There are bandits in Zhongshan

At the foot of the mountain behind the Liuhe Pagoda, Ruoye looked at Zhong Mingzhu with a puzzled face, who was pointing at the hill in front of him, and muttering something quickly.

"What exactly do you want to do?" After waiting for a while, Zhong Mingzhu looked like no one else was there, and Ruoye couldn't help asking.

Unexpectedly, Zhong Mingzhu didn't even look at her, and only made a silent gesture.

Ruoye stared, and almost blurted out curse words, but she held back in time, and then took a deep breath, telling herself over and over again: Don't be angry, it's not worth it, don't be angry...

Just when she said those words upside down a dozen or twenty times, Zhong Mingzhu finally clapped his hands as if returning to his soul, pointed to a certain place and said, "It's here."

"What here?" Ruoye looked him up and down, but no matter how he looked at it, he felt that it was nothing special.

Some gravel, a few weeds, looking around, they all looked the same everywhere, and she even felt that if she didn't leave a mark, she would forget where Zhong Mingzhu was pointing after a while.

After she finished asking, she found that Zhong Mingzhu had already set up an array. Obviously, she was ignored again.

"You!" She really couldn't help it, she walked over and pulled Zhong Mingzhu over. She was tall and almost lifted Zhong Mingzhu up. The latter reacted quickly and kicked him hard. Kick her calf hard.

Ruoye never knew that Zhong Mingzhu needed so much strength, even though she was a demigod, the pain of this kick made her almost gasp, and when she was relieved, she said angrily: "What are you doing!"

Zhong Mingzhu snorted coldly, straightened his collar that was crooked by her, and said, "I still want to ask you."

Ruoye was about to be pissed off by her, but after thinking about it, she was really ignorant just now, so her momentum suddenly weakened, and she muttered: "I just want to know what you are talking about..."

Zhong Mingzhu glanced at her, and said with a fake smile: "Do you really want to know?"

"Of course!" Ruoye nodded, thought for a while and added, "If you don't tell me, how can I help you?"

"That's right." Having said that, Zhong Mingzhu still looked unhurried, with a hesitant tone, "I can tell you, but can you do what I say?"

Ruoye's appetite had been whetted by her, and she had long lost her patience, so she hurriedly assured her, "Of course."

"really?"

"really!"

"If you break your promise, you will never survive Suo Xingyuan in your life?"

"Never break your promise, or I will be punished for not being able to find Ayun." Ruoye said in his heart that I had promised to help you, so naturally I would not break my promise, plus I wanted to know what kind of medicine Zhong Mingzhu sold in the gourd. He opened his mouth with these few words, without even moving his brain.

At this time, the doubts and hesitation on the face of the clock were suddenly swept away, replaced by a shallow smile, Ruoye suddenly had a bad feeling, and thought: I have been fooled by this guy again, right?

But it was too late, Zhong Mingzhu pointed at Liuhe Pagoda, and said softly: "I want to draw out the fire from the ground and burn this pagoda."

These words were like a thunderbolt, making Ruoye's ears ringing.

"Are you crazy!" she screamed, "This is the land of mortals!"

"I have my measure."

"Proper your size!" The good-tempered Ruoye couldn't help but utter the indecent words, "Don't drag me if you want to die! I won't—"

She was just about to say "I won't do it", but suddenly realized that she had already boasted and even swore just now, she couldn't help but turn her eyes dark, thinking that Zhong Mingzhu in the tower had been playing tricks all the time, and said some inexplicable words from time to time to attract attention. She was curious and finally understood.She stared at Zhong Mingzhu dumbfounded, her face slowly flushed, and said angrily: "The surname is Zhong! Did you cover it up at the beginning to trick me into agreeing!"

"Yes." Zhong Mingzhu didn't even pretend to be polite, and said bluntly, "The calamity fire can burn Zhantie, break the talisman array on it, and then my master can be rescued."

"But the town is too close, the fire is likely to destroy the town, there are so many people living here." Ruoye persuaded earnestly, it's not that she doesn't want to save Changli, if she has to risk her life, she is the only one , she might not back down at all.It's just that this involves thousands of mortals, if there is a little carelessness, not only the town will suffer disaster, but even nearby villages and towns will be affected, the price is too high.

Seeing that Zhong Mingzhu remained silent, she said again: "Why don't you go back to the teacher's gate and ask your uncles and uncles to help? Aren't there many powerful masters in Tianyi School?"

Zhong Mingzhu shook his head: "No, it's too late. There are so many people on the other side, they don't know the details, and they also intend to deal with the suzerain master. If they invite them over, they may fall into a trap." She glanced at the black building on the top of the mountain. The lacquered tower said again: "This is a chess game that has been laid out long ago, and your unexpected arrival is a variable and the key to breaking the game."

"Why does it sound very important..." Ruoye had never had a good face with Zhong Mingzhu, so he suddenly felt a little embarrassed, "What about you?"

"Me..." Zhong Mingzhu smiled, but there was a little chill in his eyes, "I want to smash this chessboard even more now."

Seeing that smile, Ruoye shivered for no reason.

Not long after, the enchantment was propped up and included all the mountains behind the Liuhe Pagoda, but the residents of the town were unaware of this, and they were still competing to inform the black bear in front of the pagoda.

"I'm afraid this is not a good omen." The old people shook their heads and sighed after hearing this, "I hope it's just a coincidence."

They looked at the iron tower that had guarded the town for hundreds of years, with worry in their eyes.

Three days later, on the outskirts of the city, an apricot-colored figure appeared quietly. Jiang Zhao glanced at the traces of blood and spiritual energy on the ground, and let out a "tsk".

At first when she agreed to Jiang Linzhao, she still looked slack, but now the slack is gone, and she even looks a little serious.

"It's the same here." She said to herself, stroked her hand, wiped away the traces on the ground, and then snapped her fingers, "Seven Golden Core cultivators, three Nascent Soul cultivators, including the previous ones, chase and kill them!" Are the men and horses almost dead?"

After she finished speaking, she froze for a moment, as if she was surprised by this incident.

"It's really incredible...Where is it sacred..."

When she came back, she was still a little reluctant. She met Wu He on the way, and spent a lot of thought to lure her to a distance before throwing her off. Then she returned to the town, and happened to meet Cheng Xun, who was exhausted and unconscious after a fierce battle. , She knew it without any effort, found a safe place to hide him, and began to look for the whereabouts of Changli's master and apprentice.

It soon became apparent that he seemed to be missing the show.

There are traces of battles everywhere around the town, including the corpse of the Golden Core cultivator, and the spiritual power left by the Nascent Soul cultivator after it dissipated. In addition, there are some messy things that seem to be spiritual weapons. She has been thinking about it for a long time , only to recognize the wreckage that should be puppets.

She knew that there was only one person in the world who could refine such a puppet that could strangle monks, and that was Li Langxuan.But she followed the puppet's trail and searched around, but did not find Li Langxuan's shadow.

Li Langxuan's weapon refining skills were superb, but his own ability to deal with the enemy was mediocre. Jiang Zhao felt that the opponent was not strong enough to hide his tracks under his nose.

But although she didn't find Li Langxuan, she found something else.

There are obvious demonic aura left in several places, judging from the signs of concealment, it should be a demon cultivator, not a monster.And there are two of them in total, one is only at the level of Nascent Soul, and the other is a monster above the level of Huashen. Jiang Zhao can't guess how deep the other party's cultivation is, only knows that it is much higher than himself.

If she faced the enemy head-on, she felt that she would probably be stepped on and beaten by the opponent, but those two monster cultivators seemed to be with the puppets, and they were also slaughtering nearby monks. When she thought of this, she felt very lucky: "At least our purpose it's the same."

Otherwise, there is a big monster here, and there is another junior sister who wants her head like crazy, and she feels her head is going to explode just by thinking about it.

Jiang Zhao checked several traces and found that the monks who were killed seemed to come from different sects, some from the Nan family, some from the Wuling sect, some from the Senluo Temple, and some strange sects that she couldn't name.

Righteous way and evil way are in the same situation as water and fire, and she can't help but feel a little funny that they can get together. After laughing, she thought of Fairy Yuyuan.

Could it be that he was resenting Tianyi for not wanting to join?She thought so, and then stuck out her tongue: "This is too inspiring." After she finished speaking, she patted her chest with lingering fear, and sighed: "It's a good thing I didn't get involved, otherwise I'm afraid I'll die of a headache."

Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a scarlet figure swaying in the distance, as if she had gone to the town.

She rolled her eyes and followed.

There was an inexplicably tense atmosphere in the town. The doors and windows of every house were closed, and occasionally there were a few passers-by on the road, who also looked frightened.

Jiang Zhao stopped a person passing by, and just said: "Hello." Then he saw that person trembled all over, as if she was some kind of terrifying monster.

She subconsciously looked at her attire, which was ordinary and inconspicuous, and could not be considered scary at all.

"Did something happen here recently?" Although the man had written all over his face that he wanted to leave quickly, she acted as if he hadn't seen it. "Why does it feel that the atmosphere is not right?"

"You are?" The man turned sideways, looking as if he wanted to escape at any time, and secretly looked at her a few times.

"I'm passing by..." She remembered that when she first came, there seemed to be many people going to the iron tower, and she said, "I want to go to the tower to ask for a lottery."

Who would have expected that it would be fine if he didn't mention it, but when he mentioned that pagoda, that person's face turned pale again, and he waved his hands again and again: "Girl, you'd better go back quickly, Liuhe Pagoda is not peaceful recently."

"what happened?"

The man looked around, as if he was worried about someone eavesdropping, and when he saw that there was no one else around, he said softly: "There are monsters in the tower."

"Monster?" Jiang Zhao held back a smile, thinking that there was more than one, but he deliberately looked surprised on his face, "What monster?"

Although the realm of comprehension is hidden nowadays, because monks and mortals lived together in the early days, there are many legends about fairy magic and sorcery in the mortal world. Whenever there are natural disasters and man-made disasters, there will always be some strange rumors.

Only this time, I'm afraid some monks did something secretly.

Jiang Zhao asked a few more questions, and soon understood the ins and outs.

A few days ago, a black bear sprang out in front of the Liuhe Pagoda, scaring away all the visiting guests. The residents of the town entrusted Orion to hunt the bear, but those Orion were scared out of their wits.

It turns out that there are not only bears on the mountain, but also fierce beasts such as tigers and wolves. There are even poisonous snakes running around on the stone steps. What is even more frightening is that those beasts seem to be panic-stricken, running wildly in the forest, biting each other. Yu would gnaw on rocks and trees.It's like crazy.

The old man in the town said that something more terrible must be happening, everyone took it as a joke at that time, but that night, many people dreamed of a vermilion bird that could speak human language and told Their town is about to be engulfed in flames.It would be fine if it was just a dream, even if several people dreamed it together, it might just be a coincidence, but early the next morning, the sharp-eyed people saw a red bird parked on the tallest house in the town, and the bird quickly It flew away, but many people in the town saw it.

Immediately, the rumors that were originally just nonsense became true. Everyone was in danger for a while, and the mayor didn't know what to do. Several families had discussed moving out.

"Red bird?" Jiang Zhao thought of the red shadow he had glimpsed not long ago, nodded thoughtfully, and said to himself: It's okay to pretend to be a ghost.

Seeing that she didn't speak any more, the man ran away in a hurry. Before he left, he didn't forget to persuade her not to stay here.

"I'm a little timid, but I have a good heart." Jiang Zhao sighed, and when the man disappeared at the corner of the street, she disappeared and headed towards Liuhe Pagoda.

There is evil spirit there.

As soon as she passed by, she immediately saw a young man in red painting something neatly under the town wall.

He had cast an invisibility technique, and since there was no one around, he didn't have to worry about being discovered by mortals.

Jiang Zhao walked over slowly, her stealth skills were close to perfection, and she went all the way to the back of the boy, but the other party didn't notice it at all.She leaned over and knocked, and found that the other party was drawing some strange symbols. She looked at it for a while, but didn't understand the meaning of those symbols, so she put her hand on the boy's shoulder and said, "What are you drawing?"

How could the boy think that a person would appear out of nowhere from behind, and his body froze immediately, making Jiang Zhao almost feel that he turned into a stone statue in the blink of an eye.

"What are you drawing?" She asked again, at this time the boy twisted his shoulders and tried to break free, but the strength of the two was very different, Jiang Zhao's hand was only loosely placed on his shoulders, it seemed that he didn't make any effort at all , but he has no room for escape.

"What I drew, what I drew..." the young man stammered, sounding a bit frightened, and raised his finger to the corner of the wall, "It's a rune to resist natural disasters."

As he spoke, he added some patterns that looked similar, as if to make his words more convincing.

Against natural disasters?

Jiang Zhao looked at the newly added symbols, and was about to take a closer look to see if he could see something. Unexpectedly, fog soon formed in front of his eyes, and his mind became muddled.She immediately realized that she was deceived by this boy.

The additional strokes were actually used to confuse the illusion. Jiang Zhao immediately closed his eyesight to prevent further disturbance.

It's easy to think, she said in her heart, she pushed her hand, the palm of her hand flashed with silver light, and the huge net instantly engulfed the surrounding area.

No matter how fast the young man moved, he couldn't beat her in the sky.

"Oh! It's so dangerous, so dangerous!"

The young man's panicked voice reached her ears, she lazily opened her eyes, and saw a scarlet tit fluttering its wings indiscriminately not far away, and a few feathers fell slowly, probably because it rushed too fast and was cut by the net blade. broken.

I think he was the vermilion bird that those people dreamed about and saw the next day.

Jiang Zhao took a few glances and smiled, "I heard it was a vermilion bird. I thought it was a vermilion bird, but I didn't expect it to be a tit. Fortunately, the mesh is not too big."

"If grandpa is Suzaku, do you still have a place to talk!" The titmouse still had the time to retort, even very rudely.

"Can we talk now, why are you pretending to be a ghost in the town?" Jiang Zhao asked directly without talking nonsense with him.

"Well..." Tits turned to face her, shaking his head. For some reason, Jiang Zhao felt that he looked a little smug.

However, she soon realized that it wasn't the appearance, but she was really proud of it.

Without warning, a strong force struck from the side, Jiang Zhao couldn't even see who it was, but felt that the surging monster energy almost tore her into pieces.

Oops, it's another demon cultivator.

Sen Luodian's exercises can only be most effective in the middle of the night, and they are not suitable for confronting people head-on.

When she captured the boy, she didn't notice any other evil spirits nearby, so she didn't continue to hide her whereabouts. Unexpectedly, the big monster would come so fast and attack so straightforwardly, she couldn't parry it at all.

In the blink of an eye, she pondered: Could it be that those symbols, besides confusing the mind, also serve as a message?

It's just that it's too late whether you guess right or not.

The body flew out like a kite with a broken string, and smashed a huge hole at the foot of Liuhe Pagoda.

"Hiss..." She stood up staggeringly, making rattling noises from several parts of her body, "I'm not afraid of making a big commotion..."

The other party should not be cruel, otherwise it would not be as simple as breaking some bones.And she didn't even see the other person's appearance clearly.

There was only time to catch a glimpse of a vague white figure, which was not in the shape of a human, but looked like some kind of beast.

When the demon cultivator returns to its original form, its strength is even more fierce, but at the same time it will lose part of its sanity, and it is likely to be driven by instinct to make a big mistake.Therefore, the demon cultivators in the transformation stage will only reveal their true colors when they are in crisis or seriously injured.

"I've turned into a god, why are you still acting like a beast." She patted her clothes and couldn't help muttering.

Going back at this time, the two demon cultivators were probably gone, and Jiang Zhao didn't want to make enemies with the big demon, so he thought: Anyway, what happened in this town has nothing to do with me, why don't we go on looking for the master and apprentice.

Thinking this way, when he raised his head, a dark pagoda was reflected in his eyes.

"Liuhe Pagoda...is that the name..." She thought, "It seems that the only direction I haven't looked for."