Night crows were screaming in the woods. Amid the rustling footsteps, a figure looked around from time to time and ran quickly through the gloomy moonlight cast by the gaps between the trees, holding the hem of his robe.
"There are always monsters everywhere you stay, so it's best to leave early."
The lighted house faded into the distance. Wang Banxia plunged into the woods, holding the hem of his robe and jogging along, muttering something. He wasn't paying attention and bumped into a big tree in front of him. He covered his forehead and rubbed it twice.
The pain in his forehead suddenly calmed him down. It was pitch black all around him, and he could only vaguely see a few things with the occasional moonlight shining through the trees. He punched himself as he walked.
How could I run away when I was dizzy
He stopped and wanted to go back, but then he remembered what he had said before, gritted his teeth, turned back and continued moving forward.
"Once the words are spoken, how can we take them back? This will ruin our prestige... well... it will also ruin our reputation as Master!"
call-
Suddenly a gust of wind blew through the woods, and the old crows that were screaming in the forest flapped their wings and flew away from the treetops. The surroundings became quiet, and the moonlight shining through the tree cage appeared gloomy. Wisps of mist spread and surged in the moonlight, as if a dark shadow was moving inside.
Rustle... It's the sound of falling leaves.
Wang Bandia's heart skipped a beat and he looked over there carefully, but the forest was dim and shadowy and he couldn't see clearly, so he quickly raised his sleeves and counted on his fingers.
"A bad omen?!"
"Change direction!"
The worn cloth shoes twisted the ground, changed direction and turned away. The rustling footsteps became heavier and heavier. Wang Banxia's heartbeat became faster and faster. The fingers in his sleeves pinched faster and faster. He swallowed his saliva and walked around the forest. The hexagrams he calculated were all... Bad! Very bad! Extremely bad!
"It's over... It's over... It's over..."
As he muttered to himself, he suddenly bumped into a blurry black mass in his deflected sight. His head was pressed against it, and he counted with his fingers, counting four words that kept repeating frantically in his mind.
"A sign of blood."
cluck~
Wang Banxia swallowed his saliva, pressed against the mass and dared not move. He raised his hand tremblingly, touched it, and then... it was opened with a snap.
A hand reached out from the darkness and pushed Wang Banxia away. A voice cursed at him, "Fuck you, what are you touching? I can't even sit in the bushes taking a shit in peace. Why are you circling around here? Why are you marking time here?!"
Human voice
Hearing the cursing words, Wang Banxia's heart, which had nearly risen to his throat, finally settled down. However, when he heard the four words "my old mother", he pondered for a moment, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face, and he reached out with his hands excitedly.
"Hey, you old man, you're coming up to me, trying to blackmail me?"
The man jumped back and fell into the moonlight shining through the gaps in the trees. He had a pointed face, a mustache on his upper lip, and a tuft of short beard on his chin. He was standing on one leg with his arms spread across, holding a yellowed book, like a white crane spreading its wings. It was none other than Sun Yingxian. He raised his chin.
"Why don't you ask before you blackmail me? Who am I?!"
"Master Sun, it's me!"
Um
The man was stunned for a moment. The voice sounded familiar. He lowered his legs and arms and moved forward. "Are you... Wang Banxia?"
The moonlight was quiet and the old man opposite came over and forced a smile.
"It's me, Master Sun, don't you recognize me?"
After seeing the old face clearly, Sun Yingxian reached out and pushed him back, and breathed a sigh of relief. Then she sniffed, put the book in her hand into her arms while cursing, sat down on the ground, took off her shoes and rubbed them on the fallen leaves.
"Why are you here so late at night?"
"Junior... I am worried about Master and I am in a hurry to travel at night."
Sun Yingxian glanced at him, put on her shoes, jumped twice on the spot, and waved her sleeves: "If you don't tell the truth, then you can continue your journey at night. I'll find a place to sleep for a while!"
He turned around and leaped forward, afraid of stepping on something again.
"Master Sun, wait for me!"
Wang Banxia groped his way to catch up, caught the corner of the robe fluttering in front of him, and followed behind with a forced smile, "Master Sun, actually I was staying at a nearby family's house, but I heard that there were monsters in these mountains and they ate people, so I hurried out, thinking that after learning for many years, I could learn from my master and do my best..."
"You're so long-winded."
A few feet away, Sun Yingxian landed and turned around unhappily: "What's the point of doing so little? You just learned some Qi-observing techniques from Old Lu..."
Turning back, he stopped talking suddenly. The old man who was holding the corner of his robe was about to ask why he stopped talking, but when he realized something was wrong, he tugged at the corner of his robe, and the smile on his face froze.
'... Why does Master Sun's voice sound a little far away... Then whose robe is that in my hand? '
Wang Bandia's heart was pounding and his breathing became heavy in an instant. He raised his hand tremblingly and touched it. What touched his fingertips were thick feathers, and extending upwards was a hard bird beak. He drew his hand back as if he had been electrocuted and tried to calm himself.
'Ahem!'
After two dry coughs, Banxia loosened the corner of his robe, put his hands behind his back, and gradually distanced himself from her. He raised his head and looked up at the night sky, "The moonlight is so beautiful tonight..."
Then, he turned and ran, shouting, "Master Sun, save me! There really is a monster!"
The black shadow standing there was stunned for a moment, then it reacted and began to flutter its black feathers, stirring up a gust of evil wind that made the surrounding woods rustle.
The bird's beak opened slightly and a sharp, piercing cry was heard loudly.
Cry—
The forest was shaking wildly, and the evil wind blew up the fallen leaves and chased after the running figure. Wang Banxia was an old man after all, and he had only practiced the art of observing qi. After running for a distance, he was very tired. Looking back, he saw a feathered figure spreading its wings and swooping down among the rolled up leaves.
The moment he caught up, the air fluctuated, and the bird-beaked monster tilted its head. A yellow talisman flew towards him, and a ball of fire exploded, illuminating the forest.
Speckles of sparks fluttered between the wings and dissipated. The monster with a bird's body and a bird's head fanned away the flames. A figure instantly closed the distance and crashed into its arms. A bang of the elbow hit the feathery chest, causing the monster to stumble back two steps. It spread its wings and fanned them, but Sun Yingxian raised his hand to block it, then grabbed and pulled it over with his backhand. With the other hand, he held the talisman and slapped the bird's neck below the beak.
li~~
The bird screamed in pain, and suddenly a ball of red light flew out from its body and flew backwards. Before it left the body, it instantly shrank back into the monster's body. Its painful eyes suddenly showed ferocity. It opened its beak and spewed out a puff of black smoke, forcing the Taoist back.
"I am almost at the Nascent Soul stage. How dare a little demon who is not even in human form act so presumptuously!"
In the past, when Sun Yingxian followed Lu Liangsheng, he either encountered various big monsters or gods. Now he finally got a chance to take action. The more ferocious the opponent was, the more excited he became.
"Imperial decree, summon all the gods and ghosts... Hey, don't run!"
The Taoist priest suddenly changed the incantation in his mouth and shouted hurriedly, and started to chase after it. The monster with a bird's body and a bird's head flapped its wings and flew up unsteadily.
"I haven't reached the Nascent Soul stage yet, I'm very weak, come down and fight me!"
Sun Yingxian screamed at the monster flying in the tree cage. Wang Banxia was running behind him breathlessly, also shouting, "Master Sun, wait for me."
The two men and the demon chased each other, one in front and one behind, deep into the foothills.