Chapter 34: The Shrine Maiden
A whistle suddenly sounded in the grove in front of him, and then more than a dozen heavily armed Zhentianguan soldiers came out, and the first one looked at Mu Shao'an with a cruel smile, and then scolded the little eye: "Why is it delayed for so long? If it weren't for Guo Dasha covering you, Lao Tzu would have killed you with a knife, but you are good this time, you didn't trick a crying child and an old woman to come over." β
"Yes, yes, Boss Jiang, this brother is a practicing family, and he is very bold. The little eyes laughed.
"So, you know the rules?" The soldier surnamed Jiang turned his head to look at Mu Shao'an again, "We are not bad people, and we will not force us to buy and sell, bully the market, and take people's lives.
"I understand!" Mu Shaoan nodded, a little surprised, this is a little different from what he thought before, although this Jiang Lao Er is domineering and unruly, he is actually a reasonable person.
"Very good, here's the thing, our task is not to hunt big animals, what wild boar roe deer, our dignified elite Zhentianguan Night Guard also disdain this, so our task is to hunt savages, and it is not an ordinary savage, it is a very powerful class of troops among the savages, the name is witch, these witches can release thunder, lightning, fireballs, ice and wind in battle, although the damage is not great, but it affects morale very much, in addition, these witches can also provide better healing methods for the savage soldiers, so in the long run, we suffer a lotγ β
"But the witches of the savages are not invincible, they rush over in one breath and cut off their heads, they will also die, our Zhentianguan Night Guard is doing the job of hunting witches on weekdays, but those savages protect those witches very well, and we can't rush directly to them, so we need some special bait, that is-men. β
"It's also very strange to say, according to the past war between us and the savages, we found a very strange thing, the witches among these savages especially like to suck the blood of men, especially the young, strong men's blood, can suck a man alive, and I don't know why, the witch does not absorb the blood of the savages, so, as long as you can appear a few miles away from the witch camp, there is a great chance to attract the witch out, and then we can kill it in a hurry without waiting for her to suck you dry, once the killing is successful, you will have a reward of 9,000 Wen, which is enough for your wife and children to eat for half a year, how about itοΌβ
"Sounds good!"
Mu Shao'an blinked, thinking that the so-called witch should be a junior cultivator, but it's not like it, what kind of cultivator would devour men's essence and blood so wildly? Unless it is a ghost or a monster, the origin of these savages is not simple.
But no matter what, he's going to have to go.
Although he was not able to break through the blockade of the law blockade with the help of the spiritual power of Fuyun Mountain before, it was not without benefits, and the impact of this spiritual machine was no less than reincarnation.
Not to mention anything else, Mu Shao'an's current body is simply full of strength and vitality, and many of the previous dark injuries and diseases have been healed without medicine.
It's too good to be in good shape.
That is, he is now unkempt and has been covered in a foul smell, otherwise Jiang Lao Er, Xiao Yan and others should be able to find that there is a layer of dark dirt seeping out of the surface of his body.
And that's just a little bit of the effect.
"Hahaha, it's refreshing enough, so it's decided. That Jiang Lao Er patted Mu Shao'an's shoulder heavily, then shrugged his nose, and scolded: "Look at you are very energetic, why is your body so foul-smelling, as if it came out of a dung pit, Deng Xiaoyan'er, go and take this brother to scrub and scrub, those damn witches are also very picky! Hmm, change his clothes again, a cleaner one, I guess those witches may also like little white faces, fat eat, thin air-dried, not fat and not thin as medicine residue!" Let's wait for the brothers to work harder one day, let's catch one alive, so that the brothers can also have a good time, what do you say?"
A group of people burst into laughter, and then all kinds of meat and vegetarian jokes came and went, all of them were talents.
Next, Mu Shao washed it with peace of mind, he didn't mind being a bait, anyway, he knew the changes he had now.
Half an hour later, in the charming smile of Deng Xiao'er's hippie smile, Jiang Lao Er disdainfully gave the three of them a thousand copper plates, and then the three of them returned the same way, leaving only Mu Shao'an and Jiang Lao Er and other fourteen elite soldiers to set off together.
That Jiang Lao Er didn't give Mu Shao'an weapons, but he didn't have any opinions on the wooden spear axe and ox horn sharp knife on his body.
The way forward is the dark and dense forest, the ancient trees are forested, the vines are entangled, there is no road to go at all, from time to time you can see a strange poisonous insects hanging on the leaves, or there are colorful poisonous snakes sliding silently.
This is the realm where the wild men haunt, and when you see this environment, you can know the treacherous nature of these wild people.
Jiang Lao Er and the others seemed to be very experienced, every three or two people in the team, one person would take out a wooden stick like a torch, one end was pitch black, and after lighting it, there was no flame burning, only wisps of cyan smoke dispersed.
And it was this wisp of smoke that made those poisonous insects and poisonous snakes retreat.
Mu Shaoan walked in the center of the team, being protected, but it was also easy.
After walking about fifteen or sixteen miles ahead, there was the sound of rushing water in front of me, and there seemed to be the roar of a waterfall in the distance, and I couldn't see much because the trees were too dense.
But when they arrived here, Jiang Lao Er and the others suddenly became cautious, first checked around, and made sure that the traps laid nearby had not been destroyed? Then everyone took out a very flexible rope and flying claws, and a few people signaled, and immediately two people climbed up the tree like apes, and used the flying claws and ropes to move forward on the trunk.
Then they worked in pairs and went in the other direction, quickly sinking into the thick canopy.
Others, on the other hand, waited in silence.
That's two or three hours.
Finally, the two groups of apes returned, both embarrassed, but unable to hide their excitement.
"Boss, our luck this time is good, there is movement in the witch cave that the two of us searched, eighty percent of them are witches in it, and there are not many wild people guarding them, a total of twenty-one, it's just a treasure sent to the door, let's do it!"
The second Jiang was also overjoyed when he heard this, but he didn't decide immediately, but asked the second group of apes.
"The witch cave on our side is quiet, we have been observing for a long time, and there is no movement, it is estimated that after the last time we hunted, no new witches appeared, or other teams gave us the first time. The two soldiers of the second group said in frustration.
"Okay, then go to the shrine maiden cave in the east! After the hunt is successful, everyone can relax for a while. Jiang Lao Er clenched his fists, and it was bound to win.
"Hey, Leader Jiang, is the witch good-looking?
Mu Shaoan, who had been quiet all the way, suddenly asked.
When he asked, those soldiers suddenly showed strange lewd expressions, in fact, one of them smiled strangely: "I really didn't find out, this kid turned out to be stupid and bold, what's the matter, I want to have a spring breeze with those witches, tsk, okay, we will definitely satisfy you later, hahahaha!"
"Don't talk nonsense, let's go!" Jiang Lao Er waved his hand, but he didn't bother to answer Mu Shao'an's words at all, and a group of people pushed Mu Shao'an away.
"This thing sounds a little weird, I hope there is no such thing. Mu Shaoan thought to himself.
Then they went up along the stream, everyone was very careful not to leave a trace, about five or six miles, the front was very abrupt, suddenly opened, a steep cliff appeared in front of everyone, and this cliff actually carved out a lot of caves, hanging ladders outside the cave, and the stone ladders that were excavated, this is clearly a mountain village.
Even Mu Shao'an saw at a glance that there were pigsty facilities on this cliff, and there were also wooden wedges for hanging jerky.
If all is in order, this is an ordinary, non-contested human village for hunting, fishing, and domesticating livestock in small quantities.
But that's no longer normal.
There are indeed wild people in the cliff village, there are twenty-one in total, there are men and women, old and young, but all of them are standing there like walking corpses, although their bodies are not rotting, and they are still breathing, but in any case, Mu Shaoan cannot classify them as normal humans.
"Is it a virus? It's unlikely! It's a ghost, or a demon, after all, this is a fairy world, it's normal. I'll just say, those witches sound so paradoxical, but it's a pity that the high-level generals of Zhentianguan have never seen such a thing, and they think that savages are like this, and it is difficult for them to be able to keep Zhentianguan all the time. β
Mu Shao thought with peace of mind, but he was not in a hurry, it was not the first time that Jiang Lao Er and the others had successfully hunted the witch, and the props on their bodies were also very peculiar, which may indicate that there were also cultivators in Zhentian Pass.
"Come on, brother, it's your turn, rest assured, the witch is terrifying, but we promise it will kill you before it can tear you apart, and we're skilled at it." β
Jiang Lao Er pushed Mu Shaoan out with a smile at this time, and the two soldiers behind him quietly pulled out half of the long knife, when it came to this, he had to go, he had to go, he had to go, he had to go, he had no choice.
Mu Shaoan blinked, smiled, turned around and walked towards the cliff village, it was very rare, in fact, he also wanted to see, what secrets were hidden in this cliff village?