Who let him join the Sword Sect!

Chapter 342: If you find one, there will usually be a whole nest

To be honest, Zhang Ze really hoped that it was the little monk who pretended to be dead.

Be it a corpse demon or a corpse king, if it’s him, the worst that can happen is a fight, a couple of punches, and he’ll be beaten to pieces.

But unfortunately, the one who 'resurrected' was a southern twintail.

A giant cockroach emerged from the mud, its limbs stretched out, its wings vibrating, and its flat body almost blocking half of the cave.

Like the wolf-headed centipede, this cockroach's head also underwent some changes, changing from brown to white, and its shape was like a human head, which looked disgusting and weird.

The little monk's corpse was now restrained by a black aura on the head of the giant cockroach, fitting tightly.

Although it's a bit impolite, it looks like a giant cockroach with side bangs.

Perhaps because he felt that it was blocking his eyes, the giant cockroach shook his head and threw his bangs back.

The side bangs turned into a slicked back hairstyle.

After tidying up its hair, it did not attack immediately. Instead, it rubbed its hands on the spot and tilted its head to look at Zhang Ze and the other three.

Seems to be thinking.

Zhang Ze was also thinking. He didn't understand. This place was near the ancestral tomb of Longhu Mountain, not in the mountain valley of southern Yunnan. Why did Xiaoqiang grow so big?
It would be fine if it was just big, but why is it so realistic?
When did this thing come over here? Have we been walking on its back just now?
There were so many questions that Zhang Ze even wanted to use the method of listening to spirits in his floating life to communicate with this girl with twin ponytails and ask her some questions.

But the next second, he gave up the idea.

He saw the belly of the giant crocodile was moving, and many small twintails, each the size of a person, were poking out from the cracks in its shell.
It’s better to forget about this kind of young woman with a child. Don’t flirt with her, it’s easy to get into trouble.

Zhang Ze pulled out A'li who had run behind him and pointed at the giant cockroach.

"It's decided to be you, Ah Li, come on! Eat it, eat it clean."

A'li's head shook like a rattle. It hugged Zhang Ze's arm and crawled back to Zhang Ze's back, strangling Zhang Ze's neck and refusing to let go.

"Eat if you want. Eat more if you like."

"No, you can eat centipedes, so what's the difference between them and cockroaches?"

"I don't want it. I'm not a trash can. Don't stuff anything into my mouth." Ali began to crawl into Zhang Ze's clothes.

The junior sister at the side was speechless. "A grown man, a dragon, usually fearless, but now he's so scared of a big... big bug. You two get out of here, watch me."

After saying that, she stepped forward and slashed out with her sword, revealing her domineering aura.

"Don't!"

Zhang Ze wanted to stop him first, but it was too late.

Perhaps because it was her first time chopping something like this, the little junior sister's sword strike was a little off-center. Although it split the cockroach in two, it didn't completely cut off its head...

As for cockroaches, no matter what species they are, they all have death rattles.

This is especially true for the cockroaches in the world of immortal cultivation.

Zhang Ze had experienced this once before when he went to southern Yunnan.

The cockroach that was split into two did not die immediately. Instead, the two halves of the body rushed towards Zhang Ze like crazy.

They bumped into the cave walls as they ran, staggered, and spilled the liquid on their bodies, for generations to come.

Seeing this scene, the fearless little sister immediately turned pale and lost all her spirit. She stuffed the sword into Zhang Ze's hand and hid behind him.

He looked like he didn't care about burying the person.

Zhang Ze had no choice but to push forward.

"Don't even think about running away. Come and help."

Zhang Ze grabbed A'li who wanted to run away and brought it into the soul fusion state.

At least this way you don't get splashed all over yourself.

Zhang Ze raised his hand and created a wave of fire, which evaporated the soup first.

The man and the dragon were in perfect harmony. Without Zhang Ze's instructions, A Li flicked his dragon tail and took back the little monk's bones from his previous life.

After succeeding, Zhang Ze had no more worries. He put his palms together, and a big hand made of ice soul appeared out of thin air. He clenched it in the middle and sealed the two halves of Xiaoqiang inside.

The ice crystals then shattered and the harmless treatment was completed.

"Huh." Zhang Ze breathed a sigh of relief, came out of the soul fusion state, returned to his junior sister, and knocked her head.

"Can we please not be like Mom, always pulling out a knife to chop people? Some things can't be chopped, or they'll splash all over you."

The junior sister smiled awkwardly and quickly changed the subject.

"Not next time, not next time. But it's strange, why can't that cockroach and the centipede before sense my presence?"

Zhang Ze thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's a mutation."

Junior Sister, "Mutation?"

"Yeah." Zhang Ze nodded, "You didn't come with me on the previous trip to southern Yunnan. There were giant cockroaches and insects like cats and mice everywhere, and some of them could hide their aura.

"When I was chatting with the locals, a shop owner with a chin on his butt told me that there weren't so many insects in his grandfather's life. The problem only appeared after an earthquake 50 years ago. The people in Yaowang Valley are still investigating, but they haven't found the truth yet.

“If Medicine King Valley and the local monks hadn’t prepared secret insect repellent medicines, set up magic arrays, and carried out regular insect extermination over the years, their towns would have been flooded by insects long ago.

"It's not just the environment that can cause mutations; humans can do the same. You remember what Li Yueqi told us.

"There was a divine and evil cultivator who was obsessed with researching mutated flower mosquitoes that could bite cultivators. Fortunately, the Beastmaster Sect discovered it early, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable." Zhang Ze said.

"But even if it mutated, these bugs are too big, right? And this is Longhu Mountain, not the dense forests of southern Yunnan. Where did these come from..."

The junior sister still didn't understand. Recalling the scene of the two halves of the cockroach rushing towards her, she shuddered.

Zhang Ze counted on his fingers, "It must be the problem of this place. The Tianshi Mausoleum is a blessed land, with stars reflected on it and veins pointing to the earth below. The Qinghe River's undercurrent has the power of a hidden dragon, and the earth locks and imprisons the dragon. Add to that my two coffins and the little monk's corpse from his previous life, and the heaven, earth, and man are united. This is a place of extreme yin and great fortune, so it's normal for some strange things to be raised here."

Zhang Ze's words left A'li stunned, "You can do this?"

It remembered that Zhang Ze didn't understand these things at all before.

"I learned it in my previous life, and I just remembered it now. Let's not talk about this. After putting the things away, let's go. By the way, tell Dao Ye and the others about this. This place is not far from Xiaotun Village. What if... Junior Sister, don't scratch me."

Zhang Ze felt a little itchy on his back.

"I didn't tickle you? I'm here."

The junior sister standing on Zhang Ze's left was a little confused.

"Huh? That is..." Zhang Ze quickly turned around and found that another twin-tailed cat had emerged from the ground at some point. It was not as big as the previous one, but not much smaller either.

It was the twintailed tentacles that touched it, the movements gentle as the hands of a lover.

At the same time, as if a switch had been pressed, rustling sounds were heard from all over the cave, and the soil was churning.

It was as if this hole was made up of a pile of giant twintails.

The number of girls with twin ponytails is increasing and they are moving towards Zhang Ze and the others.

Zhang Ze and his group.

Zhang Ze & Chen Qin & A Li, "..."

"run!"

This time, the three of them reached a consensus immediately without any hesitation.

They had no interest in things like the cesspool war.

The three people's escape direction was clear.

The direction of the Longhushan Patriarch's Mausoleum.

——The dividing line of Xiaoqiang’s arrival——

The ancestral tomb of Longhu Mountain is under a clear blue sky and sunny weather.

At least for now.

Xiao Tang and Hu Jiusan were cleaning the shrine with brooms.

A while ago, Old Tang took his beloved grandson Xiao Tang and his nephew Hu Jiusan to dig up the tomb of their ancestor. When they came out, they were caught on the spot by the Taoist priests guarding the tomb.

Although the intention was good, the result was not bad, and some ancient secrets were discovered, but rules are rules, and some mistakes must be punished.

After all, the ancestral tomb is not a toilet. You can't come and go as you please.

As the mastermind, Old Tang, was the head of the sect, no one could control him, so the punishment had to fall on the two younger ones.

In addition to being fined 100 years of salary each, Xiao Tang and Hu Jiusan also had to sweep the floor of the ancestral mausoleum for three months. They were not allowed to use talismans or spells, and could only scrape the floor with a broom.

"Uncle San, how long are we going to finish sweeping?" After sweeping for half a day, Xiao Tang felt a little bored.

He really wants to go back to Qianji Pavilion to play.

"Just keep sweeping until Mr. Cheng is happy." Hu Jiusan sighed.

Master Cheng is Old Tang’s real junior fellow apprentice. In the entire Longhu Mountain, apart from Zhang Ze who is just a figurehead, Master Cheng is the most powerful one besides Old Tang.

It was he who decided the punishment for Xiao Tang and Hu Jiusan. If he didn't let go, no one would let these two go.

Thinking of Mr. Cheng's meticulousness, Xiao Tang lost his temper, sighed, and continued to sweep the floor quietly.

After scanning for a while, he suddenly had an idea, "Master Cheng only said that we can't leave, but he didn't say that we can't call anyone. How about calling Zhuge Ye and Wang Qing to stay in jail with us for a few days?
"I remember that kid Wang Qing loved sweeping the floor the most."

Hu Jiusan glanced at Xiao Tang and shook his head. "I don't think they can find it. They are both very busy right now." Xiao Tang, "Busy, what are they busy with?"

"Zhuge is also in love. He fell in love with the girl who fought with him at the Qinghe Conference, and now he has followed her to Jingzhou." Hu Jiusan said.

"What about Wang Qing? That guy hasn't even grown all his hair yet, so he doesn't necessarily seem to be in a relationship, right?" Xiao Tang asked.

"Wang Qing, he was studying the Qianji Heart Method and Qianji Technique in Qianji Pavilion. Now he's so busy all day that he doesn't even have time to comb his hair. His hair is always messy... Now... well, he's learning pretty fast. He's even mastered the Turing Technique."

Hu Jiusan said to Xiao Tang while sweeping the floor.

Seeing that the two of them were living happy lives, Xiao Tang felt increasingly depressed, but he soon came to his senses.

"Hey, that's not right. Uncle San, you're here, how do you know what Xiao Wangqing is doing?"

Hu Jiusan slammed the broom to the ground. "It's the Dharmakāya clone. Master Cheng just didn't allow me to use magic to sweep the floor, but he didn't say I can't do anything else."

Xiao Tang: "So I'm the only one in jail? That's not fair!"

"What's unfair about that? You're young because of you. When you reach my age, my level of cultivation will be enough."

Hu Jiusan boasted calmly, but soon he shuddered.

Immediately afterwards, two clones, one large and one small, were driven back into his body by several golden lights.

Because he was beaten back, Hu Jiusan almost died.

"Jiu San, can you please be more ambitious and teach Xiao Tang some proper principles instead of just thinking about how to cheat and be cunning all day long?"

Golden light condensed, and Master Cheng's voice sounded behind Hu Jiusan.

"Master Cheng, didn't you go out? When did you come back?" Hu Jiusan was hit twice by Master Cheng because of his Dharma image, and it took him a long time to recover.

"I know you won't behave yourself, so I left a statue of Dharma in Qianji Pavilion to wait for you." Master Cheng snorted coldly and continued.

"Although Xiao Tang is quick-witted, he was able to resist temptation and did not do anything out of line, which can be considered as passing the test.

"Hu Jiusan, you are a brother, but you are sneaky and cunning. I will punish you for an additional three months."

Hu Jiusan, "This isn't fair! Is Xiao Tang rejecting temptation? He's just incapable!"

Master Cheng, "What's unfair about that? You're older, so it's fine when you reach Xiao Tang's age and cultivation level."

Hu Jiusan, “…”

Xiao Tang couldn't help but burst out laughing. After laughing enough, he asked, holding the broom, "Then Master Cheng, since I passed the test, can I leave now?"

Master Cheng, "No, a test is a test, a punishment is a punishment, just keep sweeping the floor."

"Ah~" Xiao Tang wailed with a sad face.

"I made you sweep the floor so that you can realize your mistakes. Don't follow the master and fool around in the future. If I can't punish him, can't he punish you? Think clearly about the consequences before doing anything in the future.

"Learn more from me, be more careful and steady."

"Look, I've been guarding this Ancestral Mausoleum for hundreds of years. Has there ever been a single mistake? It's spotless. Apart from that dirty fellow, the headmaster, nothing has gone wrong..."

Master Cheng wanted to continue preaching, but was interrupted by Xiao Tang, "Master Cheng, why do you have twin tails?"

"What twintails?"

Mr. Cheng didn’t understand.

Xiao Tang pointed behind Master Cheng, at the Ming Building in the distance. Two tentacles stretched out from behind the roof, shaking, and their position just coincided with Master Cheng's Dharma image floating in the air.

From Xiao Tang's perspective, it was just like Cheng Ye had a pair of ponytails.

Following Xiao Tang's pointing, Mr. Cheng turned around, and the giant cockroach also happened to pop up and meet Mr. Cheng's eyes.

Master Cheng, “…”

The giant cockroach watched for a while, and probably thought that the old man was boring, so he ignored Mr. Cheng and continued to rub his hands lazily in the sun, looking left and right, as if looking for something.

"Master Cheng, is this also a test for us?" Hu Jiusan hesitated.

He thought this thing was raised by Master Cheng and was part of the test.

"What the hell is this a test? Where did these bugs come from?"

According to the rules, one cannot use spiritual sense to randomly scan the ancestral tomb unless there are special circumstances.

But now it is obviously a special case.

Master Cheng released his spiritual consciousness, covering the entire area of ​​the Ancestral Mausoleum.

Master Cheng soon found the second one, the third one, the fourth one...

Countless cockroaches of all sizes crawled out of a hole in the ground. The small ones were running around everywhere, while the big ones were obviously looking for something.

Master Cheng, “…”

As the saying goes, the darkest place is the darkest under the lamp. Master Cheng had never thought that there would be such things near the ancestral tomb. Just like he had never thought that his senior brother, Old Tang, would come to dig up the ancestral tomb in the middle of the night.

"Uncle Cheng, didn't you say you never made any mistakes? Where did these bugs come from? Your hygiene is not very good." Seeing Uncle Cheng's strange expression, Hu Jiusan teased.

"Shut up. If you say another word, I'll make you sweep the floor here for the rest of your life." Master Cheng glared at Hu Jiusan and raised his hand to throw out a magic sword.

"Don't!"

Xiao Tang tried to stop him, but was also a step too late.

Master Cheng's Taiyi Golden Crystal Sword fell from the sky and cut the twin ponytails on the roof into two halves.

puff…

Looking at the colorful roof, Xiao Tang's face turned pale, and he recalled his previous dangerous experience in the forest of southern Yunnan.

Hu Jiusan looked at the roof of the Ming Building, which had become colorful, and felt sick for a moment, so he threw out a thunder talisman.

"Don't!"

This time, Master Cheng, who spoke, had just figured out what was going on. He only had time to retract his magic sword, but was too late to stop Hu Jiusan from taking action.

These giant insects had just awakened from their long sleep and were attracted by the Yang Qi, while his magic sword and Hu Jiusan's thunder talisman
They are all yang and pure things.

Although the half-split cockroach was burned to death by the thunder and fire, more cockroaches gathered here like crazy.

"Who did it?" Mr. Cheng felt that he had been tricked again, but he had no evidence.

Since thunder magic can attract insects, Master Cheng will not hold back. The ten magic swords turned into the center of the formation, covering the entire Tianshi Mausoleum. With a wave of his hand, the Taoist magic and the five elements spells rotated, and the formation runes suppressed down from the air.

"Go underground and drive out the remaining bugs." Grandpa Cheng kicked Hu Jiusan who was leaning on a broom nearby.

Hu Jiusan's face changed suddenly. He turned around and kicked Xiao Tang, who was watching the show with a smile, "Come on, let's die together."

Xiao Tang, "..."

To be honest, Master Cheng never thought that the first time he had used all his strength in all these years would be to slap a cockroach...

In a trance, Grandpa Cheng felt that he was back in his childhood, on that humid and sultry afternoon.

At that time, he was holding his father's straw sandals and swatting the cockroaches crawling around the stove.

Back then, I was a mortal, and I had to use straw sandals to hit ordinary cockroaches.
How come he, who has cultivated himself to become an immortal, still has to fight against alien cockroaches?

This immortal has cultivated for nothing? What do I want?
……

Far away, very far away.

Zhang Ze, Junior Sister, and A'li, the three instigators, stood on the hill, watching the thunder and golden light coming from the ancestral tomb, and they couldn't help but feel shaken.

"Isn't it a bit unkind of us to do this?" the junior sister whispered.

"What else can we do? Whether we let them run to Xiaotun Village or wander into the mountains, it will be a troublesome problem. It is better to gather them at the ancestral tomb and concentrate on disinfection, eliminating insects and shooting the sun. It can be regarded as a good story." Zhang Ze said.

Junior Sister, "If it's a good story, then why are you running away? Why don't you go find that Master Cheng and claim the credit?"

"I'm just afraid that Mr. Cheng will get happy and get rid of me as well."

As Zhang Ze spoke, he played with the phoenix egg in his hand.

While running away, Zhang Ze discovered that the cockroaches were not chasing him, but Rongrong.

Rongrong's phoenix egg is full of inexhaustible vitality and is the purest and most yang thing. To those alienated giant insects, it is a secret treasure like nectar.

I think the reason why those giant insects awakened was because I brought Rongrong back to the old place.

"So, I spent years lying in a cockroach nest?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Ze shuddered and thought that it was fortunate that his coffin was sturdy, otherwise he would have turned into cockroach poop long ago.

"Let's go, let's go. If Mr. Cheng finds us when he has time, we're doomed."

Zhang Ze said this very self-awarely, called the two of them, and jumped onto the flying boat.

The flying boat sped along, they made a circle, first left the territory of Tianshi Mausoleum, and then flew to the north.

Flying in the air, Zhang Ze suddenly said, "I still have to tell him about the little monk's matter, otherwise I will always feel bad."

I took out the small walnut and answered the call. A hoarse and old voice came from the other end.

"Who are you looking for?"

(End of this chapter)