Chapter 12: The Old Man
A few days ago, Wu Zu sent someone to call Lin Huo to his side. Originally, I wanted to make some preparations for the inheritance of the Wu Ancestor, and by the way, I asked who the white-haired man who appeared with Lin Huo that night was. Unexpectedly, after Wu Zu saw the forest fire, his face changed color, and he immediately arranged for his subordinates to take a copper basin, and then injected mercury into the copper basin.
Ancestor Wu bit the tip of his right index finger, dripping the blood into the mercury, and then ordered Lin Huo to do the same. After the blood of the forest fire dripped into the copper basin, Wu Zu shook the copper basin, causing the two drops of blood to melt together. An unexpected scene happened to Wu Zu, his own blood was like a plague god, far away from the blood of the forest fire. No matter how Wu Zu shook the copper basin, the two drops of blood were fused together.
In the end, Wu Zu gave up completely, and threw the copper basin to the ground with some annoyance. In a blink of an eye, he looked at Lin Huo coldly, and his cold eyes made Lin Huo dare not look directly. After staring at it for a long time, Wu Zu said coldly, "What did you do, why did you lose the ability to inherit Wu Zu?"
After Lin Huo heard it, it was no less than five thunderbolts, and his dream since he was a child was to become the next generation of Wu Ancestors. I didn't expect that the Wu Ancestor who got it would be gained and lost. The joy of becoming an immortal body was wiped out in the blink of an eye. In Lin Huo's opinion, he would rather not have this immortal physique, but also be a witch ancestor for decades.
Lin Huo said that Wu Mian gave him the elixir of immortality, which was a bit too ridiculous, but the fact that Lin Huo had changed his physique was right in front of him, and the nearby Miao people would definitely not lie to the Wu Ancestor who was worshiped as a god. I can't help but believe in it.
There is no other way now, in a few days, dozens of Miao villages in the vicinity will reunite and elect the next Wu Zu, but at that time, Lin Huo can only watch others become Wu Zu. Originally, Wu Zu also wanted to give Lin Huo a little comfort and was going to teach him some witchcraft. But when he was teaching witchcraft, he found that Lin Huo's physique was no longer suitable for learning witchcraft and other techniques, so in desperation, he asked Wu Mian out and asked him to express himself to Lin Huo.
Originally, according to Wu Mian's temperament, he was definitely not suitable for being a master for others. But whether this incident is good or not, it was also caused by him, and these days with Lin Huo, I also feel that this Miao man is in line with his eyes. In the end, he agreed to give Lin Huo some superficial techniques, but as for whether he can learn it, that's Lin Huo's own business.
Seeing that Wu Mian was relieved, Wu Zu laughed, and told Lin Huo the location on the map on the spot, and asked him to take Wu Mian to find it. Seeing that the location of the second map had finally been found, Wu Mian had no interest in continuing to chat with Wu Zu, and after casually saying goodbye to Wu Zu, he took Lin Huo back to his village and prepared overnight. As soon as it was dawn the next day, Wu Mian and Lin Huo walked towards the location indicated by Wu Zu.
It's just that the two of them didn't look at the yellow calendar when they went out, and they encountered heavy rain not long after they went out. The two found a cave to temporarily shelter from the rain, seeing that the heavy rain did not mean to stop for the time being, Wu Mian took advantage of the boredom and began to hand over some of the superficial spells in the bamboo slips left by Wu Mian to Lin Huo. Lin Huo didn't have the foundation of Fang Shi, and it was extremely difficult to learn, but fortunately, Wu Mian didn't expect him to be able to deal with it that day, and now he just memorized it. Anyway, Lin Huo doesn't care about time anymore, and he will have time to learn slowly in the future.
The heavy rain had been falling for most of the day before it stopped, and Wu Mian and Lin Huo set off again. After the rain, the mountain road was muddy, and the two of them stopped and walked until the evening of the next day, when they arrived at the location pointed out by Wu Zu.
This location is next to a huge banyan tree, and after Lin Huo pointed it out, Wu Mian really looked a little similar to the map, and he walked around the banyan tree back and forth. With his previous experience on Yanshan Mountain in Liaodong, Wu Mian began to press everywhere, hoping that pressing a certain location would have the same effect as when entering the Yanshan cave.
Just when Wu Mian was concentrating on finding the entrance, Lin Huo had been following behind him, and Wu Mian was only helping him find it, and he didn't care too much about it at the moment. Just as he was leaning against the banyan tree, observing a narrow hole in the tree. Suddenly, his heart moved, and an inexplicable irritability suddenly surged into his heart, and at the same time, his body instinctively tensed, as if he had a premonition of a sudden event that was about to happen.
Wu Mian turned around suddenly, only to find that Lin Huo was close behind him, and when his eyes met, Lin Huo's eyes were filled with a fierce look. With Wu Mian's current sensitivity to the things around him, he didn't even realize that Lin Huo was so close to him.
The distance between the two was too close, and Wu Mian didn't notice that Lin Huo was still holding a dagger with strange patterns in his hand. Seeing Wu Mian suddenly turn around, Lin Huo was also stunned for a moment, but then he reacted, holding the dagger in his hand and stabbing at Wu Mian.
Wu Mian was completely defenseless against the forest fire, and watched as the dagger stabbed into his heart. At this time, the seeds in his body reacted one step ahead of him, and an arc of lightning came out of the wound punctured by the dagger and hit Lin Huo's body. Lin Huo's body shook violently, but that's it, the strength in his hand still didn't decrease, and the dagger pierced into Wu Mian's heart to the end handle. The second arc burst out from Wu Mian's mountain pass and hit him, and Lin Huo finally let go.
Lin Huo's hands were hit by the arc of electricity, and the skin on his hands was scorched, and the air was filled with a scorched smell. However, looking at his appearance, he didn't seem to care, but looked at Wu Mian with a sneer, and said, "Tut...... In the end, it is an immortal body, and you can't die if you take a knife in your heart."
Wu Mian leaned on the banyan tree, and although the dagger in his heart would not kill him, he became extremely weak under the serious injury. Looking at Lin Huo, who was sneering at him, Wu Mian suddenly understood something, met Lin Huo's gaze, and said slowly: "You are not Lin Huo, you are Wu Ancestor - doesn't it mean that the souls of the two of you cannot be fused?"
After a strange laugh, Lin Huo said: "Fang Shi is Fang Shi, this is a reaction, you guessed right, but this is not a fusion, but I borrowed Lin Huo's body, and after I bring you back, I will return this body to him."
Wu Mian glanced down at the handle of the dagger inserted in his heart, then slowly raised his head and said, "It was Lin Huo who started just now, if it was you, I would have been alert early in the morning."
Lin Huo nodded and said, "This knife was stabbed by him, I just made this stab deeper." But you also have to understand that this doesn't mean I'm not your match. At least within the confines of the altar, no one can help me. And what I want is this immortal skin of yours, if I do it face to face with you, I'm afraid it will ruin your skin."
Lin Huo looked at the dagger inserted into Wu Mian's heart and was still dripping blood, and after a pause, he continued: "Don't think that there is still a chance to fight back, you Fang Shi pay attention to the heart is the root of the meridians, even if you are immortal, now that your heart has been hit by me, you will have no origin of using magic techniques."
Saying that, he laughed again and said, "I can't imagine that I have lost an heir of a Wu Ancestor, but I have gained an immortal skin. When the time comes, the soul of my ancestor who has been inherited for hundreds of generations, will live in your immortal body. In the future, there will only be one immortal Wu Ancestor" Thinking of the excitement, 'Lin Huo' raised his head and burst into laughter, although in the laughter, he still didn't forget to peek at the situation on Wu Mian's side. At this time, Wu Mian was staggering and turned around and ran towards the back of the big banyan tree.
Lin Huo finally stopped laughing and followed Wu Mian, playing a game of cat and mouse. After Wu Mian turned to the banyan tree, he also turned around, but after turning around, he saw that this place was empty, and there was still any shadow of Wu Mian.
Impossible, with just this moment's effort, even if he wasn't injured, he wouldn't have had time to use their Fangshi's invisible retreat technique. You can't just disappear from your eyes. After a burst of rage, Lin Huo cursed while continuing to search for Wu Mian's whereabouts.
Just when the 'forest fire' was looking for Wu Mian's whereabouts. Wu Mian, who disappeared in an instant, was at the foot of the 'forest fire', looking up at his every move. Wu Mian's side was an old man who was already old and unseemly, his orange-peel-like skin had already slackened, a strip of rag that could no longer be called clothes hung on the old man's body, and a few white hairs were sparsely decorated on the wrinkled bald head.
The old man looked at Wu Mian with a strange smile and said, "I saw you go back and forth here on this mountain a few times, I just didn't say it, see when you can find this place......
Tomorrow's double watch!!!