The autumn wind was bleak, blowing down the jujube leaves all over the ground.
Two almost bare jujube trees were covered with red jujubes, which bent their branches.
The big, round and red dates look crisp, sweet and delicious, but they make people shy away from tasting them because there are piles of dead bones under the two exceptionally tall and strong date trees, some of which have not yet completely rotted. corpse.
This makes the red dates on the branches look like they are dyed red with blood.
Walking forward through the dirt road between two jujube trees, there is a low bridge.
The stream under the bridge is about to dry up, leaving only a thin stream of water. The stream flows from an unknown place in the fog to the left of the bridge, and flows to an unknown place in the fog to the right of the bridge.
There is a simple courtyard on the other side of the bridge.
There are some fruits and vegetables planted in front of the yard and behind the house. Some have been blown yellow by the autumn wind and have reached the end of their lives. Some are growing vigorously. There are also one or two newly plowed fields that seem to have just been sown.
The owner of the yard kept these plots of land in a very orderly manner.
However, this is a lonely small courtyard because it is surrounded by thick fog that persists all year round.
Zhang Xiaozu and others followed the shouts and were pleasantly surprised to find this clear land that was not covered by thick fog. Then they saw such a scenery that could be said to be stunning to them.
Because they have been in the underworld for so long, their vision has been occupied by the deathly darkness. They have almost forgotten the bright colors of flowers and willows. At first sight, the vibrant scenery of red and green made their eyes suddenly light up.
But their eyes did not linger on the red dates and green vegetables. Instead, they gathered under the jujube tree on the left in front of the bridge.
"ah--"
"Senior, please forgive me. I will never dare to offend you again. I am willing to be a cow or a horse for you..."
"Help!"
Under the jujube tree, the sound heard by Zhang Xiaozu and the others had changed from the fierce shouting they heard before to a fearful wailing begging for mercy.
The Wailer is a middle-aged man.
It can be seen from the ghostly energy all over his body that he is a ghost but not a human being.
He was being dragged by her hair by an old woman with a stooped body, gray hair, and a face full of wrinkles and age spots.
Zhang Xiaozu and others felt the man's aura and couldn't help but feel horrified. This was actually a ghost cultivator in the king realm. However, in the hands of the senile-looking old woman, he was unable to resist and seemed to have been suppressed.
The old woman's cultivation is so strong that she is extraordinary.
Bang!
The old woman threw the middle-aged man into the pile of dead bones under the date tree, then slowly raised the sickle in her left hand with an expressionless face.
"ah--"
He was so frightened that he crawled on his hands and feet, trying to escape, while constantly begging and calling for help.
"save--"
Poof!
The middle-aged man's cry stopped abruptly.
The sickle in the old woman's hand struck cleanly, severing his neck.
Zhang Xiaozu and others saw this and their hearts trembled with fear, shocked by the old woman's cruelty.
The old woman wiped the blood-stained sickle clean on the middle-aged man's clothes, then looked up at Zhang Xiaopeng and others standing in the air, and asked expressionlessly: "Do you want to eat dates?"
"..." Zhang Xiaozu and others shook their heads in unison.
"Then get away and don't disturb my purity, otherwise he will be your fate." The old woman said coldly.
Zhang Xiaozu bowed respectfully and said, "We entered this place by mistake and lost our way. I sincerely ask you, senior, to tell me the way out. I will be very grateful."
"Can't get out."
The old woman responded lightly, then turned around and walked towards the small courtyard with her hands behind her back.
"forward--"
brush!
Zhang Xiaozu wanted to ask, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the old woman suddenly waved a sickle at him from behind her back.
The gray sword energy struck in front of him in an instant. He had no time to dodge and punched out in a hurry.
However, it was not blocked.
laugh!
The gray sword energy easily cut through his fist and body defense, creating a bone-deep wound on his fist surface, and blood flowed out instantly.
As soon as the blood flowed out of his wound, it turned into wisps of blood and flew towards the sickle in the old woman's hand, and was then absorbed by it.
Zhang Xiaozhu felt as if a large leech was adsorbed on the wound, sucking his blood. He hurriedly wrapped the wound with strength to stop the bleeding.
He looked at the wounds on his hands, his face turning pale with fright.
"Old woman, you-"
"Big boy, don't be rude to your seniors!"
When Niu Dawa saw that Zhang Xiaozu was injured, he suddenly became angry and opened his mouth to curse, but was interrupted by Zhang Xiaozu.
He was reminding Niu Dawa that the old woman was very scary and should not be messed with.
Niu Dawa snorted softly through her nostrils and swallowed down her anger.
Zhang Xiaozu bowed respectfully to the old woman again and said, "Thank you, senior, for showing mercy!"
He knew that the opponent had been merciful with the scythe just now, otherwise it would not have been as simple as a single wound. The entire fist or even the whole person might have been split in half by her.
"It's been a long time since I tasted the taste of human blood. It's still so delicious. I really want to have a full meal."
"You have aroused my appetite. What crime should you do?"
The old woman suddenly stopped and asked.
Zhang Xiaozu stared at the sickle dangling in the old woman's hand, as if she could not wait to cut people. He resisted the urge to turn around and run away, and said, "Junior, there is a treasure here. Please accept it, senior."
After saying that, he took out a piece of jade with nine functions from the mustard seeds and threw it to the old woman.
They searched for several days before finally finding this place, and the old woman probably knew a lot about the situation here. Zhang Xiaozu was unwilling to give up, so he planned to use treasures to buy information.
However, what he didn't expect was that the old woman didn't even look at it, she just waved the sickle to chop the jade piece into pieces, and then raised the sickle violently.
Zhang Xiaozu felt the murderous intention of the old woman rushing towards her, and hurriedly saluted, "Sorry for bothering you, senior, I'll leave now."
"Senior, are dates sweet?" Qi Yoyo suddenly asked.
Hearing this, the old woman stopped raising her sickle, turned around, looked up at Qi Yoyo, a kind smile appeared on her wrinkled face, and replied: "Sweet, so sweet! Girl, Want to take one?"
"Are there any benefits to eating it?" Qi Yoyo asked.
"Skin care, beauty, good mood, and longevity."
Niu Dawa curled her lips and looked at the old woman sarcastically with an expression that said, "You just have to fool around."
"..." The corners of Qi Yoyo's eyes twitched. The old woman's words were heard in her ears, and she automatically understood them as: "It's poisonous, it's highly poisonous, and you'll die if you take one bite. It's hard for gods to save you!"
"I'll take my leave." Zhang Xiaopou cupped his hands, showing no interest in eating dates.
Of course, it can also be understood as not having the guts to eat.
The dates grown in the pile of corpses are hard to swallow, no matter how sweet they are. What’s more, the old woman’s false smile is like selling melons, which makes people know that there is something wrong with the dates at a glance, so they dare not eat them.
When the old woman heard this, the smile on her face disappeared in an instant, and became cold again, and shouted: "Get out of here!"
Zhang Xiaozu was about to turn around and leave when his expression suddenly changed and he shouted urgently: "Be careful!"
Before the voice could finish, a naked man with no clothes on his body came out of the thick fog behind them and rushed straight towards Zhang Xiaopou.
When the old woman saw the man's face, she had a frightened expression on her face. Her legs trembled and she almost knelt down, but then she frowned and saw something, and the frightened expression on her face disappeared.
Zhang Xiaopou suddenly took a step forward to meet him. His right fist, whose wound had healed, hit the man in the face hard.
Snapped!
The man opened his five fingers on his right hand and grabbed it out. He grabbed Zhang Xiaopou's fist with great precision, and then applied force with his five fingers.
Click!
It directly crushed Zhang Xiaozu's body-protecting Hunyuan force, and also crushed his fist bones.
boom!
At the same time, the man kneeled into Zhang Xiaozu's chest, causing his entire sternum to shatter and dent.
Immediately, he opened the five fingers of his left hand and grabbed Zhang Xiaopou's forehead.
The man's speed was so fast that Zhang Xiaopou's subtle state of mind could not catch his movements. He was so fast that he had no power to parry, and half of his life was lost as soon as he met him.
Zhang Xiaopou suddenly opened his killing eyes.
Whoosh whoosh!
The ghost spirit pinched and slashed out sword energy one after another, flying out from the pupils, blocking the man's left hand.
"stop!"
Niu Dawa roared angrily, took out a mace and hit the man.
The realm of forbidden law unfolded, but it failed to restrain the man. Instead, the man grabbed the handle of the mace, snatched the mace away, and then hit Niu Dawa with the stick.
boom!
Blood splattered everywhere.
Niu Dawa was hit to the ground by a stick. The sharp spikes on the mace dug terrible bloody holes in his body. He didn't even make a sound and passed out directly.
Zhang Xiaozu held on to his seriously injured body and tried to fight back, but was hit with a stick by the man. He immediately followed in Niu Dawa's footsteps.
Roar!
The white tiger swooped over, its body instantly growing to hundreds of feet.
boom!
The man hit the white tiger on the head with a stick, sending its huge body flying horizontally and falling to the ground unconscious.
Bang bang bang!
The man swung the mace again and again, hitting Qi Yoyo, Jin Zhihui, Tiangui and Tengshe who rushed to save them, all of them were seriously injured and fainted. Niu Yao, who was weak in cultivation, would have been blocked by Tiangui if not for him. If he suffered most of the damage, he would probably be blasted with a stick.
Then the man landed next to Zhang Xiaozu with the mace and reached out to grab his head.
brush!
At the critical moment, the old woman suddenly took action and slashed at the man with her sickle.
The man turned his head suddenly, raised his mace and hit the old woman, colliding with the old woman's sickle.
when!
The man who just swept through Zhang Xiaopeng and others like a standing god was actually knocked back by the old woman with a sickle.
The old woman was also very fast. Taking advantage of the man being forced back, she grabbed Zhang Xiaopou and others and threw them into the yard from a distance.
The man's expressionless face showed an angry look, and he swung the mace and hit the old woman.
The old woman flew back and retreated behind the small bridge.
The man flew in pursuit, but hit a forbidden light curtain in front of the bridge and was ejected.
boom!
The man swung his mace and hammered the forbidden light curtain, trying to break it, but the forbidden light curtain was very tough and only vibrated slightly after being hit hard by the mace.
"Old woman, meet Emperor Fengdu!"
The old woman saluted the man respectfully from across the bridge.
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