Chapter 121 Autumn Hunt

Chapter 121 Autumn Hunt

Chapter 121 Autumn Hunt
There was a flash of light, and the scenery in front of my eyes suddenly changed. An island suddenly appeared in the vast blue sea.

The island is long and narrow, like an ox horn, a crescent moon, or a bent bow, running from north to south. The widest point from east to west is only two or three hundred miles, but it is over a thousand miles long from north to south. I really don't know how the Xiao family got such a big island.

The island is dotted with tall mulberry and maple trees. Now that it is autumn, the scenery is still lush green, but it is also mixed with red and yellow, making it extremely colorful.

There are mountains, lakes, grasslands and lush forests on the island. It is very vast. Under the shade of the grass and trees, you can vaguely see many exotic birds and beasts running around.

The two of them landed on a flat grassland at the southernmost end, where many people had already gathered, all young people.

Soon after the two landed, someone recognized Xiao Shiyi Niang. After all, she was ranked sixth in the performance report. Those who were worse than her hoped to make a comeback in the Autumn Hunt, and those who were better than her were also worried that she would perform well in the Autumn Hunt and eventually surpass themselves.

Seeing that she brought a strange man, everyone came to ask which family the expert was from.

Qingshen Mountain, Cheng Qieqing.

A name no one has ever heard of.

Not long after, one hundred young men from the Xiao family, all of whom were sent out to take over the business and came back to report on their work, and one hundred people from other families, all of whom were helpers invited by the Xiao family to assist in the autumn hunt, came.

Two hundred people, all present.

Cheng Xinzhan had nothing to do, so he looked around. Unexpectedly, he spotted several familiar figures.

They are all righteous people who are fighting in West Kunlun.

However, his current appearance is very different from his original appearance and from the second half year in Kunlun, so he did not go forward to say hello.

He looked around and unexpectedly discovered a special figure that he had seen long ago.

He was a tall and thin man who was as thick as a bamboo pole.

It's just that the faces don't look right.

Such a coincidence?
Cheng Xinzhan activated the Nine Yang Reshaping Dan Pupil. Three Dan Yangs flashed in his left pupil. The face of the thin man was reflected in his pupil and slowly changed into a look that Cheng Xinzhan was familiar with.

His cheekbones were high and his skin was covered with bones, like a skeleton.

It's you.

Thin Taoist.

It was at this moment that the thin Taoist seemed to sense something and immediately looked in the direction of Cheng Xinzhan.

However, Cheng Xinzhan immediately retracted his bright pupils and looked elsewhere.

"See the elders."

At this time, a crowd of people came to greet each other, and a burly bald old man suddenly appeared in front of everyone, carrying a large bow on his back. It was unknown what realm he was in.

"This is an elder of my Xiao family. He has been in the third realm for hundreds of years and is a master of body training."

Eleventh Lady explained to Cheng Xinzhan.

The bald old man faced everyone, bowed and smiled,
"Welcome all guests to Changqingdao to participate in the autumn hunting ceremony of my Xiao family's children. To express my gratitude, I specially present the VIP card of my Haiqing City."

The old man waved his hand and threw out many tokens that floated in the air.

Immediately, many guests used their magic power to grab the token. The purpose of their coming to participate in the Xiao family's autumn hunt was for this. With this token, they could get a 20% discount on purchases in Haiqing City. It was an extremely popular item.

Upon seeing this, Cheng Xinzhan also took one. He played with it and found that except for the pattern, the token was not much different from the one in Peacock City.

"Xinzhan, you have the token of the Peacock City Lord's Mansion, which is much more useful than this."

Eleventh Lady said.

Cheng Xinzhan put away the token. He didn't come here for this in the first place.

"The rules of our Xiao family's autumn hunting are very simple. I'm sure the men in my clan have already told you about it, so I won't repeat it. After the arrows are fired, you can show off your skills!"

After saying that, the old man drew his bow and arrow and shot it into the sky.

This seems to be a ritual passed down from ancient times.

The arrows whistled, and everyone rushed to the north like arrows shot from a bow.

In the past two days, Xiao Shiyi Niang has explained the rules of the autumn hunt to Cheng Xinzhan.

Changqingdao is as long and narrow as a crescent moon. They set out from the southern corner. There were many spiritual beasts along the way, but they could only hunt those with white powder on their foreheads.

There were one hundred members of the Xiao family participating in the autumn hunt, but there were only fifty spirit beasts with white powder on their foreheads.

Moreover, the elders of the Xiao family would cast a spell to drive all the spiritual beasts on the entire island to the north. There was a forest within a twenty-mile area in the north. Once the spiritual beasts entered the forest, no one would be able to go in to hunt.

Because the spiritual beasts to be hunted are rare, everyone is allowed to compete with each other, but no one must be killed.

In addition, there are two wood spirits that were transformed from spiritual plants hidden throughout the island. According to Xiao Shiyi Niang, the ones that have appeared before include a green snake transformed from green bamboo, a black bear transformed from a pine tree, a buffalo transformed from a mulberry tree, and a butterfly transformed from a spiritual flower. They are different each time they appear.

The importance of a spiritual plant that can transform into a wood spirit is self-evident to those who practice the wood-marrying method. The rule of the Xiao family autumn hunt is that whoever catches the wood spirit will own it. Whoever catches two wood spirits will not only get them, but will also become the winner of this hunt. If you catch one, it is equivalent to hunting ten powdered spirit beasts.

However, wood spirits do not wear makeup and are good at camouflage, so they are no different from ordinary spirit beasts. The Xiao family also stipulates that if the one caught is not a wood spirit but an ordinary spirit beast, not only will there be no reward, but there will also be a penalty, making the person the biggest loser in this hunt.

Xiao Shiyi Niang and Cheng Xinzhan were flying in the forest. Under them, a white dog was running fast. Hearing the sounds of the animals running away, the dog became very excited.

Cheng Xinzhan said, "Eleventh Lady, look at some of the spirit beasts that are painted with powder. When my brother can help you, I will go find the wood spirit for you."

Eleventh Lady nodded and agreed.

However, few people were able to catch the wood spirit in previous years, so she didn't hold out much hope.

Cheng Xinzhan disappeared right after he finished explaining.

Eleventh Lady looked at his departing back and blinked her eyes. He said he was going to look for the wood spirit, but he was going alone.

Cheng Xinzhan disappeared from Eleventh Lady's sight and used the Nine Yang Returning Dan Pupil to search carefully. However, he did not leave Eleventh Lady too far away. After all, they agreed that they were allowed to compete with each other. If Eleventh Lady was disturbed by someone, he could go over there immediately.

As it turned out, his thoughts were justified. Just as he left for a cup of tea, he immediately heard the barking of his brother.

It only took him three or four breaths to rush over. When he arrived, he saw four people surrounding Eleventh Lady. Judging from their attire, they were two members of the Xiao family and two guests.

There was a bloody mark on Dengge'er's forehead. He was roaring at the four people with his fangs and claws. Gou'er was protecting a sable under his body. There was a little white powder on his forehead. It must have been bitten on the neck by Dengge'er. He was lying there, breathing out but not breathing in.

"Eleventh Lady, why didn't your guest official guard you?" a young man from the Xiao family asked.

"But your dog is pretty good. He just found a spirit beast. How about selling it to me?"

Xiao Shiyi Niang had a look of disgust on her face and did not answer. It seemed that the relationship between the two was not very good.

Eleventh Lady's fighting skills were very interesting. She sprinkled a handful of seeds from the sachet on her waist and activated them with the wood method. As soon as the seeds fell to the ground, vines and poisonous flowers emerged. The poisonous flowers were sprayed with colorful poisonous powder, and the vines followed the hand gestures of Eleventh Lady, wrapping around like snakes and lashing like whips.

The man from the Xiao family spread out a net, which was made of copper coins strung together on a red rope. There was lightning and fire moving on the red rope, which immediately burned Eleventh Lady's spiritual plant to a char.

The red rope and copper coins, which also contain thunder and fire, show that they are treasures bought from Longhu Mountain. Things from Longhu Mountain have always been extremely expensive. The Xiao family is indeed a wealthy family.

The other member of the Xiao family is a woman. Her way of defending against the enemy is with a magic fan that produces streaks of fire.

Eleventh Lady cast the spell herself, while the other two relied on the power of their magic weapons, and since fire overcomes wood, they gained the upper hand in an instant.

The two guests did not attack Eleventh Lady, allowing the Xiao family to fight on their own. However, when they saw that Deng Ge'er was still protecting the spirit beast, disdain appeared on their faces. One of them threw out a silver-white talisman, which used like a knife to chop the dog, while the other used the method of capturing, using his magic power to condense a big hand, as if he wanted to catch both the dog and the sable together.

Waiting brother is not a simple person now. Seeing the two people's actions, he did not dodge, but opened his mouth to bite. A phantom appeared in the void, which was a vague giant beast. It swallowed the silver talisman in one bite and then bit the magical hand.

"Wow~"

In the woods, the men suddenly heard the sound of water.

They looked in the direction of the sound and saw a huge river rushing towards them.

Where does the river come from in the forest?
The river is somewhere between reality and illusion, with roaring water and billowing waves, making one feel as if they are standing by the river. However, the river flows through the trees and is not affected at all, making it look very unreal.

"Who is playing tricks?!"

Someone shouted that they thought it was an illusion.

The river arrived in a blink of an eye. Xiao Shiyi Niang had her back to the river and was the first to come into contact with it, but nothing happened.

"It really is a magic trick, Eleventh Lady, is it your guest official who has arrived?"

The Xiao family laughed.

But his smile immediately froze on his face because the river water soon touched him.

The two men from the Xiao family fell into the river and immediately felt as if they were falling into an ice cellar. White frost immediately appeared all over their bodies and they fell to the ground shivering.

The two guests were much more alert. When the river was rushing towards them, before it touched their bodies, they felt a cold and sinister magical power seeping into their bones, so they ran away quickly.

But at this moment, ripples suddenly appeared on the surface of the river, and the floating light was silver, like the reflection of the bright moon.

The next moment, the rippling waves danced and gathered into a ball, forming a clear moon shadow.

At some point, a bright moon really appeared above the river, opposite the moon shadow. Even in the daytime, the bright moon emitted a bright glow.

The two people who escaped looked back, but in their eyes, that thing hanging high in the sky was not the bright moon, but a sharp and cold sword intent, stabbing towards them.

They used magic weapons to block the moonlight, but as soon as they were delayed by this action, the river immediately swept over. At this moment in the river, the two felt new changes. The river was not only cold, but the waves were clearly sword energy pressing over. The river waves and sword energy were continuous and formed a force. There was also a sharp sword intent in the sky that was aggressive and pressed the two people unable to resist.

"Fellow Daoist, please stop. We admit defeat and will leave now!"

one of them shouted.

As soon as this person finished speaking, the river and the bright moon disappeared in an instant, as if it were really an illusion.

The four people who got a chance to catch their breath fled quickly.

In the direction of the river, a young man with ordinary looks walked towards them.

When Xiao Shiyi Niang saw Cheng Xinzhan coming over, she naturally stopped making hand gestures. She looked at her hands and wondered, how come compared to his method, my method seemed like a joke?
"I know that Xinzhan controls lightning and fire, and is good at sword magic. But how come water magic has become so powerful?"

Eleventh Lady asked curiously.

Cheng Xinzhan smiled and said, "The sage once said: When a scholar has been away for three days, he should be looked at with new eyes."

She smiled and said, "If you study the Fa with your heart, you will make great progress every day, so why waste time on three days?"

Eleventh Lady landed next to Deng Ge'er, and with a stroke of mysterious light on her hand, she healed the wound on Gou'er's forehead. Gou'er then bit the sable and handed it to the woman as if offering a treasure.

"Good dog."

Eleventh Lady didn't expect to achieve anything right from the start.

So the two of them continued on their way, but Cheng Xinzhan never left Shiyi Niang to look for her alone.

They travelled for another four or five hundred miles, and after half the journey, they had gained nothing. Suddenly, they saw figures of people in front of them and the roars of beasts, as if they were fighting or chasing each other.

The two looked at each other and flew over.

When I looked closer, I realized that there were fifty or sixty people chasing a herd of animals. There were as many as three or four hundred animals in the herd, including jackals, tigers, leopards, cattle, deer, horses, and sheep.

Cheng Xinzhan and Shiyi Niang could tell at a glance that there were more than ten beasts in the herd with powder on their foreheads, and it seemed that the beasts had walked together on their own while fleeing.

The people who were chasing behind were now afraid of the consequences. The beasts were sticking together tightly, and they did not dare to take action, fearing that they would hurt the ordinary spirit beasts and end up losing more than they gain.

Cheng Xinzhan took a look and found that the thin Taoist was also among them.

Just as Cheng Xinzhan was looking at the thin Taoist, the thin Taoist also made a move. He took out a banner that also looked familiar to Cheng Xinzhan. He waved the banner, and many animal souls floated out of it.

However, after a few years, the thin Taoist's cultivation and magic weapons have obviously improved a lot. After those beast souls came out of the banner, they gradually condensed and finally became no different from real spirit beasts and fell to the ground.

The beast souls that came out of the banner were all ferocious beasts like tigers and leopards. After getting into the beast herd, they went straight to the dozen or so spirit beasts with powdered foreheads. Then, in full view of everyone, they opened their bloody mouths and bit the necks of those spirit beasts.

There were a total of thirteen spirit beasts with powdered foreheads, and they were taken by the thin Taoist alone.

At this time, the real herd of beasts walked away, leaving only the beast soul of the thin Taoist holding the prey and escaping.

The rest of the people surrounded them with bad intentions.

The thin Taoist priest smiled upon seeing this, not taking it seriously, and waved the banner again. Suddenly, hundreds of beast souls floated out from it, guarding the thin Taoist priest. Each of them was ferocious and evil, ready to devour anyone.

(End of this chapter)