"Let's go together!"
There was a gloomy roar and chaos. The Toad Taoist trembled all over and looked at it, then sat back on the ground twitching: "They are just a bunch of demons and monsters. Liangsheng, I leave it to you."
The pig demon also took a look and lost interest.
Over there, Lu Liangsheng raised his sleeves and prepared to grab the bonfire, draw the flames to add magical power, and eliminate the little monsters there. Suddenly he thought of trying "Boundless Mountains and Seas". Just as he turned around and bent down, there was a slight rustling sound in the bushes, and a black shadow rushed out of the woods behind him, breaking through the darkness and rushing towards him.
Lu Liangsheng's eyes passed by, and he spread out his palm under his sleeve, and two copper coins fell into his palm.
—A gamble!
Bang!
In the darkness, flames exploded, and the black shadow in the air changed direction, with several slender shadows spreading behind it, hanging horizontally on a nearby tree. The swaying firelight illuminated half of her face, and on her pretty face, there were several twinkling insect eyes.
"My dear, it turns out to be you. What a narrow road the enemy has crossed."
Lu Liangsheng recognized the evil aura on her. It was the spider spirit that appeared in the altar cave in Qingcheng Mountain that day. The Toad Taoist stood up while shaking. Naturally, he recognized her.
"Mrs. Zhu Er, did the man in white robe ask you to come?"
As soon as he uttered these words, Zhu Ganglie, who was resting against a tree, flapped his big ears like a palm-leaf fan, then quickly jumped up and looked around.
"Where is Zhu Erniang?"
When he turned his head, he saw the spider spirit hanging on the treetop. He laughed like a pig, kicked his legs hard, and pounced out. Zhu Erniang, who was about to answer the toad on the tree, saw a huge figure rushing towards her and thrusting out its two long legs. The moment of contact, her toes stuck to the opponent and she was pushed back, and the whole person and the figure fell to the ground together.
"Go away~~"
Zhu Erniang saw the pig's head approaching her, with its fangs raised and its big copper-bell eyes glowing red with excitement. She was so scared that her insect eyes retracted. She pushed the pig aside while struggling, turned around and crawled away in panic, covering her torn skirt with her hands, and stumbled towards the monster who had come with her, looking back from time to time and shouting.
"Hongniang, come out quickly!"
Are there any monsters
Lu Liangsheng looked around, frowned slightly, and stretched out his hand. The Yuelong hanging on the bookshelf made a clang and flew off the bookshelf into the scholar's hand.
"Ah~~ I finally have the chance to take action..."
As it spoke, a red shadow descended from the night sky in the direction where Zhu Er Niang had run, and landed not far in front of the spider spirit. It flicked its red sleeves and snorted coldly.
"If you can't even do this, how can Madam keep you?"
On both sides of her, several streams of black smoke rose up, revealing figures, all of whom were monsters. Their Taoism was obviously much higher than hers. Seeing Zhu Erniang in such a miserable state, they sneered.
"A cultivator has not even started to do anything, but he has been beaten to this state by a pig demon."
"With your current strength, you want to enter Madam Bone's cave. You are overestimating yourself. I think you should go back to your White Wolf Cave and guard the white wolf monster that is causing the plague."
Among the monsters, one with bat wings stretched out his arms to embrace Zhu Erniang and pushed her aside.
"Stay aside and watch how we deal with this monk and that pig monster."
Next to her, the banshee named Hongniang looked at the figure illuminated by the fire in the distance with confusion in her eyes.
…It’s a scholar, he looks familiar.
Suddenly, her face turned pale, and she immediately remembered who the other person was. She instinctively took a step back, trying to stop the bat demon.
On the other side, Lu Liangsheng, who was sitting by the campfire, naturally heard their conversation. It was the first time he encountered so many monsters, so it was a bit difficult. However, he still had Zhu Ganglie and his master beside him...
He turned his head to look and saw the master walking past his feet without saying a word, holding the bedding, entering the bookshelf, and slamming the small door shut.
The scholar's mouth twitched. If the master didn't count, at least the old donkey could still help.
Over there, electric arcs bounced off the old donkey's body, his flesh cracked, and dark scales appeared. The forest rustled wildly, and a demonic aura filled the air and flew over. Compared to the group of demons around, this demonic aura was unusual. Before he got close, he could feel a fierce and bloody aura.
"The real master is here."
Lu Liangsheng pointed his sword from his sleeve and slowly wrote out the imperial edict. At this moment, the group of monsters on the opposite side suddenly dispersed, and the evil spirit fell to the ground and turned into a graceful figure. Hongniang, who wanted to leave, hurriedly bowed, and the other monsters also bowed their heads one by one.
"Madam, how can you come here?" "Teach us here."
However, what answered them was an outstretched hand.
Snap—
The slap hit the bat demon in the face, and its body flew backwards and hit a tree. Zhu Erniang looked at the Bone Lady in front of her in amazement, unable to understand what was going on for a moment.
The next moment.
In the sight of all the monsters, the graceful figure, dragging her dress, walked to the middle in small steps, folded her hands in front of her abdomen, smiled softly with her red lips, and called softly.
"I am Hua Hongyi, and I greet my husband."
There was total silence in the forest. Lu Liangsheng, who had written half of the imperial edict, stood there in a daze, also startled.
Zhu Ganglie turned around, pointed at the female demon who was filled with evil spirit and blood, and then looked at the scholar.
"When did you get married?"
Lu Liangsheng collected his thoughts and looked at the woman opposite him who slowly raised her face. Her face was very similar to Hong Lian's, but the difference was that her face was covered with makeup, giving her a breathtaking and enchanting beauty.
However, I finally recognized who the other person was.
"It's you..."
It was the evil spirit of Hong Lian who escaped from Qixia Mountain.