"The people of Longxiang Guard are also weird. They can't live in the bustling area of Echeng. They prefer to station in remote places. No wonder the Taoist priest can't find them. The place where they stationed is called 'Tongliangji'
, it is a deserted place. There were zombies in the past few days, and there are not many living people. But fortunately, the road is easy to identify... Past the ridge in front, you will find Tongliangji. Taoist priest, look at this place.
I also brought it to you, should you just put the little one back?"
The road was covered with weeds half as tall as a man, and the horses' hooves stepped on them as if they were breaking waves.
Li Changan ignored Fat Qianhu's nonsense. This man was very slippery. Ever since he was dragged out of Echeng by a Taoist priest to lead the way, he had found all kinds of excuses to shirk it. However, the Taoist priest was also a slut.
The man had no choice but to bring a man named Niu Er with him, saying that the relationship between the two was like Liu Bei and Guan Zhang, who couldn't sleep even if they didn't sleep together at night.
Pooh!
Where is such a fat Liu Bei? Where is such a stupid Guan Zhang?
The Taoist priest ignored him, but the fat Qianhu was not discouraged. He kept smacking his tongue and kept trying. But the Taoist priest in front suddenly reined in the reins and pointed the whip forward.
"Qianhu, is this the abandoned collection you are talking about?"
What?
Qianhu didn't understand why, but when he looked up, his mouth was wide open.
Under the hill in front, the low fences, rows of tile-roofed houses, and simple long streets are the same as in the past. But where did the bustling crowds on the streets come from?
It’s crowded and lively. Even standing here, you can see the urchins playing in the distance, the vendors hawking along the street, and the steaming heat in the restaurants...
This is not an abandoned place, it is clearly a bustling market!
"This is impossible!" Qianhu was still hesitant, but Niu Er was already yelling. "Most of the people in the group were infected with corpse poison and became living corpses. The most powerful one was the one whose head I smashed with my own hands.
!”
Li Changan looked at the two of them carefully, but it didn't look like they were faking?
Could it be that this is another ghost market?
He raised his head and saw a moist sun floating in the clouds.
The Taoist priest couldn't help but smile.
Where did the ghost market come from under the blue sky and white sun?
But since it is not ghosts and gods, it is man-made.
The Taoist priest pondered for a moment, then finally smiled and drove his horse down the hill.
I knew I would not be safe on the road.
At this time, I am not afraid to go through such a journey!
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The copper beams are surrounded by a low wall, which is made of stones, soil, bamboo and wood. When you get closer, you can see that it is covered with moss and has collapsed in some places, giving off a sense of decadence.
, quite inconsistent with the bustle and bustle in the market.
At the doorway, there were seven or eight arrogant soldiers scattered around, surrounding a woman who was holding a pipa and seemed to make a living by singing. The woman could not escape, so she had to deal with it with all her strength.
When the three of them were close, one person separated from them, swaying in a swaying step, and stretched out his hands as soon as he came over.
"It's six cents for entry, two cents for beasts."
Fat Qianhu noticed something fishy about this place, and originally made up his mind to keep a low profile. Unexpectedly, he was shocked when he heard the price demanded by the gatekeeper.
"That's unreasonable! This... Echeng city only levied three cents, how come it was doubled in your country?"
The guard didn't panic at all and replied lazily:
"Ordinary poor people just charge three cents to get away with it."
As he spoke, he looked Qianhu up and down a few times and chuckled.
"For someone as rich as you, of course you should charge more."
"Qiu Ba, the man who killed a thousand swords..."
Qianhu was so angry that he was trembling all over, but before he could finish his scolding, the gate guard on the opposite side gave him a strange look.
"Dare you resist taxes? Do you want to rebel?! Brothers!"
He shouted, and the gang of soldiers abandoned the woman and surrounded her laughing and joking.
Seeing this battle, Qianhu didn't panic at all. Look at the loose appearance of each of them. Not to mention the Taoist priests around him, even Niu Er could easily take care of them. He just felt funny. Usually he was the only one who buckled down for others.
The label of "rebel", I didn't expect that this label could still be stuck on my forehead.
He sneered again and again, and was about to reveal his identity and teach these Qiuba a lesson.
But suddenly.
The Taoist priest laughed softly.
"You...heh."
Li Changan glanced at the city gate guards who, despite their careless movements, had vaguely surrounded the three of them.
"It's the White Lotus Sect..."
As soon as the word "teaching" was spoken, the city gate guards suddenly swarmed up to him, the smiles on their faces not fading, but their body shape no longer slouched.
The waist knife and the long spear were discarded, and only a short dagger of the length of a foot slipped out of the sleeve. Within a short distance, it stabbed towards the vital points of the three people's bodies. The dagger body glowed with a faint light, it must be quenched with strong poison!
But at the same time.
The woman next to her slapped her pipa, and two daggers popped out. The swords were thin and thin, with a penetrating light. When they were swung, they were like two streams of light, carrying the scent of powder, whirling around the three of them. Erluo returned.
In the same place, the woman hid her in the pipa again.
The city gate guards who were swept by the stream of light seemed to have been immobilized and froze at the moment of the explosion.
It sounds like a long time, but in reality it only takes the blink of an eye.
Only then did Fat Qianhu come to his senses and screamed, while Niu Er hurriedly raised the mace he was carrying.
The woman stepped back, lowered her eyebrows, made a gesture to guide the way, and said coldly.
"please."
"Pfft."
Amidst the sound of blood splattering, the bodies of the city gate guards fell to the ground.
Qianhu and Niu both looked pale and opened their mouths. Without saying anything, Li Changan stuffed the sheep into Qianhu's arms and patted him on the shoulder.
"Let's go."
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After entering the gathering, the excitement around him did not give Qianhu any sense of security, but instead made him more uneasy.
Someone is dead!
The pedestrians in the collection didn’t even react at all!
He couldn't bear to look back and saw that the body at the city gate was gone, but the scene of Qiu Ba teasing the woman was still going on, except that both Qiu Ba and the woman had changed their faces.
He shuddered, hugged the White Lotus Holy Sheep tightly, and followed the Taoist priest three steps at a time.
At this moment, a few children suddenly popped out of the crowd. They were just playing around without avoiding pedestrians, and bumped into them without thinking.
Fat Qianhu subconsciously wanted to kick the child away, but as soon as he raised his foot, there was a shock.
wrong!
He dilated his pupils, and the candied haws stick in the child's hand clearly shone with a cold metallic light!
He opened his mouth to call for help, but a strong stench entered his mouth and nose.
"Collect the night fragrance, collect the night fragrance...please give me a way."
Suddenly, a Yexiang woman stood in front of Qianhu. The "child" did not stop and fell into the dung bucket. However, the Yexiang woman quickly picked up the lid with one hand and covered the dung bucket!
The dung bucket swayed and clanged several times, but there was no more movement.
Only then did Ye Xiangfu raise her head, look at Qianhu's fat face twisted in fear, and pointed forward with a smile.
He turned around and saw that the Taoist had already moved away from him for more than ten steps. Even Niu Er was clever and stayed close to the Taoist priest. He was left thinking about things and fell in the end.
Damn you monster!
Even if you are not worried about my life and death, don't you care about the White Lotus Saint being snatched away?
Fat Qianhu had already scolded Li Changan's eighteen generations of ancestors in his heart, but he did not dare to delay any more and hurriedly followed.
Just as he caught up with the two of them, after taking a few steps, his eyes suddenly darkened.
He looked up and saw that there was a shed propped up on the left side of the street. Its shadow cast a long shadow, covering most of the street.
"Be careful."
The Taoist priest who had been taciturn all the way suddenly spoke up to remind him.
Be careful? Be careful about what?
Qianhu looked around carefully, but didn't find anything strange. On the contrary, Niu Er said with a tense expression on his face.
"sun."
sun?
Qianhu suddenly realized, yes, the sun is always in the sky on the right, so how can the shadow of the shed on the left be cast to the right?
His grandma is a bear!
For a moment, the thoughts that flashed through Fat Qianhu's mind were:
It turns out that Niu Er is not stupid.
Then the person who thinks he is stupid is the stupidest one?!
However, this anger disappeared in the blink of an eye, but out of the corner of his eye, in the shadow cast by the shed, suddenly saw jagged ripples, and dense thorns emerged from the shadow, like a beast spreading open.
Removed the barbs on the tongue coating.
Thousands of households fight against each other.
"Taoist Priest..."
At this moment.
"boom."
In the restaurant across the long street, the shopkeeper flipped the iron pot, and the splashing oil mist was instantly ignited. The gorgeous hook fire was extremely bright and stung people's eyes. The firelight was thrown across most of the street, pouring into the
In the shadow of the change, it was like pouring boiling oil, making a "sizzling" sound.
The fire came suddenly and disappeared even faster.
Qianhu looked over again. There were no shadows anywhere, let alone spikes.
Looking at the shopkeeper again, he stood in front of the stove with a smile and made a "please" gesture to the three of them.
Fat Qianhu also understood this situation. It was clear that there were two groups of people pretending to be Tongliang gathered together to fight around the three of them.
One of them must be the White Lotus Sect, but could the other be... the Longxiang Guards? This speculation made him even more suspicious. In recent years, he had taken advantage of the increasing chaos in the world, the continuous military preparations in the local area, and his disrespect for the higher-ups. He had no intention of suppressing it.
After all, Fusi has a big family and a big business. Today is an eye-opener. From now on, I will have to be careful with my words and actions and live with my tail between my legs.
Some thoughts were flying in his mind, and his steps were not slow, and he stayed close to Li Changan. For a while, nothing happened again, but there were more and more pedestrians around him, and it became more and more crowded.
She was already fat, and after a few moments of being rubbed by the crowd, she became unsteady on her feet. She staggered and almost fell to the ground.
He tried his best to steady his body. One second he was a little angry, and the next second his body was so fat that his voice was trembling.
"Tao, Taoist Master..."
"how?"
Li Changan stopped and looked back.
"He, he, they..."
Qianhu pointed randomly with his hands, his tongue was tied, and his voice was like a gossamer.
"No shadow."
The Taoist priest looked calm.
"Right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the noise around him suddenly stopped, and the flow of people suddenly stopped. Some were soliciting customers, some were selecting goods, some were men and women in their prime, or some were babies in swaddling clothes... People all over the street stopped at this moment.
He stopped his movements and then remained motionless, turning his head little by little. Different faces with the same empty eyes were facing the three of them faintly.
Fat Qianhu turned his face and cried.
"Um!"
"Don't panic."
Li Changan pointed forward.
"Just wait and see."
But at the end of the long street pointed by the Taoist priest, a gray-haired salesman put down the wooden box he was carrying on his shoulder, took a rattle from his waist, and shook it gently.
"Boom."
The first sound was soft and crisp.
The flaps of the two cargo boxes opened in response.
"boom."
The second sound was dull and loud.
A yellow paper crane flew out of the cargo box, spreading its wings and hovering over the salesman's head, followed by the second, third, fourth... endlessly, swarming out, flapping their wings like a buzzing sound.
It was so vast that it almost covered the sun with clouds, and even the salesman was covered up.
And just at this time.
"Boom!"
The third sound was like thunder cracking.
Countless paper cranes were like huge waves, pressing down on all living creatures on the long street.
Fat Qianhu almost thought he was going to be shattered to pieces, so he closed his eyes and waited for death, but only when a breeze blew on his face, he carefully opened half of his eyes.
I just watched a paper crane bump into a pedestrian. The pedestrian immediately disappeared like dew under the morning sun, quickly disappearing into smoke and snow, leaving no trace in the blink of an eye.
The paper crane also burned on its own, and the remains floated to the eyes of thousands of households. Unrolled, with yellow paper as the background and cinnabar as the outline, it turned out to be a yellow talisman.
Qianhu's eyes widened and he looked up.
At this moment, the copper beams are concentrated, and there is not even half a human figure anywhere. There are only desolate streets and decaying and deserted houses on both sides.
The remaining paper cranes fluttered their wings and returned, and the wind picked up the ashes and scattered them all over the ground.
The salesman raised his hand towards a building at the end of the street.
"please."
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This is a restaurant.
The layout is ordinary, the decoration is ordinary, but the guests inside are unusual.
Some are strong and strong, some are full of energy, some are pregnant with strange features, or some are majestic. They all seem to be rare masters. They are clearly divided into two groups, one on the left and one on the right, clearly distinguishable.
The one on the left has messy attire and a vaguely weird aroma, so he must be from the White Lotus Sect. The one on the right is wearing black clothes and a cloak, and he must be the Longxiang Guard of the Suppression Division.
The Taoist priest stood at the door and did not go in. He just looked around for a moment and saw that although the two sides were a bit tense, there was no sign of a serious fight.
Although the two sides seemed to be having a great fight all the way. Now it seems that they are actually more restrained. Presumably, the Zhenfu Division and the White Lotus Sect have reached some kind of tacit understanding regarding the White Lotus Saint.
Tsk.
Li Changan's face was expressionless, but he felt that his interest was waning for a while. Looking at the eyes with various emotions at the door, he felt even more that this time he came in excitement and was about to leave in despair.
As a result, he stuffed Yan Xinglie's waist badge into Fat Qianhu's arms and simply turned around and left!
Since the White Lotus Saint has been brought here, this matter has nothing to do with him anymore, and he is too lazy to talk nonsense with these two gangs.
This incident caught the two groups of people off guard. For this moment, they didn't know how much wooing and threats they had prepared, how many intrigues they had gone through, how many conspiracies they had set up... Unexpectedly, Li Changan put people between the two sides.
Throw it away and walk away cleanly.
Only a man dressed as a Taoist priest in Long Xiang's guard was more alert, and he quickly stood up and asked.
"Fellow Daoist Xuanxiao, where is Captain Yan?"
The Taoist priest held his long sword and never looked back.
"Dead."
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That night.
Station.
The sword clanged in the box.
Li Changan pressed it lightly, and the sword embryo that gave Yan Xinglie a headache bounced around a few times and finally calmed down.
This is probably because of the magical power of "swordsmanship".
The unruly bronze sword embryo in Yan Xinglie's hands became as powerful as his arms and fingers in Li Changan's hands. It was as if he suddenly changed from an unfed Zhongshan wolf to an occasionally arrogant cat.
It's a pity that it's just a sword embryo after all. It can't be used for a long time, and a lot of sword energy will be released. If you want to use it again, you have to spend time accumulating sword energy before it can be used.
However, even if this is the case, it is enough to teach the White Lotus Sect a lesson.
That's right.
White Lotus Sect.
Li Changan knew very well that the White Lotus Sect was not a tolerant leader. It had caused such a huge setback on him, even the young leader had suffered losses. They were determined not to let it go. Moreover, since they had handed over the White Lotus Saint,
Their revenge is bound to follow.
Just now, the flying sword has spirit and sounds a warning.
There must have been an uninvited guest at the door.
At this time, in the room with the doors and windows closed, candle shadows suddenly flickered.
The dim candlelight flickered a few times and turned into a faint green light in an instant.
coming!
Li Changan's eyes were stern and he looked away.
next moment.
But his eyes widened.
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Yuzhou, Qianfo Temple.
In the meeting hall on the top of the mountain, all the great monks were frowning.
"How could it be so? How could it be so?"
"How could it not be so? Since the Buddha in the flesh can evolve into the Demon Cave, the Corpse Monk can naturally do it too."
"It's a pity that our Thousand Buddha Temple has a century-old reputation."
"It doesn't matter if it's just honor, but the Devil's Cave is the foundation for us to live and work. Now that something like this has happened... it's a disaster. Can you afford it?"
His eyebrows stood up in confusion, and just as he was about to scold him, the monk in charge smashed the wooden fish to the ground.
"alright!"
"Will making noise help?"
There was silence below.
Seeing this, the presiding monk took a calm breath and called out:
"Liaofan, the decoration in the cave will remain the same tomorrow."
"But that corpse monk..."
"Use your brain! It's the Corpse Monk who hid in the Demon-Transforming Cave, not the monster that came out of the Demon-Transforming Cave. Just arrange more manpower to guard the entrance of the cave day and night!"
"It's difficult."
The first monk came out in response.
"The reason for this incident is all because your monks neglected their duties. Send extra manpower to catch the corpse monk quickly. If there are any mistakes again, you are the only one I will ask!"
It was hard to explain and I was short of breath, so I could only respond in a low voice.
At the end, the presiding monk looked deeply at everyone present, until everyone looked worried, and then he said:
"Remember! This matter is a top secret in the temple. We must not leak even half of it."
The meeting dispersed, and the host left Nan alone again and gave his instructions again and again.
"You have to hurry up and take care of this matter. If a few days pass by and the White Lotus Saint goes up the mountain, the area around Yuzhou will become more and more crowded, and there will be a greater risk of exposure."
Talking about the upcoming "miscellaneous people", the host suddenly remembered one person.
"By the way, has Enlightenment been sent back?"
"No, I'm still waiting at the old temple at the foot of the mountain."
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At the foot of Ye Mountain, there is the old Qianfo Temple.
It is said to be an old temple, but in fact it is just a small temple where three holy monks chanted sutras. Because of this relationship, Qianfo Temple occasionally funded repairs. After hundreds of years, although it remains shabby, it has not collapsed.
After three o'clock at night, the cold air brings trouble.
After realizing that the old monk tucked a single quilt into his young disciple's body, he groped into the Buddhist hall alone and silently chanted sutras in front of the statues of the three patriarchs.
He had another dream.
This dream was very simple. A young and handsome monk told him one sentence: There will be a great disaster in Thousand Buddha Temple!
He firmly believed that this was a warning from his ancestor, otherwise he would not have smashed his master to pieces in exchange for an excuse to return to Thousand Buddhas Temple.
But he has been traveling all the way these days, but he can't see where the disaster should be.
Is the condition of Thousand Buddha Temple bad?
Oops.
The monks in the temple look like businessmen, like powerful men, like officials, like bandits, like robbers, but they are not like monks.
But can it be called a catastrophe?
No.
Although the monks in the temple do not practice Buddhism, they still maintain their family business and do not kill innocent people indiscriminately or commit adultery or torture. Although the Cave of Transforming Demons has been abused and many of the golden bodies of sages have been misappropriated, the Three Body Buddha and the main patriarchs
But it is still peaceful; even the old temple, although a bit dilapidated, is still repaired.
Few people know that the Demon Transformation Cave is actually just an appearance. The demon-suppressing formation composed of the three-body Buddha, the old temple, and the golden body of the Patriarch is the foundation of the Thousand Buddhas Temple. As long as these few things are in place, the Thousand Buddhas Temple can stand firm.
fall!
But in this case, where should the great catastrophe caused by the founder's dream be?
The old monk was puzzled and puzzled.
Just at this time, there was a loud noise outside the temple with people barking and dogs barking.
He stood up and opened the temple door, only to see many torches burning in the village next to the small temple.
"what happened?"
he asked loudly.
"The monk and monster have entered the village to eat people!"