Chapter 52
The autumn wind was bleak and the sky was clear.
A group of five people, riding tall horses, galloped along the wide official road and headed straight for Black Wind Mountain.
The two leading the group, wearing silver-white official uniforms, were Gu Cheng and Lin Qingyan.
The three people following closely behind were their respective confidants.
Xiao Yun, and the two female adjutants, He Yue and Chen Xiu.
Gu Cheng held the reins in one hand and took out a khaki talisman from the storage bag with the other hand.
The talisman looked ordinary.
But just by holding it in your hand, you can feel the heavy breath of the earth on it, and it is definitely not an ordinary product.
"Thousand Miles God Traveling Talisman..."
Gu Cheng gently stroked the talisman in his hand, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.
This investigation mission will definitely not be completed in one or two days.
For this reason, he went home and told Xu Nianxue about it.
Xu Nianxue was very worried when she learned that her "owner" was going on a long journey, and was going to investigate clues about the Rebirth Religion.
After a series of instructions, she forced the talisman into his hand, just in case.
A talisman like this that can save lives at critical moments is undoubtedly extremely precious and rare.
Even with the identity of Miss Xu, she probably doesn't have many on her.
This time, she gave such a precious talisman to Gu Cheng without saying a word, obviously treating him as a real family member.
Although Gu Cheng felt that he might not need this talisman.
But the feeling of being cared for by others still made him feel warm in his heart.
"It seems that Miss Xu has also developed some feelings for me..."
"After this mission is over, I will go back and make more delicious food for her."
Gu Cheng silently put away the talisman, thinking secretly in his heart.
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The area of Black Wind Mountain is very vast.
Changle County is located in this mountainous area, and the plain area suitable for human life is less than one-tenth of this deep forest.
Even the two major demon tribes, the pig demon and the wolf demon on the Black Wind Mountain, are only wandering around the periphery of this mountainous area.
God knows what kind of crisis is hidden in the depths of this forest.
Gu Cheng and his five companions sneaked into the Black Wind Mountain quietly, just like throwing five grains of sand into a pond, without causing any waves at all.
In a blink of an eye, seven days have passed.
Gu Cheng and others have been searching in this deep forest for so many days, but still found nothing.
Not to mention the remnants of the Rebirth Sect, even the demons were not encountered.
It was not easy to encounter a few lone demons.
After capturing them alive, they were strictly interrogated, but no useful information was obtained.
In fact, this is easy to understand.
After all, not long ago, the son of the pig demon king and two fox demons who broke through the mortal realm died tragically at the foot of the mountain.
Any demons on the mountain who were well-informed would not dare to stay any longer and would have run as far as they could.
Those who did not know how to run away were naturally some little demons who knew nothing.
In the end, they were all killed by Gu Cheng with one knife and turned into his "lifetime snacks".
The only thing that was gratifying was that.
Two demon cores of the Qi and Blood Realm were exploded among these demons, which was more or less a consolation prize.
Gu Cheng directly turned the soup into the original food.
He used the lifespan of these little demons to refine these two demon cores, which made his blood demon body slightly stronger.
In addition, Xiao Yun's luck was ridiculously good.
In these seven days, he picked a basket of precious herbs on the Black Wind Mountain and became the biggest winner of this operation.
Sometimes, Gu Cheng even had some doubts.
Was this operation to investigate the Rebirth Sect, or to protect this big guy to go up the mountain to buy goods...
That day, at noon.
The sunlight, like golden sand, passed through the gaps between the leaves and fell to the ground, casting mottled shadows of the trees.
He Yue and Chen Xiu sat around the campfire in the camp, eating grilled fish in big mouthfuls, and kept praising:
"Hmm~ Lord Gu's cooking skills are really amazing!"
"Yeah, I didn't expect Lord Gu's cooking skills to be so superb. Compared with his cooking skills, the food I cook is simply pig food!"
Just like how Lady Blood conquered the Grandmaster of Magic with her cooking skills.
The taste buds of these two female adjutants were also easily controlled by Gu Cheng's cooking skills.
"Hey, He Yue..."
Chen Xiu looked around.
Seeing that Gu Cheng, Lin Qingyan and others had not returned yet, he lowered his voice and whispered mysteriously:
"Do you think that Master Gu is interested in Master Lin?"
"Hmm?"
He Yue immediately became alert after hearing this, swallowed the food in his mouth, and hurriedly asked:
"What do you mean? How did you see that?"
"You think LinThe master has always hated demons and wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible.
These days on the Black Wind Mountain, when Master Gu saw a demon, his eyes were like seeing gold, and he was very active in killing demons!
If you analyze it carefully, he clearly wants to perform well in front of Master Lin! "
"Well, it seems to make some sense..."
He Yue nodded thoughtfully, and then suddenly realized:
"No wonder I wanted to go up to help that day, but he used his eyes to signal me not to come over, as if he was afraid that I would ruin his good deeds. It turned out that it was because of this reason!"
"Right!"
Chen Xiu was so excited that her eyebrows flew, and her face was full of gossip.
"These two people had a childhood marriage before. With Master Lin's character, as long as Master Gu keeps working hard, this thing might be successful! ”
“Hmm…”
He Yue nodded in agreement.
After working together for so many years, the two female adjutants already knew their superiors’ personalities very well.
Don’t think that Lin Qingyan is always serious and cold.
But in fact, she is a very traditional and stubborn person.
Hate must be taken, kindness must be returned!
The blood-clawed wolf demon killed her father, and she looked for opportunities for revenge day and night.
The mysterious demon catcher helped her avenge her father’s death, and she insisted on finding the other party to thank him in person.
Faced with her parents’ orders and the matchmaker’s words, Lin Qingyan did not show any special resistance.
With Gu Cheng’s current strength and reputation, as long as he makes a little effort to improve the other party’s favorability, and then put out the childhood marriage of the year.
The possibility of Lin Qingyan’s refusal is almost negligible.
“If you ask me, these two people are a perfect match, they must be…”
“Ahem! "
Before Chen Xiu finished her words, she heard He Yue suddenly cough and winked at her desperately.
Chen Xiu was startled and looked back hurriedly.
She saw a tall and cold figure standing quietly behind her like a sculpture.
The clear eyes were full of scrutiny and hostility...
"..."
Chen Xiu's breathing suddenly stagnated, and she jumped up on the spot like a frightened little rabbit.
She opened her mouth and wanted to explain, but under the oppressive gaze of Lin Qingyan, she became stammering and couldn't say anything.
"Okay, talking about superiors behind their backs is a taboo in the yamen."
"It's just that your Lord Lin has a good temper. If it were someone else, you would have been in trouble long ago."
Gu Cheng came from the side to help smooth things over.
Then he looked around, but didn't see the big man under his command, and couldn't help but frowned slightly:
"Where's Xiao Yun? Where did he go again? "
"Xiao Yun..."
Chen Xiu and He Yue looked at each other.
The big guy said he was going to pick up some firewood. It's been so long, so he should be back, right?
Just when everyone was doubtful.
Bang——
A loud noise suddenly came from the sky.
It was like thunder in the sky, deafening.
Gu Cheng and others looked up and saw a yellow smoke rising in the sky several miles away.
It was condensed and not dispersed, and it was very conspicuous.
"This is Xiao Yun's signal flare... Did he find something?"
Gu Cheng and Lin Qingyan looked at each other, and their figures suddenly disappeared from the spot like lightning.
The two female adjutants reacted a little slower.
Then they immediately set off and flew in the direction of the signal flare...