Chapter 20: The Cat Demon
Cooperate?
Li Wanxiao never thought of catching the plague god with the people of Lingshan, after all, the disciples of Lingshan always referred to themselves as "immortals", and never disdained to be in the company of mortals like them, not to mention that Han Qingbo was still the big disciple of the head, and his martial arts, spells, and strategies were all the best among the disciples of Lingshan.
So I thought about it and rejected his kindness, "Brother Han, if you can help us, of course we can avoid detours, but you are a disciple of Lingshan, we are just ordinary people, this is a long way to the border, and it is inevitable that we will suffer a lot with us, once you are injured or something, we can't explain to Lingshan." ”
Seeing that people really didn't have this idea, Han Qingbo could only give up. The two chatted in the carriage for a while and then got out of the carriage, and before leaving, they took the twenty taels of silver given by Han Qingbo. You must know that this big brother Han is not only a disciple of Lingshan, he also has a father who has been in business for generations, so of course this little money is not in his eyes.
Dugu Che jumped out of the carriage first, and then smiled, as the master, Han Qingbo walked last.
"Brother Han, thank you for your hospitality, and thank you for your silver, when we come back, we will definitely go to Lingshan to see you!"
Han Qingbo nodded, "Okay, I'll wait for you." ”
The little girl waved her hand and continued to follow behind Dugu Che. Weighing the heavy silver taels in the package, the little girl sighed, there are more and more people who owe Lingshan, it seems that after the matter is done, she will have to work hard to make money to "pay off the debt"!
Looking at the backs of the two of them in the distance, Han Qingbo squinted his eyes and said lightly: "Do you know why you missed?"
As soon as the words fell, a bewitching woman walked out from behind the carriage, twisted her slender and soft waist and stood beside Han Qingbo, her blurry eyes flashed with a faint cold light, her white fingers were put to her lips, and her little tongue was gently swept over her fingertips.
"That little girl actually has such a powerful master by her side, even my infatuation can be cracked. ”
The charming woman casually hooked a strand of hair and played with it between her fingers, and under the black skirt, the jade-like condensed and delicate skin loomed. The red lips opened lightly, and he smiled with interest: "Not bad, interesting!"
In the face of such a bewitching stunner, any man would not be able to hold it, but Han Qingbo, who knew the details of it, only curled the corners of his mouth slightly, and said indifferently: "You have a crush on him?"
"What's the point of an iceberg-like man? But you, you don't do anything after taking people into the car, aren't you tempted by that little girl?" the woman threw him a meaningful wink, covered her lips and chuckled, "Do you want me to lure that master away, you can ......"
The eyes are flowing, and the spring is overflowing, and the meaning is self-evident.
"Cat demon, you don't need to interfere in this matter, it's still useful for me to keep these two people, you just need to keep an eye on them, and when you get something, it will naturally have your benefits." After speaking, he looked at her sideways, Han Qingbo sneered and issued a warning, "Put away your claws, with your cultivation, you are not my opponent." ”
A dark glint flashed in the tanuki woman's eyes, and then she withdrew the claws hidden behind her back, snorted, and left angrily.
Han Qingbo leaned in the carriage and said indifferently: "Return to Ling Mountain." ”
The two of them used the silver taels given by this rich or expensive Han Gongzi to buy dry food from the roadside post station and stuffed them into the package, and happened to see the two horses tied to the roadside by the shopkeeper. In any case, it is not too hard to get around with horses, and it can take less time to travel.
In fact, Lingshan is not very far from the junction of man and demon, as long as you keep going north, it will be two months for the fast and three months for the slow, and you will definitely be able to get there. And here's the problem, the further north you go, the heavier the demonic energy, the more dangers you will encounter on the way, and the demonic power along the way is not the strongest, only stronger, so this road to the north is also known as the "road of no return".
Li Wanxiao and Dugu Che are two people alone, walking on such a road, in the eyes of outsiders, they are out-and-out madmen!
Riding on the horse, Li Wanxiao pulled the reins in one hand and nibbled on a piece of cake in the other, and hurried quietly like this, it was really boring, so he said slowly: "Dugu Che, anyway, you are idle every day, why don't I teach you to speak?"
Dugu Che glanced at her and was silent.
"Anyway, I'm also a doctor, and when I was in Lingshan, Brother Yun also said that there is nothing wrong with your voice, and the reason why you can't make a voice may be...... You don't want to talk at all!" Every time she thought of this, she couldn't help but be irritable, "You said that you are not really dumb, why do you just refuse to speak? I teach you, and you don't learn!"
"What the hell is the reason?"
After getting along for almost two months, she knows a lot more about Dugu Che, she is careful and considerate and can endure hardships, these are his advantages, so Li Wanxiao feels that this person has a good temper and is easy to get along with, so it's good to be together and go on a trip. It's just that every time she faces this guy's silent appearance, she always has a feeling of hitting her fist on cotton, even if she hits him and scolds him, this guy doesn't say a word, and many times he doesn't even change his eyes.
What kind of iceberg is this? It's just a piece of wood, or it's a big elm!
Rolling her eyes, the little girl muttered: "Good people prefer to pretend to be dumb, sick!"
"Help~"
Still slandering, a cry for help came from the front, Li Wanxiao was stunned, and quickly reined in the horse, how could someone shout for help in such a deserted place?
When the little girl looked around, Dugu Che drove the horse and took two steps forward, raising his whole body on guard.
Suddenly, a black figure rushed out of the grass not far ahead, and looked at it to see that it was a crying young girl with pear blossoms and rain, and strangely no one was chasing after her. The girl ran desperately along the path, and suddenly saw the two of them who were smiling, paused slightly, seemed to be a little surprised, and then accelerated and rushed towards them, because they ran too fast, and fell twice on the road.
Li Wanxiao frowned, although the master said that it is not advisable to take care of idle things on the road, but it is a little girl, if they don't care about it when they encounter danger, it is very likely that something will happen in this barren mountain and wild mountain.
Without further thought, she quickly turned over and dismounted, and when she saw the girl rushing over, she immediately stepped forward to catch her. Seeing this, Dugu Che also jumped off the horse, and his eyes fell behind the girl.
"Help!Help me~Help me~"
Before the words fell, before Wanxiao could ask her what was going on, she heard a terrifying "pop" sound approaching them quickly, and before she could pull the girl to hide behind Dugu Che, a big python suddenly appeared in the tall grass on the side of the road!
"It's a snake!"
Li Wanxiao exclaimed, and then saw Dugu Che's right hand take out a dagger from the horse's back and block it in front of him.
The python is at least four meters long, it has its head held high, it spits letters, and its body is covered with dark green scales, and it looks extremely strange in the mottled shadows of the trees.
As if sensing that the prey in front of him had changed from one to three, it was difficult to deal with, and the python stopped two meters away from the three people, and quietly looked at the man holding the dagger closest to him, and made a "sizzling" sound from time to time.
"Dugu Che, don't come hard, this guy is poisonous!"
Anyway, Li Wanxiao still studied medicine with her master in the mountains for a few years, and she could tell at a glance whether the snake was poisonous or not.
Dugu Che made a gesture sideways, signaling them to step back, Li Wanxiao nodded calmly, and helped the woman to slowly retreat step by step, for fear that the action would alarm the python.
The girl's leg was injured, and she moved two or three steps in front of Wanxiao, unable to stop a stumble, and suddenly lost her balance and almost fell.
"Are you alright?"
"It's okay, thank you. The girl looked at her gratefully.
Dugu Che, who was a few steps away, subconsciously glanced behind him with his afterglow, and in a short moment, he was caught by the python to attack, but his huge body was extremely flexible, and his tail flicked hard in the grass, and he pounced on him in the blink of an eye.
The python is fast, and Dugu Che's reaction is naturally not slow, the dagger in his hand is full of strength, and it shoots out like lightning, slashing at the snake's head, piercing the python's head through the head.
received a fatal blow, but the python was still immortal, with a dagger on its head, and its body quickly flung over, trying to entangle Dugu Che.
If there was another dagger in his hand, he was absolutely confident that he would cut off this big python at the waist! But at this time, he was bare-handed, and he only said that this snake was poisonous, but did not say where this thing was poisonous, so he had no idea what to do for a while, so he could only dodge and jump into the grass beside the road.
Who wants the grass to be full of rubble, one of them didn't stand still and almost fell. Immediately afterwards, the python rushed up frantically again, and in a hurry, Dugu Che kicked the stone under his feet and smashed it at the python!
Li Wanxiao, who was not far away, gasped, in her eyes, where was the broken stone when Dugu Che kicked it, it was clearly a big stone! The huge stone smashed the python to the ground with strong force, and crushed it under the stone with a bang.
Seeing Dugu Che come out of the grass, Li Wanxiao pulled the frightened girl forward, looked up and down nervously, and exhaled to make sure that he was not injured: "It's okay if you're okay, you really scared me to death just now!"
"Oh, by the way, girl, are you hurt?" suddenly remembered the woman fleeing beside her, and asked softly by taking her hand.
"I just accidentally broke my leg and got out of the way. The girl replied softly with a smile, but her eyes involuntarily glanced at the indifferent Dugu Che next to her.
At this time, Wanxiao took the time to take a closer look at the girl's dress, wearing a black gauze skirt, her hair that was originally coiled up was a little messy, and tears could be faintly seen on her palm-sized face, slender willow eyebrows, delicate Danfeng eyes, and she looked at Dugu Che with a shy and timid expression.
Oh, this girl has taken a fancy to our big iceberg!
Secretly glanced at Dugu Che's expression, well, it still looked like someone else owed him eight hundred taels of silver.
coughed lightly, stretched out his finger and pointed to the stone on the side of the road, and reminded Wanxiao kindly: "Girl, your leg is bleeding, I'll help you bandage it." ”
Although they were away from home, after buying dry food and horses, they didn't have much silver left, so after thinking about it, they didn't prepare any medicine for Wanxiao. After all, she knows some medical skills, and if someone is really injured, she will also give first aid, and then find some ready-made herbs to apply it, which is convenient and cost-effective. With this in mind, he only prepared a small bottle of Jinchuang medicine in the package, and even saved gauze and the like.
took out a small porcelain bottle, lightly sprinkled some medicinal powder on the wound on the girl's calf, and there was no gauze at hand, so he tore a piece of tulle directly from the corner of the girl's skirt and tied it.
He casually asked, "What's your name, girl?"