Knife splashing

Chapter 371: Finding the Demon

There are villains underground.

Li Yan finally understood what Wu Ba meant.

With this big guy's language ability, he still doesn't understand what "villain" means. The villain he is talking about is a real villain.

Li Yan quickly activated his magical powers to investigate, then frowned slightly, "Lü San, ask him how he got the information."

With his current ability to smell, he could clearly hear what was more than ten meters underground, but he could not smell anything.

Wu Ba is a man with supernatural powers, his talent is all in his muscles, so how could he notice something unusual underground?

Lu San quickly communicated in language, and after some mumbling, he finally explained the reason.

"Wuba and his tribe live in Shennongjia, and villains often come out from underground to steal their food.

This kind of little person wears clothes and jade pendants. Wu Ba often comes into contact with them, so he knows that there must be such things around..."

"Villain! Villain!"

Wu Ba nodded quickly, then squatted down and gently lifted the stone.

Everyone also looked down and was immediately surprised.

I saw a small cave under the stone, which was similar to a mouse hole, with smooth edges and, most importantly, a wooden board covering it.

The wooden board is rough, but there are obvious traces of carving. If you turn it over, you can see a small handle on the back.

"Villain! Villain!"

Wu Ba was holding the wooden board, his expression very angry.

Li Yan also became interested when he saw it, "Is it Mu Ke?"

In this world, many legendary things exist.

For example, at the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce in Yunyang Prefecture, he met Mr. Lin, a treasure collector from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, who had a "Mu Ke" with him.

It is a humanoid monster that hides in the dense forests in southern China. It occasionally cuts down spiritual trees and trades with humans, so it is called Wood Guest.

"Probably not."

Wang Daoxuan also took the small wooden board and said with interest: "The 'wooden guest' is a forest spirit that usually lives in trees and does not wear jade or use gold."

"In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, it is mentioned that the 'Zhou Rao Kingdom' and the 'Jiao Yao Kingdom' are both small people who live underground, wear clothes, and can farm. But one is three feet tall, and the other is one foot and six inches tall, which is much larger than this one."

"There are only two types of such tiny creatures. One is called 'Jingren', who lives to serve the gods. The other is called 'Junren', who wears red clothes and a red hat, is good at planting horse and carriage fungi, and rides them underground."

"From what I have seen, most of them are 'Jingren'."

As he spoke, he looked towards the surrounding mountains and said, "These monsters and little people are all recorded in ancient times. Today, most of them are hard to find."

"It is said that Xianshan is the place where Fuxi was buried after his death, and Chisongzi, Changsangzi, and Yuzi once lived in seclusion there. It is also the place where the goddess of Han River appeared. It is indeed extraordinary..."

Li Yan took a deep breath and shook his head, saying, "This cave is too deep. It leads to many places. I don't know where it leads to. It's probably just an ordinary exit."

After that, he asked again: "According to what the Taoist said, 'Jingren' lives to serve the gods, so there must be gods in this mountain?"

Wang Daoxuan nodded and said, "If there are 'Jingren', there must be gods. These villains will also collect jade and offer it to the gods."

Li Yan pondered for a moment, "I have a technique, but I haven't yet mastered it, and it's easy to offend people. Let's look for it first, and we can talk about it if we really don't have any clues."

What he was talking about was the "Northern Emperor's Divine Control Method".

This method is very domineering. It can use thunder magic to forcibly suppress ghosts and gods and make them obey orders.

He has thunder magic and the soul-catching thunder rope, so it is not that difficult to practice. He has been meditating on it every night these days and has made some progress.

But it is okay to suppress ordinary ghosts. If there are really powerful mountain gods or water gods, it will anger them instead.

With a plan in mind, everyone continued to move forward.

Although Danshan is not a blessed place, it is also a famous mountain and a river. Since ancient times, immortals and celebrities have lived in seclusion here, so naturally there are many Taoist temples built there, and there are also many celebrity tombs.

Most of the famous people in Xiangyang throughout the ages, including Wang Shuhe, the imperial physician of the Jin Dynasty, Meng Haoran of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Biao, Du Fu, are buried here.

To be honest, it's not a desolate place. If it weren't for the recent outbreak of the plague, there would definitely be a lot of tourists.

Li Yan really couldn't understand why Patriarch Wang Chan's Sutra Forest was hidden in such an obvious place.

To prevent accidents, the few people did not take the main road, but walked through the mountains and forests. Soon they saw a valley.

In the valley, there stands a Buddhist temple. It is not large in area and the architecture is very low-key and simple. It is the kind of small temple that can be seen everywhere.

The hawks were flying in the sky. Lü San took a look and said in a deep voice, "The temple is empty. No one has left."

Li Yan nodded, "Go down and take a look."

Everyone went down the hillside and entered the temple to investigate.

Sure enough, the small temple was empty, the fire in the kitchen had long been extinguished, the porridge inside had become moldy, the surroundings were in a mess, and there were black bloodstains and dragging marks on the ground.

The altar was also in a mess and covered with dust.

Li Yan looked around and shook his head, saying, "The monks inside have been in trouble for at least four or five days. It must have been done by that gang."

Wang Daoxuan asked in confusion: "Why did they arrest monks?"

"I don't know."

Li Yan pinched the magic formula again, took a deep breath, shook his head and said: "It rained two days ago, and the smell has been washed away. Brother Lu San, see if the animals around know about it?"

Lu San immediately cast a spell and whistled.

But after a while, nothing appeared.

This time, even Lu San was a little surprised, "The animals in this mountain don't want to communicate with me."

Sha Lifei asked in confusion, "This is strange. This is the first time I've seen this. Brother Lu San, are all the animals in the mountains dead?"

"Not like."

Lu San looked solemn, looked at the surrounding mountains and rivers, and said in a deep voice: "This situation is explained in the "Shan Hai Ling Ying Jing". There are rules in the mountains and mountain gods exist."

"I'll try to communicate with the mountain god again!"

After saying this, he walked out of the temple, set up a simple altar with stones, took out the spices he had prepared in advance from his bag and lit them, then he made some hand gestures and began to perform the Nuo dance.

Ancient witch sounds rang out, Lu San smelled the spices, his eyes gradually rolled back, his movements became more and more intense, and he seemed to have entered a sleepwalking state.

After a while, he suddenly yelled, tripped, and fell to the ground. His forehead was covered in cold sweat and he looked around with confusion on his face.

"what happened?"

Li Yan hurried forward and helped him up.

Lu San panted and said in disbelief: "I seemed to feel something, but was interrupted by a voice."

"what sound?"

"It sounds like some kind of musical instrument. Yes, it's the sound of a chime!"

"A chime?"

After hearing this, Li Yan was puzzled. "That is a musical instrument. Where did the chime come from on this mountain? I didn't hear it just now."

He also had the ability to hear, but he didn't hear any sound.

Wang Daoxuan said thoughtfully: "Since entering the mountain, we have encountered the 'Jingren' cave and have been unable to communicate with the mountain god. There must be something strange about this mountain. Let's find a high place and wait for me to observe the qi and explore."

Li Yan immediately agreed and led everyone up the mountain.

Mount Xian is not high. Soon, everyone climbed to the top of the mountain. Wang Daoxuan pinched the magic formula, held the compass, and looked around.

He also awakened new magical powers and became good at observing qi.

To others, it was just an ordinary mountain and river, but in his eyes, it was a mixture of colorful air rising up, with a myriad of magnificent scenes.

After looking at it for a while, Wang Daoxuan couldn't help but sigh: "This Xian Mountain is indeed extraordinary. Although it is not a blessed place, it has a lot of Gangsha Qi flowing through it and many spiritual veins and acupoints, which are rarely seen in other places."

“No wonder so many famous people are buried here.”

Sharifei was anxious, "Master, don't worry about the celebrities for now, let's find the whereabouts of those people first."

Wang Daoxuan looked at the sky and saw that the red sun had risen high. He shook his head and said, "It's not easy to find. It's daytime now, the yang energy is rising and the yin energy is falling. We can only find the evil spirit when it's midnight." "Roar!"

Just then, a roar was faintly heard.

Everyone turned their heads and looked towards the shore.

They were now on a high place looking far away, and they could just see the Han River below, but the distance was too far and they couldn't see clearly what was there.

Lu San raised his head and waved his hand. The falcon suddenly flew out with a roar, hovered up and down on the shore, and suddenly soared into the sky.

Bang!
What followed was a gunshot.

"not good!"

Lu San was immediately startled.

The hawk dropped a few feathers in the air, then quickly flapped its wings and glided towards them, but it only flew halfway before falling vertically.

"I go first!"

Li Yan jumped out without saying a word.

The hidden power under his feet exploded, and he jumped directly off the cliff, stepping on protruding trees and rocks, falling rapidly.

The others didn't have his skills, so they had to go down the mountain from the other side.

Li Yan ran very fast and soon arrived at the forest below. He ran and jumped on the tree trunks and soon reached the place where the falcon fell.

He looked down and was immediately shocked.

Lu San's falcon fell to the ground, with blood stains on its wings. It had fainted, and around it, there were a group of small figures.

They were a group of gray little people wearing cloth clothes, holding small jade-forged guns, and picking up feathers.

"court death!"

Li Yan roared angrily and fell from the air.

Swish!
Those little creatures could actually burrow into the ground in an instant.

After Li Yan landed, he quickly activated his magical powers and immediately smelled a lot of breath, but in a flash, it merged with the energy of the earth veins.

This is exactly what Wang Daoxuan said, "Jingren".

Without bothering to deal with these villains, Li Yan hurriedly checked the falcon.

Fortunately, the falcon only had a wing injury and might have hit a tree when it fell and fainted.

Not long after, Lu San and others followed.

Lu San's face was pale, and he was obviously frightened. Even the little white fox, which usually did not get along with the falcon, stared at the falcon with its black eyes, and turned around anxiously.

Fortunately, the falcon was not seriously injured. After checking, Lu San immediately took action, used a knife to remove the bullet from the wing, and applied herbal medicine to bandage it.

Sharifei took the small iron ball and said in a deep voice: "It's a new type of firearm, using loose balls, so it can shoot so far."

"Wait a minute, I'll go see who it is!"

Li Yan gave an order in a deep voice and quickly got out of the dense forest.

Before long, he reached the shore.

The person who had just fired the gun had long since disappeared, but there was a pool of blood by the river and many footprints leading into the river.

Without any hesitation, Li Yan hid his firearms first, then came to the shore, stepped on the steps, and chanted the magic formula, "Nuo Gao! Tianzhen Taisu, the essence of Ren and Gui. The inner part corresponds to the kidney, and the upper part corresponds to Mercury..."

It was the Northern Emperor's Mysterious Water Escape.

Before the spell was over, mist had already surrounded him, making it hazy and impossible to see his figure clearly.

After casting the spell, Li Yan immediately jumped into the water.

Wow!
After his Taoism level improved, his Xuanshui escape became extremely amazing. Not only could he hold his breath underwater for a long time, but his diving speed was also as fast as a swimming fish.

With a swing of his body, Li Yan shuttled along the riverbed.

Finally, he discovered something strange.

Not far from the shore, there is a towering stone cliff on Mount Dan, half of which is submerged in water, and there is a huge cave under the water.

The entrance of this cave alone is as big as four or five rooms. It is pitch black and no one knows where it leads to.

At the entrance of the cave, several figures were slowly sneaking.

There were three men in water jackets, one of them was holding an oilcloth bag, which was obviously a firearm.

The remaining two people were dragging a corpse.

They were also good at swimming and quickly got into the cave.

Li Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, shook his feet, and swam towards the cave entrance like a sharp arrow in the water.

Underwater firearms are useless, but he has water escape skills, and with the help of the soul-catching rope, it is easy for him to deal with these people.

However, as soon as he approached the cave entrance, Li Yan's heart trembled, and he twisted his body and retreated quickly like a swimming fish.

Swish!
A black shadow rushed out and passed by him.

Swish swish!
Black shadows continued to shoot out, more and more, like giant water pythons, and suddenly undercurrents surged.

Li Yan's heart was pounding and he swam a hundred meters away before turning around.

I saw a huge toad slowly crawling out of the cave, its eyes were bloodshot, and on its head, huge tentacles were twisted like a long snake.

It’s the ancestor of Donghu!

Li Yan was shocked and immediately knew his identity.

My goodness, such a big old monster, with such heavy evil spirit on it, made his hair stand on end, no wonder it could hurt the crocodile master.

But when he looked closely, he found something strange.

The huge eyes of this Donghu ancestor were filled with madness and blood, as if he had lost his mind. There were huge iron pillars stuck in his body, each of which was engraved with runes.

The East Lake Patriarch did not pursue, but just blocked the entrance of the cave.

It seemed like he had received some kind of order.

But just as Li Yan relaxed, he saw the Donghu ancestor suddenly open his mouth and a stream of white mist spurted out along with water.

Upon closer inspection, it was clearly countless tiny fleshy worms, twisting wildly like white lines.

It was the witchcraft that the crocodile master was under at that time!
Li Yan was startled and turned around and ran away.

Fortunately, his Xuanshui Dun speed was amazing. In just a few breaths, he swam to the shore and jumped out of the water with a splash.

Shashasha~
As soon as I stepped ashore, I heard a strange noise behind me.

Li Yan turned his head and saw that those white poisonous insects were crawling towards the shore along the river, winding and twisting like countless white wire worms.

"roll!"

Li Yan cursed.

On the Dust-Breaking Sword at his waist, the tassel of the Three Talents Demon-Suppressing Coin was shaking.

The murderous aura spread, and the poisonous insects died immediately in large numbers.

He then breathed a sigh of relief. Although these little creatures were not strong, there were too many of them, especially underwater, making it impossible to guard against them.

It seems that the monster's lair is underwater.

It is estimated that the cave leads to the Buddhist scripture forest where ancestor Wang Chan resides.

Maybe even Master Tuo is trapped in it.

But how can we get in since the East Lake Patriarch is guarding it?

At this moment, several warships came riding on the wind and waves on the river in the distance. They were the soldiers of the garrison who came to support.

Li Yan was startled and shouted: "Retreat quickly!"

　Second update in the afternoon
　　
　
(End of this chapter)