Long County has many fields and few mountains. It looks like huge hills buckled into the earth.
Leaning on the Long River, you don’t have to worry about water sources.
It is the most prosperous place among nearly all large counties.
After passing the boundary marker, I saw the traffic on the road were farmers walking, either carrying hoes, or in groups of twos and threes, talking and laughing, showing no signs of hardship at all.
Compared with Long County, Ji County is far behind.
"I heard that the magistrate of Long County is a good official."
Chi Xuan couldn't help but sigh: "There are still good officials who are dedicated to serving the people."
Tu Shanjun looked at the red-yellow incense in the sky over Long County and the black evil spirit mixed in the incense. He couldn't help but wonder, is this really a good official?
Why does the incense wish carry such a heavy evil spirit?
He didn't tell Chi Xuan this. Chi Xuan couldn't see the power of incense and vows, and he didn't understand it even if he told him.
If you tell him hastily, Chi Xuan will misunderstand him as his deceptive words.
When Chixuanluo was in Long County, Tu Shanjun wanted to tell him directly what he had witnessed in the past few days, but in the end he didn't know how to speak.
"Find the child, do you want to send him back to the tavern?"
Tu Shanjun's words immediately stopped Chi Xuan's steps.
He was silent for a long time, obviously not ready to answer this question, and he did not expect that Tushanjun would ask him such a question at this moment.
"Why did the Demon Lord say that? If Zhang Xincheng could live a stable life..."
Chi Xuanqiang smiled, as if he did not hear the deep meaning in Tu Shanjun's words, but with his character, how could he not know the meaning of Tu Shanjun's words.
"Do I have to point it out?"
"Because that old couple doesn't want Zhang Xincheng to go back."
Tu Shanjun's indifferent words fell in Chi Xuan's ears, but they were like thunder, making the smile on Chi Xuan's face freeze.
In the past few days, it seemed that he was the only one who was busy. Old man Chen and his wife were really anxious about the missing child, but they didn't seem to have enough motivation to search for it.
Maybe he could have deceived himself a few days ago and said it was because they believed in him, but now that he has arrived in Long County and heard the Demon Lord talking about that matter, how could he not know about it.
"Zhang Xincheng, it's not easy to feed a ten-year-old child."
"Compared to the big one that was lost, the little one is much easier to take care of."
"I even suspect that maybe the child was originally..."
Tu Shanjun did not continue talking, because he did not say what it meant, and Chi Xuan himself understood it. However, judging from the behavior of Mr. Chen and his wife, the child was probably lost accidentally, but it was just right.
Throw away the big ones and keep the small ones.
Chi Xuan continued to move forward and whispered: "He has no qualifications for cultivation."
"Find the child first."
Chi Xuan's steps were a little faster. He must have seen that the Blood Curse Falcon couldn't hold on for long, or he was avoiding the topic. Tu Shanjun felt that Chi Xuan must have thought about it, and more than once.
…
"Here it is!" Chi Xuan's eyes widened and he pointed at the huge 'iron beast' in front of him.
yamen!
Long County County Government.
The final location of the message sent to him by the falcon was the Yamen of Long County.
His first reaction was not to question the Yamen, but to wonder if he had fallen into the devil's scheme. The so-called blood curse soul hunting was a scam from the very beginning, just to make him point the finger at the Yamen.
However, I stood not far away, thinking deeply.
He discovered that the Demon Lord did not need to do this at all.
Not only is it meaningless, it will also make him alert in advance.
"You must be surprised, because I am also surprised. I didn't expect that the person who kidnapped the child would be the Yamen of Long County." There was no surprise in Tu Shanjun's eyes, because the evil spirit above the Yamen was as thick as mist.
And it seems that the county government lying in the large county town of Long County is like a mirage in the mist, looming in the mist, with incense billowing, like a big demon breathing in and out of breath.
Chi Xuan suddenly didn't know where to go, but he decided to go to the county government office to find out.
"Bring the concealment charm."
Tu Shanjun showed Chi Xuan what he had casually refined earlier.
He didn't want Chi Xuan to die in a place like this.
…
"Gudu gudu."
The boiling water bubbles and golden mist rises.
This is a huge bronze tripod.
There are different magic patterns engraved around it. When the golden boiling water inside the copper tripod boils, the engraved patterns all around also light up.
The person guarding the bronze tripod is a monk wearing a robe.
With a serious look on his face and muttering something in his mouth, he threw the spiritual material in his hand into the copper cauldron, and then stared at the golden spiritual liquid in the copper cauldron.
When the temperature gradually dropped, the golden spiritual liquid finally dried up in the copper cauldron.
The monk in the robe said: "Come here, scrape off all the boiled incense ashes. There should be no mistakes or omissions, and don't scatter them on the ground. Otherwise, be careful about the heads on your necks."
A dozen warriors came in one after another, with bamboo tubes hanging on their waists. They jumped into the bronze cauldron and began to search for the golden incense ash that had dried inside the bronze cauldron.
"Not here."
The thin shadow standing at the door disappeared.
This was Chi Xuan who was looking for the child. He was covered by the talisman made by Tu Shanjun, and the monks making incense on the copper tripod did not notice him.
But Tu Shanjun took a few more glances at the bronze tripod.
If what he expected was correct, it should contain incense boiled into ashes.
…
"Your Excellency, the Imperial Envoy is back."
The county magistrate, who was busy with his official duties and dressed in regular clothes, looked at the chief clerk who was speaking.
He stood up and walked out of the door, greeting him: "I don't want you to come back so soon. Your affairs have been taken care of. Do you need help from me?"
The man who was called the imperial envoy was tall and well-dressed, and he spoke with a loud voice: "I wasted some effort, but fortunately they are just ordinary soldiers, and they didn't waste too much time."
"The news has not spread."
"Those who went to Qi County were captured by the county magistrate."
"The wave crossing the Long River..."
"It's just that I feel a little strange. The group of people who fled to Jixian County were killed by a Taoist priest. Their souls should have been taken away."
"I went to the Tao to observe, and found only an ordinary mortal, and no Taoist priest."
"We will inform the magistrate of Ji County at that time."
The burly official spoke a little carefully, and he was also thinking about whether he had missed any party. It would be a serious crime if the news was leaked due to his own mistakes in the end.
Although he was frightened, Chi Xuan did not stay too long.
He had heard from the defeated soldiers that what was happening in Long County was not something he could get involved in.
But he didn't expect that all these things would gather in Long County.
He didn't listen to what secrets were being said later. He activated the blood-cursed falcon, and he quickly followed.
Chi Xuan is like a headless fly.
The blood-cursed eagle overhead was circling in the sky, but it never came down.
This made Chi Xuan suspicious: "Old Xiuxian, why does this falcon look like this? I have turned the county government upside down."
Tu Shanjun frowned, Chi Xuan's magic power was too weak, and his spiritual consciousness at the peak of the golden elixir could not be used at all. Otherwise, with his spiritual consciousness at the peak of the golden elixir, nothing could be hidden under his nose.
"Maybe, underground."
"underground?"
"How to get underground."
"Your magical talisman robe has an escape talisman, just activate it."
Chi Xuan immediately activated the Earth Escape Talisman according to the spell taught to him by Tu Shanjun.
The light of the talisman enveloped his figure, allowing him to blend into the ground. It felt like he was falling into water, but the resistance was greater and the surroundings were completely dark.
Tu Shanjun once again mobilized some magic power and twisted the magic formula: "Disease."
He immediately guided Chi Xuan to the underground of the county government office.
shul.
Suddenly the eyes opened up.
Chi Xuan stood in front of a long corridor. He was surprised to find that there was a huge cave underground under the county government office, and the voices of voices echoed in the huge cave.
It is surrounded by engraved runes and connected magic circles.
The further he walked into the cave, the more frightened Chi Xuan became.
There were many children in those wooden cages, and you could see one about ten steps apart, but they all seemed to be unconscious and passed out on the ground.
Chi Xuan originally wanted to wake one up, but after thinking about it he gave up.
Children are prone to bad things. Just because he got in with the help of magical talismans and robes does not mean that his strength will allow him to force his way into the government office.
The magistrate of Ji County made it impossible for him to use his own methods. Long County was a larger county government and there were so many monks there. If he was exposed, he might die immediately.
Inside the cave.
A monk in a green robe was grinding incense ash on a jade platform and rolling it into long columns of incense. He swept the scattered scraps into the small lake in front of him.
There are countless children floating in the small lake.
The children's faces were golden, their eyes were closed tightly, and their remaining breath was like a fire in the wind, seemingly extinguished at any time.
Seeing this scene, Chi Xuan's tense breath suddenly fluctuated.
The green-robed monk stopped what he was doing, turned his back to Chi Xuan who was not far away, and asked in a deep voice: "Who dares to break into this place?!"
Chi Xuan's expression was solemn, and he had already felt great pressure from that person.
The breath spread out is much more powerful than his 30% Qi training.
"Stop hiding, you have been exposed."
"Dance, I will respond to your call."
"I……"
Tu Shanjun said coldly: "Don't hesitate. If you die, all your thoughts and ideas will cease, and no one will save the child."
Chi Xuan did not expect that he would have to rely on the power of the Demon Lord at this time.
"Please help me, Demon Lord."
"Seance!"
Tu Shanjun dispersed a ray of his consciousness to respond to the banner master's call.
Chi Xuan closed his eyes and opened them. His eyes were as indifferent as water, and they were more profound than the cold pool. His aura did not change much, but his whole body's temperament changed.
The green-robed monk had already locked onto Chi Xuan who was using the concealment talisman. At this time, Tu Shanjun no longer covered himself up and removed the concealment talisman from his body, and his thin shadow appeared in the cave.
Candlelight shines all around.
‘Chi Xuan’ stretched out his palm and said in a cold voice: “It’s been a long time since I felt alive like this.”
"Alive? You will die when you get here!" The green-robed monk snorted coldly, his eyes full of disdain and scrutiny. What could an ant at the third level of Qi training, who walked in with a concealment talisman, become like.