"Master, Master, something is wrong! Sister Dai ran to the forbidden area!"
Just after Wu Yuangui had been dealing with Chi Li for a while, Xi Yu stumbled over and reported the news. Something was wrong with him, so he shouted back when he stopped Chi Li's sword attack:
"What's the use of you!"
"It's none of my business!" She stamped her feet anxiously, "I was fighting with her, and a deer suddenly rushed out from the roadside. I took her away before I could see what was going on."
"Talking nonsense!"
"I don't!"
"Stop talking nonsense -" She Ji interrupted Wu Yuangui, "Kill her!"
Chi Li and Mo Liang exchanged glances, and the two quickly broke away from the battle and ran in the direction where Dai Luan and the others were fighting just now. Wu Yuangui took action to stop him. Their expressions became serious, and She Ji's smile faded. Chili believed that they must be hiding some secrets and was afraid of being discovered by them.
As I ran, white shadows passed across the night sky ahead. Chili raised her head and was surprised to realize that it was a tengu. Mo Liang was a little surprised. He said: "The Tengu clan has not appeared in front of humans for a long time, unless... it is an Onmyoji with a blood contract."
There was no time to think about whether they were friends or foes, as the Tengu had already noticed them. The white figure was getting closer and closer, and the mountain and sea jumped down, landing steadily in front of them.
"There is a girl, something must have happened -"
"They said Dai Luan ran away——"
Both parties were stunned for a moment, but seeing Wu Yuangui about to catch up, Mu Wan, who was about the same height as a person, couldn't help but pull Mo Liang. Mo Liang grabbed Chi Li's hand, and they sat on the dog's back together. Without hearing a word of explanation, Mu Wan suddenly opened her umbrella and jumped down. A long black and white monster appeared on the ground with a light smoke, carrying her steadily.
Mu Wan rode Xun and whispered something into the Tengu's ear, patted his white fur, and flew away. The Tengu lowered his posture and let Shan Hai sit back, and he immediately drove it and Mu Wan to fly in the opposite direction.
"The mirror is on that woman!" She Ji pointed at Mu Wan. There was no need for him to say much. As soon as Wu Yuangui whistled, the nearby horses galloped over. Although Xun is a monster with extremely strong stamina, this good horse is not inferior either. It bursts out quickly in a short distance and is about to catch up with him before his eyes. But She Ji looked at the shadow in the sky, not in a hurry. He clapped his hands, and dense black shadows suddenly appeared in the forest - they were strange birds. Their coat color is unnatural and their condition is very poor, but their speed is frighteningly fast.
"Why are there so many birds in winter..." Shanhai was confused. "Could it be the climate of Xueyan Valley?"
Mo Liang turned to look at the birds behind him and said:
"That's probably a little bit. But they were controlled... I'm not sure if they're still alive."
A magpie took the lead in screaming and rushing forward, its hoarse voice making people feel terrified. At the end, Chi Li slashed its neck with a backhand sword. Mo Liang quickly grabbed it, and the headless bird body was still struggling. Although it had no head, blood did not splash everywhere, only some dried black traces overflowed on the broken surface. Its wings flapped violently, and they had only seen fish whose heads had been cut off and whose internal organs had been removed. Sometimes they would writhe on the chopping board.
"Here, there's a wound here."
Mo Liang opened the headless magpie's wings, and there were two small holes where they were connected to the body, as if they were pierced by needles.
"They were probably bitten by snakes... These evil people, taking advantage of my father's absence, dare to do evil here..."
Chili's eyes were full of hatred, and even Shanhai didn't dare to look at her. That's probably a good thing - the anger comes from attention. It's just that the price paid was too heavy. If Xie Huayao and Dai Luan knew this, they might faint from anger.
Shan Hai said: "We can't let them catch up, they must be poisonous."
Chi Li asked: "Is there any hope?"
"No more, completely dead."
Mo Liang replied like this. He thought for a long time, then suddenly sat upright and tried to stand up on the Tengu's back. Chili was frightened and hurriedly grabbed him. Shanhai was also afraid that he would suddenly fall from the sky.
"I have a way." Mo Liang picked up the sword, "Although I can't save them, I can free them and make us safer."
"Don't force it!" Shan Hai shouted loudly, "The Tengu can take us to find Aluan, as long as we get rid of them..."
"You can't get rid of them. They will keep chasing them. If we don't deal with them here, even Aluan will be implicated."
Chili fell silent, and Shanhai couldn't stop him anymore. They had to carefully stretch out their arms beside him to prevent him from falling. The air current in the sky was very strong, and his small body almost failed to stand several times, which made the two of them fearful. Mo Liang raised his bone sword and muttered something, Shan Hai could vaguely understand part of it. Light blue light streamed out from the sword's edge, like an overflowing moonlight that could not be carried.
The next moment, he suddenly swung his sword, and a white light rushed away like lightning. Together with an invisible barrier, some kind of air wall was pushed forward, so the birds that came into contact with the sword light screamed and were knocked to the ground. This group of snakes seemed to be illuminated by the light of a cloud mirror, but the birds did not disappear. Nothing could catch up with them anymore. Mo Liang took a long breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He felt a little weak and tired. At this time, another gust of cold wind made the eyelids of the other two people hurt. They were just dazed for a moment, and Mo Liang suddenly lost his center of gravity and fell down like a light feather.
The two of them were shocked, but fortunately the Tengu reacted quickly. It immediately made an arc in front and turned around to dive to catch the falling Mo Liang. Just when he almost hit the tree crown, he accurately landed on Shan Hai's outstretched arms. Mo Liang was safe and sound, and she opened her eyes tiredly. But Shan Hai felt a stinging pain in his hands, and his bones were about to be broken. After all, he was still a martial arts practitioner. He thought about it in his mind and thought it wouldn't be a problem to take a break.
"This sideshow is really exciting."
I don’t know when, She Ji stood under this tree. He smiled and clapped his hands, as if he was really approving something. They didn't want to get involved with this person, they just wanted to find Dai Luan.
"So what?"
She Ji suddenly waved his arm and threw something out like water. Chi Li was worried that it was a hidden weapon, so she raised her hand and struck out with the sword, trying to hit it back. There was a crisp sound, and the reddish-brown liquid suddenly exploded in the air, splashing all over her body, and most of it fell on the Tengu's body, dyeing the white fur red. Some of them fell on Mo Liang's face, like blood stains.
"Well... what on earth is this..."
Chili felt that what she had just hit was a porcelain bottle. You can also tell it from the sound and residue. But she didn't know much about these strange liquids, and what she was most worried about was that they were poisonous. But at this time, Mo Liang reached out and touched the mark on his face, and then licked it on his tongue. Chi Li panicked, opened his hand and scolded him.
Shanhai comforted her that it seemed to be a non-toxic thing. Mo Liang tasted it and told her that it was indeed non-toxic.
"What is that?" She hurriedly wiped off the water marks on her hands. "Are you feeling uncomfortable? No strength? Dizziness? Drowsiness? Nausea? There must be something wrong with the medicine."
"There is a problem..." She Ji said easily, "As for what the problem is, you should figure it out for yourself."
He suddenly turned around and left, leaving the rest of them here. But soon, countless snakes crawled from all directions again, which made them feel very unhappy. Shanhai is ready to let the Tengu take them away - after all, snakes are just a group of reptiles, and they can't fly into the sky even with wings. But at this time, the tengu didn't move at all. He patted its neck, and the tengu whined pitifully.
Seeing that those snakes are still some distance away, I turned down the mountains and seas to check the situation of the tengu.
"We haven't asked before. Is this Tengu your shikigami?"
"No, it's not. It's from Liangqiu."
"Is that so..." Chili thought, "Is it possible that you are not the master, so you can't control it?"
Shanhai shook his head and said that Tengu is a spiritual race and is not as stubborn as many other monsters. He suddenly frowned, and Mo Liang and Chi Li also got off the ground to check for him. Mo Liang easily cut off an attacking snake. Shan Hai opened the Tengu's beak and felt bad. The originally red inner wall of the mouth turned black, not pure black, but a very unnatural color, densely covered with strange nets like poison. The saliva at the corners of the mouth is excessively secreted and is sticky and brown. The saliva fell to the ground, corroding the soil.
"What's wrong with it?" Chili separated the red hair, "Taoist priest, look here..."
Shanhai ran behind Tengu to take a look. The skin under the hair was very mottled and the color was like rusty iron. There were also bumps and bumps on it, like some kind of herpes or a tumor. Shanhai's heart felt cold. Firstly, he felt pity for the Tengu's pain, and secondly, he felt that he could not explain to Liangqiu. If there is a third reason, it is probably because the current situation is by no means optimistic.
The terrifying black and purple lines spread across the Tengu's body, like a net, wrapping it tighter and tighter. It huddled up in pain, its muscles twisted into positions that it would never be able to do on a normal day. The roots of the down have also begun to turn blue and break when pinched. Shan Hai attached a talisman to it, recited a spell, and cast a spell to seal its spiritual power. The tengu slowly became smaller, like a large piece of rapidly melting ice. It soon became the size of an ordinary puppy, just as big as it was in Suzuki-kun's fantasy world. Shanhai picked him up, just like he picked up Aluan in swaddling clothes when he was young.
The disgusting animals were approaching, and the sounds of "hissing" came and went, making the whole night restless.
"I'll just try again."
Mo Liang picked up the sword again and was about to recite a spell when Chi Li snatched it away.
"You're going to die!"
"Or we'll all die."
"The Taoist Master and I will fight our way out, and we'll figure out what to do next. They can't climb too fast, as long as..."
"It's useless." Mo Liang, who always seemed obedient, suddenly interrupted her, "You have also seen that they will keep joining together, and if they cannot be made to disappear completely, they will chase after them. "
"It's more cost-effective for the three of us to share the risk than for you to carry it alone." Chi Li grabbed his wrist, "Otherwise, when will those bones in your body that shouldn't belong to you disappear? When we were sparring in the past If you are serious about it, it will take at least three days. Won't they disappear one day? Besides your hands, back, and legs, where else are you going to give birth to those ghosts?"
"That doesn't matter, they, they can always go away..."
"Where is the sword? Has the bone disappeared? Has it gone? You have always been obedient. Listen to me again."
Mo Liang firmly grasped the hilt of the sword in her hand and tried to snatch the sword back. Lin Shanhai raised his hand and lit a circle of blue fire around him, temporarily making the snakes inaccessible. But this is only temporary, not to mention they still need to break out of the siege. He didn't understand the dispute between the two people, and he couldn't help it. He believed that they knew each other best, but in his heart he just hoped that they would hurry up. Even if the three of them could hold on, the tengu who had been possessed by some unknown spell might not be able to hold on.
Thinking back carefully, it should be Shou Gongduo and Wu Yin who did it. That's when they took a blood sample from the tengu. All of this is a conspiracy against them.
"It's okay, you are more important." Mo Liang swallowed, "The Snow Inkstone Sect is more important. I can die, I am..."
"You can die, but are you willing to die?"
Mo Liang looked into Chi Li's eyes. Her eyes were trembling amid the strange blue firelight and the endless neighing sound.
He was a little confused: "Then, should I die? I don't know. Just tell me, if you want me to die, I will die. If you want me to live, I will live."
"Of course, matters of life and death are... you have the final say. But -"
The fire flickered.
"I hope you live."
