Dharma Ring: Selling dung beetles at the border

In Red Lion City, the entire city's focus was now on an inconspicuous little house.

Or the inconspicuous businessman wearing knight armor standing in front of the door.

Of course, Jie Lian couldn't listen to Wu Ming's words, and the Red Lion was also continuously sending more troops.

Even some soldiers who were still guarding outside the city rushed to the city, trying to capture this madman who was spreading corruption in the city.

But everyone failed.

Around the nameless center, circles of burnt black rings were drawn on the ground.

Those were the marks left by the nameless flame whip, forming a complex pattern.

The ground beneath his feet had become black and soft due to the flames.

Each stroke of the flaming whip will knock the Red Lion Knight away, and they will be unable to approach the room no matter what.

The close-quarters charge was ineffective. The red lion knights holding big bows raised their bows to the sky, and the big arrows with gravity magic rained down like a waterfall, bombarding Wuming from above his head.

But a rotating fire shield obscured the sky above the house, the thick arrow body turned into fly ash, and the sharp iron arrow melted and splashed, without causing any impact.

The red lions even turned the trebuchets outside the city wall to hurl huge rocks into the city.

But Wuming just threw out the weird black flame ball, shattering the boulder with one blow, and throwing the pieces together into the ocean outside the city.

The black flame was inexplicably heavy, and even the mountain demon blacksmith was knocked back by one blow.

The red lions tried to pour oil barrels on the house from a distance.

But if the kerosene flew to the edge of the house, the flames would rise up in the fire ring surrounding the room, igniting the kerosene.

The flames by which the red lions restrained their corruption ceased to obey their words, and meekly descended, becoming part of the circle of fire.

The red lions tried their best, but they still couldn't do anything to Wuming and the cabin behind him.

What makes the red lions even more angry and chilling is that they have had zero casualties so far.

The fire whip acted on the armor with explosive impact, burning the armor black but not causing much damage to the body.

These red lions got up and waited for a while before charging again, but no matter how many times they charged, it was of no avail.

The nameless feet didn't even move.

The flames were like gentle yet firm water, keeping the red lions away, forming an insurmountable iron wall.

Whether it is fear or tragedy, it is not conducive to the performance of the battle. Thinking of this, the Red Lion Knights abandoned their distracting thoughts and charged again.

This time, Wuming moved.

The Red Lion Knight raised his sword and stabbed Wuming directly.

Wuming turned around and walked towards the side of the wooden house, avoiding the red lion's thrust, and looked at the wooden house behind him.

The red lion neutralized the momentum, twisted his body and swung his sword, spinning in a circle, and slashed Wuming's waist with great force.

Wuming didn't look back, but kicked his feet back and jumped back.

Before the big sword could be swung round, Wuming was already in the arms of the red lion knight, and then a shoulder collision knocked the red lion back, knocking over another red lion at the same time.

Wuming ran to the other side of the wooden house, throwing out a fire shield to intercept the big arrow, while looking forward to the wooden house.

Jie Lian sat not far away, keeping an eye on Wuming.

His weapons were destroyed several times by Wuming, so he had to sit at the front for the time being.

After fighting for such a long time, Jie Lian can also confirm that Wu Ming's words are true.

He never took the initiative to attack, but only resisted the attacks of the red lions, and the corruption never came out.

What are you doing? Jie Lian asked.

That big scarlet flower you mentioned is no longer visible. Wuming looked at the back of the wooden house.

The orange-red light that emerged from Millicent's severed arm originally spread outside the wooden house, but now that light is no longer visible outside the wooden house.

Although the wooden house was covered with blood-red fungal threads, it was intercepted by an unknown fire ring and never spread outside.

Wuming said: This means that she has begun to control it and our experiment will be successful.

Jie Lian said solemnly: Who is that girl?

I don't know, I picked it up on the roadside. I wanted to study the rot disease, and she was suffering from the rot disease, and we hit it off immediately. Wuming said, What is this called? When dry wood meets the fierce fire.

Who are you? Jie Lian asked.

Businessman.

Can a person with your strength be a businessman? Jie Lian didn't believe it.

I think I am. Wuming smiled, Aren't businessmen just the kind of people who don't produce value themselves, but are just porters of value?

He took out a bag of runes, pinched a piece and stuffed it into his mouth along the face shield: Why can't I be a businessman?

The face under the mask of old man Jie Lian was uncertain.

He didn't know whether to continue attacking.

The attack of the red lions has slowed down a bit, but there are still warriors in the city who are not affiliated with the Red Lion City.

Seeing that Wuming was so strong, many warriors who originally didn't care about the merchant opened their eyes and were ready to rush forward to ask for advice.

But the ending of these meddlesome warriors is no different from that of the red lion. They are also whipped away with a whip.

Wuming whipped the warriors away with a fire whip, roasted a portion of meat and asked the warriors if they wanted it.

The situation was at a stalemate, another horn was blown, and an emergency situation occurred again.

The Troll Blacksmith jumped to a high place, looked beyond the city wall, and looked in the direction of the horn.

The mountain demon lowered his head and said in a low voice to Jie Lian:

Those giant dogs and birds have gathered in large numbers and are rushing toward the bridge. The soldiers on the bridge can hardly stop them.

Jie Lian's face changed drastically.

The oil barrels, trebuchets, and red lion knights with big bows all turned around at this time, concentrating on attacking Wuming. It might be too late to return to defense.

With the speed of those monsters, there would be no obstacles along the way, and they would soon rush across the bridge and reach the city gates.

The giant dog will smash open the city gate with its exaggeratedly huge head, and the giant bird will fly over the city wall and directly into the city.

Even if they are killed, all kinds of corrupt toxins residing in their bodies will flow out and spread wantonly in the city.

The people on the bridge will risk their lives to block it! Jie Lian asked the mountain demon to send a message, Others should return to defense immediately!

Who is better, giant dog, giant bird, or red lion? Wuming suddenly spoke.

The nameless voice made Jie Lian freeze.

He suddenly realized that at this critical moment, he had subconsciously ignored the threat of Wuming.

Thinking that he had unknowingly agreed that Wuming was a friend rather than an enemy, Jie Lian felt complicated.

But the situation no longer allowed him to think too much. Considering the strength Wuming showed, he immediately changed his stance:

what do you want to say?

Wuming was so powerful that he interrupted him to ask him such a question. Jie Lian bet that Wuming had deep meaning.

Can a red lion knight defeat a monster like that in a single fight? Wuming asked, In terms of the intensity of life, who is stronger and whose life is more vigorous?

It's a monster. Only when Red Lion forms a team can we eliminate that kind of monster efficiently. Jie Lian said.

That's good. Wuming nodded, Have your people move back and I'll help you deal with the monsters.

Although he didn't understand why Wuming asked who was stronger when he wanted to help, Jie Lian still asked the mountain demon to convey the order with a roar.

Jie Lian said: You should be very fast. If you want to help, hurry up and get to the bridge.

Wuming shook his finger: I still have to stay here, who knows if you will take the opportunity to rush in.

Are you still talking about this at this time? Jie Lian was angry.

Especially when he heard this when he let go of his prejudices and was ready to trust Wuming, Jie Lian became even more angry.

Although Red Lion beat Wuming intellectually for a long time, Wuming had every reason to distrust himself. But he really didn't want to be rational in the current emergency.

Wuming didn't want to take care of Jie Lian's emotions, and still stood calmly where he was, looking up at the sky and in the direction of the bridge outside the city.

Is it possible that your attack can be accurately thrown onto the bridge through the city wall? Jie Lian was a little unconvinced.

Wuming's ability to control flames was indeed far superior to that of the Red Lions, but Jie Lian felt that it was too exaggerated to be able to attack farther and more accurately than a trebuchet without a field of vision.

Aim? Why aim? Wuming looked up at the sky and opened his face shield.

The helmet was raised to protect his cheeks. From this angle, no one could see Wuming's face.

In the depression that no one could see clearly, a black snake rushed out.

The gap in the mask didn't look like a face, but instead looked like a hole, and an extra-long black column sprang out from inside.

There is an eye-like light spot on the front part of the cylinder, which looks like a black snake.

But when the black snake completely broke out of Wuming's body, people discovered that it was not a black snake, but a viscous black liquid with countless painful human faces on the surface.

After the liquid broke away from the helmet, it immediately began to expand and disperse, becoming wider and swollen.

This is very similar to the dead sorcerer's ghost, but more solid and more twisted and terrifying.

This black liquid was sprayed out by Wuming, drawing an arc, crossing the city wall, and falling to the bridge.

The black liquid continued to disperse, completely turning into a floating object in mid-air like an innocent soul. The black matter that should have fallen into the sea glowed with bright white light like eyes opening, and rushed towards the giant beast on the bridge.

The black substance fell on the giant beasts, corroding and seeping into their bodies.

The giant beasts shook their bodies in pain, trying to shake off the substance, but in vain.

After a while, the black liquid that solidified again burst out from their bodies, like a big snake with condensed pus.

These snake-shaped foreign objects composed of black pus are beating wildly at the parasitic beasts around them and themselves. No matter how other giant beasts attack the black liquid, they cannot stop it. They seemed to have no sense of pain, and had no body shape to be attacked. They just kept sweeping and beating.

The giant beasts turned into puddles of flesh under repeated beatings.

The giant beasts often only have one pair of legs left, and the legs bear a mass of twisted black pus that is larger and more deformed than the giant beast.

There are still some pieces of meat mixed in, and there are traces of scarlet, but these are being gradually digested and swallowed deeper inside.

With this strange creature delaying time, the red lions finally successfully returned to defense, and Jie Lian also ran to the city wall, preparing to supervise the battle.

But the performance of this strange creature made the red lions, who had seen too much corruption, feel frightened.

What kind of vicious witchcraft is this? Jie Lian, who prides himself on traveling a lot and being well-informed, has never seen such a weird thing.

How is the effect? Wuming asked about the situation of the mountain demon battle.

The red lions were no longer able to resist the giant beasts, and they were all swallowed up by the black liquid.

Wuming listened to the battle situation reported by the mountain demon and nodded with satisfaction: It's good if the problem can be solved.

What on earth is that? The mountain demon sent a message.

You can think of it as a disease similar to the corruption disease. Wuming said, I thought it would be evenly matched at best. I delayed it for a while, but I didn't expect that I won. It seems to be a little more poisonous than I thought.

The red lions cautiously observed the black liquid on the bridge.

The eye-like photoelectrics on the black liquid were also observing the Red Lion, and then charged madly towards the Red Lion City.

To be precise, he rushed towards the red lion knights who were still guarding the bridge.

With only his legs left, the pus's walking posture was twisted, but not slow either.

Jie Lian was furious: Is this your solution? Use a disease more deadly than corruption to solve it?

Jie Lian's voice roared to Wuming's ears even without the mountain demon transmitting it.

Wuming laughed: Although that thing is more poisonous than corruption, it is also more afraid of fire than corruption. Aren't you red lions? What are you afraid of? Burn them.

Sure enough, as Wuming said, this weird, seemingly twisted and deadly creature is extremely afraid of fire, and will scream and struggle into a ball when it encounters fire, like oil.

Soon all the black liquid was burned away.

After the crisis was resolved, Jie Lian returned to the city, looking at Wu Ming with mixed emotions.

Who are you? Jie Lian asked the question again, Are you a human?

Wuming was dissatisfied: Why are you scolding people?

What kind of stuff does a person emit from their body?

Wuming shrugged: The human body is amazing.

Seeing that Wuming didn't want to answer, Jie Lian stopped asking. He sat cross-legged opposite Wuming and stopped talking about the attack.

At first, I thought Wuming was a corrupt believer, but I didn't expect that the little girl was the source of the poison. But now it seems that Wuming is even more poisonous than the girl.

Thinking of Wuming's weird and terrifying moves, Jie Lian gave up on letting the Red Lion continue to attack.

How long are you going to guard? Jie Lian asked.

I have a hunch that it won't be long before she succeeds, Wuming said.

Corruption is an incurable disease, but you are very confident. Jie Lian said.

I have faith in my fire, and that girl inherited my fire, and I have faith in her.

Wuming said: She is a good child.

Good boy... Jie Lian couldn't understand Wuming's standards. Good or bad can't affect corruption. What if she fails?

Then the only way to treat her is to use some expensive method. Wuming said, The method is to use heavy bleeding.

That girl is very dangerous. She is definitely not simple, and no one's symptoms are as severe as hers. If you just want to study corruption, I have many cases here, so you can give up on her. Jie Lian said.

He was still worried about letting a walking source of corruption in the city.

That won't work. I promised her that she will be my experimental subject and I will research ways to cure corruption. Wuming shook his head, She has always been a good experimental subject. How can I break my promise and give up on her? The contract is the goal. The goal must be achieved.”

While the two were chatting, the wooden door behind them opened with a creak.

Millicent covered the wound on her right hand with her left hand and leaned on the door frame, sweating profusely.

Through the gap in the door, you can see that the room is covered in red fungus, but there are no signs of corruption on Millicent.

I succeeded...Teacher.

After she finished speaking, she could no longer stand still, closed her eyes and fainted, falling into Wuming's arms.

Wuming turned around, exerted force under his feet, the iron chain swayed, and hugged Jie Lian.

Wuming laughed wildly: Hahahaha, what did I say? Get your runes ready! All the red lions in the city who are infected with corruption will have to pay me for treatment!

Jie Lian was hugged tightly, and the corners of his mouth twitched:

Aren't you going to see your apprentice?

She's not very comfortable.

The ring of fire circled around Millicent, enclosing the wooden house behind her, isolating corruption.

Millicent fell down on the charred soft warm earth and fell into a deep sleep with a smile on her lips.