After half a day, Liu Ming and his two men finally arrived at the agreed gathering place.
There was an open space in front of Fang Yao's cave, and Fang Yao and two other men and one woman were already waiting there.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, you are finally here. If you had come a few hours later, I would have thought that Fellow Daoist has changed his mind. This must be the Xin Yuan you mentioned, Fellow Daoist Xin, right?" Fang Yao saw Liu Ming and Xin.
The two Yuan people immediately said with joy.
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long. I and Brother Xin were delayed for a while on the road, so I arrived a step late." Liu Ming said apologetically, and looked at the other people.
But in the open space below, Fang Yao was standing in the middle, with a man, a woman and an old man on both sides of him.
The old man had white hair and a childish face, was dressed in a green Taoist robe, held a gray fly whisk in his hand, and looked at Liu Ming and Liu Ming with a smile.
The man was dressed as a Confucian scholar. He was in his thirties and had an ordinary appearance. He was holding a folding fan and fanning gently.
As for the last enchanting woman, she was dressed very boldly, wearing a tight-fitting red dress that outlined her graceful figure. She looked at Liu Ming with a hint of curiosity.
These people are naturally the companions mentioned by Fang Yao.
"With two Taoist friends joining us, I expect this trip to be a success immediately. Why don't Fang introduce some of my friends to you first?" Fang Yao said with a smile to Liu Ming and the others.
"Thank you, fellow Taoist." Liu Ming replied politely.
"This is Taoist Master Shanchangfeng of Flying Lotus Temple. He was the first to discover the nearby Blood Locust Beast." Fang Yao pointed at the old man in green robe and introduced.
"It turns out to be fellow Taoist Shan!" Liu Ming looked at the old man and immediately said with a fist in his hand.
The old man in green robe nodded lightly to Liu Ming and the other two, but said nothing.
"I am Fan Lingzi, a Sanxiu cultivator on Shanji Island." The fan-wielding Confucian scholar closed the paper fan before Fang Yao could speak and said calmly.
"Nice to meet you."
"This Fairy Muwu is the leader of the Zhantai Sect on Xiaokui Island." Fang Yao finally introduced the enchanting woman.
"I have met these two Taoist friends." This "Fairy Muwu" smiled brightly at the two of them and bowed to Liu Ming and Liu Ming.
Liu Ming was naturally polite again.
Xin Yuan just nodded beside him, as if Liu Ming was his leader.
Although the two of them have never heard of Xiaokui Island, and the Zhantai sect has never heard of it, the enchanting woman in front of them is the leader, but the aura on her body is the weakest. It is similar to that of Fan Lingzi, but it is that
The old man in green clothes seems to have a dull expression, his bright eyes are restrained, and his cultivation level should be the highest among the four.
Fang Yao introduced Liu and Xin to the three of them. After a few pleasantries, they began to discuss hunting the blood locust beast.
"This group of blood locust beasts live on the bottom of the deep sea. We are waiting for this operation..." Fang Yao, as the initiator of this hunting operation, first outlined the detailed plan.
"I just went to investigate again half a month ago. Currently, there are about three to four hundred blood locust beasts in this group. Among them, there is still only the king beast in the liquid condensation stage. Most of the others are at the spirit disciple level.
It's a sea beast, and it doesn't have much wisdom at all." After Fang Yao finished talking about his plan, the old man in green robe who had been silent suddenly added.
"The sea is vast. This group of blood locust beasts must not be stationary in one place. How can we determine their approximate location at this moment?" Xin Yuan asked suddenly with a slight frown on his brows.
Fang Yao smiled slightly when he heard the words, turned over his hand and took out a compass-shaped magic weapon, and then inserted a magic weapon with one hand. Under the light of the compass, a pointer about an inch in size suddenly appeared in the middle. After a while, it suddenly rotated.
He trembled, pointed in one direction and stopped motionless.
"This object is a magical weapon specially made by me. I spent a lot of effort to collect a little blood essence from the blood locust king beast and refine it into it. Therefore, I can directly lock the aura of this king beast. Do you two fellow Taoists have any other questions?
"Fang Yao said in explanation.
After Liu Ming and Xin Yuan looked at each other, they both shook their heads.
"Very good. Then I'll set off right away." Fang Yao said, holding the compass in his hand.
Others naturally have no objections.
So the group of people didn't use their flying weapons, they flew into the sky one after another and flew away from the island in the direction of the pointer.
A few hours later, a few people arrived at a place above the sea more than a thousand miles away from the starting island.
The compass in Fang Yao's hand flashed with white light, and the pointer inside was spinning in and out unsteadily.
"The law has arrived, it's this sea area! The blood locust beast should be somewhere below." Fang Yao looked at the strange shape of the compass in his hand, but said with renewed energy.
"I have six water-proof beads here. Although they are only one-time use, they are enough for this trip." After hearing this, the old man in green immediately took out six light blue crystal balls and distributed them to everyone.
Then he lifted up the crystal ball and took the lead to fly towards the sea water below.
The next moment, a blue curtain of light spread out from the crystal ball and instantly enveloped the old man, splitting the sea water and falling into the depths.
When everyone saw this, they flew into the water one after another, but saw the light curtain rising from the blue crystal ball suddenly connected into one piece and enveloped all of them.
Not long after, everyone was already at the bottom of the ocean at a depth of ten thousand feet.
Under the guidance of Fang Yao's compass, after everyone walked for a short distance, Fang Yao in front of him suddenly changed his expression and suddenly stopped.
Then he sent a message to everyone, "Be careful."
At this time, the old man clapped the crystal balls in his hand one by one with one hand.
Suddenly, the blue light curtain that originally surrounded everyone dimmed at the same time, and the figures of everyone were obscured.
Liu Ming was a little surprised when he saw this, but Fang Yao and others were not surprised at all. They all stared at the blurry light screen and sneaked forward silently.
As a result, after everyone walked a few miles further, they suddenly saw a low coral reef in front of them.
And across the seabed reef, everyone could vaguely see a dense black shadow in the open space on the other side, entrenched like a huge seaweed.
Liu Ming glanced closely, and through the layers of sea water, he found that the black shadows were sea monsters standing next to each other.
These sea beasts are shaped like sea snakes. The big ones are about ten feet long, while the small ones are only a few feet long. Their bodies are covered with black and red scales, and their lower abdomen is bulging high, which is more than a full circle thicker than the rest of the body.
These are clearly the blood locust swarm!
When Fang Yao saw this, a fiery look flashed in his eyes. After another wave of his hand, everyone retreated silently.
Soon after, everyone returned to the seabed where they originally started.
"It is indeed this group of blood locust beasts. Everyone! Act as planned." Fang Yao said solemnly after taking a long breath.
The Confucian scholar and the other three people immediately nodded with serious expressions.
As soon as they and Fang Yao stood still, they immediately began to activate their magic power and inject it into the blue crystal ball in their hands. Under the burst of blue light from the crystal ball, the light curtain suddenly expanded rapidly, and at the same time, the surrounding seawater also
Was gradually forced away.
Liu Ming and Xin Yuan were on the sidelines, just watching all this quietly.
After half a cup of tea, the six crystal balls responded to each other, and the blue light curtain was connected into one, forming a large magic circle, and the sea water in the magic circle was forcefully forced away, forming a huge space.
However, the blue light curtain has long been integrated with the surrounding seawater, and there is no difference at all from a distance.
Fang Yao then carefully took out a blood-red incense candle and lit it directly in the magic circle. Immediately, a blood-like smell emanated from it, and then under the urging of the magic weapon, it floated out of the magic circle and followed the sea water.
Slowly disperse in the direction of the herd of animals in the distance.
When Liu Ming saw this, his expression remained unchanged, but he had already released a ray of mental power and directly observed the blood locust swarm in the distance.
As a result, within just one meal, there was a sudden commotion around the beast herd. A small group of blood locust beasts broke away from the beast herd without hesitation and swam straight towards the magic circle.
Fang Yao and others were obviously paying attention to the movements of the beasts. Immediately after a sound transmission, everyone got out of the light curtain and cast spells in the nearby sea water to hide their own figures.
There were more than twenty blood locusts in this small group. Under the temptation of the bloody smell, they became extremely manic. They swam faster and faster, and in the blink of an eye they were already close in front of them.
A wave of water rippled "poof"!
More than ten bloody locust beasts rushed into the formation and fell to the open space within the light curtain.
Perhaps because they suddenly escaped from the sea water, these blood locust beasts panicked for a while, and most of their bodies became sluggish.
The old man in green robes flashed out of the nearby sea water, and at some point he had a blue flag in his hand. With a wave, large blue ripples rose up and rolled away into the light curtain.
Immediately, several blood locust beasts were swept in by the blue light, and pieces of ice condensed on their bodies, freezing to death in an instant.
After the white-robed Confucian scholar appeared, he immediately waved the paper fan in his hand.
With every swing of the fan, a white mist will fly out. Seven or eight fans will come down, and all seven or eight blood locust beasts will be covered in it.
When the white mist dispersed, these blood locust beasts had already fallen to the ground bleeding from their orifices.
In comparison, the bright red ribbon made by Fairy Muwu looked extremely gorgeous.
As its beautiful figure swayed, the colorful ribbons turned into phantoms like spiritual snakes, sweeping forward, instantly cutting the bloody locust beasts into several pieces wherever they passed.
Xin Yuan on the other side had already rushed directly into the light screen. With a flick of the black stick in his hand, layers of black stick shadows rushed forward like an overwhelming force, instantly smashing the bloody locust beasts into pulp.
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When Liu Ming saw this, he flicked his sleeves and a small silver sword appeared in his hand. After a blur, it transformed into a dense shadow of the sword and shot towards the light curtain.
After a few "puff" sounds, several bloody locust beasts were immediately pierced by the shadow of the sword and fell to the ground in an instant.
When Fang Yao, Confucian scholars and others saw this, a trace of surprise flashed across their faces.
They didn't expect that Liu Ming was actually a swordsman (to be continued...)