Sword comes

Chen Ping's group entered the mountain from north to south. At about the same time, another group of people happened to be walking from south to north. It was an old Taoist with a mahogany sword on his back and a string of silver bells hanging from his waist. The air is not a little bit, full of shabby air.

Behind him was a lame young man with a dull expression. In addition to carrying a large package on his shoulders, he slanted his shoulders to carry the banner of "Subduing demons and ghosts, eliminating demons and defending the way". It is estimated that the cloth has turned white after washing too many times. It was also pale in color, and there was a seven or eight-year-old girl with a round face, thin and thin, who reached out to support the old Taoist who kept his eyes closed for some reason.

The old Taoist suddenly raised his head, "looked" at the winding green and black mountain, and said in surprise: "Huh? This mountain is not too far from the Jiangshen Temple on the Xiuhua River, yet there is such an obvious demonic aura rising into the sky? There must be something hidden in it. Although mountains and rivers are bounded and do not interfere with each other, this place is weird and very weird."

After hearing the words, the red-faced little girl asked worriedly: "Master, what should we do? Last time you failed to catch the monster in Sanzhi Mountain, you paid for our people, and in the end you were so angry that you didn't even give us any money. Now we are really There are not many copper coins left, or let's take a detour?"

The old Taoist snorted coldly and said, "Detour? If the poor Taoist doesn't meet him, it's fine. The monster is lucky. Now that the poor Taoist has met him, there is no reason to let him go! It says on the flag Eliminating demons and defending Dao, is it for outsiders to see..."

The little girl sighed and reminded: "Master, there are no outsiders here."

The old Taoist said with a sneer: "Shut up, Master hasn't come over from Sanzhi Mountain yet, it's really annoying, no credit but hard work, even half a copper coin is not willing to give, there is such a shameless, They are rich and heartless guys, they deserve their ancestral graves to be invaded by mountain ghosts, and their descendants will suffer misfortune..."

The little girl reminded again: "Master, didn't you always say that we cultivators should have a normal mind?"

The old Taoist who was kind-hearted just a moment ago became furious, stretched out his fingers to pinch the round-faced little girl's arm, twisted it fiercely, and said with a stern face: "Who gave you the courage to teach Master a lesson? How dare you go on endlessly?" Already!"

The little girl burst into tears in pain, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "It hurts, it hurts, Master, don't dare, don't dare..."

The old Taoist didn't turn around, stretched out his hand and patted the bell around his waist heavily, it rang, and said with a grinning smile: "Little bastard, how dare you have murderous intentions against your master?"

The lame boy looked silent, but soon there was blood oozing from his ears and nose, but the dull boy remained silent and motionless.

The little girl cried even more sadly, "Master, just let senior brother go, he must have done it unintentionally. I promise Master, within the next three days, I will try to give Master an extra catty of spring water!"

The old Taoist grinned, and rubbed the little girl's head vigorously. The little girl's slender body swayed from side to side, "It's not a fight, it's a must."

The old Taoist finally withdrew his hand, which was as dry as an old tree branch, and laughed loudly: "Enter the mountain! The horse has no weeds and is not fat. It may be a windfall. Not to mention, since you two little bastards are by your side, even though you eat and drink, But Master has cultivated a lot of peace of mind when he practiced Taoism. Thinking about it this way, Master thinks that he will treat you better in the future, haha."

The little girl started to climb the mountain with the help of the blind old man.

The lame boy wiped away the blood silently, as usual.

The little girl secretly turned her head and smiled, and the boy grinned, signaling that he was fine.

After the three masters and apprentices entered the mountain, for most of the ten days, they went round and round, unable to accurately find the source of the evil spirit. The old Taoist could always feel the subtle evil spirit, permeating the nearby mountains and wild plants, but he still couldn't get in. , the old Taoist knows that the Taoist deeds of that big demon must not be weak, otherwise he would not be able to use the blinding formation that covers the sky and the sun, but the old Taoist is still unwilling to give up, and let the lame boy carrying the banner every day To explore the road, I took the little girl with a round face to rest near the mountain road. From time to time, I took out a wooden compass, commonly known as an upside-down compass, which is a style commonly used by Taoist monks and onmyojis. The thin vermilion needles, with occasional golden light flowing out, revealed the hidden mystery of this dish.

The sky is gloomy and foggy, and it may rain at any time. The old Taoist is squatting by the roadside at this time, "staring" at the compass with his head lowered, and recites magically: "Upside down, there are mountains of gold and silver in 24 mountains. Upside down, 24 Mountains have dragon ponds and tiger lairs."

The old man put away the compass, turned his head to the distance of the mountain road, and said with a soft smile: "There is a way to make money, there is no unparalleled road, it seems that we can have a few drinks in Wanping County."

The round-faced little girl followed the sight of the old Taoist and saw a group of people walking slowly. She opened her eyes wide and looked around. As the people got closer, she found that the leader was a boy with a big basket and straw sandals, holding a hatchet , Occasionally chop off the branches beside the narrow path in the mountain to prevent them from puncturing their clothes. There are three people behind them. They are not very old. Brother, the three people behind are all carrying extremely cute small emerald green bookcases.

Finally, there was a white donkey with a pack on its back.

The little girl lowered her voice and said, "Master, it doesn't look like a rich family, why don't you let it go?"

The blind Taoist raised his eyebrows, "Mosquito legs are also meat. You are half the head of the family. How much copper money is left in your pocket? I don't know how much money is left in your pocket? How much silver did you eat the master with that gluttonous belly of your senior brother? If not Master pities you, you think this world will allow you to live for a few days..."

The sensible little girl quickly tapped the old Taoist's shoulders, smiled sincerely, and said gratefully: "That's why my brother and I worked as cows and horses for the master, and never complained. But if the master gets angry in the future, can you teach me a lesson when my brother is not present?" Me? Then my brother won’t be angry, and the master doesn’t have to use the family law to punish him.”

The old Taoist stood up slowly, and the little girl immediately stood aside with her hands tied.

The group of people was Chen Pingan and the others who went south to Yefuguan on the border of Dali.

In fact, Chen Ping'an had already seen the smiling old man and the cautious little girl.

After Chen Ping'an and the others approached, the old Taoist stroked his beard and smiled, and said in a slightly awkward Dali official dialect, which was not shocking: "If the poor Taoist reads correctly, you have traveled far away, and you have suffered bloody disasters. Don't think that if you survive a catastrophe, you will have future blessings, you must be sure, in the view of Pindao, you will have a real disaster next, and only after this hurdle has passed will you have real future blessings."

Chen Pingan's heart sank, and he remained silent.

Li Baoping looked at the little girl with pale face, the latter smiled shyly, Li Baoping also smiled.

The little girl in the red padded jacket and the younger girl immediately fell in love with each other.

When Li Huai came to the mouth of the sentence, "Aren't you blind, old man, how do you look at this and that", he almost blurted out, but Li Huai remembered the turmoil on the embroidery river boat, and immediately covered his mouth, resolutely not stir up trouble.

The blind Taoist seemed to have sensed Li Huai's thoughts, and he laughed and said, "You don't know, my Taoist sect has ten supernatural powers, among them is the saying 'the eyes of the mind are open, the world is clear, and the sneaky retreat', Pindao happened to master this sect Supernatural powers, I don’t dare to boast that I’m already perfect, but I’m pretty good at it, I don’t look at people with their eyes, I just need to watch everyone’s weather with my heart.”

Lin Shouyi said calmly: "I am a Confucian sage who has taught me, and when we meet by chance, I don't talk about strange powers."

The old Taoist was a little surprised, and quickly sighed: "Forget it, the Buddhist school does not save people who have no destiny, and the Taoist school does not save blind people. Go, I hope you will be careful on this journey. If you are in trouble, you might as well call out If Pindao hears about it by chance, he will definitely turn around and help, but if the road is far away, even if Pindao has the heart, he will be powerless."

After saying these words, the blind old Taoist turned sideways to cross the path.

Chen Pingan said with a smile: "We will be careful, thank you Taoist priest for reminding."

The two sides passed each other, and Li Baoping waved generously at the thin, round-faced little girl. The little girl timidly raised her little hand to her chest, and shook it gently as a silent farewell.

The old Taoist waited until the figures of Chen Ping'an and his party disappeared on the mountain road, and murmured: "Through the journey, if the Dali people are vulgar warriors, or ignorant common people, the poor way has been tried and tested, why did it fail today? Bad luck, bad luck, everyone Things are not going well. It seems that this time to defeat the demon, let alone fail, the mountain monster must have a strong family background, this time..."

The blind old man's eyelids trembled slightly, he stopped talking, patted the head of the little girl beside him who was reluctantly looking at the mountain road, and said kindly: "Jiu'er, as long as this is successful, Master's cultivation of Lei Fa will be guaranteed, and there is no need to worry about it." If you worry about money, Master will treat you brothers and sisters better in the future."

The little girl raised her head and said with a smile, "As long as Master doesn't beat the bell often in the future, it will be fine!"

The blind old man was noncommittal, he raised his head suddenly, and made a gesture with his fingers, his expression was not surprised but happy, "The sky has changed, it's so heavy

The evil spirit can actually cause a change in the landscape and climate of a place!Well, well, finally lead the snake out of the hole.Little Jiu'er, I'm going to fight demons and defend Dao with Master! "

The little girl nodded her head vigorously, facing the sneaky monster that everyone down the mountain turned pale upon hearing, she was not afraid at all.

The little girl took out a silver knife that was not more than an inch long, rolled up the sleeve, and was about to put the knife on her arm, and asked, "Master, do you want the Fuquan now?"

The old Taoist nodded and said: "Although the master still has some, just to be careful, let the master prepare some in case of emergency, so as not to be caught off guard by the monster, and then it will harm you brothers and sisters."

The little girl took a deep breath, cut a gash on her arm with a knife, blood gushed out immediately, and quickly raised her arm, "Master, it's done."

Blind and experienced, he stretched out a finger of his right hand, spread his left palm, and quickly drew a talisman on the palm with his finger, then exchanged fingers and palms, and drew a talisman on the palm of his right hand as well.

The little girl whose face was getting paler still asked seriously: "Master, is it enough?"

The old Taoist laughed and said: "That's enough for now, Master will let the big monster entrenched on this mountain have a taste of the five thunderbolts!"

About one mile away from the master and the apprentice, Chen Pingan suddenly stopped and raised the hatchet to signal the attention of the three people behind.

In the distance, there was a young boy holding a strange banner, his figure was as vigorous as a mountain wild ape, he jumped out from the depths of the dense forest, facing Chen Pingan and the others with his back, the boy landed on the mountain road, shook the banner vigorously several times, and then Thinking of going along the mountain road that is good for running, to join the old road, the boy turned around and saw Chen Ping'an and his party on the mountain road. The sweaty boy was a little anxious, thought for a while, changed his mind, and continued to flee down the mountain , choose a detour to retreat.

At the same time, the boy did not forget to make a quick-go gesture to Chen Pingan and the others.

Li Huai was dumbfounded, "What are you doing?"

Lin Shouyi frowned and said, "There should be evil spirits chasing the young man. I can feel a sinister air."

Sure enough, a blurry figure surrounded by billowing black smoke stopped for a moment after seeing Chen Ping'an and his party, exuding a thick and sinister aura, but in the end, he still chased the lame boy holding the flag and left swiftly.

Chen Pingan said to Lin Shouyi: "Ask Senior Yinshen, what would he say?"

After a while, Lin Shouyi replied: "Senior Yinshen told us to move on, don't stay, he will take a look properly, but he also said that he was just escorting us to the border of Dali, reminding us that the purpose of this trip is only Traveling far away to study is not to be a good person who catches demons and slays demons, he doesn't want us to take the initiative to cause trouble."

Chen Pingan nodded, "Speak to Senior Yinshen, play it by ear, if you can help, help, and if you can't, don't force it. Also, Lin Shouyi, you also prepare the three talismans, and then you will lead the way, and I will help you." At the end of the team. Aquarius, Li Huai, remember that if you really encounter the legendary ghost spirit, don’t be afraid, let alone panic, don’t imitate... Forget it, let’s hurry!”

Chen Pingan originally wanted to say that he must not learn from the red deer on the stone floor of Qidun Mountain. He obviously has the cultivation base of the second level of martial arts, but he dare not even make a move when he encounters the monster white python.

But thinking of the sentence that A Liang said casually, "Those who talk about people's right and wrong behind their backs must be right and wrong", Chen Pingan swallowed the words back.

Lin Shouyi looked composed.

Among the stack of talismans at the bottom of the box that Li's treasured in a small town, among them were the three yellow paper talismans with the lowest rank, which Lin Shouyi could barely manage now.

One of the beads on the plate is a water talisman.A fire talisman called "Fire Rain".The last Five Sacred Obstacle Breaking Talisman belongs to the category of Mountain Qi Talisman.

But Lin Shouyi's real support is still not the three talismans of unknown power, but himself.

It is the secret thunder method recorded in the "Langlang Book on the Cloud".

But of course Lin Shouyi would not ask for trouble just because he wanted to verify the power of this grenade method, and put everyone in danger.

A group of people walked quickly, Li Huai raised his hand while walking, wondering: "It's raining now? Didn't you say hello in advance?"

It was raining continuously, not too much, but it made the mountains and forests much colder.

Chen Pingan took out four bamboo hats from his back basket, all of which were bought in Hongzhu Town, just for this kind of rush in the wind and rain.

After everyone put on a bamboo hat, they kept walking, and Chen Pingan looked back from time to time.

In the distance, the blind old Taoist faced the lame young man running towards him, and laughed loudly: "Good job! Little evil spirit, you are looking for your own death! Go to the poor Taoist!"

The old Taoist stepped forward and slapped the talisman on the palm of his hand before he reminded the crippled boy, "Get down!"

The boy jumped forward and rolled in the muddy mountain road.

The old Taoist's palm was shining with golden light, every stroke of the talisman had golden light shining, and there was faint thunder in the palm of his hand.

This radiant golden light is particularly eye-catching on the windy and dark wilderness.

The cloud of black smoke behind the young man stopped suddenly, and just as he was about to flee, he was hit by the golden light, covering his whole body like a golden net, screaming, the black shadow wailed, and soon disappeared.

The young man bowed all the way and ran behind the old Taoist, out of breath, and thrust the spirit-calling banner into the ground. Seeing the little girl's worried expression, he still grinned and shook his head, indicating that he was fine.

Killing the filthy group with one palm, the old Taoist laughed happily: "How dare you show your head in front of the poor Taoist, a filthy creature born of withered bones?!"

There was a strand of gray that seemed to be pulled into the streamer.

The figure soared into the air on the spot, turned around and waved out a palm, "Come, come, come, come, all of them will be transformed into the immeasurable merits of the poor!"

A pussy behind the boy and the little girl was blown away by Lei Fa's palm from the palm of the old man, and soon another wisp of gray flew into the banner.

On the mountain road, the old Taoist tossed and turned, quickly exchanged his hands, and swung his palms, golden lights lit up again and again, thunder rumbled, and the momentum was astonishing.

The old Taoist laughed heartily. In the cloudy and rainy weather, the thunder light reflected on the old face of the blind old man. His aura was overwhelming. If you can resist, does that big monster sneaking behind the scenes still let these minions come to die? Hurry up and catch them, hand over half of your wealth, and maybe the poor will let you go!"

For thousands of years, the art of thunder has always been the top of all Taoist methods. Once it is used, it is recognized as powerful and unstoppable.

It's just that the so-called Five Thunders' righteous method, except for a few Taoist sects in Aquarius Continent, can truly understand its essence, and many other inheritances are all incomplete systems, or have only seemingly uninspired side sects, so for those who cast the spell, There must be backlash, and over the years, the vitality will be exhausted, and it will become the source of premature longevity.

So this veteran's blindness may not be born.

Originally in the woods around the mountain road, the billowing black smoke that was swimming quickly gradually diminished, and the disgusting sounds of whimpering, wailing, and growling gathered together completely returned to calm.

The little girl said softly: "Master, there are many lanterns hanging up behind."

The blind old man turned his head and "looked", and felt that white paper lanterns appeared out of thin air from the mountain road in the north, and ignited out of thin air, like a fire dragon thousands of feet long, slowly wandering in the mountains and wilds.

The old Taoist looked dignified and rubbed his palms. The red lacquered palm talisman, which used the blood of the female apprentice, had almost been used up.

The old Taoist stretched out his hand and pulled out the mahogany sword from behind, as if facing a formidable enemy.

A woman in a bright red wedding dress came slowly, holding an oiled paper fan, her lips did not move, but a dark voice sounded in the ears of the three masters and apprentices, "This Taoist priest just keep drawing talismans, It doesn't matter if you paint all over your body, I can wait, and then I will invite the three of you to the house as guests, and personally wash your faces, cramps, and heartaches for the three of you."

The red-clothed female ghost holding a paper fan seemed to be most interested in the round-faced girl, her hoarse voice continued to sound, and at the same time, she stretched out her hand to cover the small snow-white face, "For example, washing your face, this is the Like."

The next moment, the round-faced girl was so frightened that she quickly closed her eyes.

It turned out that after the female ghost in red raised her hand to cover her face, she gently wiped it down, as if the whole face had been peeled off and "washed", revealing a bloody and terrifying face.