fairy family

Chapter 130: Shrinking to the eighth rank, returning to the village to worship the female general
Yu Que looked at the giant snake spine placed in front of him with a sharp gaze.

He stretched out his claws and hit the bone hard, and immediately heard a clanging sound, as if he was hitting gold.

Just this performance alone made Yu Que even happier: "Very good, with this kind of spine, I just need to refine it into the White Spine Sword, and my natal sword embryo will be cultivated and can be driven!"

He did not intend to wait for a while, but immediately dragged the giant snake's spine to a clean open space, and then used the clothes cleaning talisman to wash away all the rotten meat and mud on it.

Then Yu Que picked and chose among them, removing those bones that were too corroded by the venom and whose spiritual light was dim.

After this busy work, he took out the bone-shrinking powder that he had prepared long ago according to the bone-shrinking method taught in the sword formula, smeared it on the huge spine, and scattered pieces of paper money, which flew all over the sky.

Under the scent of incense, the originally extremely thick snake bones shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye.

About half an hour later, it had become as thick as an ordinary cow spine.

During the shrinking process, some venom and impurities in the bones are squeezed out, and their texture becomes more solid.

Yu Que stroked the spine in his hand and found that its head was thick and its tail was thin. It retained a considerable degree of integrity in his hand. He only needed to insert a snake head into it and it would become a white bone snake.

And after being concentrated, the spiritual light inside the spine became even more intense, demonstrating that this thing was of grade eight quality, and not just grade eight!
This made Yu Que happy, and he wanted to continue concentrating it to see if he could make its texture clearer. In this way, not to mention whether the quality could really be improved, it would also save a lot of trouble to refine it later.

However, when Yu Que made another move, there was another noise coming from Lu Tiehua's side.

"Evil beast, surrender immediately!"

There was a loud shout.

Lu Tiehua sat naked in the middle of a crowd of soldiers, feeling the strong aroma of incense, his face flushed and his eyes bloodshot.

He stabbed his own chest with the tip of the iron spear, and with his other hand he held the head of Lady Red Snake, chanting incessantly with a buzzing sound.

Several household gods, as big as bulls and tigers, were circling around him, roaring incessantly.

And on this person's chest, a beautiful snake demon with a human head and a snake body has appeared.

The beautiful snake echoes the bullfighting tattoo on his back, and it should be the location of the Yin spirit of the Red Snake Lady.

But the beauty snake pattern was still struggling in Lu Tiehua's chest. It was unwilling to become a plaything. In addition to struggling, it also wanted to drill into Lu Tiehua's body and eat her heart and liver.

"Certainly!"

Lu Tiehua stared with his eyes wide open, and simply bit his tongue, caught a mouthful of blood with his hand, touched his chest randomly a few times, and wrote a big word "Ding".

Then a roar sounded at the scene!

The beautiful snake ghost on his chest slowly stopped moving, leaving only the tip of the snake's tail still trembling slightly, making a low rustling sound.

At this time, Lu Tiehua breathed a sigh of relief. Although his face was still tense, he was also full of joy.

"Hahaha, how dare you, a mere demon or ghost, do such a thing!"

This man looked around and waved his hand, asking the soldiers who were protecting him to disperse their formation and take a rest. He then jumped up and ran to Yu Que's side, laughing and saying to him:
"Thank you, brother Yu! If it weren't for you, I don't know when I would be able to hunt a seventh-grade wandering god, let alone such an extraordinary god."

Yu Que played with the snake bone in his hand and bowed to the other party:

"Teacher Lu, you are too kind. If it weren't for the teacher's own extraordinary ability, this would not be an opportunity, but bad luck. I have to thank the teacher for helping me eliminate an enemy."

Lu Tiehua shouted, "What are you calling me, Instructor? I was only on a one-month or two-month assignment at the Seventh County School. Now you have joined the Huangshan County Army. We are comrades-in-arms, so we can address each other as equals. Call me Brother Lu!"

Yu Que readily followed suit: "Yes, Brother Lu."

"Good!" Lu Tiehua nodded, and glanced at the snake bone that Yu Que was playing with:
"It seems that Red Snake is indeed from an aristocratic family. He must have taken countless miraculous elixirs and became a monster after being possessed by evil spirits. His body is not much worse than a real monster, and he is no longer in human form, even after death.

It's a pity that I just took away the soul of that fellow, and his spiritual energy has left his body. Otherwise, the quality of the bone in my hand would be much better."

This person didn't care at all that Yu Que took the demon snake's spine away on his own. Instead, he saw how much Yu Que valued and loved this thing, and immediately looked ashamed: "This time, I took advantage of you."

"No way." Yu Que hurriedly said politely, "I have only just entered the ninth rank. If this snake bone is of a higher quality, even if I get it, I can't even process it properly, let alone put it to use."

Hearing this, Lu Tiehua raised his eyebrows.

When he was suppressing the Red Snake Lady's Yin Spirit just now, he still paid some attention to the surroundings. Now he looked at the traces around Yu Que and immediately realized that Yu Que was trying every possible way to prepare the snake bones, and he had not yet finished preparing them.

"Is there anything I can do to help you deal with this?" Lu Tiehua asked.

This person can supervise the second level of the county examination and is also an expert in preparing materials.

Upon hearing this, Yu Que hesitated for a moment, but finally shook his head and refused.

He was planning to refine this snake bone into his own sword embryo. Although it would be more convenient for him to refine it with the other party's help, he estimated that he would be able to start integrating it into the White Back Sword tonight.

But in this case, the presence of an outsider might also affect the degree to which Baiji Sword and Yu Que could finally reach an agreement on their thoughts.

Lu Tiehua asked again and again.

Seeing that Yu Que still declined, the other party took a step back and said:

"I just suppressed the red snake's Yin spirit and have not yet bound it into the temple. Now I have to hurry back to the military camp. I will assign this team of soldiers under my command to you to help you hold the line. If there is anything you need, just tell them. After you have dealt with the snake bones, you and I will meet up in the military camp."

Hearing this, Yu Que immediately understood why the other party jumped out to talk to him just after subduing the ghosts and gods. It turned out that the other party was in a hurry to go back.

After pondering for a few breaths, Yu Que gave up the idea of ​​refining snake bones in the wild.

Anyway, with this person by his side and about to enter the military camp, his journey should be safe and he is not in a hurry to complete the sword blank.

However, after entering the military camp, there must be a lot of medicinal herbs in the camp, which would undoubtedly make it more convenient for him to prepare the snake bones and squeeze out all the spiritual medicinal effects of the snake bones to nourish the sword embryo.

Yu Que immediately said, "It's okay. I will go back to the camp with Brother Lu."

Lu Tiehua was slightly surprised, but after a few greetings, he accepted Yu Que's kindness.

Immediately, shouts rang out at the scene:

"March out, return to the camp!"

The sound of clanging could be heard all around, and the soldiers were obeying orders one by one.

As soon as Lu Tiehua spoke, the people who were staggering stood up, picked up their weapons, and gathered in front of the two men. Then, under the protection of Lu Tiehua and a group of soldiers, Yu Que strode towards the county soldiers' camp.

………………

Sure enough, there were no more accidents during the rest of the journey.

It only took Yu Que half a day to appear in front of a military camp on the mountain.

During this time, Lu Tiehua led the soldiers to search for a long time at the place where the armor was discarded, and recovered all the discarded armor, which took a lot of time.

Although the Huangshan County soldiers’ garrison was just a “military camp”, what appeared in Yu Que’s eyes was a fortress-like scene.

The fort was built not with wood, but with thick and large stone pillars, which were piled up one after another, surrounding the entire hilltop, which was razed to the ground.

Yu Que looked around and saw nothing but a blue-gray sky without a single tree. Besides, there was no grass growing around the military camp except for a few running waters, only sand and gravel.

Such a rugged scene, inserted abruptly in the dense forest, seemed extremely awkward, but it also gave Yu Que a strong sense of security.

He was traveling alone in the mountains and was used to seeing plants and trees, but now he saw such a building with many traces of man-made things, which made him feel comfortable. Moreover, such a military camp made of rocks was not only fireproof, but also ghost-proof.

Because there were dense rune spells on those rocks, Yu Que could smell the pungent smell of blood as he walked forward.

The materials used to carve these talismans, in addition to cinnabar, must have been mixed with a lot of dog blood and chicken blood.

There is a guard post every five steps and a sentry every ten steps.

Huangshan County’s military base is heavily guarded.

Even though Yu Que came with Lu Tiehua and had the transfer documents in his hand, he was still interrogated several times by the soldiers guarding the camp. During this time, more than one spiritual consciousness flew over and landed on him, looking him up and down, and even seemed extremely rude.

After all the busy work, Lu Tiehua did not rush to subdue the ghosts and gods as he said, but first took Yu Que to the deepest part of the tent and asked Yu Que to wait.

Soon, this person strode out and said with a smile:

"Fortunately, the general is still in the tent observing the map and has not yet practiced in seclusion. Brother Yu, please follow me and meet the general first to determine your position in the army."

Deciding on military posts was a matter of great importance. Yu Que immediately bowed and nodded, then quickly followed the other party.

The two men passed through row after row of increasingly strict sentries and came to a rock tent.

On both sides of the tent were swords, spears, axes, and various heads, all filled with murderous aura. In the center, there was a built-up Jingguan, which served as a screen wall. It was just unknown which creatures these skulls came from.

The two stood at the door and heard a cold voice:

"Just come in."

When Yu Que heard the voice, he was surprised. It turned out to be a female voice.

Yu Que had really not expected this situation.

This is not because he is prejudiced and believes that only men can be generals.

There are immortals in this world. There is a slight difference between men and women, but it is not big. There are just as many female immortals as male immortals.

However, this place is a military stronghold, and the murderous aura is extremely heavy. Moreover, along the way, Yu Que noticed that the soldiers were all men, and there was no woman. This made Yu Que subconsciously think that the general in the camp must also be a man.

Moreover, women who join the army prefer cleanliness and quietness compared to men, and often do not like to display weapons and build pavilions. In addition, when women join the army, they often arrange a group of female soldiers to serve on the side, instead of a group of men.

Although he was surprised, Yu Que followed Lu Tiehua and walked forward quickly, bowing to the people in the tent:

"I am Lu Tiehua, paying my respects to the general."

"I am Yuque, and I am here to see you, General."

A tall figure in green armor was bending over a map, holding a charcoal pencil in his hand and sketching a picture on it.

When the other party heard the two people's voices, he raised his head and looked at Yu Que fiercely.

"You are here to join the army, right? Raise your head so that I can have a good look at you."

"Yes." Upon hearing this, Yu Que looked up and looked at the man.

What appeared in his eyes was not a pretty face, but a hideous face with green face and fangs. The sharp gaze was cast from the black holes of the eye part of the mask.

However, looking at the neck and figure of this female general, she is by no means ugly. Instead, just like in the stories and novels circulating in the market, she is deliberately using a mask to cover her face in order to prevent her beauty from affecting the morale of the army and hindering her from commanding the soldiers.

Being stared at by Yu Que, the female general did not feel it was rude. Instead, she looked at Yu Que meaningfully and chuckled.

"A good man?"

The next moment, Yu Que's expression changed suddenly.

Before the other party finished speaking, he suddenly felt a strong smell of blood coming from the front. And the green-faced and fanged tool on the female general's face immediately turned into a giant ghost, leaning out and roaring.

“Ahh! Kill kill kill kill kill!”

The neighing of people and the braying of horses, as well as countless wails and screams, formed a horrifying scene like a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, surrounding Yu Que, making his hair stand on end and his head feel cold.

With just one glance, Yu Que realized that the female general's cultivation should be much stronger than that of the old leader and the seventh schoolmaster. Moreover, this person was extremely murderous and was definitely not a good person.

However, due to the limitations of his own knowledge, Yu Que has no way of judging this woman's specific realm.

Lu Tiehua, who was standing by, still maintained her salute posture, not looking away. But a voice as thin as a mosquito came out of this person's mouth, ringing in Yu Que's ears: "Hold on."

What a show of power, or test!

Yu Que came back to his senses, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a thought came to his mind.

All actions are unrestricted in the temple, and slowly unfold around Yu Que.

This ancient ancestral temple surrounded him tightly. No matter how chaotic the outside world was, with mountains of corpses and seas of blood, or ghosts crying and gods howling, the temple remained peaceful and unmoved.

The female general's sharp spiritual consciousness only penetrated into Yu Que's body for two or three breaths, and then it was stopped by Yu Que's ancestral temple and driven outside, unable to advance an inch.

(End of this chapter)