"Damn... so many people!"
Sha LiFei swallowed, a little unbelievable.
The number of people who came was really quite large, at least hundreds. Everyone had their hoods lowered and their faces covered with black scarves. The torches in their hands shone with dim light, casting distorted shadows on the rock wall, as if a hundred ghosts were patrolling.
The strong smell of tung oil and sulfur mixed in the night wind, but it could not suppress the coldness seeping from the bone marrow.
"They are all practitioners..."
Everyone has been walking around in the grass all year round, and at a glance they can see that those "black cloaks" have steady steps and well-organized positions.
He is clearly a veteran who is used to fighting, no ordinary Yamen Runner or servant!
"Silence!" Li Yan reminded gently, signaling everyone to hide themselves completely.
He pinched Yang Seal with Lu San and Wang Dao Xuan at the same time and turned on Divine Ability.
Everyone is a monk, so naturally they know Divine Ability, but each has his or her own expertise.
For example, Wu Ba is stronger than the physical body, Fatty Lin can see Treasure Qi, and Kuai Dayou Body Mystical Power is good at fine control.
But in terms of detection ability, the three of them, Li Yan, are stronger.
Lu San has amazing hearing, Li Yan can smell for dozens of miles, and Wang Dao Xuan can see the mountains and the cold.
The three of them worked together and had a clear view of all the scenes on the opposite side.
Soon, they all frowned.
Lu San's ears moved slightly and he whispered, "Many people inside are speaking Japanese."
Wang Dao Xuan's eyes flickered, and he said in surprise, "It's so heavy Ghost Qi!"
As for Li Yan, I smelled a lot of blood and sweat, and it was in the oxcart cage behind the man in black.
It didn't take long for the empty space at the bottom of the valley to be occupied by these men in black.
They first cleaned up the huge Stone Platform in the center of Laojun Valley, freeing up a large area. Then they used a mop dipped in cinnabar red ink from the bucket to outline a huge and evil octagonal array pattern on Stone Platform.
This diagram is similar to the Bagua, but each hexagram is replaced by Blood-colored Talisman.
They are connected end to end, like a snake connecting its tail.
"Daoist priest, maybe you can see something fishy?" Li Yan looked at Wang Dao Xuan next to him.
Wang Dao Xuan frowned slightly, "I have some impressions. This formation is called Tongyou Bagua. It is a sect on Zhaoyuan Luo Mountain. It is half shaman and half Daoist. It is good at using talismans as divination to attract ghosts and exorcise gods. When I was wandering in Qilu land, I had seen it from afar, but I heard that there were only three masters and apprentices on that mountain. They rarely traveled far on weekdays. How did you get here?"
Everyone knew what was going on as soon as they heard it.
This is a small local sect, which is better than the ordinary witches and divine men who sit on the ground.
"Wait a little longer and see what happens..." Li Yan thought thoughtfully and whispered to everyone.
After those people finished drawing the formation symbols, each piece of instrumental music was moved up.
Kuai Dayou's eyes lit up, "They are the ones I saw in the craftsman's workshop during the day!"
Before he finished speaking, he saw another group of mysterious men in black cloaks, opening the iron cage on the bullock cart behind them.
There were densely packed young figures huddled in the cage, all gagged with cloth strips and bound with ropes, whimpering in despair.
"The boy Girl... is a blood sacrifice!"
Wang Dao Xuan's face immediately turned gloomy.
Since human sacrifice was gradually abolished, this technique has been regarded as evil.
Using the boy Girl is something only a demon would do.
Li Yan patted his shoulder and signaled to calm down.
Originally I just wanted to inquire about the situation, but since the other party wanted to sacrifice the blood of the boy Girl, I had to take action no matter what.
Beside the altar, three people stood out.
They were standing in red robes and Nuo opera ghost masks, directing their black cloaks to drag the children out of the iron cage, holding them against the edge of the blood tank of the "Tongyou Bagua Array".
These children were so frightened that they struggled desperately, but their mouths were gagged and they could only whine with tears in their eyes.
Suddenly, the crowd parted like a tide.
Several people in black cloaks surrounded one person and walked to the edge of the altar.
The other party lifted up his cloak, and the firelight illuminated his seemingly elegant and kind face.
"Lin Yaozong!" Fatty Lin almost broke his teeth.
The person who came was none other than his uncle.
Lin Yaozong didn't look very good at this time. He glanced at the crying children and quickly turned his head.
"Hahaha..."
Two more men in black raised their hoods, it was Tai'an Commandery Commandant Office commander Zhao Bingzhong who was communicating with the government official Zhou Xian.
Zhao Bingzhong sneered, "What's the matter, Shopkeeper Lin, you are still pretending to be a good person now, but you know that your son's survival depends entirely on the lives of these babies!"
Lin Yaozong looked ugly and said nothing.
On the other side, the government official Zhou Xian patted his shoulder and comforted him, "Shopkeeper Lin, close your eyes and just think of them as animals. Anyway, in this world, it's just you eating me and I eating you."
"Hmph!"
Listening to these words, Lu San's eyes were full of murderous intent.
Zhao Bingzhong, the commander of Tai'an Commandery Commandant Office below, turned to the red-clothed officiant and said respectfully, "Master Divine Envoy, the blood sacrifices are all ready, and the auspicious time is coming. Mr. Zhao asked me to send a message that the 'raft' on the other side of the East China Sea is ready. We just need to wait for the emperor's position to change and the dragon's energy to return to the sea!"
The tall Nuo man in red clothes at the head nodded, held a jade pen in his hand, and began to mutter something.
Boom!
The flames in the altar's brazier suddenly rose several meters high.
The surrounding air began to thicken and twist, and a sickly sweet smell filled the air.
The people in black also became excited, circling around the altar and worshiping.
"Get ready to take action..."
Li Yan shouted low and took out Flintlock Pistol from his arms.
Wu Ba started loading Tiger Crouching Cannon even more excitedly.
This murder weapon has undergone another round of modifications in the Qiankun Academy, and its anti-shock force is even smaller.
Since the First World War in Beimang Mountain, meat has not been opened.
Buzz...
At this moment, the hook on Li Yan's waist suddenly felt hot and trembling.
"Wait a minute!"
He quickly stopped everyone and looked up behind the altar.
In the shadow of the canyon, an unmarked green cloth sedan appeared at some point.
The curtain was low, but it made him feel faintly.
"An Earth Immortal is coming!"
He reminded everyone, immediately held the Gou ultimatum and concentrated on it.
The surroundings suddenly fell into dead silence, and everything you could see was thick fog.
Li Yan is already familiar with this process and rushes forward quickly.
It's the familiar Stone Well Black Water again, and as expected, the criminal is captured.
Without any hesitation, Li Yan immediately put his hand on the edge of the well and received the insidious message.
Criminal: Hu Yueniang, nicknamed "Five Yin Mountain Hag".
Lineage, a corpse exorcist who was born in western Hunan, escaped into the mountains after being exterminated by his enemies. He practiced evil magic for revenge, and used Living Soul to refine the "Migration of One Hundred Ghosts". After destroying the enemies, he obtained " "Tongyou Bagua Array" and other secret techniques, there are magic weapons Blood Plague Umbrella: Refined with the blood of a boy Girl, it can spread Corpse Gu Poison...
Yo~
Li Yan was a little surprised when he saw this.
This time, the information provided by the Yin Division is more detailed than before. Is there something unusual about this person?
Before he had time to think about it, he turned around and left.
But at this moment, I glanced at the sky out of the corner of my eye, and my heart suddenly froze.
Two more huge figures appeared in the sky.
The one wearing Red Robe is the most familiar official Judge Cui.
The other one is covered in gold armor and is very familiar. He is none other than Five Paths General.
Li Yan was moved in his heart, pretending to read the information and pricked up his ears.
Soon, a vague and deep voice came from the sky:
"Judge Cui, just give me some information?"
"It's already a lot."
"Hmph! Pedantic, now someone is doing something, Living Underworld Messenger has been hunted, and there are not many left. It is obvious that something big is going on. Are you just watching?"
"The general's words are wrong. <Heavenly Laws> has an order. If we violate it, what difference will we make to them?"
"I have to give you some help. What if this one dies too?"
"<Heavenly Laws>..."
"Don't mention <Heavenly Laws>, wasn't it broken a while ago?"
"Cannot be violated unless..."
"Unless what?"
"Mount Tai has the Netherworld Passage. If Soul Roaming enters it, it won't be considered a violation of the order for us."
"Fart! It takes an instant of yin and yang to enter that place. How can a mortal have the chance to enter in just a short moment?"
"General, don't embarrass me..."
The voices of the two gradually became quieter, but Li Yan felt secretly worried.
It turns out that the Underworld also knew about Living Underworld Messenger being hunted.
It seems that this is not only the case in the capital, but also in other places.
This Five Paths General is quite interesting.
Mount Tai The Nether Passage, I don't know where it is...
Seeing and hearing no other news, Li Yan also quickly exited this dreamland.
Opening your eyes again only takes two breaths.
"There is an Earth Immortal below, I will deal with it, take action!"
At the command, Wu Ba pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Boom!
A loud thunder tore through the silence of Laojun Valley!
Wu Ba's copper bell-like eyes flashed fiercely, and the muzzle fire of Tiger Crouching Cannon's gun flashed in his hand.
Heavy solid iron projectiles as big as bowls were carried by terrifying winds, and smashed into the densest areas of the crowd.
No mercy!
No hesitation!
Those pointed at by the muzzle are all those who deserve to be killed.
Time seemed to freeze for a moment.
The next moment, a terrifying scene happened:
The flower of flesh and blood suddenly bloomed in the firelight.
In the center of the bombardment, three figures in black cloaks were instantly torn apart like tattered rag dolls. The broken limbs and broken arms mixed with the fragments of internal organs spattered out in a radial pattern, dyeing the cold Stone Platform red.
A terrifying shock wave followed, and the air waves swept across like an invisible giant hammer.
A dozen men in black screamed and were thrown away, or their bones and tendons were broken by the high-speed splashing of gravel, and they fell to the ground wailing!
Broken arms and legs could be seen everywhere, and the strong smell of blood instantly overwhelmed the smell of sulfur and tung oil.
"Enemy attack--!!"
Beside the altar, Commandery Commandant Office Zhao Bingzhong roared with heart-breaking roars.
However, this fatal blow is just the beginning!
Before the reverberation of the cannon shot faded, Sha LiFei was already like a hawk piercing the forest, leaping out from the crack in the rock on the other side like a ghost.
The man is still in the air, and the trigger of the newly created musket weapon has been pulled.
He is still cultivating his weapons and has not yet mastered the art of Man-Gun Unity, but his accuracy is already beyond that of ordinary sharpshooters.
Among the crowd, more than a dozen figures pulled out Japanese Sword and rushed towards them.
They are the Japanese people who were hidden before.
The person at the front had just taken a few steps when his upper body exploded and he was killed by Sha LiFei.
The Japanese warrior behind him did not flinch, but instead quickened his pace.
Of course they knew about firearms and could only fire one shot.
This distance is enough to rush to Sha LiFei and fight at close range.
However, they did not know that Sha LiFei's musket had been replaced with a rotating wheel and could be loaded with five bullets.
Boom boom boom!
Sha LiFei pulled the trigger continuously, and when he landed, he had killed nearly half of the Japanese warriors who were rushing towards him.
After landing, Sha LiFei rolled over without stopping, and Guanshan Knife came out of its sheath with a clatter.
The last Japanese warrior who approached had his throat slashed with a knife.
Lu San did not charge directly, but stood tall, the bone whistle between his fingers emitting a sharp and urgent melody.
In the darkness, countless voices were heard!
In the grass, in the crevices of the rocks, and even on the fallen iron cage, densely packed snakes, scorpions and poisonous insects poured out crazily as if they had received a unified military order.
As soon as a Japanese ninja disappeared and tried to sneak attack Wu Ba, he was wrapped around his calf by several venomous snakes and screamed in agony.
The snow-white little fox Chu Qi shuttles through the chaotic crowd like electricity, its green eyes flashing with a strange light, and its silent gaze can make people lose consciousness in an instant, causing them to be chopped down by their companions.
Kuai Dayou also showed extraordinary combat power.
He is good at machine craftsmanship and has a lot of bits and pieces on him.
He threw several inconspicuous walnut-sized iron balls out of his hand, and when they landed on the ground, they deformed and bounced away.
It instantly turned into countless small flying blades with barbs, and shot towards the surrounding black-clothed archers.
Although the flying blade was small, its armor-piercing power was extremely strong. The archers immediately fell to the ground, covering their eyes and howling miserably.
And the most ferocious one belongs to Wu Ba.
Like a human chariot, after firing his cannon, he roared, put on his fists and rushed into the crowd.
There was a Japanese warrior who relied on his exquisite sword skills to slash at him diagonally, but his big hand like a cattail fan grabbed the blade, ignored the cut on his palm, and thrust it towards his arms. The warrior was pulled in front of him by an unparalleled force.
Immediately afterwards, his head was smashed by an iron fist like a watermelon.
Wu Ba Then the iron fist continued to bombard, slapped and kicked, and anyone who stood in his way was invincible!
"You've ruined my big job! I'm looking for death!"
At the core of the altar, Five Yin Mountain Hag Hu Yueniang, surrounded by men in black robes, screamed like Night Owl!
Her face was ferocious, her eyes flashed with malicious blood, and the Mystical Gestures in her hand suddenly changed, and she pointed suddenly at the ruined temple behind her.
"Disease!"
Woo--!
A bloody light shot into the sky from the sedan chair.
It turned out to be an oil-paper umbrella dyed dark red and filled with evil spirits.
The umbrella cover opened with a "clatter", and the fishy smell rushed towards Li Yan and others through the wind.
At the same time, Hu Yueniang's withered fingers pointed at Li Yan from afar, and a rapid and strange curse sounded from his mouth:
"Five ghosts haunt the soul, evil spirits corrode the heart... Ideary!"
In an instant, an invisible curse force full of decay and death struck from the air!
This is an extremely powerful spell, no less powerful than Seven Arrows Secret Book from Wang Dao Xuan.
"I'm waiting for you!"
Li Yan, who has been in charge of the overall situation, suddenly has eyes that are colder than ice!
The moment Hu Yueniang's oil-paper umbrella flew out, the hot hook in his hand was already raised high!
"Heaven has its rules, the earth has its rules, the underworld restrains the soul, and the yang avoids it!"
The moment the voice fell, the temperature in the valley dropped sharply, and Yin Wind rolled up flat on the ground.
The billowing black mist surged up and quickly spread to the surrounding area.
"Living Underworld Messenger!?"
The fierce look on Hu Yueniang's face instantly turned into boundless fear and disbelief!
The biggest nemesis of the Earth Immortal is Living Underworld Messenger.
Because of this, he escaped to Lingshan and was protected by the Xuanmen Sect.
In such a state of horror, she couldn't care less about manipulating Blood Plague Umbrella and cursing Li Yan.
With a scream, his body suddenly turned into a ball of rolling black mist, and he used "Five Yin Stealth Technique" at the bottom of the box to escape with the energy of the earth.
Phew~
The billowing black mist also broke through the sky and chased after him.
"Lin...Lin Yu!"
Lin Yaozong was struck by Fatty Lin's sword and his saber flew away. He was so frightened that he turned around and wanted to run away.
Zhao Bingzhong and Zhou Xian also had pale faces and took advantage of the chaos to try to escape deeper into the valley.
"Want to run?" Sha LiFei blocked the way with a grin.
"Keep alive! Bring back to Tai'an!" Li Yan's voice covered the noise and reached everyone's ears.
Soon, under the sharp attack of Twelve Yuan Chen, the remaining black-clothed warriors were either killed or knelt down and surrendered.
The main criminals Zhao Bingzhong, Zhou Xian, Lin Yaozong, as well as those evil cultivators of the Tongyou Bagua Formation, were all tied into rice dumplings by Kuai Dayou's machine ropes and Lu San's vines, and dragged to the ground like bereaved dogs.
At the same time, the billowing black mist also surged back and seeped into the ground.
Li Yan knows that Five Yin Mountain Hag has become a dead body.
The valley was a bloody mess, with broken blades and body parts everywhere, and corpses lying on the ground.
The boys Girl were trembling under the comfort of Wang Dao Xuan and Long Yan'er, and were temporarily safe.
Looking at the principal criminal being escorted together, Li Yan's eyes were cold:
"Secure them! Take the children from the mountain temple... let's go back to Tai'an City!"
"Look at how rotten the city's government offices are!"