[831] Guts
The fire flickered in the house, and laughter rose and fell in the reddened room lit by the firelight.
The few ghost generals who silently agreed with the views of the male ghost in red before were momentarily pale and speechless in the laughter.
Indeed, Xiao Shizhu is not without brains, according to common sense, as long as he has a little IQ, he will never set foot in that swamp.
What's more, everyone knows that Xiao Shizhu is not brainless.
The male ghost also stood up silently when he put on his red robe, straightened his robe without saying a word, and slowly tightened his belt under the gaze of laughter and mockery.
"It has little to do with IQ, it's about guts. The male ghost looked around at the ghosts and said slowly: "As long as you have the guts, you don't care about the Longtan Tiger's Den." ”。
He didn't speak much, very softly. But immediately all the laughing ghosts in the room suddenly stopped laughing.
"As it turns out, Xiao Shizhu's courage is by no means comparable to any of us. He dared to order tens of thousands of troops to go straight to Jiuquan Valley, and dared to defeat the eight kings of Huangquan. It is rumored that he dares to challenge the Emperor Xudu, whom we have never seen but are all afraid of, and dares to challenge this god who has lived for 10,000 years, do you dare?" He looked around at the silent ghosts again, and then said slowly: "For such a ghost, you can't use common sense to guess what he thinks, and any crazy actions are so common in his eyes. It is better to wait until the wind and sand stop, and immediately go straight to the north of the swamp, and chase and intercept him Xiao Shizhu. ”。
The ghost in the house still didn't say a word, and his eyes fell on the red-robed male ghost. And he is still full of confidence, firm in his judgment and guess, is the most correct.
It turned out that he was right, Xiao Shizhu did have the courage and madness to venture into the Baili Swamp. It has also been proven once again that the one who laughs the loudest is often the stupidest one.
"I won't accompany you all the way to search, I will lead the army to the northern edge of the swamp as fast as possible, and give Xiao Shizhu a waiting rabbit. He must be exhausted when he came out of the swamp, and I will wait for him to come. After a pause, the red-robed male ghost said again: "And I am here to make meritorious contributions, and so are my soldiers." Those who are willing to follow me all the way to the northern part of the swamp can come with me. The rest of the ghosts, if you are willing to search for their traces in the boundless wilderness, then take your will. ”。
With that, the male ghost turned around in spite of the crowd and walked slowly towards the closed door in full view of everyone.
It seemed to him that the stone chamber was so full of straw bales and stupidity that he couldn't stay for a minute.
"Let's go, let's go, self-righteous thing. Just when the red-robed male ghost was about to walk behind the door, the black-headed dog demon snorted angrily, and the dog's eyes that were almost about to breathe fire stared at the red-robed male ghost, with a fang-lined mouth, and said in a deep voice not to be outdone: "Xiao Shizhu will eventually die in our hands, and you, nothing." ”。
A few drops of saliva fell to the ground after converging at the corners of the black-headed dog demon's mouth. Under the sizzling sound of saliva dissolving the floor tiles, the red-robed male ghost snorted coldly, did not answer or look back, and continued to walk forward.
"Brother Chiyun, I'll go with you. When the door was open and a strong wind blew into the house, one of the ghost generals immediately shouted and chased after him.
Immediately after that, a few more ghosts looked at each other for a moment, and then followed.
In just a moment, one-third of the ghost generals in this house had already made up their minds, and unswervingly followed the red-robed male ghost who opened the door of the house, and stepped into the yellow sand flying in the sky......
The wind and sand became stronger and stronger, and the garrisons in the several passes south of the Baili swamp did not find that one of the passes next to the edge of the swamp had been captured by Xiao Shizhu.
Xiao Shizhu, who slept in the watchtower, was woken up by the national teacher Yingying, rubbed his eyes and yawned, looked at the opposite national teacher Yingying and Xunxiang, his head was still a little cloudy, and he was stunned and asked: "What's wrong?"
"My lord, everything is ready, and all the materials in the pass have been collected. The water has also been replenished, and we are ready to go when you give the order. National teacher Yingying said to Xiao Shizhu about the current situation without hurry: "But the wind and sand outside, as Ke Yun said, is getting bigger and bigger. ”。
"It's still calm in the swamp, isn't it?" Xiao Shizhu stood up, rubbed his hazy eyes again, and asked, "Not disturbed by the wind and sand?"
Even if the gate of the watchtower was closed, he could hear the faint sound of the wind roaring like a tiger in the mountains and forests outside, echoing non-stop.
"Yes. National Teacher Ying Ying nodded and said.
"That's good, the plan doesn't change, and we're risky into the swamp. Xiao Shizhu tidied up his robe a little and walked towards the back of the door.
National teachers Ying Ying and Xun Xiang hurriedly followed.
As soon as the door opened, a strong and powerful wind immediately greeted you. The wind beads hanging around the necks of the three ghosts suddenly lit up, flashing with a faint blue glow. Before all the strong winds could deceive them, they bypassed the blue light and circled around them, forming a chaotic flow of air.
Xiao Shizhu strode into the wind and sand, and immediately surrounded by many ghost soldiers. Without looking back, he climbed to the top of the mountain, and then descended from the top of the mountain to the north.
The wind and sand in the dark make it difficult to tell whether it is day or night. The Buddha between heaven and earth fell into chaos, obscure and unknown.
Along the way, there are always ghost soldiers joining his team. When he reached the bottom of the mountain, at the edge of the swamp, the vicinity was already full of ghost soldiers with all the Wind Beads. The ghosts around are crowded, shoulder to shoulder, and the ghost spirit is slowly rising.
They circled around Xiao Shizhu, surrounded Xiao Shizhu, and waited quietly for Xiao Shizhu to speak.
Not far away, there is a muddy swamp. Hard, hardwood as petrified as iron stands in the swamp behind the wind and sand, dotted in the muddy swamp.
In that endless, lifeless swamp, a few bubbles bulged up from time to time, slowly swelled and then suddenly exploded, splashing out a lot of muddy water.
"Brothers, sisters, fellow ghost people here. Xiao Shizhu raised his eyes to look around at the ghosts, luck in his chest, and said loudly: "Life and death are at this moment." Whether we want to live or die innocently is also a matter of action. ”。
He swept his gaze as far as he could see, and the faces of each warrior saw the steadfastness and fearlessness in their facial features.
"After the queen of Huangquan shamelessly slandered us, she repeatedly sent her pursuers to kill us as soon as possible, hoping that we would become corpses that could not speak, so as to cover up her vicious vileness and shamelessness, as well as her deeds. Xiao Shizhu said excitedly, stood on a nearby stone, and said impassionedly: "Do we agree?"
The wind and sand around are bigger, and the wind is tighter, Xiao Shizhu doesn't have to worry at all, their shouting again can penetrate the wind and sand and expose their whereabouts.
Then, the ghost soldiers around him shouted in unison, "Don't agree, don't agree!"
"Then what should we do?" Xiao Shizhu, who stood proudly on the top of the stone, asked loudly in a loud shout. The sound was like a bell, vaguely overshadowing the shouts around it.
"Fight out and encircle, and part ways with Huangquan!" the ghost soldiers around shouted and replied without hesitation; no one forced them to answer like this, Xiao Shizhu just showed them the despicability of Queen Huangquan, and these ghost soldiers were already full of disappointment with Queen Huangquan.
These are the answers they get after they are disappointed and think for themselves. Of course, Xiao Shizhu's instigation is indispensable, as well as Queen Huangquan's relentless pursuit.
Especially the twenty-two cavalry chasing soldiers behind them, so that these Huangquan ghost soldiers who followed Xiao Shizhu felt that they were too anxious to fry each other, and they were completely disappointed with the other compatriots in Huangquan.
forced these Huangquan ghost soldiers around Xiao Shizhu to be willing to follow Xiao Shizhu all the way to the north at this time, and entered the Netherworld along the passage, and from then on broke off with Huangquan.
Hearing these answers, Xiao Shizhu slowly turned his head to look ahead, and he looked at the swamp not far away, which was not disturbed by the wind and sand.
A cold wind blew, and the fossil trees that were as hard as iron scattered among the swamps, although they did not move, actually hissed, like the roar of wild beasts, like the sorrow and whimpering of people, and everywhere was gloomy.
"Alright, then we'll break out of the swamp in front of us. Let those enemies who want to put you and me to death see our courage and courage. After a while, Xiao Shizhu said aloud again.
The demons turned their heads in unison to look at the dim swamp with no end in sight.
This time they did not answer, but the look of determination on their faces did not decrease but increased.
It's just a swamp, in the eyes of these ghost soldiers at this time, there is no betrayal and killing each other.
Xiao Shizhu jumped off the stone and walked slowly towards the edge of the swamp, and continued, "We have practiced many times when we were fighting in Middle-earth by jumping through the air with the help of tree branches. The branches are hard here, just enough to break through the swamp. ”。
Speaking of which, Xiao Shizhu had already stood on the edge of the swamp. There was a muddy mud in front of his feet.
Around him, dozens of ready, flying claws were lined up.
Xiao Shizhu gave an order, and the dozen or so soldiers spun their claws in unison and threw them forward.
The claws glistened with cold light, arcing across the swamp before landing one after another on the dead wood branches in the swamp.
The eagle's claw-like iron toe moved in the middle, and the claws gripped the equally hard branches. The ropes behind the claws tightened as the soldiers pulled and pulled.
All the soldiers held their breath, and tension built up in their bodies. Although they all mustered up the courage to follow Xiao Shizhu to break into the swamp like a tiger's den in Longtan in front of them. But they couldn't help but be nervous, because there was a territory in front of them that was unknown to any of them.
"The time has come to show our courage, and I'm here today to work a miracle. Xiao Shizhu jumped up as he said this, and flew towards a dead tree in a swamp not far away.
The next second later, he stood firmly on the hard and steady treetops in full view of everyone. Under the surprised gaze of the ghosts, he slowly turned around, and in the face of the ghosts who were surprised, he mustered up the courage to jump hard.
Everyone watched, and soon, Xiao Shizhu landed steadily on the branches of the treetops again. And the branches of the dead wood treetops not only did not break because of this, but also did not even move, they were still so strong.
"See?" Xiao Shizhu suddenly became proud, looked around at the ghosts who were still on the shore, saw the surprise, and also saw their peace of mind after breathing a sigh of relief, and said loudly: "This is our way of life." Crawl up here with all your guts and follow me, and we will live forever!".
Before his words landed, the ghost soldiers who had thrown their claws before took the claw rope and swung over first.