Hongjun rushed in with the golden pheasant and the Carp Demon. Hongjun could fly after the battle with the Chang 'an, so he woke up when he felt the tremors in the mountain. He quickly went to check it out. At that moment, the demons were shouting and fighting. The golden pheasant rushed in front and flew over gracefully. The Carp Demon raised a wooden stick and held it with both hands, wanting to help fight.
However, when the three demons saw the Ba Snake, they were frightened out of their wits. They instantly stopped and turned around, shouting, "Help!"
Thus, the golden pheasant escaped from the way they came, while the Carp Demon jumped into the water, not daring to come out again. Hongjun grabbed Li Jinglong's arm and suddenly pulled it up. Li Jinglong shouted, "Watch out for the top!"
When the Ba Snake moved, the array reacted. The stalagmites on the top of the cave fell rapidly. Then, the Ba Snake raised its tail. Hongjun had just raised his Five-colored Divine Light when he was hit and almost vomited blood. Li Jinglong flew backward. He turned around in the air and stepped on the falling stalagmites. It was as if he was leaping between the stairs to heaven. He ran and jumped while shouting, "Let's talk! Ba Snake! "
The Ba Snake was very angry. It roared repeatedly, and the stalagmites fell continuously, forming a cage to trap it. Hongjun raised his modao and slashed. The blade swept past with a strong wind, but the Ba Snake roared and spat out a green poisonous fog. In an instant, it filled the entire underground space!
Blood flew in the poisonous fog. Hongjun felt dizzy when he smelled the sweet fishy smell. He shouted, "Let's go!" As he said that, he flew forward, grabbed Li Jinglong, and rushed out of the cave.
"Chao Yun is still inside!" Li Jinglong said.
"We can't beat it!" Hongjun shouted, "It's too powerful! Let's think of a way first! "
The two of them rushed out of the belly of the mountain, slid all the way down, and fell to the ground. Jin Ji flew over and was about to comfort them when Hongjun waved his hand, indicating that they should keep quiet. He immediately turned Li Jinglong's eyelids to check the extent of his poisoning.
Fortunately, the two of them had only inhaled a small amount of the poisonous fog and were not poisoned too deeply. Even so, Hongjun felt dizzy and nauseous. Li Jinglong drank a bit of water from the stream, then he bent over and vomited.
"Hongjun, aren't you not afraid of snake venom?" Li Jinglong asked worriedly after vomiting. "How is it?"
Peacocks, Phoenixes, and Golden-Winged Rocs were the natural enemies of snakes. Hongjun was not afraid of snake venom since he was born, but the Ba Snake's venom was too strong. Even Hongjun could not withstand it.
"It's actually … harder to deal with than a dragon." Hongjun gasped.
Jin Ji said, "It has lived here for a long, long time. It has thousands of years of cultivation."
Such a big snake, more than ten feet long, and its body was as thick as a street. It probably took nearly three thousand years to cultivate. Going back in time, it was close to the time of Xia Yu and the Five Emperors. After cultivating for such a long time, it still had not turned into a dragon. The snake venom was really the most poisonous in the world, and no demon could compare to it.
Li Jinglong calmed down a little. He originally wanted to test it, but he did not expect to alarm the Ba Snake. Now the situation was completely out of control. After thinking about it, he felt that he was unlucky. Hongjun did not care. He was only worried about Chao Yun, who was still in the cave.
"Chao Yun is injured." Hongjun said. "Who else?"
"Zhao Zilong is also inside and did not come out …" Li Jinglong said.
The Carp Demon was not good at fighting, but it was good at escaping. The two of them were not worried. Li Jinglong thought for a moment, then said, "When was this monster locked up here? Why is there a peacock seal on the mountain wall? "
"You only thought of this now?" Lü Mang said. "Do you have a brain?"
The red-skinned man said, "It's better to ask for help. You are really too unlucky."
Li Jinglong was full of ambition. In the past few days, he had settled with Li Heng, chosen the location of the demon capital, and strengthened the Exorcism Division smoothly. He thought that he had gotten rid of ten thousand years of bad luck, but he did not expect the Ba Snake to give him another vicious blow. Only then did he know that he could not underestimate the enemy. Otherwise, he would not even know how he died.
"It asked for help." Li Jinglong said. "Yongsi should be on the way." Right now, he hoped that Mo Rigen and Lu Xu could come and watch the show. Otherwise, even if Qiu Yongsi arrived, the three of them together might not be able to defeat the snake. After pausing for a moment, Li Jinglong said, "Let's do it."
The sky was just beginning to brighten. The mountains and rivers were filled with a layer of fog. The surroundings were abnormally quiet. Not even the sound of birds could be heard. There was a terrifying silence.
"Are we still going?" Lü Mang asked.
Hongjun was somewhat hesitant. Should he wait for Qiu Yongsi to arrive before making a move, or should he go and scout? Just now, he had tested it once. The Mo Saber's edge could injure the giant snake. It was not completely useless. It would be safer to wait until everyone was present. However, Chao Yun had fallen into the cave, and it was unknown whether she was alive or dead. How could he just sit by and watch?
Li Jinglong's suggestion strengthened his resolve. Hongjun nodded. Li Jinglong said, "Do you have a way to contact them? Call all the Demonic Kings back. "
Before leaving, Qing Xiong had given Hongjun a feather. After choosing the location of the capital, he could call all four Demonic Kings back. Hongjun did not know how they communicated with each other, nor did he know when they would arrive. He would call them back first.
He inserted the feather into the ground. The Golden-Winged Roc's steel feather glowed. Suddenly, a white falcon appeared in the mountain forest. Its speed was unparalleled. It directly picked up the steel feather and flew into the sky.
"No matter what, it won't be harder to deal with than Tianma." Li Jinglong took a deep breath and said, "If we don't underestimate the enemy, we can still fight. Let's go."
Hongjun grabbed Li Jinglong's arm from behind and flew him into the cave. The two looked inside. Li Jinglong said, "There's a slope. It's full of water. It's very slippery."
Hongjun slowly flew in. After making preparations, he entered the dark area. The fog in the mountain slowly rose, and the inside and outside of the cave were dark and gloomy.
"Don't move." Li Jinglong whispered, "Let's observe the situation first."
After his eyes adjusted to the light, Hongjun discovered that there were many stalactites at the top of the cave. He carefully avoided the stalactites and found a place to rest. There was an even smaller cave entrance that seemed to be only big enough for one person to enter. Previously, Li Jinglong had searched everywhere, but he hadn't found this two feet square hole. Unexpectedly, there was a platform at the top.
Hongjun placed Li Jinglong on the platform. The two looked down together. There was no longer any light shining in from outside the cave. In the dim cave, a few rays of sunlight crisscrossed and entered the belly of the mountain, allowing them to see the whole picture clearly.
"Hey." Hongjun whispered, "There's still a place behind that Big Snake."
"Yes." Li Jinglong said, "The belly of Tian Luo Mountain is quite big."
This underground cave was half the size of Cheng Capital City. The Ba Snake only occupied the space at the entrance. Surprisingly, there was an even wider area behind it. The underground river meandered through the cave, as if it was a different world.
"Look below …" Li Jinglong said.
There was a rope under the platform that the two of them were on. The rope hung down to the deepest part of the cave. There was a faint blue light at the bottom. There were many strange glowing flowers and plants growing near the water flow.
"You two …"
Hongjun and Li Jinglong were instantly startled. When they turned their heads, they discovered that it was actually Yu Zaoyun.
Yu Zaoyun came in from the outside hole and said, "Yo, what a big snake. How much did it eat to grow so big?"
"Why are you only here now?" Hongjun said, "Where did you go?"
"I went to the village your father mentioned." Yu Zaoyun said casually, licking his claws.
Hongjun: "Wait? My father came here? "
Yu Zaoyun: "Your father likes to play around when he has nothing to do. Isn't that normal?"
"Wait." Li Jinglong said, "What's the situation?" He immediately thought of the peacock decorations outside the cave wall, combined with the demon subduing pestle, and then thought of where Mo Rigen, Qiu Yongsi, and Atay were born. This confirmed their initial guess.
Hongjun said, "There's a village nearby? How come I didn't notice it? "
"North. You came from the south." Yu Zaoyun put down his claws and looked inside the cave. He answered, "You were born in that village."
Hongjun almost cried out. Yu Zaoyun obviously knew Kong Xuan in the past, but he wasn't as familiar as Qing Xiong and Chong Ming. Back then, Kong Xuan and Yu Zaoyun had a serious talk. At that time, Yu Zaoyun wanted to get rid of Wu Qiyu, but because some kind of "lifeline" was controlled by Wu Qiyu and Xie Yu, he couldn't break free for a while.
Thus, Kong Xuan used the excuse of diagnosing Yang Yuhuan to seal Yu Zaoyun in Yang Yuhuan's body. Later, when he traveled around, he would occasionally visit Yang Yuhuan and use the excuse of seeing Yu Zaoyun. One time, when he came back, he mentioned whether Yang Yuhuan could get pregnant. Yu Zaoyun learned a little about his experiences in Sichuan.
At that time, Kong Xuan and Jia Yuze already knew each other. At first, Jia Yuze didn't know that she was pregnant with the devil fetus, but Kong Xuan was very uneasy. Under the excuse of practicing medicine, he took Jia Yuze around to find medicine that could change the devil fetus. When Jia Yuze was still in her boudoir, she was taught by a master. The master didn't reveal his name and only told her that he came from Sichuan.
When Jia Yuze was young, she had a special constitution. It was said that she often dreamed of her previous life. Later, the master taught her a secret, and her body gradually got better. After she got pregnant, her constitution changed again. Jia Yuze mentioned "master", hoping to find her master before she gave birth and see him again.
Kong Xuan naturally knew that this was caused by the devil fetus. Seeing that Jia Yuze's body was getting weaker day by day, he knew that he had to help her stabilize the devil fetus to prevent it from endangering the mother and hurting his wife.
He brought his wife into Shu, but just as they were about to enter the deep mountains of Shu and seek shelter, Jia Yuze, who was seven months pregnant, suddenly felt a sharp pain in her stomach. Kong Xuan asked the locals and climbed up Tian Luo Mountain to look for medicine for his wife.
"Why do you want to know about this?" Li Jinglong asked when he heard this.
Yu Zaoyun's narration was cut off by Li Jinglong. One was a fox, the other was a man. Naturally, they knew that it was useless to dig deeper. Once they got to the secret of the past, they would dig out Kong Xuan's feelings for this child that he had never met. In Kong Xuan's eyes, the life of the fetus was naturally not more important than that of the mother. If the child was lost, he could have another one. But if Jia Yuze died, he couldn't save her.
"I also want to be a mother. Is it strange?" Yu Zaoyun said casually, "Yang Yuhuan became half-human and half-demon because of us. She was pregnant three times and my sister did something to her. She gave birth to three monsters that were neither human nor ghost …"
Li Jinglong and Yu Zaoyun had a tacit understanding and didn't say anything for a while. Hongjun suddenly asked, "If my father threw me into this cave to feed the snake when I was born, maybe everything would be fine, right?"
Yu Zaoyun said leisurely, "Tianma reincarnated. Even if you were strangled when you were still in your swaddling clothes, the Dao of Heaven can't be violated. There will still be other opportunities. It's fated and can't be escaped. Moreover, things have already happened. Words are useless. Whether it's a human or a demon, one will die after a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand years. Why can't you see past it? "
Hongjun thought that it was true. Everything had already happened and couldn't be redone. What was the point of discussing it?
Later, according to the villagers, Kong Xuan entered Tianluo Mountain to look for medicine for his wife and found the Ba Snake in the belly of the mountain. After that, Kong Xuan didn't mention anything to Yu Zaoyun.
When Yu Zaoyun saw the grown up Hongjun, he knew that Kong Xuan had successfully protected the child and that Jia Yuze had also survived. Whether it was a demon fetus or a demon fetus, humans and demons tacitly agreed that marriage was forbidden. Otherwise, Luoyang's Wen Bin wouldn't have fallen in love with a flower demon and ended up being poisoned. Falling in love was already a difficult matter, let alone giving birth to a mixed-blood child. Therefore, Yu Zaoyun had an idea. He wanted to find out the truth behind how Kong Xuan had protected Jia Yuze and his mother.
"Is it the medicine below?" Hongjun asked in a low voice.
Yu Zaoyun spread his hands. The three of them held their breaths and looked over. The darkness in the cave gradually receded. Under the faint light of the ley lines, the Ba Snake curled up and was sleeping. The Hua Snake was like a broken rope, falling to the side.
"Chao Yun!" Hongjun said in a low voice.
Chao Yun had lost her ability to transform. It was unknown whether she was dead or alive. Her wings were broken and she was motionless. Li Jinglong looked at Yu Zaoyun. Yu Zaoyun said, "Don't even think about it. She's too big. You can't drag her away."
If Yu Zaoyun's demon body was still present, she might have been able to contend with the Ba Snake for a while. However, in her current situation, she was just a little fox. If she disturbed the Ba Snake, there was only one word for her — death.
"Do you want me to bring that staff up to you?" Yu Zaoyun asked in a low voice.
"No." Li Jinglong said decisively, "You can't take it."
What to do with the Demon Subduing Pestle was still a problem. Logically speaking, this weapon should be Hongjun's, but Hongjun had already taken away the Demon Binding Rope. If they were to exchange, the Demon Subduing Pestle should be given to Qiu Yongsi.
"Also, look." Li Jinglong said, "The array has trapped the Ba Snake. This might be the reason why it hasn't left Tian Luo Mountain. If we take the Demon Subduing Pestle away, the Ba Snake will definitely cause trouble in Shu. We can't act rashly."
Li Jinglong's plan was to wait for Qiu Yongsi to lock this guy up in the pagoda before taking the Demon Subduing Pestle away. Right now, rescuing Chao Yun was more important.
At this moment, a slightly reflective earthy yellow creature slowly climbed up the underground river.
"Zhao Zilong is still here!"
The Carp Demon supported itself with both hands on the ground. Like a lizard, it carefully crawled past the Ba Snake. When the Ba Snake moved slightly, the Carp Demon immediately lay down and played dead. After confirming that there was no danger, it slowly crawled towards the snake.
"I have an idea." Li Jinglong said, "Take out the Demon Binding Rope."
Hongjun and Yu Zaoyun finished their discussion. Yu Zaoyun jumped down from the platform and silently approached the Carp Demon.
The Carp Demon turned its head and saw Li Jinglong and Hongjun waving at it from the platform.
Immediately after, Yu Zaoyun brought one end of the Demon Binding Rope. The Carp Demon crawled over very slowly and tied the Demon Binding Rope to Chao Yun's body.
The Ba Snake was still breathing. It was clearly not dead, but it was still badly injured.
High up, Hongjun began to reel in the rope under Li Jinglong's command. He slowly dragged Chao Yun over to the sleeping Ba Snake and dragged her along the ground. Snakes used their scales to sense vibrations on the ground. Once there was movement, the Ba Snake would be alerted.
As he dragged, Chao Yun got stuck in the stalagmite. His head knocked against the stalagmite twice. The carp demon hurried forward to help. Instantly, the Ba-Serpent's eyes opened a slit. It looked in the direction of the Demon Binding Rope! At that moment, Hongjun couldn't control his transcendence energy. The Demon Binding Rope began to glow. And when the Demon Binding Rope lit up, the Demon Subduing Pestle in the formation also lit up!
Li Jinglong cursed inwardly. This time, the Ba Snake was even more vigilant. Just as it turned its head, Yu Zaoyun turned around and jumped onto the Ba Snake's body. Suddenly, his eyes widened.
A wave of transcendence energy was transmitted between the Fox King and the Ba Snake. The light in the Ba Snake's eyes, which hadn't fully opened, gradually disappeared. After being blocked for a moment, Li Jinglong anxiously said, "Quick!"
The Carp Demon picked up the Ba Snake. Hongjun immediately reeled in the rope and quickly dragged the Ba Snake up. Yu Zaoyun's hair stood on end. He used all his strength, but he couldn't hold on for a moment. He suddenly retreated and canceled the spell!
The Ba Snake woke up!