Chapter 748 A leopard’s shadow appears in the mountains
In late spring in March, wildflowers of various colors spread all over the Black and White Mountains, in brilliant purples and reds, and their fragrance permeates the mountains and fields.
Taoist Xuan'an, the commander of Black Pool Post, led Wang Gou and Zhang Tianhuang, and they were patrolling the defense line where Wang Gou's D-shaped team was patrolling with their swords.
In the distance is the Qishe Mountain Range, which winds like a giant snake, and at the foot is a dense forest that blocks out the sun.
"Bang, bang!"
"Ah! Ah!"
Suddenly, the roar of spells came from a distance, followed by continuous screams.
Taoist Xuan'an's expression changed, and he immediately took the two of them to fly towards the direction of the incident. Wang Gou and Zhang Tianhuang couldn't help but look at each other, something happened.
When the three people arrived, they saw a bunch of fallen trees in a dense forest, with smoke lingering and a mess.
A ferocious leopard with thunder stripes that was as tall as a human and flashing with electric light pinned an outpost guard to the ground with one claw. The disciple under the leopard's claw was bleeding from seven holes, with less air coming in and more air coming out.
No movement.
Not far away, there are two charred corpses with missing arms and legs. One is hanging dangling on a tree, and the other has made a pit on the ground. They died in a miserable state.
This ferocious leopard of unknown species raised its head and saw the three Taoist priests Xuan'an flying towards it. It immediately picked up the dying patrol disciple at its feet, turned around and rushed into the forest.
Like a bolt of lightning, it was about to disappear in the dense forest in the blink of an eye. At this time, Taoist Xuan'an could not care about the two people behind him. He immediately displayed his sword control skills and accelerated towards the ferocious leopard.
At this time, Wang Gou and Zhang Tianhuang did not care about the bodies of the two patrolling disciples below, and immediately accelerated to follow them.
As for the bodies of these two people, other patrolling disciples who heard the noise will come over soon to help clean up.
However, the speed of Taoist Xuan'an and the ferocious leopard in front was too fast, and they quickly disappeared from the sight of Wang Gou and Zhang Tianhuang, so that they could follow the guidance of the sect's jade order and not lose them. Not to mention Wang Gou and Zhang Tianhuang, even Taoist Xuan'an could not catch up with the speed of the thunder-marked ferocious leopard. The ferocious leopard soon disappeared into the vast forest.
However, the ferocious leopard held the body of the patrolling disciple in its mouth, and through the disciple's sect jade order, Taoist Xuan'an was able to track it.
Taoist Xuan'an was making secrets with one hand and displaying the art of sword control. He was holding a "guard plate" in the other hand. He stared at the fast-moving red dot in the plate and followed the direction of the movement of the red dot.
Soon, the red dot on the plate stopped. Could it be that the leopard was tired from running?
Seeing that he was not far from the red dot, Taoist Xuan'an immediately landed, put away his flying sword, and now he had chased him to the bottom of a steep and remote cliff in Sizu Mountain.
Judging from the display on the garrison board, the Thunder Leopard is at the bottom of the cliff ahead.
Taoist Xuan'an carefully walked through the bushes and bushes, passed through a pile of rocks and reached the bottom of the cliff. He poked his head from behind a boulder and looked towards the bottom of the cliff from a distance. He saw a natural cliff cave in the corner of the bottom of the cliff.
The entrance of the cliff cave is very wide and overgrown with weeds, but the cave is not deep. The scorching sun is in full swing at this time, and the scene inside the cave can be vaguely seen through some cracks in the cave.
The ferocious leopard that escaped before was in this cliff cave. In addition, there were two other extremely thin leopard cubs. The two leopard cubs were lying under the mother leopard and drinking milk.
"Master!"
"Shh, keep your voice down!"
After a while, Wang Gou and Zhang Tianhuang, who had received instructions from Taoist Xuan'an in advance, also tiptoed behind the boulder.
In the cliff cave, two leopard cubs finished drinking milk and crawled staggeringly around the cave. After taking a few steps, they fell down, got up and walked away again. The two leopard cubs played together in a ball.
The female leopard began to gnaw and take back the body of the patrolling disciple. After a long time, the body of the patrolling disciple was only a pile of flesh and bones.
"Master, this is..."
"We'll talk about it later!"
When Wang Gou and Zhang Tianhuang saw this, they were flustered and were about to ask questions, but Taoist Xuan'an waved his hand and led the two of them back slowly, until they retreated to another hilltop in the distance.
Taoist Xuan'an found a tall, flat stone, took out a pen and paper, and started writing a letter.
The female leopard just now has blue fur and thunder stripes on her body. She is not a "flower leopard" or a "black wind leopard" that is common in the mountains. She can kill three patrolling disciples in a short period of time. She is obviously a rare high-level leopard.
Level spirit beast.
Then I think of the animal painting specially issued by the sect a few months ago, and the rumor that has been spread for a long time.
"Master, does he know what kind of ferocious beast this leopard is? Could it be..." Wang Gou's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but ask.
"Half a year ago, the Spiritual Beast Sect ran away with a "Thunder Leopard", haven't you heard about it too!" Taoist Xuan'an said without raising his head as he wrote.
"Master, you mean..." Hearing this, Wang Gou and Zhang Tianhuang were shocked. It couldn't really be the Thunder Leopard that escaped from the Spiritual Beast Sect!
"This leopard has thunder patterns on its body, and it belongs to the thunder leopard lineage. When it walks, there is hidden thunder light all over its body, and it is as fast as lightning. Just now, the master is chasing after it. Take a closer look at the animal image of this leopard that was distributed by the sect half a year ago.
There is no difference between them." Taoist Xuan'an said categorically.
"Great!" Zhang Tianhuang couldn't help but said excitedly, reporting this news to the sect, and the master will definitely receive a major reward from the sect.
"Disciple, please go back to the outpost and call for help!" Wang Gou said excitedly. If he could round up these three "Thunder Leopards", one big, two small and three small, he would also have a share of the credit.
"This thunder leopard is a strange beast. It can withstand thunder and lightning and is extremely fast. Even the disciples of our institute may not be its opponent together. They can only scare the grass and scare the snake." Taoist Xuan'an said immediately.
"Then why don't disciples go to Lingya Post to invite all three of them?" Wang thought about it for a while and said carefully.
"No! If the news reaches Lingya Post, most of the credit will definitely go to their Xiahou family." Taoist Xuan'an immediately said with a look of disgust. At the same time, he put away his pen, waited for the ink to dry, and carefully sealed the written letter.<
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Then he handed the letter to Zhang Tianhuang who was standing aside and said: "Tianhuang, take this letter with you and rush to Beiluan City to deliver this letter to the leader of the Green Eyes Gang."
"He has a way to send this letter back to the sect as quickly as possible and hand it into the hands of your Master Xuanyu, so that he can bring someone to the outpost."
"Master, this trip will take more than a month at least. When Master and the old man come from the sect, will they arrive in time? Will the Lei Guangbao escape?" Wang Gou whispered worriedly.<
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After such a long delay, the Thunder Leopard could escape with its cubs, but it would be in vain with a bamboo basket, and all the credit would be wasted.
"Judging from the fact that the two cubs just now are still sucking milk and are not as big as a cat, the female leopard must not have given birth to cubs for a long time. It is obvious that the cave under the cliff has been used as a nest. As long as the female leopard is not disturbed,
I will definitely not move out of this nest in the short term." Taoist Xuan'an said calmly.
"The disciple is leaving now!" Zhang Tianhuang quickly took the letter, put it away carefully, and immediately summoned a flying sword.
"Go!" Taoist Xuan'an wanted to give some instructions, but in the end he just waved his hand and said.
"Disciple knows!" After saying that, he jumped on the flying sword and flew towards Beiluan City.
"Go and take the bodies of the two murdered patrol disciples back to the outpost first. Just say that you encountered a sneak attack by the fourth-order "Black Wind Leopard" and stay here to keep an eye on them for a while."
"In addition, help the master to keep an eye on the post to see if anyone notices anything. If anyone is found secretly going to Lingya Post to report, they will be locked up immediately." After Zhang Tianhuang left, Taoist Xuan'an immediately ordered Wang who was beside him.
Structure.
"I understand, Master!" Wang Gou then hurriedly left with his sword.
Taoist Xuan'an stood silently under the shade of the tree, looking at the retreating figure of his disciple Wang Gou with a gloomy face.