Four days have passed since I left Fengcheng, and it is already May 25th. Lin Manliu and Jiang Yanlin, who continued to go south, walked along the road around the mountains as much as possible without entering the villages or towns.
But as the surrounding scenery changed, they still noticed something strange. Because these days of running around are too quiet.
Even if you are walking through the mountain roads, you should still encounter some villagers who go into the mountains to collect medicine or work in the fields.
But the two of them didn't see anything... It wasn't until noon that Lin Manliu saw some houses when they found a cliff with a wide view and were ready to rest.
Following the gaze of the boy in short shirt, Jiang Yanlin also looked over. He asked aloud: "Brother Liu, do you want to go to the village to find someone to ask about the situation?" Lin Manliu looked a little solemn and raised his hand to point to the corner of the village.
"The village here may have suffered a disaster..." Jiang Yanlin discovered that all the houses at the entrance of the village had collapsed, and even the nearby trees were broken to the ground.
"Could it be those thieves from the Evil Slaughter Sect who burned, killed and looted here before?!"
"There may be such a possibility, Yanlin let's go!" Jiang Yanlin hummed. He wanted to persuade his brother Liu that it would be better for them to leave as soon as possible... but looking at Lin Manliu's expression, he gave up.
He will not sit back and ignore these things. After all, it was the same for him. The two of them climbed back on their horses and walked down the cliff, heading straight towards the village.
In Lin Manliu's initial conjecture, he thought that this place had been invaded by the Tue Evil Sect or mountain bandits. A large number of bandits rushed into the village, causing the houses to collapse and the trees to break.
But when he rode his horse to the entrance of the village, he suddenly realized that he had guessed wrong! Were only the houses at the entrance of the village destroyed?
The scene in front of them was another side they had not seen before. Houses, fields, and trees were all crushed to the ground, and no one was left intact at all.
The air was also mixed with a strong smell of blood and fishy smell... Jiang Yanlin couldn't hold it back for a while and began to retching on the horse.
Ohh Ohh ohh...
"Yan Lin, cover your mouth and nose, calm your mind!" Lin Manliu reminded. Then he took out two pieces, covered his mouth and nose with a rag, and handed the other piece to his side.
Jiang Yanlin suppressed his nausea and sat on the horse again. He took the rag from the boy in a short shirt and quickly put it on his face.
After the two of them were ready, they continued walking deeper into the village. Under the ruins, the fragments of clothing and the dark red traces that have long dried up indicate the ominous nature of this place.
Jiang Yanlin said carefully: "Brother Liu...could there be some evil spirits or ghosts passing through..." Lin Man said in six words: "Yanlin, there is no need to believe those ghosts! The tragic situation here does not prove that there are Virtual objects exist in the world." Jiang Yanlin's legs astride the horse trembled a little, and his body started to tremble a little.
"In the early years, I heard from the adults in my family that there are many strange beasts in southern Xinjiang, including great apes as high as mountains... giant birds with wings as high as the clouds hanging from the sky..." Listening to Jiang Yanlin's description of the strange beasts Lin Manliu turned his head a lot by his appearance, but look, I, a native of China, have never seen him before!
Not seriously! "Just as the boy in short shirt was about to continue comforting Jiang Yan, the latter reined in his horse and stopped where he was, and suddenly screamed strangely.
"Brother Liu, be careful! Run! Run!" Lin Manliu quickly turned his head and looked ahead. About a hundred steps away... there was a huge black shadow crawling between the broken houses.
The body of the black shadow gradually rose up, reaching a height of three to four feet. Is it a snake? The young man in a short shirt saw the black snake's appearance clearly and immediately turned his horse's head while pulling up Jiang Yanlin who was in a daze.
"Let's go!" The sudden retreat of the two people made the black snake, who seemed to be waiting, react. It spit out the snake letter, made a sharp hissing sound, and then rushed towards the two of them.
Black Snake's speed was extremely fast, but within a few breaths, he had to catch up with Lin Manliu and the others who were galloping on their horses.
The boy in a short shirt slammed his legs into the horse's belly to make the horse move forward faster. But the horse that Jiang Yanlin was riding beside him seemed to be frightened... it twisted its head disobediently, and made a shrill cry from time to time. Suddenly, the horse's hoof missed the mark, and Jiang Yanlin fell forward.
When it was about to fall to the ground, Lin Manliu reached out and immediately pulled it on the horse's back. The black snake behind them, completely ignoring the horses that fell to the ground, kept attacking towards the fleeing Lin Manliu and his two men.
In order to prevent the remaining horse from being frightened like before, the boy in a short shirt pulled off the rag from his face with his bare hands and covered the horse's eyes.
But the voice of the black snake spitting out the message showed no intention of stopping. The horses under Lin Man's six seats finally made some strange movements in this tense atmosphere... Like this, they will definitely be overtaken.
The young man in a short shirt quickly made a decision, and he shouted: "Yanlin, hold on to me, and then jump towards the house in front with me!" Jiang Yanlin didn't think much and immediately shouted in response.
"Understood!" Lin Manliu slapped the horse's back, and his whole body was ejected instantly. The next moment, he kicked his foot lightly on the horse's belly, causing the horse to continue to rush forward.
The two figures jumped into the air. The boy in the short shirt swung first and threw the house where Jiang Yanlin was still intact first.
Lin Manliu's figure fell to the ground. Before Black Snake could react, the young man had a weapon in his left hand.
In just a moment, the young man in a short shirt threw the Shan Ye Xing away from his hand. The sword power flies to Guluan! As the dagger pointed directly at the black snake's eyes, Lin Manliu rolled away towards Jiang Yanlin's position.
Shan Yexing pierced into the green eyes, and the black snake's figure stagnated, but after half a breath, the huge body began to twist.
The snake letter in the middle of the fang also trembled crazily, and the black snake's scream was more shocking than before.
Lin Manliu grabbed Jiang Yanlin and ran towards the mountain road with dense trees. He wanted to use these trees to block the black snake from crawling as much as possible, thereby increasing his chances of survival.
Just as the boy in short shirt was running forward, he suddenly saw a figure in black robe walking beside him and carrying a sword?
The figure in black robe seemed to be walking slowly, but in an instant, he passed by Lin Manliu. The boy in a short shirt vaguely heard the man's voice...
"Is this... you?" When Lin Manliu looked back, he found that the man in black robe had already drawn his sword out of its sheath and was only about twenty steps away from the black snake.
According to the huge body of the black snake and the speed of its previous attack, it only took a moment to bite the black-robed man with its bloody mouth.
The young man in a short shirt shouted: "Be careful!" But the black-robed figure did not move at all. He just stopped where he was, waiting for the black snake's move.
Instantly! The black snake rushed forward to attack the man in black robe, and saw the sword in the man's hand, just a horizontal stroke in front of him!
All the fangs in the black snake's mouth were broken, and the trembling snake letter was also cut off immediately. From the mouth of the black snake, blood also rushed out.
The huge body began to sway and tremble, and sometimes it hit the ridge of the roof, sometimes it hit the trees beside it, and sometimes it hit the ground.
In response, the man in black robes and holding a sword just stopped where he was, not knowing what he was waiting for. Lin Manliu watched the man's movements closely, ready to help at any time.
On the other hand, Black Snake's frenzied movements continued for a long time, and it was only when the boy untied Xia Mingchan from behind that he gradually came to his senses.
The black snake tilted its huge head, trying to keep its single eye fixed on the man in black robe. Seeing that the man in black robe made no move, it charged forward again.
But just as the black snake was charging forward, the sword in the man's hand moved again. It was still just a wave in front of him... This wave was a sudden lift from bottom to top!
But the result shocked Lin Manliu. He cut the black snake's head in half with just one sword strike!
The huge body of four to five feet long was divided into four parts from the head, just like a flower that gradually withered after blooming.
This time, there was no blood splattering like when the snake letter was cut off just now. Instead, the black snake froze silently on the spot.
The man in black robe seemed a little disappointed and put the sword back into its sheath. First he murmured to himself: "No..." He turned around and glanced at Lin Manliu, and said softly: "This is not the place you should come to now, retreat as soon as possible..." The man in black robe said. After that, we walked towards the south side of the mountain road.
The boy in short shirt helped Jiang Yanlin up and quickly caught up with the man in black robe. Lin Manliu said: "Senior, I dare to ask what happened here. How could there be such a snake problem?" The man in black robe stopped and turned to look at the boy in short shirt.
"It is said that there was a black dragon sleeping in the mud in this place in ancient times. Now that the turmoil has arisen, the black dragon wakes up. Do you believe it?" Lin Man said in six words: "The story of the snake monster has only been passed down orally by the elders in the city. I have never seen the truth..." Until today, I have seen what the old people said.
"Big snake". The man in black robe had no intention of responding to the young man's answer, and quickly turned around and continued heading south.
The young man in short shirt suddenly recalled the words of the person in front of him at the beginning of the competition with the black snake.
"The black snake that senior killed just now, was that 'black dragon'?" Lin Manliu said again.
"They are just small snakes, not enough to be called 'dragons'!" the man in black robe said loudly.
"Senior, wait a moment!"
"Huh?" Jiang Yanlin took this opportunity, tugged on the corner of the boy's short shirt, and whispered: "Brother Liu..." Lin Manliu patted his shoulder and responded: "Yanlin, don't worry. But!" The young man said as he led Jiang Yanlin to a tree, then ran back to where the giant snake's body was, and pulled Shan Yexing out of the bloody body.
Seeing that the man in black robe had not gone far, Lin Manliu stepped forward quickly.
"The village here has been ravaged by black snakes for a long time, and other places must have also suffered from it. Seniors must have a way to kill snakes. Can you take this kid with you?" It wasn't until the words of the boy in the short shirt that the man in black robe really faced him. He looked up at Lin Manliu in front of him.
He said: "If I take you and him... do you think I can kill the Jiao?" Lin Man said in six words: "If I encounter a safe town in the future, I will place him well and then Go with senior!" The man in black robe first glanced at the Shanyexing in Lin Manliu's hand, and then looked at Xia Mingchan behind it.
"If you are determined to die, you can follow..." Lin Manliu sheathed his sword and looked forward.
"I already have thousands of reasons to live in my heart. This kid can't die!"
"It's interesting..." Lin Manliu then looked at the man in black robe not far away and said, "In this case, senior is willing to take this kid with him!" The voice of the man in black robe was no longer as cold as before. , raised his hand to wipe away the blood on his face.
He also looked at the boy in a short shirt and said, "Then let's go!"
