As night fell, after a dirt slope somewhere by the river, the two of them hid there, staring nervously at a pier by the river.

It was Li Ling and the girl named Xu Qingqing.

After Li Ling rescued the girl Liu Qing that day, he went back to the river and made a trap, and he wanted to capture the water monkey.

This trap is the simplest trapped demon array left by the master, but with Li Ling's current skills, it is still a little inadequate, and it took three days to complete the survey, which is still the most rudimentary.

But it is more than enough to deal with a small monster like a water monkey.

But it's a pity that maybe it was because he was injured last time, the water monkey was much more cautious, and he didn't show up for three days, which made Li Ling, who was eager to test the efficacy of his first formation, a little disappointed.

"Do you think that monster will come up tonight? We've been waiting for three days! I've been feeding mosquitoes here with you every day. ”

Time turned to midnight in a blink of an eye, everything was silent, a layer of light mist rose on the surface of the lake, and the temperature dropped a lot, Xu Qingqing, who was squatting beside Li Ling, said.

"Whisper to me, this monster's hearing is very sensitive, and I didn't force you to be here, it's you who have to follow me. ”

"You..."

There was a sound of broken footsteps behind him, and one person came behind Li Ling and Xu Qingqing, and said in a low voice: "Are you hungry? ”

The person who came was the girl named Liu Qing who Li Ling saved that day, and she had been delivering food to the two of them these days.

"I'm starving, why did you come. Xu Qingqing snatched the food box from Liu Qing's hand, and when she saw that there were green vegetables and tofu inside, she couldn't help but complain, "Why are you green vegetables again? I don't even have some meat, how can I have the strength to catch monsters for you, do you have no money? I..."

"Shut up. ”

Li Ling suddenly interrupted Xu Qingqing softly, and at the same time pulled one with one hand, so that the two girls leaned down.

The two girls followed Li Ling's gaze towards the river.

Without warning, a whirlpool appeared on the surface of the river, and with a bang, a swarthy monster emerged from under the water, and slowly came ashore.

This monster is only about one meter, humanoid, with hands and feet, a head with two horns, and two short meat wings on its back, which at first glance looks like a plucked chicken.

A pair of eyes glowing a faint red light in the dark night, which is intimidating.

Li Ling only felt that the two women were holding their hands much harder, especially Liu Qing, whose body trembled slightly, and his palms were covered with sweat, obviously extremely nervous.

The monster lay still on the shore, only looking around with a pair of eyes, and after a long while, it slowly crawled up to the shore and entered the magic circle that had been arranged.

When the water monkey climbed into the circle, the mechanism was touched, and in the roar, a pillar was erected at each of the four corners of the circle, and the wire mesh between the pillars was connected, trapping the water monkey in the array.

The water monkey let out a baby-like cry, swished up, and tore the wire net with its sharp claws, but as soon as it touched it, it screamed in pain and fell down.

It kept roaring and jumping in the silk net, but it never dared to touch the wire net soaked in black dog blood again, jumped up and down for a while, gradually quieted down, and stared viciously at Li Ling who came forward.

"This is how ugly a kappa is. Xu Qingqing sighed, and then asked Li Ling: "What do you do with it?"

"Of course I killed it, otherwise I would like to keep it. ”

Li Ling didn't look back, and took out the knife that had been prepared a long time ago.

Xu Qingqing snorted, pulled Liu Qing behind him and wanted to leave, "Qingqing, let's go, don't look at such a cruel thing." ”

"Cruel?" Li Ling shook his head, noncommittal, this water monkey has been here for a few years, I don't know how many people have been harmed, although his original intention was to take the bone beads in this demon object, but how can it be counted as eliminating harm for the people, and it will be cheaper if it is a knife.

The water monkey seemed to understand Li Ling's words, grinning his teeth, his eyes showed a fierce light, and he couldn't stop roaring.

In the distance, there was a lot of noise, and a group of people rushed over with torches.

"Stop. The old man at the head broke off his drink, and several young men with sticks surrounded Li Ling.

It was the village chief of the three surnames who led a group of villagers to come.

When everyone saw the kappa in the array, they all exclaimed in surprise and began to talk about it.

Liu Qing hurriedly stepped forward and said to the leading village chief: "Uncle Wu, we have caught the kappa, and this will eliminate harm for the people." ”

"What do you know, the kappa is the son of the river god, and if he were killed, he would anger the river god and bring sin on us. The village chief was furious and ordered the two young men behind him: "Go and release the kappa." ”

The two young men looked at each other and stepped forward to pull the pillar outside the circle.

"Wait, I have a few words to say. Li Ling turned his head and said with a smile: "Village Chief Wu, right, I want to ask you, who did you listen to when this kappa is the son of the river god?

"What do you know? The river god once dreamed with me, so I know, I see that you are young, but you know so many demon methods, and that day you even stepped on the waves, disturbing us to sacrifice to the river god, it is clearly a demon change, today to harm the kappa, so that the river god will condemn us, sinister intentions, ah, ah, San, let go of the kappa, leave this demon boy alone, otherwise the river god blames, we will all suffer. The village chief said angrily.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, eager to try, but no one dares to step forward and do it again.

At this moment, a deep voice came from outside the crowd: "Who is so bold? ”

Everyone looked back and saw a middle-aged man dressed in white on a big tree by the river, standing on the treetops, letting the branches sway from side to side, but he couldn't fall, and there was a feeling of wanting to return by the wind.

The middle-aged man was full of fairy wind bones, but the water monkey staring at the magic circle was full of greed, which inevitably made his temperament greatly reduced.

The villagers had never seen such a person, knelt down a large area, bowed to the middle-aged man, and called him a god.

The man jumped lightly, fell from the treetops lightly, his eyes fell on Li Ling, and said loudly: "I am Yao Mingyuan, a qi refiner of Hongdong Mountain, this water monkey was originally a spirit animal that I raised, and I escaped while I was in retreat for alchemy. ”

As he spoke, he stepped forward to break the circle.

"This fellow Taoist is slow. Li Ling sneered in his heart, but with a smile on his face, he said: "This monster is also a very rare spirit beast, I tried my best to catch it, and Daoyou wants to take it away with just one sentence, I'm afraid there is no such simple thing in the world." ”

"Well, what do you mean by that that I deceived you?" Yao Mingyuan's face sank, "Dare to ask you that you are a disciple of that sect? Have you ever heard of my name?" ”

"Well said. Li Ling was secretly vigilant and slowly stepped back, "I am a casual cultivator, there is no sect or sect, and I can't compare to Taoist friends." ”

"Loose practice. Yao Mingyuan's face showed disdain, and he said coldly: "I won't talk to you either, dodge, you hurt my spirit beast, for the sake of your young age, I won't settle this account with you, get out." ”

As he spoke, he walked straight towards the magic circle, and when he passed by Li Ling's side, he suddenly let out a soft shout, and with a wave of his right hand, a flash of fire flew out from his sleeve and shot straight at Li Ling.