Seeing that the snake was motionless and ready to be slaughtered, Xu Huaigu felt a little unbearable for no reason.
But this snake had killed so many soldiers before, and several monks also lost their lives in its hands. If we didn't kill it, how could we be worthy of those who died?
Xu Huaigu was heartbroken, and the flying sword was thrust straight into its head in the blink of an eye. Fan Xuan sighed softly, which reached Xu Huaigu's ears.
So the tip of the flying sword just touched the scales of the snake, and it stopped suddenly, and it did not stab after all.
Seeing this scene, everyone looked at Xu Huaigu in surprise. Xu Huaigu let out a long sigh, stretched out his hand to call the flying sword back, but did not kill it.
Wei Caiyi knitted his brows into a knot and said displeasedly: "What? You can't kill anyone here? You are also a monk after all, and you don't even have such a hard heart? I'm curious how you survived to this day?" Xu Huaigu lowered his head. , thought for a while, and said: "This snake is not bad in mind and knows how to advance and retreat. The demon clan doesn't want it, maybe it can change its mind and be willing to work for our human race." Wei Caiyi said coldly: "It killed With so many people, who will accept it? Even if it wants to, I'm afraid no one will give it this chance. I think you are just a woman's kindness." Then she said: "Well, since I just said it, I'll leave this snake to your disposal and I won't care. Whether you let it go or kill it is up to you. There's only one thing. If you don't kill it, you won't be able to get the Immortal Weapon Robe from me." Xu Huaigu hesitated.
Wei Caiyi's face was clouded, and he was obviously very dissatisfied with Xu Huaigu's attitude, but Xu Huaigu had his own plans.
He thought for a long time and suddenly asked Fan Xuan: "What do you think? What should I do?" Xu Huaigu actually asked her opinion?
Fan Xuan was startled, then frowned and said: "This snake is actually quite capable and has a stronger mind than ordinary monsters. But it is true that as Senior Wei said, it has too many human lives on its hands. If you If we don’t kill it, I’m afraid it won’t be able to calm people’s hearts.”
"But it almost killed you just now." Fan Xuan was stunned for a moment and said, "I'm just telling the truth." Xu Huaigu turned to look at the snake, and saw that it realized that Xu Huaigu had not killed it. She also opened her eyes and looked at him from a distance, her eyes were complicated and her emotions were difficult to understand.
Looking at Shu Lian's eyes, Xu Huaigu fought with them several times. He had never looked at them carefully before, but now he had time to look at them carefully.
But I saw that the snake had a pair of light red eyes, like maple leaves in early autumn, hazy red. Like all snakes, its pupils were also a pair of beautiful ridged pupils, which reminded Xu Huaigu of that person.
She also had beautiful prismatic pupils, but they were emerald green. They were the most beautiful eyes Xu Huaigu had ever seen.
He became more and more compassionate. Xu Huaigu stood far away on the flying sword and asked the snake: "Let me ask you, are you willing to submit to my human race?" The snake seemed to be unprepared and was stunned for a long time, neither nodding nor shaking its head.
Xu Huaigu asked again, and the tan snake finally spoke again: "How to submit? Is it possible to return to the battlefield and kill my own people for your human race?" Xu Huaigu shook his head and said: "Just follow me. If you want to go to the battlefield, I won't stop you, and if you can't do it, I won't force you." The snake hesitated, and after a long while, it asked again: "What if I don't agree? Do you want it right away? Kill me?" Xu Huaigu said: "I won't kill you, the world is so big, you can go wherever you want." Tanshe laughed at herself, lowered her head and muttered to herself: "The world is so big, the world is so big. Big... Although the world is big, my people don't want me, where can I go?" Xu Huaigu didn't speak, just looked at it, and Fan Xuan also looked at Xu Huaigu silently.
Tangshe lowered her head and murmured for a long time, then finally raised her head, looked at Xu Huaigu, and said: "Since you are willing to spare my life, then I will go with you. I only have one request, you cannot force me to kill my people." Reading Xu Huaigu He nodded and said loudly: "Yes, I promise you." Tangshe hesitantly walked towards Xu Huaigu's feet. Xu Huaigu's sword fell on the ground, put away the flying sword and asked: "Will you turn into a human form?" The snake nodded, and then its huge body transformed into a human form.
But he saw that it was a boy who was only half a man tall, standing barefoot, with disheveled hair, covering his face.
He was wearing gray cloth clothes and was about twelve or thirteen years old. Because of the previous battle with Xu Huaigu, the demon's body was injured too much. Although it had transformed into a human form, it was covered in bloody wounds. It was really unbearable to show it on such a child's face.
Even Xu Huaigu was surprised when he saw that the snake's human form was just that of a boy. To be honest, I didn't expect that a tan snake with such a huge body was just a minor child.
Xu Huaigu asked him: "How old are you this year?" Tangshe replied: "I am only eighty-seven years old. Our Tangshe clan can live up to 500 years, and it takes 120 years to be considered an adult. In total, , I am considered very young.”
"Are you from the same clan? Does this mean that you are not the only one in the Demon Realm?"
"Yes. There are many demon clans in the Demon Realm, forming various ethnic groups. Some large clans even have hundreds of thousands of members. Our Tangshe clan, like ours, is a bloodline left over from ancient times. Now it is weak and weak. , there are only a few hundred people in the clan, so that Taotie dares not to take me seriously. If our Snake clan is still powerful, how could he dare to do this? At least he has to ask about the face of our clan leader first." At this point, Tang She couldn't help but clench her teeth, obviously feeling a bit of hatred.
Xu Huaigu nodded and said: "From now on, if you follow me, you must agree on a few principles in advance, otherwise I won't be able to keep you. If you can agree, then stay. If you feel that I am bound to you and make you unhappy, you now It's still too late to leave." Tang She thought for a long time with a solemn expression and said, "I originally served Taotie, but now he has abandoned me. Not only did you not kill me, you also gave me the last dignity. If I don't understand this, why don't you? You shouldn't be praised by that great monk. Just say it." Xu Huaigu stretched out three fingers and said seriously: "I only have three rules. First, you are not allowed to hurt others; second, you are not allowed to appear as a monster at will; Third, since you are in the Middle Territory, you must abide by the rules of the human race. I will teach you the etiquette of the human race, and you should learn it with humility." Tanshe thought for a moment and said: "I can promise you the first two, but the last one, I can only say that I will try my best, but I can’t guarantee that I will learn it." When Xu Huaigu saw him saying this, he secretly thought that he was a down-to-earth person, so he smiled and said: "Then it is considered as an agreement." Tan She was expressionless and solemnly said. nodded.
Xu Huaigu looked at Wei Caiyi, who was still standing in the air, and wanted to salute and thank him. However, Fan Xuan was still lying in his arms and could not salute, so he had to bow his head and thank him: "Senior, I will keep my life-saving grace in my heart. I will never forget it until death. The junior saw that this snake had a good heart and could be carved, so he spared his life and studied with the junior. Maybe he will make progress in the future. I know that the senior is unhappy, but this is the junior himself. If you insist on acting, the responsibility will be borne by the junior alone! Please pay attention to the senior!" Wei Caiyi landed, stood in front of Xu Huaigu, and said with a cold face: "Okay! Since you said that the responsibility will be borne by yourself, I will not persuade you any more. I just hope you don’t regret it!” Xu Huaigu lowered his head and said softly: “I don’t regret what I have done as a junior.” Wei Caiyi glanced at Xu Huaigu for the last time, snorted coldly, then flicked his sleeves, the breeze blew by, and Xu Huaigu looked up again By then, she had disappeared.
Xu Huaigu stared in the direction Wei Caiyi went for a long time. Seeing that the storm had subsided, the other monks in the forest walked out of the forest one after another, and Xu Huaigu also walked in their direction.
Yin Zushi was the first to walk quickly to Xu Huaigu, glanced at the snake behind him, frowned and shook his head and said: "Brother Xu is confused." The other monks' eyes when they looked at Xu Huaigu also changed.
Some people have weird eyes, some people have playful eyes, and some people have eyes full of suspicion. In short, they don't look like they are looking at a great sword cultivator who sacrifices his life to kill the enemy on the battlefield.
Xu Huaigu didn't pay much attention to those looks, and just asked Yin Zizhi: "Do you also think what I did was wrong?" Yin Zushi said helplessly: "Whether I did it right or not is secondary. The first thing is, you keep this tan With snakes around, what will the people around you think of you? What will happen to Brother Xu's reputation if it is spread out with malicious intent?" Xu Huaigu smiled and said: "If you are worried about this, there is no need for it. I Xu Huaigu stands alone in the world. He only acts according to his own heart. As for what others think, it doesn't matter." Yin Zashi could only say: "Okay. Senior Wei also said before that this snake is left to Brother Xu to deal with. She doesn't care, and I can't care less." Xu Huaigu glanced at the monks around him, and then looked around the mountains and forests. He saw that the lives were devastated and devastated. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart and said: "It's almost dusk now, General Chu and the others should have escaped to safety. Where are you?" Yin Zushi said worriedly: "I'm afraid it's hard to say. We just have to fight with the big monsters here. Those little monsters are chasing General Chu and the remaining soldiers into the forest. The outcome is still unclear. Definitely." Xu Huaigu was also worried in his heart. He was about to lead a group of monks to look for Chu Xiuyang when he heard the sound of horse hooves in the forest over there. He suddenly became energetic and said hurriedly: "It's the cavalry!" Everyone turned towards the sound of horse hooves. Looking at where it came from, before seeing the horses, I heard a female voice shouting anxiously from a long distance away: "Xu Huaigu! Xu Huaigu!" That voice was the most familiar. Not only Xu Huaigu, but also Yin Zizhi heard it. I knew it was Yu Qin who was here.
It turns out that Yu Qin was originally guarding Tanglin Pass. Ever since Chu Xiuyang told Xu Huaigu in advance that Tanglin Pass would be used as a bait in Lu Zijin's plan and the road to the north would be extremely dangerous, Xu Huaigu was worried that something would happen to Yu Qin, so he He randomly found a reason and sent her to Lu Zijin's side for a while.
Originally, according to Lu Zijin's order, no one was allowed to enter or exit Tanglin Pass in order to avoid alerting others. However, this was Xu Huaigu's concern after all, and Chu Xiuyang did not stop him.
As for Lu Zijin, he also acquiesced to this matter and just pretended that it had not happened. Yu Qin was in Lu Zijin's camp, originally waiting for Xu Huaigu's return, but as a result, the demon clan successively broke through the seven passes, and the soldiers of Tanglin Pass were forced to break through and go north. Yu Qin was only a little worried.
After all, with Xu Huaigu's level of cultivation and ability, ordinary monsters couldn't stop him at all. Until this afternoon, there was such a big noise from the south. The ground shook, the mountains shook, and the roar shook the sky, as if the sky was about to collapse. Yu Qin then Extremely anxious, he hurried over with several other monks.
On the way, they happened to meet the demon tribe's soldiers who were chasing Chu Xiuyang and Tanglin Pass, so they cleaned them up and then continued to rush over, so they were delayed for a long time.
When he heard Yu Qin's voice, Xu Huaigu was fine, but Fan Xuan was the most anxious. She hurriedly said: "I feel much better, I should be able to walk, Xu Huaigu, please put me down quickly!" Xu Huaigu suddenly realized and put her down quickly, but he didn't know that Fan Xuan's injury was not healed at all, and he almost missed touching the ground with his feet. When she fell, Yin Zushi quickly helped her up and she didn't fall.
A few people here are in chaos, and horses are running out of the forest over there. Xu Huaigu glanced at the leaders and saw that not only Yu Qin, but also Li Zi, Li Siqing, An Xiaoyu and others were here.
Chu Xiuyang was also among the team, his injuries had been bandaged, and he was looking at him from a distance with an unclear expression.
