Dragon Seeker

Whoosh!

The fishy wind blew in my face, and the smell of grass and rotten meat came gushing out.

Such a huge monster suddenly rushed up, and I could imagine the pressure in my heart. I subconsciously stepped back. I accidentally stepped on the red sun powder left by my master. The heel immediately "sizzled" and white smoke came out. The severe pain made me shudder all over, and I had to return to the circle again.

At this time, the big snake stopped halfway, and did not really pounce on me. It opened its mouth and roared, like a giant whale sucking water, and there was a terrifying suction force in its mouth. The wind here was strong and terrifying. The target of the suction force was naturally me, pulling me closer to it.

It was also the bad luck of this big snake. Its mouth was so big and the suction force was so strong that it didn't suck me in at once, but it rolled some red sun powder on the ground into its mouth.

Snap!

The big snake immediately closed its mouth, and its body squirmed, looking extremely painful.

Seizing this opportunity, Brother Yaozi attacked again and threw the stone that he had been holding in his hand. This time, he did not crush the stone. The egg-sized stone flew over intact. The snake reacted well and dodged sideways, but it was useless. The stone was thrown out by Brother Yaozi at an amazing speed and finally hit the snake's head.

With a puff, the scales there were broken, and blood flew everywhere, almost dyeing half of the head red.

After this, the snake became obedient and retreated far away, coiling up into a ball with the upper half of its body standing upright.

"You are quite courageous."

The big snake saw that it could not take us down, so it stopped attacking and spoke human language. It was a pleasant female voice, which gave people a very strange feeling. Its linear eyes flashed with a seductive red light, and it shouted: "These few days are the birthday of the Mountain Ghost King. You guys are making trouble here. Aren't you afraid of arousing the anger of the Mountain Ghost King?"

Her words were sonorous and powerful, but I was really not afraid, because when the big snake really spoke with its mouth, it had a Shanxi accent, which made people laugh. It turned out that this animal was still influenced by the regional culture after becoming a spirit.

"How did we cause trouble?"

Brother Yaozi didn't buy it at all, and said expressionlessly: "We passed by here and learned that you had a big event, so we retreated and went to the top of the mountain to avoid it. Could this offend the mountain ghost king? It's true that he occupies the mountain as the king, but he must also know that this is still the human world. If he acts too domineeringly, he will be punished by powerful people!"

The big snake's momentum weakened, but he was still unwilling to give up. He looked at me and roared: "What's wrong with it? It's obviously not a living person, but you tied it up here, drew a line on the ground as a prison, and locked it up directly. This violated the taboo of our mountain ghost king!"

Well, it turned out to be a big mistake!

Having said that, I roughly understood that it turned out to be a warm-hearted snake. It regarded me as its own kind and thought that I was suppressed by Brother Yaozi, so it came to rescue me.

"I'm sorry, this is my brother. He's in this state because something went wrong. He's not dead."

Brother Yaozi said, "If there's nothing wrong, please go back. We'll stay here for one night and leave naturally!"

The big snake stared at Brother Yaozi again and again, probably weighing it up, but after a while, it was still cowardly and slowly retreated. Before leaving, it left a harsh word, asking us to wait. If we hurt it, this matter is not over.

"It turned out to be a false alarm!"

After the big snake left, Zhang Xinya laughed and teased me: "Er Gouzi, I didn't expect you to be protected here."

This nickname is definitely the biggest stain in my life. When I heard this woman calling this name, I felt uncomfortable all over. I was about to refute it, but was interrupted by Brother Yaozi.

"Do you believe the words of demons and ghosts? He said he was here to protect Jingzhe, is he here to protect Jingzhe? Just now, it almost swallowed Jingzhe in one bite!"

Brother Yaozi pointed it out, and I thought about it carefully, it seemed to be true, and I hurried to ask for advice.

"It was attracted by your swallowing of the moonlight and the dark mist."

Brother Yaozi sighed and said, "This big snake can't transform into a human form. At best, it has reached the level of entering the law. It can't even be called a demon. It saw that you swallowed the moonlight and were not very powerful, so it regarded you as prey. As long as it swallowed you, it can go to the next level, and then it will be considered a real demon!"

I know what Brother Yaozi said about the big snake entering the law.

According to folklore, snakes are extremely spiritual creatures. They live in the grass. Over time, their intelligence gradually develops, and they can even speak human language. This is the so-called entry into the law, just like the evolution of the life level, and they suddenly become strong in the food chain. At this time, the snake does not need to hunt. It opens its mouth in the grass, and the weak creatures such as insects, birds, and frogs around it will jump into its mouth and serve as food!

After entering the law, the snake is considered a demon. This is not the end. It can continue to grow. If it reaches a certain point, it will be regarded as a dragon by people. Then it can really jump over the dragon gate and dominate the world. This is the real enlightenment!

If I am related to this snake entering the law and becoming a demon, I am afraid that this snake will not give up!

"So, we shouldn't let it go!"

Zhang Xinya hurriedly said what I wanted to say: "Letting it go is not like letting the tiger go back to the mountain? I am afraid it will come to cause trouble again!"

"It is not qualified!"

Brother Yaozi pointed to the mountain and said with a smile: "Now all the monsters in the mountain are down there, but this snake is alone on the top of the mountain thinking about the dry food for becoming a monster. What does it mean? It means that it is not up to the standard. Monsters are also divided into different levels, and the levels are much stricter than ours. In our world of living people, although beggars on the roadside are humble, they will not be despised when talking to passers-by. In the world of these monsters, if you are not qualified, you are not qualified. You don't even have the qualifications to say a word. It is a snake that has entered the law. It has some skills, but it is not qualified. No one listens to its words. It is just a facade to say harsh words. It has no effect. On the contrary, if we really take action to get rid of it, it will really not give face to the mountain ghost king. This kind of thing has a strong sense of territory. I am afraid it will fight us to the death."

In Brother Yaozi's words, corpses, ghosts, demons, and monsters are probably the most difficult. It is difficult to practice. If you want to become a monster, it will take 1,800 years. Even if you can kill a lot of little ghosts in terms of strength, once you lose your human form, those little ghosts will look down on you.

Seeing that he was talking easily, I finally put my heart at ease and chatted with them casually.

The crisis was resolved, and I began to worry about my master. He and Lao Bai had left for several hours, and there was no sign of anyone. The mountains and plains here were full of dirty things, which made people worry.

Bang bang bang! !

A series of dull loud noises suddenly came from the bottom of the mountain.

The noise was too loud and rhythmic, like the footsteps of countless people moving forward in unison.

"What's the noise?"

Zhang Xinya was the most restless. She stood up and jumped out of the circle drawn by my master, ran to the sound, and wanted to see what was going on.

Brother Yaozi saw Zhang Xinya like this and hurriedly called out twice. Seeing that Zhang Xinya didn't respond, he hurriedly chased after her.

For a moment, I was the only one left under the tree.

There was no one around me, and I felt panic. After hesitating for a moment, I took out the yellow talisman that my master gave me and raised it above my head, and followed her. I thought to myself that I would never go far, and I would run back immediately if there was any special situation.

In fact, Zhang Xinya and the other two didn't plan to go far, they just went to the edge of the mountain and looked down, and then their faces were very interesting.

"Brother Yaozi, are you sure that the big snake is really of low status and can't speak?"

Zhang Xinya said with a dark face: "This... I'm afraid it's the reinforcements called by the big snake!"

"Impossible!"

Brother Yaozi shook his head, but he was usually calm, but now he was sweating on his forehead. While wiping the sweat with his sleeve, he said to himself: "Ghost soldiers?"

At this time, I happened to arrive and looked in the direction the two were looking. For a moment, my hands and feet were cold.

On the sloping hillside, layers of gray fog were lingering on the big trees, so that visibility was not high. I could only see one after another ghosts holding weapons walking out of the thick fog and advancing to the top of the mountain!

Ghost soldiers!

Just these two words are enough to scare me.

Of course, this kind of ghost soldiers are unlikely to be the kind of ruthless characters in the underworld, but rather soldiers who died in battle in the world of the living. These things are between reality and illusion, and they come in groups. Most of their thoughts stay at the moment before death, and they don't even think they are dead. They are full of desire for destruction. They hold the weapons they used in their lives, and most of these things are filled with their resentment and evil spirits. Once they are stabbed to death by these weapons, they don't even have the chance to become ghosts. They will be directly shattered, killing both their bodies and their souls!

Don't have any illusions about ghost soldiers!

They are no longer warriors who defend their country, and very few of them still have consciousness!

When ghost soldiers borrow the road, it means that locusts pass through. Wherever they pass, the living are in despair!

I was already covered in goosebumps, and I subconsciously asked, "Can those circles left by my master stop these ghost soldiers?"

"No! Red Sun Powder can stop ordinary ghosts, because those things are afraid of death, but the ghost soldiers are not afraid of death. When a wave of charges comes, very few will be killed by the Red Sun Powder. They will break through in a moment and poke you into a hornet's nest. You will be gone immediately, and you won't even have the chance to be a hero again in eighteen years!"

Brother Yaozi probably saw that I was not scared to death, and kindly reminded me what the end would be if I was stabbed to death by the ghost soldiers. Then he added, "If, these are really ghost soldiers!"

At this time, the dirty things holding knives and guns at the foot of the mountain were getting closer and closer, and I could probably see the faces of these things clearly.

These things, with high noses and deep eyes, are advancing like zombies. They are obviously not Chinese ghosts. They have obvious Indo-European characteristics. After becoming ghosts, their skin becomes whiter, as white as transparent. These are the real ghosts, more creepy than the living ones!

But they are wearing animal skins, revealing muscles like steel, full of wildness, and the weapons in their hands are all bronze...

"They shouldn't be ghost soldiers! We don't have to be afraid, just stay in my uncle's circle, they won't dare to rush over, they don't have the ferocity of ghost soldiers!"

Zhang Xinya was obviously relieved: "They are dressed like primitive people. In primitive times, there were no ghosts running into our territory. If you ask me, this must be another trick by the mountain ghost king. Celebrating the birthday of a dead person, full of ostentation, the whole thing is a king. I'm afraid this is another way for him to gild himself. I don't know where he got a bunch of ghosts who died in this place, and armed them up as ghost soldiers to support himself..."

She was very satisfied with her inference, and proudly said that she actually understood history. Shanxi was indeed a place with frequent wars, but in Luliang Mountain, in the area where we are currently, there has never been a war at all, and there is no hotbed for raising ghost soldiers. But the ghost soldiers only wandered around the place where they died in battle, and it was impossible for them to migrate far away...

Primitive period...

Animal skin clothing, a typical nomadic clothing style...

And bronze ware...

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has.

Several key words in Zhang Xinya's words stimulated me. I was inexplicably reminded of a war that broke out in the primitive period, a war that almost destroyed China and made this land no longer have any place for us! !

"It's not your mother's ghost soldier!"

I yelled: "This is the ghost soldier! What are you still standing there for, run away! !"