Chapter 367

When Lin Jue retreated from the Leopard King's lair, he found that Lord Luo, Daoist Jiang, and others had also retreated. After a brief inquiry, he learned that they had also been forced out by the Leopard King's statue army.

Lord Luo quickly asked: "How is the situation inside?"

"Same as outside, full of statues, and they are taller, larger, and have more spiritual aura than the ones outside. Many statues are simply soaked in the Leopard Spring, absorbing spiritual aura." Lin Jue said, "That demon is just as the Heavenly Fire Divine General said; it cannot leave the spiritual spring in the mountain for the time being. The divine general has also laid out a mystery to trap it, but it probably won't be easy to fight our way in."

"This place is also not suitable for setting fire to the mountain..."

"Yes, there is water everywhere. Even the Heavenly Fire Divine General is unwilling to enter rashly. I suppose this demon also has magical arts to control water."

"We can only use the clumsy method..."

"Hmm..."

Lin Jue frowned and pondered.

The so-called clumsy method was naturally the method of besieging the city.

The Heavenly Fire Divine General had sealed this place, so the demon couldn't escape. In its current state, it didn't dare to leave the Leopard Spring casually. No matter how many statues it had in the mountain, as long as there was enough time, they could be slowly smashed.

Over the next few days, Lin Jue entered the depths of the mountain forest several times.

Sometimes he entered alone with Fuyao, sometimes with Lord Luo and Daoist Jiang, and sometimes he would bring a few more people, wanting to catch that Leopard King. Sometimes he didn't go too deep, only leading many martial artists, Daoists, and strange people to fight hard with the statues all over the mountain at the edge.

The strange people were affiliated with the Gathering Ju Ju Xian Fu and naturally had rewards.

There were many bronze and iron statues among these sculptures, all of which could be used to exchange for money, so the martial artists of the Jianghu were not working in vain.

Needless to say about the Daoists of the True Mirror Palace.

During these few days, Lin Jue often saw the Leopard King's figure, but it was unwilling to fight Lin Jue again and mostly hid. They had exchanged blows once, but it was a touch-and-go affair.

Many times, before Lin Jue could find it, he was discovered by it first and surrounded by its statue army.

Many times it simply hid in the cave and didn't come out.

Sometimes when Lin Jue saw it, it didn't use that huge bronze leopard statue as its body, but its soul manifested. Once found, it would escape into the statues all over the mountain and disappear.

If the divine general manifested and descended, it would control the water to become a dragon, and in addition, it would hide in the cave or even under the Leopard Spring, making the divine general helpless.

Clearly, it had made up its mind—

Relying on the spiritual aura of this mountain and the statues in the mountain, it would maneuver and fight with them. Either it would seek victory from it, or it would drag out the time to reshape its physical body.

And these wooden, stone, bronze, and iron statues were actually very powerful, especially the bronze and iron statues that had been refined for many years; they were invulnerable to swords and spears and had infinite strength. Once activated, they were more difficult to deal with than the elite soldiers among the demon soldiers. When they rushed over in patches, the mountain forest trembled, and the sense of oppression was greater than that of thousands of troops and horses.

And for the past few days, Lin Jue had no longer easily used "flowers blooming in an instant."

Besides the fact that this magical art consumed a lot of magical power, there was another important reason: the magical arts of the world generated and restrained each other, and there were many weaknesses and infinite mysteries. This "flowers blooming in an instant" was difficult to do anything to metal. This was one of Lin Jue's most powerful magical arts, and he was afraid that if it took too long, this point would be discovered by others.

Thus, the efficiency was even lower.

Lin Jue couldn't help but feel troubled.

Another half a month passed, and it was still the same.

There were camps in the mountain forest.

Originally, this was already the hinterland of the demon king, a place that the commoners of the world would never dare to reach, and even the strange people of the Gathering Ju Ju Xian Fu rarely fought here, but now camps had been set up.

In the middle was a large tent. Lin Jue sat cross-legged inside, frowning and pondering, and muttering to himself.

"No wonder the divine general said he would be here for half a year..."

If casualties were not counted, perhaps the time could be advanced by a month or two.

But how could this be done?

Nowadays, the world is not peaceful, and the atmosphere in the imperial court is not good. With the upper levels setting the tone for the lower levels, at least eight or nine out of ten officials have problems with their conduct. There are not many people with justice in their hearts, and not many who have the ability to persist in upholding justice. When both are combined, there are even fewer. In the entire capital, most of the people who are willing to slay demons and eliminate evil and are capable of slaying demons and eliminating evil are here.

If the losses are heavy, it is a loss for the whole world.

It sounds like planning slowly is a good way.

However, Lin Jue doesn't think so.

There are two reasons:

First, this demon king is borrowing the spiritual aura of the Leopard Spring to nourish its soul and reshape its physical body with magical powers. It is not advisable to drag it out for too long.

That's why he went deep into the Leopard Forest several times.

Second, that "Lady Yao Hua" said before, "Intentions divide fortune and misfortune, choices determine safety and danger."

Originally, his analysis result was: this place might be more dangerous, after all, there would be a life-and-death battle, and the place of the Queen Mother of the West, who never harms people, should be relatively safe. But just following his heart, he still came here.

But now that he has arrived here, he has already fought with the Leopard King and decided the winner. Although the process of fighting was also very dangerous, if he had been slightly careless, slightly negligent, and the magical art hadn't been used, or if the Leopard King had a way to crack his magical art, or knew the weakness of "disaster-sending," he would have been slapped to death by it. But now, after all, he has turned danger into safety.

Lin Jue doesn't know if this counts as dangerous.

If it doesn't count, then the danger is on the other side.

I don't know how Yunmeng County is doing.

I don't know how the people who went to that side are doing.

Lin Jue wanted to think of other solutions, listened to the "soul-shifting art" page in the ancient book over and over again, and even listened to it to fall asleep every night, but he couldn't think of it in a short time. Lin Jue was even hesitating whether to write a letter to invite his junior sister from Mount Yishan to come and help.

According to his thoughts, he hadn't left Mount Yishan for long, and his junior sister should still be on the mountain teaching the senior brothers the divine walking art. The senior brothers' talents were in different places, and this magical art was not so easy to learn. Originally, Lin Jue didn't want to disturb them. This demon likely had a backer, and he didn't want his junior sister to be involved, but this battlefield was really too suitable for his junior sister.

Now his junior sister's stone-grinding method is perfect and has reached the peak, which is simply the nemesis of all stone carvings. Besides stone carvings, she can also smash hard objects like wooden carvings, bronze statues, and iron statues.

The harder and more brittle it is, the more it hits the mark.

Just as he was hesitating, someone walked in from outside.

"True Man Lin!

"Someone sent a letter to you from the capital!"

The person who came was Wan Xinrong, followed by a person, who was exactly Master Zhang who knew the divine walking art in the Gathering Ju Ju Xian Fu.

"The capital?"

Lin Jue had even picked up his pen, but put it down: "Master Zhang, long time no see."

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"Long time no see. I don't know how the battle is going for the True Man recently. Master Fan in the capital entrusted me to send a letter to you." Master Zhang said, "He said it must be handed to you personally."

At the same time, he took out a letter and handed it to Lin Jue.

Lin Jue took it and looked.

On it were written the words "To be opened by Fellow Daoist Lin."

Lin Jue opened the letter and looked at it seriously—

"How is Fellow Daoist? Is everything going smoothly with eliminating demons in the northwest?"

It was Master Fan's handwriting.

After a polite remark, he went straight to the main text.

That was ten years ago.

Around this Leopard Forest, there were three counties, among which Cangshi County had a Daoist temple with an old Daoist priest who was very old.

Ten years ago, that old Daoist came to the capital to find him.

At that time, the old Daoist was already very old, over ninety years old. Even though he had Daoist practice and knew how to maintain his health, he was almost unable to walk.

The reason was that the Leopard King had been entrenched here for many years. Although it was relatively low-key before and just didn't harm people so unscrupulously, it had actually harmed quite a few people.

Seventy years ago, when the old Daoist was still young, his whole family was harmed by this Leopard King and became ghosts in its mouth.

At that time, the imperial court was not as weak and incompetent as it is now. At that time, the county had also organized local braves and found masters and high-ranking people to enter the Leopard Forest to eliminate demons. At that time, the leopard demon's Dao practice was not as high as it is now, but relying on a profound soul-shifting art, it still beat them until they had no power to fight back.

The old Daoist was filled with grief and indignation, but was also helpless.

After that, it was decades of hard study of practice.

From twenty to ninety.

Ten years ago, when the old Daoist found Master Fan, he told him that he had researched a relatively profound magical art that could just restrain the soul-shifting art and all the ghosts in the world. However, although he had this magical art, he was far from being able to fight the demon king, so he wanted to offer it to Master Fan and ask the famous Master Fan to take action and eliminate this demon king.

However, the Leopard King at that time was already powerful, and Master Fan knew his own abilities. He was helpless and could only let him down, making the old Daoist leave in disappointment.

Recently, hearing that Lin Jue was in a stalemate in eliminating demons in the northwest, Master Fan thought of it again.

After struggling for a while, not knowing if Lin Jue needed it, he still wrote him a letter, saying that if Lin Jue needed it, he could go and visit, and if he didn't need it, he would just treat it as a greeting.

When Lin Jue read the letter, although Master Fan's wording and tone were generally calm, he could still read his urgency and complex mood from some details.

Just like this address, he wrote it vaguely and detailedly.

The wording was also very careful.

As if one could imagine him pacing anxiously in the courtyard, annoyed and thinking hard about the specific residence of the old Daoist, and struggling with whether he should send this letter to himself, and whether the old Daoist was still alive, which inevitably mixed with the original regret and guilt, because the old Daoist came to him for his reputation, but left in disappointment because he was famous but had no substance.

"If Fellow Daoist can eliminate the demon king, no matter what, the poor Daoist should go and tell him once to put his heart at ease."

Lin Jue finished reading slowly and looked up.

He also felt some emotion in his heart—

Decades like one day, thinking hard about the solution, how could it be so easy?

Master Zhang was still waiting for him and said to him: "True Man Fan and many masters are here fighting with the Leopard King's demon soldiers, saying they are willing to help True Man Lin eliminate demons."

"Just in time, thank him for me! If there is really a magical art to crack the soul-shifting art there, Fellow Daoist Fan should be credited with a great achievement!"

Lin Jue thought for a moment, but still put down his pen, deciding not to send a letter to his junior sister for the time being, but to go to Cangshi County to visit this old Daoist.

I don't know if he is still there.

So he asked Lord Luo, Master Nan, and Daoist Jiang and others to stay here. Lin Jue followed the address on the letter and took the fox to ride the egret. In less than an hour, he flew to Cangshi County. After some searching, he actually found a lonely Daoist temple on a barren mountain outside the city.

There was still smoke and fire inside.

(End of chapter)