When he saw the giant python's saliva dripping into the river, the swordsman couldn't help but be furious, and scolded, "Is this beast harming the common people?" and then raised his magic knife and slashed at the giant python. The python's body was thick and hard, and it was only half cut down with a knife, and then the knife man rose up again, cutting only a little skin and flesh connected, the head and body of the python were twisting, blood splashed, dyeing the surrounding snow and river water red, and a rich fishy smell spread.

The severed head twisted for a while, and did not move. The courtyard wall of the Tianxing Temple collapsed under the dying struggle of the giant python, and through the ruins, you can see that the bulging ground in the backyard of the small temple has been arched and cracked, and it turns out that under the uneven ground, it is the body of the giant python that is buried!

"Alas......" Hua Qingyu sighed, bent down, and picked up something very quickly, "This giant python is also being controlled, not taking the initiative to do evil, Brother Wu is too heavy." ”

The swordsman turned around, covered in snake blood: "Regardless of whether it is active or passive, the people of Shenyu Valley have all become like ghosts because of it, and it is always a disaster to keep it." Python deserves to die, and those who use python to do evil deserve even more!"

At this time, there was a sudden "clang" sound in the front yard. The swordsman turned back into the courtyard and jumped on the roof, only to see a man in Tsing Yi kicking open the front yard gate and rushing to Xianyun Hall with his sword. When the man caught a glimpse of the swordsman on the roof, he stopped, and when he saw that he was covered in blood, he jumped onto the roof without saying a word, and swung his sword at him. The swordsman only regarded it as a wicked person to avenge the giant python, and he also fought back with all his might, and the two went back and forth on the roof, and they fought inextricably.

However, the strength of the man in Tsing Yi is obviously much stronger than that of the swordsman, and after only a few dozen moves, the swordsman can't parry, and he has a lot of sword wounds on his body.

Fei Tukong and Hua Qingyu saw that the situation was not good, and stepped up to help in the fight. When the man in Tsing Yi saw that the other party was coming to help, he was still not afraid, and he was always at ease with one enemy and three enemies.

Fei Tukong and the swordsman are both at the four-elephant level, and looking at the kung fu of the man in Tsing Yi, he is at least above the sixth-level level. Hua Qingyu was knocked away by the fairy sword after just a few hits, so she withdrew from the battle circle and watched the three of them fight in the front yard. It didn't take long for the man in Tsing Yi to defeat the other two: Fei Tukong was kicked off the roof by him, and the swordsman was beaten to one knee with the fairy sword resting on his neck.

"Say, why do you want to do evil!" the man in Tsing Yi used a little force in his hand, and there was an additional wound on the knifeman's neck.

"Hmph! Eliminate harm for the people, it is right!" The knife man thought that the man in Tsing Yi was talking about killing the giant python.

"Eradicate harm for the people?" the man in Tsing Yi frowned, flipped the blade of his sword, and patted the swordsman with the blade of the sword, "Whose blood is on your body?"

"Of course it's that beast! We can't fight you, admit it, don't say much, if you want to kill or chop, listen to it, blink your eyes, it's not a hero!" The swordsman simply sat cross-legged on the roof, staring at the man in green clothes with a pair of red eyes.

"Brute?" the man in Tsing Yi looked behind the temple and could see the severed body of a giant python. He took the fairy sword away from the swordsman's neck and asked, "Did you kill the python?

"If we raised it, why should we kill it? its saliva dripped into the river, and it killed many people, and we are here to take revenge!" said the knifeman.

"Oh, it turned out to be a misunderstanding. The man in Tsing Yi hurriedly collected the fairy sword and leaned over to help the swordsman, "I thought you were the ones who did evil." ”

The swordsman slapped away the hand of the man in Tsing Yi and asked vigilantly, "Then who are you?"

The man in Tsing Yi said: "Like you, a warm-hearted person also wants to eliminate harm for the people. I've been here before you, and I've been staring at this little temple for days, just to catch the culprit. Today, I finally found footprints at the door, so I rushed in, but I didn't want to meet you. ”

The swordsman got up: "Is this true?"

"There is no lie. In Xia Li Lingshan, I have seen you. The man in Tsing Yi gave up his hand to the three of them.

Several people got off the roof and introduced themselves. Only then did Hua Qingyu and Fei Tukong know the full name of the swordsman, called Wu Daocai.

"Brother Wu, Fang is my recklessness, please forgive me. I have a good elixir here to cure sword wounds. Li Lingshan took out a medicine bottle.

Wu Daocai waved his hand: "Brother Li had no intention of killing me, he intended to capture me alive, so all he left behind was flesh and skin wounds, so it didn't matter." Brother Li's swordsmanship is outstanding, and he admires it. ”

Brother Wu praised it. Li Lingshan arched his hand and said, "Since we are like-minded, it is better to work together, we must catch the evil guy and seek justice for the innocent people of Shenyu Valley." ”

Speaking of this, Wu Daocai asked suspiciously: "Dare to ask Brother Li how did he know about the things in the Shenyu Valley? I have been guarding the Peony Collection, why have I never seen you?"

Li Lingshan replied: "There are many villages and towns in the Shenyu Valley, I entered the Peony Town from the north entrance of the valley, and after discovering the abnormality, I went straight to the source of the Tianxing River, but the peony set where Brother Wu is located is in the south of the valley, which is far away from the Peony Town. ”

As soon as he heard that Li Lingshan had come in from Gubeikou, Wu Dao just wanted to ask something, but he heard a noise of people outside the courtyard.

"Be careful, we're surrounded!" Li Lingshan stood beside the incense burner with his sword.

Several people dressed in gray and wearing hats walked into the courtyard with magic knives in their hands. They are dressed in a similar style, and each has a white five-petal flower embroidered on their chests.

The leader glanced at a few people in the courtyard, and finally his eyes fell on Wu Daocai, who was covered in blood. "Kill him for me!" the man ordered in a cold voice.

At the gate of the courtyard, a group of people rushed in and surrounded Wu Daocai, Li Lingshan made a move of "immortal guidance", flashed in front of Wu Daocai, and used his sword to open the magic knife of the person in front.

"Who are you?" asked Li Lingshan.

"Hmph, don't worry, you guys are also accomplices, and you'll all have to die in a while!" said the leader viciously.

"Are you here for that evil animal?" Li Lingshan had already guessed.

"I have cultivated that snake for a long time, and it is not easy to get to this fruit, but today you have killed it casually, how can I spare you? Brothers, chop the four of them into meat sauce and take them back to feed the dogs!" the man raised his arms and shouted, and his men rose up to attack. His words have already made it very clear, that python is what he raised.

When Wu Daocai saw the enemy, his blood was surging, he looked up to the sky and roared, picked up the knife and rolled into the pile of people. Li Lingshan hurriedly joined the battle circle to help him, and Fei Tukong did not leave Hua Qingyu an inch, after all, her strength was not strong.

That group of enemies is not a master, but there are also people at the Four Elephants and Five Elements level, at first they were frightened by Wu Daocai's fierce and vicious appearance, and they couldn't completely let go of their hands and feet, plus Li Lingshan's strength was not bad, and they fell behind for a while. The leader snorted dissatisfiedly, and beckoned the people who accompanied him to come up with him.

These two people were obviously much more powerful than the group of "rabble", one intercepted Wu Daocai, and the other cooperated with several other people to surround Li Lingshan. Wu Daocai, who was at the level of four elephants, was not an opponent, and he was quickly defeated and retreated to the base of the wall, and he also injured one arm; Li Lingshan tried his best to defeat the enemy, but he was still unable to break through. According to his estimates, the opponent should also be a six-level player, and it is basically hopeless to win this time.

"A dignified Liuhe-level master, he actually colluded with others and did things that harmed the people, and your conscience was eaten by dogs?" Li Lingshan scolded.

"You don't have to worry about my conscience, your 'conscience' will soon enter the dog's belly. The opponent smirked.

"If you hurt heaven and reason, everyone will be punished. Hua Qingyu said coldly.

The leader smiled contemptuously: "If your strength is not good, don't learn from others to fight grievances, the mind of an adult can be understood by other waste?"

Hua Qingyu's heart moved, it turned out that there were other black hands behind it!

"Hey, I think I heard someone say 'dog' or something. Suddenly there was a lazy voice from Zhu Yuanlai on the roof.

The leader was startled, there was no one in the room just now, where did this person come from?, "Who are you?" the leader asked.

"You don't care who I am, the one who said 'dog belly' just now, quickly slap yourself twice, and I'll leave you a whole corpse!"

The man who was fighting against Li Lingshan sneered: "Where did you get the miscellaneous, what a big breath!"

"Oh?" Zhu Yuanlai sat up, chuckled, and appeared in front of the man in a flash, before he came back to his senses, he slapped his hand back and forth, and in the blink of an eye, Zhu Yuanlai had already jumped back to the roof, looking at the group of overwhelmed villains in the courtyard playfully.

"Master!" the leader's heart sank.

"You don't want to do it yourself, I can only come in person. Zhu Yuanlai laughed.

The man's face was swollen like steamed buns, he pointed at Li Lingshan, and said as if aggrieved: "He also said the word 'dog' just now, why don't you fan him and fan me?" After speaking, he spat blood, and there were a few broken teeth mixed in it.

"Did he say it? I don't hear it, so it doesn't count. Anyway, I heard you say it when I got here. Zhu Yuan said, "Well, you said it again just now, are you a little conscious?"

The poor worm had to slap his red and swollen face twice, which was better than Zhu Yuan's own hands.

This group of people couldn't understand, why didn't this master who suddenly appeared allow others to mention the word "dog"?

"Well, it's obedient. That's it, I'm in a good mood today, uncle, and I don't want to take the initiative to kill. If you want to live, disappear from my sight. If you want to die, I don't mind giving you a ride. Zhu Yuanlai showed a bright shovel and poked it on the roof.

"Demon Clan!" the leader panicked, and hurriedly fled from the Heavenly Star Temple with his subordinates.

Zhu Yuanlai collected his weapon and jumped into the courtyard. Before Li Lingshan and Wu Daocai bowed down to thank him, he walked up to Hua Qingyu and asked, "Why don't you let me kill them?"

"Didn't you hear what the leader said? There are other masterminds behind this, and they are just a gang of errands. Keep it alive so that you can follow the vine and touch the melon. Hua Qingyu said, "Why don't you hurry up and follow?"

Zhu Yuanlai said haha: "Don't worry, those guys will be able to catch up soon if they let them run an hour early." I'll go!" With that, he rushed out of the courtyard like lightning. Li Lingshan only felt a cool breeze blowing beside him, and when he turned around, he couldn't even see the figure, only faintly seeing the snow and dust flying slightly in the distance.

"What a master!" Li Lingshan couldn't help but clap his hands in admiration.

Wu Daocai looked at Hua Qingyu in disbelief: "That master is your friend?"

"Sort of. Hua Qingyu nodded.

Wu Daocai asked curiously, "But...... How do I feel like he's following your orders?"

"That person is a bodyguard hired by Qingyu's sister for money. "Fei Tukong helped to come to Yuan, "After all, her strength is not high, and her master has made a lot of enemies, and it is not safe to walk the rivers and lakes, so hire a master to protect Zhou Quan." ”

"But he's a demon clan!" Li Lingshan wondered.

"I was commissioned to hang it in the machine elephant gate, after all, there is no rule in the machine elephant gate that the demon clan can't accept the commission. Hua Qingyu had an idea, so it made sense.

"I see. Wu Daocai and Li Lingshan nodded in unison. The two of them only thought that Zhu Yuanlai had been secretly protecting Hua Qingyu.

Li Lingshan said again: "Miss Qingyu, now that you have instructed that master to track down, what about your safety?"

Hua Qingyu smiled: "Am I not with you?"

Wu Daocai suddenly remembered what he hadn't had time to ask before, and hurriedly inquired from Li Lingshan: "Brother Li, you just said that you entered the valley from the north entrance of Shenyu Valley, I don't know what the situation outside the valley is?

Did the people in the villages and towns along the tour and the prefectures and cities around Dajing Lake be poisoned?"

"Nope. The situation in the lower reaches of the Tianxing River is quite stable. But ......" Li Lingshan wanted to speak and stopped.

"But what?"

"Alas, the people of several small villages outside the mouth of the valley have been slaughtered, and I guess this must have something to do with the poison in the river. Li Lingshan said an amazing thing.

"What? Slaughter Village? Who did it? This kind of villain, when a thousand knives are cut!" Fei Tukong waved his fist excitedly

Li Lingshan glanced at him with complicated eyes: "It's an order from the Red Emperor." ”

Fei Tukong was stunned and speechless for a while.

Hua Qingyu frowned, she really didn't have a good impression of the person of the Red Emperor: "There must be a reason for ordering the slaughter of the village, right?"

"Here's the blame. No one knows the reason why the Chi Emperor ordered the slaughter of the village, presumably he deliberately ordered the news to be blocked. It was for the purpose of investigating this matter that I entered the Valley of Divine Jade from the North Exit. When I found out about the tragic situation of the people in the valley, I could roughly guess why the Red Emperor slaughtered the village. Li Lingshan said.

"No, there are still things that don't make sense. Wu Daocai carefully analyzed, "How did the Red Emperor know about the poisoning? Why did he only order the slaughter of a few villages close to the Shenyu Valley? Also, why didn't the people in other towns get poisoned?"

Several strange questions seem to point the finger at the same person - the Red Emperor Ji Yuqiu.

Hua Qingyu speculated: "Most of the strange poison is related to the Red Emperor, so it can be explained." ”

The other three were very surprised by Hua Qingyu's inference, would the Chixi Emperor Ji Yuqiu really have anything to do with this kind of hurtful thing?

Fei Tu thought about it, but still had doubts: "If it is really as you said, the Red Emperor knows that the water is poisonous, then he doesn't have to slaughter those villages at all! Anyway, it's not a plague, so don't worry about spreading." ”

"Who said he ordered the slaughter of the village to prevent the spread of the disease?" Hua Qingyu asked rhetorically.

"That'...... What else could that be for?"

Li Lingshan suddenly realized: "In order to block the news! Don't let others know that there is such an evil poison in the world, and don't let others know the tragic situation after being poisoned." Since several of the villages that were slaughtered were near the mouth of the Shenyu Valley, the others did not dare to approach there anymore. In this way, no one in the outside world knows about the situation in the Divine Jade Valley at all!"

"However, as an emperor, why would he poison and kill the people of the Red Domain?" Fei Tukong shook his head and sighed.

Hua Qingyu said: "I only said that he had something to do with this matter, but not necessarily the initiator." ”

"Definitely. Li Lingshan nodded, "I see that the gang just now was dressed similarly, and they all had a small white flower on their chests, which seemed to be some gang." This matter also needs to be investigated. ”

"Okay, even if the slaughter of the village can be explained, then why hasn't anyone been poisoned in other towns?" Wu Daocai was puzzled.

Hua Qingyu thought for a moment and said a reasonable guess: "Maybe the person who poisoned him just wanted to poison the people in the Shenyu Valley, so he put an antidote somewhere in the lower reaches of the Tianxing River, so the people in other towns were fine." ”

Fei Tukong didn't believe it: "Could it be that he has an enmity with the people of the Divine Jade Valley?"

"This person is not poisoned directly, but the raw materials are placed in the diversion, and only after the merger will they turn into strange poisons...... So, it seems that he is experimenting with the effects of this strange poison?, I don't think about anything else, if my guess is correct, it is a chance for us. Hua Qingyu said, "Since there is an antidote somewhere downstream, we can take some, and when I study it thoroughly, we can refine it in large quantities." In this way, I also have to travel thousands of miles to find the seniors to help. ”

"Then let's leave quickly!" Wu Daocai was in a hurry to leave.

"Wait, although the python is dead, there is no guarantee that the second one will not appear. The other two tributaries of the Tianxing River must also have other raw materials of strange poison, and they should be destroyed together. In this way, our soldiers were divided into two routes, Brother Li and Brother Wu went downstream to find the antidote, and Brother Fei and I continued to go to other streams to find the raw materials of the strange poison.

Wu Daocai was slightly embarrassed: "Girl, even if the antidote is in front of us, we may not be able to recognize it!"

"It's easy to do. Hua Qingyu took out a large paper bag from the storage magic weapon, "It's full of poison detection powder, you only need to sprinkle some in the river water at intervals, and you can judge the location of the antidote according to the color of the water." The raw materials of the strange poison cannot be detected, and can only be identified by experience, so I must go and find it myself. ”

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