Halfway through midnight, the moonlight gradually grew stronger.
The disciples of the Liu family had already taken shelter in the house under the arrangement of the elders. Except for Zhao Shun and others, no one else was present in Xiaozhu Valley for a while. The moonlight was pale and lonely.
The valley is lush with vegetation, yet still offering a quiet and deep scene. It looks like it is covered with a layer of water under the moonlight.
A snow-white orchid with broad and neat leaves was swaying in the forest. Its light fragrance began to spread outwards along with the heavy cold air, causing the vegetation dozens of feet in radius to condense on it. The flowers are covered with frost, and they look like a vast expanse of white, like a snowy country in the forest.
Zhao Chun and others hid under the shadow of the forest, covered by earth-level magic weapons. Even if the True Infant cultivator came, they could not detect that the four of them were nearby.
As the aura of the elixir spreads, the attraction to the yellow-bearded rat demon will gradually deepen. Therefore, although there is no movement now, Zhao Chun does not feel impatient. Instead, he waits patiently and remains silent. Wu Murong and Ma Wenping were each beside her. The former's eyes were slightly bright, showing that he was ready to go, while the latter was breathing a little heavier, and it was easy to see that he was nervous.
Looking past the two of them, they fell on Liu Guan.
Although his face was calm, his eyes were a little hesitant, always wandering around the elixir and the area. When Zhao Xun saw this, he knew in his heart whether the yellow-bearded rat demon would appear tonight. I was afraid that Liu I'm not sure yet.
After waiting for about two hours, Liu Guan and the others became a little restless, and the moonlight in the valley also turned from thick to light. Fortunately, the elixir was still full of vitality and continued to emit cold air.
Seeing that there was no movement around for a long time, Liu Guan couldn't help but start beating the drum in his heart, trying to estimate when the sun would rise so that he could take action in time to pick off the cold water clivia to prevent the yang-heat from destroying it. A panacea.
At this moment, Zhao Chun's eyes moved, and he suddenly smelled a fishy smell under his nose.
Her breath suddenly became calm, causing the hearts of those around her to tighten. They quickly raised their minds and looked around.
Rustling——
A very small sound passed by in the forest.
Rustling——Russing——
The sound did not spread, but became more rapid, as if it was getting closer!
“Coming!”
A few people secretly thought in their hearts.
The yellow-bearded rat demon is experienced and cunning. At this moment, it transformed its true body into the size of a palm, shrouded in a black mist, and approached the elixir at a speed that was imperceptible to the naked eye, trying to directly The stem was chewed off and the elixir was stolen.
This is obviously because he is wary of others ambushing here, and he is reluctant to part with the cold water clivia, so he goes out like this!
When the black mist came, it seemed that in just an instant, the rhizome of the cold water clivia broke off, and then the cold elixir was swallowed up by the black mist, and it was about to dissipate in an instant!
Except for Zhao Shun and Wu Murong of Jiuzhenmen, Liu Guan and Ma Wenping did not react at all to this movement. Even if Wu Murong had the intention to take action, it was too late now!
“No, the monster is trying to escape!”
Seeing the black fog receding, Liu Guan felt anxious and shouted in his heart.
At this moment, a sword energy burst out, brighter than the moonlight and colder than the frost and snow, but in the blink of an eye, it penetrated the black mist!
Got it!
The other three people were immediately happy, but Zhao Chun frowned.
The black mist was dispersed by the sword energy, but no blood spattered out during it, as if it had not penetrated the real thing. Only the elixir that was shattered by the sword energy was left, falling on the ground where the frost had not disappeared, dripping with juice. !
“It’s not the real body.” Zhao Shun jumped up and landed near the black mist, speaking his guess in a deep tone. "But there are indeed traces of eating on the Hanshui Clivia." Wu Murong also appeared and said doubtfully.
Liu Guan and Ma Wen were left looking at each other in disbelief. The former failed to eliminate the demon and instead lost a precious elixir. At this moment, there was inevitably a look of pain in his eyes.
"Maybe he used some mysterious magical power. This demon is not as simple as imagined." As Zhao Chun said this, he opened his palm and grabbed it with five fingers. Among them, a hair that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye was grabbed.
The hair was extremely fine, less than half a knuckle long, and glowed gray-white in the moonlight.
Seeing this thing, Zhao Chun made up his mind: "The incarnation just now must be the hair of this demon."
She pinched the rat hair in the palm of her hand, and immediately made a fist. He said to the three people: "With this thing, I can find the location of the monster, and I can go deep into the cave to kill the monster!"
After he finished speaking, Wu Murong raised his eyebrows, a little eager to try, while Ma Wenping's face turned pale, with a hint of fear.
"If any of my Taoist friends are worried, there is no need to go together." Zhao Chun said again.
“Fellow Taoist, no,” it was not Ma Wenping who spoke out to stop him, but Liu Guan, whose eyelids were trembling slightly. His smile was slightly stiff, and he blocked half of his body in front of Zhao Chun, and advised, “Tandong Yin is dark. The anger is very heavy, and something unexpected has happened to the real baby. It is better for us to return first and wait for some discussion before taking action."
Ma Wenping looked at him and seemed to agree.
I had never seen the true appearance of the yellow-bearded rat demon before, but now that I saw the demon's methods, people had no time to react. Ma Wenping was frightened and inevitably felt a little bit like retreating.
"That's wrong!"
Zhao Shun sternly rejected Liu Guan's words, and his eyes suddenly turned cold: "Today's incident is enough to let us know that this demon is cunning, and after this ambush, this demon will definitely I will be more cautious, and even choose to huddle in the cave for a long time. Even if I still have precious elixir, I can no longer lure it out, but if I want to kill this monster, I can’t go around the cave!”
After these words, Wu Murong nodded repeatedly and agreed: "What Fellow Daoist Zhao said is absolutely true. The rat demon thought that we were afraid of the Yin Qi in Tan Cave, but we insisted on going deep into it, catching it off guard."
"Having said that, but-"
Liu Guan was about to argue, but was interrupted by Zhao Chun's sneer.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, you are in charge of a clan and should be thinking of the descendants of the clan. Now the rat demon is causing trouble, which has caused panic among the clan members. However, you have repeatedly blocked the people who exterminated the demon. It is really puzzling."
She Taking a step forward, his momentum was rising steadily, and Liu Guan could no longer raise his head under the pressure, so he had to bow down, trembling all over!
"Since I took over the task of exterminating demons, I have had a lot of doubts. The various behaviors after entering Xiaozhu Valley have made people have to speculate."
The Liu family asked several times. Dingxian City placed bounties on monsters, but all failed due to the lack of strength of those who came, but they never chose to ask for help from the Ten Thousand Swords Alliance like Ma Wenping. Although the money they have to pay is very different, for the survival of the whole family, this price is not something that cannot be considered.
In addition, Liu Guan once said that among the casual cultivators, some people chose to go deep into the pond cave to eliminate demons, and were ultimately defeated in it. However, with the caution of casual cultivators, if they can use the Cold Water Clivia to lure a snake out of its hole, few people will choose to act recklessly. It can be seen that when people came before, Liu Guanying never took out the elixir to lure the rat demon, so he was not sure whether this medicine could lure the demon. (End of chapter)