"It's hot! It's hot! It's almost too hot!" Hai Dongjian lowered his head and followed Wu Jie listlessly, muttering from time to time.
Behind him was Xing Xing, who was already hunched over and looked like he might fall to death on the road at any time.
It was extremely hot in Yanling County in mid-June, and the weather today was really bad. There had been no clouds in the sky since early in the morning, and the scorching sun mercilessly poured down its endless light and heat, scorching the ground.
You can vaguely see water vapor rising from above.
Wu Jie and the others were walking on the loess road from Wu'an County to Qingyang Mountain. There were no carriages on this road, so they had to walk on two legs.
It's definitely not a pleasant thing to drive on a hot day. It's noon now, and the hot air is filled with a depressing and irritable atmosphere, but there's not even a hint of wind to be found.
Haedong Gun and Xing Xing looked more and more sluggish, and gradually they could no longer even walk, as if they were about to collapse.
Finally, Hae Dong Gun let out a scream as if he was dying, and collapsed on the ground unable to stand up.
"Senior Brother, I...I can't survive!" He said weakly and intermittently, "I think...I'm going to die."
Before Wu Jie could say anything, Xingren, who had been keeping his head down and not looking at the road, was tripped by Hai Dongjian and fell to the ground.
"God, I have seen the flowers on the other side of the River Styx. They are blooming so beautifully..."
Wu Jie stopped and couldn't help but sigh: "You guys are exaggerating!"
"Is my destiny... about to end here?" Hai Si's eyes were blank, and he groaned out words of despair, "Has my dream, my path to immortality... finally come to an end?
"
"You think too much."
"Xiao Chai, when I die, take my ashes back to my hometown and bury them under the big locust tree where we practiced together..."
"Meow! Almond meow, you can't die!"
Wu Jie rolled his eyes and was speechless.
What on earth are these two guys playing at? One is a warrior in the acquired realm, and the other is a monster in the transformed realm. They have only been walking under the sun for two hours, and they are actually muttering about whether they want to live or die... Shame on you?
ah!
He looked up at the sky, then at the man and the cat lying on the ground refusing to get up, shook his head, and took out the talisman book and magic sword.
"I knew I wouldn't have used the fire-avoiding spell on you yesterday..."
Sighing, he tapped the magic sword in his right hand twice on the title page of the talisman album in his left hand. The brilliance of the two pages of talismans flew up to the magic sword, and then turned into two circles of blue light, covering Haidongjian and Xingren respectively.
In the next moment, the man and the cat, who were dying, turned over and stood up, looking energetic, as if they were different people.
"Eldest Brother's fire-avoiding spell is so effective! I can't feel the heat anymore!"
"I feel alive again!"
"Meow! That's great!"
Wu Jie shook his head, put away the talisman book and magic sword, and said angrily: "Since it's not hot anymore, let's leave quickly!"
Because the power of fire is not only burning, but burning is also terrible. Therefore, the fire avoidance spell, one of the twenty-four commonly used spells in Taoism, can not only drive away the flames, but also dissipate the heat, allowing the caster to move freely in the sea of fire.
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Since it can withstand even the heat of flames, a little sunlight is no problem.
Yesterday at noon, because the horse pulling the carriage seemed to be suffering from heat stroke, Wu Jie used a fire-avoiding spell on it, saving the horse that might have died of heat.
This scene was seen by Haidong Gun and Xing Xing and kept in mind. When walking today, they naturally thought about the fire-avoiding spell.
Wu Jie originally didn't want to waste the talisman because he felt it was completely unnecessary. But seeing this man and a cat determined to cheat, he had no choice but to rush back to his master's door for business.
Forget it, just waste it. Anyway, the spell can be restored every day...
Just as they were preparing to set off again, Wu Jie suddenly felt his heart shake and couldn't help but look up to the sky.
I saw a ray of white light coming through the sky, and in the blink of an eye it came to him, turning into a short sword with a black ring and stopping in the air. It was the communication method commonly used by immortals, flying swords to send messages...
He reached out to catch the messenger flying sword in confusion, and Jiang An's voice suddenly came to his ears.
"Your report has been received, and things were done well this time. However, the deputy leader is a little worried about that strange sect that can summon heavenly beings. He asked you not to come back in a hurry, and go directly to take a look - pay attention! It's just that
I just want you to take a look, don’t take risks! The reason why I sent you, a disciple who has just entered Taoism, is to prevent irritating the other party... If it is determined that the other party is a heavenly being who wants to develop power in the human world, the ancestors will personally attack him
retreat."
"This mission is a bit dangerous, so I will give you an invisible sword. After you refine the flying sword with zhenqi, you can use the sword's light to protect your body and achieve the effect of invisibility."
"By the way, along with Feijian, I brought you the 'Ghost Controlling Ring' as a gift for entering the Dao. The four spirit ghosts in the ring are all good people who are interested in the path of ghost cultivation. I used pure Yang energy to help them refine their bodies, and added
With merit body protection, not only can they appear during the day, but they are also not afraid of ordinary means of restraining ghosts. Especially their souls are lodged in the soul-nurturing tree in the fairy mountain to practice. This ghost body is just a clone of the soul, and will not be fatally injured even if it is destroyed.
, I can help you cut off your back in an emergency.”
"This trip is different from the past, so be careful!"
After listening to the summons, Wu Jie pondered for a moment, then asked Haidong Jian to take Xing Xing back to Xianmen to report, while he took Xiao Chai to Sichen Town to see what was going on.
"Why did you let Xiaochai accompany you? She is so young...what should I do if she is in danger!" After hearing his instructions, Xingren looked very angry, rolled on the ground and turned into a big yellow and white cat, "What if
If you feel like my human form is getting in the way, I can also take the form of a cat!"
"Yes! Senior brother, I can also help!" Hai Dongjian, who was lying on the ground just now and announced that he was about to die, took a majestic posture and showed Wu Jie the muscles he had developed these days, "For
When it comes to fighting, I’m still very confident!”
Wu Jie couldn't help but sigh again - he felt that these two guys were a perfect match! One had insufficient brain capacity, while the other couldn't use his brain at all.
"Although I have reported the situation of this trip using the summons talisman, after all, the person involved still needs to report it in person. I am going to Sichen Town now, so I have to leave this matter to you, Junior Brother Hai."
Without waiting for Hai Dongjian to answer, he said to Xing Xing: "On this trip to Xianmen, there are many things that need to be reported truthfully. Are you sure Xiaochai can explain these things clearly?"
"But……"
"There's nothing wrong with it. The mission must be reported. When I go to Sichen Town, I need a guide who knows a little bit about the local situation. So you have to go back to the sect, and the guide... I believe Xiaochai can do the job."
What he said was reasonable and Hai Dongjian and Xing Xing had nothing to say, so they had no choice but to carry out the order unhappily and headed towards Qingyang Mountain.
Seeing the man and the cat walking away gradually, Wu Jie shook his head and told Xiao Chai, who was leaning on his shoulder, to hold on to his clothes, and then he ran away, and soon ran back to Wu'an County.
In Wu'an County, he hired a large awning boat that could double as accommodation at a reasonable price, and took the boat down the Dachi River. He planned to sit all the way to the port where it entered the sea, and then transfer to a sea-going boat to go to the south.
Port, and once there, investigate the location of Sichen Town and the news related to the mysterious Supreme Holy Religion.
After the awning boat set off, he asked Xiao Chai to stand guard at the bow of the boat. He sat cross-legged in the cabin, took out the flying sword and the black ring, and began to refine them with Zhenqi.
The quality of these two magical artifacts is quite good, so the difficulty of refining them is naturally relatively high. Even though the spiritual imprint left by the original owner has long been erased, it took him a long time to complete the refining process, leaving behind
Leave your own spiritual mark.
Until then, these two magical weapons were truly his own.
This is the difference between regular magic weapons and quasi magic weapons.
His robes, talismans, magic swords, boots, long knives, medicine boxes, bamboo tablets, etc., do not need to be refined with zhenqi, and they cannot leave any spiritual imprint. Anyone with zhenqi can use them.
Strictly speaking, they cannot actually be regarded as formal magical weapons, but can only be regarded as "quasi-magical weapons." Regardless of their power or sophistication, there is a big gap between them and real magical weapons, but they are also much easier to use.
The invisible sword and the ghost control ring are different. They are quite troublesome to operate. Not only do they need to consume a lot of infuriating energy, but they also need to be controlled with the mind - the existence of the mental imprint is to facilitate the control of the magic weapon. If it cannot be left
If they are spiritually branded, they will not be able to exert their true power and can only be used as quasi-magic weapons.
However, the effects of these two magical weapons are indeed worthy of the hard work. Wu Jie tried to control them with his mind, and found that using the two magical weapons was like a part of his own body, which was extremely convenient! Their power was even more extraordinary and invisible.
The sword can fly hundreds of steps away, and cutting the rocks under the water is as easy as cutting tofu; the ghost ring itself is a weapon that can hit people, and the four spirit ghosts are even more alert and silent.
He dived into the water and caught a few fish and came back. Wu Jie himself couldn't even fully see what they were doing!
With the help of these two magic weapons, he felt more confident about this trip.
Although the strange Supreme Holy Cult can summon heavenly beings, it is indeed scary. But he is not here to fight, he is just doing reconnaissance, so there shouldn't be any trouble.
And he was vaguely suspicious - if those white-clothed monks summoned were really the kind of celestial beings whose strength was comparable to the Tribulation Patriarch, then there was absolutely no way that Xingren and Xiaochai could escape!
Even he, Wu Jie, can use divine fire to turn into a fire ring to seal off a place. There is no reason why the Tribulation Patriarchs can't do it!
He thought for a while, called Xiao Chai in again, handed the fish to him, and after he finished eating happily, he began to ask in detail about the situation at that time.
Unfortunately, Xiaochai is obviously not smart enough. He can only say words such as "Meow, very tall!", "Meow! Many people!", "Meow! Very powerful", but cannot give accurate information for reference.
After asking for a long time without getting a clue, Wu Jie had no choice but to give up questioning and dug out the "Monster Manual of the Tang Dynasty" from the medicine box to see if his seniors had collected any information about heavenly beings...
