"Has the poison been cured?"
"Did it go smoothly? How's the situation? "
Two voices sounded at the same time. Hongjun was startled. When he turned around, he saw Li Jinglong and Lu Xu standing to the side. He immediately shouted, "Jinglong!"
Hongjun was about to pounce over, but he pounced on empty air. He was instantly shocked. The sun had set. Lu Xu and Li Jinglong stood to the side. Lu Xu said, "I brought him here without asking for your permission."
Hongjun hurriedly said that it was fine. Lu Xu said awkwardly, "I held his hand and lay together …"
Hongjun said naturally, "It's really not a big deal."
"But he can't see what you're thinking." Lu Xu replied, "The Chief relied on my power to come here."
Hongjun said, "Can the others do it too?"
Hongjun wanted Lu Xu to bring everyone here at once, but Lu Xu said expressionlessly, "No, you can't. Do you want me to die of exhaustion? Besides, the others aren't like him in your heart …"
"Alright, stop chatting." Li Jinglong saw that the two had started chatting again and said, "Where's Mo Rigen? Why are you the only one? "
Hongjun instantly remembered and quickly explained the situation. Li Jinglong said angrily, "How did it end up like this?"
Hongjun felt very guilty and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't think …"
Li Jinglong immediately explained, "I'm not talking about you."
"He's too stupid." Lu Xu and Li Jinglong started to blame Mo Rigen. Li Jinglong said again, "I'll go look for him."
"You can't go too far from Hongjun." Lu Xu said, "Otherwise, you can go back. Let's all move together."
Hongjun was still at a loss. Now that Lu Xu and Li Jinglong had both appeared, his heart felt a lot more at ease. It was a dark night. In the pitch-black night, Hong Jun once again entered the city.
"Where will they lock up the Big Wolf after they catch it?" Lu Xu asked.
"Let's go to the dungeon first." Li Jinglong said, "Do you know where the dungeon is?"
This made Hongjun suffer, for he had only spent one day in the city. Lu Xu said, "It's usually underground. Head east."
In the dark, Hongjun evaded the patrolling guards, rummaged through the box for the antidote, sniffed it one by one, removed the herbs, and left behind three packets of powder. Li Jinglong said again, "Go to Shiwei Wang's room."
"To the dungeon!"
"Not in the dungeon!"
"Where are we going?" Hongjun stopped, looking helpless.
Lu Xu had no choice but to say, "Forget it, let's listen to the Chief Scribe."
Elder Shi's body was crippled, but his mind was still clear. Hongjun leaped onto the roof and vaulted over the wall, climbing the corridor. Li Jinglong asked again, "Where's the Eclipse Moon Bow?"
"It's a long story." Hongjun whispered as he walked. Lu Xu and Li Jinglong followed closely behind. Lu Xu explained to Li Jinglong, but Li Jinglong was dumbfounded on the spot.
"The Eclipse Moon Bow is in Mo Rigen's hands?" Li Jinglong said in disbelief.
"Frankly speaking, yes."
"Don't go to the corridor, go to the roof." Li Jinglong changed his mind and said.
Hongjun leaped onto the roof of the stone castle and arrived outside Shiwei Wang's bedroom. Without waiting for Li Jinglong's instructions, he hung upside down and opened the window to look inside. His original intention was to take a look, but who would have thought that he would see Mo Rigen in an instant!
Mo Rigen was lying on the floor in the room, surrounded by smoke. The female shaman and Shiwei Wang were talking.
"Who is this shaman?" Lu Xu suddenly asked, "How did she come to Shiwei?"
Hongjun had only heard of Mo Rigen's background briefly. After relaying it to Lu Xu, Lu Xu said, "Her name is Mo Rigen, but I don't think she has much to do with the old shaman."
"Maybe she's been possessed by a demon?" Li Jinglong said.
"Rather than saying that." Lu Xu answered, "It's better to say that she's originally a demon, but I can't tell what it is. Her demon power is related to dreams."
Lu Xu was the only one present who could understand Shiwei's language, so he intermittently translated for the two.
"She doesn't plan to detoxify Da Lang." Lu Xu said, "Later on, she'll use a ritual to turn him into a living dead after he dies."
Hongjun, "…"
Li Jinglong said in a low voice, "His father actually agreed?"
"They're negotiating." Lu Xu left Hongjun for a while and directly entered the Shiwei King's bedchamber to listen to the conversation. As long as Hongjun didn't say anything, Lu Xu's voice couldn't be heard by the people around him. It was like Hongjun had auditory hallucinations. Therefore, Lu Xu translated sentence after sentence from the room.
"You raised this child as your blood descendant, but in fact, you've disobeyed the mountain spirit of Shiwei …"
"Do you still remember the Wolf King who hunted in the past … This is his revenge … just like the ancient prophecy."
Suddenly, Lu Xu stopped talking, but the conversation inside continued.
Li Jinglong said, "You saw the demonic energy she released, didn't you?"
Hongjun said, "Mm, maybe An Lushan sent her."
Li Jinglong whispered again, "Did you see her use magic to communicate with An Lushan?"
Hongjun replied, "No, I didn't."
Lu Xu came back to his senses after a while and said, "The old shaman left a prophecy written on a piece of paper. The prophecy said that the Shiwei King will … be buried … in the mouth of a wolf. The mang cow dies, and the wolf will live. "
The grassland totem that the current Shiwei King worshipped was a mang cow. In fact, the wolf, deer, bear, eagle, and swan were the five great totems. Every successor would choose one of them as the symbol of Shiwei's royal power. Initially, these five great totems also came from the five tribes of Shiwei. It was once agreed that the five tribes would take turns to control the royal power. However, as time passed, one tribe gradually became dominant. The tribes merged through marriage and migration to become the Shiwei of today.
"Mo Rigen's biological father … is not him." Lu Xu whispered.
"I don't think so either."
"Don't talk." Li Jinglong immediately said.
Lu Xu said, "What should I do? I heard a lot of things that I shouldn't have heard … "
Li Jinglong said, "Don't say anymore. We'll pretend that we don't know. It's fine as long as you know."
In the dark bedroom, the Shiwei King was silent for a long time. Finally, he said something. Even if Hongjun didn't understand Shiwei language, he could guess that it was, "Do as you say." Then, the Shiwei King called people in and carried Mo Rigen away. The female shaman Mo Luo was about to turn and leave, but the Shiwei King called her again.
"They sent the big wolf away." Lu Xu said, "What should we do?"
Hongjun was alone. He wanted to eavesdrop and save people at the same time. He really couldn't do two things at the same time. After thinking for a short while, he decided to save Mo Rigen first.
When he left, Hongjun suddenly felt Lu Xu's mind move. A lot of information rushed into his mind. The content was about Mo Rigen's background. When the Shiwei King visited Mo Rigen's mother, another hunter came to the nameless village under the lonely peak and stayed in the village for a few months. According to the female shaman, that hunter was Mo Rigen's real father. After Mo Rigen was brought back to the clan, the Shiwei King didn't suspect him. Although he was an illegitimate son, he always regarded Mo Rigen as his own. Now that he knew the truth, his chest was filled with anger.
Hongjun thought, "Who is his real father?"
"I don't know." Lu Xu said.
"What are you talking about?" Li Jinglong asked.
Lu Xu replied, "Since we don't want you to hear, of course we don't want to tell you. Is there a problem?"
Li Jinglong: "…"
Hongjun hid in front of the corridor and was about to calm them down when he heard what they said. Suddenly, Li Jinglong and Lu Xu disappeared at the same time.
"Where did they go?" Hongjun said in surprise.
In an instant, Lu Xu reappeared and said, "I have to go. You're on your own now, Hongjun!"
Lu Xu left these words and disappeared with Li Jinglong. Hongjun didn't know what to do. In the corridor, two Shiwei guards passed by carrying Mo Rigen. Hongjun held the throwing knife and couldn't use it for a while. If it were someone else, he might have quietly taken a life with just two knives. But he couldn't do such a massacre.
After thinking for a while, Hongjun shook open the Demon Binding Rope and wrapped it around the iron lock outside the corridor. He secretly said sorry and then threw it over.
The iron lock weighed five kilograms and smashed into the back of the two guards' heads. With a muffled sound, the guards fell to the ground. Hearing that muffled sound, Hong Jun thought in his heart, it was really painful … But saving people was more important. He immediately flew down and grabbed the stretcher carrying Mo Rigen. Passing through the long corridor, he quickly ran over.
In the darkness, he pushed open a door with his shoulder and entered Mo Rigen's bedroom. He locked the door and took out the antidote. He helped Mo Rigen up and fed him the antidote. Then, he applied external medicine to his wounds and injected the Five-colored Divine Light into his body to help the medicine spread.
At the same time, in Tong Pass.
The first scream came from the darkness. The guards at the pass exploded into a bloody mist without warning. Their blood turned into meteors and rose into the sky!
Then, a monster circled in the air and flew over on a giant bat with a trail of dark red blood behind it.
"Monster —!" the soldiers shouted in panic.
Blood rained down on the heads of the guards. For a moment, the smell of blood filled the air. The soldiers were terrified and scattered in all directions.
The red mist flew and covered the top of the wall. The guards at the pass shouted in panic. Liang Danhuo's hair was disheveled. He had taken off his human skin and was dripping with blood. He opened his bloody mouth and sucked people's blood from the top of the wall. Wherever his body passed, mortals would instantly explode and die.
The beasts jumped over the hill and pounced on the city wall. They tore at the guards who rushed up the wall. For a moment, the monsters were wreaking havoc.
Liang Danhuo stood on the top of the city tower and let out an ear-piercing, hair-raising sound.
"Li Jinglong, come out and fight if you have the guts!"
A flaming whirlwind flew up the city tower. Liang Danhuo flew up, leaving behind a strange laugh. He jumped onto the back of the bat and flew away. The beasts all retreated in an instant.
Soldiers and horses came and went. It was chaotic. In one night, the whole city was on the move. Li Jinglong and Lu Xu were woken up by Ashina Chong.
Ashina Chong looked at the two with a strange expression.
Lu Xu: "We definitely didn't … …"
Li Jinglong said, "Chong! Look, we're still wearing our clothes! "
"Come with me quickly." Ashina Chong was very serious. He said solemnly, "Elder, something big has happened."
At the first glimmer of dawn, the city walls were covered in blood and flowed down the bricks of Tong Pass.
Feng Changqing stood in a pool of blood at the top of the city gate. His eyes were filled with shock as he looked at Li Jinglong who had hurriedly arrived.
"They finally couldn't wait any longer and sent out yao," Atay stood in front of the city wall and explained as he looked in the direction the beasts had left.
The Carp Demon looked at the bloodstains everywhere and couldn't help but tremble.
Bian Lingcheng hurried over, his eyes filled with terror. He said in a trembling voice, "What … … yao art is this? We have to go! Gao Xianzhi! Eliminate the rebel army! Eliminate this yao! "
The thing that Li Jinglong was most worried about had finally happened. An Lushan must have sent that female shaman from Shiwei of the Northern Frontier. She must have communicated with the rebel army. Thus, An Lushan knew that Hongjun and Mo Rigen were not at Tong Pass.
This also meant that the Exorcism Division's guards at Tong Pass were much weaker. Excluding him, who was a cripple, there were only three people who could fight. After the battle at Daming Palace, the balance between the two sides was slowly being broken. With the loss of the Mind Lamp, An Lushan no longer had to fear the Exorcism Division and sent Liang Danhuo to fight.
More than a hundred soldiers had died at the city gate, and this was just a simple test.
"They will come again at the latest by tonight," Li Jinglong said. "They are all standing guard on the city walls … …"
"Why are there yao?" Bian Lingcheng asked Feng Changqing. "General Feng, explain to me clearly … …"
"… … I don't care when they attack. Bian Lingcheng! Shut up! "Li Jinglong roared angrily.
Bian Lingcheng was still rambling in fear. After being yelled at by Li Jinglong, he instantly fell silent.
Feng Changqing said in a low voice, "Pass down the order, organize the army, we will move out tomorrow morning."
Once Liang Danhuo appeared, the soldiers at Tong Pass instantly fell into panic. The rebel army had come with a ferocious momentum and was almost unstoppable. Now, with the addition of the yao, the morale of the soldiers at Tong Pass fell to the bottom. If they were ambushed by the Painted Skin Demon again, in another two months, all of the Tang soldiers at Tong Pass would have to flee without fighting.
The sky was bright. No one dared to clean the city walls. Atay swept over with a whirlwind and cleaned up the bloodstains on the city gate tower. Gao Xianzhi moved another group of soldiers to defend the city. When the soldiers at the city gate learned what had happened, their faces were ashen.
Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi came to an agreement that they would each go back to prepare for battle. They could not wait any longer.
"You can go back." Lu Xu said to Li Jinglong, "Come back tonight."
Li Jinglong nodded and returned to the Exorcist Division to formulate a plan. This time, the remaining three exorcists had to follow the Tang army into battle. Even if they could not defeat Tianma, they had to take down the Painted Skin Demon.
Shan County, the rebel army encampment. Black Qi lingered around the camp. Liang Danhuo's face was gloomy. He landed on the giant bat and walked quickly to the main tent. A demon guard tried to stop him but was slapped to the side by Liang Danhuo.
An Lushan's entire body was rotten and emitted a foul smell. He was chewing on a human leg in the main tent. A small eunuch, Li Zhu Er, was scrubbing his rotting body at the side. Along the way, An Lushan greedily absorbed all the vengeful spirits and evil spirits. His body grew bigger and his demonic aura thickened.
"There is only one exorcist." Liang Danhuo said.
"Investigate again." An Lushan said.
Liang Danhuo said, "I want to enter the pass and catch that fish and Chao Yun together."
An Lushan put down the human leg and walked towards Liang Danhuo. Liang Danhuo moved aside and let An Lushan walk out of the tent. He walked very strenuously, and his rotting body dripped from time to time.
Liang Danhuo followed behind him and arrived at another huge tent with An Lushan.
The tent was not covered with a blanket. There was only an empty space in the center. On the empty space, there was a bird's skeleton that was almost ten feet tall. There were six wings on its body, spread out high.
"This is for you." An Lushan said in a hoarse voice, "Paste it with human skin and flesh."
The monkeys around came and went, holding the bones and pieces of flesh and piecing them together. There was also a pile of dried human skin on one side.
"This is …" Liang Danhuo approached the bird's skeleton and muttered.
"The skeleton of an elite guard." An Lushan said, "It will become your mount and help you attack the Chang 'an. For me … kill Xie Yu."
Liang Danhuo silently raised her head and stared at the bird's skeleton.
"I am about to be reborn." An Lushan said hoarsely, "When the time comes, you must stay by my side and not take half a step away."
Liang Danhuo turned to look at An Lushan. Along the way, An Lushan had absorbed so many vengeful spirits and evil spirits that he was nearing his limit. As long as he broke through that barrier, he would completely transform into a powerful demonic body. He would abandon his physical body and become a unique and powerful existence in the world.
"How much longer?" Liang Danhuo asked.
"Soon." An Lushan's voice was hoarse like a bellows. He answered, "Danhuo, how have I treated you these years?"
"You have treated me like a daughter." Liang Danhuo muttered.
"Blood sacrifice for me." An Lushan said, "Kill them all and bring Li Jinglong to me. I want him to be the last person to break through my physical body and become a demon. There is no need to care about Huashe anymore. They will all die. No one will escape …"