The east was getting brighter, the morning sun shone through the clouds, dewdrops hung on the tips of grass leaves, and were about to fall off. Then they were sucked into the donkey's mouth and chewed.
More than 400 miles west of Jishi Town, the rolling mountain ridges became increasingly barren. The old donkey leisurely swung its bald tail to drive away the flying insects hovering nearby, and the Toad Taoist in the bookshelf sneezed several times in succession.
"Who is talking about me behind my back for no reason?"
He put away his short legs, climbed up the bookshelf, kicked twice, and walked onto the donkey's back, dragging the rope tied around his waist. The eight big men behind him lovingly held the little guy on their necks and rode on their big horses.
The eight men all have wives and children at home. The youngest one is probably about the same age as Qingfeng. After being away for a long time, they still miss their parents. Having a little person around can help alleviate some of the longing. However, they don’t know that Qingfeng in front of them looks like a child, but he is two or three years older than them. It’s just that he has stayed in Wujiang Mountain for many years and seldom goes out, which has caused him to have such a childish temperament now.
To be honest, no matter how old Qingfeng is, he is still a generation shorter than these eight people. After riding on Lu Pan's neck for a long time, he came down considerately and used magic to massage their shoulders and necks one by one, and then continued to play with them. From time to time, he used his own transformation skills for fun and turned into a tiger, a monkey, a goshawk... for the eight people to see.
The playful sounds spread to the front. Lu Liangsheng, who was making finger gestures, turned around and saw the Toad Taoist priest climbing onto the donkey's head, and put away his finger gestures.
"Master, how far is Huangfeng Mountain from here?"
Only Toad was familiar with this place, especially the mountain where the white wolf's cave was located. Toad Taoist had been there countless times. The latter patted the shaking donkey's ears and scolded, "Don't move!"
The toad's bean-sized eyes blinked and scanned the surroundings, taking in the surrounding winding mountains and comparing them with the terrain in its memory, and then its webbed feet pointed in the northwest direction of this place.
"Go that way!"
With the master pointing the way, the direction was much clearer. Lu Liangsheng nodded and urged the eight people and Qingfeng behind him, telling the master to sit tight. He took the reins and pulled the old donkey that was still wanting to eat the last bite of tender grass, and walked along the barren ground under their feet. He used the technique of shrinking the earth into an inch and led everyone to the foot of the mountain in the blink of an eye. In less than a moment, they climbed up another mountain and walked along the ridge. The forests along the way gradually became denser, adding a lot of vitality to the barren brown and yellow land.
"What a high peak."
Qingfeng sat on Lu Pan's shoulder and shouted in amazement. In the distance, there were several huge mountains with steep cliffs and jagged rocks. In the middle, there was a single peak hanging in a deep ravine. Clouds and mist rose up around it. When the wind blew, there was a whimpering sound like ghost crying.
"Master, Gongsun Liao's cave is similar to the one you have in Qishan."
Lu Liangsheng's first reaction was to think of the Toad Cave far away in Mount Qishan, which is actually located in the same mountain range. The Toad Taoist on the donkey's head over there touched his frog webbed feet, smacked his lips, and turned his face away.
"Whoever has the same cave as him, as a teacher, is blessed by nature, and that old wolf is learning from his teacher."
Lu Liangsheng smiled but said nothing. He led the old donkey to a dense forest below. The branches and leaves were thick, and there were faint traces of something hanging on them. When they entered the forest, the faces of the eight people who were originally joking froze. Only then did they see that the things hanging on the branches or stuck between the treetops were all monsters of various appearances, with their entire bodies cut in half.
The scholar loosened the reins and looked for a body that had been lying on the ground for a long time. He looked at the smooth wound and said softly, "It was killed by Yue Long Zhan. It should still be in Gongsun Liao's cave."
As he said this, he turned around and warned the eight big men from Lujia Village behind him: "Uncles, you guys stay outside for now. Master and I will go in and take a look first."
He asked Qingfeng to guard here in case there were still some little monsters outside that had not been eliminated. Honglian and Qiyou, who were on the bookshelf on the donkey's back, also came out and wanted to go together, but were rejected by Lu Liangsheng.
"As long as Yuelong doesn't come back, we won't know what the situation is inside. I can't let you take risks. Wait here for me to come back."
The scholar flicked his sleeves, lifted the master from the donkey's head and put him on his shoulders. He touched the ground with his feet, and in the flying fallen leaves, his figure floated lightly into the tree cage.
The branches and leaves shook, and the tree leaped up with the force, floating towards the solitary peak ahead in the morning light.
…
The peak was steep and difficult to climb, and the lonely cypress on the cliff was twisted. There was a dark cave below, and the wind was howling as it rushed out. Hongniang huddled at the edge of the cave and looked inside carefully, but she didn't know what was going on inside.
Huh~~
Gusts of demonic wind filled the cave path, as if it was inside a cave with no end in sight. Hundreds of demonic pills floating everywhere became dim, and strands of demonic power were drawn out and gathered in the same direction. Gongsun Liao's face kept changing, and under the operation of the demonic power, a colorful bead in his palm was slowly spinning.
After several hours, a demon pill was finally about to form.
The light and darkness in the hall flickered, and many of the motionless monsters revealed their true forms and crawled on the ground. Among them, the tiger, sheep and deer monsters were slightly more advanced and were still struggling. They looked at their own monster pills above their heads, which were fading in color, and squeezed out a few words with difficulty.
"Demon King... your demon pill is almost ready, so why not just let the three of us go."
The deer demon gritted his teeth and squeezed out a voice to echo: "Yes, it's not easy for us to practice, don't kill us all."
The figure in front of the stone steps did not answer. The tiger-headed demon's Adam's apple rolled, and he used his tiger paws to support his body, combining the huge strength to move himself.
"Brothers, stop talking and just fight this guy!"
The three monsters looked at each other, and with the tacit understanding they had developed over the years, they knew the meaning behind each other's eyes. The tiger monster closed his mouth and clenched his teeth, and roared "Ah--". A long tail suddenly stretched out from behind him, and swept the sheep monster on the side. The kneeling sheep monster's body shook violently, and the yellow sand attached to it immediately splashed away. The demon pill hanging in the air fell instantly and was sucked into the stomach of the sheep monster, which immediately blew out a breath, spraying the yellow sand on the other two monsters.
"Hurry up and take back the demon pill!"
The deer demon shouted, and together with the tiger demon, he took back the demon pill on his head and stabilized his Taoism, but most of his demonic power was sucked away after all, and they leaned against each other weakly.
Gongsun Liao on the other side finally turned his head and looked over here. The three demons gritted their teeth and did not retreat. They knew that it would be useless even if they ran.
"He is at a critical juncture. Let's work together to disrupt his power and make it go out of control!"
The deer and sheep monsters naturally understood their current situation. Even if they managed to escape by chance, the other party would never let them go after they refined the monster pill.
"good!"
A strong evil wind blew, stirring up the yellow sand all around. Gongsun Liao, who was maintaining the formation of the demon pill, snorted coldly when he saw the three demons working together to risk their lives.
"seek death!"
He raised his free hand and grabbed towards that side. The yellow sand in the cave swarmed in and formed a long snake that rushed straight towards the three monsters. On the other side of the three monsters, the tall and burly tiger monster had the natural magical power of being invulnerable to swords and guns, water and fire. He was the first to meet the incoming yellow sand.
Bang!
Hiss~
When the yellow sand came into contact with the tiger demon, his clothes were torn into pieces, revealing his muscular body. He was hit hard, and his body leaned back, spitting out blood from his mouth.
"superior!"
The flames flickered, and in the instant when the light and shadows dimmed, the sheep and deer monsters rushed out from behind, and their bodies turned into afterimages and surrounded them from the left and right.
"Humph, you lowly fellow dare to act so presumptuously in front of me!!"
Gongsun Liao kept the hand that was gathering the demon pills still, took a step forward, turned his face to avoid the horn of the sheep demon's attack, grabbed the magic weapon in the opponent's hand with his backhand, lifted up his robe, and kicked the sheep demon in the abdomen. His whole body flew straight out, smashed against the mountain wall, and a spider web spread out.
On the other side, ignoring his brothers who were flying backwards, the deer demon showed antlers on his head the moment Gongsun Liao raised his leg and kicked out. He kicked them upward fiercely, ready to fight for his life. However, his body stopped as if it had braked. The front end of the antlers had been grabbed by Gongsun Liao, who pulled him and threw him forward. With one arm, he lifted the deer demon up to the ground by the antlers.
Then... throw it hard to the ground.
boom!
The smoke and dust were stirred up, and a figure fell to the ground, groaning in pain, and rolled on the ground like a bloody gourd.
"That's it?"
Gongsun Liao lowered his arms, without even looking at whether the three monsters were dead or alive. The Pill of Ten Thousand Monsters in his hand was about to be completed. When he concentrated all his consciousness, he vaguely heard a rustling sound, as if something was climbing along the mountain wall.
Um
I raised my head almost subconsciously and looked at the dome of the cave. On the uneven stone wall of the dome, a leather bag was floating on it. On the leather bag, there were a human face and limbs, and a pair of beautiful eyes were looking straight at me.
'Painting red is good—'
Before he could shout, Gongsun Liao reached out and grabbed a nearby stone table and threw it. The dome shattered and exploded. As dust and debris fell, a skin bag with a beautiful woman's face painted on it spread out and shone head-on -
…
The moonlight was as frosty as frost. Hongniang, who was listening outside the cave, heard the noise inside disappear. She was about to go down to see what was going on out of curiosity. She stood up and took two steps, then stopped suddenly and turned around abruptly. She saw a scholar in a green shirt and white robe standing on the edge of the cliff with a coiled toad on his shoulder.
"Lu..."
Hongniang's eyes narrowed, she instinctively lowered her head, knelt on the ground and trembled. With her lowered eyes, the footsteps came into her sight and paused.
"Your sister is dead, and Yanzhi has also made great progress in her cultivation. It is not easy to practice, so don't continue to do so."
Lu Liangsheng looked at her and said these words as if the magic pill in his body had sensed something. He took another step and walked into the cave. Hongniang raised her face and looked at the figure disappearing in the darkness with a complicated expression. She suddenly knelt down and knocked her forehead heavily.
"Thank you for your teachings, sir."
In the cave, Lu Liangsheng's profile passed by the noise, the corners of his lips curled up, he smelled the strong smell of blood, felt the diffused evil spirit and strode towards the hall. With a wave of his hand, the torch that had been flickering suddenly rekindled and illuminated the surroundings.
The light flickered, and an old monk leaned against the wall of the cave unconscious. The monsters around him opened their mouths and stood still. Hundreds of monster pills were suspended in the air, drawing out their monster power and flying towards the stone steps.
"Demon King?!"
"Old Wolf?"
In the direction of the firelight, Lu Liangsheng looked at the figure in a cloak in front of the stone steps with his head lowered. The shadow of the light covered half of his body. It seemed that he did not hear the words calling him. He stood there motionless, holding up the demon pill with one hand.
Lu Liangsheng frowned and looked at the master on his shoulder. At that moment, a strange sound of twisting bones echoed in the empty cave.
Click… click…
It seemed to be faintly coming from Gongsun Liao.