As Father Bai, an old fox, said, this ending is not unexpected. Now that the matter has come to this, we can only think about how to deal with the aftermath.
According to Father Bai, as soon as King Bald Ming dies, his life card will be shattered, and the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance will know about it immediately. Then, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance will send an investigation team to investigate the cause of Tu Ming's death.
However, Jiagouzi Village is remote. With the current transportation conditions on the mainland, it will take five or six days at the earliest for the investigation team to arrive. Therefore, they have enough time to find a way to deal with it.
"There's nothing to consider," said Father Bai. "It's naturally best for you to leave. You were going to leave anyway. By the time the investigation team arrives, you will have walked at least a thousand miles."
"We left as soon as we left," Chen Tianye said, "What about you? Won't you be implicated?"
"No!" said Father Bai, "As long as we don't hide the situation and report the truth truthfully, there won't be any trouble.
"Three foreign human monks pretended to be kings and entered the village, deceiving the village chief to take them to see King Tu Ming. As a result, they launched a surprise attack and killed Tu Ming, and then escaped. No matter how you investigate, this is the only result.
"After the investigation, they will naturally want you and hunt you down. As for us, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance will send a new lord king. We are all the property of the new king, and he will not do anything to us.
"Bald is greedy by nature. You have seen what his subordinates are like. They are basically naked and hungry. Generally, in order to win people's hearts, the new king will be somewhat gentler than his predecessor, and at least he will make people full. Dress warmly.”
"I see," Qingshi said, "This is why you want to kill Tu Ming, right? What are you talking about about the fate and future of mankind!"
"Hehe!" Father Bai said with a smile, "Both of them, yes of all! The main thing is the latter."
"Tch~" Qingshi said, "Then tell me, what should the three of us do next?"
"This..." Father Bai said, "I don't dare to be smart anymore. However, I can tell you some situations to help you make decisions."
"Tell us about the current situation on the mainland," Qingshi said, "and then give us some suggestions."
"Okay," said Father Bai, "not all the land in the current continent has been occupied and divided by the big monsters. At least half of the barren lands are ownerless, including some villages and towns where humans live.
"Not all people are serfs. There are all walks of life in the human race. Most of the practitioners in these industries are free people. After all, the great demons, or great kings, and great immortals are a minority. The number of human beings is far greater than Great demons, so the great demons also allow human forces to exist within a certain range, as long as they surrender to them and pay tribute and taxes to them.
"So, you can disguise yourself as traders, travelers, messengers or bodyguards. With your strength, as long as you don't take the initiative to provoke those big monsters, the bandits or evil beasts on the road will be nothing.
"However, in addition to the pursuit team sent by the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, you also need to pay attention to the pursuit of bounty hunters. Generally speaking, under the current situation, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance will issue a pursuit order."
"That's it?" Duan Wutian said, "Don't you want us to fight the big monster to the death? I thought you wanted us to summon human monks, gather people to revolt, and fight the monster directly."
"Don't!" Father Bai said, "On the mainland now, you can hardly find anyone who can respond to you, let alone how many soldiers you can recruit who can fight monsters. You have to go to Baiyun City, that's The only city controlled by humans is our last hope. There is our only resistance force - the Dayong Army.
"Go to Baiyun City and join the army. I believe that with your strength, you can become a general as soon as you go. In the future, you will definitely become the leader of mankind, leading mankind to defeat the monsters and restore our dominance on the continent. You. He can also be remembered throughout the ages and become a great hero praised by everyone."
"Stop pouring the ecstasy soup!" Qingshi said, "We have our own plan."
"Didn't you ask me to make suggestions?" Father Bai took out a few maps and a dagger and handed them to Qingshi, and said, "I think going to Baiyun City to join the army is the best choice. Think about it seriously!"
"What is this?" Qingshi took the map, but didn't take the dagger.
"This dagger is a token," said Father Bai. "If one day you are willing to go to Baiyun City, then after arriving in Baiyun City, you go to the city owner Yan Ruyun and give her this dagger, and she will know that you are me. Those who have been recruited will naturally trust you. Back then, I was her grandfather's bodyguard."
"Baiyun City? Yan Ruyun?" Qingshi said thoughtfully, "Dad Bai, I want to know if there was a Black Stone City on the Shenmu Continent more than five hundred years ago? Also, have you heard of Yan Dunhuang? This person?"
"Ah!" Father Bai was shocked, "Of course I know. Black Rock City was the capital of the Yan Kingdom, the largest country in mankind at that time. Yan Dunhuang was the emperor of the Yan Kingdom at that time, and I was his bodyguard! Black Rock City is now In Baiyun City, Yan Ruyun is Yan Dunhuang's direct great-granddaughter."
"Ah!" It was Qingshi's turn to be surprised.
"God's will!" Father Bai said excitedly, "You are here to see Emperor Yan, right? You are the descendants of the group of Tianlong Continent monks more than five hundred years ago, right? You are here to help the Yan family, You are just the advance team, there are a large number of warships and troops behind you coming to help us, right?"
"No!" Qingshi abruptly interrupted Father Bai's fantasy, "There are only three of us passing through, and there are no battleships or troops. However, we have some connections with those monks back then... Okay, Let’s go to Baiyun City.”
With that said, Qingshi reached out and took the dagger.
"Good!" Father Bai said happily, "A good man should have lofty ideals and great ambitions! If I hadn't been seriously injured in the past..."
"That's enough." Qingshi interrupted him unceremoniously, and then asked Chen Tianye and Duan Wutian to pack away King Bald Ming's relics. The two chose some common local clothes and local-style weapons, but the other items were not fancy at all.
After Tu Ming died, the corpse first transformed into its true form, and then revealed its original form.
Generally speaking, the transformed demon has three forms: original form, body and divine form. The original form is the original form; the main body is usually the form during battle, which is often several times larger than the original form; the divine form is the human form, which is the form after transformation.
For example, Xiaopang, his current original form is a monster about the same size as Qingshi, his body is more than ten feet long, and after transforming into a human form, he is an eleven or twelve-year-old fat man.
The three forms have their own advantages and disadvantages. The original form is the most fragile, but does not require the consumption of additional spiritual power; the main body is huge and has the strongest combat power, but the consumption of spiritual power is terrible and often cannot last long; the divine form It is somewhere between the first two, with weaker combat power than the original body, but also consumes less additional spiritual energy.
As a great demon in shape, Bald Ming is about six to seven feet long in its original form, while its original form is only over ten feet long, not much bigger than an ordinary big white bear. Whether it is the original body or the original shape, this body type can be regarded as the 'Xiuzhen version', no wonder it is so 'weak'.
Qingshi and the others looked down on bald things. Father Bai was so delighted that he naturally accepted them all. After collecting it, he shamelessly pestered Qingshi, hoping to give him some spiritual stones.
Qingshi had no choice but to remove a large pile of middle- and low-grade spiritual stones from his storage container and pile them in front of him, almost shocking the old man's jaw. But the old guy was not satisfied, and asked Qingshi to give him the dozens of pots of food that he had just collected. He said that the food Bald Ming eats in one meal is enough for the whole village to eat for a day, and he has to give it to him. The food is distributed to the villagers so that they can celebrate the festival.
Qingshi not only gave him all the food, but also gave dozens of big fish caught from the sea to Bai Lao, asking him to distribute them to the villagers.
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Half a month later.
In the vast wilderness nearly a thousand miles northwest of Jiagouzi Village, a team of three people were marching in the wilderness under the moonlight. These were Qing Duan and Chen.
Baiyun City is 36,000 miles northwest of Jiazigou. Along the way there are numerous deserts, wild swamps, mountains and rivers. It would take several months to walk alone, even if you don't encounter any accidents.
The three men in Qingshi were naturally disguised. Their clothes were hooded robes common in wild desert areas, and they carried ordinary bows and swords on their backs.
Three days ago, they began to cross this wilderness. This was a large wilderness spanning thousands of miles, and it was difficult to hide. Therefore, they traveled day and night.
In the middle of the night, the three of them came to a small area of rocks. Suddenly, Qingshi, who was walking at the front, stopped and looked up at a large rock a few feet away in front of him. Duan and Chen also noticed it and were on guard together.
Under the bright moonlight, there was suddenly a person on the big rock, a woman in a smart short dress, holding a long whip coiled several times.
Then, a tall and burly man appeared behind her, carrying a nine-ring machete. Qingshi suddenly discovered that the aura of this man was similar to that of Tu Ming. He was a big demon.
Qingshi felt it for a moment and found that five people were rushing towards him from the left, right and rear. Two big men on the left and a man and a woman on the right, each carrying a weapon. There was only one person coming from behind, but there were two people beside him. A short, pot-bellied puppet carriage with legs and wheels.
These five people obviously cooperated tacitly and completed the encirclement in an instant. Together with the two people in front, they surrounded Qing Duan and Chen.
Qingshi and the others walked in the wild for half a month without seeing anyone. Now they finally saw a few people, but they were tense and clearly had bad intentions!
"Three of you," said the woman on the big rock in front of you, "who are you? Where are you from? Where are you going?"
"Who are you?" Duan Wutian shouted, "Why do you care about us, and why do we have to tell you this?"
"We are treasure hunters," Chen Tianye pulled Duan Wutian and said, "according to the rules, where we are going to hunt for treasure is private, so we won't tell you."
"Hahaha... treasure hunters?" The woman suddenly laughed and said, "So, we are also treasure hunters. What we are looking for are you three treasures that can be exchanged for money. You mustache can't talk too much. It’s not too awkward, but that big bald guy revealed his secrets as soon as he opened his mouth. Judging from your accents, you must be the foreigners who killed Bald Ming, am I right?”
"No!" Chen Tianye said, "Who is Tu Ming? I've never heard of it."
"Admit it!" the big demon next to the woman said, "We discovered you as soon as you appeared in the wilderness. We have been following you for three days, and you can't deny it."
"Why should I admit it!" Chen Tianye said, "Who are you? Why do you say we killed Tu Ming? Is there any evidence?"
"We are bounty hunters licensed by the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance," the woman said, "and you are our prey now. It doesn't matter whether you admit it or not. If you take them back as a hostage, you will naturally understand."
"But what if you make a mistake?" Chen Tianye said, "What should we do?"
"Wrong?" the woman said with a smile, "Then we can only blame us for being unlucky! As I said again, no matter whether it is wrong or not, if you catch a pair of hostages, you will naturally understand. Take action..."
"Slow down!" Qingshi suddenly stopped him, "These guys turned out to be bounty hunters. I would like to ask, how much are these people you captured worth?"
"Huh?" The woman looked at Qingshi, who had an extraordinary bearing and calm words, and couldn't help but feel awe in her heart. She subconsciously said, "Three hundred high-grade spiritual stones for each person! What do you mean?"
"Haha!" Qingshi smiled slightly and said, "We have something to do and we don't want to go with you to confront each other and delay the trip. How about I give you three hundred high-grade spiritual stones and you go search elsewhere?"
"ah?"
All seven of them were obviously taken aback. The woman thought deeply and said: "Three hundred high-grade spiritual stones is not a small number, are you willing to give it up?"
"We are treasure hunters." Qingshi said, "Although three hundred is a lot, compared to the treasures we are going to get, spending three hundred for one night is still worth it."
"But!" said the big man behind the woman, "The reward is three hundred for one person, and nine hundred for three people."
"Let's do this," Qingshi said, "I'll pay five hundred!"
The woman and the big man next to her put their heads together and talked in a low voice. It seemed that they were ready to agree. After all, Qingshi and the others were carrying weapons and looked very powerful, so they did not look weak. It is still very tempting to get a lot of spiritual stones without doing anything.
Qingshi was happy in his heart, but Duan Wutian became impatient and shouted: "What's three hundred and five hundred? It's just a few spiritual stones. Why are you so fussy about it? I'll give you one thousand each, so hurry up and leave." Blocking our way!"
Qingshi wanted to stop it but it was too late, so he couldn't help but smile bitterly and shake his head. Chen Tianye gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice: "Damn bald donkey, are you going to suffocate to death if you don't speak?"
Sure enough, those people were stunned and suddenly laughed together. Then, the woman shook the long whip in her hand and made a loud bang, shouting: "Do it! No one will be left alive!"
