Chapter 399

Seventh Shixiong ran a trip and worked hard, so he chose a fan that could fan out a violent wind. With a light fan, the curtains and candles in the hall shook violently.

Lin Jue remembered that among the treasures given by Master Fuchi before, he got a bamboo tube that could blow fire and fog. Whether it was fire or fog, it matched the fan.

"Pity it's not a folding fan."

Little Xiao Shimei rushed over later and also worked hard. She didn't want anything, so she only chose a few sharp feathers, which were left by a bird monster and could fly and stab people.

"This is for Little Flower!"

After saying that, she handed it to Cai Li.

Cai Li's eyes widened, and it was very surprised.

"As for me..."

Third Shixiong didn't contribute and didn't arrive, but he still worked hard. He walked forward slowly, glanced at a small gourd, only half the size of a palm, but still looked away, and instead picked a bead, the size of a finger, left by a snake monster, which seemed to be used for collecting and nourishing souls.

"This thing has fate with me!"

Third Shixiong put it away.

As for what he used it for, no one dared to ask or say.

There were nine magic tools and weapons left in total.

Lin Jue, who also didn't contribute, walked up, grabbed the small gourd, and threw it to Third Shixiong: "I saw it in the sky. This thing can hold water. It was used by a corpse demon to hold black water. It would smoke white when sprinkled on the ground. I don't know if you can drink it if you use it to hold wine!"

"Hehe! Thank you, Shidi!" Third Shixiong immediately beamed with joy, "I can drink it! I can drink it! Why can't I drink it? Isn't it fine to wash it in the Wei Shui River?"

"Then the rest belongs to me!"

"Take it, take it..."

Third Shixiong was thin-skinned for once, and Lin Jue was thick-skinned for once.

Anyway, Fourth Shixiong contributed, and everyone shared the loot.

Lin Jue saw the small sword used by the bird monster. Although it was thin and small and not suitable for people to wave, it could be used as a flying sword. Although it was not as easy to use as his own flying sword, it was extremely sharp.

Daoist Tao was one of the first extraordinary people in Ju Xian Fu to have fate with him after he arrived in the capital. He also had righteousness. Before he met him, he often went out to eliminate demons. Later, he followed him to Jinping County and then to the Leopard Forest. This flying sword should have fate with him.

The person surnamed Lei also went to the northwest with him twice, but his skills were all in techniques, and he only needed the essence and blood of the tiger monster to help him cultivate. He didn't need any magic tools in normal times.

Among them, only one protective bone ornament could be worn by him.

There was something like a bone tube that could blow out cold air.

There was an incense burner-like object that could urge flames.

There were also iron hammers, long knives, awl-like bird beaks, antlers that could be thrown to hit people, and whips made of willow branches, so I have to see who to give them to.

The world will become more and more chaotic in the future. He will be in seclusion in the capital to refine pills, and the refining of pills alone will take a full thousand days. During this period, it is probably not good to be distracted. Not to mention whether there will be any changes in the capital itself, whether the northern and southern armies will fight into the capital, and whether Da Jiang will perish within those thousand days is also uncertain.

Therefore, someone must protect him.

Maybe the number of people cannot be small.

If you want to ask for something from others, give it to others first. If you want others to open their hearts, you cannot be stingy first.

"Sure enough, troubled times have arrived. After going down the mountain, you should walk outside like Third Shixiong and Little Shidi to have the opportunity to progress," Fourth Shixiong sat on the ground and sighed, "Living in a Daoist temple to cultivate is just a tradition in peaceful times, a place prepared by the masters of Fuqiu Temple for apprentices in peaceful times."

"Shixiong shouldn't say that. Cultivation from beginning to end is just cultivating freedom. This also depends on personal character," Lin Jue said, "Besides, Shixiong being in one place, besides spreading branches and leaves, is also equivalent to protecting the peace of the local people."

After saying this, he paused again:

"Besides, Fourth Shixiong arrived here today, didn't he also take the initiative to go down the mountain and walk into this troubled world? Today is just the first battle of Wang Mu's invasion. Why worry about no opportunity to progress?"

Fourth Shixiong nodded, only saying it made sense.

Indeed, he has a quiet personality. If possible, he only wants to stay in the mountains, be companions with mountain rocks and streams, be companions with birds and beasts, these are his friends. In his spare time, he spreads out the four treasures of the study, writes half an article and two lines of poetry, and when he is excited, he sits on the stream rocks and invites birds and beasts in the mountains to enjoy a flute song together. It would be even better if there were Shixiong and Xiao Shimei to accompany him, and spend the rest of his life like this.

Even attaining immortality is not that important.

But as Little Xiao Shimei said—

Troubled times have arrived, where is there a pure land? If you want to be free, you must have protective methods.

Moreover, the Shixiong and Xiao Shimei have trouble, how can he stand by?

Just like Third Shixiong's unrestrained and free personality, he would also want to seek the way of attaining truth for Fuqiu Temple. Such a lazy and wine-loving person also decided to be diligent after a few words of advice from Little Xiao Shimei. Isn't he the same?

That night, a little person drove a carriage to deliver a letter.

The little person was about as high as a palm, like the Jiaoqiao in legends, and like the mouse spirit encountered in Yi County, but without the tail behind the mouse spirit. He was dressed in yellow clothes and a yellow hat, driving a yellow carriage and galloping, and the horse pulling the carriage was also yellow, also about the size of a palm, looking quite pleasing.

Don't underestimate him—this is a kind of water god, strictly speaking, a god and spirit in the marshland, who likes to gallop and can travel a thousand miles a day.

Lin Jue had heard of him on Fuqiu Peak.

He is called Qingji, and is now a small god official under the command of Yili Shenjun Yi Li. He is responsible for delivering letters and also responds to the requests and orders of the Fulu sect mages who worship Yili Shenjun Yi Li and the southern god system to help deliver letters. Before, when the Qiyun Mountain Great Ritual was held, Xuan Tian Temple notified all places, and it was him who helped deliver the letters.

The little person was in a hurry, put down the letter and drove away. Seeing that there was another letter in his carriage, he should be rushing to the next trip.

Lin Jue opened the letter paper.

A piece of regular script, the fragrance of ink hit his face.

"Are you well, fellow Daoist?

"Today, hundreds of monsters suddenly emerged from Mo Dushan, and their cultivation is not shallow. They came to invade Bo Yu. We and the city guards spent a lot of effort to repel them.

"However, Wang Mu is a demon king who has attained the Dao and has been dormant for many years. Even if she is besieged by the two True Lords, the demon soldiers and generals she can use are far more than these. In addition, although these monsters are fierce, they do not have the will to fight to the death, so I guess that besides Bo Yu, the three counties of Ziyun, Ji Guang, and Le Tian where you are, fellow Daoist, should also have been harassed, and this is just her probing.

"Is anyone injured on your side, fellow Daoist?

"Hope for a quick reply.

No errors in the content at a glance!

"If your letter is written, fellow Daoist, you can put it in Qingji's carriage."

This letter ended here.

Lin Jue looked at the letter and showed thought.

It was indeed as he thought, this was just Wang Mu's probing, probing the reality of the surrounding areas.

And those monsters were indeed powerful. The Daoists of Zhen Jian Gong and the city guards worked together to resist, and it took a lot of effort to repel them! And from the sound of it, these monsters didn't seem to pay much of a price in Bo Yu County, but probed enough and then retreated half-passively and half-actively?

I'm afraid the other two counties were the same?

Only here, because of the arrival of Fourth Shixiong and the Mountain-Moving Mirror, not one of those 100 monsters could go back?

Now that I think about it, during the day, those monsters should have seen Fourth Shixiong alone, so they didn't use their full strength. At least many monsters didn't have time to take out their magic tools. And so many monsters couldn't surround a small Daoist and fight with all their strength. The space didn't allow it. But I didn't expect that this Daoist took out a mirror, and they couldn't even run away.

I don't know what Wang Mu will think.

Is it extra fearful of this side? Or probing again?

In short, the Mountain-Moving Mirror cannot be used casually again.

And this last sentence of Daoist Jiang...

Lin Jue lowered his head and looked at the desk.

On it was a letter paper, half a page of handwriting.

It seems she expected that they would also write letters for her.

Pity this letter hasn't been written yet.

Lin Jue shook his head.

Soon, someone delivered a letter from outside the city.

It was Master Zhang who knew the divine movement technique. The letter delivered was from Ji Guang County. The content in the letter corroborated the speculation of Lin Jue and Daoist Jiang. They were also harassed there, but the losses were even greater, which from the side proved that Ji Guang County guarded by Nan Gong should be the weakest of the few counties.

Lin Jue chatted with Master Zhang for a few words while reading the letter.

First, he asked about his experience of following Nan Gong away from the capital, going to Yunmeng County and luckily avoiding a disaster, then asked if they saw any movement from outside the city, then asked about the situation in Ji Guang County, and finally made a few agreements, and then asked Master Zhang to go back.

As Lin Jue thought, in the following two months, Wang Mu had several more probes against Ziyun County, but she was much more cautious and had more tricks.

Once, a small group of demon soldiers raided at night, but they were discovered before they got close. After the person came back to report, Lin Jue took Fuyao and called the three Shixiong, especially him and Third Shixiong. A handful of beans were sprinkled, and more than 100 armored soldiers descended from the sky, directly surrounding and killing them in the wilderness.

Once, the weeds in and outside the city grew wildly and wanted to form straw men, but it happened that there were many of its nemesis here, and the Daoists were also like this.

Until the weeds were burned clean, not many straw men were seen.

The most terrifying time was when a stone giant was sent, six or seven feet high, taller than the city wall of Ziyun County, and walked over from the wilderness. The city guards saw it from afar and were scared out of their wits.

If it got close to the city, the city wall of Ziyun County would probably be smashed to pieces by it.

But I didn't expect that this huge stone giant seemed to have great spirituality. As soon as Little Xiao Shimei went out of the city, it instinctively sensed danger and immediately left at a speed faster than when it came.

There was another time, Wang Mu seemed to have peeked at the details of Master Zhang's letter from Ji Guang County, and sent a monster good at changing, who became the same appearance as Master Zhang, intending to enter the city, but was identified because Lin Jue and Master Zhang agreed on different secret codes every time. Before any Daoist or extraordinary person from Ju Xian Fu could take action, it was shot into a hedgehog by the arrows in the hands of the soldiers at the city gate.

It turned out to be a common painted skin ghost.

(End of chapter)