Swallow Back

The metal rod with the thickness of an adult man's finger, in front of this monster, doesn't seem to be much different from cork.

Then there was an unpleasant hissing sound from the cow's mouth, like a sharp object rubbing against hardwood.The torso exudes black mist and yin wind, and there is a stench that seems to be brought from the slaughterhouse.Eight spider legs stretched out, waving back and forth in the air like eight steel knives.

The monster didn't seem to have any intelligence, and after destroying the iron cage, it rushed towards the nearest Liuyun mindlessly.

It was these spider legs like steel knives that cut the metal rods the thickness of an adult man's finger into a pile of pieces.

What would happen if you cut down on human flesh and blood?

This question seems to have an answer soon.

because--

At this time, Liu Yun still smiled calmly at "Echigo Zhongkui" Saito Chaoxin.

In other words, turn your back to youkai.

Even with his hands hanging down beside his legs naturally, there was no intention of connecting to the hilt of the knife.

Liu Yun seemed to be completely unaware of what had happened.

"Echigo Zhongkui" Saito Chaoxin has lowered his head and turned his attention back to the calligraphy, seemingly not paying attention to the safety of the guest in front of him.

But while his right hand was swaying ink, his left hand stretched out under the table, as if he was holding a magic weapon.

It doesn't seem to really care.

And the brush was clearly stopped in mid-air, not writing at all.

Obviously, although he appeared to be full of helplessness and indifference, it was still impossible for him to watch the messenger of the Oda family die like that.

In less than a breath, the monster jumped three feet and slashed in front of Liu Yun, opened its bloody mouth angrily, and slashed mercilessly with eight spider legs like steel knives.

"Echigo Zhongkui" Saito Chaoxin finally couldn't sit still. He couldn't help but look up, revealing a face full of scars, with contempt and doubt in his eyes. At the same time, the left hand holding the magic weapon was raised Get up, make a move.

Right now-

The smile on Liu Yun's face suddenly disappeared. He grabbed the hilt at his waist with his right hand, and without even looking at it, he drew out the knife and waved it to the back.

At what cannot be said to be "lightning speed".

Because lightning may not be so fast!

The time around this moment seemed to be very slow.

It was as if everyone else in the world had been immobilized, and only Liu Yun could move freely.

A shining white knife light appeared in the dim basement.

Even Saito Asanobu, who was accustomed to this environment, felt a little too dazzling.

He couldn't help coughing a few more times and blinked.

Then I saw that the monster that broke out of the cage has been cut into two pieces!

The black bull's head and the human upper body are on one side, and the eight spider legs and the human lower body are on the other.

Purple-red pus and blood spurted out, spilling half of the ground.

There was a disgusting smell in the air.

But for some reason, not the slightest bloodstain splashed onto Liu Yun.

"Echigo Zhongkui" Saito Chaoxin was stunned, stunned in place for a long time, then stood up solemnly and asked solemnly: "Can I ask your Excellency Gao's name? Cough...cough...I don't know what you have done before Pay your respects?"

Liu Yun smiled lightly: "Omi Sasaki Liu Yun, the Oda family's new vassal, I haven't had time to have any honors."

Saito Asano's expression suddenly dimmed a little, and he sighed softly, saying, "I heard the statement that the destiny was in Oda, but this old man has always disapproved. Today, it seems that maybe...cough...cough...Maybe it's true. …”

Hearing that Liuyun laughed dumbly, calmly retracted the knife, shook his head and said, "You are thinking too much."

Saito Asanobu was still sighing, his scarred face showed a solemn expression, he threw his calligraphy work aside, and said with a serious tone: "Is it Sasaki Liuyun of Omi? I see, You don't seem to know much about demons, ghosts, and monsters at all, and without using any skills, you can easily knock down a mature bull ghost with pure force...cough!"

Oh, it turns out that the monster with a bull head and spider legs just now was called a bull ghost.

In fact, Liu Yun thinks that he has been in contact with a lot of monsters in Oyu's years, and he is already an expert in this field.But after hearing what the other party said, it seems that what you just did was very untechnical?

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Yun decided to pretend to be a little arrogant, and smiled: "There are not many monsters, and it can't be solved with one stroke. If it really doesn't work, then two strokes."

Saito Asanobu had a helpless wry smile on his scarred face, coughed a few more times, and said, "If it was Shibata or Takikawa from your Oda family, I wouldn't be particularly surprised if I had this ability, but it's just a The new retainers are actually... Forget it, the old man can't think about things that are too far away, so let's get down to business."

However, Liu Yun shook his head: "Why are you in such a hurry to talk about business? You have prepared such a generous gift for me, and I am still thinking about how to give it back!"

These words were very calm, but there was clearly an aggressive spirit.

Obviously, Liu Yun was a little unhappy when he came from a long way without receiving any reception, and came first with a monster with claws and claws.

Looking at this high-level tentative attitude, I thought it was the boss who arranged the assessment for the subordinate!

Saito Asanobu was silent for a moment, then said frankly: "I received a letter the day before yesterday, saying that the Oda family sent a young emissary with extremely high martial arts to come. At that time, the old man didn't take it seriously, thinking how powerful can he be since he is a young emissary? Coincidentally... ...cough! Cough! It happened that I just caught a bull ghost, so I set up this arrangement. I thought it would be very difficult for you to deal with this monster. When you can't stand it, the old man will help and stop the monster, so You can stand up and let the people of the Oda family understand the power of our Uesugi family."

Wen Yan Liuyun showed a little disdain on his face: "Is there anything I can't say honestly, do you have to play this kind of scheming?"

Saito Asanobu's wrinkled old face, full of scars, rarely appears guilty and embarrassed.He got up and walked away from the table, bowed down solemnly, and saluted respectfully, "Lord Sasaki Liuyun, this old man is really thinking too much, so I apologize to you!"

Liu Yun looked up and down, shook his head and said, "Okay! Since an old man apologized so frankly, what more can I say? And I see that you have been coughing all the time, and you don't seem to be in good health!"

Saito Chao Nobunaga breathed a sigh of relief, stood up slowly, showed a smile that was even more ugly than crying, and asked, "Then we can talk about business now, right? Last time, the Oda family asked about twenty secret locations in Kanto in one go. , Our Uesugi family knows fourteen of them. This old man guesses that among those fourteen locations, there may be one or two that are particularly worthy of attention, right?"

Liu Yun is not used to red tape and nonsense, so he straight to the point: "I need someone from the Uesugi family to take me to the 'Poison Island'. As for why I want to go there, I can talk about it slowly on the way."

"Poison Island? Is it actually a Poison Island?" Saito Asanoin muttered to himself, repeating it twice, his expression became very serious, and his face full of scars looked even more hideous and terrifying.He frowned and thought for a moment, then slowly explained: "What we know...cough! Cough! Of the fourteen secret locations in Kanto that we know of, none of them are not very dangerous. But...the place of Poison Island, Definitely the most dangerous of them all!"

Liu Yun asked casually, "How dangerous is it?"

Saito Ashin sighed and explained, "That place is in the eastern part of Ueno. It is a swamp, surrounded by a thick poisonous mist. People with a slightly weaker constitution will faint if they are infected, so they cannot send it. A large army enters. Then there is a huge monster inside. If you don’t send a large army, I am afraid it will be difficult to solve it.”

Liu Yun frowned: "Then Saito-sama, do you mean that we shouldn't take the risk?"

After hearing this, Saito Asanobu laughed, and shook his head resolutely: "Master Sasaki, you don't need to use the aggressive method. I'm already 50 years old. As long as this life can be exchanged for something of sufficient value, it's not a loss."

Chapter 77 The Hateful Fragmented Dog

Liu Yun didn't get any extra leisure time to explore Naoetsuko, the commercial center of Hokuriku.

Only rested for one night under the arrangement of the Uesugi family, and then continued to set off the next day, and followed "Echigo Zhongkui" Saito Asanobu to the mysterious place called "Poison Island".

The image changed from a wandering mercenary holding a small pack horse to two wandering mercenaries each holding a pack horse.

Liu Yun did not feel angry or regretful about this, but was very satisfied.

I only arrived in Echigo yesterday afternoon, and then the Uesugi family took only one night to make a decision and put it into action, with high efficiency and little nonsense.

Don't worry about eating, drinking, and having fun. Don't talk about it when the serious tasks are done.

It's just that this road is a little troublesome.

In other words, it took only one day by land and two days by water to travel hundreds of kilometers from Yokoyama Castle in Omi to Naoejin in Echigo, because the transportation along the coast of Hokuriku Road is convenient.

But from Naoetsu in Echigo to Poison Island in Ueno, with the undeveloped inland areas along the way, it is not so easy.

Naturally, there is no waterway to go.As for the land route, according to Saito Asanobu, there are only rugged trails that go around the mountains and mountains. Although the straight-line distance is only 150 towns (about [-] kilometers), it actually takes ten days and a half months. Kung fu is impossible.

Even a strong stamina and good at trekking will take at least five or six days.

Unless you can fly in the air.

Although Liu Yun has broken a lot of skills, he really can't fly.Even if he can fly, he doesn't know where.

So I could only follow Saito Asanobu on foot.

Speaking of which, this old guy seems to be seriously ill, but his actions are relatively agile.

Leaving Naoejingang Town, heading towards the south direction, we set off early in the morning, and at the middle of Xu (8 o'clock in the evening), it was completely dark, so I came to a monastery called "Miaoko Temple" and paid some sesame oil to stay overnight.

Along the way, it can be seen that under the rule of the Echigo Uesugi family, the trade was relatively developed, and the security situation was probably okay.Compared to the situation in the Oda family's territory, it didn't seem to be much worse.

On the second day, I still set off early in the morning, turned east, and it took only about three or four hours to reach the town called "Yuzawacho" before sunset, and then stayed there again.

While eating dinner in the small private room of the dormitory, Saito Ashin coughed and told Liu Yun, "If you go outside, it will not be a territory that the Uesugi family can completely control. The road will be very chaotic, please be careful."

Anyway, nothing to do, Liu Yun asked for details.

Saito Asanobu explained: "Tomorrow, if you go south for half an hour, you will leave the area of ​​Echigo and reach the border of Ueno. There are fifty or sixty people in Ueno who are independent, some of them are attached to us Uesugi, and... ...cough! Cough! Some are also attached to Takeda and Hojo. Most of them don't really want to join in, they are just stalking the wind, so the situation there is a mess."

Liu Yun nodded and said, "There must be frequent wars there."

Saito Asanoin shook his head and said, "It's not just the war between people, what's even more terrifying is that because too many grievances have gathered, there are many vicious monsters there."

Hearing this Liu Yun became curious, he quickly asked him, "Is there any direct connection between the ghost and the monster?"

At this time, a smug smile appeared on Saito Asanobu's scarred face: "You are asking the right person. The old man is called 'Echigo Zhongkui' because he is good at dealing with monsters. Unlike you who rely solely on force, This old man uses knowledge and skills to exorcise demons. Ahem..."

Liu Yun nodded and saluted: "All ears are listening."

When learning knowledge, of course, the attitude should be respectful.

In the face of the elderly, it is still necessary to learn one more, improve the posture level, and avoid mistakes due to youth and naivety.

Saito Chaoxin slowly explained: "It's a long story. In fact, thousands of years ago, the monsters and monsters in the realm of Fusang could normally survive with their physical bodies. But later, a great Onmyoji named Xu Fu brought... ...cough...with [-] followers, came from Tangtu, and used the power of his life to cast an unprecedented technique, cutting off the "source" of all monsters. From then on, the monsters of Fusang must be attached to the ' Only if it is above the mind can it continue, otherwise it will quickly perish."

Then Saito Asanobu briefly told the story of Xu Fu's fight with the "Three Demon Kings" and the "Twelve Demon Generals".

Liu Yun thought it was quite interesting to hear it. He only regarded it as a legendary story, no matter how true it was, so he echoed: "It turns out that Xu Fudong came to make human beings the master of Fusang."

Saito Chaoxin nodded and said, "Exactly. Hundreds of years passed, and in the Nara era, those monsters had been dormant for a hundred years, and they finally found the loophole in Xu Fu's technique and planned to make a comeback. Fortunately, I met the holy monk Jianzhen to cross the sea. Come here, with supreme power, seal all the evil spirits."

Liu Yun asked curiously, "Why doesn't Xu Fu enjoy any honors, while Jian Zhen is called a holy monk?"

Saito Chaodao said: "The magic power of these two people is penetrating the sky and the earth. I don't know who is more brilliant. But in terms of morality, one sky and one earth. Xu Fu did not kill demons to benefit the people, but to build his own. Power. Although his techniques are invincible in the world, he is brutal, suspicious and murderous, and even his cronies and disciples will not let go. When this person died, the world...cough...the whole world revels together. Great kindness and compassion, he came out of the mountains purely to save the common people. After he sealed the monsters, he did not covet any glory and wealth, and lived alone in Tang Zhaoti Temple. It is precisely because of the deeds of the holy monks that Buddhism can flourish in Fusang!"

Then Saito Ashin coughed, and said a few more allusions about Xu Fu's cruelty and cruelty and Jian Zhen helping the poor and the needy.

Liu Yun listened with gusto and commented: "So, the people of Fusang should really thank Tang Tu. There were two people who came from east to help fight the demons. It's really not easy!"

Hearing this, Saito Asanobu's scarred face showed a slightly embarrassed look, and he continued, "Hundreds of years have passed since then, and the seal of Master Jianzhen has gradually loosened. One of the demon kings, the Great Tengu, Let a wisp of spirit be possessed by the royal family, and I want to take the opportunity to make trouble. This time...cough...without the help of Tangtu guests, it was the first general of the Muromachi shogunate and other Chiyuandian (Ashikazunshi) who used the 'power of Wuzun' to kill them completely. The big tengu is dead."

Liu Yun smiled and said: "The third time is finally the result of the Fusang people's own struggles - but I am still a little puzzled. Where did you know these ancient secrets? Also, knowing these things, you will be able to slay demons and exorcise demons. Can you help?"

At this time, Saito Asanoin touched the scar on his face, sighed, and said, "This has to start with my scar and cough... Cough! Cough! It's getting late, I have to travel tomorrow, there will be opportunities in the future. talk later!"

Just listening to the excitement, he suddenly stopped talking, and Liu Yun suddenly felt very unhappy.

It's like when I read online novels in my last life, I was reading the climax plot, but the author was a shameful out-of-text dog.

In fact, it is just after Xushi, the first moment of Haishi, which is equivalent to around 09:30 in later generations.

Can this be too late?