Chapter 38: The Mask (I)
[The book continues from the above, the last book said that the East and West Protectors of the Immortal Dao, after obtaining Zhu Rongzhu in the East Cliff Grottoes next to Fahua Temple, suddenly his body was controlled by Liu Yang of the Immortal Dao, and he involuntarily stepped forward, and walked back to the West Mountain where the Zhu Rongzhu had been obtained was located. And Mu Qingming, the dragon lockers who live in Kunming City, although they don't know what they are doing behind the scenes of the Immortal Dao, they also started a new action in secret, in order to ensure that they can rescue Jiaoyun safely and securely after three days, Mu Qingming took the lead in coming to the Haigeng Dam and wanted to lay a trap here. Led out Mu Qingming secretly acted on the Haigeng Dam, and sure enough, he found the talisman trap set up by the enemy in this place, but he did not destroy it so as not to be detected by the enemy. And after returning to the Immortal Dao stronghold, he also handed over Zhu Rongzhu to Liu Yang and got a new order. 】
Dianchi Lake at night is not so calm.
The night breeze makes every inch of the waves on the lake irritable.
They roared in the wind and crashed into the Haigeng Dam across the Dianchi Lake.
Splashes of water, on the north and south sides of the Haigeng Dam, are constantly catapulting.
It's just that it's dark at night, and I can't see the churning waves clearly.
And on the Haigeng Dam at night, there was no one else except Mu Qingming and two disciples.
Mu Qing yawned, took a few more steps forward and then stopped, waiting for the disciples behind him, while looking in all directions, looking for the enemy to set a trap here.
The road ahead of him did not see the trap set by the enemy, which made Mu Qingming feel angry that he was being slighted.
But anger did not consume his reason; He knew that the Haigeng Dam, which straddles the east and west banks of Dianchi Lake and divides Dianchi Lake into a sea of grass and an open sea, is not only one zhang long, but he does not dare to guarantee that on the road ahead, the enemy has not quietly laid traps.
Zhang Xiaosheng behind him had already squatted down, and Yun Qi concentrated on the hand holding the Flame Thunder Talisman.
In an instant, Zhang Xiaosheng's thaumaturgy made the palm of his arm black, and then the skin and flesh became transparent.
I saw Zhang Xiaosheng in the night, stretching out his hand to the ground in front of him. It was as simple as reaching into the water, and he quickly sent the talisman seal in his hand into the ground.
This is the same effect as the corpse bone woman's technique, Zhang Xiaosheng stretched out half of his arm and entered the soil, and there was no change in the ground at all, intact.
In fact, Zhang Xiaosheng just used the aura of the earth to assimilate his arm with the ground, making the ground and his arm temporarily merge into one, as if they were one; So his arms can come and go freely in the dirt.
Mu Qingming, who looked back, suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and remembered that when the corpse bone woman appeared in front of him using similar thaumaturgy, the aura of earth was also surging in his body.
In this way, the corpse woman he met was also a strange person who was good at performing earth escape.
At this time, Zhang Xiaosheng had already buried the two Flame Thunder Talismans in the ground.
After that, as long as there is the urging of the dragon locker, the rune seal can burst into flames and thunder, and under the control of the caster's mind, the surging thunder and lightning and roaring flames will immediately attack the enemy within the attack range.
Mu Qingming took a few steps forward again and then stopped, waiting for the apprentices behind him.
In the few steps he walked out, he did not perceive the traps laid by the enemy everywhere he passed. Looking around, there were no traces of the enemy's hands and feet in the water.
Only the waves rolled in that night, tireless.
Zhang Xiaosheng, who was behind Mu Qingming, continued to use the earth escape thaumaturgy to send the talisman into the soil and underground on the ridge, and continued to move forward after burying it, keeping up with Mu Qingming.
I also secretly thought in my heart: "With so many traps set by Fu Seals, even if the enemy has the ability to reach the sky, I am afraid that if I don't investigate, I will lose my skin if I don't die." ”。
Zhang Xiaosheng, who has studied the talisman technique for a while, also knows that although there are many types of talismans of the dragon lockers, the offensive talismans are also infinitely powerful.
Although the talisman seal is just a tool, it is as powerful as a magic weapon in the unfathomable dragon locking man.
Back then, the people of Suolong went to eat the palace family's wedding banquet collectively, but just a few paper-cut talismans made Changshengdao helpless against the Mu family's small courtyard.
Therefore, the talisman seal buried by Zhang Xiaosheng would be powerful if he Zhang Xiaosheng used it. But if Mu Qingming and the dragon lockers of their generation use it, I am afraid that it will be able to exert the effect and power of earth-shattering ghosts and gods.
Just as Zhang Xiaosheng was thinking so, Mu Qingming in front of him suddenly stopped moving forward.
Mu Qingming raised his hand and motioned to the disciples not to move forward.
He sensed a faint demonic aura flowing in the soil one step ahead of him.
Immediately afterwards, Mu Qingming lowered his head, looked at it, and saw that there was a talisman seal in the soil where the demon's qi was constantly circulating.
Mu Qingming, who has lived for three hundred years, also has a lot of knowledge. If you take a closer look, you will know that it is the talisman seal of the demon clan. Looking at the trajectory of the flow of demon qi and so on, I know that it is the talisman seal of the demon clan to perform fire magic.
Like the Flame Thunder Talisman he asked Zhang Xiaosheng to bury, it is not a trigger-type talisman, and someone needs to use demonic energy to urge it to take effect in order to drive the spell in this talisman to take effect, and it will shoot out flames to attack the enemy.
The other party's idea seems to be the same as Mu Qingming's, you can set a trap but it can't be triggered. In case someone came to the Haigeng Dam in the past three days, triggered the talisman seal, and exposed the trap in advance.
However, in this way, when Mu Qingming was on guard, he was very suspicious and incomprehensible.
The other party is an old demon and an old demon, and this actual combat experience must be richer than him, not to mention, his thinking and IQ, as well as the means of intrigue and trickery, must be stronger than him.
But how could there be a chance to give Mu Qingming a chance to take precautions?
The clue to this is either the negligence caused by the arrogance of the old demons and demons, or some conspiracy hidden behind it.
Mu Qingming hoped that it was the former, so that he would have a much smoother time saving Kyaukyun at that time.
But now it doesn't seem that he is thinking about it, he has to do something to make the old demon and the old demon's talisman seal, and when the time comes, he can't use it, and he will become a dumb rotten egg.
It is not realistic to directly excavate the talisman seal and destroy it on the spot.
Mu Qingming knew that this talisman had an advantage, that is, if the talisman was damaged, the maker would also sense it.
For example, behind him, the talisman seal buried by Zhang Xiaosheng was made by the wonderful pen over the past year, and so many talismans and seals were accumulated day and night.
But if any of them are damaged or used, its maker knows it.
At this time, the demon talisman that he Mu Qingming was staring at must be the same.
Mu Qingming thought about it for a while, and decided to use another method - quietly cast a seal around the talisman seal.
In doing so, the maker will not be alarmed, and once the enemy urges the rune seal, the flames that burst out in the rune seal will be blocked by the seal, and if it cannot be leaked, it will backfire the rune seal and indirectly destroy it.
Kill two birds with one stone!
Thinking of this, Mu Qingming also squatted down, reached out and spread his five fingers, so that his palm stopped above the ground where the demon talisman was located, about an inch above the ground.
The other hand pinched a trick that seemed very strange to Zhang Xiaosheng and Long Gu.
Soon, the palm of his hand and the palm of the five fingers flashed with blue light, illuminating the darkness around him and turning into a series of runes, which quickly broke away from his palm and flew into the earth one after another, reflecting on the ground under his palm.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Xiaosheng and Long Gu saw the blue light shining on the ground where the demon rune was located, and a series of runes formed a circle in this palm-sized place.
Then, the blue light quickly dissipated, and the runes disappeared with it, and the darkness around them came again, enveloping them and everything around them tightly, merging with the night.
"Master, you cast a seal." Long Gu then said to Mu Qingming who stood up, and at the same time cast an admiring gaze at Mu Qingming.
She is mainly engaged in thaumaturgy such as sealing, and she has already achieved a little success, and as soon as she saw the runes that appeared under Mu Qingming's performance and the flow trajectory of Mu Qingming's true qi, she realized that what the other party had cast was a sealing technique of the dragon locking people.
But it is a profound and powerful sealing technique, the kind that Long Gu can't reach at this time, and can't learn it for the time being.
Mu Qingming nodded, and did not hide it, and explained to her and Zhang Xiaosheng: "There is a trap planted by the enemy before, and I temporarily sealed it in the soil to make it effective. ”。
As he spoke, he secretly rejoiced that he had learned to seal.
The seal of the Dragon Locker is unfathomable and demanding, requiring the caster to have a strong and meticulous control over the True Qi. Long Gu was born with a talent for this, so she was able to focus on thaumaturgy in this area.
Before that, Mu Qingming's demonic qi in his body had not been transformed, which made his Zhenqi always irritable and difficult to control carefully, and the seal was not suitable for Mu Qingming at that time.
Therefore, he was also very self-aware that he had not learned this thaumaturgy.
It wasn't until recently, after the transformation of the demonic qi, that Mu Qingming was able to completely and meticulously control the true qi in his body, and he was involved in this knowledge. Learn such a kind of thaumaturgy with Miaobi and Tie Aunt, who are good at sealing, but I didn't expect that the crooked fight will really come in handy today.
Thinking of this, Mu Qingming couldn't help but sigh secretly: "It's really a lot of art that doesn't oppress people." ”。
Then he beckoned to his disciples and continued to lead them forward......
In the dark passage in the dim Immortal Dao stronghold, there was a sound of gentle footsteps, but it brought a burst of echoes, breaking the silence in the dark passage.
The sound of footsteps came from me, and it was the Immortal Dao East and West Protector walking in it.
At this time, the control on their bodies had subsided, but they still consciously walked in the dark passage, and walked towards Liu Yang's stone room with ease.
They were originally controlled by Liu Yang and came back, so they naturally had to go to Liu Yang as soon as possible.
By the way, I will take the Zhu Rongzhu back and temporarily hand it over to Changshengdao for safekeeping.
The West Protector couldn't help complaining a few words: "It's good to have fun outside, but you want us to rush back in a hurry, and you don't even give us the next night, and you're not afraid of exhausting us to death?" ”。
The Eastern Protector, who was walking side by side with him, couldn't help but reply: "We are already dead. ”。
But he was always smiling, and there was not the slightest malice in his tone. It seems that he just uses a slow speed to state a fact.
As soon as this statement of facts came out, the Western Protector around him was speechless for a while, unable to refute it.
At this moment, he took a few steps forward and came to the door of Liu Yang's stone room.
The gatekeepers have opened the door for them.
One after the other, the East and West Dharma Protectors crossed the threshold and entered the stone chamber.
The first thing that caught their eyes was Liu Yang, who was sitting upright behind the stone case with an oil lamp.
The second was the four bronze masks that they had never seen before, lined up on the stone table in front of Liu Yang.
These four masks are made of bronze, and all have round faces with deep concave eye frames, and the eyeballs are convex and rounded, so that people can look out through here after wearing the masks. And the ears are erect, the nose protrudes, and the fangs are open. The face shell is convex on the outside and concave on the inside, and the position of the facial features is similar to the human face, and the appearance is very fierce.
There was a faint smell of corpses emanating from the four masks of these fierce gods, and even the Dharma Protector who had just walked in could clearly smell this smell.
A thought flashed through my mind - this mask was something that the Immortal Dao had dug up the graves of the dead.
Liu Yang smiled and asked them to sit down, and the Western Protector who sat down didn't wait for Liu Yang to speak, and asked, "Is Sect Leader Liu worried about money?" ”。
This question was asked suddenly, and it was a little inexplicable, but it made Liu Yang on the other side stunned suddenly and blurted out.
"Since you're not worried about money, why are you in such a hurry to control us and bring us back? Can't we be in the outside world of flowers, another day? Immediately after that, the Western Protector said.
Only then did Liu Yang understand his words, laughed a few times under the light of the bean, and said, "The Western Protector misunderstood, I am not stingy with those oceans. It's just that you've got the things you want to create an evil soldier, and you're ready to watch the moon up close, so I have to grieve you. ”。
Liu Yang did not have the slightest apology when he spoke, and his tone was also natural.
The Western Protector didn't care about it anymore, changed the topic, and said with great interest: "Could it be that Sect Leader Liu got the falling moon?" Take it out and show me. ”。
The East Protector on the side was good for this indefinitely, and he picked up the teapot that Liu Yang had placed on the stone case, picked up another teacup, poured himself a cup of tea, and tasted it leisurely.
"I don't have that ability just yet." Liu Yang shook his head with a smile, and continued to say to the Western Protector, who suddenly lost interest: "However, the North and South Protectors kidnapped Mu Qingming's disciples and injured Mu Qingming's two junior sisters. ”。
The East Protector stopped the mouth of the cup to his lips and was stunned for a moment before he raised the teacup slightly and took another sip of tea.
The raised teacup and the hand of the East Protector raising the cup just blocked Liu Yang's sight, so that the other party did not notice the worry flashing in his eyes at all.
"What's going on?" The West Protector scratched his head, looking confused.
Liu Yang continued to be unhurried and said to the West Protector: "They told Mu Qingming and asked him to come up to the Haigeng Dam in three days to compete. If Mu Qingming wins, he can take away the kidnapped disciple, and if he loses, he will kill Mu Qingming. Isn't this just the opportunity to force Mu Qingming to use the falling moon? ”。
"You guys, let's go and fight the North and South Dharma Protectors now, so you can make some preparations as soon as possible." After a pause, Liu Yang, who said this, took out a simple map that had already been drawn and handed it to the Western Protector.
This is almost the same as the simple map he gave to the Dharma Protector in the north and south before, much the same, both of which draw a route map and mark how to get to the stronghold in Longmen Village.
The Western Protector didn't stretch out his hand, but the Eastern Protector took it boredly and looked at it.
"This Mu Qingming is not a fuel-efficient lamp, Sect Leader Liu won't ask the four of us to protect the Dharma to deal with him, right?" After looking at the map, the Eastern Protector suddenly said, "Aren't there any reinforcements?" ”。
The implication is to ask Liu Yang if he has sent a few disciples to follow them.
But Liu Yang didn't think about it, so he rejected the request of the East Protector, and said, "I think the ability of the four is enough to suppress Mu Qingming." Even if he has helpers, he is no match for you. The little Taoism of my disciples is only to cause trouble for you, so you can take care of this matter yourself. ”。
The East Protector stopped arguing, handed the map to the West Protector, took out the Sealing Dragon Iron, and put it on the table: "The Sealing Dragon Iron that can create an evil soldier for you has already been obtained." ”。
Under the dim light, the sealed dragon iron that fell on the stone case with a bang was slightly reflective.
At the same time, the Western Protector had no objections, and he had originally proposed a close observation of the falling moon. Since he had this opportunity now, he naturally had no objection, so he put away the map and took out the Zhu Rongzhu, which was as red as coals, and put it on the stone case in front of Liu Yang: "This is also the item and material needed for forging evil soldiers, Sect Leader Liu will keep it for us for the time being." ”。
That Zhu Rongzhu landed on the table, and the cold air around him immediately warmed up.
After the West Protector finished speaking, the entire stone chamber had become hot.
Even if Liu Yang had the power of a water demon in his body, it was so hot that beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.
It's just a corpse thing, the sweat glands have been necrotic, although I also feel hot, but there are no trickles of sweat oozing out of the body.
"What is this?" Liu Yang didn't know about this either, so he naturally looked at Zhu Rongzhu a few more times curiously and asked.
The West Protector and the East Protector had already gotten up, and the West Protector didn't say what it was, but just said, "Sect Leader Liu, guess it." After that, he followed the East Protector and walked out of the stone chamber.
Since Liu Yang wants them to go and fight the Dharma Protector of the North and South, then they just need to go.
Staying here, there is nothing to do anyway, it is better to leave to find the Dharma Protector of the North and South earlier, maybe there will be some fun.
And Liu Yang was no longer curious about what Zhu Rongzhu was on the stone case in front of him, but after retracting his gaze, he stopped the Dharma Protector who had already taken two steps, and then looked at the four bronze masks lined up on the stone case in front of him, and said, "Wait a minute, the two Dharma Protectors will bring these masks." ”。
Why does Liu Yang want to wear a mask on the Dharma Protector? Want to know what's next? Let's listen to the next breakdown.