The hotel was small in size, with a few simple wooden tables and benches. Perhaps because it was lunch time, it was almost full. Xu Chen and Lan You also found a table to sit down.
A middle-aged man in his forties hurried over and said, "What would you like to eat, our guests?"
"What special dishes do you have here?" Xu Chen asked.
The store owner quickly reported the names of several dishes. Xu Chen scanned the tables of some diners in the hotel and roughly understood the ingredients and methods of these dishes. Therefore, he ordered a few light seasonal vegetables and side dishes and asked for a bottle of fruit wine.
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Xu Chen has gone on a long trip for the second time, and he is not a pure novice, but Lan You is actually worse than him. He is the core disciple of a wealthy sect. He doesn't need to worry about eating, drinking, and peeing on weekdays. Even if he goes out,
There are also outer disciples who have well arranged food, clothing, housing and transportation. Not to mention settling down and eating in such a dilapidated small town, they usually pass by without even taking a look.
But this time, in order to wait for Xu Chen to go with her, no one made arrangements on the way. She could only follow Xu Chen and follow the locals, eating whatever they had.
Xu Chen is different from Lan You. He has been an orphan since he was a child. He grew up in the countryside. He has suffered hardships, cold and hunger. He has no interest in the ordinary rich and powerful, but he still has a strange sense of closeness to the ordinary people at the bottom.
Therefore, I like to interact with ordinary people when I go out.
While waiting for the food and drinks, the two of them secretly opened their minds and listened to the exchanges between the diners. In a short time, they roughly understood why the people in the small town were so panicked.
It turned out that a few days ago, many people began to die or go missing in a nearby village. This situation soon spread to the small town. In the past two days, more than ten people have died or gone missing.
People were in panic. Some people rumored that evil spirits were eating people, while others said that there were monsters causing trouble. Therefore, the whole town was in a panic, and a large number of people had begun to flee.
Surprised and suspicious, the two of them covered the whole town with their consciousness. Although they collected more information about evil ghosts and monsters, and even saw a recruitment notice issued by the city lord's palace to recruit masters of martial arts to exorcise ghosts and catch demons with huge sums of money, they did not find any information.
No dangerous atmosphere was felt.
Therefore, the two of them looked at each other and shook their heads slightly, indicating that they had not found any suspicious targets.
At this time, the store owner brought food and wine, and Xu Chen asked about the haunting. The store owner immediately shook his head in panic and said, "Don't ask, sir. I don't know. I just know that many people have died in the past two days. I heard that there are still ghosts."
Someone is going crazy and killing people for no reason. Seeing as the two guests are passing by, you should finish your meal and leave quickly!"
After that, the store owner quickly went to greet other customers.
Xu Chen had no choice but to continue to let go of his consciousness while eating and listen to the conversations of the diners. Suddenly he heard several screams and running sounds coming from outside, so he quickly released his consciousness and went out to take a look, and saw a tall and thick man.
Like a madman, he wields a big knife and chases pedestrians wildly on the street.
In the blink of an eye, several of them had been chopped down, and the street was in panic, with pedestrians screaming and running away.
The diners in the tavern also panicked for a while. Some people lost their bowls and chopsticks and ran out. Among them, there were a few knights with good auras and swords on their backs who got up and walked out.
Another old Taoist priest wearing a Baina Taoist robe with a gourd hanging from his waist said with a smile: "After waiting for a day, he finally appeared. Disciple, follow the master to conquer the demons."
"Yes, Master!" A handsome little Taoist priest about fifteen or sixteen years old put down his bowl and chopsticks with excitement, picked up a sword wrapped in linen and followed.
Xu Chen also put down his bowls and chopsticks, dropped a piece of silver, and said to Lan You: "Let's go out and have a look too!"
"Okay!" Lan You nodded and stood up.
The store owner was hiding behind the counter, but when he realized that Xu Chen was the only one paying, he hesitated and ran out, grabbing Xu Chen's arm and saying, "Little master, you really don't want to go, that evil spirit can't be killed at all, it will be contagious."
Xu Chen said in surprise: "Didn't you just say you didn't know? How come you still know that evil spirits can infect people?"
The store owner said with a look of horror on his face: "Each evil ghost is different. I have only seen this kind of evil ghost that kills people and can infect people. If you are attracted by a murderous evil ghost, it will possess you."
, and then you turn into an evil spirit and start killing people."
"Is there such a thing?" Xu Chen's eyes widened.
Evil ghosts are just mortal terms. For monks like them who truly practice immortality and Taoism, the so-called evil ghosts may be some monsters causing trouble. However, these things are invisible and intangible, and mortals cannot understand what they are.
What is it, so we can only talk about it in terms of ghosts and gods.
Slaying demons and maintaining the safety of the mortal world is also an important task for all immortal disciples to go down the mountain to practice. If you don't encounter it, it's fine. If you encounter it, you definitely can't just sit back and watch.
What's more, it was the first time for Xu Chen to encounter such a strange thing among the people. Naturally, he was even more unwilling to let go of this opportunity, so he ignored the store's reminder and followed the pair of Taoist priests and apprentices in front of him out.
No one could be seen on the street at this time. Except for a big man who looked like a madman, there were injured people lying on the street bleeding and crying. Two of them were completely out of breath.
The few warriors in front of him who were carrying swords and swords had already drawn their weapons and surrounded the strong man from a distance of seven or eight feet, but they all looked serious and nervous.
After all, they are warriors, not magicians who are good at exorcising ghosts and monsters.
However, the City Lord's Mansion offered a large reward, a full three hundred taels of silver. Such a big temptation was worth taking the risk.
Among this group of people, the one with the strongest aura is a slender man who is over forty years old. He has a handsome appearance and an air of elegance. He uses a long sword and has a calm aura. He is at least a martial arts practitioner in the acquired realm, and he is also in the mortal world.
He is considered a first-rate master.
"Su Qinghe, do you go up first or do we go up first?" A burly man carrying a three-ringed sword said loudly.
The elegant man snorted coldly: "If you want to get the bounty, do it quickly, otherwise I will take action and you will get nothing!"
The burly man hesitated for a moment with an ugly face, then called his companions and rushed forward.
At this time, the crazy strong man was already waving a big knife and lunging at this group of people.
Xu Chen's face twitched slightly and he glanced at the swordsman named Su Qinghe.
The mortal world is similar to the fairy world. The higher the cultivation level, the more like thieves. They are all cunning and ghost-like, and no one is a good person.
Su Qinghe had the highest cultivation level and the best martial arts, but he was not willing to take risks. With just one sentence, he angered the swordsman and a group of people who came forward to test him.
Xu Chen didn't move, so naturally Lan You wouldn't move either.
In her mind, Xu Chen is the kind of magical person who needs her to look up to. Although his realm is not as good as hers, Xu Chen possesses the hidden ability of the true immortal treasure, and is the supreme elder of Yuqing Palace, Chixia Zhenjun.
An unattainable existence.
In just a few breaths, the five burly men surrounded the crazy strong man and started hacking at each other.
The strong man was in a state of madness and confusion. He used the big sword without any rules. He was soon surrounded by five people and was covered in bruises and one of his arms was broken. Finally, he was decapitated by one of them with a knife. Amid the blood and water spraying, the crazy strong man became helpless.
A dead body fell to the ground, and a strong smell of blood filled the street.
"Haha, what a broken ghost, vulnerable!"
One guy kicked Gululu's hairy head away from the ground and laughed.
The other companions also looked around the dead body with excitement on their faces.
Su Qinghe frowned slightly, and at the same time his body slowly tensed up, and the sword in his hand stood upright on his chest.
At this time, the old Taoist priest and the young apprentice stepped forward, holding an ancient copper bell in their hands and said: "Heroes, be careful. This evil ghost is not dead, and will be possessed and infected. Don't get too close!"
A companion of the burly man raised his hand to stop the old Taoist priest and said: "Old Taoist priest, the credit for this work belongs to us. Stop joining in the fun and take your apprentice to burn paper talismans elsewhere."
"Hahahaha!" A group of people laughed together.
Although Xu Chen did not take action, his consciousness wrapped the headless body and head like running water. He felt the movement carefully, but because the person was dead, his soul dissipated, and his breath was cut off, he could not detect any difference at all.
But just when he was about to withdraw his consciousness, he suddenly felt a wisp of black energy coming out of his head, and then turned into a bat shadow about the size of a foot and pounced on the nearest man.
"careful!"
Xu Chen's color changed instantly as a reminder, and at the same time, a stream of spiritual consciousness followed the black bat shadow and rushed into the man's body.
However, the ordinary martial artist had not yet awakened, so the sea of consciousness was not yet opened. After Xu Chen's spiritual consciousness entered the man's body, he instantly lost his target.
Almost at the same time, the man suddenly twisted his body violently several times, raised his hand and stabbed the nearest companion. Amidst the screams, the man's companion was bending down to look at the corpse, and his head was cut off with a knife, and he fell down with a thud.
"Jiang Laosan, what are you doing?"
The swordsman and his group didn't realize the sudden change. Some of them even yelled at their companions, but before he could finish speaking, a bloody knife struck him.
"Ah!" Amidst the screams, another person fell to the ground.
Only then did the group of swordsmen realize that their companions were possessed by evil spirits, so they fled in panic. Jiang Laosan had already charged at the nearest companion with his sword, and chopped down another one in the blink of an eye.
Su Qinghe, who had been waiting for an opportunity, turned pale and retreated.
"Su Qinghe, why haven't you taken action yet?" the burly man yelled.
Su Qinghe's face was hesitant, but he didn't answer. Hearing the screams of his burly male companion, he sheathed his sword, turned around, jumped up to the roof, and disappeared after three jumps.
The burly man saw something bad and fled with his remaining companion.
In the blink of an eye, only Xu Chen and the old Taoist master and apprentice were left on the scene, followed by a few corpses and the two companions of the swordsman who were not completely dead.