One Qi Chaoyang

Chapter 12: Retire from the Mountain

Zhuang Xinyan found herself and her group fallen into a trap, but she was not surprised at all.

Because she had been here before, and she brought these people here because she realized the danger of Wuze County.

These people are a combination of tomb robbers and mountain-moving Taoist priests. They disguise themselves as merchants and the boss among them is a mountain-moving Taoist priest.

These people are all experts in tomb robbing and stealing gold. Of course, although their main job is to rob tombs and steal gold, they also rob and kill people.

She invited these people here to tell them that the people of Wuze County had discovered a demon tomb and someone was secretly digging it.

Of course, Zhuang Xinyan was just making this up. She only knew that her brother Zhuang Xiange told her that those insect-like people in Wuze County were secretly opening up the mountains, and no one knew what they were digging for.

She checked historical books at home and found that a long time ago, there was a big monster lurking in Wuze, but it died later.

Some said he died from a lightning disaster, others said he was killed by the founder of the Tiandu Mountain sect, who had not yet established his own sect, using the Divine Thunder Method.

But there are other theories, saying that the big demon was actually only seriously injured at the time, and he built a large tomb as a Taoist temple and hid in it.

Anyway, there were various versions, so Zhuang Xinyan used these rumors as a basis to tell the mountain-moving Taoists and tomb robbers, and then invited them to come together.

Zhuang Xinyan has only one goal, which is to avenge her brother.

The Zhuang family began to decline since her grandfather's generation, and her father died before he could even build a foundation. In her generation, only she and her brother Zhuang Xiange were able to practice cultivation.

In order to restore the family's reputation, his elder brother Zhuang Xiange responded to the call of "Daozi's New Deal" and became a teacher in Wuze County of Nanling Border Prefecture.

At first, she received a letter from her brother, which said that the people here were barbaric and uncivilized, and their magic was vicious, and he wanted to change the customs here.

Later, another letter was received saying that the people here seemed to be doing something secretive, as if they were digging something. Zhuang Xiange analyzed that there might be some treasure, or it might be the tomb of a powerful man who once ruled this place.

Or maybe it was a cave. You have to know that in this world, since people have been practicing cultivation, there have been endless cultivators in the past tens of thousands of years. It is normal to discover the caves of their predecessors.

Zhuang Xinyan knew that her brother had something in mind, because the Zhuang family's foundation was gone, and even the inheritance of foundation building was mostly lost in the hands of their father.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhuang Xiange responded to the "Daozi New Deal", and after reading the letter, Zhuang Xinyan knew that her brother must want to take it for himself, or at least get a share of it.

However, when she was looking into the history of Wuze, she never received any more letters from her brother. When she received news again, it was that her brother had died in Wuze County.

So she wanted revenge, and while doing so she also wanted to see what they were digging up.
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Suddenly, they heard the sound of a group of insects flying, and then they saw green flying insects with sharp mouthparts and pairs of compound eyes that seemed to be able to see through invisibility.

"rush!"

The one who spoke was the Taoist monk who moved mountains. In the darkness, no one could see that his face, which was always smiling, had now become cold and stern. Having dealt with these evil things for many years, he knew very well what he was facing.

He knew very well that although those who raised poisonous insects would have a hard time living long, the insects had many different abilities and were very troublesome.

He stretched out his hand into a cloth bag and grabbed a handful of red powder, which he sprinkled into the air. The poisonous insects that were still on the periphery immediately turned around and scattered.

The poisonous insects covered by the powder flew around like headless flies, bumping into trees and leaves, and then falling to the ground.

There was a man with a faint earthy yellow glow on his body. He dived toward the ground like a fish leaping into the water and sank into the earth. The moment he entered the earth, the thick earth seemed to break up into yellow waves and churned up.

Not only him, but many people, all burrowed into the ground one after another.

They know how to walk on the ground and are authentic tomb raiders. This is their specialty.

In the pitch-black forest, in the blink of an eye, you can see tiny dots of light flickering everywhere.

This is the brilliance of magic.

In the darkness, there are corpse puppets, ghosts, and poisonous insects. The tomb robbers and mountain movers are good at digging graves underground and often deal with these things, so they have many ways to restrain them.

For a moment, they were fighting on equal terms.

Zhuang Xinyan lay on the ground and turned into a white cat. Her clothes took off, and after determining the direction, she began to drill in one direction.

In this forest, because the trees are tall, the area under the forest is empty. There are no short trees. The ground is covered with leaves. There is a crescent moon overhead, but it cannot shine through the leaves that block all light sources.

Zhao Fuyun stood in the dark, and he saw the Dharma light rising and falling in front of him.

This kind of fight in the dark is the most dangerous. He felt that if he was in such an environment, with darkness all around and no idea where the enemy was coming from, it would be difficult for him to escape unscathed.

His heart couldn't help but ripple. According to the Taoist master, these people were all unorthodox and it was difficult for them to form an elixir. However, in such a complex environment, they were fighting for life and death, and no matter what your potential for cultivation was, it didn't matter.

Vicious and dangerous.

He had been in the mountains and had gone down to do various missions, but he had never encountered such a melee.

His eyes could not see through the darkness, so he did not feel very secure and tried his best to hide himself.

And those who fight in the darkness are able to see in the darkness.

At the same time, Zhao Fuyun was thinking, if he were also in the situation at this time, how should he respond and whether he could respond.

He felt a huge snake entangled a person.

I also saw a corpse puppet being burned by the talisman fire.

I saw someone sprinkle some medicine powder to drive away a group of insects.

At this time, he once again transformed into a nightingale and saw the woman. She had transformed into a white cat and was running quickly in one direction.

He followed suit.

If a cultivator in the Xuanguan period wants to master the art of escape but does not have the corresponding talent, the price he needs to pay is too high and the required training resources are not easy to obtain.

The so-called art of hiding, whether it is hiding or escaping, both mean concealing, but there is still a difference between them. Hiding means making people completely invisible to you, not being able to see you when they are in front of you, including taste, breath, smell, etc.

To escape means to change one's own state and enter a state that others cannot see, such as escaping into the five elements.

Zhao Fuyun did not practice the art of invisibility, but he had already practiced the prerequisite skills of the art of invisibility, such as restraining his breath and concentrating his mind, and how to hide himself better. These are just things that ordinary people can learn, and they are not real spells.

One of the reasons why he worked hard to practice the art of transformation of the nightingale was that he wanted to make up for his difficulty in seeing far at night by transforming into a nightingale.

The white cat also bypassed the area where the melee occurred. Zhao Fuyun followed diligently and carefully. He had detoxifying pills on him, so he was not afraid of the obstruction of air here.

He prepared that specially after he knew he was coming here.

Following closely or slowly, Zhao Fuyun finally stopped.

Because he came to the entrance of a cave, with the faint moonlight from the sky, he saw that water was quietly flowing out of the cave, and at the same time a strong yin energy was flowing along with the water.

And he saw through the paper bird that the white cat had crawled into the hole where water was flowing.

Zhao Fuyun began to observe the mountain. He found that the mountain was extremely majestic, like a chair. He carefully went around to one side and saw that someone had dug a cave on the other side.

Looking closely, the hole looked like the entrance to a cave, and the place where the white cat disappeared was on the shade side of the mountain, one on the south side and the other on the north side.

Zhao Fuyun looked at the mountain terrain here and thought it was indeed a good place to hide the wind and energy.

The entrance to the cave cannot be seen unless you look closely, and although it seems like there is nothing inside, Zhao Fuyun can still feel a lot of murderous aura there.

It should be that a "Gu" has been set.

He guessed that if those grave robbers and mountain movers hadn't come today, there would be people guarding the cave inside and outside. At this moment, he suddenly felt a cold figure standing beside him.

He could not see anything in the darkness, but he knew there was something there, so he stepped back. He held his breath and concealed his mind, so he was unable to discover the thing in the darkness early enough.

Likewise, the thing in the darkness is no longer afraid of him.

He concentrated his magic power on his eyes and looked at the darkness. The darkness dissipated a little, and he seemed to vaguely see a person.

He took a few steps back, and the opponent took a few steps closer.

Zhao Fuyun clenched his left hand into a fist and placed it at his waist, with the sword finger of his right hand inserted into the hole of his fist, like a sword returning to its sheath, or like a hand grasping the hilt of a sword as if about to draw it out.

When he completed this action, the shadow in the darkness seemed to be aware of the danger, and Zhao Fuyun caught a hint of uneasiness from the other party.

At this moment, he pulled out his fingers like drawing a sword and slashed through the air.

It was as if a faint light was passing through the void.

At the same time, a curse came out of his mouth.

"kill!"

The ghost in the darkness, who had no time to retreat, was torn to pieces by a powerful force.

Zhao Fuyun did not stop and retreated immediately.

He knew that after the ghost died, its owner would definitely know that someone had come here.

The person who stayed in the cave suddenly opened his eyes, and a lamp beside him illuminated a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"Someone actually came here, and they didn't stop him."

He stood up and walked towards the cave entrance, while the darkness behind him seemed to be wriggling, following him closely, forming a rolling ghostly shadow.

He came to the place where his little ghost who was used for guarding died. There was only a dispersed aura of resentment, and the intruder was no longer there.

Zhao Fuyun had returned to his own dojo before dawn.

A warm feeling came over me.

It is enough to discover that place. As for what is behind it, we can think about it later and explore it after we are well prepared.

If we can find out a general idea by then, we can send a letter back to Tiandu Mountain and invite the Taoist master, as long as the benefits in the letter are sufficient.

After daybreak, in the morning, he went to the place where the merchant's residence was located, and found that there was no one there.

As for whether those people were dead or alive, Zhao Fuyun didn't care.

When you are in the world, exploring the unknown and seeking the secrets, it is normal to die an untimely death.

The normal lifespan of an orthodox practitioner is long, but many practitioners die before they even reach the normal lifespan of an ordinary person.

On the third day, the white cat came back in the evening. Although she had no injuries on her body, she looked very weak and was filled with evil energy.

When she entered the dojo, she could hear a faint wailing sound from her body. It was the evil spirit attached to her being burned by the fire in the dojo.

Zhao Fuyun looked at the white cat, and the white cat looked at Zhao Fuyun.

"Miss, you come to me at this time, are you trying to lead the enemy to me?" Zhao Fuyun pulled over a chair, sat next to the white cat and said.

The white cat jumped onto the table next to her, and she also said, "You followed me there before."

"Oh, you found out?" Zhao Fuyun said calmly, not surprised at all.

The white cat stared at Zhao Fuyun without saying anything.

"Girl, you took advantage of the opportunity to divert attention from those people and enter the mountain. Did you gain anything?" Zhao Fuyun said.

"It's an evil place in there. It's both a tomb and a Taoist temple," said the white cat.

Zhao Fuyun raised his head, looked outside, and said, "It seems that someone has followed you."

"How could disciples of Tiandu Mountain be afraid of these people?" said the white cat.

"Haha, disciples of Tiandu Mountain will also die." Zhao Fuyun said: "Can you tell me the identity of the lady?"

"My name is Zhuang Xinyan, and Zhuang Xiange is my brother." Bai Mao said very directly. Originally, she had the same idea as her brother, wanting to see if there were any treasures in it.

But after watching it, I realized that I couldn't explore it by myself.

"Oh, so that's how it is. Let's avenge my brother!" Zhao Fuyun said, but he stood up and picked up a letter from the table on the other side.

"I have written a letter. Please help me deliver it to the Golden Spring Cave in Feilong Mountain. Your brother's revenge will probably be avenged then."

When the white cat saw the letter he had written long ago, he asked in surprise, "Did you know I would come?"

"No, I don't know. I just wrote the letter a long time ago and am waiting for a suitable person to deliver it."

"What if we can't wait any longer?" Zhuang Xinyan asked.

Zhao Fuyun did not answer, because he felt that the white cat would be forced to hide near him last time, and it would be even more difficult to escape unscathed this time.

For her, she is the only safe spot in the entire Wuze County.

"Why are you sending me away?" Zhuang Xinyan asked.

Just as she asked this question, a paper-cut on a table behind her began to glow, and a black eagle stood up from the light.

It stood on the table, looking over with its head tilted, looking incredibly majestic.

"You can ride this eagle to leave Wuze County. This eagle can fly about ten miles, and then you can go on your own." Zhao Fuyun said.

More than ten miles away, she can be sent out of the central area of Wuze County.

Zhuang Xinyan felt that everything seemed as she expected, everything was ready, just waiting for her arrival.

Zhuang Xinyan is like a cat, with a kind of pride, and her brother is the same, so she came here alone to avenge her brother.

But when facing Zhao Fuyun at this moment, she felt that he was unfathomable.

Zhao Fuyun didn't think he could calculate so much. He just felt that it was better to be more prepared for everything. Once you are well prepared, then you can wait.

Those who practice cultivation must be able to wait.

You must have the spirit to be motivated, but also the patience to wait.

There is nothing that you have to get, but if it appears at hand, you must grab it.

　Ask for collection.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)