Green scales

Yongshui City.

Gradually slanting to the west, the golden sunlight shines on the hut at the foot of the mountain through the dense tree canopy.As the breeze blew, smoke rose from the neighboring farmer's houses, and from time to time a woman would yell at her naughty children.

Yuqin raised her head as if in a lifetime, narrowed her eyes slightly, and looked at the small wooden house not far away.There is a layer of bright yellow light all over the wooden house, only the sound of wind and trees is left in Yuqin's ears.

He finally came back.

Yuqin murmured for a while, then walked forward slowly, Situ Ling frowned and looked around with disgust on his face, and was about to lean into Yao Jue's ear to say something, Yao Jue suddenly raised his hand, pinched two fingers in his mouth, Close Situ Ling's two thin lips firmly.Immediately without looking at Situ Ling, he also raised his feet and walked towards the wooden house. Situ Ling stood alone in a daze for a while, coughed lightly, and followed slowly behind with his hands behind his back.

Yuqin stood in front of the flowerbed next to the house, squatting slowly, now he has no inner alchemy, and every move seems to have exhausted his strength.

Only a dead, rotting foliage remained in the flowerbed. "There should be a field of flowers here." Yuqin stared at the flower garden ecstatically.

Yao Jue went in without knowing it, but still comforted him: "It's okay, you can plant it again in the future."

Yuqin shook his head, got up with a pale complexion, but did not go to the hut, but turned around and stepped on another grassy path, Yao Jue and Situ Ling looked at each other, still separated by a distance The ground is attached behind Yuqin.

"This place is too shabby." Situ Ling said with all his disgust, "It's really kind to drink water."

"You didn't let His Majesty live here, what's your dislike for it?" Yao Jue said with a smile.

Situ Ling sneered twice, "If it were this king, I would definitely not be willing to let Yao Yao Guo be so shabby."

While the two were chatting, Yuqin had already walked to a farmhouse where some clothes and crops were drying outside, and smoke was curling up from the chimney, and a boy with curly hair was sitting in front of the door teasing a round puppy.

As soon as Yuqin approached, the puppy turned its head and wagged its tail violently, almost throwing out an afterimage.There was a constant whimpering sound in his mouth, and he went to Yuqin's feet and kept turning in circles.Xiao Tong looked at the strange man in front of him stupidly.

"what's wrong?"

The woman in the room heard the movement, wiped her hands and walked out the door. When she saw Yuqin, she was taken aback for a moment, and then a smile appeared on her face. "The Taoist priest is back? Xiaobai is taking care of you well, you see."

Xiaobai lay beside Yuqin's feet and kept rubbing, jumping up from time to time and making mud paw prints on the corner of his clothes. Yuqin's face was pale when he heard this, and he squatted down and stroked Xiaobai's head a few times, hesitating for a moment nodded.

The woman exchanged a few more simple greetings, and wanted to keep a meal, but Yuqin shook her head and declined, then turned around and took Xiaobai back to the wooden house.

"Tsk, I've never seen him be so amiable to mortals." Situ Ling touched his chin and said.

Yuqin gently pushed the door open, and the wooden door made a harsh creaking sound, and the afterglow of the setting sun spilled into the door through the window frame. Everything was as it was when they left, but it was covered with a thick layer of dust.

Xiaobai excitedly ran around the hut for a few times, until he was a little tired before lying on the door with his tongue out, and from time to time, he walked around Situ Ling and Yao Jue to smell it.

Situ Ling and Yao Jue looked at each other and then stepped into the door.

"It's all gray."

Situ Ling snapped his fingers, and the room was immediately tidy.

Yuqin thanked her softly, and sat at the table a little tiredly.

"Qing Yu, listen to me, just drink this water, why not go back to the demon world and be a free and easy king?" Situ Ling leaned sideways at the door and said leisurely.

Seeing this, Yao Jue thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Yuqin was silent for a long time, then said slowly: "Only three days, if he doesn't come the day after tomorrow, I will go back."

Situ Ling wanted to persuade him again, but suddenly he paused and his expression changed.Seeing this, Yao Jue hurriedly said, "What's the matter?"

"Fox Clan, please move the Yanshi. It seems that we have to go back in an urgent matter."

Yao Jue frowned slightly, "At this time?"

Situ Ling also nodded with some doubts.Yanshi is the only spiritual tool in each clan that can immediately ask the demon king for help. Generally speaking, only when it is about life and death will they leapfrog to the demon king for help.

For thousands of years, most of Yanshi had been left untouched, but today he suddenly received a request for help, let alone to go back with Yao Jue.Although Situ Ling was suspicious, he didn't dare to take the clan of the demon world as a trivial matter, and he hesitated after explaining it to Yao Jue and Yuqin.

"Since Yan Shi has been invited to move, it must be something urgent, you should go back and have a look." Yuqin said.

Situ Ling pondered for a while, then nodded slowly.Yao Jue got up, and suddenly said: "Wait a minute. Qing Yu has no inner alchemy now, and her body is weak, if Wu He and the others use some tricks and tricks, we may not be able to get rid of it thousands of miles away."

Hearing this, Situ Ling took out a golden leaf from his bosom, and said, "This is the golden feather, which is a body shield that can resist all spells. Now Wuhe is busy absorbing his cultivation, so he won't Come out in person, as for those underlings under his command, they are insignificant, with Jin Lingyu around, they can't hurt you."

Yuqin knew that it was Situling who saved his life, so he didn't refuse. He raised his hand to take it and put it in his arms. Immediately, Jin Lingyu glowed with light, and a wave of spiritual power slowly poured out in all directions. The corner moved automatically without wind, and then a warm light enveloped him.

Seeing this, Yao Jue felt much more at ease, and looked at Situ Ling. The two walked out of the hut. Situ Ling was still a little worried, so he turned around and looked at Yu Qin who was sitting alone in the room, and said, "If the situation is not good, you should hurry up and get rid of it." Drink that water, and then transform the spirit beads into inner alchemy for your use, so you don’t have to be afraid of them anymore.”

Yuqin looked at the nagging Situling a little dumbfounded, so he had to nod in agreement with him first.

Seeing this, Situ Ling and Yao Jue turned into spots of light and disappeared.

Outside the city, next to the official road.

The crows on the branches hide among the layers of branches and leaves, occasionally making strange calls.The official road is sparsely populated, and there are almost no merchants coming and going.Suddenly, a mass of black air surged behind the tree, and then suddenly shrank, turning into a figure. A man in a large black robe slowly walked out from behind the tree. His entire face was hidden under the brim of a black hat, and billowing black air lingered all over his body. .

The crow fluttered up and landed on the shoulder of the man in black.The man raised his fingertips and stroked the crow's beak, and looked sideways at the gate of Yongshui City not far away.

"So that's the case, do you think there is nothing you can do if you give it to Jin Lingyu?"

He chuckled a few times, shook his fingertips, and with a "quack" sound, the crow flew up into the sky, turning into a black shadow and flying into the city like an arrow leaving the string.

The man in black robe put down the brim of his hat leisurely, revealing a pair of narrow fox eyes, it was the missing Hu Jiulang!

Hu Jiulang concentrated on his decision, and then the foreground changed, and in the blink of an eye, he had already arrived at the small wooden house at the foot of the mountain outside the city!

The door of the wooden house was closed tightly, and Xiaobai lay leisurely at the door, sweeping his tail back and forth on the ground from time to time, all around was silent, except for the chirping of birds and the sound of the wind, like a paradise.

Hu Jiulang looked at the small black room in front of him, with a slight grin on the corner of his mouth, he clicked his tongue at Xiaobai happily, trying to attract it, Xiaobai raised his head vigilantly, and looked at Hu Jiulang.

Hu Jiulang smiled, and threw two black shadows at Xiao Bai with his backhand. The black shadows landed on the ground with a dull sound, and they were the two snake corpses, one green and one black.

Xiaobai stood up immediately, with a threatening whine sound from his throat, and then barked wildly at Hu Jiulang.

Yuqin got up from the couch, seeing Xiaobai barking, she couldn't help frowning, got up and went out, seeing nothing unusual around her, Yuqin was puzzled, but when she turned around, she suddenly saw two snake corpses on the ground, all of a sudden her body trembled Stiff, complex eyes.

Yuqin stopped for a long time, squatted down slowly, sighed, with a look of sadness in his eyes, raised his hand to hold the two green and black snakes on the ground in his palms, condensed the last touch of spiritual breath from his body and poured them into the bodies of the two snakes. And die... It's a pity that I have no cultivation now, so I can barely send some spiritual breath to help you reincarnate."

Yuqin walked heavily, holding the already cold and stiff snake corpse into the forest with both hands, dug a small hole with bare hands, and put the two green and black snakes into it.

Xiaobai sniffed at the edge of the soil, whimpered a few times, put his wet nose to Yuqin's hand, and arched him, Yuqin came back to his senses, raised his hand to stroke Xiaobai.

outside the city.

Hu Jiulang was dressed in a black robe, and walked slowly towards the city gate. As he walked, the black air overflowed all over his body, and his skin continued to bulge, as if there were living things rolling in it. Every time Hu Jiulang took a step, the black air flowed toward He stored one point in his body.When all the black energy penetrated into his body, Hu Jiulang surged crazily under the skin all over his body, and then his eyebrows and eyes changed strangely.

"Stop, who is it?" said the soldier guarding outside the city.

Hu Jiulang slowly took off the brim of his hat, it was Xia Xinglan's face!

Lingshan, the sun is shining, and the sun is setting.A group of flying birds flew across the crimson sky far away.

"Master... I..." Xia Xinglan hesitated.

The Taoist had already expected it, and said with a smile: "If you want to go, go. If you have something to say, it's better to talk about it. Otherwise, when people leave, you really won't have a chance to talk about it. Why spend your life with regrets?"

After another long silence, Xia Xinglan was in a trance when a ray of sunlight entered the room.Suddenly, the door was knocked.

"Master? My disciple brought you dinner."

"Come in. You can bring some more, let's eat here for the teacher today."

"Of course. Knowing that Master wants to keep a meal, today I specially made the dishes that Master and senior brothers love." Liu Shu smiled, sat down at the table with a food box in one hand, and started serving dishes.

"Is Master still in good health these days?"

The Taoist stroked his long beard and said with a smile, "Same as usual."

"The weather has improved in recent days, why don't Master go out for a walk?"

Liu Shu served the Taoist dishes on his own, and handed a plate of fried meat with bamboo shoots to Xia Xinglan, and said warmly: "Senior brother always praised me for making this dish well, but I haven't seen it for many years, why don't you try it again, see the taste how?"

Xia Xinglan responded with a muffled voice, and began to eat absent-mindedly.

Seeing this, Liu Shu just kept talking to the Taoist. The Taoist seemed to be in a good mood today, and he often laughed out loud at what Liu Shu said.Xia Xinglan was stuck in the shadows like a piece of wood, her eyes straightened.

"Master..." Xia Xinglan said suddenly, Liu Shu paused, and the Taoist also looked at him lovingly.

"I...I want to find Yuqin."

Before the Taoist could answer, Liu Shushi said calmly: "Yuqin is in this Jianzong, senior brother can see him anytime he wants, or I can arrange to place him in your yard?"

The Taoist smiled and remained silent.

"No, I want to see him."

Liu Shu's smile froze, and then his complexion darkened.

Xie Manor has a distinguished guest today.

Sitting in the hall, Mr. Xie looked at the next "Xia Xinglan" with a calm demeanor, hesitated for a moment and said slowly: "What does the Taoist priest mean... let me call the townspeople to go catch the monster with you?"

Hu Jiulang smiled and said, "Yes. You don't need the whole city, just a few dozen young adults."

"But..." Mr. Xie was a little speechless, "But we are just ordinary people, how can we catch monsters? Besides, you can't even catch the Taoist priest. Wouldn't it be worthless if we went to die?"

Hu Jiulang said calmly: "The monster is already at the end of its strength, and now it has fled to my house. He is best at illusion, and he escaped a few steps ahead of me, and took on the appearance of my wife. He wants to use this to deceive you. "

Mr. Xie was still a little hesitant, Hu Jiulang continued: "Tomorrow, you just need to stay on the sidelines. The monster has lost all his spells now. When I set up a net, you can just listen to my orders. Don't worry, you will never harm a city citizen." .”

Master Xie got up and paced back and forth in the hall, with a serious expression on his face, "Master... are you sure you won't hurt any city dweller?"

Hu Jiulang nodded happily. "Now the monster is weak, and we just got rid of him at this time. If we continue to delay until he recovers his spells, I can't guarantee that he won't come into the city to slaughter wantonly."

Master Xie frowned deeply, and nodded slowly. "I'm going to call the city people tomorrow."

Hu Jiulang got up with a smile, cupped his hands, turned and walked into the night.

The atmosphere in Yinmei Pavilion was stagnant for a while, Liu Shu was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "Do you know where to find him, brother? Maybe he is already dead, the demon cannot live without the inner alchemy."

"Maybe..." Xia Xinglan hesitated, "I don't know, but I want to try. If he is still alive, he should return to Yongshui City."

Liu Shu's expression remained unchanged, and he put a chopstick of bamboo shoots into Xia Xinglan's bowl, "I heard that there have been traces of demons in Pei's mansion recently, maybe... I don't know if I go to Pei's mansion. Just in case, brother, why don't you go first?" Let’s take a look at Pei’s mansion? If you’re not in Pei’s mansion, then follow the trails where you came to find Yongshui City.”

Xia Xinglan nodded helplessly: "That's fine."

"Master, take your time, I'll go back and clean up first." Xia Xinglan seemed a little anxious, put down the chopsticks, the food in the bowl was piled up high, but did not move a mouthful, the Taoist nodded with a smile, Xia Xinglan felt like a gust of wind ran out.

Liu Shu seemed to want to say something, but the Taoist interrupted him and pushed the dish towards Liu Shu.

"Eat it, don't waste it."

Liu Shu was helpless, a little absent-minded.

On the second day, Yuqin was lying on the cold and hard bed, and was awakened by Xiaobai's barking.I was a little confused for a while, but suddenly there was a lot of people outside the door, bustling and bustling, it seemed that a lot of people had gathered.

Yuqin suddenly had an ominous premonition, and his mind returned instantly. He immediately got up and held Jin Lingyu in his palm, and pushed open the door.

Standing at the door, Xiao Bai kept barking at the group of people facing him. When he saw Yu Qin coming out, he barked even more vigorously, as if he was about to bite.The townspeople held long sticks or shovels in their hands and looked at him warily, their hands trembling unconsciously when they looked closely.

"What are you going to do?" Yuqin said coldly.

"You... you monster! Capture it without a fight!"

Yuqin narrowed his eyes slightly, it seemed that they were determined to kill him.A burst of anger suddenly rose in Yuqin's heart, and he shouted: "Get out!"

"Everyone be safe." Hu Jiulang walked out of the crowd slowly.

Yuqin was shocked, "Xia..." Hu Jiulang raised his hand abruptly before he finished speaking, a golden light flashed out, turned into a dagger in mid-air, and flew straight towards Yuqin!

When the dagger was about to touch Yuqin, it was suddenly blocked by Jin Lingyu and flew out.

The city residents were in an uproar. Some people who were skeptical at first all decided that the Yuqin in front of them was a monster!Otherwise, how could he just stand there and bounce the dagger? !

No, he is not Xia Xinglan.

Yuqin's suppressed anger was instantly ignited at this moment, her eyes were red and her breathing was heavy.He stared fixedly at the person in front of him pretending to be Xia Xinglan.

"You are not worthy to lie to me with his appearance!"

Hu Jiulang suddenly laughed, and Yuqin became furious. He stepped forward and wanted to grab Hu Jiulang, but Hu Jiulang stepped back abruptly, and the surrounding townspeople rushed forward, throwing their nets all over Yuqin. Smash it.

Yuqin was in a bad mood, so he turned around and wanted to dodge, but unexpectedly Hu Jiulang had already arranged it properly, and suddenly the nets in all directions covered him like a head!

Immediately the net tightened, and Yuqin was immediately trapped. Now that he had no spells, he could only stand there panting heavily, his eyes flushed and staring at Hu Jiulang who was not far away.

Xiaobai on the side jumped over the crowd, threw himself at Yuqin's feet, tore at the net, and let out threatening roars from his throat, forcing back the townspeople who wanted to drive him away.

"Where did this dog come from?!"

"It belongs to Daoist Xia."

Everyone looked at Hu Jiulang in unison, Xiaobai raised his head and kept barking at Hu Jiulang with a fierce look in his eyes.

"This... is this dog crazy?!"

"Don't panic, everyone." Hu Jiulang said calmly, "This dog is also an accomplice of monsters, so it doesn't recognize me now."

"Then this is a dog demon?!"

"Kill it! Kill the monster!"

"Yes! Get rid of this monster today, the dog monster will definitely hate us, we can't keep it!"

The crowd rushed forward, and beat Xiaobai fiercely with wooden sticks in their hands. Xiaobai let out a wail, subconsciously slipped through the crowd and ran out, but turned around suddenly on the way, was hit by sticks a few times, and one leg was limped He ran back to Yuqin and continued to tear at the net.

Yuqin's nose suddenly became sour, and he grabbed the falling stick with one hand and drove Xiaobai away loudly.

Xiaobai turned back several times to try to rescue Yuqin, his body was covered with blood, blood overflowed from his mouth and nose, and finally he was beaten on the waist with a stick, and he lay on the ground with his limbs twitching and wailing in pain.

Yuqin only felt a surge of majestic energy in his belly, as if a demon was looking for a place to vent, and immediately Yuqin uttered a loud drink, and the surrounding flat ground was blown up, and the wind and sand suddenly rose.

Hu Jiulang frowned when he saw this, and murmured in a low voice: "This is impossible..." He quickly retreated into the woods, turned around and disappeared, and dissipated into a cloud of black smoke.

A bright light suddenly came out from the net, and everyone covered their eyes one after another. When the wind and sand disappeared, they saw a huge green snake exhaling vigorously, staring at the surrounding city residents with lantern-like eyes.

"Daoist Xia...! Where's Daoist Xia?!"

Before the words were finished, the green snake flipped over, and the net around it was shattered into pieces. The townspeople all turned pale in shock. Someone yelled that the Taoist leader was gone, and they all ran away scrambling.

But the green snake didn't chase after it. After a moment of silence, it fell softly backwards, fell to the ground and turned into Yuqin's appearance again.

Yuqin only felt that all the strength in her body was being sucked away, and there was a constant buzzing in her head. After panting for a stick of incense, she finally recovered, and stumbled to Xiaobai's side.

Xiaobai had already died of breath, with blood foaming from his mouth and nose, and his limbs were stiff.His fur was stained with blood.

Yuqin let out a cry of despair in pain.Caressing Xiaobai's fur with one hand, he buried it next to the tomb of the two green and black snakes.

The surroundings were in a mess, Yuqin dragged his body back to the hut exhausted, his whole body seemed to have lost his strength, lying on the couch like a walking corpse, took out a porcelain bottle containing Wangchuan water, put it in his palm and mosuo slowly.

Yuqin lay in bed all day, but Xia Xinglan didn't come.Until the evening of the third day, two hurried figures suddenly appeared outside the wooden house.

Situ Ling and Yao Jue strode into the room, seeing Yuqin lying on the couch safe and sound, they breathed a sigh of relief, still in shock.

"As long as you're fine, you scared me to death. The Fox Clan's Word Stone was lost, and Hu Jiulang took it."

Yuqin remained silent for a long time, until Yao Jue called out several times, then Yuqin moved his shoulders a little, and said slowly, "Is...is anyone here outside?"

Situ Ling looked complicated, and turned his head to look at the already red sunset and the sunset glow in the sky outside the window.

"No."

A thick fog rose in the forest, spreading over the mountains layer by layer, like clouds sweeping to the hut at the foot of the mountain, the red sunset afterglow sprinkled through the thick fog to the forest, turning the fog into a layer of golden red.

The sound of birds chirping in the forest, as the sun shifted, the fog became thicker, and the wooden house was covered layer by layer like tulle, and the cool and damp fog diffused into the house through the window lattice, Yuqin Taking a deep breath, he slowly opened his eyes and sat up.

"Still waiting?"

Yuqin took out the porcelain bottle and slowly opened the seal. At this moment, a ray of afterglow shone on his cheeks. Yuqin didn't answer, but slowly raised his head and drank the water in the bottle.

The adam's apple rolled, and the moment Wangchuan water entered her throat, Yuqin's whole body glowed with a strange luster, her black hair suddenly tilted away, and the bone spirit pearl in her lower abdomen burst into a dazzling light, Yuqin only felt a burst of light. The abundant spiritual power condensed into a dragon shape, and suddenly drilled into his body, continuously condensing into a blue bead.

The surrounding wind was strong, the window frames and doors were blown creakingly, and they slammed against the wall frantically. The clothes on Yuqin's body were turned into ashes as if they were burned by the fire. Immediately, her legs elongated suddenly and turned into a long And the thick green snake tail, faintly mixed with a trace of gold.

The scars all over Yuqin's body were healed, revealing her fair but muscular body, and her black hair hanging down without wind.

Situ Ling narrowed his eyes slightly, knowing that this was the beginning of the bone spirit bead being condensed by Yuqin.

At this time, most of the sun set behind the mountain, and the last rays of sunlight penetrated the thick fog and shone on Yuqin.

Yuqin's upper body was naked at the moment, and her waist was a jasper snake tail. When she raised her face again, she had already changed into another exquisite face that could be called coquettish, with a golden snake-shaped pattern on her forehead.

Thousands of miles away, a long, thick and distant bell suddenly sounded from the Wanyao Temple above the cloud peak,

"when--"

In the demon world, tens of thousands of demons raised their heads and looked in the direction of the Wan Yao Temple.In the rivers, seas and lakes, fishes surfaced one by one, turned into red light and flew towards the sky, like streamers in the sky, flying from all directions to the Temple of Ten Thousand Monsters on the top of the clouds.

"When—" the second bell rang.

Under the sun, a group of white cranes flew far away in the sunshine, passing thousands of rivers and mountains.

On the other side, Lingshan Sword Sect.

Xia Xinglan carried her burden on her back and walked down the mountain path alone.

"when--"

The third bell rang, and Qing Yu slowly opened her eyes, her dark pupils had already turned into golden eyes, the eyes were calm, but fascinating like a whirlpool.

A teardrop glistened at the end of his eye.Qing Yu raised her hand to wipe it away suspiciously, staring fixedly at the drops of water on her fingertips, but she couldn't remember why she was crying anyway.

Yao Jue and Situ Ling stood aside without saying a word.

"When—" the last bell rang.

His Highness Wan Yao is full of demons.

Qingjun returned to the throne, and all the demons had an audience.