The last battle of the Tianjing Defense War took place on the 16th day of the sixth lunar month of the third year of Tongzhi, and it had been more than ten days since Pu Zixuan and his party of four people arrived in Changhua County, Hangzhou Prefecture.

This length of time is in line with the judgment of Su Sanniang and Chen Shuqing when their thoughts were spread at the beginning of the month, Tianjing can still hold on for ten days and a half months, if the capital is broken today, Pu Zixuan and his party did not know for a while, and still waited for Su Sanniang's news in Zhejiang Province according to the previous agreement. It's just that after being attacked by a toddler monster in the Jiuliyang Inn, although Pu Zixuan had cracked his magic spell, for safety reasons, the four of them quickly left Changhua County that day and moved to an inn in the west of Hangzhou City to stay.

Due to the longer time to live, some daily necessities, fruits and non-staple food must go to Hangzhou from time to time to replenish, on this day, Pu Zixuan and Zhu Yuanliang took on the task of procurement, to the street to buy two full watermelons and five catties of grapes, for the four of them to relieve the heat.

After purchasing, the two walked side by side from west to east on the main street with nothing to do, Pu Zixuan on the left and Zhu Yuanliang on the right, chatting about some old idle things.

The two of them sometimes laughed, sometimes hooked their shoulders and put their backs, Ben was immersed in a sense of peace, and when he didn't walk for a long time, Zhu Yuanliang suddenly became vigilant, restrained his smile, and said: "Pu Zixuan, wait a minute, I want to tell you one thing very solemnly." ”

Zhu Yuanliang's appearance of wearing a crimson cloak on the street in the middle of summer was already very funny, and at this time, seeing his serious appearance, Pu Zixuan was not used to it, and joked: "You fat dun, what do you have to say 'solemnly'?" ”

Zhu Yuanliang said quietly: "I want to say that we seem to have been attacked by monsters. ”

At this time, the streets were full of people, bustling and everything was as usual, not at all like there were signs of demonic chaos, Zhu Yuanliang's inexplicable words made Pu Zixuan suddenly confused: "What did you say?" ”

Zhu Yuanliang still maintained his normal marching speed, looked forward, and said lightly: "I said, it seems that we are being attacked by monsters." ”

Pu Zixuan was stunned and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?" ”

Zhu Yuanliang said with a straight face: "I'm not kidding, the monster seems to be in the crowd behind us." ”

Although Zhu Yuanliang used to joke with Pu Zixuan, but after three sentences, he always couldn't hold his breath and smirked first, at this time, Pu Zixuan looked at Zhu Yuanliang's serious face, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, so he stopped and asked, "What's going on?" You can be clear. ”

Zhu Yuanliang didn't answer, but just said: "Don't stop, keep walking, pretend you don't know anything." ”

Pu Zixuan didn't know why, seeing that Zhu Yuanliang was just walking on his own, he had to keep up with his footsteps, and instinctively wanted to turn his head to look back at the crowd, who knows, his head hadn't turned much, Zhu Yuanliang immediately shouted: "Don't look back, I said, pretend not to know anything, just keep walking." ”

Pu Zixuan was even more puzzled, although he acted accordingly because he trusted this brother, his face was full of doubts: "I said, how do you know that there is a monster attack?" ”

Zhu Yuanliang responded: "This self-defense cloak that Uncle Pu gave me can resist most of the various demon attacks, how to say, if there is a demon attack, when you encounter a demon and see it, there will be a shaking feeling of water droplets falling on the surface of the lake." From the beginning of now, I felt that my back was being attacked by demonic forces intensively, and although each attack was subtle, it was continuous, like a light rain hitting the surface of a lake. With that, he reached out and put the back of the cloak on his head to prevent the back of his head from being attacked as well.

Pu Zixuan saw that Zhu Yuanliang's appearance was really serious, so he walked while probing whether there was any demonic energy in the rear, and said after a while: "However, we don't feel any demonic existence in the rear." ”

Zhu Yuanliang reminded: "Don't forget

The toddler in the Jiuliyang Inn, he said that the Red Yaksha was sending monsters to hunt down the purification messenger, maybe the monsters created by the Red Yaksha are so special, you can't feel the demonic energy, it doesn't mean that they are not monsters, right? ”

"Damn it, we only left the little tree for a while before we were tracked down to the power of purification, but the four of us can't stay an inch for twelve hours a day." Pu Zixuan was full of anger, but he said helplessly, "Then again, there are so many people on the street, and we can't feel the demonic energy, how can we fight the enemy?" ”

Zhu Yuanliang explained: "This is exactly why I told you to pretend that you don't know anything. At present, it can be determined that this form of attack is not an explosive demon power, but a continuous and shallow erosion, I have my own demon to defend myself, and you have the ability to heal yourself, and there will be no big problem for a while, but, if you turn back here and now, you will definitely startle the snake, not to mention that you can't find the monster, even if you find it, you can fight in broad daylight, and it won't make a storm in the city? So, let's keep walking, the end of this road is the West Lake, where the terrain is empty and sparsely populated, if the monster wants to envelop us in the range of his demonic power all the time, it must follow us to get there, and when the time comes, it will be easier for us to make plans again. ”

Pu Zixuan smiled slightly sarcastically: "Yes, I didn't expect you to be fat, and you are also thick and fine...... It's just that in order to attract the monster to appear, we have to pretend to be a little more like, and when we get to the lake, we have to do something, how about pretending to be fishing? ”

Zhu Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, if you meet a fishing tackle shop in front, let's add a little line." ”

Pu Zixuan was puzzled again: "However, I still have a question that I don't understand, no matter how weak the demon power is, it has continued to attack me for so long, why don't I feel hurt at all?" If you think about it again, are you mistaken? ”

"It would be nice if I was really worried, but I encountered monsters six times on the way to Guangxi, and I am very sensitive to the touch of demon sorrow, as if I am a part of my body, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it." Saying that, Zhu Yuanliang looked at Pu Zixuan with a slight side face, and quickly turned his gaze back to the front, and said, "There will be no mistake, I look at your appearance, although you have not been obviously hurt, but you always feel that there is something wrong with your face, but I can't say it for a while." ”

The two of them arrived at the tackle shop, bought fishing rods, bait, and buckets, and continued to walk as if nothing had happened, when suddenly, the streets began to become chaotic.

First, a woman's exclamation came from a restaurant on the right: "Oh my God, Dad, what's wrong with you?" What happened to you? ”

The two looked towards the screams, only to see a thin old man, lying motionless on the rocking chair at the door of the restaurant, and a middle-aged woman said to a middle-aged man in a panic: "This, this was fine just now, why did Dad go?" ”

The middle-aged man shouted into the restaurant: "Jing'er, Jing'er, come out and see grandpa-"

A young man who looked to be in his twenties and thirties rushed to the door from the kitchen and shouted, "Father, mother, what's wrong with grandpa?" ”

When the middle-aged woman saw the appearance of the young woman, she suddenly became even more frightened: "Who are you...... You are...... Jing'er? ”

The middle-aged man exclaimed, "Oh my God, Jing'er, why have you grown so big? ”

The young man named Jing'er also exclaimed, "Father, mother, why have you become so old? ”

Getting old?

Zhu Yuanliang understood something in an instant, and then looked at Pu Zixuan, only to see a thick beard growing around his lips, his face was full of maturity, and he looked like he was forty years old, and suddenly exclaimed: "Pu Zixuan, it's not good, this monster's ability is to make people age faster, and now you look about the same age as Uncle Pu!" ”

Pu Zixuan was startled and subconsciously touched

After touching his face and being pricked by his beard, he suddenly understood that the demonic power just now had made him twenty years older, and immediately stared at him and said: "Sure enough, no wonder I don't feel the slightest pain, but let the monster cast a spell like this, not only will I die of old age, but the people around me will also suffer a catastrophe!" ”

Sure enough, more and more exclamations on both sides of the street followed.

As far as the eye can see, everyone on the street has aged in their twenties under the half-burnt incense, and those who were already old have died one after another, middle age has entered old age, young people have entered middle age, children have become adults, and babies have grown into twenty years old but are still crawling on the ground...... The most hairy thing is that the fetus that already looks like an adult bursts out of the pregnant woman's body!

For a while, the originally peaceful streets were in a frenzy, and the crowd fled in all directions like frightened birds, as if the end of the world was coming!

Only Zhu Yuanliang alone seems to have almost no change in age because he has resisted most of the demonic power, but if the situation continues to develop, it is only a matter of time before all the people who have not fled on the entire street die!

"This ...... Although this monster has no power to overwhelm the mountains and seas, its ability is too terrifying! Pu Zixuan broke out in a cold sweat, knowing that life and death were already in the balance, so he pulled Zhu Yuanliang and shouted, "Don't rub it off, go quickly!" ”

At this time, the two have walked most of the street, not too far away from the West Lake, the two threw away the fruit in their hands, left the fishing gear alone, and rushed to the west of the city, just a moment of effort, they have been out of the city wall, and after a short time, they came to an empty sandy land, in front of them, the West Lake is shining blue under the hot sun.

Needless to say, the status of the West Lake in Hangzhou, and even in Zhejiang, after Pu Zixuan and his entourage arrived in Hangzhou, they went to the West Lake under the protection of small trees on the second day, everyone remembers looking at it from the west shore of the lake, although the opposite side is lush and green, but there is enough spacious sand around this side, which seems to be extremely empty. It was this terrain advantage that made Zhu Yuanliang and Pu Zixuan judge that this place was an excellent place to attract monsters to appear.

On the sand, the only thing that can be seen is a gourd-shaped boulder embedded in the sand by the lake not far on the right, and an elegantly shaped pavilion on the left.

Naturally, the old people didn't know what was going on in Hangzhou, and they were still enjoying themselves, which was in stark contrast to the fleeing refugees.

When the two stopped by the lake, Zhu Yuanliang still had some physical strength left, Pu Zixuan was already tired and panting, and laughed at himself: "Sure enough, people are old, and their legs and feet are really not good." Fat dun, see how I'm doing now? ”

At this time, Zhu Yuanliang looked at Pu Zixuan again, saw that his appearance was slowly recovering, and felt the cloak behind him shake and stop, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It seems that the demonic power of that monster really can't cover here, and we are safe for the time being." However, I don't know if the youkai will chase after you...... Now, where are we going? ”

The scene of the tragic death of some people on the street just now was lingering in Pu Zixuan's mind, and an indescribable sense of justice suddenly appeared in his heart, and he gritted his teeth and said: "No, I don't hide or escape, just wait for him here!" Fat Dun, you are a mortal, if you are afraid, you can go first, and I will deal with him. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Yuanliang suddenly laughed and said: "Hahaha, don't think that only you purification envoys dare to face monsters, I wish the vanguard, except for entering the ghost house, when have you ever flinched?" After speaking, he raised his left arm and clenched the Vajra Demon Suppression Wrist into a fist, his face full of spirit.

"If the demon is coming, let him taste the power of my Pioneer Iron Fist! Here, the fishing begins! ”