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A long wolf howl was heard in the distance. In the desolate mountains and ridges shrouded in darkness, swarms of bats flew out of the quiet cave and fled in panic. In the dark cave, a green light was lit up and the sound of hissing snakes was heard. A slender figure in a white robe walked to the cave entrance, looked in the direction of the wolf's cry, and fanned a paper fan to cover his thin cheeks.
"I thought the white wolf was dead...hiss~~"
The paper fan with peach blossoms printed on it tilted aside, and a snake's tongue flashed across the man's lips like lightning. Green smoke rose, and in an instant, a huge snake crawled its thick long body and flew rapidly below the woods.
Wow!
The trees were squeezed apart to the left and right, stretching forward.
The clouds moved in the night sky, revealing a bright moon. A bat flew in the sky, crossed the cold moonlight and landed on Baihu Ridge, chirping and chirping. It entered a cave and immediately turned into a little demon with a turned-up nose and pointed ears, and ran anxiously to the cave room in front.
"Madam! Madam! Something terrible has happened."
A fire suddenly lit up in the dark cave, illuminating the room. A skin bag was drooping limply on a stone chair. As the firelight gradually turned into a dark blue, the skin bag moved, and the collapsed body swelled up, taking on the appearance of a human again. If Lu Liang was born here, he would definitely recognize her.
It was on that day that Hua Hongyi, who had escaped from Wuse Manor, was affected by the magic of Master Wuyuan and was seriously injured. Fortunately, he had taken a ginseng fruit at that time, which enabled him to barely withstand it and escape underground back to Baihu Ridge. He rested for two years.
The cloak unfolded with a rustle.
In the dim blue light, Hua Hongyi returned to his human form and sat on a stone chair. He looked at the little bat demon who came in and knelt down. He crossed his legs, leaned against the back of the chair, raised his toes and hooked the other's chin.
"Why are you so panicked? Could it be that some monks have come to visit? It just so happens that I am in need of some blood food."
The little demon lowered his eyes, carefully looked at the tip of the shoe on which his chin rested, swallowed, and whispered:
"Madam, no... no, it was the Northwest Wolf King who sent a summons, asking all the monsters in the Northwest to gather at Huangfeng Mountain!"
A cold humming sound was heard in the cave.
Hua Hongyi retracted his foot, stood up from the stone chair, walked down dragging his cloak, walked straight past the bat demon beside him, walked to the entrance of the cave and looked in the direction of "Huangfeng Mountain".
"My wife was seriously injured and you didn't come to help me, yet you still want to summon me..."
Her eyes rolled around in her sockets, and she suddenly stopped talking. She smiled slightly with her red lips, revealing a charming dimple. "He must have been unable to accomplish something by summoning all the monsters. He might even be seriously injured. It's a pity that Zhu Erniang hasn't come back yet. I think she must have met with an accident. Otherwise, we can find out the truth."
Hua Hongyi had an idea and turned around to instruct the little demon who was following him.
"Find Hongniang and come with me to Huangfeng Mountain to see what this old wolf wants to do!"
Not long after, a red fox came running over, transformed into a human form and bowed to the woman at the entrance of the cave. Hua Hongyi glanced at her nonchalantly and licked his lips with his scarlet tongue.
"I haven't seen you for two years. Your cultivation has improved a lot..."
Hongniang immediately lowered her head. Before she could speak, she heard a soft voice from the other side: "Follow me!"
The two women stirred up a demonic wind that turned into two streams of black smoke that floated into the mountains. The little bat demon revealed its true form, flapping its wings and chasing after them. They crossed several mountains, and among the black woods below, there were spots of fire, and the faint sounds of horse hooves and carts passing by on the road.
"Just two more miles and we can rest tonight!"
Voices were heard ahead, and a team of hundreds of people came along the official road leading to the Western Regions.
"Master...are we just going to leave like this? This is really hard to swallow."
"Amitabha, my master is not as skilled as others, so I have to go back first. Forcing it will only be in vain."
"But Prince Murong is still in Chang'an."
"This is his fate."
Black smoke floated over the road. When the word "national master" was heard, a slender figure appeared in the black smoke. At the same time Hua Hongyi turned his head, the monk on the horse below sensed the evil spirit and also raised his head, just in time to meet the eyes in the black smoke.
"Oh no, there is a monster here!"
Fu Lianzun shouted loudly, turned over and jumped off the horse, took off the Buddhist beads hanging around his neck, and the next moment, a strong wind blew, and the grass and mud on the ground were blown all over the sky. In an instant, the whole team fell to the ground, and they all raised their arms to cover their faces. The Tuyuhun envoy screamed and his body suddenly floated up and flew off the horse.
"Master, save me!"
However, there was no voice responding to him. As his figure disappeared into the black fog, only the flags and the gifts given by the Sui Kingdom in return fell quietly to the ground below. Both the man and the horse disappeared.
Under the moonlight in the dark night, among the mountains in the northwest, various monsters heard the order from the Monster King and rushed out of their nests to the place where the wolves were howling. The monster's aura filled the air along the way, startling the birds in the forest and making them fly away. The birds were infected by the passing monster's aura and turned into corpses that fell to the ground.
In Wujiang Mountain, a little man stood on the second attic that had just been repaired. The mountains and forests within sight and the pervasive evil spirit made him feel vaguely uneasy.
"The barrier has not been repaired yet, don't let the passing big monster take notice... No, I'm not afraid, Master is here, I'm definitely not afraid!"
He muttered to himself, as if to cheer himself up, and clenched his fists. In the moonlight from the night sky, the creepy wolf cry mixed with the power of the demon king still made his small body tremble a little.
"Hey! Why is there an attic in front!?"
At this time, a sound came from one side of Wuse Manor. Qingfeng, who was standing on the attic, hurried to the other side to look. There was a rustling sound of footsteps in the woods, and three figures walked out. The man in the middle was burly, with a bright forehead and a thick beard on his chin, like a crouching tiger.
The two men on the left and right are tall and thin, wearing Taoist robes and stroking their goatees, with cold eyes. The man on the right is wearing a scholar's robe, with a clean face and no beard, and looks quite elegant.
But the three of them had a strong demonic aura, and one could see at a glance the little man standing on the attic in the distance.
"There's a little boy over there!!"
"Humph, this building is exquisite. My brothers and I have nowhere to go, so why not occupy it? When the Wolf King invites us, we can come and live and practice here."
"Well, apart from the two-year-old boy, there is no one else. There are also damages in many places. I think they have experienced a disaster and almost all of them are dead."
The big man with thick beard glanced around and had probably figured it out. The man with goatee on the left laughed sinisterly, "The three of us, together, have a total of six Jiazi of Taoism skills, so we just happened to occupy this place!"
"Uh-huh?"
The clean-faced, beardless man nodded, looked towards the attic with a smile, and suddenly found that the little boy was gone. The three demons immediately rode on the demon wind and rushed into the Taoist temple, and then they heard the sound of flapping wings above them.
A huge goshawk flapped its wings and flew to the eastern hilltop.
"It's not that I'm afraid of you, I'm afraid of destroying the attic. Wait until I find Master and make you suffer!"
A childish voice came from the body of a goshawk in the distance. The three monsters wanted to chase it, but it had already flown far away and did not reach the back of the mountain.