The mountains at dusk are vast and the paths are quiet.
"It's such a cold day. It's going to snow. Why do we need to patrol the mountains?"
The trouser legs wrapped in fur squeaked on the snow.
The speaker is a man holding a dog's head.
The other person next to him has no specific appearance, and is also mostly humanoid.
The two servants were holding small flags, wrapped in cloaks, and huddled the hands holding the gongs in their coats.
One foot deeper and one foot shallower waded out of the path.
"Stop complaining, the king is upset right now. Besides, as a true professor, you should not be afraid of the cold. Unlike me, who is really shivering from the cold." The man next to him muttered and put his hands hard.
I put it in my sleeve.
The cold, wind and frost are very unbearable. Not only can we not find food, it also consumes our physical strength violently.
If the old, weak, women and children encounter such weather, they probably won't be able to survive it.
However, nature has its way, and the harsh winter will not be wiped out just because creatures are afraid of the cold.
"The king said that Lord Ghost is about to arrive, and we must deal with it carefully."
…
The little dog-headed demon pointed to the path opposite the cliff: "Do you see a figure in front of you?"
"On this day, all the birds and beasts have returned to their nests. How can it be possible..."
"Hey, you are really a figure." The man took a closer look and saw that there was really a dark figure on the path.
The black color is particularly clear on the white ground.
Just as he was about to take a closer look, he suddenly realized that the figure was missing.
"You won't hit ghosts, will you?"
"Now we are afraid of a ball ghost."
"That's right."
As he spoke, shadows blocked the pale daylight hanging in the sky.
As soon as the two of them raised their heads, a handsome face came into view.
He is wearing a black robe and red hair, showing a set of white teeth.
With a smile on his face, the Taoist said: "As soon as I went up the mountain, someone greeted me. It's really good luck."
Before the little dog-headed demon could react, the man beside him hurriedly raised his hands and saluted, "Isn't it Master Ghost?"
The black-robed Taoist made no comment and just looked at the man and the monster in front of him quietly.
The two looked at each other, bowed their heads, and sang: "Gou Wu and Wei Liu of Mu Ku Shan, pay their respects to the ghosts above."
"Sir, please come with us."
Follow the footprints back into the mountains.
Different from the robbers' and bandits' cottages, this place is like a pool filled with miasma. There is a cave in the depths of the miasma, and the little demon guarding the gate of the cave is dozing off with his weapon in his arms.
Gou Wu hurriedly ran over and slapped the little demon on the head. He spun half a circle like a spinning top. The little demon was so frightened that his weapons dropped. He stood up in panic and shouted loudly: "Who..."
After seeing the person clearly, he suddenly became flattering: "Fifth Master, Sixth Master."
"Who is this master?"
"You shouldn't know. Hurry up and open the door. We want to bring the distinguished guest to meet the king."
Accompanied by the sound of the wooden shaft turning.
The heavy cave door opened.
As soon as the cave was opened, hot air rushed inside.
At the end of the long corridor was a hall. The sleeping little monster was stung by the cold air coming in. The big monster sitting there was drinking. Suddenly he saw Gou Wu and Wei Liu coming back and threw away the bronze wine bottles in their hands.
past.
"Nang Qiu, you are patrolling the mountain to support the envoy, how come you two are back in just one stick of incense."
"Your Majesty, we are not lazy, our distinguished guests have already arrived."
"Are we here? Where are we?"
"Isn't that it?" As Gou Wu said, Wei Liu quickly stepped aside and revealed the red-haired Taoist behind him.
The first monster is covered in green leather, with two long and short horns juxtaposed on its head, like a rhinoceros.
The muscles of the Qiu knot are attached to the tall bones and extend to the legs, while the feet are like arched beast hooves.
The green-skinned demon was stunned for a moment, stood up abruptly, and shouted: "Who are you? How dare you pretend to be a ghost from above."
The king's words immediately shocked Gou Wu, and Wei Liu looked at the red-haired Taoist at the same time.
Even those little demons or young men who were sleeping soundly woke up and clenched the weapons in their hands.
The Taoist glanced at it and saw that there were both humans and demons, but there were mostly humans and few demons.
These monsters only have some characteristics of scales, armor and feathers.
Most of them look like humans, but their cultivation is too low.
These little monsters in front of me seem to have transformed into monsters, but they do not have the ability to transform into monsters.
However, these have nothing to do with Taoists.
I just heard him say indifferently: "There is a woman who lost her child and froze to death in the heavy snow."
"That's all."
I wanted to tell them the reason, but Tu Shanjun thought it was unnecessary.
There is actually no difference between being a Lake Painter and not being a Lake Painter.
It's also a waste of his verbal time and mana, so why waste too much nonsense with them: "I'm just taking your lives."
"Niubi is so brave."
"Get him for me!"
Gou Wu and Wei Liu were the closest, so of course they were the first to take action, and since they had brought the person in, they might even be punished by the king.
Now is the time to sacrifice merit for crime, how dare you not obey your orders?
When the Taoist turned his hand, two black energy came out.
"Drawing out the soul, refining the soul, gathering the miasma, and condensing evil into ghosts to create five rampages."
"disease."
The two people who were enveloped by the black energy suddenly showed expressions of pain.
In a short time, it turned into a pile of withered bones, filled with evil energy, transformed the ghost, and turned it into a ghost.
As soon as the two fierce ghosts appeared, they screamed and pounced on the other little demons or Qingzhuang.
Tu Shanjun casually spreads the evil spirit to converge the evil spirit, and then uses the evil spirit to form a fierce ghost.
In an instant, only the green-skinned demon in the seat was left in the room.
The green-skinned demon's eyes widened, and he froze in place with fear.
Seeing the black-robed Taoist approaching, he immediately knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and cried: "Taoist Master, I have no choice but to do this. Those children are asking from above. I dare not disobey, otherwise my life will be at risk."
"Oh? You monster is quite interesting."
"Taoist Priest, listen to me. I was originally from a good family, but I became like this because I took the demon-turning pill."
"Actually, I am a human, not a monster."
"You are actually a human?" Tu Shanjun couldn't help but be surprised.
While he was talking, he had already walked up, looked at the green-skinned demon kneeling on the ground, and used his spiritual light eyes to look at it.
Despite the demonic aura and powerful magic power, he can indeed see his original appearance as an ordinary person.
This transformation seems to be very complete. The original human body has also been invaded by demonic energy, forming a kind of balance.
"These little monsters also took that elixir? Why do they only have some characteristics?"
"Two monster-transforming pills were given by the above. I was afraid of the harm, so I melted one pill with water and gave it to them to drink. I found that they turned into monsters but gained great power, so I ate a whole pill."
"Who's up there?"
"This is the King of Daheishan. It is said that he is the heart of a child who loves to eat. We will search for it and bring it to the top."
Although Tushanjun looked calm, the transformed ghosts below all turned their heads and stared directly at the green-skinned demon.
The Taoist sighed: "In this turbid world, it is difficult to distinguish between humans and monsters."
Hearing this indifferent sigh, the green-skinned demon's heart suddenly tightened. Just as his magic power was about to burst out, a ghost hand landed on his head, and screams filled the cave.
After a while, a green-skinned demon appeared in front of Tushanjun.
He waved the refined ghost and tightened his sleeves.
The general walked out of the cave gate, killed the gatekeeper, and then left in the snow after destroying the cave.
…
Rumble.
The vibrating sound lasted for a long time before it stopped.
A large group of people surrounded this small town.
Although they were dressed in different styles, they all carried weapons. A rough count of the number was about three to four hundred.
Whether it's a pony or a bad horse, there is always one.
The leader was tall, riding a green horse, with a pair of halberds slung on both sides. His beard covered half of his face, and only his eyes hidden under his felt hat were exceptionally bright.
"First Master, there is no news from the Third Master yet." The horse bandit next to him looked at the man.
"This small town has never been discovered before. It seems to have appeared suddenly. Something will happen to the third master's family, right?"
The strong man carrying the ax opened his fur and shouted: "Brother, if you want me to go in, just go in. The third brother said that there are many people in the town and there is a lot of food."
The man with two big halberds on his waist did not speak, but looked around: "King Kong, take a few brothers and go in and take a look."
"Master, please wait a moment."
The horse bandit named King Kong looked happy, then he took his brothers with him and got off the horse. When he was about to enter the town, he found a man walking not far away.
Many horse bandits also saw the person approaching.
Wearing a black robe, her red hair was tied up with a hairpin.
It felt like they were dazzled, and in the blink of an eye, the man had already walked in front of them.
The tall man on the horse held the two halberds at his waist and said loudly: "Who is the Taoist Master?"
The red-haired Taoist turned a deaf ear and continued walking slowly towards the town.
The horse bandit next to him shouted: "Hey, Niubi, the big boss is asking you a question."
"The head of my family is the famous Snow Dragon, have you heard of Niubi?"
"Don't be rude!"
"Brother, that Taoist didn't leave any footprints." The big man who resisted the ax lowered his voice, but the horror in his eyes was clear.
The person in front of me is either an expert or a ghost.
It's not easy to offend anyone.
The red-haired Taoist paused slightly, turned to look at the man and asked, "Is Zuo Shanhu your brother?"
"In the snowy land, have you ever seen a mountain tiger?"
"He's not dead yet, but he should be dying soon."
After saying this, the red-haired Taoist no longer stayed, but kept his original pace and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Lu Bianjiao's expression was solemn, and even King Kong, who had just promised to do well, now looked pale and cowered as he looked at the town, not as bold as before.
Whether it's humans or ghosts, there's something wrong with this town.
How to investigate this?
Didn’t you see that the third leader, a mountain tiger, didn’t even come out after entering?
And what the Taoist said, the mountain tiger is not dead yet but it is not far away from death.
They all saw how strong Zuo Shanhu was, otherwise how could he become the third leader? Such a powerful man would not be heard from when he walked into the town, and he would probably die if he walked in.
Not to mention King Kong, the younger brothers he had just pointed out also took two steps back in fear, trying to hide in the crowd of people around them.
"Brother, what should we do now?"
Lu Bianjiao took out a yellow paper talisman from his arms and threw it to King Kong: "King Kong, you and a few brothers go and have a look."
Even though he was holding the talisman, King Kong's face was still pale. Just as he was about to find an excuse, he suddenly looked into the sharp eagle eyes of the master. When the words came to his lips, he chewed them and swallowed them.
"Why."
King Kong grabbed the talisman and took on this fatal job.
…
Not only did the drama in the inn not end, but it seemed to have progressed.
The innkeeper revealed his fox head and fell to the ground. The horse bandits stood there with their eyes blank.
The waiter was frozen by the gray-purple talisman.
The monk sat quietly and recited scriptures.
The man in black robe not far away holds a long-robed guest in his right hand, and raises a gray-purple talisman in his left hand, threatening the monk not to come near.
While the two sides were in a stalemate, the man in black robe slowly retreated toward the back door.
Open the inn door.
Accompanied by some snow spots, the figure of the Taoist squeezed in.