Nine Pins Immortal Road

Chapter 666 Encircling the Blood Demon

Beside the blood pond, there were two people standing at this time, one of them was Song Shihao, and the other was a handsome son, Liang Zhaohuang knew him even though he was not familiar with him, he was a Jindan Daoist from the Xie family and ranked tenth among Xie Wenyun's peers Nine, called Xie Wenxuan.

As the Yingzhou family, the Xie family is the immediate boss of the Liang family. The Liang family naturally collects information and materials on the members of all generations of the Xie family, whether they are direct descendants, collateral descendants, or even concubine sons.

Therefore, even if Liang Zhaohuang is not familiar with these Xie family monks, he definitely knows and understands them all.

At that moment, Liang Zhaohuang stepped forward to pay respects and said, "I have seen Mr. Wenxuan."

"Haha... It's Liang Junshou who is here!" Seeing Liang Zhaohuang's smile, Xie Wenxuan immediately said, "There's no need to be too polite."

"Now I am ordered by the State Shepherd's Mansion to serve as the fifth-rank demon extermination captain. This time I came to chase the traces of the blood demon. Wei Neng came from Xinhai County to visit the governor. Please forgive me."

Liang Zhaohuang was the sheriff of Xinhai County appointed by the imperial court. He was regarded as a fourth-rank official position, and he was appointed by the imperial court.

Xie Wenxuan was appointed by the State Shepherd's Mansion as a five-rank Demon Elimination Captain, one rank lower than Liang Zhaohuang, and he was appointed by the local State Shepherd's Mansion, which was lower than that of the imperial court.

Ordinarily, the other party wanted to pay a visit to Liang Zhaohuang.

However, the county magistrate might as well take care of it now, only looking at the identity of the other party from the Xie family, Liang Zhaohuang couldn't possibly take it seriously.

At the moment, he just smiled and said: "Xie Xiaowei pursues the clues of the Blood Demon Dao, I wonder if I can get something?"

Xie Wenxuan heard the words slightly, nodded slightly, and also turned the subject, and said: "The captain of the school was ordered by the state pastoral mansion to track down the clues of the Blood Demon Dao. This is already the No. 13 blood spot I saw in the eight counties of Yingzhou. Pool!"

"Blood Demon's actions are so rampant, there are only two possibilities."

"One is that the Blood Sea Demon Lord has recovered, and these blood pools are the other party's intentional revenge."

"Secondly, the recovery of the Blood Sea Demon Lord has reached a critical moment, and the blood demon cubs under him have no choice but to open up blood pools everywhere to collect blood and flesh essence for them, even if they don't care about concealment."

Xie Wenxuan was able to be sent by the Xie family to be responsible for tracking down the clues of the Blood Demon Dao. He was obviously capable, so he continued:
"The possibility of the first scenario is not very high. If the Blood Sea Demon Lord really recovers, if he wants to take revenge, he should at least go to the various counties, or even directly to our Xie family."

"But now, the thirteen blood pools are all found in the poor villages and towns under the counties and counties."

"So, the greater possibility is the second one!"

"The recovery of the Blood Sea Demon Lord has reached a critical moment, and those blood demon cubs under him can no longer care about being exposed."

"Therefore, we must find the hiding place of the Blood Sea Demon Lord as soon as possible, so as not to allow him to fully recover."

Liang Zhaohuang nodded slightly, and then asked: "I don't know, but Captain Xie has a clue here?"

Xie Wenxuan nodded slightly, with a smile on his face, looked at the blood pool, and said: "Hurry up, the more anxious the Blood Sea Demon Lord's subordinates are to collect flesh and blood, the more blood pools they open up, the more clues will be exposed. , he has almost revealed his position!"

At this time, Liang Zhaohuang also noticed that there was a strange movement in the blood pool. In the calm blood pool, the blood water was rippling and surging, and then a figure emerged from it.

The upper body of this figure has the appearance of a delicate woman, but the lower body is a silver fishtail.

Mermaid!

Liang Zhaohuang recognized that this mermaid was also a foreign race in the East China Sea, but they were usually found in the depths of the East Sea further east from the ten islands, and they were rarely seen in the sea area of ​​the ten islands in the East Sea.

Liang Zhaohuang didn't expect to see a mermaid here.

At this time, the merman was holding a pearl in both hands, and there was a little blood rippling in the pearl, as if a drop of blood was trapped in it.

The merman held the pearl and flew to the blood pool, came to Xie Wenxuan, presented the pearl in his hand, and said: "My lord, fortunately, I did not disgrace my life. Although the essence in this blood pool has been taken away by the demon cultivator, the servant still collected a little bit of it." Essence breath."

Obviously, this merman is Xie Wenxuan, or 'Lan Zhiyu' Xie's subjugated existence.

"Haha... good!" Xie Wenxuan took Mingzhu with a smile, nodded and said: "The thirteen blood pools finally gathered six auras, which should be enough to lock the position of the Blood Sea Demon Lord."

As Xie Wenxuan said, he put away the blood-colored pearl in his hand, then turned to Liang Zhaohuang and the others and said, "Okay, the captain of the school will send these clues back, and the location of the Blood Sea Demon Lord will be locked soon. There may be a military order from the government to call all the counties to encircle and suppress the blood demons, just wait for the news."

"Respectfully send off Captain Xie." On the side, Commander Song was the first to salute respectfully.

Since Liang Zhaohuang's arrival, Song Junwei has been silent by the side, but he has already seen that this Xie Wenxuan is probably the main contact of the Song family in Zhou Mu Xie's house.

Seeing that Xie Wenxuan was about to leave, Liang Zhaohuang immediately brought someone to see him off.

At this time, people from all over the island and from all directions in the west also gathered one after another, but they were all the people brought by Xie Wenxuan, and they were collecting clues about this Dingxie Township and its surroundings just now.

Xie Wenxuan led a group of people onto the airship and left first.

During the whole process, Liang Zhaohuang only said a few words, but came and went in a hurry.

Liang Zhaohuang watched the flying boat go away, then turned to Song Shihao, said with a gloomy expression: "Lieutenant Song, it's not a good style to report to the superior!"

Song Shihao was very straightforward, pleading guilty directly: "It's the lower official's dereliction of duty, because he is acquainted with Mr. Wenxuan and knows that he is being ordered by the State Shepherd's Mansion to investigate the Blood Demon Dao, so when he found the blood pond here, he thought about it as soon as possible. Pass the message to him."

"If the county guard is punished, the subordinate officials are willing to be punished."

Song Shihao's meaning is obvious, he is willing to be punished, but all his actions are for Xie Wenxuan and the Xie family. If Liang Zhaohuang punishes the other party for this, and the news reaches Xie Wenxuan's ears and the Xie family, what will happen? Sure!

"Hmph!" Liang Zhaohuang snorted coldly when he saw this, and said, "Since Lieutenant Song is so eager to show off, I hope he will be brave enough to show off when he encircles and suppresses the Gorefiend later."

Song Shihao's complexion changed slightly when he heard the words, but at this moment he could only grit his teeth and say, "How dare you disobey my orders."

Liang Zhaohuang shook his head slightly. Originally, he got the news about the blood pool and brought some members of his family to check if there were any clues available.

Unexpectedly, Song Shihao contacted Xie Wenxuan directly and cut the matter off.

He brought someone here at this time, and the other party had already checked the surrounding area, and even took away the clues in the blood pool.

Liang Zhaohuang reckoned that he probably couldn't find any useful clues here.

But no matter whether he could find it or not, he couldn't take the trip in vain when he brought people here, so he let his men go out and investigate the islands and reefs of Dingxie Township and the surrounding area to see if they could get any clues.

Liang Zhaohuang also inspected the blood pond in Ding's house carefully.

But the fact was as he expected, nothing was found, the surrounding area including the blood pool had already been searched by Xie Wenxuan, and even the warehouse of the humble family had been opened, and it was empty inside.

I don't know if they were ransacked by the blood demon monks together, or by which side.

After getting nothing, Liang Zhaohuang could only return to Xinhai County to wait for news from Xie's family.

This waited for a month. Xinhai County and all the counties and townships under the county had been inspected, and the "Fish Scale Atlas" of the counties, counties, and townships had also been sorted out and formulated, and handed over to Liang Zhaohuang.

Liang Zhaohuang received the "Fish Scale Atlas" submitted by Zhao Duyou and Lin Zhubu, and is carefully checking it, studying the specific situation of Xinhai County from the county to the counties and townships below.

As a result, a military order went directly from Yingzhou State Shepherd's Mansion to the Sheriff's Mansion.

After one month, four blood pools were found one after another in the eight counties below Yingzhou. The actions of the blood demon cultivators became more and more rampant, which proved more and more that the blood sea demon lord had reached a critical moment.

Finally, after a month, the Xie family finally initially locked the location of the Blood Sea Demon Lord.

Just as Xie Wenxuan said back then, when the Blood Sea Demon Lord had recovered to a critical moment, the blood demon cubs under him no longer cared about being exposed, making blood pools everywhere, collecting blood and flesh essence and giving them to the Blood Sea Demon Lord.

And the more blood pools are created, the more clues and traces are left behind, and naturally the easier it is to trace the location of the Blood Sea Demon Lord.

But even so, it took nearly a month for the Xie family to initially lock in.

As a result, the State Shepherd's Mansion began to issue military orders to the counties, mobilize manpower, and prepare to encircle and suppress the Blood Sea Demon Lord.

Liang Zhaohuang looked at the military order issued by the State Shepherd's Mansion. It didn't say the location or direction of the Blood Sea Demon Lord, but only gave a location for Liang Zhaohuang to lead the team from Xinhai County to meet up.

And this location is in the southwest of Xinhai County, about [-] miles away, almost beyond the scope of Xinhai County.

And Xinhai County was originally located in the southernmost part of Yingzhou, and it had to go further to the southwest. Obviously, the location of the Blood Sea Demon Lord was not in Yingzhou.

However, this is also obvious. After all, Yingzhou has been established for 30 years. Although most of these 30 years have been stockpiled and bred, but from the aristocratic Xie family to the prefectures and wealthy families in the county, they have all established themselves in Yingzhou. Master the resources, interests, and population of various places from top to bottom.

Under such circumstances, each family's grasp of Yingzhou can be regarded as in-depth and comprehensive.

How could the Blood Sea Demon Lord keep hiding in Yingzhou?

After carefully checking the military order, Liang Zhaohuang didn't hesitate any longer, arranged some family and county affairs, and then ordered the county lieutenant's mansion and the inspection department to reorganize the team and set off with him, and meet at the point designated by the military order.

Since it was an act of force to encircle and suppress the Blood Demon Dao, it was natural to use force from the county.

Therefore, Liang Zhaohuang only ordered the county lieutenant's mansion and the inspection department to lead the team to set off, instead of sending out all the county prefects in the county.

Liang Zhaohuang set off on the family's "Chilian" ship as before. This time, he was the only one with the family's two battle teams. Neither Liang Ruiqin nor Liang Liushi went with him.

Liang Ruiqin is currently cultivating secretly in the family, studying the 'Qingpeng Flying Boat' and Dao Dao, comprehending the rhyme of the Five Elements Dao, and improving his cultivation.

And the stepmother Liang Liu recently led the fleet back to Five Elements Island to conduct transactions.

On the other side, the County Captain's Mansion and the Inspection Department each dispatched a sea-going ship, and Song Shihao and Li Liancheng each led their teams to set off.

Nearly ten thousand li sea route, the three ships sailed for nearly ten days before arriving at the confluence designated by the military order.

(End of this chapter)