Dawang Village.
Xiaohuan stood at the entrance of the village and looked towards the Dead Marsh worriedly. In the direction of the Dead Marsh, the sky was still clear in the morning, but now it has gradually darkened, and it seems that there will be another heavy rain.
Late last night, she was in the Death Marsh with her grandfather Zhou Yixian, Jin Ping'er and others, but Jin Ping'er came back from a trip looking very tired, and at the same time sent the two of them out of the Death Marsh overnight.
Xiaohuan asked Jin Ping'er in private, Jin Ping'er remained silent, and only said: "The situation in this dead marsh is far more dangerous than I expected, if you stay here again, I'm afraid you will hurt yourself instead."
Xiaohuan has always believed in this elder sister's words, so she and Zhou Yixian left the Dead Marsh that night, and at the same time followed Jin Ping'er's instructions, made preparations today, and then left here. However, she had known Jin Ping'er for a long time, and last night was the first time she saw Jin Ping'er's expression so dignified.
After thinking about it, she couldn't help secretly worrying about this sister.
"Little Ring!"
A familiar call came from behind, Xiaohuan turned around, and it was indeed Zhou Yixian who walked over quickly, only to hear him say: "Everything is packed, let's go!"
Xiaohuan nodded silently, but couldn't help asking Zhou Yixian: "Grandpa, do you think sister Ping'er is in danger in the dead marsh?"
Zhou Zhouxian was stunned for a moment, and said angrily, "How do I know?"
Xiaohuan pursed his lips and glared at him. After all, Zhou Xian still loved this granddaughter in his heart. He sighed, looked around, walked to Xiaohuan, and said in a low voice, "We are in the dead marsh these few days. , followed Jin Ping'er and met the disciples of Changshengtang a few times, but since last night, have you ever seen the disciples of Changshengtang?"
Xiaohuan was startled.
Zhou Yixian smiled, his face gradually showed a different expression from his usual hippie smile, his eyes gradually became sharper and brighter, and said: "Especially when you met that fish-headed monster that day, I could hear it clearly , the ones who met Jin Ping'er were the young masters of the other two sects of the Devil's Cult, the Ghost King Sect and the Wandu Sect—Ghost Li and Qin Wuyan. At this time, the three met again within the power of the main hall of the Changshengtang , what do you say you will do?"
Xiaohuan and Liu frowned, and suddenly lost her voice after a while: "Grandpa, do you mean..."
Zhou Yixian said: "That's right, I'm afraid that the Hall of Eternal Life, which has been prosperous for eight hundred years, will be destroyed in the hands of these three young evil stars. Yuyangzi is so good, and he actually..." He sighed, and his expression suddenly became gloomy After coming down, he was silent for a while, and said: "Nowadays, the internal fighting among the Demon Cults is becoming more and more fierce, but there are also intrigues in the righteous way. The Qingyun Sect was seriously injured ten years ago, and it has not recovered yet. This world, I am afraid that people will die again."
Xiaohuan was in a daze, Zhou Yixian heaved a sigh of relief, he suddenly pulled himself together, he smiled and said: "If the world is in chaos, let him go! What does it have to do with us? Let's go, let's continue to benefit the people of the world."
Xiaohuan was dumb, but Zhou Yixian didn't seem to care at all, walked over and picked up the bag, holding the bamboo pole with "immortal guide" in his hand, turned around to greet Xiaohuan, but suddenly froze, looking at Xiaohuan Look around.
Seeing his grandfather's strange eyes, Xiaohuan quickly turned around to look, and couldn't help being stunned. He saw Taoist Wild Dog walking from the direction of the Dead Marsh with a gloomy expression on his face. When he swept his eyes, he saw Xiaohuan and Zhou Yixian Standing at the entrance of the village.
Early this morning, the wild dog Taoist who had been following Gui Li was suddenly ordered by Gui Li to leave the Dead Marsh immediately. The wild dog was stunned, but he also vaguely knew in his heart that the Dead Marsh is extremely dangerous now, and there are advantages to walking. But the young man Gui Li said a few words coldly with a straight face, he was very unhappy in his heart, he cursed all the way and walked out angrily.
At this moment, at the entrance of the village, I suddenly met Xiaohuan. For some reason, the wild dog's heart skipped a beat, and it subconsciously walked away. It didn't know what it was afraid of
Unexpectedly, within two steps, Xiaohuan's voice came from behind: "Daoist, wait!"
The wild dog was stunned for a moment, then turned around slowly, Zhou Yixian walked to Xiaohuan with a frown, and said angrily, "What did you ask him to do?"
Xiaohuan glared at Zhou Xian, ignored him, with a smile on his face, walked over, took out an umbrella from the bag beside him, and said humanely to the wild dog: "Master Dao, I haven't returned your umbrella yet." ?”
The wild dog looked at the umbrella twice, his face was cloudy and cloudy, he was in a daze for a while, and he didn't reach out to take it, Xiaohuan didn't care, he stuffed the umbrella into Taoist Wild Dog's hand, smiled at him, and said: " Thank you so much that day."
Daoist Wild Dog suddenly felt his eyes light up, as if his eyes were blurred, secretly swallowed his saliva.
Xiaohuan walked back to Zhou Yixian's side, took the burden from Zhou Yixian's hand, and said, "Let's go, Grandpa."
Zhou Yixian stared at the wild dog who was standing there blankly, followed Xiaohuan, and said to himself, "Why are you smiling at him all the time?"
Xiaohuan said angrily, "Grandpa, he is a good person!"
Zhou Yixian let out a "bah" and said: "He is a good person, am I not the reincarnation of Buddha?"
The figures of Xiaohuan and Zhou Yixian gradually faded away, and their voices also gradually died down. The wild dog stood there, holding the umbrella in his hand, motionless. The direction that Huan and Zhou Xian went.
After their figures disappeared one by one, Dawang Village returned to calm. In a corner several feet away from the entrance of the village, stood a man and a woman. The man was long in white and the woman was covered with a black veil. They were Qinglong and Youji.
Qinglong said lightly: "What is the origin of Yixian this week, do you know?"
You Ji, who was hiding behind the black veil, didn't speak, but saw the black veil shaking slightly, and seemed to shake her head slightly.
Qinglong pondered for a moment, his eyes seemed to be deep in thought, and then said: "This person is not simple, and his granddaughter actually has contacts with Jin Ping'er from the Hehuan Sect. You need to pay more attention in the future."
You Ji was silent for a moment, then said calmly: "Let's go! We cannot delay the important event that the suzerain ordered us to carry out."
Qinglong glanced at her, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, but he remained calm and said, "That's right, let's go!"
After finishing speaking, the two of them walked out of Dawang Village slowly, but they were heading in the opposite direction to Zhou Yixian and the others, heading towards the Death Swamp.
I don't know where the wind blows, passing between the sky and the earth, there is a faint taste of desolation.
It seemed to be a little darker.
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"Boom!"
There was a thunderclap in the dark clouds, and the big raindrops fell down one after another, drenching the whole world, it was a gray area, Ghost Li stood on the top of a big tree, looking around.
Behind him is still the huge and unparalleled wall of miasma. In fact, according to common sense, once the miasma of ordinary mountain water encounters rainwater, it will tend to converge and become silent, but the highly toxic miasma in the dead marsh does not seem to be at all. Like the fear of rain, despite the wind and rain, it is still majestic and motionless.
Gui Li slowly turned his head and looked forward, but saw unexpectedly dense forest growing in this inner marsh, at a glance, he saw that in the bitter wind and rain, this forest also spread infinitely, I don't know how far? Moreover, the rain was heavy, and although the line of sight was much clearer than in the miasma just now, it still couldn't see too far.
"Squeak, squeak!"
Suddenly, the branches around him jumped a few times, it turned out that Xiao Hui who had left just now jumped up and down on the branches and ran back, jumped back to Gui Li's shoulder two or three times, picked some wild fruits from nowhere in his hand, grinned And laughing, handed one to Gui Li, holding three or four wild fruits in his hands, he opened his mouth to chew.
Gui Li smiled slightly, took a bite, only felt that the taste was green, but it had a different taste.
At this time, the rain was getting heavier and the thunder was incessant, Gui Li didn't use his magic weapon to resist, he let the rain fall on him, Xiao Hui sat on Gui Li's shoulder, the hair on his body gradually became wet, but he didn't seem to care much, just "Kaji Kaji" is enjoying eating the fruit beside his mouth, the old man's long tail stretches back and forth behind Ghost Li, it's quite interesting to watch.
Gui Li slowly ate the wild fruit in his hand, and suddenly said softly: "Xiao Hui, did you recognize her just now?"
Xiao Hui thought he was still chewing the wild fruit, mumbled a few times indistinctly, and glanced at Ghost Li with his monkey eyes.
Gui Li didn't seem to expect any answer from the monkey, but said to himself: "Why didn't she kill me? Didn't she always hate the people of the Demon Sect the most?"
"Boom!"
Xiao Hui didn't answer, but there was a loud thunder in the sky.
Gui Li slowly raised his head to look at the sky, and the rain was all over the sky, like knives and swords, turning into thousands, pouring down...
His body trembled slightly, and suddenly his mind wandered, as if he had returned to that night when he was a boy, he was outside the village with that kind-hearted old monk, and he was talking to himself in a calm voice.
This scene was actually engraved in his deep heart. Over the years, he has never forgotten it in the slightest.
He clenched his hands tightly, his nails sank deep into his palms, and even his body began to tremble with excitement. At this moment, the Soul Devourer snuggled up in his sleeve also glowed almost at the same time as usual, the familiar cold feeling traveled all over his body, and the ferocious aura on the Blood Devouring Orb seemed to condense bit by bit in his eyes.
With Xiao Hui on his shoulder, he let out an uneasy cry.
In the sky, a flash of lightning pierced through the sky, Ghost Li screamed, and flew up, the whole body was full of red light in mid-air, with his right arm stretched out, Soul Devourer had already reached his hand, and the mysterious blue light condensed into a cloud in the rain. The huge light suddenly cut down.
At this moment, his eyes were full of bloody red light, his face was full of murderous intent, his face was distorted, and he growled like a wild beast.
The huge green awn fell suddenly, and the big tree that was standing just now was split in half by him from the middle, and it collapsed on both sides.
Boom!
In the sky, there was another thunderclap.
Xiao Hui jumped to the side, looking at him silently.
Gui Li knelt on one leg in the filthy soil soaked by the rain, his right hand tightly grasped Soul Devourer, his whole body trembled, his eyes flickered fiercely, but his face was full of pain.
Who knows, the pain of his sinking...
A peaceful positive yang energy rose faintly in his body.
On the clothes that were soaked by rain, on the right arm, a circular light suddenly lit up again. This pure Yang Qi was uploaded from the "Xuan Huo Jian" tied to his right arm. out, and then into the body, gradually resisting the ferocity of the Blood-devouring Orb.
After a long time, the bloody red light in his eyes gradually disappeared, and his face calmed down. In contrast, the light from the magic weapon emitted by Soul Devourer and Xuanhuo Jian also gradually weakened and finally disappeared.
Gui Li seemed to have experienced a big battle, he got up slowly, looking tired. For the past ten years, he has practiced the Heavenly Book of Demon Dao day and night, and the blood-devouring orb's natural ferocious aura has been soaked in day and night. After all, he still has Taiji Xuanqingdao and Dafan Prajna in his body, both of which are of the right way and the supreme practice of the true law, so he can barely resist it.
But the most important thing is that every time when his sanity is on the verge of falling apart, another mysterious magic weapon, the Xuanhuojian, will always emit a magical and pure masculinity, which will save him from completely sinking into the road of killing demons. , pulled back again.
However, he himself doesn't know how long he can resist the blood-devouring orb, a natural monster, and for him, whenever he thinks of the past and Baguio, the torture is really unbearable. If it wasn't for his extremely persevering temperament, he might have gone crazy long ago.
But these things, he is as shrewd as a ghost king, and he has never noticed it, and he is unaware that the most capable person under him is on the verge of madness day and night.
He stood up slowly, opened his mouth, and realized that his voice was hoarse: "Xiao Hui, let's go!"
Little Gray blinked his eyes, jumped back obediently, and jumped onto his shoulder two or three times.
Gui Li lightly stroked Xiao Hui's hair, moved his lips, but in the end he didn't say anything, took a deep breath, took a step forward, and walked towards the depths of the forest ahead.
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In the inner swamp of the death swamp covered by rain, nothing seemed to be heard in the world except the sound of wind and rain. The ancient and dense forest was silent, with rain beating the branches and leaves, and water droplets falling.
Another thunderclap in the sky!
It rained for half an hour, but it still didn't seem to stop.
Lin Jingyu wiped his face to wipe off the water droplets on his face, but after a while, another piece of rainwater came down. He smiled wryly and gave up his efforts.
He was in the ancient forest, front, back, left, and right, and he was the only figure. Being alone in this wild, dangerous and unfamiliar place, I really feel an inexplicable sense of fear.
Originally, Qingyun Sect, Zhengdao Tianyin Temple, Fenxiang Valley and other outstanding young masters entered Neizeli together. But when passing through the miasma wall, the incident happened suddenly, and they encountered a strange storm eye in the middle, which threw everyone into chaos. Before they could stabilize, another huge monster suddenly appeared in the miasma. monsters, passing among them.
Because the miasma covered their eyes, no one could see the appearance of the monster clearly, and the monster seemed to just pass by and never made any moves to hurt them, but the body was too huge. The people flew away in panic, and in addition to being in the miasma storm, they were separated like this.
Lin Jingyu flew all the way, relying on the "Dragon Slaying Sword" to protect his body, rushed out of the miasma, and also came to this ancient inner forest. And the location he rushed out of was actually only a few tens of miles away from where Ghost Li was.
These two childhood friends, who used to be like brothers, are completely unaware of this situation at the moment. However, even if they knew, what they faced would be a more painful scene, right
Lin Jingyu naturally didn't know all of this. He looked up at the sky, and saw that the dark clouds were still thick. It seemed that the rain would last for a long time. Step forward.
Walking through the forest, there is actually no way at all. In addition to the tall trees, the forest is also full of dense thorns and bushes, all kinds of strange flowers and plants, and strange beasts that have never appeared in the world outside the Dead Marsh. Poisonous insects appeared before Lin Jingyu's eyes from time to time.
It's only been a while, Lin Jingyu has been in danger several times, if not for his cleverness and vigilance, his practice has increased a lot in the past ten years, and he would have suffered a big loss.
With a sound of "Woo!", the Dragon Slaying Sword slashed across a green light, cutting a red poisonous snake that jumped from a nearby branch into two pieces. At the same time, Lin Jingyu finally couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately flew into the air. , with the power of magic weapon, soar into the sky.
He was in mid-air, so he felt a little relieved, and at the same time secretly surprised, in the inner lake, he was really shocked at one step, and the danger was far more dangerous than that in the outer lake. I really don't know where so many poisonous insects came from. Where did it come from
He glanced at the ground, and saw that the crimson poisonous snake was still struggling and twisted on the ground, as if it was still alive. Besides this poisonous snake, he also encountered attacks from poisonous scorpions, toads, and alien lizards just now. , It's really dangerous.
Originally, Lin Jingyu thought he didn't need to waste his energy and walked up this underground section, but now he didn't dare to land easily, he raised his eyes in mid-air, and suddenly his body trembled.
In the depths of the forest ahead, behind the rain, a golden light suddenly flashed, mixed with the wind and rain, there was even the faint sound of someone shouting.
Lin Jingyu was overjoyed, and without any hesitation, he hurriedly mobilized the magic weapon and flew towards the place where the golden light flickered.
His magic weapon flying in the air is so fast, it doesn't take a moment to fly close, and when he takes a closer look, he can't help but be surprised, there is a strange big open space in the forest here, but there is a piece in the middle. In the puddle, an extremely strange flower bloomed unexpectedly.
This flower is extremely huge, with a diameter of several feet. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, it would be hard to believe that there is such a strange species in this world.
Seen from mid-air, the lower end of the flower body is blue, but the upper end is divided into countless branches, showing a bright red color. The red and green colors in the middle are clearly distinguished, and a dividing line can be clearly seen. And at the end of those red branches on the upper end, there are small balls that are as crystal clear as dewdrops, and the water is dripping on them, I don't know if it is raining, or is it just like that? (Note 1)
In this wind and rain, this strange flower trembled with the wind, and there was a faint sweet fragrance spreading in the wind.
Lin Jingyu was astonished, and then his attention was attracted by the two people and the beast next to the strange flower. At a glance, his face was filled with joy, and he saw that the two people standing in the field were exactly the same disciple Feng Huifeng. Zeng Shushu, and the portrait of Tianyin Temple.
Meeting an acquaintance in this strange place, Lin Jingyu was so overjoyed in his heart that he couldn't help crying out.
The two people in the arena were startled when they heard the call suddenly. They turned their heads and saw that it was Lin Jingyu who rushed down. They were all overjoyed. Mind, suddenly startled by the monster in front again.
Originally, the monster that confronted Faxiang and Zeng Shushu was also extremely strange, but firstly, Lin Jingyu was shocked by the huge strange flower in front of them in mid-air, and secondly, he was so happy to see them that he unexpectedly Never noticed the monster in front of him. Looking at it now, I saw that this monster looked like a mallard, it was as tall as a man, with a blue body, light red eyes, red tail, fangs in its mouth, and two wings on its back, it looked like a vicious bird. (Note 2)
At this moment, I saw the monster roaring in a low voice, its wings vibrating, and suddenly a gust of wind mixed with rain rushed towards it.
Lin Jingyu landed next to Zeng Shushu and Faxiang, the three of them were leaning against Qihua at this moment, Lin Jingyu frowned and took a step back.
Unexpectedly, Faxiang's face suddenly changed color, he stretched out his hand from the side to grab Lin Jingyu, and said in a low voice, "Don't get close to that flower!"
Lin Jingyu was startled, and stood still, but when he glanced at Fa Xiang, the smile on his face suddenly turned cold, and he lightly blocked Fa Xiang's hand away.
Faxiang frowned, sighed, and retracted his hands, knowing that Lin Jingyu still remembered the tragedy in Caomiao Village in his heart after all, and he couldn't let it go.
At this moment Zeng Shushu suddenly raised his voice, shouting: "Be careful!"
The two were startled, and looked forward, and sure enough, the monster's wings vibrated, leaped into the air, and rushed over.
Zeng Shushu said anxiously: "Brother Faxiang, we will follow the plan."
Lin Jingyu originally wanted to make a move, but after hearing what he said, he couldn't help being startled, and stopped in his tracks.
I saw the monster rushing fiercely and quickly, and it was approaching in a blink of an eye. Fa Xiang and Zeng Shushu suddenly let out a low shout at the same time, and spread out to both sides. For a moment, it seemed that he didn't know which enemy to chase, but at this moment, Faxiang's "Reincarnation Bead" and Zeng Shushu's "Xuanyuan Sword" attacked it from the side at the same time.
The monster was not afraid at all, it opened its mouth and roared, and made two "bang bang" sounds. The two magic weapons hit the monster and sent it flying backwards, but the monster opened its teeth and claws in mid-air, and it turned out to be completely intact. , this kind of endurance even Lin Jingyu couldn't help but change color. If it were him, he might not be able to take the full blow of Zeng Shushu and Fa Xiang.
Seeing the monster vibrating its wings, and once it stabilized its body, it was going to attack fiercely, Lin Jingyu was on guard, but at this moment, his whole body was shaken, his mouth opened slightly, and he was speechless.
The monster flew backwards, with nothing behind it, it was the huge strange flower. I saw the monster's body flying, and the volley touched the bright red branches above the flower. Suddenly, the monster roared, but the sound was already full of panic.
In a short while, this strange flower had undergone incredible changes, all the flowers suddenly came alive, and they surrounded the place where the monster was from all directions, and the red crystal ball on the branch of the flower seemed to have a strong force. Viscous force, the monster stuck to it, although it struggled hard, but could not break free. After a while, more and more petals surrounded it layer by layer, and finally wrapped up the tall monster, even the monster's body. The roaring sound also gradually became low.
Fa Xiang and Zeng Shushu who set up this trap, seeing this strange flower so terrifying at this moment, couldn't help but change color just like Lin Jingyu.
After a long time, the strange flower finally completely enveloped the monster, and the shadow of the monster was no longer seen. The field suddenly returned to calm, and only the sound of wind and rain remained in the world.
The three looked at each other, Dharma Xiang sighed, stood upright with one palm, and chanted Buddha softly in his mouth.
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"Note 1: Human-eating flowers in "Strange Stories of Gods and Demons: Baicao Chapter": Wild and alien species, the flowers bloom more than ten feet, red on the top and white on the bottom, with red beads on the top, sticking to living creatures and devouring them.
Another note: In "Encyclopedia of Modern Carnivorous Plants", this thing is suspected to be a creature of the genus "Uridaris". It is distributed in South America and Asia (North America has not been checked clearly, it seems to be distributed?), but it is small in size and insectivorous. , is not harmful to humans. The appearance is similar to that of an ancient book, and it may be aquatic bladderwort or Dermatophora.
Note 2: This book comes from "Shan Hai Jing · Shan Jing Volume 5 · Zhong Shan Jing · Qingyao Mountain". 』