Chapter 287: Molting
The sky was getting darker, the roads in the forest were getting harder and harder, a faint white mist rose on the ground, and everyone's clothes were wet with dew.
In the primeval forest of Xiangxi, the oxygen content is extremely high, and it is a pure land that has not been polluted, but when you walk in it, there is a feeling of breathlessness, and the thick branches and leaves above your head are like dense and unventilated roofs, which make you have the illusion of being indoors.
Finally, the mountain road of more than ten miles came to an end, and a mountain peak appeared in front of it.
This mountain peak is also seven or eight meters high, the mountain is green and verdant, the old snake tells us that this is the famous snake mountain in Xiangxi, on this mountain, there have been many big demons.
At the foot of the mountain, there is a dark cave, and above the cave hangs a damp and moldy wooden plaque, on which the word "willow" is vaguely written.
At the foot of the hill around the cave is a large thick green meadow, from which the stream passes, and the water at the end of March is clear and piercing.
Behind the green grassland, the forest is full of shadows, and this place is like a gloomy paradise, except for the old snake, the local indigenous Miao people may not be able to find here.
"This is the Snake Fairy's Cave." The old snake wiped the sweat on his face, pointed to the cave and introduced: "That snake fairy's surname is Liu, and his full name is Liu Yanbo. ”
Listen to the name, or is it a female snake?
The old snake led us into the cave, I lowered my head and went in to take a look, and was surprised, from the outside, it was just a natural ordinary cave, but inside it was very elaborate and antique.
As soon as you enter, there is a hall, surrounded by some furniture from the old society, and not far from the stone wall, there are several small stone houses, which may be used for living, retreating, storing food and alchemy.
The floor was covered with thick mats of withered grass, and the hole was not damp at all, but rather dry, and did not smell anything strange.
Torches were lit on the surrounding stone walls, illuminating the cave, and against the wall of the hall there was a small low table with an ancient oil lamp on it, and behind the table sat a woman with a cloak of hair.
This woman is quite young, at most twenty-seven or eighteen, with a beautiful face, although she can't talk about the moon and shame, but she is also beautiful and clean.
The woman was wearing a loose white silk robe, with bare feet, a hairpin coiled on her head, peach eyes and red lips, and a little white and chaste.
We were all standing at the door, the old snake stepped forward with a solemn face, and the master and apprentice both knelt down in front of the woman: "The old slave meets Miss Liu." ”
It turned out that this woman was the Xiangxi Snake Fairy, Liu Yanbo.
"Get up." Liu Yanbo said softly, looked at everyone with his eyes, and asked the old snake: "Who are these people?" ”
The old snake stood up and said in a somewhat anxious tone: "Miss Liu, I'm afraid you don't know yet, right?" The Cambrian is coming to get you, and they're here to help you. ”
"You're here." Liu Yanbo smiled at the corner of his mouth, nodded at us, and said, "Everyone, please sit down and talk, I have been unwell recently, and I can't entertain you in person, please forgive me." ”
The old snake went to the back room and came out with some stools, we sat down in turn, I looked at Liu Yanbo carefully, and found that there were a few faint wrinkles in the corners of her eyes, faintly revealing the vicissitudes of time.
This is a big snake in the Shura realm, but she has a strange tiredness on her body, and she seems to be very weak.
Hu Qingqing looked at Liu Yanbo and said, "Sister, didn't you find a brother for yourself?" ”
Liu Yanbo wiped his hair behind his ears and said: "Out of the horse, that is the prevailing thing in your northeast, in Xiangxi, there is no such thing as going out of the horse, I am alone here to practice, and it is good to be pure and have few desires." ”
It turns out that this Liu Yanbo, like Hu Qingqing back then, has cultivated her own human form, the snake immortal of the Shura Realm, at least five hundred years ago, and it is not easy for her to maintain such a good appearance.
I can see that Liu Yanbo lived a very poor life, although in the eyes of cultivators, rich and poor do not matter, but the long years of living alone in a cave for many years, coarse tea and light food, and the long years of torment against loneliness and inner demons, this kind of taste is unimaginable.
After listening to everyone introduce themselves, Liu Yanbo's smile became sweeter: "I can't imagine that before I die, there are so many good friends to help me, the kindness of friends, the little woman is grateful, if there is an afterlife, I will be a cow and a horse, and I will repay you." ”
It seems that Liu Yanbo has long felt his death, which makes the haze in my heart even stronger.
Is there really no turning point?
Cui Taichu squinted and said, "It's not enough to repay the favor, we just don't want you to fall into Cambrian's hands." ”
Cui He also said: "If you are arrested, it will be dark." ”
The old snake's face was panicked, as if he remembered something, and said hurriedly: "Miss Liu, before Cambrian makes a move, you can escape quickly!" Escape from Xiangxi. ”
"I can't escape." Liu Yanbo said miserably: "In my dream, I can clearly perceive that there are several terrifying auras that firmly lock me in. ”
"If I run away, death will be my only whereabouts."
This sister speaks with a unique taste, sentences are formed into words, beautiful like a sad song, and people are also easy-going, and I have a good impression of her.
Hu Qingqing frowned, and sniffed the air with his nose: "How can I smell a dead breath?" ”
Liu Yanbo waved at the old snake a little weakly: "Go, serve tea to the guests." ”
When the old snake went to the inner room to make tea, Liu Yanbo told us: "Cultivation is to go against the sky, especially for a loose immortal like me, I am a snake, from the six rules, I can't escape the beast way, but I turned into a human form, which is equivalent to violating the laws of heaven...... In the past 500 years, I have come and gone in the wind and rain, and there are many disasters, every 100 years, it is a big calamity, and every ten years, there is a small calamity......"
Hu Qingqing couldn't help but say: "If you find a younger brother, you don't have to cross the robbery." ”
Liu Yanbo smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Those gloomy beasts don't come early, they don't come late, they have to pinch the time, and they won't come until I molt a little calamity, and I can't show my aura during this period of molting, I am the weakest, and I can hardly show my aura." ”
To her this, everyone's faces were gloomy, originally with the help of the snake fairy, our chances of winning can be improved by a few points, this time, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and the Cambrian army was approaching, but it caught up with Liu Yanbo molting.
There is one less Asura Snake Immortal in the team, and the overall strength will drop directly.
The more I think about it, the more I feel that Cambrian is despicable, and Chen Shanhuo has been undercover in it for so many years, and I don't know how he survived.
Everyone drank the hot tea brought by the old snake, and Liu Yanbo was lazily half lying on the wall: "The little girl's family is poor, and she really can't get good tea, so her good friends make fun of her." ”
"That's good." I nodded at her, the tea entered my throat, my mouth was full of bitterness, my tongue was numb with bitterness, and soon it began to be sweet again, the bitterness faded, and the sweet smell of flowers and fruits flowed on the tip of my tongue for a long time.
Liu Yanbo looked at Cui He with his eyes and asked softly: "Senior, you just said that I was arrested and it was dark, what does this sentence mean?" ”
Cui He didn't say a word, and tasted tea with his head down.
I replied for him: "In the Netherworld, there is a nineteen-story demon tower, the tower lives the three sisters of fate, the demon tower is sealed by a force, Cambrian wants to catch six Asura level animal immortals and sacrifice them to the netherworld, so that they can break the seal and control the fate of the entire human race by controlling the three sisters of fate." ”
"Regardless of whether they control the three sisters or not, as long as the seal is lifted, the world will receive the backlash of the rules of life and death, and then, many terrible disasters will occur."
Hu Qingqing added for me: "Among the six immortals, there are already two, no, three have been captured by them. ”
She looked at me with beautiful eyes: "The mouse fairy in the crow's hand should also be counted as one." ”
I hummed, and Hu Qingqing continued: "Sister, haven't you noticed? Now, there is a harbinger of the end of the world. ”
Liu Yanbo's face turned pale when he heard this, and his lips murmured, "No wonder...... I've been hearing thunder lately. ”
Su Yao held her cheeks in her small hand and said: "There are all over the world, thunder on a sunny day is not a good sign, I heard Chen Shanhuo say before, the Antarctic ice melts, and next, the unknown virus in ancient times will be released?" ”
Liu Yanbo lowered his head and thought for a long time, and said, "In other words, my death involves the fate of the entire world. ”
"Originally, I also wanted you good friends to go back after drinking tea, I don't want everyone to take risks for me, so since this is the case, then we shouldn't give up easily, die, and fight with Cambrian to the end!"
Liu Yanbo's face surged with a weak murderous aura, and he asked us, "How many people does Cambrian plan to send to arrest me?" ”
"Two." I told her, "One is the Sound Demon, who is almost in the Asura Perfection Realm, and the other is who it is, and who it is is still uncertain. ”
Liu Yanbo nodded, struggling to sit up straight: "Let's assume that the other person is at the same level as the Sound Demon, and on our side, there are only two old-timers in the Mirror Cave, who are in the Shura Realm, if we look at it like this, we will be defeated!" ”
She calculated correctly, Cui Taichu is only Shura Xiaocheng, his senior brother is much more powerful than him, but he is far from reaching the level of the Nine Heavens, and the people sent by Cambrian are at least masters of the Shura Realm, no matter how you look at it, we have no chance of winning.
As for me, Rakshasa level players like Su Yao and Hu Qingqing, there is no point in calculating them.
Ahead, it's so dark that you can't see your fingers.
"Do your best, you can't fight, escape, survive, don't die." Cui He said in a hoarse voice, a person who cherishes words like gold can say so much, which is already very surprising to everyone.
That night, we stayed in Liu Yanbo's cave, and everyone's mood was very low, and the atmosphere was extremely silent.
Everyone was meditating quietly, recuperating, and no one could sleep.
I suddenly remembered the four affixes of Hades:
Discord, mirror, lightlessness, eternal life.
When I told this, my companions were shocked when they heard it, after all, according to the paradox of the underworld, no one knows what the underworld really looks like, and whoever knows it can't come back.
Even the terrifying Cambrian could not set foot in the underworld.
"I don't know anything else, this mirror must have nothing to do with our mirror hole." Cui Taichu stared at the candle on the ground in a daze.
Liu Yanbo smiled a little sadly: "I'm going to the underworld, but unfortunately, I can't bring back the news over there." ”
In the dim light, she looked around at everyone with beautiful eyes, and whispered faintly: "My good friends, you are the kindest people in your hearts, look at these little girls, young men, how beautiful they are, like red apples, I believe that you will never go to the underworld to suffer." ”
I comforted her and said, "Sister Liu, don't be too pessimistic, maybe there will be a turnaround." ”
Liu Yanbo stared at me stunned, not knowing what he was thinking.
I glanced at Xiao Duo, whose face was round and round, it stands to reason that I shouldn't have brought her to this dangerous place, but I have no other choice, Xiao Duo's psychic physique can help me.
After hesitating, I secretly said to Xiao Duo: "You help your uncle ask that aunt, ask her, will she help me." ”
Xiao Duo hummed timidly, closed her eyes, and said to me later: "Auntie said, she can help you, but ......"
"But what?" I said urgently.
Xiao Duo was a little frightened and said: "However, when Auntie turns around and asks you for something, you have to give it to her, if you don't give it, Auntie will be angry!" ”
I breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Saucer Immortal was willing to make a move, my heart would be much more steady, originally I didn't have much hope for this, but now I count Saucer Immortal, the outcome is a little confusing.
As for the price of asking her to help, whether I can afford it or not, it's not something I can control, anyway, I'll get through this level first, and then I'll talk about it then.
After I took care of Xiao Duo to fall asleep, I meditated until midnight, and suddenly a female voice came from my ear: "Young man, you come out with me." ”
When I opened my eyes, I saw Liu Yanbo walking out of the cave, and I got up and followed.