The night was gradually darkening, and the Viper Valley, which had been immersed in an invisible tense atmosphere for a whole day, seemed to be slowly falling asleep. The dim lights were slowly extinguished, except for the cold and lonely mourning hall.
The door of the mourning hall was still open, and the cold night wind blew past, blowing the candles that were still burning in the mourning hall flickering, casting strange shadows on the ground. In the distance outside the door, in the silence, there seemed to be some voice whispering, like crying, like laughing, and it seemed to be the sound of the wind blowing the trees, which made people unable to hear clearly, but felt a little chilly in their hearts.
From the few lingering candles in the mourning hall to the light outside the house, there is still a faint mist outside the house at night in this valley, like light smoke, floating around and changing in the darkness and shadows various shapes.
And above the mourning hall, there was still only one Qin Wuyan who kept watch all night.
He was still kneeling in front of the coffin, with his head down, his eyes were erratic, as if he was looking at some unknown place. The copper basin in front of him was already full of burnt paper money turned into black paper ashes, trembling with the night wind blowing in from time to time, occasionally one or two pieces of scattered paper ashes were blown away by the wind, leaving the copper basin, slowly They floated slowly in the room, and then most of them quietly landed on the altar in front of the coffin, and landed on the three offering trays.
Somewhere, is there still a pair of eyes looking at all this
Footsteps sounded suddenly, and they walked into the mourning hall on the flat ground. Qin Wuyan's body trembled a bit. No matter who said it, the sudden sound of footsteps behind him at this moment is not a pleasant thing. He looked back, his brows frowned, and his face was a little surprised. It was obvious that the person who came was not what he expected.
What caught his eyes was a tall man, but his clothes were quite different from those of ordinary Demon Sect disciples. He was wearing a Taoist robe and had a square face.
Qin Wuyan looked at Cangsong, Cangsong also looked at Qin Wuyan, neither of them spoke, then Cangsong went straight to the altar in front of the coffin, picked up the fine incense placed on the table, put it on a residual candle and lit it When he finished, he bowed respectfully to the spirit seat, took another step, and inserted the incense candle into the incense burner.
Qin Wuyan patiently watched Cangsong Taoist's every move. From the beginning to the end, when Cangsong Taoist turned around again, Qin Wuyan lowered his head slightly, as his disciple returned the salute. Although there was no expression on his face, his tone was still calm and polite. Said: "Thank you, Daoist."
Taoist Cangsong nodded, and said: "After all, the old man and I are the host and guest. Although this stick of incense is a bit late, it is always my heart."
Qin Wuyan still knelt, looked at the spiritual seat, and said lightly: "It's okay, as long as the Taoist priest is sincere, I think the master has a spirit in the sky, and he will be very pleased."
Taoist Cangsong stared at Qin Wuyan for a while, then suddenly smiled, and said, "Young Master Qin, you don't seem to like me all the time."
Qin Wuyan raised his eyes slightly, as if he didn't expect Taoist Cangsong to ask such a question suddenly, it was a bit strange, but after looking at Taoist Cangsong for a while, he still calmly said: "The Taoist priest misunderstood, your Excellency is the guest of honor when the teacher is alive , can be regarded as a highly respected senior in the Ten Thousand Poison Sect, Wu Yan dare not be negligent. It's just that the teacher has unfortunately passed away, and I feel sad in my heart. If there is any disrespect or disrespect, please forgive me, senior."
Taoist Cangsong still had a smile on his face, and his eyes slowly turned to the spiritual seat of the Poison God in front of him. In front of the spiritual seat, the box containing the seal of the master of the Wandu Sect was quietly placed there. Taoist Cangsong watched for a while, and suddenly there were a few low and strange cries from him, like insects, Qin Wuyan's face changed slightly, and Taoist Cangsong was also startled, but then he suddenly laughed and said: "Old man Sect master, old sect master, you should be able to go there with peace of mind, look at what you have taught, and there is such an outstanding apprentice, it is really not easy!"
Qin Wuyan's face sank, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "Daoist, what did you say?"
Taoist Cangsong turned his head, smiled slightly, but didn't speak, just gently pulled up his wrist and sleeve. The pupils of Qin Wuyan's eyes constricted, and he saw a small box tied to the flesh of Cangsong Taoist's arm, and the strange sound just now came from here again, clearly audible.
With a mysterious smile on Taoist Cangsong's face, he slowly stretched out his hand in front of the spirit seat, but when the box tied to his wrist was a little closer to the box where the seal of the head of the Wandu Sect was placed before the spirit seat, the one before the spirit seat In the box, a low but very clear sound of insects suddenly sounded, and that sound sounded exactly like the sound from the box on Taoist Cangsong's wrist.
Taoist Cangsong slowly withdrew his arm, turned his head to look at Qin Wuyan, and said calmly, "Seven-tailed centipede?"
Qin Wuyan took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes were full of energy, and his whole body suddenly changed from that silent and decadent feeling to a sharp and sharp one, and he slowly stood up from the ground , fixed his eyes on Taoist Cangsong, and slowly repeated: "Seven-tailed centipede!"
The mourning hall, which was originally dark and gloomy, suddenly seemed to be a little brighter after he stood like this, and the original coolness in the air disappeared in a blink of an eye, and there was only fierce murderous intent.
Taoist Cangsong didn't show any fear, instead he didn't seem to feel anything about the changes around him, and he asked Qin Wuyan calmly, "Tell me, if your master knows about his disciples If they messed around in front of his spirit shortly after his death, he should be very angry, right?"
Qin Wuyan snorted coldly and said: "Master, the old man is wise and smart, he has already seen through the so-called etiquette and customs, don't say disrespecting him in front of his soul, even if my disciples are fighting each other here, he will probably understand Just laughing and watching the excitement."
Taoist Cangsong nodded slowly, then sighed suddenly, and said: "That's true. I've been with the old sect master day and night in the past ten years. Given his character, I'm afraid it's true." Then, he looked at Qin Wuyan, smiled and said: "Unexpectedly, you followed him for the shortest time, but you are the one who understands him best among all the disciples."
Qin Wuyan's expression remained unchanged, but he took a step forward, and said coldly: "You, Daoist, are not very good, not only can you see Master clearly, but even my every move, you can't escape your eyes! "
The smile on Cangsong Taoist's face froze slightly, his eyes glanced at Qin Wuyan's footsteps, and suddenly said: "It's already passed your master's first seven?"
Qin Wuyan was startled, not knowing what Taoist Cangsong meant when he suddenly asked such a sentence, but this person's attitude tonight is really weird and unpredictable, not to mention that he has already seen through his own manipulations on the sect master's seal, I'm afraid he can't leave him. Qin Wuyan thought so in his heart, and said lightly: "Now is the time of ugliness, it has just passed, why, does the Taoist priest have any advice?" As he said, he took another step towards Taoist Cangsong.
Taoist Cangsong immediately took a step back, nodded and said: "That's all right, let your master pass the first seven days safely, it's my kindness."
Qin Wuyan was startled, before he could get over it, Taoist Cangsong suddenly moved his body, flashed to the door of the mourning hall in a blink of an eye, raised his breath, and said loudly: "Hey, the sect master's seal... ah..." The first few words before him Full of astonishment, halfway through the speech, Taoist Cangsong suddenly cried out in pain as if he had been severely injured, as though he was still standing there intact, as if he had been ambushed by someone.
Qin Wuyan's face immediately changed color, but it was too late to stop it. Taoist Cangsong's voice echoed endlessly above the quiet and deep Poisonous Snake Valley. After a while, there seemed to be echoes from far away, and there were vague "ah"s everywhere in the valley. sound.
At the first moment, the Viper Valley seemed to be startled by something, and it was almost more dead than before, but only after a while, countless noisy voices rang out from every corner of the Viper Valley, like a crashing wave, but it was audible. Countless people who had already been waiting for the battle jumped out, and all kinds of voices of questioning, scolding, berating, and commanding merged into one, turning into invisible waves, rushing towards this mourning hall from all directions.
Taoist Cangsong turned his head and smiled slightly, waved his hand to Qin Wuyan, who was ashen-faced, and said, "Nephew, I will help you as an uncle. If you can sit on the throne of sect master in the future, don't forget today's love." !" Without further ado, his figure swayed, and the moment before Qin Wuyan rushed to the door, he quickly flew into the darkness outside the door, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
Qin Wuyan was panting by the door, his eyes were full of anger, it was obvious that Taoist Cangsong's sudden attack completely disrupted his wishful thinking, at this moment there was a lot of people around, seeing that the mourning hall was about to be surrounded by countless people from the three senior brothers, Qin Wuyan stomped his feet fiercely, made a quick decision, and threw himself into the darkness outside the house like Taoist Cangsong, and disappeared after a while.
The next moment, countless disciples of the Wan Poison Sect, armed with torches and sharp blades, charged into the Spirit Hall of the Poison God aggressively under the leadership of the three master disciples of the Poison God.
And after a moment of silence, angry shouts of killing sounded from the Viper Valley under the night sky, sweeping the entire valley immediately.
The night is getting darker.
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When the rising sun threw its first rays of light onto the earth, Cangsong Taoist flew out of the Poisonous Snake Valley without anyone noticing it, had already flew in mid-air with his sword, and appeared in a small town four hundred miles northeast of the Poisonous Snake Valley. From above, he carefully looked around the small town in the sky, and then seemed to have discovered something, and immediately fell to a small hill on the north side of the city.
Most of the unnamed hills are covered with wild maple trees. Looking down from the sky, they are all red and very beautiful. In front of the maple forest, there are three men and one woman standing at the moment, they are Ghost King, Mr. Ghost, Ghost Li and You Ji.
Seeing Cangsong fall down, a smile appeared on Ghost King's face, he went up to meet him, and said with a smile: "How is it? Is everything going well?"
Taoist Cangsong nodded, and said: "Sure enough, as expected by the suzerain, Qin Wuyan has indeed recovered from his injuries, and he has tampered with the box sealed by the master of the Wandu sect, most likely by putting the seven-tailed centipede in it, no matter who opens it, As long as Qin Wuyan manipulates this box secretly, no one can escape the bite of the seven-tailed centipede. With the strange poison of the seven-tailed centipede, most likely this person will die."
The ghost king laughed loudly, turned his head to Mr. Ghost and the others and said, "Look, these simple methods have been used countless times, and there are still people using them!"
Gui Li's face was indifferent, he didn't say anything, You Ji also remained silent, only Mr. Ghost said indifferently: "The method is indeed outdated, but as long as it works, it is a good method."
The ghost king nodded and said: "That's right. Speaking of which, Senior Poison God can be regarded as a generation of heroes in our holy religion. It's really disappointing that all the apprentices are recruited with such roles."
Taoist Cangsong laughed beside him and said, "But that Qin Wuyan is indeed a pretty good character, it's a pity."
Ghost King glanced at him, couldn't help laughing again, everyone was silent for a while, Ghost Li stood aside, looked at Ghost King silently, frowned, for some reason, he seemed to feel that Ghost King was a little strange today.
But Ghost Li didn't go deep into this idea, because very soon, in the small city ahead that just woke up in the early morning, there was a sudden burst of heart-piercing screams, and soon, countless screams There were sounds everywhere, and it was clearly heard that someone shouted in horror: "Beast monster, it's the beast monster coming..."
An ear-piercing and cruel screeching sound came from the south of the small town, and bursts of smoke and dust suddenly rose from the peaceful field in the distance, like charging soldiers forming a thousand horses, rushing unstoppably. The shouts from far and near, mixed with excited roaring voices, swarmed with bloodthirsty desires, and the five members of Ghost King Zong standing at the other end of the small town soared into the air and flew towards the small town.
Flying closer, everyone has seen countless big scenes, but the scene in front of them still makes them slightly discolored. Countless monsters and mutated monsters roared and roared out of the smoke and dust in the field. Their huge bodies, vigorous bodies, sharp teeth and claws exuded a strong sense of death in the morning light. On the other hand, the residents of the small town panicked and ran around frantically, but no one knew where to go to be safe
The sound of intensive running was getting closer and louder, and finally reached the point of deafening. More and more beast monsters came from the south and rushed towards the small city. The ancient road in the field and the wide land on both sides of the road have become the paradise of these monsters at this moment. The red-eyed monsters surrounded the small city with loud roars, and the poor people who had no time to escape into the city, In a blink of an eye, it was swallowed up by the smoke and dust raised by the monsters. In the gray mist, there were blood flashes and screams, and then disappeared.
And above the head of the small city, some people who barely had the will to survive desperately pulled up the suspension bridge of the city gate, temporarily blocking these ferocious beast monsters from outside the city, and then the beast monsters seemed to come endlessly from the south , surrounded the small town.
The five people in the sky all gasped.
In the distance above the wilderness, there was a scream, the sound sounded sharp and piercing, and it was a bit of a clang sound, as if rushing through the smoke and dust from a distance. The ghost king's expression changed, and he said in a low voice: "Here it is, it should be this monster. Everyone, be careful and act according to the original plan."
The rest of the people nodded slightly, and then scattered away. Only the ghost king stayed in the air, looked at the place where the screeching sound was coming, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then flew up, disappeared into the clouds of the sky.
As the scream became louder and louder, the countless monsters that surrounded the small city raised their heads and screamed at the same time. All kinds of harsh sounds were mixed together, mixed with the smell of beasts and the faint smell of blood in the wind, making one's hair stand on end.
In the smoke and dust, there was a sudden roar, and the screaming stopped abruptly, and the brilliance flashed in the midair, and a huge tiger-like monster jumped out of the smoke and dust. Seen from a distance, this monster looks like a tiger, even with the word "King" faintly on its forehead, but its body is many times larger than an ordinary tiger, with sharp teeth and sharp claws, and colorful fur It is beautiful, and the most peculiar thing is that the tail behind it is extremely long, it seems to be much longer than the body. Compared with it, the ferocious monsters around are like kittens and puppies.
Gui Li, who was hiding outside the city, frowned, and said in a low voice: "Chu Wu! (Note 1)"
The small city surrounded by beasts was just a small city. This monster with a body of five or six feet tall stood in front of the city. The tiger's head almost reached the top of the city. . The strong fishy smell blew with the wind, and the people on the city wall were either scared to death, or lost their souls, and ran away like desperately.
Chu Wu growled twice, his eyes flickered fiercely, let out a sharp scream, raised his thick front feet, and smashed directly towards the city gate. The sharp tiger claws pierced through the city gate made of thick wood with ease. Before the civilians who were desperately resisting behind the city gate realized what was going on, several of them had already been pierced by the huge tiger claws, and the rest were terrified. , scattered and fled.
Chu Wu roared loudly, and smashed his sharp claws one after another. After a few loud bangs, "Boom, boom, boom", the dilapidated city gate collapsed, and the whole city was crying in an instant, and the roar of excitement outside the city also sounded immediately , Countless ferocious beasts swarmed in, and in a blink of an eye there was a bloodbath.
Chuwu opened the city gate for other monsters, but he didn't go in to kill them. It seemed that he didn't bother to do this kind of thing, and at this moment, he seemed to have discovered something. The tiger's head turned, and its huge body slowly turned around. , the nose kept sniffing the air, as if trying to determine something.
Just when Chu Wu was hesitating to search, suddenly there was a loud bang from the wall of the small city in front of it, and a part of the city wall split suddenly, Taoist Cangsong came out of the hole, and appeared right in front of Chu Wu with a yellow sword in his hand Mang hit Chu Wu's chest with lightning speed.
Chu Wu let out an earth-shattering roar, and the entire huge tiger body flew backwards, but Cangsong Taoist is a figure who has been famous for many years after all, and he is a teacher of the world's number one sect, Qingyun. Although I flew upside down, there was a hissing sound like a tearing silk, and a huge wound more than four feet long was cut on my chest.
If it were an ordinary monster, the wound would have killed him on the spot, but Chu Wu is obviously different from the ordinary monsters around him. As one of the thirteen monsters under the Beast Monster Seat, its vitality and demonic skills are far beyond the capabilities of other ordinary monsters. Compare. Although the blood was gushing out of his chest, Chu Wu didn't even look at it. He roared furiously, and rushed over in a blink of an eye. Judging by the movement of his body, he was not much slower than before he was injured.
Taoist Cangsong's face changed slightly, his figure flashed, he dodged the sharp claws thrown by Chu Wu, he quickly left the herd of beasts with his sword, and flew to the north of the small town, Chu Wu roared loudly, his eyes seemed to burst into flames, Can't give up.
Taoist Cangsong originally wanted to fly quickly to the nameless hill, and join forces with several other people to get rid of the monster, but unexpectedly, he flew less than half the distance. Taoist Cangsong was startled, looked back in a hurry, and was shocked, only to see that the speed of this Chuwu was unbelievably fast. Taoist Song.
Chuwu, who chased after Taoist Cangsong, didn't even hesitate, he opened his mouth and yelled and bit down, seeing that his posture didn't bite Taoist Cangsong into two pieces, it would be hard to get rid of his hatred. But Taoist Cangsong has practiced for many years, he didn't panic at the critical moment, he sank down suddenly, and narrowly escaped the bad luck of being buried in the tiger's mouth when there was no time. Even so, Taoist Cangsong broke out in a cold sweat.
Then Taoist Cangsong didn't dare to be careless anymore, he drove the fairy sword up and down, left and right, so that Chu Wu couldn't run in a straight line to show his incredible speed, and then he ran to the maple forest on the hill , and at this time Chu Wu has been drawn away from the herd of countless monsters for a certain distance.
Seeing Taoist Cangsong swish, and his figure sank into the red maple forest, Chu Wu became even more angry, and rushed straight into the maple forest. But the moment it set foot on the open space in front of the maple forest, suddenly Mr. Ghost's black figure appeared, chanting incantations in a low voice, and after a while, the black clothes all over his body fluttered, and a strange spiritual power slowly emanated from him come out.
Chu Wu suddenly stopped the galloping pace, the huge momentum and inertia made it slide forward a few feet, knocking down dozens of maple trees, but Chu Wu was suddenly shocked by the woods below him and even the Cangsong Taoist who had just disappeared. Don't care anymore, only the black figure floating around and the strange spiritual power emanating from him are in his eyes.
But this time, Chu Wu didn't rush forward again. He swung the huge tiger's head, but saw it roared and opened its mouth wide. As three ferocious skeletons holding big knives, they rushed towards Mr. Ghost with their teeth and claws.
Mr. Ghost's body trembled slightly. This monster is not only fierce and fast, but also capable of strange witchcraft in southern Xinjiang. It cannot be underestimated.
However, Mr. Ghost did not stop his spellcasting to avoid the witchcraft skeletons sacrificed by Chuwu. Sure enough, at the moment when the three skeletons rushed in front of him, figures flickered, and You Ji and Ghost Li flew out from both sides. , standing in front of Mr. Ghost. You Ji intertwined her hands, holding the strange seal, her palm turned upside down, completely different from the seal formula of the Middle Earth Buddhism, a beam of silver light appeared in the palm of her hand, and it quickly magnified to touch a skeleton, and the skeleton seemed to be burned Normally, there was a sudden shock, and before rushing forward, the skeleton of the whole body suddenly scattered away, it was You Ji's "Suzaku Seal" that broke the spell.
On the other end, Ghost Li looked indifferent, facing the two fierce skeletons who were coming face to face, he flipped his right hand, and the Soul Devouring Wand appeared in his hand, but this time he did not use the Blood Devouring Orb as a head sacrifice as usual On the contrary, he turned the black stick like a fire stick upside down strangely, and rushed forward with the blue-black stick.
The two skeletons swung their knives and chopped down at the same time, but before they reached three feet around the black stick, under the urging of Ghost Li's strange and true method, a red light suddenly lit up all over the black stick, the body of the stick shone immediately, and black air surged , was even more spooky than those two skeletons, in the blink of an eye the two sides collided, Ghost Li's black stick pierced into the demon bodies of the two skeletons like cutting tofu, the black air surged, and after a while, the two skeletons opened their mouths wide, But it couldn't make any sound, and it just dissipated without a sound, and the remaining black air was also sucked in by the black stick.
In addition to the blood-devouring bead of the evil thing on the Ghost Li Demon Wand, the original soul-destroying stick is the ancestor of these ghosts and monsters, and it is also a natural nemesis. Back then, the old blood-sucking demon used the skeleton magic circle to sneak attack or it was Zhang Xiaofan's. When he was, he suffered a huge dark loss on this.
Chuwu obviously didn't expect these people to be able to break his witchcraft so easily, so he couldn't help being startled. At this moment, Mr. Ghost had completed his practice, his arms trembled suddenly, and a red light descended from the sky. It was Fulong Cauldron that was sacrificed by him, and the sky was instantly red, and in the red light, there were birds singing and cows crying faintly, the voice was shrill, and the power seemed more powerful than before.
The red light descended like a curtain, immediately caged Chu Wu in it. Chu Wu only felt that there seemed to be a huge mountain pressing on him in a blink of an eye, and he could hardly breathe, but the monsters in the southern border have always been beastly, and Chu Wu was deeply in adversity, but became even more annoyed, roaring and struggling desperately.
At this moment, the figure on Fulongding tripod flashed, and the ghost king descended from the sky, flying down in the red light of Fulongdingding like lightning.
Chu Wu seemed to have sensed it, and raised his head angrily, but the ghost king had already reached the top of its head, and with a long howl, the red light trembled wildly, dazzing, and the surrounding scene could not be clearly seen, only the shadow of the ghost king flickering vaguely, Suddenly something appeared in his hand, and he slapped it straight down in full of auspiciousness, hitting Chu Wu on the forehead.
Chu Wu's body trembled violently, trembling from head to toe. After a while, the red light gradually quieted down, and the mysterious things in the ghost king's hands also disappeared. However, Chu Wu's originally shiny fur suddenly dimmed, and the seven orifices on the tiger's head suddenly faded. All bleeding. The ghost king let out a long laugh, and suddenly thrust his right hand down, forcefully inserting it into Chuwu's hard skull.
Chu Wu let out a loud roar that shook the sky, shook his body a few times, and finally fell down helplessly.
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"Note 1: "Shan Hai Jing Hai Nei Bei Jing" Chu Wu: Lin's state-owned rare beast, as big as a tiger, with five harvests and a tail longer than the body, named Chu Wu, rides on it and travels thousands of miles in a day.
Another note: "Strange Stories of Gods and Demons: Monsters and Beasts" Chu Wu: There is a strange beast in the southern border of Shenzhou, which looks like a tiger, with colorful fur and long tail. It commands all beasts, and it is called the king of all beasts. 』