Qi Jingzhi was actually quite surprised. After the strange snake swallowed the silver candlestick, it died almost immediately without any resistance.
In comparison, the old camphor tree in front of me is much tougher. Is it because the Taoism is higher or because there is less greed in the heart?
Seeing Qi Jingzhi getting closer and closer, Lao Zhangshu quickly begged for mercy: "Demon Lord, be angry! I just want to trap the two Demon Lords with my body. I have no intention of harming, let alone the ability to harm. Please spare my life!"
After the previous struggles, almost all the roots of the old camphor tree emerged from the ground, and it looked even larger than the crown of the tree.
In order to avoid the blood flames, these roots were tightly packed into a big dark ball.
The tree trunk, which even a dozen people might not be able to hug, fell down, plowing the bloody flame-burning tree crown to the ground, grinding it into the soft soil that had been turned over.
If you look at it from a distance, it looks like this old tree has knelt down deeply and is grabbing the ground with its head.
This movement was really quite big. The ground within a radius of dozens of feet was undulating, as if an earth dragon was turning over. The Caojiang River not far away also turned dim.
It's just that such drastic changes deliberately avoided the direction of Qi Jingzhi and Jiao Yulang. On the one hand, the old camphor tree was severely damaged and was very afraid of the two demon kings and did not dare to offend them. On the other hand, it can also be seen that it is indeed There is still strength left.
In order to prevent the dog from jumping over the wall, Qi Jingzhi did not push too hard, but shook his head and said: "Whether you have the intention to harm others, only you know best in your heart, I don't know. Whether I can release the blood flames, whether I can survive, it all depends on you. It’s your own ability.”
"As long as the Demon Lord doesn't burn me with that flame, I'll be grateful!"
Old Zhangshu said this with gritted teeth, and he didn't know which one contained more pain or resentment.
Then, it let out a high-pitched roar, which sounded like a strong wind blowing through the treetops, branches snapping and leaves rustling.
"Hey!"
A red shrimp closest to the blood flame responded with a sharp voice, and then its entire body exploded suddenly, turning into a green and yellow cloud, covering a large branch.
The blood flames originally attached to the branches were covered together, and dyed the blue-yellow clouds with a touch of blood.
The next moment, the blood flames began to slowly extinguish, and the clouds continued to shrink. In the end, they both annihilated and disappeared without a trace, leaving only a bare, charred black branch.
Seeing that this method was effective, the red shrimps immediately let out a burst of cheers, and then more than a dozen of them rushed towards the blood flames in unison, and the sound of explosions was heard.
In an instant, a huge blue-yellow cloud that could cover the entire tree crown quickly formed, covering most of the fiery red and the smaller half of the green tree crown.
The trembling trunk of the old camphor tree gradually calmed down, except for the occasional twitching, and no longer looked as painful as before.
The old camphor trees were no longer noisy, but the sound of huge waves came from the direction of Caojiang.
Qi Jingzhi and Jiao Yulang immediately turned around and saw that at some point, a huge vortex had suddenly appeared in the center of the river, and the eaves of a pavilion were slowly emerging from it.
At the same time, a turtle as big as a millstone had climbed onto the shore first. ….
This giant turtle stood upright, its hands and feet looked more like a human than a turtle, and it was actually wearing a silk garment.
The material of the silk clothes must be somewhat special. The turtle obviously climbed up from the river, but at this moment it looks only slightly damp, not sloppy.
The big tortoise in silk clothes stood on the riverside and said from afar: "I am the Qingjiang envoy of the Caojiang Water Palace! You are fighting on the riverside, polluting the river flow and disturbing the water house. Your crime is not small! Don't do it quickly! Stop immediately and follow me to the Marquis to accept your guilt!"
After saying this, the big turtle in the silk clothes flicked his sleeves and turned back to the river. He was not afraid at all that the two people on the shore and Yishu ran away.
Qi Jingzhi sat on the horse, silently looking at the back of the Qingjiang envoy, and saw in the distance that the river was full of black shadows, and there was also the faint cold light of a weapon.
Seeing this scene, he immediately thought of the long-bearded man and the arrogant monk in his pillow dream.
Now that I think about it, aren't the so-called long-bearded clan with Xiazhou as their ancestral home just shrimps? Those unruly monks in green armor in Wuchang Camp are clearly crabs!
The jade pillow originally came from Pengze Water Mansion, and fell into the hands of Long Zhong Qiu. It was extremely ordinary that the dream in the pillow reflected certain scenes in the water manor.
I just don’t know if there are any shrimps, male and crab generals in the various water mansions in Daqi that can turn into human form? Are there so-called sharks and di people? Are there any Snow Lobsters and Sea Dragon Colts?
"Brother, I have heard about this Caojiang Water God. His surname is Zhu, and his title is Marquis of Zhuyi. It is the title of Marquis inherited from our ancestors."
Jiao Yulang rode over and said in a low voice: "Caojiang Water Mansion has always been of its own lineage. He and my family are both marquises, and we don't have much contact with each other. I am afraid that I, the direct descendant of the Jiao family, will not be able to use my brand well."
Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but frown: "Is this Zhu Yihou the Water Lord of the Dragon Clan?"
Because of the Saint of the White Immortal Sect, he was quite wary of the God of Water Mansion, especially the Dragon Clan Shui Lord. Seeing the Caojiang Water God suddenly appear, he inevitably thought of the righteous patron behind the White Immortal Sect.
Jiao Yulang immediately shook his head: "No, not even any water spirit, but a serious human bloodline! It is said that since the founding of Daqi, his ancestor has been the lord of Caojiang, and rarely interacts with other water gods, let alone a rising star like Jiao. A noble family."
Qi Jingzhi nodded and relaxed his brows a little.
He recalled the circumstances of his encounter with the old camphor tree just now, turned to look at the old camphor tree lying motionless, and asked: "How did you know the whereabouts of the jade pillow, and how did you know the whereabouts of the two of us so accurately?" Intercepted?"
Hearing Qi Jingzhi's question, the old camphor tree slowly shook its mostly charred crown, and answered honestly: "After the old woman escaped from Qinghong Temple, the more I thought about it, the more I felt something was wrong, and I knew that I had fallen in love with that ghost dragon. His evil deeds, anger arose in his heart, and he followed him regardless."
"As for being able to intercept the two demon kings, it was partly a coincidence, they happened to take the same road, and partly I smelled the scent of incense on the jade pillow. The old woman has stayed in the Qinghong Temple for many years, and she is most familiar with the scent. It's so familiar, but I can sense it even from a long distance away."
As he said that, there was a hint of doubt in Lao Zhangshu's tone: "I just don't know why, but the jade pillow in the little devil's bag seemed to be mixed with some kind of divine power. Even though it was only a trace, it fell into the old woman's nose, but it was It’s so eye-catching.”….
Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi's heart moved. Although he didn't know where the old camphor tree's nose was, he understood the meaning of the other party's words and even thought deeper.
In the Shengxian Cave that day, the Saint of the White Immortal Sect had two layers of protection outside her body, namely the five-color cloud gas derived from the "Secret Technique of Qiu Chu Cheng Yun" and a white smoke-like righteous divine power.
After the three people came out of their dreams, these two things mysteriously disappeared.
It goes without saying that the five-color cloud energy has been completely wiped out in the soul mask together with Qiu Zhi's residual thoughts. The righteous divine power used to protect Qiu Zhi's true form has never been seen.
Now that I heard what the old camphor tree said, could it be that I had actually entered a dream in my pillow?
Perhaps, it is precisely because of the blessing of that divine power that the dream in the pillow seems so real, and the Saint of the White Immortal Sect can still control most of the dream even though Qi Jingzhi disrupted the situation many times, almost from the beginning to the end. Have the upper hand.
By extension, the reason why he was able to make that slash at the end of the dream was because of the remaining divine power of the Jianrenshou in Old Wei? Because it's too weak, even the old camphor tree can't smell it?
These thoughts only happen in a blink of an eye.
Qi Jingzhi shook his head and suppressed these thoughts, then jumped off the horse and walked quickly towards the river.
In the middle of the river, a beautifully decorated boat with raised eaves and horns has completely surfaced out of the water, with red lanterns hanging high and accompanied by the sound of silk and bamboo, it is slowly sailing towards the shore.
This kind of behavior is not like coming to raise an army to punish someone, but like going to the lake to have a banquet.
Not long after, the boat slowly came to the shore and a pedal was put down.
Qi Jingzhi and Jiao Yulang looked at each other, and then looked at the old camphor tree aside. They really couldn't imagine that this old guy was so big.
How to physically get on board.
The next moment, a big tree hole suddenly opened in the trunk of the old camphor tree, and an old woman with chicken skin and white hair poked her head out of it.
The old woman's forehead was bald, with only sparse white hair remaining on the top and back of her head. The edges of the white hair were even burnt black, giving her a smoky and miserable look.
Seeing this, Jiao Yulang was about to sneer, but the next moment he looked shocked.
Just because the head of this white-haired old woman suddenly grew on the body of a dog!
A monster with the head of a human and the body of a dog emerged from the tree hole. It had yellow-brown fur mixed with scaly white spots. It looked like it was no bigger than an ordinary domestic dog. It was much thinner than the old yellow dog in Qi Jingzhi's house. There is no such majestic and majestic power as before, which covered the sky and the moon, and turned the earth like an earthquake.
The monster landed on the ground, saw the strange looks in their eyes, and said with a smile: "It makes these two demon kings laugh. My clan is all born like this. It is a lineage of tree spirits, named Yunyang."
"As for the old lady herself, because the pattern on her body is similar to that of leopard skin camphor, everyone who knows her calls me Leopard Camphor Lady."
After saying that, the tree spirit who called herself Leopard Zhang Pozi spread her legs and ran onto the boat in a hurry.
Looking at the other party's back, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but laugh. He felt that the world was vast and full of wonders: "With such an appearance, it's no wonder that his nose is so sharp. Even from such a distance, he can even smell the residual divine power in the jade pillow." inferred."….
He shook his head, tied the green horse to the old camphor tree that had fallen to the ground, and then stepped onto the riverside pedal first: "Let's go, let's go and meet Zhu Yihou, the water god of Caojiang River."
When he and Jiao Yulang boarded the deck, they saw that the boat was divided into two levels: upper and lower.
The carved beams and painted buildings on the top floor were first of all a pavilion with ventilation on all sides. Because it was surrounded by red gauze curtains, one could not see what was inside.
The lower floor is an extremely spacious and deep cabin. The doors and windows are all closed. Through the hollow and carved window lattice, you can see the dark cyan candlelight burning in the cabin.
As the candlelight flickered, several blurry figures whose faces could not be seen were sitting in the cabin drinking wine. Apart from frequent toasts, they did not make the slightest sound.
In a corner of the outer deck of the ship, several musicians were sitting on their knees, playing the harp and sheng.
These musicians looked like living people, but their faces were quite pale. When they saw Qi Jingzhi and Jiao Yulang boarding the ship, there was a middle-aged musician playing the harp who wanted to get up, but was held tightly by his companions.
Seeing that the other party had a strange expression and hesitated to speak, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but frown.
Just when he was about to walk over and ask, he heard the voice of the big turtle from above: "Brother Lu, you are guilty of this crime. If you don't come up quickly to pay homage to the Marquis, why are you hanging around down there?"
Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi raised his eyebrows, reached out and grabbed Jiao Yulang's belt, stepped hard on the deck, and took the little kid into the air on the spot, easily jumping to the second floor.
Before they even landed, a pavilion with a glazed tile roof and red lacquer beams fell into their eyes.
There is a plaque hanging on the pavilion with the words "Jiangxin Pavilion" written on it, which is a direct response to the occasion.
"What a handsome move!"
Within the red curtain of Jiangxin Pavilion, a person suddenly spoke up, with a gentle and deep voice.
Qi Jingzhi smiled casually, lifted the red gauze curtain, and walked in first.
There was only a table and a stool in the pavilion. A middle-aged man in a bright red brocade robe sat alone in front of the table. A big tortoise in silk clothes who claimed to be the Qingjiang envoy stood beside him, and the leopard Zhang woman was prostrate on the ground, with a look of flattery on her face. .
The middle-aged man in red robe has curly cheeks and beard, and his beard and hair are all red. In particular, his pair of thick red eyebrows are very eye-catching.
"I've seen the God!" Qi Jingzhi saluted with his fists clasped, neither humble nor overbearing.
The big tortoise in silk clothes immediately shouted angrily: "How brave! How dare you take it in front of the Marquis!"
Zhu Yihou waved his hand towards it, showing no dissatisfaction at all.
He looked at Qi Jingzhi and Jiao Yulang carefully and asked, "Are your surnames Wulu, Ji, or Aluhuan, Yuan?"
Qi Jing was startled, then smiled and said: "None of them! The surname Lu is just a random joke. My name is Qi Jingzhi, and I am a hunter in Linzhou Mountain."
After that, he looked at Jiao Yulang and saw the little boy nodding, then continued: "My brother's name is Jiao Yulang, and he is a descendant of the Jiao family in Chaozhou."
"Oh? Then they are all Queen Saint Ginger!"
A smile appeared on Zhu Yihou's face, and he raised his voice and said: "Where is the envoy? Why don't you quickly set up seats for these two little friends!"
Hearing this, Mrs. Baozhang, who was lying on the ground, smiled sadly and lowered her head deeply.
The turtle in silk clothes immediately responded and hurriedly ran out of Jiangxin Pavilion. After a while, he brought two sets of cups, plates, cutlery, chopsticks and two stools. He nodded and invited Qi Jingzhi and Jiao Yulang to take a seat.
This attitude of being arrogant but respectful immediately earned the little boy a big eye roll.
Marquis Zhu Yi saw this and couldn't help but laugh: "Although Zhu has no contact with the Jiao family in Chaozhou, he has heard about the reputation of Marquis Yunxiang for his bravery, and the reputation of Jiao Po Longmu has even spread to Shuifu."
"Caojiang is really remote. The Qingjiang envoy in my house is used to being arrogant and disrespectful. Please don't be offended by his incomprehensible words!"
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