Xu Dao successfully killed the monster. He carried the sword box behind him, feeling independent and isolated from the world, completely different from the chaotic mortals around him.
He ignored the thanks and kowtows from the people of Guodong County, and first completely destroyed the formations in Guo's ancestral hall, melted down the copper pavilion, toppled the corpse well, and then set fire to the entire ancestral hall and burned it to ashes.
Regarding the Guhuo Bird, Xu Dao plucked the hair and blood, leaving the demon's head as a certificate, and took out valuable parts from it.
After the incident was over, when Xu Dao was about to leave, a golden light happened to appear on the horizon. The sky was bright and white, and it shone warmly on people's faces.
People in the county near the ancestral hall are still miserable. Many people are still searching for the bodies of their relatives, and sobbing can be heard from time to time.
Xu Dao looked at the dilapidated scene in front of him and sighed slightly, but he had already subdued the monster that was causing trouble in the county, and it was up to these living people to solve the rest.
After thinking about it, Xu Dao took out the few remaining charms, rummaged through them to find the paper horse charm, and immediately turned into a paper horse and rode on it.
Someone quickly said: "Master Taoist, please stay! I dare not not repay this great kindness!"
Many people knelt down on all sides of Xu Dao and blocked the horses, trying to retain Xu Dao.
Seeing this, Xu Dao felt a little warm in his heart. He laughed, patted the paper horse that sat down, and said, "Goodbye!"
The paper horse jumped lightly and immediately jumped ten feet away, crossing the crowd, and then ran towards the west with leaps and bounds.
Seeing that Xu Dao could not be restrained, everyone bowed or knelt, and all shouted:
"Congratulations to the Taoist Priest!"
The paper horse stepped away, and only the ancestral hall was left standing alone with green smoke, which was soon blown away by the wind.
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After leaving Guodong County, Xu Dao ran non-stop towards Baigu Mountain, as if something was urging him.
It wasn't until he ran into the White Bone Mountain, entered the realm of the White Bone Temple, and returned to his cave that Xu Dao's expression softened, as if he breathed a sigh of relief.
The reason why Xu Dao was so anxious was that he was worried that his uncle would know about Fang Xiaoshan's death and that the other party would send someone to arrest him.
Fortunately, until he killed the monster and returned to the cave, no other Taoist came to trouble him.
Walking into the cave, Xu Dao breathed in the faintly aura-filled air in the cave. The true energy circulated in his body, and his mood immediately calmed down.
He walked towards the center of the cave, stepped barefoot into the pool, and then sat cross-legged on a protruding stone platform, thinking quietly.
After going down the mountain in the past few days, in addition to the two biggest gains, Xu Dao also collected no less than fifty talisman coins at the ancestral hall. Including his own, he already had a total of 61 talisman coins.
If Fang Yu and his wife's pills, talismans and other items had not been contaminated by the evil spirit, the wealth they could obtain would be even more.
Xu Dao thought to himself: "It is true that a man will not be rich without windfall, and a horse will not be fat without night grass."
Immortality is precious, but immortality is rare.
Especially in today's Immortal Way, practice is like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge. You must be able to endure loneliness and practice hard, and you must also be good at fighting and killing in order to earn the qualifications for spiritual practice. Only in this way can you have a chance of immortality!
However, "killing people to seize treasures" has consequences after all, especially when Xu Dao killed the nephew of "Tao Tou" in White Bone Temple.
Although Yu Yangyan who was traveling with him had been killed by him, and all the mortals in the ancestral hall had also died tragically at the hands of monsters, Xu Dao might be able to make up a suitable reason to excuse him.
But he always felt that the other party would not be gullible, or even listen to any of his words, but would choose to use secret methods to interrogate him.
Not to mention that Xu Dao was indeed the one responsible for the murder. Even if it wasn't, he wouldn't have allowed anyone to use secret methods to question him.
This matter is not about dignity and status, but about path and life.
The cultivation of a Taoist depends entirely on the soul and spirit. If the secret method is used to interrogate, the Taoist's soul and spirit will definitely be involved, and even the memory needs to be extracted from it to test the authenticity.
As a result, this technique will most likely damage the soul of the person being forced, resulting in lifelong effects.
Moreover, during the interrogation, the life of the person being forced is also in the hands of others. The other party can decide the life or death of the Taoist with just one thought.
Xu Dao didn't want to do this! He would rather have a head-on confrontation with the other party than allow anyone to use magic to question him.
However, the "cao head" of Baigu Temple is one of the eighteen heads, and his cultivation must be in the late stage of Qi refining.
There is an entire small realm between the late stage of Qi refining and the early stage of Qi refining, and the gap between the two practices can be as little as fifteen years, or as much as forty or fifty years.
Even though Xu Dao's cultivation level skyrocketed, and he was only one year away from trying to break through to the middle stage of Qi refining, the other party's Taoist skills were still at least sixteen years higher than his.
Not to mention that the other party has been practicing for many years and can give Fang Xiaoshan a Qi-level demon horse. He must have a lot of savings and a lot of means.
"There is a formidable enemy that cannot be ignored..." Xu Dao sat cross-legged on the stone platform, frowning slightly for a moment.
Suddenly, he glanced at the Guhuo bird corpse that he had brought back to the cave, and an idea came to his mind.
Because Guhuoniao was eroded by evil spirits, many parts of his body were dirty, harmful and useless, so he only brought back the demon head, hair, and demon blood.
Among them, the demon head is of little use. It can only be used as a certificate to complete the task, and it can be exchanged for thirty skills.
The hair is tough and is vaguely one of the essence of the Guhuo bird. It can be used to make whip-shaped utensils and may be sold at a good price in the ghost market.
The demon blood is because it contains evil spirits, and the concentration is much higher than that of other organs and muscles. It can be used to refine poisonous elixirs, draw poison talismans, and even reverse the evil spirits... It is of great use, and it will definitely be sold.
Good price.
Xu Dao looked at the three items and thought about one person.
This person was one he had seen in the ghost market before he entered Qi Refining. He was called the "Taoist disciple of Mo Wen" and was one of the eighteen heads in the White Bone Temple.
The other party had been kind to him. Although it was a small matter, it was not a small matter to Xu Dao at that time.
Xu Dao might be able to pay a special visit, get acquainted, and take the opportunity to seek help.
Naturally, one cannot leave empty-handed when visiting a benefactor. Xu Dao pondered in his heart:
"When the Taoist disciples of Mo Wen set up stalls to sell goods, the stalls were mostly filled with the blood and venom of monsters. The Guhuo Bird is a Qi-refining level monster, and its blood contains evil spirits. It is rare in the market..."
"And this thing is related to what I want. If the other party accepts it, of course they can't ignore it!"
Although the other party may accept the things and do nothing, judging from the things the other party has helped Xu Dao with, most of the Taoist disciples of Mo Wen are not such people.
Even if the other party is, Xu Dao will just regard it as repaying the kindness.
"That's what I'll do!" After thinking carefully, he settled on his thoughts.
Xu Daoyin Shen came out of his body, rolled up the items beside him, and immediately ran to the dormitory courtyard in the temple...