Chapter 497

Behind the Fengshan Hongye Guan, there was often the sound of palms hitting stone.

The little girl wearing a Daoist robe clung to the steep mountain body, and although sweat was dripping down, her expression was firm, and she lifted her palms to hit the mountain body one by one, sparing no effort.

Her palms were already bright red and had developed calluses.

Sometimes gravel splashed and fell to the bottom of the mountain, and sometimes the mountain wind blew up stone powder, blurring her eyes.

But she had no intention of fearing hardship or fatigue.

From her front upwards, it was a steep mountain body, and from her back downwards, there were rough steps one after another.

Over these days, the progress in spells was visible.

And her master was sitting on the top of this mountain.

If he looked up inadvertently, he could see her.

Suddenly, a white crane came to deliver a letter.

"Thank you."

The junior sister received the white crane's letter and opened it to check.

This letter came from a county city somewhere in distant Huizhou.

In order to collect the materials for the Golden Core, she and several senior brothers had correspondence, and the one delivering the letter was the white crane friend that the junior senior brother had met.

Some time ago, the senior brother wrote to say that he had found a thousand-year-old fire ginseng in the Black Dashan, with a quantity of about one liang. Later, she also asked the junior senior brother to inquire about other materials from the senior, and also sent a letter asking the senior brother and the sixth senior brother to ask their respective spirit immortals. Now it was the sixth senior brother's reply.

Written on it was the trace of top-grade golden essence.

"Hoo..."

A gust of breeze blew, and Zi Yun suddenly discovered that the master who was originally sitting on the top of the mountain had arrived by her side.

This master walked on the steep mountain body as if it were flat ground, so that when they looked at each other, it presented a very strange angle.

"Master..."

"I am going to look for top-grade golden essence and will be away for a period of time. Will you take care of yourself, or go to the senior or your senior uncle's place?"

"Ah?"

"In my opinion, my disciple is becoming more and more capable and can take care of herself. Plus, there is still the road to repair and the Daoist temple to watch over, so it's better to stay at the Fengshan Hongye Guan. I will ask your senior uncle to have the white crane friend deliver a meal to you every day." The junior sister said, "And leave Little Flower to accompany you."

"Good, good..."

"Remember, be careful in everything, but don't be afraid. If you encounter demons or villains, just call Little Flower for help, and your senior uncle in the deep mountain will also watch over you."

"Remembered."

"Although you must not be lazy in repairing the road, you must also open the Daoist temple for a while every noon. If the common people at the foot of the mountain encounter demons or ghosts and come to beg for help, don't try to be a hero, just write a letter to notify your senior uncle's side. Anyway, he has many protectors there, and disciples to teach."

"Understood."

The junior sister gave Cai Li some more instructions, asking it to protect the Fengshan Hongye Guan and her disciple, before turning into a breeze and leaving.

The sun had already set behind the western mountains, and it was near dusk here.

In a village at the foot of the mountain, just as the daylight dimmed and the evening mist began to rise, a cry like that of an infant was heard.

Every household locked their doors, not daring to go out.

Only on a large tree stood a petite six-tailed white fox, looking down at the bottom.

In another house, a short and thin man had a short sword tucked at his waist, but he was empty-handed, sitting very loosely on the armchair behind him.

A little girl held a firewood knife, opened her eyes wide, held her breath, and approached the hole in the doorway.

Her heart was thumping wildly, and her hands were shaking, but she didn't dare to make a single sound.

Outside was the cold and thick night, and the mist moved with the wind.

"Ah~ ah~"

That monster was actually wandering openly on the road in the village.

Suddenly, a voice was heard—

"Its body looks like a sheep, its face looks like a human, its eyes grow under its armpits, it has teeth like a tiger, claws like a human hand, and it cries like an infant. It eats people; it should be the monster called Paoxiao in the legend."

The little girl was immediately startled.

Realizing that it was the Wan Wan Hufa behind her speaking, she breathed a sigh of relief, but still couldn't help but look back again to confirm that it was really Wan Wan Hufa speaking, and not some other ghost or monster.

But just as she relaxed a little, withdrew her gaze, and approached the small hole in the doorway again to look out, she suddenly discovered that she was facing a pair of round tiger-leopard-like eyes.

"!"

The little girl suddenly took a few steps back.

It was that the monster heard someone in the room talking and someone peeking at it, so it leaned its eyes over to look.

With such a retreat, she exposed her whole self to the monster's eyes.

"Boom!"

The monster immediately began to ram the door, emitting a cry like an infant, which made people's hair stand on end in the night, especially since it kept ramming the door.

The little girl was badly frightened, holding the firewood knife and retreating again and again.

"Boom! Boom!"

The monster became more and more fierce. Its size was not large, but its strength was astonishingly great, and the door bolt was about to be broken.

Just as Wan Xinrong behind her stood up, wanting to remind her to quickly recite the incantation to summon the bean soldiers, he had already heard her voice:

"Beans fall, wind rises, soldiers and horses appear!"

Although she was panicked, she didn't stumble, but recited it very quickly.

With a swish, two beans flew out.

As soon as the beans flew out, they grew rapidly.

The little girl quickly hid under the table.

At the same time, the bolt was broken, the door was wide open, and the monster immediately pounced in.

But she saw a sound of armor rubbing and clashing in the room. I don't know when, an armored soldier holding a shield in one hand and a blade in the other blocked the space between it and the woman. Seeing it pounce, he actually held the shield in a backhand swing—

With a boom! The monster was directly knocked flying onto the wall!

The armored soldier holding the shield didn't move at all.

Immediately following was a sound of breaking through the air!

It was the other armored soldier holding a bow, pulling the bow and shooting an arrow, shooting an arrow before the monster slid down from the wall.

The power of this arrow was so great that it also exploded like thunder, not only piercing the monster's body directly but also piercing through the entire wall.

When the monster's body fell from the wall, it was then seen that there was an extra hole in the wall, and the arrow was nowhere to be seen.

The little girl was dumbfounded again.

Subduing demons and eliminating evil, i-is it really this simple?

Until the oil lamp lit up, illuminating the room, and the monster's corpse was clearly in front of her, she still couldn't believe it, feeling that this didn't seem real.

And the two tall and mighty armored soldiers wearing heavy armor stood quietly in the room, motionless, paired with the monster in the pool of blood on the ground and the large hole in the wall, giving people an extremely reliable and trustworthy feeling.

"This..."

"Don't be surprised. They are, after all, Daoist soldiers and good men who follow the True One. In the past, when they followed the True One, they fought against great demons and celestial soldiers and generals. Eliminating such small demons is naturally easy for them."

Wan Xinrong's voice rang out:

"In the future, when you eliminate demons, you don't need to worry about whether these good men can beat the demons. What you should worry about is how to find the demons, how to prevent them from running away, how to use the timing and terrain to create the most suitable battlefield for the bean soldier good men, and how to ensure your own safety during their struggle. Also, distinguish whether the demon should be killed, injured, or driven away. Leave the rest to them. At most, you only need to cooperate with them. Oh, there is one more thing: the good men's weapons, bows and arrows, are all divine weapons. For every arrow shot out, you must try your best to find them back."

"Oh..."

The little girl thought for a long time before lowering her head: "What kind of monster is this..."

"This is not something that changed; it is naturally born, just like mountain monsters and water spirits." Wan Xinrong said, "It should be that the world has not been peaceful in recent years, with continuous wars, weak human energy, and the birth of malevolent energy, which gave birth to these fierce and man-eating demons and evil things."

The little girl nodded again, then reacted and hurriedly thanked the two good men:

"Thank you, good men! Thank you, good men!"

She originally intended to recite the incantation to recall them, but was afraid there might be more demons, so she plucked up her courage and took the bean soldiers out to patrol.

After walking around the village and checking with the terrain from a high place, she really found another one.

No need to say much, from a distance of hundreds of steps, people couldn't see clearly at all and could only see dark shadows moving by the moonlight, but the armored soldier beside her had already pulled the bow and shot an arrow. Just hearing a bang of the bowstring, when the sound came again, it was the muffled sound of the arrow piercing through the demon and into the ground in the distance.

It was still so simple that it made people unable to believe it.

And this evil thing was slightly larger than that one, with slightly longer fur.

Such monsters were actually male and female!

The sun and moon alternated, and the rooster announced the dawn.

The villagers gathered around, and seeing the two monsters placed on the ground, they treated them as immortal experts, and some even knelt down to worship.

The little girl looked at them blankly, then lowered her head, spread her hands, and looked at the two beans in her hands...

She hadn't even started cultivating the Dao or learning spells, but just by being lent two beans by an immortal and reciting an incantation, she could summon such powerful divine soldiers and celestial generals, and subduing demons and eliminating evil was as simple as eating and drinking.

Holding the beans in her hand, she had the illusion that "this kind of power also belongs to me at this moment."

Of course, this was just an illusion.

The little girl shook her head and cast aside distracting thoughts.

She still felt like she was dreaming.

Coming back to her senses, the old village head in the village, leading several villagers, had already approached with a troubled face.

"Immortal Master... The Immortal Master eliminated the demons for us, how should we repay the Immortal Master?"

The years of war had just ended, the village was half empty, and seven or eight out of ten strong laborers were gone. It was hard to scrape some food from the soil, only to be taxed away by the imperial court for the most part. Just like this, they didn't know if they could survive until this year's autumn harvest, and then they encountered demons causing trouble.

In this village head's family, two people were also eaten by demons.

The little girl looked at them blankly.

This place was closer to the capital than Yunzhou, and more prosperous and convenient than the big mountains, but life here was much harder than in the big mountains of Yunzhou.

Looking back, that Wan Wan Hufa was pursing his lips and saying nothing.

A back basket, with tiles clinking inside.

The young girl bent down, bearing the weight, wiping sweat as she walked forward, but there was worry between her brows:

"Will the True One blame me..."

"Don't ask me, I don't know either."

"Then what did everyone give the True One when he eliminated demons before?"

"Hmm?" Wan Xinrong thought for a while and answered honestly, "I haven't seen the True One specifically come to eliminate this kind of demon. The True One doesn't eliminate demons for the sake of the common people's property."

"Then what kind of demons were eliminated before? Are they much more powerful than this?"

"Hahaha! Hasn't the little lady heard the rumors about 'True One Lin' from that little Master Xu while playing with him during this time?"

"Heard some."

"Those rumors are not fake. The demons that the True One fought in the northwest of Qinzhou and at Mount Modu before... Hahaha, I won't say, I won't say. Anyway, they are far from being comparable to these wolf-leopard-like demons and evil things." Wan Xinrong said with a smile, "Anyway, the little lady must know that since ancient times, there have been many demons in troubled times. In this world today, after years of war, there are still many such demons and evil things. If you want to clear the human world, you can't do without the efforts of the little lady and little Master Xu in the future."

"I'm not afraid of fatigue!"

"It's good that you're not afraid..."

"But you say, how did the True One know that there were demons harming people here at the foot of the mountain?"

"This..."

This actually stumped Wan Xinrong.

In the end, he could only prevaricate: "The True One is an immortal, what is there that an immortal doesn't know?"

There are naturally things in the world that immortals don't know, and there are many of them.

However, immortals do know more things than they do.

Just like at this very moment, they don't know that on the outskirts of Mount Feng, in the Fengshan Hongye Guan, there is a Daoist boy of about ten years old sitting in front of the window, recording all the requests of the common people at the foot of the mountain who were disturbed by demons and ghosts and came to beg for help today, writing them into a letter, and preparing to send them to the depths of Mount Feng.