Knife splashing

Chapter 182 Gourd Monster

The ridge where Sharifei and others were located was not high.

Yuan Zhatian and Monk Xiaoyue were standing one in front and one behind. In order to avoid arrows from above, they changed their positions from time to time and the distance between them was quickly shortened.

But even faster are the giant hornets.

Buzz!
The roaring sound of wings soon reached the ears of several people.

Lu San frowned, "Not good, these poisonous bees have been refined by someone, they are very irritable, I can't drive them away."

"Leave it to me!"

Without saying anything, Wang Daoxuan wrapped the yarrow in his hand, pinched his fingers and chanted a spell, "Nuo Gao, three stars on the left, three prisons on the right, the sky and the earth are turned upside down, all nine paths are blocked, and you lose your mind... Hurry up and obey the order!"

It is the thousand-gold protective spell.

As the spell was completed, a fierce aura suddenly rose.

Buzz!
The swarm of hornets that had been approaching suddenly became chaotic and stopped attacking the men, but flew around in all directions.

"Protective spell?"

The Taoist Bao below sneered disdainfully, took out another yellow talisman from his arms, stepped on the gourd, muttered something, and slapped it on the gourd.

No one knew what was hidden inside the gourd. After the yellow talisman was stuck on it, it immediately swayed from side to side and made a squeaking sound, as if it was in great pain.

Bao Daoren's eyes were full of cruelty, "How dare you resist!"

After saying that, he bit his tongue and spat a mouthful of blood onto the yellow talisman.

Buzz buzz!
The swarm of hornets in the sky gathered again, and attacked everyone again out of fear of the protective spell.

Above, Wang Daoxuan also felt a tightness in his chest. He bit his fingertips, picked up the soul-calming bell next to him, quickly drew a talisman, and cast the Thousand Gold Protection Spell again.

This was the inspiration he got from Li Yan.

It is more powerful when used with the Soul-Calming Bell.

Many hornets were frightened by the bell before they even got close. They fell to the ground with a clatter, struggling and flapping their wings, looking dizzy.

"Quick, disrupt the magic below!"

Wang Daoxuan could clearly feel the effort, and he knew that the sorcerer below was more powerful than him, and that the building should have three floors, and would be lost sooner or later.

"That's too late!"

Lu San stood up and pulled out the bone from his waist.

However, Yuan Zhatian and Monk Xiaoyue had already gone up the mountain and were less than fifty meters away from them. They would attack soon.

"Damn it, why are you in such a hurry!"

When Sharifei saw this, he immediately gave up trying to connect the fuse.

They had a good idea, but the last-minute preparations were too late.

Seeing this, Sharifei simply lit the caltrops, grabbed the iron chain on it, swung it twice like a meteor hammer, and threw it out with a whistling sound.

This is how to use Tribulus terrestris.

According to "Wujing Zongyao", this weapon is used to defend the city.

When it is set off, the iron spike is burned through to make the fireball ignite, and then it is shot with a catapult to the key point where the enemy cavalry must pass. The explosive force will burst out caltrops to injure the horses' legs and feet.

While waiting in a village outside Chang'an, there happened to be a kiln there. Sharifei had prepared some gunpowder and wanted to restore it.

Of course, his fire caltrop is not the complete version.

The real military weapon was an iron ball, but he used a clay pot instead, and then glued a sharp iron sheet on it, shrinking its size accordingly.

It is enough to deal with the fights in the martial arts world.

Yuan Zhatian was a reckless man who had never read "Wujing Zongyao". When he saw that thing flying towards him, he thought it was a meteor hammer.

He sneered, reached out his hand, and used some skill to grab the fire caltrop, trying to throw it back.

But when he got it in his hands, he realized something was wrong.

boom!
With a muffled sound and smoke rising, Yuan Zhatian was blown backwards and fell to the ground. His face, chest and abdomen were all covered with sharp iron pieces and ceramic fragments.

Blood was oozing out, and the whole person looked like a blood gourd, lying on the ground, motionless.

"Hahaha!"

Sarifei couldn't hold back any more and laughed out loud.

Of course, he had no time to mock.

Wang Daoxuan was almost unable to hold on any longer, and the most important thing now was to interrupt the spellcasting by the warlock below.

Sharifei hurriedly took out the bamboo thunder arrow again.

At this distance, the flintlock rifle cannot hit the target at all, and the bamboo lightning arrows also have limited power, but the most important thing to avoid when performing magic is to startle the target.

If the qi is disturbed, the magic might backfire.

But at this moment, the one-eyed monk Xiaoyue roared and rushed out, pinching the Buddhist fearlessness seal with his left hand, while chanting: "Gate Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate..."

When the three heard the voice, their bodies froze.

They couldn't help but look at Monk Xiaoyue and were attracted by his pale one eye. The sound of Buddhist mantras around them became louder and louder, and their minds were also confused by the one eye.

"Oh no, it's a spell!"

Wang Daoxuan bit his tongue hard and was the first to wake up. He shook the soul-calming bell desperately and cast the thousand-gold protective spell.

One is to stop the swarm of hornets, and the other is to wake up everyone.

However, Bao Daoren has reached the third level of Taoism, and Xiao Yue also has the second level. He cannot stop them alone.

Monk Xiaoyue chanted a spell as he moved forward, and soon he was only a few meters away from the group. He raised the shovel with a grim smile on his face.

Bang!
Just then, gunshots rang out again.

I saw that Sharifei had raised the flintlock rifle in his hand, and the smoke from the muzzle had not yet dissipated.

Looking at his eyes again, they were cunning and there was no sign of him being bewitched.

"you…"

Monk Xiaoyue's face was full of disbelief and he looked down at his chest.

Blood gushed out from his heart, quickly staining his monk's robe red.

Lu San had also recovered by now, and a shuttle appeared in his hand, which he threw out suddenly.

This is his commonly used weapon. In the past, he used a shuttle and a dagger, and now he has added a bone flower. He is practicing its use every day.

puff!

Monk Xiaoyue inserted into the shuttle, without making a sound, and fell straight to the ground, dead.

"What a coward! Fortunately, Brother Yan gave me this."

Sharifei then breathed a sigh of relief and pulled something out from his collar.

A wooden plaque struck by lightning, with talismans and images of gods engraved in gold threads.

It was Xiong Baodong’s Six Ding and Six Jia Talismans.

Li Yan was not a good man. When he twisted off Xiong Baodong's head, he took the treasure away.

This treasure was indeed extraordinary, but they were all sorcerers, and their spells would be affected if they wore it, so they gave it to Sharifei.

With this item, combined with the musket, Sharifei was able to display his prowess in this battle.

If you count carefully, most of the enemies died at his hands.

At the same time, Wang Daoxuan also stopped casting the Thousand Gold Protection Spell and collapsed to the ground, his face pale and his forehead covered with sweat.

Buzz!
The surrounding swarms of hornets gathered again and flew down the mountain.

But below, Li Yan had come out of the tomb, killed the knife bandits who released the poisonous smoke, and took the opportunity to get close to the two sorcerers.

The witch "Silver Flower Snake" fell to the ground with a flying knife stuck in her body, and was dead. The Taoist priest was terrified, waving a burning yellow talisman and controlling the wasps to come back to protect her.

Li Yan was not in a hurry either, and even stood there waiting.

His purpose was to help Wang Daoxuan and others out of trouble.

The Taoist priest was certainly aware of this, but how could he not be nervous when a master who could easily kill a Hua Jin warrior came close to him? While calling back the swarm of bees, he drew out the sword from his waist with a clang, swung a sword flower, pressed his body down, and pointed the sword at Li Yan.

He's actually quite good with a sword!
Li Yan remained unmoved. When the swarm of poisonous bees was about to return, he suddenly exerted force with his feet, stepped forward, and at the same time swung his long sword, chopping towards Bao Taoist's neck.

Doesn't seem to be very fast...

Bao Daoren was confused, but just as he was about to raise his sword to block, he heard the sound of rattling chains and his body stiffened.

What he awakened was the power of hearing, which enabled him to avoid Li Yan's sneak attack and hear the sound of the soul-hook chains.

However, it was all too late.

At the moment when his soul was suppressed, Li Yan had already passed by him. With a swing of his long sword, the Taoist's head with white hair flew up and rolled to the ground.

This is the power of the underworld's magical powers.

Ordinary Six Yang Roots magical powers can only be used for exploration.

Most of the spells require preparation of materials, footsteps, chanting of spells and hand gestures. The greater the power, the longer the preparation time.

However, the magical powers of the underworld can be used directly.

Combined with martial arts, Li Yan has gained a huge advantage at this stage and can even kill masters when they are unprepared.

Call ~
As soon as Bao Daoren died, the yellow talisman on the gourd immediately combusted.

The gourd seemed to be a living thing, shaking twice in place, and a dense swarm of bees suddenly flew down and circled around it, as if warning Li Yan not to get close.

Li Yan sniffed, his eyes full of interest.

"Monster? Interesting..."

…………

Wang Daoxuan held the Bagua mirror and shone it towards the gourd in the distance. He then wet some yellow paper, made some hand gestures, and pasted the paper on the Bagua mirror.

Looking at the lines that gradually appeared on it, he said in amazement: "This thing... is indeed a monster!"

The Bagua mirror is also a magic mirror that can reveal the true form of monsters.

But what's strange is that the pattern actually appears to be a gourd with something similar to a honeycomb inside.

Sharifei's eyes lit up as he stood by. "I heard the teahouse master talking about the Conferred Gods. There was a gourd that could release poisonous bees. Could it be this treasure?"

Wang Daoxuan laughed dumbly: "That is a magic weapon, and it was compiled by later generations. It has nothing to do with this thing. This thing is a demon!"

"Demon?"

Sharifei looked at the large gourd surrounded by poisonous bees and asked in confusion, "Can a gourd become a demon... Could it be the same as the Pipa Fairy?"

"Two different things!"

Lu San's face was solemn. He made strange noises and slowly approached the gourd.

Buzz!
The surrounding bee colonies immediately became irritable and restless.

Lu San hurriedly stopped, and strange sounds continued to come out of his mouth, like singing, desolate and ancient, with dense tongue-clicking sounds.

Li Yan felt familiar with what he heard, and suddenly a light came to his mind.
"Shangfangyu!"

"Yes, it is Shangfangyu." Wang Daoxuan also stroked his beard and nodded, smiling, "I didn't expect Brother Lu to know this."

"What is Shangfang language?" Sharifei looked confused.

Wang Daoxuan pondered for a moment and explained, "Many spirits, monsters, and demons are elves born by chance. They are born knowing the Shang language."

"It is rumored that this is the secret technique of ancient witches and shamans. The disciples of the Northern Frontier who often come into contact with Hu, Huang, Bai and Liu can also speak this language. The inheritance of the three Lu brothers may be related to shamanism..."

As he was speaking, there was another unusual movement over there.

The bees stopped restless and the gourd began to shake, with a rattling sound coming from inside, which was also the language from above.

Lu San listened attentively and nodded from time to time.

After a while, he stood up and said to the three people, "We have figured out the origin of this monster."

"It was originally a natural treasure bred by Mount Laoshan. Later, wild bees built a nest and gave birth to a spirit. It was supposed to be under the command of the mountain god of Mount Laoshan and enjoy the incense of the area, but it was picked by the Taoist priest Bao, and its Taoism was broken, and it could only be transformed into a monster."

"Master Bao used the method of banning monsters and often drove it to hurt people. Now it can't move and is very scared. It begs us not to destroy it..."

Li Yan and the other two were amazed when they heard this.

Sharifei thought of the danger just now and felt even more anxious. He suddenly said, "Brother Lu, you can ask it to spare us, but it almost cost us our lives just now. We must serve you as our master!"

"this…"

Lu San was somewhat moved, yet somewhat embarrassed.

He knew what Sharifei meant, but to him, the animal spirits in the world were no different from humans.

Doing this always feels like taking advantage of someone's misfortune.

Wang Daoxuan took one look, stroked his beard and smiled, "Brother Lu, don't worry. The others can't understand what it says, and they can't move. If they injure someone in self-defense and are caught by the Taixuan Orthodox Church, they will probably burn them to death."

"Following you, at least I won't harm the people."

"Ah."

Wang Daoxuan's reason was so powerful that Lu San no longer hesitated and stepped forward and spoke a lot.

Facts have proved that he still thought too much.

When the magic gourd heard this, it immediately agreed. Its only request was that it be offered incense and honey and fruits every day.

Moreover, this treasure has another characteristic, which is that it likes to eat poisonous insects.

The magic gourd made some gurgling sounds, and Lu San immediately came to the witch's body, found a few bamboo tubes, and poured all the strange-looking insects inside onto the ground.

Buzz!
Before the poisonous insects could escape, a swarm of wasps swarmed over, ate them whole, and then drilled into the gourd.

Only then did Lu San step forward, put the lid on the gourd, hold it in his hand, his face full of joy, and he couldn't let it go.

Chirp—!
Along with the clear cry of an eagle, the falcon in the sky flapped its wings and landed, standing on Lu San's shoulder and combing its hair.

Sharifei looked at him with envy, "Brother Lu San, you have to take care of me from now on."

Lu San was embarrassed and scratched his head, "Well... you are actually quite good, you have a talent for playing with firearms."

"Just... a little talkative."

"Hey, what do you mean by talkative? You really can't talk!"

Sharifei started yelling immediately and wanted to pat Lu San on the shoulder, but was almost bitten by the falcon. He was very angry.

Perhaps it was because he had found a treasure, Lu San, who always had a wooden face, finally showed his childlike smile again...

…………

Two days later, the group set out again.

Li Yan wanted to consolidate his cultivation of "Northern Emperor Yinshan Method", while Sha Lifei and the other two would deal with the corpses.

After all, a lot of gunpowder was used, so some traces had to be eliminated as much as possible, and the dead bodies were piled together and burned.

Of course, there were also a lot of spoils obtained.

Needless to say, the magic gourd.

The poisonous insects on the Gu woman's body were all devoured, and there were also some strange hay, mushroom powder and other things. They couldn't tell them apart, so they simply packed them all up and sold them to people who knew the value of them after going to Huashan.

The lewd monk Xiaoyue specialized in the art of bewitching souls. The beads hanging around his neck were made of human bones and contained some aphrodisiacs. They were all thrown into the fire and burned to ashes.

As for Bao Daoren, all the yellow paper, incense, candles and sword he had used for making talismans were handed over to Wang Daoxuan.

As for those knife-wielding bandits, there were several gunpowder packs that had not exploded. They were dismantled by Sha Lifei and the gunpowder was carefully sealed.

Of course, what was more important was that more than 10,000 silver notes were found on the three people, plus the 90,000 taels earned from selling the quota tokens, as well as previous savings.

The team's funds have reached more than 100,000 taels.

However, Li Yan and Sha Lifei were not excited at all.

This time they went to Huashan,
There is so much to do...

　I'm not in good shape, so I'll update twice today and three times tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)