Chu Jing decided to send Qin Yingran to the other side of the mountain first, Shen Xiaoye's martial arts are very high, Mingyu is just a maid beside the princess, Lan Yanru is difficult to evaluate, in terms of value alone, Qin Yingran is bigger.

"Xiao Ye, you and Mingyu are looking for a place to camp, it may take a long time to go back and forth, you need to protect yourself for the time being. ”

Shen Xiaoye immediately agreed, "You can go with confidence, with me here, nothing will happen." ”

Lan Yanru, Mingyu and Shen Xiaoye were also familiar with each other, and they did not object.

Chu Jing said again: "It's too close to the Heavenly Barrier here, you need to go a little farther." ”

Shen Xiaoye also agreed to come down.

Then, Chu Jing picked up Qin Yingran, and in an exclamation, sat on the Sky Splitting Tiger and flew into the sky.

Only then did Qin Yingran dare to open her eyes, and the thunder wings of the Sky Splitting Tiger flashed rapidly, bringing a strong wind, and the thunder and lightning above crackled, making Qin Yingran feel both startled and a little scared.

She thought to herself, is this the life of a martial artist? Chu Jing said that everyone will have a demon beast mount, and their own will be so terrifying...... Is it majestic?

Even if Chu Jing was the owner of the Sky Splitting Tiger, the thunder and lightning on the Thunder Wing would also bring damage and could not be touched.

Chu Jing grabbed Qin Yingran's hand and put it on the fur of the Sky Splitting Tiger, the tiger's skin was soft and warm, not inferior to the fox's tail.

"It's so comfortable. Qin Yingran said with a smile.

Chu Jing stretched out her arm to shield Qin Yingran from the cold wind in the sky, Qin Yingran has no internal strength, and she has no resistance to the cold, but fortunately, the clothes on her body are worth a lot, even in such a cold altitude, the warmth effect is also excellent, but her face is still red from the cold.

Adapting to the Sky Splitting Tiger and high-altitude flight, Qin Yingran looked curiously at the scenery on the ground, the figures of Shen Xiaoye and Mingyu were already very small, like two little ants.

Mingyu was still thinking about the direction of the princess and looking around, Shen Xiaoye had already gone to the dense forest on the side of the road.

The Tempest Pass is an extremely important checkpoint, and camping from this vicinity, especially after the fire and smoke, is sure to attract the attention of the defenders in the area.

Shen Xiaoye knew that Chu Jing was avoiding the Seventh Prince, and she didn't have a good impression of the Seventh Prince, and she always carried a large group of women around her to swagger, which was even more excessive than Chu Jing.

Shen Xiaoye, who had camping experience many times, directly took the carriage, called Mingyu, and entered a place outside the dense forest that he couldn't look at.

There may be demon beasts here, but with Shen Xiaoye's strength, as long as it is not a flying demon beast like the Sky Splitting Tiger, Shen Xiaoye can retreat with Mingyu even if he is defeated.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, he walked all the way from the side of the road to the depths of the woods, and after the carriage could not pass, Shen Xiaoye simply got off his horse and left the cart outside.

Shen Xiaoye, Lan Yanru, and Mingyu are holding a horse, for people like Mingyu and Lan Yanru who don't know martial arts, horses are a life-saving means she can rely on, and Shen Xiaoye's horse is ready to be used as bait in case of danger.

The front was overgrown with weeds, getting deeper and deeper, Shen Xiaoye was holding autumn water in front of her, cutting through thorns and thorns, but Mingyu was a little trembling in the back, she was just a little maid in the palace, where had she ever been in such a gloomy and terrifying place.

"Shen Xiaoye, it's okay here, if you go any further, the pony will not be able to find us. Mingyu looked at the darkening environment and said in a very small voice.

Shen Xiaoye was naturally able to hear Mingyu speak, and replied, "After all, the Sky Splitting Tiger is a demon beast, it is still easy to find someone, and we haven't left too far yet, here...... I'm worried that starting a fire will cause unnecessary trouble. ”

In fact, monsters are not very afraid of fire, many monsters can even breathe fire, and the biggest effect of flames is to comfort human hearts.

Mingyu nodded, followed obediently, and saw that Shen Xiaoye was so reliable, and he also calmed down.

After walking for another three or four miles, Shen Xiaoye looked up and saw the dense branches and leaves above covering the sky and the sun, and knew that it was okay here.

"Autumn water continues!"

Shen Xiaoye's Qiushui Sword swung for a while, and the weeds around it were cleaned up, leaving only a few bare tree trunks.

When Mingyu saw this scene, his heart was even more relieved, and he hurriedly complimented: "Miss Shen's swordsmanship is skillful, and she is powerful. ”

Shen Xiaoye took back the autumn water with satisfaction, and began to take out the camping equipment from the mustard seed bag.

Lan Yanru also has her own mustard seed bag and starts to prepare her own, Mingyu doesn't have it, but she can help.

According to the time deduction, Chu Jing can pick up one more person today, thinking about it, only two tents are needed here.

Of the three, only Shen Xiaoye knows martial arts, there is no doubt that Shen Xiaoye will stay here for the longest time, Mingyu will follow Qin Yingran, he should be ranked first, and Lan Yanru will be second.

Shen Xiaoye and Lan Yanru were originally moving, and they had everything in the mustard seed bag, but it would not be worse than before.

Although there are lights, Shen Xiaoye still lights the bonfire, in her opinion, only lighting the bonfire can be regarded as camping, and there is the fun of camping.

Mingyu saw the flames and felt the warmth of the fire, and the fear in her heart dissipated a lot.

Mingyu looked at Lan Yanru who was sitting by the fire at the end, Lan Yanru didn't say much, only Chu Jing said a few more words when she was there, she seemed to be very busy every day, her brain kept spinning, and she didn't have time to deal with other people.

"Miss Lan, you say, will there really be a demon beast here? The tiger of the horse is a demon beast, and the demon beast here is not so terrifying. ”

Lan Yanru glanced at Mingyu, smiled, picked up the branch at the bottom of his feet and added a little to the bonfire, and said: "Demon beasts, demon beasts are very gentle, don't you look at Chu Gongzi's demon beasts, aren't they very docile? ”

"Really?" is not what Mingyu wrote in the book.

When Shen Xiaoye heard Lan Yanru's words, he knew that she was just laughing at Mingyu, but he still hoped to give Mingyu a correct understanding, lest she really believe in approaching the wild demon beast.

She said to Mingyu: "Don't be deceived, demon beasts really eat people, when I first traveled, a large group of blood wolves killed and ate a post station, including the soldiers and passers-by inside. ”

These words frightened Mingyu, and he couldn't help but look back at the dark place where the bonfire couldn't shine, as if there were terrifying, man-eating monsters there.

Lan Yanru suddenly asked Shen Xiaoye, "Your first trip?"

Shen Xiaoye said: "The second time, because the first time I encountered too many dangers, my father asked me to learn the Thirteen Swords of Quan Qiushui before I could go out freely, but I encountered civil strife in Xin, damn the old emperor, can't he appoint a prince to inherit his throne in advance?"

"He specified it, but it wasn't recognized by everyone, which caused the current situation. Lan Yanru said, she knew a lot, for example, the reason why the eldest prince was not recognized was mainly because of the ghosts of those old ministers in the court who favored the seventh prince, and as a result, the second prince and the third prince saw that they could take advantage of the opportunity and directly raised the anti-flag.

I don't know if this is the situation that the saint wants, the saint hasn't instructed her next step for a long time, and I don't know if something happened.

However, the strength of the saint is extraordinary, and she will not encounter troubles that cannot be solved.

Shen Xiaoye said: "No matter what he does, now that Chu Jing is the lord of a city, I have long wanted to use my method to manage the city, the city lord of Tiannan Mansion has made a mess of Tiannan Mansion, if it were me......"

"How are you?" asked Lan Yanru.

Shen Xiaoye obviously hadn't completely thought about it yet, and couldn't talk about it for a while.

Mingyu interjected: "I heard from Miss Shen and Miss that Miss Shen is now the lord of the three cities, and the relationship between your Miss Shen and Miss Ma should be easy to get a city." ”

In the past few days, Shen Xiaoye has not talked to Chu Jing much, and he still doesn't know the news that Yuanwang City and Black Sheep City were also taken by him, but now that he knows, he has to think about it. Shen Xiaoye really wanted to try to manage a city, but did she really have the ability? She didn't have much confidence herself.

Lan Yanru smiled and didn't speak, she didn't want to make trouble for Chu Jing, if Shen Xiaoye really provoked Chu Jing to ask Chu Jing for the management of a city because of a few words, it would not be good.

Suddenly, Shen Xiaoye's face changed, her right hand held Qiushui tightly, she heard some strange noises, here, the sound was definitely not human, it was the wind or ...... Demon beasts.

"Is there a situation?" asked Lan Yanru in a low voice.

Mingyu was so frightened that she leaned closer to Lan Yanru.

"It seems that they were attracted by the light of fire or the smell of smoke, so it is better to come, so that there is no need to keep a vigil at night. ”

Shen Xiaoye was full of confidence, this was the first real battle after she had cultivated the Thirteen Swords of Qiushui, killing was not something she liked, but the woman never minded using the method of killing.

The sound of rustling is closer and more numerous, and it seems that the number is not small.

Shen Xiaoye stood up, walked three steps outside the bonfire, stared at the place where the fire could not find, and said to the two behind him without looking back: "You guys try to stay together, don't worry, I will protect you well." ”

Mingyu's body crawled on Lan Yanru's body, Lan Yanru had a solemn expression, and pulled out a torch from the bonfire.

"It's out!"

Before Shen Xiaoye's words fell, something sprang out of the grass, his body was like a long strip, and his speed was extremely fast, and he only saw a black shadow.

It was fast, Shen Xiaoye's sword was faster, and as Shen Xiaoye swung and slashed, the silver light flashed, and the black shadow broke into two pieces and fell to the ground.

"It's a snake!"

Mingyu exclaimed, it was a snake with a thick arm and a long flat shoulder that was broken in two on the ground, and it was not yet dead, and the two severed bodies were still wriggling.

The snake has purple-red scales on its body and two long fangs in its mouth, which is undoubtedly a poisonous snake.

The most important thing is that there is not only this snake in this vicinity.

Fortunately, the campsite cleaned up by Shen Xiaoye was large enough, as long as the poisonous snake approached, Shen Xiaoye could find it as soon as possible and kill it.

As the first viper struck, other vipers followed.

Shen Xiaoye's sword was like a swift wind, and he circled Lan Yanru and Mingyu at an extremely fast speed, quickly taking out his sword, and after a while, the corpses of seven poisonous snakes were left on the ground, and it was the movement of the grass that disappeared.

"Is this into the snake cave?" Shen Xiaoye complained, there was no blood in the Qiushui Sword to kill people, and there was not the slightest trace on the killing of poisonous snakes, but Shen Xiaoye still felt unpleasant.

Lan Yanru's expression did not relax because he had killed seven poisonous snakes, and said in a deep voice: "It's not far from winter now, the snakes at this time are slow, and they are not very willing to hunt, why are there so many poisonous snakes at one time?"

Shen Xiaoye was stunned for a moment, and said, "Isn't it normal for there to be many poisonous snakes in the forest?"

Mingyu didn't dare to look at the corpse of the poisonous snake, staring at the bonfire that was still burning, looking at his nose and nose, and looking at his heart, without any distractions in his heart.

Lan Yanru said again: "I heard that there is a demon beast that can drive poisonous snakes, called snake slaves. ”

"Snake slave?" Shen Xiaoye shook his head, saying that he had never heard of a demon beast with such a strange name.

Mingyu is still in a state of determination.

Lan Yanru said: "The snake slave is actually a turtle-like demon beast, but it is huge in size and often has countless snakes wrapped around its body, so it will be called a snake slave." ”

"You're saying that these poisonous snakes are actually from that demon beast?"

Blue Smoke was silent for a while, "Maybe I came out to find food for the snake slave." ”

Suddenly, Blue Smoke lifted a torch and shone it upwards, her lips and jaws moved, and she said something silently, and then, a snake fell from the branch above.

Shen Xiaoye was about to go up and kill with a sword, but was organized by Lan Yanru reaching out.

This one is also a poisonous snake, but it is still alive, and it fell from the book and smashed it lightly, staggered to its feet, and lined up in front of Blue Smoke.

"What's going on?are you in control of it?" Shen Xiaoye didn't expect that after this poisonous snake fell from the tree, it didn't take the initiative to attack people, but instead seemed to be quite close to Lan Yanru.

Lan Yanru looked at the poisonous snake spitting a long letter and explained to Shen Xiaoye: "This is an illusion that can temporarily confuse and control other people or demon beasts, and this poisonous snake is controlled by me." ”

"......" Shen Xiaoye showed a very puzzled expression and asked, "What's the use of you controlling this snake?" it can't speak, and it can't directly tell you if there is really a demon beast like the snake slave nearby. ”

Lan Yanru carefully observed the poisonous snakes on the ground and answered Shen Xiaoye's question, "The snakes raised by the snake slaves are different from other snakes, they do not eat directly, but swallow a kind of energy on the snake slaves, so their abdomen is often empty, not only that, these snakes also have a characteristic. ”

Blue Smoke gestured like a finger at the poisonous snake, and then the poisonous snake stood up as a whole, like a small sapling.

"This is also the effect of illusion?" Shen Xiaoye asked in surprise, this is not something that ordinary snakes can do.

"No, snake slaves are crawling with snakes, and sometimes the snakes are not well placed, and some snakes will stand upright to reduce the space. Therefore, this snake should be the snake slave. ”

"Okay, I just want to know how strong the snake slaves are, if it's just these little snakes, I'll kill as many as I want. ”

Shen Xiaoye was full of confidence, although these snakes were highly poisonous, as long as they were not bitten, their strength was no more than that.

Lan Yanru shook his head, Shen Xiaoye was confident that it was good, because the snake slave was not as simple as he thought, and it was not a matter of a few little snakes.

In order not to make Shen Xiaoye and Mingyu worry too much, Lan Yanru didn't say anything, but took out some medicinal powder from the mustard seed bag and let Shen Xiaoye sprinkle it around.

By the time Shen Xiaoye finished sprinkling the medicinal powder, the sky seemed to be darkening, and the light in the already dark dense forest became even darker.

"Hasn't the colt come back yet? It feels like he's been gone for a long time. Mingyu finally couldn't bear the fear in his heart and the depression of the environment, and couldn't help but ask out loud.

Shen Xiaoye said with a smile: "It's only an hour, it's so fast, don't worry, when Chu Jing comes back, you will be the next one to leave." ”

Lan Yanru was still calm, and the environment didn't seem to have any effect on her, which made Shen Xiaoye feel strange, you know, even she felt a little uncomfortable with the dark dense forest.

"It's coming. ”

Lan Yanru said, because the medicinal powder on the ground turned white to blue, although I don't know what the principle is, but it is obvious what happened.

Suddenly, there was more rustling sounds, and this time it was as if a tsunami was coming, and the sound was terrifying.

Mingyu hugged his shoulders tightly, and he was not lightly afraid.

Shen Xiaoye clenched the autumn water, the expression on his face was no longer relaxed, this voice, it sounded like there were at least hundreds of snakes, could it really be that snake slave like Lan Yan's fairy tale before going to bed appeared? It really has so many snakes on its body.

Shen Xiaoye's keen sense of hearing could hear it, there seemed to be a different voice in the distance, the footsteps of this voice were extremely weighed, it seemed to be a big guy, but in the dense forest, even a martial artist like himself could not move an inch, and he needed a sword to open the way, what kind of large demon beasts would live here.

One snake, two snakes...... Countless snakes scurried out from the grass, the tops of the trees, and all corners, and their targets were Shen Xiaoye, Mingyu, and Blue Yanru.

Shen Xiaoye Qiushui sword in his hand, the speed was extremely fast, and he could only see a white coat and a bright light when he wielded it, and all the snakes in the sky and on the ground became a revenant soul under the sword.

In his spare time, Shen Xiaoye looked back at Lan Yanru and asked, "Those potions of yours seem to be useless." ”

Blue smoke was silent.

Shen Xiaoye killed the snakes that came out, there were too many snakes, and they were dispatched one by one, which made Shen Xiaoye tired of parrying.

The snake was broken into several pieces, and the snake blood left behind soaked into the powder on the ground, and the white turned blue, and the blue powder was dyed crimson under the snake's blood, but it was not all.

The red powder makes a sizzling sound, releasing a red mist.

Shen Xiaoye also saw the red mist, and couldn't help but cover his nose and ask, "What is this, is it poisonous?"

Lan Yanru immediately replied: "This is the same family of infection powder, as long as the blood of a living thing is soaked in the powder, it will release the same kind of biological being, you can see for yourself." ”

As the red mist increased, Shen Xiaoye obviously felt that the snake's movements had slowed down, and some of them even flew halfway in the air and landed on the ground.

"So strong!"

Shen Xiaoye was also shocked, if this kind of thing was used on the battlefield, it would be too terrifying.

Lan Yanru seemed to see what Shen Xiaoye meant, and said with a smile: "This medicinal powder is very precious, and this is not specifically used to make poison, but part of the formula of a hallucinogenic medicine, if it weren't for the fear that you would miss it, I wouldn't have taken it out if I put in one or two poisonous snakes." ”

Soon, no more snakes came out, and it seemed to be almost dead.

Still, the heavy footsteps were there, and they were getting closer.

Shen Xiaoye took a deep breath and said to Lan Yanru: "I really believe in that snake slave now, I want to know what its strength is, I should be able to deal with it." ”

"Yes. ”