Ling Ning was startled, her chivalrous heart suddenly aroused, and she instinctively chased after the screams.
The sound sounded close, but in fact it was far away. After about half an hour, he finally saw a bit of light. It turned out to be three small wooden huts, presumably the residences of hunters in the mountains.
He touched the door, and the sound had disappeared, leaving only the dim candlelight in the room. He was hesitating to go in, when suddenly a man's voice came from inside: "Who is outside?"
Ling Ning frowned and could only push the door open, only to see two young men in white sitting opposite each other drinking. They had long swords behind their backs. They were obviously not ordinary people.
What shocked him most was that there were three corpses lying around, a young hunter and an old couple, both of whom had died of exhaustion.
The rather handsome young man on the right saw him looking at the corpse on the ground and said, "Brother, don't be offended. I was chasing the fox demon in the mountains and found it when I heard the screams. I didn't expect it was already too late."
The tall and thin young man on the left with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks said: "Brother Guan's temperament seems to be that of a cultivator. Can I call you fellow Taoist?"
Ling Ning looked away. After experiencing the great changes, he had become much calmer and would no longer trust others easily. He saw signs of struggle here, and there were no obvious wounds on the people on the ground. They seemed to have been killed by Taoism. These two people were highly suspicious.
Just as he was about to speak, the curtain of the east wing was lifted, and a burly man walked out with his chest exposed.
Ling Ning took a glance and saw the disheveled and tragic woman on the bed in the back room. She had obviously been ravaged just now.
He was secretly surprised. He had been practicing diligently since he was a child and had never gone down the mountain alone. This was his first time walking outside alone. He did not expect to encounter such unheard of things. He has calmed down a lot. Although he knows that these three people are all villains who committed crimes, the other party has a large number of people and he does not dare to take action easily because he does not know the depth.
Seeing that he seemed to have noticed something, the handsome young man hurriedly said: "This is my fellow junior fellow apprentice."
Ling Ning forced himself to calm down, smiled and said with cupped hands: "I'm glad to meet you. I see that you are all dressed in extraordinary clothes. Are you disciples of the five major sects?"
The man with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks was about to speak, but the handsome young man said first: "Exactly, didn't you know that You Ke is also a disciple of the five major sects?"
Ling Ning's appearance has changed, and his cultivation aura has been hidden as much as possible. He now only looks like a down-and-out scholar.
"I am of low cultivation, how can I be honored to join the five major sects? This time I want to go to Xiyue Shuiyue Tian to try my luck."
The handsome young man looked at the aura on his body and found that he was indeed of low cultivation. Moreover, his face was full of desolation, and he was not suspicious. He just said "Oh" and stopped talking.
Just when he was neither entering nor retreating, he suddenly heard a clear female voice outside the door: "Excuse me, are the three senior brothers here?"
The handsome young man was overjoyed when he heard the sound, and rushed out to greet him: "Junior Sister Ruoxue, why are you here? Huh? Junior Sister Nangong is here too."
"Senior Brother Zhong, Sister Hong and I followed the screams here, but the fox demon committed another crime?"
Nangong Hong was dressed in red. She looked quite hot and seemed to have a quick temper. She followed the smell of blood and rushed into the wooden house. She scolded: "Junior Sister Ruoxue, this fox demon has indeed committed another crime! This Orion family has suffered terribly. Poisonous hand!"
The girl named Ruoxue had a beautiful face and gave off the feeling of a noble birth. She was startled and quickly went into the room to check. However, she hesitated slightly when she saw the tragic death of the woman in the back room. Nangong Hong did not pay attention. Asked: "Senior Brother Zhong Kun, Fang Yu, Zhou Wu, you arrived here first, why didn't you stop the fox demon from committing murder? Who is this person?"
The handsome young man at the head was obviously Zhong Kun. He said, "Junior sister Nangong, please don't be impatient. The fox demon had already fled when I waited. As for this Taoist brother... I just met him by chance, and I don't know his name yet."
Ling Ning said quickly: "Ah Qi, I'm just a casual cultivator, and I came here after hearing the screams."
Nangong Hong nodded and said: "My name is Nangong Hong, and this is junior sister Ruoxue. I think we need to chase the fox demon as soon as possible to prevent her from committing another crime. If she escapes again, I will lose the face of the Qing disciples." It’s all gone.”
When she said "Shangqing sect", Ling Ning knew that the other party was one of the five major sects and was a disciple of the Shangqing sect in the Zhongsheng Empire.
"Chasing? How to chase? It's night, Junior Sister Nangong, and the fox demon's cultivation level is not inferior to ours. What if he sets a trap?"
"Fang Yu, you are too cowardly. Are we just going to watch the fox demon do evil?"
It turns out that the young man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks is called Fang Yu, and the other burly man with a strong back and a strong back is obviously Zhou Wu.
"Huh, that's better than running around like a headless fly!" Zhou Wu remained silent, and then said a sentence in a rough voice.
"you……"
"Okay, okay! Stop arguing! Junior sister Ruoxue, senior brother, I am a few years older and have a little more experience than junior sister. In my opinion, I will rest here tonight and chase the fox demon tomorrow. what do you think?"
Ruoxue seemed to have something on her mind and could only say: "Then just listen to senior brother first."
There are corpses in the wooden house. It is inconvenient for a few people to live there anymore, so they can only light a bonfire in front of the house and sit around. They are all practitioners. They only need to meditate quietly to rest their minds and fall asleep, and they do not need any beds.
After a night of silence, Ling Ning woke up first at dawn the next day and saw morning mist rising in the forest. He thought it was a normal phenomenon in the mountains and forests, so he ignored it and closed his eyes to rest.
An hour later, Ruoxue suddenly said: "Everyone! Wake up quickly, there is something wrong with this mist!"
Everyone was startled and quickly opened their eyes, only to see that the fog in the forest did not disperse but became thicker. Things five meters away became blurry.
Zhong Kun frowned and said, "No, this is an ambush by the enemy! This mist was created by Taoism!"
Several people stood up and formed a circle unconsciously, back to back, each drawing their weapons, alert to the movements around them.
Suddenly, a woman's voice seemed to come from all directions, "Zhong Kun, Fang Yu, Zhou Wu, you three are heartless and evil-doing bastards. You fell into my formation today, so why don't you hurry up and arrest them? Otherwise, hum." Humph, don’t blame me for being rude!”
The faces of several people changed, and Fang Yu said: "It's the voice of the fox demon!"
Ling Ning was also slightly startled. This voice seemed familiar to him.
Nangong Hong said loudly: "Bah! It's you, the fox demon, who is guilty of so many crimes! I'll wait for the Shangqing Sect to do justice for heaven, why don't you show your true colors quickly!"
The fox demon sneered slightly when he heard this and said: "I am only looking for bad luck for the three of them. It has nothing to do with anyone else. It is really unreasonable for the two of you to entangle me indiscriminately! Since it has nothing to do with these three people, quickly Get away, otherwise don’t blame me for being ruthless!”
Before Nangong Hong could say anything, Zhong Kun said first: "You shameless fox demon, don't try to divide us, I and the others will do justice for God today! Humph, hiding one's head and showing one's tail is nothing. If you have the ability, stand up and fight one on one. Son!"
Ling Ning secretly scolded this guy for being too cunning. He said that even an outsider like him would be implicated, and he couldn't do anything without a fight.
The fox demon snorted several times and stopped talking.
At this time, there was a rustling sound from the surrounding dense forest, like white insects crawling, and then there was a low, weeping cry, like the cry of a female ghost, as well as the roar of wild beasts and the roar of a certain Ming. ...These strange noises came from all directions from time to time. Several people only heard the sound but not the shadow, and they became increasingly anxious.
Suddenly, a figure passed by a tree. Nangong Hong couldn't hold back her temper for a long time. She drew her sword and chased after him with a quick step!
"Sister Hong, don't chase me!"
Ruoxue wanted to catch her but it was too late. Nangonghong's shadow fell into the thick fog and was never seen again.
She was concerned about Nangong Hong's safety and said anxiously: "Sister Hong has been tricked! What should we do? Let's rescue her quickly!"
Zhong Kun said, "Junior sister Ruoxue, don't worry. If we step into the fog, the demon fox will find a way to break us up. When she breaks them down one by one, we will be doomed."
"Of course I know the enemy's thoughts, but...how can I leave Sister Hong alone..."
Before she finished speaking, a scream came from deep in the jungle, it was Nangong Hong!
"Sister Hong's voice! Something must have happened to her, we must save her!"
Although Ruoxue was eager to save people, Zhong Kun and the others had no intention of doing so. She could only turn her eyes to Ling Ning.
Ling Ning secretly told me that I won't accompany you to death, and don't ignore her too much.
Ruoxue bit her silver teeth and said, "Okay! If you don't go, I will!"
Seeing how determined she was, Ling Ning didn't want to get involved in the fight, but he still said softly: "Wait a minute, let's find a way to disperse the fog."
Ruoxue's eyes filled with hope: "What can you do?"
Ling Ning sighed and said: "You only need to use spells with wind and fire attributes to form a vortex and evaporate the surrounding fog."
Ruoxue said hurriedly: "It makes sense! Without further ado, Senior Brother Zhong asks you to use the Fireball Technique, and I will use the Hurricane Technique to cooperate with you."
At that moment, the two of them each made several hand seals, and a huge fireball roared out from Zhong Kun's palm. Then Ruoxue summoned a hurricane. The fire took advantage of the wind and burned more violently. In an instant, the surrounding fog was dispersed, and the vision became much clearer. .
But the good times didn't last long, and the surrounding thick fog began to gather around again, filling the gap in an instant. This thick fog seemed to be endless.
Ling Ning said: "It seems that we are inside the formation, we just need to rush out."
Ruoxue said: "The fox demon's cultivation is not much different from ours. I guess the range of the formation won't be too big. We can definitely rush out if we choose a direction."
Seeing this, Zhong Kun nodded and said: "Junior Brother Yu, Junior Brother Wu, you two will also come to cooperate, and this... Taoist Fellow Ah Qi, let's use Taoist magic in one direction and rush out!"
Everyone understood what he meant. Fang Yu and Zhou Wu took the lead in using the fireball and hurricane techniques in one direction at the same time to blow away the thick fog. They rushed forward together. When the thick fog surrounded them, Zhong Kun and Ruoxue came again. In cooperation with the Taoist magic, Ling Ning also used the Taoist magic to help them disperse.
Several people rushed out tens of meters, and suddenly a strange flute sound came, and several people stopped unconsciously.
Fang Yu said: "Listen... there seems to be a flute sound."
Ruoxue said: "Could it be the demon fox's method of teleportation?"
At this time, the rustling sound gradually became louder, and suddenly a large number of rats appeared in all directions like a tide! These rats were huge, as big as kittens, and their eyes were red and they were rushing towards them like they were desperate!
Zhong Kun shouted: "Fang Yu!"
Fang Yu was so excited that he frantically made several hand seals and shouted: "Gathering Earth, Earth Wall!"
Suddenly, four high walls rose up around the group of people, blocking Shuoshu's tidal attack!
Several people heard the dense gnawing sounds coming from the wall, and they all felt anxious, but they couldn't think of a good solution for the moment.
Suddenly, a hole was finally drilled into the wall by the crazy rats. Countless rats squeezed their heads like crazy and swarmed into the hole, jumping on several people in the blink of an eye!
Several people each killed the giant rat that fell on them, but their clothes were still bitten to pieces, and they were all in a miserable state.
Zhong Kun roared: "Fang Yu! Strengthen the wall quickly!"
Fang Yu hurriedly killed the giant rat on his body. Seeing that the hole was getting bigger and bigger, he quickly made a few hand seals and said, "Gather the soil..."
He didn't say a word, but suddenly his head tilted, and blood gushed out from his temples. His eyes widened, obviously in disbelief, and then he fell to the ground with a "pop" and died right there!
Several people could see clearly that Fang Yu's head was pierced through the temple by a transparent needle-like shuttle, causing him to die! If it weren't for the blood staining the shuttle, they wouldn't be able to see the weapon clearly!
Several people were raised in the sect on weekdays, but they had never seen the scene of their companions dying tragically in front of their eyes. It seemed as if they were the next to die. Even Ling Ning felt nervous!
"ah!"
Following Ruoxue's scream, a figure attacked from above and headed straight for Zhou Wu!
Zhou Wu shouted wildly, his whole body glowed with golden light, and his figure instantly grew to two meters, as if he was possessed by a king!
"Little diamond body!" Ling Ning blurted out.
Zhong Kun cast a strange look, obviously surprised that a casual cultivator could tell the secrets of the Shangqing Sect.
"Ding!" There was a clear sound, and the figure's long shuttle suddenly inserted into Zhou Wu's chest!
But the power of the small diamond body should not be underestimated. This time it was like inserting a diamond. The long shuttle penetrated for a few minutes and then could not go in any further. Not a drop of blood was shed, but the shuttle was stuck in Zhou Wu's chest and could not be pulled out!
Zhou Wu roared wildly, and his giant palms that glowed like cattail leaf fans grabbed the man's arms with a "snap" and squeezed hard!
"ah!"
The man let out a painful scream, and his arms were like crushed berries with blood splattering everywhere!
Ling Ning had already seen that person clearly. Although she was covered with a veil, her crystal-like pale pink eyes were none other than the purple-clothed girl who visited Jian Ling Zong that day—Qian Meier!
