Journey to the West: The Rise of Martial Arts

Chapter 60 Trapped in the Tiger's Den
The mountains are overwhelming, the clouds are blocked and the fog is locked.

The giant white-scaled python rushed like a shuttle, and took Ren Qinglian towards the Tang Dynasty.

A cold, humid night wind blew, and the few dead leaves flew over Ren Qinglian's body.

After adapting to the rhythm of the python's crawling, Ren Qinglian was able to stand on it evenly and steadily.

The speed of the snake demon is extremely fast, Ren Qinglian secretly estimated that even if he ran with all his strength, he might not be able to match it.

——Especially in this kind of treacherous place full of thorns and craggy mountains, his speed was greatly limited, but for this giant python, he was like a fish in water.

At this moment, Ren Qinglian was holding the special priest's demon pill in her hand, trying to corrode this demon pill with the power of the two poisonous spirits in the Nine Nether Profound Pupils.

It's a pity that the power in the demon pill is too pure, and his plan to transform it into a poison pill to absorb it is doomed to fail.

When the sky was cloudy and pale, the boa constrictor had already carried him to the Jishi Mountains on the border of the Tang Dynasty.

Across the lofty mountains in front of you is Jishi County, one of the border counties under the jurisdiction of Hezhou Wei.

But the snake demon ran all night, and it was obviously exhausted.

Ren Qinglian frowned. When he came, he had already inquired with Zhong Jiean about the geographical distribution of the nearby area.The Fuyuan Temple where Xuanzang and his wife collapsed was not in Jishi County at the foot of the mountain, but in Linxia County across the river.

With his footsteps, crossing this mountain and crossing the river, the sky must have been completely brightened.

However, if he followed the Jishi Mountain Range and headed directly towards Shuangcha Ridge, he might be able to stop Xuanzang and the others on the way ahead of time.

Thinking of this, he shared his thoughts with the snake demon.

The snake demon is just repaying the favor, so naturally he has no objection, but he also bluntly said that his physical strength is weak, and he may have to slow down a lot.

After hearing this, Ren Qinglian smiled and said, "It doesn't matter!"

As he spoke, he handed the demon pill that he had been playing with for a long time but found nothing to the snake demon.

The snake demon was overjoyed when he saw it.

Although humans cannot directly absorb this demon pill, there is no such taboo for monsters.With this demon pill from the special officer, the snake demon can not only continue to travel at the previous speed, but also, if it is thoroughly refined in the future, its cultivation base will also be greatly improved.

Ren Qinglian looked at the corner of the sky and sighed secretly: "Now, let's see if Tang Sanzang will wait for me for a while!"

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In Fuyuan Temple, the preoccupied Zhongjiean led the horse and joined Xuanzang.

At this time, the cock crowing had just sounded, and the monks in the temple saw that the two of them were going to leave early in the morning, so they hurriedly prepared a tea soup room to see them off.

But the minds of these two people were not here for a long time, they took a few mouthfuls of fast food indiscriminately, bid farewell to everyone, then faced Qingshuang, looked at the bright moon, and went west.

Hezhouwei is surrounded by several mountains, and the northwest direction of Linxia County is a mountain, which is in line with the Jishi Mountain Range.

This mountain is also the only way to leave Linxia County and go straight west.

However, this mountain in the west of Linxia County already belongs to the extension of the Liangjie Mountains. There are beasts and evil spirits appearing from time to time, so few people would take this road.

There is a long road to the west, Xuanzang had planned his itinerary long ago, and he was not afraid of hardships and dangers, and only took shortcuts.

Although going west from Linxia County is dangerous, it is a well-known shortcut to the Western Regions.

Naturally, Xuanzang would not be afraid of hardships, and Ren Qinglian had delayed him for some time. Only by taking this path could he feel at ease.

Although Zhong Jie'an was a knight-errant who had traveled all over the rivers and lakes for many years, he was only limited to the Central Plains generation. He actually didn't know much about the situation in the northwest frontier.

The two of them trekked so early in the morning that there were few birds and animals on the road.

Zhongjie'an was carrying the burden of luggage in front of him, while carelessly digging the grass to find the way to clear the way for Xuanzang, but at the same time, he thought of the Indian monk he met last night.

Before he knew it, he had already fallen into the trap that the monsters had arranged in advance.

……

Not far away, a few jackals, tigers and leopards lying in the bushes suddenly whispered.

"What is that? There seems to be a situation ahead."

While speaking, a colorful giant tiger rushed over, and the man stood up, holding a tiger's head on his head and said in a muffled voice: "Why, did you gain anything today!"

This tiger essence is the tiger vanguard under General Yin's account.

After General Yin went back, he learned from the young people that the two special officials went to the Monkey King Valley with the toad spirit, so he guessed that his good nephew must have failed to convey the message clearly, so he called over to ask , as expected.

It was a few days since the special officer and Mr. Xiong Shan came back. General Yin knew that the two demons must be in danger, and he didn't have a good face towards the Tiger Pioneer, so he sent him out for a tooth-fighting sacrifice.

Hu Xianfeng also knew that he had screwed up and had nothing to gain in the past few days, so he was naturally anxious. Hearing what the minions said, he was overjoyed immediately: "Go, go and have a look!"

Saying that, a group of monsters jumped up and walked towards the trap set in front.

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The journey was so smooth that a martial arts master like Zhong Jiean became a little careless.

But at this moment, his feet suddenly became empty, and his whole body fell down.

The lightness kung fu of Shaolin Temple is not said to be the best in the world, but it is rumored that the founder of Bodhidharma crossed the river with a reed, which is also a legend in the world.

Although this Zhongjie Nunnery was far behind, but when the weeds were falling under his feet, he jumped to a nearby open space dangerously.

But at this moment, he suddenly felt dizzy in his mind, and he fell in mid-air before leaving the range of the trap.

Xuanzang was wondering about the wonderful method of the Heart Sutra, but when he realized it, the white horse had lost control of its front hooves, leading him into a trap.

Fortunately, the trap was not dug very deep. Although Xuanzang was in pain, he was fine. He was flustered, and subconsciously looked at Zhongjie'an as if asking for help.

Seeing the great monk of Shaolin Temple yell angrily, he forcibly suppressed the toxins in his body with his inner strength, and when he stepped on his feet, he wanted to fly out of the trap with all his might.

"Ow~"

But at the moment when he jumped in the air and looked up, a thunderous roar suddenly exploded in the air.

A white shadow flashed, the wind danced furiously, and a big colorful tiger fell towards the back of his neck.

Zhong Jie'an cried out inwardly, he had nowhere to draw strength, so he could only fight back with his deadly palm, hitting the big tiger's belly.

With a loud "bang", the big tiger was as motionless as a mountain, shaking him into the trap again.

"Tiger Pioneer is mighty!"

"Haha, I just said that something in front of me seemed to be delivered to my door. It turned out to be two monks!"

……

There were several strange screams, but Xuanzang and the two in the pit found the surroundings of the trap, and suddenly a few tiger heads and wolf heads protruded... From a distance, they were like humans, standing on two feet, talking in their mouths. Some unintelligible animal language pointed at the two of them with teeth and claws.

As more and more strange animal calls came, Zhong Jie'an's heart trembled: "It's a monster!"

Xuanzang trembled all over, his face turned pale with horror.

Not long after, the two heard a roar and shouted: "Take them to the future! Take them to the future!"

The evil wind was blowing, and fifty or sixty monsters of different shapes surrounded them, and they dragged Xuanzang and the two of them with ropes.

From a distance, I saw a luan-like thing being carried by several monsters. Through the screen, I could vaguely find a tiger spirit in the shape of a human sitting behind it, with a strong chest and a broad abdomen, holding a handle. Great closure.

Xuanzang was so frightened that he fainted long ago.

Zhong Jie'an's face was ugly, and he raised his voice and cursed: "Monster, you have become a spirit and transformed into a strong demon clan after all, and you actually used poison to deal with me!"

But the tiger demon said with a smile: "Huh, they are all killing people, killing with a knife, and killing with poison... I have been worried these days, and today is finally the time to turn. Come on, little ones, give this big king The monk first pulls it out to be washed and stripped, and everyone is going to eat meat!"

Zhong Jie'an's eyes darkened, he originally wanted to use the provocative method to provoke the tiger demon to fight him, so maybe he could have a little life, but he didn't expect that this opening actually sent himself into the tiger's mouth, and for a while The poisonous gas attacked the heart and passed out.

(End of this chapter)