Guan Luoyang pointed to the ravine on the ground and said, "This kind of trace should be obvious. Didn't you follow it and chase it?"
The giant python must have gone through a hard fight here, and the traces left by the galloping elephants made it a lot messy, but in the end, the gully swam out of the battlefield.
General Yu looked at those traces, with horror, nervousness and anger on his face. He let out a rough breath in his nose and said: "The trace of the monster is broken. Taoist priest, follow me."
He led Guan Luoyang into the forest along this path. Looking up, he could vaguely see the figures of some soldiers searching around.
But this ravine disappeared by a small river about three hundred steps into the forest.
Here is another battlefield, with broken trees and several corpses left on the ground, as well as some overturned large bluestones and broken swords.
General Yu said: "The traces of the monster end here. It has obviously entered the water. I sent people to check up and down the current, but there are many branches. I don't know where it will come ashore."
"There are still some scattered small traces around, but they are too chaotically distributed. It is difficult to tell which direction the noble man is going."
In the land of Nanyang, there are too many wild forests spread over an area. Once you leave the prefectures and towns, no one knows how many rivers there are in a forest.
General Yu hurriedly sent someone to ask for help from the Zhenwu Temple because he understood that trying to find a few people in the wild forest with only ordinary soldiers would be like finding a needle in a haystack.
Guan Luoyang stared at a tree and reached out to touch the fracture of the tree.
The tree, about two feet in diameter, was cut diagonally, the cut was smooth, and the growth rings inside were deep and dense.
This tree was chopped off by someone with a knife. With such a master beside the noble man, it is no wonder that he was able to escape into the forest after the fierce battle.
But Guan Luoyang didn't think that the monster would give up chasing this group of people.
The reason is simple. This place is not far from the river. If they repel the python here, they can return to the river bank and continue on their way.
But here they disappeared, fleeing deep into the woodland.
"It's strange. If it's for hunting, there are those elephants there, and the demon snake should be full. Why did it abandon those huge elephants and chase a few people?"
Guan Luoyang looked at General Yu, "Is there anything about that noble man that particularly attracts pythons?"
General Yu shook his head: "It's hard to say. I was just ordered to respond. I don't know the specific situation of that noble man. But if you go by what I say, this snake may just be revengeful."
"Hold a grudge?" Guan Luoyang asked a little strangely.
General Yu explained with a frown: "Legends of snakes channeling spirits and repaying favors for revenge are spread in Zhongtu and Jiaozhi. Cui Wei of the Tang Dynasty is an example."
"There is also a custom here in Cochin. If a snake escapes from the snake catcher, within three years, the snake catcher will go to the temple to ask for an amulet. This is because it is not uncommon for snakes to take revenge."
"The team led by that noble man met a group of snakes, and the two parties fought fiercely. Since he is the leader, it is natural for him to be hated by the monsters."
There was a commotion from the river.
When Guan Luoyang and General Yu walked out of the forest, they saw that mages were arriving one after another.
The situation was urgent and there was no room for too many polite greetings.
The first few mages who felt it were all showing their talents. Some had compasses in their left hands, calculations in their right hands, some released blood-billed birds from their sleeves, and some were walking around with their hands behind their backs, surveying the battlefield.
Qiu Shi and others were young and strong, and were among the first to arrive. They quietly approached Guan Luoyang, and after whispering a few words, they figured out the whole story.
"Unexpectedly, we have been fighting with evil warlocks for a while, and engaged in Taoist and Buddhist battles, but the evil spirits have quietly become a phenomenon."
Qiu Shi sighed, "I don't know how many years this monster has been on the road. I'm afraid that when the earth dragon turned over, he got the opportunity to adapt to the chaos of the qi and the favorable time and place, and after the difficulty of shedding his skin, he wanted to eat people." It’s a good time to take supplements.”
For ordinary pythons, there is no difference between humans and beasts, but for monsters, eating humans is the most beneficial to their cultivation, especially those who eat boxing masters or mages.
Guan Luoyang said: "Don't you use magic to look for it?"
"Can't find it."
Qiushi shook his head directly, pointed to his feet, and said, "Snakes and elephants are the easiest to channel. So many poisonous snakes, pythons, and elephants have died here. Seventy percent of the magic in the world will be affected here, not to mention that... The status of the nobles is not ordinary. If we want to calculate their position from this place as a starting point, our group's cultivation is not enough."
Guan Luoyang said: "What about Master Yanglian and Grand Duke Huangtou?"
"The two of them are not necessarily good at this kind of magic."
Qiu Shi looked back and said, "In addition to Master and Uncle, Taoist Master Zhiyuan, Master Gaodian, and that Dudu, maybe they can contribute to this matter."
The people he mentioned also came one after another.
There are specialties in martial arts, like that Duduo, who was always flattering and flattering Wei Dinggong, and was not even qualified to fight for orders by himself.
But his magic is indeed unique. He has developed a spiritual nose, which is good at sniffing the whereabouts of ghosts. He can also catch the wind and ask for smells, and track them for hundreds of miles.
I saw up to a handful grabbing the wind and pushing it in front of my nose, mumbling something incomprehensible.
Taoist priest Zhiyuan brought incense burners, yellow talismans, and wooden swords to perform rituals here and inquire about ghosts and gods.
Master Gaodian went to General Yu and after inquiring about some information about the noble man, he first bowed twice to the corpses of the elephants, then sat on an elephant and placed the staff wrapped in linen across his knees. , silent in meditation.
At noon, the sun shines all over the river bank.
The blood on the ground is soaked in the soil. After being exposed to the sun, more fishy smell evaporates, and the color gradually becomes lighter, and the red color between the soil can be seen.
Guan Luoyang waited quietly, looking up at the sun. The warmth all over his body was still nourishing his bones. The blue bird's vitality was now hanging around the spine, and also coiled along the ribs in front of him. The bones of the upper body felt tempered. Just be more obvious.
He suddenly blinked at the sun, felt something, and tried to raise his left hand.
If Qiu Shi felt something, he turned around and looked a little dazzled, feeling that Guan Luoyang's body was floating for a moment.
It was as if he had lost most of his weight in that moment and was almost blown by the wind.
Just at this moment, a voice of surprise came from Taoist Master Zhiyuan, attracting everyone's attention.
He struck the incense burner with his sword.
"There are other people who are calculating the position. They are all hereditary. They are incompatible with us and are interfering with us."
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Outside the jungle, Hana Mi, who was dressed in a brown outfit and surrounded by many figures, opened her eyes.
The calculations and collisions between the two forces have completely disrupted the Qi machine, and they can only grasp the vague answer they finally obtained.
"The answers they got should be the same as ours, five general directions, five areas..."
Old eunuch Chen said this result, "The King of Yue and the others are probably still moving. These answers will all be wrong after today. Let's leave immediately."
Hua Mi asked: "Do you really want to follow me in person?"
"Oh, Master Ma, didn't you say that we should use as much strength as we have? We think we still have some ability."
Old eunuch Chen smiled and said, "Besides, you may have only heard of the King of Yue. When our family was active in Jiangnan a few years ago, we experienced firsthand how difficult he was. If there was an opportunity to kill him with our own hands, we missed it. Will you regret it for the rest of your life?"
