Northwest of Anyu County
A slightly sparse mountain forest.
Chen Mu stood at the top of a towering tree as thick as an arm’s length. He was only stepping on a slender branch that seemed to be unable to bear it and break at any time. His eyes glanced at the nearly endless mountain forest below.
After observing carefully for a moment, he stretched out his hand and pointed in a certain direction to the west and said: “There.”
Not far away.
On the crown of another ancient tree, Xu Hongyu also stood among the slender branches, carefully observing the forest below. When he heard Chen Mu’s words, he immediately cast his gaze away, and after looking closely, he said: “Yes, that should be it. ”
The words fell.
She and Chen Mu jumped forward together without leaving the tree, jumping directly along the crown of the tree and walking through the top of the tree.
Xiao He stood on the top of a shorter tree behind the two of them, observing the surroundings carefully. At this time, he quietly followed Chen Mu and Xu Hongyu, and the three of them walked forward together.
It was a few days ago that the wolf demon ate humans. It is not easy to find traces of it in remote mountains and forests. Even for ordinary people, it is almost impossible to find it.
But Chen Mu and others are different.
Entering the realm of Yijin, the improvement of Qi and blood makes all senses far more sensitive than ordinary people. Even in sparse jungles, faint traces can be quickly found.
The wolf demon is a demon after all, especially when in a manic state, its movements are often rough and reckless, leaving footprints along the way, or breaking some small trees and tearing apart some bushes. These are all its remaining traces.
Along the way.
Xu Hongyu has shown very keen observation and clear judgment. After all, she has hunted monsters more than once. Even before she served as the chief commissioner of Nancheng District, she had the experience of hunting monsters with the elders of the Yu family. Compared with Chen Mu, who was out of the city for the first time, undoubtedly had a lot more experience.
Chen Mu listened to Xu Hongyu’s explanation along the way. Although he understood various aspects such as tracking and observation very quickly, it was still his first time and he was inevitably a little unfamiliar. After all, it was not an instinct engraved in his blood.
but.
After tracking for about half a day, Chen Mu may still be unfamiliar with other aspects of experience, but his observation ability has directly surpassed Xu Hongyu’s. His eyes can cover a wider range and can capture traces more keenly. The remaining traces of the wolf demon are often found before Xu Hongyu.
After some tracking, a few people came to the top of an ancient tree. The ancient tree was not very strong, but there was a bush below, and the bush was obviously torn to pieces by the collision.
These vines and shrubs still retain their green color and grew very well before breaking. They are very tough. Generally, even grizzly bears and wild boars in the mountains would be impossible to break by force. They are so destructive. The broken and shattered marks are as if they cannot be made by ordinary beasts, but can only be made by monsters.
“there.”
Xu Hongyu carefully observed the bushes and pointed in a direction to the south.
Chen Mu pondered, and after carefully looking at the traces of bushes, he glanced in the direction Xu Hongyu judged, and nodded slightly: “Well, probably, keep chasing, this guy is running around everywhere, which is really not good. try to find.”
Xu Hongyu took the lead, climbed up to the treetop again, and continued walking from the tree. At the same time, she said: “Since it is the night of the full moon and the demonic nature is manic, then its movements are naturally chaotic. It is normal to rush eastward and westward. Entering the village was just a coincidence.”
“Um.”
Chen Mu followed.
A third-level white wolf demon couldn’t have appeared out of thin air. It must have been living in the mountains and forests for a long time. It had never entered the village to eat people before. This time it could only be an accidental collision in a manic state.
But even so, it must be dealt with. After all, even if it is not specifically going to the village, but just running wildly, there is a first time, and then there will be a second time. As long as it is still alive, it will not be close to this mountain range. For the villagers, it is a huge hidden danger. Eliminating these hidden dangers is the meaning of the existence of the Demon Slayer Division.
certainly.
A third-level white wolf demon is also very valuable. If its fur is intact, it is worth at least a thousand taels of silver. Its bones and blood have medicinal value, and its meat is edible with strong blood.
The sky was dark and night was gradually falling. No one was in a hurry, and it was difficult to distinguish the traces at night, so they settled in one place, rested for a night, and continued tracking the next morning.
For two days, although we kept going around and around, we gradually went deeper into the forest.
“Very close.”
Xu Hongyu stood in a bush, staring at a pool of dried blood and some broken bones.
Judging from the bone fragments and the remaining traces of fur, it should be a relatively large and ferocious beast such as a grizzly bear. Although such beasts are not monsters, they are sometimes no less dangerous than first-level monsters, such as the Black Crow Cult. The first-order monster bloodline demon rat that I once tried to cultivate is not a very powerful type. Even if it is fully grown and mature, it cannot hunt large beasts such as grizzly bears. Most of the time, it will avoid it.
After confirming this.
Xu Hongyu took out a small jade bottle from her pocket, poured out a drop of light cyan liquid from the jade bottle, then swung her right hand in the air, shaking the drop of ‘rosemary’ into mist, and then from the jade bottle He pulled out a ribbon and shook it gently to stir up the mist and absorb it all.
“Let’s go.”
Xu Hongyu held the ribbon in her hand: “Although this should be the territory of the white wolf demon and there are no other monsters, it is best not to use too much rosemary and control the concentration appropriately to avoid other incidents… Why do you keep looking at it? I?”
Chen Mu smiled and said, “I just think you are skillful and I am listening carefully to your instructions.”
“…It’s just more experience.”
Xu Hongyu looked away a little, and said a little unnaturally: “These are only used for hunting monsters in normal times. If there is a ‘big cold’, ‘big drought’, ‘big tide’, or even ‘two suns merge into the sky’,” In bad celestial phenomena such as “Eternal Night”, the entire land will be in chaos, and vicious monsters may be encountered everywhere, so these methods are basically useless. “
After listening to Xu Hongyu’s words, Chen Mu looked thoughtful and said: “At the end of last year, it should have been a ‘big cold’ astronomical phenomenon, and the last ‘big drought’ was five years ago… As for the two days of the sky merging, it seems to have been decades. This has never happened before. According to the records of Daxuan’s visions, there are no clear rules for these heaven and earth visions.”
He had experienced the Great Cold personally.
As for severe droughts, the most recent severe drought was four years ago. This phenomenon was not that it did not rain for a long time, but that rivers dried up, wells collapsed, and other unusual phenomena occurred in a very short period of time.
Spring tide is the opposite. The water level in rivers will rise sharply, and the water in wells will overflow. It is often accompanied by heavy fog. The moist mist fills the sky and the earth. It is almost impossible to find anything dry, and it is difficult to even start a fire. .
certainly.
These are relatively common celestial phenomena, which usually occur once every few years and do not last very long. The biggest problem is the chaos caused by celestial phenomena. Some monsters are stimulated by cold, and some are stimulated by drought, and then change. He was so manic that he caused harm everywhere. Although the Demon Slayer Division suppressed him, he still caused some disasters in various places.
In comparison, two suns merging in the sky is a worse situation. According to records in the classics, when it happens, another red sun will rise in the sky that looks like it is reflected in the water. There will be more types of monsters affected by this celestial phenomenon, and the scope will be wider. A little more spacious.
As for the most terrifying thing, it is ‘Eternal Night’.
According to classic records, when it happened, the sky was dark and the earth was dark, the sun and the moon had no light, the earth was completely plunged into darkness, and monsters and monsters roamed the world under the cover of night. It would not only last for a day or two, but would last for several months or even half a year.
“Well, the last time two days and two days merged into the sky was fifty-seven years ago, and the eternal night was two hundred and forty-one years ago. In terms of rules, severe colds and droughts often happen once every few years, and two days and eternal nights are long. There are so many of them, many of them are hard to see in a lifetime, and we may not even be able to see them… Oops.”
Xiao He followed behind Chen Mu and spoke in a pretty voice, but before he could finish speaking, he suddenly let out a cry of pain.
Boom! A red mark appeared on Xiao He’s forehead, and he covered his head and looked at Chen Mu with tearful eyes.
Chen Mu retracted his finger angrily and said, “Don’t talk nonsense! What if God hears you and punishes you?”
Xiao He covered his forehead in grievance and said: “If God could punish me with just a word, then I would have committed so many sins in my previous life…”
Xu Hongyu looked at Xiao He. For a moment, the corners of her lips moved slightly and her eyebrows arched. She seemed to want to laugh and said, “Okay, Xiao He, you’d better stop talking nonsense and don’t make fun of God.”
Among the people of all religions, there seemed to be the kind of liar who told fortunes and told fortunes. They would say bad things that should not be recited, and they would come as soon as they were thought of. However, she had never believed in these things. Even if there was a destiny, it was not just a few pretentious Taoist priests. Humans can figure it out. It is rumored that there is a sect named “Xuanji Pavilion” in a neighboring state, which can peek into the mysteries of the world, but I don’t know whether it is true or not.
“Miss……”
Xiao He looked pitifully at Xu Hongyu and then at Chen Mu.
But at this moment, Chen Mu suddenly twitched his ears, his eyes suddenly changed from talking and laughing to calming down, his steps suddenly stopped, and he turned his head to look in one direction and said: “There is movement, it seems to be coming. “
Xiaohe also suddenly stopped joking and became serious.
Xu Hongyu also stopped, and then seemed to notice something. With a slight shake of her right hand, she had drawn out the soft sword and held it in her hand. Her eyes became serious and solemn.
finally.
There was a movement in the distant jungle.
There seemed to be some ferocious monster that was charging all the way. It had not yet appeared, but it already had a menacing momentum that was faintly approaching. It frightened the birds in the distant mountains and forests, and flew into the sky with squawking noises.
(End of chapter)