early morning
Taoist Master Hechuan stood on the remote forest path, frowning and saying nothing.
Next to him, a disciple in white in his thirties with a straight nose, holding a small beast about a foot long in his hand, said to the following people:
"That Qin Zhu must have hid in the forest from here yesterday."
Everyone nodded. Someone looked at his little beast and smiled:
"With Senior Brother Liu's breath-taking dog here, the enchantress must be found even if she flees to the ends of the earth."
The breath-breathing dog he mentioned was the golden-coated little beast in Brother Liu's hand, which looked like a little fox. This beast can remember the monk's extremely weak aura and is best at tracking it.
"Junior brother, you are over-praised." Senior Brother Liu said humbly, but there was a hint of complacency in his expression.
Some people asked worriedly: "It rained all night in the mountains last night. I wonder how much of the witch's breath is left?"
"Even if there is only a trace, my beastly pet will never miss it." Senior Brother Liu said confidently.
He is a disciple of Yunxiao Sect's Hall of Hundred Beasts. He received a notice from the hall early this morning, so he took the breath-taking dog and transferred to several teleportation formations in succession. Finally, he flew for dozens of miles with his sword, and then hurried to Lang. Mountain.
After arriving, I let my dog sniff the fake Yan Hongzhu and traced the items left in the room all the way to here. It was hard work to say the least.
"Okay, time is running out, let's continue." Wakakawa interrupted everyone's chat.
Senior Brother Liu responded hurriedly and respectfully, took out a piece of flesh and blood from an unknown monster, and fed it to the breathing dog.
Keep searching.
The breath-taking dog came to the bush where it was yesterday and barked several times in succession.
"Uncle Master, the demon girl should hide here for ten breaths of time." Senior Brother Liu said.
Kawakawa said softly "Hmm".
Senior Brother Liu stopped talking and whispered a few words in his pet's ear. The breath-taking dog cheered up and walked towards the depths of the mountain forest.
It rained lightly all night last night. At this time, clouds and mist grew in the mountains and forests, drifting onto people's faces, bringing a feeling of dampness and coolness. Among the flowers, plants and trees, countless slippery drops of water that had never dripped hit the people, quickly making the group wet.
Although they are monks and can use magic to dry their clothes, the moisture is endless and annoying.
Only the people in the river were walking leisurely with their hands behind their backs, their bodies spotless. Walking in the mountains is like walking on flat ground.
Everyone walked deeper and deeper, and soon they were in a vast jungle. They were surrounded by dense layers of ancient trees, which could be as high as the sky, with vines intertwined and moss everywhere. From time to time, the clear chirping of birds and the low roar of animals can be heard in the forest, making it even more dark and quiet.
From time to time, some people looked at the breath dog suspiciously. Seeing the little beast's tail swaying back and forth and walking briskly without any intention of stopping, they knew that there was no problem with its tracking, so they cheered up and continued moving forward.
An hour later, after probably walking for twenty or thirty miles in the deep mountains, a valley suddenly appeared in front of them.
I saw that both sides of the valley were steep mountains with steep cliffs, but the middle was flat and surrounded by trees, making it elegant and quiet. What's even more rare is that near the entrance of this valley, there is a lake formed by several mountain springs, about three to four hundred acres in size. The surface of the lake is as smooth as a mirror, but the center of the lake is quivering and bottomless. The water of the lake is extremely clear, with green peaks reflected on the surface and clearly countable sand and gravel at the bottom.
The breath-breathing dog came to a bluestone by the lake, barked at the lake, then whimpered lowly, tucked its tail, and returned to Senior Brother Liu dejectedly.
"What's going on?" Wakawakami asked.
Senior Brother Liu knelt down and caressed his pet's forehead. They communicated for a moment, then stood up, cupped his hands and said:
"Uncle Qi, the witch must have entered the lake from here yesterday, and then her aura disappeared."
Hechuan Shangren frowned and stared at the lake for a few breaths. Then he took another step and was suspended in mid-air, looking around.
In front of the lake, there is a ten-foot-high waterfall. Under the waterfall is a trickling stream, only two or three feet wide and only a few feet deep.
Hechuanshang people flew along the stream for several miles, and saw that the stream was cascading down, and the water flow was quite fast. Further forward, it was winding and winding, with no end in sight.
He quickly turned back, came to Senior Brother Liu, and asked:
"If the demon girl was in the water the whole time, there would be no way to detect her breath."
"Reply to Uncle Master. Breath-breathing dogs are not good at swimming, and they cannot judge the opponent's aura from underwater."
"What if we get ashore?"
"After landing, the breath will be exposed," Senior Brother Liu said with certainty: "The breath-taking dog can judge it."
"Very good!" Hekawakami nodded and ordered:
"Quan Feng, take a group of people and sneak into the lake to see if there are any dark caves or anything like that."
Kuang Quanfeng cupped his hands, led four disciples, each designated an area, took off his outer robe, and jumped into the lake.
"Follow me," Hechuan Shangren said to Senior Brother Liu: "Let's explore around along this small river."
"I obey your uncle's instructions." Senior Brother Liu responded.
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An hour later, Hechuan Shangren took Senior Brother Liu back to this unknown small lake. Over there, Kuang Quanfeng and four disciples have also completed their investigation and are resting by the lake.
"How's the situation?" Wakawakami asked.
"Uncle Master, five of us and I searched the entire bottom of the lake and found three dark caves. We searched all of them and found that they were the caves of a kind of water beast. There was no trace of the witch."
"Yeah," Hekawakami nodded slightly and explained his situation:
"I took Master Nephew Liu along the creek ahead and searched for twenty miles, but found nothing."
Everyone was silent for a moment.
This woman chose to enter the water, obviously taking into account the tracking of spiritual beasts such as breath-taking dogs. And this stream flows down the mountain for tens of millions of miles. She may land anywhere, so where can she find it?
After tracing it to this point, the clue can be said to be broken.
At this moment, a bright light flashed across the sky, and Hekawa Shangren stretched out his hand, and a paper crane fell into his hand.
Opening the paper crane, Kawashikawa's face lit up with joy.
"The Lord of the Palace is here." He said the contents of the paper crane.
Everyone looked happy when they heard this.
Oikawa pondered for a moment and explained:
"Quan Feng, I'm going back, but you can't give up. I'll send you another team of men. You can follow Master Nephew Liu and continue searching along the stream!"
"If you have any news, report it quickly!"
"I will obey the order of the Palace Master!" Kuang Quanfeng obeyed the order solemnly.
Senior Brother Liu gave a wry smile here. He thought it was an easy task, but now it has become a hard job. At that moment, he also bowed his hand and did not dare to disobey.
"Over at the Hall of Hundred Beasts, I will repay you with your merits." Hechuan Shangren comforted him with kind words.
Then we have to find that witch! Senior Brother Liu cursed in his heart and felt that there was little hope.
