Author: Tu Longshi

Under the already dimmed sky, there were wild smoke and grass and wild hills.

There is a dark cave entrance hidden in the grass at the bottom of the hill. A strange beast with black and white tiger stripes is lying down with its four paws lowered. Most of its body has gone inside, and only its buttocks and tail are still exposed outside the cave.

At this moment, a hand suddenly poked out from the void and grabbed the black and white entwined ponytail.

Immediately afterwards, a young man wearing a black robe and a silver belt and holding a sharp knife appeared outside the cave. It was Qi Jingzhi.

After Xunjiang's incident, he used a soul mask to teach Wei Yingdian the great destiny scroll of "The Immortal Feather Sutra". The two parties agreed that if Mr. Wei becomes the heart and soul in the future, they will go to Songling County, Huaide County, Linzhou to ask for it from him.

Follow-up method.

Wei Yingdian also informed the young man of his residence in Beijing and the location of his ancestral home in Xunyang County, and strongly invited the young man to come and talk about it someday when he had time.

As for the mysterious fishing fleet, the steward and the goddess were naturally handed over to the lakekeeper, Mr. Da, for temporary custody, and then transferred to the local county for investigation to see if there was anyone with ulterior motives behind it, deliberately provoking chaos.

The battle between Yangjun and Xunjiang Water Palace even undermined the Lake God's plan to ascend the throne and divide Xunjiang.

Due to their status, Qi Jingzhi and Wei Yingdian were naturally not in their positions or pursuing political affairs, so they did not stay to interfere in this matter.

After Wei Yingdian memorized the exercises, the two of them had a drink by the river, and then agreed to abandon the boat, change horses, and go their separate ways.

After that, Qi Jingzhi didn't waste any more time and went all the way through the prefectures and counties, heading straight to Liaozhou in the East China Sea. Seeing Jiuzhen County in the distance, he accidentally lost his mount at the Beimen Post in Zhao'an County, Jiuzhen County.

When he rushed to search for the horse, he only saw a horse corpse with its internal organs eviscerated. Naturally, he became even more angry and chased the horse thief for hundreds of miles without mercy. Finally, he blocked the horse thief at the entrance of the lair.

"What a bastard, give me back my horse!"

Qi Jingzhi shouted loudly, his feet landed on the ground, and with just one palm force, he dragged a large part of the body of the black and white tiger-striped beast out of the hole.

While dragging it, the young man looked at the right hind leg of this strange beast. There were two blood holes and two blood marks that seemed to have been scratched by a sharp weapon, and blood was oozing out.

"Huh? Did the owner catch him on the spot while stealing food?"

Qi Jingzhi's thoughts flashed, and he immediately took a step forward and stood to the right rear of this strange beast.

The black-and-white tiger-striped beast roared in panic, and immediately wanted to stand up from its crouched body. However, the entrance to the cave was too low for it, and its back was almost touching the roof of the cave. It was unable to stand up for a while.

It became more and more irritable and wanted to bite back, but its body was squeezed into the narrow cave and could not turn around. It could only let the young man outside the cave drag it out, and its sharp four claws plowed in vain inside and outside the cave.

There were deep claw marks.

After a brief struggle, the rear half of the body of the black and white tiger-striped beast was forcibly pulled out.

At this time, its hind paws were finally free of restraints, and regardless of the pain of the wound, it immediately raised its right hind leg and kicked hard at the boy.

Unexpectedly, Qi Jingzhi moved faster than it. He flew up first and kicked the bloody wound hard.

"roar!"

The black and white tiger-striped beast staggered in pain, and the roars in its mouth became more and more impatient and ferocious.

After receiving this severe blow, it became angry and fierce, and realized the problem. Instead of resisting Qi Jingzhi's tug, it straightened its back and kicked on the ground, struggling to retreat, and the outside of the hole was dug into dust.

"Huh? Still not convinced?"

Qi Jingzhi immediately noticed the intention of this strange beast and kicked it out hard: "You are quite capable. This place is not one hundred but eighty miles away from Beimenyi in Zhao'an County. How can you do this?"

He ran over and killed the young master’s horse, he really went to great lengths just to get a bite of food!”

The black and white tiger-striped beast roared in pain, and finally did not dare to move rashly. It kept its head and neck in the hole and most of its body outside the hole. At the same time, it tried its best to lower its body and hide its injured right hind leg.

"Can you tell me how to compensate me?"

Qi Jingzhi stood up with his legs drawn up, and while he was shouting questions, he looked at the fat body of the black and white tiger-striped beast, his eyes gradually filled with splendor.

At this moment, he felt that the palm of his left hand holding the black and white ponytail suddenly tightened and then sank, and his heart immediately moved: "Is it possible that this guy is also some kind of evil spirit?"

"No! I've asked the postmaster of Beimen Post. Although many livestock, chickens and ducks have been killed nearby recently, there have been no human lives. Since this guy is quite spiritual, let's give him a good lesson and let him take out the food.

Sufficient compensation can be regarded as a small punishment but a big warning. If you can't get it..."

As Qi Jingzhi said this, he tightened his grip on his ponytail and put the small bronze mirror back.

Unexpectedly, the mirror stopped, and a dazzling red-gold bead flew out of his arms again, spun around in the air, and then turned into a red-gold sword on its own.

The tiger and the snake took the initiative to jump out of the red gold sword, circling and flying around the body of the black and white tiger-striped beast.

This strange beast immediately sensed it, as if it had encountered a natural enemy. It lay down hard and even trembled slightly.

Its roar no longer contained any ferocity, but instead resembled a whimper.

"Hey, I just started thinking about it, and then one or two of you guys jumped out and wanted to cut him off?"

Qi Jingzhi laughed and scolded, and he had some guesses about the origin of the Cloud Snake and Wuhu in the Red Gold Sword. He might also be the ghost under the Red Gold Sword.

"The mirror is magical, but it is not unique. This red gold knife is actually a foodie with similar functions. It's just that the mirror seems to be slightly better. I didn't let the mirror eat it, so the red gold knife flew out impatiently."

Immediately, Qi Jingzhi shook his head towards the Red Gold Sword and was about to speak. Suddenly he heard someone above his head exclaim: "Red Gold Sword!"

Qi Jingzhi immediately raised his head following the sound and saw a green bull emerging from the top of the hill. There were two people sitting on the bull's back, looking down at him.

Then, I saw one of the tall and thin young men in red robes and leather armor, holding a spear, jumped off the back of the cow, widened his eyes and asked: "How come my uncle's red gold sword is in your hand!"

The young man's face was full of shock and anger. He raised his legs and was about to run down the slope, but suddenly he heard a clicking sound, and the earth and rocks on the top of the slope suddenly cracked and collapsed!

The ground was shaking and smoke and dust were rising before his eyes. Not only did the young man himself only have time to let out a cry of surprise before he fell down, but the other man and the cow also disappeared in an instant.

Qi Jingzhi was startled when he saw this, and immediately realized that the young man must be a member of Lao Wei's tribe. He had appeared on the barren hill for some reason and trampled on the nest of the black and white tiger-striped beast.

He was so stunned that a huge force suddenly came from the ponytail he was holding in his hand, and the long and tough black and white intertwined hair either broke from it, or the entire hair was torn off.

The black and white tiger-striped beast jumped up with a ponytail that was mostly bald, and got into the cave extremely quickly.

I don’t know how big the nest inside the mound is. The collapse of the top of the slope seems to have no impact on the cave at the bottom of the mound.

"It's going to happen! Although this mound is not high, the two people and the cow should not fall to death, but if you enter without warning like this, you will be blocked by the owner!"

Qi Jingzhi had heard from Old Wei that in the Jiuzhen Wei family, the only sorcerer in the Jiuzhen Wei family was Jin Dao Wei. There were many children in the family who practiced martial arts, but none of them could succeed in the practice.

Although the strange beast never killed anyone when it went out to look for food, it might not let the uninvited guests break into its lair.

Thinking of this, Qi Jingzhi's expression suddenly changed. He immediately shifted Qi Huchan to his left hand without thinking, stretched out his right hand to pick off the red gold knife in the air, then raised his legs and bent over, chasing the black and white tiger-striped beast into the cave.

In the narrow and low cave, the young man's eyes shimmered with haze, his vision was not affected by the darkness at all, and the sound of the alien beast running on the ground could be heard more clearly in his ears.

The red gold sword even more actively glowed, and the Cloud Snake and Mist Tiger opened its fangs or danced its claws, flying extremely hard ahead to explore the path. With these two natural enemies around, it was expected that the strange beast would not have the courage to ambush and attack.

There was only one thing, and that was that the deeper Qi Jingzhi walked, the more absurdly familiar he felt in his heart, because the cave was actually extremely regular and deep, and it didn't look like it was dug out by an animal at all.

Instead, it reminded him of the corridor of Liyuan Silver Cellar and the stone chamber where the Xunjiang Zhensha Monument is located.

After a while, when Qi Jingzhi saw the large hole in the brick wall at the end of the cave, he felt relieved: "Isn't it that I was born with a destiny for this kind of place?"

Seeing that Yun Snake and Wu Hu had already rushed in first, reflecting the golden light inside, the young man clenched the two daggers in his hands and got in through the breach in the wall without hesitation.

During this process, what he was thinking in his mind was: "No wonder a good hill collapsed like that! Hey, no matter how strong the secret chambers and tombs in the world are built, and how secretive they are, they will eventually fall apart and be seen again.

One day! Oh, the late king’s tomb, which has been inspected and repaired by the Ministry of Rites and Works of Daqi for many years, may last longer.”

Qi Jingzhi slipped through the brick wall with his legs and feet, and saw that the scene inside was very different from what he had imagined. There was a stone coffin in a tomb that was not too big. Not only did it look extremely solid and heavy at first glance, but the coffin was also

It is also engraved with strange patterns.

He immediately looked around and saw another door on the wall directly opposite, which must be connected to the formal tomb passage.

At this moment, the door was wide open, and the black and white tiger-striped beast had long since disappeared from the tomb, as well as the Cloud Snake and Mist Tiger.

Qi Jingzhi shook his head and turned to look at the stone coffin, specifically at the lit candlestick on the stone coffin and the two figures lying on the stone coffin next to the candlestick.

At first glance, he was immediately surprised, because among the two figures there was neither the tall and thin Wei clan member nor the strong bearded bull-riding man.

Hearing the noise, the two figures at the sarcophagus raised their heads and looked in the direction of Qi Jingzhi, their appearance illuminated by the dim candlelight.

One was a sturdy man with a capable shorts and a fierce look on his face. When he looked at Qi Jingzhi, there was a look of fear on his face. Only then did a fierce light appear in his eyes. Suddenly his pupils shrank and he stared at the young man.

The red gold sword in hand.

The other person turned out to be a bald monk wearing black monk robes. He looked about thirty years old, and his face was much calmer than that of a middle-aged man. There was no malice in the eyes he looked at Qi Jingzhi, but rather some shock and embarrassment.

It was really weird that three people with different identities unexpectedly met in this dark and secret tomb.

The tomb was quiet for a few breaths. Qi Jingzhi, who was bent on finding and rescuing people, pointed at the tomb door opposite with his red gold knife, and asked first, "Where did that big guy go just now?"

Upon hearing the question, the sturdy man reacted immediately.

He coughed, took the initiative to clasp his fists in salute, and asked instead: "But friends of the Jiuzhen Wei family in front of you? I have heard of the name of Jin Dao Wei for a long time, but I didn't expect that besides Wei Gong, there are such masters as friends in the Wei family.

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Seeing Qi Jingzhi's brows furrowed, the stout man's face panicked, and he quickly added: "That thing jumped over our heads, and I'm afraid it may have escaped through the hole at the other end."

Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi didn't bother to talk nonsense with him. The top of the slope collapsed. Who knew what was going on at the other end? Naturally, the most important thing was to catch up with the strange beast before and find the Wei clan member.

He raised his legs and was about to go around the stone coffin, but unexpectedly the stout man reached out to stop him.

"Brother Wei, I am engaged in this beheading business. Now that we have seen each other, you want to leave without saying a word. Isn't it against the rules?"

As the thick man spoke, he slowly backed away from the monk beside him, while not forgetting to tug on the monk's sleeve.

The black-clothed monk hesitated for a moment, then took a step forward, raised his hand to pinch a complicated and weird seal, and at the same time loudly announced a Buddha's name that Qi Jingzhi had never heard before: "The Tathagata of the North, the North, and the Wheel!"

His voice was obviously not loud, but it was like the thunder of a heavenly drum, making Qi Jingzhi's ears buzz.
To be continued...