One Qi Chaoyang

Chapter 244: Appearing as Prey
At this moment, Zhao Fuyun felt a clear sensation of being pricked by a needle.

That feeling came from nowhere, and it was so clear that it came from the person in front of him, as if it came from the squinting eyes of the snake demon.

The person in front of him wanted to kill him and was going to put it into action.

This is what Zhao Fuyun felt from the calamity.

But as he carefully perceived it, he discovered a more subtle intention of robbery and murder.

He felt like a fish caught in a big net, like a deer surrounded by hunters. The hunters were out of his sight, hiding on the other side of the mountain, but a wind blew their breath over.

And this gust of wind was the murderous intent aroused in the snake demon by Zhao Fuyun at this moment.

However, soon, this feeling dissipated, dissipated into the boundless nothingness, and could no longer be felt.

But the snake demon in front of him laughed and said, "Daoyou, what you said is really unpleasant. I am devoted to the Tao. You should not look at my appearance, but my inner self. We all have a heart devoted to the Tao. As Daoyou, there is no difference between humans and demons!"

What the snake demon said actually made sense.

But he deeply understood that to understand a person, words are always superficial.

Not only listen to what he says, but also watch what he does.

However, for many people in the situation, when they see clearly what others are doing, it is already the time for them to die. It is useless to know it. They just know that they are going to die, and death is before their eyes and they can no longer escape.

"Fellow Daoist, you are right. Although you are a demon, you are also a demon with Tao. The Tao is broad, and you and I are both creatures on the Tao." Zhao Fuyun said.

"Daoyou, your words are wonderful. We should drink a lot of wine. Come, Daoyou, please enter my cave and have a drink." The half-human, half-snake Taoist Suifeng once again invited Zhao Fuyun into the cave.

Zhao Fuyun looked at the snake demon in front of him, whose body was extremely long, with half of its body in the cave and the other half in the void on the mountainside. He waved his hand and said, "When traveling between mountains and rivers, the first taboo is not to easily step into an unfamiliar place. This is my first time traveling between mountains and rivers, so I dare not forget this taboo."

Zhao Fuyun frankly "admitted" that his experience was shallow.

Then he continued, "How do we get into the secret house that Daoist friend just mentioned?"

"In Xutang Pass, under the Soul-Locking Demon-Suppressing Tower, break through the divine platform and you will find the entrance to the Spirit Herb Secret Mansion. This secret mansion is rich in spiritual herbs, and the land under which the spiritual herbs grow contains a variety of mineral deposits and spiritual soils. The things that Daoist friend mentioned are all here."

As the half-human, half-snake Taoist Suifeng spoke, the wind around them gradually grew stronger, enveloping the entire valley. However, the two people in the middle were not affected at all. People outside could not see the two people clearly, let alone hear any sound. The sound of their voices seemed to be swallowed up by the wind.

"Can the two of us go?" Zhao Fuyun had just witnessed the other party's abilities.

Although he killed Xu Mao in front of him, he felt that he had caught the other party off guard. The other party was in the city and would be absolutely difficult to deal with. Even with the addition of this snake demon, it would be difficult to break the city. What's more, there were those mysterious grass-roots soldiers. Although he burned them all, he didn't know if there would be any changes later.

"I wonder what happened to that Xu Mao you took to Xutang Pass?" asked the half-human, half-snake Taoist Suifeng.

"Xu Mao used dreams to refine dream fruits and harmed people's lives, which was no different from evil sacrifices. Naturally, she got the punishment she deserved." Zhao Fuyun said.

"Thank you for getting rid of a pest for this place. At the same time, thank you for blocking this disaster for me. If that fox grandma sold people in this mountain, then Lord Xutang would definitely lead his troops to sweep Yidang Mountain, and then Yidang Mountain would be devastated." said the half-human, half-snake Taoist Suifeng.

Zhao Fuyun felt that his acting was not sincere.

"I don't want to help anyone, I just want to see the truth." Zhao Fuyun said.

"If it is really that Xu Mao was punished by you, then as long as you appear in Xu Hongyu's sight, he will definitely chase you out. As long as he leaves that city, we can easily kill him. Xu Mao conceived the dream fruit in his dream, Xu Hongyu must have known about it, and he may even have eaten the dream fruit. As Daoists, we should eliminate all evil."

The words spoken by the half-human, half-snake Taoist Suifeng make people naturally obey and believe in them. Even if you think about it for a while, you will feel that what he says is right.

He expressed it very clearly, that is, let Zhao Fuyun go to lure Xu Hongyu out.

"What you said seems to make sense. We should eradicate all the evil." Zhao Fuyun said, "Shall we go now?"

"No rush, let's do it tomorrow. We'll make some preparations. Come here again tomorrow evening and we'll set off together." said the half-human, half-snake Taoist Suifeng.

"Very good, fellow Daoist, you have thought it through very carefully. We need to make some preparations and see you tomorrow." Zhao Fuyun turned around and turned into a beam of fire. He passed through the surrounding wind and went straight out of the mountain.

The snake demon watched Zhao Fuyun leave, with a thoughtful look in his eyes. He felt that Zhao Fuyun's escape was too fast and too difficult to defend against. He could turn into a rainbow of fire and escape, which was very difficult to intercept.

His body shrank rapidly in the clouds and retracted into the cave. Not long after, a small snake came out of the cave. The small snake was crawling on the ground. It was a small green-scaled snake with a pair of strange claws on its upper body.

It was crawling through the forest and mountains, and suddenly its body became ethereal. When it reappeared, it was already at the top of the mountain. It crawled down again and began to become ethereal again. When it reappeared, it was already at the foot of the mountain.

The little snake came to a hidden forest. There was fog in the forest and there were several wooden houses in the fog. The little snake got into the crack of the door of one of the wooden houses.

In this wooden house, there is a Bagua wooden platform in the middle, and on the platform there is a person sitting cross-legged. This person is wearing a Bagua Taoist robe, a Taoist hat, and holding a whisk in his arm.

When the little snake came in through the crack in the door, he opened his eyes, looked at the little snake, and asked, "Come to me at this time, will there be any results?"

"That Zhao Fuyun has already stepped one foot into our plan." While the little snake was speaking, its upper body stood up, its body glowed, and it immediately grew larger, turning into a half-snake man as tall as an adult.

"It's indeed a coincidence that Zhao Fuyun from Tiandu Mountain suddenly appears here, but there is no coincidence in the world. It's just the right time for us to act as a knife. As soon as Xu Hongyu dies, the court will come to investigate. By then, they will find that it is Zhao Fuyun from Tiandu Mountain who killed people together with you, a half-demon. Not only will it affect the relationship between the Great Zhou court and Tiandu Mountain, but Zhao Fuyun himself will also violate the mountain precept of making friends with demons." said the Taoist sitting on the Bagua wooden platform.

"Moreover, we can attribute the death of Fox Grandma Huqiu of Qianshan Kingdom to Zhao Fuyun." said Taoist Suifeng, who is half human and half snake.

"Yes, that fox woman wanted to bring Xu Mao to Yidang Mountain to intensify the conflict between you and Lord Xu Hong. We would go to serve their Qianshan Kingdom because of the conflict with Lord Xu Hong and we are afraid of the imperial court. This is really trying to underestimate me. My ancestors were born and raised here, how could we leave our hometown. That fox woman should have died long ago, but she just didn't find a good reason." said the Taoist in the Bagua Taoist robe.

"It is a worthy death to die at the hands of Zhao Fuyun now." The half-human, half-snake Taoist Suifeng said with a smile.

"That's right. I was thinking, should we let Zhao Fuyun die directly? This way, there will be no evidence against him." The Taoist in Bagua robe said thoughtfully.

"Of course he has to die." said the half-human, half-snake Taoist Suifeng.

"Death is fine, but you guys agreed to meet tomorrow, will he suddenly leave?"

"He has fallen into my bewitching spell. If no one refutes what I said to him, he will remain under my bewitching spell. The only thought in his mind is to eradicate all evil. He will come tomorrow." said the snake demon.

The Taoist in the Bagua Taoist robe nodded slowly and said, "Let's make the final preparations and enter the Spiritual Herb Secret House. Don't make any noise."

"Of course. Spiritual herbs are precious. If you find dragon beard grass, you must give it to me." The snake demon Suifeng said.

"Remember." said the Taoist in Bagua Taoist robe.
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When Zhao Fuyun came out of the mountain, he sensed that the silver-armored corpse puppet was hiding deep underground.

The corpse puppet has Zhao Fuyun's talisman on it, and it is in a daze, and will instinctively dive into the ground to sleep.

At that time, he left with the white sow that was transformed by Xu Mao. Because he was talking with the fox woman, he was so excited that he forgot about the corpse puppet.

The corpse puppet is now sunk deep into the earth below the hillside, and he cannot summon it out.

After making sure that the corpse puppet had not broken free from his Qin Yue Zhenshen Talisman, he came to an uninhabited hilltop. He did not think of leaving because there was an idea lingering in his mind.

Do your best to eliminate evil.

But when his mind was occupied by this thought, he still did not forget the decision he had made when he sensed the danger before, which was to contact Senior Brother Feng Hong.

He found a secluded, deserted cave and sat down, entering into a state of meditation.

In his opinion, the best thing about the secret wall is that it can connect with the people in the mountain gate.

He called out to Master Feng Hong, and soon a little starlight appeared in his heart, twinkling and rippling, so he recounted what happened here.

Master Feng Hong's voice could be heard from the starlight: "These people are really ruthless. You have to be careful of that winged snake. In the Southern Wilderness's extreme night sky, there is a great demon called the Four-Winged Ancestor, also known as the Fourth Aunt. He has a group of winged snakes under his command, and they are born with spells of bewitching magic in their blood."

"Just stay there for now. Someone will come to pick you up tomorrow," said Master Feng Hong.

When Zhao Fuyun heard Master Feng Hong's answer, he immediately felt at ease. It was a mysterious feeling, or it could be said to be a comfort in his heart.

So he sat there motionless, entering into meditation and practicing.

After being reminded, he quickly realized that he must have been bewitched by a snake demon, but since someone would come to the mountain gate, he certainly would not leave.

Moreover, he thought that the snake might have come from the more distant Southern Wilderness, and he felt that there was an undercurrent in the Great Zhou.

There are foxes from Qianshan Kingdom, local powerful families, the imperial court, and even the tentacles of the distant Southern Wilderness Jieyetian reaching here. It's really complicated.

He had a feeling that Tiandu Mountain had unknowingly played the role of maintaining the stability of the Great Zhou and suppressing an area.

The sun in the sky shines on the entrance of the cave, and the shadows of the branches sway on the ground, as if waving to the sun.

Zhao Fuyun didn't want to practice for a moment, but stretched his hand into the sunlight. The sunlight shone on his hand and he felt warm. However, his hand in the sunlight slowly became transparent, as if melted by the sunlight, and there was no shadow of his hand on the ground.

(End of this chapter)