Chapter 189 Rainy Night with a Knife and No Umbrella
Chapter 189 Carrying a knife but not an umbrella on a rainy night
The moonlight was hazy, not as bright as yesterday.
Zhang Mingtu looked up at the sky and could already see large swathes of dark clouds.
"It looks like it's going to rain!"
When he looked up, Zhang Mingtu already felt a chill on his face, and light rain was already falling.
"It's a good time to kill monsters."
He reached out and slapped the ground, and a stream of true energy sank into the ground. The Qingshuang Sword immediately broke open from the soil and fell into Zhang Mingtu's hands.
I haven't seen the Qingshuang Sword for a while, and the entire sword body has become shimmering with water, just like the autumn water in the same lake, really like the clear frost after autumn.
After being sealed for hundreds of years, it was revealed again. This ancient sword became even sharper. Zhang Mingtu just touched it lightly with his fingertips, and a blood mark appeared on his skin that had not been injured in the fight with the demon.
Zhang Ming couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he saw the picture. It would be too wasteful to have a top magic weapon, but it would not be feasible to just use the Qingshuang Sword.
Therefore, Zhang Mingtu thought of a compromise. He took out a large steel ingot from the nearby room and wrapped the steel ingot in the Dragon and Tiger Waidan.
True energy was continuously injected into the Dragon and Tiger Waidan, and the steel ingots in the Dragon and Tiger Waidan quickly melted, forming a pool of silver molten steel.
Zhang Mingtu carefully covered the entire Qingshuang Sword with the ball of molten steel, leaving only the edge of the blade unwrapped.
Not long after, the original blue double sword was shaped by Zhang Mingtu into a long sword similar to the Tang Dynasty sword, but more generous.
The overall look of this knife is simple and unpretentious, except for the faint light on the edge of the blade, which shows how extraordinary this knife is.
Zhang Mingtu looked at it carefully and found that there were no traces. Others would only think that it was a longer and larger sword than ordinary swords, and would not associate it with the Qingshuang Sword.
After making these preparations, Zhang Mingtu carried the long knife on his back with a coarse cloth.
The sound of rain outside had become louder, bringing up the dust on the roadside. Zhang Mingtu had no intention of holding an umbrella, and casually pulled a cloak over his head.
Walking step by step to the edge of the Gan River, recalling the map given by the future brother in his mind, he cast the water-bending talisman, and his whole body turned into a ball of water, quickly shuttled under the water.
His next target was another place not far from Jianyi, Bashan County. Bashan was originally a county, but it was later restructured and said to be located between the Wuyi Mountains.
There are many mountains and rivers interspersed among them, forming a unique geographical feature.
The reason why Zhang Mingtu chose this area is that it is close.
On the other hand, because it is close to the mountains, this time the monsters are not only in the water, but there are more monsters in the mountains.
Traveling through water is extremely fast, thanks to the water-bending charm.
The water-bending talisman comes from the inheritance of the unknown Taoist in Shiwanda Mountain, and is quite useful.
It is simple and clear. In order to let Zhang Mingtu balance the Dragon and Tiger Fist, the veteran tried many methods. Later, Zhang Mingtu realized that it was useless and asked him for advice on many other methods of practice, and the water-bending talisman was one of them.
Thinking of this, Zhang Mingtu couldn't help but think of the old Taoist entrenched on the top of the mountain among the hundreds of thousands of mountains.
The Hundred Thousand Mountains are known as forbidden areas, and martial arts masters will not go deep into them at all. The old Taoist can cultivate in them for many years. Zhang Mingtu didn't feel powerful when he was not strong. He only felt that the senior masters behaved differently from others.
Now that I think about it, I realize that the old Taoist was profound and unfathomable, and that the old Taoist's martial arts cultivation was astonishing. He knew astronomy from the top and geography from the bottom.
Not only does he have a broad knowledge of martial arts, but he can clearly explain the care and concern in Zhang Mingtu's practice in just a few words.
His words and deeds are very reasonable, his etiquette is thoughtful, and he has an extraordinary bearing.
When Ming Tu was not well-informed before, he couldn't notice it, but now when he thinks about it again, he has another idea.
"Looking at his words and deeds, he should come from a big family, but he just claims to be on the Shiwanda Mountain for some reason. If he has time someday, he would like to go to the mountain again."
After all, after many times of advice from the old Taoist, and during the day today, I heard a group of people talking about Dragon and Tiger Fist. It seems to be an unparalleled boxing technique. From Zhang Mingtu's point of view, it is indeed among the top.
Although Zhang Mingtu and the old Taoist have never met, in some respects, the old Taoist can be regarded as Zhang Mingtu's guide and even his master. The old Taoist taught him how to survive the calamity of death and balance the dragon and the tiger.
"Moreover, demons are everywhere in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. If you go to practice there, you will be as powerful as a tiger."
Thinking of the Longhu Waidan and the old Taoist, Zhang Mingtu suddenly realized that maybe the old Taoist was practicing in the Shiwan Mountain.
However, being able to practice in the Hundred Thousand Mountains without being beaten to death by demons also requires strong strength and ability.
At least Zhang Mingtu's future brother went to Shiwandashan twice, but his condition was not very good, and he was bullied by demons every time.
In the blink of an eye, I have traveled dozens of miles along the Ganjiang River.
We will arrive in Bashan County soon.
Zhang Mingtu carefully recalled the relevant information and found that it was only half a year later that the monsters in Bashan County had large-scale problems.
There had always been minor problems before, and I had reported them to Liumenmen and Jinyiwei, but no one cared.
Fighting against monsters is never easy. Monsters are very cunning and good at hiding.
Moreover, their energy and blood are strong and their attacks are ferocious. Human warriors of the same level are usually not their opponents.
Therefore, if the newly demonized monster is discovered, someone may still try to hunt it.
If the rumor spreads for a long time, it will be confirmed that the demon and demonization took a long time, and if there is a large-scale murder incident, neither the Jin Yiwei nor the Six Gates will take action.
After all, those assigned to some remote small counties are mostly people who are not valued in the family, or they are a very small family, or even the family is so poor that it no longer has much ability.
Their willingness to hunt monsters will not be very strong, unlike Xue Cheng and Zhang Mingtu.
Xue Cheng started by directly inviting a large number of people from the family to directly make bronzes for the kings.
It is usually a crushing game, with few losses. If ordinary people collide, all the characters in Bashan County, the six doors and the Jin Yiwei may be completely damaged, but they may not be able to kill all the monsters.
And it is often in these areas where the court's control is relatively weak that demons are reborn.
The characters in the Land of the Rising Sun grasp this aspect quite accurately.
The situation of demons in Bashan County was discovered by a wanderer in the area.
He was accepted as a disciple by a big sect because of his talent. When he went home to visit relatives, he found that his mother had been killed by a demon in the mountains. In anger, he rushed into the Wuyi Mountains to search, but found that he was no match for her.
Then he invited a large number of people from the sect and searched the entire Wuyi Mountains.
By a strange combination of circumstances, all the demons in Bashan County were wiped out.