Chapter 18: Into the City
Water Moon Forest, located in the south of the Purple Thunder Country, according to legend, there is a lake in the forest, and the moon has fallen into the lake, so it is named Water Moon Lake.
Zhang Dizong was standing not far from the shore of Shuiyue Lake, looking at the long-dead black dragon python at his feet with great interest. The torrential rain has not stopped, and there is a tendency to get heavier and heavier. Zhang Dizong's body was shrouded in a faint red light, and the rain hit him, blocked by the red light, and only a few drops of rain passed through the layer of red light and fell on him. As time went on, the rain gradually soaked his coat, leaving a trail of water.
Zhang Dizong flipped through the dozens of white snake eggs in front of the black dragon python, looked at the black dragon python and muttered to himself: "The fatal wound is this wound on the head, and one blow will kill." The wound was small, but sharp, like a dagger?" he picked up a white snake egg in his hand and continued to mutter, "You seem to be alive." After speaking, a soft red light lit up in Zhang Dizong's hand, enveloping the snake egg. The red light looked like a faint flame, beating the most primitive pulse of life, although it was weak, but it made the snake egg react, only to see the snake egg tremble slightly, and suddenly the eggshell broke a small hole, and then the break became bigger and bigger, and a milky white snake struggled to get out of the eggshell.
After the little snake got out of the snake egg, it lay in the palm of Zhang Di's hand, motionless, looking extremely weak. The red light in Zhang Di's hand covered the little snake, and he said: "Are you really alive?" I can't just leave you alone, okay, you will follow me in the future." With that, Zhang Di secretly used the sealing power, and a red light lit up from his hand, slowly and gently invading the little snake's body. After a while, all the red mangs entered the little snake's body, and the little snake that originally looked weak moved slowly, and then began to swim along Zhang Di's palm, and gradually, the original milky white little snake appeared one after another fiery red markings. Zhang Di Zongqi said: "After accepting my fire sealing power, you have also turned into fiery red? Zhang Dizong looked at the little red white snake, scurrying around in its palm like a headless fly, and said with a smile: "Stay quiet first, I don't have the ability to build a nest for you now, don't move." As if he understood, the little snake wrapped its body around Zhang Di's palm, like a red white bracelet, and hung on his wrist, and then remained motionless, as if asleep.
"You're going to find a place. Zhang Dizong looked at the "bracelet" and said, "Give you a name, En...... Snake, it's called Winged Su, in my hometown, there is something called Winged Fire Snake, which seems to be a bit like you?" He reached out and nodded Wingsu's head, Wingsu's eyes were not yet open, but instinctively spit out the letter, rubbing the fingers stretched out by Zhang Di. Even though Zhang Di saw that it was weak, he didn't tease it and let it rest.
Zhang Dizong looked at the corpse of the black dragon python on the ground, and with a wave of his right hand, a red flame instantly engulfed the entire black dragon python, the fire was extremely fierce, even if the torrential rain was like a note, it could not be stopped in the slightest, and in a moment, the fire burned the black dragon python to ashes. Zhang Di dispersed the sealing power, and the residual fire was hit by the heavy rain and extinguished in an instant. Zhang Dizong picked up a black bead as round as jade from the ashes, played with it for a while, and said softly: "Although the sealing power is very mixed, but this big snake should have a lifespan of hundreds of years, and in the end it still condensed such a demon pill." It's okay, although the sealing power is very miscellaneous, and the sealing power of the fire system is also weak and almost negligible, but I won't refuse my fire sealing power, so leave your child to me. He took out a cyan jade pendant from his arms, and the red light flashed in his hand, and the demon pill of the black dragon python turned into a red light and flew into the cyan jade pendant. Zhang Dizong packed his bags and turned around and walked in the direction of Hongyu Mountain.
Zhang Dizong seemed to be strolling leisurely, but in fact, his speed was extremely fast, like a phantom, stepping on strange steps, and in a few moments, he had arrived in front of the Red Jade Mountain.
"The Tomb of the Golden Horse - Xiaoduo?" Zhang Di looked at the tombstone in front of the Red Jade Mountain, his brows furrowed slightly, and he was speechless, and said in his heart: "This Xiao Duo is not the young man? Jin Ma? Mo is not the big thief Golden Horse? How did he become Xiao Duo's master?" He had countless doubts in his heart, and he couldn't straighten them out for a while, so he simply didn't think about it, looked around, there was nothing, and he no longer paid attention to the inexplicable tombstone, and walked towards the red jade mountain wall. Xiaoduo is not here, otherwise he must be surprised why the six knives originally inserted in front of the tomb of Jinma are all missing at this moment.
Zhang Dizong stood still in front of the cliff and said silently: "The master asked me to act by myself and meet at Hongyu Mountain, and I don't know where he is running now." This unlucky master always releases my pigeons, I will wait here until the evening, and he will not show up again, so I will go to the Purple Thunder Country to participate in the Seal Master Advanced Conference first. With a plan in his heart, Zhang Di sat down against the mountain wall, and the fire sealing power was released from his body, forming a red barrier around his body, and the wind and rain inside the barrier did not enter, forming a small world.
Not to mention Zhang Dizong here, after Xiao Duo and Ye Lin ran out of the wooden house, they ran in the rainstorm and mud for a while, and gradually felt exhausted, and couldn't help but slow down their pace.
The two of them walked along the trail all the way, and at this moment they were about to walk out of the Water Moon Forest, and the road ahead gradually became wider, and finally saw a big road.
Ye Lin carried his black iron rod and said, "Little brother, not far ahead is the Thunder City on the border of the Purple Thunder Country, after entering the Thunder City, let's find a hotel to rest first." ”
Xiaoduo wiped the rain all over his face, looked at Ye Lin and said, "Well, it's okay." I've been to this Thunder City with my grandfather a few times before, so I'm familiar with it. ”
Guangyan followed Xiao Duo's side, as if he was a little weak by the rainstorm, his hair drooped on his body, looking embarrassed;
After walking for a while, I could already see scattered pedestrians on the road, wearing raincoats and hats, and when they passed by, they all looked curiously at a dog and a bear beside the two of them, especially the little girl, whose figure was too eye-catching, and the return rate was basically 100%.
It was raining in the sky, and the sky and the earth were vast, and it was impossible to tell what time of day it was. Ye Lin said as he walked: "This rain is too big, I can't see the sun, and I don't know what time it is." ”
Xiaoduo looked at Guangyan and said, "It is estimated that it is past noon." ”
Ye Lin was stunned for a moment, the black iron rod was on the ground, and said, "How does the little brother know? Now we are driving along the road at most, and it is basically difficult to distinguish the direction, let alone the time." ”
Xiao Duo pointed at the light flame and said: "This fool, when you are hungry, you look listless, you see that it is like this now, it must be past the time to eat." ”
Guangyan drooped his head, as if he was still sighing, seeing Ye Lin speechless for a while, he had to say: "Guangyan don't worry, there is Thunder City ahead, and there is food there." ”
After a while, a carriage came in front of me. Ye Lin saw it clearly, it was two white wind-chasing horses pulling the cart, and he knew by looking at the appearance that it was not an ordinary product, it must be used by a large family; the two coachmen were sitting in front of the car, both wearing black raincoats. The speed of the car was not fast, but it was not slow, and when it passed, the driver did not slow down, and the road was muddy, splashing two people and two beasts with muddy water. Xiao Duoye was immediately furious, only to hear bursts of laughter from the car, which was obviously the laughter of the owner when he saw the embarrassed appearance of the two in the car. Seeing that the carriage continued to move forward, the owner of the car did not get out of the car and apologize, and he was being drenched by the rain, he couldn't help but take out a black iron card and secretly shot it out towards the carriage.
The carriage was not far away, the rut "snapped" and broke, the body fell on the road in all directions, the two chasing horses were frightened, and rushed forward, and the coachman could not pull it back, and dragged the car forward for more than ten meters before stopping. The people in the car are estimated to be choking enough at the moment, a fat-headed and big-eared guy climbed out of the car door, looking frightened, and then a delicate woman poked her head out of the car, and shrank back with a "oops" when she saw the rain. The fat-headed and big-eared man reprimanded the two coachmen, but the rut broke, and he was helpless.
"Ahem, little brother, isn't it too much?" Ye Lin looked at Xiao Duo who was secretly having fun on the side, and said embarrassedly.
Xiao Duo said with a smile: "These people are bullying, they should teach a lesson, Brother Ye, you are too honest." With that, he walked on. Ye Lin looked at the rear, sighed helplessly, caught up with Xiao Duo, and walked towards Thunder City.
After a few more moments, the walls of Thunder City were already in front of me. It is said that it is a city wall, but in fact it is just a pile of stones made of a few stones. This Thunder City is located in the southernmost part of the Purple Thunder Country, and beyond it is the Water Moon Forest and the Red Jade Mountain, which is basically an inaccessible place, and it is not as intrusive as the north, so the defense line is extremely loose, and only two soldiers defending the city sit in the stone house at the gate of the city.
Getting closer, it can already be seen that this Thunder City basically belongs to a small town, occupying a small location, only entering and leaving the city gate, and there is no one in or out. Suddenly, the city gate opened, and a group of people poured out of the city gate. Xiao Duo and Ye Lin happened to come to the gate of the city at this moment, only to see that the people who came out of the city, all in blue power suits, about twenty people, all young men and women, strange is that everyone is carrying a long sword, which is a little scary to look at. The first two handed over the paperwork to the soldiers guarding the city, and the two soldiers accompanied the smiling faces, and did not check carefully, and immediately opened the city gate, and let the group out, and as soon as the city gate opened, they saw another carriage driving out of the city. This carriage is more luxurious and atmospheric than the one that Xiaoduo encountered before, made of metal throughout, it looks shiny and golden, and there are eight tall horses pulling the carriage, all of which are white purebreds, even in this rainstorm, they do not make a sound, and they know that they are well-trained at a glance. The carriage had reached Xiao Duo's side, and the coachman had already slowed down in advance and slowly drove by. The twenty men and women waited for the carriage to leave the city gate, silently took out their umbrellas and hats, and hurried to follow. Xiao Duo was secretly surprised, and the group of people in Xindao were much more qualified.
Suddenly, the carriage stopped, and a coachman jumped out of the carriage, threw two umbrellas to Xiao Duoyelin, and said, "My young lady saw that you were in a hurry, and you didn't bring rain gear, so she ordered me to send you two umbrellas." ”
Ye Lin took the umbrella and thanked him repeatedly. Xiao Duo said secretly in his heart: "I didn't let you give it, pretending to be a good person." He took the umbrella in his hand, and stood aside without thanking him. The back window of the carriage was opened, and Xiao Duo looked in, only to see that there seemed to be four people sitting in the carriage, and a little girl was looking at Xiao Duo and the two. The little girl looked like Xiao Duo was the same age, and her face was cold, but it made her originally delicate face a little cold and numb. When she saw that Xiaoduo and the others had taken umbrellas, she lowered the curtains, and the coachman returned to the car and went out of the city with the group.
When the convoy was far away, the two soldiers guarding the city spoke: "This Sword Sect disciple is not ordinary, the travel is so magnificent, the young disciple does not take the car in such a heavy rain, and follows without complaint, tsk, in the end, it is a big sect." Hey, two boys over there, you're in luck! I heard that there are two beautiful women sitting in this carriage. This beautiful woman gives an umbrella, does it feel like the opening scene of a novel or drama? What are you doing in a daze, you haven't come to register yet. ”
Xiao Duo listened to the joke of the soldier guarding the city, and couldn't help laughing: "What kind of big beauty?
A soldier guarding the city couldn't help but smile when he saw that he was young, and said: "You little ghost still know whether beauty is beautiful or not? Have you fallen in love with the little girl in the car just now?" Come, uncle will help you keep an eye on it, and tell you when they enter the city, will you let that little girl be your wife?"
Xiaoduo pouted and ignored him. Ye Lin took out the paperwork and handed it to the city gate officer, the soldier guarding the city looked at it and said, "Oh, it's you, the guy with a black stick, I remember you, you just went out the day before yesterday, what's the matter, you came back after reading it? Yo! And with such a big bear! Is it the sealing beast you subdued? Tut-tut, at a young age, he is already such a powerful sealer, and his future is limitless!"
Ye Lin said: "Don't dare to be, I went to Hongyu Mountain for half a day, I had some adventures, and this earth-shaking demon bear was subdued there." ”
After reading the paperwork, the soldiers guarding the city handed it back to Ye Lin, and said: "I don't know why you sealers like to go to see the bare red jade mountain, what is so beautiful! I usually don't see anyone coming, and this is about to come to the seal master advanced conference, and there are people going out from here every day to go to the red jade mountain to see, I can't figure it out." ”
Another soldier guarding the city went to check Ye Lin's belongings, and he didn't check them carefully, and said, "Go in, anyway, there are too many strange things on you sealers, and it's not easy to check." The free ones will be watching you. We don't care about your stuff. ”
Xiao Duo took out a document cast by an iron plate from his bosom and handed it to the city guard, who took it and said, "Xiao Duo, the person from Thunder City of the Purple Thunder Country." Well, why haven't I seen you before?" After saying that, he looked at Xiao Duo carefully, and suddenly said: "I seem to have seen Xiao Duo, who lives outside the city, I seem to have a little impression of this strange name." Xiao Duo took the paperwork, grimaced at him, and didn't answer, and walked straight towards the soldier inside.
"Imp, come here. Are you also a sealer? This dog is yours?" The soldier who checked the items looked at Xiao Duo and Guangyan, and saw that Guangyan was drooping his head, looking listless, and he was very different from the earth-shaking demon bear on the side, so he couldn't help but tease: "Is the little ghost head also a sealer? ”
Xiaoduo opened his backpack, which contained two daggers, a pile of iron cards, and some change of clothes. The soldiers defending the city picked up the silver dagger, gestured for a while, and said, "It's a good knife!" ”
Xiaoduo took the backpack, put the things away, and said secretly in his heart: "This silver dagger is too dazzling, and it is a little inconvenient to enter the city." ”
Xiao Duo walked into Thunder City with a flame of light. The city gate was closed, and the two soldiers guarding the city hid back in the stone house at the city gate, and one said: "Lao Wang, did you see it just now, the woman in the carriage is really handsome!"
"Nonsense! That's a disciple of the Sword Sect, I heard that she is still the most powerful female disciple in this generation! What is it called, I heard Master Zhang tell me last time. I heard that among their sealers, they can be regarded as famous. Hey, these big guys, we can't compare!"
"Lao Wang, will you go to the workshop after work in a while?"
"You kid! It's okay, it's cold on this rainy day, go to the shop to find a girl to warm up!"
Ye Lin walked into the city gate, thinking as he walked: "Disciple of the Sword Sect, I don't know if the rumored Zhan Ru Demon is not in the carriage just now? I heard that she is a disciple of the Sword God, so she must also come to participate in this conference, right?"
The torrential rain has not stopped.