Xu Dao returned to the guest room, and Su Jiu looked at him worriedly, obviously aware of something. Xu Dao also quickly sat cross-legged on the bed, kneading his hands to clear his mind.
He was downstairs just now. He originally just wanted to tease Taoist disciple Chen Wan, but he didn't expect that when he was ingesting the corpse energy, distracting thoughts surged in his mind, and the appetite in his body was really aroused, and he actually wanted to eat the whole zombie in one bite.
I had the urge to devour them all.
Corpse Qi is a type of spiritual energy from heaven and earth. For zombies, it is like the true Qi in a Taoist body. Xu Dao's action of ingesting is like absorbing internal energy in martial arts novels in previous lives. Although it is a bit extreme, it is not nothing.
But it's different if you eat the body of a zombie.
Although zombies are monsters and dead objects, many serious Taoists will collect materials from zombies to make spells and magic weapons, but they are human bodies after all, which is against Taoism.
Back in the room at this moment, Xu Dao kept thinking about the scene just now in his mind. The restlessness and fear in his heart were intertwined, making the veins on his forehead pop out and beat.
Scales grew out one after another on Xu Dao's body, white mist puffed out from his mouth and nose, and there was a tendency to reveal the body of a dragon.
Fortunately, his sanity still existed, and the Qingxin Talisman in his mind kept vibrating, casting out wisps of spiritual light, keeping his mind clear.
After a full quarter of an hour, Xu Dao, whose body had swelled to nearly a foot tall, finally stabilized his mind and escaped from the mania.
A sigh resounded in the room, and Xu Dao opened his eyes faintly. The energy and blood in his body suddenly changed, his claws hid, his scales shrank, and he instantly returned to his human form.
"Master!" A voice rang out from the side. It was Su Jiu who was looking worriedly. She was still holding a long whip in her hand, as if she was protecting Xu Dao.
Just downstairs, when Xu Dao was aroused by the corpse aura and had a gluttonous desire, it was this little girl who spoke up in time to remind him to go back to the house.
So when he heard Su Jiu's voice, Xu Dao immediately cast a comforting look, but his face was still embarrassed.
This is not the first time that his mind has been unstable.
When building the foundation, Xu Dao was affected by the spiritual roots planted in his body, and almost developed in an inhuman direction. Fortunately, he had experienced it as a Taoist disciple, so he was wary of it, and
There was fear, so I stabilized my mind in time and didn't let it go.
Including the one just downstairs, he had almost been possessed three times.
After three things happened, Xu Dao felt worried in his heart. He didn't know if he would be able to stick to his belief in being a human being if there was another time.
He frowned and said to himself: "We can no longer delay practicing the mind-purifying spell and strengthening the spiritual platform."
It's just that he doesn't have a new heart-clearing spell in his hands now. If he wants to get it, he must find a way from the outside world.
Fortunately, a person is appearing now, and Xu Dao can contact other practitioners from the Wu Kingdom through him.
This person was Taoist disciple Chen Wan who had just been drinking and having fun with him downstairs, and was so frightened by him that he sat down on the ground.
The identity of the other party is strange. It is not only related to the Yaksha Sect, but also to the court of Wu State.
"I will go to Jiangzhou City with this person tomorrow and contact the practitioners in Jiangzhou City as soon as possible."
Thoughts flashed through his mind, Xu Dao cast his mind-clearing spell one after another to soothe the restless blood in his body.
Even if the Qi-refining-level mind-purifying spells are highly accomplished, they are not suitable for use in the foundation-building realm. If he wants to solve the hidden dangers, he may have to find foundation-building realm spells, or he may need to take pills to seal the qi.
Methods such as blood.
Thinking of this, Xu Dao couldn't help but sigh:
"I thought it would be extremely difficult to build a foundation, but I didn't expect that after building a foundation, the spiritual roots would have such a great impact on the mind. It's no wonder that all those Taoist priests are like monsters and not human beings!"
In fact, he also understood that, not to mention those Taoist priests, he himself took every precaution, but his temperament had actually been vaguely affected by the spiritual roots implanted in his body, and it was still changing his temperament subtly.
This is also the reason why Xu Dao feels anxious in his heart and lists the search for the Qingxin spell as his top priority.
If it had been longer, he might have completely fallen into the wrong path without realizing it, running wildly down an inhuman path.
Closing his eyes slightly, Xu Dao sat cross-legged on the bed, his eyebrows stern and deep in cultivation.
Su Jiu, who was protecting the law at the side, saw that he finally calmed down completely, and her little heart was relieved.
A night of silence.
The coffin in front of the inn had been burned into a ball of ashes, and the female corpse inside was burned to carbon and shattered.
When Xu Dao and Su Jiu walked downstairs, the innkeeper was urging the waiter to sweep the door and dug a hole aside to bury the ashes.
"Hurry! A guest will come to your door later. If the guest escapes, I'll take it from you!"
"Hey!" Xu Dao and the two walked out, and the innkeeper saw them immediately. He quickly stepped forward to greet them, "I have met the Taoist priest!"
"The Taoist priest is about to start his journey. I will lead the donkey for you right away."
When Xu Dao heard this, he cupped his hands and said, "Excuse me, let's take it out first. When Daoist Chen wakes up later, we can set off together."
When the innkeeper heard this, he got himself a fat man and secretly told his waiter to wake up Daochang Chen.
Not long after, Taoist Chen Wan walked out of the inn with trembling legs. His first move after coming out was to salute Xu Dao:
"I've met Senior Lu."
That's right, when the two of them exchanged names last night, Xu Dao used Daoist Lu's identity again, claiming that he was a casual cultivator who had come from far away to admire the prosperity of Jiangzhou City and wanted to get to know him more.
Fellow people.
Seeing Chen Daotu's frightened look, Xu Dao pointed to the north and said, "Please lead the way, Daoist Chen, and take me to Jiangzhou City to see more."
Jiangzhou City is the most densely populated place within a radius of several thousand miles. It is said that the population in the city is actually six to seven million, which is three to four times that of Shezhao Mountain City. It is undoubtedly the largest city in the southwest region.
And the location of Yaksha Gate happens to be only a few hundred miles away from this city.
Taoist disciple Chen Wan quickly returned: "Yes, Xiaodao will lead the way for seniors."
After last night's experience, this person became more convinced that Xu Dao's cultivation was advanced and that he might be a Taoist disciple who had perfected Qi refining. Therefore, he became more respectful and did not dare to take any advantage.
Without him, Taoist disciple Chen Wan saw that Xu Dao was not a good person, so he was easily beaten and killed for fear of causing dissatisfaction.
When the inn's waiter brought the horse that was pulling the cart, Taoist Chen Wan got on top of it and immediately led Xu Tao the way.
………………
Walking north, Xu Dao cast a magical movement spell on the donkey and horse that the two of them sat down on. The beast, which was nothing more than an ordinary donkey and a bad horse, ran wildly on the road and actually dragged two streaks of smoke.
When passing other people on the road along the way, they were startled and stunned, so naturally no one dared to offend them without opening their eyes.
After about two hours, Xu Dao rode a donkey and arrived in front of a majestic city.
The city was built along the river, with several tributaries and canals running through the city. It was sparkling and sailing, and it looked like it was bustling with people coming and going.
Similar to what Xu Dao had seen in Shezhao Mountain City, the bustling level of this city was not only three or four times that of Shezhao Mountain City, but thirty or forty times.
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Shezhao Mountain City is nothing more than a jagged mess in the mountains. The Jiangzhou City in front of you is just inside the border of Wu Kingdom and a place with a prosperous population.
Xu Dao rode his donkey and looked into the distance, and found that wherever he could see, whether it was the lake island in the river or the rolling hills, there were inhabited houses on them.
He sighed slightly in his heart: "In such a prosperous and lively place, there are few wild beasts, and there are probably few monsters."
Taoist disciple Chen Wan on the side was always paying attention to his face. Seeing that Xu Dao just patted the donkey's back, he quickly pulled the reins, rushed to the front and said:
"Senior, let's take the north gate, enter the city, and go this way."
A sound of copper bells on the necks of donkeys and horses rang, and the three of them entered Jiangzhou City directly and merged into the bustling crowd.
It was already noon, and the three of them had been running for two hours. Under the guidance of Taoist disciple Chen Wan, they first went to the largest restaurant in the city to stay and cleanse themselves from the dust.
They stayed until late in the day, around midnight, and then the three of them walked out of the restaurant and walked towards a street.
Their destination is naturally the ghost market, or ghost street, in Jiangzhou City, where practitioners gather.
There are four places in the city, and Taoist disciple Chen Wan took Xu Dao to the ghost street in the north gate.
It was similar to the ghost market on Shezhao Mountain. After crossing a formation, several people seemed to have walked out of the city and came to another place. It was gloomy everywhere, and the people coming and going were floating or swimming, and they were obviously like ghosts.
But what is different from the Shezhao Ghost Market is that it is only one of the four ghost streets in the city, and the number of shops on the street is already equivalent to that of the Shezhao Ghost Market.
After Taoist disciple Chen Wan led Xu Dao here, he originally wanted to continue to act as a tour guide and lead Xu Dao around for free, but Xu Dao refused him directly.
"You go and do your work first, and then I will naturally go look for you in the restaurant where you are staying."
After receiving Xu Dao's instructions, he naturally did not dare to say anything. After bowing, he slowly retreated.
"The best cinnabar is five cents a tael!"
"Specialized in collecting demon bones, the price is fair!"
It is a little different from the first two ghost markets that Xu Dao has seen. The Jiangzhou City ghost market in front of him is as lively as a mortal street. The Taoists either hired boys, or shouted in person regardless of their demeanor.
Attract guests.
Of course, some of the skilled ones directly pasted a few echo spells to make the spells sound.
Xu Dao scanned these stalls one by one with great interest, and found a lot of things, many of which he had only seen in books, including martial arts books and the like.
But he did not stop, but walked straight ahead and came to the largest shop on Ghost Street.
The shop doesn't look like it sells goods, but people are coming and going inside, which is much livelier than other places. There is a plaque on it with four big characters: