The Devil is My White Moonlight

When Zheng Kairan first chose the place to build the spirit array, he specially invited the head of the Lingwu Sect to visit all parts of the Central Plains, and found a dozen or so places with abundant spiritual energy.When building the magic circle, Shanhai City, Baihua Valley, Crescent City, Xuanbing Ridge, and Endless Grassland were specially selected. If these five places are connected with Moyun Mountain on the map, the shape is just like a moyun mountain. The five-clawed golden dragon headed by Yunshan.

The Shanhai City Magic Formation is not far from Moyun Mountain. From the perspective of the golden dragon, it is located on the dragon claws on the chest, so it is nicknamed the Dragon Claw Formation.Coincidentally, there are five continuous mountains around the magic circle, which happen to be in the shape of dragon claws, and the magic circle is in the palm of these five claws, like a pearl held in the dragon claws.

Mu Xiyun and Qin Le rushed all the way, and finally arrived at Longzhao Mountain in the evening.

The place where the spirit formation was located was originally a wilderness. Because there were more immortal cultivators coming and going, some people began to sell some food and items beside the formation. The business developed from time to time, and people who provided services for the cultivators gradually established around the formation. The village was named Longzhao Village.

The two rode to the entrance of the village, and saw a young man waving to them from a distance.Mu Xiyun and Qin Le got off their horses, the young man was a little lame, he came up to him and asked, "Is it the fairy from Moyun Mountain?"

Mu Xiyun nodded.

The man said again: "I am the son of the village chief, and my name is Wang Ping. My father got the letter from the Golden Pavilion in the morning and has been waiting for you at home. Come with me, two."

After speaking, he took the two horses familiarly and limped ahead to lead the way.

Mu Xiyun and Qin Le followed him into the village.The village is not big, and at this time every family is smoking.Wang Ping walked all the way and introduced: "We are ordinary people in this village. They lived here because they sold some food to the cultivators here in the early years. Every household has a guest room for the immortals to borrow. Immortals are not used to living in farmhouses, and there is an inn behind. My father said that the two of you came here in a hurry, it must be because of Su Xianjun’s business, let me take you to his place first, and you can stay at my house or an inn at night.”

Mu Xiyun nodded, and said, "Cunnel Chief Lao is bothering you. Let's find out about Senior Brother Su for the time being, as long as the accommodation is convenient."

Qin Le also said yes again and again.

The village is not big, and the speaking room has already reached the door of the village chief.

The houses in Longzhao Village are different from the white walls and gray tiles of the Jiangnan folk houses. The village chief’s house is made of red bricks and red tiles. Large stones are also used to accumulate walls or directly use wooden boards to separate rooms.All the ridges are upturned at both ends, forming a beautiful arc.

Through the gate, there is a courtyard. An old man with white beard and hair is sitting on a high chair in the main room, smoking a hookah. His face is covered with blue smoke and white mist, making it difficult to see clearly.

Seeing Mu Xiyun and Qin Le enter the door, the old man stood up, still holding a hookah in his hand, and saluted them: "This old man is the village head of Longzhao Village, and I have seen two immortals."

Mu Xiyun and Qin Le gave way sideways, not daring to accept the old man's gift, and said: "The old man is polite. We are here for Senior Brother Su's affairs. I wonder if there is any news now?"

The old village head gave up their seats for them, and after a while, Wang Ping brought tea.

The village chief took another puff of his cigarette, and white smoke spit out from his mouth. "Don't blame the old man for being rude, it's just that I'm old and I always have pain in my body, and I need these tobaccos to relieve it." He paused, and continued: "Su Xianjun came to Longclaw Village to live with me. In the tobacco of the old man's water pipe, there is a herbal medicine called purple heart grass, which is used to expel dampness and relieve pain. Picking. A few days ago, my son accidentally fell down while repairing the roof, and Su Xianjun helped connect the broken leg."

Speaking of this, the old man wiped the corners of his eyes: "Su Xianjun is a good person. Seeing that my purple heart grass is running out, I took the initiative to ask the place and went to the mountains to help me collect herbs. Alas, my old arms and legs hurt so much. Su Xianjun can't have an accident."

The two finally understood the reason of the matter, and they couldn't help but feel relieved.Speaking of which, picking herbs is not a difficult task for Su Yanjun. If it is said that the herbs are difficult to find or want to gather more, it is possible to delay the day.

Mu Xiyun comforted the old village head for a while softly, the old man stopped his tears and hurriedly asked his son to prepare a meal for the guests.

That night, I stayed in the guest room of the village chief's house.After a day's driving, Qin Le was so exhausted that he almost fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

Listening to Qin Le's even snoring, Mu Xiyun's body was exhausted, but Gu Qingqiao's injury was always on her mind.The sudden recognition last night made his heart flustered, and that panic still surged into his heart from time to time.After lying on the bed with her eyes open for half an hour, Mu Xiyun finally got out of bed and came to the courtyard of the house.

The night is as cold as water, and the moon is already over.The moonlight shone into the small courtyard, and the bluestone on the ground was as bright as a mirror.Mu Xiyun found a small bench and sat in the patio watching the moon.

There was a soft creaking of the door, and an old and crooked figure came out.The old village chief was wearing a sleeveless jacket and a robe, and saw Mu Xiyun just as he walked out of the room.

"What's the matter, young man, is the bed uncomfortable?"

Mu Xiyun hurriedly got up and said, "No, no. I... I just have something on my mind, and I need to think about it."

"If you have something on your mind, then I really can't help you." The old man smiled and said, "Looking at you like this reminds me of someone."

Mu Xiyun smiled and asked, "I don't know who you are talking about?"

"Ah, that's one of my senior brothers."

"Oh?" Mu Xiyun was slightly surprised: "The old man also studied art with a teacher?"

"Oh, that was all 60 years ago." The old man glanced at Mu Xiyun and saw that he was not impatient, so he continued: "I was only ten years old that year, and I just joined the teacher's school and met the master. Afterwards, he was handed over to the elder brother to learn the art. My elder brother is just like you, he likes to sit on the ground and look at the moon, and he can watch it for several hours."

Mu Xiyun's heart moved slightly. Does that person who likes to look at the moon have the same thoughts as me?

"My senior brother is a hard-working man. He is a slave bought by the master from the desert. It is said that it was not considered a purchase at the time, but a gift for buying desert minerals and herbs. My master is a person who refines medicine. This kind of worthless Slaves naturally became his test subjects."

"Testing medicine?" Mu Xiyun was puzzled.

"Yes, to test the medicine. When the medicine was first refined, because the properties of the medicine were not known, it could not be given to customers directly. At this time, it was necessary to find someone to test the medicine." The old man replied.

"However, medicine is for sick people. How can people who are not sick try to find out the properties of the medicine? Could it be...?" Mu Xiyun couldn't believe her deduction.

"Yes, you are right." The old man's voice became increasingly desolate in the cold night. "Of course, the person who is testing the medicine must be sick. If he has the same symptoms as the buyer, he can prescribe the right medicine. The pharmacist has a way to make the mediciner get sick, and then feed the tested pill to the mediciner. Watch the efficacy of the medicine." At this point, the old man sighed: "Actually, getting sick is considered a good thing, and the more terrible thing is to test the poison."

"Poison test?"

"Take the poison first, and then the antidote. If the antidote is not effective or the effect is not fast enough, you will try again and again until you find a quick and good antidote. I remember that the master once showed off in front of people, For a certain poison, it took almost half a year and more than 70 trials before the perfect antidote was produced."

More than 70 times in half a year, that is, I have to take the poison once every two or three days, wait until the poison occurs, and then swallow the antidote that I don’t know how effective it is, and wait for the poison to be cured or try again. Failure to control in time will result in loss of life.Mu Xiyun shuddered.

"No one knows how he made it through, only that after five years of being a medicine man, he finally made it through and became the master's first disciple.

Maybe it's because his childhood was too miserable, but Eldest Brother has always given people the impression that he doesn't care about anything.He always rushed to the front alone in the task of exterminating demons assigned to us by the master, and he didn't care if he was bloody all over his body every time he fought.The juniors always say hello to the big brother, who takes the lead and works hard for everyone, but I always feel that he doesn't really care about his own life.Looking back now, I realized that maybe death was more comfortable for him than life.At that time, the big brother always gave people the impression that he lacked a bit of enthusiasm as a human being.Until one time..."

"One time what?" A voice suddenly came from behind, and the two turned their heads to see that Qin Le also came out with his clothes on.The little fat man had already fallen asleep, and when he realized that Mu Xiyun was not there, he woke up immediately.Since the previous two incidents happened when he was sound asleep, Qin Le immediately got up to find out.

Mu Xiyun waved to him, and the two sat together on the steps of the patio, continuing to listen to the old man's story about the past.

"Brother was 15 years old that year. He went out with his master. He seemed to go somewhere east. After he came back, although he behaved the same as usual, I felt that he had changed. Other brothers seemed to be I didn't realize it, probably because I was only eleven or twelve years old at the time, and I was so dependent on the big brother, I always stuck by his side when I had nothing to do."

In the eyes of that 12-year-old boy, when the elder brother who came back from the east looked at him, there would occasionally be a kind of tenderness in his eyes. When he did something wrong and was punished by his master, he would come to accompany him and be punished; When I am sick and uncomfortable, I will come to take care of me.What I saw the most was the senior brother sitting alone on the roof, watching the sunset and the moon without saying a word.The gentle eyes seem to be able to penetrate thousands of rivers and mountains, and fall on a place that attracts him and makes him always smile.

"Two years have passed like this, and the master plans to go to the East again. During that time, there seemed to be flames burning in the eyes of the senior brother. I have never seen him look forward to something so much. I remember one day, he happily said to I said, when he comes back after going to the Central Plains with his master, he will bring me a lot of delicious and fun things."

"Then what happened later?" Qin Le was aroused, and seeing the old man paused, he hurriedly urged.

"Ah!" the old man sighed, "Just a few days before departure, an enemy of the master suddenly came to the door. The son of the master was only eight years old at the time, and was taken away by the enemy. When he was released the next day, he was planted Seven or eight kinds of Gu worms are dying."

"Gu worm?" Qin Le cried out in surprise, feeling goosebumps all over his body.Mu Xiyun suddenly thought of Lin Xuewu from Hongye City.

"That's right, my master is not good at Gu poison, so I had to send my junior brother to a senior uncle overnight. He sent people there with the senior brother, but came back by himself."

Mu Xiyun suddenly had an ominous premonition, and he tentatively asked, "Where's your elder brother?"

"Eldest brother, he was left at the uncle's house to test the poison."

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The author has something to say:

Eldest brother: I probably sent it as a charge from Master.