Catching Monsters

Chapter 332 The Chase (Part 2)

These zombie-like ferocious beasts didn't require Jiang Yun to lift a finger; Linglong alone could easily handle them, quickly killing off each of the attacking beasts.

Jiang Yun frowned, sensing that something was amiss.

The guy sitting on that corpse eagle was also quite strong. Although he couldn't compare to Sun Wuji, he was probably a master who had reached the third rank.

Normally, if you don't want the two of them to continue running away, you shouldn't just use some low-level zombies to deal with them.

Not only did it waste his magical power, but it also yielded no results.

Could it be that……

As Jiang Yun thought of this, he had a bad feeling. At the same time, about a mile away from the cave, on a slightly flat lawn...

Sun Wuji held a black bamboo tube filled with bright red blood, which he continuously splashed in the form of incantations.

If you stand above, you can see that the red blood has drawn an incredibly bizarre pattern, as if it were some kind of ritual.

After completing these steps, Sun Wuji glanced in the direction of the cave, then went to the center of the drawn incantation, formed hand seals, and uttered obscure incantations.

The countless magical powers within his body also continuously surged towards the strange incantation below.

Soon, a thick black fog filled the entire mountain forest.

It covered an area of ​​several miles around.

As soon as the thick black fog appeared, Pang Buyan smiled coldly, raised his hand to pat the corpse eagle he was sitting on, flapped its wings, and flew upwards.

"not good."

Jiang Yun's expression turned solemn as he looked at the thick black fog that had appeared in the surrounding mountains and forests. Soon, a cold wind howled, and from the chilling black fog all around, the sounds of ghosts wailing and wolves howling could be heard.

"What kind of evil magic is this?" Linglong subconsciously looked at Jiang Yun beside her when she saw this scene.

She knew very well that Jiang Yun was knowledgeable about these unorthodox and heretical practices. Jiang Yun frowned slightly, then his pupils contracted slightly: "Blood curse?"

At that very moment, the blood from the corpses lying on the ground around them was inexplicably drawn out of their bodies and seeped into the ground.

Then, from the surrounding thick black fog, a strange chanting sounded.

Instantly, Jiang Yun could feel the blood in his body boiling strangely, as if it wanted to burst out of his body.

"Quickly use your magic to protect yourself!"

Soon, Jiang Yun and Linglong hurriedly used their magic to stabilize the blood in their bodies. Jiang Yun looked around and said in a deep voice, "This blood curse technique will draw the blood out of the bodies of both living and dead creatures in the thick fog."

“If we follow it, we can leave the thick fog.” Jiang Yun quickly folded a piece of talisman into the shape of a paper crane.

The paper crane was tossed into the air, and it flapped its wings and flew eastward.

Just then, Jiang Yun felt a chill from behind. He turned around and saw Sun Wuji, who was holding a large black sword, staring at the two of them.

"Young men, don't be in such a hurry to leave." Sun Wuji exuded a strong demonic aura.

"You go first." Jiang Yun gave Linglong a look.

Linglong paused for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "What do you want to do? You're leaving all alone..."

“This guy is skilled in sorcery; you won’t be able to deal with him if you stay.” Jiang Yun shook his head, took a deep breath, and then lowered his voice: “Don’t worry, I have a way; he won’t die.”

Linglong is a very calm person. After analyzing the current situation, she quickly withdrew and left.

Sun Wuji was getting anxious seeing Linglong run away alone. Jiang Yun, holding a red talisman, said in a deep voice, "Hey, have some respect for people. I'm still here. Do you want to chase after her?"

"Hmph, then I'll get rid of you first, brat," Sun Wuji said coldly, and instantly flew towards Jiang Yun.

He knew that this kid was skilled in sorcery, but his close-combat ability was mediocre. Once he got close, he could cut Jiang Yun in half with a single slash.

Jiang Yun tossed the red talisman into the air, made a hand seal, and loudly chanted:
"Heaven is round and earth is square, laws and decrees are in nine chapters. Now I put pen to paper, and all ghosts will hide in fear. Above, I look upon the Three Pure Ones, and below, I respond to the hearts of men..."

In an instant, a divine statue slowly appeared behind Jiang Yun. The statue of the Great Emperor of the North Pole of the Central Heaven Ziwei shone with a white light, instantly dispelling the surrounding evil mist.

A powerful pressure also pressed down on Sun Wuji.

Sun Wuji's eyes widened as he was completely suppressed by the statue of the Great Emperor of the North Pole of the Central Heaven, unable to move, let alone chase after Linglong.

Jiang Yun had already expended a lot of magical power while escaping with Linglong, and now, as he used this technique, the magical power within his body was rapidly dissipating in order to maintain the statue behind him.

After a long while, Jiang Yun was covered in sweat, and his magical power was about to give way.

The illusory figure behind him gradually disappeared without a trace.

Jiang Yun quickly grabbed the yellow talisman, trying to use his earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic or technique), but it failed, and he was unable to burrow underground.

Seeing this, Sun Wuji said coldly, "What do you think I cast the blood curse for? The ground is now filled with the blood of all the creatures within a few miles, just to prevent you from using the earth-burrowing technique."

After saying this, Sun Wuji rushed in front of Jiang Yun, raised his broadsword, and intended to kill Jiang Yun with one blow.

"I have what you want!" Jiang Yun shouted in desperation!
Sun Wuji paused slightly in his movements. The black broadsword was held diagonally at Jiang Yun's neck. If it moved forward a little more, it would sever Jiang Yun's head.

Jiang Yun's heart was pounding.

Sun Wuji narrowed his eyes and asked in a cold voice, "What is that?"

Jiang Yun took a deep breath and slowly said, "As a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, I know a lot of secrets about the palace."

"And I see that you are quite interested in spellcasting. I know hundreds of spellcasting techniques, and I can teach you everything you need to know."

“In fact, we’re practically on the same side.” As he spoke, Jiang Yun’s hand slowly reached to his waist, took out the waist token of the Red Lotus Sect Protector, and handed it over: “I am the Red Lotus Sect Protector, and also an undercover agent who has infiltrated the Zhou Kingdom’s court.”

Upon hearing this, Sun Wuji frowned, took the token, and examined it carefully: "Do you think I would believe that?"

"Believe it or not, I should be very useful to you."

Jiang Yun had no choice but to do this to save his life. "Hmph." Sun Wuji snorted coldly, searching Jiang Yun's body but finding no trace of the Imperial Seal: "The Imperial Seal is in that woman's hands?"

Sun Wuji shook his head slightly and said calmly, "It doesn't matter. My junior brother is guarding the perimeter. Do you think that woman can escape so easily?"

"Senior brother! Something's wrong! That woman has escaped!"

At this moment, a figure stumbled over; it was the bald man, Pang Buyan.

Pang Buyan had several wounds on his body, from which blood seeped out, indicating that his injuries were not minor.

"What?" Sun Wuji's expression changed, and he took a deep breath, saying, "What are you good for?"

Pang Buyan said with a bitter face, "That woman's strength is much greater than we imagined..."

Sun Wuji's gaze slowly fell on Jiang Yun, and he asked gently, "You must have a place to meet, right? Tell me where?"

"Of course." A relaxed smile appeared on Jiang Yun's face. It seemed that, at least Sun Wuji wouldn't kill him now...

……

The next morning, in the city of Chongshan County, Jiang Yun was imprisoned. The dungeon room where he was held had been replaced with an iron plate, and his whole body was bound with iron chains. His shoulder blades were pierced with barbs.

This is a measure used to seal away a person's magical power.

At this moment, outside the prison, Chen Honghao personally brought a lot of food. He showed no anger on his face, but instead smiled as he came to the prison door and placed the food in front of Jiang Yun.

After putting down the food, Chen Honghao said with a smile, "Mr. Jiang is quite courageous to come alone to rescue people. I admire him."

"In fact, our rebel army is lacking people like Mr. Jiang who value loyalty and righteousness."

"His Majesty also said that as long as Mr. Jiang is willing to reveal the whereabouts of the woman and the Imperial Seal, you can officially join us."

Listening to Chen Honghao's words, Jiang Yun had no time to think about these things. Feeling the pain in her back, sweat beaded on her forehead.

“Uncle Sun really wanted to kill Mr. Jiang. I persuaded him with kind words, saying that talented people are rare, but you also have to show that you are worth living.”

Jiang Yun slowly raised his head and casually made up a place: "The place we agreed to meet is in Quyu County, Sanmiao Province, inside a candy shop on the back street of the county government city."

Upon hearing the place name, Chen Honghao frowned slightly, simply telling Jiang Yun to take her time eating before turning and leaving.

Jiang Yun took a deep breath, sat in the cell, and kept thinking about how to escape from here.

However, his magic was sealed and he was entangled by iron chains, making it extremely difficult for him to leave.

……

Inside the government office that had been converted into a palace, Sun Wuji was having breakfast in a living room. All night had passed, and Jiang Yun still hadn't provided any useful information.

Pang Buyan was somewhat dissatisfied and said, "Senior brother, we went through so much trouble to capture this person, and he won't say anything. What's the point of keeping him alive?"

"If you ask me, I'd feel better if I just cut it off."

"Not urgent."

Just then, Chen Honghao rushed in from outside and repeated the address Jiang Yun had given him.

After listening, Sun Wuji narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Jiang Yun's mouth is full of lies, not a single word of the truth."

"Go and inform all the passes that they no longer need to be strictly guarded and that this group of people should be allowed to leave the three southwestern provinces."

"Ah? Does that mean we also have to hand over the Imperial Seal of the State back to the Zhou royal family..." Chen Honghao's expression changed slightly.

"In this way, the rebel army of our three southwestern provinces will lose its legitimacy."

Sun Wuji took a sip of the white porridge in his hand and slowly said, "Outside the three southwestern provinces, there will be people who want the Imperial Seal of the State."

"Don't worry, it won't go back to Xiao Yuzheng's hands."

After Sun Wuji finished speaking, he paced back and forth for a while, picked up paper, brush, and ink, and walked towards the prison. This Jiang Yun, he definitely had to be killed.

But before killing him, he had to extract some value from him, and Sun Wuji was very interested in those talismans and spells.

Five days passed quickly.

On the official road in the three southwestern provinces, a caravan was driving several horse-drawn carriages in the direction of leaving the three southwestern provinces.

"Manager, how much longer until we can leave this place?" Qin Shujian asked Yang Liunian beside him, sitting in the carriage.

Yang Liunian said in a deep voice, "It's probably still more than ten miles away."

"I wonder how Jiang Yun and Miss Linglong are doing now."

After escaping Chongshan County, they met at the pre-arranged location and waited for Jiang Yun and Linglong for two days, but there was still no news.

Then they discovered that the patrols and security measures of these rebels had become lax.

Yang Liunian immediately decided that sending the Imperial Seal back to the capital was the most important thing.

So they disguised themselves as a caravan.

Leaving the three southwestern provinces, you'll find yourself in the northern and western provinces of Sichuan.

Among them, the Western Shu Province was plagued by disasters and there were signs of an impending rebellion. Wang Longzhi's 400,000-strong army was mainly stationed in the Northern Lake Province.

For safety reasons, Yang Liunian and his group decided to return to Beijing via Beihu Province.

The process went more smoothly than Yang Liunian had imagined; he left the three southwestern provinces with ease and was not subjected to much scrutiny.

After thinking for a while, Yang Liunian made a decision: "Let's go. We'll go to Wuling Prefecture in Beihu Province first. General Wang Longzhi is there. Let him send a team of elite soldiers to accompany us north."

The Imperial Seal of the State is such an important item that it would be somewhat unsafe for them to escort it alone.

(End of this chapter)