Chapter 188: Crossing the River

Leaving Mount Xiannu didn't mean safety. This section of the Zhuoshui river surface definitely couldn't be crossed. If they wanted to cross the river, they had to stay away from this section, which was what Liu Daoran called "go south for a long distance before crossing the river."

When they came, they also entered Badong this way.

Tonight the bright moon was hanging high, but for Liu Liu Xiaolou and Brother Brother Hutou Jiao, it wasn't a good weather. In the eyes of those with high cultivation, such a night was almost as bright as day, which was very unfavorable for hiding their tracks.

But this was within the patrol range of Gengsang Cave cultivators, so no matter how hard it was to walk, they had to walk. Brother Brother Hutou Jiao carried the injured Su Jing on his back, and Liu Liu Xiaolou explored the path back and forth. After exploring a section and feeling it was safe, Brother Brother Hutou Jiao carried the person and walked a section, moving south step by step.

After walking for most of the night, they only walked out over ten miles. Brother Brother Hutou Jiao suddenly put Su Jing down from his back and said: "The injury shows signs of worsening, need to use some medicine."

Su Jing was poisoned into his lungs and viscera. Liu Liu Xiaolou's Profound Truth Technique didn't dare to move lightly, so he could only use spiritual pills to resolve it.

All the spiritual pills Liu Liu Xiaolou bought were handed over to Tan Tan Bazhang and the others a few months ago. This trip was in a hurry, and he didn't have time to go to the market to buy spiritual pills. Brother Brother Hutou Jiao did bring spiritual pills, but they were Heart-Nourishing Pills, Tiger Bone Pills, etc., without detoxifying spiritual pills. He forcibly stuffed a Heart-Nourishing Pill down to help Su Jing dissolve it, but it could only temporarily protect his heart pulse and couldn't detoxify.

"Can't delay any longer. The nearest market is Mount Tianmen market, still over four hundred miles away. Must cross the river as soon as possible."

"Good!" Brother Brother Hutou Jiao carried Su Jing on his back again and touched toward the shore.

Arriving at the side of Zhuoshui, the water waves gently slapped the river bank, accompanied by the cold wind, appearing exceptionally desolate.

Liu Liu Xiaolou hid in the reed marsh, poked his head out to look around. Within a few miles upstream and downstream, there was no trace of the enemy. He listened carefully for a while, and there was no movement.

Brother Brother Hutou Jiao was also looking, and also found nothing, whispering: "Go!"

Thus, the two quietly went into the water, their bodies submerged under the water, only their heads exposed, carefully swimming across the river. The river surface was over a hundred feet wide, and they soon reached the opposite bank.

It was almost December, and Su Jing's body was soaked, shivering in the cold wind. But neither side of Zhuoshui was a safe place, so he couldn't care about these things and needed to leave as soon as possible.

After crossing Zhuoshui, there were many fewer scruples in acting. Brother Brother Hutou Jiao carried Su Jing on his back and ran wildly in front, while Liu Liu Xiaolou protected him from behind. True energy circulated, and both of them escaped at a speed they had never seen in their lives.

Just at this time, a dazzling light suddenly lit up far to the left, shaking the two so that they couldn't open their eyes for a while. After a few more breaths, rolling thunder came, and the dazzling light gradually weakened, turning into a sky-high fire.

The two couldn't help but slow down their pace, staring at the sky-high fire in the sky in a daze.

That was Mount Donglin on the east side of Zhuoshui, opposite Mount Xiannu on the west bank, which was the station of the Zhanglong Sect. In the firelight, a golden dragon suddenly soared, tossing and roaring in the dark red night sky.

It was clearly a big battle, but it was ten miles away, and it was impossible to see clearly.

"Zhanglong Sect's Bai Bai Zijin Wandering Dragon Array!" Brother Brother Hutou Jiao recognized it and shouted to Liu Liu Xiaolou.

Years ago, under Wulong Mountain, when the three sects surrounded the mountain, Liu Liu Xiaolou and Brother Brother Hutou Jiao had both participated in the arrangement of the grand array as one of them, but that was a grand array when facing the enemy, which was obviously different from the protective grand array in front of them.

Liu Liu Xiaolou, who had participated in refining the Mount Jin Ting grand array, had a different vision than before, seeing the extraordinary nature of this Bai Bai Zijin Wandering Dragon Array, and was also secretly speculating in his heart, with such a powerful grand array, how did Gengsang Cave dare to come and attack, and what did they rely on?

While thinking, two sword lights swept over from the right, and the momentum was straight toward Mount Donglin. I don't know if it was the Zhanglong Sect or Gengsang Cave's high-level experts.

Liu Liu Xiaolou and Brother Brother Hutou Jiao had nowhere to hide, so they had to lie down, hoping not to be seen by the high-level experts on the sword light. If it was an enemy from Gengsang Cave, it went without saying, they would definitely have to fight to the death. If it was their own people from the Zhanglong Sect, there would be no good end, and being pulled to Mount Donglin to fill the pit was a certainty.

Watching the two sword lights sweep over their heads, before they could breathe a sigh of relief, one of them circled in the air, turned back, threw down a figure, caught up with the previous sword light, and continued to sweep toward Mount Donglin.

No need to ask, they must have been discovered!

Without Liu Liu Xiaolou's reminder, Brother Brother Hutou Jiao carried Su Jing and ran, Liu Liu Xiaolou followed closely, true energy circulated, and both of them escaped at a speed they had never seen in their lives.

But the figure that fell down was clearly of higher cultivation, chasing closely behind, and soon chased from dozens of feet away to behind them.

A big snake suddenly appeared in front of the two, five or six feet long, spitting out its tongue to block the way.

Brother Brother Hutou Jiao was a child of a big family after all, with extraordinary knowledge, and immediately said: "Witch Shadow Technique, Badong thief, not yet established a foundation."

Badong cultivators, especially Gengsang Cave cultivators, are good at Taoist techniques such as snakes, insects, and poison Gu. The Witch Shadow Technique is one of them. It requires raising insects and snakes since childhood, and taking the essence of the insects and snakes into a dedicated magic weapon, or a banner, or a staff, or a bowl, or a bag, and so on.

This big snake in front of them only had its shape, looking realistic, but it was actually an illusionary shadow, not yet condensed into shape, so Brother Brother Hutou Jiao said this Badong thief had not yet established a foundation.

But even if he hadn't established a foundation, his cultivation was far above Liu Liu Xiaolou and Brother Brother Hutou Jiao, and he could be called a great enemy.

That Badong cultivator swept over their heads, and two formless qi followed his hand and struck down, attacking the two separately.

Liu Liu Xiaolou poured true energy into the Three Mystical Sword, pulled out sword flowers, and resisted this formless true qi. He was now at the fifth stage of cultivation, entering the middle stage of the Qi Refinement realm. The sword flowers were no longer the old view when he attacked the Jinping Villa, and their power had doubled. The power of that qi was not great and was pushed away by the sword flowers.

He was an expert in refining incense, with keen perception. He smelled a hint of sweetness in his nostrils, so true energy circulated, expelling the slight poison gas that had invaded his body, jumped a foot away, and shouted: "It's poison!"

Brother Brother Hutou Jiao took the path of body refining. His arms swelled by three feet, and he easily blocked the true qi attacked by the enemy. His arms were refined like copper and iron, immune to all poisons, but his perception was not as keen as Liu Liu Xiaolou's, so he was invaded by the slightly sweet breath into his breathing, and his brain was confused for a while.

Liu Liu Xiaolou pulled him to his side, buckled his wrist, sent true energy over, and realized that he had been invaded by poison into the Foot Taiyin meridian, so he used the "Profound Truth Scripture" technique to help him drive out the poison.

The "Profound Truth Scripture" is the foundation of the "Bewildering Scripture" and the "Yin-Yang Scripture," and it has an excellent effect on expelling breaths such as incense and poison. Otherwise, refining incense every day would have long ago refined him into a poisonous person, so how could he practice? Therefore, he drove the poison out of Brother Brother Hutou Jiao's body in a few breaths.

Brother Brother Hutou Jiao shook his head, woke up, and let out a loud shout: "Ah!" His tiger eyes widened, staring at the Badong cultivator opposite.

That Badong cultivator saw that his poison technique didn't work, and wondered: "Interesting!" His hands didn't stop, and a bone flute slid out from his sleeve. He didn't play it by his mouth, but pressed his fingers on the sound holes continuously, and the flute sound started.

This flute sound was not a crisp and loud sound, but like a flute, dull, and with a broken and hoarse hissing sound, as if it were tearing his throat, although not harsh, it sounded extremely uncomfortable.

As the flute sound rang, the big snake immediately rolled up, its tail swept Liu Liu Xiaolou fiercely, its mouth opened wide, revealing two long fangs, and spat out a long tongue at Liu Liu Xiaolou.

At the same time, this Badong cultivator went straight to Brother Brother Hutou Jiao's side and reached out to grab Su Jing on his back.

"What kind of person are you carrying? Leave it behind and take a look!" ===== CHAPTER 189 =====