Strange Tale

Tu Shanli took Si Ren's backpack off his body and threw it to him, "This is for you."

Si Ren reached out to catch the backpack in surprise, "Why?"

"Since you are fine now, then play a good game with me. It has been a long time since I met an opponent who can match me, and I think you are not bad."

"The nine-tailed fox is an auspicious beast, so why does it help the evildoer to flatter the evildoer?"

"If you can beat me, I'll tell you."

"Hey, vixen! Master Hun Duo asked you to catch men, not to compete in fighting skills!" The monk behind suddenly shouted.

Tu Shanli raised his head and stared fiercely at the past, "Bulk, when is it your turn to take care of me?! Do your own thing! Don't hurry up and create an enchantment with the stinky Taoist priest, and everyone will run away in a while Already! I’ve caught enough people, if there are people who escape, I won’t catch them again!”

"Damn vixen, don't just point fingers at Master Hun Duo and Boss Huang when they're not around. They can't escape with Master's enchantment!" This time it was a Taoist priest.

"Huh! Let's open your dog eyes and take a good look! The people from Yancheng outside are very powerful, and they have already alarmed the defenders of Xucheng. The barrier is very unstable and will soon be destroyed. It broke through. That old witch, Hunduo, is not here, she went to intercept the little mage's accomplice."

Si Ren thought to himself: Huh?This fox doesn't match those two monsters?Don't they belong together?Hunduo is the old witch he mentioned earlier...

After listening to Tu Shanli's words, the monk and Taoist stopped arguing with him, but began to reset the barrier by sitting cross-legged in meditation.

In this way, Father Martin led a group of people and children who had just been rescued. Although their lives were not in danger for the time being, they were immediately trapped in the barrier again.However, due to the rush of time, the monks and Taoists had no time to separate their own people from them, so they had to seal all the people who were crowded in the simple cell just now.So the people on both sides knew that it was useless to fight now, so they all stood or sat and temporarily put the weapons in their hands aside and looked at Si Ren and Tu Shanli together.

"Xiaolin, you go to the side, don't interfere." Si Ren said to Qilin who had been following at his feet.

In fact, Qilin originally planned to wait until Tu Shanli was not paying attention so that he could help Si Ren, but after Si Ren said this, he had no choice but to retreat in human form.Others were fine, but the priest in the enchantment was taken aback.

Si Ren dropped the sword in his hand, carefully carried the backpack, and took out a pair of magic weapons from inside.

Tu Shanli glanced at his hand, "Gangmao?"

Si Ren showed unconcealable excitement, "As expected of an ancient monster, I actually recognize it!"

Tu Shanli was a little disdainful, "Do you think you can beat me with that?"

Si Ren didn't care, "You might as well give it a try."

The next moment, Tu Shanli jumped into the air and rushed towards Si Ren. Si Ren first set up an enchantment to block his evil spirit, and then he left Gangmao and Yanmao's palm marks and raised his hands to meet Tu Shanli.

Gangmao is an ancient magic weapon that is almost lost. It is usually carved from mahogany or jade and consists of two parts: Gangmao and Yanmao.When put together, they are collectively called Gangmao.It is engraved with words that can ward off evil and avoid disasters, similar to a seal.

The two palms were facing each other, because Si Ren stamped Gangmao, after Tu Shanli felt a burst of burning in his hand, he couldn't help but pushed Si Ren away in pain.

"Who gave you Gang Mao?!" Tu Shanli looked at the two palms that were branded in surprise.

"My master." Si Ren was not without complacency.

"Who is your master?"

"If you can beat me, I'll tell you." Si Ren imitated Tu Shanli's tone.

Tu Shanli was a little annoyed, he shook his hands and clenched his fists, and rushed towards Si Ren again.

Humans and monsters fight each other, and monsters often rely on their evil spirit and brute force, and humans cannot compete with them with flesh and blood.In addition to seeing the size of the power, people have to rely on the ability to adapt to changes.

This time, Si Ren changed his tactic. He concentrated all his thoughts on one hand, put his index finger and middle finger together, pointed at Tu Shanli's fist, and recited a spell while stepping back.

"Gangmao is in the center, Lingshu is in all directions... The disease is severe and the emperor ordered Kuihua..."

Si Ren chanted the mantra over and over again and retreated step by step, while Tu Shanli clenched his teeth and stepped forward.Si Ren did not change his face, but Tu Shanli couldn't hold back, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

The two stood in a stalemate for a while, one on the ground and the other in the air, Si Ren thought that victory was in sight, so he stopped chanting the mantra and closed his handprints to prepare to subdue the monster.Tu Shanli took the opportunity to turn back and distance himself from Si Ren.Si Ren took out a jade cong.

Tu Shanli wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, "You want to take me in with a mere jade cong?"

Si Ren didn't answer, he raised his jade cong and made a seal with his hands, and recited the magic spell.Tu Shanli's demonic aura began to float towards the hand in his hand, and it seemed that he was really about to be taken in.

But after a while, Tu Shanli's hair suddenly turned silvery white, and his demonic aura, which seemed to have gradually weakened, suddenly increased.

Si Ren was shocked, he thought badly and wanted to set up another barrier.

But it was too late, the jade cong was slowly shattered in Si Ren's hands and exploded into countless pieces.Si Ren was also caught off guard and spat out a mouthful of blood from the shock.

"Xiao Ren!" The Qilin beside him couldn't stand it and yelled, about to rush towards Si Ren.

As soon as Si Ren stretched out his hand, a barrier stopped Qilin in place.

"How? If you are willing to admit defeat at this point, I will spare your life."

"Who said I lost." Si Ren was not convinced.

"Hmph! I wonder how long you can keep your mouth so hard?!" Tu Shanli sneered twice, seeing the opportunity, he jumped into the air, stretched his hand into a claw shape, and went straight to Si Ren's Tianling Gai.And in the blink of an eye, there were inches of sharp nails growing out of that hand.

Si Ren looked up and wanted to hide, but Tu Shanli suddenly opened his mouth, and a cloud of fox-smell-filled monsters sprayed towards him, and Si Ren immediately became paralyzed and unable to move.

Seeing that Tu Shanli's long knife-like nails were about to touch the top of Si Ren's head.

Father Martin began to yell hysterically: "S! S—S..."

Qilin also started to shout hysterically: "Xiao Ren! Xiao Ren—Xiao Ren..."

"Monster!" A voice scolded from nowhere.

Tu Shanli was taken aback, and Long Jiu kicked him down from the sky.

He often pulled Si Ren away, and Tu Shanli fell to the ground.

Tu Shanli stood up and saw that it was Long Jiu and laughed, "A monster? You say I am a monster?! Hahahaha!"

Long Jiu showed his posture, his hair and eyes turned red, "Come on, your opponent is me!"

"Hahahaha...Okay! Let me have a good fight today!"

Long Jiu raised his hand and drew a circle in the air, and immediately a raging fire ignited around the two of them.Si Ren knew that no one else could participate in this desperate struggle.

"Are you okay?" I often see Si Ren wearing only a jacket, with his hands injured, and vomiting blood all over his body, which is a bit miserable.

Si Ren wanted to raise his arm, but he still couldn't move, "I'm fine. Why did you come here?"

"I met a witch named Hundo on the road and was delayed."

"Is she great?"

"Well, he went alone to solve the problem for us."

"Huh? She has come forward?"

I often looked up and saw a Taoist priest and a monk not far away, "Who are those two?"

Si Ren couldn't move his neck either, but he knew who it was and often said, "It's them, things that are not as good as beasts. You have to deal with them quickly to save people."

So Long Jiu and Tu Shanli fought like a raging fire, and often faced monks and Taoists.

Later, when Lu Xian and He Ziming attacked, Dudu Wan also rushed over.

All the barriers were broken, and the people on both sides were beaten into darkness.

In the end, the witch named Hunduo didn't show up, and Huang Fulai never showed up. Si Ren and the others gradually gained the upper hand.Those who were captured and those who were still alive were saved.Although there were a lot of guards and they were skilled, but Lu Xian and He Ziming brought a lot of people, and they alarmed the defenders of Xucheng, so those young guards resisted for a while and were finally captured without a fight.Monks and Taoists are often restrained.Si Ren couldn't move all the time, but fortunately, Qilin was protecting him.

At this time, the rest of the people in the already disorganized courtyard had already stopped winning and losing, only Long Jiu and Tu Shanli were still entangled.

The place where the two fought was still surrounded by the fire lit by Long Jiu. Ordinary people could only see the flames and smoke, and could not know what happened.Only wizards and monsters who know spells can see the vision in the midair above the flames—a nine-headed monster and a nine-tailed fox are struggling hard.

And because the two monsters have too many heads and tails, the two figures intertwined together make people a little dazzled.

After Dudu Wan gave Si Ren away the evil spirit in him, the two looked into the air together to observe the battle situation.

"It's also the first time I've seen it." Dudu Wan said.

Si Ren looked up and squinted his eyes seriously, "What?"

"The two most difficult monsters fight. The nine-tailed fox and the nine..."

Dudu Wan stopped before finishing speaking, Si Ren looked down at her, "Nine what?"

"It's nothing." Dudu Wancha changed the subject, "Did you know? Eating a nine-tailed fox can rejuvenate your heart."

"Well, there seems to be such a saying." Si Ren recalled that at Dudu Wan's place, he saw her instantly transform into a young woman after drinking Long Jiu's blood, "Then... if you eat Long Jiu's heart What will happen?"

"Hmph, are you testing me?" Dudu Wan turned his attention to Si Ren, "I know what you have seen. But I can tell you: the current Long Jiu has no heart."

"What did you say?!"

"Not only does he have no heart, but he actually has no internal organs, muscles, bones, skin or anything else. Otherwise, he wouldn't have to be attached to other people's bodies."

Si Ren didn't bother to look at the images in the sky that were transformed by the demonic energy at all. He lowered his head and bent down to look at the short Dudu Wan, "You said 'the current Dragon Nine', but what about before?"

"Before? Well, since I've already said it, I might as well let you know a little more. In fact, Long Jiu was originally a collection of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, and he couldn't die without a physical body. It was good like that, ignorant and carefree. , but due to some chance at the beginning, Long Jiu had a body. With a body, he had feelings, emotions, and six desires, and the source of pain. Later, Long Jiu was killed, his body disappeared, and his energy scattered. But because there were no three souls and seven Po cannot be reincarnated, so after thousands of years, his essence, aura, and resentment scattered in the world have gathered again, and he has become the current Dragon Nine."

Si Ren stared into Dudu Wan's eyes, a little unwilling to believe her words, "Isn't that equivalent to... nothing... Can he recover and have his own body?"

"Whether you can recover or not has nothing to do with you."

"It's still possible, right?"

"you do not need to know."

"Then why are you telling me this?"

Dudu Wan Gouge moved his face and smiled, "I can see your thoughts. For Long Jiu, what you think in your heart is different from the last time I saw you. I just want to persuade you You say: Just like the ghost girl beside you, things that will disappear sooner or later or don't exist at all, it's better not to be tempted casually."

It's not good to be told what's on your mind, Si Ren frowned, "What do you mean 'can see' my mind?"

"Every Diwan who can become a witch must have his own special ability."

Si Ren was a little surprised, "You mean... your ability is to see what other people are thinking?!"

"It can be said that I dare not say that I can see every trivial thing that comes to my mind, but I can still understand any motives and attempts."

"You knew what Long Jiu was going to do, so you followed me all the way?"

Dudu Wan shook his head, "I can see what other people are thinking, but there is only one exception. I still have no way of knowing what Ah Jiu is thinking."

"why?"

"You don't need to know that either."

"Then why did you come here?"

"I have been able to live on his blood until now. So when he is in danger, I will sense it. When it needs rain, I will ask for rain. When I need to show up, I will arrive in time. This time it is him and I often meet people who are difficult to deal with in Churi Mountain."

It turned out that it was raining on Yuying Mountain at that time because of her.Si Ren looked at the heads and tails still huddled together in the air, "What kind of Hunduo is harder to deal with than Tu Shanli?"

The corner of Duduwan's mouth twitched, "Although this fox is powerful, it is not Ah Jiu's opponent."

The author has something to say: Gangmao: Wearing objects made of mahogany, jade or other materials.Usually in pairs, one is called Gangmao and the other is Yanmao when they are separated, and they are collectively called Gangmao when they are put together.The small gangmao are about the size of a dice.The big Gang Mao is usually a cuboid, engraved with incantations to intimidate ghosts, which is very similar to a seal, and some people regard it as a kind of seal.The ancients generally believed that seals had the function of warding off evil spirits.The mantra chanted by Si Ren in this chapter is the content usually engraved on the Gang Mao.