"Lu~Liang~sheng~"
The voices of countless people and demons echoed in the air, echoing in the dusk, and startled birds and wild beasts in the forest flapped their wings or spread their limbs and fled in panic.
As the last rays of sunset fell, villagers returning home across dozens of miles of mountains carried their hoes and looked up at the black flocks of birds flying overhead or in the distance, feeling a sense of fear.
"What's going on?"
"Birds are flying in flocks. Is something weird going to happen?!"
"Did you hear any strange noises on the hill over there? It sounded like thunder, or like a lot of people shouting loudly."
“… Could it be that a mountain demon has appeared?”
"Oh my... the wild boars are coming!"
"Big... Big Bug!!"
In the sight of the villagers gathered on the ridges of the fields, in the forest ahead, groups of wild beasts were running wildly. Tigers, which were rarely seen in normal times, also ran out one by one, running wildly after the wild boars. When they felt that many eyes were watching them, they stopped, roared "Wow~~" at the people in the fields, and then continued to run.
"It's running, it's running!" someone shouted excitedly.
"There must be something chasing us!"
Those villagers who had some experience or often went hunting in the mountains frowned and looked in the direction where the wild animals and birds were fleeing. The mountains were out of sight, gray in the sunset glow, and there were continuous rumbling sounds, as if some huge monster was coming from inside.
"What is this..."
When there was a slight sound, a figure fell from the sky in everyone's sight. Before they could exclaim in surprise, the person who landed on the ground was an old man with white hair and beard. He just glanced at them and raised his hand, and suddenly a whistling wind was raised, which made everyone unable to open their eyes. They all raised their sleeves to cover their faces. However, the next moment, they only felt their bodies floating for a while. When the wind stopped by their ears, they lowered their hands, opened their eyes and looked again. The surrounding scene had become unfamiliar, and the village entrance that was originally standing not far away was no longer there. It took them a long time to recover from the shock.
"What happened?"
"Where is this? Where are we?!"
"When the wind came, did you see a white-haired old man falling from the sky?"
"I see it, it must be an immortal... Maybe the old immortal blew us here, maybe some disaster is going to happen in the mountain!"
"I think so. Let's first figure out where this place is and then look for it in a couple of days."
Amid the noise of discussions, the red sun sank in the west and darkness surged in like a tide, covering the sky and the earth. The whistling mountain wind blew through the forest and swirling leaves floated past dancing hair. Lu Liangsheng looked at the deserted mountain village, turned into the darkness, and followed the breath of the Taoist and his master.
Just below my feet, there was the back of a goshawk flying across the night sky, swooping down along the undulating woods along the mountain. A familiar breath stopped in the dense forest ahead, and there were several other auras.
It should be that Yan Chixia, Zuo Zhengyang and others have also found this place.
Wow~~
The dense tree cage shook and swayed. The people who were talking to Sun Yingxian heard the noise and turned around. Between the intertwined and folded branches, a figure descended to the ground. Seeing the person coming, Zuo Zhengyang and Li Sui'an showed joy on their faces and quickly came forward.
"Master (Daoyou Lu), what happened?"
They had just met the Taoist priest and had only a vague idea of what had happened. They only knew that the evil star had gathered a physical body and was coming back with great force.
Lu Liangsheng brushed a leaf off his shoulder, nodded to Sui'an, raised his hand and bowed to Zuo, Yan, and Gongsun Liao over there. It was a rare friendship that they had heard the news and rushed to help. The situation was urgent now, so he didn't want to say too much and simply told them about the monster star.
"The demon star has absorbed the bodies of humans, demons, and beasts to form its body. It is already quite intelligent. It used Old Sun to send a message to me, luring me into a trap. It is now rushing towards this side. Just a few of us are no match for it, Old Sun!"
At this point, Lu Liangsheng looked at the Taoist priest and said, "You are familiar with the paths of Chengyun Sect and many of the people in the sect. Please go and tell the head Taoist priest Yunji about this matter!"
Sun Yingxian stood up, nodded, and bowed heavily.
"Then be careful."
He took out a magic talisman from the yellow cloth bag at his waist and hit his leg with it. He turned around, took a step forward, bent over and ran out. In an instant, he turned into an afterimage and flew away, leaving behind only the dust and fallen leaves fluttering down.
Lu Liangsheng waved his sleeves to sweep away the leaves and dust, picked up his master who was carrying the frog flippers, and glanced at the rest of the people.
"Old Sun, go to the people of Chengyun Sect, and we will retreat to Chang'an. We will use the magic array we set up earlier to trap the demon star. We will also notify His Majesty to close the city gates and prevent the people in the city from entering or leaving without permission."
After giving a series of instructions, he thought that there were still many villages on the way to Chang'an that might be affected by the demon star, "Fellow Daoist Yan, Zuo Qianwei, slow down a bit!"
Lu Liangsheng called Yan Chixia and Zuo Zhengyang who were about to leave. The two figures who had originally jumped into the air fell back to the ground and turned around to look at him in confusion: "Anything else you want to say?"
Here, Lu Liangsheng expressed his worries. After all, he had just relocated dozens of people from a village. If there were other villages like this along the way, they would all be in trouble. The two of them thought for a moment, looked at each other, raised their hands and bowed heavily.
"You have thought of everything, my friend. How can we ignore such a life-saving matter? Let's check along the way and take them away from the village!"
When he left this place after saying this, the ground began to shake gradually. Lu Liangsheng felt that the 'demon star' that he had copied with the 'painting in the eyes' magical power had been destroyed by the other party, and was chasing after him at full speed.
… There is no time to delay.
He looked at the remaining Gongsun Liao, Li Sui'an, and the five sword cultivators, "Follow me back to Chang'an!"
"slow!"
The Toad Taoist priest who was sitting on Lu Liangsheng's shoulder suddenly jumped down. A cloud of purple smoke rose from the spot, and he transformed into a fat old man with a long beard on his chin.
"Master... you are..."
Lu Liangsheng frowned, and the words he was about to say were interrupted by the Toad Taoist who waved his hand. He stroked his long beard with a smile and said, "You need to go back to set up the formation and notify the emperor. It will take time. I will buy you some time. Go quickly."
On the side, Gongsun Liao lifted his cloak and walked over.
"Old Toad, I am with you!"
The voice came slowly. Lu Liangsheng pursed his lips, looked at his master and nodded. With the Wolf King here, and both of them at the level of Demon King, it would be easy to retreat unscathed even if they were defeated.
"Take care, Master!"
Lu Liangsheng bowed, took Li Sui'an with him and cast some magic, summoning a strong gust of wind to fly up. The latter, together with the sword cultivators in the sect, cast out their magic swords, which turned into streams of light and flew into the night sky.
…
Boom~~~
The earth shook violently, and the surrounding woods swayed wildly. Gongsun Liao, who was standing in the woods, put his hands behind his back and looked at the night outside the woods, as well as the huge outline vaguely visible in the darkness. He slightly turned his head to look at the fat old man next to him, stretched out one hand, and clenched it into a fist.
"Old Toad, I can fight alongside you again!"
"Hahaha!"
The Toad Taoist stuck out his belly, raised his head and laughed loudly, with a sense of heroism, "Okay, let's go together and return together!"
He stretched out his fist and lightly touched it with the Wolf King.
The next second, two figures turned into yellow sand and purple smoke and rushed into the night sky.