Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 197 A Nest of Snakes and Rats

Lu Zheng couldn't help but shake his head as he saw several passersby leaving in a hurry without even having a good rest.

Opening a teahouse in this place can indeed provide convenience to many passers-by.

Unfortunately, Wang Wu was greedy and had to collude with demons to steal people's lives and money.

Lu Zheng looked at the teahouse, stood up, took out the Donghu pen, and wrote a poem to protect the house.

Then the glowing poems disappeared into the walls of the teahouse.

A sense of righteousness suddenly emanated from the entire teahouse, resisting the invasion of external evil spirits.

Afterwards, Lu Zheng came to the courtyard wall, took out a pen and paper, wrote another paragraph of plain words, and posted it in the most conspicuous place.

The general idea is that Wang Wu committed a crime and was wanted by the government, and the teahouse here was left for passers-by to use as they pleased.

Lu Zheng did not mention the poem to protect the house. After all, he was not sure how long the effect of the poem could last, but he certainly could not protect the teahouse forever.

After doing all this, Lu Zheng left the teahouse and went into the mountains to look for traces of the two monsters.

At this time, a spirit bird came to report the situation, saying that they did not find the monster that Lu Zheng mentioned, but they would keep watching.

Seeing that there was no gain, Lu Zheng couldn't help but think of Taoist Qingxuan.

The one who knew how to find the demon and its origin still lacked the magic power, and he couldn't even find the demon's exact location.

However, it was rare to encounter such a clever monster, which gave Lu Zheng a bit of fighting spirit.

Soon, Lu Zheng returned to the place where he had discovered the monster before, and there were no new traces at the entrance of the cave.

According to Wang Wu, the two monsters lived in the mountains and had dug very complicated caves. As long as they hid inside, it would be difficult to catch them.

He couldn't help but raise his hand and shoot a sunburst into the cave.

Suddenly, white flames rose up, but dissipated after a while.

Qing Wan sent out a few bean soldiers to check the situation, but still found nothing.

Lu Zheng murmured, "It's really good at hiding. You can't dig up the mountain..."

With his level of skill, it would be quite difficult for him to find the two monsters hiding in the mountains.

And these two monsters may not still be inside.

"I'll go!" Qing Wan said excitedly, "Give me the treasure, and I'll go and destroy them!"

Lu Zheng thought about it, took out some things and stuffed them into Qing Wan's storage bag, and gave her some instructions.

"Remember not to get lost. Make sure to mark the places you've walked. If you get lost, just..."

Qing Wan nodded seriously and wrote down Lu Zheng's words.

Then she carried the storage bag and slipped into the cave.

Every time she walked a certain distance, Qingwan planted a pea.

However, it wasn't long before she felt a little confused.

Because the caves in the mountains are interconnected, it is impossible to tell which one leads to which other.

"very messy……"

Qingwan shook her little head, unable to tell the direction for a moment, and could only search downwards.

After walking for a while, I heard a faint rustling sound.

Qing Wan took a piece of glowing stone and tiptoed over.

I saw a large nest in front of me, and inside it were many rats and poisonous snakes, hundreds and thousands of them, densely packed.

She took a careful and furtive look but did not see any snake demon or rat demon.

Just then, a big snake crawled towards Qingwan.

The big snake spit out its tongue and sensed a strange breath.

Qing Wan was not afraid when she saw this. She jumped out and asked crisply, "Where is your monster? Where did it hide?"

When these snakes and rats heard the sound, they suddenly became impatient.

Seeing that it was just a little man, they all bared their teeth and glared at him.

Snakes and rats rushed towards Qingwan like crazy.

Qing Wan was startled and took out a cultural treasure.

Wen Bao was activated, and immediately emitted a sharp aura, attacking the snakes and rats.

Many snakes and rats died on the spot, and even their caves collapsed.

When some snakes and rats encounter such things, they instinctively escape and flee to various passages.

Qingwan's eyes moved rapidly, and then she followed several big snakes.

According to Lu Zheng, some animals will instinctively seek shelter. As long as they follow these snakes and rats, they may find snake demons and rat demons.

Deep underground, in a solid nest.

A half-human snake demon was lurking there, with a short rat demon sitting next to it.

When the two monsters heard the noise above, they subconsciously looked up.

The snake demon couldn't help but whispered, "They won't come here to fight, right?"

The rat demon said leisurely, "Don't worry, we are well hidden here. No one can get in, unless they dig up this mountain."

A dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse’s son will dig holes.

The rat demon brought a lot of rats with him and dug many secret passages in the mountain, which were enough for them to hide and take refuge.

Snakes are natural enemies of rats, but after the snake and the rat became spirits, they unexpectedly reached a cooperation. They have done a lot of things together over the years and have a very harmonious relationship.

The snake demon said quietly, "It's all Wang Wu's fault. He actually asked me to kill that young man. If I hadn't run fast, I would have died long ago! You don't know, that man can actually catch an arrow with his bare hands! That was a heavy crossbow..."

The snake demon was still frightened when he thought about it, but fortunately it was smart at the time and ran away after missing the attack.

If it had hesitated even a moment, it would probably have lost its life.

The rat demon said disapprovingly, "He always makes mistakes sometimes. It's not like he hasn't made mistakes before. Let's go outside after things calm down in a few days."

……

"Huh? There's something evil about it!"

Qing Wan followed the snake and rat for a while and discovered a trace of demonic aura.

But several snakes and rats had reached the end of a passage and turned around and rushed towards Qing Wan.

Seeing this, Qing Wan had no choice but to kill these snakes and rats.

She searched carefully again and realized that the evil spirit was seeping out from the ground.

She tried to dig the soil, but it was too hard to dig.

"It must be down here!" Qing Wan said excitedly.

Lu Zheng had told her that if a monster hid, it would definitely find a place that was hidden, safe, and difficult for outsiders to enter. "What should I do now?"

Qing Wan scratched her head, recalling Lu Zheng's instructions.

Suddenly, she slapped her head and took out the Taishi Jian from the storage bag with great effort.

The Taishi Jian slowly unfolded, revealing several jade slips with words written on them.

"You should use this sentence..."

Qingwan stretched out her little hand and touched a jade slip.

Suddenly, the words on it began to glow with colorful light, and a majestic murderous aura surged like rolling waves.

Qing Wan was knocked backwards to the ground by this breath.

We must wipe out all harmful insects and be invincible!

Just one sentence seems to contain endless righteousness.

Suddenly, the breath surged, and wherever it passed, the passage collapsed and all the snakes and rats died.

Deep underground, the two monsters suddenly felt an inexplicable chill.

But then wisps of breath seeped out from the earth wall, immediately extinguishing the evil spirit in the air and attacking the two monsters.

The two demons were horrified and wanted to use their internal energy to resist.

However, in the blink of an eye, the solid nest collapsed, and soil and murderous aura instantly flooded in.

The two monsters didn't even have time to move before they died.

No matter how deep they hide, they cannot escape the disaster that is destined for them.

There was a sudden earthquake in the mountains, causing birds to flap their wings and insects and animals to flee in panic.

Lu Zheng stood there, his body swaying slightly, feeling something in his heart.

"It's such a big noise."

Lu Zheng couldn't help but mutter.

To be on the safe side, Lu Zheng asked Qing Wan to take Tai Shi Jian with him, but he didn't expect the commotion to be even bigger than he had imagined.

"Bah!"

Qing Wan was also buried in the soil. She spat out a mouthful of mud, put away the Taishi Jian, and then used a talisman.

After a while, Qingwan crawled out from the ground.

"Huh...where is this?"

Qingwan shook her head and looked around.

"Well done."

Lu Zheng sensed Tai Shi Jian's location and quickly found Qing Wan.

Qing Wan laughed happily when she heard Lu Zheng's praise.

"Let me tell you, there are a lot of pests in there, snakes and rats crawling everywhere..."

Qingwan gestured with her little hands, her face full of excitement.

"Oh, by the way, are those two monsters dead?"

Qing Wan suddenly asked. She didn't quite understand what was going on, and just did what Lu Zheng said.

"Dead." Lu Zheng nodded.

Qing Wan was surprised and said, "Are they really dead? Strange, I didn't even see them..."

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, I know what's going on."

"Oh!"

Qing Wan didn't ask any more questions.

……

White clouds are floating in the sky.

Xu Shou stood in the clouds, making hand gestures with one hand and frowning slightly.

He thought that once he reached the south, he would be able to calculate the exact location of the reclusive master.

However, the closer he got, the less he could figure out anything.

It goes without saying that the person who could do something that Xu Shou could not predict was not an ordinary person.

"Does this mean we will return empty-handed? Is it because the time is not right?"

Xu Shou murmured to himself, feeling a little unwilling.

Suddenly, he lowered his eyes slightly and looked towards the land in the distance.

"Earthquake? What happened?"

Xu Shou's thought flashed through his mind, and he turned into a stream of light and flew towards that location.

Lu Zheng and Qing Wan were walking in the mountains when they suddenly saw a ray of light coming.

In just a breath of time, a Taoist priest with a jade crown was approaching.

Xu Shou first looked at the mountain and found nothing unusual except the collapse of snake and rat burrows.

He turned to look at Lu Zheng again, and just one glance made him feel a strange feeling in his heart.

Hmm? This person… Xu Shou narrowed his eyes slightly.

Lu Zheng and Qing Wan also looked at Xu Shou with a hint of curiosity in their eyes.

A Taoist who can ride the wind is at least a cultivator in the fourth realm.

This person is a little unusual... Xu Shou sensed that Lu Zheng had a special aura and fortune that made it impossible for him to see through him.

Moreover, he vaguely felt that the person he was looking for seemed to have some relationship with the person in front of him.

"This Taoist Priest?"

Lu Zheng was the first to salute and greet everyone.

Xu Shou's thoughts quickly flashed through his mind, and he slowly landed on the ground with a graceful posture. He replied, "My name is Xu. Did you just kill a demon here, young man?"

The surname is Xu, but it's not called a Taoist name? Lu Zheng's heart moved slightly.

Taoism is divided into many sects, and there are also people who do not take Taoist names, which is not surprising.

Lu Zheng smiled and replied, "There's a demon causing trouble here. I just used some tricks, but did I disturb the Taoist priest?"

Xu Shou smiled and thought to himself, you made the whole mountain collapse with just a little trick. You are quite humble young man.

(End of this chapter)