Chapter 386: The Yearning for Freedom
"It's delicious. "I took it in my hand and checked it, and this thing was indeed ripe. Ning Xiaoxian smiled and began to pick up firewood everywhere, preparing to make a fire, "This thing has to be roasted and eaten, it tastes like bread." Well, you don't know what bread is, it's fluffy, it's tasty, and it's sweet and sour. Where bread trees grow, the local natives eat it as food rations...... "Halfway through speaking, she felt a little sour, and life in another time and space now seems to be gradually blurred.
However, Changtian didn't leave her time to sigh, and suddenly said, "Someone is coming." ”
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Qingluan had already seen those bread trees. She hovered in the sky for a while before she landed on the high branches of the great tree.
It was quiet all around, except for a small river that flowed merrily not far away. This is the edge of the Ba Snake Mountains, and the forests are not as dense as in the center, and the occasional yellow sand is swept in by strong winds, making it lonely.
She frowned and waited for a moment, but there was still no sound in the glade. She finally spoke up, "Come out, I know you've arrived!"
No one answered.
Qingluan snorted, flew down from the tree and landed, turned into a human form, and said impatiently: "If you pretend to be a ghost again, I'll leave." ”
Finally, I heard a laugh in the forest, and behind a big tree hugged by four or five people, a person slowly walked out, with a slender figure, wearing a gray robe, and his face was like a crown of jade, and he said: "Miss Qingluan, it's very punctual." ”
Qingluan said coldly: "You sent someone to send me a message, are you playing hide and seek with me?"
The man said unhurriedly: "It took me so much effort to hand the slip to Miss Qingluan, which shows my sincerity." Miss Qingluan's wishes. I'll help you achieve it no matter what. ”
"You said this, can you help me get revenge?" Qingluan picked up the jade slip in his hand and threw it back to him, with a suspicious look in his eyes. "Who are you, and how much do you know about me? Tell me about it, and if you have half a word, I will take your head!"
The man smiled: "My name is Duanmu Yan, and I am a disciple of the Lord of the Western Gradual Guanguan. I don't know much about Miss Qingluan's background, I only know that you were chased and killed by thousands of miles back then, so you hid in the hidden stream to seek refuge. I was separated from Ling Mei halfway. That's all ...... Well, it was more than 600 years ago, right?"
Qingluan's heart jumped, and he immediately calmed down: "You investigated very carefully." Case. Where is my sister now?"
The man raised one hand to show harmlessness, and the other hand slowly reached into his bosom, took out a bright red feather, and flicked his fingers. The feathers flew lightly. This feather is perfectly shaped. There is also a faint fragrance coming out.
Qingluan's complexion has changed greatly since he took out the red feather, and when he scooped up the feather in his hand, he looked at it carefully, his eyes instantly turned red, and he gritted his silver teeth and gurgled with a mouthful of silver teeth, and said angrily: "Who is it, who killed her?!" She is a spirit bird that is high in the nine heavens. was originally full of pure spirits, but now he is furious like a tiger. I want to choose people and devour.
"Whoever chases you with little to no place to stand is the murderer of your sister. ”
Qingluan moved her gaze from the red feather to him, and said word by word: "How do you want to avenge me?"
The gray-clothed man finally showed a smug smile on his face: "What if I say, can you personally kill the enemy?"
Her heart shook violently, but she said, "That's impossible! Unless you can tie him up here, I have more than one enemy......
The man in gray laughed: "Miss Qingluan, don't you still understand? I'll make it clear, I can let you leave this hellish Ba Snake Mountain Range, forever! You will never have to suffer from blood boiling, and you will never be trapped in the wilderness again." At that time, the world will be so big, let you gallop, and you will no longer be unrestrained!"
As soon as he finished saying this, Qingluan looked at him like a fool, and his face calmed down: "So you lost your mind and went crazy and came here to entertain me? This is the Ba Snake Mountains, and all the trees are under the control of the tree spirits known as Lin Wei.
The man in gray persuaded him step by step: "If I am not sure, I will come thousands of miles to find you in the dangerous hidden current? Why don't you want to think about how sweet the taste of revenge is, and give me another chance to finish my words?"
She raised her wrist and made a gesture, and the surrounding trees stopped the commotion. She said expressionlessly, "You have twenty breaths." If you don't move me, you don't have to leave, just stay in the hidden stream as a guest. "For so many years, no one has ever been able to successfully break away from the Ba Snake Mountain Range, this guy actually said that he has a way, does he have to laugh off everyone's big teeth?
A mysterious smile swept into the corner of the gray-clothed man's mouth: "Why do you need to speak, I only summon one person, and you will believe that I can do this when you see it!" After speaking, he let out a clear roar towards the red cloud platform.
Where the Hongyun Plateau borders the forest, the land is cracked like it has been cut with a knife, and there are many caves. A man flashed out of one of the caves, slowly walking towards it.
The man who came step by step was born with a talent, his face was ruddy, but his eyes were a little wooden. Ning Xiaoxian, who was hiding in the forest, didn't know him, but after Qingluan saw it, he opened his mouth slightly, obviously shocked: "Miao Tan......!
She couldn't tell, she just felt that her mind was in utter confusion. Miao Tan is a black-backed eagle demon under her command, who has never returned since leaving the Ba Snake Mountains two months ago, and everyone thinks that he is dead - unless he dies, the hidden youkai will climb back to the Ba Snake Mountain Range even if they break their legs. The power of the snake's growth is so binding on the monsters that live here.
She's seen what kind of virtues the monsters who haven't returned after the deadline are. But all the hidden demons who were delayed because of the incident, after returning to the Ba Snake Mountain Range, their eyes were red, their minds were lost, and they only had the instinct to fight. She had seen a bear come back forty days after leaving the mountain, when its hair was tangled, its shape was on end, its weight had been reduced by at least one-half, it walked tremblingly, and the moment it stepped into the snake forest, it lay on the ground and panted wildly, and the foam that spit out was full of blood, where was the slightest bit of dignity and consciousness as a monster?
It is precisely because of seeing so many cruel precedents that everyone in the hidden stream loves and fears the Ba Snake Mountains, this great forest is like the strictest mother, usually graceful, but as long as there is a little late return, it is a merciless punishment!
It's been 30,000 years, and there has never been a youkai that has been affected by the power of Otogi and left unharmed. All the demons of the hidden stream grew and fought here, and even after death, the corpses were finally absorbed by this jungle and turned into nothingness. The desire for freedom is the nature of all demon clans, but how many heroes want to break their heads, and they have tried countless methods, but they can't break the shackles of Otogi's power on themselves.
There are even people who kill themselves and try to take away the method of relinquishing, but unfortunately, even if he changes his body, Otogi's power of control is still deeply rooted in his soul. As long as the soul is not extinguished, the power of Otogi will continue to work. This source power is a double-edged sword, on the one hand, it helps the yokai to cultivate faster and live longer, and on the other hand, it firmly traps the yokai in a corner, and it cannot be liberated for the rest of its life.
This is a toxin that cannot be removed with the power of the Yin and Nine Shadows, and it is also the fundamental reason why Changtian is not worried that this old opponent will send people to infiltrate the hidden current and thus take away this army.
But Miao Tan is not only standing in front of Qingluan alive now, but anyone with eyes can see that he is in a good state, his expression is calm, his face is radiant, and he is neither irritable nor excited.
He wasn't delirious by Otogi's power, nor was he in unbearable pain. Qingluan didn't think that his current appearance was deliberately disguised, because she was familiar with the aura of this subordinate.
Miao Tan slowly walked up to her, saluted, and said respectfully, "Lord Qingluan, I'm fine." ”
"Otogi's power, didn't affect you?" she had to clench her fists to keep her voice from shaking.
In contrast, Miao Tan's reaction was much calmer: "No, my lord." I am fine. ”
She stretched out her hand and put it on the subordinate's shoulder, released her demonic power to check his whole body, and found nothing abnormal, before muttering, "This is...... How did you do that?" Miao Tan was silent.
The man in gray snorted and took over: "More than fifty days ago, I found him more than five thousand miles away from here. At that time, Miao Tan had lost all his demonic power, and became not like a human, a ghost was not like a ghost, his wings were broken and he couldn't fly to the sky, and he had to move here step by step on the ground...... This scene must be familiar to Miss Qingluan, right?"
She snorted. Every few years, she sees such unlucky guys. Such scenes also reminded her not to go too far from the Ba Snake Mountains. As for what the man in gray said about finding Miao Tan outside, she didn't believe it at all. Maybe this Miao Tan was caught by this guy for an experiment to show her.
"I was kind for a while, and I took action. It's only been half a month, and now you can see his appearance. You're all there, you should believe it, right?"
Qingluan's heart thumped. If she can get this method, she will be able to fly thousands of miles away to seek revenge, and from now on she will be free to enter and exit the Ba Snake Mountain Range, live as she wants, and go as she wants.
Don't say it's her, it's a temptation that no hidden youkai can refuse!
Tu Duan and Qi Zai, who were hiding in the forest, glanced at each other, and they both saw confusion and anxiety in each other's eyes. The power of Otogi is the foundation of the huge power of Changtian Tsu, if it is really cracked, how many sincere monsters can be left in the huge mountain range......?