Chapter 231: The Strange Fish Queen
After the unanimous approval of the senior brothers and sisters, You Ziji couldn't wait to take out a samadhi true fire and throw it into the puddle, such a yang and pure samadhi true fire is the best nemesis of the strange fish at the moment, the flame seems to enter the oil pot, once ignited, it will be out of control, not only the corpse, blood and strange fish, even the water has evaporated, the sand around the puddle has melted a lot, the edge has expanded a few times, and the pit has become deeper.
The puddle soon dried up, but when the flames cleared, the cracks in the sand began to seep in, and it was estimated that in about half a day, it would be a puddle full of water again.
I thought that the waterhole had a connection to the river, but now it seems that this is not the case, so how did the strange fish breed here? Could this sandbar be their spawning ground?
The four of them continued to look for clues in the vicinity with doubts, only to find that there was something strange on the incense case, and the incense burned out but never went out. In the end, Yao Yi got started earlier, and she saw more classics, she said: "If you guess correctly, this should be a ritual that simulates the sacrifice of evil gods." ”
Ji Wenyi was shocked when he heard this, he knew that the evil god believers were terrible, if it was really them, Jianping City would inevitably experience a catastrophe, and the Ji family would not be spared.
The matter of evil gods is taboo in the world, but You Ziji is obviously not among them, he can be regarded as the closest person to the evil god among the four people here. He came to the incense case, put his nose up and sniffed it, and sure enough, there was a smell of the altar of the evil god, the smell was sweet and thick, disgusting, but he wanted to take two more sips. Fortunately, this place is just an imitation of the rituals performed by the altar of the evil god, not the real thing, and You Ziji easily cut off all kinds of distractions that appeared in his mind.
"Senior sister is right, this is indeed related to the Altar of the Evil God, but it is not so strong in my senses."
There were not many Xuanming Dao disciples, and the general experience of each disciple before going up the mountain was spread everywhere. Since You Ziji, as a person who has personally experienced the altar of the evil god, said so, it would never be wrong.
Zhang Xingwen said: "It's just that why use such a simple thing to imitate the ritual? Wouldn't it be better to use the sacrifice of the real evil god directly? ”
This is also a problem for Ji Wenyi and You Ziji, who still have a very shallow understanding of the altar of evil gods.
Yao Yi explained: "Although everyone in the world says that the cultists of the evil gods want to make a comeback, the six major factions have not even shown too fierce performance in Tianfu. Just because the sacrificial vessels only appear in the altar of the evil god, and without the altar of the evil god, those believers can only hide like rats in the gutter, and the means will not go into the stream. ”
"In this way, it must be a conspiracy of the cultists of the evil gods, they use these prisoners as sacrifices to open the ceremony, there must be some attempt, let's kill their people, once the other party reacts, I am afraid that the disaster will be detonated in advance! Let's go back and tell Master Hao and the seniors of the Mountain Sect to take precautions as soon as possible. ”
"What the junior brother said is right, let's go back."
The four of them were about to go home, but Yao Yi suddenly said, "Why are those corpses gone?" ”
Zhang Xingwen and You Ziji hurriedly investigated.
Zhang Xingwen exclaimed: "This corpse was swallowed by the sand. ”
When the words fell, You Ziji also saw a corpse buried in the sand, the sand on the surface was still shaking, and only one arm was left to swallow the corpse.
Zhang Xingwen was the first to find out, so he immediately made a move, jumped to the corpse, stabilized his body, and grabbed the corpse's only bare ankle that was exposed outside the sand. He lifted it vigorously, but encountered great resistance, and with a "poof", only one foot was torn off, and the rest disappeared into the sand.
"There's someone down there!"
You Ziji took a step later to rush to the corpse he found, and when he heard Zhang Xingwen's reminder, he knew it in his heart, grabbed the corpse's arm, used the magic power of force, and shook the true qi of the whole body, transmitting a huge force to the bottom of the sand, causing the sand to shake. You Ziji turned over and twisted with his strength, and pulled out the corpse and the creatures underneath.
But he found that where was the person below, it was clearly the strange fish, but it was bigger than the one they caught, and the muscles of the limbs were bulging.
Although the strange fish was stunned, he quickly reacted, and a pair of dead fish eyes stared at You Ziji so that his back was cold. You Ziji secretly said that it was not good, he didn't need to fight with this strange fish that looked extremely strong, his feet were light, and his body suddenly retreated.
The strange fish kicked hard with both legs, jumped directly into the air, and the fishtail swinged, and his body was erratic, and he was able to change direction in the air and lock on to the evasive wanderer.
You Ziji suddenly took shape, and reflexively slapped his palm and went straight to the lower body of the strange fish, which was unprotected and exchanged injuries for injuries. The monster fish's sandbag-sized fist, as well as the strength that can be clearly seen to be comparable to that of a Xuanjing monk, once hit, it will definitely easily blow You Ziji's head out. The strange fish is tall and has long arms, and his fists are faster, but You Ziji is still not afraid to hide and face it.
"Phew!"
Two sounds of breaking the air sounded, driving You Ziji's sideburns, it was Yao Yi and Ji Wenyi's flying sword support, a golden sword met the fist, and instantly wrapped it softly, the impact of the flying sword and the arm strength of the strange fish competed with each other, forcing the fist to stagger the position, You Ziji took the opportunity of the star vein to cooperate with the magic power of the force, and slapped the strange fish under the navel with all his strength, penetrating the epidermis, and directly rushed into the internal organs of the strange fish. The strange fish didn't move at all, but You Ziji's palm power had already been poured into his body, but to You Ziji's consternation, the force turned around, and he hurriedly withdrew his palm but it was too late, and he was shocked out by his palm power, and his arm was numb for a while. Fortunately, he unloaded in time and rolled twice on the sand before he was injured.
Yao Yi's sword followed You Ziji's palm and pierced into the mouth of the strange fish, and the sword qi on it was twisted, wanting to burst the head of the strange fish, but there was not even half a tael of flesh on the head of the fish, except for the skin of the fish, only the bones as solid as steel remained. The sword made a "sonorous" sound in it, and it was directly bitten by the strange fish. Yao Yi used the sword trick, the tail of the sword rushed out of the water, and the triple strength flew out of the strange fish, and the fourth directly broke free from the restraints and broke off a few teeth of the strange fish.
The strange fish fell unsteadily on the sand, and rolled down the pit that he had just stepped on. At this time, there were many strange fish hiding in the sand.
But I saw one of the fat and wide strange fish lying in the middle of the strange fish, chewing blood in his mouth, not the lost corpse. Its belly bulged as if it was about to burst, and its tough skin was stretched to translucent, densely covered with unknown black spots, making it look like it was pregnant. It turned out that this evil god ritual was to provide for her, and the power of the evil god contained in it was probably an important condition for giving birth to life.
The four of them immediately guessed that the strange fish was the queen of the entire tribe, and if they could kill it and stop them from reproducing, they could initially curb the development of the strange fish group.
Yao Yi said: "It's such a hard fish head, we can't underestimate it." ”
You Ziji said: "Although I hit the weakness of the strange fish just now, his protection is too strong, and my palm strength can't penetrate it." ”
Zhang Xingwen didn't make a move, he could see it clearly on the side, and said: "The strength of the strange fish just now is even more powerful than the one we took away, but according to my observation, there are not many in the entire clan, which can be regarded as a rare general level." ”
Ji Wenyi said: "It's hard to use a sharp weapon in the hands of the junior brother, watch me cut his fish skin." ”
After that, Ji Wenyi took the lead in making a move, and the strange fish general who had just gotten up was also unwilling, and rushed back frantically. Although Ji Wenyi is holding a sword in his hand, it is not a sharp weapon with the hardness of a golden sword.
The strange fish still picked up its giant fist and rampaged, but Ji Wenyi was not afraid at all. Just now, a few people chose to fight hard in order to test his strength, otherwise such a random way of playing, a few people could easily dodge. Ji Wenyi dodged left and right, and every time he moved, the golden sword would stab a sword on the abdomen of the strange fish, but the skin of the fish was really thicker, leaving only a few white spots and scratches. But as his strength became heavier and heavier, the shape of the sword body began to change, and finally directly turned into a golden ball sword pill, on which the sword qi lingered, although there was no blade, but the sword qi was extremely sharp, coupled with Ji Wenyi's deep cultivation, every previous attack was accompanied by a lot of strength, and at this moment the accumulation exploded, instantly slashing its abdomen, the organs in the body fell to the ground, and the smell of blood wafted out, so that many strange fish nearby smelled it, and they all became violent.
On the other hand, behind them, many strange fish had already surrounded them, blocking their way. Fortunately, they had already prepared, Yao Yi used the sword technique to divert water, and You Ziji had already taken the Huiqi Pill he had prepared, his palms were spread out, and the fighting spirit permeated his whole body. As Zhang Xingwen shouted: "Senior brother, take advantage of the victory to pursue and kill the fish king." ”
The four of them shot at the same time, and You Ziji's palms were emptied, releasing all the true qi and battle intent of the whole body in an instant, forming a giant palm print, whose strength was strong and condensed, making the strange fish surrounding Ji Wenyi stagnate, and the weak ones were directly shot out.
Zhang Xingwen directly opened the Open Star Map, and at the same moment, dozens of light-splitting sword qi were launched, all of which hit the belly of the fish, sweeping away the obstacles in front of him in an instant. Ji Wenyi immediately followed, turned into a golden streamer, and went straight to the queen among the fish.
At this time, because the queen was at the critical moment of childbirth, she was surrounded by the guards of the strange fish general just now, and they formed a wall of flesh to block the front. At this moment, Yao Yi triggered the ninefold water flow, continuously impacting the flesh wall, and the extremely strong sword qi contained in it cut out the wounds on the strange fish's body, revealing the fat in it. Once again, a gap was broken for Ji Wenyi.
Ji Wenyi raised the golden sword, and the red light flashed on it, and he was about to stab it. The strange fish queen let out a terrible and piercing cry for self-protection, and the sound directly penetrated within a radius of ten miles before and after, startling the birds and beasts in the mountains by the river, not to mention facing Ji Wenyi who was the source of the sound, but fortunately, the canopy on his body guarded itself, and instantly gave birth to a treasure to wrap Ji Wenyi in it, helping him to stab the golden sword into the queen's abdomen.
At this time, the strange fish queen was too weak, her skin was easily punctured, and then instantly shriveled, and the fish eggs in it did not seem to be as many as they seemed at first, thinking that it might be that the mysterious power generated by the evil god ritual was released by this sword, and those fish eggs became dead eggs.
Ji Wenyi saw that the matter had been completed, and there were strange fish all around, so he retreated, so he left again. How could the strange fish tolerate it, and immediately frantically surrounded and suppressed it. And at this moment, it seems that the support from outside the war circle has not arrived in time.
It turned out that although the screams of the strange fish queen were blocked by the canopy treasure qi, but You Ziji and they did not have a similar magic weapon to protect themselves, and the three of them were shocked by the screams, and their steps were vain, only Zhang Xingwen was in a slightly better state because he was opening the star map, and the sword qi was permeating his body, but he couldn't help Ji Wenyi anymore.
Fortunately, Ji Wenyi had a canopy in his hand, and the strange fish couldn't get close to him, he went on a rampage all the way, and ran out in a daze, thinking of the chasing soldiers behind him, Ji Wenyi didn't dare to delay for a moment, and immediately wanted to leave the island.
He and Zhang Xingwen, who had come slowly, one by one, took people and ran away, but fortunately, the strange fish couldn't fly, and it didn't seem to be ready to chase it.
With the screams of the strange fish queen, more and more strange fish were led back to the sandbar, and slowly gathered enough thousands of strange fish, there are so many monsters in the waters of the Mio River, I don't know how many people on both sides of the river died because of these monsters on weekdays.
The sandbar is surrounded by strange fish, three layers inside and three layers outside, and the stronger it is in the inner circle, there are nearly a hundred general-level strange fish guarding the queen's side. They all fell beside the queen, as if leading the people of the tribe in some kind of ritual.
The queen's body was getting thinner and thinner, but strangely, the embryonic fish eggs that should have died seemed to still be alive. Under the Queen's transparent skin, streams of energy could be seen slowly pumping from all parts of the Queen's body into her abdomen, a process that lasted from morning to dusk.
Although its abdomen is still shriveled, the black spots in it are very dense, they gradually become active, in the silent shouts of the strange fish such as the fish general, the belly of the strange fish queen suddenly swelled and exploded, countless black spots gushed out, the moment it was exposed to the space, it quickly grew and expanded, and after a while, it turned into an adult strange fish, crowded the entire sandbar, and still continued to give birth to new strange fish, until the queen's body was completely drained into a white bone.
All the strange fish are the descendants of the strange fish queen, and they wail silently, bid farewell to the queen, and decide to avenge her, and go straight to Jianping City.
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Bao Shan was still busy on the treasure ship, he seemed to remember the origin of this strange fish, although it was not an evil beast created by the evil god, but the existence of these strange fish was indeed related to the power of the evil god.
These fish have a relevant record in the Xuanming Dao, and their names are Wukang fish, which are mutated by the influence of evil gods and evil forces. Since the birth of the evil god, this martial fish has always existed in the world. It's just that when the power of the cultists of the evil gods is weakened, they also lose the opportunity to obtain the evil power, and the martial fish will degenerate into ordinary fish, but their mutated hands and feet will still exist.
In this way, it has become an extravagant hope for the monks of the world to want to exterminate them all, and on the eve of every great war between good and evil, they will become the vanguard of the evil god forces due to the active followers of the evil gods. And whenever the battle between good and evil comes to an end, they will quickly disappear and degenerate, hiding in the mountains and rivers without a trace.
This time, if you find its traces in Jianping City, it means that there are evil god believers who want to make trouble here. Thinking of this, Bao Shan couldn't help but recall what Senior Brother Chang Yunbai had done, wasn't it just in the Northern Wilderness to seal or directly destroy the evil god altar that was about to be revived, in the Seven Gates of Longzhou, the arrival of the battle between good and evil has become a consensus, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly, and it was even a little weird.
Bao Shan was shocked, and said in his heart: "Could it be that the Evil God Altar has been opened nearby?" Otherwise, where would the cultists of the evil gods have the ability to bring in so many evil forces to create Wukang fish? ”
He thought about it, he must tell the master about this matter and contact the mountain sect to ensure the safety of the people. At the same time, I also have to send a letter to the second senior brother, if I can persuade Luoyanmen to make his Cao Gang also help, then it will be even more stable. He jumped off the treasure ship, and in the eyes of ordinary people, he suddenly changed into a person in the sky, which was really a bit surprising. Fortunately, under the slight pressure of the treasure ship, no one ran to this place for a long time.
Hao Lianfeng is still drinking, even if he is the worst Ji Zibai, he is also building a foundation for cultivation, although he is older, it is not a problem to stay up for a few nights.
The three of them pushed the cups and changed the lamps, and walked in looking at Baoshan. That Xu Zi came to see Baoshan's spirit was introverted and his aura lingered, but he was a master of the same realm as him, and he couldn't help but sigh at the qualifications of the disciples of Xuanming Dao.
He hurriedly greeted: "It's Bao Xian's nephew, Master Hao praised you at every turn last night, come on, come on, eat wine with us." ”
Hao Lianfeng didn't say a word and only cared about drinking, but he was still choked by Ji Zibai, "Brother Xu, don't be too enthusiastic, Master Hao is very strict with his family and is very mean to his disciples, don't let Bao Xian's nephew get addicted for a while, but he has to go back to be punished and suffer." ”
Hao Lianfeng said angrily: "You old guy is endless, even if you don't provoke me, I won't say anything if I drink in vain." Shan'er, come and have a few drinks with your two uncles. ”
Bao Shan shook his head and said, "No need. ”
Hao Lianfeng stared, "What?" Don't give face to the two uncles? ”
Bao Shan was obviously overjoyed when he saw that Hao Lianfeng was obviously not drunk but was drunk, but he didn't know whether to say anything about Wu Kangyu and disturbed the interest of these old friends.
Ji Zibai just spread his hands and said to Xu Zi: "Look, you are bullying your own apprentice again." ”
Xu Zilai couldn't cry or laugh, but he didn't know if it was wrong or right to invite Baoshan.
Hao Lianfeng still knows his disciple, and when he sees that he wants to speak and stops, that is, he has something to say, and now he is his own person, but he doesn't have to see outside, so he said seriously: "What do you have to say?" ”
Bao Shan saw that the master asked, so he didn't hide it, and said, "The junior brothers and sisters went out to play last night and brought back a corpse for the disciple. ”
The three old men were stunned when they heard this, and Ji Zibai couldn't help but ask, "You Xuanming Dao disciples of this generation are so cruel?" Running around with the corpse, don't spoil my grandson. ”
Hao Lianfeng said with a smile: "Hmph, apart from your grandson, any of our family's disciples has come to Jianping City, and it must have been brought out by your grandson." ”
Bao Shan ignored the bickering between the two, and continued: "That's the corpse of a strange fish, with limbs, if the disciple didn't guess wrong, it should be a martial fish." ”
Hao Lianfeng frowned and was silent, as if he was thinking about something.
Xu Zilai is a loose cultivator, and he doesn't have a serious teacher, so he doesn't know some details of the battle between good and evil, but Ji Zibai knows a lot, and he exclaimed: "Isn't it the martial arts fish that often broke out before the revival of the evil god?" ”
"Exactly, I guess there must be an evil god cult in the vicinity, which is why the martial arts fish was born."
Hao Lianfeng said: "Some martial arts fish are nothing, we will inform the Mountain Sect to find a time to exterminate them, but I don't know what their scale is." Where are the four cubs? Where did they find the martial fish, I'm going to go and see. ”
Bao Shan said: "The four of them went out again, and they may be able to come back at noon." ”
"It's not in a hurry, you go to the Mountain Sect to inform you first, and when you know the location, you won't have to bother your fellow Mountain Sect and Xu Daoyou to have a look."
Bao Shan said: "You don't need to send a message to our sect, maybe you can let the Cao Gang also cooperate with us." ”
Ji Zibai immediately said: "No! ”
Hao Lianfeng's master and apprentice didn't know why, and asked, "Why not?" ”
"The Cao Gang often do water trading, if there is a Wukang fish, they should be the first to know, and they have not informed us about these merchants now, which proves that they are selfish, and it is not wise to cooperate with them."
Hao Lianfeng nodded and said: "That's true, Feiyanmen is mixed, the disciples are good and bad, but they may not be easy to communicate, the situation is still unclear, try not to contact them, but the news must be revealed, so as not to hurt people." ”
Ji Zibai said: "Then leave this matter to me, I can talk to them." Peers are light, this also applies to you big factions, I have seen how many curves and curves there are, it is troublesome, or go in the name of the family. ”
"Then please."
In a few words, a few people finalized the plan to act, and suddenly a somewhat puzzled voice sounded, it was Xu Zilai, who had been unable to insert his mouth, he asked: "Wait, what is Wukangyu, who can tell me." ”
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You Ziji and the four fled back to the river with difficulty, but Zhang Xingwen couldn't hold on and fell on the shore. Although he was the least affected of the three, after the fierce battle just now, coupled with the speed of his life, he also began to have gold stars in his eyes. After gently placing Yao Yi on the ground, he collapsed directly to the ground.
Ji Wenyi was also a little weak, mainly because the situation just now was too dangerous, and if he didn't have the protection of the canopy, he didn't want to get out of the encirclement. He put You Ziji down and found a place to sit and gasp.
The two of them were silent for a long time, just trying their best to recover their true qi, and no one knew when the pursuers would catch up.
And You Ziji and Yao Yi gradually came to their senses. After all, Yao Yi is already a peak cultivator of the Xuan Realm, and it is a matter of perception to communicate with heaven and earth, maybe after solving that array diagram, he can directly reach the limit of the Xuan Realm. Although she is still a little dizzy, her state is better than Zhang Xingwen. She sat cross-legged and began to run the exercises, combing the true qi in her body that had been disturbed by the Strange Fish Queen.
Zhang Xingwen also rested about the same, and when he saw Yao Yi meditating and practicing, he also began to sort out the true qi in his body.