Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 394: Identifying the Monster

At that time, since the Tiecang people could not prevent the Guishi monster from sneaking into the Tiecang tribe's territory, they had to find a way to get the news of the Guishi monster's invasion as soon as the Guishi monster made a move - whether it was the news of a single Guishi monster sneaking in or the news of the Guishi monster launching an organized war, they needed to know as soon as possible. So, when some soldiers were guarding the border with fear, the Tiecang tribe bought some monster identification bells from a Taoist priest named Chi Yue. Once a monster approached the border of the Tiecang tribe, the monster identification bells would ring, reminding the soldiers of the Tiecang tribe to take measures.

At first, the people of Tiecang were not sure whether the demon identification bells were useful. They were even more worried that Chi Yue, who came from an unknown place, would harm the Tiecang tribe, so they refused to buy these demon identification bells. Later, when Chi Yue met Tie Wandao alone, she said that these demon identification bells were handed down from more than 300 years ago, and she told Tie Wandao about the events of more than 300 years ago. Chi Yue said that her ancestors were from the Qianfeng Li tribe more than 300 years ago, and her ancestors became alchemists after accidentally obtaining these demon identification bells after the war. Because of these demon identification bells, her ancestors developed strange abilities, and after practicing, their strange abilities increased greatly. Later, these strange abilities were passed on to their descendants, and their descendants further practiced on the original basis. Since her ancestors obtained the demon identification bells, her family has been alchemists for generations, and they are all quite knowledgeable about preventing demons. However, except when they go out to work, they mostly live in seclusion in the mountains. Even when they go out to work, they are used to hiding their names. This time, because she had to gain the trust of the people of the Tiecang tribe in order to sell these demon identification bells, she told Tie Wandao her name and life experience. Chi Yue said this, Tie Wandao was still skeptical and asked her about the "Sword Art of Controlling Demons". Chi Yue told him that the "Sword Art of Controlling Demons" was created by her ancestor Chi Qinglian, but because there were other more effective ways to prevent demons, no one in the later generations practiced this sword art seriously, so no one in the later generations mastered it. Tie Wandao asked her to practice for a while at that time, and then he was sure that she really knew this skill. Tie Wandao asked her why she had to sell these demon identification bells. She said that it was a task passed down by her ancestors more than 300 years ago. When demons attacked civilians again, they would sell these demon identification bells to organizations that resisted demon invasions, and donate the money to civilians, so that they could accumulate merits to ensure that their descendants would continue to be good alchemists. Tie Wandao wanted to keep her to resist the Guishi demon, but he knew that she had lost all her special abilities because of saving people not long ago, and was preparing to sell the demon identification bells and live in seclusion in the mountains to practice from the beginning. After Tie Wandao found out the situation, he bought these demon identification bells.

Although there was a demon identification bell, and it played a great role in letting the Tiecang people know the news of the invasion of the Guishi demon at the first time, the soldiers guarding the border of the Tiecang tribe were ultimately limited in ability, and the civilians of the Tiecang tribe outside the Tiecang court were still occasionally disturbed by individual Guishi demons. It was not until the Guishi demons were defeated by the Tiecang army led by Tie Hongyan for the first time on the battlefield that they stopped attacking civilians, because all the Guishi demons went to retreat and practice to prepare for the next war. After that, because the Guishi demons were beaten badly by Tie Hongyan's troops, all the Guishi demons under the control of the demon king never attacked civilians again, because the commander of the Guishi demons, the demon king, found that the Guishi demons who attacked civilians privately were all severely damaged, and such Guishi demons had no combat effectiveness on the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)