Chapter 307 Catching Monsters in the City
Before dawn, Li Yan woke up.
Swish swish!
I don't know when it began to rain lightly outside. When I opened the window and took a look, I saw mist and rain between the sky and the earth, and the courtyard was silent.
Li Yan didn't care either. After washing himself briefly, he strode around the room and moved his fists and feet.
He first practiced Red Fist Ten Great Coil Exercises, then raised his arms and practiced splitting Black Dragon Coiling Strike for a while.
Confucius said: Learn and practice from time to time.
Although Li Yan has now embarked on a new path, its basic skills have not fallen behind, and it pays more attention to them.
Practicing these basic skills every day will always give you new insights.
After doing this, he stepped on the Gangstep, made seals with his left and right hands respectively, moved his body left and right, the yin and yang thunder in his fists changed, and the electric light crackled all over his body.
Yesterday I had a casual chat with Wu Qu, and the other party pointed out his shortcomings in martial arts based on experience.
The most important one,
It's just that Leifa hasn't fully integrated yet!
The strength of martial arts lies in the speed with which it can be used at close range. It can not only crush warriors of the same level, but also quickly break spells and kill warlocks.
You know, the magic methods of warlocks are also all kinds of strange.
If you give the opponent time to perform the spell, winning or losing will be a different situation. If the distance is long enough and the opponent has set up an altar, you will most likely be at a disadvantage.
Therefore, martial arts should be performed quickly.
When fighting, you can use the Thunder Technique in a pinch. Even a skilled warrior, not to mention a warlock, can speed up the battle so that you have no time to use the Thunder Technique.
Li Yan The primary goal now is to reduce this process.
Of course, no matter how advanced a person is, pinching techniques are indispensable for performing thunder techniques. Wu Qu also gave a suggestion, asking him to practice the pinching fingering to perfection, and it is best to complete it within one second.
At the same time, it is hidden in the Martial Arts move.
In this way, even if the enemy knows the flaw, there is nothing he can do about it.
Only when he is completely proficient, with no gaps between transitions, will his martial arts have a foundation.
All that's left is to continuously improve the power.
In the room, Li Yan's speed continued to increase, and his steps continued to change within a few inches, and he made attacks at the same time.
Gradually, he also gained some insights.
For example, if Black Dragon Coiling Strike and Pigua Palm are hit repeatedly, Heavenly Thunder Demon Subduing Hammer can be integrated into it to overwhelm people.
Even if you can't kill the opponent with one hammer, you can still break through the defense.
There is also North Emperor Yin Thunder Palm, which can be completely integrated into Red Fist's tricks, making the opponent Divine Soul affected and unable to resist at all.
Yin thunder attacks Divine Soul, and Yang thunder reaches its peak.
Integrating it into various moves can make up for the shortcomings and double the lethality.
This is the key to martial arts.
Of course, Wu Dharma Martial method and Martial Arts are also the key!
Li Yan completely forgot about himself, constantly changing and pondering his moves. When he came to his senses again, it was already bright outside.
The Tian family members have already had breakfast. They have been hiding here these days. Although they are safe, they are still very tired and stand under the eaves to enjoy the rain.
When they saw Li Yan going out, they all said hello.
After all, the young man in front of them is the key to their ability to survive the disaster safely.
As for Lu San, he was lying in the room and fast asleep.
He has been very tired these past few days. Li Yan divided the work after he came back. Lu San stayed vigil at night, practicing along the way, and slept during the day to recuperate his energy.
As for Li Yan, after finishing all these things, he was too lazy to go out. Apart from eating, he just stayed in the house to practice.
Of course, he did not forget to ask several monks for information.
Those monsters have not yet shown their traces.
Over at Barbarian King Tomb, a few Jiangxia Barbarians wanted to leave secretly, but were caught by Baotong Chan Temple's masters guarding outside. Some committed suicide on the spot, while others couldn't help but be tortured and confessed some information.
But those who came out to explore the way were all from the lowest level. They were just incited by others and rebelled as soon as their minds got hot.
To put it bluntly, these are not good people.
They were unwilling to live a hard life in Miao Village, and they also felt that working in a kiln factory was not very profitable. Living in the prosperous three cities of Wuchang, they naturally felt resentful in their hearts.
After the people sent by the rebellious chieftains fanned the flames, they began to gather people to rebel, saying that they wanted to restore the glory of "Jiangxia Barbarians".
In fact, not many people know what happened to Jiangxia Barbarians...
The only thing they knew was that the priests were continuously performing blood sacrifice rituals in Barbarian King Tomb. All the beasts on the mountain had been captured, and their own people began to disappear.
When they came out, they were ordered to arrest nearby villagers and perform human blood sacrifices.
Those priests just told them that a barbarian king had become a god and would regain his glory the day he came out of the mountain. He would lead them to occupy the three cities of Wuchang and they would be prosperous from then on Prosperity...
Of course, Li Yan also knew a more important news.
"You said that concubine's name is Liu Niang?"
Listening to the monk's words, Li Yan's face became solemn.
When something happened at the Wu family mansion and Wu Jiu Cheng was silenced, he was still on the mountain and was beaten to death by Zhang XiaoShan.
I knew it was happening, but I didn't know the inside story at all.
After going down the mountain, I worked hard for several days, and I didn't know until now.
"Young Hero Li knows this person?"
Several monks looked at his expression and immediately noticed something was wrong.
This Liu Niang is too mysterious. They searched the files but couldn't find any information about the other party.
Li Yan nodded and said solemnly, "Master Cheng Jue is here, I want to see him!"
"Ghost Sect Leader Zhao Changsheng?"
Cheng Jue, the great monk, looked extremely solemn.
"That's right."
Li Yan nodded and said, "During the Great Song Dynasty, he was Ghost Sect Leader Zhang HuaiSu. He returned to the Yang world many years ago and took away the body of the Tai Xuan Orthodox Sect Daoist. Then he sneaked into the Maitreya Sect and became his Vice Sect Leader."
"After the Maitreya Sect uprising failed, this person disappeared and wandered around Divine Land, awakening all kinds of monsters and ghosts, and secretly planning..."
"Zigui County chaos, Dangyang County, and now Wu Prefecture City, all chaos is related to it..."
"That Liu Niang, originally called Consort Liu, is a warlock from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. He is good at Cat Ghost's art. He once ran a brothel in Chang'an. He was a subordinate of Red Woman and even harmed my father..."
"After Chang'an Maitreya Sect was destroyed, they killed and silenced each other and left. Now that Red Woman has been killed by me, Liu Niang will probably return to the world again and become the chief executive here..."
"The really scary thing is that Zhao Changsheng..."
Li Yan didn't hide anything and told the whole story.
He has long known that with his own strength, he cannot deal with Zhao Changsheng.
The best way to deal with people who are stirring things up behind the scenes is to make their identities known to the world.
Great Xuan Dynasty is now at its peak, and the power of Xuanmen is far more powerful than it was during the turmoil in the late Song Dynasty.
He didn't believe it. There were so many masters, but they couldn't catch Zhao Changsheng?
"I've heard of this person too."
Cheng Jue said with a solemn expression, "Some time ago, there was news from the Enforcement Hall in the capital, asking all places to pay attention to this person's news. They only said that he was Maitreya Sect Vice Sect Leader, but I didn't expect that he had this level of identity."
Li Yan shook his head and said, "Dangyang County After the chaos was over, I secretly reported the matter to the capital Enforcement Hall. I guess the news from there hasn't come yet."
This is not surprising.
It takes time to transfer information back and forth from here to the capital, and Enforcement Hall also needs time to arrange.
It is estimated that the identity of Zhao Changsheng will be communicated to all parties after some time.
Cheng Jue nodded and said, "The poor monk will go back and report to the host right away. Great Song Ghost Sect has caused trouble for thousands of years. Now Zhao Changsheng is secretly planning to disrupt the war situation in the southwest and make Divine Land turbulent."
"To be honest, the Shaolin Zen Sect has also sent several masters to support us. This time we must capture Zhao Changsheng!"
This great monk also has some little ones in his heart.
Although the catastrophe of Wu Prefecture City was planned by the demons several years in advance and designed secretly, they were responsible for suppressing this place and they were negligent in their duties.
If we can eradicate the scourge Zhao Changsheng, it will be considered a great achievement.
However, Li Yan shook his head and said, "Then Zhao Changsheng is very cunning. Every time he does things through the hands of others, he rarely shows up. I guess it will be the same this time."
"Only by catching that Liu Niang as soon as possible can the disaster be eliminated. Do you have any clues?"
Cheng Jue shook his head and said, "Cat Ghost's technique is also known to poor monks, and it is often popular among women in brothels."
"But we have secretly searched all the brothels in the three cities and found no whereabouts of him. If the other party dared to reveal this technique, he was obviously prepared for it."
"There is another weakness in this technique, which is that the raised Cat Ghost must be suppressed at all times to prevent backlash, and the cat needs to be killed for sacrifice."
Li Yan asked again, "Have you ever sent Yamen Runner to find out where the cats raised by the common people have gone missing?"
Cheng Jue shook his head and said, "I asked, if the cats in people's homes are okay, the other party should be using wild cats. West Traveling Beggar Gang also replied that there are indeed a lot less wild cats in the city, but I don't know where they went."
"This Liu Niang should still be hiding in Wu Prefecture City!"
Li Yan After hearing this, he smiled dumbly, shook his head and said, "Master, why didn't you tell me about this earlier?"
"People don't know, just ask the cat!"
Wu Prefecture City, Qintai Alley.
This old alley has a long history. During the Daxing period, when the old Wu Prefecture City was still there, it was a place for first-class Prosperity.
Yu Boya met Zhong Ziqi, looking for a close friend in "High Mountains and Flowing Waters". The story happened nearby. There is also a guqin platform on Guishan Mountain to commemorate it.
Guqintai was built in the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, Wu Prefecture City, this alley gathered many wealthy people, so it was renamed.
During the Daxing period, Wuchang and Golden Horde Wolf Country faced off from north to south along the Yangtze River. The three cities of Wuchang were the scene of hundreds of battles and often changed hands.
After Golden Horde Wolf Country broke through the city, apart from the Chu Royal Palace, the most prosperous Qintai Alley naturally became a target for plunder.
Many wealthy and powerful people's mansions were burned to the ground, and all the female relatives at home also suffered. They were humiliated to death by the rebels. Resentment was soaring, and Fierce Ghost was rampant.
Even though Wu Prefecture City was rebuilt and the place was used as a ritual to eliminate hostility, the wealthy businessmen in the city felt it was unlucky, so no one built a house here.
Even the common people think this place is ominous.
Over time, it became a gathering place for beggars. Various dilapidated houses along the street were crowded, and some abandoned old houses also had a stench.
"Guys, this is it."
Wu Prefecture City West Traveling Beggars tou Zhou BaLa carefully led the way, and said with a flattering face, "I saw a few wild cats snatching food before, but then I didn't know what frightened them, and they ran away when they saw people."
Behind him were a group of monks from the Enforcement Hall, as well as Cheng Jue, Li Yan and Lu San.
Li Yan Hearing this, he looked forward and saw a ruined wall, covered with precious weeds and trees, with a lot of garbage piled up, and the stench was overwhelming.
Zhou BaLa said carefully, "This place was originally Mortuary Village. Later, water leaked out and burned completely Gan Er, so it was abandoned."
Li Yan nodded and looked at Lu San.
Lu San stepped forward without any nonsense, performed hand gestures, and made a strange whining sound from his mouth, like the sound of a xun, implying an ancient rhyme.
This was also the first time Li Yan saw it, and I knew it must be a technique that Lu San had just learned recently, and it was indeed very different from the current Xuanmen techniques.
Wow!
Under the surprised gazes of everyone, the originally silent abandoned Mortuary Village quickly became lively.
From the holes in the ground, rats emerged one after another...
In the darkness of the woods, several snakes and wild dogs ran out...
Wow wow wow!
A dozen crows flapped their wings in the sky and flew towards...
Not to mention Zhou BaLa, even Cheng Jue was a little surprised when he saw it.
He knew that Lu San could speak the language of birds and animals, and could also command mice to give warnings, but he didn't expect that Lu San was so capable.
However, he quickly frowned and turned to look at Zhou BaLa, "What's going on?"
There were a lot of animals of all kinds running around, but there were no cats.
"This..."
Zhou BaLa said awkwardly, "Master, this is the only place where cats have appeared recently in the city. I really don't know."
"Wait!" Li Yan next to him suddenly raised his hand.
All they saw was a dilapidated roof of a house, with a small head vaguely exposed, looking at them warily.
It's just a little raccoon cat.
When Lu San saw this, his voice immediately became softer.
Finally, the little tabby cat stumbled and jumped down. Not only was it as skinny as wood, it also limped on its hind legs, its hair was stuck all over its body, and its eyes were a little cloudy.
Lu San had a hint of anger in his eyes, and carefully took out the water and minced meat that had been prepared and placed them on the ground.
The kitten was obviously hungry, but after eating a few mouthfuls, it started to vomit, staggered, and became somewhat unsteady.
Anyone can see that this kitten has a short life.
Lu San sighed, and the voice in his mouth changed again, and the kitten meowed. The voice was ups and downs, as if he was talking about something.
Lu San gently comforted the kitten, then quickened his pace and headed towards another street.
When everyone saw it, they followed him one after another.
They turned several streets one after another, and the surrounding area gradually became prosperous, where people in the city lived together.
Finally, Lu San stopped, stroked the kitten, and stared coldly ahead, "Those cat hunters are all here!"
In the front is a large butcher's shop, in the back is a courtyard, in front is a row of pork stalls, with more than a dozen people queuing up to buy.
Seeing the people approaching in a menacing manner, the people immediately realized something was wrong and moved away one after another, but they were not far apart and poked their heads in to watch the excitement.
The owner of the meat stall was a tall man with a greasy body and a beard. When he saw the crowd arriving, a fierce light flashed in his eyes.
"The bottom is exposed, hoohoo!"
After saying that, he turned around and kicked the fat pork into the water, pulled open the oilcloth, and picked up a bamboo pole from the inside.
Netherworld Fire Musket?!
Li Yan's eyes narrowed slightly and he flicked his backhand.
A flying knife roared out accompanied by a shrill sound.
The two Fang Xiangs were no more than ten meters apart. He used the Hidden Strength at an astonishing speed. Before the boss had time to turn around, a flying knife was inserted into the back of his head and he fell to the ground.
The men under him fled in all directions.
"Don't let anyone go!"
Cheng Jue gave the order in a cold voice, and the monks immediately jumped out.
The monks were all Baotong Chan Temple Martial Monk. It was easy to deal with these gangsters, and they were quickly subdued one by one.
A few others rushed directly to the backyard.
Li Yan did not follow, but pinched Mystical Gestures, took a deep breath, and all the smells from the surrounding two hundred meters poured into the nasal cavity.
"There is a secret passage underground!"
He suddenly opened his eyes, jumped up in two or three steps, and pinched Mystical Gestures in mid-air. The arc of electricity sizzled above his fist.
When it hit the ground, it hit hard.
Boom!
There was a loud noise and earth and rocks flew everywhere.
The ground suddenly collapsed, revealing a huge hole.
Everyone quickly came closer and looked down.
Phew~
In the pit, black smoke suddenly rose up, pairs of green eyes flashed in the darkness, and at the same time, cold air overflowed outwards.
It was still raining lightly in the sky, and the water on the ground quickly condensed with hoarfrost, and dense small footprints appeared...