Chapter 40: A Shocking Conspiracy
Sigh life, unsatisfactory things, eight or nine times out of ten, this sentence is very effective.
Ah Li's good luck today seems to have run out, she just stepped out of the ancestral cave, and met Liangzi head-on, Ah Li was so shocked that he almost jumped up, and his head became empty all of a sudden, and all the previous plans were forgotten, and he didn't know how to deal with this scene.
Liangzi stopped Ah Li at once, showing a look of vigilance and questioning, and asked coldly: "Ah Li, what are you doing here?"
Ah Li couldn't think of any explanation, so he had to ask Tianhuo for help. Tianhuo sighed, said I'll come, and exchanged with Ah Li.
Ah Li paused for a moment, and did not answer Ryoko's question in time.
Liangzi deeply felt that Ah Li's appearance was suspicious, the cold light in his eyes was great, and his body fell down a little, assuming a vigilant posture.
If Ah Li did not have a reasonable explanation, he would immediately call the nearby patrol camp loudly, and then step forward to entangle Ah Li, and when the patrol camp arrived, he would work together to take down Ah Li, and then torture him in detail.
Suddenly, Ah Li (Tianhuo) spoke: "Ah, it's Senior Brother Liangzi! I'm also looking for you, I just came to find the ancestor, and I'm going to report on the progress of Elder Erni's disappearance, and by the way, I brought some good fruits to honor the ancestor, you see." ”
Tianhuo took out two baskets of fruits from the Qiankun bag and put them on the ground, and then took two steps back, indicating that there was no malice and that his heart was open.
Liangzi didn't pay much attention to the two baskets of fruits, but still stared at Tianhuo and asked, "You trespassed into the Ancestor's cave without being informed, this is a felony in the Fox Immortal Forest, do you know?"
Tianhuo pursed his lips and said, "Senior Brother Liangzi, no wonder everyone says that you are too serious, too rigid, too restrained, I went in and met the Old Ancestor and the Bat Wing Elder just now, and they didn't blame me, why are you so nervous?"
Ryoko's eyes narrowed, and he seemed to be a little unhappy and asked, "What did Elder Bat Wing do when he came?"
Tianhuo read some information from Liangzi's expression, and was about to take a gamble, saying, "When I came, the old ancestor and the batwing elder had already finished talking, and I heard the batwing elder say a word, let the old ancestor continue to take the jade elixir.
What the hell is that jade elixir? Senior Brother Liangzi, do you know?"
Ryoko showed a look of disgust in his eyes: "An elixir, you'd better not ask." ”
"Oh. Tianhuo pretended to be frustrated and said: "I see that the old ancestor is also a little impatient, sent away the elder of the bat wing, and didn't let me speak, so let me come out to you, saying that she wants to retreat, and no one is allowed to disturb her, but I didn't even say anything about the fruit basket, and now I can only ask the senior brother to pay tribute on my behalf." ”
Ryoko couldn't hear anything wrong with Tianhuo's words, and her attitude finally eased.
Tianhuo saw that Ryoko had already believed him for nine points, and continued to add: "The old ancestor said before the retreat, don't disturb her until tomorrow night. ”
Ryoko nodded: "Well, I see." But Ah Li, let me remind you, the Fox Fairy Forest is a place where rules are spoken, and if you want to see the ancestor in the future, you must find me first, and you will meet you after being reported, do you know?"
Tianhuo immediately humbly said that he was wrong and would not dare to do it next time.
Ryoko nodded with satisfaction and said, "If you commit your first offense, you won't be investigated, so let's go." ”
Tianhuo immediately said goodbye, passed by Ryoko, and just walked out less than two feet.
"Stop!" suddenly Ryoko shouted again.
Tianhuo's muscles jumped all over his body, and he was ready to strain, just now he was betting that the old ancestor would not be out of the customs until tomorrow night, naturally no one would expose his lies for the time being, and after the old ancestor was out of the customs, Liangzi would probably not ask the old ancestor to verify the matter.
As long as he survives these few days, Ali will soon leave the Fox Immortal Forest to find his own background, and this lie may never be exposed.
Tianhuo prayed in his heart, turned his head slowly, did not speak, just looked at Ryoko with a little surprise.
Liangzi raised his head, gestured to the two baskets of fruits and said, "Just leave one basket, I will help you transfer it to the ancestor, and you can take the other blue with you." ”
Tianhuo let out a long sigh in his heart, his muscles relaxed, and he said with a smile: "Senior brother, you usually take care of your ancestors and work hard, and the other basket is to honor you, don't shirk, I'll go first." ”
After saying that, he ran away, and Liangzi wanted to stop Ah Li, but he could only see Ah Li's shrinking back.
Liangzi shook his head, and was about to take the two baskets of fruits back to the cave, when he suddenly saw a fox cultivator in the bone quenching stage passing by in front of the lower cave, and suddenly remembered something, so he shouted to the fox cultivator: "That junior brother below, are you busy at this moment, can you do me a favor?"
The fox cultivator who was passing by below saw that it was the personal attendant of the old ancestor, and immediately changed into an enthusiastic expression and said, "Senior Brother Liangzi, why are you so polite? ”
Ryoko said, "Okay, then please trouble the junior brother to call the sunspot under Elder Dani, and say that I have something to find him." ”
The fox Xiu agreed, immediately stopped what he wanted to do, and went to help Ryoko call Kuroko.
Liangzi nodded with satisfaction, it seemed that he still had a certain prestige in the Fox Immortal Forest, and picked up the fruit and entered the Ancestor's Cave Mansion.
After switching souls, Ah Li didn't dare to go directly to Elder Bat Wing's cave, at this time, the sky had just darkened, and there was a bright son staring at the mountain, so she had to be cautious.
Ah Li ran back to the orphanage camp, which was halfway through the renovation and the wooden bed made of tree branches was almost complete, and the simple two-inch-high wooden bed could isolate the fur from the damp ground, and the fur would feel warmer if kept dry.
Although there is no guarantee of a wooden bed per person, two or three little foxes can be squeezed on a wooden bed, spread the fur and roll it up, and they can also squeeze together to keep each other warm, which will be better this winter.
There are also a few sturdy little foxes who are struggling to dig deep the gutter with their paws, but the work is slow because there are no suitable tools. Ah Li thought that he would have to go to Kuroko tomorrow and borrow some suitable tools to come back, otherwise the work would not be completed in a short time.
Ah Li asked the little fox cultivators who were still working to stop what they were doing, told them not to overwork, and then settled the other little fox cultivators, and then went to rest in their caves, preparing to wait for the night to be deeper, and then go to the cave of the batwing elder at night.
Ah Li had just rested for a while, when suddenly there was a sound of 'Ding Lingdang' from outside the cave, and there were many noisy sounds.
It was Kuroko who came, with a large package in his mouth, and a few fox cultivators came in with things in his mouth.
Seeing that it wasn't Liangzi, Ah Wei put down half of it, greeted him and said, "Heizi, it's getting dark, why don't you go back to rest, what are you doing in the orphan camp?"
Heizi looked at the wooden beds and the half-renovated drainage ditch, and said with some complaints: "Ah Li, you are really not righteous, you only came back for a day, and you stabbed the matter of the orphanage camp to the ancestors."
Tell me about you, if you want to improve the living environment of your younger brothers and sisters, you can just look for me, and allocate some materials to help your own people, I still have this right.
If you want to change the cave mansion, you just need to go to Elder Dani to make a statement, and in the future, we will be under the command of an elder, and I will also find a way to help the children change to a cave with a better environment.
As a result, a simple thing is now complicated for you to do!"
Ah Li was a little confused: "Heizi, what are you talking about? Why can't I understand? I didn't go to the ancestor to complain?"
Kuroko was a little angry: "You still don't admit it!" Lord Ryoko personally came to me just now, saying that the orphanage camp environment is too poor, and the ancestors are paying attention, let me find a way to improve it, aren't you slapping me in the face?"
Ah Li suddenly understood, it seems that Ryoko took advantage of his status and falsely ordered Kuroko to help the orphanage camp, and Ah Lizhong is still very grateful for Ryoko's kindness and justice.
Ah Li hurriedly said: "Oh, that's it! I didn't tell you about the black state, it was the ancestor who asked me why my cultivation was so low before, and I grew so fast in ten years, I said casually, maybe the orphanage environment is too bad." The old ancestor didn't say anything else at the time, who knew that she was still in love. ”
Kuroko stomped his feet and said, "You still haven't sued Hei! I also came out of the orphanage camp, and now I am in charge of material management, so you are obviously putting me in the pit of death by saying this! Otherwise, how could Lord Ryoko come to me directly? Oops! Ah, you can pit your own brother like this!"
Ah Li said angrily: "I'm not lying, besides, you don't know the environment here, you haven't seen changes for many years." ”
Heizi was so frightened by Ah Li that he rolled his eyes, gritted his teeth and said: "This will improve it for you! I see that you have already made the wooden bed, you make do with it first, and then I will arrange for someone to make a new one, and then change it." ”
"As for those furs, look at what has become of them? The furs are all gone, and there are moldy ones, and you are not afraid of getting sick when you sleep on them! Hey, hey, brothers, sisters, don't sleep, get up, Brother Kuroko has changed a new animal skin mattress for everyone today, all of them are good horned rabbit skins, and there is not a single bamboo rat skin. ”
The children in the orphanage camp are all kind and innocent, and their hearts are pure, and no one thinks about why Kuroko doesn't come to change everyone's fur after so many years?
At this moment, as long as the new fur was sent by Kuroko, the children's gratitude burst out from their hearts, and they hurriedly took the brand-new horned rabbit skin, and then spread it on the wooden bed.
The horned rabbit has thick, long fluff on its skin, and when you sleep on it, you immediately feel a lot warmer in your body.
The children let out deafening cries of thanks, and all kinds of praises were endless, and Kuroko suddenly felt a little embarrassed when she saw the children so excited.
Kuroko looked at the environment of the cave again and said: "The leakage in the cave is much worse than twenty years ago, there is no suitable cave for you to replace for the time being, and after I report to Elder Dani tomorrow, I will arrange to open a new cave as soon as possible for everyone to live in, okay?"
The children let out louder voices of gratitude.
Kuroko pointed to the two drainage ditches on the ground and said, "As for the drainage ditch, don't be in a hurry to dig it, I will send workers to dig it tomorrow with tools, and it will be dug in one day, so don't bother with this anymore." ”
Ah Li looked at Kuroko coldly, this is all the debt that Kuroko owes to the orphanage camp over the years, and there is nothing to be thankful for, so she didn't speak.
Heizi specifically said to Ah Li: "I can only arrange it like this for the first time, how to continue to improve the living environment of the orphanage camp in the future, as long as I can think of it, or Ah Li asks for it, I will arrange someone to do it as soon as possible."
But Ah Li, you really have to be cautious when you talk in the future, if you lose my job, it's a small matter, and no one will take care of the orphanage camp in the future, that's the big thing. ”
Ah Li squeezed out a smile on his face, thanked Kuroko seriously, and led the orphans to send Kuroko and his men all the way out of the cave.
Looking at the figure of Kuroko in the distance, Ah Li snorted coldly.
159 walked to Ah Li's side and whispered, "Twenty years ago, Brother Heizi was promoted to the bone quenching stage, and I haven't seen him talk to us in a pleasant way since then. ”
Ah Li said lightly: "No matter what, he still did a good thing tonight." One hundred and fifty-nine, you remember the cultivation realm, strength is the right to speak, I hope you will be promoted as soon as possible, and after you are promoted, you don't have to be like Kuroko. ”
159 immediately swore an oath that he would be an orphan fox cultivator who was grateful for the picture.
At the second watch, when all the little foxes had fallen asleep, Ah Li slipped out of the orphanage camp again.
Tianhuo asked, "Ah Li, are you sure you want to do this?" You just quenched the cultivation of the Bronze Bone Stage and went to secretly investigate the cave mansion of a high-ranking elder of the Demon Pill Stage, do you know how dangerous it is?"
Ah Li nodded and said, "I know, but I can't help but save the old ancestor and Erni and Sini." In case of a catastrophe, how will the ancestors face the clansmen in the future?"
Ah Li touched the door of the Elder Bat Wing Cave Mansion, and saw Tie Ya walking back with a tired face, muttering in his mouth: "Old monster, you must be trying to harm people again, so you drove me away, hoping that your trick will fail and you will be expelled from the Fox Immortal Forest by the old ancestor." ”
Ah Li didn't meet Tieya, so he couldn't let her know about his secret visit.
Ah Li quietly came to the front of the Bat Wing Elder Cave Mansion and saw that the stone door of the cave was locked and he couldn't enter.
After wandering for a while, Ah Li decided to take a risk, and she pushed the stone door hard, not moving at all for the first time.
When he pushed it for the second time, a faint gust of wind blew from behind Ah Li, and the stone door quietly opened a small crack, Ah Li only felt that his scalp was numb for a while, and he looked back at the night sky behind him, and there was nothing behind him.
Tianhuo prompted: "Ah Li, be careful! How can there be no sound when this kind of stone door opens, be careful It's a conspiracy, let's go back!"
Ah Li settled down, gritted his teeth and said: "It's all here, how can I go, if the old monster finds us, it's too late to run at this time, even if he doesn't come out, it seems that he didn't find it, I have to try, I want to do my best to protect the fox fairy forest." ”
Tianhuo asked in a deep voice: "Do you not hesitate to sacrifice your life?"
Ah Li said loudly: "I don't hesitate to sacrifice my life!"
Tianhuo was silent and did not speak again.
Elder Keqing's living room was pitch black, and the light was faintly shining in the room behind him.
Ah Li slowed down his breathing, suppressed the beating rate of his heart, and tiptoed towards the room in the back, there were bright lights coming out of the bedroom and the five poison room, but in the corridor outside the door of the five poison room, the shadow was set off by the light.
Ah Li carefully searched for the half of the grape leaf left in the afternoon, fortunately it was lying quietly in the backlit corner, it seemed that Tieya was dissatisfied with Elder Bat Wing, and he was not so diligent in cleaning the cave, leaving Ah Li with a chance to lurk.
Ah Li quickly took out a leaf and jumped to the side of the half grape leaf in one step, turning into a very small grape leaf, which was closely attached to the half of the grape leaf.
As if sensing something, Elder Bat Wing actually walked out of the Five Poison Chamber, his eyes looked around with a gloomy expression, and those eyes were also blood-red, very similar to the eyes of the Fox Ancestor that day, they were exactly the same.
Although Ah Li hid in a blind eye, he still felt uneasy, and quickly gathered the power of his divine soul and returned to the mysterious stone platform.
At this moment, Elder Bat Wing quickly scanned the cave with his divine sense, and found nothing unusual, even if there were two more leaves on the ground, thinking of the basket of fruits in the bedroom, Elder Bat Wing only thought that the iron girl was lazy, and the grape leaves fell to the ground, and he did not clean them in time.
Elder Bat Wing was disdainful of this kind of cleaning work, and he turned around and returned to the Five Poison Chamber.
Tianhuo and Ah Li could see the back of Elder Bat Wing through the canopy, as well as what he was doing in front of him one by one by picking up the five poisons in the five large pools in front of him, because they were blocked by their bodies, Tianhuo and Ah Li didn't know what Elder Bat Wing was doing.
I saw that Elder Bat Wing quickly picked up the five poisons, put them in front of him, and threw them back into the five poison pool, grabbed a new one, and repeated this action all the time.
After a full quarter of an hour, Elder Bat Wing suddenly let out a burst of laughter like a night owl, and in the midst of laughter, he raised a jade bottle in his hand high above his head, and Tianhuo and Ah Li could see through the light that a mutton fat jade bottle contained most of the liquid in it.
I only heard Elder Bat Wing say proudly: "The old man has worked hard for three years, and finally collected enough five poison essences to practice this 'Heart-devouring Poison', tomorrow as long as they put it into the water source of the Fox Immortal Forest, it only takes one day, they will obediently listen to my orders, from now on I will be the ancestor of the Fox Immortal Forest, not Elder Keqing!"
Then Elder Bat Wing put the jade bottle on the table, picked up a cork, took out a long silver needle as thin as a hair, made a very fine hole in the cork, and put it to his mouth to test whether it was smooth, and then solemnly stuffed it into the mouth of the mutton fat jade bottle, and took the jade bottle into his arms.
Elder Bat Wing came out of the Five Poison Room, turned around and entered the bedroom, sat in front of the dresser, sat for a while, and suddenly laughed weirdly, his face looked even more hideous and terrifying in the bronze mirror.
Tianhuo and Ah Li only felt a chill in their hearts, they had never seen a male monk look in the mirror and smile so happily.
Elder Bat Wing suddenly stretched out his palm and gently brushed it on the bronze mirror, and the bronze mirror in front of him began to blur, and a layer of water ripples rippled on the bronze mirror, but soon the mirror returned to calm.
At this time, what was reflected on the bronze mirror was no longer the thin and weird face of the Bat Wing Elder, but the face of a Weasel Demon Cultivator.
The Weasel Demon Cultivator in the mirror glanced at Elder Bat Wing and said, "Yo, the dignified Elder Bat Wing calling the old body so late, it really makes the old body feel very honored! ”
Elder Bat Wing laughed: "Weasel Ancestor, no, no, the secret book practiced by the Fox Ancestor clearly says "Blood Shadow Talisman Dafa", "Talisman Dafa" is the art of self-defense, and "Substitute Dafa" is the technique of furnace ding, and the gap is very big. ”
Weasel Ancestor sneered: "Hmph, is that the broken secret method you used to trick me into practicing back then? Talisman Dafa is a rare ground-level exercise, if it is true, it is very worth practicing."
However, that broken stand-in Dafa is a harmful thing, although it can also moderately change the root bones and improve qualifications, but it will also make the cultivator's soul short, and it is easy for others to control the soul or even take it away.
With your cunning, you must still be on the broken secret method, and then made other means, so that it is easier to succeed. Poor old fox has been shrewd all his life, but because he was too obsessed with condensing the golden pill, he was finally calculated by you, it's a pity!"
Elder Bat Wing: "Weasel Ancestor, we have been friends for so many years, who still doesn't know whose details, don't pretend to be a good person here, it wasn't for you who instructed me to come to the Fox Immortal Forest back then, how could the Fox Ancestor hire me as Elder Keqing, we are complicit in this matter." ”
The weasel ancestor said, "Say, what is the matter with me so late? ”
Elder Bat Wing said, "How are the preparations for the surprise attack on the Fox Immortal Forest tomorrow night?"
When Ah Li heard it, he felt a shock in his heart, and his eyes doubled!
Weasel Ancestor nodded: "Ninety percent of the demon cultivators above the forging period of the whole clan have been dispatched, and one percent has been left to take care of the family. ”
Elder Bat Wing frowned: "Tomorrow is just for you to help me in the town, what are you sending so many people to do? Don't think about fishing in troubled waters, if you are too greedy, you will die." ”
Weasel Ancestor smiled: "How dare I fish in troubled waters? Tomorrow that old fox will definitely condense the golden pill with your help, if you can control her or take her away, I will not dare to take more benefits from your hands."
But I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if, in case you miss, I'll bring more people to rescue you!"
Elder Bat Wing said with a calm face: "Weasel, don't play tricks, we have an agreement before, kill all the demon pill monks in the fox fairy forest, the fox fairy forest belongs to me, and the other demon pill fox cultivators are controlled by me, you will get all the treasures of the fox fairy forest for hundreds of years, and from then on the two clans will form an alliance, the weasel clan is the main one, and the fox fairy forest is the auxiliary, do you want to change the hexagram now?"
The Weasel Ancestor laughed: "Bat Wing, you are too cautious, how can I be the kind of treacherous villain? ”
Bat Wing nodded: "Weasel, it's good if you understand, if you cooperate, you will benefit, and if you divide it, you will lose, I hope everything will go well tomorrow night." ”
The Weasel Ancestor made a tired expression and said, "Okay, then you should also prepare well, I am going to rest, see you in the Fox Immortal Forest tomorrow." With that, the image on the bronze mirror vanished.
Elder Bat Wing looked at the rippling bronze mirror and regained his composure, and said hatefully, "Stinky yellow skin, I still want to fish in troubled waters, I think I can't see it." No matter, I'll do my best to push the Fox Ancestor to the Jindan stage, and then control her and be invincible, and see what tricks you can play!"
Elder Bat Wing got up and touched a mechanism on the bed, and an entrance to the secret room also appeared behind Elder Bat Wing's bed, and Elder Bat Wing dodged into the secret room, and the hole in the secret room slowly closed with a click.
Ah Li observed for a long time to make sure that there was no danger, and immediately jumped out of the blindfold, preparing to enter the bedroom of the Elder of the Bat Wing to explore the underground secret room.
As soon as he walked to the door of the Batwing Elder, the ground suddenly shook, and the Batwing Elder quickly jumped out of the secret room and shouted, "Don't get out yet!"
Ah Li was startled, and when he was about to flee desperately, he suddenly stretched out a hand behind his back, covered her mouth, clamped her under his armpit, and retreated like lightning, like a cloud of green smoke, without bringing a little wind, he arrived at the living room in a silent flash, and the second flash appeared outside the cave.
Ah Li faintly heard the Elder of the Bat Wing in the cave say, "Eh, it's really no one, could it be that I'm too nervous and misheard?"
Then Ah Li felt a pain in the back of his neck and fainted.