Chapter 55: The Demon Embryo Appears, Wei Chun takes Action
The Ming Dynasty covered a vast territory and had thirty-six prefectures under its jurisdiction.
The Hanyun Mountain Range in Wucang Prefecture alone has a radius of several thousand miles.
Even Wu Cang Mansion is too far away from Kyoto.
Not to mention the Hanyun Mountains still in the west of Wucang Mansion.
It is hard to imagine that people from the Hanxiao Sect in the Hanyun Mountains would be related to the death of the monks of Wanfo Temple and the disappearance of the princess.
Chu Gang and the others took the sword mark as the center and carefully explored the surrounding area.
I found that there was no corpse killed by the sword marks around, and there was no blood around.
There were no wounds on any of the corpses, and there were no signs of fighting, as if everyone's energy had been drained away in an instant.
In other words, there is no opponent for the master of the sword mark at all.
Naturally, there is no way to say for whom this sword was fired.
There was only one sword mark at the scene that contained the icy sword intent, and there were no other clues at all.
"Ignore the sword marks for now. Let the Skynet Department investigate this matter when we get back."
Jiang Nan said.
Regardless of whether it's Lu Yunyun from the Hanxiao Sect or not, check it out first.
No matter there is a trace of doubt that may be related to this case, we must not let it go.
What's more, the Crown Princess is involved here.
Jiang Nan looked around and said, "Check this place carefully. If nothing else is found, we will go out."
"Yes, sir."
Sun Yu and others responded.
At this moment, a corpse suddenly sat up.
It shocked everyone.
It scares people, scares people to death.
But the next scene made everyone's eyelids jump wildly.
All the corpses sat up.
Not only did he sit up, he also stood up.
All of them had empty eyes.
Swish——
The empty eyes suddenly looked at everyone.
There was a red light in his eyes.
Corpse puppet?
Jiang Nan's heart moved.
He raised his hand and punched him. Standing up close at hand, he looked at his corpse and exploded it.
Chu Gang and others reacted immediately and drew their swords one after another.
But what makes their scalp numb is that these corpses cannot be killed.
Unless you beat them up like Jiang Nan did.
But the problem is, these corpses look ordinary, but their bodies are very strong, almost like diamonds.
It would be nice to be able to stab the heart through hard skin with one knife.
It would take a huge amount of force to crush their bones.
Not everyone has as much power as Jiang Nan.
These standing corpses seemed to have been injected with life again, and each one became extremely powerful.
Moreover, after their bodies shriveled up, their bodies became very flexible.
But at this moment, Jiang Nan was a little surprised.
He had just killed a corpse puppet, and he felt a trace of breath entering the tricolor tree, and a small bump bulged on the gray branches.
That is the budding state of the fruit.
At this time, another monk's corpse rushed towards Jiang Nan, with a strange light emitting from his empty eyes.
Jiang Nan looked at the monk's head, raised his hand and punched him.
Bang!
My head exploded.
Then he threw himself at his body and fell to the ground.
Another breath enters the three-color tree.
Jiang Nan noticed that the small fruits on the three-color tree were a little bigger.
Chu Gang and others noticed that Jiang Nan had killed the corpse puppet by beating its head off, and their eyes lit up.
It turns out that the head is the fatal point of this corpse puppet.
Then the sword flashed brightly, and he slashed at the neck.
One by one, the bald heads fell to the ground, and the bodies also fell to the ground.
Jiang Nan didn't have a knife in his hand, nor did he bring a knife.
But some monks on the ground have swords.
Jiang Nan hooked her foot and picked up a knife.
Then there was a knife.
A hundred cuts!
Swish——
More than one hundred and twenty knife shadows suddenly appeared.
Every blade shadow accurately landed on the neck of a corpse puppet.
In an instant, there were only heads rolling in.
The corpse immediately fell into a large piece.
This scene shocked Chu Gang, Wang Yun and others.
They had heard that Jiang Nan killed seven masters with one sword on Loma Street, and it was Ling Chi.
I heard that the knife is awesome.
But after all, that is just what I heard, and there is a huge difference between what I saw with my own eyes.
Now that I have seen it with my own eyes, it is even more shocking than what I heard about it.
Killing more than a hundred corpse puppets with one sword... This killing efficiency is too terrifying!
Jiang Nan was also a little surprised.
Before he could gather his soul, he could cut out one hundred and twenty blade shadows with one strike, but it was definitely not as easy as that.
Breaking through to the Dan Palace realm and condensing the soul is indeed a huge help in improving one's strength.
However, what made him even more excited was that after more than a hundred zombies fell to the ground, the gray soul fruit quickly grew in size and seemed to be about to mature.
Jiang Nan was delighted.
You must know that this soul fruit is not as easy to obtain as the qi and blood fruit. This thing is extremely rare.
Unexpectedly, you can get soul fruit by killing corpse puppets.
He really wished there were dozens of times more zombies here.
After a successful strike, Jiang Nan took one step forward and slashed out with another strike.
Shadows of knives appeared.
In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred corpses fell to the ground.
Sure enough, that soul fruit matured quickly.
Unfortunately, after three strikes, all the zombies here were killed by him.
At this moment, a golden light appeared from the center of the underground space, and formation patterns appeared on the ground at some unknown time.
In the blink of an eye, a ball of golden light appeared, and a figure was vaguely seen.
But as soon as the golden light appeared, a huge and boundless pressure enveloped it.
Everyone, including Jiang Nan, felt the pressure on their souls increase, as if they were carrying a huge mountain on their backs.
At this moment, in the three-color tree space, a roar suddenly came from the abyss under the Golden Bridge, and the pressure on Jiang Nan's soul was instantly relieved.
But at this moment, he didn't have any joy, instead he looked solemn.
Seeing this golden light, he suddenly thought of something.
Demon fetus!
Could this be the devil fetus that escaped?
Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw Chu Gang, Wang Yun and the other four raising their knives one by one and stabbing themselves in the heart.
Moreover, the faces of the four of them were filled with enthusiasm and admiration.
Jiang Nan was surprised.
not good!
These four guys were bewitched!
This is indeed a demon fetus!
Jiang Nan slashed away without thinking.
Four rays of sword light flashed through, instantly knocking the knives out of the four people's hands.
The four of them inserted a hole into their own hearts.
Chu Gang and others were temporarily rescued, but at this time the humanoid golden light was "walking" towards Jiang Nan.
A huge coercion fell straight down on Jiang Nan's soul sea, as if an ancient god had descended, and his newly condensed soul was almost crushed by this huge coercion.
Dan Palace actually made an overwhelmed sound.
It seems that the entire Dan Palace will be exploded in the next moment.
At this moment, a palm fell from the sky.
The entire enchanted world suddenly shattered.
The human-shaped golden light paused for a moment, then sank into the ground and disappeared.
The pressure suddenly disappeared.
Jiang Nan's soul suddenly relaxed.
Chu Gang and the other four all looked pale.
He looked at Jiang Nan with a grateful look on his face.
Although they were deceived just now, they knew it in their hearts, but their brains did not obey their instructions.
If it weren't for Jiang Nan's knife, the four of them would have finished the game immediately.
Especially Sun Woo.
Here, Jiang Nan saved him for the second time.
The four people looked solemn and saluted with clasped fists: "Thank you, sir, for saving me."
Jiang Nan said: "Okay, get out of here quickly."
Then he jumped upwards, grabbed the hanging rope, and climbed up quickly.
Chu Gang, Wang Yun and others also jumped up quickly one after another, grabbed the rope, and climbed up.
Soon, all five people left the underground and returned to the ground.
At this time, wherever it was night, it was clearly evening.
The sun sets and the sky is filled with colorful clouds.
A figure flashed and appeared in front of Jiang Nan.
When Jiang Nan saw the person coming, he immediately clasped his fists and saluted: "I've seen the big leader."
Chu Gang and the other four people also clasped their fists and saluted: "I've seen the big leader."
Wei Chun nodded and stared at Jiang Nan: "Have you seen Him?"
Jiang Nan knew what he was asking, and immediately nodded and said, "I saw it."
"Where?"
Wei Chun asked quickly.
"under."
Jiang Nan pointed at the dark hole and said.
Swish——
Wei Chun disappeared in an instant, but came to the underground space.
But when he looked at the corpses on the ground, his eyes suddenly became gloomy.
Although these corpses had all been decapitated, the strange appearance of these corpses clearly told him that the demon fetus had arrived.
All the monks in Wanfo Temple and the pilgrims who came here to stay temporarily had their essences swallowed up by the demon fetus.
Not only them, but also the Crown Princess's entourage were devoured.
But he did not see the Crown Princess among the corpses.
But when he saw the formation pattern underground, his expression became even more gloomy.
It is this unique formation pattern that allows this demon fetus to escape instantly.
At this moment, I don’t know where the devil fetus has gone.
Then he smashed all the formation patterns on the ground with one palm.
If you encounter a demon fetus in the future, even if the demon fetus wants to escape, at least there will be one less way to escape quickly.
And when he saw the sword mark on the wall, he frowned slightly.
When did such a master appear in the world?
With the power of his soul, he can certainly feel that the power of this sword is extremely impressive.
At least he has the strength of the peak king.
Otherwise, the icy sword intent of this sword would not be so lasting.
He looked around and then left.
Jiang Nan and the five others are still on top.
Wei Chun asked: "Have you found out the whereabouts of the Crown Princess?"
Jiang Nan shook his head.
Wei Chun sighed in his heart.
This was actually what he expected.
But then Jiang Nan said: "But I found the Crown Princess's phoenix crown."
With that said, he took out the crown princess's phoenix crown from the space ring.
Nine phoenixes and four phoenixes!
It is indeed the Crown Princess’ phoenix crown!
Wei Chun's expression was a little solemn.
The phoenix crown was thrown underground. Although the person was not there, it was likely that something unexpected had happened.
Jiang Nan then explained what he had encountered, including the female guard's space ring, and then came down and handed it to Wei Chun.
Wei Chun took it and his soul went inside.
He looked slightly startled.
He found a scarf inside that looked like the princess's.
But how come the princess's scarf is in the guard's ring?
However, Wei Chun did not ask immediately.
He glanced at the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple and sighed slightly.
There is not even a single ghost in the huge Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.
All the monks were buried underground, and no one knew what evil they had committed.
Maybe this is what monks often say: "If I don't go to hell, who will?"
Then he said to Jiang Nan and others: "Let's all go back."
"yes."
Five people hold fists.
Wei Chun glanced at Jiang Nan and said, "Come back and see me."
"yes."
Jiang Nan Road.
Wei Chun immediately stepped into the sky and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Jiang Nan and the five others quickly headed down the mountain.
When they passed the major palaces, they were surprised to find.
All the Buddha statues are in good condition and the various facilities have not been damaged at all.
Everything turned out to be an illusion.
It's a pity that the Buddha statues are all there, but the monk is really gone.
And arrived at the gate.
I found that the door was really broken by Jiang Nan.
The five people quickly went down the mountain.
The horse is still there.
But there were three government officials at the foot of the mountain.
Seeing Jiang Nan, the three government officials quickly saluted, "I've met five adults."
"Why are you here?"
Jiang Nan asked.
"Sir, many pilgrims at the foot of the mountain can't find their way up the mountain. They suspect that there are demons at work, so the Demon Slayer Department sent me and others to check."
A government official said.
"Did the Demon Slayer Division send you here?" Jiang Nan was stunned, "Aren't the guys from the Demon Slayer Division coming on their own?"
"My lord, I don't know. Strange things happened in several cities today, and demons were also discovered. Basically, all the people from the Demon Slayer Department were sent out. Even the Kyoto Yamen is short of manpower."
The officer explained.
Strange things happened in several cities, and monsters were also discovered...
Jiang Nan's eyes flashed slightly.
Could it be related to the devil fetus?
Or is it just a coincidence?
Then he stopped asking and said to them: "Take the carriage back over there."
Murong Qing disappeared, but Che Zhu was still there.
This is something from the palace, so naturally I have to take it back.
"Yes, sir."
The officer said respectfully.
Jiang Nan and the other five people immediately mounted their horses and galloped towards Kyoto.
Along the way, Jiang Nan kept thinking back to the scene when the demon fetus first appeared.
The pressure came, and the abyss in the three-color tree space let out a roar, although the pressure on the soul was relieved.
In other words, there are living beings under the abyss.
And this creature is very powerful.
What kind of creature would that be?
What lies beneath the abyss?
What kind of existence is the entire three-color tree space? Is it a dimensional space attached to my body? Or is it a real world?
Is it my consciousness or my true self that enters every time?
If it is consciousness, why does my body inside feel so real?
If it is my true self, then the three-color tree is so tall, why can I do whatever I want every time I pick the fruit?
A series of questions made him frown.
But no matter how hard he thought, he still couldn't find the result.
…
The Demon Slayer Division.
Wangchun Tower.
Eight floors.
Jiang Nan came here as soon as he came back.
Wei Chun took out the scarf from the space ring and said, "Is this scarf the princess's?"
Jiang Nan nodded, "It's hers."
"Are you so sure?"
Wei Chun looked at Jiang Nan.
"Because this is what I gave her before."
Jiang Nan said calmly.
Wei Chun's eyes moved slightly.
You're a handsome man and you're better off giving a scarf to the princess... This is so fucking imaginative.
He immediately put the scarf into the space ring, handed the ring to Jiang Nan, and said: "This is your thing, take it back."
Jiang Nan was slightly startled.
This clearly belongs to the female guard, so why did it become mine?
But since Wei Chun said so, he certainly has his reasons.
He reached out and took it.
Wei Chun said:
"The things inside are now returned to their original owners. In the future..."
At this point, he paused, looked at Jiang Nan and said, "It's best not to take it out again in the future."
He's talking about a scarf.
In fact, there is nothing shady, I am just afraid of trouble.
Especially in this troubled time when everything is strange and strange, it is better to have one less thing than one more thing.
Jiang Nan understood.
He nodded and said: "Okay."
Wei Chun said: "You don't need to ask about the matter of the Crown Princess for the time being. This matter involves... it is beyond your scope of strength. I have asked the patrol angel to investigate."
Jiang Nan nodded.
Although Wei Chun didn't say everything, he already understood what Wei Chun meant.
The devil fetus is not something he can resist at the moment.
Wei Chun continued: "In the past few days, there have been varying degrees of strange events in all major cities, and demon riots have also occurred in some mansions.
The Tianwei Department and Demon Slaying Department in each prefecture are already short of manpower, and Kyoto has sent out all the forces it can.
Strange incidents suddenly increased in major cities under the jurisdiction of Kyoto Prefecture. The county government was short of manpower and asked the Kyoto Prefectural Government for help.
However, the Kyoto Prefectural Government is also short of manpower, so it has asked me, the Demon Slayer Division, for help.
Go to the government office tomorrow and help them."
"yes."
Jiang Nan cupped his fists.
Then he remembered something again and said: "Big boss, does the Demon Slayer Division have any better weapons?"
Wei Chun was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that although Jiang Nan had become a special envoy, Jiang Nan had not been given equipment yet.
Then he said: "Of course there is. Whatever you want, go to the Ministry of Tiangong and ask for it yourself. Show them the token. They shouldn't make things difficult for you."
"good."
Jiang Nan clasped her fists and said, "I'm resigning."
…
Originally, I was going to take Chu Gang and others to Jiaofangsi to sweat it out.
But the four of them experienced life and death, and their interest in eating meat suddenly faded away a lot.
There is far less urgency than improving strength.
The four of them went back to practice.
Jiang Nan naturally wouldn't force it.
At night, Jiang Nan rode the white dragon horse back to the general's mansion.
I took a shower and then went to have dinner.
After dinner, Jiang Nan returned to his bedroom and entered the secret room.
After coming out of Wei Chun's place, he went to the Ministry of Tiangong.
This time he took a lot of things from the Ministry of Heavenly Works.
At first, I thought the old man from the Dongfang family who was looking after the warehouse would be unhappy.
But I didn't expect him to say directly and generously: "Take what you want."
Since the other party said so, he was naturally not polite.
I got five knives, guns, and swords each, all of the highest quality.
There were also two sets of high-quality defensive soft armor, and a stack of explosive charms. He didn't even count them, but he estimated there were a hundred.
Then there are ropes, photo stones, night pearls, candles, tents, even barbecue grills, knives and other daily things.
After he came out, he found out that the old man was Dongfang Li's grandfather.
When the old man found out about his help to Dongfang Li, he naturally responded to his request.
Besides, the things inside are not his own.
It's certainly cost-effective to use public property as a favor.
Even if he was asked, he would have something to say, because what Jiang Nan took out was a special envoy token, which Wei Qing personally agreed to.
In the secret room.
Jiang Nan first took out the photo stone.
The photo stone can be recorded.
He wanted to see whether after he entered the three-color tree space, he entered it with his consciousness or with his own body.
Opening the image stone, I immediately entered the space of the three-color tree with a thought.
He deliberately stayed in the space of the three-color tree for a while, and then picked off the soul fruit.
With a thought in mind, I returned to the secret room.
He immediately checked the image stone.
Infuriating energy input...
The result left him a little confused.
There is only one photo on the photo stone, which is an image of him standing in front of the photo stone.
Is there something wrong with the photo stone?
He started recording with the photo stone and found that there was no problem with the photo stone.
Then he entered the three-color tree space.
This time he deliberately stayed inside for a while.
After coming out, I found that there was still a photo on the photo stone.
Jiang Nan's eyes flickered.
In other words, what he enters should be his consciousness.
The person in the three-color tree space is a condensed body of consciousness, exactly like his original self.
Another explanation is that the time flow rate in the three-color tree space is different from the real space.
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Nan stopped thinking about this problem.
The three-color tree space is currently only showing a corner, and there is still a large area that has not been shown.
Everything at the moment is just a guess.
But as his cultivation level becomes higher and higher, his strength becomes stronger and stronger, and the space of the three-color tree becomes larger and larger, perhaps he will be able to find the answer naturally.
With his current strength, no matter how much he thinks about it, it is just a fantasy.
Clear the image inside the image stone and put it into the space ring.
Some ordinary things are placed in the space ring.
All the good things are placed in the three-color tree space.
For example, knives, swords, guns, defensive inner armor, explosive charms, etc.
Open your mouth and swallow the soul fruit.
The soul in the Dan Palace suddenly became stronger, and he felt that the power of the soul had been greatly improved, which was greatly beyond the scope of his cultivation.
Both his understanding and control of his true energy have reached a whole new level.
In the Dan Palace realm, the most difficult thing to grow is the soul.
If there are a large number of soul fruits, it will greatly help his soul to improve faster.
"The soul fruit is obtained by killing corpse puppets. I wonder if you can get it by killing other weird things?"
Jiang Nan thought.
At present, there are strange things appearing in many cities below, and he thinks this should be an opportunity.
A night of silence.
Early the next morning, he got up as usual.
After washing, it’s time to practice sword practice.
On the martial arts field, a sword was slashed out with heavy shadows.
One hundred and fifty dollars!
Then he threw it casually, and the long knife made an arc and landed accurately on the knife holder.
After breakfast, we headed to the government office.
Since he was going to the city below, he naturally couldn't take a carriage, so he didn't ask Meng Zheng to follow him.
He rode the white dragon horse alone towards the government office.
When he arrived at the government office, he saw Jiang Nan coming, and Yu Zhicheng, the governor of Kyoto, personally stepped forward to greet him.
"It turns out that the special envoy is here in person. It is really an honor for me."
Yu Zhicheng cupped his hands with a smile on his face.
"You're welcome, sir."
Jiang Nan dismounted and cupped his hands.
A servant led Jiang Nan's horse over.
Liu Ruyue, who came out closely behind her, saw this handsome young master, her beautiful eyes lit up, she cupped her fists and said, "Liu Ruyue has met the special envoy."
"Captain Liu, you're welcome."
Jiang Nan cupped her fists and smiled.
Then the three of them entered the lobby.
Yu Zhicheng was not polite either. After all, this was not the time to be polite.
Strange events have occurred in several cities under the jurisdiction of Kyoto Prefecture, and nearly a thousand people have disappeared inexplicably.
Then he briefly explained the following situation.
"According to the news just sent down below, there has been another strange incident in Ping'an City. Many families suddenly died without any sign of struggle. It was like a natural death."
Jiang Nan's heart moved and asked: "What special changes have happened to the corpse?"
"No. It's normal. It's like falling asleep." Yu Zhicheng said.
Jiang Nan was a little surprised.
I thought I would be like the monks at the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, all of them shriveled up and having their essence sucked out of them.
But I didn't expect that there were no symptoms at all.
This is really weird.
"The government has been unable to send anyone else for the time being, but this matter is very strange and difficult. Now people in Ping'an City are in panic."
Yu Zhicheng looked solemn and cupped his hands.
"So I hope that the special envoy and Mr. Liu will go to Ping'an City to check the case.
But the more important thing is to reassure people.”
Jiang Nan clasped her fists and said, "It is my duty to do so."
Seeing Jiang Nan agree, Liu Ruyue was happy, so she said without any delay, "Then let's go."
"Okay." Jiang Nan nodded.
Then he cupped his fists at Yu Zhicheng and said, "Sir, I'm leaving."
"Please." Yu Zhicheng nodded and held his fists in greeting.
Liu Ruyue was wearing a uniform, riding a maroon horse, with a ponytail, and a single sword on her waist, showing her heroic appearance.
Jiang Nan is dressed in white and riding a white dragon pony, like a banished immortal.
The two of them quickly left the city and headed towards Ping An City.