Shenwu Batian Jue

Chapter 261 The Fearful Ape King in Disguise
At dawn the next morning, Su Yan and others changed their appearances and left the palace early. The two shadow guards followed behind quietly in the void, cleverly avoiding the people who were hiding outside the mansion and watching them.

Not far from the royal city, the three of Su Yan returned to their original appearance.He said in front of Qin Danhuang that the Yi Rong Thaumaturgy was incomplete and could not last, so naturally the shadow guards who followed secretly could not see the flaws.

From time to time, pedestrians and caravans could be seen on the official road leading to the next city. Every time he encountered pedestrians or caravans passing by, Su Yan was extra careful.

He knew that the fearful ape king who could lock his own breath was likely to follow them when they left the king city.Due to the advanced state of the Dread Ape King, even the shadow guards who hide in the dark may not be able to find it.

If the Dread Ape King disguises himself as a pedestrian or mixes in a caravan, and they lack vigilance, the consequences will be disastrous.

"Hey, I just heard about the drought in Xuanzhou before, and I wondered if it was just a few days of drought. I never thought of going to Xuanzhou to buy goods this time. I was really shocked!" Someone in the passing caravan sighed .

"No, I heard that Xuanzhou has been in drought for a long time, and the economy there has also declined sharply. Many things cannot be sold. We thought that we could buy a large amount of goods at a low price and transport them back to Wangcheng to sell at a high price. At that time, I just felt that Xuanzhou The state’s economy is in depression, but only when I see it with my own eyes can I know how miserable it is!"

"Hey! It's horrible! I heard that if a man and two women hadn't come here suddenly some time ago, and spent huge sums of money to buy a huge amount of food and distribute it to the victims, I'm afraid the current Xuanzhou City has become a dead city!"
"It's miserable! It's really too miserable..."
"The one man and two women can help the victims of Xuanzhou for a while, but they can't really solve their hunger problem. Now more than [-] days have passed, and the food has been eaten up. The number of victims is also increasing day by day. The whole city of Xuanzhou is full of people. The corpses stink to the heavens. But the house leaks and it rains all night. There are too many dead people who can’t be buried. The rotting corpses bring the plague, and a large number of people die from the plague every day. If this continues, I'm afraid Xuanzhou City will really become a dead city!"

"It's terrible! It's a good thing we left early. I didn't expect that the plague virus would mutate, and even some warriors in the Qi refining realm couldn't resist it. Such a tragedy happened in Xuanzhou. I don't know why it didn't reach the ears of the emperor." Middle. If this continues, the plague will inevitably spread greatly, and then it will spread to nearby cities, and every city will suffer devastating disasters!"
Along the way, Su Yan heard all kinds of news about Xuanzhou, and his heart sank.

Last time, due to time constraints, I didn't have time to study and decipher the formation patterns underground in Xuanzhou. Although some food was given to the victims, as time went by, the food would always be eaten up.

And Su Yan also ignored a very serious problem, that is the plague!
A place where a disaster occurs is usually accompanied by a terrible plague, and the source of the plague is the dead victims.Once a large number of people die and there is no time to dispose of the corpses, as the corpses rot, plagues will inevitably occur.

"If we could break the pattern under the land of Xuanzhou when we left, maybe it wouldn't be like this." Su Yan sighed, he could already imagine what kind of hell scene in Xuanzhou City now. .

"It's not your responsibility. When encountering such a thing, we can take action if we can, but the situation was critical at that time. There was a fearful ape king chasing you, so there was no chance to break the pattern." Natalya glanced at Su Yan , the topic changed: "Fortunately, you didn't have time to crack the pattern at that time, otherwise the consequences would be more serious."
"How to say?" Su Yan looked at her in surprise.

"Think about it, Xuanzhou City is so hot, and the surface temperature is like an oven. The time from decay to dryness of a corpse will inevitably be greatly shortened. Under such circumstances, the virus can mutate and spread to the current terrible level .If you had cracked the pattern at that time and brought Xuanzhou back to the previous spring-like environment, the corpse would be more likely to breed the virus, and it would be more conducive to the reproduction and spread of the virus."
"What you said seems to make sense. I have never been in contact with the plague virus, so I have no experience at all."
"Nine years ago, I personally experienced a terrible plague. All the people in the city branch died. I can still vividly remember it now. The scene is unimaginable, it is really terrible!"
"No!" Su Yan suddenly thought of a question: "Although there is no city lord in Xuanzhou City, and Gao Zhe and others have already left, there are still tens of thousands of defenders and generals, as well as some officials from the original city lord's mansion. They should be very clear. A large number of disaster victims died in the city, if the corpses are not disposed of in time, the plague will inevitably spread!"
Hearing what Su Yan said, Natalya also showed doubts in her eyes: "You are right, how could the defenders and officials of Xuanzhou ignore these things? There are tens of thousands of defenders, just pick a few thousand at random. People, and then mobilize some city citizens, enough to properly dispose of the corpses that die every day. But they obviously didn't do that, is there something strange about it?"

"I'll know when I get to Xuanzhou City. Anyway, I'm going to go to Tieyan Mountains and pass through Xuanzhou!" Su Yan's eyes were slightly cold, and he vaguely felt that there seemed to be a huge conspiracy spreading towards the Qin Dan Dynasty, and This conspiracy will likely result in the deaths of hundreds of millions or more innocent people.

Thinking of this, Su Yan couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. If things are really as he thought, then the person who planned this conspiracy is really insane.Slaughtering innocent creatures in this way will inevitably be entangled in evil fruits.And the evil fruit is a very terrible thing for warriors, it will cause the warriors to burn the red lotus karma when they touch the realm of Tao, unless they have the ability to defy the sky, otherwise they will inevitably be wiped out!
Su Yan can be sure that if this is a conspiracy planned by some people, then the planners and executors of the conspiracy must not be high-level warriors, but some people who feel that they have no hope of breaking through to the secret realm of the cave.

If you don't enter the secret realm of the cave, you can't touch the field of martial arts. Naturally, you don't have to worry about attracting the fire of the red lotus.

If he could come up with such a poisonous scheme and use the bones of countless creatures to pave the way to destroy the Qin Dan Dynasty, Su Yan could almost be sure who the conspirators were.

Along the way, Su Yan was thinking about the affairs of Xuanzhou City. Apart from the situation of those victims, he was also analyzing the situation in Xuanzhou City.

Even so, he did not let down his vigilance, and still part of his inspiration sensed the pedestrians and caravans coming and going on the official road.

At dusk, Su Yan and others passed through several cities and arrived at Jeju City.

This is the hometown of the Five Heroes of Jeju, and it is also a prosperous city with a long history and cultural inheritance of tens of thousands of years.

Su Yan found an inn in the city to stay temporarily for one night, and was going to leave at dawn tomorrow.

Along the way, the Dread Ape King did not appear.Now that it has arrived in Jeju City, Su Yan guesses that it will not choose to fight here either.

Jeju City can be regarded as an important city around the Royal City. Not only does it have hundreds of thousands of troops, but there are also many warriors in the Open Heaven Realm.

Su Yan thought for a while, since he approached the king city, the Dread Ape King has not appeared again, this phenomenon is enough to show that it also has fear.

Ancient beasts are always alien races, they are different from monster races.The monster race has already integrated into the world of the human race since ancient times, so the monster race can generally be recognized by human warriors, but ancient beasts and other creatures cannot.

Once they appear in the human race's territory, they will basically be besieged. Su Yan thinks this is what the Dread Ape King worries about.

In this Jeju city, not to mention the masters of the city lord's mansion, there are just too many masters from various sects.

Su Yan decided that the Ape King would not choose to attack here, and there were two shadow guards secretly watching him all the time. He was happy and relaxed, and An Anxin had a good night's sleep.

Leaving Jeju City on the second day, and getting farther and farther away from the royal city, Su Yan gradually felt an inexplicable sense of danger in his heart, which was a subconscious sense of danger.

On the official road far away from Jeju City, pedestrians and caravans are gradually decreasing, and sometimes no one can be seen in a radius of more than ten miles.

As they walked, two pedestrians suddenly appeared in front of them. They were an old man with a cane and a little boy dressed in rags that looked like a beggar.

The old man was stooped, his face was covered with wrinkles, and he looked a little scary.He staggered along with the little boy, and when he saw Su Yan and the others, he showed begging eyes from a distance.

"Children, there are people in front of them. They must have something to eat. Hold on, grandpa will go and get you something to eat." The old man quickened his pace as he spoke.

When Su Yan first saw the grandpa and grandson, he felt pity in his heart.However, he soon discovered that the old man looked rickety and staggered when he walked, but his lower body was very stable. It was absolutely impossible for him to be an ordinary old man who endured hunger for a long time.

With such a discovery, Su Yan slowed down without any trace, and at the same time looked at the little boy in the old man's hand.He saw deep fear in the depths of the little boy's eyes, and his body seemed to be very stiff. If you observe carefully, you will find that every time he takes a step, it is not voluntary, but is driven by an invisible force. control.

"You two Shadow Guards, I wonder if you are interested in ancient beasts that are equivalent to warriors in the Heaven Opening Realm?" Su Yan said secretly.

"You mean that old man was transformed by an ancient beast?" The shadow guard seemed a little surprised, and said: "We found out that this old man is very strange before, and there is a terrible evil spirit hidden in his body, but we didn't expect it to be a fourth-order one." Ancient beasts have changed!"

"Are you sure about sneaking up to it quietly? This ancient beast is the guy who made a big fuss in Xuanzhou City some time ago. He claims to be the King of Apes, and his strength is terrifying. If possible, save that little boy." "Su Yan said.

"You are sympathetic to the weak, but it is a pity that the little boy may not be saved even by the gods. His body is already dead, and his soul is also in a state of dying. The fear you see in his eyes comes from the last trace of resentment." .”
After the two shadow guards finished speaking, they quietly approached the old man.But the old man didn't seem to notice, and he still staggered forward with the little man, and his face was full of begging: "Good-hearted people, please, my grandson is starving to death, please give me a steamed bun..."
"Old man, what's the matter with you, why are you like this?" Su Yan looked sympathetic, and said, he took out some dry food and stewed meat from the storage ring, and said, "We just happen to have some food here, Old man, hurry up and fill your stomach with that child."
The old man showed excitement on his face, and pulled the little boy to walk faster. When he was only a few meters away from Su Yan, he suddenly threw the little boy out of his hand, and at the same time he reached out to grab Su Yan.

Su Yan had been on guard for a long time, soaring to the sky with Natalya and Dieyi, narrowly avoiding this blow.

"Roar!"
The old man roared like a beast, his muscles twitched rapidly, his body swelled suddenly, and in the blink of an eye he turned into a fearsome ape king, staring at the fierce copper bell eyes, and opened his mouth to roar into the sky, about to let out a terrifying sound wave.

"Chi!"
Almost when the Dread Ape King wanted to roar to shock Su Yan and the others, the void on its left and right sides split open, and two shadow guards stabbed at its ribs and temples with blood-colored spikes at a speed as fast as The flashlight makes it impossible to guard against.

"Boom!"
The Dread Ape King had no time to dodge or fight back. Under the crisis, he quickly circulated the zhenqi in his body to the extreme, condensing into a thick zhenqi shield around his body.Then with two "booms", the spikes broke through the shield of true qi, and pierced into its temple and left rib with a "poof", blood gushed out all of a sudden, causing it to let out a terrifying roar.

(End of this chapter)