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Very good, if that demon has entered that room, he will definitely have the smell of ice brain on his body. "
"It's been such a long time, the smell should have dissipated long ago."
Hu Jiu still shook her head resolutely: "No, it shouldn't be gone yet, I can still smell the ice brain on our bodies, the time interval between us and that monster entering the room is less than a quarter of an hour, such a short period of time will definitely not scattered."
Lin Qingyuan couldn't help smelling himself, but he didn't smell anything, so he couldn't help being amazed.
"But now I don't know where the monster is. It's too far away, and I can't smell the ice brain. That's why I let you guess where they might be."
Lin Qingyuan rubbed his beard, wondering: "This is a bit difficult. The area of Wusutag Town is still limited, but if you include those mountains and lakes, the place will be huge. How can this be done?" Find it."
"Let's take a look at the nearby mountains first." After finishing speaking, the two walked away with their backs leaning on each other.
The two searched in the mountains for two hours, but still did not find any clues. As an old man of five or sixty years old, Lin Qingyuan, although his legs and feet were still very diligent, gradually couldn't keep up with Hu Jiu's pace.So at this moment, she was out of breath and wanted to stop and rest immediately, but at this moment, Hu Jiu suddenly said, "I smell it! It's this smell."
"What, what's the smell?" Lin Qingyuan supported the tree with one hand, put his other hand on his waist, his forehead was dripping with sweat.
"Before I said that the curly-haired monster had a smell that I thought was very familiar, but I couldn't remember what it was. I smelled it again. It smelled like a flower on the side of the mountain. I don't know the name of that flower, but before I saw and smelled it on the mountain before I entered the town, so I got the impression. The flower is very strange, and it seems very unusual, because we have never seen this kind of flower all the way, so the smell must be from people. "
Hu Jiu and Lin Qingyuan looked at each other, "The curly-haired monster is around here!"
Lin Qingyuan didn't care about taking a rest, and said: "Let's go, let's go find it."
"Wait, that curly-haired monster doesn't know what it is capable of. You're human, so he won't find you easily, but I'm different. Is there any way you can make me... as long as I cover up my own smell? good."
"Smell..." Lin Qingyuan stroked his beard and thought for a while: "Yes." Lin Qingyuan took his blue cloth bag off his shoulder, put it on the ground and rummaged inside, and took out a black lacquer bag from inside after a while. something like a purse.
Hu Jiu took it over and asked, "What is this?" He leaned in to his nose and sniffed it, and was immediately coughed by the sour and stinky smell, "What is this smell!"
Lin Qingyuan proudly said: "Unique secret recipe, I guarantee that no matter how powerful he is, he won't be able to smell you, let's go!"
Hu Jiu endured his nausea and hung the purse on his waist, but at this moment, the fire whip jumped out of Hu Jiu's waist by itself, shaking in mid-air, and the dancing posture was quite tangled.
"Fire Spirit Whip, what's wrong with you!"
Lin Qingyuan stroked his beard, his eyes sparkled: "It's a magic whip." Fortunately, Lin Qingyuan is a demon slayer and has seen many strange things. If he were an ordinary person at this moment, he would have been terrified.
Huo Lingwhip twisted himself into a knot, then pointed to the purse on Hujiu's waist with the whip, Hujiu sneered, unexpectedly, even Huo Lingwhip thought it stinks.
Hu Jiu took the Fire Spirit Whip in his hand, and then led Lin Qingyuan to the place where the smell emanated.
This is the north of the town, just across the street from Sita Lake.
I thought that the monster would choose a place closer to the lake, but I didn't expect it to be so far away from the lake.
Lin Qingyuan is a human being, and Hu Jiu now uses a sachet to cover up her own smell, so as long as she is careful, she is not afraid of being discovered by the other party.After walking for a quarter of an hour, the two saw two people standing under a cliff.
It was too far away to see who those two people were, but judging from their stature, they were both men.
Lin Qingyuan pointed to those two people, indicating if Hu Jiu was those two people.
Hu Jiu shook her head, signaling Lin Qingyuan not to act rashly.
But at this moment, one of the opponents flickered and disappeared in place immediately.
"How did you go? You won't find us, will you?"
Hu Jiu shook her head, "Stay here, don't run around, I'll go and have a look." After Hu Jiu finished speaking, the cat got up, crouched in the grass and ran towards that person.
In fact, it would be easier for him to act if he turned into his real body, but because its hair is too conspicuous, it will be exposed instead.
As Hu Jiu was walking, the man in front suddenly turned around and said in a low voice, "Not coming out yet!"
Hu Jiu immediately froze in place, not daring to move. He was already so careful, but he didn't expect to be discovered by this person.
When Hu Jiu was hesitating about what to do, another man's voice came from ahead.
"How did you find me?"
Hu Jiu carefully pushed aside the grass, and followed the moonlight to see the two men facing him. The man standing on the edge of the cliff was a curly-haired monster, but the man who just came out was Huo Xiao!
Huo Xiao was dressed in black at night, with a sword hanging by his side, holding the handle of the sword in one hand, and standing in front of the curly-haired monster with his head held high. He didn't look like a mortal should be when he sees a god.
The curly-haired monster sneered: "Of course I'll find you here as a mortal."
"Monster, was that your accomplice just now?"
The curly-haired monster rubbed its nose and said, "No, he's just my servant. I'm a god. I'm here to catch monsters."
Huo Xiao looked at the curly-haired monster very calmly, and said, "But every time I find you, you are always with that monster."
The curly-haired monster straightened his wind-torn hair and laughed: "What a coincidence."
"If you catch monsters, we will go all the way, and we can cooperate."
Hu Jiu couldn't help admiring Huo Xiao's courage. He actually wanted to cooperate with a god.
The curly-haired monster sneered disdainfully: "Working with a group of mortals really insults my status as a god."
"If that's the case, please leave Usutag, your Excellency, otherwise you will be regarded as the accomplice of that demon."
The curly-haired monster looked at Huo Xiao for a while, and said, "What if I neither leave nor cooperate?"
Huo Xiao slowly drew out the long knife: "Then don't blame me for fulfilling my duties."
The curly-haired monster waved his hand and said: "As a mortal, I have such courage, I still value you very much. Don't be with those stupid mortals." After the curly-haired monster finished speaking, it turned around and flew away. It seems that he doesn't want to get entangled with Huo Xiao.
Huo Xiao put the sword back into the scabbard, and just when Hu Jiu wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, he suddenly heard Lin Qingyuan's shout, and when he turned around, he saw that Lin Qingyuan was surrounded by a group of people.
Hu Jiu turned her head and saw Huo Xiao standing facing him, those sharp eagle-like eyes were clearly looking at him.
Hu Jiu gave a wry smile and stood up, never expecting to escape a god but not a mortal.
Huo Xiao looked at Hu Jiu and asked, "Shouldn't you two be in the town hall?"
Hu Jiu cupped her hands at Huo Xiao and said, "Thank you, Chief Huo."
Huo Xiao probably led people to ambush here on purpose, but because of the appearance of himself and Lin Qingyuan disrupted the plan, Huo Xiao still believed in them, otherwise he would not have stood up to cover them just now.
Huo Xiao gave Hu Jiu a cold look, and said, "Between you and me, it's a write-off."
Hu Jiu was startled for a moment before realizing that Huo Xiao was talking about saving him twice before.Hu Jiu smiled: "Of course."
Lin Qingyuan was surrounded by Huo Xiao's subordinates and left.
Huo Xiao walked down the mountain, Hu Jiu followed, and asked, "Did you hear what they said just now?"
"The child has not been injured yet."
"Is it true? That curly-haired monster said it? If he really has nothing to do with the child thief, how would he know this?"
Huo Xiao looked back at Hu Jiu and said, "I don't understand the difference between you gods or monsters."
"Anything else besides that?"
Huo Xiao said: "No, I didn't arrive much earlier than you. I chased him in this direction before, so I brought someone to see him after I came out of the town hall. I didn't expect to see him."
The group of people returned to the county office slowly. By this time, it was almost dawn.
Hu Jiu and Lin Qingyuan returned to the room, Lin Qingyuan snored as soon as he fell on the bed, and Hu Jiu didn't sleep at all, so he got up after the day was completely bright, and called Lin Qingyuan too.
Lin Qingyuan, an old man, still hugged his pile of ancestral artifacts while sleeping, snored, ground his teeth and farted, which made Hu Jiu so noisy that he almost hit someone.
Hu Jiu called Lin Qingyuan several times before Lin Qingyuan was willing to get up from the bed.Ordinarily, at Lin Qingyuan's age, even if Hu Jiu wanted to do something, he wouldn't want to bother the old man to work with him, but who called this person Lin Qingyuan.
The two ate breakfast hastily in the room and went to the mayor.
Recently, because it is a special period, everyone in the town office has been busy early in the morning. After a tossing all night last night, everyone yawned and braced themselves up.
Maybe it was because Master Zhen had greeted him in advance, or because of some other reason, Hu Jiu received extra courtesy from his servants along the way, and everyone he saw along the way saluted him, which made Hu Jiu quite uncomfortable. On the contrary, Lin Qingyuan, who was following behind Hu Jiu, looked quite proud.
The two were led to the court by the servants, and the mayor sat on the main seat. When he saw the two coming in, he immediately got up to greet them, but Hu Jiu stopped them in time.
"The mayor is very polite. It should be the two of us who greet you." After speaking, Hu Jiu gave Lin Qingyuan a push, and the two saluted the mayor.
The mayor was very pleased, but his eyes were obviously a little disturbed.What he is facing now is not a heinous person, but a monster with high mana. There is no comparison between monsters and humans, so now, the mayor has almost put all his hopes on Hu Jiu.
"Mayor, is there any result from what I told you yesterday?"
The housekeeper replied: "Early this morning, the adults sent people to the homes of those who lost their children to inquire. Those people said that they passed out inexplicably in the middle of the night, and the children disappeared when they woke up. Only three villagers said that they seemed to smell something before they passed out. fragrance."
Lin Qingyuan said pleasantly: "It seems that it is really fragrant."
Hu Jiu nodded: "But it's not an ordinary mist. Some monsters will use their own cultivation to make mist. This kind of mist cannot be solved."
The mayor sighed deeply and said, "What should we do?"
Hu Jiu asked: "Mayor, I still need to see the papers of all the villagers."
"Here, here, it's always ready." The mayor handed over a thick stack of documents to the butler next to him, and the butler handed it to Hu Jiu.
Hu Jiu took the documents and flipped through them carefully. Last night, because he came in secretly, he read them in a hurry, and he didn't remember some details clearly. Now he can read them carefully: "How many documents have been lost so far?" child?"
The housekeeper sighed, and said in a heavy tone: "Two more villages came to vote this morning, and the total number of missing children is 99."
Hu Jiu was startled: "99!"
Hu Jiu turned to look at Lin Qingyuan, who was also surprised.
Seeing the expressions of Hu Jiu and Lin Qingyuan, the mayor and the butler immediately felt their hearts ache, and looked at them anxiously.
Hu Jiu involuntarily grabbed the document in his hand, and asked Lin Qingyuan, "What did you say that monster was going to do?"
Lin Qingyuan shook his head: "No, I was talking nonsense."
"what!"
Lin Qingyuan swallowed his saliva and said, "Gather a hundred virgins and virgins to refine the elixir of life."
☆, altar
"Elixir? Are you sure?"
Lin Qingyuan shook his head and said: "Not sure, but such a cruel act was recorded in my master's handbook, so this is just my guess. Generally speaking, the altar can be opened at any time when refining the elixir of life, as long as it is in the process of refining It is enough to keep adding materials for refining, but the refining furnace is very huge, and because it is refined by people, the surrounding resentment is extremely heavy, and usually you can feel the deep chill within a mile away But now you have also seen that there is no place like this in the whole of Usutag, so the monster has not harmed those children. will start using those kids."
Seeing the mayor's pale face, Lin Qingyuan comforted him, "Don't worry, my lord, your son's life should not be in danger right now."
The steward said: "There are a hundred virgins, a huge number, and a very large place is needed to house them. This should be easy to find, but why can't we find them?"
Lin Qingyuan said: "That monster is so advanced, it's not easy to hide a group of children? As long as there is an enchantment, even if you stand in front of those children, you can't see them." After Lin Qingyuan finished speaking, he looked at Hu Jiu. Could it be that Hu Jiu still can't see without the mana set by the monster?Hu Jiu's cultivation level is shallow, didn't the curly-haired monster also notice it?
"Even so, in order for the children to wait until he has everything ready, he has to prepare food and drink for the children. How does he deal with these things?" Hu Jiu suddenly stood up Said: "A hundred virgins, that is to say, he only needs the last child now?"
The mayor suddenly asked Lin Qingyuan excitedly: "Do we need an equal number of men and women for a hundred virgins?"
Lin Qingyuan said: "That's right."
Hu Jiu's eyes lit up: "Is the remaining child a boy or a girl?"
The housekeeper immediately flipped through the documents, and replied after a while: "There is one girl left."
"There's one girl left."
The mayor stood up immediately, and said to the housekeeper, "Immediately investigate all girls aged one to ten years old, and don't miss all of them."
"Yes!" The butler immediately walked out the door.
The mayor thought for a while, then shouted out the door: "Huang Wu!"
Immediately, a tall guard in armor ran in: "My lord, what are your orders?"
"Immediately send people to step up the investigation of all suspicious places in the town, pay attention to remote wilderness areas, open places, caves, farmers, all must be searched, and the places that have been checked must be searched again for me."
Huang Wu's face showed a bit of embarrassment. Usutag covers a vast area, and the people's residences are relatively concentrated, but there are countless open mountains. There are not many officers and soldiers in the town, but Huang Wu just asked: "All Usuta Do you have to check all the mountains in the Georgia area?"
"That's right, don't let go of any suspicious places."
Huang Wu led the order to go down, the mayor thought about it again, and ordered the housekeeper: "Order, let all the villagers pay attention to where there is a lot of clear water and things are missing, and report it in time if you find it."
The steward said: "Yes, the villain will send someone there."
The mayor sighed and said: "Now we can do everything we can, and we can't do the rest. As for the monster, we have to rely on the young master and Lin Daochang."
Lin Qingyuan smiled and said, "It's easy to talk about."
The mayor looked at Hu Jiu and asked, "I don't know what else the young master wants?"
Hu Jiu said: "The mayor can just call me Hu Jiu, Hu Jiu has a request now."
The mayor hurriedly said, "But it doesn't matter."
"I want Huo Xiao."
"Huo Xiao?"
"I know that Huo Xiao is in charge of Wusutag's safety, but now I need help, and Huo Xiao is the most suitable." Hu Jiu really appreciated Huo Xiao.
"Okay, okay," the mayor said to the housekeeper, "Go and call Huo Xiao. Except for Huo Xiao, the whole family will do their best to help the two of you conquer the monsters as soon as possible, rescue all the lost children, and return Usutag. Peaceful."
"Are you done with your work?"
Huo Xiao nodded: "Although some families did not cooperate, they agreed under the persuasion of the mayor."
Hu Jiu nodded: "I think the mayor's method is still feasible. Gathering all the children together can provide the greatest protection for the children. If the monster can't find the children, it will definitely show up. It’s enough to just sit back and wait.” Hu Jiu rubbed her chin, thinking to herself, “I don’t know if those magic tools that Lin Qingyuan used to protect those children are useful.”
Hu Jiu looked at the expressionless Huo Xiao, and asked curiously, "You don't want to know why I chose you?"
Huo Xiao still said expressionlessly: "I only obey the arrangement of my superiors."
"Then what are we going to do now?" Lin Qingyuan asked.
Hu Jiu frowned and said: "I never knew where the monster captured so many children and put them there. If so many children were not dead, they would definitely eat and drink. These are all things the monster must consider. So now Concentrated large locations and water sources are the ones we should investigate first."
Huo Xiao said: "Actually, I know a place, three miles west of Sitahu, that place...is very suspicious, I think you should go there and have a look."
Hu Jiu wondered, "Where is it?"
"Like a place for an altar."
Lin Qingyuan's eyes lit up immediately: "Then what are you waiting for? Let's go quickly."
Huo Jiu and Lin Qingyuan quickly walked there under the leadership of Huo Xiao. Among the three, Lin Qingyuan's physical strength was the weakest. After all, he was only a mortal with a mortal body, and he was too old, so he said he couldn't go after a few steps Lai stayed where he was and refused to leave. Hu Jiu and Huo Xiao had to stop and wait for him for a while. At first they thought that it was understandable for Lin Qingyuan to take a rest when he was old, but then Lin Qingyuan got worse and said that his legs were numb. For a while, I said that I was thirsty, and I had to rest for a while after taking two steps.Later, Hu Jiu's patience was exhausted, and he directly threatened Lin Qingyuan with his fire whip. Lin Qingyuan shrank his neck and didn't dare to rest anymore. He gritted his teeth when he was tired, and managed to reach the place all the way.
Until reaching the place Huo Xiao mentioned, Lin Qingyuan sat down on the ground and couldn't get up again.
"They have really been here." Hu Jiu looked at the messy footprints on the ground, all of which were small footprints the size of an adult's palm, and there were a lot of them.
"Does this prove that those children are still alive, and that monster hasn't harmed those children yet." Huo Xiao also gathered around the ground to watch.
This place is a very wide flat land, surrounded by mountains on all sides, with an unobstructed sky above, surrounded by sparse vegetation, and a clear stream flows through here from the mountains.
There are many stone things on the ground. There is a large stone plate in the middle of the valley. There are nine stone piers around the stone plate. Many complex totems are carved on the surface of the stone plate and stone piers. The most conspicuous one is the gossip totem in the middle. , This is what Huo Xiao said looks like an altar, Hu Jiu shouted: "Old man, what are these things for?"
Lin Qingyuan lay on the ground, glanced here, and said, "Drinking tea."
Huo Xiao touched the edge of the stone plate and said, "Is this the altar?"
"possible."
There is still a smell in the air here, this smell can only be smelled by Hu Jiu, it is a human smell, and it also has a demon smell.
"I don't know if this is the altar of the monster, but I'm sure this is the lair where the monster lives these days."
"It's not." Huo Xiao retorted Hu Jiu at this time: "Such a place covers a wide area, has water sources, footprints, and this big stone plate with nine stone piers. I have found it elsewhere. Including this There are five places in total.”
"you sure?"
"of course."
"That monster is so cunning, he has brought so many children, how do he get there, and where does he get food for those children?"
Hu Jiu raised her head and looked at the sky where the white clouds overlapped. A hundred children could live forever.
"That's right!" Hu Jiu ran to Lin Qingyuan and asked, "Does anyone need to find a specific time or celestial phenomenon to refine medicine? If that monster really needs a hundred children, he has already caught 99 of them now." , which means that day is near.”
When Lin Qingyuan heard it, he seemed to have thought of something, he immediately sat up and meditated cross-legged, counting with his fingers in a manner, and after a while he opened his eyes and said: "That's right, it's right in front of us."
"When?"
"Two days later, at midnight, three stars embrace the moon." Lin Qingyuan pinched his fingers for a moment, and said, "But it's wrong, and it doesn't make sense."
Hu Jiu frowned: "What's wrong?"
"Three stars hugging the moon is a very auspicious day. It is an extremely sinister method to refine the elixir of life with a hundred virgins, and in order to maximize the resentment, you must choose an extremely cold day to start refining, and The shortest refining period is seven to seven."
"Is this a special time recently?"
"That's right, the next vision day will be three months later. This date is definitely unrealistic, because those children can't wait too long."
"Huo Xiao, I want to visit some other places like this."
Huo Xiao was very courageous and didn't talk too much. After hearing Hu Jiu's words, he immediately stepped forward to lead the way.Hu Jiu took two steps and turned back, "Old man, you go back to the town hall first, I warn you not to run away secretly, otherwise I have plenty of ways to find you."
Lin Qingyuan glanced at Hu Jiu resentfully, but did not refute.
Huo Xiao led Hu Jiu to the nearest location, and the two of them froze in place as soon as they got there. This place was the same as the one I saw before, it was a valley surrounded by mountains, but this place There was no water source, Linghu Jiu and Huo Xiao were shocked because there were several skeletons in the middle of the valley.
The two looked at each other and walked over together. Hu Jiu was relieved when he saw the outline and shape of the bone.
Huo Xiao picked up a bone and said, "Sheep bone, it looks like it should have been five days ago."
"Only three, enough for those children to eat."
Huo Xiao nodded, stood up and checked the surroundings: "There is no sign of fire here, the sheep should be brought from somewhere else."
"You should send someone to watch these places, at least now we will gain something."
Huo Xiao shook his head and said: "It's useless, I sent people to guard, but after twelve people died in succession, we dare not send people here anymore."
So that's the case, Hu Jiu couldn't help sighing.
"Do you remember that the mayor said before that when the demon first entered the town to steal the child, he said that he only borrowed the child for a few days and returned it soon, right?"
Huo Xiao nodded.
Hu Jiu smiled and said: "In this way, doesn't it mean that the monster didn't intend to hurt those children, and it looks like the monster treats these children well, so it's possible that the monster wants to fatten up before killing them?"
Huo Xiao laughed: "Those who eat sheep will eventually become sheep, and there will be no good end anyway."
Hu Jiu couldn't help sighing, "Immortality is such a fascinating thing."
Huo Xiao sneered instead, and said with disdain, "You can live forever, hum."
"Is it possible that you don't want to live forever?"
"It's enough for me to live this life. I don't want to watch the people around me die one by one. Is that called immortality? That's called life is better than death."
Hu Jiu tsk-tsk said: "It would be great if everyone thought the same as you."
"Can't a demon live forever? Do you have to use such a brutal method to achieve the goal of immortality?"
Hu Jiu shook her head, "Gods, demons, and demons are like the creatures in the three realms, they all have birth, old age, sickness and death, but the lifespan of gods and demons is longer than that of humans, but they will eventually perish one day."
Hu Jiu and Huo Xiao quickly looked at the other three places at a very fast speed. The other four places were very similar to the places the three people saw before. The terrain, the decorations, everything showed that this was the place that the monster had deliberately seen. What was set up was for the final formation.
There are still human and demon scents in the air in those places, but one is weaker than the other, but Hu Jiu sensitively judges that the scent of the demon is the same, there is only one demon.
"This is the last place. I have seen all the places. The traces here are much lighter than the previous three, and the footprints have been blown away by the wind." Huo Xiao looked at this place and said.
"This place hasn't been visited for at least a while." Hu Jiu walked slowly, he could always smell a faintly familiar smell here, this smell mixed with the smell of the demon, isn't it It's obvious, but it's too obvious to compare people's tastes.
Hu Jiu walked around in circles. Huo Xiao knew that Hu Jiu was using a "special" method to find clues, so he didn't bother.
Suddenly Hu Jiu squatted on the ground and said, "Come here, help me lift this stone pier."
Huo Xiao walked over and saw that Hu Jiu was picking up the sand under a stone pier. He didn't know why, so he put down his knife to help Hu Jiu to work together. The point sank, and Hu Jiu pushed the stone pier, but it didn't move at all.
Huo Xiao pushed Hu Jiu away and said, "I'll try."
Huo Xiao steadied his horse, shouted loudly, hugged the stone pier with a pair of iron walls, the veins on his forehead popped out, his face was flushed, and he saw the thick stone pier slowly moving under Huo Xiao's arms .
Hu Jiu exclaimed, "What a lot of strength."
Huo Xiao yelled, and pushed the stone pier to the ground.Then stood up and gasped.
"Good job!" Hu Jiu patted Huo Xiao on the shoulder and walked over to dig the sand under the stone pier with both hands. After a while, a dark green thing appeared.
"What is this?" The jade pendant was buried deep under the sand, and it must have been accidentally dropped by a monster. If Hu Jiu could not smell it, who would have known that there was such a thing under the sand under the stone pier.
Hu Jiu looked at the green jade pendant buried deep in the sand and said, "I know who he is." Hu Jiu sighed and reached for it.
However, at this time, a powerful divine power suddenly rose from behind.Hu Jiu only felt a black shadow flash in front of her eyes, and she was hit hard in the chest.
Immediately, he flew out together with Huo Xiao who hadn't had time to react.
☆, Qi Zhan
Huo Xiao reacted faster than the demon Hu Jiu. He fell to the ground and jumped up without a single pause. At the same time, he drew out the long knife beside him, looked at the person coming like a falcon, and then spat out. Bloody spittle.
Hu Jiu fell to the ground and looked at the person coming, gritted his teeth and said, "It's you."
"What a coincidence, we meet again."
On the edge of the stone plate in front, Qi Zhan stood tall and thin, wrapped in black clothes, with curly black hair fluttering in the wind, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, he was quite handsome, especially the evil smile on his lips was even more bewitching.
"I didn't expect that you guys searched so quickly and found this thing." Qi Zhan looked at Hu Jiu and Huo Xiao, thinking that he had stayed in Wusutag for more than a month and hadn't really caught the monster. How could he now? Let you, a mortal and a fox demon, take the lead?He jumped off the stone plate, and he was about to reach out to grab something in the sand.
Hu Jiu suddenly swung out a demon power, and the red demon power rushed towards Qi Zhan.Regardless of whether this man is good or bad, just because he keeps hurting herself again and again, Hu Jiu doesn't want to be polite to this man, let alone the last time this man really wanted to kill him.
Seeing Hu Jiu make a move, Huo Xiao rushed forward without hesitation.
As soon as Qi Zhan blocked Hu Jiu's attack and raised his eyes, the sharp saber slashed down.
Hu Jiu quickly turned around and joined the fight between the two. This man obviously has more than [-] years of cultivation, Hu Jiu and Huo Xiao are no match for him at all, and the man has not tried his best at all. The appearance and the moves all carry the meaning of playing tricks.
Huo Jiu and Huo Xiao looked at each other, and saw the unconcealable anger in each other's eyes. Hu Jiu took out the Fire Spirit Whip, and his momentum surged. With a flick of the long whip, the piercing whistle sounded.
Huo Xiao quietly withdrew, he could see the crimson color all over the fiery red whip, and the crimson trajectory that appeared when he swung it, he knew that it was not suitable for him to play now.
Qi Zhan's eyes lit up, as if he was excited when he saw his opponent, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he geared up to meet Hu Jiu.
With the help of the Fire Whip, Hu Jiu's momentum rose sharply. The two of them had gone through several moves in the blink of an eye. Hu Jiu fell slightly, but his gaze remained firm and unafraid.
Qi Zhan asked, "What's your weapon called?"
Hu Jiu held the handle of the whip with one hand, slid over the whip with the other, looked at Qi Zhan vigilantly and said, "You have no right to know."
Qi Zhan shook his finger: "No, no, no, just because I have gone through several tricks with it and still haven't lost, it means that I am qualified."
"In this way, it is your honor to compete with Huo Lingbian, look at the whip!" Hu Jiu said and rushed forward again.
"Fire Spirit Whip!" Qi Zhan greeted him again excitedly.
Huo Xiao had to stay away again, because when the two fought, the area involved was too wide. Every time Qi Zhan swung his palm, and every time Hu Jiu swung his whip, the places affected by the divine power were smashed into pieces, creating an altar At this moment, it has been ruined by the two of them. The scene is dark, dusty and charming.
"The fire whip really shouldn't be held by you, a fox demon." Qi Zhan showed a smile that was bound to win, and more and more powerful divine power was bred in the palm of his hand.
"Fox Jiu!" Huo Xiao yelled, and jumped out from behind Qi Zhan. Hu Jiu immediately understood Huo Xiao's intentions and quickly threw out a whip. Qi Zhan was distracted by the fake whip, and Huo Xiao behind him simultaneously He took out a white paper with cinnabar characters from his pocket, and stuck it on Qi Zhan's body instantly.
Qi Zhan suddenly yelled, and his left arm stuck by the characters couldn't move for a moment.
Huo Xiao landed on the ground, rolled neatly to cushion his strength, and then ran to stand with Hu Jiu.
"What is that?" Hu Jiu looked at Qi Zhan and asked.
"The body talisman. Lin Qingyuan gave it, but I didn't expect it to be useful." Huo Xiao and Hu Jiu stood shoulder to shoulder.
"Your demon mirror is also Lin Qingyuan's, right?"
Huo Xiao snorted and laughed: "Yes."
The body-fixing talisman was useful, but only a little bit, because it only held Qi Zhan's left arm. Qi Zhan glanced at Huo Xiao, and suddenly felt ashamed. This talisman was obviously used to deal with demons, this stupid Mortals dare to use it against themselves!Qi Zhan stretched out his right hand and tore off the talisman paper on his left arm, and slowly rubbed it into his palm. After a while, the talisman paper turned into flying ash and scattered in the air.
"I really underestimated you, a mortal!" Qi Zhan glared at Huo Xiao, gnashing his teeth when he spoke.He really underestimated Huo Xiao, a mortal, and didn't take Huo Xiao seriously at all, but this man was even more powerful than Hu Jiu who was holding a fire whip.
Qi Zhan was furious, Hu Jiu and Huo Xiao looked at each other and rushed forward at the same time.
Facts have proved that even if Hu Jiu holds an ancient artifact, he is still a fox demon who is less than [-] years old, and no matter how powerful Huo Xiao is, he is still a mortal, and the two of them can't beat this powerful man of the gods together.
After a few tricks, Huo Xiao was hit by Qi Zhan's palm first, slid several feet on the ground and finally hit a stone pier, and immediately vomited blood.
Hu Jiu threw out a whip, Qi Zhan didn't dodge or dodge, he reached out and grabbed the scarlet whip. After grabbing and pulling, he immediately grabbed Hu Jiu who was unwilling to let go, and at the same time stretched out his right hand and hit it. On Hu Jiu's chest, Hu Jiu spit out a big mouthful of blood.
Qi Zhan threw Hu Jiu to Huo Xiao's side like throwing trash. Huo Xiao clutched his chest and saw that Hu Jiu's face was pale, and the two were equally embarrassed.
"I just want to catch a monster here in Wusutag, but you guys are blocking my way. I'm sorry, both of you." Qi Zhan said, stretching out his dark palm.
However, at this moment, another powerful demon force emerged from the mountain. Hu Jiu reacted very timely this time. When he suddenly felt something was wrong, he immediately grabbed Huo Xiao who was planning to sneak attack. The two dragged each other and hid on the stone pier Qi Zhan reacted very quickly, but instead of dodging, he stretched out his palm directly to meet this force.
In the blink of an eye, Qi Zhan was repelled several steps by that powerful force, Hu Jiu showed surprise on his face, the person who suddenly appeared had a higher level of cultivation than this man, and the person who appeared was a demon.
"You finally showed up!" Qi Zhan stood on the ground looking at the place where the demon power came from, and said, "I have been chasing you for a month, but you are hiding very secretly, I thought you were a coward and dared not come out to see me , why show up now?"
Qi Zhan's voice was very loud, and there was even a slight echo in the valley, but there was no response.
"Why don't you speak?" Qi Zhan frowned.
"Get out of here." A somewhat hoarse voice came from all directions in the valley.
"I will never leave until I see your real body." Qi Zhan flew up and flew across every corner of the valley, and when he flew to a certain mountain top, a sudden demon force hit him right in front of him. Chest, Qi Zhan reached out to block it in time, but he still couldn't resist the domineering monster power, and his face turned pale immediately.
Huo Xiao opened his eyes wide and looked at Qi Zhanmeng, then took a dozen steps back. He couldn't see it with his naked eyes, but Hu Jiu could clearly see the monster force hitting Qi Zhan's chest.
"You arrived in Wusutag on the 37th, and you have hurt four mortals back and forth. Don't you know that you have violated the rules of heaven?" The hoarse and deep voice still came from all directions with depressing majesty.
"Tian Tiao? Hehe..." Qi Zhan had a mocking smile on his lips, without any sign of remorse, and flew up again.
"Well, today I will seek justice for the four mortals you hurt." The majestic voice echoed, and at the same time, countless green lights came from all directions, rushing towards Qi Zhan like a rain of swords.
Hu Jiu opened his mouth slightly. In front of his eyes, Qi Zhan was surrounded by countless green lights. Qi Zhan resisted vigorously. The two met opponents and refused to give in to each other. The trees about half a mile away from here shook violently as if they had encountered a strong wind. , the fierce atmosphere intensified in the valley.
Huo Xiao gritted his teeth, and quietly clenched the steel knife in his hand. With the other hand, he quickly made sure that the hidden weapon on his chest was placed so that it could be used at any time. He looked up at the sky, and with his mortal eyes, he could only see The curly-haired man was fighting alone in mid-air, but he couldn't see his fighter.
The person who fought with Qi Zhan has never transformed into a real body, and has always maintained the form of countless green lights. The two fought for a long time, and finally when Hu Jiu saw that Qi Zhan was moving slowly and looked tired, The green light suddenly became brighter, and Qi Zhan's body was penetrated by several green lights at the same time. In an instant, Qi Zhan spat out blood and fell to the ground in embarrassment.
At the same time, a man wearing a dark green cloak appeared on a green pine in the distance.The man was tall, with a huge dark green cloak covering his head and face.
Many branches of the surrounding green pines were broken. After the battle, the branches and leaves were still trembling slightly. The wind blew past, and the murderous atmosphere calmed down quietly.
"you lose."
Qi Zhan snorted disdainfully: "So what if you lose? You're just a monster, I'm a god, can you still punish me?"
"That's right." The green-robed man said as he bred a ball of green monster power in his hands, and slowly walked towards Qi Zhan.
"Wait!" Hu Jiu ran out from behind the stone pier and said, "You can't kill him, even if he deserves what he deserves, he should be punished by the heavens, not you, a monster."
The green-robed man looked slightly at Hu Jiu and said, "He was going to kill you just now, and you are still speaking for him?"
"I'm not speaking for him, I'm just
"It's been such a long time, the smell should have dissipated long ago."
Hu Jiu still shook her head resolutely: "No, it shouldn't be gone yet, I can still smell the ice brain on our bodies, the time interval between us and that monster entering the room is less than a quarter of an hour, such a short period of time will definitely not scattered."
Lin Qingyuan couldn't help smelling himself, but he didn't smell anything, so he couldn't help being amazed.
"But now I don't know where the monster is. It's too far away, and I can't smell the ice brain. That's why I let you guess where they might be."
Lin Qingyuan rubbed his beard, wondering: "This is a bit difficult. The area of Wusutag Town is still limited, but if you include those mountains and lakes, the place will be huge. How can this be done?" Find it."
"Let's take a look at the nearby mountains first." After finishing speaking, the two walked away with their backs leaning on each other.
The two searched in the mountains for two hours, but still did not find any clues. As an old man of five or sixty years old, Lin Qingyuan, although his legs and feet were still very diligent, gradually couldn't keep up with Hu Jiu's pace.So at this moment, she was out of breath and wanted to stop and rest immediately, but at this moment, Hu Jiu suddenly said, "I smell it! It's this smell."
"What, what's the smell?" Lin Qingyuan supported the tree with one hand, put his other hand on his waist, his forehead was dripping with sweat.
"Before I said that the curly-haired monster had a smell that I thought was very familiar, but I couldn't remember what it was. I smelled it again. It smelled like a flower on the side of the mountain. I don't know the name of that flower, but before I saw and smelled it on the mountain before I entered the town, so I got the impression. The flower is very strange, and it seems very unusual, because we have never seen this kind of flower all the way, so the smell must be from people. "
Hu Jiu and Lin Qingyuan looked at each other, "The curly-haired monster is around here!"
Lin Qingyuan didn't care about taking a rest, and said: "Let's go, let's go find it."
"Wait, that curly-haired monster doesn't know what it is capable of. You're human, so he won't find you easily, but I'm different. Is there any way you can make me... as long as I cover up my own smell? good."
"Smell..." Lin Qingyuan stroked his beard and thought for a while: "Yes." Lin Qingyuan took his blue cloth bag off his shoulder, put it on the ground and rummaged inside, and took out a black lacquer bag from inside after a while. something like a purse.
Hu Jiu took it over and asked, "What is this?" He leaned in to his nose and sniffed it, and was immediately coughed by the sour and stinky smell, "What is this smell!"
Lin Qingyuan proudly said: "Unique secret recipe, I guarantee that no matter how powerful he is, he won't be able to smell you, let's go!"
Hu Jiu endured his nausea and hung the purse on his waist, but at this moment, the fire whip jumped out of Hu Jiu's waist by itself, shaking in mid-air, and the dancing posture was quite tangled.
"Fire Spirit Whip, what's wrong with you!"
Lin Qingyuan stroked his beard, his eyes sparkled: "It's a magic whip." Fortunately, Lin Qingyuan is a demon slayer and has seen many strange things. If he were an ordinary person at this moment, he would have been terrified.
Huo Lingwhip twisted himself into a knot, then pointed to the purse on Hujiu's waist with the whip, Hujiu sneered, unexpectedly, even Huo Lingwhip thought it stinks.
Hu Jiu took the Fire Spirit Whip in his hand, and then led Lin Qingyuan to the place where the smell emanated.
This is the north of the town, just across the street from Sita Lake.
I thought that the monster would choose a place closer to the lake, but I didn't expect it to be so far away from the lake.
Lin Qingyuan is a human being, and Hu Jiu now uses a sachet to cover up her own smell, so as long as she is careful, she is not afraid of being discovered by the other party.After walking for a quarter of an hour, the two saw two people standing under a cliff.
It was too far away to see who those two people were, but judging from their stature, they were both men.
Lin Qingyuan pointed to those two people, indicating if Hu Jiu was those two people.
Hu Jiu shook her head, signaling Lin Qingyuan not to act rashly.
But at this moment, one of the opponents flickered and disappeared in place immediately.
"How did you go? You won't find us, will you?"
Hu Jiu shook her head, "Stay here, don't run around, I'll go and have a look." After Hu Jiu finished speaking, the cat got up, crouched in the grass and ran towards that person.
In fact, it would be easier for him to act if he turned into his real body, but because its hair is too conspicuous, it will be exposed instead.
As Hu Jiu was walking, the man in front suddenly turned around and said in a low voice, "Not coming out yet!"
Hu Jiu immediately froze in place, not daring to move. He was already so careful, but he didn't expect to be discovered by this person.
When Hu Jiu was hesitating about what to do, another man's voice came from ahead.
"How did you find me?"
Hu Jiu carefully pushed aside the grass, and followed the moonlight to see the two men facing him. The man standing on the edge of the cliff was a curly-haired monster, but the man who just came out was Huo Xiao!
Huo Xiao was dressed in black at night, with a sword hanging by his side, holding the handle of the sword in one hand, and standing in front of the curly-haired monster with his head held high. He didn't look like a mortal should be when he sees a god.
The curly-haired monster sneered: "Of course I'll find you here as a mortal."
"Monster, was that your accomplice just now?"
The curly-haired monster rubbed its nose and said, "No, he's just my servant. I'm a god. I'm here to catch monsters."
Huo Xiao looked at the curly-haired monster very calmly, and said, "But every time I find you, you are always with that monster."
The curly-haired monster straightened his wind-torn hair and laughed: "What a coincidence."
"If you catch monsters, we will go all the way, and we can cooperate."
Hu Jiu couldn't help admiring Huo Xiao's courage. He actually wanted to cooperate with a god.
The curly-haired monster sneered disdainfully: "Working with a group of mortals really insults my status as a god."
"If that's the case, please leave Usutag, your Excellency, otherwise you will be regarded as the accomplice of that demon."
The curly-haired monster looked at Huo Xiao for a while, and said, "What if I neither leave nor cooperate?"
Huo Xiao slowly drew out the long knife: "Then don't blame me for fulfilling my duties."
The curly-haired monster waved his hand and said: "As a mortal, I have such courage, I still value you very much. Don't be with those stupid mortals." After the curly-haired monster finished speaking, it turned around and flew away. It seems that he doesn't want to get entangled with Huo Xiao.
Huo Xiao put the sword back into the scabbard, and just when Hu Jiu wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, he suddenly heard Lin Qingyuan's shout, and when he turned around, he saw that Lin Qingyuan was surrounded by a group of people.
Hu Jiu turned her head and saw Huo Xiao standing facing him, those sharp eagle-like eyes were clearly looking at him.
Hu Jiu gave a wry smile and stood up, never expecting to escape a god but not a mortal.
Huo Xiao looked at Hu Jiu and asked, "Shouldn't you two be in the town hall?"
Hu Jiu cupped her hands at Huo Xiao and said, "Thank you, Chief Huo."
Huo Xiao probably led people to ambush here on purpose, but because of the appearance of himself and Lin Qingyuan disrupted the plan, Huo Xiao still believed in them, otherwise he would not have stood up to cover them just now.
Huo Xiao gave Hu Jiu a cold look, and said, "Between you and me, it's a write-off."
Hu Jiu was startled for a moment before realizing that Huo Xiao was talking about saving him twice before.Hu Jiu smiled: "Of course."
Lin Qingyuan was surrounded by Huo Xiao's subordinates and left.
Huo Xiao walked down the mountain, Hu Jiu followed, and asked, "Did you hear what they said just now?"
"The child has not been injured yet."
"Is it true? That curly-haired monster said it? If he really has nothing to do with the child thief, how would he know this?"
Huo Xiao looked back at Hu Jiu and said, "I don't understand the difference between you gods or monsters."
"Anything else besides that?"
Huo Xiao said: "No, I didn't arrive much earlier than you. I chased him in this direction before, so I brought someone to see him after I came out of the town hall. I didn't expect to see him."
The group of people returned to the county office slowly. By this time, it was almost dawn.
Hu Jiu and Lin Qingyuan returned to the room, Lin Qingyuan snored as soon as he fell on the bed, and Hu Jiu didn't sleep at all, so he got up after the day was completely bright, and called Lin Qingyuan too.
Lin Qingyuan, an old man, still hugged his pile of ancestral artifacts while sleeping, snored, ground his teeth and farted, which made Hu Jiu so noisy that he almost hit someone.
Hu Jiu called Lin Qingyuan several times before Lin Qingyuan was willing to get up from the bed.Ordinarily, at Lin Qingyuan's age, even if Hu Jiu wanted to do something, he wouldn't want to bother the old man to work with him, but who called this person Lin Qingyuan.
The two ate breakfast hastily in the room and went to the mayor.
Recently, because it is a special period, everyone in the town office has been busy early in the morning. After a tossing all night last night, everyone yawned and braced themselves up.
Maybe it was because Master Zhen had greeted him in advance, or because of some other reason, Hu Jiu received extra courtesy from his servants along the way, and everyone he saw along the way saluted him, which made Hu Jiu quite uncomfortable. On the contrary, Lin Qingyuan, who was following behind Hu Jiu, looked quite proud.
The two were led to the court by the servants, and the mayor sat on the main seat. When he saw the two coming in, he immediately got up to greet them, but Hu Jiu stopped them in time.
"The mayor is very polite. It should be the two of us who greet you." After speaking, Hu Jiu gave Lin Qingyuan a push, and the two saluted the mayor.
The mayor was very pleased, but his eyes were obviously a little disturbed.What he is facing now is not a heinous person, but a monster with high mana. There is no comparison between monsters and humans, so now, the mayor has almost put all his hopes on Hu Jiu.
"Mayor, is there any result from what I told you yesterday?"
The housekeeper replied: "Early this morning, the adults sent people to the homes of those who lost their children to inquire. Those people said that they passed out inexplicably in the middle of the night, and the children disappeared when they woke up. Only three villagers said that they seemed to smell something before they passed out. fragrance."
Lin Qingyuan said pleasantly: "It seems that it is really fragrant."
Hu Jiu nodded: "But it's not an ordinary mist. Some monsters will use their own cultivation to make mist. This kind of mist cannot be solved."
The mayor sighed deeply and said, "What should we do?"
Hu Jiu asked: "Mayor, I still need to see the papers of all the villagers."
"Here, here, it's always ready." The mayor handed over a thick stack of documents to the butler next to him, and the butler handed it to Hu Jiu.
Hu Jiu took the documents and flipped through them carefully. Last night, because he came in secretly, he read them in a hurry, and he didn't remember some details clearly. Now he can read them carefully: "How many documents have been lost so far?" child?"
The housekeeper sighed, and said in a heavy tone: "Two more villages came to vote this morning, and the total number of missing children is 99."
Hu Jiu was startled: "99!"
Hu Jiu turned to look at Lin Qingyuan, who was also surprised.
Seeing the expressions of Hu Jiu and Lin Qingyuan, the mayor and the butler immediately felt their hearts ache, and looked at them anxiously.
Hu Jiu involuntarily grabbed the document in his hand, and asked Lin Qingyuan, "What did you say that monster was going to do?"
Lin Qingyuan shook his head: "No, I was talking nonsense."
"what!"
Lin Qingyuan swallowed his saliva and said, "Gather a hundred virgins and virgins to refine the elixir of life."
☆, altar
"Elixir? Are you sure?"
Lin Qingyuan shook his head and said: "Not sure, but such a cruel act was recorded in my master's handbook, so this is just my guess. Generally speaking, the altar can be opened at any time when refining the elixir of life, as long as it is in the process of refining It is enough to keep adding materials for refining, but the refining furnace is very huge, and because it is refined by people, the surrounding resentment is extremely heavy, and usually you can feel the deep chill within a mile away But now you have also seen that there is no place like this in the whole of Usutag, so the monster has not harmed those children. will start using those kids."
Seeing the mayor's pale face, Lin Qingyuan comforted him, "Don't worry, my lord, your son's life should not be in danger right now."
The steward said: "There are a hundred virgins, a huge number, and a very large place is needed to house them. This should be easy to find, but why can't we find them?"
Lin Qingyuan said: "That monster is so advanced, it's not easy to hide a group of children? As long as there is an enchantment, even if you stand in front of those children, you can't see them." After Lin Qingyuan finished speaking, he looked at Hu Jiu. Could it be that Hu Jiu still can't see without the mana set by the monster?Hu Jiu's cultivation level is shallow, didn't the curly-haired monster also notice it?
"Even so, in order for the children to wait until he has everything ready, he has to prepare food and drink for the children. How does he deal with these things?" Hu Jiu suddenly stood up Said: "A hundred virgins, that is to say, he only needs the last child now?"
The mayor suddenly asked Lin Qingyuan excitedly: "Do we need an equal number of men and women for a hundred virgins?"
Lin Qingyuan said: "That's right."
Hu Jiu's eyes lit up: "Is the remaining child a boy or a girl?"
The housekeeper immediately flipped through the documents, and replied after a while: "There is one girl left."
"There's one girl left."
The mayor stood up immediately, and said to the housekeeper, "Immediately investigate all girls aged one to ten years old, and don't miss all of them."
"Yes!" The butler immediately walked out the door.
The mayor thought for a while, then shouted out the door: "Huang Wu!"
Immediately, a tall guard in armor ran in: "My lord, what are your orders?"
"Immediately send people to step up the investigation of all suspicious places in the town, pay attention to remote wilderness areas, open places, caves, farmers, all must be searched, and the places that have been checked must be searched again for me."
Huang Wu's face showed a bit of embarrassment. Usutag covers a vast area, and the people's residences are relatively concentrated, but there are countless open mountains. There are not many officers and soldiers in the town, but Huang Wu just asked: "All Usuta Do you have to check all the mountains in the Georgia area?"
"That's right, don't let go of any suspicious places."
Huang Wu led the order to go down, the mayor thought about it again, and ordered the housekeeper: "Order, let all the villagers pay attention to where there is a lot of clear water and things are missing, and report it in time if you find it."
The steward said: "Yes, the villain will send someone there."
The mayor sighed and said: "Now we can do everything we can, and we can't do the rest. As for the monster, we have to rely on the young master and Lin Daochang."
Lin Qingyuan smiled and said, "It's easy to talk about."
The mayor looked at Hu Jiu and asked, "I don't know what else the young master wants?"
Hu Jiu said: "The mayor can just call me Hu Jiu, Hu Jiu has a request now."
The mayor hurriedly said, "But it doesn't matter."
"I want Huo Xiao."
"Huo Xiao?"
"I know that Huo Xiao is in charge of Wusutag's safety, but now I need help, and Huo Xiao is the most suitable." Hu Jiu really appreciated Huo Xiao.
"Okay, okay," the mayor said to the housekeeper, "Go and call Huo Xiao. Except for Huo Xiao, the whole family will do their best to help the two of you conquer the monsters as soon as possible, rescue all the lost children, and return Usutag. Peaceful."
"Are you done with your work?"
Huo Xiao nodded: "Although some families did not cooperate, they agreed under the persuasion of the mayor."
Hu Jiu nodded: "I think the mayor's method is still feasible. Gathering all the children together can provide the greatest protection for the children. If the monster can't find the children, it will definitely show up. It’s enough to just sit back and wait.” Hu Jiu rubbed her chin, thinking to herself, “I don’t know if those magic tools that Lin Qingyuan used to protect those children are useful.”
Hu Jiu looked at the expressionless Huo Xiao, and asked curiously, "You don't want to know why I chose you?"
Huo Xiao still said expressionlessly: "I only obey the arrangement of my superiors."
"Then what are we going to do now?" Lin Qingyuan asked.
Hu Jiu frowned and said: "I never knew where the monster captured so many children and put them there. If so many children were not dead, they would definitely eat and drink. These are all things the monster must consider. So now Concentrated large locations and water sources are the ones we should investigate first."
Huo Xiao said: "Actually, I know a place, three miles west of Sitahu, that place...is very suspicious, I think you should go there and have a look."
Hu Jiu wondered, "Where is it?"
"Like a place for an altar."
Lin Qingyuan's eyes lit up immediately: "Then what are you waiting for? Let's go quickly."
Huo Jiu and Lin Qingyuan quickly walked there under the leadership of Huo Xiao. Among the three, Lin Qingyuan's physical strength was the weakest. After all, he was only a mortal with a mortal body, and he was too old, so he said he couldn't go after a few steps Lai stayed where he was and refused to leave. Hu Jiu and Huo Xiao had to stop and wait for him for a while. At first they thought that it was understandable for Lin Qingyuan to take a rest when he was old, but then Lin Qingyuan got worse and said that his legs were numb. For a while, I said that I was thirsty, and I had to rest for a while after taking two steps.Later, Hu Jiu's patience was exhausted, and he directly threatened Lin Qingyuan with his fire whip. Lin Qingyuan shrank his neck and didn't dare to rest anymore. He gritted his teeth when he was tired, and managed to reach the place all the way.
Until reaching the place Huo Xiao mentioned, Lin Qingyuan sat down on the ground and couldn't get up again.
"They have really been here." Hu Jiu looked at the messy footprints on the ground, all of which were small footprints the size of an adult's palm, and there were a lot of them.
"Does this prove that those children are still alive, and that monster hasn't harmed those children yet." Huo Xiao also gathered around the ground to watch.
This place is a very wide flat land, surrounded by mountains on all sides, with an unobstructed sky above, surrounded by sparse vegetation, and a clear stream flows through here from the mountains.
There are many stone things on the ground. There is a large stone plate in the middle of the valley. There are nine stone piers around the stone plate. Many complex totems are carved on the surface of the stone plate and stone piers. The most conspicuous one is the gossip totem in the middle. , This is what Huo Xiao said looks like an altar, Hu Jiu shouted: "Old man, what are these things for?"
Lin Qingyuan lay on the ground, glanced here, and said, "Drinking tea."
Huo Xiao touched the edge of the stone plate and said, "Is this the altar?"
"possible."
There is still a smell in the air here, this smell can only be smelled by Hu Jiu, it is a human smell, and it also has a demon smell.
"I don't know if this is the altar of the monster, but I'm sure this is the lair where the monster lives these days."
"It's not." Huo Xiao retorted Hu Jiu at this time: "Such a place covers a wide area, has water sources, footprints, and this big stone plate with nine stone piers. I have found it elsewhere. Including this There are five places in total.”
"you sure?"
"of course."
"That monster is so cunning, he has brought so many children, how do he get there, and where does he get food for those children?"
Hu Jiu raised her head and looked at the sky where the white clouds overlapped. A hundred children could live forever.
"That's right!" Hu Jiu ran to Lin Qingyuan and asked, "Does anyone need to find a specific time or celestial phenomenon to refine medicine? If that monster really needs a hundred children, he has already caught 99 of them now." , which means that day is near.”
When Lin Qingyuan heard it, he seemed to have thought of something, he immediately sat up and meditated cross-legged, counting with his fingers in a manner, and after a while he opened his eyes and said: "That's right, it's right in front of us."
"When?"
"Two days later, at midnight, three stars embrace the moon." Lin Qingyuan pinched his fingers for a moment, and said, "But it's wrong, and it doesn't make sense."
Hu Jiu frowned: "What's wrong?"
"Three stars hugging the moon is a very auspicious day. It is an extremely sinister method to refine the elixir of life with a hundred virgins, and in order to maximize the resentment, you must choose an extremely cold day to start refining, and The shortest refining period is seven to seven."
"Is this a special time recently?"
"That's right, the next vision day will be three months later. This date is definitely unrealistic, because those children can't wait too long."
"Huo Xiao, I want to visit some other places like this."
Huo Xiao was very courageous and didn't talk too much. After hearing Hu Jiu's words, he immediately stepped forward to lead the way.Hu Jiu took two steps and turned back, "Old man, you go back to the town hall first, I warn you not to run away secretly, otherwise I have plenty of ways to find you."
Lin Qingyuan glanced at Hu Jiu resentfully, but did not refute.
Huo Xiao led Hu Jiu to the nearest location, and the two of them froze in place as soon as they got there. This place was the same as the one I saw before, it was a valley surrounded by mountains, but this place There was no water source, Linghu Jiu and Huo Xiao were shocked because there were several skeletons in the middle of the valley.
The two looked at each other and walked over together. Hu Jiu was relieved when he saw the outline and shape of the bone.
Huo Xiao picked up a bone and said, "Sheep bone, it looks like it should have been five days ago."
"Only three, enough for those children to eat."
Huo Xiao nodded, stood up and checked the surroundings: "There is no sign of fire here, the sheep should be brought from somewhere else."
"You should send someone to watch these places, at least now we will gain something."
Huo Xiao shook his head and said: "It's useless, I sent people to guard, but after twelve people died in succession, we dare not send people here anymore."
So that's the case, Hu Jiu couldn't help sighing.
"Do you remember that the mayor said before that when the demon first entered the town to steal the child, he said that he only borrowed the child for a few days and returned it soon, right?"
Huo Xiao nodded.
Hu Jiu smiled and said: "In this way, doesn't it mean that the monster didn't intend to hurt those children, and it looks like the monster treats these children well, so it's possible that the monster wants to fatten up before killing them?"
Huo Xiao laughed: "Those who eat sheep will eventually become sheep, and there will be no good end anyway."
Hu Jiu couldn't help sighing, "Immortality is such a fascinating thing."
Huo Xiao sneered instead, and said with disdain, "You can live forever, hum."
"Is it possible that you don't want to live forever?"
"It's enough for me to live this life. I don't want to watch the people around me die one by one. Is that called immortality? That's called life is better than death."
Hu Jiu tsk-tsk said: "It would be great if everyone thought the same as you."
"Can't a demon live forever? Do you have to use such a brutal method to achieve the goal of immortality?"
Hu Jiu shook her head, "Gods, demons, and demons are like the creatures in the three realms, they all have birth, old age, sickness and death, but the lifespan of gods and demons is longer than that of humans, but they will eventually perish one day."
Hu Jiu and Huo Xiao quickly looked at the other three places at a very fast speed. The other four places were very similar to the places the three people saw before. The terrain, the decorations, everything showed that this was the place that the monster had deliberately seen. What was set up was for the final formation.
There are still human and demon scents in the air in those places, but one is weaker than the other, but Hu Jiu sensitively judges that the scent of the demon is the same, there is only one demon.
"This is the last place. I have seen all the places. The traces here are much lighter than the previous three, and the footprints have been blown away by the wind." Huo Xiao looked at this place and said.
"This place hasn't been visited for at least a while." Hu Jiu walked slowly, he could always smell a faintly familiar smell here, this smell mixed with the smell of the demon, isn't it It's obvious, but it's too obvious to compare people's tastes.
Hu Jiu walked around in circles. Huo Xiao knew that Hu Jiu was using a "special" method to find clues, so he didn't bother.
Suddenly Hu Jiu squatted on the ground and said, "Come here, help me lift this stone pier."
Huo Xiao walked over and saw that Hu Jiu was picking up the sand under a stone pier. He didn't know why, so he put down his knife to help Hu Jiu to work together. The point sank, and Hu Jiu pushed the stone pier, but it didn't move at all.
Huo Xiao pushed Hu Jiu away and said, "I'll try."
Huo Xiao steadied his horse, shouted loudly, hugged the stone pier with a pair of iron walls, the veins on his forehead popped out, his face was flushed, and he saw the thick stone pier slowly moving under Huo Xiao's arms .
Hu Jiu exclaimed, "What a lot of strength."
Huo Xiao yelled, and pushed the stone pier to the ground.Then stood up and gasped.
"Good job!" Hu Jiu patted Huo Xiao on the shoulder and walked over to dig the sand under the stone pier with both hands. After a while, a dark green thing appeared.
"What is this?" The jade pendant was buried deep under the sand, and it must have been accidentally dropped by a monster. If Hu Jiu could not smell it, who would have known that there was such a thing under the sand under the stone pier.
Hu Jiu looked at the green jade pendant buried deep in the sand and said, "I know who he is." Hu Jiu sighed and reached for it.
However, at this time, a powerful divine power suddenly rose from behind.Hu Jiu only felt a black shadow flash in front of her eyes, and she was hit hard in the chest.
Immediately, he flew out together with Huo Xiao who hadn't had time to react.
☆, Qi Zhan
Huo Xiao reacted faster than the demon Hu Jiu. He fell to the ground and jumped up without a single pause. At the same time, he drew out the long knife beside him, looked at the person coming like a falcon, and then spat out. Bloody spittle.
Hu Jiu fell to the ground and looked at the person coming, gritted his teeth and said, "It's you."
"What a coincidence, we meet again."
On the edge of the stone plate in front, Qi Zhan stood tall and thin, wrapped in black clothes, with curly black hair fluttering in the wind, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, he was quite handsome, especially the evil smile on his lips was even more bewitching.
"I didn't expect that you guys searched so quickly and found this thing." Qi Zhan looked at Hu Jiu and Huo Xiao, thinking that he had stayed in Wusutag for more than a month and hadn't really caught the monster. How could he now? Let you, a mortal and a fox demon, take the lead?He jumped off the stone plate, and he was about to reach out to grab something in the sand.
Hu Jiu suddenly swung out a demon power, and the red demon power rushed towards Qi Zhan.Regardless of whether this man is good or bad, just because he keeps hurting herself again and again, Hu Jiu doesn't want to be polite to this man, let alone the last time this man really wanted to kill him.
Seeing Hu Jiu make a move, Huo Xiao rushed forward without hesitation.
As soon as Qi Zhan blocked Hu Jiu's attack and raised his eyes, the sharp saber slashed down.
Hu Jiu quickly turned around and joined the fight between the two. This man obviously has more than [-] years of cultivation, Hu Jiu and Huo Xiao are no match for him at all, and the man has not tried his best at all. The appearance and the moves all carry the meaning of playing tricks.
Huo Jiu and Huo Xiao looked at each other, and saw the unconcealable anger in each other's eyes. Hu Jiu took out the Fire Spirit Whip, and his momentum surged. With a flick of the long whip, the piercing whistle sounded.
Huo Xiao quietly withdrew, he could see the crimson color all over the fiery red whip, and the crimson trajectory that appeared when he swung it, he knew that it was not suitable for him to play now.
Qi Zhan's eyes lit up, as if he was excited when he saw his opponent, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he geared up to meet Hu Jiu.
With the help of the Fire Whip, Hu Jiu's momentum rose sharply. The two of them had gone through several moves in the blink of an eye. Hu Jiu fell slightly, but his gaze remained firm and unafraid.
Qi Zhan asked, "What's your weapon called?"
Hu Jiu held the handle of the whip with one hand, slid over the whip with the other, looked at Qi Zhan vigilantly and said, "You have no right to know."
Qi Zhan shook his finger: "No, no, no, just because I have gone through several tricks with it and still haven't lost, it means that I am qualified."
"In this way, it is your honor to compete with Huo Lingbian, look at the whip!" Hu Jiu said and rushed forward again.
"Fire Spirit Whip!" Qi Zhan greeted him again excitedly.
Huo Xiao had to stay away again, because when the two fought, the area involved was too wide. Every time Qi Zhan swung his palm, and every time Hu Jiu swung his whip, the places affected by the divine power were smashed into pieces, creating an altar At this moment, it has been ruined by the two of them. The scene is dark, dusty and charming.
"The fire whip really shouldn't be held by you, a fox demon." Qi Zhan showed a smile that was bound to win, and more and more powerful divine power was bred in the palm of his hand.
"Fox Jiu!" Huo Xiao yelled, and jumped out from behind Qi Zhan. Hu Jiu immediately understood Huo Xiao's intentions and quickly threw out a whip. Qi Zhan was distracted by the fake whip, and Huo Xiao behind him simultaneously He took out a white paper with cinnabar characters from his pocket, and stuck it on Qi Zhan's body instantly.
Qi Zhan suddenly yelled, and his left arm stuck by the characters couldn't move for a moment.
Huo Xiao landed on the ground, rolled neatly to cushion his strength, and then ran to stand with Hu Jiu.
"What is that?" Hu Jiu looked at Qi Zhan and asked.
"The body talisman. Lin Qingyuan gave it, but I didn't expect it to be useful." Huo Xiao and Hu Jiu stood shoulder to shoulder.
"Your demon mirror is also Lin Qingyuan's, right?"
Huo Xiao snorted and laughed: "Yes."
The body-fixing talisman was useful, but only a little bit, because it only held Qi Zhan's left arm. Qi Zhan glanced at Huo Xiao, and suddenly felt ashamed. This talisman was obviously used to deal with demons, this stupid Mortals dare to use it against themselves!Qi Zhan stretched out his right hand and tore off the talisman paper on his left arm, and slowly rubbed it into his palm. After a while, the talisman paper turned into flying ash and scattered in the air.
"I really underestimated you, a mortal!" Qi Zhan glared at Huo Xiao, gnashing his teeth when he spoke.He really underestimated Huo Xiao, a mortal, and didn't take Huo Xiao seriously at all, but this man was even more powerful than Hu Jiu who was holding a fire whip.
Qi Zhan was furious, Hu Jiu and Huo Xiao looked at each other and rushed forward at the same time.
Facts have proved that even if Hu Jiu holds an ancient artifact, he is still a fox demon who is less than [-] years old, and no matter how powerful Huo Xiao is, he is still a mortal, and the two of them can't beat this powerful man of the gods together.
After a few tricks, Huo Xiao was hit by Qi Zhan's palm first, slid several feet on the ground and finally hit a stone pier, and immediately vomited blood.
Hu Jiu threw out a whip, Qi Zhan didn't dodge or dodge, he reached out and grabbed the scarlet whip. After grabbing and pulling, he immediately grabbed Hu Jiu who was unwilling to let go, and at the same time stretched out his right hand and hit it. On Hu Jiu's chest, Hu Jiu spit out a big mouthful of blood.
Qi Zhan threw Hu Jiu to Huo Xiao's side like throwing trash. Huo Xiao clutched his chest and saw that Hu Jiu's face was pale, and the two were equally embarrassed.
"I just want to catch a monster here in Wusutag, but you guys are blocking my way. I'm sorry, both of you." Qi Zhan said, stretching out his dark palm.
However, at this moment, another powerful demon force emerged from the mountain. Hu Jiu reacted very timely this time. When he suddenly felt something was wrong, he immediately grabbed Huo Xiao who was planning to sneak attack. The two dragged each other and hid on the stone pier Qi Zhan reacted very quickly, but instead of dodging, he stretched out his palm directly to meet this force.
In the blink of an eye, Qi Zhan was repelled several steps by that powerful force, Hu Jiu showed surprise on his face, the person who suddenly appeared had a higher level of cultivation than this man, and the person who appeared was a demon.
"You finally showed up!" Qi Zhan stood on the ground looking at the place where the demon power came from, and said, "I have been chasing you for a month, but you are hiding very secretly, I thought you were a coward and dared not come out to see me , why show up now?"
Qi Zhan's voice was very loud, and there was even a slight echo in the valley, but there was no response.
"Why don't you speak?" Qi Zhan frowned.
"Get out of here." A somewhat hoarse voice came from all directions in the valley.
"I will never leave until I see your real body." Qi Zhan flew up and flew across every corner of the valley, and when he flew to a certain mountain top, a sudden demon force hit him right in front of him. Chest, Qi Zhan reached out to block it in time, but he still couldn't resist the domineering monster power, and his face turned pale immediately.
Huo Xiao opened his eyes wide and looked at Qi Zhanmeng, then took a dozen steps back. He couldn't see it with his naked eyes, but Hu Jiu could clearly see the monster force hitting Qi Zhan's chest.
"You arrived in Wusutag on the 37th, and you have hurt four mortals back and forth. Don't you know that you have violated the rules of heaven?" The hoarse and deep voice still came from all directions with depressing majesty.
"Tian Tiao? Hehe..." Qi Zhan had a mocking smile on his lips, without any sign of remorse, and flew up again.
"Well, today I will seek justice for the four mortals you hurt." The majestic voice echoed, and at the same time, countless green lights came from all directions, rushing towards Qi Zhan like a rain of swords.
Hu Jiu opened his mouth slightly. In front of his eyes, Qi Zhan was surrounded by countless green lights. Qi Zhan resisted vigorously. The two met opponents and refused to give in to each other. The trees about half a mile away from here shook violently as if they had encountered a strong wind. , the fierce atmosphere intensified in the valley.
Huo Xiao gritted his teeth, and quietly clenched the steel knife in his hand. With the other hand, he quickly made sure that the hidden weapon on his chest was placed so that it could be used at any time. He looked up at the sky, and with his mortal eyes, he could only see The curly-haired man was fighting alone in mid-air, but he couldn't see his fighter.
The person who fought with Qi Zhan has never transformed into a real body, and has always maintained the form of countless green lights. The two fought for a long time, and finally when Hu Jiu saw that Qi Zhan was moving slowly and looked tired, The green light suddenly became brighter, and Qi Zhan's body was penetrated by several green lights at the same time. In an instant, Qi Zhan spat out blood and fell to the ground in embarrassment.
At the same time, a man wearing a dark green cloak appeared on a green pine in the distance.The man was tall, with a huge dark green cloak covering his head and face.
Many branches of the surrounding green pines were broken. After the battle, the branches and leaves were still trembling slightly. The wind blew past, and the murderous atmosphere calmed down quietly.
"you lose."
Qi Zhan snorted disdainfully: "So what if you lose? You're just a monster, I'm a god, can you still punish me?"
"That's right." The green-robed man said as he bred a ball of green monster power in his hands, and slowly walked towards Qi Zhan.
"Wait!" Hu Jiu ran out from behind the stone pier and said, "You can't kill him, even if he deserves what he deserves, he should be punished by the heavens, not you, a monster."
The green-robed man looked slightly at Hu Jiu and said, "He was going to kill you just now, and you are still speaking for him?"
"I'm not speaking for him, I'm just
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