Slow and immortal

Chapter 47

Chapter 47

Their destination this time, Yancheng County, is at the easternmost point of the Ancient Tai Continent, about 200 miles away from the Great Wilderness, and is under the jurisdiction of Donglin City.According to information, this place is located in a large rocky area, with very few green plants, and also lacks water all year round. It is a small backward and barren county. The monks will be dispatched here in turn to monitor the changes of the wild demon cultivators, so there are not many incidents of demon cultivators or monsters coming to the town to prey on humans over the years.

But in the past one or two months, something is not quite right. First, the monks stationed in Yancheng disappeared, and then one after another, people disappeared. Not even a trace of blood was found on the wreckage, as if it had evaporated suddenly.

Now most of the population in Yancheng County has disappeared, and many people have moved out of this small county with their families and moved to the surrounding towns in the east.
So when Xiaoyao and others arrived in Yancheng County, what they saw was a desolate scene. The houses on both sides of the street were dilapidated, and most of them were unoccupied. Pedestrians are even more pitiful, and most of them are beggars and some elderly people dressed in rags.

Due to the arrival of several people, there was a slight commotion in the small town: as soon as Ji Hao, Zhu Zhenzhen, Liu Meiniang, and Zuo Jing appeared in the city in bright clothes, the beggars all swarmed up and surrounded the four of them. Shouting: "Several young masters and ladies, please do me a favor, and give the little ones something to eat."

Unexpectedly, it would cause commotion as soon as they came, and the four of them stagnated slightly, especially Zhu Zhenzhen, who was disgusted, hurriedly used spiritual energy to protect the body, and separated the beggars by a certain distance.

In addition, Xiao Yao, Lu Feng, and Zhao Xian were all wearing ordinary Taoist robes, compared to the other four, they were safe and sound, and were not surrounded.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Xian sneered, and said with his spiritual sense that only a few people could hear: "Ji Daoyou, in my opinion, it is unwise to form a team to investigate under such circumstances, let's split up, this poor county It’s not very big, you only need to cover a little bit with your spiritual consciousness to see clearly, if there is a situation, you can use the sound transmission symbol to contact, and I will take a step ahead.”

He strode away from this place, and Lu Feng gloated at the four of them, then smiled at Xiao Yao: "Zhao Daoyou went to the south, so I'll look west, I don't know which direction Xiao Daoist chooses? "

"I'll choose the eastern part next time," Xiao Yao said, looking at the surrounded people.

There is a rule in this mission not to harm mortals. It seems that it will take some time for them to escape. I don't want many people to act together, so it's good to separate.

After finishing speaking, the two hid in two directions respectively. Ji Hao, who was surrounded by beggars, his eyes darkened, and he sent a voice transmission to Zuo Jing: "Follow Xiao Yao."

Zuo Jing had practiced secular martial arts, and he was slightly less hindered than the three of them, so he soon used his lightness kung fu to follow Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao had just passed through two alleys, and was about to find a family to inquire about the situation, but she heard someone behind her calling her

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, please wait."

Xiao Yao frowned invisibly, then turned around and put on a smile and said, "Daoist Zuo Jing, what else is there? Didn't you say that you need to use a sound transmission talisman?"

"The place here is very small. The young master said that it is best to divide into two groups, and the others will also go to support Lu Daoyou and Zhao Daoyou respectively. I and Xiao Daoyou will be in charge of the east side."

Zuo Jing thought about his words and replied with a smile. He knew that Xiao Yao's spiritual sense was stronger than his own, and it was not the best policy to follow secretly, so he might as well find an excuse to follow in a fair manner.

Xiao Yao herself is suspicious, and she has a delicate relationship with Ji Hao, so she will not believe that it is as easy for this person to follow her as he said.But Ji Hao is still the leader of the five, and she can't find an excuse to refuse for the time being. Besides, the fairy artifact has been destroyed, and she won't take out Fenghuo casually. She is not afraid that they will notice something, so she said with a smile: " Daoyou Ji is very thoughtful, and that's right, if the two of you act together, you can take care of each other if something happens."

Seeing that the other party agreed without even frowning, Zuo Jing was a little surprised, she was suspicious by nature, and he didn't believe that she would simply believe these words, or was it because she thought she was open-minded so she wasn't afraid of any surveillance?
From Zuo Jing's point of view, this woman is very strange, she is obviously a woman, but she always speaks like a man and calls herself "my subordinate". Although she is kind and smiling, she doesn't seem to care about anything.Looking at the face in the light, it does seem to be somewhat similar to the young master's temperament, but she does not have the hidden domineering spirit of the young master, who can proudly look down on all living beings. It is hard to say whether she is a dragon or a worm.

"I wonder what fellow Daoist Xiao has planned for the future?"

Since the other party agreed to partner, he naturally had to show his concern for the task.

"Now we have little information, why don't we collect some information in the county first, how about Zuo Jingdao's friendship?"

Zuo Jing nodded and said: "Fellow Daoist Xiao agrees with what I think. It is true that sect or family news only knows that the disappearance of a large number of people is related to demon cultivators, but they don't know when, where, and why. It is necessary to inquire about it." .”

"Since Fellow Daoist Zuo Jing also has such an intention, please ask Fellow Daoist to change his clothes, otherwise..."

Xiao Yao glanced at his brocade robe with meaningful eyes and stopped the second half of the sentence.

Zuo Jing was taken aback for a moment, and then he said in embarrassment: "I was negligent."

After he changed his clothes, the two of them made some inquiries on the street. After asking a few people, they got some details about the whole thing:
About two or three months ago, people began to disappear one after another. First, the miners who mined the silver mines for the emperor in the county suddenly disappeared collectively. There were thousands of people, including the foreman. None, the second is that the men who went out began not to return home, and finally even the women, children and old people who stayed at home alone disappeared. In the end, when the county residents get up early and walk around the streets every day, they will always find that there are many people in the county Missing.

Today's county is already in a state of panic. A large number of people have fled, disappeared, and most of the rest are old, weak, sick, or people who are too poor to go anywhere. Almost all the people who stay here are The facial expression is dull, waiting to die or disappear.

After a few laps, the two of them got this information, and they didn't find out more. No one had seen the perpetrator, not even a suspected target, and no suspicious stranger had entered the city a month ago. Or out of town.

If you continue to ask, it is unlikely that you will be able to ask anything more. Zuo Jing saw that Xiao Yao was thinking with furrowed brows, so he asked, "Fellow Daoist Xiao, you seem to be thinking, but what do you think of?"

Xiao Yao shook her head

"I don't have any clues yet, but it can be seen that it is not done by ordinary people. Only monks can do this to make a large number of ordinary people disappear without a sound. There are four sects and three schools guarding human cultivation. It is impossible, so It can only be a demon cultivator, but the family of this information sect has known for a long time. The purpose of the demon cultivator is still unknown. This place is too barren and there are few monks. .”

"Fellow Daoist Xiao said that when they attack again, they should be caught and asked right away?"

Zuo Jing doubts, slightly disagrees
"But we don't know if they will attack again. Maybe they have completed this step of their plan and are preparing to stop capturing mortals in the next step? Or we can try to enter the wilderness to see."

"If we enter the Great Wilderness, you and I, two Golden Core cultivators, will undoubtedly seek our own death. At least five of us need to be together to be safe."

At this point, the two had disagreements, Xiao Yao saw the opportunity and wanted to propose to split up. He was here waiting for the rabbit who came to the door, and he could also sneak into the edge of the wilderness alone to inquire.

Unexpectedly, Zuo Jing would speak first after thinking about it: "If not, let's observe here for a few days and wait for a few days. After a few days, we will exchange information with other people to see what progress the other fellow Taoists have made. It really doesn't work. We How about sneaking into the wilderness again?"

If he didn't say it first, he lost the opportunity. Although Xiao Yao was secretly annoyed, she still thought about it seriously: this time his opinion was to the point. This is indeed a good notice, and the task must be completed after all. , she let him follow for the time being, and she was confident that those demon cultivators would never give up so easily, and most of them would wait until night to act.

"Okay, as Fellow Daoist said, let's wait a few days and see the situation."

On the first night, there was no abnormality in Yancheng County, and the next night, the third night... The same is true. The past few days in the county town have been so peaceful that it is unimaginable.

Just when Zuo Jing was impatient and wanted to urge Xiao Yao to give up, there was a change in the county that night.

A strange fragrance came from nowhere, accompanied by a thick white fog, the whole county was shrouded in this fog and fragrance.

Zuo Jing wrinkled his nose slightly and said: "This scent seems to be the body odor of some kind of animal, which has a fascinating effect on ordinary people, but it has no effect on monks. I am afraid that they are expected by fellow Taoists to start acting. .”

Xiao Yao just said "um" and didn't reply. She stood in the sky and focused on covering the whole county with her spiritual consciousness, paying close attention to the situation in the white mist.

After a while, she suddenly moved her body and said to Zuo Jing with her spiritual sense: "There is a strange movement of a demon cultivator [-] meters ahead."

Seeing Xiao Yao's figure passing by like a flying arrow, Zuo Jing was startled, and checked the direction she was pointing with his spiritual sense, but he couldn't feel any abnormality.

He followed with a calm face, the young master was right, this girl is quite extraordinary!
In the dark, a sixth-order little demon was in front of a private house, blowing clouds of smoke with a strong aroma into the house, humming: "There are still more than 20 people left, and we can go home after finishing this time." Carrying the beautiful lady in my arms, I really don't know what the king will do with the corpses of these mortals, there are a hundred thousand, even if I eat them, I can't finish them all."

While it was muttering, a black shadow descended from the sky, and two flying knives slashed straight at it.Because the nature of animals is relatively sensitive, although it was taken aback, it still quickly dodged to avoid the slash of a flying knife, but the second one was a little bit unable to dodge, and slashed fiercely on its long tail, and couldn't help but feel pain. His mouth split open, and he sipped towards the shadow, but was dodged by the shadow.

One person and one beast immediately separated quickly, looking at each other.

Xiao Yao looked at the little demon in front of her, it was a sixth-level monster, a pale lizard, from the way it hummed just now, it seemed to be able to spit out human words with its spiritual intelligence.

At this moment, a throwing knife of mine was inserted into its tail, and it only penetrated less than an inch, which shows how thick the lizard's skin is.

The little demon also looked Xiao Yao up and down uncertainly, secretly surprised in his heart, it is covered with the divine sense of the Ear Mouse King, if it is not cultivated at the early stage of transformation or the stage of Nascent Soul, it is impossible for anyone to be there. Seeing through the white mist-filled night, he even said that this person's cultivation base has not even reached the golden elixir stage Dzogchen realm, only the early stage of the golden elixir stage!

It gritted its teeth, thinking that anyway, this person's cultivation is almost at the same level as its own, but in terms of cultivation strength, the demon cultivation at the same level is stronger than human cultivation, although she can see through its strange figure , but the cultivation base of Jindan's initial stage is there, and she can't be a demon.

Just as he was thinking about it, he was about to face the battle, but suddenly another human Xiu appeared.There are two Jindan stage monks in total, I am afraid it is going to be in danger now!
(End of this chapter)