Chapter 144: Blood Bird Tattoo
Dongfang Buliang was also surprised, his eyes were wide when he died, but the man didn't give him a chance to speak, he didn't want the sword, let go and turned around, and escaped with light skills. Dongfang Buliang, who was blind, fell to the ground, I ignored him and continued to chase the person who killed him.
The man was clearly his accomplice, most likely from some outside the sect.
Dongfang Buliang has become a wasted man, and he is the losing side of the power struggle, and his external supporters have chosen to kill him.
I chased the killer and ran to the vicinity of the Bloody Pool, the forbidden and holy place of the Demon Cult.
The man's figure disappeared into a mangrove forest, and it was an eyesore again!
If it weren't for the filament of my 'qi' wrapped around that man's feet, I might have lost it.
Anyone who enters the headquarters will step on the air filaments I have placed on the ground, as thin as hair, and colorless, like air, but if they step on it, they will not feel any feeling when they are entangled.
Unless the martial arts are strong to a terrifying level, but obviously this killer is not strong to that point.
He walked through the mangroves, through a small gate, or perhaps a gap in the wall, into the area where the pool of blood was.
The blood pool is not like an ordinary pool, it is deep underground, it is not visible from the ground, there are buildings on the ground, to go to the blood pool, there is a special passage, similar to the stairs of a subway station.
Just the location of the entrance to the staircase, the sect master knows.
Usually, there are activities, all held in the ground complex, and the Demon Cult has not held an event in the Forbidden Land of the Blood Pool for a long time, because this event must be presided over by the 'Holy Maiden', and no one can do it for you.
The Holy Maiden of the Demon Sect has been out of flow for many years, and Wan'er has just returned, and she is not familiar with many things, and the blood pool activity has not resumed for the time being.
Those who usually guard the holy place are only allowed to guard the perimeter and are not allowed to enter the walls.
Today, for the rebellion, Simon Wuxian has strengthened the defense of the Holy Land, how can anyone still enter the wall?
Could it be that the defenders are guarding and stealing?
I found the 'little door', it was indeed a door, but it was disguised as a wall, and I couldn't see that it was a door without pushing it.
It's only a foot wide, and adults need to squeeze sideways through it.
To make a camouflage door in the fence, or to patrol every day, it's hard for me not to suspect that this is the work of the Demon Cult's own people.
I passed through the camouflage door and into the true sanctuary range.
From this side of the wall, you can see the megalithic buildings in the distance.
They resemble ancient temples in Greece and Rome, with triangular roofs supported by round stone pillars carved with patterns.
There are no walls on all sides, and the stone hall of the same style is enclosed in a circle to form a ring.
In the center of the ring is a large pit in which a magic vine grows, and the magic vine is also a plant unique to the Demon Cult.
It blooms all year round, every day, but it has no leaves, only a piercing spike and a large bright red flower.
When the flowers are in full bloom, they are the size of a basin, and since the Demon Cult, this magic vine has existed, and it will not die or grow outward.
Unlike other plants that have a 'metabolism', it seems to be constant, so there are no withered petals in the pit, and there are no new shoots growing on the edge of the pit.
Simon Hatless told me that the blood bird eats the flowers of this magic vine, and he estimates that only when the flowers are eaten will new ones grow.
But he couldn't verify that this was a treasure of the Demon Sect, and he couldn't find it.
The blood bird has long been extinct, and the people who founded the Demon Sect also regarded the Blood Bird as a symbol of the Demon Sect according to legend.
Some people once suspected that the passage into the blood pool was in the magic vine, but no one could move this thing, and second, it was highly poisonous, but if it accidentally got a little on the skin, or inhaled the pollen into the body, he would be killed on the spot, and he didn't even have time to rescue it.
Even the people of the Poison Hall did not dare to extract toxins from it.
This thing is equivalent to the holy object of the Demon Sect, and it is matched with the Blood Bird, and the first generation of the Sect Master set a rule that no one is allowed to approach the Demon Vine.
Simon has no hatred as the sect leader, and he has never had the idea of fighting it.
Now, maybe someone wants to hit the idea of it.
I went inside the wall, and through the ring, and stood by the vine pit, but no one came to stop me.
The people who were supposed to be outside the wall and patrolled every half hour did not show up.
I used my ability to look around and make sure there were no other living people within the Forbidden Grounds.
There was only one person, hiding in a building.
There was a small click, and I raised my 'qi' shield in alarm.
In the building behind me, a group of small mice made of wood suddenly ran out.
They are painted black and look like the real thing, but they are not real, because there is no real fur and no vibrations.
They were a bunch of trap rats that came out of a nearby building and circled me.
They don't have sharp teeth and they don't have pointy claws.
I don't think they're going to bite or crush me to death.
They expand the range of the 'air shield' and enclose myself in a closed 'qi' cube.
When the wood rat hits the air shield, the force is actually very small, and it can't break the air shield.
They, like toys, stop when they are blocked.
Then I found out that they were not painted with black paint, but with a layer of 'black powder'.
The wood rats crashed into the air shield, and the black powder on their bodies was shaken off by the force.
The black powder fell to the ground, and the amount of it was very clear.
I turned my head and glanced at the vine pit, and the stamens of the red flowers were black.
The 'qi' cube lifted off the ground, shook off the swarm of wood mice, and flew straight towards the building where the people were hidden.
My 'qi' can not only form a shield, turn into silk and needles, jump on the ground, but also fly.
It's just that I don't usually use it to carry myself.
Fortunately, there is no difficulty here, but it is just a change from moving the arms and legs to moving the brain.
The man sensed that I was coming, and released a flying wooden bird, the size of a sparrow, which looked like little sparrows from a distance, and they were also covered in black powder.
It also hit the air shield and was firmly stopped.
They're not as lucky as wood mice, I'm flying at high speed right now, they crash into it, the two forces collide, and they get knocked to pieces.
Like a moth throwing fire, all of them are not protected by themselves.
And the black powder didn't touch me at all, the 'qi' cube was sealed, and there was air in it.
As long as the poisoners are dealt with before the air runs out, there are still many safer places to go.
After the man released the wooden bird, he shifted his position, trying to use the wooden bird to buy himself time to escape.
It's a pity that the wooden birds didn't play a role, and they were all destroyed under the air shield.
My 'qi' thread is still wrapped around the man's feet, and no matter where he hides, he can't escape my tracking.
He's hiding in the complex, and I'm able to lock down his location every time.
Although he has good light skills, he also knows that he can't hide like this, and after a long time, his physical strength will decrease, and the speed of escape will be slowed down.
He took me around the complex, trying to shake me off, or drain my stamina.
My martial arts are above him, and I still have special abilities, if I let him run, it will be a joke.
I kept a visible distance from him, and he should have spotted it, and I could pinpoint where he was hiding.
He turned to face me head-on, pulling out a small drum from behind him.
The drumstick is hidden in his sleeve, shaped like the little hammer used by the judge in the movie.
He beat the drum rhythmically, and within a few clicks there was a sound on the roof of the building.
Hundreds of trap cats jumped from rooftops, they are more delicate than rats and birds, and the materials used are also unique, and they do not feel stiff and clumsy in action.
Especially the four legs, the bouncing power is excellent, as if it is equipped with springs, and it has been muted, the claws are soft, when landing and between actions, there is only a slight sound, if you walk slowly, there should be no footsteps.
These puppet cats can jump several meters in a single jump, move flexibly, and are more powerful than mice and birds.
They surround me, and in their mouths, there is a firing device, so their mouths can't be closed, and as the small drum is beaten, they fire poison needles at a specific rhythm.
They're different from the killers before them, and even if I put the needles back and prick them, they won't be poisoned to death.
As long as the internal parts are not broken, they can continue to fight.
In this world where there are only cold weapons, there is such a 'puppet army', and if he goes head-to-head, he has too much chance of winning.
Even if he encounters an opponent with higher martial arts than him, those black poison fans will help a lot.
The poison powder spreads in the air, and it is not possible to avoid poisoning without breathing.
It gets on the skin, and the consequences are the same as if it were inhaled.
Unless he encounters a master among masters, the internal force of the person can form a barrier on the surface of the body, and at the same time close the qigong.
There is no one in the Demon Cult who meets both of these conditions.
Perhaps it was precisely because of this that he dared to break into the forbidden place and extract the pollen of the magic vine flower here.
While he was playing the snare drum, I manipulated the air filaments on his feet and plunged directly into his ankles and into his body.
He sensed something was wrong and glanced down.
But it was too late, and the breath jumped on his head, causing him to lose consciousness in an instant.
As soon as the drum stopped, the puppet cat stopped moving.
He was some distance away from me, and the puppet cats were not poisonous, but they were poisoned by the poison needles they spit out.
The poisonous needles fell to the ground, and they were all quite far away from him.
I dodged the poisonous needles and the stopped puppet cats, manipulated the Qi Cube to fly to him, stretched out the 'Qi' rope to lock him up, and dragged him to another building without poison.
He wore a black cloak and covered himself tightly.
With a black mask on his face, I didn't use my hands, I used 'qi' as my hands, and removed his mask and cloak.
His face is tattooed with a red bird with its head on its forehead, its wings spread out under its eyes, its nasolabial folds at the position of its two separate tails, and three long feathers on its chin that resemble the tail of a phoenix.
"Isn't this a blood bird......" I muttered to myself at the sight of the tattoo on his face.
Simon Wuxian has this pattern on his clothes, and the blood bird is the mascot of the Demon Cult.
It's not hard to recognize, not to mention that he tattooed the pattern on his face, and the details are clear and complete.
I looked at this man's face for a long time, and I always felt that he looked familiar.
"Ahh Like Simon! I clapped my hands, looked at them for a while, and compared their facial features one by one, and there were about sixty percent similarities.
Although there are no official records, it is known from folk rumors that Simon has brothers and sisters.
This person's body and appearance are six points like Simon Wuxi, could it be that he is a brother who he does not know where to go?
Maybe the previous sect leader looked like this, and their son followed his father?
I confiscated his snare drum, sealed his internal strength, and dragged him back to the headquarters prison, where he was temporarily locked up.
There was no one in the prison, no prisoners, no guards.
So no one knew I was putting him in.
Then I returned to Simon's hateless dormitory, where the masked man killed the four elders.
When I went back, all I saw was a corpse, blood pouring from there.
Simon slept in his house without hatred, and the masked men were all outside the courtyard, and no one bothered him.
The masked man's behavior was so strange that none of the people from the four elders and his faction were killed.
The city was quiet, and there was a smell of dampness in the air, as well as a smell of blood.
I dragged Dongfang Buliang's corpse back and put it with the other three.
I walked into Simon's hateless house and checked on him.
He was asleep because of an overload of his brain's energy.
It's hard to say when you'll wake up.
If he is not allowed to sleep, he may wake up and go crazy.
Without waking him up, I walked into the courtyard and asked the masked man who had been guarding the wall.
"Are you really sent by his birth mother?" I asked directly.
"Yes."
"He... Mother wants to kill him? ”
"Nope."
"Kill him?"
"Nope."
Interestingly, he replied to these three questions with the truth.
I didn't ask any more questions, and went out of the courtyard to make a round around the Demon Cult.
The Fourth Courtyard has been attacked, but they have not been able to break the wall of qi that I have erected.
Today, the principal and deputy stewards are on duty, and they all stay in the air wall with the staff of the hospital.
I knew they were panicking, and I came to inform them that the four rebellious elders were dead, as were all their followers.
Simon has no hatred, it's okay, but he is tired from fighting and sleeping.
When they heard this succession of good news, they were relieved to stay at their posts, and I said that I don't know if the poisonous smoke in the city has dissipated, and I can't let them out for the time being.
They thanked them, and I went to Wan'er and the Four Dharma Protectors.
Thankfully, I had also injected healing qi into their bodies before, in order to save their lives at a critical moment.
As a result, it really came in handy, Dongfang Buliang didn't know what object to put on them.
They didn't know it, it was my healing breath, they found poisonous insects, and strangled the larvae that had not yet grown into the cradle.
Dongfang Buliang gave them not insect eggs, but larvae that had already formed, and after entering the human body, they were nourished by flesh and blood, and their growth rate was particularly fast.
When I arrived at Wan'er's house, she was pacing around the house, and when she saw me coming, her frowning brow was instantly released.
Without waiting for her to ask, I preemptively said, "Ximen is fine, the troublemakers are dead, and Yunzhou is safe on the mountain." ”
Wan'er walked up to me, looked me up and down, and asked, "Madame, where are you?" Are you hurt? ”
"I'm fine, I'm just running errands, but there's a group of unidentified people still there, don't go out yet, wait for Simon and I to find out their identities first."
Wan'er nodded again and again, and the four protectors heard that Ximen was okay without hatred, so they didn't ask anything else.