The small road is paved with bluestone, and there are green grasses on both sides, and a few pairs of feet step across the path, and the breeze blows the grass on the side of the road and shakes gently, which is quiet.

But after walking for a long time, there is still a grassland, boulders, and pink flowers swaying in the wind, which is obviously a peaceful scene, but it brings more pressure to several people!

As they walked, they entered a different environment, the grass around them was replaced by tall trees, and the scene in front of them seemed to return to the forest that came out of the swamp.

But there are some differences, the road here is relatively wide, and there are enough people to walk side by side.

Shangguan Xi volunteered to be the backing behind him, Xiao Yiting and Mengqing, who was holding Bao'er, continued to take the lead, and the rest walked in the middle side by side.

The internal force in Shangguan Xi's palm secretly moved, absorbing the surrounding breath.

After a while, he put down his hand, looked left and right, noticed that both sides of the road were covered with all kinds of plants, and said to a few people: "There are a lot of rare herbs here, why not pick some?" ”

The few people who were originally wary of the front did not dare to move too fast, and the fatigue at the end of the day instantly relaxed after hearing Shangguan Xi's words like redemption.

Mengqing handed Bao'er into Xu Sanniang's arms, walked to the side of the road and squatted down to take a look, with an expression as if he had discovered a new world, "These herbs are indeed relatively rare, and they are basically unavailable on the market, let's pick some and go back, maybe it will have some effect!" ”

Hearing this, the Eighth Elder followed and squatted beside her to help her pick together.

There are not many medicinal herbs that the eight elders can recognize, and they are basically picked by Mengqing's command.

Several people followed the speed of Mengqing picking herbs and slowly moved forward, until they found the top of the cave, and at this moment Mengqing was almost picking.

Holding a pile full of medicinal herbs, she couldn't hide the surprise in her heart, "Let's go, go to the Valley of the Beastmaster!" ”

Everyone helped put away the herbs and hurried towards the top of the cave, and after a while, they arrived at the fork in the valley of the beastmaster.

At this time, the sky gradually darkened, and the shadows of the trees looked strange in the sky on both sides.

It's just that a few people never expected to meet their old acquaintance here-Qu Nishang!

She stood at the intersection, her clothes fluttering with a touch of afterglow reflected on the top of the mountain.

The evil smiled and she took two steps forward and said, "You are finally here, but I have been waiting for a long time, I am alone, and I happen to be a companion." ”

Waited a long time? Qu Nishang would be so kind?

A moment of doubt flashed in Mengqing's heart, and after looking carefully, the embarrassed body seemed to have suffered a lot on the way here.

Shangguan Xi glanced at her and didn't speak, relying on his own acumen to probe around the mouth of the valley.

"If there is no accident, this is the entrance to the Valley of the Beastmaster, and the surrounding trees have traces of beast claws, and it seems that the next adventure will be dangerous."

As soon as Shangguan Xi's words fell, the roar of wild beasts rang out from all around, as if to warn outsiders who stepped into the territory!

"Whew-"

This roar made the spirits of everyone present tense up again, and the roar of the beast here was not much different from what they heard when the swamp was full of gas!

Everyone was vigilant, and everyone was nervous and looked around, for fear of another dangerous fog, and several people were ready to be surrounded back to back like in a swamp!

At this moment, Bao'er was frightened and began to cry again, "Wow! ”

The baby's cry and the beast's roar overlapped, but then the beast's cry became more and more intense, and Bao'er's cry seemed to wake up more dangers hidden in the shadows!

Mengqing looked at Bao'er nervously, and saw Xu Sanniang hugging Bao'er and comforting softly.

"Don't cry, don't cry, Bao'er is good, Bao'er doesn't cry......"

Qu Nishang listened to the roars around her, and a burst of nervousness flashed on her face, the whip in her hand clenched tightly, and she urged eagerly: "It's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, let's leave quickly!" ”

Shangguan Xi's eyes fell on her, and he noticed that her expression was panicked, covering her left arm, and he had already seen some clues, but he did not say anything.

Xiao Yiting pulled out the short knife in his boots and protected Mengqing and Bao'er behind him, and reminded with his experience in the field: "It's getting late at this time, and we're afraid that we will suffer a loss if we rush in, so it's better to wait until dawn before acting." ”

"It's fine." The Eight Elders are in line with the Dao.

Meng Qing looked at Xiao Yiting a little worried, after all, he didn't have internal force to protect his body at the moment, how could a mere body resist the attack of a beast, but thinking of that man's self-esteem, he gave up.

Everyone was planning to find a place to sleep, but they heard Qu Nishang speak again: "I know you don't believe me, but you must know that if the beast king wants to come out to forage for food, he doesn't care about day and night, there is a saying that the night is long and dreams are many, it is better to go in as soon as possible, go early and return early!" "In case the beastmaster attacks, it's good that someone is in front of the bottom, hum!

Several people seemed to have seen through her thoughts, and they didn't like Qu Nishang and continued to ignore her.

Seeing that they really didn't believe it, Qu Nishang couldn't help but be a little anxious: "You must know that if we delay here for a while, the people in the city will be more dangerous, and don't let the names of the whole city be buried in the hands of the poisonous people, even if you make the Fengtian pot, it will not help." ”

When the words fell, she dropped another sentence: "That's all for words!" He turned and walked up the hill.

If it weren't for Qu Nishang's words, Mengqing would indeed not let everyone take risks, but at this moment, I thought of those people...... She had to reconsider.

looked at Xiao Yiting, and coincidentally, his gaze also turned, and his eyes were dark.

Sighing heavily, he took Mengqing's hand: "Let's go, I know you want to go, since we have decided, we can't delay any more time, and we can solve it quickly." ”

At the same time, Yancheng was in the midst of a rush of arrangement......

Qiu Yi was dressed very differently than before, wearing a silver iron armor standing in the wind on the city tower.

"Let them move faster, and be sure to finish it before dark today, otherwise even your iron armor will not be able to resist the attack of poisonous people and poisonous beasts at night."

"Yes!" The chief of the guard received the order and quickly ran towards the city tower.

The work that had been scheduled to be completed before nightfall was completed several hours ahead of schedule, and the guards were relieved to meet the sunset as they mounted the last piece of iron netting.

Qiu Yi, who had been supervising the work at the city gate, saw this scene, and the earth-shattering voice sounded on the city tower: "All the guards listen to the order!" Hurry to all places and bring the people who are hiding here one by one! Be sure to keep them safe tonight! ”

"Yes!"

In an uproar, one team after another of guards under the city tower, all wearing heavy iron armor, pushed iron cage carts that could accommodate many people and marched towards various intersections in the city.

The situation was serious, and no one dared to delay, and the heavy iron armor could not resist the speed of the guards shuttling between the houses.

The people here with their families had just been placed in the iron cage, and they went back non-stop to pick up the two young children and send them to the iron cage.

The walls of the cage are as thick as a child's arm, just to prevent the attack of poisonous beasts.

Seeing that there were more and more people in the safe area, Qiu Yi's heart gradually became comforted.

The lord of a city, first the people and then the city, otherwise how would he, the lord of the city, continue to do it!

He took off his armor and descended from the city gate to the safe zone of today, reassuring the terrified people, and his voice was powerful and powerful, "The days of anxiety in which you have been living for many days are over! I've had the guards lay a wire fence around you to protect you! Folks, you can sleep here tonight! ”

The tense spirits of the people finally relaxed a little at this time, and they all knelt on the ground and worshiped Qiu Yi as a god.

"Thank you for the protection of the city lord! We don't have to worry about those poisonous insects anymore! Long live the castle lord! Hooray! ”

If these words were Fengtian back then, they would have been very rebellious, but now they ......

Listening to the call of the heavens, the smile on Qiu Yi's face gradually expanded.

But he hid the smile.

"Protecting your people is my job as the lord of the city, so hurry up!" As he spoke, his eyes swept around the suffering people, and his face was full of regret!

Xiangying took the maidservants to deliver food and water to the people one by one, tears rolled in her eyes, and she felt distressed for these suffering people.

Among them, there are women holding children and crying bitterly, old people trembling and wiping tears from their faces, and now the safe area is full of old, weak, sick and disabled women and children, and the sturdy men are also assisting the guards to lead more people to continue to come this way.

At first glance, it was a peaceful scene.

But suddenly, Qiu Yi kept feeling that his heart was beating, and when he looked up, he felt faintly uneasy that the night had fallen, and he always felt that something big was about to happen!

In the meantime, the guards had gone to a village far from the city gates to continue rescuing the crowd.

As night fell, they also faintly felt that danger was approaching, and everyone slowed down a little and knocked on the door of every house.

Just as a group of guards had just received the people on their way, there was a commotion all around.

The ground suddenly began to shake, and before everyone could react, the shaking was getting stronger and stronger! A forest in the distance, from a farther away, the woods collapsed in large areas, and the birds were alarmed and scattered in all directions, accompanied by a cry, "Gah! Ga! Ga! ”

The crow of the crow was obviously not going to bring anything good, and the captain of the guard had a hunch that the situation was not good.

The shaking of the ground made it impossible for everyone to stand and sway steadily, and the heavy iron armor worn by the guards was still able to maintain some calm, and the people supported the guards one after another, all of them looking frightened.

In the midst of this tense atmosphere, no one dared to breathe, and suddenly the roar of the beast broke the calm and drew closer and closer to the crowd!

"Whew-"

Some of the children present were frightened and cried loudly, which was undoubtedly a target for those poisonous insects to find prey!

The people were in a panic and tried to go home to hide, and the guards shouted warnings: "Going home now is the most dangerous option!" Run with us! ”

Where do the people care about their words, they are still like headless flies, and at this time, the crisis is getting bigger and bigger.

The violent shaking of the ground caused the loess to crack, and the people who fled in the dark didn't pay attention to the running under their feet and fell directly into the ground, and there were screams all around in an instant!

At this moment, the black pressure of a restless poisonous beast let out a terrible roar and attacked this way, leveling the houses of the village, and the land passed through by the heavy body with sharp claws was bloody!

Those villagers who did not listen to the advice and ran to the village died here, and it became the food of the first wave of poisonous beasts!

The poisonous beast has mutated again, and its actions and attack power are even more terrifying than before!

The guards quickly formed an attack formation, surrounded the villagers who did not escape, and opened a gap for the villagers to escape in an orderly manner.

Some of the guards who had run away also turned back when they heard the sound, and raised the spikes in their hands towards the black pressure on a piece of poisonous beasts!

There were more and more screams around, and the guards were staring at the poisonous beasts scattered to find their prey, and the behemoths jumping around in the dark undoubtedly brought them heavy pressure!

But no one was afraid, and no one ran away from it!

The light of the moon shone down, and a large poisonous beast that couldn't tell what it was suddenly turned around, and looked at the guards with a dark green gaze.

It so happened that the silver moonlight flashed across its hideous face, and its face was as terrible as if it had been burned!

The sharp teeth were open, and bright red blood was dripping down the sharp teeth.

Looking at the gathered humans, the red eyes burst out with greedy light, looking up to the sky, and a long howl sounded through the air-