Chapter 62: The Hidden Pine Incident

When Mochizuki arrived at the hidden pine, the air in the mountain was still filled with the smell of burning, and the whole mountain looked so desolate under the purple sky. Not far from the cave, there were corpses piled up, and he couldn't help but feel sad when he thought about whether the princely ghost-faced scorpion would be among them.

Strangely enough, there were no guards outside the cave, and in Mochizuki's opinion, Qingyun's subordinates were really quite confident in their own strength, and the warriors who came with him were divided into two groups, one group of five people followed him into the cave to inquire about the situation, and the other group stayed outside the cave, and once they failed to come out for a long time, they returned to the royal city to seek reinforcements. The light in the cave was slightly dim, and the smell of burning became more pronounced, mixed with the highly poisonous fishy sweetness. The space inside the cave is very large, and the cave is intricately connected to the cave, and the ground is littered with made weapons and destroyed molds, so you must be very careful not to make a sound.

The castle lord's cave was on a high position, connected only by an iron-locked bridge, and Mochizuki and the warriors were a little overwhelmed by the fact that they still couldn't see the shadow of the enemy until they came to the bottom of the bridge. He was hesitating whether to step onto the upward chain bridge, but from the hole of the castle lord above made the sound of metal grinding against each other, and he made a gesture to keep the warrior who followed him in place, and he grabbed two Moon Shadow knives and rushed upward.

The castle lord's cave was filled with a large mist, and his vision was useless here, and his sense of smell was also disturbed by the strong dampness, only the sound of metal grinding still echoed. Mochizuki didn't think much about it and swung down the knife, the scimitar with a powerful demonic cyclone split the misty mist in two, and a figure not far away was revealed, the figure was the same as the monster described by the person who fled back to report the news, it happened to have four arms and a giant tail, the iron blue skin was sparsely left with white scales, only a white cloth around his waist, although his face was not clearly seen in the shadows, but the pair of all-white pupils that were glaring angrily revealed murderous intent.

"You're Qingyun's subordinate Yaksha?" Mochizuki asked with the scimitar in his right hand, and after waiting for a while, the monster standing in front of him did not answer, so he continued to ask, "You are the only one left to defend the city that you have worked so hard to capture?!" ”

"It's enough to leave me alone, this city is all too familiar to me, and I'm just repeating what I did sixteen years ago."

The monster's grim voice echoed, and it continued to rub the distracting sound with the spear held in the two arms above and the shield held by the hands below. Mochizuki immediately understood the meaning of his words, and a wave of anger instantly rushed to the top of his head, sixteen years ago, it was the monster in front of him who attacked Hidden Song, and it was he who forced the knife to death.

Mochizuki's demonic power expanded uncontrollably, green flames burst out from his body and the two scimitars in his hands, his pupils gradually turned bloody, and he roared and swung his knife and rushed towards the monster in front of him. The sword light reflected the monster's face, his face was as iron-blue as his body with obvious gills on both sides, and his unusually huge mouth was full of yellowed fangs, he was neither a fish nor a snake, as if he had experienced some kind of abnormality. Against Mochizuki's attack, Yaksha didn't dodge, and only easily blocked it with the shield on the hand below, which made Mochizuki feel his power that should not be underestimated.

And with the rise of Yaksha's demonic power, the mist that had just been split by Mochizuki spread again, and the mist turned out to be formed by his demonic power. Mochizuki felt that if he wanted to defeat the monster in front of him, he had to use all his strength, and that every blow could not leave room for himself and his opponent.

"Admit it, you're no match for me at all! In my demonic power, your sense of sight and smell doesn't work, not to mention attacking, even saving your life is a problem! ”

Yaksha sneered and flicked the spear in his hand back at the knife that Mochizuki swung again, and poked it in his direction again, the tip of the spear slashing past Mochizuki's side, nearly injuring him.

"Moon in the clouds, flowers in the shadows."

As Mochizuki said silently, the Moon Shadow Knife in his hand produced cascading phantoms, and the two knives turned into six. Yaksha thought that the extra knives were just some illusions, but he found out that this was not the case, and that the power of each knife was the same, and the lethality was the same, and Yaksha had to take a few steps back with just one move.

"I didn't expect there to be a master like you in the royal city, since you have such strength, why are you willing to obey the orders of the demon king fox Ouyang Xiaoleng and the descendant of the down-and-out royal family, Ouyang Hongye?"

Yaksha's words made Mochizuki a little distracted, the monster in front of him seemed to have a considerable understanding of everything in the royal city, and it was no wonder that after thinking about it, the military factory that the royal city had just sent the princely ghost-faced scorpion to revive the hidden pine was attacked, which shows how well they are informed, and the eyeliner of Qingyun, who has always been suspected of lurking in the royal city, has not been found. Just as he was distracted, the spear in Yaksha's hand suddenly stabbed at him, causing him to dodge to the side in a hurry, almost falling.

"Haha, it's not okay to be careless." Yaksha said contemptuously.

"It's scary for me to be serious."

Mochizuki knew in his heart that in the face of a strong enemy like Yaksha, the slightest carelessness could cost his life, and he found that although Yaksha had four arms, he was not flexible due to the giant tail behind him, which may be why he preferred to stand still. If you want to break the advantage of the mist condensed by his demonic power, there is only one move, which is to speed up the attack, so that he has to move, and the more he moves, the more likely he is to find his flaws.

He then brandished the Moon Shadow Knife left and right to launch a round of onslaught, and as he attacked, he also stabilized his feet with demonic power, and even if he was wounded by Yaksha's spear, he resolutely did not back down. His offensive caught Yaksha off guard, and gradually he had to move with him, and the faster he moved, the worse his balance became, and the movements of his hands became a little chaotic. Mochizuki seized the opportunity and slashed down with two crossed swords, knocking the spear in Yaksha's hand to the ground, and Yaksha himself fell to the ground because he couldn't parry.

"It seems that you are not as strong as you think!" Mochizuki said with a knife against Yaksha's neck.

He really wanted to cut off his ugly head immediately and avenge the sword and the people he slaughtered, and he also understood that what he should do now was to capture him back to the royal city and be disposed of by the demon king fox Ouyang Xiaoleng and the others. Although his heart was in indescribable pain due to the intense struggle, he could only take a deep breath and suppress the hatred for the time being.

Yaksha was escorted back to the royal city by Mochizuki overnight, which caused an uproar, no matter what kind of torture was used, he could not get the slightest news about Qingyun from his mouth, Ouyang Hongye had to negotiate with Ouyang Yong and Ouyang Xiaoleng to temporarily detain him in the dungeon that had not been used in Chenji Palace for a long time. Ouyang Xiaoleng and Ouyang Hongye have the same idea, and retaking Yinsong so easily always makes people feel an inexplicable suspicion in their hearts, with Qingyun's cunning, how can it be easy to give up the important land that Xingshi has taken away.

On Monday morning, Xia Qiu didn't see Ouyang Xiaoleng's shadow in the school, and she had a premonition that something must have happened in the demon world. Although he didn't communicate much with her in this paragraph, if he didn't come to school, he would definitely be notified by Thorn or Teacher Dong Muya, but his shadow never appeared for a whole morning, and she didn't receive a text message on her mobile phone, and Dong Muya's class didn't see that she had something to say to herself, which always made her feel a little ominous.

And as time went by, that feeling became stronger and stronger, because she was worried about whether something would happen to Ouyang Xiaoleng, her whole person became a little uneasy, and she felt the need to go to the Demon Realm King City to find out.

After school, she changed her clothes in Ouyang's ancient mansion, and then came to the Liangsheng Xuan Corridor through the maze, which was originally left in the square for the demon horse cavalry regiment to camp, leaving only the messy tent and the extinguished firewood pile in place. She flew up, in the direction of Chenji Palace, from the road near the mountain to the front of Chenji Palace, there were demon horse cavalry and heavily armed warriors everywhere, the doors and windows of the shop were closed, and the whole city seemed to be on alert.

Xia Qiu landed in front of Chenji Palace, which was crowded with princes and nobles in addition to soldiers, and they tried to rush into the palace several times but were stopped by the soldiers guarding the door.

"I was seriously injured by Qingyun's men just after I ascended the throne, I don't know what the situation is!"

"I heard that the one who injured him was the monster named Yaksha who was sent back by Qingyun's subordinate Mochizuki yesterday."

"I think they colluded, such a monster should have been executed directly in Yinsong, how could it be escorted back to the royal city?!"

"What if...... The demon king fox can't stand it, let's ......"

"Don't dare to talk nonsense, now the entire royal city is on guard, and if you don't do it, you will be arrested as a traitor."

The chatter of the princes eroded Xia Qiu's heart like a poisonous curse, she couldn't care so much, she pushed through the crowd and rushed forward, one of the soldiers guarding the door recognized her, nodded to her, and motioned for the other soldiers to let her go. She unexpectedly entered the palace smoothly, only to find that the situation here was similar to the outside, except for the soldiers patrolling back and forth, there was not a single demon servant in sight.

She walked through the Tianshu Hall and the Tianquan Hall and went straight to the Yuheng Palace, her steps became faster and faster, and with each step, she had more worries in her heart, constantly praying that Ouyang Xiaoleng would not have an accident. In the courtyard of the Yuheng Palace, the plum blossoms of a tree have fallen on the snow lotus for some reason, and the blood-like red petals lined with the white lotus flower are such a poignant and decisive picture, which makes people feel heartbroken.

In front of Ouyang Xiaoleng's house, Ouyang Yong, Lion Wang Cheng, Thorns, Yan Ming, and Fenghuo were all standing there, everyone's faces were full of tiredness and sadness.

"Xiao Leng was injured by Yaksha last night, and Momiji is treating him." Seeing Xia Qiu coming, Ouyang Yong said before she could speak.

Xia Qiu felt that the words she wanted to say choked in her throat for a moment, and then they all turned into tears and burst out of her eyes, Ouyang Yong walked over and patted her shoulder.

"Good boy, rest assured! Xiao Leng will definitely get through! He comforted her, and he comforted himself.

She stood with them, no one said a word, and everyone silently waited for Ouyang Hongye to come out of the house and bring them good news. She didn't know how long she had been standing, her legs no longer seemed to belong to her, but she couldn't fall, she had to hold on until she saw that he was no longer in danger. Her vision was blurred by the tears that kept pouring out, so much so that everything in front of her became ghosted.