Chapter 6 Praying Mantis Catches Cicadas
Just as the old man and Cao Dong were tense, Li Muzhi on the side sighed slightly in his heart, and now that he doesn't come out to be a peacemaker, he will really have to fight. So, he stretched out his hand and pressed it on Cao Dong's shoulder and said, "Martial Master, this is your fault." There are no wonders in the world, and the old gentleman didn't say that the empty valley Youlan must only be found in Dongsheng Shenzhou. This old-timer is a lover of personality, and he will not play some indiscriminate means. After that, Li Muzhi clenched his fists slightly and apologized to the old man.
Seeing this, the grandfather no longer had to pay attention to the unforgiving people, and at the same time hugged his fists and saluted back: "This son is still knowledgeable." I don't know if this herb is what you call the old man of the empty valley, but the old man took you to that cave, yes or no, you can confirm for yourself. ”
After that, the eldest grandfather rubbed Mo Shiping's head and said to him more: "If you have the opportunity in the future, you still have to study more, otherwise, it will be bad to be like a big boss." ”
Mo Shiping nodded vigorously and breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, it didn't become the worst situation, although the eldest grandfather is also in the martial arts realm, but after all, he is old, and he is afraid that he will be less strong, and he will definitely suffer, so Mo Shiping swallowed his anger and apologized. However, the last sentence of the grandfather, the rules of life, he also secretly remembered it in his heart.
Mo Shiping glanced at Cao Dong vaguely, and subconsciously clenched his fists.
Mo Shiping remembered two sentences he had read in the book, one of which was called: When a gentleman is a gentleman, he is a gentleman, and when he is extended, he is extended. Another sentence is called: A gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late.
Although Cao Dong was reckless, he was not so bad that he lost his mind. Since Li Muzhidu said so, he naturally had to go down the steps.
So, Cao Dong took a small step forward, hugged his fists and apologized: "Senior, Lao Cao is a rough man, he is reckless in doing things, and he still looks forward to Haihan." ”
The eldest grandfather nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then we'll reveal it." It's not too far from the cave, so we're hurrying to avoid long nights. ”
Cao Dong replied with a smile again: "What the old-timers said is extremely true, if there is really such a beast that has become a spirit, we have to abandon modesty and cooperate together." ”
When Li Muzhi in the rear heard this, he asked, "Martial Master, this beast that has become a spirit is so powerful?"
Cao Dong nodded and said eloquently: "Generally speaking, all the spirits in the world can be cultivated, and people are only one of all spirits, but they are born with spiritual wisdom. But this beast can also embark on the path of cultivation through various opportunities, when they cultivate to the third realm equivalent to the martial arts realm, they will give birth to spiritual wisdom, can think, know how to seek good fortune and avoid evil, this is the fierce beast that has become a spirit, also called a demon. Moreover, this beast is fierce by nature, has a strong physique, and fights in the same realm, and often people will suffer. So please be careful. ”
Li Muzhi nodded, he wasn't too worried, after all, there was still a black-robed national teacher Wei Li standing behind him.
Wei Li, the national teacher who walked at the back, had been silent, and he really couldn't be interested in persuading these petty fights, as long as everything was still in the birdcage he had demarcated, then they would have to go.
After listening to what Cao Dong said, although Wei Li was still silent, he was sarcastic in his heart, he had never seen the world in the end, beasts are just defined by people, and people are also used to thinking of themselves as the masters of all beasts, so they naturally look down on beasts, for example, if people practice, they are called cultivating immortals, and beasts are called turning demons. However, some so-called beasts, not to mention innate intelligence, are born comparable to the three realms of martial arts, which is simply a perfect fit for the path of cultivation.
Wei Li thought of this and glanced at the north, where it was called the Demon Clan, and in the bloody battle between the two clans more than ten years ago, didn't the Human Race suffer a big loss?
The group of five people walked along the mountain road for a while, and suddenly, the leading grandfather stopped, he pointed to a place in front of him where the fog was unusually thick, lowered his voice and said softly: "That is the cave that the old man found back then." ”
Cao Dong stepped forward with an arrow, side by side with the old man, and carefully observed the direction pointed by the old man, although the fog was hazy, but the martial arts facial features of the martial arts realm were already extremely sensitive, very human, vaguely he could see a small cave. Then Cao Dong sniffed his nose, turned his head to Li Muzhi and said, "Childe, there is indeed a cave, and you can smell a subtle fragrance, I think there are indeed medicinal herbs in it." ”
Li Muzhi nodded, his eyes were also wide, but he could only see a hazy mist, and asked with some disappointment: "Martial Master, have you ever seen a fierce beast that has become a refinement?"
Cao Dong shook his head and replied: "No, this beast that has become a spirit is a demon, and it knows how to hide its body, and if you don't come forward, you won't be able to know. ”
Then, Cao Dong said to the old man beside him: "Senior, without further ado, why don't we go and explore it now?"
"Hmm. The grandfather nodded lightly in response.
Mo Shiping's eyes looked at the grandfather, full of worry, the matter has come to this point, he has to send an arrow on the string, and he can't do anything, so he can only say softly: "Grandpa, be careful in everything." ”
Grandpa smiled, rubbed Mo Shiping's head, and comforted: "It's okay, grandpa has practiced martial arts, and his body is still strong." ”
After that, he and Cao Dong went one after the other, and quietly touched the cave.
Mo Shiping looked at his grandfather's back and gradually drifted away in the mist, and a sense of powerlessness rose in his heart, just like when he went out alone for the first time to make a living, he could only pick a thin layer of wild vegetables for half a day, just like when he desperately walked through the town in the hope that an inn could buy wild vegetables. Back then, there was still a shopkeeper Li who made a fortune, but now?
The boy, who looked darker and darker in the mist, clenched his fists tightly.
"Is it true that in this world, who is strong and who is just? If I were strong enough, I wouldn't have so much to do. ”
Martial artist Cao Dong and the old man gradually came to a place less than ten zhang away from the cave, where the outline of the cave could already be clearly seen.
Cao Dong was the first to stop, he looked around vigilantly, and there was nothing unusual, which made him frown.
Cao Dong tried his best to lower his voice and said: "Senior, there should really be a beast that has become a fine here, I think the cultivation is not low, I have hidden my body, I haven't been able to find any clues at such a distance, it seems that we have to be ready to fight at any time." ”
The eldest grandfather nodded and agreed with Cao Dong's statement.
Cao Dong pondered in his heart, after all, he was in the other party's territory, maybe he had already been discovered. Instead of being beaten passively like this, it is better to take the initiative to attack, this cave is close at hand, and you have to bite the bullet to say anything. Thinking of this, Cao Dong spoke again: "Let me go up first to find out the truth, senior, please help me press the formation." ”
"Good. If a wild beast sneaks up on you, the old man will fight you back and forth. The grandfather agreed.
So, instead of carefully reining in his breath, Cao Dong accelerated his pace and strode towards the cave. The soldiers said that once they are vigorous, they will decline again, and they will be exhausted in three times. The same is true for Takefu, whose momentum is particularly crucial. When the two sides are evenly matched, the winner is often the one who has the first hand to gain momentum.
Just when Cao Dong was less than three feet away from the cave, a vision was born. In the darkness on the side, a black shadow suddenly appeared, extremely fast, and rushed straight towards Cao Dong.
Cao Dong was obviously prepared, and directly raised his right arm and swung his fist towards the black shadow.
"Bah!", Cao Dong took a step back, and the black shadow was punched a few meters away. Cao Dong fixed his eyes and saw that this black shadow turned out to be a fierce wolf with a large body.
"What a wolf demon, finally willing to show up. Cao Dong grinned, not caring about his bloodied right arm.
It turned out that in the short confrontation, this wolf demon calculated that Cao Dong would punch, and when he was about to fight, he deliberately turned sideways and cut Cao Dong's right arm with a sharp claw, and although he was also hit by a punch, he was obviously not tight because of his rough skin and thick flesh.
Immediately afterwards, Cao Dong took the lead in attacking, and an arrow stepped forward, the speed was much faster than before, and he came to the wolf demon in an instant, and the wolf demon was caught off guard. Cao Dong pressed the wolf demon's head with his left hand, smashed it to the ground, clenched his fist with his right hand, and used a very common fist technique among martial artists - inch fist. The right fist rained down on the wolf demon's head, powerful but extremely fast.
"Whew!" the wolf demon was in pain, howled angrily, and slapped Cao Dong away with a claw.
Cao Dong rolled on the ground and unloaded some strength. Cao Dong frowned, and there was a hot pain behind him, and he didn't need to look at it to know that it must have been peeled open.
Cao Dong sighed lightly, thinking in his heart that this wolf demon was clearly the same as himself, and he was also one step away from these four realms, so it would not be good to continue to fight like this.
The wolf demon's eyes were red, and wisps of blood dripped down his hair. Fang was careless, and was successfully attacked by this person.
"Whew!" the wolf demon howled angrily again, and his four claws flew towards Cao Dongfei, wanting to disembowel the person in front of him in one fell swoop.
Cao Dong naturally didn't dare to touch it head-on, but he quickly retreated, and after retreating a few steps, he suddenly shouted: "Seniors help me!"
As soon as the words fell, a figure flashed beside Cao Dong, and a whip kick hit the abdomen of the wolf demon that was rushing towards Cao Dong, and then quickly received an elbow blow and smashed it on the wolf demon's head with unmistakable accuracy, smashing it to the ground, and dust flew in an instant.
Cao Dong naturally would not let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, stepped forward, clenched his fists with both hands, and opened the bow left and right, so that all the fists and fists fell on the wolf demon's head.
In a moment, after about thirty or forty punches, Cao Dong was so tired that he sat on the ground, while the wolf demon in front of him was bleeding and motionless, and the blood stained a large area of mountains red along his hair.
The grandfather bent down, stretched out his index finger, and probed the tip of the wolf demon's nose to confirm that he was no longer breathing.
The eldest grandfather nodded towards Cao Dong and said, "It seems that this evil animal has died of exhaustion." ”
Cao Dong stood up, glanced at the wolf demon, and hugged his fists in thanks: "Thanks to the old-timers' action, otherwise I would have suffered a lot." I didn't expect that although the old-timers were older, they still had such good skills, and it was Lao Cao who was reckless before. ”
The eldest grandfather responded with a fist, and at the same time turned to look at the rear, and said, "Since you promised to press the formation, you naturally don't dare to hide it." Martial Master Cao, let's hurry up and bring the juniors to this cave to explore, so as not to have an accident later. ”
Cao Dong nodded, this wolf demon is enough for him to drink a pot, and now although his injury is only a flesh injury, it will still be very troublesome if it drags on for a long time, so it is naturally best to retrieve the empty valley Youlan and go back to heal the injury earlier.
At this time, Mo Shiping, who was still waiting on the mountain road behind, was pacing back and forth sadly, he was really worried that he didn't follow his grandfather, but he also knew that if he went, he would only drag the oil bottle. And Li Muzhi on the side waited calmly, not worried at all, Cao Dong was also the head of the forbidden army, how could he not have two brushes, besides, with the national teacher Wei Li, it was the biggest talisman.
At this time, Wei Li, the national teacher in a black robe, frowned, and said, "Childe, followed by a few flies who want to get something for nothing, let me go and come." ”
Li Muzhi's expression showed a little surprise, then he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait here, the old gentleman pays attention to safety." "It seems that there are really people in this tavern who have bad intentions. Going up the mountain to hunt, sure enough, the most important thing to guard against is not only wild beasts, but also people's hearts.
Seeing this, the national teacher Wei Li said no more and turned to leave.
Coincidentally, as soon as Wei Li left on the front foot, the grandfather and Cao Dong, whose clothes were soaked in blood, rushed back with the back foot.
Mo Shiping saw that his grandfather was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief, and the worries in his heart were finally put down.
Li Muzhi saw that Cao Dong was covered in blood and was quite embarrassed, but his mental state was not bad, so he asked with concern: "Martial Master, is there any big problem?"
Cao Dong shook off some of the blood on his right arm, and replied with a smile: "Let Gongzi see it, it's just some flesh wounds, and Lao Cao's skin is rough and thick, so it's naturally okay." ”
Cao Dong glanced around, but didn't see the national teacher Wei Li, so he asked, "Childe, I don't know where the old man has gone?" It turned out that there was a wolf demon in this cave who had become a spirit, but fortunately it was solved with the cooperation of my predecessors. ”
After that, Cao Dong gently hugged his fist towards the eldest grandfather again.
Li Muzhi looked behind him, thought for a moment and said: "The old gentleman said to deal with a few flies that don't know whether they are alive or dead, and I don't know when I will come back, since the martial artist said that there is no danger ahead, we will set off first, and with the old gentleman's foot strength, we will naturally catch up." ”
Cao Dong was originally reluctant to wait, but since Li Muzhi had this proposal, he would definitely not refuse. And the eldest grandfather and Mo Shiping naturally won't.
So, the group of four finalized and decided to leave for the cave.
And behind them, Wei Li, who was dressed in a black robe, easily slapped to death four dead hunters. These hunters have indeed been following each other since the "Meet Again" tavern. And their original plan was to follow this stranger who seemed to have an unusual identity and came from afar, to see if they could do some mantis cicada catchers, and the yellow finch would be in the future.
All of them had this self-confidence because three of them were martial artists of the third realm in the martial arts realm, and the remaining one was even a four-realm immortal cultivator who had already stepped out of the martial arts realm. This lineup is already a top-notch hunting lineup, specifically for hunting beasts that have become elites.
National Teacher Wei Li glanced at the four corpses under his feet, and said to himself: "It's really sad, I didn't know that I became a pawn until I died, and I thought that I died because of my own greed." ”
Wei Li turned around and went back, feeling a little unhappy, because he remembered that he had almost become a pawn without even knowing it.
"The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, and I don't know the slingshot under the tree. ”
"It's just a caged bird. ”