Volume 1 The Tao is a Dream Chapter 20 Road Encounter
The weather is crisp and the autumn breeze is slightly cool.
On the mountain road outside the Heavenly Wolf Mountain Range, there was an endless stream of pedestrians, Zhang Xuan came to the foot of the mountain and ran along the steep stone steps into the mountain.
The mountain is high and dense, the fallen leaves are flying, and the mountain road is full of dead leaves, and whenever a pedestrian steps on it, it will make a "squeak" crisp sound.
Climb up the stone stairs to the halfway point of the mountain, and look back into the distance, there are many villages on the edge of the mountain, and there is a faint smoke from the houses, which has a unique artistic conception.
The Heavenly Wolf Mountain Range is majestic and magnificent, and after walking for about seven or eight miles, Zhang Xuan is already tired and out of breath, but fortunately, pavilions are built next to the mountain road every other distance, and there are cold fountains in the pavilions for pedestrians to use.
Along the way, I met a lot of pedestrians, who were in a hurry, did not talk to others, and headed towards the mountain.
Zhang Xuan walked and stopped, swimming between the mountains and rivers, occasionally encountering some negative emotions, and a vague outline of the mountain range slowly emerged in his mind, as if it was a new sand table.
Unconsciously, the sun had climbed to the west, Zhang Xuan sat on the stone staircase, took out the kettle and took a sip, and muttered: "This mountain road is undulating, and if it doesn't add up, it must be forty or fifty miles away, if it weren't for my strong body, I'm afraid it would really be a little unbearable." ”
Over a mountain, over another mountain.
During this period, Zhang Xuan walked across the chain bridge, stepped through the swamp full of miasma, and there was a section of the road that was even suspended on the plank road on the cliff, I don't know how long he walked, and finally saw the flat land, which is an incomparably huge valley, surrounded by cliffs, and basically no sunlight.
Zhang Xuan stopped in front of the valley and found that the negative emotions had increased, he sniffed his nose, and a faint smell of blood wafted in front of him.
"There is a situation!"
I didn't go far, but the trees gradually increased, and there was a deep forest in front of me.
"I opened this mountain, I planted this tree, I want to pass through here, stay..."
Zhang Xuan suddenly heard someone calling, he hurriedly hid behind the bushes on the side of the road, and cautiously touched ahead.
"Hide the body, it's going to get dark, and I'll call it a day if I do it again. ”
"Big brother, there are too many people killed today, it's better to stop here, I'm worried that the smell of blood will attract demon beasts. ”
"Yes, big brother, this place is too close to Sky Wolf City, we have been staying for too long, let's leave!"
In the woods, it seemed that someone was whispering, and through the bushes, Zhang Xuan saw more than ten corpses lying in the forest, and three black-clothed people were carrying Pu knives to collect and scrape property.
"Alright, then we'll stop for today, but before we can do that, the bodies must be disposed of. ”
The leader spoke, lifted the veil on his head, puffed out his cheeks and took a deep breath, and spit out a mouthful of fierce fire.
In an instant, the corpses were gone, the grass was gone, the ground was charred black, and even fine cracks could be seen.
Zhang Xuan hid in the dark, feeling cold on his back, these thieves were actually monks, and the qi refiners fell into the grass, this place must be very chaotic.
Not long after, the man in black left.
Zhang Xuan glanced at the sky, the sun was about to set, he had to hurry up to the Heavenly Wolf City, otherwise I was afraid that Cui Mulan would come to the door again later.
As soon as he stepped out of the grass, there was a conversation behind him, and several young men in Taoist robes rushed towards him.
"Kid ahead, stop!"
Zhang Xuan stopped and looked behind suspiciously, and those teenagers came in an instant, surrounding him.
"Boy, do you want to run away after killing someone?"
A young man pointed to the scorched earth on the ground, and spewed blood: "It's really bold to dare to commit a crime here, don't think that no one will know about the destruction of corpses." ”
Seeing that the other party was so aggressive, Zhang Xuan was displeased, but he had no choice but to explain lightly: "I have no power to restrain the chicken, but I can't kill so many people." ”
The young man was still stubborn: "You still dare to quibble! You are full of vitality, and you dare to claim that you have no power to restrain the chicken?"
Zhang Xuan spread his hands and said angrily: "If you have vitality, you are a murderer, then you also have it, so you are also suspicious." ”
"You..."
The boy was speechless, in fact he did not have any evidence.
"Let's go, this son has a weak breath, just a mortal, Jian Bing, you are too impulsive. ”
At this point, another young man got out of the way.
The young man named Jian Bing stubbornly said: "Senior Brother Wang, this kid sneakily appeared here, even if he is not a murderer, he is still suspicious, we..."
"That's enough! This person is not a murderer, let's hurry up, don't let the real culprit run away." ”
Senior Brother Jiang waved his hand and chased after the rest of the people.
"Boy, there are many thieves and monsters here, you better not stay here, otherwise you will bear the consequences. ”
After Jian Bing left a sentence, he also left in a hurry.
Zhang Xuan pursed his lips and continued to walk forward, just after walking out of hundreds of zhang, he actually met the group of teenagers again, at this time they were hiding in the bushes on the side of the road, looking ahead with solemn faces.
In the open space ahead, three black-clothed bandits surrounded a high-speed earth-colored bull, their faces full of excitement.
A thief said excitedly: "Big brother, this Digu cow is so strong and strong, it is estimated to be about thousands of catties, and this body of meat alone is worth a lot of spirit stones, not to mention cow bones, cow blood, cow skin... Bullwhip and other decomposed products, if we can take it, we can sell at least 5,000 spirit stones. ”
The black-clothed man at the head nodded, and said in a deep voice: "This valley cow has strong blood, I'm afraid it has to have at least the second-level realm of gathering qi, it is not easy to take it, besides, this place is too close to Heavenly Wolf City, if it really fights, I'm afraid that everyone else has rushed to slaughter it yet." ”
The third thief reluctantly said: "Boss, do you want to give up?" This local valley cow is finally alone, this is the perfect opportunity to kill it, we must try." ”
The second thief was very unhappy and said: "Big brother, this is a piece of fat, you can't just give up." ”
"Who said I was going to give up?"
The bandit boss paused and said, "I'm just thinking about how to deal with this beast, don't look at this beast gentle, if you really want to go crazy, the cultivation of the three of you and me on the second layer of Qi is not enough." If you want to take down this beast, you must kill or seriously injure it with one blow, and the consequences will be unimaginable if you miss. ”
"Big brother, if you really can't use that thing, I'm really going crazy with poverty recently, if you don't get some spirit stones, you may really not be able to get mixed up. ”
"Yes, big brother, let's go with all the belongings, you have to open our eyes today. ”
The bandit boss pondered for a moment, looked at the two greedy brothers, shook his head and said, "Forget it, that thing can't be controlled stably, we can't take this risk." The two younger brothers can endure no matter how long they succeed in controlling them, we will definitely be able to become famous all over the world. When the time comes, the wealth and power of beautiful women will roll in, and if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, and we can't lose big because of the small. ”
The second thief was suddenly unhappy, he was dissatisfied: "Big brother, we didn't live like this before, since you got that thing, you have completely changed a person, I am really fed up with such a fearful day, the Tao is not the same, in this case, it is better to break up." ”
The thief boss echoed: "That's it, the three of us are ordinary casual cultivators, and we can't afford to raise such weird things at all, if we can't control it all the time, we have to keep raising it, and if we continue like this, we will be dragged to death." ”
A cold light flashed in the eyes of the little boss, and he smiled forcefully: "In this case, just listen to the two younger brothers, let's try that thing today." ”
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