He Ping went out alone, changed into a yellow shirt, put a human skin mask on his face, and transformed into Moxiuluo.
He went out quietly, came to a riverside restaurant, and found a free seat to sit down.
This shop is also quite famous among the surrounding neighbors. The shop owner is a widow who is famous for her "open fish".
The fresh fish selected for this live fish comes from this river. In the past few days, the river has gradually thawed, and several small boats with awnings and fishermen setting nets can be seen on the riverside.
As the saying goes, "In autumn, fish are planted in rivers, and in winter, fish are fished in steady water." For fishermen who work hard every day, there is no need to "collect all the tired nets and return to the poultry season" in winter.
I called the waiter and He Ping ordered a pot of wine. At this time, the store also brought a fresh fish.
However, when he lowered his head and glanced at the fish's mouth that was constantly opening and closing, Kuaizi didn't move at all.
As for the wine, he took a few sips, but this wine was rice wine, which is more popular in the market nowadays. It is cheap and inferior wine. He was not used to drinking it even though he was living in fine clothes. As a result, he didn't touch the cup again after taking a few sips.
He Ping Not long after sitting in the riverside restaurant, a figure appeared behind him. This person was wearing a green shirt and sat at the next table.
"Sir, we sent people to block and investigate in all directions, and have found the whereabouts of the person you mentioned. He clashed with the bandits of Cloud-Seizing Stronghold of Big Stone Slope, and killed Cloud-Grasping Stronghold's "Mitaka" Gaixiong and his two brothers. He also broke everyone's leg bones, and then left with the caravan and refugees fleeing the famine."
"That's it."
He Ping didn't care about the losses suffered by those bandits. He said calmly, "Speaking of this Luo Jiuzhao, although I don't know his reputation in the spiritual world, he was a famous knight in the world twenty years ago. I didn't expect that he was really hiding among the merchants and took the initiative to protect a few mortals. This is also his style."
"Three hours after Cloud-Grasping Stronghold's accident, another news came over," Liu Yu, who was wearing a green shirt, said unhurriedly, "Luo Jiuzhao and the group of merchants were attacked. When we finally rushed over, All the people in the caravan, including humans, horses and livestock, are dead. Only Luo Jiuzhao himself and the father and daughter who led the caravan are missing. But judging from some clues, Great Canopy Mountain should be moving to the southeast..."
When He Ping heard this, he immediately understood that people from the spiritual world were eyeing Luo Jiuzhao and attacked Luo Jiuzhao when the merchant team was moving. As for those who died, they should have been involved in the aftermath of the battle between the two sides.
After the cultivation reaches a certain level, the monk's lethality will become extremely terrifying. Even if there is a small fight, the aftermath is not something ordinary people can bear. Just like when he and Chixinzi worked together to deal with Undead Abomination, a fire almost burned Suian City to ashes.
He Ping's eyes were thoughtful, and he thought about it and issued the order.
"Liu Yu, you send a message with a flying pigeon, asking the people who went to Great Canopy Mountain to investigate come back quickly, and quickly order the ministries to continue to closely monitor each route, but this time don't rush in rashly, focus on supervision, and leave other things alone."
He Ping lowered his voice and whispered instructions. Liu Yu, who was wearing a green shirt, nodded, quickly stood up and left.
He took out Coiled Dragon Jade Pendant from his cuff, rubbed and played with it in his hand, thinking about whether to report the news to Indaluo.
"The Five-Colored Wealth Gods sent by Indaluo is still on the way. It should not be so fast to catch up with Luo Jiuzhao. Based on this inference, it should be other forces, but I don't know where they are now..."
He Ping's movements paused slightly. The boots he was wearing lightly stepped on the ground, and the shadow on the ground also shook.
"Brother!"
He used his mind to communicate with Chixinzi hidden in the shadow under his feet.
"Luo Jiuzhao has escaped Great Canopy Mountain. Please, senior brother, please run over and confirm the direction of Luo Jiuzhao's escape. Next, we will find an opportunity to meet up!"
"Okay."
Chixinzi is his living puppet and can communicate with each other using the power of his soul. After listening to He Ping's instructions, he asked again, "But don't you need me to act in a play with you?"
"The time has not come yet, senior brother, you go first!"
He Ping gave the order in his heart, Chixinzi whispered "yes", and saw the shadow under his feet split into a group, strangely turned into an elongated shadow, and suddenly shot in another direction.
After knowing that Chixinzi had left, he drank the last sip of wine in the glass. The bad wine was difficult to enter his stomach. Only when it reached his chest, he felt an astringent and warm current, which rushed up to his throat and felt tingling.
He put down the cup and walked quickly to the river embankment. There happened to be a small boat ready parked beside the small stone steps.
He Family's loyal servant was holding a bamboo manuscript to punt the boat. He was dressed in short brown, with a fish basket hanging on his waist and a bamboo hat slung across his back. He was disguised as a boatman. When he saw He Ping boarding the boat, he just nodded slightly. Then, he touched the shore with his bamboo pen, and the boat moved along the current, sliding out for more than a few feet.
After He Ping entered the ship, he took out Coiled Dragon Jade Pendant and used Secret Method to convey urgent contact information to Indaluo.
After a while, there was a response from the other side of Yujue.
"What's the matter?"
It was a low and familiar voice.
"My subordinates have discovered the whereabouts of that guy. Luo Jiuzhao was attacked and was chased in the direction of Great Canopy Mountain..."
"Really?"
Indaluo sighed softly.
"It was probably the people from the Purple Armor Hall who took action first. After I heard that Wuyinzi was injured, he quickly sent out his two junior brothers, the infamous Twin-Bodied Old Monsters. You are really good at providing this information!"
"This is what my subordinates should do!"
He Ping chuckled in his heart.
"By the way, what should I do next?"
"Five-Colored Wealth Gods will rush to Great Canopy Mountain soon. Since Twin-Bodied Old Monsters has moved, the news will spread soon. The next task for you and Gongpilu is to prevent outsiders from approaching Great Canopy Mountain as much as possible!"
Indaluo said sternly, "We 'Eastern Esoteric School' are bound to get the things on Luo Jiuzhao. You are responsible for guarding the east route into the mountain, and Gongpilu will be responsible for guarding the west route into the mountain. Anyone who dares to get close to Great Canopy Mountain will be killed by me!"
"I obey my orders!"
He Ping sneered, but agreed.
Great Canopy Mountain.
Gloomwind Stone Ridge, this stone ridge is backed by the mountain shade and is a Dead Silence Withered Forest. It is full of charred dead trees and tall stone pillars.
Among Dead Silence Withered Forest, except for the sound of the wind blowing, not even the chirping of insects and birds could be heard on weekdays. It was completely dead silence.
Several rays of light passed through the sky, like meteors piercing the sky. In a blink of an eye, they turned into figures and broke into Gloomwind Stone Ridge like swallows throwing themselves into the forest, breaking this eternal silence and tranquility.
"Senior Brother Chu, this should be Gloomwind Stone Ridge," the speaker was a girl wearing a black dress. Her beautiful eyebrows were slightly frowned, and she was holding a sword in her hand, with a lacquered wood scabbard, simple and long.
"Master, let us two inquire about what's going on here, but we don't know what the reason is?"
She cast her beautiful eyes at Senior Brother Chu who was standing aside.
"Senior brother, don't you think this place is a little strange?"
Senior Brother Chu had a jade-like face, a bun with a scarf, a black outfit, and an ancient sword with pine patterns stuck on his back. When he heard Junior Sister's question, he did not answer, but frowned. After a moment, he spoke slowly.
"Junior sister Yu, there is something weird here, don't say much later, we are here just to investigate, there is no need to continue to take risks!"
The young man named Chu glanced around and found that the figures that came here together all exuded an extremely mysterious and evil aura.
'No one who comes is good...'
He subconsciously licked his dry lips and realized that something unexpected must have happened in Great Canopy Mountain, which attracted these murderers to rush here.
"Hey hey hey! Is Luo Jiuzhao, who has obtained the Flame-Severing Cave treasure, hiding in this Great Canopy Mountain?"
Along with a burst of evil laughter, a person jumped out from behind the stone pillar. He was wearing a bloody red robe, with messy hair on his head, and his eyes were as wide as bells. There was a red scarf tied in the messy hair, and he was holding a long red snake in his hand.
This man had a ferocious smile on his face. He deliberately wanted to intimidate those who came here. With a ferocious smile on his face, he suddenly glanced around.
"I am from Empty Death Valley, and my surname is Li. Some idiots who have never done anything have given me the name Red Snake Lord... Hehe, if you have heard my name and don't want to lose your life in vain, then just leave, and I will not pursue it!"
Lord Red Snake's eyes were like bright lights, so sharp that those with slightly weaker cultivation couldn't help but step back.
'A bunch of useless trash!'
He smiled coldly and put his hands in his sleeves.
Just then, a voice sounded.
"Red Snake-kun, you old monster doesn't stay at Empty Death Valley, why did you come here when you had time?"
Upon hearing this, Lord Red Snake glanced sideways behind him and saw an old man dressed as a wandering doctor coming from behind.
The old man was as skinny as a stick, with a piece of skin sticking to his face, and not even a few ounces of flesh could be found. His eyes were piercing, opening and closing like a cold bolt that could make people tremble. He was dressed in a gray cloth gown, wearing straw sandals, and held a cloth flag with the words "Nothing can be accomplished" written on it. In one hand, he held a string of bells.
"Who am I? It turns out to be you, Plague Doctor Sun Huai."
Crimson Refining Snake Lord snorted and said, "Old Ghost Sun, maybe you want to get in on the fun too. Don't forget, your old bones are almost falling apart and you can't stand the torment. I advise you to go back to your Ten Plague Lands and enjoy a few years of happiness!"
Sun Kui hey hey authentically:
"It's rare that Mr. Snake still cares about this old bone of mine, but if you don't take it, you will suffer the consequences; if you don't take it, you will suffer the consequences. Then Luo Jiuzhao can't keep the treasure even if he gets it, so it's not a bad thing if I help him and accept a few pieces, right?"
Crimson Refining Snake Lord was too lazy to talk to him, and just said calmly:
"Old Ghost Sun, let me tell you the ugly things first. Whoever wants to enter Great Canopy Mountain today meets me, hehe, then everyone will rely on their own tricks!"
As soon as the voice fell, Crimson Refining Snake Lord lightly touched the ground, and it instantly turned into a beam of lightning, which shot towards Gloomwind Stone Ridge.
There was a sneer on Plague Doctor Sun Kui's lips, and with a sneer, he suddenly flew up, only to fall into the air. His body shape gradually changed into a lake, like a ghost, and like a wisp of smoke, he flew towards the withered forest.
At this time, among the group of people who arrived, many people already had the intention of retreating, but there was also the young man named Chu and his junior sister who followed closely with their swords flying in the air.
When Crimson Refining Snake Lord heard the movement behind him, he looked cold, hummed, and accelerated his flying speed. He moved forward in a straight line, as fast as a ray of sparks. When he encountered stone pillars and bushes blocking the road, he could also turn and twist. This was Empty Death Valley's "Winding Flying Star Escape".
This flying escape technique is so ingenious that it can fight and snake in the air, flickering and disappearing. It can't help but fly at an extremely fast speed. It can also fly forward and backward, left and right in the air, changing its trajectory, which is difficult to figure out.
He kept circling and shooting rapidly in Gloomwind Stone Ridge complex terrain, and in about a cup of tea, he suddenly fell to the ground.
"This is?"
Crimson Refining Snake Lord saw the stone pillars standing in front of them. There was a gap in the middle, which obviously led to the Great Canopy Mountain hillside. On both sides were dense bushes covered with iron thorns. Next to it stood a two-foot-high stone tablet.
Crimson Refining Snake Lord, dressed in red robe, suddenly stopped moving.
"Crimson Refining Snake Lord, what are you doing?"
Behind him, a shadow of the lake solidified, as if an old man wearing a gray cloth emerged from the air.
Plague Doctor Sun Kui rushed over. He was wondering why Crimson Refining Snake Lord stopped. When he looked up, he saw a figure sitting cross-legged under the two-foot-tall ancient stone tablet.
The figure was wearing a yellow shirt and a mask on his face. The mask seemed to be that of a foreign god, with red hair, a crown, and an angry face.
"This road is blocked!"
When He Ping saw Crimson Refining Snake Lord and Plague Doctor Sun Kui rushing to the east entrance of Great Canopy Mountain, he chuckled twice, as if he was possessed by some old owl in the forest, and a gloomy hoarse voice came out.
"--Trespassers die!
!"
In an instant, the last word "death" was drawn out, dull as thunder, mixed with the harsh sound of violent metal friction.
In the next second, a group of people rushed over from behind, such as the young man named Chu and his junior sister. They felt the sound was like a sharp file hitting their souls hard, their bodies and minds were shaken, and they almost opened their mouths and spit out blood.
"Evil!
!"
As soon as the girl surnamed Yu landed, she looked at He Ping sitting cross-legged under the stele with horrified eyes, her eyes trembling greatly.