Just when Liu Heng returned the way he came and collected more and more ghosts, the war between the Lone Bamboo Country and the Chidi Country had spread to the entire territory of the Lone Bamboo Country, and there were more and more immortal cultivators participating in the war.

From time to time, there were several loud noises from afar, and I don't know which country's immortal cultivators had launched a secret method that was enough to destroy a village.

At this time, Shoyuki curled up against a low wall on the side of the road, and the mottled ash on the wall was shaken off by a loud noise in the distance, falling to the ground, and shattering into several halves.

"Brother, take me to my mother." Xiaozhu squatted on the ground and pulled Shozhi's sleeve and said.

Last month, the war in the country of Chidi finally started in the town where Shozhi and Xiaozhu are located.

Shozhi clearly remembers that on that day, he was helping his mother pack her belongings, because the family of three planned to go to the neighboring country of Wu to escape the war・・・・・・

"Shoyuki, remember to bring your father's clothes." From the back room came the voice of the car lady.

"Yes." Shoyuki ran into a small room, knelt on the ground, and opened a large box full of men's clothes.

"Mother, which one to bring?" Shoyuki couldn't make up his mind about a large box of clothes, and shouted in the direction of the back room in a loud voice.

"I'll take that blue bag, and I'll put it away. You take it out and put it at the door. ”

"Oh."

Shoyuki took a blue bag out of the box and closed it again.

Walking to the door and seeing Xiaozhu swinging, Xiangzhi smiled and said, "Xiaozhu, don't you have any luggage to collect?" My mother and I have a lot of luggage. ”

Xiaozhu jumped down from the swing, swayed and stood firmly, pouted and said, "Xiaozhu also has a lot of luggage!" ”

Xiangzhi sat on the steps of the door, let his feet hang half-over, looked at Xiaozhu and said, "What luggage do you have?" ”

Xiaozhu ran over on two small short legs, climbed the steps hand and foot, and ran into the house. After a while, he ran back again, holding a small box made of bamboo strips in his hand.

Xiaozhu sat down next to Xiangzhi, turned the small box upside down, made a noise, and poured everything inside on the bamboo mat.

Xiangzhi looked down and saw a bamboo dragonfly, a red head rope knotted in a ball, a colored spinning top and two copper plates on the bamboo mat.

"These are my luggage!" Xiaozhu stood tall and said proudly.

Xiangzhi chuckled, touched Xiaozhu's head, and coaxed: "Yes, yes, we have a lot of Xiaozhu's luggage." ”

Xiaozhu listened, happily put his treasure into the small box, and dangled his feet on the steps.

At this time, a voice came from behind the two of them: "Oops, look at my memory." There was still a jade bracelet in the attic that I hadn't taken down. Xiangzhi, you first take your sister to the street and invite Grandpa Song, who is driving the ox cart, over. ”

Shoyuki stood up, picked up his sister, and walked out the door.

When I came to the main street, there were many more people on the street than Liu Heng had seen that day, but most of them were carrying large and small packages on their backs, walking in a hurry, their brows were furrowed, and they were obviously planning to take refuge elsewhere like Xiangzhi and them.

Xiangzhi and Xiaozhu were walking on the street when they heard someone shouting: "There are demon beasts, everyone run!" ”

Immediately after, several black shadows flew from the side of the stage, and the black shadows came to the sky above the town in a few breaths. Only then did Shozhi see the so-called demon beast clearly. I saw that there were four of these demon beasts in total, each with a wingspan six or seven meters wide, with a bright red fleshy crown on their heads and smaller sarcomas under their mouths. Its body is covered with pitch-black feathers, its neck is slender, and its beak is long, large, and dark red.

If there were immortal cultivators here, they might even exclaim in surprise and tell the origin of these strange birds. This bird is called the Fierce Crowned Bird, with a violent temperament and the ability to spit fire. The flesh crown on its head contains a large amount of fire aura, and many monks who practice fire attribute exercises hope to accept the fiery crested bird as their spiritual pet.

However, many monks who wanted to subdue the Crowned Bird quickly gave up on the idea. Because, the fiery crested bird is a monster beast that likes to live in groups very much, often with as few as a dozen or as many as hundreds of them. Those monks who had the idea of subduing the crested bird were often burned to the ground, and even died on the spot.

And the crested bird in the sky above the town flies very well, neither fast nor slow, and does not show a violent appearance, which is obviously the result of being specially domesticated and carefully adjusted.

As soon as the four flamingos flew over the town, they began to spew out head-sized fireballs from their huge beaks, heading straight for the people and buildings on the ground. ,

As the fireballs fell, the calm atmosphere in the town was immediately broken, and the fireballs fell on the person, who was immediately wrapped in flames, jumping up and down, stumbling, and after a while, he was completely breathless, motionless on the ground, until the flames were extinguished, and a charred corpse was revealed. The fireball fell on the buildings, and the houses with stone roofs were fine, but the straw houses were miserable, and the whole house was set on fire at once. As a thatched roof was set on fire, so did the surrounding houses. One house caught fire, and soon the fire spread to the surrounding houses. Soon, an entire street was on fire.

For a while, the cries of children and the cries of adults were connected. Some of the people who reacted fled outside the town one after another, and as long as they escaped from the town, they could at least save their lives.

Shoyuki saw the fireball falling, and hurried back, he wanted to go home and meet his mother.

However, the streets suddenly became crowded, and they all ran out of town, and it was extremely difficult to go back. Even though Shoyuki desperately squeezed back, he was slowly carried out of the town by the crowd.

Seeing a few fireballs explode around him, blowing up a big crater on the ground, Xiangzhi grabbed the small bamboo on his back and squeezed out of the town with the flow of people.

The people who escaped from the town were now gathered on a hill outside the town.

"Brother, I'm scared ・・・・・・" Xiaozhu hugged Shoyuki tightly, tears in both eyes.

"Xiaozhu, you can go back later." Shoyuki tried his best to comfort Xiaozhu.

Not far from Xiaozhu and Xiangzhi, there were a few aunts chatting.

A slightly chubby woman patted her chest and said to another woman beside her in shock: "Wang Sanjia, what do you call this, why are so many demon beasts suddenly attacking our town." ”

"Who knows. But recently, the Chidi Kingdom has been at war with our country, and these demon beasts have nothing to do with the Chidi Kingdom. The woman who was called the king's family said.

"Since all the demon beasts of the Chidi Kingdom are here, the immortal masters of the Yanshi Sect will definitely come to save us." A woman with a child in her arms interjected.

The woman who spoke first also nodded: "Yes, when the demon beast came, it was also the immortal master sent by the Yanshi to solve it, at that time, I was still young, but I also remember it clearly in my heart." That time・・・・・・"

After half a day of air raids and bombardment, the crested bird finally withdrew. After that, every few days, the town was attacked by another flaming crested bird.

It's just that the Yanshi Sect Immortal Master that everyone is looking forward to has never appeared.

Shoyuki returned to the town with Xiaozhu on his back. At this time, the town has completely lost its former beauty. Buildings have collapsed and there is a fire burning on the roof. On the ground, there are blackened pits, which make people feel chills.

Xiangzhi thought about his mother, lifted the small bamboo on his back up, and strode towards the alley where he was located.

Along the way, Shoyuki saw someone building a ladder against the wall to extinguish the fire on the roof.

There was also black smoke coming out of the few shops frequented on street corners. There was a crackling sound from the lighted bamboo bushes on the side of the road.

The crowd was chaotic and crowded, some had just returned from taking refuge outside the town, and some were pulling carts and carrying large burdens, dragging their families and mouths, intending to leave quickly. The man who walked in front turned his head from time to time to urge the wife and children behind him, and was scolded a few times by his wife at a sharp voice.

Xiang Zhi ran impatiently towards his home. Along the way, sparks splashed on me from time to time, and the sound of houses collapsing was incessant. Shozhi saw several people running to the hospital hall carrying their injured relatives on improvised stretchers, and the speed of his feet was a little faster.

Xiangzhi kept running along the narrow alley, and his hands were unconsciously clenched, until the small bamboo on his back cried out in pain, and Xiangzhi came to his senses and hurriedly relaxed the strength of his hands.

Eventually, Shoyuki ran into the alley where he was, but even though he was far away, he could see billowing black smoke coming from his direction.

Xiangzhi's running speed slowed down suddenly, and he slowly walked towards his own small courtyard. Xiaozhu also leaned against his brother's back, motionless.

Half of his house was hit by a fireball, and although it did not collapse, it was crumbling, as if it would fall when a wind blew.

Raising his foot to enter the courtyard gate, Shoyuki only felt that his heartbeat was about to stop.

The foot that had just been lifted was slowly retracted, and Shoyuki was scared.

Shozhi opened his mouth, licked his somewhat cracked lips, and made a somewhat hoarse voice: "Mother・・・・・・ mother・・・・・・"

"Shoyuki? Xiaozhu? "Halfway out of the fence next door was a woman in half-new clothes.

"Aunt Wang? You're not gone yet? Shozhi asked.

"Aunt Wang!" Xiaozhu on Xiangzhi's back also screamed, obviously very familiar with Aunt Wang on weekdays.

Aunt Wang came over and hugged the little bamboo behind Liu Heng.

"Xiangzhi, go and see your mother, she is now in the makeshift medical shed next to the medical hall."

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