86: No. 86: Shallow water cannot hold a swimming dragon (asking for monthly tickets)

Four hundred li to the Southwest, Yinshan County.

It was dusk, and the setting sun was like blood.

Birds returned to their nests, and insects were silent.

Merchants and peddlers shouted, packed up their stalls, and pedestrians on the road hurried home.

From the streets and alleys came mothers' calls, summoning playing children back for dinner.

Above the eaves of thousands of households, wisps of cooking smoke rose gently.

The scene before them was a rare moment of peace in this spring day.

But suddenly, a rapid sound of hooves broke the tranquility.

They saw a blood-stained black horse, clip-clopping like a sudden downpour, rushing in from outside the city gate, galloping through the main street, startling pedestrians and causing vendors to scatter, eliciting gasps of alarm.

Halfway through its run, the black horse whinnied, its front legs suddenly buckled, and its entire body rolled to the ground, followed by the figure it carried on its back, falling off.

It was a person dressed in a black avian uniform, soaked in blood, with a gruesome, bone-deep claw mark on their back, flesh peeled back, and fresh blood gushing, a shocking sight.

And the black horse, after rolling to the ground, struggled a few times, whinnied, and then died.

It turned out that on its side belly, there was a two-foot-long gruesome gash, with its intestines exposed.

The people on the street gasped at this sight,

“Oh my God!”

“Someone’s dead!”

“Go report to the officials quickly!”

In a moment, shouts came rushing.

“Make way, make way!”

A team of yamen runners rushed over, pushing back the onlookers who were pointing and watching the excitement, followed by a man in a green avian uniform who stepped out from the crowd.

When the person saw who the figure lying on the ground was, his face instantly changed, and he quickly stepped forward, shouting sternly,

“Save him quickly!”

As he spoke, he quickly squatted down and helped up the blood-soaked figure whose face was pressed to the ground.

“Demon Subduing Envoy Jin, what… what exactly happened?”

“Where is Sir Wei?”

The county magistrate asked anxiously.

Because the person before him was precisely a Demon Subduing Envoy under the Patrolling Mountain Commandant who guarded this place.

Seeing his appearance, it seemed he wouldn’t survive.

What on earth happened?

And that blood-soaked Demon Subduing Envoy seemed to still have a breath left; his chest was rapidly rising and falling, and he opened his eyes, which were crusted with blood, and one hand suddenly reached out, gripping the county magistrate’s arm tightly, speaking tremblingly, his throat like a broken bellows.

“The Patrolling Mountain Commandant and the others died in battle!”

“Feixian… uh, uh, the demonic sect has appeared in force.”

At this point, the person suddenly exerted force, his eyes wide with fury, as if using all his strength, and hissed at the county magistrate:

“Quickly take the people and evacuate, flee to the north, flee!”

After speaking, this Demon Subduing Envoy, as if all his strength had drained, loosened his grip, his body collapsed, and he died!

“Demon Subduing Envoy Jin!” The county magistrate’s face was filled with grief as he shook the corpse in his arms, calling out.

At this moment, the surrounding crowd of onlookers suddenly erupted into chaos.

The demonic sect had appeared in force, and the Patrolling Mountain Commandant and Demon Subduing Envoy guarding this place had all fallen.

Immediately, the news spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred.

Following closely, the drumbeats on the city wall began to sound rapidly.

Then, yamen runners galloped on horseback, spreading the news of the city-wide evacuation throughout the streets and alleys.

Suddenly, the originally peaceful Yinshan County plunged into chaos.

“The demons are coming, run!”

“Mother, I’ll carry you.”

“Mother is old, child, you run quickly!”

“Don’t want any of this stuff, damn it, the demons are coming soon, life or money, throw all this away.”

“…”

For a time, the sounds of slamming doors, angry curses, and weeping filled the entire sky above Yinshan County.

The people hastily packed their belongings, took their families, and rushed towards the city gates, then fled into the northern mountains and forests.

But after less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, there was a loud bang at the South city gate.

Immediately following, the city gate exploded with a roar.

Horses galloped in with whinnies.

Figures wearing masks and black robes rushed in, their pupils beneath the masks looking at the panic-stricken people fleeing in the distance, letting out gruesome laughter.

Immediately, they galloped wildly, pursuing those people.

And behind these figures, dozens of li further to the south, the ground shook, and a large black cloud advanced towards the north.

Within the black cloud, banners could vaguely be seen fluttering.

Black background with an Azure Dragon embroidered on it.

…..

At this time, on the other side, in Chen Yuan’s small courtyard in Qingshan County.

Inside the room, Chen Yuan sat cross-legged on the bed.

After a long while, his body suddenly trembled.

The next second, he abruptly opened his eyes, and a golden light flickered in his pupils.

The golden light shot out three feet.

Soon, the golden light receded, returning to normal.

And at this moment, his Aura had already changed, becoming profound and deep, unmoving like a mountain.

Because just now, within his mud pill, the True Form of the Thirty-Six Mountains had completely solidified.

This also meant that Chen Yuan had completely stepped into the Fourth Heavenly Gate and stabilized himself in this realm.

Originally, the progress was still a bit short, but the hidden stakes sent by the Feixian Sect brought him over a hundred points of harvest.

Truly a timely rain!

And now, his eyes flickered a few times, he got up, and opened the door.

As soon as he pushed open the door, two people stood outside.

Seeing him emerge from seclusion, Qin Hu immediately spoke, volunteering,

“Chen brother, I’ll go with you!”

“I’m really not at ease with you going alone to face the demonic sect army.”

“Brother, Ni Chang also wishes to go together to kill the enemy!” Lian Nishang raised her sword and cupped her fists.

Chen Yuan saw the serious expressions and formidable Aura of the two, but shook his head.

“I’ll go alone!”

Saying that, he interrupted Qin Hu’s opening mouth, staring at them: “Chen’s departure must be swift, striking like lightning while these beasts still don’t know we’ve grasped their movements!”

“There’s only one chance.”

“Once they react later, design to lure me out, entangle me, and then send people to annihilate Qingshan County, if such a situation occurs, I would absolutely not dare to leave Qingshan again. Therefore, this time we must nail this group outside, not let them form a encirclement and trap Qingshan County, otherwise, Qingshan County will be trapped to death.”

“Do the two of you understand what Chen means?”

“Furthermore, it’s better safe than sorry; if I go out and have you two guarding here, I’ll feel a bit more at ease.”

After Chen Yuan finished speaking, he saw their expressions change slightly, presumably they understood.

Qin Hu sighed,

“Chen brother, Old Qin understands what you mean!”

“Brother, be careful on your journey!” Lian Nishang exhorted.

As they spoke, they moved aside.

And Chen Yuan merely swayed, his figure disappearing from the small courtyard.

Qin Hu looked up at the sky, sighed, then remembered something and looked at Lian Nishang beside him,

“Captain Lian, I remember you said that when you first met Chen brother, he had just broken through to Body Profound?”

Lian Nishang heard this and nodded after a moment, “That day when Feixian caused chaos in Yunlu County, one of my subordinates personally saw Brother break through to Body Profound, and then bestowed a Divine Ability, allowing my subordinate to resolve that demonic chaos.”

Qin Hu listened with some trance and admiration, “How long has it been? Chen brother has already entered the Fourth Heavenly Gate.”

“Old Wu was right, our esteemed figure is a true hero; if he is given time, in the future, this remote place will not be able to confine him at all.”

“I hope he returns safely!”

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