Returning from the abyss

Chapter 1303 Righteous Man

The wood demon was more afraid of fire than Lu Ning thought, especially since the old ginseng spirit was not very mobile, so it was even more difficult for it to avoid the fire. Lu Ning picked up several burning baskets in a row, and the old ginseng spirit had no time to put out the fire with the liquid on its body.

Unfortunately, that little time had already given the group of minions time to rush in. They fearlessly pounced on the body of the ginseng spirit to help it put out the fire. The ginseng spirit also stretched out its roots and began to dig up the ground, trying to get into the ground to escape, but Lu Ning kicked all the remaining burning things out with one foot, then condensed his energy to control the sword, and injected a trace of innate purple energy into it.

"open."

The sword's edge was condensed, and the cold mist cut through the screen of fire. Under the enhancement of the innate purple energy, Lu Ning's movements left a trail of afterimage, and the desperate attempts of those minions to stop him were of no avail. Wherever the sword went, everything opened up.

When Lu Ning stopped, her face turned pale. Using the innate purple qi was still very uncomfortable for her, but the effect was far worth the price.

The ground she passed by was full of broken limbs, and even a shallow scratch was plowed into the ground. The traces of frost scraping were like those of a knife or an axe, and the ginseng spirit was even cut several times, with ice crystals on the wounds. Apart from trembling, it could hardly do anything.

"cough."

Lu Ning coughed and spat out a mouthful of green pus. The liquid quickly solidified on the ground and turned into a wooden structure.

"It's really dangerous."

In any case, when the sword struck the ginseng spirit, she inevitably came into contact with it, and at that moment of contact, a toxin flowed into Lu Ning's body. Fortunately, she had already made preparations and used herself as a dish to cultivate a cluster of special bacteria to gather the toxins and quickly excrete them out of the body. Otherwise, she would have been turned into a minions by the ginseng spirit.

Its combat power is not strong, but its ability to transform into a minions is really hard to guard against.

Even though Lu Ning's attack, which was infused with innate purple qi, severely injured the ginseng spirit, it was unable to kill it. The ginseng spirit wept as it enclosed several of the surrounding minions under its body, crushing them with the huge pressure and accommodating them into its body. With this "eating", its body was recovering rapidly.

"You can't kill it like this." Seeing this, Lu Ning shook her head helplessly. Her most powerful attack couldn't kill the demon, which meant that her current ability was still far from that of someone who could really kill the demon. Since it was impossible to do so, she had already decided to leave first.

At this moment, there was a shout from outside, followed by rockets shooting in. There were not many arrows, but each one was wrapped in oilcloth and ignited, making it extremely difficult to extinguish. Then a young man jumped over the wall, holding a whip with an oil bottle in his hand and smashed it at the ginseng spirit.

There was a crisp crack, and then the rocket fell.

"Hey! Lady, please give me a hand!" the young man shouted.

"What's the deal?"

"My people have prepared oil bottles, but there are too many thugs outside. They don't have the skills to get in!"

"understood!"

Lu Ning immediately rushed outside the wall. There were indeed some archers hiding in the forest outside. As the thugs approached, they were retreating while shooting arrows. There were not many people to begin with, and now fewer and fewer could enter the village. Lu Ning landed next to an archer, who was also very smart and immediately pointed to a large stone with three oil bottles piled next to it.

"Run first." Lu Ning ordered, then reached out to grab the rope on the oil bottle, turned around and jumped towards the camp. She originally thought that the ginseng spirit's minions were only the twenty or thirty people in the camp, but now it seems that there are nearly a hundred of them, hiding in the mountains and forests, waiting for an opportunity to attack passers-by.

Lu Ning was not afraid of these minions. She would naturally not let them get close to her. After swinging her sword to chop a few of them, she saw that the young man in the camp was actually pulling the ginseng spirit with a whip and pulling it out.

"Don't touch!" she shouted.

"I can't hold it anymore!" the boy shouted, "Hurry up and hit it!"

Lu Ning threw the oil bottles over, raised his hand and swung a stone to break them in mid-air, spilling the oil. The ginseng spirit felt impatient and shook its body desperately - it felt that the sticky oil stuck to its body posed enough of a threat.

A cluster of fire ignited the oil, and the splashing oil spread out over a larger area than the first time it was hit. The oil fueled the fire and immediately burned several minions around it. It was about to burn the ginseng spirit, and the ginseng spirit screamed and spread its whiskers, trying to leave the range of the oil, but the whip was still wrapped around its head.

Finally, the fire reached the body of the ginseng spirit, and this time, the minions were not able to put out the fire with their numbers, but because they were all made of wood, they became excellent fuel. The young man also quickly let go of the whip, turned around and ran away, his Qinggong was one point higher than Lu Ning's.

Lu Ning felt that his internal strength was not enough, so he left the camp. Suddenly, the flames shot up to the sky, and the crying became more and more shrill, making people's heads hurt. Not long after, the movements of the minions became much slower, and they fell to the ground one after another, twitching all over. In order to get away from the crying, Lu Ning ran away.

A moment later, a ball of black wind came down from the sky. Before the black wind dissipated, Lin Xiyin appeared in the air. A paper sword unfolded in her hand and stabbed the ginseng spirit in the fire. With a loud bang, the ginseng spirit broke into pieces on the spot, and the juice splashed, which was swept away by the remaining force of the black wind.

Ning Ke, who landed on the other side, chopped off the heads of those minions with his copper coin sword. Just a moment after the two of them landed, the camp became quiet.

"Your skill is really enviable. How did you do it? It's usually very difficult to kill those minions. You have to grind them to ashes before they can survive." Lin Xiyin walked forward and looked at the fragments of the ginseng guest still squirming on the ground. "This old demon is really strong. He has been chopped into pieces like this, but he is still alive."

"Ginseng is meant to prolong life, so it's normal for it to have a stronger vitality." Ning Ke tilted his head slightly, "Just right, let's eat it."

The ghost face on her face immediately stretched out several arms, picked up the ginseng pieces on the ground and stuffed them into his mouth, chewing while showing some dissatisfaction: "You, the demon king, don't let me eat, so I only eat these useless things, and I'm very hungry all day long. You are so powerful, can you catch a few more? I'm counting on having a full meal with you!"

"Cut the nonsense."

Ning Ke ignored the ghost face and let it eat on its own. After most of the guest was eaten, all the minions stopped moving. Now that their leader was dead, the minions also lost their ability to move. For the demon-suppressing officer, this was the best way to deal with these hard-to-kill creatures.

Lin Xiyin had already spread out a piece of white paper, dipped some of the ashes from the burnt earth on it, and drew a circle on it.

"Ning Ke, those guys are really capable. Although Canke is not a powerful demon, it is not something that ordinary people can do to force it to this extent. The traces on the ground are obviously not something that ordinary martial artists can do."

"…It's the innate true qi." Ning Ke said.

"Oh?" Lin Xiyin looked at it carefully, and even picked up a little dirt from the ground and smelled it. "It really is, but I don't know what kind it is? It doesn't look like I cultivated it myself. I don't know what kind of luck I had, but I can get a ray of innate true energy in this world."

"You are the one who possesses the Primordial Qi, yet you are also surprised by these things?"

"You are not a member of my Lin family, so you don't know how much we have to pay to practice Hunyuan Yiqi. That's why you envy those guys who can obtain other innate true qi." Lin Xiyin flicked off the plaster on her fingertips, "They have potential, so it's best not to let them die easily. If there are more capable people in the folk, it will also save some energy for us demon-suppressing officials." "You cannot shirk your responsibilities." Ning Ke said.

"So strict?" Lin Xiyin smiled, "Then let's plow this mountain carefully and not let any demon escape."

"Right on my mind."

Lin Xiyin shrugged. She looked up at the sky. A red shadow passed across the sky, marking the next location for her.

"It would be better if a demon king came. Let me see how you look when you kill the demon king."

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On the other side, Lu Ning and the young man had reunited with the group of archers.

Now if you look closely, you can see that these archers are not soldiers, but hunters. Lu Ning looked at the young man again. He was in good spirits, with a sense of honor as if he had done something great.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Yuchi Long. I'm from Changlu, the one in the north." The young man bowed to Lu Ning.

"Lu Ning. Huai Ling." Lu Ning replied.

"Oh, Huai Ling Lu Clan, I've heard a little bit about it. Haha, I thought that kind of noble family was full of nerds, but I didn't expect that there are some who dare to attack demons. Miss Lu is really good in martial arts."

"You are a northerner, why did you come to southern Xinjiang?"

"This is a long story. How about we talk while we walk?"

"it is good."

While walking in the mountains, Yuchi Long also explained his origins.

He was born in a commoner family, his family only had some wealth, but he was not rich. He was a good fighter for the weak, and since the war in the north, he had been planning to join the army. But Qin Zhong did not recruit soldiers on a large scale, and Yuchi Long was not yet an adult at that time, and was not included in the military books. Later, by chance, he got the guidance of a wandering Taoist priest, took the fragment of the "Record of Subduing Demons", gathered a few friends of the same age, and went out to travel the world.

Later, he found that it was not easy to make it in the world of martial arts. Several of his friends went home in disappointment, but Yuchi Long made a name for himself with his perseverance. He still wanted to go to the northern frontier, but after hearing that there was a demon star there, he decided to gain some fame for himself first, so that he could join the army and get a better position. After hearing about the war in southern Xinjiang, he came here and met some people who were equally brave and patriotic, so they walked together. These people were the archers.

"We have already discovered the ginseng spirit. But its ability to control its minions is very strong, so we have to prepare carefully before we dare to take action. I didn't expect to meet you today. I was worried that you fell into the trap of the demon, but it seems that you are capable." Yuchi Long said with a smile.

"What are you going to do if you continue to go into the mountains?"

"There aren't many mountain spirits and wild monsters in the forests of southern Xinjiang, but there are quite a few. We didn't come here just to get rid of this one monster. The ginseng spirit is just the most recent one. We found it because more than a dozen hunters and porters who were walking on the mountain roads disappeared in recent days."

As he spoke, Yuchi Long raised his hand and pointed, "Go towards this mountain. There is a pig demon in a valley. It rushes around. When it's hungry, it rushes out and eats whatever it kills. Nowadays, no one dares to approach. A little further along, there is a pond. There is a fish demon in the mud under the pond. If someone tries to get water, it will swallow them up through the big hole under its feet. We have already located these two demons and are ready to attack them."

"How are you going to deal with it? It sounds like these two are not as stupid as the ginseng spirit. I'm afraid they can't be killed at will."

"Of course, we should set a trap first..."

Before he finished speaking, a gust of black wind swept over everyone's heads, blowing off leaves. Everyone had to squat down and cover their mouths and noses. The direction the black wind was heading was exactly the direction Yuchi Longxu had pointed to.

"Another demon? This is unheard of..." Yuchi Long was a little surprised after the wind passed. But Lu Ning didn't think so. She saw the auras of two people, one purple-red and one purple-black, in the wind.

So far, she had only seen one person with purple-red aura, and she had never seen purple-black aura. However, none of the Five Elements monsters were of this color. Perhaps the person who rode the wind was a master of the Monster Suppression Division.

Of course, she didn't say anything. She just advised: "If something unexpected happens, it's better to observe it for a while."

"That's exactly what we are preparing for. However, Miss Lu came to the mountain for something? She's not here to get rid of monsters, is she? If we want to do this, we don't necessarily have to involve irrelevant people." Yuchi Long said.

"I want to explore the various camps in the mountains. After all, after the invasion of the southern border people, most of them hid in the mountains. We need to know their locations so that the government can use troops."

"So, Miss Lu received an order from the government?"

"That's it."

"Okay, if that's the case, we will definitely help if we have the chance. This mountain is where the monsters live, so there must be no one living there. If you want to find a mountain stronghold, you have to go deeper into the mountains. But it's best to find a mountain stream. After all, water is the most expensive resource when living in the mountains. People in southern Xinjiang don't know how to dig wells, and there aren't that many wells for them in the mountains. If you search along the water, you will definitely find those camps." Yuchi Long said.

"Then where is the nearest waterway?"

A hunter nearby pointed and said, "Go forward from here, over a slope, and it's at the bottom of the slope. You are a martial artist, so listen carefully. You can hear the sound where the water flows."

Lu Ning nodded: "Thank you. In that case, I'll say goodbye now."

"When we solve the demon issue, if we are destined to do so, I can ask for your help. If you can really help the army, I will have the opportunity to join the army."

"Even if you join the army here, you may not go to the northern frontier." Lu Ning said with a smile.

"Even if I only get a recommendation letter, it's good." Yuchi Long smiled cheerfully, "Then we'll meet again if we're lucky."

Lu Ning turned around and ran over the hillside. After she climbed over the hillside, she could already hear the sound of water at the foot of the mountain. She then walked down the mountain carefully according to the sound she heard.

However, before she reached the water, she heard a loud explosion coming from the direction where the black wind was heading.