Rune Master

Compared with Jing Chen who was hit hard, Ling Yi and Lu Ni chatted well.

The two parties exchanged information, and Ling Yi got a map of Wuwu Swamp, while Lu Ni learned about the current situation of the talisman world after the invasion of strange demons and the plans that the Venerable might implement next.

"At the meeting of various sects held at that time, the Yin Puppet Sect received an invitation, and the suzerain went, but the sect is located on the outskirts of Wuwu Swamp, and there is no teleportation array, so it cannot rush to other areas for support in a short time, so we only did it in the surrounding area. Arrangement." Said Lu Ni paused, as if he was organizing his words, "But there is no one in that area except our sect, the forest is full of miasma and swamps, there have been a few demon traps, and there are low-level strange demons, but there are still a few of them. Before I got out of the forest, I seemed to be dragged into the miasma swamp."

"We waited outside for a few days but didn't find the strange monster." Lu Ni's expression was flat, and the words he said were very graphic, "Wait to investigate in the forest and found that the strange monster disappeared together with the magic trap. They probably didn't acclimatize to the environment."

Ling Yi: "..."

Before getting off the boat, Lu Ni handed Ling Yi a domino: "When you want to go back to Qianzhou Domain, take this to the tavern in the dock town outside Heiyu City, and someone will take you across the sea."

Lu Ni's cultivation is at the second rank of the Mysterious Class, so he doesn't know that the two of them have cultivated. Naturally, he doesn't know that the two of them have reached the rank of Venerable. They can teleport anywhere in the Earth Talisman Realm to the Heaven Talisman Realm, and they just help old friends within their ability.

"Qianzhouyu, Shizhou, and Nianlou are all people from the rune world." Ling Yi accepted Lu Ni's kindness, "You can go there if you have something to do."

In the second half of the night, the Sea of ​​Corpse Devils became more and more calm. If you don't listen carefully, it seems that even the sound of the surging tide is covered under the calm sea level.

Jing Chen and Ling Yi got off the boat and stepped out of the light curtain covering the hull, the faint smell of blood rushed into their nostrils without any cover.

"Xiao Jing, remember to come and play with me!" At night, the danger factor of the sea of ​​corpses and demons has doubled. Feng Fei did not dare to sit on the animal head for fear of slipping down again. She hung half of her body out of the side fence of the ship and waved to Jing Chen, "Our specialty There’s more, I’ll take you back to see it.”

Please leave.Jing Chen thought.

Accidentally ran into Feng Fei, boarded a shuttle boat and arrived at Heiyu City, and there was no moth on the way.

"The fate of life is really wonderful." Jing Chen sighed.

"I don't know what will happen in the next moment, so I can look forward to the future." Ling Yi smiled, turned his head and looked forward, "Heiyu City is here."

At this time, the sky was bright, and the blue-gray city was quietly revealed.

The city walls are built alternately of bluestone and graystone, and the wind and frost erosion left holes on the surface.Black-purple vines wind around the wall, and small black-purple flowers with prismatic petals are supported on the black-purple leaves. The sea breeze from the Corpse Demon Sea blows the petals down, like black feathers floating in the air.

Most of the people who came in and out of the city gate were wearing black clothes with black cloth wrapped around their heads, covering them tightly from head to toe.

"Fat, send!" Asura blinked his black eyes, and his eyes fell somewhere in the sky.

The black petals swirl wantonly and dance in the wind.

"Don't touch them, they are all bugs." Ling Yi held Asura's outstretched little hand.

That's right, at first glance, the black feathers look like petals growing on vines, but they are actually flying insects with prismatic wings. They don't take the initiative to approach people, so no "petals" fall on them.

"Don't spoil it." Jing Chen gave Asura a white look.He dared to say that as soon as the bug got into Asura's hands, it would be burned to ashes within ten breaths.

The purpose of this trip was said to be to send Xiao Wu back to the Wu Clan to retrieve the tower beads, but in fact they didn't know where to go, and they chose Heiyu City because it was where Xiao Wu boarded the boat.

"Dada sent me here." Xiao Wu said, "I told him that I was going to go to sea, so I put me here."

"You are the god son of the Wu clan, and you don't have any protectors around you?" Jing Chen was curious, "No one found you when you came out?"

Xiao Wu tilted his head and thought for a while: "They should know that the big witch of the tribe has the ability to predict, maybe because he knew that my trip would not be dangerous, so he ignored it. This is a kind of perception, like knowing where to go when I come out, how to To meet you while walking, the Master Witch's perception is stronger than mine."

Jing Chen and Ling Yi looked at each other.

"We will wait for three days in the city. As Xiao Wu said, the witch clan will show up." Ling Yi made a final decision.

There is no handling fee for entering the city, and the terroir and appearance inside are completely different from the Qianzhou Domain on the other side of the Corpse Demon Sea.

Male cultivators are covered in black cloth all over, while female cultivators are hung with silver ornaments.The ones crawling under the feet and walking on the side of the road are either bugs or five poisons.Most of the street vendors sell dried worms, which look delicious and attract a lot of people.There are also many prepared herbal medicines for sale, which are not refined into pills, but mostly in the form of powdered medicines and plasters.

The most important point, perhaps it was because of the unacceptable environment, that I didn't see a strange monster along the way, and the cultivators in the city didn't seem to know that the sky outside had changed.

Asura squatted in front of the crock, watching a snake with a thick arm twist and dance to the sound of the flute. A small cluster of flames rose above his head, twisting with the long snake and the music, quite in tune.

Behind the stalls, straw dolls playing flutes shiver.

Jing Chen: "..." He took a step forward and put his palm on Asura's head, and the fire went out.

Ling Yi: "Puchi."

Jing Chen turned around quickly, and found that nothing happened on Ling Yi's face: "?" Hey, my wife is always stealing fun behind my back recently.

The two remembered that the tall and thin old man who guided them said that the first thing they did when they arrived at Wuwu Swamp was to buy insect repellent powder made by the Wu tribe.

A group of people are standing in the largest medicine shop in the city. It is said that it was opened by the Wu tribe, and they can buy all kinds of the most authentic medicine powder.

The interior furnishings are simple and elegant, unlike the magnificence of the pill pavilions in other places, and there are many dried insects.

The door suddenly closed, isolating the hustle and bustle of the street.

Jing Chen was vigilant.How could it be a black shop?

An old woman in a black robe came out from the small door of the pharmacy. She had no silver ornaments on her body, her hair was randomly tied up with a branch, and the calmness of the years was deposited in the folds of her face. Her pair of black eyes were particularly gloomy. Surrounded by a mysterious and unique aura.

"All drug sellers like to be mysterious now? Wait, why did you close the door?" Jing Chen sent a voice transmission to Ling Yi.

"It's the Witch Clan, here we come."

Jing Chen: "Huh? So fast? I thought she was the shopkeeper of the pharmacy."

The corner of Ling Yi's mouth twitched: "There are patterns on her robe, which are the same as the pattern on the inscription stone tablet at the city gate. It is recorded in the information given by Lu Ni that it is a totem that only great witches can wear."

"Son of God." The old woman bowed to Xiao Wu and said respectfully, "Master Wu is waiting for you."

……

A group of people left from the back door of the pharmacy and got on Dada.

Oh, Dada is a large beetle with [-] legs hidden under the thick carapace. When moving, each foot moves slightly and is extremely flexible.

A seat was placed on its back, and everyone sat here.Perhaps because of the large number of feet, it is very stable even if it is shuttling through the forest, and it rarely feels bumpy.

"The Wu Clan came so fast." Jing Chen and Ling Yi said in surprise, "We have just entered the city not long ago." We didn't even have time to find a place to stay, let alone wait for three days. knew.

"This is the predictive ability of the witch clan?"

"The master witch should be the one who wants to take back his heart." Jing Chen said after a while, "You said, does he know that we are here to take back his heart? Do you know that alchemy can't completely strip the power of the heart and tower beads?"

That's right, Feng Ji gave him alchemy, but after practicing during this period of time, Jing Chen faintly noticed that the heart and power have been fused for too long, turning into a part of the five internal organs, and I'm afraid they can't be completely separated.The heart must be exhausted without power, and must be filled with substitute power, and the vitality of the heart cannot be maintained just by stripping it off.

In other words, those who take back the tower beads and use the power of the tower beads as their heart will not survive.

"Maybe the master witch knows, but Xiao Wu definitely doesn't know." Ling Yi said, "He said that his perception is not as strong as the master witch."

"Does the senior Fengji know?" Jing Chen looked at the buildings hidden in the jungle, "Does the senior Fengji know that the master witch knows?"

"It depends on how the master witch is chosen."

In front of you is an ancient village, and the buildings maintain a rather primitive style.

Bone ornaments can be seen everywhere, and the architecture of wood, bamboo and straw is mixed and matched.The roots of the huge pointed animal teeth are buried in the ground and fixed, and the tip faces outwards to surround the village as a defense.

After getting off the Dada crustacean and entering the sentry booth, many people in the village looked over and stopped what they were doing when they saw Xiao Wu, and bowed respectfully.

A group of people stopped in front of a wooden pavilion with a triangular roof, and each eaves column was engraved with totem-like textures. It was located independently of the village and was several times more refined than other buildings.

"White Crow!" Xiao Wu called to the boy who was guarding the door.

The child was dressed in a white feather suit, not tall, but wrapped in a thick feather coat, he looked very stocky.His face was very handsome, and when he looked over, he could see a white inverted triangle drawn on the left and right sides of his eyes.

"Son of God." The white crow watched Xiao Wu approaching, evaded to the side, his face seemed to be forbearing, his voice was very low, trembling unnoticed, "Lord Master Wu is waiting for you inside."

"When did you come back?" Xiao Wu was very happy to see his little friend, and then pretended to be angry, "I'm going to be angry if I don't take me with me next time I go out to play." After speaking, he introduced Jing Chen to Bai Ya, " This is the friend I brought back, and I also have something to tell Wu, let's go in together."

Bai Ya stepped forward to stop Jing Chen and Ling Yi, and shook his head: "Master Wu wants to see the Son of God first."

Jingchen faintly felt that something was wrong.

It's not the pointing behavior of the other party, but the surrounding atmosphere.Xiao Wu Zhengxing, who just came back, didn't notice that the faces of the people around the pavilion were filled with extremely restrained sadness, as if they knew something was about to happen.

Jing Chen pulled Ling Yi back a step, and said to Xiao Wu: "We won't go in, wait for you to tell the master witch first, it's really presumptuous for us to visit."

Xiao Wu tilted his head, opened his white pupils, nodded after thinking for a moment, and said before leaving: "Then don't wander around, I will come out soon."

Pushing open the attic door is the lobby, the floor is covered with thick hardwood boards, the room is empty, except for an incense burner in the corner, there is no other furniture.

The young man in a large black robe was sitting on the floor, fiddling with small metal toys in his hands, and there were some unfinished snacks beside him.

"You're back, come and take a look at the toy I brought back, I bought it in Linglong Pavilion in Huazhou!" Seeing Xiao Wu coming in, the person sitting carelessly on the ground greeted cheerfully.

The young man's facial features are soft, not handsome, but he has a very attractive appearance.His long black hair sticks to his cheeks, his complexion is slightly pale, and when he smiles, his eyebrows and eyes are curved, revealing a spirit of energy.

"What's more, you don't take me with you when you go out!" Xiaowu ran over, talking angrily, holding the toy honestly.

"I also sneaked out, so it's not enough money." The young man who was the master witch said shyly, "Oh, the white crow earned the money for the return boat."

The young man and Xiao Wu looked at each other, and both of them sighed together.

"Just talk about me, I ran out and brought you toys and snacks, what about you?" The young man looked at Xiao Wu's empty hands and gave him a contemptuous sideways glance.

Xiao Wu felt that he couldn't bear it, so he puffed up his chest and said, "I have found someone who can peel off the beads for you." He said with a vivacity that no one else had in front of him, "You said that all the lords and witches of the past are all because of suffering. It’s not that the huge divine power of the bead will die early, as long as you peel off the divine power, your body will be fine! Then we can go out to eat, eat, eat and have fun together. I want to steal the witch’s purse, and we can What do you want to buy, hehehe."

"Shh!" The young man lowered his voice, "Witch Mammy has good ears!"

Xiao Wu immediately covered his mouth, and looked out with a pair of white pupils: "Okay, let's talk secretly when you are well."

One big and one small looked at each other and smiled.

"However, the outside has been a bit uneven recently." Xiaowu Baozi's face wrinkled together, "I'm going to leave for a while with the stripped beads."

"I know." The young man and Xiao Wu played with the toy in their hands together, "Our house was broken open by robbers who wanted to come in and rob us. We need to fix the lock first to prevent more robbers from entering, and then let the robbers who are locked in the room be robbed." Catch it."

"Huh?!" Xiao Wu frowned and thought for a while, and had to admit that the young man was right, "Then I'll bring in the person who stripped the beads for you, and then I'll go out with him to fix the lock, and I'll be back soon. "

The young man grabbed Xiao Wu by the back collar, hugged him into his arms, laughed loudly and said, "No hurry, let's talk about where we have been first, write down which places are fun, next time we steal the wallet and go together~"

The two chatted happily in the room, while Jing Chen and his party were stared at by white crows outside the room.

The child's eyes were slightly red, and his teeth were clenched, as if he wanted to make a hole in Jing Chen's body.

"I have a hunch that I'll be a bad guy next." Jing Chen transmitted his voice to Ling Yi.

"It seems that the master witch has made a decision."

Xiao Wu jumped out, looking at the grinning mouth, it could be seen that he was chatting happily inside.

The white crow finally turned his eyes away to let out the way, and then blocked Xiao Wu and Ling Yi, only letting Jing Chen in, and the duty of guarding the gate was very well done.

Jing Chen entered the attic.

On the empty wooden floor, there was only a kneeling young man in black with a wooden box in front of him.

"Hello." Jing Chen was a little cautious.

The young man's expression was very calm, his eyes were soft, and there was a compassionate tenderness between his brows: "I've seen you before."

Jing Chen: "!"

"I foresaw this day, and I want to see the person who took me away in advance." The young master shaman patted himself on the chest, his eyes were full of nostalgia, "I have been to the Abyss of Different Demons, when you just came from the small world Come up. Waiting for you to subdue the fire of the world, I have seen the Asura lamp you refined. Strange demons, demons, really unpleasant things."

Jing Chen didn't know how to answer the conversation for a while, and judging from the young man's tone, it seemed that he only needed someone to listen.

"The lifetimes of the past master witches were very short. They couldn't practice, they couldn't run and jump, and their emotions couldn't fluctuate too much. They could only stay in this temple for the rest of their lives." The world outside the swampless land is really a wonderful world. Food, use, and play, life can have countless fun, and a city can be so prosperous."

Jing Chen pursed her lips, suddenly feeling a little unbearable.

"Don't show such an expression." The young master witch's smile widened, "Actually, I am very happy that this boring life can end in my generation."

The young man's eyes seemed to be reminiscing and nostalgic, but Jing Chen didn't bother.

After a long time, the young man waved to Jing Chen.

Jing Chen hurriedly approached and knelt down in front of the young man.

Pushing the wooden box forward, the master witch raised his hand and gently placed it on the top of Jing Chen's hair, a circle of golden brilliance condensed: "Take my heart, and the hope of this world, and wish you all the best in the star world."

The author has something to say: the witch and the crow appear around chapters 178 and 220