Chapter 368 North Leopard Spring Although I came to the northwest this time because there was a reward from the court and there is the Beibao Spring here, the main reason I came here is to exorcise demons and monsters. It was a pleasant surprise to meet Uncle Long. It really fulfilled what Senior Hua said - "Long Bo is honest and straightforward, and is easily exploited. He usually won't come out in prosperous times, but will hide. If you want to find him in troubled times, you have to go to troubled places." If we talk about chaos, there is no place in Qinzhou that is more chaotic than the northwest and northeast. This Leopard King should be the one that Senior Ruhua mentioned. He knew how powerful Long Bo was and thought that the world would be in chaos, so he made great plans. He collected a Long Bo and refined him into a ghost. As a general, he wanted to make it gradually stronger through slow sacrifices and become a great help to himself. He didn't expect to meet himself in advance. But one Longbo is still not enough... This Longbo doesn't seem to be able to speak. I wonder if I can get more information from it. As Lin Jue was thinking about this, there was suddenly a fire above his head.

Looking up, I saw a figure wearing flaming armor above the clouds that seemed to be burning with flames. "May I ask the Divine General, have you caught up?" Lin Jue bowed and saluted, showing respect to the divine general. One reason is that this God of Heavenly Fire is willing to come here to eliminate demons. To be able to do such a thing, let alone a God who was born hundreds or thousands of years earlier than himself, even if he is an ordinary citizen carrying steamed buns to deliver food, he deserves the respect of Lin Jue and everyone present. Of course, he might also be doing it for the incense. But there is another reason - The spells and forbidden methods in the world almost all borrow divine power from the gods, and the sword-attaching spell that Lin Jue used to use was the power of thunder and fire, and this power of thunder and fire came from the Thunder and Fire Twin Generals, who were under the command of Lord Yili. They passed down this spell to help the people of the world exorcise evil spirits and monsters for hundreds of years. As for a few hundred years ago... The sword-attaching spell at that time was different from that of today. The power borrowed might be different, and the gods they were targeting were naturally different as well. This is also the reason why ancient books say that the methods of spells often change over time, and are different in each dynasty and generation. Lin Jue only found out about this later. However, the god in heaven replied: “I didn’t catch up.” "Did it escape?" “Not really!” "Why?" Lin Jue looked up at the general and frowned. "The method that beast used to escape was extraordinary. It was a profound magical power that was used to save its life. Its speed was not necessarily faster than mine, but this place was too close to its lair. Before I could kill it, it escaped back to its lair." There was also some guilt in the general's voice: "But it has lost its physical body. In this respect, it is not as good as the demon general under it who turned into a spirit from a tree root. Even if it has magical powers, it can only hide in its old nest and use the spiritual energy of the Leopard Spring to nourish its soul. It is impossible for it to rebuild its physical body and regain its Taoism so quickly. And I have set up a trap around the Leopard Spring. It must hide in the Leopard Spring and cannot leave easily, and I cannot let it leave easily." After listening to this, Lin Jue finally understood.

Just one question: "Now that it is alone, why don't the God General go directly into its lair and kill it on the spot?" "Its nest has been operating for many years, and it is not easy to enter." The voice of the heavenly general was muffled. A faint voice came from behind him, explaining to him: "There is a lot of water in the mountains here. The place where the Leopard King lives is also the source of the Leopard Spring. That place is complicated and has been managed by the Leopard King for many years. The Skyfire God is good at fire, but he can only use half of his abilities there." It was Master Yunchan's voice, and it was very weak. It seemed that he was also injured in the battle just now. However, even such a faint sound was heard by the gods in heaven. "Don't worry, the Taoist priest has already defeated it. The beast has lost its body and only its soul remains. If I can't get rid of it, there is no need for me to be the Skyfire General!" The voice of the heavenly general came again. But Lin Jue was thinking differently—— "If that place is not good for the God General, we will go in and eliminate it!" Unexpectedly, the general frowned when he heard this: "No!" "Why?" "No need to say more! Anyway, I will get rid of it myself!" "..." Lin Jue thought about it and had some vague guesses. However, after thinking for a while, he said sincerely: "God, this monster has harmed countless people and is extremely rampant. It deserves to die. It fought with me today and was seriously injured. It abandoned its body and fled. If I don't kill it when it is at its weakest, I will be uneasy and unable to eat or sleep." Pause: "Besides, I have the help of a former river god here." Upon hearing this, everyone turned around and looked at Mr. Pan. Upon hearing this, the general fell silent. He seemed to be lost in thought. After a moment, he spoke: "But you and I are different. That place has been run by it for many years. It has weapons to deal with me and you. Even if you go in and bring these people with you, it won't be that easy to defeat." "Then I will ask God to help me!" "Hmph! Good! Since you are not afraid and won't listen to my advice, what do I have to worry about?" The Skyfire God said in the clouds, "What if I stay here with you for half a year?" "Half a year?" Lin Jue frowned. It seems that this general has determined that this will be a protracted battle.

"My magic power is running out, let me rest for a night." "There's no need to rush. A few nights will do." After saying this, the Sky Fire God left. All that could be seen was a red-armored god general and many heavenly soldiers rising gradually and disappearing. The flames in the clouds in the sky seemed to be extinguishing as well, like burnt firewood, changing from fiery red to orange-yellow and light yellow, and then slowly burning to only gray-black ashes until darkness fell. There was only one light left on the ground, which was the lantern staff in Wan Xinrong's hand. However, the dark clouds above our heads were gradually moving away. The moonlight poured down, as cold as frost, and the mountains on all sides were outlined in the moonlight. The night and the night scene were so quiet at this moment that it was hard to imagine that just within two hours, a fierce war between humans, gods and the demon king took place here. "My fellow heroes, if you feel tired, or have sustained serious injuries, and do not wish to fight any longer, you can take the skins, horns, and scales you just took from these monsters and leave. You can sell them as rare items in the market and get a lot of money. It is even more profitable to sell them to dignitaries and wealthy monks." Lin Jue said to the surroundings in the darkness: "If you want to follow me and Lord Luo to the monster's lair again and get rid of the monster king, I will be very grateful. Apart from other things, I know that every time the Leopard King robs, he not only robs people, but also a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. If we can find them, please fill your clothes and trousers with them!" "The real person underestimated us!" "Then follow the real person!" "Master Lin is here! What are we afraid of?" Many warriors cheered and agreed with a smile. Lin Jue asked again about the strange people in Juxian Mansion. Needless to say, those extraordinary people who had dealt with the Leopard King here before would definitely go. Although the extraordinary people who followed Lin Jue this time were afraid, they had seen the skills that Lin Jue displayed when he dealt with the demon generals and fought the demon king alone, so most of them agreed. Lin Jue then looked at the Taoist priests of Zhenjian Palace again. "Daoyou, great progress." Taoist Priest Jiang held up his sword and said only this to him. There is no need to say anything else - In comparison, subduing demons and eliminating evil spirits should be the responsibility of the Taoist priests of the talisman sect who enjoy the incense and support of the people. Eliminating the demon king here will also be of greater benefit to them. Lin Jue and many other martial artists, Taoist priests and eccentrics in the world are willing to eliminate demons here, so why should they leave? "Light the lamp..." Someone whispered a spell, and lights began to light up again in the pit. But at this time the pit had become dark. The tent had almost collapsed, it was dark, and Lin Jue was too lazy to set it up again, so he sat cross-legged in the middle of the camp to rest. The fox ran back, shrank down and lay down beside him. "Are you injured?" Lin Jue asked while touching the fox's fur. "Boo!" "So you are a parrot."

"Woo?" "What did you learn?" "Hey!" "clever……" The man and the fox were talking in a low voice, but no one else could understand them. Taoist Priest Jiang was sitting cross-legged not far from them, holding a whisk in his arms and closing his eyes to rest. …… Early next morning. Some warriors went to the mountains to look for dead branches and wood, and piled them up as firewood. Many extraordinary people worked together, some with strength, some with magic, and they moved all the corpses of monsters on the ground to one place. However, the bodies of all monster generals and kings were cut into pieces. The useful things have been selected and collected by everyone, so they are put to good use. Then Mr. An breathed out a raging fire and it began to burn. As they watched the flames grow more intense, they packed up their tents and supplies and left. Start going deeper into the leopard forest. Walking along the stream all the way, I felt that it was really like a jade belt. Passing by several lakes, each with a different color, it was like different gems inlaid in the autumn-dappled mountain forest, until mist rose in front of me. The spiritual charm of the mountain became thick and mysterious, mixed with an increasingly heavy demonic aura. Lin Jue lowered his head to look at the stream by the roadside. The spiritual aura around him was getting stronger and stronger coming from it, while demonic aura was everywhere. He knew immediately that they were almost at Leopard Spring. That is the leopard king's lair. But the geography also became complicated at this time. There are many stone mountains, grottoes and caves on the ground, which are interconnected. Streams and springs run through them, forming a water network with mist everywhere. The surrounding ground had become like a swamp due to years of soaking. I don’t know if it was many years ago, before the monsters appeared here, that people would come here by boat, or if the monsters here would enter and exit by boat, but there are actually small boats on the swamp. Lin Jue heard someone behind him saying: "Boats float in the marshes, rivers overflow, ministers prosper, rulers decline, rivers boil, mountains and tombs collapse, high banks become valleys, deep valleys become hills, villains hold fate in their hands, gentlemen are slow to bully, white and black are indistinguishable, these are signs of great chaos." The general meaning is that ships floating on the swamp and rivers overflowing are signs of the prosperity of ministers and the decline of the king; rivers boiling, mountains collapsing and rocks falling, high mountains turning into deep valleys and deep valleys turning into forests, which indicates that villains will succeed and gentlemen will be in trouble day by day; this is called not being able to distinguish between black and white and is a sign of great chaos. Soon they became alert. Once you enter the Leopard King's lair, where the Leopard Spring is located, there are statues everywhere. Passing by the forest, whether it is a living tree or a dead tree stump, they are all carved into wood sculptures. Passing by stones, big and small, as small as half a person's height, as large as two or three feet high or even four or five feet high, all are stone sculptures. Even the streams are soaked with wood and stone sculptures, and faces can be vaguely seen in the sand. There are countless bronze and iron statues standing in the distance. Even though they were all standing still, it still made people's scalps tingle.

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