Chapter 392 The Calamity of Wood Locusts(1/2)
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang watched Wu Yifu turn the entire Lelin County town upside down. Finally, when the sick scholar put away his bow, jumped back to the roof and opened the fan and shook it gently... it was already a mess below.
Just now, the shop owners holding hidden weapons fell all over the ground, and those who could stand up gathered together. Among them were the old man holding a cigarette bus in the wood carving shop, and a wooden man in a wheelchair.
Zhan Zhao frowned, "Why is this person..."
Bai Yutang also felt that it was abnormal. This is really a wooden man, but why can he move?
"Wood Locust."
At this time, the Heavenly Lord spoke and asked Wu Yihuao, "Is this the name?"
Wu Yihua nodded, "I thought I was dead, but I didn't expect it to exist. It really hurts thousands of years."
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, "What is a wooden locust?"
"It's a totem." Wu Yifu seemed to want to explain in detail, "It's a bit troublesome now, I'll talk about it later."
Zhan Zhao nodded and noticed that there were many people nearby gathering on the periphery, including Wu Cai.
"Those people are also from their group?" Bai Yutang asked.
But everyone looked like ordinary people, without weapons, and seemed to have no hostility, and their expressions on their faces were mostly terrified.
Wu Yifa asked Zhan Zhao, "Where are your demon orders? Have you brought them?"
Zhan Zhao nodded and asked in surprise, "Is it so serious to use the Demon Order?"
Wu Yihua nodded, and the Tianzun on the side added, "You need to eliminate it without leaving any ground, otherwise they will reproduce like locusts!"
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang couldn't understand what the "they" here meant, but since Wu Yihuo asked so, Zhan Zhao raised his hand and threw the demon order into the sky.
This is the first time Zhan Zhao has used this thing. Not to mention, the moment he threw it into the sky, he was in a very good mood...
To put it bluntly, the Demon Order is a sound arrow used for contact. However, compared to ordinary sound arrows, this token that calls on the Demons is particularly shocking, especially after the explosion in the air, the sound of a bleak wind brought out, like a ghost crying.
The old man seemed to realize that the situation was not good, so he winked at his subordinates, and everyone was immediately dispersed, and the target was to pounce on the onlookers.
But as soon as they pounced on the outside, they were pulled back by an internal force.
Tianzun stood upstairs, raised his sleeves and handrails, and pulled everyone back from his palms from the air.
"No one wants to run away, stay honestly." Tianzun smiled.
While talking, Bai Yutang suddenly noticed something strange. He whispered to Zhan Zhao, "Maoer, have you noticed it?"
Zhan Zhao looked at him.
"Those people... have cracks on their faces."
Zhan Zhao was slightly stunned and looked carefully... Sure enough, he saw that the old man, including a few people who attacked them with hidden weapons, had cracks on his body and face to varying degrees.
"It's cracked..." Zhan Zhao felt that these people didn't look like humans, but they looked like wood, and they didn't even shed blood when they cracked.
"That little devil seems to have something to say." Wu Yihua pointed to Wu Cai who was brave enough to run to the closest place.
Zhan Zhao jumped down, reached out to mention Wu Cai, and raised him to the roof, "What's going on?"
Wu Cai sighed, "It's all my fault...that caused this kind of disaster."
Zhan Zhao was confused.
Wu Cai pointed to the wooden man in the wheelchair and said, "That's my father."
Bai Yutang frowned slightly. Is that person Wu Xian? But he looks like a wooden man. No wonder he had no breath just now. His feelings are not masters but puppets...
Wu Cai said, "Since my father was paralyzed, he was suffering from injuries. He was injured in his waist and back, his whole body was weak and he was sore every day. I asked famous doctors to treat him but failed... until I met this person."
As he said that, Wu Cai pointed to the old man holding a cigarette pipe.
The old man's eyes were gloomy at this time. Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao noticed that his cheek had been injured just now, but the wound did not leak blood, but there were slight cracks, as if they were hit by a wooden piece.
"I posted a list of documents everywhere and asked a famous doctor to treat my father's injuries. He got the list of documents." Wu Cai said, "At first he gave my father medicine, and my father's pain was relieved. Later, his reputation spread and many people came to him for treatment. He also settled in Lelin County and opened a wooden shop."
Zhan Zhao was a little puzzled. Isn’t this a doctor? It’s right to open a medicine shop. Why do you have to open a wooden utensil?
"Because once you are targeted by the Wood Locust Clan, the fate will turn into wood."
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang heard a voice behind him. When he turned around, he saw a man in black falling down, with one red eyes, one black eyes, and a black hair...
Zhan Zhao was a little surprised, and the one who came was Long Jiulian.
The Lord of Yasha Palace usually does not go out of the gate, and Zhan Zhao hasn't seen him for a while. He hurriedly said hello and introduced him to Bai Yutang.
Wu Yifu was curious, "Why are you here? Are you not in the boudoir?"
Long Jiulian twitched the corners of his mouth, but he didn't care about it. He looked at the people below and frowned, "These insects are really dead but not stiff."
While speaking, Long Jiulian glanced at Tianzun.
The Heavenly Lord looked aside, and his expression seemed to be - I can't see you or not!
Long Jiulian looked at the sky and reached out to pat him.
Tianzun touched the patted shoulder, glanced at him, and pulled Bai Yutang in front of him, blocking him.
Long Jiulian looked helpless, curled his lips and asked Wu Yihuao, "That's all the people?"
"It seems that's all."
Long Jiulian jumped down...
Another melee followed.
The Yasha King was well-known and had a high and weird martial arts skills. He cleaned up the wooden people rolling all over the ground. However... Bai Yutang saw some tricks from his martial arts.
Bai Yutang asked Tianzun, "Master, are he the same sect as you?"
The Heavenly Lord curled his lips, and another voice came from behind him, "They are considered brothers."
Bai Yutang turned around and saw that the person who was talking was Yin Hou. At this time, everyone around the Demon Palace also arrived and went down to help Long Jiulian catch people.
"Senior brother..." Bai Yutang was surprised and asked Tianzun, "Isn't that my uncle?"
"Don't call!" Tianzun was dissatisfied.
However, Long Jiulian came up and patted Bai Yutang on the shoulder with satisfaction, "Be good!"
The Heavenly Lord looked at him with his eyes slanted.
Long Jiulian stood at the other end with his arms in his arms, obviously there was something wrong with the two.
Everyone has no time to pursue the matter now. In the eyes of Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, the relationship between the older generation is simply chaotic and not stubborn. In addition, the wooden people below have been almost caught.
Zhan Zhao felt that there were not many people, so it was so serious that it was necessary to mobilize the demon order. But after catching the Wood Locust tribe, Wu Yifu took hundreds of old people from the Demon Palace, divided into several teams, and began to carefully search each room. Hong Jiuniang divided many torches and concentrated a large amount of wood to burn it.
Originally, the people of Lelin County were gathered together, and several doctors from the Demon Palace examined their bodies.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were still confused, so they had to take Wu Cai and Wang Lei to the side and ask them for details.
Wu Cai told Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "After taking the medicine given by the doctor, his father began to gradually change! He became a wooden man, and even his temperament changed a lot, neither human nor ghost."
At this time, Wang Lei and a few people came out of the Wu Mansion, all of whom were ragged scholars.
After inquiring, I realized that the scholars who have been lost in recent years have been locked in dungeons, including Qiu Yi.
After inquiry, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang finally completely figured out the whole story.
It turns out that the so-called "wood locust clan" is a group of witch clans, or medicine clans that can be traced back thousands of years ago.
"Mu Locust" is a medicine, also called wood poison. This poison is very unique and can make people's body "wooden".
Wood locust was born in ancient battlefields. It was originally only used for trauma analgesia. It was an addictive drug that would become addictive after use. It was invented by witch doctors. With the continuous improvement of the drugs, Wood locust has produced an amazing effect. Long-term use can make people not troubled by illness and pain. The body continues to grow woody hyperplasia, just like a tree. It can be modified through carving, which is extremely strange.
The effect of the wood locust poison varies from person to person. Some people will not be poisoned at all. Some people will not be able to blend well into their bodies after being poisoned, so they will become puppet people like Wu Xian. Those who are most perfectly fused with the wood locust poison will be like the old man holding a tobacco pipe and the other people who attack Bai Yutang and others. The appearance is similar to that of normal people, but their facial features can be carved at will, and their skin needs to be polished frequently and will not bleed, but they need to continue taking medicine. Such people are the complete Wood Royal Family. This is also the reason why there are so many carpenters and so many people in Lelin County make puppets.
The reason why the Wood Locust tribe is named is that they are just like locusts. They often go to a place as doctors, use medical treatment to poison the people in the city, and then quietly occupy an entire town, turning the city into their own territory, and controlling the residents of the city.
The residents who were poisoned in the city would be controlled by them, because once the wood locust is poisoned, people's temperament will change drastically. They begin to regard themselves as Han people or living people, but will instead be loyal to the wood locust clan.
Ordinary people who cannot be poisoned become their "slaves" and are responsible for their work to raise these wood locust tribes, and the basic ethnic group class is formed. Some people who want to resist will be arrested as hostages or simply killed.
The Wood Locust clan was very prosperous in the chaotic times, but later it was wiped out in large quantities. Because of the great harm, it spreads unstoppable like locusts. Therefore, both in the world and in the temple, the Wood Locusts are completely destroyed.
The process of wood locust j□j is quite complicated. It is inherited from generation to generation by some old nobles of the Wood Locust clan. Most of them are extracted from wood. For those who are infected with wood locust poison, the wood scraped off from their bodies can extract the locust poison, so they must be completely burned without leaving any remaining, otherwise it will be easy to continue to spread.
With the help of the elders of the Demon Palace, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang solved this incredible case and rescued the arrested scholars at the same time. Everyone, including Qiu Yi, was not dead. Although they were imprisoned for a long time, their physical condition was still good.
Many people in Lelin County who have been controlled or separated for many years have finally been saved. They are so happy that they cry out, and the scene is very chaotic.
Zhan Zhao asked Qiu Yi about some matters related to the case and filled out the damaged dragon pattern.
Qiu Yi said that they had been investigating what poison the people in Lelin County had been infected with. Because Mu Locust was cruel and ruthless, and their relatives were controlled and the government office was also controlled, they were extremely careful and did not dare to act rashly.
Cai Jinbao, a fanatic of the old money, asked someone to help me compile books. They wanted to find some clues about this from ancient books. However, the people from the Mu Locust tribe around were too strict. They took some books and went back to investigate and were found. So Qiu Yi was arrested and imprisoned with some people who had previously investigated the Mu Locust tribe.
As for Wu Cai's father Wu Xian, he was no longer the virtuous official because he was poisoned by the wood locust. Now he is as terrifying as a puppet.
Zhan Zhao also investigated the handwritten paper of the inscription with dangerous marks.
The scholar who copied this page said that he had never entered the valley of the Demon Mountain, nor had he seen any collapsed stone tablets. He saw this page in the study of the leader of the Mu Locust clan, the old man holding a cigarette pipe. It seemed to be a letter he had just received. The scholar thought that these strange symbols were related to Mu Locust, so he wrote them down and wrote a copy... Unfortunately, he was caught before he finished writing it.
This case is quite bizarre. Lord Bao wanted to interrogate the leader of the Mu Locust clan, but all the captured Mu Royal Family committed suicide collectively, and the scene was shocking.
"Just commit suicide like this?" Zhan Zhao frowned.
To be continued...