Chapter 11: The Dryad
readx;?ā Sucking human blood? These demons really deserve to be killed!" Xiao Yi frowned when he heard this, he had never seen this kind of thing, he had never heard of demons killing people in the court before, could it be that it was covered up by the imperial court?
Zhao Long sighed: "Demons should have absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon and cultivated their own bodies like my immortal cultivators, but unfortunately some monsters went astray and eventually fell into demons. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
"Oh, Senior Brother, it doesn't seem that he excludes monsters?" Xiao Yiqi said, he originally thought that people who cultivate immortals would hate monsters extremely much.
Zhao Long said: "Senior brother, don't get me wrong, our Xiaoyao Valley can be different from other immortal cultivation sects, in our eyes, the distinction between right and wrong is very clear, monsters only practice inhumane exercises, hurt people's lives, we will kill, generally absorb the aura of heaven and earth of the demons, we Xiaoyao Valley will not be controlled, and like Wenshuge, Yanyulou, the two immortal sects, as long as it is a demon, will be killed." ā
Xiao Yi actually didn't understand Xiaoyao Valley's status among the Immortal Dao Sects, and he said strangely: "Senior brother, isn't there any communication between the Immortal Dao Sects?"
Zhao Long shook his head and said: "It's not that there is no communication, the cultural origins between the various sects are quite far apart, and the mental methods they cultivate are different. Let's not talk about that, let's talk about this mission first!"
"Senior Brother Xiao hasn't seen a monster yet, this time, although it's not dangerous, but you also need to take some precautions, your cultivation is too weak, you can't just rely on the Spirit Gathering Spell. Zhao Long took out two paper runes glowing with a faint yellow light, and the runes were intricately engraved on them.
"These are two demon talismans, which can temporarily immobilize some monsters with weak mana, and if there is any danger, it should be of great use. Zhao Long handed over the two demon talismans to Xiao Yi. "We went to the Cangwu faction to borrow horses, and then rushed directly to the withered thorn forest, it is best to arrive before dark, there is only one Fengluo village outside the withered thorn forest, and we must not enter the withered thorn forest at night, and we will rest in Fengluo Village tonight. ā
It was obviously not the first time that Zhao Long had gone to the Withered Thorn Forest to eliminate demons, and he had already looked quite sophisticated.
The three of them soon arrived at Qiushui Town, the streets here seem to be slightly ancient, the town is relatively sparsely populated, and there are no guests, the three of them did not disturb the residents of the town, and directly found the location of the Cangwu faction in the town, almost all of the horses in the Cangwu faction were set up for the disciples of the outer sect of Xiaoyao Valley, Zhao Long borrowed three fast horses with a light car, and rushed to the withered thorn forest.
Until the sun was already slightly yellowing and the sky was a little silent, the three of them arrived outside the thorn forest.
It is a continuous and magnificent forest, but this tree is strange, it is not green, but a faint beige dark yellow color, only the top of the tree is slightly green, the trunk is about three people hugging the thickness, most of the trees in the whole forest are like this, the branches are dense, the sun has been blocked, and the road ahead can not be seen clearly.
These are the unique Dihuang trees of the Dead Thorn Forest, and these thick trees can only be regarded as young trees.
Outside the thorn forest, several rows of low houses with earthen walls, cut off from the forest, and a slightly yellowed flag was planted on an earthen wall, on which it was written, Fengluo Village.
The slightly poetic name, but this village, does not match the name.
Xiao Yi sighed slightly, it seems that this should be a forgotten place, but around Fengluo Village, there are some strange broken stone pillars, those stone pillars are very thick, but unfortunately only a short section is left, I can't see what it is.
"In the past, Fengluo Village was under the protection of a Heavenly Emperor Tree, and it was the largest village here, but something happened later, the Emperor Tree was injured by Yanyulou and Wenshuge, and sneaked into the Biluo Ancient Forest, this village did not have the protection of the Emperor Tree, and it withered in a few years. Zhao Long introduced a few words to Xiao Yi, and then said: "Senior brother probably doesn't know the grade of the Emperor Tree, right? Only one of the millions of Earth Emperor Trees in the Emperor Tree contains the emperor's bloodline, and the bloodline level is an eight-grade spirit beast, if it is allowed to cultivate for thousands of years, it may be able to cultivate into a demon immortal." ā
"Eight grades?" Xiao Yi already roughly knows the concept of products, eight grades are the distinction of strength, and the bloodline level is eight grades, which means that even if this emperor tree does not cultivate, its strength will be eight grades after it grows up, and it has surpassed the strength of most monsters, and it has directly pursued the realm of reincarnation of immortals.
"Demon Clan, how can you shelter humans?" Xiao Yi was slightly puzzled.
Zhao Long said solemnly: "Senior brother, just like us immortal cultivators, there will also be good people and bad people, evil monks, and eventually fall into the devil's path, and there will be no return. Among the demons, there are also good demons, such as our Xiaoyao Valley Xiaoyao Patriarch, his wife is the flower demon. In order to save the Ancestor of Xiaoyao who was infected by demonic energy, she destroyed her thousand-year-old cultivation, and finally the two were able to stay together, and it is said that they flew to the fairy world together in the end. ā
Xuanyuan Qing smiled and said: "Senior brother, if you bring your junior brother over to practice, you always have to say this again, senior brother doesn't want to find a flower demon to be a Taoist companion, right?"
Zhao Long smiled slightly bitterly: "Let's go, let's go to Uncle Chen's house tonight for one night." ā
It was hard for Xiao Yi to imagine that in such a small village, there was actually a decent inn, and the owner of the shop was Uncle Chen in Zhao Long's mouth.
Uncle Chen's face was clean and there was no trace of beard, he didn't look like a person over fifty years old at all, Xiao Yi could actually feel a trace of familiar aura from him, which was the breath of an immortal cultivator, and the aura would naturally emanate when it was abundant. Xuanyuan Qing and Zhao Long are no longer strange, and Uncle Chen also knows Zhao Long.
Uncle Chen said: "Zhao Daxia must have come for the matter of the Tree Demon, right? Alas, since the Tree Emperor is gone, our Fengluo Village is full of demons and monsters, and we have reminded the villages near and far, but I didn't expect that someone would still die at the hands of the Tree Demon. ā
Zhao Long said: "Yes, we received the news a few days ago in Xiaoyao Valley, and we just rushed over now, I'm really sorry!"
Uncle Chen said: "Where is it, Zhao Daxia can come, it has already given us a big face in Fengluo Village! But this time in the withered thorn forest seems to be different from the past, my ears always hear some cold and biting strange sounds at night, a few heroes should be careful." ā
After that, Zhao Long asked for two upper rooms, originally three, Xuanyuan Qing clamored for a room with Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi also agreed, and Zhao Long also gave up.
When the three of them went upstairs, they found that the upper room next to them had already been booked.
Zhao Long was a little strange, and when he asked Uncle Chen, Uncle Chen said: "Yesterday, a man and a woman came to the room I booked here, and I saw that they seemed to be cultivators, so they didn't stop them. ā
As soon as Uncle Chen's words fell, he heard the sound of someone going upstairs, and then a young man in purple clothes and a purple sword in his hand came upstairs, followed by a girl in a white dress, the woman was wearing a white veil, and she couldn't see her face clearly, but behind the woman, it seemed that she was carrying a pipa.
"Yuanfeng Town's Purple Cloth Sect?" Zhao Long was slightly puzzled, the Purple Clothes Sect was also a sect of cultivating immortals, but it was a small sect that was not famous, and the master of the Purple Clothes Sect was just a monk in the Xuandan Realm.
The young man had a somewhat arrogant look on his face, and when he passed in front of the three of them, he only glanced at it slightly, he had not seen the monks of Xiaoyao Valley, so he did not see that the three of them were disciples of Xiaoyao Valley.
The woman behind him glanced at the three of them slightly, and a hint of brilliance flashed in her bright big eyes, although she couldn't see her appearance, Xiao Yi had already concluded that this woman must be born beautiful, such moving eyes, and her appearance would never be bad. It's just that this look is almost similar to Meng Xuan.
Xiao Yi thought of Meng Xuan again for a while, he thought that the novelty of the past few days would drive these unpleasant things out of his mind, but instead, he precipitated more and more. I don't know what happened to Blue Jade City now?
The woman turned around and entered another upper room, and did not live with the man in the purple door, which showed that the two were not Taoist couples.
The three of them didn't think much about it, and asked Uncle Chen to prepare some wine and food, Zhao Long's current realm no longer needs to eat, but Xiao Yi and Xuanyuan Qing can't, the three of them are eating while talking about the purple clothes door.
Xuanyuan Qing said: "Senior brother, what kind of realm do you see that kid, he actually dares to take people to the withered thorn forest, they won't be here to find some treasures, right?" In the Blue Jade Country, there are some relics left by ancient cultivators in many places, and it is not uncommon for people with good luck to meet them occasionally, especially in these dangerous places, because few people have set foot in them, so there will be a lot of treasures.
Zhao Long frowned and said, "That kid from the Purple Cloth Gate should be at the beginning of the Spirit Realm, I am surprised by the girl behind him, I don't seem to be able to see through her cultivation." "Zhao Long is a little strange, judging from the appearance of that girl, she should not be very old, could it be that her cultivation is actually taller than herself? Such a genius is unlikely to be a person from the Purple Cloth Sect.
Xuanyuan Qingqi said: "Senior brother, I'm also wondering, I heard that the people in the Purple Sect, both men and women, are wearing purple clothes, and the swords are purple, but that girl is white, and there is a pipa behind her, it's really strange, is her magic weapon a pipa?"
Zhao Long seemed to think of something, and he said: "The only one who uses musical instruments as a magic weapon is the Lingyin Hall of the Immortal Dao Sect! It's just that this sect rarely sets foot in the world, and it is very mysterious, and I don't know much, so I can't be sure." ā
Xiao Yi asked, "Senior brother, what kind of sect is the Lingyin Palace?"
Zhao Long said: "Senior brother, you don't know, all our immortal sects are also different, those who have a strong reincarnation realm are called the Upper Immortal Gate, and those who do not have a strong reincarnation realm are called the Lower Immortal Gate." For example, we have Xiaoyao Valley, as well as Wenshu Pavilion and Yanyu Building, all of which are Shangxian Gate. The Purple Clothes Gate is the Lower Immortal Gate, and the Lingyin Palace, it is rumored that there are two reincarnation realm powerhouses, one of them is extremely terrifying, and even surpassed the reincarnation realm, and should have soared to the immortal realm, but I don't know why it didn't soar. ā
Xuanyuan Qing echoed: "Senior brother, these are all left over from the classics in the valley, most of them are true, the people in this Lingyin Hall are all beautiful women, but none of them are easy to mess with, even if they are Wenshu Pavilion and Yanyulou, these guys who have no one in their eyes, they don't dare to move the Lingyin Palace." ā
Xiao Yi was stunned, and then said, "That's strange, if this woman is from the Lingyin Palace, why is she coming here?"
Zhao Long and Xuanyuan Qing both shook their heads, and Zhao Long said: "No matter what they come to do, the north of Blue Jade City, according to the rules of the last Immortal Ceremony Conference, belongs to our territory in Xiaoyao Valley, if there is really any treasure here, as long as we find it first, it will belong to our Xiaoyao Valley." ā
Xuanyuan Qing also said: "Wait until tomorrow to go to the withered thorn forest to see, let's rest early today!"
Zhao Long nodded, and the three of them went back to their rooms to rest.
Xiao Yi and Xuanyuan Qing were lying together, lying on the bed, but they couldn't sleep, Xiao Yi's mind was full of the bright eyes of the girl in white.
Tossing and turning and unable to sleep, Xuanyuan Qing next to him had already made a slight snoring sound, Xiao Yi simply sat up cross-legged and began to practice the Guiyuan True Dragon Sutra, the spiritual energy on the edge of the withered thorn forest is quite abundant, Xiao Yi inhaled the golden aura and converted it into mana, but if he wanted to turn the aura into a thread of aura in the meridians, it would take almost a whole night, Xiao Yi was a little helpless, no wonder it was so difficult to cultivate immortals, to find aura everywhere, and to spend a lot of time cultivating the mind.
Xiao Yi finished running a small week, slowly woke up, and was about to continue cultivating, but suddenly heard the roar of the yin wind outside, the sound seemed to be the sound of the wind blowing through the branches, you must know that although there is a withered thorn forest next to it, but Fengluo Village is a distance from the forest, how can there be such a sound?
Xiao Yi got out of bed, pushed open the wooden window, and when he saw it, he was shocked, the village was originally a mile away from the withered thorn forest, but at this moment, the outside was actually full of dense earth emperor trees, and under the cover of night, the huge trunks of those earth emperor trees emitted a faint terrifying red light.
"What's going on?" Xiao Yi was now a third-order Qi Attracting Cultivator, so he could naturally feel the distinctive aura emanating from those Earth Emperor Trees, was that what the senior brothers were talking about?
Nearly dozens of Earth Emperor Trees frantically whipped at the sky outside the village with their branches, Xiao Yi looked intently, only to see that there seemed to be a thin layer of reddish light curtain separating the entire village from the outside, and those dryads were resisted by this barrier.
When Xiao Yi entered the village, he saw the flag that read Fengluo Village, and now the flag kept emitting red light, blocking these monsters from the outside.
It's just that the strange and unique roar still came in.
Xiao Yi didn't alarm Xuanyuan Qing, he opened the door and walked out, outside the door, Senior Brother Zhao Long had just walked over, he was carrying a light red fairy sword, and his brows were slightly furrowed.
"Senior brother, you haven't fallen asleep yet, I didn't expect that there is a demonic aura in the Withered Thorn Forest, and these Earth Emperor Trees that are about to become essence have been driven over, I'm afraid that our mission will be affected this time." Zhao Long was a little helpless.
"Demonic aura?
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