Chapter 175: Meeting Yinghuan Again and Presenting Bamboo
A little girl with pigtails was staring at the pond in a daze under the porch, feeling depressed: Brother Lu didn't take her with him when he went out this time, and she didn't want to talk to him anymore!
The little girl was angry and threw fish food into the pond. She kept muttering about how to tease the person she called Brother Lu to vent her anger.
Just as she was calculating and playing with the fish in the pond out of boredom, she heard a commotion coming from the front yard.
She immediately threw all the fish food in her hand into the pond and ran excitedly to the front yard. Her short legs ran with such joy, but...
But as soon as she arrived at the front yard, the scene stunned her - it was simply a hell.
Monsters could be seen everywhere, constantly slaughtering everyone they encountered, regardless of gender, age or status, and no one could escape. Those people were like livestock, with their heads bitten off or cut in half by the terrifying monsters.
At this time, a head covered in blood rolled to the feet of the girl. On the bloody head, a pair of eyes seemed frightened and unwilling. There were tears in the corners of the eyes and the bloody mouth was wide open, as if there was a shout that was not yet uttered.
The little girl was stunned by the head with bloodshot eyes. Her eyes were wide open and full of fear. She knew she should run and escape, but her feet felt like they were filled with lead and she couldn't move an inch no matter what.
Just as she was stunned, a woman picked her up and ran towards the inner courtyard. As she ran, she patted the girl's back and kept muttering:
"Be good, Guining. Don't be afraid. I'm here. I'll protect you."
Although the woman said this, she did not run towards the small door in the backyard, but ran along the corridor all the way to the ancestral hall.
As soon as they arrived at the ancestral hall, the woman threw the little girl aside without even moving the mat. She knelt on the ground with a thud and kowtowed three times towards the altar. When she looked up, her forehead was bruised. She clasped her hands together and cried out to the altar:
"Ancestors of the Lu family, guardian spirits, I, the sinner Wen, sincerely beg for your attention. Today, the Lu family is suffering from a disaster, and the cause of this is my husband, Cheng Lang, a despicable, bewildered, ungrateful man who invited the thief into our home. Since childhood, I have been taught by my parents not to be unjust or unkind. Furthermore, the mistress of the Lu family is my elder sister, and she is currently away with the Lu family's only son, so I fear I cannot call upon the spirit. However, this is a matter of life and death, and I, deeply guilty, wish to intervene and request the Lu family spirit to move in, to prevent it from falling into the hands of the thief Cheng. I beg for your permission, all the ancestors!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he repeatedly touched the ground with his forehead, making a thud, and kept repeating, "Please ask the Lu family spirit to move forward, and please ask the ancestors to grant your permission..."
The woman's forehead was covered in blood, but she still kowtowed. The little girl next to her saw this and was so scared that she started crying. She didn't know why her mother was doing this, so she rushed forward to stop her from hurting herself, but the woman ignored her and continued to kowtow. The thudding sound seemed to hit the little girl's heart, causing her chest pain. She cried and asked her mother to stop quickly, but it was no use.
At this moment, a black mist emerged from the spiritual platform and floated in front of the woman before dissipating. It turned out to be a pair of deer antler blades!
Upon seeing this, the woman immediately tore off her dress, kowtowed to the double-edged deer antlers again, and carefully wrapped them up. Then, regardless of the blood on her face, she led the girl and ran quickly to the back of the spirit platform.
It turned out that there was a candlestick behind the altar, which turned out to be a mechanism. The woman twisted it hard, and a slide appeared on the wall, but it was only the size of a dog hole.
The woman handed the package to the girl, wishing her to hold it tightly, and then gently sent her into the agency.
"Mother... Ning'er won't leave... Mother..."
The girl seemed to know what the woman was going to do. She pulled her sleeve and refused to let go. At this moment, she heard a roar behind her. The monsters actually found their way into the ancestral hall.
The woman quickly pushed the girl and shouted into the tunnel, "Go back! Live!" Then she fell silent.
The world was spinning, and the little girl felt her stomach churning. But when she thought of her mother being like those people in the front yard, she became extremely scared and kept crying:
“Mother…Mother…”
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“Mother…Mother…”
Maidong on the couch had already developed a fever and kept talking nonsense, which made Long Sheng feel mixed emotions.
She was in this state because of him, and she was in love with Seventh Brother. How could he bring himself to kill her when Old Zhang said he would raise his knife and kill her? If he really killed her now, how would he explain to Seventh Brother?
Just when he was overwhelmed with emotions, he suddenly felt waves of demonic energy coming from outside the house, and along with the demonic energy, there was also a woman's cry:
"Ophiopogon japonicus!"
He immediately became alert, picked up his sword and rushed out, just in time to see Lingxiang and Xiaobai.
When Long Sheng saw Xiaobai behind Lingxiang, he felt that he was full of demonic energy and immediately stabbed him with a sword.
As soon as Xiaobai lifted the curtain, he sensed a fierce murderous aura. He quickly held Lingxiang behind him, gathered spiritual energy in his palm, and blocked the sword that Long Sheng was stabbing at him.
Seeing that he couldn't pull out the sword, Long Sheng was certain that Xiaobai was an evil demon, so he quickly bit his index finger and slashed at the sword.
The sword suddenly glowed red, incredibly hot. Seeing this, Xiaobai reached out and pushed, propelling Long Sheng three feet away. Long Sheng leaned on the sword, the blade scraping against the ground, sparks flying and leaving a deep scratch on the ground. As soon as he stood still, he turned around and swung the sword. Instantly, a red sword energy wrapped in spiritual power flew towards Xiaobai.
If there was no Lingxiang behind him, Xiaobai could use the teleportation method to avoid it, but now Lingxiang is behind him. If he avoids it, wouldn't he hurt her?
Just as Xiaobai was about to transform into a fox, Lingxiang pulled him away, twisted her fingers to perform the Calm and Unperturbed Technique, raised a shield and blocked the sword energy.
Seeing this, Long Sheng gathered his spirit into the sword and raised his hand to insert the sword into the ground.
The posture of this magic is obviously very powerful. This is happening inside the clinic. If he uses this trick, I'm afraid the whole building will be destroyed!
At this moment, Lingxiang shouted, "Wait a minute, senior! Listen to me!"
Upon hearing this, Long Sheng snorted coldly: "Although you are a little girl, you are in league with the devil. What can you say!" As he said this, he was about to drop his sword.
In a flash, Xiaobai appeared in front of Long Sheng and grasped the sword firmly with just two fingers.
As soon as the blade touched, Xiaobai's hand began to sizzle with black energy. The spiritual energy on the blade was actually burning his hand, but he seemed to be unconcerned. He simply leaned forward and said to Long Sheng face to face, "You also said she is a little girl. What's the harm in listening to her? At such an old age, are you still afraid of a little girl?"
When Long Sheng heard this, he became angry. Maidong was still suffering in the house, and he didn't know how to deal with it. Now there was another monster here. How could he have the heart to listen to her?
Long Sheng raised his hand and struck out, but Xiao Bai caught it firmly. Ling Xiang came closer and saw what was happening to Xiao Bai's hand. She quickly let him go and took out something from her bosom. She said to Long Sheng:
"I just saw some familiar sword techniques from the senior. I think you recognize this thing."
Hearing this, Long Sheng turned his head and looked. When he saw what Ling Xiang was holding, his eyes widened in shock! She actually held...
"Panlong Jade!" Long Sheng exclaimed, looking at Lingxiang: "Where did you get this?!"
Lingxiang didn't answer him. She simply lifted Xiaobai's hand and checked his injuries while saying, "I'm also very curious. I wonder why you, senior, would use the 'Entangled Dragon Sword Technique'. As far as I know, it's the sword technique of the Nanhuai Exorcist Dragon family."
Long Sheng was even more shocked when he heard this: "You actually know the 'Dragon Entangling Sword Technique'? Who are you?"
Seeing that Xiaobai's hand was fine, Lingxiang smiled and turned to Long Sheng and said, "If I'm not mistaken, it was you who handed the sword manual to Senior Brother Fuyin back then."
"You actually call Master Fuyin your senior brother. You are..." Long Sheng was full of suspicion, but he sheathed the sword in his hand. "I have never heard of someone like you in the Yuanqing Sect."
"Of course. Those old monsters kept my story very secret. Most people who are not from the sect don't know me. But since you are a cultivator, you must know about Youran Residence in Guyang City." Lingxiang said as she put away the Panlong Jade.
"I am the owner of Youranju, the ninth elder of the Yuanqing sect, and my Taoist name is Fucang."
Long Sheng was shocked. He had always heard that the owner of Youran Ju had amazing medicinal skills. He also heard Mai Dong talk about the young elder of Yuanqing Sect before. He didn't expect that they were the same person.
That must be Qi Ge'er's master. In this case, it is no wonder that she knows the "Dragon-Entwined Sword Art".
Just as he was thinking about it, Old Zhang rushed out of the house and shouted at Long Sheng, "Hero! This girl doesn't look good!"
Lingxiang frowned when she heard this. She had heard from the soldiers defending the city that someone was scratched by a tiger. However, tigers are mountain gods and rarely leave the forest. Besides, she didn't see any big beasts along the way.
When Lingxiang thought of the monster's dismembered body she had seen on the road before, she felt something was wrong and ran towards the house where Old Zhang came out.
"Ophiopogon japonicus!"
As soon as Lingxiang entered the room, she saw Maidong lying on the couch. The clothes on his back were cut open, revealing four claw marks on his back that had torn skin and flesh. There was a black area around the claw marks, like snake scales.
"The poison of the devilish miasma!" Lingxiang was shocked and hurried forward to investigate.
When Long Sheng entered the house, he heard Lingxiang's exclamation. When he thought that she was the owner of Youran Ju, he thought that Maidong could be saved this time.
She took out the silver needles, twisted her fingers and made hand gestures while applying the needles. After a while, she had inserted Ophiopogon japonicus all over her back.
"How did she become like this?" After some lifting, inserting and twisting, Lingxiang took a deep breath and asked.
Long Sheng told the whole story from beginning to end, and Lingxiang frowned when she heard it.
It’s indeed Huanhuan!
She had been feeling uneasy before, always thinking that Maidong would be in danger on this trip, but she didn't expect it to come true!
"Can you cure this evil miasma poison?" Seeing Lingxiang remained silent, Long Sheng asked hurriedly.
Lingxiang sighed: "Although I know the method to expel the miasma, with my cultivation level, I can't expel the miasma for her..."
Long Sheng was shocked. If that was the case, wouldn't Maidong be doomed?
Lingxiang was also helpless. She had just set up an acupuncture array on Maidong's back and injected spiritual power into her body. This would slow down the erosion of the evil miasma, but this was not a long-term solution!
But where can I find someone who is both knowledgeable in medicine and has a high level of cultivation?
Just when Lingxiang was extremely anxious, she suddenly remembered Chi Yanzi. He was at the third level of the Golden Core Realm and had followed her mother for many years. He had inherited her true teachings and was the perfect match!
She had previously given Taoist Chi Yanzi two letter talismans, which now came in handy!
Thinking of this, Lingxiang hurried to the yard, took out a yellow talisman from her arms, and activated it with a flick of her finger.
When Long Sheng chased out, he saw the yellow talisman in Lingxiang's hand glowing faintly. Although he had some cultivation, he was only a martial artist, not a Taoist practitioner. Seeing Lingxiang like this, he hurriedly asked Xiaobai, who had been waiting outside, "What is she doing?"
Xiaobai smiled softly. He was very familiar with this little trick. When he was in his cave before, although the spiritual incense was concealed, he still noticed it.
"Waiting for someone."
When Xiaobai entered the room, he saw Maidong bare-backed and quickly retreated. Even from that glance, he knew Maidong's situation was grim. However, he believed Lingxiang had a solution. In his opinion, Lingxiang was incredibly powerful; even if there was no solution, she would find a way to create one.
Just as Long Sheng was puzzled, Lingxiang arrived, handed him a purse, and said, "I have many questions I want to ask you, but I'm too busy with so many things to bother with. This purse contains Liuxiang Pills. After half an incense stick, give Maidong one pill every hour."
As soon as he finished speaking, without saying anything else, he turned to Xiaobai and said, "Senior Brother Chi Yanzi seems to have run into some trouble. Fortunately, he's not far from here. Let's go there quickly. Now, if we want to save Maidong, we can only rely on him."
Xiaobai heard this and thought to himself: What kind of trouble has this old guy gotten himself into again...
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If there was any trouble that had gotten Taoist Chi Yanzi into, it was none other than his encounter with Yinghua. He had instantly recognized Yinghua as a demon, and was now locked in a fierce struggle with her.
However, he had no suitable weapon, and the Golden Money Sword had not been repaired yet. With his bare hands, he could only fight her with magic.
But Chi Yanzi is good at the Wubenxiang Jue, which is essentially an illusion. Illusions have no effect on Yinghuan at all. Now he can only barely hold on with the Five Elements magic.
Seeing Chi Yanzi like this, Yinghua twisted her waist and gave him a charming smile: "Old man, you and I are not offending each other, and I have no real reason, but you insist on picking on me. It's really like if you don't take the road to heaven, you will find hell without a door."
Upon hearing this, Chi Yanzi spat and said while twisting his fingers, "It would be fine if you demons were practicing properly, but you are doing things that are against the will of heaven and earth. As a cultivator of Xuan, how can I just sit back and watch?!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and slapped the ground. Immediately, many branches and vines grew out of the ground, wrapping around and rushing towards Yinghuan.
But Yinghuan was not in a hurry. Facing the many branches and vines attacking her, she easily dodged them with a few quick moves. She smiled as she dodged and said, "Good old fellow, I thought you only knew illusions, but it turns out you have some skills." With that she disappeared in a flash.
Taoist Chi Yanzi was shocked when he saw this and looked around hurriedly. At this moment, Yinghuan suddenly appeared behind him and raised her claws to grab him.
Just as the claws wrapped in black mist were about to fall, a yellow talisman flew over and hit Yinghuan right on the chest.
Yinghuan quickly stepped back and reached out to extinguish the talisman fire on her chest. At this moment, a voice rang out:
"Brother! Take the sword!"
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