Chapter 175 Lost Lake

Chapter 175 Lost Lake

Chapter 175 Lost Lake

Light mist, no wind.

The morning sun was just coming out, and the traces of morning light were particularly clear in the fog, golden, slanting one after another, like a bead curtain blown by the wind. The golden morning light dragged the shadow of the stilt house into a long and thin shadow, casting it on the earth slope on the west side of the building.

The dark green Polygonum multiflorum vines on the slopes grew luxuriantly, and someone even built a trellis for them, which seemed to be well taken care of. However, perhaps because it was too quiet, the vines looked like colorful snakes climbing up the slopes in the hazy mountain fog, which was very intimidating.

Vines climbed up to the second floor along the racks. A few pieces of batik cloth were hung on the bamboo poles under the eaves of the second floor. The indigo butterfly patterns were stained with thick dust and stood motionless in the fog, like some ghost that had sneaked into the village.

There was a thick layer of ashes in the bonfire pond in front of the village. In the past, the ashes here were always hot, and there were always children who threw some strange grass roots and insects into it to roast, and they would take them out and eat them in less than half a day. But now, the ashes were cold and blue.

This is an extremely ordinary village scattered on the outskirts of Miao territory. If you enter the continuous mountains of Miao territory from Sanxiang, you can reach this place in less than a hundred miles.

The Li Creek in front of the village was still flowing, but the terraced fields on both sides were deserted and overgrown with weeds. The village was quiet and deserted, as if it had been abandoned for many years.

Cheng Xinzhan picked up a handful of green ash from the fire pit and looked at the dead silent village. There was no smoke from cooking, no roosters crowing, no white dogs and children chasing and playing. He felt a little blocked in his heart, and his hands loosened, and the green ash slipped from his fingertips again.

"Xinzhan, you are right."

Shen Zhaoming pointed in a direction and said.

On the way here, Cheng Xinzhan had already briefly explained the relationship between this Miao village and him.

When everyone looked in the direction of Shen Zhaoming's finger, they found that the doors of several nearby houses were smashed into pieces, but they could vaguely make out the pictures of Taoist priests slaying demons pasted on the doors from the fragments.

Although there were signs of destruction, there was no blood in the village, which was a good thing.

The Miao people listened to the advice and left, and the devil from the Southern Wilderness did come.

But this is already the easternmost edge of Miaojiang, close to Sanxiang, and the devil has actually come. I don’t know what chaos has already occurred in this mountain.

Where did the people of Lixi Village go? Are they okay? Is the old village chief still healthy?
No one could answer him.

There was no time to feel sad, as they had a mission to complete, so they left and continued walking deeper into the forest.

"Have you ever heard that Xin Chenzi has now entered the fourth realm and is extremely favored by Lupao. He has also begun to call himself the ancestor of the sect. His subordinates, the demons, respectfully call him Nanchen Laozu, which means the stars in the southern border. As for the sun and moon in the southern border, ha, they are naturally reserved for Lupao Laozu. It's really funny."

Song Jishu saw that Cheng Xinzhan was in a low mood, so he took the lead in talking about interesting things.

Southern Xinjiang and the southeastern coast are the places where changes have occurred recently in China. Southern Xinjiang is located on the coast, and with the Green Robe Patriarch turning into a dragon and ruling over the southern wilderness and the sea, it has attracted the attention of the world.

Anyone with a long-term vision would have inquired about and gained some understanding of southern Xinjiang.

Perhaps influenced by the bad habits at sea, the Green Robe Patriarch now calls himself a Great Sage, also known as the Great Sage Eclipse, and is known as one of the Three Magic Saints together with the Great Sage Covering the Sea and the Great Sage Supporting the Sky. They are extremely popular at the moment.

This newly-crowned great sage also completed the unification of the Southern Demon Cult in name and semi-de facto, and he himself became the leader.

It is said to be half true because there are still some forces in the South China Sea who pay respect to this new great sage in words but are unwilling to pay tribute. Many sea monsters even openly respect him but secretly mock him, saying that the long insects on land dare to show off their power on the sea, and do they really think they are the two in the East China Sea?
This naturally made the Green Robe Patriarch quite unhappy, so at this moment, the real dragon was wandering over the South China Sea. To be honest, with his natural might as a fifth-level real dragon on the sea and his absolute strength of mastering the Southern School's magic skills, there were no real dragons on the South China Sea, and those mixed-blooded, inferior clowns, even if they were at the fifth level, were no match for the Green Robe.

It is not impossible for this black dragon to achieve de facto unification of the South China Sea.

As for the land, the Southern Wilderness has become an iron plate. The Green Robe Patriarch thought that Baiman Mountain was too small, so he moved his bedroom to the former site of Rotten Peach Mountain, now known as the Purple Evil Dragon Cave.

The current Baiman Mountain is headed by Xin Chenzi.

"A villain who has achieved success only because of his relatives and friends, dares to call himself Nanchen, which has completely tarnished the nickname of Nandou that Xinzhan has been looking for."

Huang Miaoluo said angrily.

She also wanted to make a joke and turned the conversation to Cheng Xinzhan.

Fang Weimin didn't understand what Huang Miaoluo meant, and just nodded as if it was a matter of course.

Although Cheng Xinzhan felt that the nickname of Ancestor Nanchen did sound awkward, he felt that it was inappropriate to say the nickname Nandou, which was given by his fellow disciples, in front of outsiders!

He was a little embarrassed and said, "Don't mention it again, don't mention it again!"

However, seeing him like this, everyone became interested, and Song Jishu asked with a smile,
"What is Nandou?"

Before Cheng Xinzhan could stop him, Huang Miaoluo had already told him that Cheng Xinzhan had been on the sect's Nandou list four times. He also specially emphasized that Cheng Xinzhan was the first person in the sect to be on four lists at the same time. Because there were restrictions on the Qi-eating list, the names of those who were fifty years old and above would be hidden. For example, Fang Weimin's name was on the Jindan list, but his name had disappeared from the Qi-eating list.

"At that time, everyone in the sect was guessing which sect Xinzhan belonged to."

Huang Miaoluo said with a smile.

"It takes six breaths to eat Qi, and thirty days to form a pill. This shows how talented Master Cheng is."

Li Cheng spoke slowly and smiled happily.

But who doesn't have a list? Who here hasn't been on it? It's just that everyone has reached the Jindan realm. The actors on the stage have become spectators, and the chess pieces on the chess table are slowly becoming chess players. No one cares about the list anymore.

But Bo Xinzhan just smiled. Cheng Xinzhan felt very embarrassed and couldn't laugh, but this topic did relieve a lot of his worries. However, he didn't want to talk about this matter any more, so he opened his mouth and quickly brought the topic back to the main topic, talking as he walked.
"According to the information collected by the alliance, at that time Xin Chenzi led the demon soldiers to besiege Hongmuling. Yao Kaijiang, the deputy leader of Hongmuling, surrendered to the enemy and suddenly opened the mountain gate formation. When the demon soldiers attacked, the other deputy leader Hong Changbao was unable to contact the red-haired ancestor and realized that something was wrong.

"However, what Xin Chenzi and Yao Kaijiang did not expect was that the red-haired ancestor had long ago passed the Blood-Transforming Divine Sword to Hong Changbao. Hong Changbao relied on the power of the magic weapon to hold back the two demon leaders and cover the Redwood Ridge disciples as they fled north from the mountain.

"Hongmuling is the leader of the side sect after all, and has a good relationship with Qinglong Cave. Along the way, there were many hidden nobles who helped them. In addition, Xin Chenzi and Yao Kaijiang were in a hurry to return to the Southern Wilderness to welcome the Green Robe Ancestor who had turned into a dragon and returned. This allowed the remaining soldiers of Hongmuling to escape from the pursuers and flee into the mountains. However, the ancestral temple of Hongmuling was completely destroyed.

"Then Xin Chenzi entered the Four Realms and focused on rectifying the interior of the Southern Wasteland. He had no intention of pursuing the remaining soldiers from Hongmu Ridge, and instead sent his men deep into the Miao Territory to wipe out the enemy completely.

"The remaining soldiers of Hongmuling fled and were scattered all the way, and were then found by Hong Changbao. Some fled privately, and some died violently. Now there are only about 10,000 people hiding in the area of ​​Wujiang Mizong Lake. Those who were found by Hong Changbao and were willing to continue to follow him were more or less capable and were willing to risk their lives.

"So the southern demon soldiers who came here to search and surround them didn't dare to fight to the death with this group of dead soldiers. They just set up a formation on the periphery, surrounded that area tightly, and attacked from time to time, hoping to slowly wear down the people of Hongmu Ridge."

"The alliance doesn't want these tens of thousands of people who have an irreconcilable feud with the Southern Demon Sect to be slowly wiped out, so they issued this order. This is not an easy task. There are tens of thousands of remaining soldiers in Hongmu Ridge, and there are no less than 50,000 Southern Demon Sect leaders surrounding them outside. I have no choice but to call you all over for help."

Cheng Xinzhan introduced as they walked, and the group moved very quickly, stealthily arriving at the lower reaches of the Wujiang River, and then slowly groping their way upstream to the Mizong Lake area.

The Wu River is a river that runs in the middle of the mountains. Both banks are high peaks that reach into the sky. Moreover, the mountains are clustered together, so the river also twists and turns. Several people went upstream along the river. The mountains in front blocked the mountains in the back. They looked ahead and didn't know where to go, and looked back and couldn't see the way back.

The top of the mountain was covered with clouds, the mountainside was covered with mist, and the foot of the mountain was filled with miasma. If people looked down from the sky, they could see nothing. They almost flew close to the surface of the river to see the water clearly. If they flew a little higher, they could only hear the sound of water but not see its light.

The river water is dark green, reflecting the dense ancient trees on the mountains on both sides. Thousands of years old vines, as thick as thighs, cling to the ancient trees and hang down from the trees into the river. Yet they refuse to rot and continue to grow in the water, like giant snakes.

There were roaring tigers and howling monkeys on both sides of the river, and huge shadows were everywhere in the water.

No wonder there are so many monsters in such dangerous mountains and rivers.

It is no wonder that the people of Hongmu Ridge were able to escape so far from the pursuit of the southern demon soldiers. It is indeed not an easy task to find people in such a primitive forest.

After turning countless corners and going around a mountain, the sound and light in front suddenly came out and reached everyone's ears and eyes. All kinds of shouting and spells and rainbow lights came one after another, the devil's flames were raging, and the blood was like clouds.

Everyone restrained their aura and slowly approached.

The Wujiang River suddenly becomes wide here and is divided into many tributaries. The water veins are intricate, like a net, dividing the land and mountains into small islands. Water mist, mountain haze and wood miasma mixed together to form a fog that covers the sky and the sun, surrounding all the small islands and making it impossible to see the scenery inside.

This is a famous dangerous place in the Wujiang River Basin, the Mizong Lake.

Outside of this mist, there are mountains full of demonic flags and evil banners that surround the Lost Lake.

Everyone saw that the demon flags on the mountain were different, with different patterns and words on them, including the demon soldiers who were shouting and shouting, and the slogans they shouted were also different. But this group of demon soldiers were not ordinary soldiers. Several people saw clearly that these demon soldiers had set up a formation.

A suspended blood river connected from end to end like a silk ribbon, surrounding the Lost Lake. Blood-colored vines were flying in the blood river like dragons and snakes.

The blood river seemed to be gradually shrinking, as if it wanted to disperse the fog over the Lost Lake.

Many demons threw themselves into it, standing in the river of blood and casting spells into the fog.

Among Cheng Xinzhan and his men, Li Chengyan and Wang Chengyi from Juqu Mountain had a great grudge against Sanshi Island, so they basically took the errands there. Shen Zhaoming from Jingming Sect was also killing demons in the Wanshi Sea because he was good at water magic. Only Song Jishu from Gezhao Mountain went to the southern border more often. He had some understanding of the situation of the Southern Demon Sect, and after watching for a while, he told everyone,
"Xin Chenzi now has eight famous third-level demons under his command. These demons made a name for themselves in Southern Border a long time ago. Some of them were born in Baiman Mountain, some were leaders of other demon sects in Southern Wilderness, and some were born in Miaojiang's side sects or demon sects. They were all brothers and sisters with Xin Chenzi before, and some of them were older than Xin Chenzi. But now that the Green Robe Patriarch and Xin Chenzi have reached a higher level, their power has greatly increased, and they have all thrown away their face and gathered at Xin Chenzi's feet, calling themselves the Eight Vajra of the Southern School."

Song Jishu looked very disdainful and continued,
"The ones besieging the Lost Lake right now are three of the Eight Vajra. Look at the southwest, the group of demons are all wearing green clothes and black hats. They are the followers of Yinhe Ghost Master Yang Xuanla. The group of demons in the northwest are mostly wearing red clothes, and most of them are holding rattan sticks. They are the subordinates of Blood Vine Grandma Long Youpo. That blood river should be the trick of Blood Vine Grandma.

"Those who are closest to us and look the most confused should be the subordinates of Yao Kaijiang, who betrayed his religion and defected to the enemy. All his subordinates were captured from other small demon sects in Baiman Mountain and Southern Wilderness. Now Yao Kaijiang has also imitated other demon leaders and adopted a nickname, called Green-faced Yelang.

"It's strange. These three are from Miaojiang. Xin Chenzi insisted on sending them here. Who is he trying to disgust?"

Cheng Xinzhan nodded and continued,

"I have also heard of these eight Vajra. The three of them were all leaders of a sect before they surrendered to Xin Chenzi. It is said that Long Youpo, one of them, has survived five thunder tribulations. She is not an ordinary person and is determined to reach the fourth realm. So if the nine of us want to directly break through the outer magic circle and rescue the people of Hongmu Ridge, it is a foolish dream.

"In my opinion, if we want to alleviate the predicament of Hongmu Ridge, we still have to enter the encirclement and go to the Lost Lake to see how many masters are left among the Miao people in Hongmu Ridge, how many casualties there are, and how much Lingyu herbs are left. If we want to solve the problem, how can we win their trust and then mobilize or help these people break out.

"What do you think?"

Everyone listened without objection and nodded to signal Cheng Xinzhan to continue.

"We don't know what the situation is inside now, and whether the three demon leaders are watching us all the time. It's not appropriate for the nine of us to act together. How about this, we split into three groups, two groups outside, cooperating with each other and also providing support, and one group goes inside the encirclement and contacts the remaining soldiers of Hongmu Ridge in the Lost Lake, and establish a voice as soon as possible. After entering, we will cooperate with each other and keep in touch, and then discuss cooperation and breaking out. What do you think?"

Everyone thought about it and had no objection. Li Chengyan and Wang Chengyi even took out sound transmission notes and distributed them to everyone.

When it came to grouping, the Golden Boy and Jade Girl of Juqu Mountain and the brother and sister of Bingfeng Mountain were good at attacking together, so it was not appropriate to separate them. After a discussion, they formed three groups like this.

Led by Cheng Xinzhan, Shen Zhaoming and Huang Miaoluo, they entered the Lost Lake to find out the situation inside.

Song Jishu, Meng Xuqi, and Meng Xuyi formed a group, and Li Chengyan, Wang Chengyi, and Fang Weimin formed another group. These two groups should first make some noise outside, preferably to open a hole in the magic circle, so that Cheng Xinzhan's group can take the opportunity to enter.

After everyone discussed it, they decided that they should avoid Grandma Blood Vine and look for opportunities under the other two demons.

(End of this chapter)