As the saying goes, things in life are often unsatisfactory, but they are no different from others. The same is true for the journey of cultivating Taoism.
For those who practice Taoism, it is nothing more than to live forever, or to become immortals, live as long as heaven and earth, and live as long as the sun and the moon! However, the journey of cultivating the Tao is very difficult. Once a thousand years of cultivation is damaged, the body and death will be digested into dreams.
In fact, it is a good thing that the path of body and death has disappeared. For some people, the path to heaven is right in front of them, but after working hard for so many years, they have not had time to learn the magic of immortality, and have not yet found the path to eternal life. The secret was brutally driven down the mountain, which was not such a wonderful thing.
"well……"
"Unexpectedly, forty years have passed by so quickly, but I never thought that I, Jiang Shang, would end up with this miserable ending of being driven down the mountain by my master?"
An old Taoist wearing a Taoist robe, with a long beard and gray hair, sat dejectedly on a stone beside a dirt road on an official road. He placed his own salute beside him and sighed, which attracted many people who were hurrying on their way. The curious looks of passers-by.
However, he did not pay attention to those who gave him curious looks, but thought of himself and remembered the words Yuanshi Tianzun said to him:
'You were born with a poor life, and it is difficult to achieve immortality. You can only receive blessings from the human world... The soups have been exhausted, and the Zhou Dynasty will be prosperous. You and I will do the work for you, and you will be sent down from the mountain to support the Lord. As a general, you will not be in vain. It took forty years of practice in the mountains. This is not a place for you to stay for a long time, so you can pack up and go down the mountain early. '
It was just such a phone call that made his forty years of practice go to waste. From then on, he left his master's Kunlun Wonderland and came to a place where all living beings live, preparing to do the work of "supporting the Ming Lord and serving as a general". …
"Alas~!"
"Master's decree is so, what can be done..."
After thinking about it, Jiang Ziya couldn't help but sigh again. Anyway, he just felt bad and lifeless.
He thought that when he was thirty-two years old, he went to Kunlun Mountain and practiced Taoism under the throne of Yuanshi Tianzun. Unknowingly, he was now seventy-two years old, already in his rare years... Once upon a time, he had always felt that he, Jiang Ziya, would be safe from now on. Practicing Taoism in Kunlun Mountain has nothing to do with the mortal world!
However, forty years have passed in a hurry, things have changed, and his parents have long been gone. In addition, he has no relatives at the foot of the mountain, no uncles, brothers, sisters-in-law, brothers, sisters, or nephews. Now he has been removed from Kunlun Mountain by his master. When the general comes down, he has no chance of immortality in this life, where can he go, and where should he go?
So, now he is worried and doesn't know what to do...
This seems to be within the territory of Chentangguan. He came to this place so far away from Kunlun Mountain through Earth Escape. It seems that he has deviated slightly? But fortunately, this place is still within the territory of the Shang Dynasty, not the dangerous wilderness. If you rest here and think about things, there must be no dangerous beasts and monsters that will casually come out to harm his life. It reassures him a lot.
You must know that when he was on Kunlun Mountain, Jiang Shang mainly learned the work of carrying water, watering pine trees, planting peaches, lighting fires, fanning furnaces, and refining elixirs. To put it bluntly, he was a hard laborer, and he was still the kind of disciple who was in a period of trial. There is no Shangqing Taoist teaching that has been truly taught to the master, and other Taoist techniques are also very mediocre. If some wild beast or monster escapes at this time, he may not be able to wait until he is ninety-three years old. Got it!
"That's it! That's it!"
"Since Master has already said all the verses, 'Nine-three bows to the generals to gain military power, nine-eighth to become a god for another four years...' Then let's hang out in the mortal world for twenty years and see..."
This year, Jiang Shang is just seventy-two years old. He is still very young. It seems that there are still twenty-one years before he becomes a general and holds military power at the age of ninety-three, and it is still twenty-five years before he becomes a god and becomes a god. So, there is nothing to say about that. , what he has to do now is to live a good life in the mortal world, he just needs to calm down and stick to his duties, and persist until he is ninety-three years old.
"correct!"
"Chaoge seems to have a sworn brother, Song Yiren. Although we haven't contacted him for forty years, as long as he is still alive, he will never deny me as a good brother because of his kindhearted nature. No. Just go and vote for him!!"
Relying on your parents at home, relying on friends when going out, etc., even in this era of the Shang Dynasty, it was still very marketable! Therefore, Jiang Ziya thought about it again and again, and found that he really had no friends and nothing to think about, and he was not willing to sleep in the wilderness and suffer from the wind and the intrusion of wild beasts, so he had to make up his mind. On the body of my sworn brother Song Yiren, who I don't know whether he is dead or not.
Now, after being driven down the mountain, the only thing he could count on seemed to be his adopted brother Song Yiren, who was older than Jiang Shang! I hope he's not dead yet, otherwise, he will really have no relatives and no one to rely on this time, and will have to live the pain of being displaced...
"?!"
"Hmm? There's such a strong and fishy aura, there must be a monster at work!!"
After thinking about it, Jiang Ziya planned to identify the direction and prepare to go to Chaoge, the capital of the Great Shang Dynasty, to join his sworn brother whom he had not seen for forty years!
If the other party is not dead yet, maybe he can really eat and drink in the other party's house for a while until he figures out what to do or waits until the other party dies and is driven away again... Suddenly, he discovered that there seemed to be bursts of strange noises not far from the fork in the pipeline ahead, and at the same time, there was also that strong 'pungent' evil spirit? !
"..."
"Or should I listen to Master, stay out of other people's business, stick to your duties, wait for the time to come, and then worship the generals, seize the troops, and become gods and immortals?"
Jiang Ziya was a little hesitant, knowing that he was not very talented and not good at fighting, so he quickly stood up from the boulder where he was resting, ready to pick up his luggage and get away from this place of right and wrong.
"!!"
"No! As a cultivator, how can you just sit back and watch the monsters cause chaos and remain indifferent?!"
Originally, Jiang Ziya, who felt that his foundation was shallow and his ethics were not enough, was not going to meddle in other people's business. However, after hearing the bursts of screams faintly coming from the distance, he couldn't help it anymore and thought about it. Thinking about it, he gritted his teeth, pushed the sundries and the piano directly from his pocket, and took out the Taoist wooden sword with the power to destroy evil that he didn't even use when he was practicing Taoism on Kunlun Mountain. , just a soil escape, and flew away in the direction where the evil spirit came from!
If those monsters causing trouble were not too powerful, Jiang Ziya would have killed them and subdued them today, eliminating harm for the people!
And if the other party is really too powerful...
Ahem, then there's nothing he can do to help! After all, he was just a hard worker carrying water and firewood on Kunlun Mountain, and he was ruthlessly driven down the mountain before he could learn much Taoism. If he couldn't defeat those monsters and had to escape, he couldn't come. Blame him! !
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'! ! '
'I'll fight you monsters! '
'Everyone, come together, we can't let them catch up with the women and children in the village! ! '
'Kill the demon! ! '
'Kill! ! ! '
Shang Dynasty farmers holding dung forks made of wood, or stone axes, or stone shovels, using tools without even a piece of bronze on them, blatantly bit and devoured the villagers. A monster rushed up to the corpses of fellow villagers lying on the ground! !
However……
Their efforts are destined to be in vain. Although each of them is strong and looks powerful, the wood and stone farm tools are bound to be unable to do anything with brute force alone. Monsters with more power and speed than them!
Therefore, in just an instant, when a cunning wolf monster quickly rushed into the middle of the group of brave farmers, those who were waving farm tools to cover each other and prepared to step forward to fight with the monster, now all Holding their respective throats, they fell directly to the village ground full of dust and dirt, letting their blood continue to gush out. After twitching and struggling twice, they became motionless again...
"Pooh!"
"This human blood is useless, but..."
After the wolf demon licked the blood beads on its paws, it cruelly and viciously spat on a corpse lying at its feet, then turned to look not far away, where there was another village woman. He was holding a little baby, and the other party's eyes were staring at the corpse at its feet. Obviously, the person it just killed must be an important person of the other party?
But it doesn’t care about that much. It only knows that the little human being held in the other person’s arms, whether it’s a boy or a girl, is of great use to its cultivation. It must wait until its companions come to compete with it for food. Before, I just grabbed it and ate it!
So, it took action, swooping forward with lightning speed! !
"Ahhhhh!!"
At this time, after reacting, the young woman holding the baby screamed. She only had time to turn around. Before she could even start to run away, the wolf demon who suddenly arrived suddenly hit her with a claw from behind, and then, unexpectedly, The bright red beating heart was cruelly taken away by the other party. With eyes wide open in fear, he fell down beside the eaves of the village. The child in his hand was also thrown out and fell into the haystack...
'Wow~wow~wow! ! '
The baby who was awakened had no idea what kind of tragedy was happening around him. He just opened his mouth and cried loudly, hoping to wait for the comfort of his father or mother...
However, it is a pity that he may never be able to wait... What he waited for was just a standing figure, which looked at most half like a human, and the exposed parts of the body were all black hair like steel manes, with sharp claws and A cruel, bloodthirsty, salivating wolf-headed monster!
"Hum hum……"
"It's really a great tonic. If you eat this tenth boy, you will definitely be able to cultivate your Taoist body and transform into a human being!!"
The wolf demon first looked around vigilantly, then drove away his companions with a fierce and vicious expression and a low roar. After driving away the fox demon and the other four sea-yakshas, it was satisfied with its scarlet tongue. After licking his wolf fangs, he was ready to stretch out his claws to catch his prey and devour it in one bite!
"Ouch~!!"
At this moment, when the wolf demon was about to get its tenth boy and girl, suddenly, a long flame whip struck its claws viciously, causing its steel-mane-like hairs to instantly It was scorched, and a long, deep mark was left on the back of its hand, which had already burned the skin of its claws red, making it howl in agony!
"!!"
"Who is it? Who is attacking, get out of here!!"
The ferocious wolf demon no longer cared about the crying human baby that still fell on the haystack. Instead, he turned his head fiercely and looked at the place where the red whip had just been thrown!
Sure enough, at its first glance, it saw a man sitting there among the branches of the big tree, dangling his little feet and frowning. The leader was holding a red whip and was staring at him with a little displeasure. holding his little girl.
"Hmph! I saw you orcs doing bad things, you tiger-headed men and wolf-headed monsters, and those four weird-looking guys over there!!"
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Little Annie definitely doesn't have the concept of monsters. In her opinion, whether it's a wolf-headed man, a tiger-headed monster, or those weird guys over there, they are all different wisdoms in this world. Just race.
She just happened to pass by and saw this place from a distance...
Moreover, she originally didn't want to worry about these weirdos eating humans in this world, because just like she had to hunt certain monsters if she wanted to eat meat, it didn't seem to be an unforgivable thing for the other party to hunt humans. Like she never cares about lions and eagles catching rabbits?
but……
Maybe it's something that hurts its own kind, maybe it's because the wolf-headed monster looks too shabby, maybe it's because the child is so pitiful, or maybe she's full and idle and wants to do something good or burn some monsters for her own entertainment. pastime? Anyway, she finally took action! After she flashed over, she used a magic whip and finally saved the troublesome little guy in time!
"??"
(⊙ω⊙)?
"Hey! What's wrong with you guys? Why do you have to eat people?!"
(°ー°〃)
You know, even her little bear Tibbs, who used to be said to do all kinds of evil, hasn't eaten anyone for a long time.
At first, the bad little bear wanted to eat itself in the petrified forest, but it failed. It had to change its ways and never dared to eat people casually again! Of course, eating those bad guys doesn't count, it just throws them into its mouth and burns them to ashes with flames.
"Hey……"
"Because eating people can increase your cultivation, especially for a virtuous boy and girl like you!!"
The wolf demon, who felt that the other party was not very powerful, after saying that, he ran quickly on the ground on his hands and feet, and after quickly reaching a suitable distance, he viciously pounced towards the little girl on the branch. Go up.
In its angry mind, it felt that if a little girl who was alone and didn't seem to have a very high level of cultivation would be able to defeat and eat her, it would definitely not be a problem if she was careful! Although the other party is fair and tender, and different from the dirty human children it has seen and eaten in daily life, it can no longer think about it so much.
Because, if it doesn't move faster, when its companions rush over, it may not be able to eat them whole. In that case, it will be very detrimental to it! !
"..."
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"Ha! I finally found a reason to burn you monsters to death!!"
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If the other person had to eat people to fill his stomach, it’s hard to say that Annie really didn’t want to worry about it too much. After all, the world was so big, and she didn’t know the people being eaten, and she was not a policeman or detective in this world. , and he is not an employee of the Bear Shield Bureau, so there are some things that can never be dealt with!
However, if the other party wants to eat you, the nature is different...
(…)
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'Ouch! ! '
There was a roar and a fishy stench, and a certain wolf demon that was eager to eat people had already forcefully moved from the ground at a very high speed towards little Annie's white and delicate neck!
"snort!!"
o(｀^??)oHmph!
Little Annie had no idea of evading or playing with each other. After all, she was just passing by. She just wanted to burn those man-eating monsters quickly, and then leave here quickly to do her own interesting things. If things go wrong, I wouldn’t do something like saving the world in a place like this!
so……
"Hey hey hey..."
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It was still the flaming whip, it was as if it was alive. When the wolf demon opened its ferocious mouth with saliva and rushed to two meters away from Annie, it flew directly over, directly Just trap the opponent tightly! !
'Woooo~! '
A mournful cry rang out, and the wolf demon was bound by the flame whip and fell to the ground, but could not break free no matter what.
"Give me……"
"Burn them to death!!"
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In any case, no matter how much Annie doesn't want to care about it, eating people is always wrong, and if she catches him, it will be even more wrong! After being caught by her, the other party still wants to eat her, which is an even more heinous crime! Therefore, little Annie has decided that all these monsters in front of her must be burned!
then,
Just as she finished speaking, the wolf demon, whose head was tied tightly by the flame whip and was about to beg for mercy, was directly devoured by the flames when the magic flame whip erupted, and then quickly In less than three seconds, several dark red charcoal-like embers were broken by the flame whip and shattered directly on the weedy ground full of yellow mud...
'! ! '
'Ouch~! ! '
Seeing that his companion wolf demon died in an instant, and seeing what seemed to be some kind of powerful flame whip magic weapon attacking towards him like a small fire dragon, the tiger demon who was originally considering whether to help or not, He just knelt down and instantly transformed into a giant tiger several meters tall on the ground. Then, acting like a smart guy, it used some of its devouring magical powers to 'eat' the flame whip with just one opening of its mouth!
"Wow~!!"
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This was the first time that little Annie discovered that someone actually wanted to eat her whip that she had condensed with flames?
soon,
When the tiger monster that transformed into a giant tiger reacted and was about to spit out the enemy's strange magic weapon with the flame whip that it had swallowed into its belly, boundless flames had already erupted from its huge mouth. , eyes, nose, ears, navel and even the excretion port of the lower body, etc., continuously spurted out...
The kind of flames that were more terrifying than the real fire of Samadhi easily burned it into a ball of red and shiny tiger-shaped high-temperature carbon, and soon it shattered inch by inch, repeating the same process just now. The wolf demon made the same mistake, dying before even letting out a cry, and no longer existed in the Three Realms.
'! ! '
'not good! '
'The wind is tight! Shit! ! '
'run! '
Seeing that something seemed wrong, and seeing that the two most powerful tiger monsters and wolf monsters on their side were killed in an instant, and knowing that the enemy was not the four strange-looking monsters that they could deal with, they made a quick decision and turned into four water balls, and began to quickly He smashed through the doors and windows or passed through the blocking fence and fled towards the seaside!
Obviously, they are monsters from the sea. As for why they are mixed with tiger monsters, wolf monsters on land, it is temporarily unknown.
Not long after, the flying flame whip quickly caught up with one of the water droplets, and then strangled it directly towards the opponent!
However……
Little Annie was surprised to find that her very useful magic flame whip only burned bursts of steam on the body of the water, but it seemed to be unable to prevent the other party from escaping?
"..."
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
"Don't think you can escape by turning into water, don't even think about it!!"
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Annie, who was a little surprised that such a little monster could turn into a water ball or a water element, stretched out her hand and lit up a long and high wall of fire in the direction of the opponent's escape!
'! ! '
'right! '
The four water balls obviously did not dare to hit the wall of fire, so they scrambled to turn around directly south, preparing to bypass the wall of fire and then run back to their home sea!
"How could you run away?!"
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Then, little Annie didn't see any movement, and the wall of fire started to circle, chasing the four monsters that turned into water balls and spreading, until they chased each other around the village in a circle, until the wall of fire connected end to end. Until they and the entire village were surrounded in a big fire ring! !
Now, they finally have no way to escape! !
Zizzi! !
At this time, bursts of "sizzling" sounds and a large amount of white mist-like water vapor rose. It turned out that the flame whip that had just failed to strangle the enemy simply turned into a ball in anger and got into a water ball. , and began to burn the flames on its body, as if it was preparing to directly evaporate and burn the monster that had turned into water form?
'Woo! ! '
'So hot! So hot! ! '
Moreover, seeing the ball of water that was beating, struggling and wailing, it seemed that the effect was quite remarkable?
'! ! '
'quick! Jump into the pool! ! '
Plop!
Finally, a certain 'water ball' realized that there was no hope of escape. Seeing that its companion was about to be burned dry, it quickly shouted loudly, and immediately jumped to the village next door to the water polo that seemed to be drawing water. Or it was used for washing and bathing. It was completely missing in the large pool with a radius of more than ten feet...
Plop! Plop! Plop!
Immediately afterwards, three consecutive sounds of water balls falling into the water were heard, including the one that was being steamed and burned by the flame whip. They had all been boiled, and their size had shrunk by half in a short period of time. They were about to be burned to death. Including the water polo, they all jumped into the big pool one after another.
'! ! '
Finally, it seemed that it had completely lost its target. The flaming whip that was burning in the water finally jumped out of a large pool and circled twice over the pool. It was discovered that After being unable to find the enemy, they had no choice but to turn into little sparks and dissipate in the mid-air in the center of the pool.
"..."
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"It's no use to me like this..."
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Unexpectedly, those four monsters had such a strong desire to survive that they even used the flaming whip that Queen Anne had unleashed so hard that the useless thing had to kill itself. After it dissipated, little Annie stood up from the branch with a cold hum.
If the other party thinks that it is completely safe to run into the pool and merge with the water, then they are totally wrong!
"flame……"
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Although little Annie had many ways to lock the opponent and pull him out of the pool and burn him, in order to let the other person experience the feeling of despair, she still stretched out her little hand and grabbed a ball of broken pieces. fire, and after smiling mischievously at the pool, he threw the fireball fiercely over!
"It's my favorite toy!!"
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Whoosh! !
boom! ! !
Then the fire burst into the sky, and something happened that the four sea yakshas who were hiding in the pool and urgently discussing countermeasures couldn't understand: the pool that they regarded as their amulet and hiding place, those stocks were not small at all. , even if there is no rain or spring water replenishment, it is enough water for the people in the village to use for at least a year and a half, and it actually burns crazily and actively, just like the fat of cattle and sheep in an oil lamp when it encounters a fire?
Moreover, what makes them even more terrifying is...
The water level in the entire pool is actually falling at a high speed under the flames just thrown by the other party. In maybe a dozen breaths at most, they will all be burned to death and dried out? !
'Spare my life! '
'Great Immortal, run for your life, we know our mistake! ! '
'Spare my life! ! '
'I don't dare to do it anymore, please ask the Immortal to take back the spell! ! '
Soon, heart-wrenching sounds of begging for mercy came from the fire. Apparently, the four-headed sea yaksha was frightened by Little Annie's flames that could even burn water. Therefore, in addition to begging for mercy, they seemed There is no other better way to survive.
"snort!"
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However, little Annie did not accept the other party's surrender, because she felt that burning those man-eating monsters would obviously make her happier? After all, when she discovered and came here, most of the people in this village had been killed by them, so now the other party's plea for mercy will definitely not be accepted by her!
Besides, those bad guys and monsters will kill people if they can beat them, and beg for mercy if they can't beat them. Where in this world can such cheap things happen?
'...'
'Wow! ! ! '
'Uh ah ah ah...'
Not long after, when the flames burned the bottom of the pool, and when the last small amount of pool water and silt were burned into a glass-like substance by Annie's flames, the four weird guys who could turn into water finally made their voices heard one after another. One after another screams...
Then, there was no movement at all.
"Aha!"
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"The water in the West Lake has been easily boiled dry. You four little monsters still want to hide in a small pool to escape. Who do you think I am?!"
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Seeing the four man-eating monsters finally dying at the bottom of the pool, little Annie pointed at the last place where their bodies were and laughed unscrupulously. She didn't care at all about the miserable environment in front of her, which was littered with corpses. It seemed a little bit... Isn't it appropriate for you to laugh?
(Little master, be careful, there are enemies!!
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——Although he did not think that the incoming sneak attack would harm his little master, and although he thought that his little master might have noticed it, Tibbers still gave a warning before the attack came. )
Click! !
A bolt of drought lightning fell from the sky and struck directly on the top of little Annie's head. It was instantly transmitted along her feet to the tree she was standing on, and even split the big tree until its bark cracked and exploded. Smoked...
"..."
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(…)
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Obviously, Tibbers's reminder just now seemed a little too late? Or maybe the lightning was too fast and there was no time to avoid it? !
"Bah!"
"Where did the little monster come from? He dared to kill people here and set fire to the village. Poor Taoist Jiang Ziya will not spare you!!"
Soon, an old Taoist priest with a Taoist robe, a fluttering beard, and a Taoist sword in his hand jumped from the sky, crossed the ferocious wall of fire on the periphery, and slowly floated to a village that had been slaughtered. Standing on the thatch of the house.
"You actually killed so many people!"
"Monster! God is trying to get around you, but I, Jiang Ziya, can't spare you!!"
After just glancing around, he found that except for a little baby who was crying loudly, everyone here had been brutally slaughtered, and no one survived. Jiang Ziya stretched out his long sword in anger, unable to stop his anger. He pointed at the little girl in the distance who was still standing blankly on the branch of a tree, seemingly seriously injured by the lightning strike he just struck, and shouted.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Ziya hurriedly hurriedly arrived, but in the end he arrived a step too late. He was unable to save the villagers here. Instead, he only saw the arrogant and proud look of the evildoer after he massacred the village and set fire to it?
"???"
∑(??△｀)? !
"Tibbers, who is that weirdo?"
(*￣△￣*)
Accidentally, someone hit her head with lightning for no apparent reason, and she heard those strange words coming from the other person's mouth, which immediately stunned little Annie.
(I don’t know, I don’t know, I haven’t seen it...
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——If he doesn’t even know his little master, how can Tibbers know which corner he came from? )
"Urgent as a rule!!"
thunder! !
Jiang Ziya didn't care what the opponent's situation was. Anyway, he struck at the opponent with another thunder method! !
"Eh? You weird old man, I'll be angry if you do this again!!"
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Although Anne knew that the weird guy must have misunderstood something, she would not explain too much to him! He can think whatever he wants, as long as he no longer strikes himself with lightning!
Also, she had given in to him twice just now. If that weird old man continued to mess around, she would really be angry! !
"Shangqing Tao Dharma, here we go!"
Thunder in the Palm!
Before the other party had any further reaction, Jiang Ziya, who felt that the thunder method might be effective on the blond fire demon from the previous attack, stretched out his hand and struck another bolt of lightning towards the other party's body, preparing to strike the opponent. Kill the monster who commits murder and arson on the spot!
"Wow!"
|(*′口`)
"How dare you strike me with lightning?!"
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??(????????)??Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone!
