Dressed as a heartthrob, after bending the heroine

"Is it dead?" Pei Ran walked over in small steps, only seeing a tail that was still moving faintly.

"No." Zhong Liyan said, "Look at its head."

Hearing this, everyone gathered around one after another, and saw runes painted with cinnabar on the giant python's head. At this time, more than half of the cinnabar was stained with blood, faintly visible.

Yan Xi asked in surprise, "This is... being controlled by someone?"

Another person echoed: "It must be like this, otherwise who would draw a spell on the python's head for nothing?"

Ye Huai bent down and looked at it for a while, then suddenly said: "Master, this rune is the same as the one found in Yun Cang's room!"

Zhong Liyan just looked down, she saw it at first glance, but she didn't say anything, instead she turned her head and asked Pei Ran, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Pei Ran shook her head: "No."

Zhong Liyan said: "Everyone back off, the rune disappeared, I don't know what will happen to the giant python, don't get hurt."

Only then did the crowd disperse, not daring to relax their vigilance, and raised their swords to face the giant python, who would have thought that the giant python swung its body a few times, sized them up, and fell asleep again.

"Master, what should we do now, are we going to kill him?" Ye Huai asked.

Zhong Liyan frowned and shook her head: "Don't worry about it, let's go."

"But what if the giant python wakes up and hurts people?"

Zhong Liyan said: "Just now it raised its head to look at us, didn't it hurt anyone?"

Ye Huai wanted to say more, but Pei Ran pressed his hand and said, "Brother, since this snake has something to do with Yun Cang, maybe we can find some clues through this snake in the future. It would be a pity if we just killed it like this."

Ye Huai said in a low voice: "Junior Sister, you just saw how many people this snake can swallow with one mouth, wouldn't it be harmful if you let it go? Not everyone can meet Master."

Pei Ran said: "But I don't think it can eat people. Its whole body is injured like this. If it wasn't controlled by runes, it might not be able to get up. You can see that it can't move at all now. Its body has been pulled out. With so many scales and a lot of blood loss, I'm afraid I'm going to die."

Blood flowed all over the python's body, and the unhealed wounds were torn and split due to the large-scale movement just now, and the flesh was turned outward, which was very hideous.

"Let's go, this thing won't live long." Zhong Liyan said, leading the way forward.

Everyone followed, and the miasma not only did not disappear, but became heavier. It turned out that the giant python was not the cause of the miasma, which meant that there was something more terrifying than this giant python ahead.

"Master, should we continue to move forward? Or let's change the road." Pei Ran hugged Xin Jiu, and found that it was not shaking as badly as before.

Zhong Liyan said: "This is the only way to go, it cannot be changed."

Pei Ran vaguely had a bad premonition, the miasma appeared too obviously, and it was directed at them.

"Master, could it be that the murderer chased us here?" Pei Ran asked.

Zhong Liyan said: "It's possible, so follow me carefully and don't run around."

Pei Ran nodded: "Master, what key clues did you find, and who is the murderer?"

From the beginning to the end, Zhong Liyan didn't let Pei Ran interfere, and she didn't even want to reveal any clues to her, and Pei Ran didn't ask openly.

Zhong Liyan led her away from the crowd, and said: "In the beginning, there were a few suspects. The sect leader and I were secretly investigating, but I just met this giant python, which made me certain of one thing."

"what's up?"

Zhong Liyan said: "There is an elder in the Qingyi Sect who is good at controlling objects and can talk to animals and birds. The giant python we met just now was controlled by someone. With those strange runes, it makes people suspicious. .”

Pei Ran said: "Senior Brother Ye said just now that the runes on the golden python's head are the same as the rune blueprints found in Yun Cang's house!"

Zhong Liyan nodded: "That's right, Yun Cang's cultivation is not enough to draw these runes, and he can also create illusions, so those runes are very useful, the head has already sent people to search for clues, to see if anyone Seeing who gave Yun Cang the talisman, although there is no clue yet, it is probably Elder Zheng Ze."

"Regular elder?"

Pei Ran remembered this man, he was a strange old man, he got up early every day and meditated in the back mountain, saying that he was listening to some plants and trees, and the animals often circled around him, and he could be seen communicating with animals.

He never tied his hair up, dressed casually, his beard was tied into a small braid, and he always walked barefoot, followed by a team of ducklings.

Although he does not fit in with the strict standards of the Qingyi sect, he is not annoying. There will always be disciples who follow him to the back mountain to meditate, absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, listen to the words of plants and trees, and practice meditation.

It was difficult for Pei Ran to connect him with manipulating the puppet to kill people, because Zheng Ze always acted like he didn't care about anything, even a little detached and ignored the world.

"But Elder Zheng doesn't seem like that kind of person. What's his purpose for doing this?" Pei Ran asked.

Zhong Liyan smiled and said: "A lot of people are not what you seem to be. Zheng Ze had practiced kung fu before, but fortunately the head master found out in time and rescued them. But although they were rescued, their minds were not as usual. , Those livestock that he had protected so well before were tortured to death by him, so there is not a single living thing in his residence."

Although Elder Zhengzheng behaved a little differently after that ecstasy, he was generally normal, so Xiao Yexuan didn't do anything to him, but told him to cultivate his mind frequently and avoid going to the back mountain, but his nature was In this way, it can't be stopped, but fortunately Xiao Yexuan's worries don't exist, Zheng Ze's going to the back mountain is just to cultivate his mind, and it doesn't hurt innocent, so he just let him go.

Walking to the depths of the forest, everyone was startled to hear noises behind them. Looking back, they saw the giant golden python silently following behind, spitting out bright red letters, always seven feet away from them.

Ye Huai frowned and took a step back, "When did this thing catch up?"

A disciple said: "It's so close, we didn't notice it."

Yan Xi said: "The miasma is too heavy. I'm afraid we won't be able to find other things approaching. We'd better gather together, in case a senior brother is missing and no one notices."

After listening to Yan Xi's words, the crowd drew closer, only to see Zhong Liyan stop, a long whip flew out of her sleeve, and rushed into the woods in front of her. After a while, a person came out.

The man was wearing a black robe, holding a whisk in his hand, and fell to the ground firmly. The long whip bound him, making him unable to move.

The disciples went up to him and pointed their swords at him, Ye Huai asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"

The Taoist priest moved his muscles and said in a muffled voice, "I fell to death."

Zhong Liyan took a step forward and was about to take back the long whip, only to see that the long whip fell loosely and limply to the ground.

If you think about it, you can understand that this is the method of the Taoist priest.

The Taoist priest got up from the ground, flicked the whisk, and saluted: "Qingli Zun, long time no see."

Zhong Liyan took a closer look and realized who this person was, it was Xian Linfeng's rebellious and casual Elder Wumei.

"Wu Mei? Why are you here?" Zhong Liyan asked.

Wumei dusted off the dust on his body, and said: "In the past few days, evil spirits have appeared here, and more than ten people have been slaughtered. I have been guarding here for several days, waiting for evil spirits to find them. , Just arrived here on patrol, you were restrained by your long whip, and you were still in front of so many young disciples, it is really embarrassing, embarrassing!"

Zhong Liyan smiled lightly, "I'm sorry."

Wumei looked around the disciples, saw the giant golden python following them, and exclaimed, "Hey! Why is this thing following you? It didn't hurt you?"

Zhong Liyan said: "In the beginning, we planned to eat ours, but we accidentally discovered that there were runes painted on its forehead. Later, the cinnabar fell off, and it became docile. We didn't hurt it."

Wumei stroked his beard and said: "This giant python is very docile, but a few days ago, for some reason, it hunted wildly in the Wolf Valley, and even ate the livestock of several farmers, speaking of it, this giant python is really miserable. "

"Oh? Why did you say that?"

Wumei said: "Did you see the wounds on its body? Those scales were pulled out by someone."

Zhong Liyan said: "I would like to hear the details."

While taking them out, Wumei told them the story of the giant python.

A month ago, a plague broke out in Fanyin Town at the foot of Xianlin Peak, and there were many deaths and injuries. I don’t know who rumored that using snake scales can cure the plague. The townspeople went up the mountain to catch snakes one after another. But after eating an unknown amount of snake skin and meat, the plague disappeared. When it dissipated, there were rumors that it would be effective to take the scales of giant pythons that had been cultivated for hundreds of years. When they were in a hurry and went to the doctor, the townspeople came up the mountain again, looking for the giant pythons everywhere.

This giant golden python was used to being docile and docile in the past, and was not afraid of people, but someone found an opportunity to kill it, and it was captured back to the town. The townspeople feared that it would be useless if it died, so they killed it alive. Pull out the snake scales and use it as medicine.

It was tortured like this for dozens of days, and finally found a chance to escape and ran back to the forest.

Pei Ran listened, and looked back at the giant python that was slowly following, feeling sore in her heart.

Pei Ran asked: "Then they ate snake scales, will the plague be gone?"

Wumei sneered: "Except for what, within a few days, Fanyin Town has become an empty city, all the people died, and the bodies of the townspeople were only cremated a few days ago, so there are rumors that the plague is almost gone, but the town The people are trying to harm the souls, God has eyes, and wiped out the whole town."

He glanced at the giant python, and continued: "Fortunately, the plague only spread in Fanyin Town, as if someone had set up an enchantment. None of the people we sent to cremate the corpses showed symptoms."

Zhong Liyan asked: "Then what's the matter with these miasmas?"

Wumei said: "The miasma appeared ten days ago. People collecting firewood and hunting entered the mountain forest, but they were nowhere to be found. So the villagers asked for help and went to Xianlin Peak. We sent people down to investigate, but only found a few dead bodies. Corpse of essence and blood."

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words, and looked at each other in blank dismay.

Wumei smiled and asked: "Why, are you afraid?"

Zhong Liyan waved her hand and said, "To be honest, Master Chen Nian suffered an accident not long ago, and was also sucked dry of blood, and even his cultivation skills were sucked away. the same."

Wumei sighed: "Chen Nian... hey, if that person can move even Chen Nian, he must be someone with extremely high cultivation. Not only that, he must also be a practitioner of sorcery. Do you have any clues?"

Zhong Liyan shook her head and didn't say a word, but Wumei knew that she didn't want to say more, so she didn't ask any more, and said: "You can go forward along this road, and you will be able to reach Xianlin Peak."

"Aren't you going back to Xianlin Peak with us?" Zhong Liyan asked.

Wumei said: "If the evil spirits are not eradicated for a day, I will not return to Xianlin Peak for a day. Let's go!"

Zhong Liyan nodded slightly, and after everyone saluted and said goodbye, they hurried on their way.