Chapter 42: A Lot of Footprints
"Uncle Shi, you're not afraid of demon hunting envoys......"
Uncle Fu Baolong said: "That young man's arrogance and arrogance will die sooner or later, and there is no backing of the Loose Cultivation Alliance, which is a deception. Senior brother just sent him on the road early, and such a person who doesn't understand the rules of the immortal cultivation realm will end up like this. ”
When I think about it carefully, if I have a backer, I have to consider the face of the backer, and wouldn't it be a disgrace to my own face in the face of the Scattered Cultivation Alliance by fooling other monks? The two senior uncles are very experienced, and the decisions they make naturally have their absolute certainty and reasoning. Looking at the methods of the ghost and ugly uncle, it is estimated that there will not even be any clues to the hair, and it is impossible for the demon hunter to find trouble.
The sinister nature of cultivating immortals is like this, if you are not careful, your life will be gone, and the power of life and death is often in the hands of others.
Leaving Lotus Town, we all the way to the south. But after five hours of tracking, he still couldn't catch up. Could it be that Wang Laoqi's combat effectiveness is not high, he is only good at tracking, and he can't control the two masters, Yu Yunxi is the early stage of Jindan's cultivation, and Gao Qiang is a fake Dan cultivation. Or do that mothers and high spirits have special flying puppets?
Time was pressing, Uncle Ghost took out a pair of boots, with palm-sized wings on both sides of the boots, and put them on his feet, and said, "I'll chase first, your puppet horse is too slow." ”
Uncle Ghost and Ugly took out two high-grade spirit stones, pressed them on the two boots, the shoes flashed brightly, and Uncle Ghost and Ugly said something in his mouth, and the person disappeared after a while.
"What's that?" I asked Fortron.
Fu Baolong said with a smile: "Your second uncle's divine treasure, Shenxing boots." Next, as long as there is a fork in the road, you will go to find Xiaoyu, let's hurry up and keep up, I don't have such a fast magic treasure. ”
I secretly said that Yi Shumen is really wealthy, everyone has a divine treasure, and I don't know if Master Kong knows if he has a divine treasure, and I have never seen Master use it. The ghost ugly this god boot treasure pretending to be a ghost is really easy to use, it seems that the monk has a lot of divine treasures according to his own needs to find a way to obtain.
After chasing it further, I saw a small silverfish at every fork in the road, and after four more forks, I suddenly found that the small silverfish had changed.
"Uncle Shi, I just saw a small silver fish painted on the stone on the side of the road, but the depth of the moment doesn't look like it was drawn by a person, what's going on?"
"I'll take a look!" Fu Baolong jumped out of the carriage and came to a boulder, looked at it carefully for a while, and then touched it again, "Sure enough, the strokes are of different thicknesses, this silverfish is only half drawn, and the second half is painted by your second uncle." ”
Fu Baolong looked around and said, "The footprints in front of this boulder are messy, and there are sparsely populated here, if Wang Laoqi and your second uncle have stayed here, then whose extra footprints are they?"
When I looked closely, there were indeed some footprints on the ground, which were messy and messy, and I didn't know how many people there were.
In any case, they had to continue the pursuit, and after another half an hour they came to a fork in the road, this time closer to the cliff, and it seemed that the pair of wild mandarin ducks were walking along the cliff. There are also many footprints at the fork in the road, one small one should be Yu Yunxi's, and the rest are all male footprints, there are about eight people, except for Yu Yunxi, Gao Qiang, Wang Laoqi, and Ghost Ugly, and four footprints are strangers.
"The small fish here are also half drawn, it seems that there are four people who are also looking for trouble with Wang Laoqi, and he can draw half of it. Fubaolong said.
I always felt that something was wrong, and said: "The one in the back was drawn by my second uncle, that is to say, it is tracking, but even with the Shenxing Boots, I still can't catch up, how fast the people in front have to be." ”
By this time, it had been a day of chasing, and the night was dark, and the sun had not yet set, but there was an old cloud on the western horizon that supported the sun and gradually sank below the horizon.
Fu Baolong raised his whip and urged the horse, looked at the sunset on the horizon, and said: "Lao Yun takes over, either scraping or going down." If they still use ordinary silver powder to paint small silverfish, we will lose them, and the footprints will be covered by the rain on rainy days. In this way, we really have to speed up, otherwise it will rain and wind when it dawns tomorrow morning. ”
"How do you add it?"
"The horse's weakness is due to thinness, people are not romantic, only for the poor, look at me!" Fu Baolong finished speaking, and took out a horse-shaped puppet from his arms, but this horse was dressed in pink, and with a flick of his finger, the pink pony fell onto the wheels of the car and went neck with the big black horse before.
"Why didn't Uncle Shi use it earlier!"
"Do you think I don't consume aura to drive puppets? As he spoke, he took out a medium-grade spirit stone to absorb the aura frantically, and then took out two high-grade spirit stones and stuck them in the two card slots in front of the carriage.
In the middle of the night, there was no fork in the road, but when we reached the end, I found that there was a gentle downhill. If you go downhill, you will be at the bottom of an endless cliff, and standing here and looking into the distance, there are still endless mountains, some of the distant mountains are still hanging waterfalls, although it is a dark night, but it is a full moon night, but the dark clouds have gradually covered the direction of the full moon from the west, as if to blindfold the eyes of the night, so that the night becomes quieter, and you are in a hurry to sleep.
But this cloud-like quilt will bring a heavy rain.
Uncle Fu Baolong and I looked at more than 20 small broken stones on the side of the road down the hillside, and the stones were arranged in the shape of small fish.
Fu Baolong said: "It seems that we can only go to the bottom of the cliff. ”
He flicked one hand, and the carriage roared away, but the descent was a little difficult, and the carriage was slightly bumpy.
At the bottom of the cliff, surrounded by high mountains, I suddenly felt a little depressed, looking at the surrounding high mountains and cliffs, the occasional protruding stones were like giants staring at me, a little terrifying.
I went down to the bottom of the cliff and saw a small fish, and continued to chase, along a small river at the bottom of the cliff, the carriage walked on the cobblestones, stepping on a rhythmic noise in the endless night, occasionally stepping on the water, splashing in all directions.
The creek bends and rolls downstream to the east, and the occasional owl call can be heard at the bottom of the cliff at night, and when a bend is turned along the river, several wild wolves are napping, and they prick up their ears when they hear the sound, and turn into more than a dozen green light bulbs at the bottom of the dark cliff, blocking the way.
With one hand, two shadows flew out of his hands, and as soon as the shadows landed, they turned into two wolf-shaped puppets the size of a bison, and the puppets pounced on the wolves, and in a few breaths, accompanied by the wails of the wolves, all the wild wolves were torn to pieces by the two puppet wolves.
Fu Baolong took back the puppet wolf and said, "The little beast dares to stand in the way of Uncle Ben. ”
The carriage had moved forward for a few more hours and saw a huge cave beside the road. Under the moonlight, you can vaguely see that the entrance of the cave is extremely tall, like the mouth of a mountain, and a bit like a human eye, but the black hole is a little eerie.
Near the entrance to the cave, Fortron and I smelled the smell of barbecue and the soot smell of the campfire. A small fish is drawn here, and the small fish points straight to the cave.
When the two of us entered the cave, we saw a bonfire in the middle, and there was a barbecue grill on the bonfire, but the meat was mutilated and the ground was a mess. Fu Baolong threw a fluorescent stone, and I looked around, and there was a fight here, and there were traces of swords on the walls of the cave.
When I returned to the cave and the junction, I didn't find any small fish pointing in other directions.
Fu Baolong said, "Everyone has disappeared from this cave, and we have lost it." ”
There are also some dilapidated straw mats, wooden screens and other everyday items in the cave, and the only clues can only be found in this cave.
Fu Baolong said: "Normally, if a person escapes, he will not go into the cave, unless the cave is a hidden tunnel that has been prepared in advance. ”
"Why didn't you go into the cave?"
"Do you know the story of catching a turtle in an urn? Once the escapee is blocked, it will be caught. ”
I nodded, the reason is very simple, generally in the past in the countryside in the winter when the food is scarce, will also dig the rat hole, the vole is very fine, will build a bedroom, toilet, granary in the hole, the granary is usually built in a higher place, the toilet is built in the downwind of the through type rat hole, otherwise it smells uncomfortable. Therefore, the hunter catches the rats and grabs them of the grain and grass they store, that is, to find two rat holes, bet on one of them, and pour water or burn straw into the hole from the other to fan the smoke, and it will not be long before the rat will run out of the hole, and he can catch it.
Therefore, the two people in this cave must have been prepared to escape, and there was a teleportation array or something. Sure enough, the two of us rummaged through a secret room in the cave, and there was a small moon teleportation array in the secret room, the size of half a room, and the corners of the teleportation array were a little damaged.
Fu Baolong often used the teleportation array, and he had experience, he said: "The person who escaped destroyed the teleportation array in the instant of using the teleportation array, but my second senior brother and the four people who were following him all got on the teleportation array in an instant, and they all chased after it. In this case, I am afraid that it will take more time for you to use this teleportation array. I never expected to encounter such trouble. Cough. ”
"What then?"
Fu Baolong said, "I can only ask Elder Zheng to send another formation master." ”
After Fu Baolong finished speaking, he took out the sound bird, which had established a connection with the pharmacy in Canghai City before. The sound transmission bird flew away, and after only a stick of incense, the bird flew back, and a middle-aged woman's voice said: "I am the closest formation mage to here, please rest assured, uncle, I will come according to the coordinates you gave." ”
This voice bird does not necessarily have to forward directly to the current owner, it can be similar to email forwarding, it can forward other people's voices and convey information.
While waiting for the array mage to arrive, the two of us conducted an analysis.
Fu Baolong said: "Wang Laoqi must be in hot pursuit, no problem, but suddenly kill four people to chase Wang Laoqi or also to chase the pair of wild mandarin ducks, and my ghost and ugly senior brother actually caught up with them, the two of them are fighting, and Uncle Shi joined the battle group." Master and nephew, no matter what happens to your master in the future, no matter what happens to us, you will have to break into the world alone in the future, so you can analyze the situation. At least the first question arises, which side will Senior Brother Ghost and Ugly help? Is it the four trackers, or Yu Yunxi and Gao Qiang. ”
I thought about it carefully and said, "First of all, we have to be clear about what the identity, level and ability of this group of people are, as well as the combat effectiveness of Gao Qiang, Yu Yunxi, and Wang Laoqi. Wang Laoqi's combat effectiveness is very likely to be the lowest, and the person who is good at tracking, plus he is an alien, not a mage or a magician, has changed, for so long, I also know very well that most of them are in vain. Although Uncle Ghost Ugly is at the peak of the Jindan period, he is also an alien, and he has also cultivated a branch that is far away from the fighting mages and summoners he is good at, so the comprehensive combat power may be insufficient when dealing with the high strength of the Fake Dan Period, after all, the combat power of the Fake Dan Period is usually above the ordinary Jindan. The reason why Wang Laoqi didn't dare to show his head easily was because the other group of people was not simple, according to the traces of the fight here, it should be a demon hunting envoy who is good at using a single knife and a hook rope, which can allow Yu Yunxi and Gao Qiang to escape, indicating that the combat effectiveness of this group of demon hunting envoys is also average, that Gao Qiang must have otherworldly skills, and the sixth position of the White Wolf Club is not something that anyone can sit on. ”
Fu Baolong nodded and said, "Well, that makes sense. Go on. ”
"Next, I think it's important to analyze where these four people are. If it is the demon hunting envoy of Canghai City or Nanling, then Yu Yunxi and Gao Qiang must have committed a new crime, plus Gao Qiang is one of the wanted criminals, so this possibility is there, but it is not large, and the fugitives are still causing trouble on the way. I think this gang of demon hunters is from March City. On the surface, the white wolf will not commit the river water with the well water of the March Demon Hunting Mansion, but in fact, they have already hooked up and become adulterous. The reason is very simple, our view of the clouds is to deceive, but the main and deputy lords of March City all support it, if there is chaos today, they are not willing to offend, and take the opportunity to bend the law for bribes, and they will also open up to us. The White Wolf will rob the mortal immortal cultivators in the past, and it has not been eradicated all along, and nine times out of ten it is not that there is no one in the court, how can the two hundred white wolves who are scattered cultivators confront the Immortal Dynasty? Over time, the demon hunting in March City will make all the people corrupt, and their combat effectiveness will also decrease. Only catch some small thieves, and have no ability to resist the big evil. Therefore, the white wolf will have a famous military advisor like Bei Ye, and Zhan Baifei himself is very smart, so naturally he will not put all his hopes on a few of us, but use the demon hunting envoy at the same time. ”
Fu Baolong stroked his palm and smiled: "The senior nephew is really smart, and the senior brother has accepted a good apprentice." ”
"Uncle Shi, don't praise me first, the next thing is who Uncle Ghost and Ugly helped, after the above situation is clear, Uncle Ghost and Uncle has only one possibility is to help the Demon Hunt Envoy capture Gao Fei and Yu Yunxi. If you help Yu Yunxi to fight the demon envoy, it will only be bad for Shangyunguan, after all, the prestige of the ghost and ugly senior brother is also known to everyone in March City, and the demon envoy knows the ghost and ugly senior brother, if he helps Yu Yunxi and Gao Qiang, it will be a big trouble. Also, if Senior Brother Ghost Ugly has another plan to help Gao Qiang, then Gao Qiang and Yu Yunxi will not escape, and the four demon anti-demon envoys will definitely not be able to defeat the combination of Ghost Ugly and those two masters of the Golden Pill Period, and they may be corpses here, and Senior Brother Ghost Ugly seems to be very terrifying, but the actual combat strength is not a strong opponent of the Fake Dan Period after all, Gao Qiang is a master like you. Therefore, there is only one possibility, Uncle Ghost and Uncle Wang Laoqi have helped the demon hunting envoy, balance the power, and wait for your reinforcement. In the process of arresting, Gao Qiang and Yu Yunxi fought against the enemy, and only then was he able to escape. The specific abilities of Yu Yunxi and Gao Qiang are unknown for the time being, but they must have a tacit understanding, after all, the wild mandarin ducks also have a heart. Haha......"
I couldn't help but laugh out loud when I said this.
Fu Baolong also smiled and said, "The analysis of the master and nephew makes sense. Then let's hurry up and chase it, this is a directional teleportation array, and it will only be transmitted to a fixed place. ”
Next, under the shroud of Fu Bao Long's aura, I absorbed the aura of heaven and earth, and I faintly felt a trace of strange aura around my body, which may be a trace of Fu Bao Long's fake Dan demon aura.
As soon as the day dawned, it was pouring rain outside, and a twenty-five or sixteen-year-old female cultivator wearing a long robe and holding a small umbrella walked into the cave.
This female cultivator's name is Fan Lingcui, a peak monk in the foundation building period, with a delicate appearance, elegant manners, and a sense of fluttering like a fairy. is a magician.,On weekdays, I like to study the formation.,Find the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth by studying the formation.,And then guide yourself to refine the spiritual root.。
The repair formation was not as simple as we imagined, Fan Lingcui was busy for an hour before repairing most of the missing parts, wiping the sweat from the corners of his forehead and saying, "There is still an important material missing." ”
Fubaolong said, "What material?"
Fan Lingcui flipped through a scroll, compared the patterns and detailed explanations of the single teleportation array, and said, "If you lack a space stone, you can just have the size of a thumb cover." ”
Fu Baolong smiled, and without hesitation, he took a piece from the storage bag, which was black in appearance and seemed to have chaotic qi rolling inside.
Fan Lingcui was overjoyed like a child, and said, "Then this will be much easier, but I still have to bother you two to help me." This use of space stone to repair the teleportation array requires the pure aura of the two bits, that is, the origin aura drive of the spirit root to help me polish and install successfully, and I want to temporarily establish a small formation. ”
The two of us immediately nodded and agreed, my cultivation is shallow, but the repair of the teleportation array seems to have nothing to do with cultivation, otherwise Fan Lingcui will emphasize the difference in cultivation, and his own cultivation is not high, I thought that this teleportation array can only be played by monks above the Yuan Infant Stage, and it has been a long time, as long as it is a foundation building period monk who studies the formation, it can be built or repaired.
Fan Lingcui instructed: "The 'Three-Star Positioning Technique' can punch the space stone into the formation stone. ”
Fan Lingcui had words in his mouth, and a mouthful of pure spiritual root aura spit out on his two fingers, he pointed his fingers to the ground a little, and then the person drew a triangle on the ground like a phantom, and finally his fingers were a little in the air, which is a three-dimensional triangle if it is connected with the three corners of the ground.
Fan Lingcui stood on one of the points on the ground and said, "You two stand on the other two points and use the spirit to release one percent of the pure spirit root aura. ”
When I released the aura, I suddenly felt that the spiritual root trembled slightly, and my whole body was uncomfortable, as if I was going to cramp and pull out my bones, and even the primordial spirit in the sea of consciousness trembled slightly, and then this trace of origin aura pulled the aura of my whole body to pour aura into a little bit of aura hanging in the air on the triangle, and that point gradually condensed into a ball of white light, like lightning, and occasionally released a small arc. It's easy to say, but the process is enough for a stick of incense, and I sweat profusely.
Fan Lingcui saw that the ball was the size of a human eye, so he bounced the space stone into it, and the space stone gradually collapsed and merged with the ball of light after entering the ball of light, Fan Lingcui pointed with one hand, and a spiritual energy shot towards the ball of light, and the ball of light was captured by the aura and directly embedded in a small groove in the teleportation array, and the groove sucked the ball of light in, and then the entire teleportation array flashed and became a bone.
When I broke away from the small formation of "Samsung Positioning Tips", I sat down on the ground at once, and Fu Baolong's forehead was also beading with sweat.
Fu Baolong said: "The extraction of this origin aura is really terrible. However, the burden of the relationship between the master and nephew is not so big, you see me. As he spoke, he lifted his shirt, the lining was already soaked, and it was like water. Only then did I realize that I had suffered much less.
Fan Lingcui was not much better, a few locks of long hair were attached to her cheeks, she was short of breath, and her face was pale.
However, all this was to rescue the senior brother of Yi Shumen, my master Kong Zhi.