Chapter 26: The Verge

Fulong Town ushered in the first rays of sunshine in the morning, and also ushered in unprecedented blood light.

Before he arrived in the town, Xiao Qianye smelled the strong smell of blood wafting from the wind, and the road from the military camp to the town was full of wandering ice corpses, one by one seeing him was like a fierce beast seeing food and baring its teeth to pounce, the speed of the sword spirit was faster and more ruthless than one move, but even if it was cut off by the waist, the broken bones would quickly reassemble and attack him one after another.

The tributaries of the glacier faded from their former clarity, the power of the blood curse stirred up strange ripples in the water, and the necromancers were awakened and roared out.

Ever since he had been attacked by a mother spider in the city the night before, he had people get a special medicine from the army and spread it in the city, but what he never expected was that the opponent who would come back a day later was not those elusive bugs, but the walking corpse-like wreckage and dead spirits that came out of the snow!

Finally rushed to Fulong Town, Xiao Qianye was shocked by the excessively deserted environment, and couldn't help but slow down his pace - the city gate was originally guarded by soldiers from the military pavilion, but now the ancient gate is open, and it looks empty from a distance, and the Fulong Town in front of him is not like a rare big town on the snowfield, but more like a silent dead city.

He strode forward with his sword spirit in his hand, his eyes flickering over the houses on both sides in disbelief, and when he looked at the last teahouse at the end of a hundred meters away, the unlocked door squeaked and shook in the morning light, and the sound of the machinery made him creepy, and soon he smelled the familiar fishy sweetness again.

Continuing to investigate into the city, as he expected, this row of rooms was empty, strangely, there seemed to be no signs of a fight here, the breakfast that had just been served was still steaming, and the buns that had been bitten were well placed in the dishes, but all disappeared from the guys to the guests.

Xiao Qianye approached suspiciously, and the sparse morning sunlight shone in through the open window, reflecting the faint specks on the wallsβ€”bloodstains...... Although it was only the size of a grain of rice, it was indeed a freshly stained bloodstain.

"It's a blood curse." Xiao Yibai obviously understood what the current abnormality was going on better than him, and followed closely, "Any spell will make a very big difference depending on the level of the caster's practice, the entry of the blood spell is to take the blood from the body of the living person, and then control it to become a puppet, the stronger the ability, the stronger the control, the more blood can be absorbed, there are only very small blood stains on the wall here, it should be a beginner, quickly find someone, and you can save it." ”

Xiao Qianye didn't have time to think about why the eldest brother was so familiar with the forbidden technique of the White Sect, the cold wind blew in from outside, shaking the candle flame on the table, and the sword spirit in his hand also let out a low long groan at this moment, and the tip of the sword actively deflected and pointed in another direction, as if to remind the master that the danger was there.

Xiao Qianye's eyes flashed with a bright light, and the sword spirit itself would have a repulsive reaction to the evil thing, and he immediately followed the guidance of the sword spirit and rushed over.

In Fulong Town, in the east of the city, all the people knelt on the ground reverently, staring up at a dancing person on the high wall of the east gate, goose feathers and heavy snow falling from the sky, and at her fingertips transformed into gorgeous red lotus flowers that fell on people's foreheads, and then merged into the body.

The beating of the sword spirit was even more violent, and the woman on the high wall obviously noticed the two people who swept over like the wind, the snowflakes in the sky spun rapidly, and the red lotus bloomed with a dazzling brilliance, and at the same time, the breath of the people kneeling on the ground gradually became heavier, and even their hearts could be seen rising and falling, but everyone's eyes were dull, and with the dancing of the woman, they staggered to their feet, and turned their heads to stare at the two of them in unison.

Suddenly stared at by thousands of strange eyes, even Xiao Yibai, who was conceited and had a high talent for spells, was shocked into a cold sweat and pulled his younger brother back to his side for the first time, he frowned and looked at the woman on the city wall, and said in disbelief: "Is she the great commander of the White Sect?" How is it possible, she is not Cen Qing! ”

"The Great Priest?" Xiao Qianye blurted out suspiciously, the second monk was confused, Xiao Yibai pointed to the other party's white feather weaving suit and quickly explained, "Only the sect leader and the chief priest can wear that kind of feather weaving suit, and they are generally only worn on extremely important days, such as the Snow Lake Festival, such as the head of the sect, or ......."

Xiao Yibai chuckled in his heart, a dangerous thought ran into his mind uncontrollably, such an ominous speculation made him break out in a cold sweat, until there was really a smell of corruption in the wind, and he trembled slightly before continuing to add: "Or when she is buried after death, the current female secretary of the White Sect is Cen Qing, and the previous one is Yun Qiushui and Xie Lanyan during the reign of King Jialan. But the female priest during the civil strife is still in a state of dementia and cannot recover, and her age is completely incorrect, is this person in front of her, is it Bi Rui who killed each other with the leader of the Nanlian Sect? But that was thirty years ago, how could she crawl out of the grave and control the people of the city with a blood curse? ”

"Thirty years ago...... Xiao Qianye's fingers holding the sword moved slightly, "The White Sect was in civil strife, and when the traitors stole the "Soul Splitting Dafa"? ”

"Hmm." Xiao Yibai nodded, worriedly analyzing the strange situation in front of him, "I heard that Birui's own cultivation is not very high in the past dynasties, and she should be majoring in another "Bone Curse", but unless the "Bone Curse" is cultivated to the limit, most spellcasters can only control the dead wreckage, her strength is not so strong, it is impossible to kill the people in the city, so she can only forcibly take blood with the "Blood Curse" that she is not good at, and call everyone here." ”

"But she's a dead man, dead for thirty years!" Xiao Qianye, who originally knew nothing about spells, obviously had a hard time understanding this kind of thing, Xiao Yibai stared at the white clothes flying on the high wall, gritted his teeth and whispered, "She is also a puppet controlled by others." ”

Hearing the eldest brother's words, Xiao Qianye calmed down instead, and the sword spirit outlined an overwhelming sword aura under his palm: "Anyway, just kill her, right?" ”

Xiao Yibai thought seriously and was worried: "Use spells to control the puppets, and then let the puppets cast spells to control ordinary people, this is not something ordinary people can do, killing her should save the people in the city, but can you force out the people behind her...... Hard. ”

Before the words fell, Xiao Qianye had already swept to the city wall like a white rainbow through the sun, and with a slight mention of the sword, countless mottled sword shadows poured down like a waterfall, instantly shattering the red lotus flying in the sky.

Bi Rui's eyes are a hollow gray-white, she directly raised her hand to block the slash of the first sword with her arm, the body that has been dead for thirty years has an incomprehensible hardness, and the friction with the sword body makes a piercing sound, but it makes Xiao Qianye feel that his wrist is tightened and erupts into a violent spasm, he holds his breath and adjusts the angle, and the second type of "sword soul" of the seven-turn sword style has sprung up directly from her feet one by one, such a dense attack makes her unavoidable, and she was firmly imprisoned in place in an instant and unable to move.

Xiao Qianye didn't dare to act rashly, he was sensing the every move of the enemy in front of him through his sword qi, at such a close distance, he could finally confirm that his eldest brother's guess was right - this was a dead man, his face should have been artificially repaired, and he could still see the thin knife edge on the edge of his cheek, but through the gorgeous white feather weaving suit, he had already seen the body that had been eaten by forbidden techniques inside from the placket of the clothes that had been cut by the sword qi, and the flesh and blood that had not yet completely rotted emitted a disgusting stench.

Suddenly, he inexplicably remembered some of the past - when he was still in the division, once he was pulled by his sister Yunxiao, sitting on the back of a big bird, and sneaked into a hidden valley to play, where there lived a group of mountain ghosts who love to drink and brag and love to join in the fun, although Kunlun Mountain also subdues demons and destroys demons, but it is quite merciful to this kind of little guy who is not harmful, they are surrounded by a group of dwarfs in the center, enthusiastically pulling the two to sing mountain songs, and soon the expression of Yunxiao, who is happy to play with them, becomes confused, The whole body was hot and collapsed in his arms, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly jumped back to the big bird's back with her in his arms and returned to the division.

Afterwards, they were scolded by the master in charge, saying that it was not an ordinary mountain ghost at all, but a man-eating mountain ghost, and they were bewitched by the mountain ghost's spell and lost consciousness, and it almost became someone's meal!

Thinking of the person who was sleeping in his arms, the dead gray that made his heart ache appeared on that bright face for the first time, Xiao Qianye's heart was suddenly stung, and since then, he who is not good at spells has hated this kind of thing even more from the bottom of his heart, even in the face of his twin brother, he has reminded him several times, hoping that his brother will not indulge in spells again, so as not to cause unpredictable consequences.

He didn't have a deep understanding of the dusty history of the White Sect thirty years ago, but he could feel the bloodshed of that year from the crushed heart in the chest in front of him.

The short stalemate was actually very dangerous, because he found that the power of his sword qi alone could not kill this woman at all, but even if the other party was firmly controlled by him, he couldn't even take a step closer and cut off the head.

The woman showed a smile instead, her slender hand moved slightly, and all the people in the city who were controlled by the blood curse also shook and surrounded the city wall, and the wooden expressionless face leaned up with all her might, like a slow zombie, and tried to climb up with her fingers against the wall, and soon the wall below was scratched out of bright red finger marks, and the person stepped on the person's shoulder and slowly climbed, like a wriggling human ladder, and saw that those bloody hands could grab his ankle.

Xiao Qianye immediately changed his position, but as soon as he moved, the sword qi that imprisoned the woman also dispersed, he avoided a blow in the air, and a backhand sword pierced the opponent's shoulder, but the too hard body made him use all his strength to just cut off some flesh, and the sword blade was quickly dodged by the other party before it reached his throat, she chucked a strange smile, touched the half-cut shoulder with her fingers, and put the bloodstained fingers in her mouth to suck it, and suddenly spoke: "It's really amazing, The thirty men on patrol in the morning are not as good as you! ”

It was this fluttering sentence that made his wrist, which was already ready to turn again, to stop, Fulong Town was protected by the military pavilion, because the town was small, and every four hours there would be a team of thirty people patrolling around the city to disperse beasts and monsters.

That smiling expression made him feel chills all over his body, and he instinctively asked, "What happened to the patrolman?" ”

Although she looked like a woman, her voice was exactly the same as the person who attacked him with a forbidden technique that night, and she giggled: "It's okay, they should all be in that hospital in the south of the city now, did your brother see a doctor there yesterday, and also used his spiritual power to help a comatose little girl stabilize the trauma in her brain?" In order not to let her worsen, he used his spiritual power to light a few special lamps in the pharmacy, which is really amazing, just a little spiritual residue makes it impossible for me to get close, I originally wanted to directly catch them and give them to you as a greeting gift, but when I passed by the clinic, the blood curse was invalid, and I was so angry that I couldn't do it, so I took the people to vent their anger. ”

The woman laughed slyly, and said in a weird manner: "If you want to blame your brother, the people of the whole city will be exchanged for thirty soldiers of the military pavilion...... Is it worth it? Hehe, if this thing gets out, the military pavilion will be scolded to death, right? ”

Xiao Qianye's eyes were condensed like needles, and he replied indifferently: "No." ”

"Huh?" The woman tilted her head and made a crisp "click" sound because of the stiffness of her body, "Why not?" ”

"Because you don't have a chance to get this out there." Xiao Qianye replied with a sneer, the sword spirit stuck to the other party's throat at the moment when the tail note landed, she didn't see where the sword came out of nowhere, and in what way it suddenly approached, and then saw the movement clearly, a deadly chill swept across her throat.

The body was still in a standing position, the head had been smashed off the city wall, the head with an upward face showed a surprised expression, and the eyes were still staring at the man looking down on him, and his mouth kept muttering: "So fast...... When and when did you come over? ”

In the next second, she saw the white sword spirit falling vertically from the sky, piercing her forehead, and the woman who had been dead for thirty years died again.

The people surrounding the city wall fell to the ground in unison, the smell of blood was slowly blown away by the wind, and it took a while to wake up one after another, looking around in confusion, completely unaware of what they were doing at the moment.

Xiao Yibai's brows tightened, he looked motionless, but in fact, he had secretly traced the source of this puppet's spiritual power, which actually came from the Thousand Machines Palace?