It's evening.

The sun sets in the west and the afterglow falls on the salt mountains.

The survivors of the Fuwei Escort Bureau had already left with the wounded and corpses, leaving only pools of blood and a man and a bird lying in the pool of blood.

The smell of blood attracts scavengers.

Several crows were standing on their corpses, pecking at the flesh.

Cao Jinxing and others have left long ago, and there are no travelers in the barren mountains and ridges, until now.

The three figures rushed to the foot of the Salt Mountain and saw the corpses of Jia Shi and Feng Jiu, both of which had been pecked by crows and were in disgrace.

The faces of the three people showed unbearable expressions.

"Sure enough, something happened..."

The leader had a boar nose on his face, his tusks exposed, and a ring of black bristles on his neck, as hard as steel needles. He spoke in a deep voice, exuding a ferocious ferocity:

"Look around for any clues."

"yes."

The left and right arms of the two people behind them were replaced by a yellow, black and white plush paw respectively.

It looked like the front paws of some kind of tiger-shaped beast. The muscles were knotted and extremely powerful.

The two obediently looked around.

As a carefully cultivated Grade A material, Luo Lie can be said to have given everything to Luo Lie, an important force in his plan to capture high-level exotic beasts!

Over the past five years, the 18 people named A have been carefully trained, and the first six of them are the descendants of carefully selected villagers. They have inherited the remains of alien beasts and have extraordinary talents.

After all the transplants, there were still twelve of the eighteen people left, but all six in the village were successful - originally it was just to increase the proportion of limbs of the same species and strengthen the superpowers based on the existing residual limbs.

Success is also normal.

The leader is one of them.

He is Jia Liu.

Before receiving the transplant, he already had the fourth level of innate realm. After receiving the transplant from the alien beast, he quickly mastered the supernatural powers, robbed the surrounding sects one after another, and robbed the treasures of heaven and earth, and his realm advanced by leaps and bounds!

In just one month, he has crossed three levels in a row and reached the seventh innate level!

His powers of observation were extraordinary, and he noticed that Jia Shi and Feng Jiu had special wounds.

"This seems to be an arrow wound..."

Jialiu murmured to himself: "The arrow missed the chest and broke the bones, and passed through the body... What a powerful force! It's not much worse than the second child..."

"here!"

A shout came from behind.

Jia Liu stood up and looked back. Jia Eleven and Jia Fourteen were staring at a piece of bluestone on the side of the road dozens of meters away. He walked over and saw that there was an arrow stuck on the stone, and the arrow cluster had been deeply inserted into the stone.

, surrounded by spider web-like cracks and stains of blood.

"There are horse hoof prints on the official road, which is divided into two groups."

Jia Shiyi shrugged his nose: "It has been a long time, and the smell of blood is very weak. The injured group went north, and the uninjured group went to Leling along the official road..."

"Leling should not be the goal..."

Jia Shi looked at the hoof prints on the ground: "The group going south was not large in number, but the horse hoof prints were big, the breeds were better, and they were either rich or noble... Maybe they were going to Jinan Prefecture... They were not afraid of Jia Shi

, even the Fengjiu didn’t have time to warn them, both of them were killed! Such a ruthless and decisive attack... it’s very likely that they came for us!”

Jia Shiyi frowned: "Could it be the backup hired by the recently destroyed families? Is there anyone who hasn't dealt with it completely?"

"Maybe, it's useless to talk about it now."

Jialiu knelt down and looked at the arrow inserted into the stone: "...the arrow body is long, the arrow shaft is thick, and he uses a big bow. He can even kill a wind vulture with one arrow. Even if he attacks by surprise, his archery skills are no small feat...

"

Jia Liu looked at Jia Eleven: "You go and tell the master what's going on here first, and Fourteen and I will go and find out."

"good!"

Jia 11 left first.

The remaining two people buried Jia Shi and Feng Jiu first, then looked at the hoof prints on the ground and said with a cold face: "Chase!"

…

In half a day, the cavalry team had passed Leling and settled at He Ji's old store in Shanghe County, Jinan Prefecture.

Entered the inn.

Cao Jinxing and others asked for a room, wine and food, and asked the waiter to help feed the horse. Then they sat in the lobby and waited for the wine and food to be served.

The owner is a fat man in his forties, dressed in a military uniform, very friendly. Seeing the extraordinary temperament of these people, he personally went to the wine cellar and brought two jars of fine wine that had been stored for many years.

It’s very to your liking, please forgive me for your distinguished guests.”

"The shopkeeper is very polite."

Cao Jinxing drank from the glass and said with a smile: "This wine is very good... We are coming from Hebei and planning to go to Yanzhou Prefecture via Jinan to visit relatives. Grandpa's birthday is approaching. Does the shopkeeper know of any shortcuts?"

"I see."

The shopkeeper suddenly realized that no wonder they were all so majestic and the only girl was as beautiful as a fairy. She turned out to be from a prominent family!

"Some, some."

The shopkeeper pointed south and said: "Follow the official road in front of the door and walk ten miles east to Moon Bay, leave Shanghe County, pass Zhangqiu, Tai'an, and then take Ningyang and you will be there."

Cao Jinxing was not surprised at all by his answer and said casually: "This seems to be a small detour. Wouldn't it be closer to go directly south and cross the Xiuyu Valley?"

"You can't go to Xiuyu Valley!"

When the shopkeeper heard this, he hurriedly stopped him and said, "My guest is an outsider and doesn't know anything. That place is even more dangerous than the underworld! You must not pass there!"

"..."

Lu Yi and others at the same table remained calm, but their ears perked up.

The show is here!

Cao Jinxing said: "Why is this?"

The shopkeeper sighed and said, "It wasn't the devil named Xu who did it! Many years ago, there was a sect called Yihua Sect in that valley. They were so unscrupulous that they actually used the arms and legs of wild animals to press them on people, creating a

A pile of half-human, half-animal, brutal and murderous monsters! Later, God was wise, and the sect was burned down by a fire, but not all the monsters died. After so many years, there were more and more of them!

Just a few days ago, the watchman saw a monkey demon killing people at night! Sixty of the sixty-nine members of the Yum Sheng Gate died in one night, and nine disappeared. They were all good guys! The owner of the gate had his heart ripped out.

, that’s a miserable thing, I heard it was because of an 800-year-old snow ginseng tree... what a sin!”

"Monkey demon?"

Cao Jinxing paused and said, "What does it look like?"

The shopkeeper said: "The watchman didn't dare to look too much. He only knew that he was ten feet tall and covered in white hair. On a hot day, his breath was filled with frost. Several people were frozen to death! The county magistrate did not dare to go deep.

After investigation, it is determined that there is a feud in the Jianghu, stealing wealth and killing people... But everyone knows that it is the monster from Xiuyu Valley who comes out to harm people!"

The shopkeeper had a heart-warming look on his face.

"..."

Cao Jinxing looked at Yiyi.

After the hunt at noon, Yiyi was no longer so afraid and resistant to the characters in Xiuyu Valley, and admired Cao Jinxing endlessly!

He was very smart and knew what Cao Jinxing meant. He lowered his head and said: "...Among the people named A, there is only one person with extraordinary talent and unusually tall stature, Jia Er. The strange beast he is talking about should be the original one."

[Xue Maitreya] who lives in the Kunlun Snow Mountain, Luo Lie brought it from the northwest, and I went to feed it..."

【Xue Maitreya】......

Cao Jinxing frowned slightly.

Seeing his hesitation, the shopkeeper thought he was determined and said earnestly: "Sir, please listen to my advice. A monkey demon is already so powerful. There may be other monsters hidden in the valley. Don't take any risks."

The old man’s birthday is important, but his personal safety is even more important! Even if it’s too late, he will understand..."

"Um."

Cao Jinxing smiled and took out a piece of silver and handed it to him: "Thank you for the advice, shopkeeper. Please accept the silver. In addition, I will bring two pots of shochu."

"...Too much, too much."

The shopkeeper was a little embarrassed.

"Take it."

Cao Jinxing said: "We are not familiar with the place, so we should rely on the shopkeeper to give us some advice."

"Then...thank you very much." The shopkeeper smiled as he took the silver and hurried down to get the soju.

Cao Jinxing sent a message to Yiyi: "Those named B are all experimental products, and those named A are the ones Luo Lie carefully selected for transplantation, right?"
To be continued...