The City Lord's Mansion in Qiongtian City occupies a large area, with pavilions, pavilions, waterside pavilions and courtyards, and the scenery is very good.
After Gu Chen handed over the horse to his servant, Wen Ziyun took Gu Chen to a small courtyard and told Gu Chen the situation.
It turned out that just now, people collecting herbs from Qiongtian City came to report to the officials, saying that they had discovered several shadowy ghost figures in a mountain outside Qiongtian City, devouring the corpses of beasts. When they saw this, they were heartbroken.
Frightened, he ran away in a hurry and reported the incident to the city lord's palace.
Wen Ziyun said: "It turns out that I wanted to send the city's army to suppress it, but I was worried that it would be a trap of the Demon Cult. It just so happened that at this time, Mr. Gu, you came, what do you think?"
Of course Gu Chen would not refuse. It would be a good thing for him to have monsters to kill. Hearing this, he smiled broadly and nodded, saying: "Of course it's no problem, then I'll set off immediately."
"Okay, of course there is no problem. Master Gu really cares about the people as the rumors say. When Master Gu returns victorious, Wen will definitely hold a big banquet to welcome you, Master Gu." Hearing Gu Chen's agreement, Wen Ziyun immediately
Great joy.
Moreover, the most important thing is that Wen Ziyun feels that Gu Chen is easy to talk to, which makes it much easier for the two of them to cooperate in the future.
After all, Wen Ziyun has seen many young heroes. Because they are young people, they are all arrogant. He is afraid that Gu Chen will become arrogant after he has made such a big name in the battle of Xun'an County.
, and then looked down upon him as the master of the palace, and did not take what he said seriously.
If that kind of self-centered person came and it was difficult for both parties to get along, Wen Ziyun would really be a little distressed. Fortunately, Gu Chen now seems to be a very easy to talk to.
As long as it's not difficult to deal with, that's Wen Ziyun's only thought when Gu Chen came.
At this time, Gu Chen said: "Without further delay, I will set off now."
Hearing this, Wen Ziyun hurriedly asked: "Mr. Gu, do you need some help?"
Gu Chen is now an expert and bold person, and the mountain is not too far away from Qiongtian City. Even if there is an accident, even if he encounters a Gang Qi realm warrior, Gu Chen will still be sure to escape.
What's more, if Wen Ziyun sends people to kill the demon, will he still ask for the soul crystal?
After all, it can be regarded as someone else's trophy. It doesn't matter how he asks for trophy.
Therefore, Gu Chen rejected Wen Ziyun's kindness.
Before coming, Chen Yu showed Gu Chen the relevant files of Wen Ziyun. He knew that Wen Ziyun was a good official. Over the years he had been in office, he had made many achievements for the entire Qiongtian Mansion and was deeply loved by the people of Qiongtian Mansion.
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Moreover, when he saw Wen Ziyun's extraordinary demeanor and the faint flickering of clear light on his body, he knew that the master of the Qiongtian Palace was also a man of cultivation, and he was not an ordinary scholar without the power to restrain a chicken.
Of course, this kind of cultivation is different from martial arts cultivation. The civil servants of Daxia cultivated Confucianism and Taoism. What they cultivated was an awe-inspiring righteousness in their chests, which was completely different from those of strong martial arts masters.
Their body bones are still very fragile, no different from ordinary people, but because they have the awe-inspiring righteousness around them and their cultivation reaches a certain level, they can be resistant to external evils, free from all diseases, and can live peacefully until the end of their lives.
However, Haoran Zhengqi is not very good against the enemy, and cannot launch a few attacks. It can only protect the body to a certain extent.
Of course, like some Confucian and Taoist masters with tyrannical cultivation, every word they write contains the awe-inspiring righteousness in their chests, which has the effect of suppressing evil and exorcising demons.
Moreover, there are some great scholars who can also fight against demons and ghosts. Haoran Zhengqi also has a certain restraint effect on demons and ghosts, but they can only resist or even force them to retreat. If you want to kill the demons and ghosts, you still need martial arts strength.
The most important thing is that Haoran's righteousness is closely related to their vitality. Once it is consumed too much, it will cause damage to their origin. Therefore, Confucians will not use their own Haoran's righteousness to fight the enemy unless it is absolutely necessary.
When it comes to foreign warfare, martial arts experts are still better at it.
Immediately, Wen Ziyun informed Gu Chen of the specific location, and Gu Chen immediately left the city and headed straight for the mountain Wen Ziyun mentioned.
That big mountain was only fifty miles away from Qiongtian City. With Gu Chen's leg strength, he didn't even need to ride a horse, and he arrived here in a short time.
There are a lot of medicinal herbs on this mountain peak, so some villagers living in the surrounding mountain villages often go up to collect the medicinal herbs, and then sell them to Qiongtian City in exchange for silver to make a living.
The mountain is relatively tall, more than a few hundred feet high, and the forest inside is relatively lush. When Gu Chen came here and walked in, he did smell a faint evil atmosphere.
"It seems that there are indeed demons here." Gu Chen thought to himself. The presence of demons means that he can gain merit points. In this way, his stagnant cultivation can be improved again.
Therefore, Gu Chen continued to walk deeper into the mountain along with his perception of this sinister aura.
Along the way, as he went deeper, Gu Chen also smelled an extremely strong smell of blood. The higher he went up, the more ferocious beasts there were in the mountain. Generally, the villagers would only go to the middle of the mountain at most, and would not climb any further.
Climbed.
After all, although the villagers have some strength, they are not martial arts masters after all. If they encounter more powerful beasts, they will never be their opponents.
Soon, Gu Chen saw the corpses of many beasts, with blood spilled all over the floor, and the pungent smell of blood that he smelled came from here.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, a sharp roar rang out from Gu Chen's ears, and a black shadow suddenly emerged from the dense jungle beside him.
boom!
Gu Chen used his backhand to send the black shadow flying away.
But at this time, Gu Chen felt a chill all over his body, and several cold air appeared, locking him in place.
"There are actually four ghost-level ghosts?" Gu Chen looked beside him, slightly surprised. Not far away from him, there were four strange beasts with dark bodies and blood-red pupils.
Some of them have the heads of cattle, but have tails like lions. They stand on two feet at the same time, like an orc.
Others were lying on all fours, looking like lone wolves, but they were covered with fish scales and looked very strange.
Gu Chen didn't pay attention. Demons and ghosts have always had different forms and looked like anything. Gu Chen had already read the relevant files in Jingtiansi, so it was not surprising.
After all, demons and ghosts are not a species belonging to Kyushu, nor can they be understood according to the common sense of Kyushu.
"Ouch——"
The monster with the head of a cow, like a minotaur, raised its head to the sky and roared. It exuded the most cold energy, and its blood-red pupils were like two blood lanterns, staring at Gu Chen.
Gu Chen raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "Late stage ghost of You level?"
Jingtiansi also divided the demons and ghosts into several corresponding levels according to their different martial arts realms, and these levels also have some subtle distinctions because the demons and ghosts have different strengths.
The demons and ghosts in the late stage of the Nether Realm are equivalent to the Dzogchen warriors of the Human Race's Vajra Realm. At the same time, they are likely to be no weaker than some martial arts masters who have reached the third level of the Vajra Realm and are as strong as wild dragons.
Some people in the Jingtian Division even speculated that if the Nether-level demons and ghosts reached the extreme level, they would probably be able to compete with the human Vajra Realm warriors who had reached the Vajra Indestructible Realm.
However, such demons and ghosts that have reached the ultimate level are rare, and in the past few hundred years, there has not been a Vajra Realm warrior who has reached the Vajra Indestructible level in Kyushu.
Therefore, all this is just Jingtiansi's calculation.
"I just wonder how much merit points a late-stage Nether-level demon can be worth?" Gu Chen secretly thought to himself, but he didn't show any mercy. He no longer hesitated and took action directly.
laugh!
He pressed his fingers into the void, and a sharp sword energy suddenly shot out from his fingertips, shuttled through the void, and hit the late ghost-level ghost that looked like a tauren.
"Ouch!"
The tauren demon ghost was in pain, because essentially, the ghost-level demon ghost has no entity, and naturally has no blood. They are all condensed energy. Gu Chen's pulse-condensing sword wave made a hole in it, but
As the black energy condensed, the injuries recovered in an instant.
Whoosh whoosh!
At this moment, when Gu Chen was concentrating on facing the four monsters in front of him, suddenly, in the grass behind him, several black shadows flashed out. One of them hit Gu Chen with a vicious palm.
Afterthought.
Feeling the blow, Gu Chen refused to dodge, letting the opponent's palm hit him.
boom!
A sinister palm force wanted to penetrate into Gu Chen's body and break his heart, but Gu Chen's physical body was too strong. Even without using any martial arts, relying on the self-repulsive force of his physical body, it was still possible to defeat him.
The attacker groaned, blood started to flow from the corner of his mouth, and he backed away.
"A person from the Evil Heart Sect?" Looking at the person coming, a strange color flashed in Gu Chen's eyes.
The palm just struck was the Xiexin Sect’s unique martial art, the Heart-Destroying Palm.
Gu Chen has been on many missions and has had many interactions with the Xiexin Sect. As soon as the other party made a move, he immediately recognized him.
It seems that Jingtiansi's information is indeed correct, and there are indeed demon sect warriors appearing near Qiongtian City.
"Gu Chen, we have been waiting for you for a long time!" The warrior from the Evil Heart Sect snorted coldly.
Gu Chen looked at them. There were six or seven people in total, all of whom were at the Vajra Realm. There were four ghosts around them, one of which could vaguely compete with the Vajra Realm warriors who looked like wild dragons. The lineup
It can't be said that he is not strong.
"This is the gift we have prepared for you, do you like it?" The evil heart sect warrior smiled ferociously and said: "You have disrupted the plans of our divine sect many times, and you have killed many of my sect's men, especially the most powerful person in our evil sect.
The famous genius is still in your hands. Before you came here, the sect master had already given an order to let us destroy your cultivation and take you back alive so that you can taste the torture of our Evil Heart Sect."
When Gu Chen heard this, he was immediately confused. He had killed so many warriors from the Demon Sect that he couldn't remember which one was a genius from the Evil Heart Sect.
Seeing Gu Chen's appearance, the leader of Xiexin Sect also snorted coldly and became very angry.
It has to be said that the Demon Sect's method of gathering intelligence is also extraordinary. They actually knew that Jingtiansi would send Gu Chen here, so they stayed here specially, waiting for him to arrive on his own initiative.
In fact, if there were no other figures in the Liuhe Divine Sect who needed the Xiexin Sect to do something, this time, the leader of the Xiexin Sect might have taken action personally, or at the worst, would have sent an elder from the Gang Qi Realm.
However, despite this, most of the Xiexin Sect's troops and first-order inspectors from Jingtiansi had no choice but to flee for their lives.
After all, the strength of that late-stage Nether-level demon is quite terrifying. Coupled with the other three demons and these Vajra-level warriors, the Evil Heart Sect's preparations this time are not inadequate.
However, if they knew that when they arrived, Gu Chen killed eight Vajra realm warriors with one palm, they probably wouldn't think so.
In any case, the Xiexin Sect is also Gu Chen's old rival. The two sides have had many interactions with each other. Since the other party is so enthusiastic, Gu Chen cannot underestimate them.
A smile appeared in Gu Chen's eyes and he said: "Since you have given me such a big gift, I naturally have to express it."
Zheng!
Before the demon sect warrior who was the leader of the Evil Heart Sect could speak, the energy in Gu Chen's body condensed, and his inner breath surged like a sea wave. He directly shot out a vast and powerful pulse-condensing sword wave, and the earth-shattering sword intention was contained in it, crossing it.
However, in just one encounter, a ghost-level ghost was beaten into ashes by Gu Chen's move.