Chapter 48: The Place of the Accident
"Zhuang Jing is also a girl with good talent, she has not returned yet. This worried me, but the village chief didn't say any more.
And I frowned: "But what? β
At this time, all the demon hunters of the Huo Nie family had already set off, some entered the forest, and some quickly headed towards the bottom of the mountain.
I'm sitting on the boulder, guarding this array, and according to the plan, if there is any accident with these demon hunters, I will shoot quickly! With the array disc in hand, it is like having an extra pair of eyes.
And I am equivalent to a final commander, and the most solid guarantee for the demon hunters of the Huo Nie family!
The village chief's hesitation at this time should also be because he was afraid that I would be distracted and affect the battle situation, right? After all, this was the first battle of the Fire Nie family's demon hunters, and as the village chief of Wangxian Village, the meaning of this battle was too important to him, and he even nervous me.
But I had already asked, but the village chief couldn't hide it, but said, "Actually, if you don't ask, the head of the family, I will explain the situation to you later." For Yu Gong, after all, every demon hunter in the Huo Nie family is precious. What's more, it's still a talented girl like Zhuang Jing? Privately, your generation, including the head of the family, was grown up under my watch, and Zhuang Jing's grandfather and I had a very close personal relationship, so I couldn't ignore it. β
I nodded slightly.
At this time, it was already past noon, when the sun was at its peak, but this was a winter day, and even the sun was not necessarily warm, and even the slightest cold wind was still a little cold.
It's just that the blue sky is washed, and with the gentle warm sun, it will make people feel cheerful.
I was in a good mood, but when I heard the village chief talk about this, my mood became a little heavy.
The past with Zhuang Jing is not pleasant, and she has always treated me with a disdainful mentality, whether it is when I am a teenager or after adulthood.
And before I was with her, I couldn't tell the difference between this feeling, because I cared more than other girls.
Later, after inheriting Nie Yan's memories and experiencing a deep love, I realized that my concern for Zhuang Jing came precisely from her disdain for me.
No matter how much I have forgotten the past, some pride is engraved in the soul, and it has nothing to do with memories! Therefore, being driven down the mountain gate by the master will completely bruise me, in addition to the emotional factor, there is also the self-esteem that is not recognized.
As for Zhuang Jing, how can I allow her to look down on me for no reason? Especially since she is still a girl, which hurts my self-esteem even more!
Therefore, I always want to behave in front of her, prove that I want her to be convinced, and let her know that I, Ye Zhengling, am definitely not a puddle of mud.
It is under such emotions that Zhuang Jing, a girl, is remembered very well by me among many people.
Now it seems that such a mentality is a bit naΓ―ve, the strong don't need to prove it to anyone at all, but after all, she is my past youth, a kind of mental tempering, and it also represents a period of my growing years, after the grievances are gone, how can I ignore her safety?
Besides, she is the demon hunter of my Huo Nie family, they are the ones who fight with me, and they are also the ones I want to shelter, how can I ignore them?
What's more, she and Brother Zhengchuan?
Here, I also think of a person, it should be Lao Zhuang, right? The old man who cleaned up Zhuang Jing for me, he defended me so much, how could I ignore his granddaughter? Otherwise, I don't deserve the title of the head of the family at all, and it will also make the old man's heart cold, right?
A lot of messy past events came to mind, I put aside the heavy feeling in my heart, and asked the village chief as calmly as possible: "What is the situation with Zhuang Jing?" Village chief, you can say it directly. β
"Yes, Master!" After hesitating for a moment, the village chief finally began to narrate: "There are people in the village who are counted by heaven. On the same day, the Mingyangmen formation collapsed, in order to keep the people of the heavenly lineage, the head of the family personally locked the turtle demon in Wangxian Village, can the head of the family remember this past? β
"Yes, it will be a huge help in the future, and I have to keep them." I nodded yes.
"The smooth return of the head of the family this time, why the people of our Wangxian Village came here in advance to wait, is because of the mention of the Heavenly Calculation." The village chief said to me unhurriedly.
No wonder when I climbed the mountainside, I met the people of Wangxian Village, the first sentence was to welcome my return, it turned out that the Tiansuan line had already calculated this ending, I nodded gently, closed my eyes, and my breath was the unique taste of Qinling Mountain, and there was already a faint intermittent shout of killing in my ears.
My expression was quite calm, but the village chief suddenly became nervous, I opened my eyes, and said to the village chief with confidence: "It's okay, this is a battle that must be won, this team is just an ordinary demon." I can't think of a moment before I can be killed by them, and then I'll go to support the team fighting the big demon. β
My words undoubtedly gave the village chief confidence, and he licked his lips and continued: "Next, I want to ask the head of the family for forgiveness. Tiansuan has made a promise to my Huo Nie family, that is, it will shoot for us three times a year. Zhuang Jing's girl has not returned for a long time, and Lao Zhuang is also the mainstay of my Wangxian Village, he is a demon hunter of the older generation. We couldn't chill his heart, so I took advantage of it. β
As he spoke, the village chief was a little apprehensive, after all, for an ordinary, ungrown demon hunter to use a chance, no one can measure whether this is worth it? If it's just on weekdays, seeing that this troubled world is coming, how precious is every opportunity?
"Of course it should be." I gave Lao Zhuang an affirmation.
And his hand caressed the array plate, and there was a sense of relief in his heart, through the array plate, I had already sensed that the first team of the Huo Nie family had successfully killed a demon, and was in a hurry to converge towards the place where the big demon was.
It's only been less than half an hour since we set off, and it's a very strong ability! Much better than I expected.
I can't see how well they cooperate, but it's good to have this record, and this time it should help them grow up as soon as possible.
The village chief didn't know that he had killed the enemy, and his eyes were full of worry when he looked down the mountain, but he continued to tell me about Zhuang Jing's situation: "If you ask Tiansuan to make a move, you will naturally have an answer." The only thing we know is that Zhuang Jing's girl is not dead, but she is in a certain predicament. And this dilemma comes from "
"Where?" It must be to rescue Zhuang Jing, there is no doubt about it.
"From a short distance from our part." The village chief hesitated for a moment and said the answer given by Tiansuan.
Before I could react, I subconsciously asked, "What did you say?" β
"Zhuang Jing is trapped in the Qinling Mountains, and it is not far from our section. Family Master, if this matter were not the conclusion reached by the Heavenly Calculation, I would not have believed it at all. But Tiansuan said so, and it is definitely not wrong. You see this? The village chief's face was also a little ugly, just waiting for me to make a decision.
My hand rested on the array, but two things came to mind for some reason.
First, when Brother Zhengchuan and I went back to the mountain, we chatted with the driver for a few more words, and the driver inadvertently talked about the legend in the mountain, according to him, there are many monster legends in the mountain. Specifically, I don't remember much, the only thing I remember that impressed me was the failure of the snake demon to cross the thunder tribulation or something, and the tail was so big.
Second, when Brother Zhengchuan and I stayed on the mountain overnight, there was an unusual movement, but then I didn't find anything, but I found an unusual footprint.
Does this have anything to do with Zhuang Jing's disappearance? I groaned.
A ridiculous thought inevitably rose in his mind, could it be Zhuang Jing? Because when I searched for the footprint the next day, I found that it was a woman's footprint!
How can it be? Zhuang Jing has any reason to see that Brother Zhengchuan and I don't recognize each other? To be so sneaky? If she is in a predicament, at that time, she should have asked me and Brother Zhengchuan for help?
"Master, what do you remember?" Seeing that I was frowning and pondering, the village chief thought that I had a guess about this matter, and couldn't help but ask with hope.
I waved my hand, didn't make a sound, and remembered the last time I spent time with Zhuang Jing, it was after meeting Brother Zhengchuan, she clearly told me that she was going back to the mountain gate.
After that, Brother Zhengchuan and I also went back to Shanmen the next day, but she didn't go with us.
This point, Brother Zhengchuan and I didn't care about it at that time, it was normal for Zhuang Jing not to go with us, that time, we went back to the mountain gate, and also went to Wangxian Village, in the village we didn't inquire about Zhuang Jing's news, because she looked back at Xian Village, according to her ability, it should be a normal and safe thing.
Besides, it's normal not to see it, the people in Wangxian Village are already mysterious, they will be in the village for a while, and they will disappear for a while. Only now did I know they were practicing!
Now, everything is connected, which can only show one point, Zhuang Jing and she actually had an accident on the way back to Xian Village.
Thinking of this, I looked at the village chief and couldn't help but ask: "Village chief, do you use this square array plate on weekdays?" β
"I use it occasionally, after all, it consumes too much soul power." The village chief didn't understand why I was suddenly asking about this.
"That is to say, isn't this phalanx monitoring the situation in the mountains 24 hours a day? Is that right? I frowned and asked softly.
"Yes, only once in a while. After all, there is the formation of Mingyangmen to protect it, and the situation in the mountains does not need us to monitor it like this, besides, no one has that kind of soul power to monitor it all the time. "The village chief just explained to me like this, which is also a matter of course, after all, there is a formation of Mingyangmen, there is no need to monitor the situation in the mountains.
My hand lightly tapped on the array plate, and I whispered: "I think, the place where Zhuang Jing had an accident is on the way back to Xian Village." β