In barren mountains and grasslands, where the grass is shallow is the road.

Two Taoists leading donkeys were walking among them. One of the donkeys had a bell hanging around its neck, and its clear sound floated leisurely in the early morning.

Behind them were four priests.

At this time, they did not deliberately hide their whereabouts. Taoists like Lin Jue and Junior Sister could still see them.

Although they are not true gods, they can still be regarded as divine officials, that is, subordinate officers and generals under the gods. They do not have their own temples, and they may not even have statues of gods. Even if they do have statues, they are only placed in the temples of other gods.

Their names are not recorded in the human court or the Nine Heavens Palace, and the incense is distributed by the righteous gods. But after all, they are not evil spirits, ghosts, ghosts, or wild ghosts. It is okay to come out in broad daylight. There is no need to be afraid of the sun and yang, nor the Taoist and Taoist people.

Other righteous gods.

Lin Jue thought for a while, then turned around and asked the Zhuyi Shrine:

"What do you call Shisama?"

"My last name was Zhang."

"Priest Zhang.

Lin Jue was also more polite at this time:

"I heard that when the snake horn is dried in the sun, it becomes a poisonous stone, and when dried in the shade, it becomes a highly poisonous stone. Priest Zhang is well-informed. He just told you how to use the poisonous stone. However, I would like to ask Priest Zhang for advice. This highly poisonous stone is also

What's going on?"

Priest Zhang glanced at him and couldn't help but said: "I told the Taoist Priest, the Taoist Priest will not use it to harm others, so that I will get the blame for nothing, right?"

"Definitely not!"

"You don't look like such a person." Priest Zhang thought of his ability and the need to rely on him to lead the way, so he softened his voice and said, "This snake horn is indeed a poisonous stone when dried in the dark.

"

"Please give me some advice.

"First of all, the five elements of this horned snake belong to the earth and are poisonous. The horns grow out of its body and are inherently poisonous. It is an earth poison. It disappears after it is dried." Priest Zhang said as he walked,

"Secondly, this drug-taking stone can be used to take drugs. It is hidden in the stone. Whatever poison is inhaled will be the poison. The more you inhale, the more toxic it will be. These poisons can only be dissolved in water, but it should be noted that soil can overcome water. If

The original soil poison cannot be dissolved into water and can only be eliminated by exposure to the sun."

“The truth behind this is very profound.

"It's good if the Taoist Master knows." Priest Zhu Yi couldn't help but feel a little arrogant, "Although the Taoist Master is profound in Taoism and has learned many spells, it should be noted that if a cultivator has not become an immortal, no matter how high his skill is,

A hundred years of birthday, the world is so big and there are so many things, how much can we see and know in a hundred years?"

"rational."

Lin Jue smiled and did not argue with him.

This is indeed true.

Moreover, I just asked him for advice, and it was regarded as my "teacher" for a moment, so it wouldn't hurt to temporarily make him feel that he is more powerful.

The fox in front suddenly turned around and jumped into the dry grassland.

After taking a closer look, I saw a small road in the middle.

Yes, the road they had just taken, which was overgrown with weeds and could hardly be distinguished, was actually a main road.

Not far away, the fox climbed over a hill, stopped, looked back at a few people, and then looked ahead.

"This is it."

Lin Jue pointed here and said.

The mountains and bottoms are covered with silky weeds, about as high as a person's knees, and there are often bargrass. However, there is clearly a flat open space in this mountain col. There are neither weeds that can be seen everywhere, nor bargrass growing, only one tree.

Pomegranate tree.

"It was here that night we met Princess Hua, and she entertained us with pomegranates from this tree and many delicacies."

The three military attaches looked around.

The priest in Zhuyi had already arrived in front of the pomegranate tree. He looked up at the pomegranate tree and murmured: "The princess also loves pomegranates on the mountain."

"Now that we have brought you here, we brothers and sisters will leave."

"Taoist priest really doesn't want to follow us back to Huashan? No one in the world treats the messenger badly, especially my master. I will definitely be grateful."

"I'm just a messenger. We met by chance. Going back to Huashan with you will have no other purpose. It just allows a few people to pass the trouble to me." Lin Jue saw through their thoughts, "Not to mention that I have to go to Yangzhou in Runze County.

I want to join the Luo Guild in Jiacun, even if I want to go, I have to wait until I get to the capital."

"well…"

Zhu Yi Shenyan had no choice but to sigh.

After knowing that he could neither intimidate nor do anything to Lin Jue, his attitude indeed became much better.

"Why should the priests be like this? I heard that the gods of the Five Mountains are holy and the gods of the Four Mountains are kind. You have done your best and repaid me truthfully. Will the Lord of the Palace still make things difficult for you? Besides, didn't Princess Hua say she would go back to see the Lord of the Xiyue Palace?

?”

Lin Jueyou wanted to find out some news.

"What does the Taoist Priest know?" Zhuyi Shrine couldn't help but sigh, "There are continuous floods at the foot of Xiyue Mountain, early dry season and waterlogging in rainy season. The Weishui River God has no effect at all. Every year, countless people come to offer incense and pray, even later

There are arrogant people who denounce the gods angrily, and my prince is already in a state of distress. Although the princess is the righteous daughter of the prince, she is the smartest and most capable among his many daughters. If she marries the God of Wei River, she can guarantee smooth flow of the river under the Huashan Mountain.

, maybe it’s okay...

Priest Zhuyi closed his mouth before he finished speaking.

"But wasn't the Weishui River God killed by the Dragon King?"

"Even if you can't marry the God of Wei River, your parents' orders, the matchmaker's words, and who Princess Hua will marry, still have to be decided by the prince of the palace?"

Lin Jue shook his head.

I wonder if Princess Hua's departure that night was related to the arrival of these people in this area.

"I can't take care of this kind of thing. We are destined to meet each other and there are some conflicts, so please don't pay attention to it." Lin Jue said, cupped his hands and said, "Goodbye."

After saying that, he turned around and left without looking back.

The junior sister imitated him and turned around in the same way.

The wind blows the wild grass like waves.

The autumn air was crisp and the sky was vast. In the eyes of several priests, the two people, the two donkeys and the sound of the bells gradually faded away.

Just leaving them looking at each other

A fox ran in front, and a raccoon chased behind.

The little junior sister looked serious, thinking about the mystery of the spell in her heart as she walked.

"The mountain is overwhelming...

"The small stones weigh on the top..."

I couldn't help but secretly raise my magic power and pointed forward.

Caili was running happily, like a little leopard, and suddenly it gained a little more weight.

It couldn't help but lower its body.

This weight is really light, maybe not even one tael. If it were applied to a human body, it would probably not be noticeable. However, the cat's body is small and very sensitive. This sudden weight immediately made Cai Li's eyes uncontrollable.

Showing doubt.

As he continued to crawl forward, he kept looking back and behind him, but saw nothing.

The junior sister retracted her hand silently, looked straight ahead, and concentrated on her way.

"Meow?"

Caili couldn't help but stop, shake her body, then bent over and scratched several places on her body with her hind feet to see if there was anything hidden on her body, but she still found nothing.

He glanced at the junior sister, and then at the fox in front of him who had stopped and waited for him in confusion. He had no choice but to continue to follow him on his knees. Look.

"Senior brother."

Only then did the little junior sister dare to look at it with her eyes. At the same time, she said to the senior brother next to her nonchalantly: "I seem to have learned this kind of magic."

"I see it."

The senior brother's voice came faintly.

"Huh?"

The little junior sister couldn't help but be surprised, the senior brother was really smart.

Then I felt lucky that I was surrounded by a senior brother. If it were a master or a senior brother, he would probably have to teach me.

"Senior brother, I saw the piece of paper you asked "Empress Yaohua". She said that the fine gold essence is at the Dragon King's place. Senior brother, should I go to the Dragon King to exchange it or what should I do? "Chi, and I am also very powerful, and I can't.

I can help my brother.

"We'll talk about it then."

"That Dragon King doesn't seem to be a good monster." The junior sister glanced at him sideways, "If it's to eliminate harm for the people, senior brother doesn't have to wait until he sends me to the capital before coming back to look for it. This kind of thing should be done sooner rather than later.

"Let's see and then talk.

"oh.

The little junior sister stopped talking.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Caili in front of her who seemed to have adapted to the extra weight on her body. She thought about it, then waved her hand again and withdrew the spell. Again

"?!"

Caili immediately jumped up on the spot and looked around vigilantly.

The little junior sister looked as usual, leading the donkey and walking past her. When she saw something was wrong with it, she looked at her suspiciously.

Caili scratched his head and followed tentatively.

Before I knew it, it was dozens of miles away.

Caili looked around as he walked.

The junior sister was chatting with Lin Jue while walking, asking him for tips on this spell.

The two of them asked and answered questions, chatting about magic and practice, as well as some things they had and didn't know. In addition, the scenery they saw on the road and the novel things that popped up all the time. The two days of road, without wind or rain, gradually became sunny, and it seemed that

Only

It was over in a blink of an eye.

The fox jumped into Yangjiacun first.

Two Taoists and the donkey and the cat then walked in.

But I saw the fox stretching its neck, looking left and right, and sniffing the smell in the air. It wasn't until it heard footsteps and bells approaching behind it that it stepped forward again.

The two of them followed it and headed straight to the middle of the village.

The architectural style of the villages here is obviously different from that of Huizhou. They no longer have white walls and black tiles, but they still live near the water. Most of the houses are built with yards made of bluestone bricks and adobe bricks. Most of the courtyards are not small, and the entrances are more

There are stone carvings and door plaques, which show the wealth and prominence of this village.

This is meant to prevent zombies.

As expected, a lot of talented people have emerged.

Lin Jue keenly discovered that every household here has a very high threshold, with wooden boards half as high as a person embedded in the thresholds, and the wooden boards are sloping outward.

Because many zombies in the world are transformed from dead people, and even if they are not rigid and rigid, they still have difficulty moving. People believe that this kind of high and outward-sloping wooden board can prevent them from entering the house.

Maybe it's useful, otherwise it wouldn't have been passed down for so many years.

At the same time, every house has its doors closed.

The whole village was silent.

The donkey's hooves stepping on the stone bricks and the sound of the bells were obvious in the quiet village, but no one came to look. "No one?"

"No rush."

Until the fox led them into the middle of the village.

There were noisy voices from several courtyards.

The fox stopped in front of the largest courtyard, looked back at Lin Jue, then walked up the door, raised his paw, and turned the door knocker with a clang.

The door knocker suddenly made a sound.

The voice inside was stunned.

Lin Jue didn't say anything. He walked forward, took the door knocker from its claws, and knocked rhythmically. "Dong dong dong..."

Make the people inside feel scared.

Although the fox is smart and knows how to knock on the door, it also knows that the knocker on the door is used to knock on the door. However, its claws are not convenient after all. When the knocker is moved, it makes a messy sound. At this time, Lin Jue may not be able to use it.

Same.

Soon I heard a voice coming from inside:

"Don't be afraid. The two Taoist priests who took the snake horns with Luo are here. Go and open the door."

Then there was a sound of footsteps inside.

With a creak, the door opened.

The person who opened the door was a young servant, with a somewhat wary and uneasy look on his face. When he saw that it was really a person, he felt relieved.

Behind him, the rooms in the courtyard were covered with floor mats, and many people were lying down, basking in the sun. In the middle, there were several dustpans of snake horns cut into small squares, and some people were sitting in the courtyard with empty faces.

There are also people walking around the courtyard, taking care of others, or turning over snake horns.

There was a rotten stench filling the courtyard.
Chapter completed!