one's door

There are thousands of mountains and rivers to go here, and I don't know if I can see you again.After all, the inner armor of a low-grade magic weapon that Zhang Yan rushed to make overnight was just a dead object, and it could play a good protective effect, but it could not necessarily protect Zhou Cang's life.In the end, it still depends on Zhou Cang's luck.

It was also from this day that not only Zhang Yan, but the entire Langyuan City could feel the cloud of war from the southwest, and even more and more people began to be affected.

The first is rising prices.Even with the repression from the local government, the price of rations still rose by a full [-]% in just half a month!And you must know that this is just the beginning of spring, when the rations are not available, the price increase of rations is a big deal, and if the increase cannot be stopped, there will be big troubles.

The second is that the garrison soldiers began to knock on the door with the yamen servants according to the household registration book. The first ones were taken away were families with many children, and a family had to send out at least one male to join the army.Willing to pay for military service is not enough.Even the big households and wealthy merchants in the city are the same.

Military service in Nanyuan Kingdom is normal, and every household has to send someone out.But it is very rare for someone to knock on the door and take someone away.What's more, the situation in the southwest is so difficult, why don't ordinary people know about it?So no matter how unresponsive people are, they can think of the place they will go to after this conscription, which must be Xiyuan County or Chonglan County in the southwest.

Narrow escape!

The sound of crying almost accompanied the streets and alleys of Langyuan City in the past half month.Although each family is reluctant to give up their children, but the military order has arrived at the door, who dare not go?

Besides, that's beating the monster clan. Who can argue with this righteousness?

Not to mention the common people and wealthy businessmen in Langyuan City.The situation with the mouth is similar.Even Zhang Yan has seen no less than three spontaneous enlistment rallies of students in the martial arts academy during this period.Compared with those who have never held a long gun, and some have never even killed ordinary people, the warrior students in the martial arts academy are naturally more capable of dealing with battle.They also have a more sense of defending the border of the country.

In fact, this is also one of the reasons why the Academy of Martial Arts enjoys a very high status in all countries.This is indeed the palace where the most warriors are cultivated in various countries.In case of trouble, the students of Jiangwu Academy can indeed be called the backbone of the country.

In addition to the news in Langyuan City, Zhang Yan also learned about the latest military deployment of Nanyuan Kingdom from Xiao Shu's chat.It was very surprising to hear that Nanyuan Kingdom actually transferred the troops of the Eastern Army Commander Shi Xuan from outside Tonghu Pass to the west of Changhu County.

In Xiao Shu's words: "Now Tonghu Pass is only guarded by the two to 3000 people on the pass. At most, there will be some soldiers with heavy supplies. The number will not exceed [-]."

Although Zhang Yan doesn't understand military matters, he can still understand the map.Changhu County is in the southwest of Beijiang County, next to Zhongding County, and Zhongding County continues to the southwest to Xiyuan County.Originally, the position of the Eastern Army was to guard the Beiwu Kingdom north of Tonghuguan, and at the same time, it could use the official road to the south of Beijiang County to go straight down and guard the Yueshui line.

But now that the Eastern Army has reached the west of Changhu County, it should be to strengthen the defense force of Zhongding County and take into account the defense along the Yueshui line.But it directly vacated the copper tiger pass.

Has Nanyuan Kingdom's military strength been stretched to such an extent?

Although these things around him are drawing Zhang Yan's attention.But after all, the war in Nanyuan Kingdom did not concern him too much.He has the ability to protect his family members, no matter when the time comes, Nanyuan Kingdom will be able to bear it.Facing the demon country, he can take his family with him.He also has the confidence to remain unmoved in the face of other countries of the human race.

But when Shen Wujiu appeared in front of him, Zhang Yan realized that things didn't seem to bother him as he thought for the time being.

"Sir, something serious happened!"

Shen Wujiu's appearance was far more panicked than when he saw Zhang Yan before.There was even obvious fear and bewilderment on his face.

In the main room of the Zhang family, Shen Wujiu indeed brought Zhang Yan an extremely unexpected news.

"Since three days ago, Beijiang County has started to have more cases of spirit race rampages. But there are many differences from before. This time, even the livestock were not spared. Once the accident happened, it was a Zhuangzi who went up and down the chicken Inubuliu. This has never happened before..."

"It started again?" Zhang Yan frowned.It stands to reason that he almost saved Xu Fengbai last time in Langyuan City. As the No. [-] Ghost King of the Human Spirit Clan, Xu Fengbai should at least choose to avoid the edge temporarily, right?On the premise of knowing how powerful Zhang Yan is, do you still let the ghosts under your command come to die?

This is unreasonable.Also illogical.

But what frightened Shen Wujiu wasn't just the fact that the Spirit Race had begun to wreak havoc again.But there is another horror in it.

Only Shen Wujiu continued: "We contacted the demon species and asked their people to come over and look at it. As a result, the demon species gave the statement that the recent cases of the spirit race's rampage did not come from the human spirit race. It's the demon spirit clan!"

"Demon Spirit Clan?!"

Zhang Yan couldn't help but sit up straight.I understand why Shen Wujiu came to visit suddenly and looked so panicked.Because it is the same as the comparison between the demon race and the human race, the demon spirit race is generally much more powerful than the human spirit race.What's more, the demon spirit clan will not be as sneaky and harmful as the human spirit clan.Instead, he likes to sweep the past like a siege.There are no dogs or chickens anywhere.

"Yes, what the demons say is that the demon spirits have come to Nanyuan country!"

Shen Wujiu had to panic.The special case department can't deal with the demon spirit clan.Being as strong as the Yao Kingdom is nothing more than fighting with the Yaoling Clan. This is only possible because the Yaozu has a lot of innate means against the Spiritual Clan.If it was changed to a human race... Shen Wujiu was already in a bit of a mess.

"How can there be demon spirits raging in the territory of the human race?"

"I don't know either. But this time I came to see you to ask if you can find the path of death? Because this time there are no traces as before, and it is not the first few locations that you have blocked before." .” Shen Wujiu didn’t care about being abrupt anymore.If the demon spirit clan came to Nanyuan Kingdom to wreak havoc, if it could not be stopped, it would definitely be a major event that Nanyuan Kingdom could not bear more than the military disaster in the southwest.

Chapter 337 Pursuit

Almost all of Zhang Yan's current abilities come from the era of the earth's information explosion, and he was lucky to inherit the background of the Dragon and Tiger Mountain Gate.Especially the Wanxiang Pearl in his hand is not just a treasure, but the concentration of all the essence accumulated from scratch by the Dragon and Tiger Mountain Gate.

These things are the confidence that Zhang Yan has always been able to travel unimpeded.

Zhang Yan was not very interested in the Yaozu.As long as the other party doesn't kill him, he doesn't bother to pay attention.After all, this is the state of strength and weakness that has been maintained in the wild world for thousands of years. When he himself was not strong enough, he didn't have the leisure to worry about the safety of the human race in this world.

But if it were a demon spirit, Zhang Yan would be very interested.

Demon spirits are recorded in Taoist classics.After all, the monster race is not a unique creature in the wild world. There are also a lot of legends about the monster race in the legendary era of the earth.It's just that there is a difference between the monster clan in the legend of the earth and the monster clan on the Huangtianyu side.

In the legend of the earth, the monster race actually evolved from "beast" practice.The "beasts" are divided into ordinary wild beasts who become "monsters" by chance and become "monsters" through practice, and "spiritual beasts" that are born with different species and cultivated into "monsters".The Yaozu is the general term for these two types of "beasts" who "succeed in cultivation".The key point lies in the four words "successful in practice".

But the monster clan on the Huangtianyu side has nothing to do with practice. They are a group that can directly breed offspring of the same kind as the human race. They are born as monster clan and don't need to practice.

So both sides are called Yaozu, but in Zhang Yan's view, it is more appropriate to call one side "Demon Cultivator".

But Zhang Yan is very curious about ghosts made of souls.

Because in the legends of the earth, there are too many legends about the monsters turning into ghosts after death.The most famous one is the image of the bull-headed and horse-faced couple.

So Zhang Yan took the initiative to take over the task of helping Beijiang County find where the new Dead Road is.And this time he brought two named disciples, Wang Nian and Yang Rui.

Wang Nian is already moving towards the middle stage of entraining Qi.And Yang Rui also successfully completed the aura linkage from the cyclone to the meridian four days ago, and successfully stepped into the Qi-entraining realm to become an entry-level monk.

After entering the door, practicing the "Yin Yang Pupil Art" and learning the two-handed talisman technique, basically ordinary wild ghosts can be easily dealt with.The cooperation of the two can also try to kill the ghost a few times.Naturally, Zhang Yan would not let his disciples miss this opportunity to practice.

So on the second day after Shen Wujiu came to the door, Zhang Yan followed the general range of the demon spirits provided by Shen Wujiu and went there on the Skylark Shuttle.Liu Rui, who was pouting at home and wanted to go but knew it was inappropriate for her to go, made up her mind to catch up with the two senior brothers as soon as possible, so holding the Taoist book, she got into the most comfortable and quiet place for her. The Sanqing is like practicing gong in a quiet room.

Getting off the Skylark Shuttle, following the footprints of demon spirits raging, the three master and apprentice came to a dead mountain village that smelled like corpses.

"Gu's Village, this is the right place." Zhang Yan glanced at a wooden sign with engraved words hanging at the entrance of the village, and then led the two children into it.

The big city in this village is far away, and the nearest town is a full day's walk on the mountain road.It can be described as occlusion.But because there are a lot of mountain resources here, wild game and mountain delicacies are available all year round, there are many hunters, the folk customs are tough, ordinary wild animals are not afraid, and small bandits are not empty, so there are many residents in the village, a total of thirty or so households. Yu people.

But the village was dead silent.The house seemed to be intact, but there was no human voice at all.And in the open courtyard gates of each household, some small soil bags can be seen.

"Are you afraid?"

"I'm not afraid." Wang Nian shook his head.He used to be a little afraid of dead people, but since he was caught by Zhang Yan last time and passed a ghost, he was not so afraid.But I don't listen to those ghost stories anymore.Say "boring" bluntly.

And Yang Rui trembled a little.He stayed in the palace at this age, not to mention dead people and ghosts, he didn't even encounter fights very often.After hearing so many ghost stories in class, he is also quite afraid of ghosts.Now in this village that has been ravaged by ghosts, seeing the small dirt bags in the courtyards and smelling the faint stench in the air, he knows what these represent, and he will only feel more scared.

"Don't be afraid, big brother is protecting you. I know the spirit fire talisman! Look, there is also a mahogany sword!"

Wang Nian was very proud.He made two gestures with an old peach wood sword that Zhang Yan had prepared for him, and was slapped on the back of the head by Zhang Yan before putting it away.

"This place was ravaged by demon spirits, and everyone died. These graves were dragged out of the house by the special case department and buried on the spot. They were buried. But they should have been dead for a while before they were buried, so The smell is very strong. Although it doesn't smell good, you have to get used to it. At the same time, try to see if you can find some clues from here.

Wang Nian, you should try it first. "

"is teacher!"

Wang Nian was well prepared. What he had learned was purely basic. It was extremely difficult for him to learn, but when it came to practical application methods, he was the fastest to comprehend it among the three named disciples.For example, holding a wooden sword at this time, chanting a mantra in a dignified manner, launching a spell, and throwing out the evil chasing talisman.But Zhang Yan knew that the talisman used by Wang Nian was not drawn by himself, but begged from Yang Rui.

To draw a talisman, Wang Nian is just a lump of elm, which cannot be saved.

However, Wang Nian's evil chasing talisman didn't respond when it was thrown out, it was burned to ashes and fell to the ground.

"No evil?" Wang Nian carefully confirmed the reason for the annihilation of the evil chasing talisman, and finally confirmed that there was no problem with the talisman.

"Well. After ghosts do evil, they will form a path for them to come and go. Whether it is sneaking into the ground or wandering on the ground at night, you just need to make sure that it is not the work of wild ghosts or scurrying ghosts, then it is the most labor-saving way to wait. Method."

Yang Rui didn't wait for Zhang Yan to ask questions, and directly gave his own thoughts, and suggested to spend the night in this village.He felt that it would be better to stay here instead of running around.

Wang Nian also agreed with Yang Rui's statement, nodded, and turned to look at Zhang Yan beside him.

"Yes. The two of you are looking for a safe place in the village that is convenient for observation and hiding. I will walk around the village to see if I can find anything else." Zhang Yan explained with a smile, and then did not wait for the two children The son opened his mouth to talk more, and he jumped into the air with a dodge, and disappeared with the flying technique in the blink of an eye.

The remaining two little ones looked at each other, and then each looked at the quiet new graves around them, and couldn't help shivering.

"Brother Shitou, me, should we put up the Qi Containing Talisman first and then the Exorcism Talisman?" Yang Rui walked a few steps closer to Wang Nian, and he was even more scared when he didn't see Zhang Yan.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here! I can overcome ghosts! In the eyes of those in our Taoist sect, those things are destined for death. Don't worry. Well, if you want to worry, let's put up two more exorcism talismans... "

Chapter 338 Test

Zhang Yan didn't leave very far, walked around the village less than five miles away, and came back after confirming that there were indeed no ghosts hiding around.But he didn't show up directly. Instead, he sent a voice transmission to the two children, saying that he would guard the outer circle and let the two children act on their own.

Of course, this was just a test and observation, Zhang Yan didn't let go, but observed the two children secretly from a place where they couldn't find them.

Good talent does not mean that one will be able to practice successfully, there are many invisible key factors that will affect it.Among them, "response" and "calmness" are also related to how much the monk's potential can be realized.

Especially after knowing that the water in Huangtianyu was much deeper than what he had seen before, Zhang Yan also consciously wanted to temper his disciples.In order not to be wiped out before becoming a talent.

Under Zhang Yan's gaze, the two little babies did not disappoint him.Although Wang Nian is a naughty monkey, he can really stand up to it at this time. Yang Rui, who is obviously more fearful by the surrounding environment, is gradually adapting instead of getting more and more afraid.

Even when Wang Nian found an abandoned half-collapsed wooden house that looked like a firewood house, perhaps because he was far away from those graves, the two children still had smiles on their faces.

Randomly found a pile of firewood, and lit it with his own fire method. Even though the weather didn't need a bonfire, the fire brought great encouragement and comfort to the two children, especially Yang Rui. The hairy look of fear before could hardly be seen on that small face.

"Brother Shitou, do you think ghosts will come tonight?"

"I don't know. But I hope they can come. By saving a few ghosts, our practice will be much faster. The teacher said that it is called 'merit aura', which is a reward from the desolate world to thank us for removing the cancer between heaven and earth. I think if I can save two or three ghosts, I will be fine in the middle stage of the Qi Entraining Realm!"

Wang Nian fiddled with the bonfire in front of him with a smile. From time to time, some spiritual energy would emerge from his hand. He pulled out the flames in the bonfire with the method of fire control, and then entangled and changed in mid-air, and sometimes even turned into something like A pattern that can be seen as a cat, cat and dog.

"Brother Shitou, your fire control skills are really good! Can you teach me?"

"Hey, I know how good it is? But this can't teach you, I'm still far behind. Besides, the teacher said that everyone's preference for the five elements is different. My temperament is wild and suitable for the fire method. You are so quiet. If you don’t know how to fire, the teacher should give you some pointers when you go back this time.”

Now Wang Nian seldom calls Zhang Yan "Brother", but always calls him "Teacher".It seems that he doesn't want to look different among the three fellow students.

"Then if the ghost comes, will we be found?"

"Discovered? I have already pasted two Qi Containing Talismans on my body, how could I still be discovered? Then I will show you those ghosts..."

It didn't take long for the two babies to chat.Of course, it was mainly Wang Nian who was talking, and Yang Rui sat on the side and listened.When the sky began to darken, Wang Nian took out a big steamed bun from his pocket, put it on a small wooden stick and baked it until soft, then gave half of it to Yang Rui, and the two of them would have a dinner together.During the period, the two of them still suppressed their voices and seemed to have talked about something happy, and they laughed very happily.

If all this is changed to a different scene, it would be quite warm, at least people will laugh from the bottom of their hearts.But in this dead and silent mountain village, it doesn't fit well.

Zhang Yan, who had witnessed all this, stood on the top of a big tree a few feet outside the small wooden house where Wang Nian and the others lived, feeling quite satisfied in his heart.As a monk, even a child should not be afraid of ghosts.Wang Nian's performance as a monkey is worthy of the title of a big brother.And Yang Rui also adapted quickly.

"Huh?" Zhang Yan was watching the two children laughing and playing around the campfire, when suddenly something caught his attention, and he quickly turned his head towards the northwest of the village.Afterwards, Zhang Yan dodged and disappeared.

Less than a cup of tea after Zhang Yan disappeared, the two children who were still laughing by the campfire also felt something was wrong.

"Brother Shitou, I don't think it's right! In my perception, the yin energy in this place is rising unusually."

"Hmm! It's not just Yin Qi, but also Yin Sha! It's ghosts coming!"

Compared with Yang Rui who entered the air-entraining environment, Wang Nian's perception is naturally more sensitive and broader. He found that the Yin Qi in the village is not only rising rapidly, but also has a kind of evil spirit that he has seen before spreading violently from outside. , he was sure it was a ghost coming.And the distance is already very close.

"Hurry up, little wood, open your yin and yang eyes! Be alert!"

"Well! But what about the teacher?"

"The teacher has his own reasons. Maybe he is watching us from the sidelines. My father did the same thing when he taught me how to chop firewood. He said he was leaving, but he didn't know where the cat was watching." Wang Nian cast aside Twitching his lips, the skinny monkey has always been more clever than the honest boy Yang Rui.He told the truth about Zhang Yan's test for them this time.

"Ah? Brother Shitou, are you saying that the teacher is testing our ability to deal with ghosts?" Yang Rui immediately became a little nervous.After all, it is a test. If Zhang Yan is not satisfied with his grades, will he be expelled from the school?

"That should be the meaning. Are you afraid?"

"No, just a little nervous."

"It's nothing to be nervous, and I'm nervous too, but ghosts are paper tigers, and we cultivate Taoism to overcome them. We are together, taking care of each other, and nothing can go wrong!"

While speaking, Wang Nian took away the flames from the bonfire.Turning over the palm of your hand, you can no longer see a trace of fire.

"Go! Let's go out and have a look!"

The two little ones, one in front of the other, really dared each other to walk out of the house, and carefully explored in the dark and dead village.

"The universe borrows the law and is in a hurry like a law! Chasing evil!"

This time it was Yang Rui who made the move.Although his cultivation level is not as good as Wang Nian's, the method of chasing evil talismans can still be used normally, and he also intends to actually participate in this "test", otherwise he will be treated as if he doesn't do anything. What about "bad reviews"?The little Jiujiu in Yang Rui's heart also knows how to count.

This time, the evil chasing talisman did not fall into ashes after burning out without responding as before.Instead, it seemed to be drawn by something, and after pausing for a moment in mid-air, it flew in one direction without haste.The two children behind hurriedly followed.

Following the evil chasing talisman, he didn't go very far, in less than twenty breaths, Wang Nian grabbed the evil chasing talisman flying in front of him and wiped it out.At the same time, they pressed Yang Rui's shoulders behind them, and the two hid behind a low wall without saying a word.

ghost!

Yang Rui followed the direction of Wang Nian's finger, his eyes widened, and in his yin and yang vision, he saw a large group of no less than twenty ghost figures floating quickly from outside the village.

Chapter 339 The First Battle

Do you think you can make ghosts turn a blind eye to you just by relying on two Qi Containing Talismans?

Still too naive and taken for granted.

Perhaps the Qi Containing Talisman has a very good effect on wild ghosts or weaker ghosts, but for powerful ghosts, or ghost generals and other high-level ghosts, the Qi Containing Talisman alone is not safe. You also need corresponding restraint means to cover your whereabouts.

And the two children were obviously negligent, and they moved forward, without thinking at all whether there would be any powerful existence in this group of ghosts that could find them.

So when Yang Rui looked at the large group of ghosts in surprise, the group of ghosts quickly stopped moving and turned their heads to look this way.

"It happened!"

The two children immediately discovered the problem.He wanted to run, but he couldn't move as fast as the ghost.In the blink of an eye, they were surrounded in the middle, unable to advance or retreat.