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That shouldn't be called a burial mound.

The entire building complex collapsed on the ground, piled up with whole blocks of black stones, without any rules at all, and looked like a pile of chaotic stones from a distance.It occupies a large area, but it is not towering.The bones of the corpses lying on the ground together.

Cheng En looked in through the huge cracked mouth. The inside of the cave was dark, and the interior of the building was carved with complicated silver-green patterns, emitting a faint gleam.He carefully identified the pattern on the inner stone wall, which was a bit like the ancient characters of the early demons, engraved on the entire inner wall.

He and Yan Shu stepped into this "tomb" successively.There are no stone steps, and there is a long landslide on the dry red soil unique to the land of bitter devices.Yan Shu holds the flame in his palm and puts his arms around Cheng En.Although the pattern on the inner wall is somewhat bright, it cannot illuminate the situation inside the cave at all.Cheng En groped for the protruding and concave boulders nearby, and if he didn't pay attention, he would knock his head and break his feet.

The palm flame in Yan Shu's hand lit up again, but it could only maintain an extremely subtle luminosity.

They walked for a long time in the tomb extending in all directions, and they stumbled. The closer they got to the center, the fewer obstacles there were, and the light of Palm Flame became dimmer.

With a final click, the fireworks in Yan Shu's hand went out.Surrounded by darkness, only the blurred light and shadow of the stone wall at an unknown distance, like demon eyes peeping around.

The magic stick begged his grandpa to tell his grandma in his heart, and prayed for God to have a spirit, and Huang Daxian to bless him.Yan Shu was not afraid at all, grabbed Cheng En's hand, and was about to go in one direction.

"Brother Shu? Don't go so fast!"

"It's okay, follow me."

The magic stick didn't know where Yanshu took him, but the journey went smoothly.Then suddenly, the eyes suddenly opened up.Just like the mountains and fields in the time of You, there is no sound, the night has not yet dispersed, and the sky has not yet dawned.Melt half of you into the darkness, so you can clearly see the other half in the darkness.

In front of him was a small black pool of water.A sharp stalactite protrudes from the edge of the pool, and water droplets on the stalactite fall into the pool.Every second, beep.

Exactly every second, beep dong.Then there were circles of ripples in the pool.

Except for the small pool in front of me, the surrounding area was completely dark.Beside the pool, a motionless figure, whose lower body was submerged in the pool, blended with the darkness, turned his back to them.

DIP DONG—DIP DONG—

The back of a person, or the half-body of a four-legged beast.

DIP DONG—DIP DONG—

Cheng En swallowed, and pulled Yanshu, wondering if he should speak.

Yan Shu stood silently for a while, holding Cheng En between them, striding towards the figure.

Cheng En:! ! !

Seeing Yan Shu directly reaching out to pick up "that man" from the water, Cheng En's neck felt sore and he shrank back.

Yan Shu picked up "that man", shook him, shook off the water on his body, turned around and said to Cheng En, "He's alive."

Hearing Yan Shu's somewhat happy tone, Cheng En's eyes dodged.Shenzhu always felt that the unknown object would stretch its neck and poke its head in front of him, and then put its face with blurred facial features and told him with a smile, "It's alive, it's fainted from sleep."

"That man" still had his calves submerged in the water, and Yan Shu fearlessly grabbed the back of "his" neck and swung the water vigorously.The light was dim, and from the shape of the head, it could be seen that this was really a grown man, not some kind of humanoid beast.

Cheng En calmed down slightly, and stretched out his hand to help Yan Shu wake up the thing.

Therefore, one person is one immortal.

Yan Shu grabbed the man's hands, and Cheng En grabbed the man's feet, like selling piglets, and carried the man to the open space beside the pool.It swings left and right like a pendulum, throwing up water in an orderly manner.

To the left, to the right—drops are flung out—

Do it again: shake left, shake right, water drops come out

Speed ​​up!

Flick left and right, done!

Yan Shu was very excited.Speed ​​up!The speed is so fast that I can't see what the ball in the middle is!It was just a black shadow!It's like challenging the eyesight of the magic stick!

Cheng En's hands were a little sore.

Yan Shu squeezed Cheng En's hand from the side. They didn't pay attention at first, but there are several places made of stones piled up for rest outside the pool.

After the thing woke up, it leaned against the stone beside it and did not speak.He is a fair-looking man, wearing a black gown like the statue outside, and judging by his aura, he belongs to a certain type of demon.

Cheng En enjoyed the caring service of Immortal Yuheng, and asked the monster, "Who are you?"

However, the demon did not answer.

Cheng En was not in a hurry, and shared half of Yanshu's pancake, and took out the voice beads to chat with Cheng Tianci and the others over the pancake.Cheng Tianci and the others were still playing mahjong, only the lovely Mo Yu actively responded to Cheng En's words.

Cheng En nestled in Yan Shu's arms, his mood seemed to fly, "We found a demon in the tomb you mentioned, he may be dumb."

Mo Yu: "Master, be careful, you don't have a good thing." Chuan Shengzhu paused, "There is no good thing in Shangtianting."

The reference was very obvious, Yan Shu snorted, "Don't be stupid."

The first day was almost over, Cheng En asked the demon again, "Who are you? Why are you here?"

The demon still didn't answer, maintaining the original movement motionless.

Cheng En pushed Yanshu, "Alive?"

Yan Shu was very sure, "It's alive."

Cheng En was relieved.

Several days later, Cheng En persisted in asking questions every day, adding a new question to the previous question each time, and finally it became: "Who are you? Why are you here? Why have you kept silent?" ? What is your relationship with that mummy outside? Why is a demon staying here?"

The demon shook his head with difficulty, as if he was still choking, and said slowly: "I... am still a little dizzy..."

Cheng En was still thinking about asking a few more questions. Hearing what the demon said, he exchanged a glance with Yan Shu and shut up obediently.

Cheng Tianci's voice came from the sound transmission bead, "Xing Zai'er, when are you and your good friend planning to come back? Xiaobai, oh, he changed his name. Little Yuzi said you found a demon?"

Mo Yu protested: "My name is not Mo Yu!"

Cheng En: "That's right, Master. We found a stone that can defend against evil spirits. When we find the clue, we will go back."

Cheng Tianci babbled: "That will work."

When the star was gone from the monster's head, Cheng En, Yan Shu and the monster picked a place by the pool that looked like a stone table and three stone benches, forming a three-legged posture, and started a formal negotiation.

The demon spoke first, "Wait, I'll light up this place first." As soon as the words fell, the dark cave turned into a stone forest in the mountains with outstanding people.

One person, one fairy and one demon looked at each other.

Cheng En & the demon: "Who are you?"

After a few seconds of silence, Cheng En and the demon exchanged glances.

Cheng En & the demon: "What are you doing here?"

Cheng En and the demon exchanged glances again.

Cheng En & the demon: "You speak first."

Yan Shu: ... drink tea silently.

Cheng En sighed, and the demon scratched his face embarrassingly.After a moment of silence, they said at the same time: "My name is Cheng En.", "I am Jun Shao."

Cheng En:! ! !

The magic stick quickly took out the sound-passing bead, but before he said anything, the other end of the sound-transmitting bead was already boiling, and it was unknown who was shouting: "Junshao! Junshao! We found Junshao!"

I don't know what happened on the other side of the sound-transmitting bead, but Mo Qianshou finally won the sovereignty of the sound-transmitting bead, and asked tentatively, "Jun Shao?"

Hearing this voice, Jun Shao was obviously taken aback, "Elder?!"

When Jun Shao came here, there was actually another demon at the helm in this tomb.The adult was wrapped in a black robe, with high abilities, and there was a long curse mark on each cheek.Jun Shao came here to ask that lord to save a puppet's life.The adult readily agreed, but there was a request, he needed Jun Shao to stay in this place, and be stationed here before he came back.

Cheng En: "Then you stayed?"

"Ah."

"Has the demon you want to save come back?"

"He said Abramovich would come out of this puddle."

"Then you have never left this place?"

Jun Shao scratched his head, and was also very puzzled inside, "I don't know why, after that lord left, he couldn't leave this place on his own."

"You never suspected?"

"Suspicious? What?"

"Aren't you afraid that he will never come back?"

"Ah?" Jun Shao opened his eyes slightly, "The lord said that Abu would come out of the pool. It doesn't matter if you can't wait for him."

Cheng En: "...how long have you been waiting here?"

Jun Shao counted seriously, "It's been 500 years."

It was the first time for Cheng En to see such a pure demon in the demon world, with such a little white rabbit's disposition, he couldn't bear to crush Jun Shao's dream.Putting aside all the speculations about the little black man for the time being, the magic stick asked Jun Shao, "We came here to solve the disaster of the raging puppet outside. You and that puppet, what is her name?"

"Abu."

"There are some special things happened between you and Abu, can you tell me a little bit?" Cheng En roughly talked about the current situation in the devil world with Jun Shao, and hoped that Jun Shao would spare no expense in keeping his privacy with him and the puppet demon. Share the story so that the magic stick can find clues.

Jun Shao blushed, and said shyly, "You guys, do you really want to listen?"

Before the third battle between immortals and demons, Princess Shi Zhen lived in the heavenly court, and the demon world was peaceful.The demon king Qu enjoys talking about the mountains with Mo Qianshou every day.

The elders have always believed that "the wool comes from the sheep", and are committed to turning their intangible assets into tangible assets, and have a great time selling various wool peripherals.The elder quietly took a fancy to Jun Qu's good fur, and secretly rubbed his hands to pull Jun Qu into the water together.Knowing that his beautiful fur was coveted by an old goat, Jun Qu played his true character as a demon king and punched Mo Qianshou.

The elder was punched until his nose was bruised and his mouth was swollen, and his appearance was disfigured.Everyone has a heart of beauty and love, and Mo Qianshou is so ugly that he refuses to go out. Originally, Mo Qianshou was responsible for the investigation of the place of bitterness, but it fell to the idle Jun Shao.

In the center of the Land of Bitter Artifacts, even Jun Qu could not withstand the evil spirit there unharmed, so the Demon Realm could only enslave a team of puppet demons and go in to investigate.At that time, there were only four or five puppet demons in the Demon Realm. Once discovered, each of them was strictly guarded by the Demon Realm.And the Ouchi manager of the puppet demon is a brown bear spirit.

After the brown bear turned into a refined form, it turned into a middle-aged man with a pot belly, known in the world as Sancha Laobiao.

When seeing puppet demons in the devil world, they will take a detour. Lao Biao has dealt with puppet demons all year round, and he is not so taboo. He even gave birth to a little puppet demon with a puppet demon.

Outside the Land of Bitter Instruments, there is a wasteland inn in the Demon Realm, which is basically deserted, and its only use is to provide a stable for the demons passing by.On the appointed day, Mo Qianshou, who was wrapped in a face scarf, Jun Shao, who was ready to go, and Lao Biao, who led a team of puppets, gathered at this small broken station.

Mo Qianshou just followed the routine to explain the situation to Jun Shao. He pulled Jun Shao aside who looked easy to bully, and said to Jun Shao: "Jun Shao, you are entering the place of bitterness this time, and stay away from those puppets. Some, everything will be left to Lao Biao.”

"Wouldn't it be good to sit back and enjoy the benefits?" Jun Shao was a little doubtful.

"Hey, listen to me. No one can say what's in the land of bitter instruments. The boss asked me to bring you some magical instruments, which can somewhat resist some evil spirits. But we guess that there is a high probability that there is nothing in it. If you I found some monsters and goblins inside, so I ran away first, and Lao Biao didn't care about him." Mo Qianshou's voice came from under the thick face scarf.

"No, the boss asked me to bring you the magic weapon, hide it yourself, and if you see something wrong, you can immediately take you back to Mokanlin."

Jun Shao is a honest and honest person, "Elder, is this not good?"

Mo Qianshou was furious, "You little demon, put your things away, don't always be crooked, be careful of crooked dicks!"

After Mo Qianshou left, Jun Shao, Lao Biao and the others entered the land of bitter devices.

Jun Shao rode a horse and camel.Creatures like horses and camels were originally smuggled back from the Mortal Realm. After arriving in the Demon Realm, the species mutated. The original ancestors died out, and only these new breeds that had been hybridized with unknown things remained.

Iron hooves have sharp teeth, and every time they take a step forward, the small head on the head shrinks back. The only thing that can tell that it is a camel relative is the tall hump on its back.It is very amazing that they actually feed on Duan trees, and it is no wonder that they can survive in the devil world and live endlessly.

The place of bitterness is extremely evil, and Lao Biao is not completely unprepared. He always has work to save his life, so he looks very leisurely.Holding an iron whip in his hand, he drove away four shackled puppets.In order to prevent them from escaping, the wrists and ankles were all locked with heavy wooden shackles.

Jun Shao saw that Lao Biao had beaten those puppet monsters to pieces, his scalp was numb, and he stopped him, "Brother Biao, it's not good for you to beat them like this."

Although Jun Shao himself avoids the puppet demon as much as he can, but the little puppet demon following him is thin and shriveled, covered with a tattered linen cloth.

Lao Biao whipped his whip a few more times, "Puppet demons are cheap, if you don't beat them, they will all run around you, unable to move."

"Ah?" Jun Shao was puzzled.

Lao Biao sneered disdainfully, "That's it, I'm crazy about men, don't believe it, they really like you who are honest and easy to bully, and they will all come to you later to harm you."

Jun Shao still wants to say something, but Brother Biao is his elder after all, and he is familiar with the temperament of puppets. If Brother Biao insists, it's fine to think about it.But the puppet that fell at the end, as soon as he heard Jun Shao say a word for her, he wrapped himself around the iron chain and staggered towards Jun Shao.

"Ah—ah—" the puppet made a muddy voice.

The puppet that came towards Junshao was unkempt, with teeth and claws, and a brown face that was obviously malnourished.Because the hair is too long and not taken care of, at first glance, Jun Shao was frightened.Jun Shao tightened his grip on the belly of the horse and camel, stepped back, and took half a step back.

Lao Biao went over with a whip, and the puppet did not give up, and wanted to get closer to Junshao, but he was a little more honest, took a step back with a whip, and slowly returned to the end of the team.

For this mission, they need to draw a map of the land of bitter devices. The stop-and-go progress is slow, and they have been wandering around the periphery of the land of bitter devices for more than a month.They didn't see rolling hills for shelter or rest, but there were more or less gullies of unknown depth in the barrenness, and the danger was uncertain.When it is necessary to check the situation in the gully, Lao Biao will drive the puppets in and let them draw the map by themselves.

Jun Shao led his horse and camel, and waited outside the exit.Every time they come out of these ravines, there will always be many new wounds on those puppets.The puppet demon broom star's statement is a bit exaggerated, but it is not completely groundless.Jun Shao and the others encountered eight major storms along the way, three sudden surges of evil spirits and countless ghosts hitting the wall.If Lao Biao hadn't been able to hold back, Jun Shao would have been blown away by the hurricane and disappeared in this place.

The puppet has been driven into a ravine, and it is unknown when it will return.Lao Biao spread a blanket on the ground. Jun Shao leaned on the back of the horse and camel to write and draw. The strength of the evil spirit, as well as what I have seen and heard along the way.

Jun Shao stopped writing and asked curiously: "Brother Biao, I heard that you had a child with a puppet, aren't you afraid?"

Lao Biao rested his head on his arm, "What's the matter, that woman insists on relying on me. The one who was pestering you before was born by that woman."

The puppet was at the end of the team, and the youngest little puppet would come to Jun Shao's side whenever there was a disturbance, and he couldn't get rid of it no matter how hard he tried.Whenever Jun Shao chatted with Brother Biao, when he turned his head, he could always see the puppet looking at him secretly.When Jun Shao found out, he screamed.

"Ah?" Jun Shao changed the subject and said, "I heard that the puppets will harm the demons around them."

"If it wasn't for my fate, I would have been killed by them." Brother Biao recalled his dangerous first half of his life, "Don't get too close to them, and don't be alone with them. It's okay to send them away as soon as you get together. They won’t be killed, at most they will stumble. I’m most afraid that they won’t find out that they are puppets and trap themselves in them.” Most of them are male monsters who were killed without knowing it.

Lamenting Brother Biao's loneliness and courage, Jun Shao said: "They are hard-fated, but they always like to rely on other monsters."

"Fate is true, but everyone is different. My mother-in-law died of dystocia, and died after giving birth to the baby. Those little hooves still have the ability to hook male monsters, and ordinary methods can't cure them."

After the woman in Brother Biao's mouth became pregnant, she was thrown into the rock pit.Everyone thought that the puppet demon could get up again, but she didn't. Like an ordinary demon, her heart stopped, she remained motionless, and then decayed.

There is also a little puppet who is screaming beside him.

This is the first time Jun Shao has heard that the puppets will die in childbirth.Seeing that Jun Shao is interested in these puppets, Brother Biao couldn't help but talk a little more.For example, those puppet monsters have a word "元" on their left chests, and they especially like the male monster beside them to touch that word.For another example, sometimes the puppet will say some strange things when it is nervous.

Listening to Lao Biao's anecdotes about puppet demons, Jun Shao nestled next to the horse and camel, and gradually fell asleep.In the dream, there were all kinds of strange puppet demons, screaming strangely, chasing him in a desert.

Jun Shao was sweating from fear in his sleep, and when he woke up, he saw the puppet who had been chasing him before, or Brother Biao's daughter, staring at him with wide eyes and making a sound of "ah-ah--".

She was covered in sweat, her hair was greasy and stuck together in one piece, and the dirt on her face and neck had dried.As soon as Jun Shao opened his eyes and saw this appearance, he couldn't help but backed away and let out a soft cry.

He was really frightened.

The puppet demon has been trying to get close to Jun Shao, and just after returning from the deep ditch, she showed her presence in front of Jun Shao, her dirty hand grabbed Jun Shao's sleeve, "Ah—ah—" endlessly .

Fortunately, before Jun Shao was scared away by the puppet demon, Brother Biao came over with a whip, and the puppet retreated back to the team in a conditioned reaction.

They gradually entered the hinterland of the Land of Bitter Vessels, and saw nothing but the gully land and thick fog along the way.The horse camel was foaming at the mouth halfway, and twitched on the back, Jun Shao had to give up his mount.The evil spirit around was getting heavier and heavier, and even Jun Shao, who was carrying many artifacts, couldn't bear it anymore. His skin and internal organs were scorching and stinging, and his cultivation base fell off.

Only that team of puppet demons entered the hinterland of the land of bitter devices.

Each of the puppets with wooden shackles turned pale, and the sweat dripped from their faces in big drops.Jun Shao's heart sank slightly, and he asked Lao Biao, "Is it okay for them to go directly into the place where the evil spirit is heavy?"

"What's going to happen? You're still worried about yourself."

Jun Shao was a little worried about those hunchbacked figures walking slowly and gradually going away: "Will they really come back?"

Lao Biao disagreed, "As long as we are here, they will come back."

Jun Shao and Lao Biao waited in that place for many days, but still did not see the puppet on the return journey. Jun Shao vomited a few mouthfuls of blood, and couldn't bear the evil spirit of this place, so they slowly withdrew from the hinterland of the place of suffering. edge.

After less than half a month, suddenly, that team of puppet demons ran back with wind and dust.Also returning with them was a monstrously huge beast.

It should be said that the name of the puppet demon disaster star is well-deserved.

Jun Shao has never seen fierce beasts in the demon world, and more often, their demons are fierce beasts.But this one is obviously different. It has many greasy and slippery tentacles, a huge head without eyes, and a big bloody mouth with cloudy mucus in its mouth.The green skin is covered with pus and mold, and the sour smell of maggots grows all over the body.Like a multi-legged toad with a sarcoid head.

The team of golems was chased by it, and a golem was only as big as its tentacles, and each of its tentacles was conservatively estimated to be five or six fathoms.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh) the puppet demons ran towards Jun Shao and the others from all directions.

Use the magic energy to resist part of the evil spirit, if you fight it head-on, the result is unpredictable, Jun Shao calmly pulled out the five-party flag that Mo Qianshou gave him, and planned to leave early.The ferocious beast grabbed the two fleeing puppets with its tentacles, snapped them, and threw them into its mouth.In an instant, the ferocious beast had arrived in front of Jun Shao, while Lao Biao had already fled.

Junshao is only as big as one of its fangs, and even though the beast has no eyes, it can accurately aim at Junshao's position and move very fast.

"Ahhh-"

The insignificant puppet was defeated by the huge beast. It was trampled under its feet and could not even see the splash of blood and flesh, and it was directly crushed into meatloaf.Jun Shao swallowed his saliva, and from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Lao Biao's daughter being caught by a tentacle, struggling to break off the wall of flesh that bound her body.And the head of that beast kept staring at Jun Shao.

Jun Shao didn't dare to act rashly when he missed the opportunity.The puppet cried loudly, which made the beast impatient, and the beast moved its head slightly.

When it was too late, Jun Shao used the five-party flag to flash in front of the puppet, and the demonic energy quickly cut open the tentacles of the beast, and then quickly evacuated.

The ferocious beast lost a tentacle, and the roar formed a heat wave. It reacted extremely quickly, and slammed hard at Jun Shao's flying figure.

dusty.

When Jun Shao woke up, he was lying on the open space outside the place of bitter devices.The magic weapon failed, and Wufang Banner could have directly sent him back to Dicheng, but because of the last critical attack of the beast, it only sent him out of the dangerous area, but fortunately, the monster didn't intend to chase him.

Although the demons themselves are beasts and birds, Jun Shao is sure that it is a monster, not a demon. It does not have a trace of demonic energy on its body, but is full of evil spirits, and it is born and raised.

Thinking of this, Jun Shao intentionally recorded the monster he encountered, and checked his pockets, only to find that the parchment was missing.And beside him, there was only one puppet holding his hand, ah ah ah.

Lice-knotted hair, a dark face, and a body that rolled through the mud.

Jun Shao sat up, trying to make himself look calmer, "Can you talk? What should I call you?"

Her: "Ah-ah-ah-"

Jun Shao was defeated.

The puppet doesn't like to be clean, its body smells sour, and there are many shocking welts that have festered. It smells no better than the beasts it encountered before.Jun Shao held his breath slightly, thinking that this taste is really sour and refreshing, flies like it.

Jun Shao said again: "What did you encounter in the hinterland of the Land of Bitter Vessels?"

Her: "Abu—"

Jun Shao happily forgot to pinch his nose, "You mean Abu? You can talk?"

She nodded, "Abu," and pointed to herself.

"You said your name was Abu?"

"Abu." She tried her best to pull her hair like a chicken coop, and said in an inarticulate tone: "There is a grave inside."

There are tombs in the place of bitter devices.

Jun Shao nodded, and this trip was not in vain.Now that he is injured, the evil spirit has affected him too badly, and the wound is hissing and hurting, so he must leave here as soon as possible no matter what.Jun Shao took a look at Abu, she had a lot more injuries, perhaps even more painful than him.

Jun Shao walked out day and night, with a dog skin plaster stuck to his side.The puppet held his hand tightly, no matter how many times Jun Shao said, coercing and luring, he would not let go.Jun Shao can only bear the smell on her body obediently and learn to compromise with the environment.

This journey is very peaceful, Jun Shao would feel lucky if he hadn't seen the puppet demon's ability to stir up trouble.

He had just popped this idea, when suddenly a flying stone flew across his head, the ground shook, and many big holes were smashed around him by the falling flying stones.

Jun Shao tried his best to avoid the flying flint with a spell, and said seriously: "Have you made great achievements again?"

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[1] Ancient measurement unit 1 find ≈ 1.6~1.8 meters