Chapter 140: Demon Rat
The fat body of this demon rat is covered with a layer of frosty white hair, and I don't know how many years it has survived, the white hair is mottled, and many places have fallen off, revealing pieces of brand-new brocade and black hair, which is a bit of a rejuvenation, it is really old and demonic!
"Sonorous ......"
The demon rat is very fierce, and uses its sharp and long teeth to bite the iron chain fiercely, making a piercing sound of gold and iron.
This iron chain was given to him by Master Gong Wu, and it was made of the elite of water and steel, with extremely strong toughness, and the conduction effect on energy was also very good.
Seeing that the demon rat's teeth were very hard and sharp, Lynch was really a little worried that the chain might break under the crazy bite of this fang, so he immediately entered mana, which made the chain more tightly entangled, and raised one foot and reprimanded: "Grandma's little demon rat, if you dare to move again, Lao Tzu will trample you to death!"
As soon as these words came out, the demon rat was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, he shrank into a ball, and the whole thing trembled, and his black eyes secretly looked at Lynch, quite a little wise.
Seeing this, Ma Ji was a little sluggish, as if he didn't know this young man all of a sudden, and the contrast with his impression was too great.
Lynch also sensed his gaffe and was slightly embarrassed. I think that when he was in Canglongling, he worshipped the ape as his teacher, and followed Yuan Wuving, the king of the mountain patrol who lived in Yunlou Mountain, one of the four great ape kings, to wander in the mountains, and under the instigation of the old monkey, he was so arrogant and rude. Since following Yuan Jiugang out of Canglong Ridge and returning to the world of the world, he has not chased and hunted demon beasts for a long time......
The errand officer and the two errand officers gathered around to watch the excitement, and saw that the mouse was almost as big as the cat, and they were all amazed. As ordinary people, they have heard a lot of legends such as sword immortals, demons and monsters, etc., but it still takes some chance to really see it.
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After returning to the temple hall, Lynch and Ma Ji were a little troubled, and after searching inside and out, they did not find any clues and suspicious points.
In fact, this disappearance case is not directly related to the blue-faced beast Bu Lu, there is neither physical evidence nor human evidence, and the reason why Ma Ji suspects that man is only because that person is related to many disappearance cases, but he has considerable suspicions.
"Can you find any trace of them?"
Seeing Xiao Qi flash into the main hall, Lynch asked directly.
Xiao Qi understood the master's words, called a few times softly, and gave a negative answer.
"How?"
Ma Ji asked impatiently.
Lynch sighed softly and shook his head at the horse. It turned out that after capturing the demon rat, he asked Xiao Qi to smell the smell left by the monks, and then searched for their traces around the temple, but the result was in vain.
Ma Ji was slightly disappointed, but he also expected this, and said with a frown: "It's no wonder, the monks have been missing for many days, and there have been several snowfalls during this period, even if there is a residual smell, it must have dissipated...... What a good thing that is......"
Xiao Qi circled around the demon rat that was obediently lying on the ground waiting for disposal, and took the initiative to "meow" at the master, and looked at the demon rat from time to time.
"It's a little weird......"
What the little guy said immediately caught Lynch's attention, and he groaned and said to Ma Ji: "Ma Catcher, a little discovered!"
Ma Ji was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly asked, "What, what did you find?"
Lynch replied: "Xiao Qi told me that it did not find any traces of the monks, but it found traces of this demon rat, the paw prints were repeated, and it walked back and forth several times, all in one direction. β
"There is such a thing!"
After Ma Ji listened, he thought about it for a while, couldn't help but be overjoyed, patted his thigh, and said happily: "Yes! This demon rat has been living in Qingliang Temple for many years, and he must have intersected with the monks, maybe the relationship is relatively close...... The monks were captured by Bu Lu, and it is very likely that it quietly followed......"
Although he was just wishful thinking to attribute the case to Bu Lu, which was a bit far-fetched and a little urgent, but after finally having a little eyebrows, he was more convinced in his heart.
Ever since he encountered the blue-faced beast Bu Lu in the Yecheng prison robbery incident and saw the ancient horse slashing sword, he was secretly determined in his heart that no matter what, he must catch this person, otherwise, he would never return to the Qilin Academy Palace to report on his work.
Lynch said with great interest: "Without further ado, it will change later, let's leave now." β
Ma Ji had no objection, read the simple records made by the errand officer, stamped and signed them, and asked them to take care of the magic car temporarily, and left in a hurry with Lynch.
The two servants resealed the temple door with a seal, and looked at the figures of Lynch and Ma Ji leaving, and they both showed a deep expression of envy.
When the errand officer saw it, he first snorted lightly, only to feel that the young man was naΓ―ve, he didn't know the danger here, and he would lose his life if he was not careful, but watching the two teenagers with extraordinary temperament quickly disappear under the hills in the distance, he sighed softly, smiled bitterly, and secretly said that he had been a poor man for half his life, and now he was past middle age, and he had never handled any decent cases......
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Following Zhenlong Hu Xiaoqi, Lynch and the two walked all the way, trekking through mountains and ditches, and walked for more than four hours in one breath before finally stopping.
"It's ...... Xuzhou Wanhao Mountain...... It's a good place to hide......"
Ma Ji looked at the map, and then looked at the rolling mountains and ravines in the distance, and muttered.
As far as Lynch looked, he saw a series of bare low hills, and between the hills were wide and deep ravines that connected with each other, and the mountains were indeed as the name suggested.
After a short rest, the two of them and one cat continued to walk into the Ten Thousand Trench Mountain.
Heavy snow covers the mountain, the already difficult mountain road is even more difficult, the two and a cat are very difficult, although people are not ordinary people, cats are not ordinary cats.
Ma Ji sighed sincerely: "This year's snow is really heavy! Half of the Xia country has been hit by a snow disaster, and it is said that it is a great snow disaster that has not been encountered in a century!"
Lynch chimed in, "yes! I've never seen snow like this......."
In this way, the two of them walked and rested, and walked for several hours, until the sun was about to set in the west, and stopped in a sloping valley.
Because Zhenlong Tiger Xiaoqi lost the clues, they searched for a long time, but they couldn't find a clear route and couldn't continue to track, so the two had no choice but to release the demon rat and try to communicate with it, so as to continue to find the whereabouts of the monks.
Rats are extremely intelligent species, as an old and spiritual rat monster, this demon rat is naturally quite smart, but after all, this thing is just an ordinary house mouse evolved by chance, the blood is sparse, the talent is limited, and the cultivation is not enough to break the realm, far from reaching the point of being able to understand human words, and all they want is to escape, so no matter how hard the two of them try, they can't communicate effectively with it.
When he was embarrassed, Lynch suddenly had an idea, thought of something, took out his small notebook and pen, turned a new page, and began to bury his head in drawing.
Seeing this, Ma Ji was very curious, and came up to take a look, only to see that under the flying of Lynch's pen, he actually drew one after another vivid bald villains, and immediately understood his intentions, and exclaimed loudly: "Brother Qi is really different, and he has such a wonderful idea......
The horse catcher smiled. β
Lynch laughed dryly and continued painting, for there were five monks in total.
In order to survive in the Qilin Academy, under the influence of his mother Lei Weitong, he developed the habit of writing and drawing, and later escaped from the summer capital city and fled to Lushan so far, and has maintained this habit. In this way, after years of continuous painting, his painting art has unconsciously reached a good realm.
It didn't take long for Lynch to finish the drawing, only to see five bald monks leaping on the paper, all of them were meditating cross-legged and reciting scriptures, and there was a big Buddha and two Bodhisattvas behind him, which were the same as the statues in the big Buddha hall of Qingliang Temple, the lines were simple and smooth, there was no trace of smearing, and it looked vivid and full of aura.
Lynch placed the painting in front of the demon rat and patiently let it see. As a result, the demon rat recognized the characters and scenes in the painting at a glance, and squeaked with excitement......
Then, the two led the demon rat to continue to move forward and search.
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