Chapter Seventy-Three: The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada

Hundreds of miles outside the city of Ping'an are all flat land, the wind and sand are all over the sky, and further on, there is gradually some greenery, and countless rugged and strange peaks rise from the ground.

Compared to the wind and sand on the flat road, this mountain range is lush and wooded, and it is more like a paradise. But if an unsuspecting traveler sets foot in this mountain range, there will be no more chance to come out.

The Great Mountain of Ten Thousand Caves is the name of this mountain range, and these mountains stretch for many miles, with no end in sight. No one with magical powers dares to swagger in the sky and measure this area in a grand manner.

The vast mountain range is uninhabited by humans, and is inhabited by various mountain spirits, youkai, and aliens who live in seclusion for some reason. The only place where humans have a connection is in the caverns of the mountains, the dry bones of those who have strayed into the forest.

Located in a valley deep in the mountains, a heavy and tall stone gate is embedded in the stone wall, and on both sides of the stone gate, there is a demon beast with a beast head and a human body.

The bear on the left has a burly body. The bird on the right is human-headed and relatively thin. Each holding a spear stood in front of the stone door with a lazy expression.

Suddenly, the stone door opened, and the two beasts were excited, and then stood straight, and out of the stone gate came an old man with a treacherous face, the old man's eyes were extremely narrow, and the corners of his mouth contained an inexplicable smile.

Along with the old man, there was a humanoid creature covered in black robes, and another monster with an unusually tall body, its head had two horns, its face was hideous, and its whole body was covered with scales, like a creature crawling out of hell.

The black-robed man bowed slightly to the old man, then jumped on the monster's shoulder, and spoke to the old man, his voice was extremely ugly, like a male duck choked by the neck: "This seat will first go to the territory of the bird demon to spread poison, and after the matter is completed, you must not forget our agreement." ”

The old man was short in stature, and nodded again and again, "Please rest assured, the little old man will not dare to forget." ”

The black-robed man nodded, then patted the monster on the shoulder, and the monster nodded, slammed into the valley, only to turn into a puddle of green liquid when it landed, and vanished.

The old man pinched his goatee, squinted his eyes slightly, and was full of pride, "Gu Diao, you are still too careless, how can such an important place as Ping'an City be easily taken by you." However, when you come back, the old man will comfort you. ”

After speaking, the old man walked into the stone gate with his hands behind his back. When the two beasts saw the stone door closed, their originally straight bodies began to relax again.

In Ping'an City, the night was quite thick tonight, and the place that was originally lit by the firelight was already swallowed up by darkness at this time, and a soldier guarding the city picked up his own wine jug and poured a few sips, and handed it to his colleague next to him.

"Hey, it's not winter yet, why is it so cold. ”

The soldier who took the flask drank it all, wiped his lips with unfinished eyes, and handed the flask back, "I always feel that tonight is a little evil, let's keep an eye on it." ”

The previous soldier took the wine jug, pointed to the pale golden light shining on the city wall, and said nonchalantly: "Our Ping'an City is better than the prohibition of Shenjing, and the monsters of the Ten Thousand Caves Mountain are fierce enough, and they haven't been able to get in after so many years." ”

The other soldier nodded, feeling that there was some truth in what he said, but when he looked up at the thick night outside the city, some inexplicable uneasiness rose in his heart.

"Let's be careful, in two hours, we can go back to rest. Another soldier reminded uneasily.

The soldier was about to laugh at his colleague's audacity when he caught a glimpse of the shadows of the city expanding.

"Something is wrong! go and tell General Li!" the other soldier shouted when he saw that something was wrong, and when he looked around, he realized that all but the two of them were shrouded in darkness at the gates.

The creature that crawled out of the shadows swallowed the last two in an instant, and before they were completely devoured, they were horrified to find that the pale golden light on the walls had disappeared at some point.

The first prohibition to protect the people of the entire Ping'an City has been broken!

This was the last thought of the two before they were devoured.

The vast shadows covered the gates in an instant, and the soldiers did not even have time to scream.

A young non-commissioned officer stood in a high pavilion at the city gate, and behind him, the magic circle that maintained the ban on the city gate stopped working, and next to the magic circle, a monster sat paralyzed, and a hole was broken in the monster's chest, but strangely no blood flowed out.

"You... Didn't you tell me that you were going to turn into a man and go into the city to find your enemies, and why did you break the prohibition of the city gates? The monster was the young non-commissioned officer's original domestic servant, San'er, and his face was full of remorse at this time.

"You're so innocent, but in order to thank you for helping my clan find so much blood food, I'll let you die to understand. The young non-commissioned officer looked at a majestic black bird that covered the sky and the sun in the shadows with reverence, and continued: "Even if the Gu Eagle Demon Venerable is a heavenly demon, he can't come to the forbidden place in a grand manner, and the reason why he is willing to promise to personally change the blood of the Night Clan in your body is so that he can use this city full of humans as food today. ”

When San'er heard this, the remorse in his eyes was even worse, and he broke off the breath of life in self-blame.

Seeing that San'er behind him was silent, the young non-commissioned officer turned his head to see that he was dead, smiled contemptuously, and looked up at the Gu Eagle in the sky again, wondering a little in his heart.

The Gu eagle's body was very huge, and it could travel thousands of miles a day with just one wing, but a moment had passed, and it seemed to be always flying in place, and it couldn't take a single step forward.

In the secret realm, in a chaotic land, two men sat cross-legged, one of the middle-aged men suddenly opened his eyes, smiled slightly, and said to another elegant young man: "The fish has been hooked." ”

The elegant young man had an ordinary face, but he had a unique charm. Facing the majestic man beside him, he slowly stood up, always with a warm smile on his face, which made people feel good.

"Your Majesty, it's time for us to appear. ”

The elegant young man is one of the three sages since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, Hongru Li Sheng, and the middle-aged man next to him is the Xia Emperor, the lord of the Xia Dynasty.

Li Sheng held an unfinished book in his left hand, stretched his waist, and took a step forward, a hundred miles in an instant.

In front of the Chengtian Palace, Jianzi was about to gather the geniuses of the younger generation and send them to the Chengtian Palace, which had been completely purified. A Confucian suddenly appeared in front of him and bowed slightly to him.

"The old sword god senior is fine. ”

Jian Zi's eyes froze, and when this Confucian appeared just now, he didn't feel the slightest sign, as if he had already existed there and had just discovered it.

"Who are your Excellency? Jianzi has experienced all kinds of unbelievable things, his face does not change, and the fingers hidden in his sleeve are raised together to prevent the other party from suddenly attacking.

"Li Sheng. The Confucian scholar was neither humble nor arrogant, bowed to the sword, and then said.

Jian Zi's heart moved, stared at the Confucian in front of him, and asked, "Li Sheng, the saint who sanctified with books?"

Li Sheng hurriedly waved his hand and said, "The saint doesn't dare to say it, I just cultivated to reach the holy realm in the four realms, and I am still far from the legendary saint." ”

Jianzi nodded, but he wondered in his heart what the purpose of the sudden appearance of this Saint Realm Divine Avatar in front of him was. That Li Sheng also seemed to see what Jianzi was thinking, so he said: "In the next place, it is an unexpected joy to meet the old sword god's predecessors, I don't know if I can ask the old sword god to help." ”

Since Li Sheng's sudden appearance until now, his eyes have never glanced at the Chengtian Temple, as if he didn't care about such ancient creatures at all.

Jianzi smiled and replied, "Why does the old man want to help you." ”

Li Sheng raised his finger and said to the sword: "In Ping'an City, there is a heavenly demon sneaking in with hundreds of demon kings and tens of thousands of demon soldiers, if they are allowed to attack the city, then it will be a catastrophe for the hundreds of thousands of helpless people in the city." ”

Jianzi's expression was shaken, and he looked in the direction of Li Sheng's finger, but he couldn't sense the slightest abnormality, thinking that Li Sheng was deceiving himself, so he sneered: "Do you think that the old man is a three-year-old child." ”

Li Sheng smiled apologetically, and then shouted loudly below: "Where is the wood spirit!"

I heard an exclamation, and from the human-faced strange tree under the seat of a girl in white, a humanoid silhouette wrapped in green light came out.

"The wood spirit is here!"

Li Sheng laughed and said, "Okay!" Then he threw down the book in his hand, and the book made a noise as it fell. At the same time, each page of paper detached from the book and spread out.

When the paper landed on the side of the wood spirit, it was densely covered on the wood spirit's body.

Li Sheng recited in his mouth: "All things have spirits, and the way of heaven is invisible. All living beings are holy, and they should be transformed into human form. ”

As the words in Li Sheng's mouth landed, Zhong in the secret realm faintly felt an inexplicable power pass through the edge of the secret realm, coming from an infinite and far-reaching place, and injected into the body of the wood spirit.

The paper was scattered again, reorganized into a book, and returned to Li Sheng's hand. And everyone was surprised to find that the wood spirit that was originally wrapped in green light turned into a girl in green with an extremely beautiful face.

The girl in green didn't seem to know what she looked like now, and when she noticed that everyone was staring at her, her cheeks flushed, and she said shyly: "You guys, what are you staring at me." This touch of natural style made many young and handsome people around him feel like they were in a mood.

The white-clothed girl on the human-faced monster tree jumped down and handed Mu Ling a mirror polished from crystal. Mu Ling took the mirror, looked at the troubled face in the mirror, held his face and said, "It's really beautiful." ”

This action made many young geniuses sigh: "It seems that the list of beauties in the supernatural world is going to be recompiled again." ”

Some people with these thoughts looked at Yan Shen, Bai Xixi, and Mu Ling from time to time.

"Look again, believe it or not, the old lady has ruined your eyes. Yan Shen threatened viciously. And Bai Xixi was calm, looking at Mu Ling, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Ahem, Mu Ling, come up and help me. Li Sheng summoned Mu Ling, in fact, the shock in Li Sheng's heart was no less than that of anyone present, or even more.

Mu Ling's master loved himself very much, and after he went to ask Li Shengdai Xia Emperor to make a move, he told Mu Ling to find Bailixi. And all this, it was because he was worried that the ambitious Emperor Xia would not be able to resist the temptation of Yuanmu's body, so he would devour the wood spirit, and Li Sheng, who was extremely determined in his Dao heart, did not have these problems.

At that time, Li Sheng still remembered that the master of the wood spirit said that the wood spirit of the past dynasties, except for the first wood spirit, was all male. If a female wood spirit appears, it means that another Yuan Wood spirit has appeared in the world.

"The spirit of Yuanmu is in the world, and I don't know if it is a blessing or a disaster for this world. Kenko muttered.

Li Sheng summoned the wood spirit to his eyes, and couldn't help but say, "I've seen you before, it's all man's habits, I thought you would turn into a man." I never thought you would turn into a woman. ”

When Mu Ling heard this, he lowered his head, his ears were slightly red, and he said worriedly: "I don't know what I have become, Senior Brother Baili, whether he likes it or not." ”

At this time, in a huge city in the Moro Realm, Bai Lixi was sitting in a room inlaid with various strange gems, and suddenly felt his scalp tighten, and said in surprise: "My heart suddenly panicked, what is going on. ”