Chapter 179 Black Mountain Old Demon, Qin Emperor Dragon Talisman
On this trip to Zhongnan, Ni Kun only brought Tsunade with him.
Zhao Min originally wanted to go back and bring a large army with her.
However, the Great Qin Demon Suppression Division has not yet recruited any extraordinary people who understand magic and have supernatural powers, nor has it had time to train people with supernatural powers itself.
Only the Emperor of Qin sent a batch of talisman arrows, talisman swords, and talisman knives to the officials and masters of the Demon Suppression Division for use.
Ni Kun asked about the situation and told Zhao Min that there was no need to bring more people.
The demons and ghosts can become invisible and conceal their breath, which even Ning Daoqi finds difficult to sense and cannot deal with. Even if the warriors of the Demon Suppression Bureau are equipped with talisman arrows, talisman swords, they will be of little use and will only be a burden.
Zhao Min had witnessed Ni Kun's magical powers with her own eyes, and knew that he would not do anything without a purpose, so she readily accepted his advice and set off for Zhongnan with only two guards, A Da and A Er.
Mount Zhongnan.
In a quiet valley.
An old Taoist priest wearing a tall hat and a wide belt was waiting in front of a thatched cottage. He smiled and bowed to Zhao Min, Ni Kun and his party who were riding horses.
"Old Dao Ning Dao Qi, meet the Governor Zhao, meet Master Ni."
"Thank you for your courtesy, Taoist priest." Zhao Min dismounted and returned the greeting.
"Master Ning, do you know me?" Ni Kun jumped off the horse and asked with a smile.
Ning Daoqi smiled and said:
"Two months ago, I received a letter from Daoist Fellow Kong, and learned about Master Ni's great achievements. I was also fortunate enough to see Master Ni's portrait, so I recognized him."
At this point, his expression became serious:
"Master Ni first wiped out the Japanese army in Liaodong, burying the Japanese emperor's ambition to conquer the Central Plains, and resolving a war for the Central Plains. Afterwards, he traveled thousands of miles to Yudu Jinshan in the northern desert to kill the aliens and save all living beings from a catastrophe.
"With these two great achievements, everyone in the world should have known you, but you are a man of high moral character and do not seek fame. This righteous act of saving the people and the world has not yet spread.
"Young Master is so righteous, I admire you. Please accept my respect again."
After saying this, he looked solemn and bowed deeply to him.
Zhao Min's heart was shocked when she heard this, and when she looked at Ni Kun, her bright eyes were full of surprise.
Although Liaodong and Guanzhong are far apart and there are many separatist forces in between, the news that the Japanese army destroyed Silla, Baekje, and Goguryeo and beheaded Goguryeo's great leader Fu Cailin still reached Guanzhong.
Zhao Min held a high position and was well-informed, so she had naturally heard about this a long time ago.
But no one would have thought that the Japanese army, which could even destroy powerful countries in the East Sea like Goguryeo , was actually buried by Ni Kun!
That’s one hundred thousand Japanese troops!
How did Ni Kun destroy them all?
Even though Zhao Min had witnessed with her own eyes his magical powers of lightning and thunder with every move of his hands and a wave of his sleeves, the scene of him annihilating an army of 100,000 single-handedly still exceeded the limits of Zhao Min's imagination.
There is also the matter of the grassland.
By now, the Qin Dynasty already knew why the Turks had invaded at such an inopportune time and attempted to take root in Lingwu County.
But no one would have expected that the "disaster of the living dead" that was said to have destroyed the Tiele and Eastern Turks, leaving the vast grassland with few living people and forcing the remnants of the Eastern Turks to split into two groups and head south to the Central Plains to seek survival, was actually quelled by Ni Kun alone.
Zhao Min had never witnessed the plague of the living dead with her own eyes.
Only from the intelligence confessed by the Turkic captives sent to Chang'an by Li Jing's army were there some descriptions of the plague of the living dead.
Just by reading the text information, one can read between the lines the great terror of the plague of the living dead and the Turkic people's deep and endless fear of the living dead.
After initially receiving the intelligence sent back by Li Jing, the Qin Emperor repeatedly sent envoys to the Lingwu front to confirm the authenticity of the intelligence.
After confirming that the intelligence was correct, the Qin Emperor even prepared to lead the army in person and go to the Great Wall to resist the tide of the living dead that might arrive at any time.
However, unexpectedly, not long after, the information sent by Li Jing's follow-up indicated that the disaster of the living dead had ended.
Li Jing organized a team of military experts, led by his wife Hong Fu, and ventured to the grassland to investigate.
However, after going deep into the grassland for thousands of miles, they only saw corpses everywhere. They could not find a single living person or a single living dead person.
From this, it can be basically concluded that the disaster of the living dead that submerged the Tiele, destroyed the Eastern Turks, and left the remnants of the Eastern Turks besieged in the city of Lingwu County without any reinforcements had ended inexplicably.
No one knows how this disaster will end.
Zhao Min even privately speculated that perhaps it was the existence of those zombies that reversed life and death and went against the will of heaven, so they were directly punished by heaven and taken away by God.
But no one expected that this disaster would be solved by Ni Kun alone!
Zhao Min did not doubt the truth of Ning Daoqi's words.
In today's world, although the Grandmaster is not as valuable as before, he is still the benchmark of the secular martial arts world. With Ning Daoqi's connections, it is not surprising that he is more informed than the court. With his identity and status, it is impossible for him to speak nonsense.
Therefore, it was undoubtedly Ni Kun who suppressed the Japanese rebellion in Liaodong and exterminated the dead in the grassland.
What surprised and impressed Zhao Min even more was that Ni Kun, who had accomplished such an amazing feat, had not publicized it everywhere, and not many people knew about his achievements until now.
"I never thought this guy would be so noble and upright, treating fame and fortune as nothing, and not being proud despite his great achievements. He has clearly done great things to save the people and the world, but he never brags about his achievements, nor does he seek any reward..."
Thinking of this, Zhao Min suddenly felt that Ni Kun's lustful flaw was not so eye-catching.
Can it be called lustful for such a chivalrous, righteous, self-sacrificing, and upright person with supernatural powers who likes beautiful women?
No, that's called romantic!
"Yes, don't mention false reputation to me. I am not interested in false reputation and have never cared about it."
Ni Kun caught a glimpse of the shock and admiration in Zhao Min's eyes. He thought calmly in his heart, and was very satisfied with Ning Daoqi's understanding of the situation. He said with a smile:
"Master Ning, you are too polite. Whether it is to pacify the Japanese pirates or to kill the aliens, it is just a piece of cake. It is just a trivial matter and not worth mentioning."
After a pause, he continued:
"I am here at the request of the First Emperor to exterminate the demons. Taoist Ning has seen the demons with his own eyes and has been tracking them until they disappeared. So from now on, I will have to trouble Taoist Ning to show us the way."
Ning Daoqi nodded slightly: "I don't deserve it, this is my duty."
Now, led by Ning Daoqi, everyone walked along a winding mountain path towards the valley where the monster disappeared.
On the way, Ning Daoqi explained in detail the characteristics of those monsters and ghosts.
The demon general is not only good at hiding his presence, which makes his position difficult to sense until he attacks, but he is also quite powerful.
The ghost generals on horseback are as powerful as master warriors. The three ghost generals join forces and rely on their ability to hide and conceal their presence, which is enough to tie with Ning Daoqi.
Among the ghost soldiers and infantry, there are also some generals whose skills are equivalent to those of first- and second-rate warriors, and they also have the ability to become invisible.
Ordinary ghosts cannot become invisible, and their strength is just like that of ordinary elite soldiers.
But there are too many of them and they are very difficult to kill. They are not afraid of ordinary weapons and fists, and one has to mobilize the masculine energy of the warriors to do anything in order to cause any harm to them.
In fact, in Ni Kun's opinion, demons of this level are completely at his mercy.
His fire and thunder magic are enough to easily kill such monsters.
However, he still listened to Ning Daoqi's introduction patiently and asked a question at the end:
"Master Ning, have you ever seen the leader of the demons?"
"Leader..." Ning Daoqi groaned for a while, shook his head and said, "If those generals are not demon leaders, then this old Taoist has never seen a demon leader."
"Is that so..." Ni Kun groaned for a moment, as if thinking about something.
Zhao Min asked, "Master Ni, is there any difficulty?"
"Nothing." Ni Kun shook his head and smiled, "I just remembered something from the past."
Judging from the details introduced by Ning Daoqi, those monsters and ghosts look very much like the ghost soldiers under the Black Mountain Demon in A Chinese Ghost Story.
When Ni Kun and Shi Qingxuan killed the tree demon, the tree demon also shouted before her death that the Black Mountain Demon would avenge her.
It was obviously foreseen that the Black Mountain Demon might also come to this world.
so……
Could the monsters in Mount Zhongnan be the Black Mountain Demon’s gang?
Of course, even if it is the Black Mountain Demon, there is nothing to be afraid of.
The Ni Kun of today is no longer the same Ni Kun who once joined forces with Shi Qingxuan to fight the tree demon grandma.
A moment later.
Ning Daoqi brought Ni Kun and his party to a gloomy valley.
It was still afternoon, the weather was clear and sunny, but the valley was windy and cold as winter, with even a thin layer of frost forming on some of the dead grass leaves.
Ning Dao was surprised:
"That group of demons and ghosts disappeared in this valley. I can sense that this valley is filled with gloomy air, like a ghostland, but I still can't find the whereabouts of the demons and ghosts. I don't know where they are hiding."
Ni Kun nodded slightly, and took Tsunade for a walk in the valley. With his growing spirit, he sensed something discordant.
The yin energy here is not more dense than elsewhere, but Ni Kun just feels that something is wrong here.
Seeing Ni Kun stopped in front of a cliff, lowering his head and staring at the corner of the cliff, Zhao Min, together with A Da, A Er, and Ning Daoqi came over.
"Mr. Ni, is there anything unusual here?" Zhao Min asked, nodding to A Da.
Ah Da raised a long steel sword and stabbed it hard at the cliff several times. Each time the sword penetrated the stone cliff for several feet, showing his superb swordsmanship and profound internal strength.
But after these few strikes, the cliff wall did not change, and the inside was not hollow, so there did not seem to be any signs of any secret passages.
Ning Daoqi also shook his head and said, "I have already checked it out. The mountain and cliff here are integrated and there is nothing unusual."
Ni Kun smiled and said, "There is nothing unusual about the cliff, but the unusualness is not in the cliff."
As he spoke, he pointed with his hand, and a tall black horse with four hooves on fire, eyes blazing with flames, and a tail of fire descended into the valley out of nowhere.
It was the Nightmare Horse.
As soon as Zhao Min saw the nightmare horse, she felt a sense of fear rising in her heart for no reason. Her muscles tensed up involuntarily, her hair stood on end, and her legs became slightly weak.
A Da and A Er rushed forward and blocked Zhao Min behind them. They stared at the magic horse nervously and became alert involuntarily.
The Nightmare Horse has an aura of fear. Even though Zhao Min, A Da, and A Er are all strong-willed people, they couldn't help but lose their composure a little.
Only Ning Daoqi remained calm, instead he nodded in praise:
"What a fine horse!"
Ni Kun smiled slightly, moved his mind, and gave instructions to Nightmare.
When the Nightmare Horse was first obtained, the Reincarnation Watch included this sentence in its introduction to the horse: It can travel through the boundaries of life and death and can take you to the underworld.
Ni Kun has never tried this ability before.
How could he, a living being, have the leisure to travel to the netherworld and hell?
It's not a beautiful place.
But the situation is different today. In order to obtain the five elements magic promised by the First Emperor, Ni Kun had to work hard.
Following Ni Kun's instructions, Nightmare moved closer to the cliff, lowered his head and sniffed for a while, then suddenly stood up and stomped heavily on the cliff with a pair of flaming front hooves.
boom!
With a loud bang, the cliff shook violently, and as flames surged, a strange tunnel appeared out of nowhere on the cliff.
This was a dark tunnel shaped like a whirlpool. It was bottomless at first glance. Anyone who saw it would be frightened. Even Ning Daoqi couldn't help but show a hint of fear in his eyes.
It's not that he is weak-willed, it's just the living's instinctive fear of death.
As the tunnel opened, a cold wind blew out, sweeping across everyone's ears as if they were hearing the cries of ghosts. Everyone felt a chill all over their bodies, as if they had come into a world of ice and snow naked.
Ni Kun snapped his fingers, and amidst the thunderous explosion, a warm current spread out, dispelling the chilling cold and the chilling wind in the blink of an eye.
"That group of demons disappeared from here. Their destination is not in the world of the living, so we can't find them."
Zhao Min was shocked when she heard this, "It's not in the world of the living. Could it be that this tunnel leads to the underworld?"
Ni Kunyao shook his head:
“This world may not have a complete underworld.
“Under the tunnel, there might be a small piece of netherworld soil brought with him by some powerful ghost king.
“But even so, the environment on the other side of the tunnel is by no means friendly to living people.
"Master Zhao, your skills are not strong enough, why don't you stay outside and wait for my good news?"
Zhao Min was silent for a while, then gritted her teeth and said:
"No, I am the first commander of the Demon Suppression Division appointed by His Majesty. How can I retreat in the face of an enemy?
"Besides, I have the dragon amulet bestowed upon me by His Majesty. Ordinary demons and ghosts may not be able to do anything to me."
As she spoke, she took out a jade pendant carved with a dragon and showed it in front of Ni Kun.
The jade pendant was light yellow in color, with a "Yinglong" carved on it. Yinglong is a divine dragon with deer horns, a dragon body, dark yellow scales, and colorful wings on its back. It is the highest-ranking true dragon and ancestor dragon.
In some myths, he even has the status of the dragon god of creation. The phoenix, unicorn and even all dragon species in the world are descendants of Yinglong.
Ni Kun sensed it briefly and realized that there was an extremely strong pressure and deterrent force lurking in this jade pendant. Its power was as if it was hanging high in the sky and could not be defied. It was indeed able to subdue demons and monsters and scare away evil spirits. He smiled and nodded:
"Since His Majesty the First Emperor admires the Dragon Talisman, Governor Zhao should follow him."
Then he looked at Ning Daoqi and asked, "Master Ning, are you interested in going down to the underworld to explore?"
Ning Daoqi smiled carefreely:
"I practice Taoism to seek immortality, and I cherish my life and fear death the most. But if you want to transcend death, you must first understand death.
"Now that I have this great opportunity to personally experience the underworld, how can I miss it?"
Ni Kun laughed and took out a green bamboo sword and lent it to him:
"This sword has the power to slay demons and kill ghosts, so I'll lend it to Taoist Ning for now."
Ning Daoqi took the bamboo sword, waved it twice, and felt the magnificent thunder power in the sword. He said happily:
"If I had this sword earlier, I wouldn't have been forced to flee by the demons last time. Master Ni, your intention is kind, but I would be disrespectful to refuse it."
Ni Kun took out two green bamboo swords and gave them to Tsunade and A-Da, who was an excellent swordsman.
After that, he put away the Nightmare Horse, and Ni Kun and Ning Daoqi led the way, stepping into the dark tunnel.
Zhao Min, A Da, A Er, and Tsunade followed in one after another.
When Tsunade, who was left at the end of the team, stepped into the tunnel, the tunnel entrance behind her suddenly closed, and the inside of the tunnel suddenly became pitch black, so dark that she could not see her hand in front of her.
Suddenly, they were plunged into darkness and could not see anything. Zhao Min was immediately panicked. Even though she was wearing the dragon talisman of the First Emperor, she could not help but take a step forward and grab the corner of Ni Kun's clothes.
Zhao Min finally saw Ni Kun's magical powers with her own eyes, and in her nervousness, she instinctively regarded him as her only reliable security guarantee.
"Don't panic."
Ni Kun said calmly, and then there was a loud bang, and a fire suddenly ignited. A fireball the size of a human head hung above Ni Kun's head, spreading light and dispelling the darkness.
With the light of the fire, Zhao Min quickly let go of the corner of Ni Kun's clothes, and glanced around as if nothing had happened. She saw that A Da and A Er were alert on both sides and seemed not to have noticed her instinctive action of asking for help. She breathed a sigh of relief.
Under the light of the fire, everyone could see the tunnel environment clearly.
I saw that the walls of the tunnel were all smooth and damp gray-white stones, covered with some silky, wet black moss, which was wriggling and swaying slightly, looking a bit disgusting and scary.
However, after all, no ghosts were seen, so everyone was not too nervous and moved forward quickly under the leadership of Ni Kun.
After walking around for a while, the stone walls on both sides of the tunnel became more and more strange, and blood began to seep out. The smooth and moist gray-white stone looked more and more like the skin of a dead person.
Zhao Min forced herself not to look to the sides, and just stared at Ni Kun's proud back as he walked forward, following closely behind him.
Suddenly, there was a sound of ghost crying, and the stone walls on both sides made a sharp creaking sound like a sharp weapon scraping against porcelain.
Then, pale white heads with wet hair, blood oozing from all seven orifices and black teeth poked out from the stone wall and grinned at the crowd. Also, strange and deformed long arms poked out from the stone wall and grabbed at the crowd.
Ning Daoqi, Tsunade, and Ada hurriedly brandished their green bamboo swords, chopping off the arms that were grabbed, and soon they chopped off dozens of arms.
After those arms fell to the ground, they immediately turned into gray-black corpse water and seeped into the tunnel floor.
Seeing that the wall was full of heads and there were so many arms that Ning Daoqi, Tsunade and A Dazhan couldn't cut them all, Ni Kun snorted coldly, snapped his fingers, and lightning-like thunder sword auras shot out.
There were thunderous explosions and flashes of lightning. In an instant, hundreds of arms and dozens of heads were reduced to ashes, without even a chance to turn into corpse water.
The ghost's crying sound suddenly became panic-stricken, and the remaining heads and arms quickly shrank back into the stone wall and disappeared without a trace.
The tunnel returned to normal, and Ni Kun said, "Go through it quickly!"
Stride forward and lead the team at a rapid pace.
After a while, the tunnel finally reached the end. Everyone stepped out of the tunnel and came to a strange space with a dark sky, barren land, and gray-black fog all around.
Ni Kun focused his eyes and looked around, and saw a black mountain standing to the north of this strange space, which looked like a long black snake lying on the ground.
"Go over there!" Ni Kun led the team straight to the black mountains without hesitation.
Everyone followed him closely, performing light Kung Fu to run quickly. As they were walking, they all felt a strange, damp and sticky aura that penetrated into their pores, ignoring their own protective Qi.
Even Ning Daoqi felt that his protective true energy was somewhat weak. Only by relying on the pure yang energy and blood that he had cultivated over nearly a hundred years of boyhood could he barely resist the penetration of the strange aura.
Tsunade also felt very uncomfortable and uneasy all over.
As for Zhao Min, A Da and A Er, their skin color quickly turned pale, and even turned to dark blue.
Ni Kun acted as if nothing had happened, but he also noticed the change in everyone's aura and frowned:
"This is the underworld, a place forbidden to living people. If living people stay here for too long, they will be infiltrated by the breath of the underworld and transformed into zombies and ghosts. Lord Zhao, your dragon talisman should come in handy."
Zhao Min was feeling uncomfortable and her body was getting colder and colder. When Ni Kun reminded her, she suddenly realized it and quickly took out the dragon talisman, held it in her palm, bowed and said:
"Zhao Min, the commander of the Demon Suppression Division, begs His Majesty to protect me with the Dragon Talisman!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the eyes of the Yinglong statue on the dragon talisman lit up slightly, and its wings fluttered lightly. Then, a magnificent, vast, majestic and solemn aura spread from the dragon talisman.
In the blink of an eye, the negative energy of the underworld on everyone was swept away.
As the aura of the dragon talisman spread, it even created a safe space with a radius of ten meters.
There is no trace of Yin energy inside, it is as if the sun is shining, making the blood surge throughout the body, the spirit is lifted, the true energy flows very smoothly, the state is instantly elevated to the peak state, or even beyond the peak.
Even Ni Kun felt that he was in an extremely good condition when he was in this space, and he might be able to exert a strength three points stronger than usual.
The power of the First Emperor's Dragon Talisman seemed to have angered the Lord of the Underworld.
A deep, majestic, and eerie voice suddenly came from the direction of the black mountain:
"A king from the Yang world dares to show off his power in the underworld?"
As soon as the words fell, shouts of killing arose, and a black wave rushed in from the direction of Black Mountain.
Ni Kun and others looked intently and saw that the surging black wave was like a large army with heavy armor, both infantry and cavalry. A rough glance showed that the number of them was no less than ten thousand.
"Ghost army!" Ning Daoqi said sternly, "Last time I only encountered a few hundred ghost soldiers, but I didn't expect there are tens of thousands here!"
With so many of them, Ning Daoqi couldn't help but feel a little scalp-tingling even though he had the ghost-slaying sword lent to him by Ni Kun.
Zhao Min's pretty face also sank slightly, and she looked at Ni Kun solemnly:
"Master Ni, the number of ghost soldiers is too large. Should we retreat first and ask His Majesty to mobilize the Qin Terracotta Army and come back to fight when we are fully equipped?"
Ni Kun smiled slightly: "No need to do that."
As he spoke, he flicked his sleeves, and with the flash of lightning and thunder, a sky full of thunder and sword auras shot out, and a thousand sword auras gathered into a beam, like a huge lightning, or a thunder dragon, flashing dazzling lightning that illuminated the underworld, and exploding with violent thunder sounds that stirred up the wind and clouds, and rushed towards the surging ghost army.
