Mortal Bones

The secret passage is worthy of being the place where the Red Armor Cavalry once defeated the Nine Abyss Demons, and actually makes a living by hunting monsters.

"This knight, can you help me find my brother? There must be more than one monster ashore. If he encounters it, it will be in danger."

After she was safe, the fisherman girl immediately thought of her brother.

"Don't worry, I met your brother first and then came to find you. I have a friend who is looking after him and will bring him to meet us soon."

Xu Taiping smiled at the girl.

Upon hearing this, the nervous look on the girl's face suddenly dissipated.

"By the way, my surname is Xu and my given name is Taiping. What do you call me girl?"

"I...my surname is Zhang and my given name is Zhu. Brother Xu, just call me A-Zhu."

The girl seemed a little unaccustomed to introducing herself to strangers, and her expression was a little reserved when speaking.

"Miss Azhu, why is this monster chasing you so hard?"

Xu Taiping picked up the fish bone knife on the ground and asked the girl curiously.

A Zhu hesitated after hearing this, and after taking a serious look at Xu Taiping, he replied: "Brother Taiping, does he know about Zhenhai Tower?"

"certainly."

Xu Taiping nodded.

"Is it possible that the fact that you are being chased by monsters is related to Zhenhai Tower?"

He became more and more curious.

A Zhu nodded, and then replied:

"Today my brother and I went to the sea to see if we could meet some lone sea monsters and supplement our family income. But we didn't expect to encounter any monsters. Instead, we met a seriously injured woman on the beach."

"Is this the one your brother is carrying?" Xu Taiping asked.

"That's right."

A Zhu nodded, and then continued to explain:

"Under normal circumstances, we would not want to meddle in other people's business, but the seriously injured woman grabbed us before she fell into coma, saying that she was a spy from Zhenhai Tower and that she had found extremely important information, so we must capture her. Take it to town."

"Didn't she say what information it was?"

"Before I could say anything, I passed out, and then the monster chased us ashore from the sea and has been chasing us here."

A Zhu frowned.

"So this is ah."

Hearing this, Xu Taiping breathed a sigh of relief.

He originally thought that this matter would be related to his last murder, but after listening to A Zhu's story, he found out that it was just an ordinary pursuit of Zhenhai Tower spies by Jiuyuan, and he immediately felt relieved.

"Don't worry. When your brother comes, I will escort you back to town."

Seeing that A Zhu still had a solemn expression, Xu Taiping immediately comforted her.

"Brother Xu, this matter is not as simple as you think."

Ah Zhu suddenly took a deep look at Xu Taiping.

"Why do you say that?"

Xu Taiping's heart tightened.

"The monster that is chasing us is different from ordinary sea monsters. It is a deep-sea monster. This deep-sea monster has almost never appeared in Tianhaiguan since the Zhenhai Tower was built."

A Zhu said with a solemn expression.

She is not very old, but her tone of voice and expression are extremely mature.

"You mean, there's something wrong with Zhenhai Tower?"

Xu Taiping asked with a frown.

The uneasiness in his heart grew stronger and stronger.

"My grandfather told me that if one day our Tianhai Customs encounters a deep-sea monster again, it must be because the seal of the Zhenhai Tower on the Demonic Abyss has failed."

A Zhu nodded.

Hearing this, Xu Taiping suddenly remembered what the demon monk Zhenwu said when he sent him here - "It's not far away, and it will soon become the hunting ground of my demon abyss. There is no way you can "Survived!"

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he thought to himself:

"Could this Tianhai Town be the hunting ground that Demon Monk Zhenwu mentioned?"

When he thought of this, he suddenly asked A Zhu again:

"Miss Azhu, if the seal of Zhenhai Tower really fails, what will happen to Tianhaiguan?"

After hearing this, A Zhu was silent for a long time, and then said with a solemn expression:

"The seal of Zhenhai Tower has failed. The first place the monsters imprisoned in the deep sea will attack is our Tianhai Customs."

"My grandfather said that as long as Tianhaiguan is captured, even if the seal of Zhenhai Tower is repaired, there will be no way to suppress all the monsters in the depths of Xiliu Sea like before."

Xu Taiping was silent for a while after hearing this.

The premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger - "My killing disaster is very likely to be related to this."

"However, these are all my speculations. Whether there is a problem at Zhenhai Tower, we will not know until we send the sister from Zhenhai Tower to the town."

A Zhu added another sentence at this time.

"Um."

Xu Taiping nodded.

As A Zhu said, there is no conclusion yet on this matter.

"Xu Taiping!"

"elder sister."

At this moment, Bai Yu came to Xu Taiping carrying a young man with a tiger head and a tiger's head in one paw, and a woman covered in blood with the other paw.

"Ahu!"

Seeing that his brother was fine, A Zhu suddenly smiled on his face.

But Xu Taiping's attention was on the woman covered in blood.

"Ping An, give this sister a bone-growing pill as well."

Xu Taiping glanced at Ping An.

Ping An nodded immediately, quickly came to the woman's side, poured a grain from the small porcelain bottle and fed it into her mouth.

"Brother Xu, your elixir is very miraculous. It can heal my broken waist. Maybe it can also heal this sister."

A Zhu also looked at the woman expectantly at this time.

“Cough, cough, cough, cough!…”

What surprised the few people was that the woman really woke up after taking the bone-growing pill.

But before they could ask questions, the woman suddenly bulged her eyes and grabbed Xu Taiping’s arm and said:

“Defend Tianhai Pass, we must defend Tianhai Pass! Otherwise, otherwise we will all die, and the people of Xiliang will all die!”

Hearing this, everyone present was shocked.

And Xu Taiping felt a tingling sensation on his scalp, because he found that the woman’s voice was exactly the same as the voice that Lian Tong made him hear in his seventh level of killing calamity.

“This is… the earth killing calamity that the owner of the Leaf Book gave me!”

Xu Taiping could finally confirm it.