After the Gorefiend escaped from the altar, he plunged into the mountains.
If ordinary people deal with him, they will become his supplies instead, so Ji Mingxiu did not let Xuan Yiwei follow up, and chased after him alone.
Although the mountains around the Holy Cult are not as vast as the Manghuang Mountains, they are also full of rocks and mountains.
The Gorefiend's lightness skill was originally higher than that of a young man, but he was injured by the priest's sword. Not only did he lose an arm, but his vitality was also greatly damaged. It was impossible to completely shake off Ji Mingxiu.
It's just that it's not easy for Ji Mingxiu to catch up with him. After all, he just got rid of the palm poison and his skill has not fully recovered, and the majestic internal power sealed in his body is still somewhat difficult to use.
Back and forth, the two rushed into the depths of the mountains.
The Gorefiend was born in the mountains and grew up in the mountains. Even though he has been imprisoned for so many years, he still feels like a fish in water when he returns to his own place.
He turned his footsteps and turned a corner.
When Ji Mingxiu chased to the fork in the road, he could no longer see the shadow of the blood demon.
However, the Gorefiend was injured, and the thick bloody smell might not be washed away by the next rain.
Ji Mingxiu followed the bloody smell in the air, and chased all the way east.
I don't know how long I have been chasing, but the sky is gradually getting dark.
Darkness makes it easy to hide.
To make matters worse, there was snow in the sky.
Large flakes of snowflakes, like goose feathers, floated down silently.
The line of sight... was completely blocked.
Was the Blood Demon a complete fool? After guessing that Ji Mingxiu might be chasing his scent, he deliberately killed several beasts and threw them in different directions.
The bloody smell came from all directions, and for a while, it was really hard to distinguish.
Ji Mingxiu paused, stood under an old locust tree, and listened quietly to the movement around him.
The Gorefiend is very good at lightness, and it is not easy to leave footprints in the snow, but it is also because of this that when he skims over the branches, there will be a slight sound.
Click!
A dead branch in the southeast was broken.
Ji Mingxiu quickly chased after it, and picked up the dead branch that fell in the snow. There was indeed an imperceptible drop of blood on it.
It seemed that the Gorefiend was nearby.
A master of his realm, who can relay even a leaf, has broken a dead branch as thick as a finger, which shows that he can no longer control his strength well.
He was seriously injured, and if he continued to escape, he might be exposed, and the best way was to hide.
The snowflakes were falling one after another, and there was no tendency to stop, but intensified.
The smell of blood in the air was gradually replaced by the crispness of snowflakes. The north wind howled past, and the smell of blood demons could no longer be smelled from the tip of his nose.
Ji Mingxiu simply took out the bright moon bead, and by the light of the bright moon bead, searched carefully in this area.
It's not a bad thing that the blood demon is in the dark but he is in the light. If the blood demon wants to rush out and kill him, then he won't have to search around.
It's a pity that the Gorefiend was more calm than expected.
He could hold his breath, but Ji Mingxiu didn't have much time to spend with him.
It was completely dark, and it would be dawn in a few hours. He had to send the Blood Demon's blood pill to Qiao Wei before dawn.
His wife, his children, are waiting.
"Aww—"
Deep in the jungle, the howling of wolves came.
With a flick of his eyes, Ji Mingxiu slashed out a sharp sword aura in the direction of the wolves.
Click!
There was a slight movement from the south behind him.
Ji Mingxiu turned around and walked over in a few steps.
This time, it wasn't the noise made by the blood demon, but a little silly roe deer.
The little silly roe deer had never seen anyone before, and looked at Ji Mingxiu with wide innocent eyes.
Ji Mingxiu sighed slightly, and withdrew his sword: "You go, if you don't go, I'll take you back and cook it for my daughter."
The little silly roe deer didn't know if he understood, but he ran away in fright.
Although Ji Mingxiu didn't find the Gorefiend, he found a cave.
It is not a strange thing to see caves everywhere in the deep mountains and old forests, but if there are a few skeletons lying in the caves, it will make people suspicious.
Ji Mingxiu walked over and took a picture with the moon bead, and quickly recognized that these were all women's skulls. He found the remaining wreckage in the surrounding area, and judging from the condition of the pelvis, it became more and more certain that they were women's skulls.
Although I don't know who they are and how long they have been dead, but this kind of deep mountain and old forest doesn't seem to be a place where women can come and go.
Ji Mingxiu walked into the cave.
The hole is not big, but after walking a few steps, they entered a very spacious space.
This should be the real cave.
The strange thing is that the cave seems to have been inhabited, and there are several huge night pearls inlaid on the wall, one of the night pearls was probably pecked by some powerful bird, and a small part was limped.
This place has not been lived in for a long time, the walls are covered with cobwebs, and there are several cabinets, boxes, and some old and almost rotten utensils lying in a mess on the ground.
Ji Mingxiu opened a box casually, and the clothes inside were already moldy. Ji Mingxiu poured out the clothes, and there was a golden peace talisman with the clothes.
This peace talisman was sewn with pure gold thread, so it was not damaged.
Ji Mingxiu picked up the amulet, looked it over and over again, and found that there was a faded red lotus on the back of the amulet.
The red lotus is the symbol of the holy religion.
Could it be that... the owner of this cave was once one or several disciples of the Holy Cult
This is strange, the clothes here are all men's, but the corpses that died at the entrance of the cave are all women's.
Ji Mingxiu couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it.
He looked at the stone wall of the cave again, and unexpectedly found some words engraved on it.
It's been a long time, and the handwriting is covered with moss.
Ji Mingxiu scraped off the thick moss with a dagger, and when he took a closer look, he was instantly stunned.
A wall is full, densely packed, all engraved with a name - Yunzhu.
…
On the altar, Yunzhu's acupoints had been released. She went back to Yeliang City and took Qiao Zheng over.
King Yin had ordered tents to be prepared, and He Lanqing and Qiao Wei were in one of the tents.
Qiao Zheng didn't cry, he was frighteningly calm.
He entered the tent with the medicine box and began to take out the dagger from Qiao Wei's stomach.
Except for He Lanqing, everyone was waiting outside.
"Grandma, you go in and rest for a while, and I'll call you when my cousin wakes up." The first beauty didn't treat herself as an outsider, ignoring King Yin's twitching face, and enthusiastically persuaded Yunzhu to come in. Another tent.
Yunzhu was worried about Qiao Wei and Ji Mingxiu, and she didn't feel sleepy, but she had a severe headache, and soon fell asleep in the soothing incense lighted by the first beauty.
In the dark cave, the little girl woke up faintly. She moved her body first, and when she moved, she felt a severe pain in her right leg.
"Ah—" she cried out in pain.
A blood-red figure squatted in the dark, looking at her faintly.
Enduring the pain, the little girl sat up, and wanted to lift up her trouser legs to see what was wrong with her, but for some reason, she turned her head and saw a strange... person.
At her age, the distinction between men and women is still limited to hairstyles and clothes, but this person is only wearing animal skins, with loose hair, and she doesn't know whether she is a man or a woman.
The little girl blinked and asked him curiously, "Who are you?"
He didn't speak.
The little girl stretched out her small hand and brushed away the hair that blocked his face.
A warm and soft little hand touched his forehead inadvertently.
He crawled back with a swish!
The little girl wanted to chase him, but as soon as she moved, a sharp pain came from her right leg.
The little girl burst into tears.
He crawled back nimbly again, looking at her strangely and curiously.
The little girl stretched out her chubby legs in front of him, sobbing and saying, "Look, I'm bleeding, I'm hurt so badly, I want Daddy..."
He looked at her blankly, for a while, looked at the wound on her leg, hesitated for a while, and finally stretched out a bloody hand, which fell less than an inch above the wound.
A hot current blew on the wound, and the little girl gradually felt less pain. When he took his hand away, she was surprised to find that her wound was gone!
She jumped up excitedly: "I'm fine, I'm fine! I'm really fine!"
She stopped, looked at him happily, looked at him for a while, then lowered her head and took off the little golden charm around her neck: "Thank you for saving me, this is for you."
He sniffed and turned his face away in disgust.
She put the little talisman around his neck.
He first lowered his head to look at the little talisman, then tilted his head to look at her, and finally, he glanced at the mummified tiger corpse deep in the cave, and silently crawled out.
When he came back, there was an unconscious roe deer on his back.
He threw the roe deer in front of the little girl.
The little girl asked in surprise, "What happened to it?"
He pushed the roe deer towards the little girl.
Little girl: "You want me to save it? I can't."
He grinned.
The little girl grinned too.
He pushed the roe deer again.
Little girl: "I really can't."
he:"… "
He threw the roe deer out.
When he was about to turn around and go back to the cave, he saw behind him that the little girl also crawled out.
The little girl looked at him with a smile.
He looked at the little girl crawling over, then at himself crawling on the ground, and frowned deeply.
"Miss! Miss!"
Not far away, the voice of the little maid was heard.
There was a flash of green light in his eyes
The little girl was overjoyed, she looked at him and said, "It's my elder sister Lian who is here!"
After finishing speaking, she stood up, patted the snow in her palms, and waved her hands not far away: "Sister Lian, I'm here!"
The little maid ran over panting, and seeing that her lady was fine, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "Miss, you scared me to death! How could you run away without saying a word? Do you know that I'm going to die of panic?" ? My legs are broken!"
He squatted on the ground, his hungry eyes fell on the little maid.
The little maid suddenly felt a little strange, and slowly looked towards the cave beside her, but bumped into a pair of green eyes, those hungry eyes, like a wolf that saw its prey, she let out an "ah" cried out!
"Sister Lian, don't be afraid. He is a good person. I was injured just now. He saved me. Look at my leg!" The little girl pulled up her trousers and began to show off her healed right leg.
The little maid hurriedly put down her trouser legs, put on a cloak for her, and reproached her: "Miss, you are a rich man, how can you just show your body to a man?"
The little girl stared at her almond-shaped eyes and said, "Didn't I show you?"
The little maid glanced at the man with the weird face vigilantly, and said in a low voice: "Miss, that man doesn't look like a good person at first sight, don't get close to him, now do as I said, walk forward slowly, don't look back. "
Little girl: "But..."
The little maid interrupted her: "Don't be so annoying, come with me."
After saying that, he took the little girl's hand and walked forward calmly.
The man suddenly rushed over from behind, throwing the maid down into the snow.
The maid screamed in terror!
The little girl hurriedly said: "She is my sister Lian, she is not a bad person! You, you let her go!"
The man glared at the maid viciously.
"Miss! Junior Sister Lian!"
Behind the jungle, the voices of disciples of the Holy Cult came.
The little girl hurriedly said to him: "It's my senior brothers who are here, please let go of my elder sister Lian, let them see, and they will beat you."
The man glared angrily at the maid several times, which made the maid tremble, and he let her go coldly just now.
He went back to the cave.
Aggrieved and frightened, the maid cried silently.
The little girl comforted her: "Sister Lian, don't cry, he didn't do it on purpose, he thought you were a bad guy and wanted to take me away, that's why he frightened you. He's not a bad guy, don't tell the brothers later, okay?" ?”
The maid nodded crying.
The little girl smiled brightly: "Sister Lian, you are the best."
What the little girl didn't know was that the maid did not tell the brothers, she just told the leader.