Located in the remote southern Xinjiang, there was an undercurrent surging for a while, and Chu Xunyu and the three of them were also in danger in the mountains, although they didn't know how bad the environment outside was, but it was certain that the encounter they were facing at the moment was not much better. After Mu Yuan picked up the wine jar, he triggered the mechanism, and instantly became shaken, and the earth-colored skeletons that were originally attached to the wall seemed to be alive, falling to the ground one after another, scrambling to run out of the door, Chu Xunyu was very puzzled, and went up to kick over one, only then did he see the true face of these skeletons, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

I only saw that there were short legs underneath these skeletons, soft, and there were water marks on the ground, Mu Yuan also saw it clearly, and couldn't help but ask in surprise: "What is this?"

"Ghoul snails!" Chu Xunyu pulled the two of them out of the door to find the exit to leave while explaining to everyone, this thing is unique to southern Xinjiang, it is difficult to see in the Central Plains, originally this thing is a plant that grows in water and eats aquatic plants, it is extremely large, the size of an adult's forearm, different from ordinary snails, their eyes grow on the shell, not to mention aggressive, compared with the general is also very flexible, the most important thing is that this thing has a strong ability to adapt to the environment, and the endurance is so good that people can't imagine it, if there is no food, they will prey on each other, originally the Central Plains people called them"Octopus snails", which means that they grow like octopuses in the sea, but around the Han and Tang dynasties, they were cultivated on the corpses by the cup masters in southern Xinjiang, and they were born by gnawing on the corpses, and the shell would grow out of the human face skeleton, with cup poison, so the Central Plains cultivators called them ghoul snails. Originally, Mu Yuan reached in from the ground and touched some round object that should be the shell of this thing, and he felt that he was licked because his fingers touched one of them, and it was estimated that one of them was awakened and pushed his hand with his tentacles.

"Then I'm not poisoned?" Mu Yuan was startled, and stopped looking down at his fingers.

"No, it won't. Chu Xunyu replied very decisively, "The poisonous juice of this thing must be squeezed out and dripped on the wound or let you take it, there is no injury on your hands, you should not be poisoned." ”

"But why doesn't this thing hurt people?" Forget Chen looked down and saw the ghoul snail on the ground running out with him, very puzzled, "Isn't the point of the mechanism to hurt people, why do we seem to be running too?"

"Whatever, let's go out first. Chu Xunyu also knew that there was a problem, but now he didn't have time to think about it, the ground was shaking badly, and it was obvious that there was danger coming, not only in the belly of the mountain, but the three of them also got into this small cabin sealed on all sides, if there were three long and two short, even if they didn't die, they would be buried alive in the deep mountains, and then the gods would have no way to go down to earth.

When I came to the living room, I looked up and saw that the exit from the roof was actually blocked by this kind of ghoul snail, and then I looked closely, it was not blocked, but they rushed out of the hole, and from time to time there were similar people who were squeezed down, Chu Xunyu became angry, and secretly said that this evil animal was actually blocking the way. Taking down the long sword was a flurry of stabs, stabbing the dense ghoul snails like rain, revealing the hole, and the three of them hurriedly got up and flew out, returning to the open ground first, no matter if they wanted to fight or kill, they could let go of their fists and kicks.

But unexpectedly, as soon as the three of them came out of the hut, the vibration stopped, Chu Xunyu looked around vigilantly, and wondered in his heart, wondering how long it had been since the mechanism was gone? Mu Yuan asked curiously: "Is it in disrepair, and the objects that arrange the mechanism are rusty and rotten?"

". Chu Xunyu still replied with such a classic word, and suddenly saw that Mu Yuan was still holding the clay jar in his arms, and suddenly asked angrily, "What are you still doing with this Laoshizi thing?"

"You know. Mu Yuan put it in his sleeve, "I found this thing, it's mine, I can throw it whenever I want." ”

Chu Xunyu didn't bother to pay attention to him, and looked down to see that the ghoul snails on the ground were still climbing, and there were more and more of them, the original outside of the mountain belly was full of vine roses, and now the trigger mechanism shook for a while, and all the ghoul snails hidden in the rhizomes turned out, especially on the main stem of the vine, and some of them were devouring those black flowers on the vine.

Mu Yuan laughed and teased: "It seems that we have encountered something that makes these little guys all hungry, just like the bell of our Buddhist hall for dinner." ”

Before Chu Xunyu could use the word classic, suddenly the vine in front of the left trembled in a panic, and a ball of ghoul snails fell into it and there was no trace of it, and the three of them were stunned, Chu Xunyu immediately shouted: "Disperse!"

The three of them hurriedly left and flew away, at this time, the ghoul snails crawling on the vine rose one by one and disappeared in the shaking of the vine branches and leaves from time to time, this time even Mu Yuan saw that the three flavors were coming, and couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Is that the main master?"

"I remembered. Forget the dust suddenly realized, "Didn't the person named Mi Yan leave a message explaining that this place was fortified with the plague beasts captured back then? We didn't see it all the way, and those cup masters hid the plague beasts in the vines!"

Forget the dust is really the old rivers and lakes, what he said is true, in one sentence. I saw a huge head suddenly appear in the vine, the size of a bronze bell, eyeless, pitch black, pointed ears like a cat, nostrils facing the sky, the lower jaw has an old man's beard three inches, stretching out a strange red tongue, the tip of the tongue is multi-forked, like a water curtain is thin and soft, the strips are straight, and there is a thick arm with it, the palm is like a bear, and there is a meat pad when you look closely, silently grabbing those ghoul snails in the dark and sending them to the mouth, saliva keeps dripping, it seems that hunger is unbearable, every time you eat the mouth, the wrinkles on the cat's face are gushing together, although the eye parts are eyeless, but there are exactly two**, every time I chew two **wrinkles, I seem to be smiling, and it seems to be very useful.

"This is-" With this face, this flattering and sinister look, Chu Xunyu exclaimed in disbelief, "Xia Plague Tiger?"

"What? what kind of scared tiger?" Mu Yuan asked strangely, "You know this thing? I look like a cat." ”

Chu Xunyu naturally wants to explain it simply, Xia Plague Tiger, is the beast of disease in ancient times, one of the top ten in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the main disease, stupid and greedy, lazy and hot, according to legend, there are five plague gods in the battle of the gods, Zhang Yuanbo, Liu Yuanda, Zhao Gongming, Zhong Shigui, Shi Wenye five people, in charge of "spring, summer, autumn, winter, middle" five plagues, each is different, among which Xia Wen Liu Yuanda's mount is this thing, born by wood, happy when encountering water, moving in summer, sleeping in the cold, because of its greed, Sex stupid and lazy, so it is difficult to practice, can not open the spirit of the human body, but the life is extremely long, everything in the world has its long, this beast can live for about two thousand years, when the Qishan battle, interception of the sect captured a large spread of plague on the battlefield, the soldiers of the Zhou army died of illness one after another, fortunately Jiang Taigong killed in time, with the whip three hit the head of the Xia plague tiger, drink back this beast, only to solve the urgent need, Jiang Ziya did not use the mystery musk sword to kill this beast, because it is not the demon of the underworld, is one of the orthodox fairy gods of the Xia plague god Liu Yuanda's mount, belongs to the first-class fairy world, the whip of the gods specializes in beating the gods, although this beast has no wisdom, but because of the supreme power of the whip given by the Yuan Shi Tianzun, had to kneel, after the first battle of the gods, the two religions and three merchants, the three worlds of heaven, earth, and the underworld were divided, and this beast was rarely seen.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, many cultivators entered the world and walked, worshiped under the princes and countries at that time, many kings or ministers under the diners of many celebrities were cultivators, among which Lü Buwei's cultivators wrote a book "Lü's Spring and Autumn" recorded a paragraph, Chu Xunyu is good at reading ancient books, and clearly remembers that it is written: "Summer is in ambush, the plague tiger wades and swims, the plague water is spread, and the people's food and water are infected with diseases, headaches are like splits, and the mind is chaotic, and the abdominal pain and blood leak and die." The corpse is buried in the coffin, the plague tiger licks its fat and laughs, the land is thousands of miles, and there is no one in the wilderness. "It is to the effect that this thing will be dispatched in the summer, the hotter the day, the more energetic it is, like to march along the water, spread the plague in the water and then infect people, the infected person has a headache and diarrhea and pulls blood, and dies within three days, after the burial, because of the heat, the grease on the corpse is sunburned, this thing will dig open the grave, lick the corpse oil, the expression looks very happy, the place where it walks is full of the bones of the people who died of disease, once found one in the territory of the Qin State, and was killed by the cultivators among the diners led by Lu Buwei, so this article is recorded。

It turned out that the plague beast dug out by the cup master in this mountain refers to this thing, the last time when this beast appeared in history was indeed the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Chu Xunyu never dreamed that the beast of barbaric disease that had disappeared for nearly a thousand years was actually imprisoned here by the cup masters with magical means to set up an ambush, it only came out in summer a year, and the remaining three seasons were in hibernation, the colder the day, the heavier the sleep, now that spring has begun, the cold is gradually receding, Chu Xunyu and the three of them triggered some unknown organs to wake it up, Mu Yuan asked Chu Xunyu anxiously:" Ye Langzhong, did you bring medicine to cure the plague?"

"I brought it. Chu Xunyu's expression was a little ugly, because he saw Xia Huanhu's head and seemed to be looking in the direction of the three of them, "But this thing is the ancestor of spreading Xia disease, so I don't know if it's useful." ”

The Xia Plague Tiger had already peeled off the vine branches and leaves, leaned out half of its body, seemed to have lost interest in the ghoul snails around it, and was looking at Chu Xunyu and the three big living people with a smile on his face, it seemed that it tasted better to eat the living, it seemed that a vicious battle was inevitable......