Chapter 613: Extraneous Branches
It was the sound of human footsteps, very light and light, but Luoyang's ears could hear the sound of the cat walking, so the footsteps of the person who deliberately relaxed were still very clear to him.
The supersensory perception spread out silently, and the relevant information was also presented in his mind.
The person who came was a man, with the smell of medicinal herbs and a bit of an old man.
Luoyang felt a pang in his heart, in the primeval times, if a person had the smell of medicinal herbs on his body, it was probably a witch.
"Could it be the witch of the Shenmu tribe? What did he sneak up on? Luo Yang was puzzled, stretched out his legs and got down from the simple wooden frame bed, and reached out to grab the thunder sword placed next to the bed.
Someone sneaked up to the door.
Knock, knock.
There was a knock on the door.
Sneaking over and knocking on the door?
This man's behavior is really weird.
"Is it Uncle Muta?" Luoyang deliberately let his voice have a bit of a sense of confusion of being woken up.
"Come out and come with me." Someone came to speak, and his voice was dry and old.
Luo Yang frowned slightly: "Who are you?" ”
"Straw Man."
Luoyang walked to the door, and hung the thunder sword on the ???????????????? as he walked On the outer leash.
The old man, who called himself "Straw Man", heard his footsteps and retreated in advance, very vigilant.
Luoyang opened the door and walked out.
In the dead of night, there was not a single light in the Shenmu tribe.
In the open space in front of the door stood an old man, with thinning hair and a smooth scalp peeking out between the gray strands. An awl face, with a pointed chin, a very thin face, only a layer of skin left on the cheekbones, the sockets of the two eyes are sunken inward, and a pair of gray eyes are staring straight at Luoyang, and the eyes are gloomy.
He wore a black robe, and the fabric was very coarse, but the fact that a girl like the Stone Maiden could only wear a small straw skirt proved how noble the old man's status was.
"Senior strawman, do you have anything to do with me?" Luoyang is very polite.
The strong dragon did not suppress the head snake, and he didn't know the other party's intentions, so he took the initiative to lower his posture.
"Follow me." The straw man turned away.
Luoyang didn't move, and said: "Senior strawman, we met for the first time, we didn't know each other, you asked me to go with you in the middle of the night, where do you want me to take me?" ”
The straw man glanced back, and his eyes were cold and sharp for that moment, like the blade of a knife, the tip of a sword.
This is not a friendly look.
Luoyang's heart raised his vigilance, but a smile appeared on his face: "Senior strawman, is it difficult to explain the intention?" ”
"I am the priest of the Shenmu tribe, I have something to ask you, come with me, if you refuse, I will drive you out of the Shenmu tribe." The straw man's voice was cold.
Luo Yang smiled back: "So that's the case, no problem, let's go." ”
The straw man walked east to the tribe.
Luoyang followed behind the straw man, and his super sensing perception also spread in all directions, reconnoitering the situation ahead in advance.
This straw man priest has a very heavy yin qi on his body, and he doesn't feel like a good person, and he has to be on guard against knocking on his door in the middle of the night to bring him for questioning.
Extrasensory perception soon locks on to a suspicious target.
It was a wooden house at the eastern end of the tribe, and there was a strong smell of medicinal herbs and the smell of decomposing corpses.
Luoyang frowned slightly, and quietly enhanced his super sensory perception, invading the wooden house, and even the underground around the wooden house was not missed.
But it was this investigation that Luoyang was shocked by the information brought back by the supersensory perception.
There was a corpse lying in the cabin, slightly decomposed, which was the source of the stench of corpses.
There was a vacant lot behind the hut, and dozens of bodies were buried underground. Some have turned to bones, and some are rotting!
"You said your name is Luoyang, from the Quanzhen tribe?" As the hut approached, the straw priest began to ask questions.
Luo Yang ended the supersensory perception investigation and replied: "Yes, I didn't see the high priest during the day, Uncle Muduo and the Patriarch of Ashan knew about my situation. ”
"Mu Duo is just a hunter, with a simple brain, he will believe whatever you say."
Luo Yang said lightly: "Does the high priest think I'm lying, no." Uncle Mudo is indeed just a hunter, but he is very upright. Patriarch Ahsan is a wise elder, whether I am lying or not, he can tell at a glance. ”
He did lie, and he was ready to continue.
The straw man glanced back at Luoyang, and his voice was cold: "Don't use the Ashan Patriarch to pressure me, in the Shenmu Tribe, the Ashan Patriarch must also obey what I say." ”
Luoyang bowed his head: "The high priest taught you, but I didn't mean to move the Ashan patriarch to suppress you, I just told the truth." ”
“???????????????? Whether you lied or not, I'll find out soon. The straw man came to the door of the hut and pushed it open.
The strong smell of corpses permeated from the open door of the cave, and the stomach of Luoyang, who had a keen sense of smell, churned and almost vomited.
The straw man walked in, and when he entered the door, he glanced back at Luoyang, with a strange smile on the corner of his shriveled mouth.
Luoyang followed.
The interior of the wooden house is very spacious, but it is full of medicinal herbs, bones, animal skins, etc., and it is a mess. On a wooden table lay a corpse, a young woman, without clothes or shrouds, lying naked on the wooden table. Her lower abdomen was high and bulging, and the baby in her belly was at least six or seven months old.
There were no obvious injuries on the body of the female corpse, the skin was white and purple, and there were blackened blood stains in the nostrils.
After seeing it at a glance, Luoyang also had a preliminary judgment in his heart.
This young pregnant woman, died of poisoning.
"High Priestess, how can there be a corpse here?" Luo Yang asked.
The straw man did not answer, but walked straight to a water tank, picked up a wooden scoop that floated on the water, scooped half a scoop of water, and poured water into his mouth.
Luoyang's gaze swept over the mess in the wooden house, and his gaze stayed on a wooden frame.
On that wooden shelf were several gourds, large and small, each with a cork stopper.
Those gourds were not filled with elixir, but poison.
The straw man put down the wooden scoop and walked towards the wooden frame.
An imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of Luoyang's mouth, and along the way, he used his supersensory perception to investigate not only the situation of this wooden house, but also the straw man. Now, he also has a preliminary judgment on the strength and motivation of this guy.
The straw man picked up a small gourd from the wooden rack, turned around, and his eyes were sharp: "You are a witch." ”
Luo Yang nodded with a smile.
"You told Mu Duo that you were looking for the Nine Heavens Xuannu, right?"
Luoyang nodded again.
"You asked Mu Duo about the secret of the Divine Wood Tree, right?"
Luoyang nodded for the third time.
"Put your sword on the table." The straw man's voice turned cold.
Luo Yang cooperated and took off the Thunder Sword hanging from his belt and placed it on the wooden table.
"Stand back!" The straw man's voice smacked of scolding.
Luoyang took two steps back very cooperatively.
The straw man stepped forward quickly, grabbed the hilt of the Thunder Sword, held the sword in his hand, and looked at the Thunder Sword with greedy eyes.
"It's called the Thunder Sword." Luoyang said.
The straw man looked at Luoyang: "This sword has mana, where did you get it?" ”
"A year ago, I met two celestial duels on the road, and one of them died, and I picked up this sword." Luoyang casually made up stories.
The straw man sneered: "I also picked up this sword, it is mine now." ”
Luoyang: "......"
Mud Horse, you are also worthy of being the high priest of the Shenmu tribe with your virtue?
"Tell me, where are you from, and what are you here for?"
Luo Yang said: "I have said several times, I came here to find the Nine Heavens Xuannu, and I want to worship her as a teacher." ”
The straw man snorted coldly: "Just because you are also worthy of seeing the Nine Heavens Xuannu?" ”
Luo Yang said lightly: "I believe that my sincerity will definitely be able to impress the Nine Heavens Xuannu, you don't have to make any excuses, what else do you want from here, say it." ”
"Take off your clothes and leave everything on your body,???????????????? Then get out of the Shenmu tribe. ”
Luo Yang smiled: "If I do what you say, I'm afraid your next step is to kill me, right?" ”
The straw man pressed one of his fingers against the gourd's stopper.
Luoyang said: "You are good at making drugs, this young pregnant woman was poisoned by you, right?" There are a lot of corpses buried behind your house, are they from the Shenmu tribe, or are they from other tribes? ”
The straw man's expression changed slightly, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
This is unconcealable murderous intentions, exposed in advance.
Luoyang said again: "You are interested in getting rich and want to rob my things, I don't really care about this, on the contrary, I still appreciate your style of robbing openly." In this way, I have no other contradictions with you, it can be said that there is no grudge in the past and no enmity in the near future, you return my sword to me, and I don't say the secret that you buried a lot of corpses behind this house, what do you think? ”
The straw man said viciously: "With what you said, you have to die here tonight!" ”
Luoyang spread his hands: "I said, can't we live in peace?" ”
He really didn't want to do anything with the straw man, he didn't care how evil this guy was, and he didn't care how terrible this guy did, he just wanted to take care of his own business and leave this shadow world as soon as possible. If this guy wasn't the high priest of the Shenmu tribe, but someone from another tribe, where would he talk so much nonsense to this guy, he would have played Xiang a long time ago.
But this is the trouble of adults, when you are very focused on doing a good job, there will always be extraneous complications. And then use the whip to tell you a truth, no one can succeed casually.
"You go to die!" The straw man pushed the wooden stopper of the gourd, grabbed the gourd with his left hand and waved it violently, and the green liquid contained in the gourd splashed towards Luoyang.
The water in the water tank suddenly rushed upside down, forming a water curtain between Luoyang and the straw man.
The green liquid is blocked by the water curtain.
In the next second, the water curtain suddenly rolled upside down and splashed on the straw man's body, instantly pouring him into a soup chicken.
Smoke instantly erupted from the straw man's face, and his flesh and blood rotted!
"Ahh The straw man screamed, stumbled to the wooden frame, grabbed a gourd, pushed the wooden stopper, lifted the gourd and poured something into his mouth.
It's taking the antidote.
Luoyang could stop the straw man in seconds, but he just watched calmly and didn't take any action.