Chapter 122: Demon Shop (1)
"Lu Xiao, do you still want to resist? You alone can never be the opponent of the four of us!" Su Lingxuan shouted, and the fiery sword light like the sun rose instantly, facing Lu Xiao's blood-red sword light!
"Stop!" Wang Shen shouted, vaguely aware of the abnormal situation.
But everything was too late, blood splashed everywhere, like a flower about to wither in front of everyone, and Lu Xiao's body fell straight down.
Because the sword he used just now did not attack anyone, but suddenly stabbed back into his chest at the moment of the shot.
The night was getting deeper, the hazy moonlight was shining in, and the whole room seemed to be covered with a faint melancholy. Xu Chen and the four of them watched Lu Xiao's corpse emit a strange blue flame, and were silent.
Finally, Wang Shen sighed and said with regret: "Have you been brainwashed by Jiuyao? ”
"Maybe. Su Lingxuan walked out of the door with a gloomy expression and called a few personal soldiers to come in and clean up the mess.
Seeing Lu Xiao's body burned into a pile of ashes, Xu Chen only felt a heat in his eyes, and he knew in his heart that Lu Xiao actually had a chance to escape, but he didn't do it.
Xu Chen didn't expect that Lu Xiao didn't hurt them after all, but ended his life in this way, was he afraid that he would be punished by the organization if he failed the mission, or he couldn't bear to become a real enemy with everyone?
There is no way to know all this, because it has become a permanent secret with Lu Xiao's death.
After a short rest, it was dawn, and Xu Chen and the four of them rode on their horses and set off quickly, coming to the place agreed with Shui Mei.
The sea breeze was blowing strongly, and Xu Chen didn't see the figure of the water charm on the beach, but the people and officials of the Detention Kingdom who heard the news spontaneously came to see him off. Only the seriously ill king could not be on the scene, but he also arranged for the queen to bid farewell to Xu Chen and the others instead of himself.
"Xu Shaoxia, this task is arduous, but no matter what, you must come back to see us. Several generals who had participated in naval battles presented Xu Chen with wine.
"Don't worry, I will definitely come back alive and not let everyone down!" Xu Chen took the cup and drank it all.
More people gathered around, wanting to say a few words to their hero, but Xu Chen had no chance, because at this time, a colorful cloud floated in the distant sky, and the water charm descended in front of him from the cloud with a mysterious smile.
Except for Xu Chen and the others, when they saw the water charm appear, they all involuntarily took a few steps back, not daring to have close contact with this female demon.
Shui Mei stared at Wang Shen with a pair of phoenix eyes and said, "Are you ready?"
"Aren't you asking nonsense? Quickly open the teleportation array and send us to Sanssouci Palace. ”
"No problem. Shui Mei stretched out her hand with a smile, "But you have to give me Feng Mingqin, and the concubine will send you there." ”
"That's impossible. Wang Shen flatly refused, saying, "Only when you leave Sanssouci Palace, will I return the qin to you." Otherwise, if you change hands and use the guqin against us, won't I ask for my own suffering?"
"Hehe, if you die in Sanssouci Palace, who am I going to ask for the piano?"
Wang Shen replied coldly: "If you really do what you want, then what is there to worry about, you can take it directly from my corpse at that time." ”
"After all these years, you still haven't changed your temper at all. Shui Mei no longer insisted, and as she hooked an orchid finger in her right hand, a blue light flashed, and a door opened out of thin air in front of them, and a little starlight shimmered in it.
"Is this the legendary teleportation array that can instantly teleport people to the place they want to arrive?" Xu Chen was envious, and was about to step in with one foot, when Su Lingxuan grabbed him from behind and whispered, "Be careful of deception!"
Shui Mei laughed heartily and said, "I want to kill you, do I need to be so troublesome?"
"It's okay, she won't lie to us. Wang Shen said in a deep voice, and took the lead into the door, Xu Chen hesitated for a moment, and followed in.
In the blink of an eye, the four of them disappeared, and the door closed in an instant and disappeared into thin air.
Xu Chen in the formation only felt a "buzzing" sound in his head, and his eyes suddenly opened up. When he looked intently, he found himself on a strange road, lined with towering trees, almost completely blocking out the sunlight overhead.
He couldn't help asking, "Miss Ziling, is this where Sanssouci Palace is located?"
Ziling observed the surrounding environment and replied, "Of course this is not Sanssouci Palace...... It seems to be on the way to Sanssouci Palace. ”
"Shui Mei personally said that she would send us to Sanssouci Palace, why didn't she talk and leave us on the road?" Suddenly, an ominous thought rose in Xu Chen's heart, and he said in a lost voice: "Won't she lure us here and wait for an opportunity to get rid of us?"
"I don't think it's like it, with her strength, if she wants to do harm, she can deal with the four of us alone, so why bother. Having said that, Su Lingxuan was also nervous.
"If you come, you will be safe. Wang Shen said disapprerovingly: "Miss Ziling, look at this place we are now, how far is it from Sanssouci Palace?"
"Less than forty miles, if I remember correctly, at the end of the road is the Desert of Death, and Sanssouci Palace is at the edge of the desert, and you can see it at a glance. ”
"Alas, it's all because we believe in the water charm too much, and we should have brought a few horses with us. Xu Chen couldn't help complaining.
Wang Shen said with a smile: "Forty miles is not too far, are young people still afraid to take this little road?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a fishy wind blew from the trees on the left, and everyone's noses immediately smelled a strong demonic aura.
"It's not good, there are monsters!" Xu Chen exclaimed, and took the lead in holding his sword in front of everyone.
Sanssouci Palace is the lair of evil people, and there are no people in a radius of hundreds of miles, so it has become a paradise for monsters, and it is very normal for monsters to appear in front of them now.
Xu Chen was a little annoyed, according to the agreement, the water charm should teleport them directly to the Sanssouci Palace, who knew that they would appear in such a wilderness?
What was her intention? Xu Chen didn't understand, but now a monster suddenly appeared, which made him even more convinced that Shui Mei was deliberately making trouble.
In a moment, there was a sound of rustling and climbing, Xu Chen turned his head to look, only to see a figure grabbing a thick branch, jumping from a tree like a swing and landing in front of him, and then three guys in the same dress appeared around him.
Although these four guys were wearing clothes similar to Xu Chen's, but if you look closely, two of them are beast-headed human bodies, and although the other two are ordinary people, what they are sticking out of their sleeves are fluffy beast claws, Xu Chen immediately understood that these guys are all monsters with low cultivation.
Wang Shen asked Ziling with a calm expression, "Is this the servant sent by the evil to greet us?"
"No, they are very face-to-face, I have never seen them in Sanssouci Palace, maybe they are the same clan that cultivates nearby. ”
Hearing Ziling say this, Xu Chen suddenly asked with a gloomy face, "What are you blocking the road?"
"Bang bang! there are actually humans who dare to come to us!" The monster led by the monster exclaimed loudly, and the four guys looked around Xu Chen as if they were strange.
Xu Chen suddenly felt insulted, and said angrily: "Good dogs don't get in the way, if you don't get out of the way, don't blame the master for being polite!"
"Bang, boss, he scolded you for being a dog!"
"This kid is so arrogant, just beat him up, otherwise he will be flattened by humans in the future!"
The monster known as the boss suddenly became angry when he heard the instigation of his subordinates, and after a muffled roar, he brought a gust of fishy wind and pounced on Xu Chen.
Xu Chen didn't bother to talk nonsense with them, so he went up with the sword and fought with these monsters.
Su Lingxuan saw that the situation was not good, and was about to step forward to help Xu Chen, but Wang Shen chuckled and said, "These little demons won't trouble General Su, Xu Chen can deal with it alone." ”
Wang Shen was right, although these monsters had cultivated into human form, they had not fully gained a human body, and it was obvious that they did not have much mana, and Xu Chen could be said to be more than enough to deal with them.
Sure enough, as Wang Shen said, after only a few rounds, these monsters were beaten by Xu Chen and their noses were blue and swollen, and they immediately knew that they had met a ruthless character, and after making eye contact with each other, they wanted to run into the woods and escape.
But after running a few steps, the monsters found that their legs were as if they were nailed to the ground.
"Damn, what kind of magic have you used!" the leading youkai exclaimed, realizing that a yellow talisman had been taped to his chest at some point.
Wang Shen stepped forward with a smile and said, "You said that we are human beings, how can you use demon magic? ”
"Master, spare me, I know it's wrong, I won't dare next time!" The monster knew that Wang Shen had moved his hands and feet, and he was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Wang Shen.
The other three monsters were also panicked, and they all kowtowed with the boss, begging Wang Shen to let them live.
"There is no grudge between us, why do you want to intercept us on the road?"
"The master misunderstood, I don't have any ill intentions towards you!"
"Don't quibble with the master!" Xu Chen shouted: "It's not a good thing to look at the appearance of a few of you thieves, if you don't recruit me from the truth, I will send you back to the west with a sword!"
Wang Shen stepped forward to signal Xu Chen not to intimidate them, and said softly, "Since you have no malicious intent, then what do you want to do?"
"I'm not afraid of the master's jokes, a few of us have been cultivating here for hundreds of years, and we haven't seen a few humans yet, and today I saw a few people suddenly coming here, so I came out to see the excitement for a while. ”
Xu Chen was stunned, he didn't expect it to be like this, he couldn't help but snicker secretly and said, "No wonder a few of you have cultivated to look like this, it turns out that you are little demons who have never seen the world." ”
Wang Shen couldn't help laughing, and seeing that these monsters didn't look like they were lying, he reached out and took back the sigils on their bodies.
These monsters were relieved and were about to run away, but Wang Shen stopped them again.
"Master, are you okay?" asked a youkai timidly.
"You frightened me and wanted to run away without saying a word of apology?"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, or if I give the master a few more kowtows, you won't embarrass us. ”
"There's a little thing right now, and I need your help. ”
"What's the matter?"
"Please take us to Sanssouci Palace. ”
As soon as Wang Shen heard the words Sanssouci Palace, the faces of these little demons changed greatly, and the leader stepped forward and said: "That is the territory of the demon venerable, let alone you humans, even we dare not approach, otherwise we will be caught by the monsters in that castle, and we will be beaten hard, and even our lives will be lost." ”
"Hehe, it seems that the reputation of evil is a little loud. Wang Shen smiled: "Do you know that the evil man was beaten by me recently, and now he is still lying in bed and can't get up?"
"Isn't it, master, you are so powerful, don't say it's evil, even his hateful subordinates often come to bully us!"
"That's easy, as long as you're willing to take us there, I'll make sure to get out of this evil breath for you. ”
"Huh?" the little demon was pleasantly surprised, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, if you lose your life, it will be a big loss." Otherwise, I'll show the master the way there, and you'll let us go." ”
"That's not going to work. Wang Shen's face changed suddenly, his hand waved forward like lightning, and suddenly several runes shot at several unsuspecting monsters like sharp arrows!
"Ahh
"Uncle Wang, don't hurt them!" After all, they are the same kind, Ziling couldn't bear to watch it from the sidelines, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop it.
Wang Shen smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, Miss Ziling, I'm just letting them serve as our foot force temporarily, and naturally let them come back when we get to Sanssouci Palace." ”
As he spoke, these monsters all appeared in their original forms, namely two half-human-tall leopards and two rhinoceros, which lay down in front of Wang Shen tamely and did not move.
Wang Shen raised his legs and rode a rhinoceros, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, I won't let you suffer, and after that, I will guide you to some cultivation secrets to ensure the rapid growth of your cultivation." ”
The rhinoceros nodded silently, acquiescing.
Xu Chen couldn't help but laugh evilly, and said, "Uncle Wang, I really have you, I can think of such a bad idea, but I like it." ”
He rode on the body of a leopard, stroked its skull, and said, "Brother, I can't help you, when I come back from Sanssouci Palace, I will definitely treat you to a good meal." ”
Seeing the leopard's resentful eyes at him, Xu Chen wanted to tease it a few words, but Wang Shen had already laughed and spoke: "Don't tease it, they will be dumb until they return to their human form." ”
Xu Chen couldn't help but admire Wang Shen's scheming, so that they could reach Sanssouci Palace without revealing a little rumor, and many unnecessary troubles could be reduced along the way.
Everyone rode on the demon beast, but Ziling was hesitating, Xu Chen smiled and said: "Don't be embarrassed, it's just that let's ride for a while without any loss, didn't Uncle Wang say that he wanted to tell them the secret of cultivation, and they won't suffer at this price." ”
Only then did Ziling let go and rode on the back of the demon beast with everyone, and the four of them rushed forward comfortably along the road.
After walking more than ten miles along the road, the four of them came to a hill. Xu Chen looked down, and in front of him was a vast, flat Gobi Desert, dotted with a few hints of dark green, a dilapidated inn, alone in a corner of the Gobi.
Outside the shop, there were a few old trees with crooked necks, but they had long since died, and their trunks were charred like black charcoal.
Ziling suddenly lost her voice and said, "It's not good, we are in danger!"
Xu Chen suddenly became nervous, he looked around, and found that he didn't see half a figure except for the inn, but the breeze blew, and there was a slight demonic aura faintly mixed with it.
However, it was not a strange thing to have a demonic aura in such a ghost place, Xu Chen didn't take it seriously, but turned around and asked, "Where is the danger, why didn't I notice it at all?"
Ziling stepped forward and stood side by side with him, pointed to the inn and said, "There is danger in there, we must not go in!"
"You mean there's an ambush in the hotel?"
"Brother Xu, don't you think it's abnormal to have a hotel in this monster-infested place?" Su Lingxuan said behind him, he had been observing this inn, but he hadn't seen anyone come out of it for a long time, as if it was a long-abandoned dilapidated shop.
"That's right, it's still the general who thinks thoughtfully, I almost fell for it!" Xu Chen suddenly came to his senses, realizing that it was purely boring for the monsters to open an inn, and they didn't need to make money to support their families.
Besides, there is no human population in this place for a hundred miles, except for a few people who are not afraid of death who dare to come, who else dares to come to this ghost place, even if the monsters use the hotel to lure the world in and kill them, I am afraid that they will not be able to wait for someone to come for a hundred years, so what's the point of opening a store?
Ziling said worriedly: "This hotel is newly opened, and this is what I'm worried about." ”
Xu Chen looked at the dilapidated appearance of the inn, and couldn't help laughing: "Miss Ziling is really joking, this store has obviously been built for many years, how do you say that it is a newly opened store?"
"I don't lie to you, I've been in Sanssouci Palace for nearly a hundred years, and I don't know how many times I've walked this road, and I've never seen a hotel here. ”
"What, there is such a thing? Could it be that this inn is made up of demon magic?" Xu Chen was startled at this time, and when he looked at this inn again, he had an eerie and terrifying feeling.
Su Lingxuan said: "It doesn't matter how it came about, as long as we don't go in, there will be no danger." ”
"General Su is right. Xu Chen hurriedly agreed: "This Gobi is so big, we can bypass it from the side." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, a violent wind suddenly blew on all sides, mixed with a sharp and strange sound, which made people unable to open their eyes.
Then the sky darkened, and the clouds were thick, and a strange lightning bolt shot out of it, and a rumbling thunder followed, which shook everyone's ears.
Before Xu Chen could come to his senses, the heavy rain poured down, and after a while, it accumulated on the ground and formed a small river, flowing past them.
But the four of them had no intention of hiding from the rain, and even Xu Chen, who was the slowest among them, sensed that this was not a normal weather phenomenon, but a monster was causing trouble.
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