Chapter 16: Descending the Dragon

By the evening of the second day, the rain was still pouring down.

Ji Cunyan pushed open the window and looked up at the weather outside. The rain curtain covers the entire Iyama County thickly, and the sky does not distinguish between day and night, and the wet and heavy air makes people breathless.

Zhang Ji in the house opened a sand table, and the shape was the appearance of Yishan County. He made a seal in his hand and pointed it over the sand table.

Ji Cunyan closed the window and walked to the sand table to stare at it. But after looking at it for a long time, I didn't see any movement.

Lei Qi and Jian Shaolin stood aside. The two of them held swords in their hands, and they both waited for the giant python to throw itself into the net, and then calculated the right time to nail the snake demon who had tossed Suzhou for more than half a month with the sword weapon in their hands.

"Your magic circle is not working?" Ji Cunyan said, "Why do I think this sand table is like a fake, and it doesn't move." Or did the snake demon see that we would calculate it in Yishan County, so it didn't fall for it? ”

Zhang Ji took back the seal, clasped his hands to his chest and said: "Be a little patient, hunters hunt, and you have to wait obediently when you put the cage." ”

Jin Zhutou said: "I just went out to see it, the water inlet that Xiao Zhang Tianshi asked us to widen can have a large amount of water, and it is not a problem for three people to enter and exit in parallel, it shouldn't be to dig a small hole, right?" ”

Jian Shaolin frowned slightly, but did not speak.

Zhang Ji touched his chin, looked down at the sand table and said: "Although the rain is not small, but now that the sky is bright in the evening, I estimate that the rain has not been raining for long, at most it will stop after the rain tonight." When the river recedes and the water level drops, the snake can't swim in, it has to crawl in. ”

Everyone couldn't help but mutter.

I dug the trap and waited for the snake for an afternoon, but the snake never appeared again.

It stands to reason that this giant python is the overlord of the water, and it rains heavily in the sky, and it is when it is rampant and domineering, why did it die down after the failed attempt to hit the mountain yesterday and never see it again?

"Jin catches the head." Jian Shaolin asked him, "Did you find someone to do what I told you?" ”

"I asked the cooks and maids in the prince's mansion to do it together." Jin Zhutou said, "Peel the skin of that male python and take out the meat, leaving only the skeleton, boiling it on a high fire, and now it has been boiled into a gelatinous form." But the stench is so ......"

Ji Cunyan frowned when he heard this.

Zhang Ji said to Jian Shaolin: "Lord Jian wants to use the method of boiling snake bones to refine the essence, so that the mother's one thinks that the taste of the pot of snake soup is emitted by Neidan?" ”

Jian Shaolin nodded.

Zhang Ji said: "This is a good way, but it's a bit cruel." Burning wood and boiling bones is like throwing bones and ashes. ”

Jin Zhutou said: "That male python has killed a lot of innocent girls, and it is too cheap for him to die so simply." Besides, animals are animals, so what cruelty and not cruelty can you talk about with animals? Jin doesn't practice Taoism and chant scriptures, but in the face of these evil animals, breaking bones and scattering ashes is also doing good deeds! ”

Zhang Ji sighed.

Jin Zhutou is not wrong, this male and female snake demons have really committed too many murders in Suzhou City, and when they arrive in the underworld, the end will not be much better than crushing bones and scattering ashes.

"Hey, hey, hey! It's moving! Look here! Ji Cunyan patted Zhang Ji's arm.

The crowd looked fixedly.

Sure enough, on the sand table, outside Yishan County, there was a cyan curled fluorescence looming, which was the original body of the blue-scaled female python. I saw that her body seemed to have grown a little longer, and it was very scary to coil. It slowly squirmed, coiling around the rivers around Iyama-gun.

Everyone came to see it.

"But she seems to be just traveling around Yishan County, as if she is still trying." Ji Cunyan continued.

"Of course, she didn't open her eyes to know where the entrance was, so she had to explore the way a little!" Zhang Ji said, "It must also want to find a place where the river widens because the water level has risen and it has become wider." ”

"What if it can't find its way?"

"Don't worry, that pot of snake soup, after it is cooked, I will let people pour it little by little into the running water in the house. The snake will follow the smell. Jian Shaolin said.

Zhang Ji raised his head and said to Jin Zhutou: "Jin Zhutou, in today's battle, the outcome is unpredictable. If our ability to suppress the female python with the help of my senior brother's magic circle, everyone will be on its plate. You still take the servants and maids in the house, as well as the people you brought, and find a proper place to hide first. Remember, don't come out, no matter what's going on outside. Only wait for the rain to stop tomorrow and the sunrise before you can go out. When the time comes, I don't know whether to collect the body of the snake or give us-"

"Phew! Childlike words! How can there be a person who doesn't say a few auspicious words before the big war. Jin Zhutou interrupted Zhang Ji.

"Ahh Come in! Ji Cunyan pointed to the sand table.

Sure enough, the green fluorescent head was trying to drill into a gap in the sand table, and it seemed that it had found the entrance and was about to drill into Yishan County.

Jian Shaolin picked up the male yellow sword in his hand and said to Lei Qi: "It's time to prepare." ”

Jin Zhutou pushed the door and went out to settle the old, weak, sick and disabled.

Zhang Ji pointed to the sand table and said to the remaining three: "We have to be patient and wait until the snake's head is about to swim to the door of death before making a move. Everyone should remember the direction and shoot at the same time. Master Jane, you have the greatest ability, so I bother you to crucify the seven inches of the snake. I fixed the snake's belly, and Lord Lei was responsible for nailing the snake's tail. As for you......"

Zhang Ji looked at Ji Cunyan.

"I know! I'm the best, use the six-pointed star array to net the snake's head! Ji Cun said.

"You can't catch the net, just wait for it to open its bloody mouth and swallow you!" Zhang Ji scared Ji Cunyan.

Lei Qi was a little worried, and he glanced at Jian Shaolin.

Jian Shaolin said: "Don't worry, I will do my best to protect your junior sister." ”

In fact, although the head of the snake is important, with a seven-inch nail, it is not difficult to control. When catching snakes on weekdays, as long as the snake catcher holds the snake's seven inches, the snake's head cannot turn around and bite, and can only struggle weakly.

Everyone discussed letting Ji Cunyan guard the snake's head, also because this position is actually relatively safe.

If there is really an accident, Jian Shaolin can also help from the side.

It's just that Lei Qi doesn't trust Jian Shaolin, so he's a little worried.

The rain was pouring down, the clouds were covered, although it was daytime, but the sunlight in the sky was unable to penetrate the heavy clouds, and Yishan County was shrouded in a dark cloud of water vapor, which was even more oppressive and terrifying.

The four of them gathered around the sand table, looking down at the glowing green snake shadow stumbling towards the center of the array along the waterway that had been artificially widened by the water potential and artificially widened. Its body of the snake grew again, so that it could not swim smoothly in the slightly narrow part of the waterway, and if there was a mountain rock blocking the way, it would raise its snake head, hit the mountain rock hard, and use its body to open up the river and continue to move forward.

Fortunately, the original formation designed by Zhang Yunchu Zhenren in Yishan County was very firm, and the wind and water potential hidden in the grass, trees, mountains and bridges all restricted the movement of the Qinglin female python, otherwise, at this time, it would have already gone ashore, covered the ground with snake scales, lifted the pavilion and lifted the tiles, and went directly to the destination, and would not be restricted by the waterway at all.

Even in the sand table, it is still chilling to see such a big snake like a dragon rolling over the mountains and waters.

The Gu King of Xiangxi also seemed a little restless at this time. Since Jian Shaolin appeared, it seemed to be quite afraid of him, so he rarely showed up. At this time, it drilled out Ji Cunyan's collar in front of Jian Shaolin, flew to Zhang Ji's shoulder and fell, its golden wings flapped at high frequency, making an empty sound similar to metal collision, the sound was not as loud as usual, it was as loud as a bell.

Zhang Ji frowned and said, "Look at your little talent, isn't it a snake!" Since only snakes are afraid of you, how can the Gu King be afraid of snakes? ”

Ji Cun said: "If you grow so big, you can still call it a snake...... Is it? ”

"As long as it doesn't go through the calamity, it's a snake." Zhang Ji said.

Lei Qi glanced at Zhang Ji and said, "You seem to be emboldened by saying this." ”

Zhang Ji said: "Hey! There is no turning back from the start of work! If you can't beat it, it's one move! When the head of the snake crosses this arch bridge, we have to go. Small season! ”

"What?"

"You take my son with you!" Zhang Ji handed the Xiangxi Gu King on his shoulder to Ji Cunyan with his index finger.

"Your son is so scared, let's follow you! If something happens, I can't protect it. Ji Cun said.

"Alas, who told you to protect it! I'm letting it protect you! Zhang Ji sighed.

Jian Shaolin glanced at the Gu King and said to Zhang Ji, "It's still too small, and it has no effect on Jiao." I'll follow you. Miss Ji, I will take care of it. After all, seven inches with a snake's head can't be far away. ”

If Jian Shaolin could hold down seven inches, it would not be difficult for Ji Cunyan to suppress the snake's head. If Jian Shaolin didn't hold down the seven inches, there would be no need for Ji Cunyan to make another move.

When the little Gu King heard this, before Zhang Ji could agree, he crawled back to his wrist along Zhang Ji's index finger, and then got into Zhang Ji's sleeve.

Lei Qi reminded everyone at this time: "I have crossed the arch bridge!" ”

So everyone got ready, pushed open the wooden door, and ran against the wind and rain to the pre-negotiated feng shui level.

The Qinglin female python sees the wind and grows, at this time the horns on the head have been visible to the naked eye, the ancient saying is that the snake is a python, the python is a python, the python is a dragon. This female python has crossed the evolution of the python and directly incarnated into a dragon. The two horns on its head bulge from the scalp, gradually having a deer-shaped, if it is not for its own inability to fully control the inner dan in the body, today's thunder and lightning, heavy rain pouring, if the time and place are right, it can fly into a dragon. In a frenzy, she frantically flipped over the arched bridge that blocked her path, and rolled straight forward. Although it doesn't know where the body of Nading Kang Shizi is, as long as it turns this Yishan County upside down, it can always find its own Neidan.

Its body could not bear the poison pill at all now, and its skin was about to burst by its long body that saw the wind, making it suffer unbearably day and night. Only by retrieving his inner Dan can he not grow like this, burst and die.

After half a burnt incense, the Qinglin female python suddenly felt that her body suddenly became lighter, thinking that the entire snake body had broken through the magic circle of Yishan County and entered the Shizi's mansion. It felt refreshed, and immediately wanted to show its strength, stir up the entire Yishan County, and find what it wanted.

At this moment, it felt that its tail was suddenly pinned by something, and it could no longer move. Then there is the abdomen.

It was Zhang Ji who used a peach wood sword and Lei Qi to use the Longquan sword to accurately pierce the snake at the feng shui level, and suddenly nailed the body of the Qinglin female python.

The Qinglin female python was furious, knowing that she had fallen into the way. It just wanted to raise its upper body and break free from the restraints, when suddenly Jian Shaolin made a move.

I saw Jian Shaolin jumping up from the rockery, and the male yellow sword was cold even in the dark rain.

Qinglin's female python raised her snake head, and when she turned around, she saw a beam of sword light coming into view, and before it could react, her "seven inches" had been accurately pierced by Jian Shaolin. Jian Shaolin's mana and martial arts were indeed outstanding among the four, and with the weight of his body and the inertia of the male yellow sword, he was able to suppress the snake body that the Qinglin female python had raised, and nailed it back into the water.

The whole body of the Qinglin female python was nailed to death by the three-point feng shui eye accompanied by the magic weapon, and the body smashed back into the water, stirring up a white curtain in the river, and the impact of the river actually overturned a rockery on the bank.

Ji Cunyan was the last step of the magic circle. In fact, if the first three points are nailed, it will not be a problem to come to her.

Ji Cunyan flipped up with his right hand, held the six-pointed star net that had been prepared in his hand, and threw it from the direction of the snake's head. This net was several times larger than the star net she had thrown before, and the net was densely packed with copper bells, which was the greatest magic power she could use. The array caught the snake's head firmly and pinned it to the ground. Ji Cunyan held the net head with his hand, closed his arms and tied the net, and the copper bell on the net rang, which showed that the law was completed.

A beam of thunder and lightning pierced the thick clouds, illuminating the entire Yishan County like day, the Qinglin female python can be roughly ten zhang long, and the body must be hugged by three people, only to see that it has been nailed at four points, and there is no power to resist.

The wind and water eyes around Yishan County introduced thunder and lightning, and the leylines absorbed the lightning energy, beeping in the ground, and the electricity visible to the naked eye was like a spider web, like a tree vein, gathering layer by layer, only concentrating on the snake.

This electric shock was not trivial, only to hear the Qinglin female python wail in pain, and the snake body that was not nailed rolled and twisted, as if it was suffering great pain.

Ji Cunyan felt that the ink line in his hand was getting tighter and tighter, knowing that it was caused by the snake's head also struggling hard. She didn't dare to relax, so she could only pull the array net harder, hold it with her left hand, and input the spiritual power into the copper bell, which spread through the copper bell one by one, suppressing the struggling snake head.

After a few days of thunder, the strength of the Qinglin female python's struggle gradually decreased.

Jian Shaolin was no more than a foot away from Ji, and after he nailed it to a place of seven inches, he kept carefully observing the entire giant python.

Suddenly, he saw that the giant python began to squirm and contract from its chest and abdomen, as if something was spit out by the belly of the giant python, this wave of squirming was not intense, but it came quickly, and soon crossed the seven inches in Jian Shaolin's hand.

The closer you go, the clearer you can see, it is a black gas emanating from the inner cavity of the snake and moving towards the mouth of the snake's head.

That must be the Neidan of this Qinglin female python at this time.

When the female python was about to die, she was dying, and this Neidan came out of her body by itself.

Ji Cunyan didn't have Jian Shaolin's eyesight.

At this time, she saw that the Qinglin female python was struck by the thunder, the victory was decided, and the array net in her hand was not as difficult to control as before, so she was happy. It's just that after the snake skin was struck by the thunder, it emitted a burst of scorching stench, which was very unpleasant, and she was wrinkling her little nose with a look of disgust, but she didn't know that Shekou was about to spit out the inner dan.

If Ji Cunyan first discovered Neidan, Jian Shaolin would not be able to take Neidan away unknowingly. In this way, all the hard work he had worked before and several times in distress were in vain.

Jian Shaolin frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment in his heart, and saw that the female python had already spewed black gas from her mouth. As soon as his right hand loosened, the yellow sword came out of his hand.

A hundred-legged insect that dies but does not stiffen. The serpent of a thousand years old, intermittent and continuous. Seven inches is the most important point in fighting snakes, and Zhang Ji arranged for Jian Shaolin, who has the strongest mana among the four, to guard seven inches.

At this time, he let go of his strength, and the Qinglin female python suddenly withdrew from the restraint at the vital point. I saw it twist its neck and suddenly roar deeply.

The male yellow sword at seven inches was easily broken free by the Qinglin female python, and then it raised its snake head.

Ji Cunyan's eyes widened, her pupils constricted, her mana was not enough, it was reluctant to contain the snake head, at this time, Jian Shaolin withdrew her strength, and she was defenseless, and the six-pointed star array could not suppress the snake head at all.

The Qinglin female python broke free from the formation net, raised the snake's neck, it swung the snake's head from side to side, and Ji Cunyan was pulled into the air by his own array net. Fortunately, she was clever enough to let go of the air and get out of the net. But people have been thrown in the air because of inertia.

I saw that the murderous aura in the eyes of the Qinglin female python was full of viciousness, the cracked black pupils of the red eyeballs were full of viciousness, it opened its big mouth, and its fangs emitted a black glow, which was very terrifying, and it was about to devour Ji Cunyan into its stomach.

Fortunately, Jian Shaolin stepped on the snake's neck and jumped up, and stabbed the male yellow sword into the snake's head.

Ji Cunyan escaped from Shekou at this time.

But how could the Qinglin female python easily spare these two? I saw it swing its snake head, first shook Jian Shaolin away, and then slammed into Ji Cunyan's body with a snake head as hard as a rock.

Ji Cunyan was knocked out by the snake's head, and the person fell into a bamboo forest next to the river from mid-air, and was never seen again.

Jian Shaolin only glanced sideways at the direction in which Ji Cunyan disappeared, although he didn't have the intention of hurting Ji Cunyan, and he also wanted to protect her, but at this time, he couldn't save her, so he could only look at her own creation.

Jian Shaolin jumped on the snake's head, wanting to take out the black inner pill first while the person was away.

At this moment, Jian Shaolin only felt a cold light flashing with sword qi above his head, and saw a man in white jumping into the air out of nowhere. I saw that he was holding a cyan long sword, the sword was out of its sheath, breaking the blade in the wind, and the sword roared piercingly.

The man in white was sharp, his long sword cut through the rain curtain, and slashed at the snake's head with a sword roar. This sword was so powerful that it cut off the entire head of the snake from the neck of the snake.

The head of the snake split in two and smashed into the water on the ground.

The man in white landed on the ground accurately, stood next to the snake head that he had cut off, reversed the tip of the sword, held the sword with both hands, and nailed the snake head with a long sword, so that it could no longer hurt people intermittently.

The black Neidan fell out of the snake's mouth and landed at the feet of the man in white.

Jian Shaolin frowned slightly, and read out the name of the person: "Ji Jingyang." ”

The man in white also frowned and looked Jian Shaolin up and down.

One is the young hall master of Xuanjing Hall, and the other is the son of Qintian Supervisor Zheng, and it is indeed the future leader of the Ji and Jian families.

At this time, Ji Cunyan's lively voice came from the depths of the bamboo forest.

"Third Brother !!"

Ji Jingyang retracted his very defensive look towards Jian Shaolin, turned around and looked at his sister gently.

Ji Cunyan walked over to Ji Jingyang with the shoulder injured by the Qinglin female python, and he was followed by a man in a gray robe.

The man's facial features are delicate, his eyebrows and eyes are slender, calm and calm, he walks behind Ji Cunyan with a smile, his steps are unhurried, even in the heavy rain, he can still have a feeling of not getting dusty, but there is a bit of the taste of the fairy wind.

"Third brother, why are you here?" Ji Cunyan pouted and complained, "If it weren't for this Dao Chief, you would have to go to the grave to see me today next year." ”

Ji Jingyang frowned and said, "Who did you learn these words from?" ”

The long man smiled and said, "I listen to the tone, but I look like my uncompetitive junior brother." ”

Ji Jingyang sighed, looked at Ji Cunyan carefully and asked, "Are you okay with the injuries on your body?" ”

"It's okay, I just hit it, and if I fell to the ground hard, I would have been dead or injured. However, the Taoist caught me and helped me dissipate the force of the impact, so it was only a skin injury. Ji Cunyan also turned around to show Ji Jingyang.

Only then did Ji Jingyang put his mind at ease and said to Ji Cunyan: "This is Zhang Yunchu Zhang Zhenren, a person." ”

Ji Cunyan said to Zhang Yunchu, "Thank you for saving your life." Ah, you are Zhang Yunchu? ”

Zhang Yunchu smiled: "Isn't it me!" Am I famous? ”

"I recognize you as my junior brother Zhang Ji, and he said that the Feng Shui Bureau in Yishan County was designed by you. Zhang Zhenren, you are so amazing! ”

Zhang Yunchu said: "The little girl is really good at talking, much cuter than my uncompetitive junior brother." This is ......"

Ji Jingyang took a step so that Zhang Yunchu could look at Jian Shaolin head-on, and then introduced: "This is Master Jian Shaolin, the Lingtai Lang of Qin Tianjian. ”

"Ah, Lord Jane, it's disrespectful."

Zhang Zhenren was polite. I have admired the name of Zhang Zhenren for a long time, and I am fortunate to see it today. ”

After everyone greeted each other, Zhang Yunchu noticed the black Neidan on the ground, and he walked over and picked up the Neidan.

"Is this the inner dan of this Qinglin female python?" Ji Cunyan asked Zhang Yunchu.

"It looks like that." Zhang Yunchu held Neidan in his hand.

The matter has come to this point, and Jian Shaolin has no way to forcibly snatch Neidan back, and there are many masters at this time. Ji Jingyang's kung fu of beheading with a sword is very accessible, and this Zhang Yunchu is even more unfathomable, and now he can only give up.

At this time, Zhang Ji and Lei Qi also arrived.

"Zhang Yunchu! You don't wait for me to die! Who knew that as soon as Zhang Ji saw Zhang Yunchu, he opened his mouth with this sentence.

Zhang Yunchu looked at his little junior brother with a smile and said, "This kid, aren't you not dead?" ”

"Who is this?" Lei Qi looked at Zhang Yunchu with a puzzled expression.

"This is Zhang Yunchu Zhang Zhenren, and he is the descendant disciple of Zhang Daoling Zhenren." Ji Jingyang introduced, "Zhang Zhenren, this is my junior brother Lei Qi. ”

The two exchanged pleasantries again.

"What's going on? We're guarding the belly of the snake-tailed snake, is there something wrong with your side? Zhang Ji asked Jian Shaolin.

Jian Shaolin said: "I didn't nail the seven inches of the snake, but fortunately, Lord Ji arrived and cut off the snake's head." It also hurt Miss Ji. ”

Ji Cunyan was quite generous, and waved his hand and said: "It's because I am not good at learning art, and I didn't nail the snake's head." And I'm just a skin injury, so Master Jane doesn't have to take it seriously. ”

At this time, the sky was slightly bright, the sound of the rain gradually decreased, and after killing the snake, the rainstorm also came to an end.

Everyone returned to the post station to repair, and at dusk, the sun poked its head out, and in the twilight, the city of Suzhou was quiet and peaceful, as if the snake demon chaos city a few days ago was just a story in the book.