Chapter 20: After three hundred years of oppression, there is no one who can defeat Shuo in ancient times!
Jiangdu Prefecture, Yinfeng Mountain.
Yinfeng Mountain is one of the forbidden mountain ranges. It is an area where mortals are restricted. It has many peaks, eerie and strange, and ferocious beasts are rampant.
This peak has been traversing here for an unknown period of time, and has been rarely visited by people.
The ancient trees in the mountains have grown unbridled and have blocked out the sky and the sun. The hanging branches are like dragons flying across the sky, covering the sky.
It's dawn at this moment, and it's hard to find any light in the mountains.
On the mountainside, Duanhun Cliff.
On one side is a hundred-foot abyss, on the other side is a narrow path. At this time, a strange group of people is moving slowly.
The leader wore a green cloth hat on his head, a green cloth gown, a black belt around his waist, and a pair of worn-out straw sandals on his feet.
In addition to this person, there are three other people behind.
These three people walked with the same hands and feet, and their actions were so consistent that they seemed to be the same person.
Moreover, the strength of their walking is also different from ordinary people. Every step is quite stiff, not the brisk and elastic pace of ordinary people.
"Dingle bell!"
"Yin people go on the road, strangers avoid it!"
It is as quiet as a ghost land here, with very few birds, animals and insects. Where is the slightest sign of living people?
Even so, the leader still dropped the soul-catching bell from time to time and shouted out those scary words.
A long time.
After encountering a place where cows were sleeping, the leading boy finally stopped, stepped forward, patted the dust, and sat down.
Behind him are three figures wearing black robes and bamboo leaf bamboo hats, whose faces cannot be seen clearly.
These three people are three feet apart from each other, with straw ropes tied around their waists, one connected to the other.
"I take one step, and the corpse takes one step."
"So, am I chasing the corpse, or is the corpse chasing me?"
Without worrying too much about this issue, the young man took out a piece of slightly hard pancake and gnawed it with difficulty.
Boom!
Habitually spitting out a tiny grain of sand, he shook his head helplessly.
"Aunt Xu's craftsmanship has deteriorated again."
After eating the pancakes, I took out the bamboo tube and drank a few big gulps.
Then the boy found half of a tree trunk and leaned against it, patting his thigh with his right hand and humming a tune.
"The little boy was only twenty-eight years old. He was taught by his master to drive away corpses in his youth.
I am a student, not a bad person.
Why do you wear a black cloth around your waist and a green shirt, and come to this vast mountain to do such secret things?
Seeing young people looking free and easy, men and women wearing brocade and robes, one can't help but feel anxious.
I wish I could tear my green shirt to pieces, bury the copper bell, abandon the apricot flag, and lose the yellow talisman.
You can’t learn how to defeat demons with your body, and you can’t learn how to conquer the Guanyin Seat in the South China Sea.
In the depths of the night, I lie alone; when I get up, I sit alone.
Is there anyone as lonely as me?"
After the song, the young man pulled down the brim of his hat and fell asleep with his head against the tree trunk.
Not dreaming yet.
There was a rustling sound in my ears.
But the young man still didn't care and fell asleep fast.
Immediately afterwards.
A loud whistle sounded, and figures came one after another...
When Tie Tang arrived, he saw a strange scene.
In twos and threes, there are blue-robed detectives and green-robed detectives, some tall or short, holding Qiushui Yanfei knives, each standing in different directions.
Like wild flowers blooming all over the mountains and plains, they surround the central area.
Invariably, everyone moved at least three feet away from there, as if they were taboo.
Duan Jingrui saw Tie Tang and whispered in a low voice.
"It seems that they are from the corpse-killing lineage and should not be easily provoked."
Corpse chaser?
Is there such a profession in this world?
Tie Tang looked at the young man lying half on the ground. The light yellow bamboo hat covered most of his face, and his exposed wrists and ankles were dazzlingly white, like a corpse.
He walked a few feet closer and clapped his hands: "May I ask, young master, have you ever seen anyone passing by?"
The young man turned over, scratched his butt with his right hand, and mumbled something, but he couldn't hear exactly what he said.
Seeing that Tie Tang was still about to move forward, Duan Jingrui stopped him.
"You can't always arrest the head! The lineage of exorcising corpses is extremely weird. It is one of the unknown sources of uncertainty in the world. There is no need for us to provoke them."
Looking around, Tie Tang found that everyone was frightened and did not dare to take a step forward easily, even if their side had the numerical advantage.
"You know a lot about Duan County arrest, can you elaborate?"
"I don't know much. I've only read similar rumors from a few ancient books. Moreover, corpse exterminators don't walk around in public and never enter the city. The people are also very taboo about them."
Tie Tang didn't understand: "It's just ordinary people. We are the imperial agents. Why should we be afraid of these heretics?"
In the memories of his predecessor, Tie Tang did not find any particularly famous sects such as sects, fairy mountains, and Taoist temples.
But if there is...
Then the Great Shang Dynasty was the largest and most powerful sect in the world, sweeping across the world and reaching the heavens and the earth.
With the imperial court as their back, they are the most powerful force in the world, so what else do they need to be afraid of?
Duan Jingrui explained to Tie Tang earnestly: "The corpse exorcism lineage is not a heresy, it was once very popular.
I don’t know how many there are, but in the Taoist scriptures, there was once such a comment about the lineage of exorcising corpses.
"Three hundred years of horizontal pressure, shocking the past and making people unrivaled today!"
Afterwards, I searched a lot of information, but I didn't find many records about this lineage.
But what is certain is...During the period from three thousand years ago to five thousand years ago, corpse exorcism and puppetry were extremely prosperous, and countless sects developed for this purpose.
They fought against the heaven and the earth, setting off a bloody storm, killing countless immortals and gods, destroying countless evil soldiers and ghosts, and causing chaos in the three realms of heaven, earth and man."
"What does that have to do with now?"
"In short, it's better to avoid dealing with them as much as possible."
Bi Qi also pulled on Tie Tang's sleeve: "Brother Tang, it's best that we don't get involved in such secret matters."
Listen to others and eat enough.
Tie Tang is not a person who refuses to listen to advice. Since everyone says so, there is no need for him to be the first to do so.
"Disperse and continue searching for traces of the thief."
Boom!
Everyone dispersed in a hurry, no one wanted to stay here for a moment longer.
"The chief arrester, why don't you leave?"
"Look, do those three people look like Wu Qing and Yuan Hua?"
The three followers standing next to the boy did not move even once from beginning to end, not even the slightest breath, not even the sound of a heart beating.
Several people present already knew exactly what it was.
Duan Jingrui took a few glances and slowly shook his head: "The size difference is a bit big, but it shouldn't be."
After glancing at the half-asleep boy again, Tie Tang waved his hand.
"Let's go!"
After a stick of incense.
Poof!
The sleeping boy suddenly raised his buttocks and let out a loud fart. The sound echoed in the dense forest and frightened a group of birds.
After the loud fart, among the three people next to him, the one at the end began to shake.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of bones shaking and tendons crackling like firecrackers.
After a while, the movement stopped, and the person at the end instantly became two inches shorter, and his body was no longer as wide as before. A black robe covered his body, as if he was possessed by a ghost.
That man took off his bamboo hat, black gauze and yellow talisman on his face. Who is he if he is not Wu Qing?
After taking off his disguise, Wu Qing rubbed his shoulders, stretched his muscles, and then bowed to the sleeping boy on the ground.
"Thank you, little master, for your help. Wu Qing will definitely repay this favor one day."
"You don't need to thank me, it's just a deal. I've given you what you want. What I want... I'll pick it up someday."
The young man was motionless, still sleeping soundly, like a corpse.
But Wu Qing suddenly felt creepy, his whole body felt cold, and a large amount of sweat broke out on his back.