There are nearly ten thousand mortals living in Cassia Mountain. There are family members of disciples who have just moved from the small world, as well as descendants of monks who have settled here for many years and have reproduced for several or even dozens of generations.
The environment in the mountains is beautiful, the climate is pleasant, and the land is extremely fertile. If you just sow a few seeds, you can grow strong crops without much farming.
Mortals living here are nourished by spiritual energy all year round, rarely get sick, and their life spans are ten to twenty years longer than in the mortal world. It is not unusual to live to an old age.
It can be seen that the town is quite prosperous.
The streets are wide and clean, paved with bluestones, and lined with shops, oil mills and rice shops, schools and teahouses...
But now it was deserted.
Instead, there were dense swarms of locusts.
These locusts are more than a foot long, with two shining green eyes on their heads. They are covered with a shiny hard shell, ranging in color from light green to dark yellow.
The strong hind limbs are covered with serrations, and the two pairs of scaly wings are covered with a rust-like reddish brown.
At this moment, they are jumping around, searching for something edible. Once they find it, they pounce on it, open their powerful upper jaws, and keep eating, as if they will never be full.
"Is this a locust? Why is it so big?"
"Yeah, I thought it was only as big as a fist at most."
It was the first time for many disciples to see demonic insects, and they couldn't help but feel terrified.
Elder Nie saw everyone's fear and did not say anything. He formed a magic formula in his hand and a layer of faint golden light immediately enveloped his body. He shouted: "Wandering Scythe Flying Blade!"
In just a moment, golden light burst out from his hand, and dozens of flying blades like hooks and sickles shot out.
These flying blades seemed to have eyes, and they would chop off the heads of the dozens of locusts closest to everyone, split them in half, or penetrate their chests... and wipe them all out in an instant!
When the disciples saw him, they all cheered.
Although the spirit beast map had faded into dormancy, Zhao Lin could still see the spirits of dead creatures, and he couldn't help but feel a shiver when he saw dozens of spirits rising together.
The Flying Scythe is a first-level spell, but it is incredibly powerful in the hands of a foundation-building monk.
The great thing about this move is not that it sends out dozens of flying blades, but that every flying blade can accurately hit the target.
You must know that locusts are not dead objects. Many of them are constantly moving. You must have strong spiritual consciousness to be able to control these flying blades respectively.
After Elder Nie finished casting the spell, he whistled.
Just hearing a "plapping" sound, seven or eight green wood sparrows and long-tailed pheasants flew over the heads of everyone, swooping at the katydids not far away at low altitude.
Strangely enough, after everyone arrived, these locusts were indifferent, but as soon as the spiritual birds appeared, they started to scatter like mice seeing a cat.
The locust escaped quickly, but the spiritual bird was one step faster. It caught up with it in the blink of an eye, raised its sharp beak, and inserted it directly into its head like an iron pickaxe.
One blow kills, and then he pounces on the next one...
Seeing how brave the spirit bird was, the disciples were greatly reassured.
At this time Elder Nie's voice sounded: "There are seven streets in the town. Wei Yi, Zhang Gong...Dong Lingcheng, the seven of you will lead a team to sweep away the katydids along the streets."
"Zhu Shimao, Lan Jin, you two are responsible for cleaning up the farmland and bringing the spiritual birds with you!"
"I will go to the ancestral temple in the town to guard the emergency array. If you are in danger, call me with a whistle."
When we were on the flying boat just now, Elder Nie had organized everyone into a team, with an older senior brother leading four or five young disciples.
Zhao Lin, Tong Mu, Li Sancai and Zhu Cong were in a group. Since the four of them were all new disciples, Dong Lingcheng, the most powerful among the Chuan Gong brothers, led the team.
Before Elder Nie left, he deliberately told the nine senior brothers: "Your first priority is to take good care of the disciples, and the second is to kill the locusts. There must be no casualties. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
The nine people agreed in unison and then led their teams towards the streets and farmland.
Dong Lingcheng was the tough-faced and sword-browed senior who taught the Dharma in Yanfa Pavilion before. He led Zhao Lin and others towards the third street from the north.
As soon as the five people entered the street, they saw hundreds of locusts scurrying around on the ground, walls, and roofs. There were also "clicking, clicking" chewing sounds coming from some houses.
"You cast a spell first and kill a katydid locust for me to see."
Dong Lingcheng was not in a hurry to kill the katydid locust, but wanted to understand the general strength of several people before deciding on the next move.
"good."
Zhao Lin was the first to stand up. He glanced at a katydid locust that had half of its body leaning into a barrel on the street.
I usually practice spells on targets or in empty spaces, but today was my first time to kill a living creature.
Zhao Lin calmed down and quickly formed the fifth-grade lotus seal on his hand.
Hold the middle finger and ring finger with your thumb, extend your index finger and little thumb upward, and then make a stroke in the air.
"Wind Blade Technique!"
I saw the blue light gathering together and forming a wind knife, flying out in the air and hitting the belly of the katydid locust, splitting it in two.
"good!"
Dong Lingcheng praised and looked at Li Sancai again.
Although Li Sancai has a low-grade spiritual root, he is very talented in the manipulation of spiritual power. He also practices spiritual sword skills, but he is driven by the spiritual power of fire.
He sent out a fire knife and struck the head of a katydid locust that was parked on the wall.
With a "stab" sound, the flames burst into flames, and a burning smell suddenly filled the air.
"bingo!"
Li Sancai shook his fist excitedly.
Next is Tong Mu. Because he has been grazing in the grassland for many years, he is used to driving the sheep with a whip. When practicing magic, he chose a wood-based magic: Ivy Technique.
The Ivy Technique is an ivy whip that is more than four feet long. The whip is covered with barbs and twists in the air like a snake.
After sending it out, it rolled back violently, hooked the body of a katydid locust, and crushed it directly.
Finally, it was Zhu Cong's turn. He was practicing water archery. Although his spiritual root level was better than the three of them, he had not yet mastered the spell and his control ability was still insufficient.
Due to his young age, he was a little afraid of locusts, so he fired two water arrows and barely hit the thigh of one locust.
The locust fell to the ground, jumped up in surprise, and fluttered its wings, but Dong Lingcheng chopped it down in the air with his wooden flying sword.
"It's all good!"
Dong Lingcheng said with satisfaction that Elder Nie asked him to lead four new disciples. He originally thought that they would be a burden, but unexpectedly his skills were unexpected and he could already help him share the worries.
"Follow me closely, and remember not to leave more than seven feet away... no, five feet away!"
After speaking, he glanced at Zhao Lin and said, "You are the oldest and have martial arts skills, so you can also help take care of me."
Zhao Lin responded quickly: "Senior brother, don't worry."
Dong Lingcheng nodded slightly and rushed into the street first, leading everyone to kill the katydids in sight.
"Autumn leaves fall!"
Dong Lingcheng's cultivation level is at the eighth level of Qi refining, and his magic power is powerful. Although he cannot kill dozens of locusts with one move like Elder Nie, several monster insects will fall to the ground every time he strikes.
He rushed forward and fought fiercely, and Zhao Lin and others followed closely behind. When they encountered a fish that slipped through the net or a locust that was not dead, they took turns to kill it.
Zhao Lin has practiced martial arts for a long time and has extremely keen insight into combat.
He observed it for a while and found that Li Sancai's fire sword technique had a burning effect. Every time it hit the target, a ball of flame would rise.
"Sancai, leave the individual monsters to us to deal with. You can try attacking the monsters that are close together."
Li Sancai gave it a try and found out that one spell could kill two demonic insects at the same time. He couldn't help but be delighted.
Tong Mu's Ivy Technique attack was not far away, but had a wider range. Zhao Lin suggested that he clean up the locusts that entered the house, so that there would be no risk of missing.
Zhu Cong was not good at spells and his accuracy was a bit off, but Zhao Lin could see the souls of dead katydids. As long as he found no souls floating out, he would let him go up and touch them up.
The wind sword technique is light and agile, and Zhao Lin deliberately looks for the flying locusts to practice his spell accuracy.
In this way, several people are fighting while experiencing various ways of magic. These are things that are difficult to learn in the Spiritual Dao Academy.
The crowd covered them all the way, and everywhere they passed were the corpses of locusts.
However, after all, the four disciples were only at the first level of Qi Refining. In less than half an hour, their magic power was exhausted.
Fortunately, Zhao Lin had lost his magic power and still had energy and blood. He could still kill monsters and insects with martial arts skills such as splitting the air and Tianshuang Fist. Although the attack range was not as far as the magic, it was more powerful.
Tong Mu, Li Sancai and Zhu Cong could only stare and follow Zhao Lin, waiting for their spiritual power to slowly recover.
Dong Lingcheng also noticed that the mana of several people was exhausted, but seeing that Zhao Lin's shots were clean and tidy, he relaxed and focused on killing the locusts.
After walking for a while, everyone suddenly felt their eyes wide open and found that they had been fighting from the street to the end of the street.
"Rest where you are for a quarter of an hour."
Dong Lingcheng said, sat down on the ground, closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing.
Zhao Lin and others followed suit and sat down cross-legged.
When the time came, several people stood up at the same time.
Most of the monster insects on the street were dead just now. At this time, some locusts flew in from elsewhere, and some were still eating the corpses of their own kind.
Dong Lingcheng didn't say anything, waved his hand and led everyone back along the street.
This time Zhao Lin and others felt a lot more relaxed, as the number of locusts decreased and they were no longer everywhere like before.
The two people who came here were more familiar with their spells than they were at the beginning. After recovering their spiritual power, they were more efficient at killing insects. Even Zhu Cong had improved a lot.
"There's one in there!"
When passing a wine shop, there was a strange noise in the house.
Dong Lingcheng didn't want to waste time, so he asked Zhao Lin and others to go in to search, while he continued to kill the locusts outside.
Zhao Lin responded, led the three people into the wine shop, and were stunned when they rushed into the living room.
I saw that the table in the living room was filled with wine and food. It was obvious that people in the wine shop were dining before the accident.
Lying on the table was a huge katydid locust, nearly three feet long and one and a half feet tall, which was more than twice the size of all the katydid locusts I had seen before.
That's okay. In a large group, there are always a few standouts. What surprised everyone was that this locust actually extended its slender mouthparts into the wine jar.
It's drinking!
Li Sancai and Tong Mu raised their hands at the same time. Zhao Lin did not stop them, but pulled Zhu Cong to guard the door.
A single spell might not be able to kill such a large locust, so two people would be safe.
As a result, something even more surprising happened to them: the katydid looked up at everyone, kicked off its legs, and flew out of the window.
"Ran?"
The four of them were stunned for a moment.
Katyta locusts have almost no intelligence and don't know how to run when they see people. They only run around when they are attacked.
This katydid actually knows how to be afraid of people.
Something's wrong!
Zhao Lin felt something was fishy and was the first to react, turned around and rushed out of the house.
Just in time, Dong Lingcheng released his wooden flying sword and chopped off the head of this huge katydid.
"fine……"
Zhao Lin breathed a sigh of relief and thought that he seemed to be worrying too much.
Just as he was about to greet Li Sancai and others, his eyes suddenly focused, the hairs all over his body stood up, and he shouted loudly: "Senior Brother Dong, be careful!"
(End of chapter)
