refining sword

Chapter 1 Tanzhou Mystery
In the Kingdom of Jin, there is a blue hill in Yanfeng County, Tanzhou.

Because of the winding mountain, it looks like a green cow lying on the ground when viewed from a distance, so it is called "Funiu Mountain" by people.

At this moment, it is the midsummer rainy season, and the entire mountain range is shrouded in a misty rain, like an ink painting that has been infected, where the sky and the earth merge, and it is hazy.

In a wide depression at the foot of Funiu Mountain, there is a zhang Xulai-wide stream meandering out of the mountain. Because of the continuous rainfall, the water is much stronger than usual, and the stream looks a bit turbid.

More than [-] people dressed in scorpions and covered in mud are walking slowly upstream along the mountain road beside the stream, and exhaustion is written on everyone's face.

There are also many cattle, sheep and livestock in the crowd. They stop and go, chew a few mouthfuls of weeds on the roadside from time to time, and drink a few mouthfuls of stagnant water in the mud pit. They can't feel the anxiety and fatigue of the owners at all.

On both sides of this huge team, there are officers and soldiers armed with swords at intervals, guarding the safety of the people, urging the speed of the forward, and from time to time they have to help drive the chickens and ducks running back to the team.

At the front of the line, there is a group of cavalry in black armor, all of them are tall and straight, and they look very burly and powerful.

One of them was carrying a big flag with a striking "iron" written on it.

Walking to a dense forest, a tall man led by the black armored cavalry raised his arm and clenched his fist, signaling the team to stop advancing and rest on the spot.

The people who had been exhausted for a long time gathered together and hid in the dense forest.

An old widower in a straw-woven sackcloth drove his five sheep under an ancient locust tree and squeezed himself into the flock, wanting to borrow a little warmth.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he got close, one of the sheep blew and walked into the depths of the forest staggeringly.

The old man got up and cursed, and hurriedly chased after him.

I saw the sheep walked to an old tree, lingered, and blew endlessly.

"Pfft" sound.

The ancient tree trembled strangely, and the surface of the dry and cracked body suddenly transmitted out a multicolored light, and it became brighter and brighter, and it turned into a dazzling ball in a moment.

"Oh! The gods have appeared..."

The old man was startled for a moment, then walked forward tremblingly, fell to his knees with a plop, and shouted loudly.

The surrounding people heard the sound and looked over there one after another. After seeing the situation clearly, they all followed closely, knelt down in a circle, and also shouted loudly.

However, at this moment, clusters of multicolored lights lit up everywhere in the dense forest, almost enveloping all the common people.

Seeing this, the tall man at the head was full of surprise, and hurriedly ordered a messenger beside him:
"Something's wrong, send the order immediately, get out of here!"

As a result, his voice just fell, and the mutation suddenly occurred!
Suddenly, there was a loud rumbling sound from the distant sky, like thunder in spring, and it seemed that some giant beast was approaching quickly.

The tall man was startled, and hurriedly turned his head to look in the direction he came over.

I saw that in the ground shaking, a gray wind was mixed with countless gravel and soil, rolling like a huge wave, and in an instant it reached the edge of the woods.

"Help"

"run"

……

Amidst the screams of the crowd, the strong wind overturned all the large forests, and countless shattered branches and rocks flew in all directions, making the people in the forest who were caught off guard bloody and bloody, howling incessantly.

The dense forest was in chaos, broken trees and broken branches were wrapped together with sand, dust and mud, making it impossible to see things around.

"Quick, go save people..." the tall man roared loudly against the strong wind.

The black armored cavalrymen under his command immediately got off their horses and rushed towards the inside of the dense forest against the strong wind.

At this moment, the colorful lights in the dense forest suddenly flashed, turning into a bright red blood light, covering the entire dense forest.

Under the shroud of blood, some people began to scream, and the flesh and blood on everyone's body began to dissolve at a speed visible to the naked eye, revealing a white bone.

Immediately, there were screams and screams in the dense forest, but after a while, there was no sound, only white bones remained, and under the strong wind, they turned into dust one after another.

Only the tall man at the edge of the dense forest witnessed all this, his whole body was cold and his eyes were about to tear apart.

The silver-white long sword hanging beside him suddenly trembled and lit up with a snow-white light, barely protecting his surroundings, blocking the bloody light from the forest.

However, the next moment, only to hear a "bang", the long sword suddenly trembled and then broke.

The man only felt that the blood was surging all over his body, and his consciousness became a little blurred. Although he was protected by the white light of the sword, the skin on his body still burst open dozens of wounds on its own. .

Panicked, he quickly clamped his horse's belly, and urged the dismounted horse to run in the direction he came from, and galloped away into the distance, leaving a trail of blood mist behind him.

When the gust of wind in the dense forest subsided, the blood disappeared, and the ground became a mess.

However, the cattle, sheep, livestock, chickens, ducks and poultry were all unharmed, wandering around in place without a owner.

It's just that their masters, the tens of thousands of people and the black armored cavalry, have all disappeared.

……

Ten days later, it was noon.

More than fifty miles outside the city of Tanzhou, there is a large area of ​​sandy land, covered with green vines and covered with green leaves, and a large area of ​​watermelon is planted.A swarthy old man dressed as a farmer, holding a willow-handled hoe in his hand, slowly carved out ravines in the sand along the ridge where the vines grew.

The continuous rainfall some time ago has washed out the original drainage canals in Tanaka. If it is not repaired in time, if there is another rain, the fields will accumulate water, and the watermelons that have not grown by then will be completely soaked. Rotten.

The old man helped the torn straw hat on his head, cursed the weather, and suddenly felt a little itchy on his forehead, thinking that he was sweating from the heat, so he pulled off the worn towel around his neck and wiped it on his forehead.

However, as soon as his hand grabbed the towel, his body involuntarily froze in place, unable to move at all.

A look of horror appeared on the old man's face, his mouth was open, but he couldn't make a sound.

At this moment, a red line suddenly appeared on his forehead.

There was a flash of blood above the red line, and the flesh split in the middle, and it was pulled apart abruptly towards the sides.

The old man's eyes widened at first, and then the whites of his eyes rolled upwards, he completely lost his expression, and the frightened expression on his face disappeared immediately, and he became numb.

Among the splintered flesh on his forehead, a blood-red eyeball the size of a longan protruded from it.

I saw it turning around, looking around for a while, and suddenly, with a "poof", it protruded from the old man's forehead, and flew out directly.

There were also strands of silver threads trailing behind it, like strands of slender hair, connected to the flesh on the old man's forehead.

As the blood-red eyes flew into the sky, the dense silver thread was pulled out of the body little by little, turning into a ball of silvery brilliance, covering its surroundings.

The old man's body shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally turned into a handful of dust and scattered it into the melon field.

Under the wrapping of silver light, the blood-red eyes hovered high in the air and slowly turned, looking in the direction of Tanzhou City.

There was a sudden flash of silver light on it, and then disappeared from the spot, and then appeared tens of feet away in the next instant.

Repeat this until it disappears in the distance.

……

at the same time.

Outside the city of Tanzhou, beside the Luofu River.

An ebony boat drifted away in the river.

At the bow of the boat stood a vague figure of a man with his back to the shore, holding a long pole in his hand, and the ebony boat went down the river.

A petite and pretty figure stood blankly on the shore. She looked at the ebony boat gradually disappearing into the mist in the distance, her tense cheeks trembled suddenly, and her eye sockets instantly turned red.

"Why don't you want me to go with you..." She murmured with some resentment, but her voice was so low that only she could hear it.

The pretty woman watched the ebony boat completely disappear from sight. Then she turned around sadly and took a few steps. She suddenly looked up at the sky and wondered, "What is that..."

The full moon in the high sky was suddenly blurred, and a group of silver-white light separated from it in a trance, like twinkling stars, flying towards this side brightly and darkly.

The closer it is, the clearer it can be seen. The edge of the silver light group is blurred, as if there are countless tiny tentacles shaking violently.

At this moment, silver light suddenly flashed above the light group, revealing a blood-colored eyeball, and strands of silver threads suddenly extended from it, like a comet with a slender tail, shooting towards her. Come.

When the pretty woman saw this, her body was covered with white light, her toes were a little on the ground, and her body quickly slid back several dozen meters. After a series of ripples were drawn on the Luofu River, she stopped in the heart of the river.

But at this moment, a strange scene appeared.

The silver thread that seemed to be rushing straight, suddenly turned back in mid-air and condensed together, like a big white python instantly rushed towards the woman, enveloping her in it all at once.

With the sound of "哗啦", a large white water wave wrapped around the woman and swept away in all directions.

However, instead of being swept into the bottom of the river by the silver thread, she left her feet in the air and left the river.

"Um..." She whimpered in pain.

Strands of silver thread wound up, enveloping her like a cocoon, leaving only her head exposed.

She just felt that her body was tightly restrained by an invisible force, and she couldn't move at all.

At this moment, the blood-colored eyeball on the other end of the silver thread suddenly flashed with blood and flew towards her.The pretty woman was terrified and let the eyeball hit her forehead heavily.

"Ah..." A piercing pain hit her, and she couldn't help shouting loudly.

In just a short moment, her screaming stopped abruptly.

I saw the blood on the center of his eyebrows surging like a spiritual spring, and the blood-red eye slowly sank into it, and gradually squeezed in.

Immediately afterwards, all the silver threads wrapped around her body also began to shrink rapidly, desperately gathering towards the bloody light, and all of them were submerged in it.

After the bloody light fused with the last ray of silver, it flashed suddenly and disappeared completely.The woman who was originally restrained suddenly loosened, staggered, and took a few steps backwards before she managed to stabilize her figure.

All the abnormalities in the center of his eyebrows disappeared, only a red mark like a flower tin appeared out of thin air.

And the look in her eyes dimmed suddenly, and then it lit up again, but there seemed to be something more deep in her eyes.

"The target has been found, the imprint has not yet been activated..."

The woman turned around suddenly, looked towards the lower reaches of the Luofu River, and said something blankly.

After saying that, the corners of her mouth were slowly upturned, and the pear vortex on her face sank a little, revealing a slightly stiff smile.

What makes people feel weird is that there are two lines of tears in her eyes, rustling and rolling, and she can't stop it.

(End of this chapter)