In a courtyard, a handsome young man wearing blue clothes was sitting at the top, and on both sides of him were sitting people with old men with gray hair and beards.
And behind these old men, there were densely packed people, including men and women, old and young.
They all heard that the immortal master of their family came to the town, and came here specially to pay homage to the immortal master's face.
"Meet the Immortal Master, I am Chen Yiqiu, the mayor of Chenjia Town!"
An old man with gray hair and a beard that reached his chest raised his hands to his forehead, stood up tremblingly, and made a gesture of kneeling down in front of Chen Zhiyu.
"You can't write two characters Chen in one stroke. Although you have no spiritual roots, you are still descendants of my Chen family. There is no need to be polite, just call me uncle!"
As he spoke, he moved his sleeves, and Chen Yiqiu felt that his legs that were about to kneel were blocked by a force.
He knew this was what the immortal meant, so he did not continue to kneel down. Then, with the help of a middle-aged man next to him, he slowly stood up.
It is said that the people living in Chenjia Town in Guang'an and Huayun Town in Naluotian are basically descendants of cultivators from Jiuhua Mountain, but they have no spiritual roots.
Therefore, the Chen family built a town in each of the two counties under their control to accommodate the descendants of the Chen family who had no spiritual roots. Chen Zhiyu's eldest brother Chen Shi was placed in Huayun Town in Luotian.
Although there are far more monks with spiritual roots born in the Chen family in Jiuhua Mountain than in these two mortal towns, for a cultivator family, even one more person with spiritual roots is extremely precious.
After all, the most helpless thing about the Xiuzhen family is the source of the monks. It is destined to be impossible to attract talents from all over the world and gather talents in the sect like the sect.
Families rely on blood ties, so families are generally more cohesive than sects. Also because of blood ties, the chance of a strong person appearing in a family is much smaller than that of a sect.
In the family, there are people who work silently, there are people who work hard in cultivation, and there are people who earn resources and make sacrifices outside. Everyone is in his own place and divides the work reasonably.
All their efforts are for the continuation of the family, the extension of future generations and the prosperity of the family.
But this is destined to be an unfair world, so families can only survive and eliminate the fittest to ensure the continuation of the family and the safety of the clan members.
These mortals are the foundation of the Chen family and cannot make mistakes, so the Chen family attaches great importance to them and has monks in every town.
Chen Zhiyu looked at the person in front of him and asked:
"You reported this time that Chenjia Town is haunted, but what's going on!"
"Master Immortal, it's like this."
"A few days ago, several murders occurred in our town in Chenjia Town, so we suspect that there are ghosts at work!"
The old man said to Chen Zhiyu respectfully.
Chen Zhiyu also believed what he said, because similar situations had occurred in these mortal towns before.
Later, after investigation by the Chen family, they discovered that in this mortal place, there are some places where yin energy gathers, and some imps in the early stages of qi training will be born, sucking people's yang energy to practice.
So that if a situation like this happens again later, the Chen family will send some young disciples to deal with it, which can be regarded as an experience.
Although these mortals of the Chen family live in the ordinary world, if we look back to the source, there have been a few immortal cultivators. Therefore, they also know that there are immortal cultivators in this world, so it is normal to know about ghosts.
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Chen Zhiyu thought for a moment and nodded, but still felt something was wrong. He frowned and said:
"Then there is a family monk on duty here, why didn't I see him coming here?"
"The Immortal Master left Yue Yu ago and disappeared without a trace. It was really helpless that we reported it to our family!"
Hearing these words, Chen Zhiyu was filled with rage. It seemed that with the decline of the family in recent years, some people had their thoughts wandering and even left their posts without caring about the lives of their clan members.
It's just that this matter needs to be reported to the family before it can be dealt with. After all, the family is already in turmoil now.
He had been out of seclusion for some time, but there was no news from the clan that his second uncle and uncle Yuwei had successfully built the foundation. It was most likely that something was in danger.
Ordinary Qi-training monks who take the Foundation-Building Pill to build a foundation will usually be able to get out of the practice in about three years regardless of failure or success. However, this foundation-building also depends on personal accumulation.
Besides, Chen Zhiyu's second uncle went into seclusion while still injured, and his uncle Chen Yuwei even took a piece of bezoar jade and attacked the foundation, so we cannot infer it with common sense.
However, Chen Zhiyu thought that if he succeeded, it would only be within a year or two. After all, both of them had been in seclusion for six years.
Chen Zhiyu's thoughts were a little far ahead.
However, he didn't make any out-of-control moves. If he did, the rest of the Chen family wouldn't say anything.
Seeing that Chen Zhiyu did not speak, everyone in the Chen family below was also very quietly waiting for Chen Zhiyu's instructions.
Chen Zhiyu turned to look at Chen Yiqiu and said:
"Then tell me everything about the appearance of the ghost. Don't hide anything!"
Chen Zhiyu's face was very serious and even vaguely oppressive, which frightened Chen Yiqiu.
He quickly spoke:
"Uncle, the thing is like this. Half a month ago, six members of the Chen family died at home one after another. The strange thing is that they all died at night."
"And there were no traces of a fight in the room where they lived, and the victims were not injured in any way, but their bodies were shriveled after death!"
"So we guess it may be the work of ghosts that sucked away their yang energy!"
"Is there any dark place in the town or a mass grave where the dead gather, or is there anything strange happening in the town?"
Chen Zhiyu thought for a moment, but then asked a lot of questions.
The old man heard this and quickly replied:
"There aren't many strangers in the town these days, and apart from the deaths, nothing strange happens!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhiyu had a plan in his mind: Since no strangers came into the town, it was obvious that this ghost was from the local area. In this way, the cultivation level was not very high, otherwise it would not be able to absorb the yang energy of ordinary people.
In this way, with his strength, it would be much easier to deal with this ghost.
The old man continued:
"The ancestors of this town also had immortal cultivators, and the immortal master who was stationed before also had an explanation, so there are no mass graves where the dead gather in this town!"
"In the past, whenever there was a dead person in this town, we would follow the instructions of the Immortal Master who was stationed before and burn it directly. Even the homeless beggar who had no one to bury, as long as he died, the old man would send someone to deal with it! Now in the town
There are only six shriveled corpses left."
Chen Yiqiu answered truthfully, but he had no intention of hiding it.
After hearing this, Chen Zhiyu also thought secretly. According to Chen Yiqiu's words, there is no possibility of ghosts appearing in Chenjia Town!
What is the problem? Chen Zhiyu started to think about it...