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A heavy autumn rain fell, freezing Zhao Ran, Guan Er, and Lu Jin to death. Guan Er pointed forward and shouted: "Master Fang, there is still one mile to the Yangfang Post Station!"
Following the muddy official road, Zhao Ran tightened his grip on the old donkey's neck. The old donkey raised its voice and moved forward with its hooves. The muddy water it stepped on splashed all over the faces of Guan Er and Lu Jin behind him. Three
People soon saw a yard surrounded by a wooden fence beside the official road. In the middle of the yard were several shabby houses built with mud tiles.
Guan Eryue immediately stepped forward and kicked open the fenced courtyard door. He led Zhao Ran to the largest house in the middle and shouted: "Li Yichen! Old Li! The master of my house is here, hurry up and come out to greet us!"
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The three post officials ran out in a panic, two of them were busy pulling the horses, and the first one had a smile on his face: "Is it Master Jiang? Why are you free today... hmm? Where is Master Jiang? Taoist Master Guan..."
Seeing that he was still looking around, Zhao Ran went straight into the house without saying much. Guan Er and Lu Jin followed closely behind him and said to the post official: "Master Jiang has gone to the number room to take charge of the guests. This is
My new Mr. Zhao Fang, Lao Li, hurry up and clean up the house and bring a bucket of hot water. My family is going to change clothes. The rain is making us miserable."
Li Yicheng agreed without hesitation, and personally arranged for Zhao Ran and others to change clothes and wash up in the guest house, and then prepared some hot soup, noodles and other food for Zhao Ran and others to fill their stomachs.
After eating and drinking, and drying his clothes, Zhao Ran finally had time to take a look at the inn. The inn was not big, with five or six wooden houses crowded together, connected by thatched corridors. There was a simple wooden house outside the house.
Stables. One postmaster and two post officials, this is the entire staff of Yangma Post. Such a post is much smaller and much shabby than other posts Zhao Ran has seen - except for the largest main house in the middle.
Apart from being intact, several other rooms were leaking, and a few wooden barrels were used below to catch them.
The quality of the inn has nothing to do with Zhao Ran. The purpose of his coming here is to enter the mountains. According to Guan Er's description, Changchong Mountain is one of the few places in Guyang County where monsters may be present, and it is also one of the key inspection areas of Wujiyuan Fangtang.
It's just that for many years, I have only heard a few rumors from the people, but I have never actually discovered a monster.
Zhao Ran waved to Yi Cheng, who stepped forward respectfully and saluted: "Greetings to Fangzhu Zhao. Li has a blind eye and does not know Taishan. He has been rude many times before. I hope Fangzhu will respect you."
Zhao Ran waved his hand: "It's okay. Li Cheng. Pindao came here this time because he wanted to go into the mountain to have a look. You don't need to prepare anything. We will leave when the rain stops and we won't stay at your place. Let me ask you, is the closest place in Changchong Mountain
Is there anything strange?"
"Something strange? Uh...nothing. She's fine. Everything is fine."
"Hmm. Then...are there any rumors in the nearby villages? For example, did anyone die suddenly?"
"No."
"Is anyone missing? Especially children..."
"Nothing."
"Then...is there any other animal that is weirder? For example, does it know how to speak human language?"
Guan Er and Lu Jin both looked at the corral in the yard at the same time.
"Not at all. Fangzhu Zhao, forgive Li for talking, are you here to check for monsters? If so, Fangzhu doesn't need to. People have rumors that there are monsters in Changchong Mountain. They are just trying to scare themselves. Li is in Yangmayi
It has been three years and I have never seen it before. Everything in the nearby villages is the same as before, and there is nothing unusual about it."
Zhao Ran was very discouraged after hearing this. He came over excitedly and was poured cold water on his head by Li Yicheng. The feeling was really colder than the autumn rain! But since he had already arrived here, he definitely couldn't go back home.
At the moment, I lost interest in talking to Li Yicheng and waited eagerly for the rain to stop.
Li Yicheng waited carefully beside him, never taking the initiative to speak, but he did his best, until the autumn rain subsided, Zhao Ran and others got on their horses (donkeys) and left. Then they turned around and looked at the broken pieces on the table.
The flour grains said distressedly: "Another two kilograms of white flour... Taoist men, don't come here again, I, Yangmayi, can't bear it!"
Zhao Ran didn't know that Li Yicheng was worried about food from behind. He really didn't give money, and Guan Er and Lu Jin certainly wouldn't give money either. The post station is run by the government, and all supplies are the responsibility of the government. With Zhao Ran's status, if
If you still have to pay, everyone should not enter the Taoist sect.
Although the autumn rain stopped, the sky was still gloomy. He walked along the rushing stream towards the mountain col, and soon entered the mountain. The deeper he went into the mountain, the more discouraged Zhao Ran became. Without him, there were many people in the mountain and the smoke was curling up.
The terraced fields, the crowing of cocks and the barking of dogs, are there any traces of monsters?
Zhao Ran was a little angry, and turned around and asked: "Guan Er, you told me there is a demon here, look at it, does it look like there is a demon?"
Guan Er hesitated and said: "Master Fang, then... what should a place with demons look like?"
"Naturally it should be smoky and inaccessible..." When Zhao Rangang said this, he slapped his forehead and secretly wondered why he had fallen into a fixed mindset. Who said that a place with monsters must be like this? Now he was interested again and said with a smile:
"Let's go on into the mountains!"
A mixture of anger and laughter made Guan Er and Lu Jin look at each other in confusion.
Changchong Mountain is not big. There are villages and acres in the front mountain. Although there are no residents in the back mountain, there are still many people. At least the mountain road is very spacious. Zhao Ran opened his eyes and looked around, and finally he noticed something strange.
Zhao Ran immediately urged the old donkey to leave the mountain road and head towards the mountain col on the south side. The old donkey climbed over the mountain col, flew over a deep ravine that was not wide, and jumped down from the cliff several feet high, knocking Zhao Ran
Take it to a slope.
The bay-red horses that Guan Er and Lu Jin were riding were not as capable as the old donkeys. They had no choice but to dismount and follow behind. However, they were blocked by the deep stream and had to shout from behind: "Master Fang, wait for us!"
Zhao Ran said: "You two are waiting here." He ignored them and rode an old donkey to find a secret hiding place. He looked at a pond more than ten feet away for a moment. He was overjoyed and secretly thought that it was true.
It's not a trip in vain, it really takes no effort at all!
When he opened his heavenly eyes and looked around, he found that the flow of heaven and earth qi here was different from other places. It was a little more rigid and a little less natural. When he took a closer look, he was sure that this was a place.
The phantom formation is located, and the layout of the magic formation is not very clever.
Zhao Ran is quite "talented" in formations, and he has also set up illusion formations with the killing Five Elements Divine Formation, and even fought in a battle with it, so he quickly saw the illusion.
The foundation of the formation. This pond is just an illusion and does not actually exist. As for what the illusion of the pond is trying to hide, you must first break the illusion to know.
How to break this illusion? Zhao Ran also has a way. Although his Five Elements Divine Formation disk has been damaged, he still has two Five Thunder Divine Night Talisman on him. He only needs to hit one at the center of the formation. With the power of this talisman,
The simple illusory array in front of him can be broken with a snap of his fingers. But of course he is not that stupid. Firstly, the Five Thunder Divine Night Talisman is very precious and he is reluctant to use it here. Secondly, after breaking the illusory array, who knows what is inside, what if it comes out?
Such a big monster, Zhao Ran's move was purely seeking death.
Zhao Ran knocked out the communication talisman that he had taken from Jiang Zhiheng's hand, chanted a curse in his mouth, and the talisman swayed in the air, turned into an arrow, and shot towards the northeast.
So far, Zhao Ran still can't tell whether there are "demon traces" he wants to investigate under this illusion. But at least this pond is indeed an illusion. As long as the magic circle is involved, he has enough reasons to remove the Taoist sect.
Walking to summon him. If there is a monster, then Zhao Ran has made a contribution. If not, it doesn't matter. He is close to Master Da Zhuo and Uncle Xiao Zhuo. Let's see if it is possible to ask for another set of formation disks and get some.
Cheap is also good.
In addition, Zhao Ran is eager to see Da Zhuo, and there is another reason for Xiao Zhuo. His green cord has disappeared. If according to what he saw in his dream last night, the green cord should have entered his own Qi sea -
- He felt that it was almost certain. But what almost meant was that there was another possibility. He was currently unable to look inside and couldn't see what his Qi sea looked like, so he didn't dare to make a final judgment. He wanted to ask
I asked these two uncles if their bones had been straightened. If they were successful, then it meant that the dream was true. If they were still not straightened, then... Zhao Ran didn't know how to judge.
It was already dark now. Zhao Ran lay down on the edge of the soil and observed the fantasy of the pond for a while. He didn't see anything strange, so he got on the donkey and left quietly. He didn't know when the two uncles Dazhuo and Xiaozhuo would be able to
However, judging from the distance traveled by the messenger talisman, at least it cannot be reached in a moment. It can take at least three to five hours, and it may take a day or two at most.
Returning to the deep stream, he persuaded Guan Er and Lu Jin to go back and let them go to the front mountain to find someone's house to stay and wait for him there. He didn't dare to take these two with him when it came to catching monsters. He had an old donkey.
As companions, they also have the Five Thunder Divine Night Talisman and the Divine Walking Talisman by their side, so they can protect themselves to a certain extent. If something unexpected happens, these two people will be a mere burden, and may even lose their lives.
Guan Er and Lu Jin were very loyal. They heard that Fangzhu Zhao had discovered the traces of the monster. Although they felt guilty, they still insisted on "protecting" Fangzhu Zhao until Zhao Ran lost his temper and reluctantly left.
After sending away the two "bodyguards", Zhao Ran returned to the secret place where he had just sat down, took out the dry food from his thumb, and while eating, he secretly monitored the illusion of the pond in the distance.
As soon as he swallowed the last mouthful of dry food and gently wiped the flour around his mouth, Zhao Ran's eyes suddenly stopped on a small tree next to the slope, and he couldn't help but shrink suddenly.
A group of black shadows is standing on the treetops, rising and falling with the night wind. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!