[Xianjian + Ancient Sword Colleague] Being a master is also a kind of practice

It was getting late, and half the sky had already been stained with twilight.

The sound of clanging came from inside the wall of a shipyard in Qinglong Town. Under Yu's tearful eyes, the last iron wedge was nailed into the coffin lid.As the weather has entered summer, the corpse should not be kept for a long time. Several big men negotiated and decided to carry Xiaobao's coffin to the forest outside the town for burial tomorrow.

Here Xuan Zhen gave Yu Shi a few pills of health and tranquility pills, turned around and walked to Xiang San at the side: "Brother Xiang San, I have something to ask."

Xiang San was holding the bong and smoking a dull cigarette, but there was no fire in the pipe.He sighed and said, "I know what you're going to ask. Daniel told me just now that Xiaobao's body was found on the beach where we usually hang fishing nets. Half of his body was covered in sand when he found it. Buried... Tomorrow I will take you to have a look, alas, I didn't expect to encounter such a tragedy as soon as I came back."

Xuan Zhen shook his head: "Don't bother me. I have practiced martial arts since I was a child, and my walking distance is not bad. I will go to check it now, and I will be back in half an hour."

Seeing that he was very resolute, Xiang San stopped obstructing him, pointed to the location of his house and let him go.

Right now Xuan Zhen was heading east all the way, his movement was extremely fast, he jumped onto a row of roofs in the alley, his clothes fluttered and his jade belt fluttered horizontally, he really looked as graceful as a frightened bird, as graceful as a swimming dragon.After a while, it was out of the east exit of the town.

Qinglong Town faces the sea in the east, and within a mile of walking, you can see the seawall. On top of the embankment made of blue bricks is a sparse forest.The sea breeze is salty, rushing towards the face, but the yellow and oranges below are soft, and the blue waves cover the beach with white foam.Looking farther away, the sky is gradually pulled up, and a few sparse stars are shining slightly on the horizon.

Xuan Zhen called out the spring water, searched around with the light of his sword, and sure enough, he found a spot of blood on the beach, and there were also many messy footprints on the sand, presumably left by those big men in the town.He squatted down, the Spring Water Sword blew, and it lay across in front of him, Xuan Zhen just turned over the gravel, and found a lot of bird feathers in it, the fur color was bright red, the root canal was purple, the shape was long and narrow, and Xiao Bao held it in his hand of those are no different.

When Xuan Zhen saw it, he felt even more strange in his heart.If the child died on the beach, it wasn't a elephant who killed him, could it be some kind of vicious bird?

Looking around again, there are no other clues.Xuan Zhen had no choice but to return to Qinglong Town with doubts.

It was already night when we stepped into the shipyard, and everything was very quiet, not even the sound of insects chirping.Xuan Zhen's footsteps were light and quick, and he walked quietly between the rows of wooden houses. Even though he was successful in Taoism and had strong ears, he could only hear the faint voices in the wooden houses. It seemed that strange things happened in the town these days Those people dare not speak loudly even in their own homes, for fear of attracting monsters.

Xuan Zhen remembered that Xiang San pointed out to himself that his house was three wooden houses connected together, with fences outside and a flower shelf outside the door, which was located just west of Yu's house.He slumped and walked outside the fence of Yu's house, only to see that the door of the house was locked tightly, the inside of the window was pitch black, only the faint sound of weeping came out of the window.

Xuan Zhen sighed slightly, turned around the fence, and walked back.At this moment, a shriek was suddenly heard, the voice was shrill and somewhat hoarse, like an old woman laughing strangely, or like a night owl's cry, coming from far away in the dark night, it was even more terrifying, it sounded like It makes people's hair stand on end.

When Xuan Zhen heard the sound, his heart skipped a beat, his thoughts turned slightly, and he ran towards the direction of the sound, but it happened that Xiang Sanjia was also there.Just outside a fence, there was a creaking sound, a door was opened a crack, the light in the house was cast on the steps, a thin and thin figure rushed out of the door like the wind, busy in front of a clump of flowers in the yard He hurriedly stood still, but saw a head of black hair tied into a loose bun on the back of the man's head, it turned out to be a young woman.

The woman stood on tiptoe in front of the flowers and didn't know what she pulled down and held it in her hand to see it. She gasped suddenly, then took a few steps back, turned around and rushed into the door, and then heard the constant screams of pain from inside the room. , this voice is very familiar, it is Xiang San.

Xuan Zhen smiled and said in his heart: I think this is Xiang San's wife.She looks thin and small, unexpectedly she is so tough and strong, she looks very important when speaking to the third brother in front of those brothers, but she does not expect to be beaten frequently at home, is it true that every family has hard-to-recite scriptures?

While thinking about it, he walked into the door, and saw the thin woman grabbing Xiangsan's ears with one hand, and grabbing a piece of coarse cloth with the other hand, beating her husband around the head and face, and yelling angrily, "You've been paid a thousand knives!" Why don't you just die outside? Tell you to take back Xiao'er's clothes, and you will know how to agree! Now it's good, our daughter is going to die!"

"Hey, if you have something to say, let go of my ears first, let go!" Xiang San's eyebrows and eyes were all wrinkled, grinning his teeth and jumping in pain. He was tall and his wife had to bend over Walking around the room with arched back, having to dodge the swishing coarse cloth, and not daring to push his wife away for fear of hurting her, it was really miserable.

Xuan Zhen stood in front of the door and smiled softly. Hearing this, Xiang San hurriedly shouted: "Help me, Immortal! I don't know what kind of madness this woman is, you should cure her quickly."

Seeing that he still didn't know what was wrong, the woman felt sad, pushed him hard, lay down on the table, and burst into tears: "Well, you are Xiangsan. You haven't heard from him for more than half a year. It's so difficult. I'm back, and I'm going to harm my daughter, I'm afraid Xiao'er will go with Sister Yu's Xiaobao this time as a companion!"

Xiang Sanbai couldn't figure it out, seeing his wife crying sadly, he had to cautiously go up to comfort him: "Don't cry, why bother cursing Xiaoer when you're so good, be careful you really brought that monster here."

When Xiang's wife heard this, she became even more annoyed, and shouted: "The monster has already come, you can see for yourself!" Then she threw the rough cloth in his face, Xiang San took it in her hand and spread it out, Xuan Zhen Only then did I see that it turned out to be a child's clothes.

I only heard Mrs. Xiang say: "Look at the skirt, are there two drops of blood?"

Looking down at Xiang San, he nodded blankly, still full of puzzlement.

The lady of the Xiang family said again: "Then you heard the night owl's cry just now?"

At this time, Xiang San understood a little bit, nodded slowly, and slowly opened a pair of tiger eyes.

Xuan Zhen frowned and interjected: "Mrs. Xiang, you said that the monster has already come. Could it be that the bloodstain was left on purpose, even the cry just now..."

Mrs. Xiang's family glanced at him, and two tears rolled out of her eyes, she cried, "No! It's the same with those families in the town who have lost their children... first they heard the birds singing, and then the children's clothes were dotted with blood. , after a few days, the child will be stolen, if you find it again...if you find it again, it will be a dead body!" He sobbed.

Hearing this, Xiang Sanyi immediately regretted and felt ashamed, and said urgently: "How did I know this! How good this is, Xiao'er forgot to put away her clothes, and now she has been marked by that monster..." He hurriedly stood in the room Turning around, I saw Xuan Zhen when I turned around, grabbed him by the shoulder, and begged: "Immortal, you have great powers, please save our Xiao'er! You have also seen Xiaobao's death, when you think of Xiao'er ... Xiao'er will become like that, I, I'm terrified even thinking about it!"

Xuan Zhen was shaken back and forth by him, the lights in front of his eyes were heavy, he was dizzy for a while, he broke free and said: "Brother Xiang, please don't panic. I will ask Madam a few more words."

Xiang San let go, his wife leaned on the table and heard it, wiped her tears and stood up, before Xuan Zhen could speak, she knelt down on the ground, and said seriously: "San Ge will not lie, he said you can save the town You will be able to save my child! My daughter’s life is life, and the lives of those children in the town are also life. I just ask the gods to have mercy on us people and help us get rid of monsters. If I can help, it is absolutely I will refuse!"

Her words were resounding, Xuan Zhen nodded secretly when he heard it, and hurriedly helped her up with Xiang San before asking: "Don't worry, Mrs. Xiang, I am here to get rid of demons. But knowing yourself and your enemy is the only way to win every battle. Before, I thought that the monster that hurt people was a monster, but after listening to Madam just now, it seems to be another kind of monster... Is that Yu's child taken away in the same way?"

Xiang's wife nodded and said with tears in her eyes: "That's right. Since the children in the town were repeatedly murdered, every family dared not teach the children to go out, even the elderly and women stayed behind closed doors. It's just that the monster is really cunning. On that day, sister-in-law Yu went to the riverside to wash clothes with us, and accidentally dropped one of Xiaobao's coats into the water and washed them away. Drops of black and red blood, and then Xiao Bao..."

Xuan Zhen said again: "Then when you found the blood-stained clothes, did you ever see red feathers nearby?" Then he took out those vermilion bird feathers from his bosom and showed them to Mrs. Xiang's family.

Mrs. Xiang's family frowned, showing a thoughtful look, and said after a while: "It seems that someone has seen it, but I don't know what it has to do with the loss of the child?"

Xuan Zhen handed Zhu Yu to Xiang San and his wife for careful observation, and explained: "There is also a kind of monster recorded in "Dong Ming Guang Ji", which is said to be transformed by the obsession of a dead woman, in the form of a woman, without arms But it has wings and bright colors, so it is named Guhuo. Guhuo loves babies very much, and often steals other people's sons as its own. If the family left the child's clothes to dry outside the house and forgot to put them away, the bird would leave two drops of blood on them, and the baby would be taken away by it not long after."

Xiang San held the feather and was blowing his nostrils to sniff. Hearing this, he said: "This 'cuckoo bird' is really hateful, and other people's children are going to steal it! Our Xiaoer must not teach this bad bird to steal it!" go."

Mrs. Xiang's family glared at him, then turned to Xuan Zhen and said: "Since the immortal knows the origin of this monster, there must be a way to save the child, right?"

Xuan Zhen smiled slightly, and said: "It's not difficult to deal with, but I have to ask Madam for a little favor."

Mrs. Xiang said happily: "If you can save my Xiaoer and other children in the town, let alone a small favor, I will definitely help you if you are a big one!"

"That would be great." Xuan Zhen laughed, "Since that girl left a mark, she will come again in a few days if she wants to come. I have a plan, but I just need Madam to be ruthless!"