Four days had passed since I left Fengcheng, and it was May 25. Lin Manliu and Jiang Yanlin, who continued to go south, walked around the mountains along the road as much as possible, not entering the villages and towns.

But as the surrounding scenery changed, they still noticed something unusual. Because these days of running are too quiet.

Even if you walk through the mountain roads, you should be able to meet some villagers who go into the mountains to collect medicine or work in the fields.

But neither of them saw anything... It wasn't until noon, looking for a cliffside with a wide view to rest, that Lin Manliu saw some houses.

Following the gaze of the young man in the short shirt, Jiang Yanlin also looked over. He asked out loud, "Brother Liu, do you want to go to the village to find someone to ask about the situation?" Lin Manliu's face was a little solemn, and he raised his hand and pointed to the corner of the village.

"I'm afraid that the village here has been destroyed..."Jiang Yanlin only then realized that all the houses at the entrance of the village had collapsed, and even the nearby trees had broken to the ground.

"Could it be those thieves who slaughtered the evil sect and burned and looted here before?!"

"Or if there is such a possibility, we will go!" Jiang Yanlin snorted, he wanted to persuade his eldest brother Liu, it was better for them to hurry early... But looking at Lin Manliu's expression, he gave up.

He won't sit idly by and watch these things. After all, the same is true for him. The two of them climbed back on their horses and made a detour down the cliff towards the village.

In Lin Manliu's initial conjecture, he originally thought that this place was infested by the Slaughter Gate or mountain bandits, and a large number of bandits rushed into the village to cause the houses to collapse and the trees to break.

But when he came to the entrance of the village, he suddenly realized that he had guessed wrong! Where is it just the destruction of the houses at the entrance of the village?

The scene in front of them was the other side they had not seen before, the houses, fields, and bushes were all crushed to the ground, and there was no place to find any intact.

The air was also mixed with a thick smell of blood, fishy stench... Jiang Yanlin couldn't hold back for a while, and began to retch on horseback.

Woo... Whining... Woo woo...

"Yan Lin covers his mouth and nose and stabilizes his mind!" Lin Manliu reminded him. Then he took out two pieces, one rag covering his mouth and nose, and the other was handed to his side.

Jiang Yanlin endured the nausea, sat on the horse again, took the rag handed by the short-shirted boy, and quickly brought it to his face.

When the two were ready, they continued to walk deeper into the village. Beneath the ruins, the fragments of clothing and the dark red marks that have long since dried up, are all signs of the ominousness of this place.

Jiang Yanlin said cautiously: "Brother Liu... Could it be some kind of demon or ghost transit..."Lin Manliu said: "Yan Lin, you don't need to believe those ghosts!" The tragic situation here is not enough to confirm that there is a virtual thing in the world. Jiang Yanlin's legs straddling the horse's back trembled a little, and his body began to tremble a little.

"In the early years, I heard from the adults in my family... There are many exotic beasts in southern Xinjiang, and there are great apes as high as mountains... A giant bird with wings like a cloud curtain hanging from the sky..."Listening to the appearance of those strange beasts described by Jiang Yanlin's mouth, Lin Manliu turned his head a lot, but you see, I have never seen it as a native!"

Not really! Just as the young man in the short shirt was about to continue to comfort Jiang Yan, the latter stopped where he was and suddenly screamed.

"Brother Liu, be careful! Come on! Come on! Lin Manliu quickly turned his head to look ahead, about a hundred steps away... Between the broken houses, there was a huge black shadow.

The black shadow's body gradually rose, and it was as tall as three or four feet. Is it a snake? The short-shirted young man saw the appearance of the black snake clearly, and immediately turned the horse's head, and at the same time pulled Jiang Yanlin, who was stunned on the spot.

"Let's go!" The sudden retreat of the two made the black snake who seemed to be waiting for a rabbit react. It spat out the snake letter, let out a high-pitched hissing sound, and then ran at the two of them.

The speed of the black snake was extremely fast, but it was about to catch up with Lin Manliu and the two of them who were galloping on the royal horse.

The boy in the shirt slammed his legs into the belly of the horse to get the horse up to speed. But the horse that Jiang Yanlin was riding beside him seemed to be frightened... twisted his head without obeying the call, and from time to time let out a terrible horse sound, and suddenly the horse's hooves stepped on the air, and Jiang Yanlin fell forward.

When it was about to fall to the ground, Lin Manliu reached out and immediately pulled it on the horse's back. And the black snake behind them, completely ignoring the horses that had fallen to the ground, kept attacking Lin Manliu and the two people who were fleeing.

In order to avoid the remaining horse, the young man in the short shirt was just as frightened as Fang Cai, and tore off the rag on his face with his bare hands, covering the horse's eyes.

But the sound of the black snake spitting out the letter had no intention of stopping. The horses under Lin Man's six seats finally moved in this tense atmosphere... Like this, you're bound to catch up.

The short-shirted boy quickly made up his mind, and he shouted, "Hold on to me, and then jump with me towards the house ahead!" Jiang Yanlin didn't think much about it, and immediately responded.

"Understood!" Lin Manliu patted the horse's back, and the whole person instantly ejected, and the next moment he kicked and stepped lightly on the horse's belly, causing the horse to continue to rush forward.

The figures of the two people jumped into the air, and the young man in the short shirt first threw it out, throwing out the house where Jiang Yan was still intact in the court.

Lin Manliu's figure then fell to the ground, and before the black snake could react, the young man already had an extra blade in his left hand.

In just a moment, the short-shirted boy threw the mountain in his hand. The sword is flying lonely! While the short sword pointed directly at the black snake's eyes, Lin Manliu rolled towards Jiang Yanlin's location.

Shan Yexing pierced into the turquoise eyes, and the black snake's body froze, but after only half a breath, the huge body began to writhe.

The snake letter in the middle of the fangs also trembled wildly, and the neighing of the black snake was even more shocking than before.

Lin Manliu grabbed Jiang Yanlin as soon as he grabbed it, and was about to run towards the dense mountain road. He wanted to use these trees to stop the black snake from crawling as much as possible, so as to give him a better chance of survival.

Just as the short-shirted boy was running forward, he suddenly saw a black-robed figure with a sword walking beside him?

The black-robed figure seemed to be walking slowly, but in an instant, it passed by Lin Manliu's side. The boy in the shirt vaguely heard the man's voice...

"It's... Is that you? When Lin Manliu looked back, he found that the black-robed man had already drawn his sword out of its sheath, and he was only more than twenty steps away from the black snake.

According to the huge body of the black snake and the speed of its previous attack, it only took a moment for it to bite the black-robed man.

The boy in the shirt shouted, "Be careful! But the black-robed figure didn't move in the slightest, just stopped in place, waiting for the black snake's movements.

Instantly! The black snake rushed forward to the black-robed man, only to see the long sword in the man's hand handed, just a horizontal in front of him!

The fangs in the black snake's mouth were all broken, and the trembling snake letter was also cut off immediately. From the mouth of the black snake, blood gushed out.

The massive body began to sway and tremble, slamming into the ridge of the roof, the trees on its side, and the ground again.

In this regard, the black-robed man with the sword just stopped in place, not knowing what he was waiting for. Lin Manliu watched the man's movements closely, ready to help at any time.

On the other hand, the black snake's frantic movements continued for a long time, and it was not until the young man untied the Xia Ming cicada behind him that he gradually came to his senses.

The black snake tilted its huge head, asking its one-eyed man to stare at the black-robed man, and when he saw that the black-robed man did not make a move, he rushed forward again.

But at the same time when the black snake rushed forward, the long sword in the black-robed man's hand moved again. It's still just a wave in front of you... This wave is a sudden mention from the bottom up!

But as a result, Lin Manliu was shocked, and with just one sword, he cut the black snake's head in half from the middle!

The huge body, which was four or five feet long, was divided into four from the head, like a flower that had bloomed and gradually withered.

This time, it was not as when Fang had just cut off the snake letter, the blood that appeared was splashed everywhere, and some were just black snakes silently frozen on the spot.

The black-robed man seemed disappointed and put his sword back into its sheath. He first muttered to himself: "No..." He turned to look at Lin Manliu again, and said softly: "Now this place is not the place where you should come, retreat as soon as possible..."

The short-shirted young man picked up Jiang Yanlin and hurriedly caught up with the black-robed man. Lin Manliu said loudly: "Dare to ask the seniors, but what happened here, how could there be such a snake trouble?" The black-robed man stopped and turned to look at the short-shirted boy.

"Legend has it that in ancient times, there were black Jiao sleeping in the quagmire here, and now there is turmoil, so it leads the black Jiao to wake up, are you credible?" Lin Manliu said: "The basilisk said, I have only heard the oral tradition of the elders in the city, but I have not seen the truth..."

"Big snake". The black-robed man didn't want to respond to the young man's answer, and quickly continued to turn around and head south.

The young man in the short shirt suddenly recalled the words of the person in front of him at the beginning of the competition with the black snake.

"The black snake that the predecessor killed, but the 'black Jiao'?" Lin Manliu spoke up again.

"It's just a little snake, not enough to be called a 'Jiao'!" The black-robed man said loudly.

"Senior, wait a minute!"

"Huh?" Jiang Yanlin took this opportunity to pull the corner of the short-shirted young man's clothes, and whispered: "Brother Liu..."Lin Manliu patted him on the shoulder, and responded: "Yanlin can rest assured!" As he spoke, the young man led Jiang Yanlin to a tree, then ran back to the body of the giant snake and pulled out the mountain from the bloody body.

Seeing that the black-robed man hadn't gone far, Lin Manliu stepped forward quickly.

"The village here has been ravaged by black snakes, presumably other places have also suffered from its chaos, the predecessors must have a way to cut the snake, can you bring the kid with you!" It wasn't until the short-shirted young man's words that the black-robed man really looked at Lin Manliu in front of him.

He spoke, "If I take you, and him... Do you think you can still cut the 'Jiao'? Lin Manliu said: "If I encounter a safe township in the future, I will settle him and go with my predecessors!" The black-robed man first glanced at the mountain field line in Lin Manliu's hand, and then looked at the Xia Ming cicada behind him.

"If you have the will to die, you can follow..."Lin Manliu put his sword back into its sheath and looked ahead.

"There are thousands of reasons to live in my heart, and the kid can't die!"

"It's interesting..."Lin Manliu looked at the black-robed man not far away, and spoke: "In this way, the senior is willing to take the kid with him!" The black-robed man's voice was no longer as cold as Fang Cai's, and he raised his hand to wipe the blood from his face.

He also looked at the short-shirted boy and said, "Then let's go!" ”