Volume 1 Catechumens Chapter 11 New Tasks
"It's hot! It's hot! It's almost hot! Hai Dongjian drooped his head and followed Wu Xie listlessly, muttering twice from time to time.
Behind him was Almond, who was already hunched up, looking like he might die on the road at any moment.
In the middle of June, Yanling County was so hot that today's weather was so bad that not a single cloud could be found in the sky from early in the morning, and the scorching sun poured down the infinite light and heat mercilessly, so that the water vapor could be faintly seen rising on the ground.
Wu Xie and the others were walking on the loess road from Wu'an County to Qingyang Mountain, and there was no carriage to take on this road, so they had to walk on two legs.
It is definitely not a pleasant thing to travel on a hot day, and it is noon at the moment, and the hot air is filled with an oppressive atmosphere of irritability, but there is not a single star of wind to be found.
Haidongjian and Almond's appearance became more and more sluggish, and gradually they couldn't even walk very well, as if they were about to fall.
Finally, Hai Dongjian let out a mournful cry like a breathless, and he collapsed on the ground and couldn't stand up.
"Senior brother, I'm ...... I can't! He was weak and said intermittently, "I think...... It's going to die. ”
Before Wu Xie could speak, Almond, who had been hanging his head and not looking at the road, was tripped by Hai Dongjian and fell to the ground.
"God, I have seen the flowers on the other side of the River Styx, and they are blooming so beautifully......"
Wu Xie stopped and couldn't help but sigh: "You guys are too exaggerated!" ”
"My destiny...... Is it going to end here? Haisi's eyes were blank, and he groaned and spat out desperate words, "My dream, my path to immortality...... Is it finally coming to an end? ”
"You're thinking too much."
"Xiao Chai, when I die, transport my ashes back to my hometown and bury them under the big locust tree where we practiced together......
"Meow! Almond Meow You Can't Die! ”
Wu Xie rolled his eyes, very speechless.
What the hell are these two guys playing! One is a martial artist in the acquired realm, and the other is a monster in the transformation realm, but after walking under the sun for two hours, he actually muttered that he wanted to die or live...... Shame on people!
He looked up at the sky, then at the man and the cat lying on the ground and refused to get up, shook his head, and took out the talisman book and magic sword.
"I knew that I didn't use the fire avoidance spell on you yesterday......"
Sighing, the magic sword in his right hand clicked twice on the title page of the rune book in his left hand, and the brilliance of the two pages of the rune flew up the magic sword, and then turned into two circles of blue light, covering Hai Dongjian and Almond respectively.
In the next moment, the originally dying man and cat turned over and stood up, looking radiant, as if they had changed people.
"Senior Brother's Fire Avoidance Charm is truly miraculous! I couldn't feel the heat all of a sudden! ”
"I feel alive again!"
"Meow! That's great! ”
Wu Xie shook his head and put away the talisman book and magic sword, and said angrily: "Since it's not hot, let's go quickly!" ”
Because the power of a flame is not only to burn, but also to burn. Therefore, the fire avoidance charm, one of the twenty-four commonly used charms of the Daomen, can not only dispel the flames, but also dissipate the heat, so that the caster can move freely in the sea of fire.
Since even the heat of the flame can withstand it, a little sunlight is naturally not a problem.
Yesterday at noon, because the horse pulling the cart seemed to be showing signs of heat stroke, Wu Xie used a fire avoidance charm on it to save the horse that might have died of heat.
This scene was seen by Hai Dongjian and Almond in their hearts, and when they walked today, they naturally remembered the fire avoidance charm.
Wu Xie originally didn't want to waste the spell because he felt that it was completely unnecessary. But looking at the appearance of this person who has made up his mind to play tricks, he is helpless when he is in a hurry to return to the teacher's door.
Forget it, waste it, the spell can be restored every day anyway......
Just as they were about to set off again, Wu Xie suddenly felt a shock in his heart, and couldn't help but look up at the sky.
I saw a white light break through the sky, and in the blink of an eye, it came to him, turning into a short sword wearing a black ring and stopping in the air......
Suspiciously, he reached out to catch the messenger flying sword, and suddenly the sound of Jiang An sounded in his ears.
"Your report has been received, and this time it was well done. However, the deputy head is a little worried about the strange sect that can summon celestials, so don't rush back first, and go over and take a look - attention! Just want you to take a look, don't risk it! The reason why I sent you, a disciple who had just entered the Dao, was to prevent irritating the other party...... If it is determined that the other party is a celestial who wants to develop his power in the human world, the ancestors will personally fight them back. ”
"This mission is a bit dangerous, so I will specially issue you an invisible sword, after using the true qi to wash the flying sword, you can use the sword light to protect the body, so as to achieve the effect of stealth."
"By the way, with the flying sword, I gave you the gift of the Dao 'Ghost Ring', the four spirit ghosts in the ring are all good people who are interested in the path of ghost cultivation, I used the pure yang qi to help them refine their bodies, and add merit to protect the body, not only can they show their appearance in the daytime, but they are not afraid of ordinary means of restraining ghosts. In particular, their Yuan Spirits are all lodged in the Immortal Mountain's Soul Nourishing Wood to practice, this ghost body is just a split soul, even if it is destroyed, it will not be fatally injured, and it can help you break the queen in an emergency. ”
"This trip is different from the past, be more careful!"
After listening to the summons, Wu Xie pondered for a moment, and then asked Hai Dongjian to take almonds back to Xianmen to report, and he took Xiaochai to Sichen Town to see what was going on.
"Why do you want Xiao Chai to accompany you? She's that small...... What to do in case of danger! After hearing his command, Almond looked angry, and rolled on the ground and turned into a big yellow and white cat, "If you think my human form is in the way, I can also take on the form of a cat!" ”
"Yes! Big brother, I can help too! Hai Dongjian, who was still lying on the ground just now and announcing that he was about to die, put on a majestic posture to show Wu Xie the muscles he had exercised these days, "I am still very confident in fighting!" ”
Wu Xie couldn't help but sigh again - he felt that these two guys were really a perfect match! One is brain volume depletion, and the other is completely incapable of using the brain.
"Although I have already reported the situation of this trip with a summons, after all, I still need to report it in person. I'm going to Sichen Town now, and this matter has to be entrusted to you, Senior Brother Hai. ”
Without waiting for Hai Dongjian to answer, he said to Almond again: "This trip to Xianmen, there are many things to report truthfully, are you sure that Xiao Chai can explain these things clearly?" ”
"But ......"
"Nothing good. The situation of the mission must be reported, and I also need a guide who knows a little bit about the local situation when I go to Sichen Town. So you have to go back to the sect and the guide ...... I believe that Xiao Chai can do it. ”
He said reasonably, and Haidongjian and Almond had nothing to say, so they had to carry out the order unhappily and go in the direction of Qingyang Mountain.
Seeing one person and one cat gradually walking away, Wu Xie shook his head, told Xiao Chai, who was lying on his shoulder, to hold on to his clothes, and then ran away, and ran back to Wu'an County after a while.
In Wu'an County, he hired a large awning boat that could double as a lodging at a reasonable price, and took a boat down the Dachi River, and planned to sit until the port where he entered the sea, and then changed to a sea boat to go to the port in the south, where he would investigate the location of Sichen Town and the news related to the mysterious Supreme Holy Sect.
After the canopy boat departed, he asked Xiao Chai to go to the bow of the ship to keep a sentry, sat cross-legged in the cabin himself, took out the flying sword and the black ring, and began to refine them with true qi.
The texture of these two magic instruments is quite good, and the difficulty of refining is naturally relatively high. Even though he had already erased the spiritual imprint left by the original owner inside, he had been refining it for a long time before he could be regarded as having completed it and left his spiritual imprint in it.
It was only then that these two magic weapons were truly his own.
This is the difference between a regular instrument and a quasi-instrument of law.
For example, his robes, runes, magic swords, boots, long knives, medicine boxes, and bamboo cards do not need to be practiced with true qi, let alone leave a spiritual imprint, as long as anyone with true qi can use them.
Strictly speaking, they can't be regarded as formal magic weapons, but can only be regarded as "quasi-magic weapons". Whether it is powerful or sophisticated, it is very far from the real magic weapon, but it is also much easier to use.
The invisible sword and the ghost ring are different, they are quite troublesome in manipulation, not only need to consume a large amount of true qi, but also need to be controlled by the mind - the existence of the spirit imprint is to facilitate the control of magic weapons. If they can't leave a spiritual imprint, they won't be able to exert their true power, and they can only be used as quasi-magic weapons.
However, the effect of these two magic weapons is indeed worthy of this hard work. Wu Xie tried to control it with his mind, and found that the two magic weapons were like a part of his body when used, which was extremely convenient! Their power is even more extraordinary, the invisible sword can fly a hundred steps away, and the reef at the bottom of the water is as convenient as cutting tofu; The ghost ring itself is a weapon that can smash people, and the four spirit ghosts are even more alert, and they dived into the water and caught a few fish without a sound, and Wu Xie himself didn't even fully see how they did it!
With the help of these two magic weapons, he felt a little more sure about this trip in his heart.
Although that strange Supreme Holy Sect was able to summon celestial beings, it was indeed fearful. But he didn't go to the door to fight, just to scout it, so it shouldn't be any trouble.
And he was also vaguely suspicious - if those white-clothed monks summoned were really the kind of celestials whose strength was comparable to that of the Ancestor of the Tribulation, then Almond and Xiao Chai would definitely not be able to escape!
Even he, Wu Jie, can use the divine fire to turn into a fire ring to block a place, there is no reason why the ancestors can't do it!
He thought about it, called Xiao Chai in again, handed the fish to him, and when he finished happily, he began to inquire in detail about the situation.
Unfortunately, Chai is obviously not smart enough, and can only say things like "Meow, very high!" "Meow! A lot of people! "Meow! It's amazing", but it can't give accurate information for reference.
After asking for a long time but not knowing what to do, Wu Xie had no choice but to give up the question, and took out the "Tang Monster Illustrated Book" from the medicine box, and checked to see if the predecessors had collected information about the celestials......