Fu Shifeng

Chapter 34 Life and death are unpredictable
Cheng Sanwu opened his eyes suddenly, gasped involuntarily, and broke out in cold sweat. Just as he was about to move, he felt a sharp sharpness in his throat.

As soon as he rolled his eyes, he saw Afu, who was wrapped in a blood-stained white robe, with a vigilant face, holding a horse-headed dagger against Cheng Sanwu's neck.

"You, what are you doing?!" Cheng Sanwu asked.

Afu asked coldly, "Where was the first time I met you?"

"Why do you ask this?" Cheng Sanwu just questioned, the horse's head dagger was slowly pressed down, a drop of blood oozed from the edge of the blade, and he realized that Afu was not joking with him.

"In Hongsha Town!" Cheng Sanwu quickly replied.

"What is Peng Ning escorting?" Afu asked again.

"Star marrow! Otherwise?" Cheng Sanwu had just finished speaking, seeing Afu's suspicious look in his eyes, and he quickly added: "Buddha bone relic! Peng Ning thought it was Buddha bone relic!"

"Which method of auspicious luck I am good at?" Afu kept asking.

"Ah?" Cheng Sanwu was stunned for a moment, and answered after searching his stomach, "What kind of invisibility method is it?"

Hearing this answer, Afu's vigilant eyes softened slightly, and the dagger moved away from the throat.Cheng Sanwu hurriedly turned over to avoid it, stepped back more than a foot away and stood still, reached out and touched his neck, and immediately cursed:

"Why are you crazy, hag? I just saved you, and you're just repaying your kindness like this?!"

Afu knelt on the ground, and when she heard Cheng Sanwu's words, she showed a reassuring smile: "This kind of tone is indeed you."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Cheng Sanwu was terrified.

"Do you remember what happened just now?" Afu asked.

"Just now..." Cheng Sanwu was stunned: "It seems like a shadow rushed over? Then I passed out."

"That's Antty's soul." Afu stared at Cheng Sanwu with a pair of green pupils: "If I guessed correctly, Antty tried to occupy your body and practice the method of seizing it."

"Duoshe? I've heard of it." Cheng Sanwu's face darkened, wiped off the sweat on his face, and sat down against the wall: "Some demons reincarnate in Duoshe, which saves the process of cultivating human form."

"It's not only monsters who do this." Afu said: "Whether it's Buddhism or Taoism, there are people who fail to practice in this life and pin their hopes on the next life. It's just that these are all second-rate means, and there are many disadvantages."

"How long have I been unconscious?" Cheng Sanwu asked.

"About dozens of breaths." Afu secretly noticed, because Cheng Sanwu didn't faint just now, but his breath and pulse stopped completely, no different from a dead person.

"You... don't you feel any abnormality in your body?" Afu observed Cheng Sanwu's words and actions. An Quti's magic power is profound. People dare not underestimate it.

Cheng Sanwu looked down at himself, stood up again and shook his hands and feet, as if nothing happened: "It's okay, I don't feel any discomfort."

Afu saw Cheng Sanwu's lively appearance, now it was her turn to have nothing to say.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside, Qi Zhiyi and others rushed into the mirror hall first, just in time to see Cheng Sanwu and Afu, as well as the headless corpse on the ground.

"You, you..." Qi Zhiyi saw Cheng Sanwu's bare upper body, and Afu was only wearing a blood-stained white robe, showing a little spring, and he didn't understand the situation at once.

"This guy is dead." Cheng Sanwu pointed at the corpse on the ground: "I lost my strength and smashed this guy's head into pieces. I can't cut off the head to ask for credit."

Qi Zhiyi and Su Wangting looked at each other, and Mr. Changqing walked out first, came to inspect Anquti's body, and then said: "There is a trace of mana left on his body, it is this person who is right, not the method of Li Daitao's stiffness."

"What's going on?" Qi Zhiyi asked.

Without waiting for Cheng Sanwu to speak, Afu answered first: "Cheng Sanwu and I saw that An Quti was seriously injured, so we took the initiative to chase into it, fought fiercely with him, and finally killed him."

Afu didn't want too many people to know about the situation, so she took the initiative to explain, and motioned to the star orbiter: "The star marrow is inside this object, and Anguti originally planned to escape, but fortunately we stopped him. He has a star With the help of the marrow, the mana increased greatly for a while, and it was difficult for us to win."

Everyone focused their eyes on the star orbiter, and Qi Zhiyi said: "This thing must be kept carefully, and how to deal with it will be discussed later."

After careful calculation, everyone present actually belonged to each other. It is really hard to say who will fall into the hands of Prime Minister Lu, the Governor's Mansion, the Minister of Internal Affairs, and the Star Essence.

Fortunately, everyone fought side by side, friendship is rare, and they will not fight against each other for the sake of star marrow at this juncture.Qi Zhiyi ordered people to bring the wooden box specially used to seal the dharma objects, and stuffed the entire star orbiter inside. The seal charm was pasted on the outside, and the seal of the Protectorate's Mansion was also stamped on the outside.

"How to deal with this corpse?" Mr. Changqing asked again.

"Take them away together, and you can cut them in half without a head." Qi Zhiyi said with anger on his face, "The leader of such a rebellious party deserves to be hacked into pieces. Now this way of death is cheaper for him!"

Cheng Sanwu spread his hands together: "I can't make a living."

"I'm not blaming, what are you thinking?" Qi Zhiyi waved his hand, looked around by the way, looked at the mirror hanging from the dome in the hall, and asked, "What is this?"

"The mirror that assists in casting spells, my clothes were burned by the flames of Antty." Afu said indifferently: "You guys, do you just look at it like this?"

It was only then that everyone remembered that Afu was only wearing thin clothes at the moment, and everyone was a little embarrassed and avoided coughing. Su Wangting hurriedly fetched a cloak from elsewhere so that Afu could cover her figure.

Mr. Changqing suggested: "Little General Qi, you might as well confiscate all the objects here, maybe you can find out the magic means of the demon from them."

Qi Zhiyi didn't think too much, and nodded immediately: "Then completely demolish this place... By the way, how to deal with the enchantment."

"I will sneak into the depths of Tianchi to find out later, trying to break the enchantment hub." Mr. Changqing replied simply.

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When Qi Dahu led his cavalry to the vicinity of Tianchi, the battle here had long since ended. The soldiers were taking out various utensils from the shrine, and the wounded were resting in the temporary camp.

"Report to the Imperial Guard!" Qi Zhiyi took the initiative to step forward. He would not call his father in front of outsiders, just like a lieutenant: "The leader of the demon, Anguti, has been killed. Seven people in our department were killed and 38 were injured. In addition, Daqing Master Shanzhi and Monk Yanding, the abbots of the temple, unfortunately died, how to arrange them, please make a decision!"

"Master Shanzhi sacrificed his life?" Qi Daduhu's face darkened, he immediately got off his horse and went to visit, while Qi Zhiyi told the story of the previous battle.

"I didn't expect that even Master Shanzhi would be defeated by the demons." Qi Dahu was also thinking about how to arrange personnel while regretting.

This time, all parties contributed to the quelling of the turmoil in the Western Regions, but the losses were not small.Master Zhou Lian from the Taoist school and monk Shanzhi from the Buddhist school are the most important magicians in the Dadu Protectorate, and they are all officially conferred by the imperial court, not privately hired aides.As a result, both of these two were defeated, and the loss of the Dadu Protectorate was quite heavy.

"Angty was killed by Cheng Sanwu in the end?" Qi Dahu asked again.

"Yes, but the embroidered clothes envoy also participated." Qi Zhiyi replied in a low voice.

Seeing Afu sitting in the tent, she changed into a masculine attire, she looked at the direction of Tianchi, her gaze was focused, Qi Dadu took the initiative to step forward and cupped her hands and said: "Today, the demons are all relying on the divine power of the envoy."

Afu didn't turn her head, and said in a cold tone, "There's no need to be courteous to the chief protector. Cheng Sanwu was the one who beheaded Anguti, and I won't take credit for it."

"As for the star marrow, I don't know what the envoy's arrangement is?" Qi Dadu asked again.

Afu looked like she had nothing to do with her: "The people from the imperial court who will deal with this matter should be here soon, so you don't have to ask me."

Qi Daduhu was suspicious. Afu said that, could it be that she came here for the star marrow?

At this time, two figures rushed out of the Tianchi Lake, it was Cheng Sanwu and Mr. Changqing, they were holding several obelisks, the surfaces of which were engraved with foreign characters.

"It's these pillars that make your seven orifices bleed?" Although Cheng Sanwu walked out of the water, but his body was not wet, he said to Mr. Changqing with a mocking look.

"What do you know?" Mr. Changqing retorted immediately, erected an obelisk, and looked at the exotic characters with different shapes on the surface, which looked like birds and beasts. It has a taste of bird script and insect script, if you can analyze and translate it, you should be able to get a general idea of ​​the spells used by Ankati."

After killing Anguti, Mr. Changqing started to break the barrier. He felt that he alone was not enough to accomplish the task, so he summoned Cheng Sanwu, performed a water diversion technique and jumped into the Tianchi Lake. He found these obelisks from the depths of the lake stone pillars.

"Look at you like this, it's like meeting the lover of your dreams." Cheng Sanwu smiled and said, "You might as well hug these stone pillars to sleep."

Mr. Changqing was completely obsessed with the foreign characters on the obelisks, and he didn't even have the mind to bicker with Cheng Sanwu. He muttered words and imitated them with his fingers.

"This is the enchantment hub?" Qi Dahu asked.

"That's right!" Mr. Changqing replied, "Ankyuti put these stone pillars at the bottom of the lake to transform the earth's energy and activate the barrier. It can be seen that these stone pillars are not very old, and they were obviously put in a few years ago. Tianchi."

Qi Dahu was puzzled: "But the enchantment hinders the casting of spells, but it is only a few months ago."

"After the stone pillars are placed, it should take some time to accumulate the earth energy before the barrier can be activated in one fell swoop." Mr. Changqing elaborated: "In addition, I have already figured out why Tianchi was photographed by An Quti. I think several The black dragon that appeared on the outskirts of Quzhi City a hundred years ago was finally buried in this Tianchi Lake!"

"Black Dragon?" Qi Dahu recalled for a while, he traveled to the Western Regions, and naturally read the history books, and immediately remembered the relevant records.

"That's all from the Northern Dynasties." Mr. Changqing still wanted to explain, but Qi Dadu asked, "Then the black dragon's bones are also at the bottom of the lake?"

Mr. Changqing didn't expect the other party to ask such a question. He was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head: "No, no, no, any dragon species, after death, it will turn into water when it encounters water and wind into wind. Even if it is placed on dry land, it will completely melt. There will be no remains of corpses. Most of the so-called keel bones in the world are pretended by the bones of six animals."

"Then why can you confirm that Tianchi is the place where the black dragon is buried?" Qi Dadu asked.

"Firstly, the aura of a real dragon is different from other types. Secondly, I just sensed the veins of the Tianchi Lake and faintly heard the sound of dragon chant." Mr. Changqing said, "Dragon species are not ordinary creatures. , There is also a place where dragon energy lingers and is buried. Dragon energy enters the ground, or turns gold and jade, or springs of life."

"Dragon Qi?" Qi Dahu had a delicate expression.

Mr. Changqing is happy to say it, but he doesn't care about it: "Dragon is the veins of mountains and rivers, and Qi is the essence of heaven and earth. The so-called dragon Qi is the condensation of heaven, earth, mountains and rivers. Dragon Qi has no owner. If it can dominate one side of heaven, earth, mountains and rivers, Naturally, it is favored by the dragon spirit."

"Dominate one side of the world? Who can do it?" Qi Dahu asked again.

"Who else can it be? Naturally, it's the emperor..." As soon as Mr. Changqing spoke, he saw Su Wangting who was not far away shook his head repeatedly to signal to him, but it was too late for him to realize it.

The chief guard of Qi was stunned and speechless when he saw Mr. Changqing frozen in place, and said with a light smile: "Anquti really has a heart of arrogance. Now that the demon is being slaughtered, everyone has contributed. When we return to Quzhi City, the government will definitely judge the meritorious deeds." reward!"

"As long as there is a reward, I can trust the Protectorate!" Cheng Sanwu broke the slightly uneasy atmosphere as soon as he opened his mouth.

"You kill the demon, you should remember the first merit." Qi Dadu asked with a smile: "What do you want?"

Cheng Sanwu scratched his head, feeling that asking for money directly seems a bit vulgar. He was taken care of by Lao Su in the past, and it didn't cost much, so he raised the horizontal knife on his waist: "Then I want a good knife, just like this Stylish."

The Chief Protector of Qi immediately agreed: "A three-foot-nine-inch Daxia Dragon Sparrow? No problem... Daoist Shang, after you go back, immediately forge a Hundred Alchemy Sword."

Daoist Shang, who was dark and fat in the rear, clapped his hands and said yes, and even gave Cheng a few more glances.

"Okay, clean up the lair of the rebellious party, dig a stone and erect a monument here, and record the deeds of suppressing the rebellion." Qi Dahu ordered to go on.

Seeing that the obelisk was about to be removed, Afu interjected, "Wait, the Ministry of Internal Affairs wants these stone pillars."

As soon as this remark came out, Qi Daduhu's face changed slightly, and he was silent in thought. Mr. Changqing couldn't accept it, and immediately asked: "Why? Could it be that because of your words, the things I have worked so hard to salvage will be dedicated to the servant Province?"

Su Wangting couldn't stand it anymore, and hurried forward to dissuade in a low voice: "Don't be in a hurry at this time, and discuss it slowly after returning to Quzhi City."

"No, explain it now!" Mr. Changqing absolutely cannot tolerate such precious things falling into the hands of others: "Your Ministry of Internal Affairs is too domineering, do you really think that everyone will bow down to you?"

Afu didn't change his face, and reminded: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs has an order to monitor the world. It is obvious to all that Anqu Ti manipulated evil methods, and now it is found that he has the intention of treason. All the artifacts he left behind will be disposed of by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. You are a villager in the mountains, you have no official status, and you privately intercept the monster's magic artifact, what do you intend to do?"

Mr. Changqing didn't expect the other party to talk nonsense, and he was very angry. Su Wangting quickly stopped him, and Afu immediately said to Qi Dadu's guardian: "I would like to ask Dadu to take care of these things for now. If there is any loss... I don't need to say more about the consequences. .”

"Of order." Qi Dadu responded to Afu who turned and left, then looked back at Mr. Changqing, and left silently.

(End of this chapter)