After staying overnight in the Taoist Temple, Shen Xia and Fang Jin agreed on how to contact Ginkgo Village, and set off for Ginkgo Village the next morning. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After changing jobs yesterday, he had considered applying for a Daoist Academy guard so that he could continue to stay here for a while, and then the two of them would leave together after Fang Jin's transfer. But after discussing with Fang Jin, Shen Xia finally dispelled this idea. After all, Ginkgo Village is destined to be the most important gathering place for the group of travelers in the future.

The sooner you get there, the sooner you'll get acquainted.

What's more, compared to the steady stream of travelers, even if it is the largest ginkgo village, its resources are limited. If you go too late, let alone get a piece of the pie, you may not even be able to drink the broth, and you will eventually fall into a situation of slow step, slow step.

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The temple is not close to the ginkgo village, and it will take at least two days. Along the way, you may be attacked by common monsters in the Ginkgo Valley at any time, and ordinary people who dare to go on the road alone are definitely dead. Even if Shen Xia had already turned into a Daoist disciple, he did not risk traveling alone.

He set out with a Taoist named Li Ju, who had been transferred on the same day.

The moment he walked out of the gate of the Daoist Academy, Shen Xia couldn't help but temporarily stop and look back, looking at this place where he had lived for a summer. After a while, he left with Li Yi, who also looked a little emotional.

As we walked away, the noise in the courtyard gradually disappeared, and the surroundings quickly became quiet. There was no unusual sound except for the sound of the wind, the chirping of insects, and the rustling of footsteps. For a while, Shen Xia even had the illusion that only the two of them were left in this world.

In the end, it was he who took the initiative to chat with Li Ju to break the silence in the barren valley.

Because it was daytime, and they were following the path that had existed since a hundred years ago, and the two of them did not encounter any danger along the way. The aborigines of the Taoist temple who come and go here all the year round have killed hundreds of monsters as they pass by. So much so that after a long time, the nearby monsters subconsciously did not dare to approach this path.

Following the instructions on the map, the two of them successfully arrived at the cave carved out by the Taoist temple on the side of the hill before dark.

Because only a day or two ago, the traveler lived here, and there are obvious traces of human life in the cave. Shen Xia and Li Yi cleaned up briefly, ate some dry food at random, took turns to keep vigil, and then set off again at dawn.

The second half of the journey was far less comfortable than yesterday.

According to the simple map given by the Daoyuan, they will next cross an abandoned woodland that stretches for more than ten kilometers, and this is also the most dangerous part of the road to the Ginkgo Village.

The reason for the name is that there used to be an aboriginal village here, but it was destroyed by the monsters of the Ginkgo Valley in the Demon Tide, and the large barren fields opened up nearby were abandoned, and even the ruins of the village can be occasionally found now.

Because they had inquired in advance, Shen Xia and Li Ju naturally would not be careless. While speeding up to get through as quickly as possible, he secretly raised his vigilance.

The luck of the two is obviously not too good.

After walking along the grassy forest path for only a quarter of an hour, there was a rustling sound behind the sparse bushes ahead. Immediately after, a sika deer jumped out of the woods.

This sika deer, even stronger than the one Shen Xia killed during his hunting, was obviously also affected by demonic energy. However, compared to the siege of five people during the night hunt, it was still not too easy for Shen Xia to deal with it. The wooden sword pulled a sword flower, and as it staggered, a sword slashed the major artery in its neck, causing astonishing damage.

With just one more sword, the stag was slain and became the material for the two of them to eat at noon.

It was so easy that Shen Xia, who wanted to find a monster to practice after changing jobs, was a little disappointed.

However, his request was quickly met.

Just half an hour later, the two ran into trouble again, and this time it was not a soft persimmon. What appeared in front of them was a demonic monster that had been polluted and mutated by unknown evil energy.

Scarecrow!

This once abandoned village used to protect crops from birds is one of the most classic and basic monsters in Legends. When defeated, it will explode into flames and incinerate into a cloud of black ash, and occasionally drop one or two pieces of mana gold coins or even equipment condensed from residual mana.

At this moment, this unconscious wandering monster did not know that it was blocking the way of the two, but was still swaying and turning under the control of instinct.

If it's before the transfer, with a traverser who doesn't even have an attack aura, you can only escape when you encounter it. But now, the ambitious Shen Xia is already a professional-level strength, although he has not yet learned the Dao method, but he is equipped with a wooden sword and cloth clothes made of Kunwu's wood!

Under the infusion of Dao power, the aura of the wooden sword's attacks rippled out, giving Shen Xia the confidence to challenge it.

Greeting Li Yi, Shen Xia took the lead with his sword and entered the scarecrow twenty paces away.

The moment he crossed this warning range, the scarecrow, who had been aimless, felt the breath of a living person. Prompted by the offensive instinct of the demonized monster, he quickly turned around and pounced.

Bundles of sun-dried straw made of feet, walking a little staggering.

It doesn't seem like there's much of a threat.

But only after really handing it over, Shen Xia knew how powerful it was.

Under the urging of all his strength, layers of attack aura lit up on the wooden sword, which was enough to split the thumb-thick stone slab with one sword. If it were common sense, the scarecrow in front of him would be split up by him casually. But the fact is that feeling the fierce sword wind, the scarecrow's seemingly clumsy body deftly deviated to the right, and it just happened to dodge Shen Xia's sword!

It's empty!

Not surprised, more than three months of cultivation and previous night hunting experience made him immediately aware of the danger.

However, this realization was a little late.

When he dodged his sword, the scarecrow's left arm had already slapped straight over, and there was a faint black aura on it. The straw arm, which should have been fluttering, slapped Shen Xia's body heavily with the blessing of that black aura, with a force that was enough to kill ordinary people with one blow.

At the critical moment, three defensive spiritual lights quietly appeared on the surface of his cloth, protecting the attacked parts.

Two of them came from the blessing of Buyi, and one came from Shen Xia himself.

Under the protection of the spiritual light, Shen Xia's body shook slightly, but he did not suffer any substantial damage. He quickly stabilized his body, took two steps back, and looked at the cloth clothes on his body, the defensive aura that had appeared before had dimmed a lot after being hit by the scarecrow, and began to flicker.

It can be expected that if it takes one or two more hits, the outer aura of the cloth will inevitably shatter, and the defense provided by it will be greatly reduced.

Shen Xia scolded secretly in his heart, calmed down, and made another move on the scarecrow.

This time, he didn't use all his strength again, and the wooden sword in his hand stabbed out faster. In the martial arts of the earth world, a skilled martial artist is not 100% sure, and he only punches with seven points of strength. In this way, even if you make a move, you can change your moves, and you won't use them directly.

This know-how is also common in the Marfa world.

The sword momentum, which was a few points faster than before, prevented the scarecrow from dodging again. But Shen Xia's wooden sword, when it pierced its body, did not appear as easy as imagined, but was a bit like piercing into a solid earthen wall. It was only with the blessing of the attack aura that he broke through the scarecrow's defense and pierced a hole!