Chapter 5 Secrets Chapter 59 The Instigator
Chapter 59: The Instigator
Ruan Zhan turned his head sideways, just to hint at something, but saw Wanli's eyes also staring at Taniguchi's location, "She is really here!" β
Ruan Zhan didn't speak, afraid that blood would spurt out as soon as he opened his mouth, but he just raised his chin to Wanli, and then made a hint with his eyes. Wanli has fought countless times with him since he was a child, and he has cooperated tacitly, and he immediately understood what he meant.
Guan Zheng on the side saw that the two of them were silently transmitting information, as if they were brewing something, and saw Wanli's eyes keep looking behind him, and he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and he also looked at it suspiciously.
I saw a beautiful woman in red standing quietly not far behind him, just guarding the position of the entrance to the valley. She was wearing a strange ancient costume, her face was snow-white, her eyes were strangely shining, she was skinny, and her temperament was extremely cold.
"Another one looking for death!" Guan Zheng rushed out, but found that his voice was not confident.
In fact, the woman did not move or say a word, her eyes wandered and looked vacantly ahead, as if she had penetrated the mountain wall to another distant place, and ignored everything in the valley, but it made people feel that as long as she stayed there, no one could get out!
"Who are you?" Guan Zheng asked again.
"They're on the run!" The woman in red said faintly, "They're going to run away!" β
Guan Zheng's heart trembled, and for a moment, the mouth suddenly opened.
It turned out that Ruan Zhan did not escape to this valley by accident, he had a plan for a long time. The quadrangular formation in the octagonal tower and the seemingly useless fight in the dense forest were all aimed at draining his strength and strength, and it was only in the end that he was brought here.
He met a young man, but what a scheming man!
Ruan Zhan knew that his skills were far inferior to him, so he adopted this flexible tactic. First he succeeded in interrupting his two sleeve vines in the quadrangle, then broke his drum for commanding animals and reptiles in the dense forest, and finally ran to this valley to consume all the Gu worms that controlled the vines. This kind of Gu worm has a time limit, and after a certain period of time, it can no longer control the plant.
He expected that after the 'human cocoon' was made, the time for these Gu worms to be controlled would come, and at that time, he would only have the weapon of the black wooden stick. Over the years, he has gone through a lot of hard work to train a variety of treasures, and in less than one night, Ruan Zhan cracked them one by one, so how could he not hate him!
He looked back suddenly, and saw something moving in Ruan Zhan's mouth, and then spit out a mouthful of blood with a 'wow' sound, and sprayed it directly on Wan Li's body.
Wan Li didn't hide, in fact, he couldn't dodge, because those vines had already wrapped him around him and were about to go to the top, so Ruan Zhan's blood was all sprayed on the outer wall of the 'human cocoon'.
Hearing the sound of 'bang', the vines wrapped around Wanli's body burned violently like oil, and quickly spread to the whole body, looking like a huge fireball from a distance.
Xiao Xia was completely wrapped at this time, and he couldn't see the situation outside, but because of the broken flag, he was not tightly strangled, and not only could he breathe, but he could also see a little fire faintly through the cracks in the vines. She didn't understand what was going on outside, so she could only be in a hurry, but Guan Zheng outside could see it clearly.
He was taken aback, he didn't expect Ruan Zhan to be so brave that he could take advantage of the dilemma of being tortured by him to vomit blood, and came up with the idea of using a blood curse to get out of trouble! He had heard from his master that the Taoist blood spell would double the power of the talisman, but only a little blood outside the body would do. Now Ruan Zhan was beaten by him until he vomited blood, using the blood of internal heat, and vomited so much, so although there was no substantive spell, just chanting the spell, the power was still very powerful, and it burned the ancient vine in the deep mountains in an instant, and it couldn't hurt the people in the vine.
He practiced witchcraft and couldn't move quickly, so he had to run over wildly at the moment, trying to stop it, but the fire burned too fast, and when he arrived, it happened that Wanli got rid of the restraints and jumped out of the hard cocoon at once, forcing him to retreat.
Wanli didn't chase him, he raised the wooden stick full of charms, and when Ruan Zhan sprayed another mouthful of blood on it, he immediately swung it on the vines outside Ruan Zhan's body, as if he knew that he would not hurt the people inside, and hit it with all his might!
With a 'snap', the hard cocoons on Ruan Zhan's body burst apart, and a figure fell forward, carefully held by Wanli.
"Is it still going to be worth it?" Wanli asked with concern.
"It's fine!" Ruan Zhan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, "I'll go get Xiao Xia out, you be careful!" β
Wanli let go of Ruan Zhan, straightened the wooden stick in his hand and pointed at Guan Zheng a few meters away, his face was extremely serious with a gentle and sunny smile, "Suffer death!" Your life ends here today! β
Guan Zheng has superb self-control ability, and he has never taken these people to heart, but this time, under Wanli's slightly mad and angry questioning, he didn't answer.
He didn't want to look directly into Wanli's eyes, so he moved his gaze to Ruan Zhan's body, only to see that Ruan Zhan, although he was struggling, he firmly lifted the bloodwood sword, and directly split the cocoon shell on Xiao Xia's body, saving her too. This proves that his plan to be a cocoon has failed completely!
This situation suddenly made his heart feel a kind of despair and resentment! Why does he always fail? It's disgusting from birth, and it's hard to be taken in by the master, but she is on guard, and she falls in love with a girl but is snatched away! He had gone through countless indescribable painful cultivations, and he just wanted to be able to control his own affairs, so why should he always be influenced by others?
Wealth, he has; He can control anyone he has fought with before; He could kill anyone who went against his will, but he didn't get anything he really wantedβpower, the order he wanted, a woman, a home!
Why is this happening? Why is he the only one who is unlucky? No, he is not convinced, he is not reconciled! He's going to get it back! It doesn't matter if the god of all things doesn't give him what he wants, he grabs it himself!
Thinking of this, he had another wave of courage. He still has the last magic weapon that is useless, even if he can't cut the grass and eradicate it today, it doesn't matter, at least he has a chance to escape. What about the woman in red blocking there, looking so weak, maybe Ruan Zhan used it to bluff people!
If he is allowed to leave, sooner or later he will take revenge on these people!
"He's going to make a last stand." Ruan Zhan carefully observed Guan Zheng's actions, and took advantage of his stunned efforts to catch his breath, endured the pain in his body, and said loudly, "Set up the formation!" β
At three o'clock in the middle of the night, the valley was extremely empty, and there was no human voice except for the sound of the waterfall flowing, so when Ruan Zhan shouted, the loud voice immediately resounded throughout the valley, and the aftermath was lingering, and it could be heard in any corner.
The echo was still there, and he casually drew the Void Talisman in his hand, and with the improved space-time warping technique, he sent Wanli and Xiao Xia to the waterfall on the other side of the waterhole, while he himself was still standing in place, that is, to the left of the entrance.
As soon as Wanli and Xiao Xia arrived at their place, Wanli took out a bamboo basket out of nowhere and placed the contents of the bamboo basket on a flat bluestone the size of a desk in front of the waterfall.
An incense burner, some incense candles, a few pieces of rune paper, a hastily made broken wooden sword, and that small purse, the kind of purse that Ruan Zhan used to scare and trick him when he was in the Octagonal Tower, pretending to be his master's holy relic!
When Guan Zheng saw this situation, his heart was so angry that he was about to explode!
What is this for? Ghost hunting? He is a human being, the highest man, a great witch who can manipulate people's life and death, and control people's fate! He was already merciful enough not to let others prostrate at his feet, but should he still be insulted like this?
He laughed angrily, and pouted at Ruan Zhan's arrogant lips, "Do you set up a square again?" Where is your spell to start the battle? Where are your keepers? He said and looked around.
I saw that the waterfall facing the mouth of the valley, Wan Li and Xiao Xia were guarding, Xiao Xia was still holding the cracked flag, and Wan Li was standing next to the big bluestone, a picture of what to do at any time; Ruan Zhan stood on the left side of the entrance, his chest was stained with blood, one hand was holding on to the stone wall, and the other hand was actually holding the ground with a bloody wooden sword; Behind him, where Taniguchi was, the woman who didn't say a word stood; There was no one on the right side of the valley.
He wanted to look up to the sky and laugh, because there was no one to guard one side of the quadrangle, and it was obvious that the formation could not be formed, but he couldn't laugh, Ruan Zhan was too unexpected, and he couldn't be careless anymore.
He slowly pulled out the black wooden stick pinned to his waist and assumed a defensive position.
"Since you're here, please keep watch!" Ruan Zhan spoke again.
Guan Zheng's heart froze, thinking that Ruan Zhan had other reinforcements, so he hurriedly looked at the other two directions!
Behind him, the woman took a few steps forward, standing firmly due west, squeezing the formation more perfectly. Moreover, Guan Zheng finally saw clearly, the woman was not walking, but floating over without touching the ground! It turns out that she is not a human, but a female ghost! Ruan Zhan actually invited a female ghost to help him defend the battle!
Does Ruan Zhan want to use the spiritual power of ghosts?
The appearance of this female ghost is so perfect, at first glance it is impossible to tell whether she is a human or a ghost, I am afraid that it is a spirit body that has been cultivated for a few days, then once this formation is activated, the power will be much stronger than when it was in the octagonal tower, if there is also a person with considerable strength to guard the empty position in the north.
Thinking about it, he looked north, and saw that it was still empty, except for a clump of weeds that kept shaking.
"This is the last chance!" Wanli on the side spoke, "If you don't dare to extricate yourself, then please leave, where am I still idle!" β
The grass shook again, and it was clear that the people inside were scared and hesitated.
"Xiao Xia, you stay here, I'll guard the north." Wanli said loudly. But before he could take his first step, a man emerged from the grass.
Unkempt and ragged, who is it not the jungle freak Awu?!
After recognizing who the person in front of him was, Guan Zheng finally laughed.
"Haha, surnamed Ruan, you are capable! I even found this waste! He said and turned to Awu, "You thing that doesn't know how to die, I let you go, are you going to come to trouble me?" We said that I would not move you as long as you would never let me see you, but you have come to help my enemies today, and I swear that you will taste that life is worse than death! β
"You've already made her worse than dead!" Wan Li intercepted the conversation, lest he affect Ah Wu, who was already hesitant, "You are fake merciful again!" Old man, it's really disgusting. β
"You know what! She is the culprit of all this and deserves to be punished! Guan Zheng said sharply.
"Unfortunately, whether you are punished or not, it is not your turn to decide. Who do you think you are? Oh, God? God? Or is it the god of all things? Wan Li continued, not letting him have any chance to hit Ah Wu, "You don't have to scare her, no one will always be afraid of anyone, because power is not eternal, nor is it constant." And what she is afraid of is only her own mistakes back then, if she is afraid of punishment, what punishment is more cruel than what you did? Instead of cutting piecemeal like this, it is better to go straight to the knife! Now that we all know what happened at the beginning, what else is she afraid of?! After all these years, hasn't she suffered enough? The so-called knowing mistakes can be changed, and the good is great! β
As he spoke, he glanced at Ah Wu and saw that she straightened her waist, although her face was dark and she couldn't see her expression clearly, but a pair of slightly green eyes flashed with a determined light, and she sighed in her heart.
Their formation is unstable, and both sides will have an accident at any time.
Needless to say, Awu's side was met by Ruan Zhan on the way to the village chief's house. In other words, Ruan Zhan has been looking for her but can't find it, and this time she took the initiative to find him.
She must have secretly observed Ruan Zhan for a long time, and felt that he had a chance to defeat Guan Zheng, so she would stand up. That may be the only chance for her, who has been suffering in the mountains and forests for many years, and for her who has had enough of this torture.
She asked Ruan Zhan to help her, and Ruan Zhan promised the village chief, so she agreed without hesitation.
After careful inquiry, I found out that the person who ignited this fire of sin turned out to be her, and the cause was only due to the jealousy of women!
Together with Guan Zheng, she was considered to be a god-given god with divine powers, and was taken as an apprentice by Abaya, the kindest and most capable person in the history of the mountains, but before long, she was considered to be very different from Guan Zheng's abilities - Guan Zheng had more power than she could have imagined, and she was only slightly supernatural.
She was jealous of him, but she was also afraid of him because of the cruel temperament he had since childhood. When the master died, they lived together in the Octagon until they were fifteen years old.
The two future Dao Gong Dao women are still the apprentices of Abayaban, and the attitude of the villagers is only respectful and cautious, although it seems to be beautiful, but it also means loneliness and alienation. Dependent on each other, her feelings for this person who she once hated and jealous changed, and turned into adoration and affection!
However, she is not beautiful, so even though she has a crush on him for many years, she still ends up having to watch him marry another woman!
That Miao girl was very beautiful, which made her ashamed of herself, but she was extremely resentful. When she learned that the Miao girl was in love with a young intellectual, she had a desire to destroy.
To outsiders, this is a beautiful and bleak love story, but in fact, the Miao girl loves the educated youth, but it is far from the point of life and death. It's just that on the day of the wedding, she punished a water ghost to find a stand-in.
She drew a black pot-like thing on the bride's back, which people could not see, and when the bride passed by the river, she ran out and sang: "Dororo, Dororo, the one who carries the black pot comes for me!" Who's carrying the black cauldron?
The bride involuntarily replied: Me!
From the moment she answered that word, the decades-long tragedy began!
Awu is the one who started it!