Chapter 4: Retrieving the Soul
When Dongyang Shuo and Nan Qiu arrived at the place marked on the map, they had been exploring the periphery of Lingqiu for two days without making any progress due to the miasma, and he was disappointed for a while, feeling that he might really have to end his fate.
On this day, I happened to meet a team of beast hunters, only two or three of these people were slightly qualified casual cultivators, and the others were ordinary people who knew some martial arts, and they were all expelled from their home country because they were homeless or had made great mistakes.
They eat all year round to make a living, and they will venture into the border forests of Dongyang, or come to hunt beasts outside the miasma of this Lingqiu, waiting for the lone little beasts to come out to feed, if they accidentally break into the depths, they will not return.
After talking to these people, Nan Qiu learned that the danger degree of the Lingqiu Miasma was second only to the South China Sea, where demons gathered. The miasma in the forest can not only make mortals die instantly, but even some cultivators will lose their spiritual power if they enter. Not to mention that there are many violent and man-eating monsters hidden in the depths of this forest.
"Uncle Nan, let's go back." Dongyang Shuo suppressed his emotions and finished talking to Nanqiu, took out the map in his arms and looked at it again. Suddenly, a figure flashed through the obstacle, and a stone hit his hand, causing him to suffer, and the map fell from his hand. Nan Qiu was instantly vigilant behind Dongyang Shuo, staring at a certain part of the obstacle with a murderous face.
The group of people was also frightened, after all, they had never heard that there were still living people in the Lingqiu Obstacle, and a strong man with a full face and beard had the courage to shout: "Who is there pretending to be a ghost!" Come out for grandpa! ”
After waiting for a long time and no response, the bearded man just wanted to take a few steps forward, when a sudden "rustling" sound came from the forest and made him pause.
A demon beast with a horse's body and a fox face slowly emerged from the obstacle, raising its head arrogantly and sneering at the crowd in the distance. It walked slowly to Dongyang Shuo's side and leaned down slightly to signal him to go up, Dongyang Shuo was a little flustered, and suddenly thought of something after seeing that there were two horn-like things on the horse's back.
Picked up the map and put it in his arms, helped the horns on the beast's back and sat on it, turned his head to Nan Qiu and said, "Uncle Nan, you go back first, take care of my mother for me, and protect her." If I make it back alive, I will go to her and plead guilty. ”
"Childe! Never! Nan Qiu wanted to stop him, but who knew that even the demon beast exuded spiritual sense oppression around him, so that he couldn't get close to him. This arrogant demon beast didn't give others a chance to react at all, so it took steps to bring Dongyang Shuo into the obstacle.
Leaving a crowd of people at a loss to look at each other.
Nan Qiu staggered back a few steps, lowered his head and took a few deep breaths, glanced at the disappearing figure again, and turned around and left without saying hello to the others.
The moment Dongyang Shuo entered the obstacle, he instinctively held his breath, but found that it seemed that the obstacles in the forest were scattered to the surrounding area as they passed. Originally, there was no light and yin qi in the forest, which was extremely heavy, but he didn't feel the slightest coldness and biting, but his body was as if there was a ball of heat wrapping himself up, warm.
At first, he was a little scared and panicked in his heart, but when he saw the full appearance of this demon beast, he remembered a broken ancient scroll he had collected. There is a description in the book: "There is a yellow car in the mountain, its shape is like a fox, and there are horns on its back, and the life span of the multiplication is two thousand years old." ”
If it is as depicted in the book, the beast should be regarded as a spirit animal. After he rides, will the lifespan be...
The two guards at the Lingqiu Barrier had appeared before Dongyang Shuo arrived, and one of them had thrown stones at him.
The demon beast sent Dongyang Shuo to the entrance and shook his body, as if he was particularly unhappy with his ride. Dongyang Shuo jumped down, and the demon beast disappeared into the thick fog. The two people at the entrance of the enchantment also looked like teenagers, and they glanced at each other, and a handsome young man with a slightly taller height stepped forward and saluted, saying, "In Xia Mu Yu, the Lord has sent us to wait for your guests here, please come with me." ”
Dongyang Shuo asked curiously: "... Who are you lords? How did you know I was going to be here? ”
Mu Yu smiled; "Childe, haven't you forgotten, this is in my Lingqiu realm, what is there that the Lord doesn't know."
Another young man next to him also laughed: "Brother Yu, don't laugh at this son." Let's take him back quickly. After speaking, he nodded at Dongyang Shuo. In Xia Fuso, what is the name of Childe? ”
"Brother Fusang is polite, his surname is Dongyang, and his single name is a big word."
Between the words, a burst of light flashed, and when he opened his eyes again, he was already in the Lingqiu realm.
The scenery in front of him amazed Dongyang Shuo for a long time, the misty valley and lakeside were overgrown with strange flowers and plants that had never been seen in the outside world, and the colorful clouds looming in the air in the distance seemed to be wrapped in something, and when he approached through the sea of flowers, he found that in the colorful clouds that gradually dispersed, it was actually a pool city floating in the air.
Yuan'er led Su Ziyi to wait for him outside the Cloud Palace. When Dongyang Shuo walked up the ladder, he saw Yuan'er with a wicked smile on his face, standing outside the hall with a young girl he had never seen.
"You... You're not... Is that girl from Qingyanzhai?! Dongyang Shuo looked at her in surprise.
Yuan'er squinted slightly and took a few steps forward, shook the silver bell in his wrist, and raised his head to stand in front of him: "That's right, what about me?" Ignorant mortals, my aunt and grandmother don't know how many years older than you! Not to mention, there are few people in this world who dare to call me a girl! The slender hand under the sleeve silently pinched a magic decision, just as he wanted him to see how powerful she was, but who knew that the law decision was dissipated by a spiritual force before it was condensed.
Su Ziyi saluted to the people in the hall: "Master, mother." ”
Fusang and Mu Yu bowed respectfully and stood aside.
Qingyan nodded, and Su Ziyi obediently walked behind her and Su Jinghao.
"Yuan'er, don't mess around."
The girl pouted, like a child who hadn't grabbed her favorite toy, ran to Su Ziyi's side with her head tilted, grabbed her arm and muttered quietly. "Annoying mortals, always make me criticized."
Dongyang Shuo stared at the green smoke coming out of the hall, and repeatedly confirmed that the appearance of this figure and the white veil on his eyes... He suddenly didn't understand a little.
"Your Majesty is confused?" Qingyan chuckled at the corners of his mouth, even if he couldn't see the whole picture clearly, it was really good-looking. He only had one feeling that if this woman took off her veil, she must be beyond the world, that is, cold, and bewitching beauty.
Dongyang Shuo said the question in his heart: "Since the Qingyan girl is from this place, why didn't she bring me directly, but gave me the wooden box and map for me to find in the time?" ”
"Your Highness thinks that if I bring you directly to this Lingqiu, will you easily believe me?"
Seeing that he was silent, Qingyan slowly took a few steps forward, flicked his sleeves, and a roll of red satin brocade floated in the air. "It should have been a little later, but there were some changes that brought you here."
The red light suddenly appeared, Su Jinghao's face was startled, and he glanced at Mu Yu, Mu Yu and Fusang understood, and immediately laid an enchantment around them.
The brocade book slowly opened the volume, and Qingyan pinched out the word 'sheng' from the air.
Dongyang Shuo has seen a lot of immortal arts recently, and although he is no longer surprised, he is becoming more and more curious about Qingyan's identity. It's just that I don't know what I mean at this time, and I have a slight question: "Girl, this is...?" ”
"What Your Majesty wants in your heart is nothing more than a new word." After Qingyan finished speaking, he dispersed the word, and reached out to summon a wisp of red smoke that had been transformed into the word in the air. "I can save you and keep you alive."
"Seriously! Seriously!?.. Cough.. Ahem...."Dongyang Shuo was a little excited, he had been running around and tired recently, and his originally weak body began to cough violently, falling into a coma, and dark red blood flowed from the corners of his mouth.
Seeing this, Fusang stepped forward to help, and secretly used some spiritual power to help him ease up.
"Everything has a price." Qingyan sighed lightly and looked back at Su Jinghao, "Time is pressing, prepare a room for him, I'm closer, I want to take my soul." ”
Su Jinghao nodded and ordered Mu Yu to go down and prepare, and Fusang carried Dongyang Shuo and the others into the inner hall of the Cloud Palace.
"Sister, you really want to save him." Yuan'er asked quietly, Qingyan shook her head, "Yes and no." Saving him is just a matter of taking advantage of the situation, what I want is the soul and soul that he has in his body. ”
Yuan'er instantly understood that the vessel that her sister had spent thousands of years searching for was the young man in front of her. It's just that she doesn't know when the two souls were raised into the young man's body.
Thinking of the years when Qingyanzhai was born in Dongyang Kingdom, it seems that it was the year when this little emperor was born...
Sure enough, she will never be able to guess her sister's thoughts and methods, and it is estimated that she will only be so indifferent to the use of newborn lives as soul nourishing vessels except for the demons.
The title of 'Flood Desolate Demon God' was not obtained for nothing.