bookcurios Chapter 115 Rice Monk
Chapter 115 Rice Monk
The remaining troops did not stay in Dalangshan for long.
After Li Chonglin and Li Chongjiu finished talking about the autumn hunt, they parted ways and went in different directions.
When the coachman saw Li Chonglin get on the carriage, the wheels started to turn "gurglingly".
Lu Yuguan and Li Chonglin sat opposite each other.
"This autumn hunt is different from usual. The target isn't demonic beasts but demonic cultivators. We shouldn't underestimate any enemy," Li Zhonglin said in a deep voice. "Yuguan, you've fought demonic cultivators before. Can you describe the specifics to me?"
"This is easy, I tell you."
Lu Yuguan readily agreed and told Li Chonglin in detail what happened that night.
Li Zhonglin frowned and said, "I just heard some news about the demon cultivators from those two officials. Of the twelve demons you mentioned, at least five are in Nanzhou."
"Five people?"
Lu Yuguan's head tightened.
If these five people are as difficult to deal with as Youmingzi, the prospects will not be optimistic.
"Three of the Twelve Earth Demons have already perished," Li Chonglin continued after taking a sip of tea. "Among the two who appeared on Yufeng Mountain that night, one of them had his head removed—"
"I remember it was called Xueliuzi." Lu Yuguan thought.
"The other one is the instigator of the Flower Street Massacre—"
"The Bone-Withered Demon," Lu Yuguan replied quickly, "has already been dealt with by Zhao Zimo."
Li Chonglin continued unhappily, "You know the last person, the one you fought with. According to what you said, he should have been eaten by the monster you mentioned."
"Although we haven't found any trace of the hairy ape in Houzhuang, I believe what you said."
"To be honest, I feel a little uneasy." Lu Yuguan looked at Li Chonglin and said.
"I promised you I would never let you come to harm," Li Zhonglin said, hesitatingly adding, "The incident at Houzhuang was an accident, but I admit I broke my promise."
Lu Yuguan twisted his mouth in frustration.
"Men's mouths are deceitful. Your Highness, these words have no effect on me. You should use them to coax the little girl."
"Yuguan——"
"Get off."
Li Chonglin wanted to pull him to say something, but Lu Yuguan shook his arm away.
"I'm sleepy, let's go to bed first."
Lu Yuguan was like a wife disappointed in her husband. He yawned slowly, turned around, and crawled into bed with Xiao Zhima in his arms.
Li Chonglin sighed alone and continued to sit in meditation to consolidate his cultivation.
The Yinglong pattern on his back was faintly hot. Every time he practiced, the Yinglong pattern tried to make him lose his mind, but Li Chonglin could always restrain himself with his amazing willpower.
The Qianhua fishing incident was purely an accident.
"What did Senior Yinglong mean by those words?" Li Chonglin racked his brains but could not uncover the mystery of Longyuan.
The team traveled very smoothly on the official road, with no obstructions along the way, and arrived at Taocheng in just half a day.
"Your Highness, Tao City is ahead." The coachman said to the inside of the carriage.
"Are we there yet?" Li Zhonglin asked, having stopped meditating. "Then why don't we go in?"
"This……"
The driver hesitated for a long time and didn't dare to speak.
Li Chonglin frowned and opened the car curtain. It was almost evening.
There was a long river between the official road and the city, which carriages could not cross. There were no guards outside the city gate, only the main gate was closed.
There was a man in a monk's robe standing quietly outside the door. Although his face could not be seen clearly, one could feel a lot of pressure.
"Who is that?"
Li Chonglin narrowed his eyes slightly and said.
The driver shook his head and said, "I don't know either."
"Where is the person in charge of Taocheng?" the officials accompanying the team shouted into the city.
However, his words fell on deaf ears and received no response.
"This is really weird," Li Chonglin sneered. "I don't know where the Taocheng official got the courage from. Judging from the situation, he doesn't intend to let us enter the city."
Chen Xian walked up from behind, looked at the city gate and said to Li Zhonglin, "Your Highness, would you like me to tell your fortune first?"
Li Chonglin nodded and said, "Okay."
Chen Xian took out three copper coins from his arms and threw them lightly. The coins drew an arc in the air and then fell to the ground.
He squatted down and carefully examined the front and back of the coin, his brows furrowed, as if he was trying to interpret something.
After a moment, Chen Xian stood up and said to Li Chonglin, "Your Highness, there isn't much life in Tao City. Please allow me to speak nonsense. The feeling this city and Houzhuang give me..."
"Very similar."
Li Chonglin frowned after hearing this.
If Taocheng is similar to Houzhuang, then it is very likely that the people in the city have met with misfortune.
Lu Yuguan got up in a daze, and seeing that Li Chonglin was not in the carriage, he got up and came out.
"Yuguan, are you awake?" Li Chonglin looked at him and said.
"Have we arrived in Taocheng?" Lu Yuguan asked in confusion, "Why don't you go in? Why are so many people just waiting here?"
Chen Xian muttered, "Nuo, look for yourself. They didn't even leave us the city bridge. I'm afraid they don't want to live anymore."
Lu Yuguan looked at the gate of Taocheng and found it was indeed as Chen Xian said, extremely strange.
[Ding! Civilization mission detected]
[Mission Details: Breaking the Door]
[Quest Reward: *…&…￥%]
The system prompt sounds.
But the reward for this mission seemed to be deliberately kept secret. Lu Yuguan couldn't hear it clearly, and the difficulty coefficient of the mission was not displayed.
Ok?
What does it mean?
Lu Yuguan frowned and asked the system, "Tong-chan, is there a bug?"
[This system is not very clear]
[This has never happened before]
The system was also puzzled.
"Could it be that even the system can't recognize it?" Lu Yuguan touched his chin with his hand, then said to Li Chonglin, "Let the team rest here first. I'll go and ask what's going on."
Li Chonglin asked worriedly, "Will it work?"
"After all, I have reached the Perfect Foundation Establishment stage, so there is no need for me to be afraid of this or that."
Lu Yuguan started the spring breeze to make his body light, cursed a few words, and then stood at the edge of the river.
"Falling Spring Breeze——"
As a whirlwind suddenly appeared under his feet, Lu Yuguan rose into the air in full view of everyone and slowly floated towards the city gate.
"Look, Master Lu is flying!"
"Could it be that he has already reached the Golden Core Stage?"
"Oh my God, is this the difference in talent?"
The other soldiers in the team were all shocked.
Li Chonglin and Chen Xian could naturally see that this must be some secret method that Lu Yuguan mastered, which enabled him to fly.
"When did he learn this trick?"
Li Chonglin looked at Lu Yuguan's back in confusion and asked.
"Tsk tsk tsk, as expected of Brother Lu, he is truly unfathomable!"
Chen Xian couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
Everyone watched as Lu Yuguan floated across the river and landed steadily in front of the monk.
The remaining light of the setting sun gradually shifted, revealing the face hidden in the shadows.
"Master, may I ask..."
Just as Lu Yuguan raised his head to ask a question, his pupils suddenly constricted. He retreated several steps as if he had encountered something extremely terrifying.
How can this be a monk?
It's clearly a bundle of straw!