Zhang Yuan and Wu Qigang walked one after the other, carrying the horned snake, and then returned to Ningzhuang in the middle of the night.

The two originally wanted to quietly return to Wu Qigang's house and rest until tomorrow after placing the horned snake, but they knew that as soon as the two arrived at the entrance of the village, two villagers stood up from one left and one right, and jumped the two of them.

When Wu Qigang saw the two of them clearly, he said, "Ning Yang, Ning Maikang, what are you two doing here?"

"Martial Master, we are waiting here on duty on the orders of the village chief. After hearing this, the young man named Ning Maikang replied with a smile on his face.

Wu Qigang shook his head with a smile after hearing this, and said, "I'm back, you can rest assured now, I won't leave, you can go back and rest with peace of mind." ”

After listening to Wu Qigang's words, the two glanced at each other with joy, and then Ning Maikang said happily: "Okay, the two of us ......" Ning Maikang just said halfway, and then saw that the two of them didn't know what they were carrying, they took a step to the side, and then saw a huge snake head towering here, this snake head was bigger than the door of his house, and this time Ning Maikang was so frightened that he sat on the ground, retreated back with his hands and feet, and couldn't say the words of fright.

Another villager, Ning Yang, saw that Ning Maikang was so panicked, so he carefully stood behind him and leaned over to look, and then when he saw the head of the horned snake, he was also so frightened that he sat on the ground, pointed at the horned snake and said: "So, so big!

Ning Yang's voice was loud, and after shouting in panic, the lights gradually lit up in the houses of the surrounding villagers, and some of them just put on a coat and ran towards the village entrance with a hoe.

Wu Qigang saw that it seemed impossible for the two of them to quietly return to the village without disturbing the sleeping villagers, and then looked back at Zhang Yuan and said: " Fellow Daoist, let's put down this horned snake, not afraid that everyone is coming, I am not a way to hold it like this, put it down first, and after the villagers come, I will take out the useful points, the meat of this horned snake is no different from ordinary food for you and me, but for such ordinary mortals, it is a genius treasure, after eating, it can prolong life, strengthen the body, treat all diseases, it is a rare and excellent thing. ”

Zhang Yuan nodded after hearing this, and then the two put down the horned snake, and Wu Qigang calmed Ning Yang and the others, informing them that the demon snake had been killed by the two of them.

Ning Yang and Ning Maikang slowly came to their senses after listening, and saw that the corpse of the horned snake was still motionless on the side, so they slowly stopped being afraid, but they still didn't dare to approach, and at this time, some villagers had already run over, and they happened to see Wu Qigang holding a woodcutter in his hand and tearing the snake skin of the horned snake, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to make a sound, but their panicked eyes widened, watching Wu Qigang peeling the snake's skin!

After a while, all the villagers ran over, and they stopped to look at Wu Qigang who was peeling off the snake skin by the faint firelight, at this time Wu Qigang rose a lot in everyone's hearts, such a huge snake spirit was lying on the ground at this time and let Wu Qigang peel the skin, in the days to come, there were naughty children in the village, the villagers who didn't eat, didn't sleep, and quietly told him that if he was disobedient, he would be sent to Mrs. Wu, and all the disobedient children didn't dare to make a noise after hearing it, and the elders let them do whatever they wanted.

The villagers watched for an hour, and Wu Qigang, with the assistance of Zhang Yuan, finally pulled out the snake skin and long fangs of this behemoth.

After decomposing for half an hour, the corpse of the horned snake was finally decomposed by Wu Qigang and Zhang Yuan, and the snake skin and hard bones in the horned snake were placed aside, and then Wu Qigang looked at the villagers.

The villagers were still intently watching the horned snake when suddenly the whole audience became silent, and everyone looked at the old man who scared them, and no one dared to speak.

Wu Qigang cleared his throat when he saw that everyone was not talking, and then said: "This demon snake has been entrenched here for many years, and now it is all dependent on Chang Daoyou's action to kill this demon snake, except for the nearby hazards, I have also discussed with Chang Daoyou, the demon snake cultivation is a lot for you and others, and they have shared it and brought it back to cook it so that everyone can eat its meat and drink its soup, which is intentionally harmless to you and others to prolong life and cure all kinds of diseases, such a good thing can not be cultivated in a few lifetimes, and don't say any words of thanks, these are the good fruits planted by you." When he said this, Wu Qigang deliberately paused for a moment, and then turned his head to look at Zhang Yuan.

All the villagers also looked at this stranger who was rescued by their kind hearts, and at this moment everyone understood that the good fruits planted by Wu Qigang were brought about by their kind rescue.

Wu Qigang paused for a moment and then continued: "Gratitude is remembered in your heart, too much talk will be a deception, you don't have to think too much about it, just bring it back under the assignment of the village chief." ”

Wu Qigang must say that an old man walked out in front of the crowd, this old man had gray hair, holding a wooden cane in both hands, and bowed to the two of them after a few steps, and when the young villagers behind him wanted to step forward to support, the old man stretched out his hand to stop him, and then raised his head with difficulty to look at Wu Qigang and Zhang Yuan, and said in a weak voice: " As the head of the village of Ningzhuang, the old man has never done anything big for the people in the village, and now he is fortunate to have the two of them, and the old man can bear the two of them, and the old man also implores the two, if he doesn't dislike the weeds in the broken house here, the old man is in charge, and the two can enter my Ningzhuang, I don't know what the two of them think?"

Wu Qigang smiled slightly after hearing this, and said: "You don't have to be afraid, this time I came back to get rid of all worries, and now there is no bane, and I can live here with peace of mind." ”

After listening to Wu Qigang's words, everyone showed a happy look, and the old man's expression relaxed a little after listening to it, and then bowed to Zhang Yuan.

Without waiting for the old man to speak, it was Wu Qigang who spoke first: "Village Chief, Chang Daoyou is someone other than you and me, and he ended up here because of other things, and now it is a complete reward to retrieve such a thing for everyone, don't force it to be powerless." ”

After listening to Wu Qigang's words, the old village chief instantly understood the meaning of the words, and then bowed down with difficulty and said, "Then the old man is here to thank Xiaoyou for such a great kindness." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and nodded after listening, and then saw the familiar faces of the two lives behind the village chief, Zhang Yuan saw the expressions of the two and knew that they were afraid that they would be pushed to join the army because of this matter, and then said: "Now I am happy that such an opportunity is caused by your kindness, you don't have to work so hard, I am also a person who will repay his words and do what he does, and he will do what he says." ”

As soon as these words came out, the old village chief naturally knew that he was not talking to him, but he said happily anyway: "Then there is no need to say too much." ”

And Ning Yao's father and son, who were behind the old village chief, did not say anything with a relaxed face.

"Now is the best, you wait to quickly distribute the meat of the demon snake, and if you run away later, the spirit yuan will lose some of its effectiveness. Wu Qigang saw that after the polite words were finished, he changed his mouth and said.

After everyone listened, under the command of the old village chief, several young villagers began to divide the meat for everyone.

While everyone was busy dividing the meat, Zhang Yuan and Wu Qigang were about to leave, and the two of them were also very tired at this time.

When the two of them had not taken a few steps, the old village chief walked forward and looked at the two.

Wu Qigang saw that the old village chief had come alone again, and knew that there must be something else, so he asked, "I don't know what else is going on?"

After listening to this, the old village chief said with difficulty: "Yesterday I received the conscription order of the Southern Xinjiang Army. ”

As soon as these words came out, Wu Qigang turned his head to look at Zhang Yuan, and after Zhang Yuan listened, he asked, "I don't know when to leave?"

After hearing this, the old village chief said: "It takes half a month to set off from here to Nanyan City, and there are still wild beasts on the way, so we must set off tomorrow." ”

After listening to this, Zhang Yuan said: "I didn't expect it to be so urgent. After saying that, he thought about it again and said, "It's okay to leave tomorrow, I've been delaying here for too long." ”

Wu Qigang was speechless after listening, and the old village chief moved his mouth, and then said: "Originally, I had already chosen someone else to go to the army. ”

"No, I have already made this matter clear, there is no need to change it, tomorrow I will set off with them, and I will find a way to bring them all back safely. Zhang Yuan shook his head and said.

"If this is the case, then these villagers in the village can also ensure that Brother Zhou can return safely. After listening to Zhang Yuan's words, the old village chief was overjoyed, he had already thought of the other party's ability, and now after hearing Wu Qigang's secret words, he also knew that he was greedy for a while, and the other party's ability was not something that their small village could accommodate, and after staying, I was afraid that there would be no good but only bad, and now the other party promised to bring back these strong people in his village safely, and he was naturally very happy. ”

After finishing speaking, Wu Qigang took Zhang Yuan out of here on the grounds of fatigue, and the two returned to where Wu Qigang was.

As soon as he entered the house, Wu Qigang settled Zhang Yuan to sit aside, and then walked into another room alone, and after a while, he brought a small cloth bag and placed it in front of Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan looked at the small cloth bag placed in front of him, and knew that this was the storage bag used by immortal cultivators, so he didn't move, but looked at Wu Qigang quietly.

After Wu Qigang was ready, he also sat in front of Zhang Yuan, and then said: "This cloth carries my own experience of alchemy and the experience I copied by hand in the previous sect, and I have given it to Daoist friends today, and there is also this thing." After speaking, Wu Qigang took his refining tripod from the side again, and then recited the magic in his mouth, the refining tripod instantly became smaller and flew into the storage bag, and said: "Daoyou, although you and I meet in Pingshui, but now it is also a friend of life and death, I have no immortal fate in this life, and all the sustenance is in this, I hope that Daoist friends can have endless immortal fate, become a Taoist, and fly to the immortal world." ”

After Zhang Yuan listened, his heart suddenly touched, and his eyes flashed slightly and looked at Wu Qigang.

Wu Qigang smiled slightly and said: " Taoist friends don't have to be like this, I have no support in this life, I have the opportunity to enter the fairy road, crawling and rolling for more than 80 years and have no chance to get started, now the limit will be soon, now this is the place where he falls, there is no regret in this life, now I meet Taoist friends are also you and I have a good chance, and Taoist friends have an insight to untie the knot, there is no other wish, only this ascension pill is the wish of the heart, hope that if the Taoist friend in the future if the raw materials are collected enough, this ascension pill will be successfully refined, after learning the medicinal effect, burn a dish of waste paper, let me know under the spring. ”

Zhang Yuan looked at the person in front of him who was about to sit down and said his long-cherished wish, nodded affirmatively, and strengthened his wish to cultivate the Tao in his heart.

The two then began to talk about their cultivation experience, among which it was natural that Zhang Yuan asked Wu Qigang a lot of experience in refining pills, and the two had chatted until dawn before they knew it, and they also remembered the voice of the old village chief outside the door.

Zhang Yuan and Wu Qigang glanced at each other, and the four eyes were reluctant, but unfortunately, seeing each other late was entangled in important matters, and finally Zhang Yuan had to bid farewell to Wu Qigang, walked out of the house, and prepared to set off to Nanyan City with other people in the village, starting Zhang Yuan's journey to rescue Lu Xunguo from danger and step into the land of southern Xinjiang.