The white frost is rising, and winter is gradually approaching. It was less than a month before Chang Ling was to enter seclusion for two years. Lan Sheng was waiting for Chang Ling to come out of seclusion day and night in Yunxu Palace.
One day, Lan Sheng was embroidering a sachet in the courtyard. Master Yunxu hurried over and said, "A disciple is besieged by the demon army. I need to go out to assist for a while."
Since Yuntian Tianzun issued the order to eliminate demons, news of the catastrophe has spread like wildfire, and the unknown catastrophe has caused endless panic. Nowadays, the war between Yuntian and the Nether Demon Realm continues, and the various forces in the world are also undercurrents, and the peace of the past has long been lost.
Lan Sheng was fed up with being forced to practice sword practice by Master Yunxu every day. When he saw that he was about to go down the mountain, he immediately said "Okay".
"Zhu Ling encountered a fish demon in Cangdong Village, and it was quite troublesome. Tomorrow you can also help the brothers to eliminate the demon." Yunxu Shangxian saw through Lan Sheng's thoughts at a glance, and did not want her to be alone. People stay in the Rising Sun Palace.
It was actually a helpless move for Yunxu Shangxian to ask Lan Sheng to assist. Although Yuntian has recruited many more disciples, cultivation does not happen in a day, and Yuntian still lacks capable disciples. Lan Sheng's cultivation level was not too low, and she was quite talented. Master Yunxu thought it would be good to give her some experience.
Zhuling returned from the back mountain to the Rising Sun Palace. Within a few days, she went down the mountain to slay the demon and never returned. Lan Sheng hadn't seen Zhuling for a long time. Thinking of meeting his senior sister, he happily agreed.
"I want to go together so that I can take care of Junior Sister Lan Sheng on the way." I don't know when Yuwen Haosheng also came to the courtyard.
"No need." Lan Sheng muttered immediately, tired of Yu Wen Haosheng pestering him all the time.
Immortal Yunxu looked Yuwen Haosheng up and down, ignored Lan Sheng's protest, and said calmly: "Then you can go too."
Yuwen Haosheng's cultivation level is far higher than that of Lan Sheng, and he can help subdue the fish demon. Moreover, because of the incident at Broken Sun Cliff, Master Yunxu was always worried about Lan Sheng and Zhuling. Seeing Yuwen Haosheng I agreed even if I wanted to go.
Lan Sheng didn't want to go with Yuwen Haosheng, so she said "Ah" and stamped her feet in anger. But Immortal Yunxu had agreed, and Yuwen Haosheng must have decided to follow him, so he went back to the room angrily. Immortal Yunxu shook his head helplessly, let out a long sigh, and asked Yuwen Haosheng to go back and prepare for the trip.
The next morning, Lan Sheng got up early and wanted to secretly go to Cangdong Village while Yuwen Haosheng was away.
"Where is Lan Sheng going?" Yuwen Haosheng just arrived at the entrance of the Rising Sun Palace and happened to catch Lan Sheng.
The sudden sound frightened Lan Sheng. Seeing that Yu Wen Haosheng was a little angry, he muttered: "Xia Wei has gone back, why didn't you go back to Zhenyi Pavilion together?"
Yuwen Haosheng laughed loudly and said: "Xia Wei went back because he had something important to do, and I am waiting for you to return to Zhenyi Pavilion with me."
Lan Sheng didn't want to talk to Yuwen Haosheng, and seeing that he couldn't escape, he had no choice but to go down the mountain with him. When they arrived at Cangdong Village, Zhuling and two disciples were already waiting for her at the entrance of the village. Lan Sheng was very happy to see the senior sister and immediately rushed up to hold her hand. Yuwen Haosheng had always had a grudge against Zhuling, but Lan Sheng rolled his eyes at her.
There is no inn in Cangdong Village, so all the disciples temporarily stay at the village chief's house. The villagers had been oppressed by the fish demon for a long time. When they saw that Lan Sheng and Yuwen Haosheng were here to help them get rid of the demon, they immediately cleaned up two guest rooms for them.
A group of people sat around the table in the hall. Zhuling poured everyone a cup of tea and then told them something about the fish demon.
This fish monster in Cangdong Village has been around for a long time and has been causing trouble in the Cangjiang River all year round. When fishermen enter the river to catch fish, this fish monster will set off huge waves and sweep people and fishing boats to the bottom of the river. Later, the fish demon claimed to be the river god and entrusted a dream to the villagers of Cangdong Village, requesting a sacrifice and offering beef and mutton. The villagers did not dare to disobey and made sacrifices as required every year, and then they were able to fish in the river.
But a few days ago, the fish demon once again asked in a dream that a boy and a girl must be sacrificed this year. After discussion, the village decided to hire an exorcist to get rid of the fish demon, but they failed several times and even angered the fish demon. The fish demon threatened to kill all the people in Cangdong Village, which caused many villagers to flee Cangdong Village, and the remaining villagers did not dare to approach Cangjiang River.
Zhuling and her group heard about the fish demon and decided to stay in Cangdong Village to help the villagers get rid of the demon. After several days of investigation, they found the fish demon's lair on the bank of the Cangjiang River and discovered that the fish demon was actually a toad spirit that had been cultivated. They set up a demon-binding array around the cave and planned to enter the cave to eliminate the demons. However, they did not expect to be attacked by the toad spirit as soon as they entered the cave. This toad spirit has been practicing for many years and has quite a lot of skills. Most of the disciples on Zhuling's side are relatively low-cultivation. Many disciples were seriously injured and had to retreat in embarrassment. Yesterday, they sent the injured disciple back to Yuntian. Now there are five people in Cangdong Village. In addition to the three who responded to Lan Sheng, there are two more who are guarding the toad spirit's lair. After speaking, Zhuling stood up to take him first. They went to see the toad spirit's lair.
Zhuling led them to the Cangjiang River and pointed to a corner where the current was flowing rapidly. Looking along the direction, there was a dark cave on the bank. There are a few Yuntian command flags scattered on the mountain behind the cave, which are somewhat similar to the flag array in Falling Dragon Valley. Their function is also to prevent evil spirits from escaping.
When the group came to the cave, two disciples stationed there came up to them. One of the disciples was a familiar face to Lan Sheng - Bai Ning. Bai Ning was stunned for a moment when she saw Lan Sheng, then immediately reacted and reported the garrison situation to Zhuling. There was no movement this day, but it was certain that the toad spirit was still in the nest.
"The evil spirit here is very strong. This toad spirit is not low in cultivation. If he wants to escape, these flags can't stop him." Yuwen Haosheng said with a frown.
"Exactly." Zhuling sighed in front of everyone. This was exactly what she was worried about: "If this toad spirit escapes this time, it will be difficult to find him again. If we can't get rid of him, it will be difficult in the future. He retaliates against Cangdong Village and will have endless troubles."
"Then why doesn't he run away?" Lan Sheng was a little confused. Isn't this toad spirit still here waiting to die?
"I didn't see any movement from the toad spirit when I set up the demon-binding formation. Maybe there was something in the lair that was attracting him and he was unwilling to escape easily." Zhuling thought for a while and felt very strange about this.
Then I checked around the cave again, but found nothing valuable, so I decided to go back to discuss countermeasures.
The matter of the toad spirit was imminent. Everyone sat together and discussed for a long time, and decided to go and meet the toad spirit tomorrow. At that time, the disciples were divided into two groups. Four people, Zhu Ling, Lan Sheng, Bai Ning and Yu Wen Haosheng, entered the cave to kill the toad spirit. The other three disciples were of lower cultivation and guarded the demon-binding formation outside the cave to prevent the toad spirit. Escape.
After a night of recuperating, everyone took action according to yesterday's plan. The four Zhulings entered the cave holding torches. Perhaps the Toad Spirit also realized that the four of them were not easy to deal with. This time, they entered the cave very smoothly and were not attacked by him. But after walking for a while, everyone became confused. This toad spirit was very cunning, and there were branch roads everywhere in the cave.
"Why don't we search separately?" Bai Ling suggested. , no one has found any trace of him.
After a discussion, everyone agreed that if they separated, they might be defeated one by one by the toad spirit. True to his intentions, they decided to search together, so they took a side road and went in. Along the way, everyone found many valuable treasures and antiques. In order to attract the toad spirit, everyone destroyed all these treasures, but no one lured him out.
This toad spirit harmed many people, and everyone encountered many corpses along the way. As the cave went deeper, it became increasingly humid and filled with an unspeakable fishy smell, which made everyone feel sick.
"Let's search separately!" Yuwen Haosheng suggested. The smell in the cave made him unbearable, and he just wanted to find the toad spirit as soon as possible.
"But... this is inappropriate." Bai Ning looked a little embarrassed. He had seen the strength of this toad spirit with his own eyes last time.
"The forks in this cave are so intertwined that we can't find them at all. It's better to attract the toad spirit separately." Yuwen Haosheng said in a low voice.
Judging from the current situation, searching aimlessly is likely to be fruitless. Everyone thought for a while and finally decided to search separately in pairs so that they could take care of each other when in danger.
"Senior sister, I want to team up with you." Lan Sheng grabbed Zhuling's wrist.
"Lan Sheng, I promise that Immortal Yunxu will take care of you, and you will come with me." Yuwen Haosheng said solemnly, speaking to Lan Sheng, with his eyes fixed on Zhuling.
Zhuling understood what Yuwen Haosheng was thinking, and pulled away the hand held by Lan Sheng, saying: "Lan Sheng, you go with him." Then she called Bai Ling and walked towards a side road.
Seeing Zhuling and Bai Ling leaving, Lan Sheng glared at Yuwen Haosheng, not wanting to talk to him at all, and chose a side path and walked straight in.
Yuwen Haosheng caught up and said, "Lansheng, don't stay too far away from me."
"I have my own decision, please don't pester me all the time, okay?" Lan Sheng was a little angry. He hadn't seen Zhuling for a long time and wanted to get closer to her, but he disrupted the situation.
"But she..." Yuwen Haosheng quickly stood in front of Lan Sheng, wanting to explain.
Lan Sheng knew what Yuwen Haosheng wanted to say and interrupted him: "She is my senior sister. Senior sister has always been very good to me. What happened that day was just an accident." Lan Sheng paused and continued: "And , I hate you pestering me all the time."
Yuwen Haosheng was stunned for a while and said, "I just want to talk to you more."
"I told you that I won't like you. Besides, I already have a sweetheart. If I want to marry him in the future, I will only like her." Lan Sheng said harshly.
Yuwen Haosheng was stunned for a moment, then nodded dullly: "Okay."
At this moment, the toad spirit rushed out, sneaked up from behind Lan Sheng, and spat out a stream of mucus. Yuwen Haosheng immediately pushed Lan Sheng away, and was stuck to the wall by the mucus.
