Chapter 171 Black Altar
The cold wind roared in with flying snow, and the temperature in Yishan suddenly dropped.
The Jiao River dries up and the soup valley condenses.
There is no surge in the boiling pond, and no scorching wind.
The graupel pitter-patter gathers first, and the snow powder mixes and then becomes more abundant.
Scattered and intertwined, the atmosphere is desolate. Amiable and buoyant, arrogant and arrogant.
The monks of the Exorcism Department stood next to the crack, looking at the heavy snow falling from the sky. They couldn't believe their eyes.
Chai Biao knew that this was a sign of the arrival of the Snow Girl.
The sudden appearance of the group of white wolves yesterday left a deep psychological shadow on him.
But Chai Biao really couldn't understand why the Nine Infant Snake Demon and the Snow Girl suddenly started fighting in this situation.
Is it because "one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers"?
The Nine Infant Snake Demon breaks out of the seal and invades the Snow Girl’s territory, making the Snow Girl take action in anger?
“Wow——”
Seeing the sudden snowstorm, the Nine-Baby Snake Demon once again let out a baby’s cry. It's just that compared to before, the cry was more shrill and horrifying, filled with angry emotions.
Xue Nu’s sudden attack undoubtedly diverted the Nine Infant Snake Demon’s attention.
It ignored the shivering monks at the edge of the crack, its narrow pupils reflected the white snow, and once again spit out a ball of orange-red flames from its mouth.
The flying snow within tens of feet above the crack evaporated instantly.
Under the impact of the hot air, Chai Biao fell to the ground.
He was sweating again, as if he had gone from severe winter to scorching heat.
The fierce gods fight, and the ants suffer.
Chai Biao felt that he might lose his life at any time in the aftermath of the battle between ice and fire.
"I really hope that some passing big shot from the Exorcism Department can show some kindness and pull me out of this dire straits..." He couldn't help but pray silently in his heart.
At this moment, something unexpected happened again.
The goose-like flying snow suddenly changed its flight direction and gathered above the crack, gradually forming an arch bridge carved from ice and snow, connecting both sides of the crack.
"What...what's going on?"
Seeing such a scene, Chai Biao and the other monks present all froze on the spot, dumbfounded.
They really couldn’t understand why the legendary Yishan Snow Girl, who feeds on human souls, would do such a thing.
“She doesn’t want to trick us onto the bridge, then catch us all and eat us all, right?”
But in this critical situation, they can’t help but hesitate.
The Nine Infant Snake Demon once again let out a shrill cry.
Its body twisted back and forth in the crack, trying to break free from the ground.
As it moved, the ground shook violently again, and the rock formations on the surface gradually cracked, and then collapsed into black cracks.
Chai Biao knew that he had no choice.
If he continues to stay here, he will soon roll down into the underground abyss along with these broken rocks.
He could only take a gamble.
"Let's go!" he shouted loudly to the monks next to him.
At the same time, he got up from the shaky ground, used the "Blast" movement technique, and flew towards the arch bridge made of solidified ice and snow.
"I heard that the Snow Girl is as beautiful as a fairy," he thought wildly in his mind as he ran, "It would be better to die in her hands than in the hands of this ugly snake demon..."
The wind is howling and the heat wave is rushing.
The ice and snow bridge remains motionless.
Chai Biao ran with all his strength and soon reached the opposite side of the crack.
During this period, the Nine Infant Snake Demon sprayed a ball of scorching flames at the ice bridge.
But the snowflakes around the arch bridge instantly built a transparent barrier, blocking the flames.
After all the monks successfully crossed the crack, the ice and snow arch bridge disappeared and turned back into the sky full of snow.
Chai Biao couldn't help but glance back, feeling that everything that just happened seemed like a dream.
"Yuki-onna...why did she choose to help us?"
He found it difficult to understand this.
As we all know, Yuki-onna feeds on human souls.
Moreover, during the recent period, Snow Girl has also created a large-scale Yin Qi centered on Yishan, turning many nearby people into ghosts.
Logically speaking, she is the sworn enemy of mankind.
But now, she actually chooses to save people!
In front of the nine-infant snake demon that broke out of the ground, a life-saving bridge was built for these monks who had no way to escape!
No one would believe such a weird thing if I told it, right?
However, the cracks on the surface are still spreading rapidly, and Chai Biao cannot help but spend time thinking about these issues.
He took a deep breath, used all the energy in his body to activate his movements, and continued to run forward as hard as he could.
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At the same time, in the suburbs of Yishui County.
This is also a doomsday scene.
The Yihe River, which was originally calm and calm, is now rolling into huge waves.
A series of black cracks, centered on Yihe River, spread rapidly in all directions.
The raging floods, mixed with broken branches and stones, rushed toward Yishui County, like countless angry lions, making earth-shattering roars.
The wishing tree by the river has been submerged by the flood, and the county gate has been washed away by huge waves.
The entire Yishui River has been reduced to Zeguo.
And in the middle of the Yi River, a huge snake head appeared.
It has fangs, spits out snake messages, its narrow eyes reflect the torrential flood, and from time to time it makes a shrill cry like a baby.
Whenever it opens its mouth, it will spit out more floodwater, causing the water level of the Yi River to rise rapidly, rushing in all directions, flooding more houses in the county.
At this moment, Wang Yang was climbing on the eaves of the Yishui Exorcism Department Yamen.
The wind roared in his ears, and the floods rushed around him.
He had to grab the statue on the eaves to barely stabilize his body.
In his field of vision, the huge black snake head in the distance was particularly clear.
This made him pale and tremble uncontrollably.
The nightmarish memory from eight years ago resurfaced in his mind.
At that time, many of his relatives and friends died because of this snake demon.
If Zheng Yu, the former governor of Yishui County, had not stepped forward to save Wang Yang and several of his companions from the snake demon, I am afraid that Wang Yang himself would have become the Nine Infant Snake Demon. A delicious meal in the belly.
But now, as the water level rises little by little, Wang Yang feels more and more desperate.
There is water in all directions.
Rooftops exposed on the water, like isolated islands, will soon be submerged by the waves.
He is just a first-level monk with low strength and no ability to save his life.
The most powerful fighting method he has mastered is the "Tai Shang Arctic Demon Suppressing and Ghost Killing Talisman" drawn by Gu Xu.
Although he used to jump into the Yi River from time to time, play and play with his companions, and he could also swim like a dog paddle.
However, in this vast country, even if he could swim, he didn't know where he could escape.
What’s more, his home is almost gone.
Wang Yang’s first home was a small bungalow on the outskirts of Yishui County. It was bought by his father through frugal savings when he married his mother. He remembered his father crawling around the house as a child, playing horseback riding on his shoulders, shouting "drive, drive" and giggling; he also remembered his mother riding with him. Sitting by the fire bed, he mended his worn-out clothes and told him stories about practitioners slaying demons.
But eight years ago, that home was destroyed by the Nine Infant Snake Demon.
Then he had a second home - Yishui Exorcist Department Yamen.
Here are the boss Chen Jisheng who is serious in appearance but delicate in heart, Cui Tianyou who likes to brag and talk big words on the surface but is actually old-fashioned and warm-hearted, the hunchbacked old man who dozes off in the warehouse every day and peeks at story books, and the charming and beautiful but never puts on airs. The eldest daughter Shi Xiaohan, his best friend Pan Xiaopeng, and his most admired idol Gu Xu...
But now, this home is also flooded.
Chen Jisheng, Gu Xu and Shi Xiaohan also went to Yishan to do tasks, and they didn't know whether they were alive or dead at this time.
As the Nine Infant Snake Monster broke free little by little, the earth shook more violently, and the roaring waves became more terrifying.
Wang Yang's eyes gradually dimmed.
This time, Master Zheng will not come to save him again.
"Master Chen, Master Shi, Brother Gu... you must take care of yourself..." He closed his eyes and murmured in his mouth, "You must live well..."
At this moment, someone suddenly grabbed him by the collar behind his back and pulled him up from the roof.
The wind roared in my ears.
He opened his eyes and was surprised to find that he was flying in the sky.
"This..." Wang Yang was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
"Fortunately, I came back in time," Chen Jisheng's calm voice sounded in his ears, "otherwise our Yishui Exorcism Department would have lost another general."
Then, a gentle force lifted Wang Yang up, causing him to land firmly on the "Worthy Sword" and stand behind Chen Jisheng. Wang Yang looked at the "Worthy Sword" at his feet, and then at Chen Jisheng's back, feeling that he was filled with thoughts.
The figure of Mr. Zheng from back then seemed to reappear before his eyes.
A few minutes later, they arrived at a highland dozens of miles away from Yishui.
"This place should be safe for the time being," Chen Jisheng said to Wang Yang in a calm tone, "Wait for me here, I will come back later."
"Master Chen, you Where are you going?" Wang Yang looked up at him and asked with some confusion.
"Go and save people."
Chen Jisheng said a word lightly, and then stepped on the "Worthy Sword" again, turning into a blue-white light, heading in the direction of Yishui County It flew away and soon disappeared from Wang Yang's sight.
A few months ago, Chen Jisheng broke through the fourth level on Yishan Mountain.
Taking the "Worthy Sword" left by former governor Zheng Yu as his natal possession, he left "Naihe Bridge" and stepped into "Wangxiang Terrace".
Finding the original intention and setting an anchor point are the keys to advancing to the fourth realm.
Chen Jisheng’s original intention is very simple -
“Protect everything you cherish.”
His wife and children were eroded by Yin energy and turned into ghosts.
At that time he had to swing his sword with tears in his eyes to help them escape from the pain.
Chen Jisheng, who lost his family, did not want to lose anything more.
That’s why he risked his life to climb Mount Yi to pick snow ginseng for Gu Xu.
That’s why he flew to Yishui County with his sword to rescue Wang Yang and other trapped people.
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Yishan, on the hillside.
At this moment when the mountains collapsed and the earth shattered, the eldest prince Xiao Shangyuan shouted "Run away", and then took out a "Breaking Sky Bead" from his pocket, crushed it, and soon disappeared in In situ.
When worshiping Fan Cheng, his face turned pale.
He couldn't believe that his divination results were wrong twice in a row on Mount Yi.
But now he had no time to think about this problem, so he took out the "Breaking Sky Bead" and followed the eldest prince to escape.
The other fourth realm monks in the team do not have magic weapons like the "Breaking Sky Bead".
They looked at the rapidly spreading cracks and were stunned for a moment. Then they summoned their natal swords and Yujian flew away.
Only Wei Jiusi, a Qianhu household in Qingzhou Prefecture, noticed Gu Xu in the second realm.
"You come with me!" He summoned the natal sword and said to Gu Xu, "The Nine Infant Snake Demon has broken out of the seal. If you don't run away, you will die."
"Thank you, Mr. Wei," Gu Xu politely replied, "but no need."
After saying that, he also crushed the "Breaking Sky Bead" in his hand and disappeared in this land shaking mountains. in the mountains and forests.
"I said this guy has a very deep background."
Seeing such a scene, Wei Jiusi couldn't help but comment in his mind while running away with his sword.
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Just now, the moment the "Nine Infant Snake Demon" broke out of the seal, Gu Xu had already made a plan quickly.
He decided to crush the "Breaking Sky Pearl", fled to Laizhou Prefecture, and then used the "Messaging Array" to directly contact the chief executive and seek support from the capital.
In the memory of the original owner of the body, the "Nine Infants Disaster" was a very terrible disaster that once swept through the entire Qingzhou Prefecture.
Only a saint like the National Master can easily seal the Nine Infant Snake Demon underground.
Following Wei Jiusi's escape might allow Gu Xu to save his life.
But Chen Jisheng and Shi Xiaohan are most likely still around here.
The people of Yishui County may also be attacked by the "Nine Infant Snake Demon" again.
With his ability, it is impossible to save them personally.
Only by requesting support from the capital as quickly as possible can losses be minimized.
But at this moment, Gu Xu has some questions in his mind——
Lord Sishou's celestial technique is said to be able to predict the future, but why didn't he predict that the "Nine Infant Snake Demon" would break out of the seal?
Chu Fengge also said that the chief executive could pay attention to his status through the "divine machine token", but why didn't he know that he was in danger?
Could it be that Yishan, like the Laoshan ruins, also has restrictions that can block the secrets of heaven?
While Gu Xu was puzzled, he had already crossed the void and arrived at his destination.
Then he froze.
Because the scene that appeared in front of him was not the expected Laizhou Mansion Yamen, but a huge black altar.
It is located in the middle of the valley of Yishan Mountain, surrounded by hazy gray fog and strong gloom.
Even if the outside world is shaking, it is extremely stable.
There are complicated patterns on the altar, and there is a faint light shining on it. Not surprisingly, it should be a formation.
In front of the altar, there were nine people with their backs to him, silently reciting incantations.
"Black altar..."
At this time, Gu Xu remembered that when he was in Laizhou Mansion, the dead "Qingluan" Du Jingjing once told him a piece of information -
"Yi A mysterious black altar appeared within the mountain range, which may be the source of the recent evil spirit."
But for some reason, he had never thought about this altar in detail before, nor had he checked it out. Relevant information.
This is completely inconsistent with his style of doing things!
What on earth is going on?
"Gu Xu, why are you here?" A familiar voice sounded beside him, "I just crushed the 'Breaking Sky Bead', and I planned to go back to Yishui County, but I don't know why But we came to this place..."
Hearing this voice, Gu Xu immediately turned his head and saw Shi Xiaohan's petite figure at a glance.
Her face was pale and her eyes were full of fear.
"I'm not sure either..." Gu Xu also showed a bitter smile on his face, "I also came to this place after crushing the 'Breaking Sky Bead'..."
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At this time, Gu Xu also saw two familiar figures next to the altar -
One was the eldest prince Xiao Shangyuan, and the other was the eldest prince's personal follower Fan Cheng.
The two men were just like them, looking confused and at a loss.
So Gu Xu came to the conclusion: Someone interfered with the space, causing those who escaped using the "Breaking Sky Bead" to come to this strange place.
While Gu Xu was deep in thought, the nine people standing in front of the altar suddenly turned around.
Six of the faces were unfamiliar.
The remaining three people were met by Gu Xu.
The man standing on the far left is a middle-aged man with a plain appearance and a gloomy temperament.
He was wearing old coarse cloth clothes, with a bag on his back and a small wooden frame on his shoulder. On the small wooden frame, there were several mice jumping up and down -
It was the artist who once performed the "rat show" on Xunliu Street, Yishui County!
At first, even with Gu Xu's spiritual perception far beyond ordinary people, he couldn't understand how this middle-aged man controlled these mice.
But now he understands.
This middle-aged man’s method of controlling mice is actually the “Thread of Cause and Effect”!
The man standing on the far right was even more familiar to Gu Xu -
It turned out to be the hunchbacked old man who guarded the warehouse of the Exorcist Department of Yishui County!
When Gu Xu's eyes fell on the old man, the old man showed him a kind smile.
Gu Xu remembered that before the Chinese New Year, the old man once asked Chen Jisheng to go to his hometown in Qingzhou Prefecture to visit the graves of his relatives.
But in fact, before that day, Gu Xu had never known where the old man's hometown was, and he had never heard the old man mention anything about his relatives.
"By the way, what's the old man's name?"
Gu Xu was shocked and realized a serious problem: he had been in the Exorcism Department for more than a year, and now he has no I still don’t know the old man’s name!
And standing in the center was also a face that Gu Xu had seen before -
It was an old Taoist with a white beard, wearing a dark blue Taoist robe and holding a fly whisk in his hand.
At this moment, the corners of the mouths of these nine people turned up in the same arc, showing exactly the same smiles, and said to Gu Xu in unison:
"You are finally here, my successor."< br>
PS: The foreshadowing that has been buried for a whole volume can finally be dug out.
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Notes:
(1) "The burnt stream dries up, the soup valley condenses. The fire well is extinguished, the hot springs freeze. There is no surge in the boiling pool, and the scorching wind does not stir."
"Discursive and intertwined, the atmosphere is bleak and bleak. Affectionate and carefree, and arrogant and arrogant."
——Xie Huilian's "Snow Fu" of the Southern Dynasties
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