Chapter 51: A Chance Encounter
"I think I've seen this thing. Wangchen was at a critical moment, and his words were amazing.
"Oh?" everyone looked at each other with questioning expressions, especially Gao Wei, with a look of fervent anticipation, hoping that he would be able to help everyone.
Wangchen smiled indifferently, looked at everyone and explained: "In the early years, when I came to this area, I saw rumors of this kind of thing, and the number of times this kind of thing appeared was very small, so it was not known, and the classics in Chu Xiaoyou's family did not record it, and that was a normal thing, after all, this thing was just passed down by ordinary people by word of mouth, and it rarely appeared." ”
Speaking of this, he paused, picked up the branches on the ground, picked up some red tentacles, and calmly continued: "This kind of thing, the people in this area call them ' 'Hundred-legged ghost', comes from a story, according to legend, a long time ago, there lived here a couple of scholars, the man wanted to be the top student in high school, and studied hard in the mountains, but the wife of the bad chaff in the family was dissatisfied with the current situation of poverty and misery, and thought that men were useless, so it was not long before he ran away with other men with money, and this poor scholar found out about this situation, vomited blood and died on the spot, and before he died, he once lamented,' There is only a thin lover in this world, who knows that the world is unfair, and this bad wife will also violate the sea oath and mountain alliance, ignore the oath of eternity, and I will not turn a blind eye. At this time, a centipede spirit happened to pass by, saw this scene, sighed for a long time, found that this scholar was too resentful, just suitable for his own practice, so he invaded the human body, and over time, there were rumors in this local area, the mountain was born at night with a hundred-legged ghost, staying in the human body, and the legend of cannibalism. As for the truth or falsehood, no one has seen it, so naturally it is unknown. ”
Wangchen's words, combined with the current situation and the furnishings in the house, are really reasonable. A non-existent legend explains all of this. Everyone was not very embarrassed after hearing this, especially Chu Xunyu himself, and silently thought of Xiao Xiao in his heart, yes, there is only a thin lover in this world, but there is also that ruthless woman, and he doesn't have such an experience, he is very good to Xiao Xiao, but in exchange for this kind of ending. Thinking of this, my heart is also gloomy.
At this time, it was Gao Wei's words that pulled everyone back to reality, "I said, fairy masters, this story is finished, is there any way to save people?"
As soon as these words came out, even Wangchen was silent, only knowing the allusion, but not knowing the cure. Looking at Gao Wei's anxious expression, Chu Xunyu suddenly had an idea: "The art of curing diseases in this world is better than restraining each other, or fighting poison with poison, it is not realistic to find this phase to restrain poison at the moment, but since it is a centipede, then the centipede nemesis in the world is not as good as the pheasant, now in this group of mountains, it is easy to catch a pheasant, we might as well catch one and see if this pheasant can restrain this monster." ”
This proposal is very in line with the situation in front of him, seeing that no one objected, so Chu Xunyu resolutely continued: "In this way, when it is dark now, I will catch a pheasant alone and come back, you stay and wait for me, this monster has been drugged by me, and it will take at least ten hours to wake up, I will come when I go." ”
After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave, but Shang Qian suddenly stopped him, "Senior Brother Chu, I also want to go with you." ”
Hearing this, Chu Xunyu looked back at her with curiosity, how did this girl want to catch pheasants? At this time, she suddenly saw Shang Qian looking at the monster on the ground with a look of disgust, and she couldn't help but feel a sudden brightness in her heart, it turned out that she didn't want to stay with these things. At that moment, he knew in his heart, so he agreed to take her there.
Gao Wei himself wanted to help, but then he thought that he couldn't compare to the magical powers of these immortals who traveled thousands of miles a day, so he had to give up and stay with everyone.
Chu Xunyu took Shang Qian and rose directly into the air and flew above the group. After carefully observing the terrain for a while, Chu Xunyu opened his mouth and pointed to the west hundred miles, nodded and said, "The terrain there is just right, which is suitable for pheasants to live." ”
The two immediately flew away, and on the way, Shang Qian looked at Chu Xunyu curiously and asked, "Senior Brother Chu, how do you know how to catch this pheasant?"
"Hehe, this one. Chu Xunyu replied with a smile while flying: "This is also forced by the environment, over the years, wandering the rivers and lakes, I know a lot about these side skills, this mountain chicken is delicious, and later generations have poems praising it and saying, 'The name is three thousand miles north, and the flavor is the twelfth floor in the south of the Yangtze River'." When I came out of the two-level land, I fell into the mountains and wilderness, and I used to admire its name, so I caught a lot of stomachs, and it really deserved its name. ”
Shang Qian giggled in the air: "Senior Brother Chu really deserves to be Senior Brother Mu Yuan's bosom friend, they all love this." ”
Chu Xunyu smiled awkwardly, didn't say much, and flew directly to the destination.
The two of them landed in the mountains and forests, looking at the woods, Chu Xunyu lowered his voice: "Senior Sister Shang Qian, you should be careful, this pheasant is all in groups, the most shrewd, the slightest wind and grass, will scatter and escape, so we tried our best to hide our breath and quietly catch them." ”
Shang Qian nodded obediently, but asked rhetorically, "Which one are we going to catch?"
"Well, that monster is extraordinary, we want to catch this pheasant flock, the biggest chicken king, it is estimated that only it can deter the demons. ”
After the two of them had finished discussing, they walked lightly into the forest, and in a short time, in the dark night, they saw a large number of pheasants sleeping with their eyes closed. The two of them looked left and right, and finally found that among the chickens, there was a large rooster with a sturdy body and a high cockscomb, resting on a dead branch in the center, and it seemed that it must be it. Chu Xunyu pulled the corner of Shang Qian's clothes and signaled for action.
didn't want to change suddenly, and before the two of them touched it in the dark, they heard a sharp "cluck-cluck" sound in their ears. Suddenly, as if cold water dripped into the oil pot, the chickens woke up suddenly, and when they saw the two of them, they all flapped their wings in horror and flapped their wings and fled, leaving only all kinds of feathers scattered in the air.
Shang Qian stood in place with a stupid face, and sighed: "These pheasants are so smart, they actually know how to sleep in the middle of the night, and there are those who stand guard." ”
"No, someone gave them a tip-off. Chu Xunyu said in a cold voice, touched the hilt of the sword with his hand, and turned to look at the back.
Shang Qian also turned around curiously, and when he saw Chu Xunyu's target, he was taken aback, it turned out that not far behind him, in the dark night, he faintly saw a woman's figure, standing on the bluestone, standing with the autumn wind, although he didn't know who it was in the night, but he could still feel that the woman was looking at them with an angry gaze.
Chu Xunyu took off the long sword behind his back, silently stared at the figure of the woman not far away, and said coldly: "Who are you?
The woman didn't answer the question, and her voice was also tactful: "Seeing that the two of you are not low, you seem to be dignified, and you think you are virtuous people, and you don't want to do this stealing chicken and dog in the middle of the night. ”
Shang Qian couldn't help but say angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, who said that we were going to do that trick of stealing chickens and dogs? We are going to rush to save people." ”
The woman didn't get angry but laughed: "Oh? This is really strange, there are thousands of ways to save people in this world, and I have never heard of stealing chickens in the middle of the night to save people, this is really ridiculous." ”
Shang Qian wanted to say something, but Chu Xunyu grabbed her, pointed at the woman with a long sword, stared at her figure, and said in a colder voice, "It turns out that you are also a demon, I still say what kind of good person you are, and I don't bother to say anything else, you either stay away from here quickly, if you have to meddle in this matter, lest our subordinates speak." ”
"Demon?" Shang Qian was taken aback, and his aura was in his eyes, and he took a closer look, where was there a woman at this time, and on the bluestone, there was clearly a big pheasant with a wide chest and a curved beak. I couldn't help laughing: "I thought it was my sister who came here to meddle in things, it turned out to be a pheasant essence, Senior Brother Chu, it seems that we crashed into their chicken coop, but seeing that she has been practicing for many years, if you catch her back, you will definitely be able to deter those things." ”
This is reasonable, this pheasant king ran away, it doesn't matter, in the final analysis, it's just a group of ordinary chickens, but this cultivated chicken essence just happened to hit the door, if this is caught back, it can really get twice the result with half the effort. Thinking of this, Chu Xunyu couldn't help but praise: "Wonderful." ”
The pheasant essence on the opposite side was knocked out of his body, and he was being caught back to do this and that, and he was very angry on the spot, but if he fought hard, he was probably not the opponent of the two in front of him. The woman who was transformed by the pheasant essence was not stupid, seeing that the situation was not good, she turned around and jumped off the bluestone, her body flashed, and she fled into the mountains and forests.
Chu Xunyu had expected that this demon girl was going to run, seeing that it was only a maximum of five hundred years of cultivation, and it could be transformed into a human body, where would it do it with himself? ”
Shang Qian nodded, and at that moment, the figures of Chu Xunyu and Chu Xunyu flew out, playing a game of eagles catching chickens in this mountain forest.
This pheasant woman is also smart, knowing that although the two of them have great powers, they are foreign after all, and they have the advantage of the terrain, so they rely on their familiarity with the terrain to walk around the woods, picking all kinds of difficult and dangerous roads.
Chu Xunyu doesn't care about himself, he has been wandering the rivers and lakes for many years, his cultivation is high, and he is only a terrain advantage, where can he stump himself. But Shang Qian is different, the first time he ventured into the rivers and lakes, he encountered such a cunning thing, he walked around the forest in the dark night twice, and then he lost his direction, and a big tree with a thick waist was in front of him, and he didn't notice it, and he bumped into it, and there was a big bag on his white forehead in pain.
Looking at this scene, Chu Xunyu couldn't help but laugh, but he couldn't leave her alone, so he had to wait for her from time to time, and let the pheasant spirit run away.
Seeing the target go away, Shang Qian knew that he was dragging his feet, and couldn't help but apologize in his heart, and he was even more angry with the chicken, determined to take down this monster.
The two sides chased and fled in this mountain forest, the figure was far and near, and finally when the two sides were close again, the pheasant spirit in front of him flashed, and he wanted to turn to the right, suddenly, Shang Qian touched it with his backhand, took off the guqin behind him, and the slender fingers of his right hand flicked lightly, and a syllable jumped out. In an instant, an invisible wall of sound waves appeared not far ahead, blocking the path of the chicken essence at once.
The woman who had been transformed into chicken essence couldn't help but let out a "huh", but the way forward was blocked, so she had to turn around and flee in the other direction. At this time, where could Chu Xunyu allow her to escape? With her fingers stretched out, a sharp sword qi shot out, hitting her legs.
Under the moonlight, the pheasant woman was hit in the calf by the sword qi, and she couldn't escape anymore, covering her long dress red with blood, and fell to the ground sweating profusely. Chu Xunyu and Shang Qian finally came closer, looked carefully, and finally saw her true face.
I have to say that although she is a demon, this woman is also delicate, especially when she was hit by Chu Xunyu's sword qi, her whole body was drenched in sweat, but the resentment on her face was undoubtedly revealed, but it was also a unique beauty.
The woman said angrily, "Kill me, I won't live for a few days anyway, and I won't listen to you." ”