The slender shadow was a foot long, and it was thrown into the air along the gushing spring jet, and then twisted and fell towards the surface of the fish pond.

Zhao Xiao saw the magic qi at a glance, and expected that this long monster intended to escape by water, and the Qing Xuan pen pointed down a little bit, pointing to the water into steel, and the monster hit the copper wall head-on, twisting left and right on the water surface.

"Yellow eel?" Zhao Xiao was stunned for a moment, The monster looked like a snake and insect, but if you looked closely, it was an unusually large yellow eel, with a yellow belly and a black back, and a slippery body.

At the moment when Zhao Xiao hesitated, the big yellow eel quickly fled, leaped up, twisted and jumped on the shore, dodged Zhao Xiao and Lu Wangji, and headed towards the other soldiers.

Even if this yellow eel is not in the water, the speed is still extremely fast, almost in the blink of an eye, it rushed into the crowd, most of those soldiers have never seen such a monster, first panicked, the blade in the hand poked and slashed, can not hurt the monster at all.

"Don't mess around!" Zhao Xiao shouted to stop everyone, and the heron next to him plucked the strings and pulled the air machine, covering the square area in a formation, preventing the demon from escaping.

"Don't panic! Array! Lieutenant Zhang shouted loudly, and led a few soldiers to set up the chaotic formation, raise spears and shields, and soon let the big yellow eel be exposed.

"Well done!" Zhao Xiao praised it, raised his hand and gently stroked the black yellow ribbon on his waist, and recited the spirit mantra:

"Xuanwu patrols the void, the goblin inspects the form, wanders through the nine places, and controls the hundred spirits!"

Unlike the previous talismans who wore Zhu Wen white ribbons and summoned fire crows to attack, the black and yellow ribbons of Huaiying Pavilion Sanqing were to hook the water spirit Xuanwu, which could not only protect the monks and resist external disasters, but also use the image of Xuanwu to suppress the spirits and ban the demons.

With the sketch of Qingxuan's pen from afar, the big yellow eel's body suddenly stiffened, as if it was clamped by a huge force and could not move.

"You guy, you can run?" Zhao Xiao approached with a smile and raised his hand to make up a forbidden charm.

"Immortal Chief, spare your life! Immortal Commander spares his life! "The big yellow eel opened and closed its mouth, spat out a bunch of foam, and its voice was so hoarse that it could not tell whether it was a man or a woman.

"Yo, can you talk?" Zhao Xiao poked the other party with a Qingxuan pen, and the slightest fire lightly burned on the surface of the big yellow eel, so frightened that it screamed:

"Don't kill me! The little demon is willing to serve the fairy saddle and serve loyally from now on! ”

"You're going to saddle me back like this? There are people who walk dogs, there are people who walk birds, how can there be big yellow eels? As soon as Zhao Huang said this, the soldiers who came to watch also laughed in unison.

"Duh!" Zhao Xiao snorted lightly, and said with a straight face: "Don't play tricks on me, say, what is your identity and where do you come from?" ”

"The little demon yuan has no horns, and it comes from the Red Flower Pond." There was awe in the tone of the big yellow eel: "A few decades ago, there were immortals who practiced qi and cultivated the truth by the pool, swallowing the essence of the sun and the moon, and the little demon was occasionally contaminated with a little fairy energy, so he was psychic and aware. ”

"Red Flower Pond?" Zhao Xiao had never heard of the name of this place.

Zhang Liwei approached and reminded in a low voice: "It is said to be a deep pool located in the mountains outside the Guan, and the nearby mountains are full of red flowers. ”

Zhao Xiao glanced at Lieutenant Zhang thoughtfully, and then said to the big yellow eel, "Yuan has no horns, right?" The name has a bit of a meaning, how? Still looking forward to the long horns on the top of your head and the dragon flying into the sky? ”

Although Yuan Wujiao couldn't see his expression, he heard a little embarrassment in his tone: "Immortal Chief, aren't we, the water tribe monsters, just looking forward to turning into dragons in the future?" ”

"It's a beautiful idea!" Zhao Huang sneered: "I'll ask you again, why don't you stay in Honghuatan to cultivate, what are you doing here?" Did the Jiuli Kingdom send you to act as a sentry? ”

Yuan Wujiao watched the pen sweep back and forth on his body, and was terrified: "There is no such thing!" Immortal Chang Mingjian! ”

"Mingjian? That's right, too. Zhao Xiao seemed to think of something, rummaged through his bamboo basket, and muttered at the same time: "Huh? What about my soul torturer? You won't forget to bring it, will you? ”

The surrounding soldiers looked at Zhao Xiao's movements, and the Marquis Zhenming, who seemed to be high-minded, also had such an ordinary demeanor, and all the soldiers couldn't help but feel close.

"Forget it, I can't find it, let's draw one now." Zhao Xiao took out a cinnabar ink cartridge, replaced it with the thinnest Qingxuan pen, dipped it in some cinnabar ink, and then blew out a wisp of true qi, and used the fine technique of tofu carving to write a spell on the back of Yuan Wujiao's head.

"This is the Soul Torture Talisman." After finishing the calligraphy, Zhao Xiao said: "I'm afraid that you, a mountain monster, are short-sighted, so I'll kindly explain a few words to you." After receiving this talisman, whatever I ask, you have to answer truthfully, if there is any concealment, the spirit will move, as long as I urge the charm slightly, your soul will be like a sword mountain and a sea of fire, the pain is unbearable, such as this. ”

Zhao Huang flicked his fingers, Yuan Wujiao was suddenly in pain, screamed, and begged for mercy again and again: "Immortal Chang spare his life!" I have nothing to hide from it! Spare your life—"

"I hope so." Zhao Xiao withdrew the spell and asked again, "Did the Jiuli Kingdom send you to spy on the military situation?" ”

"It's not! The little demon swears with his life, absolutely not! Yuan Wujiao hurriedly replied.

Zhao Xiao was noncommittal, but he really didn't sense the other party's spirit, so he asked again: "Then what are you doing here?" ”

"The gang of witches in Jiuli Country are haunting near Honghuatan, and I don't know what they are messing with." Yuan Wujiao was afraid that Zhao Huang would not believe it, and explained: "The little demon has such a superficial cultivation, and he will be arrested by Wu Zhu of Jiuli Country as a demon servant, so he has to escape by the water vein. ”

This is also true, but Zhao Xiao was secretly shocked when he heard this, and turned his head to Zhang Liwei and said, "How far is Honghuatan from Pujia Pass?" ”

Lieutenant Zhang pondered and said: "It's about three or four hundred miles, but the mountain roads in the area of Honghuatan are difficult to walk, and the army should not be able to go fast." ”

Zhao Xiao frowned and groaned, and continued to ask Yuan Wujiao: "How many people did the Jiuli Kingdom send in Honghuatan?" Have you ever seen their faces? ”

"Where does the little demon dare to get close and take a closer look?" Yuan Wujiao replied helplessly: "Those witch Zhu are all about the same, wearing big robes, and there are large black lines on their faces. There were probably twenty or thirty people. ”

Zhao Xiao pondered, Jiuli Wuzhu already has the custom of tattooing, it is said that different patterns correspond to the gods believed in by their respective tribes, and the more complex and gorgeous the tattoo, the higher the status.

If the Jiuli Kingdom really sent twenty or thirty witches, it must have been a major arrangement.

And a little demon like Yuan Wujiao, although he can speak, he has not cultivated his human form, and it is common for him to be afraid of the world's masters, and it is not surprising that he is afraid of abandoning the cave directly.

"I'll ask you again." Zhao Huang Zhengse said: "Honghuatan is hundreds of miles away from Pujia Pass, how did you come here?" ”

"The underground water veins are mixed, and the little demon is also walking indiscriminately." Yuan Wujiao sensed Zhao Xiao's sharp gaze, and hurriedly added: "However, the little demon noticed the intersection of the water vein and the earth vein, and wanted to find a suitable place to settle down, so he followed the earth vein qi machine and dived all the way. I never wanted to come here to defend the heavy place and offend the immortal chief. ”

"You're lying." Zhao Xiao smiled delicately, raised his hand and twisted his fingers: "You clearly know that the outlet of the water flow is near Pujia Pass, you didn't come blindly." ”

Yuan Wujiao was so frightened that his bones were soft: "The little demon is greedy for the prosperity of the world, and wants to be contaminated with more red dust and people, so that he can change his human form as soon as possible." Confused for a while, there is something to hide, and the little demon does not dare to do it again! ”

Zhao Xiao's expression was subtle, he looked up at the soldiers around him, and some people couldn't help but smile.

"Everyone said, what to do with this big yellow eel?" Zhao Xiao asked with a smile.

"Such a big yellow eel, why don't you eat it? Pour a bowl of thick sauce, stew until the skin and meat are soft, just open the meat! Immediately, a soldier wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth.

"Nonsense! This is a monster, and you dare to eat its meat? Aren't you afraid of tummy troubles? ”

"Zhao Changshi has his own magic method, those of us who are ignorant, don't mess around."

Listening to the soldiers' words, Zhao Xiao shook his head with a smile, looked at Yuan Wujiao and said, "Look, everyone said they were going to stew you." ”

"Immortal, don't ——!! wow" Yuan Wujiao let out a baby's crying voice, sharp and ugly: "The little demon is willing to serve the immortal chief, and he doesn't ask for anything in return, he just wants to spare the little demon's life!" ”

Zhao Xiao smiled and said nothing, ignored Yuan Wujiao, got up and arranged for the soldiers to start arranging the mandala, and then quickly wrote a note, handed it to Zhang Yanshou and said: "You quickly send the horse to General Wei, it is the news about Honghuatan, please prepare him early." ”

Zhang Yanshou was ordered to go, Zhao Huang looked at the soldiers to build an earthen platform, and the heron forgot to stroll over, and looked down at Na Yuan Wujiao.

"Fellow Daoist, I have a word, maybe you don't like to hear it very much." Zhao Xiao took advantage of this free time, gathered his voice and said to Lu Wangji: "Fang Cai Daoist made a move too hastily, I haven't prepared properly, and the soldiers have not lined up in formation. Fortunately, this demon cultivation is shallow and did not cause a catastrophe. If a big demon suddenly appears, I am afraid it will be a bloody battle that will be difficult to solve. ”

Lu Wangji was silent for a while: "It was my negligence." ”

Zhao Xiao didn't blame much, Lu Wangji is such a straightforward temperament, she doesn't have many twists and turns at all, she noticed that the monster was hidden, and immediately stroked the qin, and didn't even discuss it with Zhao Xiao.

For some reason, Zhao Xiao suddenly thought of Luo Xixian. Although the two are far apart, there are some similarities in this kind of unthinking words and deeds.

Luo Xixian is because the cultivation of swordsmanship requires courage and diligence, and he does not want to look back. Lu Wangji is detached, and will not bother to care about other people's faces, and his every move seems a little willful to outsiders.

As Liang Tao said, Zhao Xiao is actually very envious of the temperament, words and deeds of a person like Lu Wangji, who cultivates immortals.

This kind of seemingly unscrupulous and detached temperament is not a pretentious state, but a person who has cultivated for a long time and condensed his own heart, and who cultivates immortals values himself, forgets his reputation, and external honor and disgrace, and naturally does not pay attention to the opinions of others.

But this is not an overnight effort, it is necessary to keep the quiet for a long time, far away from the vulgar cultivation, if you are involved in the red dust for too deep and too long, contaminated with dust, involved in countless interests entanglement, it is difficult to achieve detachment.

But Zhao Xiao also vaguely felt that perhaps it was this "transcendent object" that made most of the immortal cultivators in the world have no idea of caring for the common people.

If it is just some people who live in the mountains and cultivate and are not involved in the world, there is no need to worry. However, since the end of Tianxia, immortal cultivators have been involved in the world on a large scale, and Huaxu Kingdom has even more figures like Liang Tao as examples, ordinary monks cannot learn such a transcendent realm, but instead develop a desire for selfishness and greed.

A monk like Lu Wangji, Zhao Xiao really admired her, but he also felt that such a person could not be entrusted with a heavy task. She acted without regard for others and acted casually, when she had an epiphany overnight in Bihu Manor, she directly stroked the piano and broke the courtyard wall, which was already the first clue.

Fang Cai didn't say a word, and forced the water flow to force out the monster, and he was really not happy with Zhao Xiao's temperament of being used to being fully prepared for everything.

Zhao Xiao is actually also reflecting, is he too harsh? People forget the machine and are detached and detached, why does he care about the east and the west?

"Marquis Zhenming, thinking too much, thinking too much." Lu Wangji seems to have seen through Zhao Xiao.

"I think so too." Zhao Xiao smiled bitterly and nodded: "Maybe I'm this kind of person, asking for trouble." ”

After the mandala in the distance was roughly arranged, Zhao Xiao asked the soldiers to retreat to the distance, burned the talisman to demarcate the boundary, condensed his thoughts, and said to the big yellow eel lying in the cement pool in front of the altar:

"The demon yuan has no horns, and today Zhao Huang of the Huaiying Pavilion is on the altar, and he should have killed you in the fractal. Forgive you for not being tainted with evil and ferociousness, and without evil deeds, and you will not be punished for the time being. But you are a monster in the mountains and wilderness, and you are not bound by education, and you are afraid that you will indulge in indulgence and harm others and yourself in the future. ”

Yuan Wujiao noticed that the restraints on his body had eased slightly, and it was clearly an opportunity left by Zhao Huang to himself, he shrank into the quagmire, stretched out his head and clicked a few times, and couldn't hide his excitement and replied: "The little demon is willing to sue the alliance!" ”

"That being the case, and subject to the natal talisman." Zhao Huang lifted the pen and wrote the empty book, and drew the qi as a talisman, and a panqu ancient seal was formed in mid-air, shining brightly, and then imprinted on the top of Yuan Wujiao's head.

The ancient seal Lingwen fell, Yuan Wujiao's body shook violently, a stream of spiritual light spread from the top of his head, and a big yellow eel curled up in the quagmire seemed to be reborn, and the dirty water on the body surface no longer adhered to it, and the jade quality was first seen in the smooth and clean.

"Thank you Immortal for the talisman!" Yuan Wujiao was ecstatic, he didn't expect that he walked before the door of death, but he was immediately favored by Zhao Huang.

Even if I have long heard that immortal cultivators have the action of driving monsters, I never thought that it was a means to bring themselves to life from the inside out.

"I have taken you as one of the soldiers of the altar, and you shall do as the law from now on." Zhao Xiao raised the token with a serious expression.

Zhao Xiao's move was also the first attempt, and he used to turn a group of dead souls and undead spirits, mountain spirits and water monsters into altar soldiers, mainly relying on scientific rituals to refine the law. But to subdue the flesh-and-blood monster, it is to lower the natal talisman seal and guide it to cultivate in the future.

"The little demon obeys!" Yuan Wujiao spun around, and the act of forcing the question seemed to be completely forgotten.

"Little demons, fairy chiefs, you don't have to." Zhao Xiao said: "There is indeed something right now, and it should be up to you to do it." ”

"Disciple must do his best!" Yuan Wujiao is eager to try.

"Now I am ordered to survey the leylines of mountains and rivers, and you have sneaked in them, so you will lead a team of soldiers to find out the pattern of the leylines and the trend of qi in and around Pujia Pass for me." Zhao Xiao said: "This matter is very related, if there are other demons and spirits hidden in the leylines, you must report it immediately, and you can't act arbitrarily." Do you understand? ”

"Disciple understands!" Yuan Wujiao was in high spirits, and saw Zhao Xiao raise his pen towards the gushing fish pond, the water gushing was greatly slowed down, Yuan Wujiao jumped, jumped into the fish pond, and led a group of altar soldiers away.