Cheng Sanwu opened his eyes suddenly and gasped involuntarily. Cold sweat broke out all over his body. Just as he was about to move, he felt a sharp sensation in his throat.
Turning his eyes, he saw Afu, who was wrapped in a blood-stained white robe with a wary face, holding a horse-head dagger against Cheng Sanwu's neck.
"You, what are you doing?!" Cheng Sanwu asked.
Afu asked coldly: "Where did I first meet you?"
"Why are you asking this?" Cheng Sanwu had just started to question. The horse-headed dagger was slowly pressed down, and a drop of blood seeped out from the edge of the blade. Only then did he realize that Afu was not joking with him.
"In Hongsha Town!" Cheng Sanwu replied quickly.
"What is Penning escorting?" Afu asked again.
"Star marrow! Otherwise?" As soon as Cheng Sanwu finished speaking, he saw a suspicious look in Afu's eyes, and he quickly added: "Buddha's bone relic! Peng Ning thought that thing was Buddha's bone relic!"
"What kind of luck-making method am I good at?" Afu kept asking.
"Ah?" Cheng Sanwu was stunned for a moment, and replied, "What kind of invisibility method is that?"
After hearing this answer, Afu's vigilant eyes softened slightly, and she moved the horse-headed dagger away from her throat. Cheng Sanwu quickly turned over to avoid it, stood back more than ten feet away, reached out and touched his neck, and immediately cursed:
"Why are you so crazy, a dominatrix? I just saved you, and you're going to retaliate like this?!"
Afu sat on her knees, and when she heard Cheng Sanwu's words, she showed a relieved smile: "This tone is indeed yours."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Cheng Sanwu was still frightened.
"Do you remember what happened just now?" Afu asked.
"Just now..." Cheng Sanwu was stunned: "It seemed like a shadow rushed over? Then I fainted."
"That's the soul of An Quti." Afu looked at Cheng Sanwu with a pair of green eyes: "If I guess correctly, An Quti is trying to take over your body and seize your body."
"Seizing the body? I've heard of it." Cheng Sanwu's face darkened, he wiped the sweat off his face, and sat down against the wall: "Some demons are reincarnated to seize the body, which saves the process of cultivating the human form."
"It's not just demons who do this." Afu said: "Regardless of Buddhism, there are people who fail to practice in this life and place their hopes on the next life. But these are just wait-and-see methods and have many disadvantages."
"How long have I been unconscious just now?" Cheng Sanwu asked.
"About tens of breaths." Afu secretly noticed, because Cheng Sanwu did not faint just now, but his breath and pulse stopped completely, just like a dead person.
"You... don't you feel anything strange in your body?" Afu observed Cheng Sanwu's words and deeds. An Quti's magic power is very powerful. The method of seizing the body used by this kind of person can be used by even the top experts in Buddhism and Taoism.
No one dares to despise it.
Cheng Sanwu lowered his head and looked at himself, then stood up and shook his hands and feet, as if nothing was wrong: "It's okay, I didn't notice any discomfort."
Afu saw Cheng Sanwu in full swing, and now it was her turn to be speechless.
At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside, and Qi Zhiyi and others rushed into the Mirror Hall first, just in time to see Cheng Sanwu and Afu, as well as the headless corpse on the ground.
"You, you guys..." Qi Zhiyi didn't understand the situation when he saw Cheng Sanwu's topless body and Afu only wearing a blood-stained white robe, revealing her spring light.
"This guy is dead." Cheng Sanwu pointed to the corpse on the ground: "I stopped using my strength and beat this guy's head into pieces. I can't cut off his head to ask for credit."
Qi Zhiyi and Su Wangting looked at each other. Mr. Changqing walked out first and came to An Quti's body to inspect it. Then he said: "There is a trace of magic power left on the body, which means this person is right, and it is not Li Daitao's method."
"What's going on?" Qi Zhiyi asked.
Before Cheng Sanwu could speak, Afu answered first: "Cheng Sanwu and I saw that An Quti was seriously injured, so we took the initiative to pursue him inside, fought with him fiercely, and finally killed him."
Afu didn't want too many people to know about the situation just now, so she chose to explain proactively and signaled to the star orbiter: "The star marrow is inside this object. Anquti originally planned to escape, but luckily we stopped him. He has a star
With the help of the marrow, the magic power increased greatly for a while, and we won with difficulty."
Everyone focused their attention on the star tracker, and Qi Zhiyi said: "This thing must be kept carefully, and we will discuss how to deal with it later."
After careful calculation, everyone present actually belongs to each of them, the Prime Minister, the Protectorate, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is really hard to say who will have the Star Marrow fall into.
Fortunately, everyone fought a fierce battle side by side, and friendship was rare, so they would not fight for the star marrow at this juncture. Qi Zhiyi ordered someone to bring a wooden box specially used to seal the magic objects, stuff the entire star tracker inside, and secure it outside.
The sealing talisman is also stamped with the seal of the Protectorate.
"How to dispose of this body?" Mr. Changqing asked again.
"Take them away together, and you can kill them in half without your head." Qi Zhiyi said angrily: "Such a leader of the rebellious party deserves to be cut into pieces, but this way of death is easier for him!"
Cheng Sanwu spread his hands: "I can't catch him alive."
"I'm not blaming you. What are you thinking?" Qi Zhiyi waved his hand, looked around, looked at the mirror hanging on the dome of the hall, and asked, "What is this?"
"The mirror that assisted in casting the spell, my clothes were burned by the flames caused by An Quti." Afu said calmly: "You guys, are you just watching like this?"
Everyone then remembered that Ah Fu was only wearing thin clothes at the moment. They all looked a little embarrassed and coughed to avoid it. Su Wangting quickly got a cloak from elsewhere so that Ah Fu could cover up her figure.
Mr. Changqing suggested: "General Qi, you might as well collect all the objects here, maybe you can find out the demon's magic methods from them."
Qi Zhiyi didn't think much and nodded immediately: "Then completely demolish this place... By the way, how to deal with the barrier issue."
"I will sneak into the depths of Tianchi later to find out what's going on and try to break the barrier." Mr. Changqing replied simply.
…
When Qi Daduhu led his cavalry and rushed to the vicinity of Tianchi, the fighting here had long ended. The soldiers were moving out various utensils from the shrine, and the injured were resting in temporary tents.
"Report to the Protector!" Qi Zhiyi took the initiative to step forward. He would not address himself as his father in front of outsiders, just like a lieutenant in the army: "The demon leader An Quti has been killed. Seven of our troops were killed and thirty-eight were injured. In addition,
Master Shanzhi, the abbot of the Great Purity Monastery, and Monk Yanding unfortunately passed away. How to deal with them is up to the Protector to decide!"
"Master Shanzhi died?" Protector Qi's face darkened, he immediately got off his horse and went to visit, while Qi Zhiyi was telling the story of the previous battle.
"I didn't expect that even Master Shanzhi would be defeated by the demon." While feeling regretful, the Protector of Qi was also considering how to arrange personnel.
This time, all parties have contributed to quelling the turmoil in the Western Region, but the losses have been considerable. Master Zhou of the Taoist sect and Monk Shanzhi of the Buddhist sect are the most important magicians in the Great Protectorate, and they have all been officially canonized by the imperial court. They were not hired privately.
As a result, both of them were defeated, and the loss to the Protectorate was quite heavy.
"Did An Quti be killed by Cheng Sanwu in the end?" Qi Protector asked again.
"Yes, but the embroiderer was also involved." Qi Zhiyi replied in a low voice.
He saw Afu sitting in the tent, changed into a man's elegant clothes, she was looking in the direction of Tianchi, her eyes were focused, Qi Daduhu took the initiative to step forward and cupped her hands and said: "Today, the demons and monsters are killed, all rely on the divine power of the envoy."
A Fu didn't even turn his head, and said in a cold tone: "There is no need to be so courteous to the Protector. The person who killed An Quti was Cheng Sanwu. I will not take credit for it."
"As for the Star Marrow, I wonder what the envoy has planned?" Qi Daduhu asked again.
Afu looked like it had nothing to do with her: "The person from the court who will handle this matter should be here soon, you don't have to ask me."
Protector Qi was suspicious. If Afu said this, could it be that she didn't come here for the Star Essence?
At this time, two figures rushed out of the Tianchi water. It was Cheng Sanwu and Mr. Changqing. The two held several obelisk stone pillars with exotic characters engraved on the surface.
"Is it these pillars that made you bleed?" Although Cheng Sanwu walked out of the water, his body was not wet, and he said to Mr. Changqing beside him with a somewhat mocking look.
"What do you know?" Mr. Changqing retorted immediately. He erected an obelisk stone pillar and looked at the exotic characters with different shapes on the surface, like figures of birds and animals. He was excited and focused: "Although it is a Rong-Yi book, it has a
It has a bit of bird seal and insect script. If we can analyze and translate it, we should be able to roughly understand the spells used by An Quti."
After killing An Quti, Mr. Changqing set out to break the barrier. He felt that he could not accomplish the task alone, so he summoned Cheng Sanwu and cast a water-bending spell before jumping into the Tianchi Lake and finding these square tips from the depths of the lake.
Stone pillar.
"Looking at you like this, it's like meeting the lover of your dreams." Cheng Sanwu said with a smile: "You might as well sleep holding these stone pillars."
Mr. Changqing was completely obsessed with the exotic characters on the obelisk pillars, and he didn't even have the intention to quarrel with Cheng Sanwu. He muttered words in his mouth and copied them with his fingers.
"Is this the junction of the barrier?" Qi Protector asked.
"Yes!" Mr. Changqing replied: "Anquti placed these stone pillars at the bottom of the lake to transform the earth's energy and activate the barrier. It can be generally seen that these stone pillars are not very old, and they were obviously put in a few years ago.
Tianchi.”
The Great Protector of Qi was puzzled: "But the barrier hindering the casting of spells has only happened in the past few months."
"After the stone pillars are placed, it should take a while to accumulate the earth's energy before the barrier can be activated in one fell swoop." Mr. Changqing elaborated: "In addition, I have figured out why Tianchi was attracted by An Quti. I think it is several
The black dragon that appeared on the outskirts of Quzhi City a hundred years ago was eventually buried in this Tianchi!"
"Black dragon?" Qi Daduhu recalled for a moment. He had traveled through the Western Regions and naturally read history books, so he immediately remembered the relevant records.
"Those are all old things from the Northern Dynasty." Mr. Changqing wanted to explain, but the Qi Protector asked: "Is the black dragon's bones also at the bottom of the lake?"
Mr. Changqing did not expect that the other party would ask this. He was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head: "No, no, no, any dragon species will turn into water after death and smell the wind. Even if it is placed on dry land, it will completely melt.
There will be no remains of corpses. Most of the so-called dragon bones in the world are pretended to be the bones of livestock."
"Then why can you confirm that Tianchi is the burial place of the black dragon?" Qi Dadu asked.
"Firstly, the Qi of a true dragon is different from other species. Secondly, I just sensed the earth's veins in Tianchi and vaguely heard the sound of dragons roaring." Mr. Changqing said: "Dragon species are not ordinary creatures. Even if they die, their corpses will not be left.
, there is also dragon energy lingering in the burial place. When the dragon energy enters the ground, it may turn into gold and jade, or it may become a spring of life.”
"Dragon Qi?" Qi Daduhu's expression was subtle.
Mr. Chang Qing was excited to talk about it, but he didn't care: "Dragon is the vein of mountains and rivers, and Qi is the essence of heaven and earth. The so-called dragon Qi is condensed from the mountains and rivers of heaven and earth. Dragon Qi has no owner. If it can dominate a place of heaven, earth, mountains and rivers,
Naturally, it is favored by the dragon spirit."
"Dominate the world, mountains and rivers? Who can do it?" Qi Protector asked again.
"Who else could it be? Of course it's the Human King and Emperor..." As soon as Mr. Changqing finished speaking, he saw Su Wangting not far away shaking his head at him, but it was too late for him to realize.
The Great Protector of Qi saw Mr. Changqing frozen on the spot and was speechless. He smiled lightly and said: "An Quti really has arrogance in his heart. Now that the demon has been killed, everyone has contributed. When we return to Quzhi City, I will definitely discuss your merits.
reward!"
"As long as there is a reward, I can trust the Protector!" Cheng Sanwu broke the slightly uneasy atmosphere as soon as he spoke.
"You kill the demon and you will be credited with your first achievement." Qi Daduhu asked with a smile: "What do you want?"
Cheng Sanwu scratched his head, feeling that asking for money directly seemed a bit vulgar. He had been taken care of by Lao Su in the past and could not spend too much, so he raised the sword on his waist: "Then I want a good sword, like this
All kinds of styles.”
The Great Protector of Qi immediately agreed: "A three-foot-nine-inch Daxia Dragon Bird? No problem... Taoist Master Shang, you can immediately forge a hundred-refined magic sword when you return."
The fat Taoist Shang behind him raised his hand and said yes, and looked at Cheng Sanwu a few more times.
"Okay, clean up the rebel gang's lair, and chisel stones and erect monuments here to record the deeds of quelling the rebellion." Qi Daduhu ordered.
Seeing that the obelisk stone pillars were about to be moved, Afu interrupted: "Wait a minute, the chamberlain will save these stone pillars."
As soon as these words came out, Qi Daduhu's face changed slightly and he was silent in thought. Mr. Changqing couldn't accept it and immediately asked: "Why? Is it possible that because of your words, the things I have worked so hard to salvage will be dedicated to the chamberlain?"
Province?"
Su Wangting couldn't stand it anymore and quickly stepped forward to dissuade him in a low voice: "There is no hurry at this time. We can discuss it slowly when we return to Quzhi City."
"No, let's make it clear now!" Mr. Changqing absolutely cannot tolerate such precious things falling into the hands of others: "You, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, are too domineering. Do you really think that everyone will bow down to you?"
Afu's expression remained unchanged as he reminded: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for monitoring the world. It is obvious to all that Anquti practiced evil methods. Now it is even discovered that he has treasonous intentions. All the artifacts he left behind will be disposed of by the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
You are a village man in the mountains and have no official status, and you secretly intercept the demon's dharma relics. What do you want to do?"
Mr. Changqing did not expect that the other party was talking nonsense and was so angry that Su Wangting quickly stopped him. Afu then said to Dadu Protector: "I would also like to ask Dadu Protector to keep these things properly for the time being. If there is any mistake... I don't need to say more about the consequences.
.”
"As ordered." Protector Qi responded with his hands raised to Afu who turned to leave. Then he looked back at Mr. Changqing and left silently.