Chapter 169: Disaster
At this moment, in the face of this sudden disaster, Chen Jisheng has too many questions in his heart.
As the governor of the Exorcism Division of Yishui County, he knew that eight years ago, the Great Qi National Teacher sealed the "Nine Baby Snake Demon" array, which was divided into eight parts, and according to the direction of the gossip the day after tomorrow, it was located in Yishui, Le'an, Anqiu and other eight county seats.
The array map was also divided into eight and stored in eight county seats.
Only the governors of each prefecture knew the location of the array.
Every three years, the governors need to take out the formation diagram and maintain the seal.
For example, before the Chinese New Year, Chen Jisheng once took Gu Xu to the secret room under the library pavilion and asked Gu Xu to recite the mantra against the array diagram and maintain the sealing formation.
Gu Xu also got inspiration from the formation diagram and developed the fifth-generation "Taishang Arctic Town Demon Slaying Talisman".
Eight years ago, the Great Qi National Master once said: "If you want to release the 'Nine Baby Snake Demon', there are only two ways - first, obtain all eight formation diagrams and crack them one by one; Second, if the seal is not reinforced for fifty years, the seal will naturally fail. ”
Everyone thought that it was impossible to unlock the seal of the "Nine Baby Snake Demon".
First of all, the formation map is scattered in eight county towns, and it is protected by the prohibition of the national teacher;
Secondly, as a saint who entered the Tao with Fu, after the death of his teacher Chiyangzi, no one could surpass him in the attainments of Fu Dao.
But now, hearing the terrible cry of a baby, looking at the black cracks that appeared on the surface of the earth, and feeling the scorching temperature in the air, Chen Jisheng almost felt that he was dreaming.
Since it has only been eight years since the "Nine Baby Snake Demon" was sealed, the possibility of "natural failure of the seal" can be directly ruled out.
"What's going on?" Chen Jisheng frowned, thinking to himself, "In the past eight years, except for me and Gu Xu, no one has ever entered the underground secret room in Yishui County. It stands to reason that it is impossible for the formation diagram to be leaked out...... How did the Nine Baby Snake Demon get released? ”
"Governor Chen, now that the mission has been suspended, why don't you run for your life quickly?"
At this moment, someone slapped Chen Jisheng on the shoulder, making him come back from his trance.
Chen Jisheng turned around and saw a fat man with a panicked face.
The fat man's name is Gao Changshun, the governor of Mengyin County, Qingzhou Prefecture, and he was arranged to do the ghost killing task with Chen Jisheng today.
Before Chen Jisheng could answer, Gao Changshun summoned his natal flying sword, jumped up like a ball of meat, and then disappeared into the sky with a "whoosh".
"Escape ......"
When he heard this word, Chen Jisheng hesitated for a second.
Because he suddenly remembered that he had more important things than running for his life.
He had experienced the terrible catastrophe eight years ago, and knew how terrible the "Nine Baby Snake Demon" was-
Its size can change to nearly a thousand miles in size, almost covering the entire sky of Qingzhou Mansion, and looking up from the ground, it seems to be a dark cloud covering the sky.
It has nine heads, five of which are black, and it is good at water; Five are red in color and can breathe fire.
As long as it appears, it can turn the entire Qingzhou Mansion into a hell of water and fire.
"I have to save people," Chen Jisheng immediately decided, "Now that the Nine Baby Snake Demon has been released, the people of Yishui County will definitely face a catastrophe." ”
He didn't think about saving Gu Xu and Shi Xiaohan.
Because he knew that both of them had their own means of saving their lives.
The ability of the "Nine Baby Snake Demon" is mainly to spew out water and fire in a wide range of damage - it is a great threat to ordinary people, but it is difficult to keep monks who are bent on escaping.
So at this critical moment, Chen Jisheng decided to help those who needed it most.
Black cracks quickly spread to his feet.
Blazing water rises from cracks in the ground.
The light of the burning fire is reflected in the water curtain, reflecting a brilliant phantom light.
Chen Jisheng's clothes and hair were soaked, and white smoke was emitting, and he couldn't tell whether it was the water from the ground or his sweat.
With a wave of his hand, he summoned the "Sword of Shame".
Then he stepped on the flying sword, turned into a blue-white light, and flew straight in the direction of Yishui County.
There was not a moment of looking back.
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On the other side of Yishan, Shi Xiaohan also worked with several monks from the second and third realms to look for traces of ghosts and monsters between the mountains and forests.
As the only daughter of a thousand households in Laizhou Prefecture and the only woman among her companions, she is extremely popular in this team.
Her companions wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make friends with her.
Whenever she wielded the heavy "Kunwu Knife" to hack a ghost to death, her companions would collectively applaud her, scrambling to shout words such as "Lord Shi's martial arts are world-beating", "Lord Shi is really a natural asset", "Lord Shi's sword skills are so terrifying", "I didn't expect a girl like Lord Shi to have such a domineering sword technique".
Shi Xiaohan would be modest on the surface, but he was proud in his heart.
Carrying the whole audience with her own strength, and then raising her chin to enjoy the pursuit of others, is undoubtedly a thing that can make her feel very happy.
The only thing that made her dissatisfied was that Gu Xu couldn't act with her today.
Ever since he received the summoning order to come to Yishan, Shi Xiaohan has always wanted to show his skills in front of Gu Xu, and then listen to him praise himself in different ways.
It's a pity that Gu Xu was called away by the annoying prince and couldn't stay on the same team as her.
This made Shi Xiaohan feel very depressed, and secretly recorded the name of the eldest prince on the blacklist in his heart.
Of course, some people asked Shi Xiaohan about Gu Xu's news.
"Lord Shi, you are now an official in Yishui, right? I heard that there is a young man named Gu Xu in Yishui County who solved the case of the Lu family's murder house in Qingzhou Mansion. ”
"You Yishui is really a good place for outstanding people! Not only is there a girl like Zhong Lingyu who is sometimes an adult, but also a young and promising son of heaven like Lord Gu. ”
"That's right, that's right." Whenever he heard this kind of question, Shi Xiaohan nodded in response without thinking.
When others praise Gu Xu, they praise her just like herself, which can fill her heart with joy.
She simply slashed the last mutant goblin in front of her, put away the Kungo knife amid the praise of her companions, and prepared to move on.
However, it was at this time that something changed.
The rumbling sound resounded through the mountains and forests, and the entire Yishan Mountain shook like an earthquake.
Cracks appeared on the ground, rising with fire and water vapor.
"What's going on?" Someone exclaimed loudly.
No one answered.
At this moment, all the monks in the team were fleeing in all directions, for fear of being swallowed by these terrible cracks.
Shi Xiaohan was also stunned for a moment.
She hadn't experienced the "Nine Babies Disaster" eight years ago, and naturally she couldn't recognize what was going on at the first time.
Her mind was full of thoughts at this time: "Does that guy Gu Xu have the means to save his life?" He only has the second realm now, and he can't fly with his sword, can he escape from this mountain smoothly? ”
Thinking of this, Shi Xiaohan immediately made a decision, and immediately used the Shi family's ancestral "falling flowers and flying flotsam" method, stepping on the violently shaking ground and rolling rocks, and rushed towards the direction of the camp.
Gu Xu once mentioned to her that he was doing a task on a hillside a few miles away from the camp today.
She walked lightly, like a swallow.
Cracks, fire, mist, rocks...... It was as if it had become a backdrop behind her, unable to create any obstacles for her.
Behind her, a vague gluttonous shadow emerged.
Her speed inadvertently doubled.
A moment later, she arrived at the location of the camp.
There was no one in sight, only devastation.
She saw makeshift houses engulfed in raging fire, the banner of the Great Qi Dynasty falling into a bottomless ravine, the milky white water vapor steaming up, and the monks in charge of logistics fleeing.
But she didn't see Gu Xu's figure.
Then, she used her skills again, searching several hillsides near the camp.
But she still didn't find Gu Xu.
Her mood instantly cooled by half.
"Perhaps...... Gu Xu should have fled," she tried to comfort herself in her heart, "He has the 'Amazing Pen 'Shocking Brush' and the inheritance of the Kongxuan Sanren people...... It shouldn't be difficult for him to save his life......"
"Wow-"
At this moment, a baby's cry resounded through the heavens and the earth.
She couldn't help but shudder.
"Nine Baby Snake Demon."
This strange and familiar term came to her mind.
Although she had never personally experienced the "Nine Infants' Calamity", she had known the horror of this "fierce god" level ghost from the mouths of her fellow Exorcist Division.
She knew that Zheng Yu Zhengyu, the former governor of Yishui County, was killed in the womb of the nine babies in order to rescue two children.
She originally thought that since the Great Qi National Master set up the sealing formation, the "Nine Baby Snake Demon" had completely become history.
I didn't expect it to break through the seal and reappear in the world.
If it can't be solved in time, the entire Qingzhou Mansion will once again become a hell on earth.
"What should I do......
Shi Xiaohan was so anxious that he stomped his feet again and again.
She has been growing up under the care of others, her father taught her to practice, and a maid took care of her life, even when she was doing tasks, Gu Xu helped her get ideas.
She had never been so overwhelmed as she was today.
Inadvertently, she pulled out a smooth bead from her coat pocket.
This is a life-saving thing prepared for her by her father, Shi Lei, a thousand households in Laizhou Mansion.
My father said that this bead is called the "Broken Sky Bead", and as long as you crush it, you can instantly cross the void and escape to any place you want to go within a radius of thousands of miles.
"Where should I go?"
For the first time, she thought of fleeing to Laizhou Mansion and fleeing to her father's side.
From childhood to adulthood, the image of her father in her heart was tall and majestic, which always gave her a strong sense of security.
But she immediately dismissed the idea.
Because she told her father more than once in letters, "I have grown up, I am not the little girl who needs your care all the time, I am now a woman of time who walks for heaven."
Although she wrote this at the beginning, she was just talking back to her father, thinking that he was too nosy to meddle in things.
But how could she slap herself in the face?
As long as she escapes to Laizhou Mansion, she will undoubtedly admit defeat to her father, admit that she is still a weak girl, and admit that the so-called "heroine" is a joke.
"I want to go back to Yishui."
She made a decision quickly.
Although she can't find Gu Xu now, she still has many relatives and friends in Yishui County.
For example, the maid Chenxi who takes care of her daily life, such as the grandmother who cooks soup for her every day, such as Wang Yang, a little official who likes to hide behind her back and gossip......
There are also many people I don't know, such as the aunt who cooks barbecue in the vegetable market street, such as the children who kick the shuttlecock with her......
Breaking through the third realm of "Nai He Bridge" requires firm determination.
And Shi Xiaohan's original determination was to become strong enough, and then protect the people of Yishui, protect their families, and protect their colleagues in the Exorcism Division.
"Today, I want to prove to my father that I am a real woman."
The corners of her mouth turned up slightly, revealing two shallow dimples.
Then she crushed the "Broken Sky Bead" in her hand and disappeared in place in an instant.
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Chai Biao, the arrest officer in Yinan County, is also desperately trying to escape.
He came from a mediocre background and had mediocre talents; Because he has not accumulated many merits, he has never exchanged for a life-saving magic weapon.
All he can rely on at present is a low-grade body method "Wind".
With this technique, he ran as fast as he could on the slopes of Yishan Mountain with all his might, stepping over one crack after another under the scorching heat.
"I really didn't expect that this time I was summoned to Yishan to deal with the Snow Girl, but I ran into the 'Nine Baby Snake Demon' and broke the seal," he scolded in his heart while running, "There are three fierce gods in Jiaodong Province, why am I so unlucky, I bumped into two at once...... This is what God wants for my life......"
However, just as he ran to the foot of Yishan Mountain, he suddenly stopped.
Because he saw that a crack hundreds of meters wide appeared on the ground in front of him, and even if he jumped with all his strength, he would not be able to cross this obstacle.
In the cracks, the flames burned.
And next to the crack, in addition to Chai Biao, there were several monks with desperate expressions.
"What should I do?"
"Are we really going to die here today?"
At this moment, the baby's cry sounded again, sharp and piercing, piercing through the heavens and the earth.
Immediately after, a huge head appeared in the crack.
It was a dark red snake head with sharp teeth and a snake hyacinth.
From time to time, from time to time burst forth bright flames.
All trees touched by the flames turned to ashes in an instant.
The "Nine Baby Snake Demon" has a total of four fire-breathing heads.
This is one of them.
In the next second, the Nine Infant Snake Demon turned its head to look at the monks next to the deep ravine, and then spewed out a scorching flame again.
Chai Biao closed his eyes, and his heart was like ashes.
He regretted very much at this time that he did not spend more time with his family before the Chinese New Year.
However, the expected burning did not come.
Chai Biao suddenly felt a cold wind blowing towards his face.
He opened his eyes and found that the sides of the crack were covered in snow and ice.
The flames spewed out by the Nine Infant Snake Demon were also frozen by the ice and snow.
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