polar demon

Chapter 125 Plague ([-])

Pengcheng, on the city wall.

The flames in the brazier danced wildly in the night wind, and the firelight could only illuminate a crenel below the tower.

Except for some officers and soldiers in their hard-wearing uniforms, the big names in the entire Pengcheng had already gathered here, including the county magistrate, county lieutenant, and county magistrate of Pengcheng, as well as You Mingxuan and the three elders from the Star Demon Sea.

They were accompanied by a handsome man in brocade clothes with two beauties in his arms.

The handsome man was Fang Qian, the exorcist. He sat on an open chair with his arms around Meiji, and let the docile Meiji keep feeding the chopped fruit into his mouth.

Looking from the city wall, the vast world beyond Pengcheng is dark and lonely, and nothing can be seen clearly.

It had been a long time since everyone had been gathered here urgently, and the night wind was strong, but no one complained or left.

It's not just because they are accompanied by the anti-epidemic envoys, but because a major event related to the life and death of the people of Pengcheng will happen tonight.

The silent night sky flows for a long time, and the whole process is boring and depressing.

In such a night, something seems to be happening.

It seemed to be the sound of flapping wings, like a flock of birds flying by in the cold night.

Everyone cheered up and looked into the distance.

However, due to the dense darkness, people can only vaguely see the deep outlines of the mountains in the distance, and the rest cannot be seen clearly at all.

The frivolity on Fang Qian's face disappeared after the epidemic was expelled, and he pushed away Meiji beside him and came to the crenel:
"Extinguish all the fire!"

The order was passed down step by step, and the brazier near the crenel was quickly extinguished.

The eyes could hardly see in the short time when the light disappeared, but they quickly adapted to the cold darkness, and they could even see more clearly than when there was light.

In the distant sky, there seemed to be flocks of birds flying high.

A strange and sharp sound soon sounded near Pengcheng, and from the west of Pengcheng, a flock of birds seemed to fly up.

The number of birds in the flock was hard to count, and everyone felt that it was like a black cloud hovering over Pengcheng, covering the sky and the moon.

It didn't take long for someone to recognize the place:

"That place is a mass grave, but I have never heard of such a huge flock of birds inhabiting there."

Soon it was suggested that:
"Would you like to send someone over to have a look?"

More people looked up at the flock of birds gathered on Pengcheng.

The anti-epidemic envoy Fang Qian looked in the direction of the mass grave and shook his head:
"If you go, you will die. Someone, bring the things up!"

Soon there were officers and soldiers carrying an iron cage for prisoners on death row, and a huge bird-catching net in addition.

An officer and soldier stepped forward, pulled out a sharp knife and stabbed the arm of the prisoner in the cage, and the bright red blood flowed out quickly.

The rest of the officers and soldiers spread out the bird-catching nets and covered them over the iron cages.

After doing all this, the people on the city wall entered the tower, looking at the iron cage left on the city wall through the gaps in the doors and windows.

After a while, an abnormal sound was suddenly heard among the flock of birds gathered above Pengcheng.

A large group of birds swooped down and rushed towards the iron cage on the city wall.The bird net also vibrated violently and kept making noise.

Soon the flock of birds broke through the bird net and gathered on the iron cage where the death row prisoners were kept, layer upon layer, wrapping the iron cage airtight.

A shrill scream came from the iron cage, it was the extremely frightened voice of the death row prisoner:
"Go away! Ahhh! Go away! Let me out! Please let me out! They're eating me!"

The screams pierced the scalp, it was utterly tragic.

The screams became more and more distant, then weakened a little bit, gradually turned into muffled groans, and finally disappeared.

Under Fang Qian's leadership, everyone walked out of the city tower, and the brazier on the city wall was quickly lit.

In the light of the flames, the death row prisoner in the iron cage had turned into a pile of scattered bones, with black feathers remaining everywhere.

And the bird net had already broken a large hole, and many places were wrapped up. It seemed that something was struggling inside, and at the same time it was making strange squeaking noises.

Under everyone's horrified gazes, Fang Qian stepped forward and grabbed the thing that was entangled in the bird net.

What appeared in Fang Qian's hands was a strange bird.

This bird looks like a crow, with black feathers all over its body, but it is much larger than ordinary crows.

And the most strange thing is that on the neck of the bird is a pocket-sized human head, wearing a small feather crown, but it has a ferocious face, and its mouth is full of fangs like steel needles, squeaking and screaming. , full of dark eyes emitting a cold cold light.

Seeing the strange bird in his hand, Fang Qian frowned:
"It turned out to be a plague like the Black Feather Plague Ghost, which is far more serious than imagined."

Then, the power of inheritance in Fang Qian's hand surged, and the strange bird suddenly screamed sharply, and soon turned into wisps of black air and dissipated.

The county magistrate of Pengcheng stepped forward and asked in a low voice:
"My lord, this strange bird still has a plague"

With a smile on Fang Qian's face, he hugged the county magistrate and laughed at everyone:

"Don't worry, this is just a very common plague. We can handle it. Don't be afraid of the strange birds above your head. Unless they are attracted by the smell of blood, they will not land easily. If there are strange birds descending in the city, you will die." The night watchmen and the people in the film industry can just use flames to drive them away. As long as the sun rises, they will all be burned to death."

Hearing what Fang Qian said, everyone felt a little more at ease.

Fang Qian then looked at the magistrate and You Mingxuan again:

"The stability of Peng County depends on the hard work of the two of you, so we will follow our day-to-day plans and countermeasures to weather the catastrophe together."

The county magistrate and You Mingxuan hurriedly nodded and said yes.

There are also flocks of birds gathering farther away, most of them are circling over the inhabited land, making strange calls again and again.

No one would feel comfortable in such a scene, and all hope was focused on Fang Qian, the exorcist.

Fang Qian looked around coldly with a pair of eyes, but said with a frivolous smile:

"Everyone has worked hard, come here! Bring the banquet, let's drink and eat something on the city wall first, and see if there is anything else that will come out of this dark night."

As he said that, Fang Qian grabbed the two beauties and sat back on the bench to kiss them continuously, which made the two beauties giggle.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, the strange bird that appeared tonight made them feel apprehensive, and they didn't plan to stay for a long time.But the exorcists had let go, and they could only stay on the city wall as companions.

All eyes are looking into the distance, and I hope nothing horrible will appear this night.

Jiang Yuan stared at Princess Youyue, thinking whether to kill or not.

The ghost aura obtained by killing is of little use to the current self. On the contrary, if you don't kill it, it may be more useful.

Using the female ghost that Wu You met, Jiang Yuan was able to eradicate dissidents smoothly, just like having a good assassin, which is very convenient.

It's just that the female ghost is too weak, and she has to avoid the night guards in the city to act.

And Princess Youyue herself is quite strong, if she can really be used by Jiang Yuan, then it will save more trouble.

So Jiang Yuan smiled at Princess Youyue and said:
"Your sister is in my hands."

Princess Youyue's cold face was startled at first, then angry, but finally she had to hang her head:
"What exactly do you want to let my sister go?"

Jiang Yuan stretched out two fingers and pinched Princess You Yue's crystal chin:

"If you want your sister to be safe, you'd better listen to me obediently. Do whatever I want you to do."

Princess You Yue's phoenix eyes were full of anger:

"Don't even think about it! You'd better kill me now, or I will find a chance to get revenge! Besides, if you say that my sister is in your hands, I will believe it? Unless I see her with my own eyes!"

Jiang Yuan loosened his fingers and said with a smile:

"Not only did I not kill you today, I even saved you. Let's talk about the future. Do you want to see your sister? Open the ghost gate to Pengcheng for me, and then I can see your sister."

Jiang Yuan didn't know how long it would take to find the formation, but now Princess Youyue seemed to know the formation to leave, so he could use her to help him return to Pengcheng first.

At that time, do the same, just like using Wu You to threaten the female ghost, using the tree demon to threaten Princess Youyue.Even if she is really staunch and would rather die than follow, then killing her can still absorb ghost energy.

Princess Youyue didn't answer immediately, but seemed to be thinking about the credibility of Jiang Yuan's promise.

Jiang Yuan is so powerful, she doesn't seem to have a choice.On the contrary, it is better to make false claims with him first, and then find a chance to rescue her after she has figured out where her sister really is.

After contemplating, Princess Youyue finally spoke:
"If you keep your word, I can take you to Pengcheng in exchange—"

Speaking of this, Princess You Yue suddenly stopped, staring straight at Jiang Yuan with a pair of phoenix eyes, as if seeing something unbelievable.

Jiang Yuan frowned:

"what happened?"

Princess Youyue didn't speak, she just saw a woman in red lying on Jiang Yuan's back.He was sticking his head out from Jiang Yuan's shoulder, smiling at himself.

That woman looked like a ghost, but Princess Youyue couldn't detect any ghost aura.

And it made her feel a weird and gloomy feeling, a piercing sense of fear emerged from the depths of her heart.

It would be a joke to say that ghosts are also frightened by ghosts.

But at this moment Princess Youyue was really scared, it was a kind of fear of facing natural enemies.It made her shudder from the bottom of her heart, and she couldn't help avoiding the gaze of the woman in red.

Gathering her mind, Princess Youyue looked back at Jiang Yuan again, but the woman in red was nowhere to be seen, as if she had never appeared before.

Seeing that Jiang Yuan didn't seem to know all this, Princess Youyue just wanted to remind her, but she suddenly closed her mouth.

Since Jiang Yuan didn't know the woman in red behind him, why should he remind him kindly.

The woman in red didn't know what it was, but it was definitely an extremely evil thing. If this kind of thing was on Jiang Yuan's body, how could Jiang Yuan be safe and sound.

So Princess Youyue suppressed her anxiety:

"It's nothing, I just remembered some other things. Come with me, and I will take you out of here."

(End of this chapter)