The night gradually darkened, and the Viper Valley, which had been immersed in an invisible tense atmosphere for a whole day, seemed to slowly enter a deep sleep. The dim lights slowly went out, except for the cold and lonely mourning hall.
The door of the mourning hall is still open to the outside, and the cold night wind blows by, blowing the candles still burning in the mourning hall, and casting strange shadows on the ground. Far outside the door, in the silence, there seems to be something. The voice was whispering in a low voice, like crying or laughing, and it seemed like the sound of the wind blowing and the trees moving. It was hard to hear clearly, and one could only feel a little chilled in the heart.
From the few lingering candles in the mourning hall to the light outside the house, at night in this valley, there is still a light mist floating outside the house, like light smoke, floating here and there in the darkness and shadows, changing. Various shapes.
And above the mourning hall, there was still only one Qin Wuyan who was keeping vigil all night long.
He was still kneeling in front of the soul, with his head lowered and his eyes wandering, as if looking at some unknown place. The copper basin in front of him was already filled with black paper ash from the burned paper money, which was blown in from time to time. Trembling in the night wind, occasionally one or two pieces of scattered paper ashes were blown up by the wind, leaving the copper basin and slowly floating in the house. Then most of them quietly fell back on the altar table in front of the coffin, and fell on the altar. Three animals on the plate.
Is there still a pair of eyes somewhere, watching all this?
Footsteps suddenly sounded as he stepped on the flat ground and walked into the mourning hall. Qin Wuyan's body shook. For anyone, the sudden sound of footsteps behind him at this moment was not a pleasant thing. He turned around Looking at it, he frowned and looked a little surprised. It was obvious that the person who came was not what he expected.
What caught his eye was a tall man, but his clothing was very different from that of ordinary disciples of the Demon Sect. He was wearing a Taoist robe and had a square face. He was Taoist Cangsong who was enshrined in the Wandu Sect of the Demon Sect.
Qin Wuyan looked at Cangsong, and Cangsong also looked at Qin Wuyan. Neither of them spoke. Then Cangsong walked straight to the altar table in front of the coffin, picked up the fine incense placed on the table, and put it on a broken candle aside. After burning it, he bowed respectfully to the spirit tablet, took another step, and inserted the incense candle into the incense burner.
Qin Wuyan patiently watched Taoist Cangsong's every move from beginning to end. When Taoist Cangsong turned around again, Qin Wuyan lowered his head slightly as a disciple in return. Although there was no expression on his face, his tone was still calm and polite. Said: "Thank you, Taoist Master."
Cangsong Taoist nodded and said: "The old man and I are the guest and the host. Although the incense stick is a little late, it is always my heart."
Qin Wuyan was still kneeling, looking at the spiritual throne, and said calmly: "It doesn't matter, as long as the Taoist priest is sincere, I believe that the master is alive in heaven, and he will be very happy."
Taoist Cangsong stared at Qin Wuyan for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "Master Qin, you seem to have never liked me."
Qin Wuyan raised his eyes slightly, as if he did not expect that Taoist Cangsong would suddenly ask such a question. It was a bit strange, but after looking at Taoist Cangsong for a moment, he still said calmly: "Taoist Master, you have misunderstood. You are the guest of my mentor when he was alive." , he is considered a highly respected senior among the Wandu Sect, Wu Yan does not dare to feel slight. But now that my mentor unfortunately passed away, I feel sad in my heart. If there is any disrespect or disrespect, please forgive me, senior."
Taoist Cangsong still had a smile on his face, and his eyes slowly turned to the spiritual tablet of the Poison God in front of him. In front of that spiritual tablet, a box containing the seal of the Master of the Ten Thousand Poison Sect was quietly placed there. Taoist Cangsong looked at it After a while, several low and weird sounds suddenly came from him, which seemed like the chirping of some insects. Qin Wuyan's face changed slightly. Cangsong Taoist was also startled, but then he suddenly smiled and said: "Old Sect Master, Old Master. Sect Master, you should be able to go with peace of mind, look at what you have taught me, you actually have such an amazing disciple, it is really not easy!"
Qin Wuyan's face sank, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Taoist Priest, what did you say?"
Cangsong Taoist turned his head, smiled slightly, but did not say anything. He just gently pulled up his wrists and sleeves. Qin Wuyan's pupils shrank, and he saw a small box tied to the flesh of Cangsong Taoist's arm. The strange sound just now was now And it comes out from here, clearly audible.
Cangsong Taoist had a mysterious smile on his face, and slowly stretched his hand towards the spiritual position in front of him. However, when the box tied to his wrist was slightly closer to the box in front of the spiritual position where the seal of the head of the Ten Thousand Poison Sect was placed, the one in front of the spiritual position was Suddenly, a low but very clear insect chirping sound came from the box. The sound sounded exactly like the sound coming from the box on Cangsong Taoist's wrist.
Cangsong Taoist slowly retracted his arm, turned to look at Qin Wuyan, and said calmly: "Seven-tailed centipede?"
Qin Wuyan took a deep breath and closed his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, his eyes were full of energy, and his whole person suddenly changed from the silent and decadent feeling to being sharp and sharp. He slowly stood up from the ground. , a pair of eyes stared at Cangsong Taoist, and slowly repeated: "Seven-tailed centipede!"
The originally dark and gloomy mourning hall suddenly seemed to become a little brighter after he stood like this, and the original cold breath in the air disappeared in an instant, leaving only fierce murderous intent.
However, Cangsong Taoist could not see any fear. Instead, he seemed to feel nothing about the changes around him. He asked Qin Wuyan calmly and said, "Tell me, what if your master knew about these disciples of his?" If they messed around in front of his soul not long after his death, he would have been very angry, right?"
Qin Wuyan snorted coldly and said: "Master, he is wise and smart. He has long seen through this so-called etiquette and customs. Not to mention disrespecting him in front of his soul, even if we and other disciples are fighting each other here, he will probably know it." Just laughing and watching the fun."
Taoist Cangsong nodded slowly, then sighed and said, "It's true. I've been living with the old sect master day and night for the past ten years. With his character, I'm afraid this is really the case." As he said that, he looked at Qin Wuyan and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that you have been following him for the shortest time, but you are the one who understands him best among all the disciples."
Qin Wuyan's expression remained unchanged, but he took a step forward and said coldly: "Taoist Priest, aren't you very remarkable? Not only can you see Master clearly, but even my every move cannot escape your eyes! "
The smile on Taoist Cangsong's face froze slightly. He glanced at Qin Wuyan's footsteps and suddenly said, "Have you passed your master's first seven years now?"
Qin Wuyan was startled. He didn't know what Taoist Cangsong meant when he suddenly asked such a question. But this person's attitude tonight was really weird and unpredictable. What's more, he had already seen through the tricks he had done on the sect leader's seal. I'm afraid he couldn't Leave him alone. Qin Wuyan thought this in his heart and said lightly: "The ugly time has just passed. Why, does the Taoist Master have any advice?" As he said that, he took another step closer to Cangsong Taoist Master.
However, Taoist Cangsong immediately took a step back, nodded and said, "That's good. Letting your master pass the first seven days safely is my best wishes."
Qin Wuyan was startled, but before he could realize it, Taoist Cangsong suddenly moved, and in a blink of an eye, he rushed to the door of the mourning hall, raised his voice, and said loudly: "Hey, the seal of the master... ah..." A few people in front of him
The word was full of astonishment. Halfway through the words, Taoist Cangsong suddenly screamed in pain as if he had been severely injured, even though he was still standing there intact, as if he had been attacked by someone.
Qin Wuyan's face suddenly changed color, but it was too late to stop him. Cangsong Taoist's voice was already echoing over the quiet and deep Viper Valley. After a while, there seemed to be echoes from the distance, and there were vague "Ah" sounds everywhere in the valley.
sound.
At the first moment, the Valley of the Poisonous Snake seemed to be shocked by something, and it was almost more dead than before. However, after just a moment, countless noisy sounds surged from every corner of the Valley of the Poisonous Snake, roaring like waves, but they could be heard
Countless people who had been waiting for him jumped out, and all kinds of questions, scolds, scolds, and commands merged into one, turning into invisible waves, pouring towards the mourning hall from all directions.
Cangsong Taoist turned around and smiled slightly, waved his hand to Qin Wuyan, who was ashen-faced, and said: "My dear nephew, as your uncle, I will help you. If you can sit on the throne of the sect leader in the future, don't forget the feelings of today."
!" Without further words, the figure swayed, and the moment before Qin Wuyan rushed to the door, he quickly flew into the darkness outside the door and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Qin Wuyan leaned against the door and gasped, his eyes full of anger. Obviously, this sudden attack from Taoist Cangsong completely disrupted his wishful thinking. At this moment, there was a roar of people around, and he saw that the mourning hall was about to be surrounded by countless people from the three senior brothers.
Qin Wuyan stamped his feet fiercely, made a decisive decision, and threw himself into the darkness outside the house like a Cangsong Taoist, and disappeared after a moment.
The next moment, countless disciples of the Ten Thousand Poison Sect, armed with torches and sharp blades and filled with murderous intent, stormed into the Poison God's Hall under the leadership of the three master disciples of the Poison God.
After a moment of silence, angry shouts of death rang out in the Viper Valley under the night cover, and immediately swept the entire valley.
The night is getting darker and darker.
When the rising sun cast its first ray of light on the earth, Cangsong Taoist, who flew out of the Poison Snake Valley without anyone noticing, was already flying in mid-air with his sword, and appeared in a small town four hundred miles northeast of the Poison Snake Valley.
Above, he looked carefully around the small town in the sky, and then seemed to find something, and immediately fell to a hill to the north outside the city.
Most of the nameless hills are covered with wild maple trees. When viewed from the sky, they are all red and very beautiful. In front of the maple forest, there are three men and one woman standing at the moment. They are the Ghost King, Mr. Ghost, Ghost Li and You Ji.
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Seeing the pine tree fall, the Ghost King showed a smile on his face, stepped forward to greet it, and said with a smile: "How is it? Is everything going well?"
Cangsong Taoist nodded and said: "As expected by the sect leader, Qin Wuyan has indeed recovered from his injuries, and he has tampered with the box with the seal of the Master of the Ten Thousand Poison Sect, most likely by placing the seven-tailed centipede in it. No matter who opens it,
As long as Qin Wuyan secretly manipulates this box, no one can escape the bite of the seven-tailed centipede. With the strange poison of the seven-tailed centipede, this person will most likely die."
The Ghost King laughed loudly, turned to Mr. Ghost and the others and said, "Look, there are still people using these simple methods that have been used countless times!"
Gui Li's face was indifferent and he didn't say anything. You Ji also remained silent. Only Mr. Ghost said lightly: "The method is indeed a bit outdated and rustic, but as long as it is useful, it is a good method."
The Ghost King nodded and said: "Yes, Senior Poison God can be regarded as a generational hero in our Holy Religion. How come he has accepted disciples with such roles? It is really disappointing."
Cangsong Taoist laughed beside him and said, "But that Qin Wuyan is indeed a pretty good person. It's a pity."
The Ghost King glanced at him and couldn't help but laugh again. Everyone was silent for a while. Gui Li stood aside, silently glanced at the Ghost King and frowned. For some reason, he seemed to think that the Ghost King was a little strange today.
However, Gui Li's idea did not go deep, because soon, a burst of heart-rending screams erupted from the small town in front of him who had just woken up in the early morning. Soon, countless screams broke out. There were sounds everywhere, and someone could clearly be heard shouting in terror: "The beast, the beast is coming..."
A harsh and cruel scream came from the south of the small town, and suddenly bursts of smoke and dust rose from the calm wilderness in the distance, like charging warriors forming an army of thousands of horses, charging unstoppably. Those who came from far and near , shouts mixed with excited roars, and swarmed in with bloodthirsty desire. The five members of the Ghost King Sect standing at the other end of the small town all jumped into the air and flew towards the small town.
Flying closer, even though everyone had seen countless big scenes, the sight before them still made them change their colors slightly. Countless monsters and mutated monsters roared out of the smoke and dust on the field, huge The body, the strong body, the sharp teeth and claws, exuded a strong sense of death in the early morning light. On the other hand, the residents of the small town on the other side were panicked and ran around crazily, but no one knew where to go to be safe?
The sound of intensive running was getting closer and louder, and finally reached the point of deafening. More and more beast monsters came from the south and rushed towards the small city. The ancient road in the wilderness and the wide land on both sides of the road were at this moment. It has become a paradise for these beasts and monsters. The red-eyed monsters surrounded the small city with roars that shook the sky. The poor people who had no time to escape into the city were swallowed up by the smoke and dust raised by the monsters in the blink of an eye. There was a flash of blood in the fog, a scream came out, and then it was annihilated.
On the top of the small city, some people who still had the will to survive desperately pulled up the suspension bridge of the city gate, temporarily blocking these ferocious and cruel beasts from the outside of the city, and then the beasts seemed to pour in endlessly from the south. , surrounded this small town.
The five people in the sky all took a breath of cold air.
From the wilderness in the distance, there was a sharp roar. The sound sounded sharp and harsh, and it was actually a bit sonorous. It seemed to have penetrated the smoke and dust in the sky and rushed over. The Ghost King's expression changed and he whispered: "Here he comes, it should be this monster. Please be careful and follow the original plan."
The rest of the crowd nodded slightly and then dispersed. Only the Ghost King remained in the air. He glanced at the screaming sound a few more times, a smile appeared on his lips, and then he flew upwards, disappeared into the clouds in the sky, and disappeared. .
As the screams became louder and louder, countless monsters surrounding the small town raised their heads and screamed at the same time. Various harsh sounds were mixed together, mixed with the fishy smell of beasts and the faint smell of blood in the wind, making people's hair stand on end.
In the smoke and dust, there was a sudden roar, and the scream suddenly stopped, and the light flashed in the air. Suddenly, a huge, tiger-like monster jumped out of the smoke and dust. Looking from a distance, This demonic beast looks like a tiger, and there seems to be a faint word "king" on its forehead. However, its body is many times larger than that of an ordinary tiger. It has sharp teeth and claws, and the fur on its body is even more colorful. The most peculiar thing is The tail behind it was extremely long, and it seemed to be much longer than its body. Compared with it, the ferocious monsters around it looked like kittens and puppies.
Gui Li, who was hiding outside the city, frowned and whispered: "Chu Wu!".
The small city surrounded by the beasts was originally just a small city. This monster, which was five or six feet tall, stood in front of the city. Its head almost reached the top of the city. .The thick fishy smell blew with the wind, and the people on the city wall were either frightened to death, or lost their minds, and ran away as if they were desperate.
Chuwu roared twice, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, he let out a sharp scream, raised his thick front foot, and smashed directly towards the city gate. The sharp tiger claws easily penetrated the city gate made of thick wood, and in Before the civilians who desperately resisted behind the city gate could realize what was going on, several of them were pierced by huge tiger claws, while the rest were terrified and fled in all directions.
Zhuwu roared loudly and smashed his claws down one after another. After several loud sounds, "Boom, boom, boom", the broken city gate collapsed. The whole city suddenly burst into tears, and excited roars also sounded outside the city. , countless ferocious beasts swarmed in, causing a bloody storm in the blink of an eye.
Chuwu opened the city gate for other monsters, but he did not go in to kill himself. It seemed that it no longer bothered to do such a thing, and at this time, it seemed to have discovered something. The tiger's head turned, and its huge body slowly turned around. , the nose kept sniffing into the air, as if trying to determine something.
Just when Chu Wu was hesitating to look for it, suddenly there was a loud bang from the wall of the small city in front of it, and a part of the wall suddenly cracked. Cangsong Taoist broke through the hole and appeared in front of Chu Wu, holding a yellow sword in his hand. The light struck Chu Wu in the chest with lightning speed.
Chu Wu let out an earth-shattering roar, and the huge tiger body flew backwards. However, Cangsong Taoist has been famous for many years after all, and he even studied under Qing Yun, the most famous sect in the world. How can he be considered idle if he is a Taoist? Although I flew backwards, I only heard a hissing sound like tearing silk, and a huge wound over four feet long was opened on my chest.
If it were an ordinary monster, this wound would have killed him on the spot, but Chuwu is obviously different from the ordinary monsters around him. As one of the thirteen monsters under the Beast Demon Seat, its vitality and magic are far beyond what other ordinary monsters can do. Bi. Although blood flowed out of his chest like a fountain, Chuwu didn't even look at it. He roared furiously and rushed over in a blink of an eye. Looking at his body movements, he was not much slower than before he was injured.
Cangsong Taoist's face changed slightly, and he ducked to avoid Chu Wu's sharp claws. He quickly left the herd with his sword and flew to the north of the small town. Chu Wu roared loudly, and his eyes were like fire, and he tightened his grip. Reluctant to chase.
Taoist Cangsong wanted to fly quickly to the nameless hill and then work with a few other people to get rid of the monster. Unexpectedly, he only flew less than half the distance. He only felt the wind blowing behind him, and the fishy wind and heat were almost behind his head. Cangsong Taoist was shocked. He looked back in a hurry and was shocked to see that the speed of this Cuwu was incredibly fast. After being injured, its legs were flying like wind and lightning, and it actually caught up with Cang who was flying with a sword. Songdao people.
Cuwu, who chased after Cangsong Taoist, did not hesitate. He roared and opened his mouth and bit down. Seeing that posture, it would be hard to relieve the hatred in his heart unless he bit Cangsong Taoist in two. But Cangsong Taoist, after all, After practicing for many years, he did not panic at critical moments. He sank down suddenly and narrowly escaped death from the tiger's mouth at the last moment. Even so, Cangsong Taoist broke out in a cold sweat.
Next, Cangsong Taoist no longer dared to be careless. He drove the fairy sword up and down, moving left and right, so that Chu Wu could not run in a straight line to use his incredible speed, and then he almost ran to the maple forest on the hill. , and at this time, Chuwu had been led away from the herd of countless monsters for some distance.
Seeing Cangsong Taoist swoosh and disappear into the red maple forest, Chuwu became even more angry and rushed straight into the maple forest. But the moment it stepped into the open space in front of the maple forest, Mr. Ghost suddenly A black figure appeared, chanting a curse in a low voice. After a moment, his black clothes floated up, and a strange spiritual power slowly emanated from his body.
Chu Wu suddenly stopped his running pace, and the huge momentum and inertia made it slide forward a few feet, knocking down dozens of maple trees. However, Chu Wu was suddenly unaware of the woods under him and even the Cangsong Taoist who had just disappeared. He didn't care anymore, all he could see was the black figure floating beside him and the strange spiritual power emanating from him.
But this time, Chu Wu didn't even rush forward again. He flicked the huge tiger's head, but he saw it roar loudly and opened its mouth wide. Three streaks of black smoke floated out from its mouth and condensed rapidly in mid-air. Three ferocious skeletons holding big knives were formed, and they rushed towards Mr. Ghost with their teeth and claws bared.
Mr. Ghost's body trembled slightly. Not only was this beast ferocious and fast, it could also master the weird witchcraft in southern Xinjiang. It should not be underestimated.
However, Mr. Ghost did not stop casting spells to avoid the witchcraft skeletons offered by Chu Wu. Sure enough, just when the three skeletons rushed in front of him, figures flashed, and You Ji and Gui Li flew out from both sides. , blocking in front of Mr. Ghost. You Ji intertwined her hands and held the strange seal. She moved her palms forward and backward, which was completely different from the seal secrets of the Buddhist sects in Middle-earth. In a moment, a beam of silver light appeared in the palm of her hand, which quickly enlarged against a The skeleton shook violently as if it was being burned. Just as it was about to rush forward, the entire skeleton suddenly scattered. It was You Ji's "Suzaku Seal" that broke the spell.
On the other end, Gui Li's face was indifferent. Facing the two ferocious skeletons that were coming to kill him, he turned his right hand and the soul-eating magic rod appeared in his hand, but this time he did not sacrifice the blood-devouring bead to his head as usual. Instead, he strangely turned the black stick like a fire stick upside down, moved forward with the green and black stick body, and rushed out.
The two skeletons were chopped down at the same time with the sword, but before they reached three feet around the black stick, under the urging of Gui Li's strange true method, the whole body of the black stick suddenly lit up with a red light, the stick body suddenly shone, and black energy surged up. , was actually more ghostly than the two skeletons. In the blink of an eye, the two sides collided. Gui Li's black rod penetrated the demonic bodies of the two skeletons like cutting tofu. The black energy surged. After a moment, the two skeletons opened their mouths wide. But it couldn't make any sound, it just dissipated quietly, and the remaining black air was sucked in by the black rod.
In addition to the blood-devouring beads of the most vicious thing on the Ghostly Demonic Rod, the original soul-catching bead on the rod's body is the ancestor of these ghostly creatures and their natural nemesis. Back then, the old vampire demon's sneak attack with the skeleton magic circle was Zhang Xiaofan's. During his time, he suffered huge losses from this.
Chu Wu obviously didn't expect that these people could break his witchcraft so easily, and he couldn't help but be startled. At this moment, Mr. Ghost had completed his magic, his arms suddenly shook, and a red light fell from the sky. It was the Fulong Cauldron that he sacrificed, and the sky turned red for an instant. In the red light, there were faint sounds of birds chirping and cows wailing. The sound was shrill and shrill, and the power seemed to be greater than before.
The red light fell like a curtain, immediately enveloping Chu Wu in it. Chu Wu felt as if a huge mountain was pressing on him in an instant, and he could hardly breathe. However, the monsters in southern Xinjiang have always been ferocious in nature, and Chu Wu was in deep adversity. Instead, he became even more angry, roaring loudly and struggling desperately.
At this moment, the figure on Fulong Cauldron flashed, and the Ghost King descended from the sky, flying down like lightning in the red light of Fulong Cauldron.
Chu Wu seemed to be aware of it, and raised his head angrily, but the Ghost King had already reached the top of its head. It let out a long roar, and saw only a trembling red light, so dazzling that the surrounding scene could not be clearly seen clearly. Only the shadow of the Ghost King could be vaguely seen flickering. Suddenly something appeared in my hand, and it shot straight down with aura, hitting Chu Wu on the head.
Chu Wu's body shook violently, trembling from head to toe. After a while, the red light gradually became quieter, and the mysterious thing in the ghost king's hand disappeared. However, Chu Wu's originally glorious fur suddenly dimmed, and the seven orifices on the tiger's head All the blood flowed out. The Ghost King let out a long laugh, and suddenly thrust his right hand down, forcefully inserting it into Chuwu's hard skull.
Chu Wu let out a loud roar that shook the earth, shook his body a few times, and finally fell down.
Note 1: "The Classic of Mountains and Seas."
Hai Nei Bei Jing "Chu Wu": Lin's country has a rare animal, as big as a tiger, with five colors and a tail longer than the body. It is called Chu Wu, and it can travel thousands of miles in a day.
Another note: "Different Gods and Demons."
"Monsters and Beasts Chapter" Chu Wu: There is a strange beast in the southern border of China. It looks like a tiger, has colorful fur and a long tail. It commands all beasts and is called the King of Beasts. (To be continued)