Chapter 104
When Rong Jing, Chi Bai, A Qiu, Xue Cang and Si Liu rushed to Nanling, they learned that Qi Tian, the ancestor of Taoziguan, had appeared under the dragon vein and wiped out the special department teams of various states.
Chi Bai pursed his lips, rubbed his aching brow with his fingers, and couldn't help cursing in his mouth: "Fuck his uncle, old thing."
Aqiu patted his shoulder and turned to go to the base of other special departments.
It’s not quite accurate to call it a garrison. It’s actually just an open space where they temporarily stay and reorganize.
The members of the special department received the retreat notice from Chi Bai and others, and heard the news that something had happened to the special department teams in various states. Naturally, they all retreated from the dragon vein without saying a word. However, time was too tight and everyone was in a mess. Some teams that had already found some of the statues had to wait for the person in charge to arrive and hand over the statues to the person in charge.
The person originally responsible for destroying the statue was a senior uncle from Xuantian Temple, but when he received the news that Rong Jing had arrived, he decided to concentrate on repairing the dragon vein and handed the destruction work over to Rong Jing.
"We found three statues in total." The person who spoke was the leader of Lu County's special department. She was a woman similar to Duan Yunshuang, with short hair and a neat and daring look in uniform. She sat in front of Rong Jing and slowly opened the cloth wrapped around the statue, revealing a disgusting monster inside.
Ah Qiu happened to see this scene when he passed by and was slightly surprised: "How come this thing is wrapped so well?"
"We don't want to make it seem so precious," the Lujun Special Division leader said, frowning. "But our team members have discovered that prolonged contact with this statue can cause people to lose their minds."
"…unconscious?"
"Yes, we didn't notice it at first. My team members were very excited after finding the statues. They put them in their pockets and vowed to find the second and third statues. But not long after, we found that the team member carrying the statues was banging his head against the mountain wall. If we hadn't discovered it in time, he might have committed suicide."
When they saw the other party stabbing their chest with a dagger, they were instantly frightened and broke out in cold sweats.
Fortunately, everyone reacted quickly.
Ah Qiu was slightly surprised when he heard this story, but he quickly understood: "That's true. It's an evil thing after all."
Then he looked at Rong Jing and asked, "Did the seniors from Xuantian Temple tell me how to destroy it?"
"Leave it to Senior Si Liu, you can do it." While Rong Jing was speaking, Si Liu floated from left to right, then from right to left with a strong presence, holding a sign in his hand: Add money.
Aqiu: “…”
Rong Jingjing saw Ah Qiu's helplessness and pushed the sign down, saying to Ah Qiu, "Don't look at Senior Si Liu's shabby appearance."
Si Liu sighed: "Don't you think the atmosphere is too depressing, so I tease you to relax a little?"
As he spoke, he took the ugly statue from Rong Jing's hand. The statue floated in the air in his palm. After just a few seconds, it cracked in the middle, and the crack grew larger and larger. A strange but sharp scream suddenly rang out in everyone's ears. When they looked closely, they saw a brightly colored liquid flowing out of the statue, accompanied by a foul odor.
"Is this... blood?"
“It stinks.”
After the liquid that looked like blood fell to the ground, it actually made a corroded sound, but these sounds and the statue did not last too long. In the remaining ten seconds, it turned into ashes bit by bit and disappeared completely, leaving nothing behind.
As the owner of the destroyed statue, Si Liu did not show a surprised expression like others when he saw the statue being destroyed. Instead, he looked thoughtful.
Rong Jing keenly noticed that something was wrong, poked the senior on the back and asked, "What are you thinking about, senior?"
"When the statues were destroyed, I sensed Qi Tian's presence. Thinking back to what Ling Xiao and Chen Xin had said... I have an idea." Si Liu's eyes lit up as he spoke to the curious gazes of A Qiu and the others. "These statues all carry Qi Tian's presence because Qi Tian has dispersed some of his abilities within them. If we can find all of them and destroy them, then the abilities hidden within them will never return to Qi Tian's body, meaning Qi Tian has lost some of his power."
"Although judging by the complete annihilation of the special department teams in various states, Qi Tian should not be underestimated even without the power of the statue to assist him. But for us, it is a good thing for Qi Tian to have one less helper."
Si Liu's voice slowly passed through the ears of several people, and Aqiu nodded vigorously: "That's what happened."
Rong Jing frowned slightly and muttered to himself, "If that's the case, then one of the reasons Qi Tian came to the Dragon Vein must be to stop us from finding the statue."
"Of course there's one last reason." Si Liu turned his head, met Rong Jing's eyes, and said slowly, "The desperate dog will jump over the wall."
In the short term, there is probably no place with more Taoists gathered than near the dragon vein.
Therefore, if Qi Tian came, he could stop them from destroying the statue to avoid damage to their strength.
The second is to catch all the Taoist priests in this special department in one fell swoop and increase his own strength to the highest level.
When Ah Qiu heard the conversation between Rong Jing and Si Liu, his face turned pale instantly. He stood up from the ground and said anxiously, "No, we can't stay here any longer. Let's go."
The Lujun leader also realized the severity of the situation. He said something to Rong Jing and quickly turned away to inform the others. In just a few minutes, all the teams were assembled. Chi Bai walked around them, saying, "Put the talisman paper on and move as fast as you can!"
As soon as the words fell, everyone who was about to leave suddenly felt a chill in their hearts, and then an extremely terrifying aura instantly swept over the surrounding area. Chi Bai's eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze turned to the hilltop to the east. Uneasy alarm bells exploded and rang rapidly in his mind.
Ah Qiu stood close to Chi Bai's back, squinting his eyes at the strange figure on the distant hilltop. A cold look seeped into his eyes. He said, "The situation is not good."
It's more than not good.
The most terrifying guess is probably about to happen to them at this moment.
All members of the special department realized the seriousness of the situation at this moment.
After using the talisman paper, their vision had greatly improved, allowing them to clearly see the figure a hundred meters away. Although none of them had personally seen the true Taozi Temple Patriarch Qi Tian, they had all seen the statue based on Qi Tian. Seeing the figure's true face, their identities suddenly surfaced in their minds.
This old pervert actually showed up.
In the silence, the sky above suddenly shifted. Layers of dark clouds rolled over the once clear sky, and in a brief moment, the entire world turned dark. As the overwhelming, suffocating, oppressive feeling of the dark clouds loomed, a streak of bright red suddenly appeared beneath everyone's feet. Chi Bai's feet suddenly twitched inward, his gaze fixed on the streak, and he followed it forward.
A terrible idea suddenly popped up in his mind -
A sacrificial formation?
Such speculation also arose in the hearts of Rong Jing and Si Liu. The zombie and the ghost looked at each other, and both saw a bit of seriousness in each other's eyes.
really.
Qi Tian deliberately led them to the dragon vein.
However, the entire dragon vein stretches for thousands of miles and covers such a large area. How did Qi Tian know that they would temporarily station here and complete the sacrificial formation in advance?
When doubts filled his mind, Rong Jing suddenly reacted.
"He killed the special forces team from various states. Those team members had communicators," Rong Jing explained in a low voice. "He just needs to rush here as soon as he receives the message on the communicator."
Or, even if someone had arrived before him, it wouldn't matter. He had the means to avoid this group of young people from the special department and draw the formation completely.
Si Liu stood in front of Rong Jing. The mountain wind blew up his robe, and the shape of a long sword was gradually outlined in the palm of his hand hanging at his side.
At the same moment, Qi Tian, who had been at a distance, suddenly appeared before Rong Jing and his group in the blink of an eye. His imminent approach immediately alerted everyone. Without a word, the members of the special department drew all their magical weapons, fully prepared to attack at any moment.
Rong Jing observed Qi Tian.
It turned out that the statue was made based on him, and the statue even made Qi Tian look a little better. The real Qi Tian was much uglier, and his two huge heads were like two huge rocks pressing down on Miao. The excessive weight made his center of gravity look unstable, and he staggered when he walked.
At this moment, Rong Jing seemed to finally understand why Tao Ziguan was so keen on the tumbler doll.
Is there any difference between Qi Tian and a tumbler doll?
At most, it is just uglier than the tumbler dolls on the market.
When Rong Jing was observing Qi Tian, Qi Tian was also observing Rong Jing. He did not miss Rong Jing's specialness. Both heads narrowed their eyes at the same time, and the sound that came out of their throats was hoarse, like an old machine turning slowly, unpleasant and with a strange sense of jamming.
He said, "The boy from Xuantian Temple."
Rong Jing wasn't surprised when he revealed his identity. Judging from Qi Tian's actions in occupying Xuantian Temple after the others had left, he must have been aware of its existence, and perhaps even understood it.
Rong Jing raised his chin and said to Qi Tian, "Since you knew I was a member of Xuantian Temple, why did you trap us near the dragon vein? I don't think you really want to confront my uncles."
Rong Jing felt that Qi Tian was very brave, and he seemed to be thinking of taking a gamble.
Although the dragon vein is long, no one knows where the Taoists of Xuantian Temple are at this moment. Isn't Qi Tian afraid that the place where he appears will happen to be where the Xuantian Temple's master is located?
Rong Jing's doubts were answered.
Qi Tian raised the corners of his lips, and two slightly different voices flowed out of his mouths and merged into one: "I really don't want them to come, so they won't come."
Such a confident statement attracted the attention of others.
The Lujun Special Branch leader pulled out her phone and searched the web for a while, her eyes fixed on a news report about a suspected explosion at Jiangyang Mountain. She checked the distance between the explosion site and their location, and they were at two completely different extremes, one in the south and the other in the north, completely stretching the distance.
"Right now, your sect should be dealing with the explosion at Jiangyang Mountain." Qi Tian said slowly, "The explosion site is right at the heart of the dragon vein, so those hypocrites who are favored by the thief heaven will not come to rescue you."
His eyes swept over everyone, the curve of his mouth grew wider and wider, and the sarcasm in his mouth became more and more intense.
He said: "After all, they can still distinguish between hundreds of lives and the dragon vein."
As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of all the special department members turned dark.
If it were them, they would also choose the dragon vein over hundreds of lives. But why were they so upset when Qi Tian exposed this so easily?
In the crowd, a hot-tempered young man sneered, "If you don't want to save me, then don't save me. The worst that can happen is death! When I die, my Taoist temple will be proud of me! What's wrong with that?"
The young man's companion raised his eyebrows upon hearing this and echoed, "Before, I was the one who paid homage to the deceased seniors. From now on, others will pay homage to me. This is the pinnacle of my life, right?"
"That's right, and don't worry, we will be reduced to ashes before you activate the formation. We guarantee that not a single hair will be left."
The mocking voices came one after another, and there was teasing, sarcasm and fearlessness in the words, but there was no fear.
Seeing this, Qi Tian's smile did not fade.
In his opinion, these little guys in front of him were no different in essence from ants.
Beneath the dark clouds, wisps of red light streamed from all directions, forming a vast crimson mark, like a giant red snake coiling above everyone's heads. The serpent's tongue lolled out, its cold, vertical pupils encompassing everyone's form. Its agile form, instantly emerging from a great height, descended rapidly, attempting to seize Rong Jing in its clutches.
When a strong sense of oppression approached, a sharp sword suddenly flew out, and the tip of the sword pierced the scarlet snake's vital point!
"boom!"
The tail of the long snake swept down the nearby hilltop, but the figure disappeared the moment the long sword approached.
At the same time, layers of red mist filled the surrounding space. The blood-red mist flowed down from overhead like a waterfall, enveloping the members of the special unit.
Chi Bai frowned as he looked at the strange red mist, feeling increasingly uneasy.
At this moment, a scream suddenly rang out from behind him: "Old Third, what are you doing!"
call out.
Chi Bai turned around suddenly, but was shocked to find that the members of the special department around him had disappeared without a trace, and were replaced by a two-headed man.
This person...isn't he Qi Tian?
Realizing this, Chi Bai drew his sword without hesitation. The peach wood sword had some power against demons and ghosts, and it should also be effective against something like Qi Tian, a creature neither human nor ghost. But just in case, he affixed several extremely lethal talismans to the sword. The talismans on the silk paper flashed a cinnabar red glow, then erupted with a powerful aura, charging straight at Qi Tian with the sword's radiance.
Chi Bai never thought that he could kill Qi Tian, but in the current situation, he could at least beat him to death.
He still wants to enjoy the feast of Rong Jing and Xie Changshi while he's still alive!
Qi Tian looked bulky, but in reality, he was incredibly agile. With a single, effortless leap, he dodged Chi Bai's attack. Furthermore, he was known for his underhanded tactics. He bent down, grabbed a handful of dust, and flung it at Chi Bai's eyes. Chi Bai suddenly closed his eyes, just as the opponent's talisman paper had already reached him.
Chi Bai was startled and quickly stepped back, then used his peach wood sword to pick up the talisman paper.
"Hold."
A vague sound of "national quintessence" suddenly rang in my ears, and the talisman paper floated to the ground, with traces of cinnabar on the upward side.
Chi Bai's eyes passed over it inadvertently, and when he saw the weird scribbles on it that he couldn't understand at all, he actually felt a sense of familiarity.
...Wait, it doesn't seem to be an illusion.
An idea suddenly popped up in Chi Bai's mind.
That shameless trick of throwing mud, the familiar national treasure, and this talisman paper.
When the next piece of talisman paper approached him again, he finally spoke: "Aqiu?"
The 'Qi Tian' on the opposite side seemed stunned for a moment, then sneered: "You even know your grandfather Qiu's name."
Chi Bai: “…”
boom!
The peach wood sword was fixed on the ground, spinning silently, stirring up a wave of wind and, when Qi Tian approached, it knocked him away.
"Daming, your uncle, open your eyes and see who your father is!"
Ah Qiu fell to the ground, feeling as if his buttocks had been broken in two. However, the blood mist in front of him seemed to have become much lighter under this pain, and the two-headed figure in front of him also revealed most of its body shape.
It was Chi Bai.
Ah Qiu was confused: "Chi Bai?"
Chi Bai stepped forward and pulled him up from the ground, rolling his eyes: "It's your father."
A Qiu: "...What's going on? The first person I saw was clearly Qi Tian."
"I saw Qi Tian, too. I just thought your fighting style looked familiar. It didn't seem like Qi Tian could do it." Chi Bai casually said, causing Ah Qiu to blush. However, their attention quickly returned to the blood mist surrounding them. Chi Bai frowned and said, "I'm afraid we're not the only ones facing this situation. It would be bad if others didn't recognize that 'Qi Tian' was actually their companion."
As soon as these words fell, a scream was heard from a corner.
But what followed was a sudden gust of wind.
Outside the crowd.
Rong Jing controlled the black-gold flag with one hand, and the flag madly absorbed the blood-red fog flowing around it.
In the distance, Si Liu's figure disappeared instantly, and his sword slashed towards Qi Tian again.
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