The long-lost winter snow in the human world seems like a world away.
The warm sun in winter is not as harsh as it used to be. Bailian has now reached the realm of soul enlightenment. Although he is a corpse demon, the winter sun is not as poisonous as it used to be.
Exposure to the sun for a short period of time will not cause skin ulcers.
But when the slight sun fell on my body, I still felt a faint tingling sensation from needles.
Bailian held up his glazed umbrella and left the valley with his sword. Looking around, he saw that the Dachuan Mountains were a deserted frontier land with no one in sight.
After flying for a while, Balian finally saw a human town.
This is the country of mortals, and Bailian didn't want to cause too much commotion, so he found a secret mountain forest near the town to land.
After all, Balian has only been awake for more than a year as a zombie demon, and he doesn't know the terrain distribution of the countries in the world very well. Although he is in the world now, he doesn't know where he landed.
You have to pretend to be a mortal and go into the city to ask for directions before you know how to get back to Kongcang Mountain.
As soon as his feet touched the ground, the Qiu Shui Sword had not even had time to be sheathed, and the flying disc was still lingering around Bailian...
At this moment, a burst of messy footsteps and fierce shouting suddenly came from not far away.
"Quick, quick, quick! You guys surround me. If the prey you finally found asks you to let it go, I want you to look good!"
At first glance, it sounds like a common winter hunt in the mountains and forests.
The rapid sound of crossbows, the clanging of swords, and the sound of horse hooves crushing the slush from far to near startled a few jackdaws perched in the old trees.
Several gusts of strong wind hit, mixed with the sound of sharp arrows piercing the air, passing diagonally by Baili'an's side.
Immediately afterwards, I heard something suddenly hit by an arrow diagonally above my body, and a few bright red crystal blood beads scattered on the white snow, and then fell heavily to the ground.
Listening to the noise, it seemed that the 'prey' was still alive, but it missed its vital point and was struggling desperately in the snow.
Two more arrows shot through the air.
Bailian lowered his eyebrows, and the Qiu Shui Sword fell steadily in his hand. The sword's edge fell, and the speeding arrow was cut off under the Qiu Shui Sword.
Smelling the faint scent of blood in the air.
Obviously, this is not an ordinary wealthy man in the city hunting wild beasts in the winter.
There was a touch of evil spirit in the smell of blood.
Balian's eyes followed the blood trail, and he saw a little green-clothed demon with an arrow in his arm in the red-stained snow and mud.
The little demon was dressed as a girl, with the childish look on his face still intact. He was wearing a small green dress. Although his appearance was delicate and beautiful, there were faint blue demon lines on his cheeks. At a glance, he could tell that he was a grass and tree demon who had just become a spirit. spirit.
"Who?! How dare you ruin my good deeds!"
Several young men with strong bows, quivers on their backs, and hunting knives on their waists quickly surrounded them on horseback.
The leader was a young man in brocade clothes dressed as a young man. He wore an exquisite sky-blue robe with simple family crest patterns embroidered with silver thread. The whole person exuded a majestic spirit.
The robe has hand guards on the legs, a silver armor belt, and a soft sword with a golden snake head around the waist. The sapphires between the wrist guards sparkle, and it looks very noble.
Although Bailian didn't know which force the family crest on his body came from, looking at the style of this young man, from beginning to end, he was probably not worth the preciousness of a high-grade spiritual stone in Baili'an's Bi Shui Jade.
He should be a cultivation disciple from a second-rate sect in the capital of the world.
On the contrary, if we look at the direct disciples of the Tianxi Sword Sect or Taixuan Sect's Cangwu Palace, although they all have noble status and extraordinary cultivation, they are also quite simple in their appearance and appearance.
Why are these unfashionable forces eager to wear several outfits on one body?
The blue-robed young man rode a tall horse and came to Balian with a whip in hand. He glanced at the Qiushui Sword in Bailian's hand.
Seeing that it was just a treasure that wasn't even a magic weapon, he looked arrogant and contemptuous.
He pulled hard on the reins, and the powerful horse neighed and raised its majestic front hooves, almost crushing Bailian's head.
In the fierce wind, Balian's broken hair danced lightly on his forehead. He slowly raised his eyebrows. Under the warm sunshine, his eyes were clear and black, as clean and thorough as a clear stream.
He didn't retreat or dodge, and didn't even have the intention to draw his sword. He just looked at the horse lightly.
"Xilulu!!!" The majestic horse's front hooves bent sharply, and its hind hooves also retreated continuously. It was throbbing, as if it was intimidated by something, and it knelt down heavily, not daring to get up. .
The young master on the horse did not expect this to happen. He had raised this horse since he was a child, and his violent personality only obeyed him.
Who could have imagined that after such an incident, the young master, who had no ability to react, was thrown out and fell to the snow like a rolling ball. He was dizzy and the fall was very heavy.
"Master!"
"Master!"
"Master!"
When several followers saw this, they quickly got off their horses and went to help him.
"Get out! Get out of here!" The disgraced young man covered his red forehead and angrily pushed away the entourage who came to help him.
He looked at Bai Lian with sinister eyes and said arrogantly: "I am Pei Yunzhao, the capital of Tai Sui Yuan of Zeguo. I have been ordered by the dean to collect demons again. Who are you?! How dare you obstruct the work of Tai Sui Yuan?"
Bailian has read the records of the Secretariat of the State of Tianxia and has some understanding of the affairs of Zeguo.
Zeguo has thirty-six counties, and each county has a monastery, which is responsible for recruiting talented monks from all over the world.
Taisui Courtyard is one of these thirty-six courtyards.
This Pei Yunzhao spoke righteously and came to subdue the demon, but Bailian interfered, so he was guilty first.
But no matter what, even if he has a good reputation as a teacher, he will ruthlessly attack others if he disagrees with them and use his power to suppress others.
If the person standing there just now was not Bailian but an ordinary monk, he would have been trampled to death by his specially tame horse's hooves.
It can be seen from this that this person is not a good person.
Looking back at the demon he said should be surrendered, the demon marks on the body have not yet had time to transform. Although the demonic aura is difficult to conceal, the scent of vegetation on the body is clear, and there is no hint of killing intent, so it is not harmful. Demon.
Thinking about it, it was just a demon whose spiritual energy had just begun to grow and was ready to take shape.
Bailian said: "The master of Kongcang Mountain, Si Chen."
"Kongcang Mountain?" Pei Yunzhao sneered and said, "Kongcang Mountain is close to the endless sea and is a mountain without an owner. When did a mountain owner like you appear?"
If you can't tell the origin, then it can only be a casual cultivator.
Most of the loose cultivators in the world love to repay themselves for being part of the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Alliance.
If they were really casual cultivators of the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Alliance, Pei Yunzhao would still have to weigh things up. Who knows what kind of mountain these small fish and shrimp cultivators are leaning against.
But the person in front of him didn't say that he was from the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Alliance, so it seemed like he was just a kid with no background.
When Bailian heard him announce his home address, he guessed that he must have landed in the territory of Zeguo.
Zeguo is located in Tianyao Southern Continent. It is very far away from Tianxi Sword Sect and Kongcang Mountain. Even if you fly with a sword, it will take more than half a month to go back.
After several battles in the demon world, Bai Lian was extremely exhausted at this moment.
Hearing that he was in the Southern Continent at the moment, he was not in a hurry to hit the road. After solving the current trivial matter, it would be good to go to the city to rest for a day.
Seeing that the capital man who was born in Tai Suiyuan didn't seem to be a reasonable person, Bai Lian didn't waste any time trying to reason with him.
The glazed umbrella unfolds lightly, and as the umbrella surface slides, the white tiger pattern traces out wisps of golden edges.
With a long roar, the cold and white silver snow on the ground began to burn.
The green flames had no temperature at all, and were even colder than the wind and snow. Pei Yunzhao and several followers around him were immediately horrified and felt a bit of bone-piercing chill, but watching the green flames burn, they felt a sense of warmth. A terrible delusion of a withered soul.
Pei Yunzhao's face changed in shock, and his lips turned pale instantly. He trembled and said, "Yin... Yin fire? This is... this is the Yin spirit ghost tiger in Zhongyou!"
As soon as the Yin Spirit Ghost Tiger appeared, the group of people retreated ten feet away like avoiding snakes and scorpions, looking at Bailian with extremely ugly expressions.
There was a deep unkindness in his frightened and fearful eyes.
Seeing this, Bailian thought to himself that although the people of the Zhongyou Dynasty did not belong to the demonic path, they still seemed to be disliked by others in this human continent.
The girl rescued by Balian was a little bamboo demon.
This little bamboo demon lived for three hundred years before reaching the state of the first demon. It escaped the bites of the beasts and the devouring termites, and has been practicing diligently to this day.
She relied on absorbing the wind spirits of heaven and earth and rootless dew to feed herself, and finally achieved some success, but she almost died in the hands of these humans.
By the Shishi River, Bailian pulled out the arrow from the little demon's arm and simply treated the injury.
There weren't many wounds on her body, just an arrow wound, but it was so deep that it hurt her bones.
Bailian is not a doctor, and he has squandered the healing elixir collected from Ning Feiyan's Chaomu Palace. If he wants to heal her, she still has to find a real doctor to take a look at her.
"Brother, you are not human, are you?" The little bamboo demon covered her injured arm. There was no joy of rebirth on her face, only sadness and emptiness that were extremely inconsistent with her young age.
Balian was no stranger to such looks. He threw down the blood-stained arrow cluster in his hand: "How can you tell that I'm not a human being?"
Even the immortal who has overcome the tribulation may not be able to see the true form of Balian's corpse demon. He doesn't think that a little demon who has just transformed can see anything.
really.
The little bamboo demon said this: "Because no human being is willing to help save the demons. For human monks, demons like us are just whetstones on the road of cultivation, accumulating 'merits' and 'results' for fame."
She looked at Balian: "Brother, are you also a demon?"
Balian could not deny her statement: "As you said, I am not a human being, but I am not a demon either."
Regarding this answer, the little demon was not surprised: "That's right, brother, if you were a demon, you would have killed those hateful human monks just now."
Listening to the meaning of these words, the little bamboo demon seems to hate human beings with great hatred.
Balian shook his head and said: "I don't have the habit of killing people, so let's not chat for now. Your wound is very deep and the arm bone has been penetrated. If it is not treated, the arm will probably become necrotic. Please tell me first." Enter the city and I will find a doctor for you."
After hearing this, the little bamboo demon didn't show much emotion on her face. She covered her arms and didn't stand up. She looked straight at the Qiushui sword on Bailian's waist and suddenly said: "Brother, your The sword hasn’t been possessed yet, right?”
"Yeah." Balian didn't know why she asked this.
Xiao Zhu Yaolian's face was pale and thin, probably because of the pain of the wound. She was sweating a lot, the corners of her eyes were wet, and her eye sockets were red. Her petite body was shaky, but her eyes showed a stubbornness that looked like death.
She said: "Brother, if I volunteer to be the spirit in your sword and give this life to you, can you help me avenge myself?"
Balian was startled, took a deep look at the little demon, and then smiled lightly and said: "I'm sorry, this sword means a lot to me, and I have no intention of possessing a spirit."
The little bamboo demon said anxiously: "If you have other spiritual swords, I can also..."
"No need." Balian interrupted: "I don't think I need the sword spirit."
The little bamboo demon's expression dimmed little by little, and his gray eyes filled with a look of despair.
Balian glanced at her and said, "Now, do you want to come with me to the city to heal?"
The little bamboo demon raised his head, smiled miserably at him, and said: "Where can a demon have a foothold in a human city? The date for the Tianxi Sword Sect to recruit disciples is approaching. The more remote the small town, the more monks will gather. .
Their purpose is to subdue various demon clans in the mountains and swamps, force them to submit, and refine them into sword spirits, just because they hope to be looked upon differently by the examiners of the Tianxi Sword Sect. Now if you take me into the city, I'm afraid I won't be able to find the doctor because the city is full of monster hunters. "
Hearing this, Bailian was shocked.
The Tianxi Sword Sect is indeed worthy of being one of the leaders of hundreds of immortal sects. As the leader of the three righteous sects in the world, a simple opening of the sect to recruit disciples has actually caused monks all over the world to go crazy.
Even the small border town of Zeguo in the southern continent was so disturbed that it was difficult to calm down.
Demons in the human world do not need to be demons in the demon world.
The demons of the Demon Realm can still rely on their own strength to dominate the Demon Realm territory with their strength.
In the world of human beings, although the Immortal Realm does not suppress the demon clan deeply, a long time ago, the Immortal Lord Zhu Zhan promulgated a Heavenly Rain Law.
A thunderous rain and dew fell for ten days.
There is no place in the world that is not covered by the rain. All monsters are born in the heavy rain, falling under the seal of the Dharma, and being born as weapons.
At this point, every generation of demon clan descendants will have immortal seals left at birth.
That seal is both grace and calamity.
If the demon is willing to serve as a weapon and become a spirit, and will accompany its master to practice Taoism for a lifetime, the day when the master of the weapon becomes an immortal will be the time when the spirit of the weapon attains Taoism.
Although it is a means to imprison the demon clan, it is also a contract with peaceful means.
If a demon becomes a weapon spirit, it must be willing to give up its physical body and transform its spirit into the weapon.
The original intention of Immortal Lord Zhu Zhan may be to hope that the two races of humans and demons can coexist peacefully and achieve the great wish of the six realms of unity.
Little did they know that as soon as this order came out, the weak humans seemed to have suddenly found a shortcut to become stronger, and they seemed to be crazy about the demon spirits.
Overtly or covertly, there is always no lack of cruel, coercive and despicable means to force the demon into submission.
Since ancient times, there have been countless demons and spirits, and there are many people who have achieved enlightenment.
Even now, demons and immortals are enough to occupy a place in the Heavenly Realm of the Supreme Purity.
But the relationship between monsters and humans in the human world is far from as harmonious as it is in heaven.
At least, at this moment, the hatred for humans in the eyes of the little bamboo demon is very real.
Balian stood up and extended a palm to the little demon, saying: "If you follow me into the city, even if the city is full of demon hunters, no one can hurt you again."
The little bamboo demon looked at the palm that was delivered to him. It was pale and slender, with a bit of bookishness.
She was in a daze, and slowly stretched out her hand, and put her little hand, which was stained with blood and slush, into his palm. There was a warm illusion that she felt instantly at ease, as if she had found her home.
