white head demon

Fang Cun frowned slightly as he looked at the contents of the Demon Crossing Document.

This demon pass is brand new, I think it was just handed over from the city guard just now, and the task on it is also simple, only to say that there are many refugees missing in the south of the city, especially a few days ago. There was a village of 300 people who suddenly disappeared overnight. There was no trace of people or corpses. It has been several days. It is urgent to find out whether it is the work of demons.

This ultimatum is not for the students of the academy to solve, etc., but to go and investigate it is a great achievement.

The incident involved hundreds of lives and had a huge impact. It was indeed a major event that even Baixiang Academy rarely saw. The gadgets for practicing hands can be compared to...

If such a thing is done, it may be worth ten or even dozens of other small troubles.

"Fairy Meng means..."

Fang Cun raised his head, and looked at Meng Zhixue with some embarrassment.

In fact, if he had seen this demon crossing ultimatum himself, he might have taken it directly. Instead, it just said that someone should go over and check it, and he didn't need to go all out. At worst, he would spend money and hire some people to go and investigate it. Yes, but unfortunately, Meng Zhixue picked out this monster crossing ultimatum for herself, and there are several of their names on it, so...

"Second Master Fang, whether it is to enter the Lanshuang Pavilion to practice or to protect the people of Liuhu City, he needs to do some things to slay demons and eliminate demons. Some small acts of kindness may not help much. It's just the right time, now our Nanshan League is looking for suitable personnel to enter Nanshan to investigate this matter, if Second Young Master Fang doesn't mind, you can go with us!"

Meng Zhixue opened her mouth softly, her expression very calm.

But from her plain eyes, Fang Cun was inexplicable, as if she felt a little expectation, as if, this woman really hoped that she could agree to follow them to take this task, but look at her Compared with them, their current cultivation base is really far behind. Even if they go there, they probably won't be of much help. What she means is...

"Is this taking me to play trumpet?"

"Hehe, since some outstanding figures from the Nanshan League are leading the way, then this Yuqian Town is definitely worth visiting!"

Zhang Shixian, on the other hand, heard Meng Zhixue say that he didn't ask Fang Cun to do this by himself, but went with them, but he suddenly laughed and said to Fang Cun: "Nephew Fang Xian, this is a good opportunity, our Baixiang Academy Nanshan League, that's no small matter, although they are young, they are upright and upright, they vow to eradicate evil spirits, they have the demeanor of your brother..."

"Nowadays, most of the demon crossing cards in Xingzhiyuan are made by them!"

While talking, he shook his head: "Now that you have been in the academy for more than a month, you must have heard of some of them, right?"

"It's more than just hearing about it, I've seen it before..."

Fang Cun thought to himself.

He knew that the so-called Nanshan League was actually his elder brother's fan support group in Baixiang Academy.

When my elder brother was in the academy, he had done many righteous deeds, but the most famous one was that he once broke the evil of tigers and cannibals on the Nanshan Mountain outside Liuhu City, and what was even more unexpected, It was that tiger demon that was actually related to the former master of the academy. When this incident happened, everyone was shocked, and the reputation of Little Immortal Master Fang Chi in Liuhu City was also spread from then on.

Meng Zhixue and others formed the Nanshan League with this as an alliance, with the intention of following the example of his elder brother and eliminating evil and injustice.

Just to these people...

Fang Cun shook his head in his heart, but it was difficult to say for a while.

At this time, the pretty girl in the red dress smiled and said, "Senior Sister Meng, are you sure you want to take Second Young Master Fang with you? It stands to reason that Second Young Master Fang should be a member of our Nanshan League by nature, follow us There is nothing wrong with going out to practice, but, although Second Young Master Fang has high talent, his cultivation is too weak, did you bring him there to help, or to hinder you?"

The short and strong young man snorted coldly and said: "This younger brother of the immortal master is acting perversely, I am afraid that we are not on the same side as us!"

"Junior Brother Nie doesn't have to say that..."

The man with a silent expression said: "Is it all the way, let's go out for a walk together, we will naturally understand!"

"he……"

He Zhenzhang also opened his mouth, but only said one word, then closed his mouth with guilt.

But amidst everyone's words, Meng Zhixue just looked at Fang Cun calmly. Seeing that Fang Cun didn't answer for a moment, she said softly, "Brother Ling Fang Chi is my great Xia pillar and a role model for my generation. A student, with low skills, but always looking up to him, he does not want to be like an immortal master, clear the world, and move the mountains and rivers, but he is only willing to do his best for the people of the Great Xia, and live up to what he has learned. Second Young Master Fang, I came here to invite you this time because I really want to work with you so that I can live up to the name of my brother..."

After listening to her words, the others also fell silent, they just nodded secretly and looked at Fang Cun.

"In this way, they actually mean to test me?"

Fang Cun thought about it silently, but he suddenly understood this link.

To be honest, on the bright side, the young geniuses of the Nanshan League took themselves out to help them gain some fame and credit, but this also had to consider their own identities, after all Their Nanshan League is for their elder brother, and now that they have entered the academy, in the eyes of many people, they are indeed born to be a member of the Nanshan League.

However, judging from their own performance after entering the academy, I am afraid that they are not very satisfied with themselves.

First of all, I used to have a bad reputation in Liuhu City. After I entered the academy, I beat Shen Shiming around and ran around, and finally begged them. When old Mr. Zhong Yue was preaching, he didn't expose Yuan Zhi's expulsion from him in public, but acted like he was threatened by him, and he didn't seem courageous enough.

So, whether or not the Nanshan League should take me in is actually quite a headache...

Now, rather than saying that they want to help themselves earn some credit, it might be better to say that they want to test themselves...

only……

... Do you need them to test you?

This seems childish and ridiculous Nanshan League, why is there a need to join it?

Experience in previous lives, those who formed "Nine Dragons", "Seven Wolves", and "Thirteen Sisters" when they were young, regretted it when they grew up. Whoever mentioned it was anxious to whom, and they would write memoirs in the future. His black history, shame...

Of course, after all, this credit is really not small...

……

……

Slowly thinking about it, those people from the Nanshan League are getting impatient. From their point of view, the people like themselves are helping him by taking Fangcun out to make this demon crossing ultimatum, and they are really sharing the credit Give it to him, I didn't expect that the Second Young Master Fang picked up the fight, and after thinking about it for so long, I really thought that without you in the Nanshan League, our name would be in jeopardy?

Just when they couldn't help but say something, Fang Cun nodded lightly, and said with a smile, "That's fine!"

Task is not task, it is not important.

The important thing is, since these people are in the name of inheriting his brother's behest, it's good to go and see how good they are...

Seeing Fang Cun's agreement, Meng Zhixue seemed to be slightly relieved, with a smile on her face, and said to Fang Cun, "It's my honor to have Mr. Fang Cun's consent. We will go out of the city to ambush you tomorrow morning. Monster, I just hope this trip doesn't disappoint people..."

As he spoke, he stepped aside and said, "These people are..."

"No need to introduce, I know it!"

Fang Cun had already seen the names under the charge on the demon crossing card just now, namely Meng Zhixue, He Zhenzhang, Meng Qing'er, Yu Qingli, Nie Renwang, and Meng Zhixue and He Zhenzhang had both seen each other before. I also learned from the conversation just now that the short and strong boy was named Nie, so I couldn't figure out their names, so I smiled and saluted one by one: "Fairy Meng Zhixue, I hope you can give me more advice..."

Meng Zhixue returned the salute lightly, with a serious expression.

"Senior Brother Crane, we have met..."

Fang Cun smiled and bowed his hands to He Zhenzhang, blinking his eyes.

He Zhenzhang was a little flustered, and while returning the salute, he said: "At that time, I mainly heard people say that who... wrote well!"

"understand!"

Fang Cun smiled and said, "Me too!"

He Zhenzhang's face turned even redder, and he looked at the people around him with a guilty conscience.

"This is Senior Brother Yuqing Liyu, please take care of me..."

Fang Cun bowed to the silent young man again, and greeted with a smile.

The young man returned the salute and nodded slightly.

"Senior Brother Nie Wang, please take care of me..."

Fang Cun saluted the last short and strong boy, and he was also very polite.

The surrounding atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward, everyone turned their heads to look at the short and strong boy, and then looked over at Fang Cun, their dignified expressions turned a little weird, He Zhenzhang and Meng Qing'er couldn't bear it. Stopped, "Chi" laughed.

"This……"

Fang Cun was a little puzzled, and blinked innocently.

"My name is Nie Quan..."

The short and stout boy blushed with shame, gritted his teeth and said.

"Ha ha……"

There was laughter all around, even Meng Zhixue turned her head away, her shoulders trembled a few times.

Fang Cun sighed speechlessly, who the hell made your names written vertically...

Chapter 40 Two Major Tasks

The people of Nanshan League will set off on the second day, and they only have one day to prepare.

On the second day, I was supposed to go to the Xueting Pavilion, but Fang Cun hid whenever he could, so he only asked Xiao Qingliu to go to the academy to help him ask for leave, but he himself had already ridden on the horse that he had carefully selected from the stables early in the morning. He brought the embroidered pouch with several life-saving elixirs inside, tied the old umbrella upside down behind his back, and came to the avenue south of Liuhu City, waiting for the people of the Nanshan League.

When it was time to get Chen, I saw figures standing on the road of the academy, and more than a dozen riders galloped towards them. The leader was the five members of the Nanshan League with Meng Zhixue at the center. They had also inquired about the Baixiang Academy The Nanshan League is based on these five people, and those who follow behind them are all the helpers they have selected from among the students for this time's demon crossing ultimatum.

After looking at it, Fang Cun couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

It seems that what Nanshan League said before is really good, and my current cultivation level is a bit better than theirs...

The five sons of the Nanshan League have so high a cultivation level that they cannot be seen from a single inch, and the helpers they selected are all at the perfect stage of the Qixi Refining Realm. Fangcun is stronger than nearly two small realms.

I really seem to have come here to earn merit...

……

……

"Master Fang came early..."

Seeing Fangcun waiting here, everyone reined in their mounts. Looking at Fangcun who was wearing a white robe and carrying an old umbrella, he subconsciously felt that he was somewhat ugly. Nie Quan seemed to still be thinking about Qiu who was called by the wrong name yesterday, so he snorted coldly and said, "Second Young Master Fang is still inexperienced, but this outfit is very handsome..."

According to folklore, the students of the academy know how to ride the clouds and fog, but in fact, most of them still ride horses when traveling.

With their cultivation base, flying in the air may not be impossible, but their cultivation base is far from enough to travel long distances.

But it's also because of riding a horse, which makes people feel a little embarrassed. The second son of Fang's cultivation base is the lowest among all the people, but looking at this mount, he is riding a magnificent white horse that travels thousands of miles a day , was half a head taller than the others' horses, with a broad body and long legs, and was extremely handsome. When these other outstanding figures from the academy moved closer to him, they were half a head shorter invisibly.

Only Meng Zhixue's teacher, that tall cloud-patterned snow deer, can compare with a square-inch white horse, and it is not inferior to the spirit.

"This trip is still far away, and there is not much time, let's talk while walking!"

Meng Zhixue came out to smooth things over for Fang Cun, then patted Xue Lu on the head, led the crowd to walk in front, and said to Fang Cun as she walked: "You have seen the Transitional Demon Letter yesterday, you should know what we have done, Liu The life of the people in Hucheng is difficult. Not only in recent years, the land has been poor, the crops have not been harvested, but also bandits and demons are rampant, cutting off people's livelihoods. Now we are here because of strange events in Qingpo County in the south of the city. , there is a town of people who disappeared overnight, leaving no one behind!"

"Whether it is a demon or something hidden, we have to find out the matter and find out the reason!"

"Yes!"

Fang Cun nodded in response, and glanced slightly.

Now that I have come out of the city, I can already see that the scene is different from that in the city. There is a large piece of fertile soil, full of weeds. At first glance, it is lush, ambitious and beautiful. But looking at the few wheat grains among the weeds, The sparse ears of rice have completely faded away the broad-minded elegance that belongs to literati and poets. The difference is that it makes people feel a little sad and compassionate.

That's horrible!

In the land far away, near and far away, at any time, some people can be seen farming in the fields against the rising sun, sweating profusely.

But on the side of the road, you can still see a lot of people in ragged clothes, even hard to cover their bodies, with children and daughters, or in twos and threes, or gathered in groups, carrying daughters and daughters, walking slowly towards the south step by step, Seeing the sound of horseshoes, some people subconsciously held out broken bowls, or turned their heads and knelt down directly, wanting to beg, but seeing the horses coming fast, they hurriedly fled to the side of the road in fright.

"I have found out about the disappearance of the people in this small town!"

He rode on the back, hurried a few steps, and walked side by side with Meng Zhixue and Fang Cun. The one on the horse was Yu Qingli. He frowned and said, "Actually, there are many cases of refugees missing in the south of the city. These refugees have no roots." Wuxi, who moves frequently, can't guard against the excuses of the city guard, and occasionally a few people are missing, it's not a big deal, and it can't be found at all. This time, it was because the entire town's people disappeared that it attracted attention. The city guard has other important matters, and he has no time to investigate, so he threw the case in our academy!"

"Hmph, I think these refugees deserve it!"

Another voice took over the conversation, it was Meng Qing'er, she pouted, and said: "There is our Baixiang Academy around Liuhu City, and there are city guards in charge. The demons dare not be presumptuous, but they just But one by one wants to run into the mountains, there are so many monsters and monsters in the mountains, we can't catch them, so we catch them and eat them casually, aren't we just asking for trouble?"

After Meng Zhixue heard this, she didn't rush to answer, her expression was very cold.

It was square, but he couldn't help shaking his head secretly.

"These refugees probably didn't go to the mountains voluntarily..."

Long before entering the academy, Fang Cun has been wandering around all day long, has a deep understanding of all aspects of the world, and has seen some clues.

Just as Meng Qing'er said, if these refugees outside the city gather around Liuhu City, they can indeed receive some protection. No matter how powerful the monsters are, they dare not come down to Liuhu City to make trouble. , but also risk being taken as credit by the academy master or the people under the city guard, and entering the deep mountains is tantamount to sending yourself into the tiger's mouth.

But is it that simple?

Looking at the surrounding farmland, it can be seen that most of these farmlands are extremely poor, and the weeds are all short.

And further away, you can see a piece of medicinal fragrance, blowing in the wind.

Fang Cun knew that those were valuable elixir and rare herbs, which were important materials for alchemists to make alchemy.

In this world, there are Qi refiners.

Qi refiners need a large amount of spiritual grass to make alchemy and medicine, but this kind of spiritual grass is different from ordinary crops, and it consumes a lot of land fertility. After planting spiritual grass once, these farmlands will be exhausted. A few years can't slow down, although there is a clear text in the Great Xia Law, after one year of planting spiritual grass, it can't be planted again, it must be returned to the common people, and used to grow valuable crops.

But the farmland is getting thinner, and after planting crops, there is no way to harvest food within a year or two.

The people's rations are not enough, and there are taxes and land rents. If they can't eat enough, they can only go to the mountains to reclaim wasteland and find new fields to grow food.

And the farmland they plowed, I am afraid that the spiritual herbs needed by the Qi practitioners will be planted in the farmland soon, so they will leave again.

Such a cycle, these refugees, can they go further and further into the mountains step by step?

Even if there are many spirits and monsters in the mountains, they will also go.

Just as they were thinking about it, everyone moved away from Liuhu City and came to an intersection. Looking forward, they saw continuous reeds in front of the left and steaming black air. Going south, there was an invisible mountain, like a huge mountain. Beast, crawling on the ground.