Jiang Ning was riding on the green gelding, holding his arms with both hands, shivering from the cold.
Even before he left the academy, he had expected to meet Chen Jinrong's people on the road. He compared the map and estimated the time when the other party's information would be known and the distance of the pursuit, so he decided to travel all the way and plan the distance.
Controlled in an excellent location in the deep forest at the end of the Cao Maoer Mountains.
There are dense forests at the rear of the Straw Hat Mountains. Even during the day, you may not be able to catch anyone in there, let alone at night. But even so, Jiang Ning was still worried. After eating, he thought about it and added
He covered his clothes on the branches set up by the branches to confuse the audience.
He didn't know if the deception he had left behind had any effect, but now that he was wearing thin clothes, he really felt cold.
"Is the temperature in the mountains so low at night? Forget it, cultivators are not afraid of severe cold or heat. I want to brace myself..." He kept breathing in the heat, trying to regain consciousness in his frozen hands.<
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The green gelding had no reins to control its direction, so it kept walking forward with its head buried. After a while, it brought Jiang Ning to a narrow path that was two people wide. For this, Jiang Ning also praised him and said that not only old horses can know the way. However, not long after the compliment, Jiang Ning felt something was wrong.
The road is still a road, with overgrown weeds on both sides. Everything looks normal, but it has not yet reached the winter solstice. Logically speaking, you should be able to faintly hear the chirping of insects and birds. Now it is so quiet that you can almost hear your own.
Heartbeat.
Jiang Ning didn't dare to be careless. He closed his eyes and felt that the sword ghost was still following him at a distance, which made him feel a little at ease.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a man wearing a raincoat and bamboo hat appearing on the path in front of him. The man had his back to Jiang Ning and remained motionless.
How and when he appeared, Jiang Ning didn't notice at all. It was as if the person in front of him was squeezed out of nothingness, which was extremely abrupt.
Jiang Ning pulled the reins, and the green gelding stopped and snorted twice.
"Who's blocking the way ahead?"
The man in the coir raincoat trembled faintly, letting out an increasingly loud and arrogant laugh, and asked: "Young man, do you think I look like a human being..." As he spoke, his body did not move, but his head turned backwards.
Come and reveal a face with only eyes and mouth under the hat.
Jiang Ning tilted his head and looked at it by the starlight.
Its eyes have no eyelids, and the pupils are pitch black. They look more like two round black stones. There are no noses and eyebrows. The mouth below is split to the cheeks, but there are no teeth inside, giving people an indescribable weirdness.
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"It's really not very human." Jiang Ning replied honestly.
Compared to the two suppressed at the mountain gate in the courtyard, the one in front of me is not so kind...
His attitude obviously stunned the man in coir raincoat, and he said with a smile: "Young man, you are quite courageous. Aren't you afraid?"
Jiang Ning stared at him seriously again, shook his head and said, "What's there to be afraid of? You're just a bit uglier. Compared with the ones I met before, those who were good-looking, but let me be so scared as soon as you appeared."
It’s so pleasing to the eye compared to the feeling of chills running down your whole body.”
Although Jiang Ning has never seen the face of the red-robed Ghost King, he has a glimpse of it. Judging from the female Ghost King's figure, temperament, and those delicate catkins like uncut jade, she is definitely a beauty.
The man in coir raincoat suddenly laughed.
"Originally I just wanted to lend you a piece of skin, but now...I want to eat all your bones and leave no scraps!"
After saying that, it jumped up onto the branch beside the trail and let out a weird laugh. Only then did Jiang Ning realize that the man's lower body only had one foot. To be precise, it was not a foot, but a stick. p>
Stick?
Jiang Ning looks weird, what the hell is this?
On the tree trunk, the man in the coir raincoat spread his hands, and countless crows suddenly emerged from his coir raincoat. The crows were all black, but their eyes were glowing blood red, and they were rushing towards Jiangning with madness and bloodthirsty.<
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Jiang Ning sneered and remained motionless.
"Pa!"
With the snap of fingers, a simple knife flew out from the darkness behind, passed over Jiang Ning's head, and met the red-eyed crow coming towards him.
It's the sword ghost's special skill, rolling the embroidered ball with a simple knife!
The sword slashed through the air in an arc shape, and wherever it went, the red-eyed black crows turned into black air and dissipated.
It’s all turned out of resentment!
When the man in coir raincoat saw that his magic power had been broken, he said jeeringly: "No wonder you dare to walk on the mountain at night, it turns out you have helpers."
After saying that, it took out a piece of paper that was as thin as a cicada's wings, with faint textures on it, and put it on its body.
Immediately afterwards, I saw the man in the coir raincoat changing greatly in appearance. As he breathed, he revealed a figure and face that was no different from that of a normal person.
He is a young man with slightly dark skin, slender eyebrows, and triangular eyes, which makes him look a bit sinister.
The young man was seen making incantations with his hands and mumbling words. After finishing the incantation, he raised his right hand and used his finger to draw a pen in the void to draw an extremely complex and obscure rune.
"I am mute in front of the mountain and deaf in the back. I don't give money to you when I pass by. I will take your three souls away now, but my life will be empty next year!"
Jiang Ning was surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that he would meet a talisman master just after leaving the academy.
He is currently studying formations, and no matter how unwilling he is, he cannot help but learn about the talismans.
The magical power displayed by the young man in front of me was clearly that of a Talisman Master.
Talisman masters are no better than formation masters. They don't need red ropes, candles, and many other things needed to set up formations. They only need to inject cultivation into their fingers, outline the runes, and chant spells at the same time to summon the gods that exist in the world of Kyushu.
All kinds of great power.
However, this kind of power is mostly evil, and cannot compare with the positive power of heaven and earth borrowed by the formation master.
There are even rumors that there are talisman masters with advanced cultivation who can summon the power of the restricted area of life. Therefore, most talisman masters also practice formations to ensure that they will not be corrupted by evil forces and become some unknown people in the restricted area of life.
The puppet of existence.
Of course, there are also talisman masters who become lackeys in the forbidden zone of life in order to pursue the ultimate power!
After drawing the talisman, the young man waved it with his backhand, but there was nothing in front of him. However, Jiang Ning's head felt inexplicably dizzy, as if someone had hit the back of the head with a hammer, causing him to feel dizzy and sick.
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"Donkey grass, what kind of magical power is this..." Jiang Ning's body softened and he fell directly from the horse to the ground.
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On the other side, Wang Jin and others stared at the young man who called himself Wu Shiyi with wary expressions.
What about Wu Shiyi and where he came from? I have never heard of it.
Feng Qiu's originally nervous expression eased slightly. He had never heard of any big family with the surname Wu in these ten miles and eight villages. It seemed that they were not popular. As a county guard, he was actually frightened by an unknown person just now.
, really hateful.
"What the hell are you farting at? Do you know who we are!"
The more he took a step back, the angrier he became, especially when he thought about how nervous he was when facing him just now. Feng Qiu couldn't help it anymore and cursed loudly.
Wu Shiyi, who was leaning on the branch, looked at them from side to side, and said thoughtfully: "I know, judging from his clothes, he should be the personal guard of the county official and the king. Well... at the early stage of Fengchu Realm, can he be like you?
, quite embarrassing."
What does it mean to be embarrassed?
Feng Qiu became angry with shame. He drew his sword and jumped up. He stepped on the tree trunk with his feet and was about to kill the little bastard in front of him with one knife. Unexpectedly, Wu Shiyi's body skills were even more vigorous. He sneered and stepped lightly.
Click, and the whole person disappeared into the treetops.
Only one sentence was left, which resonated in everyone's ears.
"You are weak and stupid. Killing you would be too damn unfair to my sword..."