Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 142 The Mysterious Dungeon Pool

A few days later, Zhang Bold came to the edge of the forest again.

It's not that he's greedy enough, to marry such a considerate, gentle, and understanding woman as Luo Xiaojuan, Zhang Daudao thinks it's a blessing he cultivated in his previous life.

But because of this, he was even more grateful to Mother Fox.

If it weren't for the guidance of the fox lady, how could he have bumped into this happy marriage?
What's more, after returning home, Luo Xiaojuan, relying on the keen sense of a woman, felt that Mother Fox had something on her mind.

When she asked Mrs. Fox to go home together, she found a trace of expectation and relief in Mrs. Fox's eyes, but she finally refused.

Therefore, Luo Xiaojuan guessed that the fox mother might have some unavoidable difficulties.

After discussion between the husband and wife, Zhang Boldly decided to go to Fox Niang alone to find out what happened.

"Mrs. Fox..."

"Mrs. Fox..."

When he came to the forest, Zhang Boldly searched and called out from time to time.

When turning to the foot of a mountain, a figure came out of a nearby cave...

Zhang Bold was startled, pretended not to see the other party, turned around and wanted to leave.

Because that's not human at all.The body is similar to that of a human, but the head is very much like a lizard, clearly a demon.

"Want to run?"

The lizard monster snorted coldly and quickly chased after it.

Zhang boldly ran away.

It's a pity that he couldn't run away from the opponent at all, and it didn't take long for the lizard to catch up.

In desperation, Zhang Bold could only grit his teeth and fight desperately with the opponent.

He was scratched by the lizard monster on his face and arms within a few strokes, and his life and death were hanging by a thread.

At this critical juncture, Miss Fox suddenly appeared, pulled Zhang Bold and rushed towards the woods.

"Mother Fox, you are so brave, let him go!"

The lizard monster chased after it in shock.

"Mrs. Fox..."

"Don't talk, run for your life first."

Hu Niang's body seemed weak, but she dragged Zhang Bold without difficulty. She dragged him to the side of the road and said anxiously, "Go quickly, I'll stop it."

"Mrs. Fox, I..."

"Go, or it will be too late!"

After finishing speaking, the fox lady turned her head and started fighting with the lizard monster.

Zhang boldly hesitated for a while, and finally turned around and left.He knew that if he went up, he wouldn't be able to help, and would only be a drag on Mother Fox and disappoint her good intentions.

But the appearance of the lizard monster also made him have deep doubts about the situation of the fox lady.

Could it be that the fox lady was controlled by that lizard monster?

Dazed along the way, when he was about to reach the gate of the city, Zhang Bold suddenly felt dizzy, and fell to the ground with darkness in front of his eyes.

When he woke up, he found himself lying in a servant's room in the Hou Mansion.

"Bold, are you awake?"

"Azhu, I... what's wrong with me?"

"You, you fainted at the gate of the city. Fortunately, someone knew you and brought you here. Master Hou said, you have been poisoned by a demon..."

"Bold, bold..."

Luo Xiaojuan's anxious voice suddenly came from outside.

Zhang boldly responded quickly: "Xiaojuan, I'm fine."

Luo Xiaojuan ran into the room, sat down on the bedside with red eyes: "Bold, you... what happened to you? Did it hurt you?"

"He, he was poisoned by the demon, but he's fine now."

Following the voice, Zhou Yu walked in with Ying Ning.

"All blessings, Lord Hou! All blessings, Miss Yingning!"

Luo Xiaojuan hurriedly got up and greeted Zhou Yu and Ying Ning.

"Thank you Lord Hou for saving your life!"

Zhang boldly struggled to get out of bed and knelt down on the ground to salute.

Zhou Yu raised his hand: "Get up, although the evil poison has been eliminated, you still have to lie down for two days to nourish your body."

"Thank you sir."

"How did you get poisoned by a demon?"

"This..." Zhang boldly hesitated for a while, and finally told how to meet the fox lady, how the fox lady pointed out the marriage, and then he went to find the fox lady, and then told the story of meeting the lizard monster.

After listening to it, Ying Ning got excited: "Damn it, I'm going to settle accounts with that little demon!"

Zhou Yu patted Ying Ning's head with a smile: "Okay, let's see your performance this time."

Ying Ning was very happy: "Hee hee, it's just a good time to move your hands and feet."

What's the point of living the life of a young lady all day long?It's better to fight quickly.

At this time, Zhang boldly said: "Master Hou, I beg you one thing."

"What's the matter?"

"Although Fox Lady is a demon, she has a kind heart. I beg Lord Hou to let her live."

"Don't worry, this Marquis can tell the difference between right and wrong, good and evil."

Not long after, Zhou Yu and his wife went out of the city together, accompanied by Ying Ning, and walked towards the place Zhang Boldly said.

After passing through the woods and arriving at the foot of the mountain, Zhou Yu stopped and looked around.

Bai Min'er subconsciously asked, "Husband, what's the matter?"

"The feng shui here is excellent. If there is no accident, there must be a large tomb nearby."

Ying Ning's brain got hot, and he said, "Could it be that Mr. wants to rob the tomb?"

"Pfft..." Upon hearing this, Bai Min'er couldn't help laughing.

Zhou Yu glanced at Ying Ning speechlessly.

"Hee hee..." Ying Ning stuck out her tongue mischievously.

"Okay, Ying Ning, go find it and see where the monster who attacked Zhang Bold is hiding."

"it is good!"

Ying Ning responded and began to search around.

It didn't take long to find a hole, and then yelled: "Sir, sister Min'er, here it is."

"go!"

A group of three people walked into the cave.

You can't see your fingers in the cave, but this doesn't affect Zhou Yu and the others, even if they close their eyes, it won't affect their perception.

All the way down the winding road, the terrain is getting lower and lower.

After walking for a while, it suddenly became clear... what appeared in front of the three of them was actually a city.

Of course, this is not a real city, but a miniature city carved out of stones in the mountainside.

The houses, streets, people, and soldiers... It is estimated that they have been shrunk by more than ten times, but they still look magnificent and shocking.

How many people are needed for such a large project?Who is so generous?
The place where the three of them stood was a Duantou Cliff in the middle of the mountain. It was about tens of meters high from the bottom, and generally they couldn't go down at all unless they were hanging ropes.

After looking at it for a while, Zhou Yu glanced at a palace in the middle of the city below, and said with a smile: "As expected, I said that there must be a big tomb here, and this city is it."

Bai Min'er also noticed it, nodded and said, "That's right, that palace is the coffin, and it's quite cloudy, maybe it's already dead."

"Squeak..."

At this moment, a sharp sound came, one after another, which made the eardrums hurt.

Ying Ning glanced sideways subconsciously, and found a large "dark cloud" densely packed on the right side. These dark clouds were countless bats.

"No wonder no one dares to rob the tomb. These are all man-eating grimace bats."

When people mention the grimacing bat, their expressions will change. This thing is quite weird, big and ferocious by nature, especially its head looks like a grimace, which is quite scary.

If you meet one or two, you may be able to resist it, but if you meet a group... it will definitely become a pile of dead bones.

"Humph!"

Ying Ning snorted, put her hands to her mouth and let out a "woo hoo" sound.

With the same sound, a huge fox shadow appeared faintly in the midair and charged towards the bats.

"boom!"

With a dull bang, many ghost-faced bats instantly turned into nothingness.

"Squeak..."

These grimacing bats have become smart, and when they saw that something was wrong, they all turned around and fled.

"Woooooooo..."

Ying Ning continued to utter with her mouth closed. The group of grimacing bats had met their enemies, and their numbers decreased sharply. In the end, probably less than one tenth of them escaped by chance.

However, this is just an appetizer.

As soon as the Grimace Bat escaped, a half-human, half-lizard monster suddenly appeared... Then, three more appeared.

"hiss!"

The one that appeared first seemed to have discovered the order to attack, and the other three sprang up suddenly, and rushed towards Zhou Yu and the others separately.

"let me!"

Ying Ning was in a hurry to express himself, and flew up first, kneading the formula with one hand, and clapping several palms in the air with the other hand.

"Huhuhu..."

Several palm shadows flew towards the three lizard monsters as if they had eyes.

"Little demon girl, how dare you help humans against us?"

The lizard monster below yelled at Ying Ning viciously.

As a result, Ying Ning was enraged by the sound of the little demon girl, and immediately flew down, clapping her hands several times.

But that lizard monster was not a vegetarian either, it changed into a huge lizard and started fighting with Ying Ning.

Seeing an opportunity to take advantage of it, the other three eyes also changed back to their original bodies and rushed towards Zhou Yu and Bai Min'er viciously.

They thought they had picked up a soft persimmon, but they kicked the iron plate, and they lay dead when they met each other.

"boom!"

At this time, there was a huge bang.

The roof of the palace was suddenly lifted, and a huge figure stood up, about ten feet tall, dressed in armor, with a bronze helmet on his head, holding a long knife, looking like a general in his attire.

As soon as he moved, the stone-carved soldiers standing in the city also moved accordingly.

On the cliff, Zhou Yu couldn't help but wrinkled and said: "It seems that this guy has already cultivated into a corpse demon."

"Well, it looks like another guy who wants to turn his body into a fairy."

According to historical records, many dignitaries in the previous dynasty were obsessed with the art of cultivating immortals, dreaming of immortality.

As a result, many alchemists emerged at that time, and they joined the dignitaries from all over the world one after another, enjoying the glory and wealth of the world.

The sad thing is that these dignitaries don't use their brains to think about it, even these alchemists haven't achieved immortality, how can they refine the elixir of immortality?

It's just that the alchemy is fine, and some alchemists are taking a slant of swords and using various sorcery to deceive people.

For example, dissolving a corpse into a fairy is one of them.

Some dignitaries are seriously ill, or are old and weak, but they are unwilling to do so.At this time, they are the most willing to spend money.

Therefore, many alchemists focused on this kind of people.

After all, people are going to die, so what money do you care about?

Ever since, these alchemists began to brag about the gimmick of turning corpses into immortals.

When it comes to turning a dead body into an immortal, there is indeed such a saying in Taoism.

According to Taoism, it means that after attaining the Tao, a cultivator can abandon his body and go to immortality. This process is called shijie, and the immortal who becomes immortal is called shijiexian.

Buddhists also have similar sayings. For example, in Journey to the West, Tang Seng left a mortal body in Lingyundu and became a Buddha.

However, these are all those who have advanced cultivation bases, or have great merit.

How could it be possible for mere mortals?

But people's psychology often prefers to believe in what is there rather than what is not, so many people still have sweet dreams.

Apparently, the general in front of him was one of them, but instead of becoming a fairy, he turned into a corpse demon.

"kill!"

After getting up, the general-looking corpse gave an order, and immediately, those stone-carved soldiers rose from the air and rushed towards the three of them.

"Boom boom boom..."

There was a series of booming sounds in the underground palace.

After a round of confrontation, the three of Zhou Yu were safe and sound, but half of the soldiers carved in stone were destroyed.

"Ow..."

The corpse demon was furious, and let out a strange cry.

Following this strange cry, several monsters suddenly appeared in the underground palace.

At this time, Ying Ning couldn't help but glance at one of the women, and asked loudly, "Hey, are you called Fox Lady?"

"You...you are...are you bold to tell you?"

Obviously, she is the Fox Lady.

"Great, come here quickly, we will protect you."

After all, everyone is a fox, and Ying Ning knows that the fox lady is kind by nature, so she naturally has a sense of intimacy.

"Bitch, how dare you betray this general!"

The corpse demon heard a roar, moved his body, and slashed at the fox lady with the long knife in his hand.

"Bold evildoer!"

Bai Min'er yelled angrily, and the long sword in his hand flew away, and hit the long knife in the corpse demon's hand with a "clang", which made the guy startled and took two steps back involuntarily.

Mother Fox was naturally grateful for her life, and rushed over.

"Bitch, go to hell!"

The corpse demon was even more angry. He swung his arm violently, and pierced the fox mother's vest with the spear in his hand.

At this time, Zhou Yu finally moved.

With a flash of his figure, he kicked the long knife into several pieces with one kick.Then, his figure flashed again, and he punched the corpse monster.

This is his upgraded strength. Within a certain distance, even if there is no Qimen, he can achieve supernatural powers similar to teleportation.

The corpse monster had no time to defend, and had already received a punch.

"boom!"

With just one punch, the guy was sent flying upside down.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Yu moved again.This time, he took out the Qinglian Sword, and without waiting for the corpse monster to land, he slashed out and beheaded it directly.

But unexpectedly, this guy's vitality is too tenacious.

The body and head were separated, but they could still move, not only the body but also the head. One was suspended in mid-air, and the other launched a counterattack at Zhou Yu on the ground.

"Sir, let me practice my hands."

Seeing that Zhou Yu was about to make another move, Ying Ning hurried over.

Zhou Yu withdrew his sword and nodded: "Alright, be careful."

"Yeah." Ying Ning responded, and stepped forward to fight the corpse demon.

Zhou Yu retreated to the side to sweep the formation, and dealt with those little monsters casually.

At the same time, Lady Fox walked up to Bai Min'er and bowed, "Thank you, God, for saving me!"

Bai Min'er raised her hand: "There's no need to be too polite, by the way, why are you here?"

"I used to practice in this mountain. One day, I came here by accident, but I was controlled by that guy. He cast a spell. We can't go far at all, so we can only move around here."

"So that's the case, let me see what kind of curse it is."

Bai Min'er grabbed Miss Fox's hand and probed for a while, then she couldn't help laughing and said, "It's just a small restraint technique, it's okay, I'll untie it for you later."

"Thank you, Shangxian, thank you, Shangxian!"

Fox Lady was overjoyed and thanked her repeatedly.

Not long after, Zhou Yu finished off those little monsters, and Ying Ning was still fighting.

This is an opportunity for her to practice, so naturally she has to make a good use of it, so that she can find out her own shortcomings in cultivation...

(End of this chapter)