In the end, Xiao Zheng was not forced to lose his memory as Jiang Ran hoped.
After Jiang Ran was kicked off his horse, he didn't know how to talk to Xiao Zheng.
He just felt that no matter what he said, it felt awkward. His big furry squirrel-like tail rolled up and touched Xiao Zheng's wrist.
"...You, please put me down quickly."
The original shape of the cat was manipulated and held high. What does it look like...
Jiang Ran's cat blushed. Seeing that Xiao Zheng didn't react, he had to use the tip of his tail again. He poked the person and waved his claws in the air.
It's a pity that Jiang Ran is a short-legged long-haired orange cat. Even if the cat's claws are straightened, it can't reach Xiao Zheng.
After waving randomly, Jiang Ran put down his claws in frustration, as if he had compromised, and said to Xiao Zheng: "Okay, it's me, it's me. When do you want to go..." ...
Really It’s Jiang Ran.
It turns out that Jiang Ran has been by his side since he was a child.
However, when he was young, the orange cat appeared suddenly and disappeared suddenly. Later, he searched everywhere in the palace, but could not find any trace of the orange cat. He thought it was a dream he had.
Now it seems that it is a dream that he does not want to wake up from in his life.
If you think about it carefully, Jiang Ran's every move on weekdays really has some shadow of a kitten.
Xiao Zheng put Jiang Ran back on the chair, but he still couldn't hold back when he took his hand back. He couldn't help but scratch the little orange cat's soft chin with his fingertips.
I haven't had my chin touched for a long time.
Jiang Ran subconsciously raised his head, his white cat beard twitching, and he automatically made a "purring" sound in his throat.
"Do you like this?" It
wasn't until Xiao Zheng's voice came from above his head, and his other hand was about to touch the soft down on his back, that Jiang Ran realized what a shameful thing he had done, and he suddenly groaned. Taking a few steps back, the whole cat instantly shrank behind the chair, trying hard to turn itself into a big orange.
"...Xiao Zheng!"
Jiang Ran said in a muffled voice.
After Jiang Ran called Xiao Zheng's name, he stopped talking and still did not come out of the corner of the chair, which was a bit wide for Maomao's original form.
The two sides were in a stalemate.
Xiao Zheng didn't dare to pull him away. After staring at the shrinking orange cat for a long time, he coughed dryly and turned around as if he had given up.
"Are these... boxes the supplies sent from Dongzhou?"
He quickly changed the topic and gave Jiang Mao Mao some time to breathe. Lang Yi on the side received the hint from Lang Ze's eyes and immediately jumped out of his chair with excitement. He jumped up and walked to Xiao Zheng's side.
"Yes, yes, little emperor, I'll open it for you to take a look at. You can look for anything you can use." Lang Yi swiped his fingertips lightly and opened the transparent tape sealed on the cartons. .
The first pile of boxes contained fever-reducing medicines, all of which were in intact modern or futuristic packaging. Most of them were in the form of pills, and a small portion were in the form of granules.
As a demon who doesn't get sick very often, Lang Yi has never had a fever until now. He picked up a box of fever-reducing medicine and looked at it for a long time, but couldn't see anything behind it. He gave the medicine box directly to Xiao Zheng, "It seems to have written instructions on how to take it to reduce fever. Take a look." The second pile of cartons
was Supplies used to physically reduce fever, such as fever-reducing patches. If there is a refrigerator, it will be better to put this kind of thing in the cold room, but there is no such condition in Yaoying City. The most you can do is put the fever-reducing patch in the ice cellar.
...You can also make do with it.
The third and fourth piles of boxes contained masks and disposable medical gloves.
Lang Yilai and Xiao Zheng didn't need to explain how to use it. They knew how to use it at a glance.
Next are medicines such as iodine and alcohol for disinfecting wounds, disinfectant water for indoor and outdoor disinfection, and several boxes of food such as rice.
Lang Ze saw Lang Yizheng talking about supplies with the little emperor from the country. The little emperor didn't have time to pay attention, so he squatted in front of Jiang Ran's chair and poked Jiang Xiaomao's tail.
"The little emperor is no longer here, Jiang Ran, you can change back."
Jiang Ran flicked his tail irritably, avoiding Lang Ze's hand, "You also go away."
During this period, because of the corpse puppet incident in the city Son, Jiang Ran always felt that his brain had been overloaded with processing things. After suddenly losing his horse, he was so frightened that he almost shut down.
Now it's good, Xiao Zheng knows that he is a demon, or a cat demon. In his original form, he is not tall and powerful at all, and his legs are even so short. He will definitely not treat him as an elder like before.
Although Xiao Zheng has become smaller and smaller since he grew up...
But once the waistcoat comes off, won't Xiao Zheng become even more unruly!
If you dare to touch his head now, you will dare to touch his tail in the future!
Jiang Ran muttered a few words in a depressed voice, so low that Lang Ze could hardly hear him clearly. He only heard a few incoherent "meow", "aw" and other cat-like curse words.
Jiang Ran lingered on the chair for a while. Seeing that Xiao Zheng had almost finished reading the cartons containing supplies, he realized that he couldn't delay any longer, so he had to stand up, shake his hair, and jump to the ground.
The moment the soft pink flesh pad touched the ground, a shimmer of spiritual power slowly rose from the ground, spread to Jiang Ran's whole body, and enveloped the little orange cat.
The next moment, those lights gradually lengthened and turned into human shapes.
Jiang Ran walked out of the light spot of spiritual power, straightened his clothes a little, flicked his wide sleeves, and turned back into the serious national master who seemed to be relegated to an immortal.
Jiang Ran walked up to Xiao Zheng and Lang Yi somewhat uncomfortably, avoided Xiao Zheng's eyes, and began to talk to them about supplies.
The supplies that Lang Ze and the others sent over were not just dozens of boxes, but also piled in the flying boat outside the city, which was almost five times as much as here.
Now that everyone has gathered, it's time to find a way to bring back the supplies outside the city.
The best way is to just use the storage bag to put all the supplies back at once, just like Jiang Ran did when he sent those flying demons from the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion.
However, Lang Ze placed a barrier on the outside of Feizhou, so Lang Ze still needed to go over and remove the barrier.
"Let's do this. Let them fly over first with all the storage bags they can find, and then we will go around from outside the city to the flying boat." Lang Ze said, "Just in time to check if there are any demons hiding near Yaoying City."
Jiang Ran knew that he was referring to things that Zhihe could not deliver, so he nodded in agreement.
This time there were flying demons transporting supplies, so Lang Ze planned to let the guards have a good rest in the palace for a day. If they wanted to investigate the paper crane, he and Jiang Ran would just take Ye Ningshuang there.
Hearing this, Lang Yi and Xiao Zheng objected at the same time.
"Boss! My nose and ears are very good. Even if I go around outside the city, I will definitely encounter corpse puppets. Please take me with you." "
Jiang Ran! It's so dangerous outside, and no one knows about those demons... Wherever the demons are hiding, it’s better to bring more people with you.”
If he continued talking, the little wolf cubs on the chairs who had just stood up to rest were unable to sit still and came over to help.
Since all the officials and most of the people in the city moved to the palace to avoid the zombies, the little demons in the Imperial Prefect's Mansion also followed Jiang Ran and moved into the palace.
There were a lot of little demons, and they were directly next to the sleeping hall where Jiang Ran rested, occupying all the surrounding side halls.
There are quite a lot of people, but in terms of cultivation... they are not as good as Jiang Ran. Why are you taking them out to act cute?
Jiang Ran left the demon clan and spent more than a hundred years in the world of cultivation. Although he spent most of his time in the relatively safe Nanzhou, he still had the ability to protect himself and would not encounter the demon clan. That's it.
Moreover, Lang Ze's cultivation level is second only to His Highness and Qin Yan among the demon clan. With him around, Xiao Zheng has nothing to worry about.
Perhaps because everything Jiang Ran was thinking was written on his face, Xiao Zheng was annoyed for the first time why he didn't think about trying to practice when he was a child, otherwise...otherwise he would have followed Jiang Ran at this time.
His martial arts and swordsmanship are probably not enough in front of the demons.
"It's okay, I'll be back soon." Jiang Ran said to Xiao Zheng, "Don't think too much, go find someone to organize and distribute the supplies." "
Okay." Xiao Zheng nodded, and when he turned around to leave, he was interrupted again. Jiang Ran stopped.
"I remember that the warehouse is still empty. When the time comes, I will ask them to fly over there with their storage bags. You can help me keep an eye on it." Jiang Ran smiled, "They are demons after all. It is not convenient for others to know my true identity, so I can only trouble Your Majesty first."
After discussing the supplies and investigating the paper crane, the guards of the wolf clan were taken to the tidy room to rest by the palace people, and Jiang Ran took Lang Ze went to the side hall where the little demons lived temporarily.
The combined storage bags of all the monsters are not too much or too little, and all the supplies on the flying boat can be transported back in two flights. If there are more monsters that can fly, then only one flight will be enough.
"Don't worry, Master Imperial Master, just leave it to us."
A small white tit had changed back to its original shape, flew to Jiang Ran's shoulder and called out "chirp, chirp, chirp."
The chickadee is too small and can only hang one storage bag around its neck at most. The pigeons can hang two or three, such as peregrine falcons, white cranes, peacocks, etc., which can hang even more.
"Why didn't I think of getting a storage bag for fun at the time..." Yingying lay in front of the window, holding her chin in her hands, and sighed, "Otherwise, I would be able to help now."
Not to mention Yingying, even Ye Ningshuang didn't think of getting a storage bag.
After working as mortals for more than ten years, they are used to having things directly in their hands. And with their current status, it is quite difficult to find a tool repairman to buy a storage bag. If you are not careful, someone will find out. The demons will be in trouble then.
"It doesn't matter, it's just two storage bags, it won't hinder anything." Jiang Ran touched Yingying's head, "Brother Ye and I have to go out of the city later, Yingying just stay here." Ye
Ning Shuang had spent some time with that demon before taking revenge. Although he had never really been in the demon realm, by taking him there, he might be able to distinguish the demon's behavior and find some traces.
If you really can't tell the difference, if that doesn't work, just use it as a thug, just in case you really run into the demons.
Jiang Ran and Lang Ze took Ye Ningshuang out of the palace city. The flightless little demons were not idle either. After their companions took off and left, they walked towards the empty warehouse that Jiang Ran mentioned.
Yingying naturally followed, thinking of helping them.
However, none of the demon clan planned to do any heavy work as a child, and they persuaded Yingying all the way.
"But I am stronger than you all." Yingying said coldly and quietly.
Monster clan: "..."
... Indeed, indeed.
Thinking of Yingying's past achievements, the demon clan silently shut their mouths.
But what the little demons and Yingying didn't expect was that Xiao Zheng, who had almost no contact with them, was still standing in front of the warehouse, always watching from a distance in the Imperial Master's Mansion.
When Xiao Zheng saw the little demons coming, he felt mixed for a moment.
Especially when I discovered that one of the little demons was startled to have a pair of round brown ears popping out of his head, my heart became even more complicated.
No wonder these people... No, these little demons have been staying with Jiang Ran in the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion and rarely move outside. It turns out that it is because they can easily expose their secrets...
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, why are you here... "
The demon who accidentally exposed his ears immediately squatted down and tried to hide himself in the crowd to avoid being noticed by Xiao Zheng. The other demons took a step forward to block Xiao Zheng's sight.
But Xiao Zheng didn't wait for them to open their mouths to continue testing, and told them directly that he already knew their true identity, and he came here specially to watch, so as to avoid any guards coming to patrol. These little monsters would look for them when they received the airdropped supplies If you don’t have an excuse to show up here, it will be more troublesome.
"... Oh... Oh... That's it..."
The demon clansmen were in a daze, and unconsciously dispersed in front of Xiao Zheng, and said cautiously: "Then, are you busy...?"
Xiao Zheng: "... "
On the other side, Jiang Ran took Lang Ze and Ye Ningshuang and quickly left the palace city through a remote palace gate.
Although the guards were curious about what the Imperial Master was doing with his people out at this time, and it was not safe outside, they could not interfere with what the Imperial Master wanted to do, so they were quickly let go.
In the end, Lang Ze did not take Lang Yi with him, and let the little wolf cub, who had worked hard all day and night and spent all his energy listening to the noise around him, go to rest.
Lang Yi was indeed tired. After washing hastily, he fell into a deep sleep not long after lying on the soft bed, and almost snored.
"I didn't expect you to bring so many wolf cubs that have just grown up." Jiang Ran couldn't help laughing, thinking about Lang Yi's appearance of being about to fall into coma and sleep to death.
"His Highness, the Queen, and I all thought we were just here to deliver supplies this time, so we didn't bring any manpower." Lang Ze explained, "Who knew it would be so serious here in Yaoying City." "...If it were really
serious. The place... I'm afraid Yaoying City is still not ranked."
After all, Yaoying City has him and so many demon clans who can help. If it were replaced by other cities with only mortals, I'm afraid the whole army would be annihilated. end.
They walked through a remote palace gate. When they came out, except for the official road, they were surrounded by a vast plain with no one in sight.
There are no mortals in the wilderness, and naturally no corpses will be attracted here.
When Lang Ze and the others drove the flying boat to Nanzhou, their route changed several times along the way. When they arrived at Yaoying City, they came from the east direction, just diagonally opposite the palace city. Otherwise, Lang Ze would have been there. When they got on the flying boat, they saw the situation in Miyagi City and the Imperial Prefect's Mansion. They might just park the flying boat here to save them from taking another detour.
Traveling outside the city is much faster than inside the city, and the three of them are not ordinary mortals. It didn't take long for them to arrive at the flying boat.
At this time, the flying team of the demon tribe had just arrived, and birds were parked outside the flying boat, waiting for Lang Ze to lift the barrier, and were chirping "chirp, chirp, chirp".
Lang Ze quickly removed the barrier and let them go in and move their things.
Every space in the storage bag that could be filled was filled, and no small corner was spared.
The little demons all had experience in collecting supplies from all over the city, and they quickly moved more than half of the supply boxes on the flying boat.
While the little demons were busy carrying supplies back and forth and putting them into storage bags, Ye Ningshuang walked to the side of the flying boat, closed her eyes, and felt the residual evil energy nearby.
However, no matter how much he tried to use the demonic energy to tell whether there were demons near Yaoying City, the only thing he could detect at the moment was the steady stream of demonic energy that began to slowly gather above Yaoying City.
Those demonic energies rose up from everywhere in the city, bit by bit, exuded from the bodies of the corpse puppets, and gathered together, like dark clouds, covering Yaoying City.
After Jiang Ran helped the little demons load the first batch of supplies, he walked to Ye Ningshuang and asked about the situation.
Jiang Ran's expression suddenly turned cold after he realized that the demonic energy was already raging in Yaoying City and that one more corpse puppet would increase the amount of demonic energy.
He directly used his spiritual power to fold a blank paper crane, and set the destination of the paper crane's flight to Shuowang City in Dongzhou.
After watching the paper crane slowly rise into the sky, Jiang Ran followed the paper crane in the direction in which it left.
However, not long after, he saw the paper crane flying, and when it was about to fly out of the boundaries of Yaoying City, it suddenly fell.
The paper crane that fell to the ground didn't even struggle at all. Since it fell from the sky, it has been like an ordinary paper crane that ordinary people fold and play with, quietly and quietly. Lying on the ground.
Jiang Ran stepped forward, picked up the paper crane, and directly used magic to detect the evil energy on the paper crane.
I saw that the wings of the paper crane were indeed wrapped with strands of black mist.
It was the black mist that pulled the paper crane and caused it to fall directly from the sky, and all the spiritual energy attached to the paper crane was swallowed up by the demonic energy.
The paper crane that fell to the ground turned into an ordinary piece of white paper.
Jiang Ran understood.
There was no need for those demons to leave anyone behind, or to set up formations to prevent the paper cranes in the city from flying out.
These demonic energies... themselves can block the flight of paper cranes. The demons don't need to think of other ways to prevent the monks and demons from communicating with each other.
It would be a waste of time to leave people to intercept the paper cranes or set up formations.
To prevent the paper crane from reaching its destination, all it takes is... the demonic energy on the corpse puppets.
However, the demonic energy from hundreds of years ago was not so...evil and cruel.
The demons have infected all the mortals in Nanzhou, and their purpose must not only be to cut off the few monks or demons like him who have lived in Nanzhou for a long time from the rest of the world of cultivation.
They killed so many mortals in Nanzhou... What on
earth do they want to do... Jiang Ran's heart sank uncontrollably. Now it was confirmed that they were indeed unable to inform His Highness and the Queen of what happened in Yaoying City. , from this point of view, we can only wait until we leave the boundary of Yaoying City before trying to pass the paper crane.
But if you want to ensure that the news from Yaoying City can reach Shuowang City safely, the safest way is to let Lang Ze go back with the news and tell His Highness himself.
After the demon clan's flying team carried away the second batch of supplies, which was all the supplies sent by Shen Zening and Bai Yang on the flying boat, Lang Ze put the flying boat away and returned to the palace with Jiang Ran and Ye Ningshuang. city.
Piles of materials filled the empty warehouse, and there were even many cardboard boxes that could not be accommodated and had to be temporarily placed on the open space in front of the warehouse.
So many supplies appeared out of thin air, which would be difficult to explain on a normal day, but now is a special period, and with Jiang Ran here, everything can be explained to ordinary people as Jiang Ran managed to get it.
As for how the Imperial Preceptor quietly brought over a warehouse full of strange-looking but very useful materials without anyone noticing, that was the Imperial Preceptor’s ability, and everyone was very sensible. No questions asked.
"Although the food is a little short, it is enough to last for a while."
Jiang Ran patted the dust on his hands, watched the palace people take away the supplies and distribute them, then closed the door of the warehouse and said.
The granaries in Yaoying City have not been completely emptied, and there are still several granaries in places where most zombies gather.
In the past, they would send flying teams to the large and small granaries scattered throughout the city because there were not many corpses near those granaries. The flying squads could safely open the doors of the granaries and enter to load the food, and it was safe enough to fill the storage bags. Only when the time is full will people pass.
However, there were many zombies surrounding the remaining granary, both inside and outside, and the road was so crowded that there was no corpse inside the warehouse.
The most depressing thing is that the gates of the courtyards where the food is stored are tightly closed, which is equivalent to locking the corpses and the food together.
It is not difficult to speculate that a mortal who was bitten ran in here in a panic, and soon turned into a corpse puppet, and then bit all the other mortals in the yard. Everyone They turned into corpse puppets together, and no one escaped.
"It looks like it can last for a while, but more and more people are coming here in Yaoying City. If nothing else, even at the newly built wall, there are still many people waiting for the end of the quarantine to enter the palace city. People." Lang Ze said, "We must find a way to go to these granaries."
He really has to go, even if he doesn't go in the past few days, he will have to send someone or go there himself sooner or later.
The most precious thing now is food. No matter how many times they try, they have to collect all the food in the city.
It's just that the corpse puppets are difficult to kill. It should be said that they can't be killed except by burning them. However, the granary cannot be lit on fire. In addition, the little demons in the Imperial Prefect's Mansion don't have much experience in dealing with corpse puppets. It was too difficult to get food from the granaries surrounded by corpses.
It is not possible to let the mortal army from the Li Kingdom pass. It is too difficult for mortals to deal with corpse puppets. Going to a courtyard full of corpse puppets is no different from dying.
Of course, there are many dead soldiers who would take the initiative to ask for help, and would rather sacrifice themselves to lure away the corpse puppets, but... with one more corpse puppet, the demonic energy above Yaoying City will increase. Furthermore, Jiang Ran doesn't want mortals to go directly. Deliver food to the zombies.
Just when Jiang Ran and Xiao Zheng were worried about this matter, Lang Ze took the initiative and said, "Let me stay and help you." Lang Ze was not
impulsive. He had carefully considered it. Jiang Ran was the only one in Yaoying City. We can deal with the corpse puppets, but the remaining little monsters will have to... just do it. In addition, the spiritual energy here in Nanzhou is thin, and recovery is very slow. If there is more help, then we can defend the palace and get the food. I hope it's just a little bigger.
He would definitely not stand by and watch Jiang Ran and those little demons and mortals struggle to support themselves in Yaoying City. If His Highness and the Queen knew about the affairs of Nanzhou, they would also find ways to help here.
If the flying boat is driven back to deliver the message, the wolf cubs can go on their own.
Anyway, he has already walked the route from Shuowang City to Yaoying City once, so there is no need for him to keep an eye on it and worry about it.
These little wolf cubs can't let themselves get lost.
But something he didn't expect was that after he notified the guards and asked them to return to Shuowang City by themselves, and when he planned to stay and help, the newly grown wolf cubs all actively wanted to stay with him. Come down.
"Boss, these corpse puppets are so difficult to deal with. You definitely can't do it alone."
"Bah, who do you think can't do it! Our boss is very powerful, and Jiang Ran and the others are here too, how can we be alone. Boss, don't listen to this kid's nonsense. Of course, the more people the better when it comes to defending the city. , don’t you mind adding me?”
“And me and me, Jiang Ran and these mortals are having a hard time, I have to stay and help!”
The wolf cubs raised their hands one after another, and Lang Ze felt helpless when he saw it. The ground smiled.
It has to be said that this situation was expected by him.
Young wolves are like this, impulsive, kind and enthusiastic.
Lang Ze persuaded the guards, saying that it was dangerous here. They didn't have much actual combat experience and were easily injured.
But it was just demonic energy. The guards felt that as monsters, they had nothing to fear. At most, they would only be bitten and it would hurt a bit while the demonic aura was being removed.
Seeing the persistence of the little wolves, Lang Ze said nothing more and acquiesced to them staying together. However, one person had to drive the flying boat back to deliver the news to His Highness and the Queen.
Everyone actively wanted to stay, and no one wanted to go back to deliver the letter. Seeing that there was no one willing, Lang Ze had no choice but to choose a wolf cub himself and let him go back.
"Me? Why me?!"
Lang Yi said in disbelief. With excitement, the wolf ears on the top of his head and the fluffy wolf tail behind him popped out with a pop.
His hearing and sense of smell are so good, he is so suitable for investigation. Why should he go back? !
"You are the youngest here." Lang Ze patiently explained to Lang Yi, "Since no one wants to go back and wants to stay here, I had to choose the youngest to take Feizhou back."
Lang Yi : "..."
Damn it! ! !
How could it be so... so frustrating! ! !
Lang Yi suddenly became frustrated and sat aside glumly, pursed his lips and said nothing.
He is a bit young, but he is very powerful... He can hear the movements of the zombies coming from far away...
Seeing this, Lang Ze walked over and patted Lang Yi on the shoulder. , sat next to him.
The two of them were silent for a while. Lang Yi felt aggrieved for a while, then he recovered a little, took a deep breath, and asked Lang Ze, in addition to bringing back the news from Yaoying City, what else would he bring with him? Something else?
Other things... there is nothing to bring here in Yaoying City.
Lang Ze shook his head and said no, and asked him to be careful on the way and not to stop on the way. Jiang Ran would prepare enough food for him.
The matter was urgent. Early the next morning, while the sky was still dark and no one else had gotten up, Lang Yi and his guards, as well as Jiang Ran and Xiao Zheng, took him to the largest square in the palace city. superior.
Lang Ze originally thought about releasing the flying boat outside the palace city, and asked Lang Yi to drive back directly.
He also specifically told Lang Yi a lot about flying a flying boat last night.
If Lang Yi really can't learn it, it doesn't matter. He will put enough spiritual stones on the flying boat, plan the route for Lang Yi, and just drive forward.
But before setting off, Xiao Zheng thought that there were still many guards guarding the palace gate. In this special period, it would be difficult to find an excuse to let them leave for a while. Doing so would definitely make others feel very suspicious and cause unnecessary confusion. Attention, so everyone could only give up and came to this square instead.
Lang Ze released the flying boat, and the huge flying boat instantly occupied most of the square.
"Be careful on the road and don't stop." Jiang Ran handed a bag of food to Lang Yi and warned.
Lang Ze also said, "When you leave Yaoying City, you can try to pass the paper crane to His Highness and the Queen. After leaving Yaoying City, they should be able to receive the message you sent without the demonic energy. Paper crane."
Lang Yi nodded to indicate that he had taken note of it. Seeing that everyone was so exhausted, they got up to see him off. His eyes swept over Jiang Ran and Xiao Zheng who had not rested for a long time. He looked again and yawned from time to time. His teammates reluctantly boarded the flying boat.
I wonder if His Highness and the Queen will allow him to come back to help after he brings the news back.
With this thought, Lang Yi put the spirit stone into the magic circle on the flying boat.
The next moment, a complex pattern appeared around the flying boat.
Those patterns flashed by, and then, the giant flying boat slowly rose from the ground, and with the hazy morning light appearing faintly on the horizon, it disappeared into the clouds and disappeared into the horizon.
Dongzhou, Yunjin Road, in a hotel outside Shuowang City.
Ever since they passed a paper crane to Lang Ze and the others last night, until now, another whole day has passed, but Shen Zening and Bai Yang still haven't received a reply from Lang Ze.
"Isn't something really going to happen?"
Bai Yang looked out the window worriedly and saw that there was nothing outside. Except for the birds that flew by from time to time, there was no sign of paper cranes. He sighed. , withdrew his gaze.
The uneasiness in his heart grew bigger and bigger, and Shen Zening soon discovered it.
Shen Zening took the frowning little fox into his arms and smoothed his soft long hair with his fingertips, "If I can't wait another day tomorrow, I will go to Danling Road in Nanzhou to check the situation. Well."
Shen Zening didn't say this just to comfort his wife.
Earlier today, they and Xu Xiaoyan passed paper cranes to each other and exchanged information. Only then did they realize that the appearance of corpse puppets in the hotel was not a special case. This kind of situation also happened everywhere in the world of cultivation. Even near Feng Qi, there was faint news of corpse puppets.
Some monks discovered the demonic energy in the wound, and immediately found a way to remove it immediately after being bitten, without any impact.
Those monks who were attacked and bitten by the corpse puppets and suffered serious injuries may not have reacted. They thought it was just a skin injury, so they were busy treating the injuries. As a result, they were dragged by the demonic energy and began to heat up, and then died. Then he becomes a corpse puppet and is "resurrected" again.
Xu Xiaoyan was naturally aware of the demonic aura, and had already informed other sects of the method of dealing with corpse puppets. He was trying to find a way to notify all the monks as much as possible. However, monks and monsters could still save themselves, and mortals would be bitten. It's very troublesome.
In recent days, many mortals have died due to the corpse puppet incident.
Shen Zening also vaguely heard about these things in the hotel, but what the guests knew was not as detailed as the information sent by Xu Xiaoyan.
But for some reason, when they were passing the paper cranes around to Xu Xiaoyan, they would occasionally lose one of the paper cranes as they flew around.
Either they didn't receive Xu Xiaoyan's paper crane, or Xu Xiaoyan didn't receive what they passed on.
Bai Yang also informed Bai Ying and Rong Qing who stayed in the demon world about the corpse puppet, as well as Zhu Mingshu and Bai Wan who had been living in seclusion on the small island since the New Year.
Corpse puppets have appeared all over the world of cultivation. Those demons may have hidden among the crowd before the world of cultivation has reacted.
If there is still no news from Lang Ze and the others, Shen Zening would not only want to find the person, but also want to take a look in the world of cultivation, especially what is going on in Nanzhou.
After all, Dan Lingdao is indeed likely to be the birthplace of corpse puppets.
When Bai Yang heard what he said, his brows furrowed even more tightly, "Are you going alone? How about we go together..." "
We are all gone. What will happen to Tiao Tiao and Xiao Nian? Those two The kid is in trouble." Shen Zening leaned over helplessly and kissed the little fox, and said, "If I go to see how Lang Ze and the others are doing and bring them back, I can do it by myself."
Corpse Puppet Naturally, Pei Nian could not hide the incident from his parents. After Pei Zhaosu heard about it, he still let Pei Nian stay in the hotel as usual.
Even though corpse puppets had broken into the hotel before, compared to his place where no reliable people were paying attention to Pei Nian, Shen Zening's place was safer.
After all, the hotel owner and his wife are not ordinary people, and they are more than enough to protect the cubs.
"...It's better to wait until tomorrow."
Bai Yang was still a little confused and didn't want Shen Zening to set off to Nanzhou alone.
He thought for a long time and decided to take a nap first.
Maybe... we will receive news from Lang Ze and the others tomorrow?
Shen Zening had no choice but to follow the little fox, turn off the lights in the room, and wait with his wife until she woke up.
I don’t know if it’s because Bai Yang is so lucky. Not only does he draw cards accurately, but the things he hopes for often come true.
Later the next day, they indeed received the paper crane from Lang Ze.
However, this paper crane was not sent by Lang Ze, but was passed to them by a wolf cub in the escort team that Lang Ze selected to go to Nanzhou.
The wolf cub's name was Lang Yi, and he described the situation in Yaoying City in detail in the paper crane passed to them.
As Shen Zening and Bai Yang guessed, the so-called plague in Yaoying City was indeed not a real plague, but a demonic energy. Those sick mortals were also invaded by demonic energy and turned into corpse puppets after death.
Of course, the period of illness and death was divided into several stages of development. Lang Yi only briefly mentioned this in Paper Crane.
Lang Yi was the only one on the returning flying boat. Lang Ze and the other guards stayed in Yaoying City to help Jiang Ran and Xiao Zheng guard the palace city.
Shen Zening looked at the message written on the paper crane, but he did not expect that Yaoying City had reached such a state. The city was full of corpses, and everyone could only hide in the palace.
If the Li Kingdom had become like this, then other mortal countries might have long ago...
The news brought by Lang Yi was mixed, no, or rather, the bad news accounted for almost the majority, and the only good news The news is that Jiang Ran and the little demons in the Imperial Master's Mansion are still safe, and at most they only suffered some injuries.
"Fortunately among misfortunes." Bai Yang sighed, "Fortunately, Ye Ningshuang and Yingying were with them and helped them discover the demonic energy. Otherwise... maybe some demon clan would still die."
Lang Yi wrote on the paper Heshang mentioned that Lang Ze was going to take the guards to the city to fall, but was surrounded by zombies.
They collected food from the granary. Shen Zening and Bai Yang asked them to send the supplies. It was true that Yaoying City's urgent needs were solved, but it was not enough. They also needed more food and weapons.
"Why don't you ask Lang Yi to see him off after he comes back? Let him bring more food this time, as well as weapons..." Bai Yang shook the tips of his ears and said to Shen Zening, "As for weapons, we are Can't we start making some from the workshop?"
In the past few days, they have been refreshing the reputation store, opening boxes and getting blueprints, and now they have taken a lot of various systematically improved spiritual weapons and spells in the world of cultivation. Drawings.
However, Shen Zening thought that he had to ensure the hotel's security first, so he started making puppets.
While they were collecting spiritual materials, they were looking for suitable puppets to make from the puppet atlas. Now they had collected the spiritual materials needed for two puppet drawings, and the second puppet was already being made.
Shen Zening calculated the time and estimated that the second puppet would be finished tomorrow afternoon.
After the second puppet was finished and walked out of the workshop, he put the materials needed for the third puppet into the machine in the workshop, and then began to look for weapons, which were the spiritual weapons and spells needed. Spiritual material.
Shen Zening told Bai Yang about his arrangements for the workshop. The two discussed making weapons for a while, and almost forgot to read the last few lines of the paper crane.
By the time the system couldn't help but remind them aloud, the two were already having a heated discussion and began to study tactics to deal with the zombie puppets.
"Brothers, I haven't finished reading the letter yet." The system quickly reminded.
After hearing this, Shen Zening hurriedly picked up the paper crane that they had forgotten on the table, unfolded it, and looked at the last few words written by Lang Yi.
At this glance, he learned that a large amount of demonic energy had gathered above Yaoying City, making it impossible for the paper crane to fly out of Yaoying City.
The paper crane Lang Yi passed on to them was because he waited until he left the boundary of Yaoying City and let the flying boat fly farther, almost leaving Nanzhou, before he successfully made the paper crane fly out.
... This kid, don’t write such an important thing at the end! ! !
The paper cranes of monks and monsters are affected by the evil spirit, so they cannot be passed on to others normally.
Shen Zening couldn't help but think about whether the one or two missing paper cranes he and the little fox were passing around the paper cranes with Xu Xiaoyan were also affected by the evil energy escaping from somewhere in the world of cultivation.
Communication is blocked... Why does this start look so like... the demons... are planning to start a war?
There has only been peace for more than three hundred years, can they not bear it anymore?
"When have the demons ever been able to endure it?" Bai Yang said coldly, "Long before the battle between immortals and demons began, something was wrong with the demons."
"Do you remember what I said? Qing is an abandoned son, right? Among the demon clan, there is a person who has been secretly controlling the entire demon realm, but he has hidden it too deeply, and the cultivation world has not been able to find that person."