Chapter 38: Balance (3)
Murong Ziying then withdrew the True Yuan protection of the three of them, and the light blue semicircular shield dissipated instantly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Let's go now!"
After speaking, the light blue fairy sword in his hand instantly brightened, and he took the lead in accelerating forward. Seeing this, Han Lingsha hurriedly followed.
She wanted to remind Murong Ziying to be careful of poisonous insects, but after seeing the corpses of poisonous insects everywhere in the stone cave, her scalp was slightly numb, and at the same time, she also interrupted what she wanted to say. And Yun Tianhe and Liu Mengli in the back also followed Murong Ziying's footsteps and accelerated towards the stone cave on the next floor.
In this way, starting from the second layer of Nuluoyan, the three of them almost stepped on the dense poisonous insects, and came all the way to the junction of the sixth and seventh layers unharmed.
'Whew~'
Han Lingsha exhaled a long breath and rested on the stone wall.
At this time, she saw Liu Mengli take out the Sumeru bag she had used just now, and in a flash of purple light, she withdrew the Konghou 'Si You' in her hand into the bag.
Along the way, she thought of the power of Liu Mengli's song just now, just played a song, and solved all the poisonous insects in the first six layers with the sound of the piano alone, this type of spell was unheard of in Han Lingsha's opinion, and she couldn't help but be full of amazement at the moment.
"By the way, Mengli, did you use any special immortal technique just now?
Liu Mengli smiled slightly.
"It's just a small spell that I researched on a whim when I played Gonghou on weekdays, and it wasn't a powerful immortal technique, not only was it quite laborious to use every time, but it also had little impact on the strong-willed. However, it just so happened that there were unexpected consequences for these poisonous insects, snakes and ants. ”
Murong Ziying on the side shook her head.
"Senior sister is really too modest, the poisonous insects in this female Luoyan are no more than those ordinary poisonous insects outside, they are nourished by the rich aura in the cave all the year round, and both their own spiritual intelligence and the toxicity contained in their bodies are far beyond ordinary poisonous insects, so their resistance to such sonic spells has also been greatly improved. ”
Speaking of this, he smiled at Liu Mengli.
"If I'm not mistaken, the sound of the junior sister's piano should be integrated into the 'illusory' sword technique in the True Appearance Sword Technique. Using the offensive characteristics of the sword duel, coupled with the diffusion characteristics of the sonic spell, this can make a contribution in one fell swoop and stun these poisonous insects and monsters at once. It's a breathtaking. ”
When Liu Mengli heard this, she only smiled slightly, which was considered to be a tacit acquiescence to Murong Ziying's statement.
When she started cultivating at a young age, Bai Yuechen once told her that she was born with a high comprehension of spells such as illusions, so in the future professors, Bai Yuechen would pay special attention to this aspect of teaching.
And she did not live up to Bai Yuechen's expectations, even the extremely difficult to practice 'Transformation True as a Sword' has already been first glimpsed into the access control, and she has practiced the most mysterious and unpredictable 'Phantom Sword Technique', and integrated it into the sonic illusion technique that she is good at. In her heart, she has always been proud of it.
Han Lingsha, on the other hand, didn't pay too much attention to the sword duel that the two of them said, but instead focused on the word 'stun', and while being surprised, she carefully observed the corpse of a nearby spider, and sure enough, she found that the spider's body was still trembling, and it was not completely dead.
"I'm really not dead. ”
Surprised, but confused.
"These poisonous insects and monsters are all extremely terrifying, and even in the future, there will be many people who will be injured because of these things, why not just kill them all, but just stun them?"
Murong Ziying on the side also had this question, and turned her head to look at Liu Mengli.
Liu Mengli smiled at the corner of her mouth and said slowly.
"The main reason why Nuluoyan in Shouyang City was able to produce such a rare spiritual grass as Lixiang was because of the complex internal environment of Nuluoyan, and the special environment of the symbiosis of poisons and spiritual things gave birth to Livanilla, but the specific process Mengli was not very clear.
If you rashly eradicate any of these species, I am afraid that it will have an unpredictable impact on the environmental pattern here, so before Mengli started, he used the most common hooked scythe scorpion in the cave as the standard, and controlled the power to the extent that it could only stun them, in order to maintain the balance of Nu Luoyan to the greatest extent, after all, the villagers and elders of Shouyang still have to rely on this virgin Luo Yan to make a fortune. ”
When everyone heard this, they all felt eye-opening.
"It turns out that there is such a complicated side in this little female Luoyan, it's really hard to understand and nerve-wracking. ”
Yun Tianhe scratched his head, indicating that he felt very embarrassed by these complicated things.
Han Lingsha and Murong Ziying on the side had obviously seen a lot of this kind of phenomenon, and they all nodded lightly, looking thoughtful.
At this time, Liu Mengli frowned and said strangely.
"The purpose of our trip is to investigate the cause of the monster's injury, but we have walked all the way from the first floor, and we have not seen anything strange except for those poisonous insects. And if it's just a poisonous insect, it stands to reason that those who come to collect the spirit grass should all have their own precautions, how can there be such a large number of casualties in a period of time? This seems unreasonable!"
Hearing her say this, the others also nodded in agreement, deeply agreeing.
"In that case, the truth should lie in this last layer. ”
With doubts, the four of them stepped into the most mysterious seventh layer.
'Roar~'
As soon as he walked into the cave on the seventh floor, a huge beast roar suddenly sounded in front of him, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
I saw a pair of dark blue eyes lit up in the dim cave, with a thick hostility flashing in their eyes, and their true appearance appeared under the light of Murong Ziying's bright sword.
The monster that suddenly appeared was about two meters tall, with a short head and thighs, a pair of small ears on the big head, and a nose that was no different from a normal dog's nose.
Seeing this, Murong Ziying was about to attack with a sword as soon as the sword light in his hand lit up, but he paused because of Liu Mengli's voice next to him.
"Senior brother, don't do it!"
Murong Ziying turned her head, the sword light in her hand was still there, and there was doubt between her eyebrows.
Liu Mengli hurriedly explained.
"I seem to be able to understand what they mean, they don't seem to have any ill will towards us, they just don't want us to go in. ”
Murong Ziying frowned slightly, looked at the monster in front of him who was still grinning, and when he saw the other party's flat front teeth full of fangs, which were different from carnivores, he immediately believed this statement a little in his heart.
"It looks like they're just some weak, herbivorous monsters. ”
However, these things did not make him let his guard down.
"Since you have already given birth to spiritual wisdom and have not blindly attacked, presumably there must be a great demon in your clan who has achieved cultivation, then I, Qionghua Murong Ziying, will give you a chance here.
I'll count three times, if there is any of you who can speak, please show up and see it, otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Although Murong Ziying was usually in front of everyone, always holding the wine jug and looking giggled, but when he really faced the threatening demon clan, the whole person became extremely calm, like the fairy sword in his hand, full of strong oppressive force.
'Brush~'
As his words fell, the pale blue light of the fairy sword in his hand suddenly soared, and the sudden strong wind began to whistle towards the group of monsters on the opposite side, blowing some slightly smaller monsters unable to open their eyes.
has not really started yet, and this step can be done with momentum alone, and the real gap between the two sides is clear at a glance.
However, although the monsters on the other side trembled slightly by this momentum, none of them retreated, but the hostility in their eyes became more and more intense, and the roar became more high-pitched, and they seemed to become more angry.
Seeing this scene, Murong Ziying tightened the long sword in his hand and began to count as agreed.
"One"
"Two"
After two exits, the demon group on the opposite side was still the same as before, without any intention of negotiating. Murong Ziying frowned, and while the sword light became more and more intense, she was about to count the third sound.
However, just as his lips moved slightly, and he was about to make a third sound, an old voice suddenly came into his ears.
"Stop, young sword immortal, our Huai Demon clan has no ill will. ”
As soon as this sound came out, the tense atmosphere between the two sides was suddenly relaxed.
In the slightly surprised gaze of everyone, the demon group in front of them suddenly split a way, and out of it came a short old man with a green vine cane.
The old man had a long white beard, but because of his short stature, he could only drag on the ground, and his equally snow-white eyebrows drooped, and together with his smooth white hair, he almost blocked the whole person's face, revealing only a pair of eyes full of wisdom.
As soon as he walked out of the demon group, he waved his hand at the two strong Huai demons who were protecting him on both sides, causing the Huai demons behind him to retreat a distance, leaving him to stand alone in the field, looking at everyone.
"In this way, the words of me, a weak old man, are enough to prove the sincerity of my people. ”
Pestle, with a slightly worn green rattan cane, the white-bearded old man's voice was particularly hoarse at this moment.
Seeing this, Murong Ziying also took the long sword in his hand back to the sword case, and immediately released another immortal technique used for lighting, illuminating the originally dim cave.
The white-bearded old man stroked his long beard and spoke slowly.
"Young Sword Immortal, tell me now, the purpose of your coming to Nu Luoyan. ”
Murong Ziying saw that the other party was so direct, so she simply got straight to the point.
"The previous rumors of the Shouyang City monsters hurting people, was it done by people in your Huai Demon Clan?"
When the white-bearded old man heard this, he didn't refute anything, and nodded directly in acknowledgement.
"That's right, it was a few ignorant juniors in my clan who accidentally missed it while I was away. ”
And Murong Ziying, who has always taken it as his mission to eliminate demons, saw him admit it so calmly, but there were a little more doubts in his heart, and he didn't take a decisive move to eliminate demons as usual, frowning and asking.
"Why?"
The white-bearded old man looked helpless and sighed softly.
"Alas, it's all old men, and I can't discipline them well. ”
Then, in the slightly curious eyes of everyone, he told the whole story of the cause and effect.
The old man spoke: "Since the existence of my Huai Demon Clan, they have always relied on the huge flower vine in the center of Nuluoyan to survive, and they have always had no intersection with the human world. ”
Hearing this, Han Lingsha couldn't help but wonder what to say.
"In that case, why did monsters hurt people so often some time ago?"
When the old man heard this, he sighed again and shook his head.
"Speaking of which, I have to talk about vanilla again. ”
Liu Mengli was stunned when she heard this, and frowned slightly.
"Could it be that this thing has something to do with Vanilla?"
Because the matter of making incense from herbs came from her hands, she seemed to be particularly concerned about this matter.
The old man nodded and continued.
"My Huai Demon clan is an ancient alien species, created by Shennong's father, its own existence is extremely special, different from other demon clans need blood food tonic growth methods, netizens Huai Demon clan, every day only need to absorb the earth qi of the special rock layer under their feet for cultivation, and then assist some herbs to reconcile to survive, and can slowly cultivate into a human form with the help of earth qi, and can even reach the height of mountain gods and earth immortals. ”
When he mentioned the Holy Emperor Shennong, who created his own clan, there was a deep admiration in his eyes, but when he mentioned the things that followed, he was deeply helpless.
However, in recent years, I don't know what happened, the surrounding humans began to collect a large number of herbs in Nuluoyan, and a large influx of gatherers broke the peace of Nuluoyan. ”
"Originally, the influx of humans had already disturbed the original balance of Nu Luoyan, and what was more serious was that their attitude of collecting herbs was simply insatiable!"
For the first time, a little anger appeared on the white-bearded old man's originally peaceful face.
"They collected all the herbs on the periphery in a month, and then they reached out to the inside of Nuluoyan, the cave where we lived. After harvesting the first layer, they immediately went deep into the second layer, and then they scavenged all the herbs from the first few layers as if they were overwhelmed......
Speaking of this, his words were suddenly interrupted by Han Lingsha.
"Is it because you have picked some more flowers and plants that you have killed them ruthlessly? ”
Han Lingsha couldn't bear it, and expressed some dissatisfaction with the old man's statement.
The old man snorted lightly and said angrily.
"If that's all there is, how can I be so angry? If it's just ordinary flowers and plants, you must know that what they collect, but it's about the herbs that my Huai Demon clan depends on for survival!"
"Because of their insatiable collection, there are fewer and fewer herbs in Nu Luoyan, so that no one in my clan has anything to eat, and just by absorbing the earth's qi, they can't maintain the most basic survival at all, which is the most fatal for the newborn little locust demon. That's why a few little guys in my clan want to show up and scare them, so that they don't go too far. ”
"Who knows that if you don't control the strength well, you will bite a few people to death by mistake, and others will also flee in a panic in the aftermath, and a few people will fall into the cliff in a panic and die, this is the truth about the monster hurting people in your mouth. ”
The white-haired old man let out a long sigh, his face full of helplessness.
"Actually, we can't help ourselves. ”
After hearing this, Liu Mengli and everyone were stunned, they didn't expect that a small incident of leaving vanilla would have such serious consequences behind it. And among them, the most complicated mood is Liu Mengli, because it is he who has researched the ability to make incense from herbs and make Shouyang City prosperous for a while, and it is also she who makes the Huai Demon clan almost face the disaster of extinction.
Liu Mengli bit her lip lightly, when the truth of the matter appeared, she was only sixteen years old, and she was in a mess, not knowing what to do.
"Could it be that it's all because of me, will those people die?"
And the next moment, just when she was in turmoil, Murong Ziying's voice next to her made her clear.
"One yard to one yard, it's not right for the people of Shouyang to collect herbs and ask for too much, but your Huai Demon clan's intentional murder is even more sinful, how can you mix it up! Quickly hand over the murderer, let me kill him under the sword, in order to comfort the soul of the deceased in the sky!"
Murong Ziying's long sword pointed directly, her tone was resolute, and there was no room for negotiation.