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Chu Zhuang saw that the incident had changed abruptly, and hurriedly walked over with Yu Wenlei to investigate, and saw that the young Taoist priest was facing the sky on his back, motionless. His face looked so pale that he was huddled together, and he clenched his teeth, presumably in great pain.

After a while, the bridge of his nose was unusually protruding, and he was still shaking slightly, as if something was about to crawl out of his nose.

Chu Zhuang reminded Yu Wenlei in a low voice: "Be careful, something is going to come out of his nose!"

As soon as the words fell, I saw a pair of thin and long tentacles exposed from the left nostril of the Taoist priest, and then poked out a red head, and a large black centipede more than a foot long twisted its body and slowly crawled out of his nose.

Yu Wenlei took a step back in fright, this situation did look a little crazy. The old Taoist priest was also anxious when he saw this sudden situation, but his junior brother's life had reached the point where he could not be delayed, and now he was ready to send an arrow.

So he turned the talisman into a dart, and reached out to pick the big centipede off the young Taoist priest's face. Sensing the threat, the centipede shrank its head, bowed its body, and bounced at him like an arrow.

The big centipede pounced on him, and the old Taoist priest was caught off guard and fell to the ground at once. said that it was too late, Chu Zhuang flicked his wrist, and a swallow-tailed dart shot out quickly, swooping to catch the centipede that was still in the air, and nailed it in the distance.

When the onlookers saw that Chu Zhuang's dart method was so accurate, they all applauded. The old Taoist priest took the opportunity to get up, hugged his junior brother, and shouted anxiously: "Senior brother Shoucheng, wake up, wake up!"

Chu Zhuang leaned down and rolled the eyelids of the so-called Shoucheng Taoist, took another pulse with his hand, shook his head, and said, "The poisonous gas attacks the heart, he has been bitten to death by the black-backed big centipede." ”

When the old Taoist priest heard Chu Zhuang say that his junior brother was killed by a centipede, he was stunned and didn't know what to do for a while.

Seeing him stunned, Yu Wenlei couldn't help but kindly remind: "Dao Chief, you better go back to the master as soon as possible to report to the master, I think the old woman is not good." ”

Only then did the elder Taoist priest come back to his senses, quickly stood up, bowed and said, "The name of the poor Taoist is Shouzheng, and it is the senior brother who died and Shoucheng. We are both disciples of the Heavenly King Pavilion, thank you seniors for saving us just now, and may I ask the name of the two laymen?"

Chu Zhuang nodded slightly, and said: "We are Chongyang Guanmen, passing by Qingzhou Mansion today, I don't know how your junior brother provoked that old beggar and let her be ruthless next time." ”

The righteous Taoist priest bowed again and said: "It turned out to be the predecessor of the Chongyang Temple, fortunately, fortunately." It's just that I don't know why my predecessors insist that my junior brother was killed by that old beggar?"

Chu Zhuang glanced at Yu Wenlei, who understood, walked out and said loudly: "Just now when the old woman passed by us, she said in person, let her kowtow seven times today, and she will take seven lives of the Heavenly King Pavilion." ”

After listening to what Yu Wenlei said, Shouzheng was stunned for a moment, staring at Chu Zhuang and the others with two stagnant eyes, and it took a long time to squeeze out the words and say: "She knows that the Heavenly King Pavilion dares to do such a poisonous act." In this way, the old woman came prepared. ”

Chu Zhuang looked at the corpse on the ground and said in a deep voice: "You're right, I think she is indeed the bad luck who came to find the Heavenly King Pavilion." I also bothered you to tell me more about your encounter with the beggar at that time, so that I can guess when she performed the spell. ”

The righteous Taoist priest straightened out his thoughts and said, "Just now, my junior brother and I were drinking tea in the tea house in front, and then the beggar woman also went in to ask for water. ”

Yu Wenlei listened and thought, it seemed that the old woman went in after we walked out of the tea house, and then continued to listen to him.

As soon as she entered, she was blasted out by the shopkeeper. Seeing that she was pitiful, I poured a bowl of water and handed it to her, and she looked at me and suddenly asked me if I was a disciple of the Heavenly King Pavilion. At this time, my brother told me to ignore a crazy woman, and I thought about it, so I ignored her.

Who knew that after the tea came out, she actually pestered us endlessly, she had to ask us for money, and she wouldn't let her go if she didn't give money, and in the end she pulled and pulled my junior brother. Alas, I also blame my junior brother, who usually likes to laugh at others, probably scolding her crazy woman in the tea house, which annoyed her. ”

Yu Wenlei pondered: I heard the young Taoist priest speak badly before, and it is estimated that this time he also said something very excessive to anger the old woman, and the old woman chased after her.

Later, the Taoist priest was angry and forced her to kneel, and the old woman was forced to poison and fight back. It seems that it should be like this, but I don't know what Uncle Chu thinks, thinking of this, he looked up at Chu Zhuang.

At this time, Chu Zhuang opened his mouth and said to the righteous Taoist priest: "I think it should be that old beggar who put the insect repellent talisman into the tea, and was accidentally drunk by your junior brother." ”

Who knew that Shouzheng shook his head and said: "Senior, this is impossible, my junior brother dislikes her very much, she didn't even touch that bowl, how could she drink it." ”

Chu Zhuang thought about it and didn't have a clue, so he had to say: "Just like I said just now, it's better for you to go back to the Heavenly King Pavilion and report to your head first, so as not to cause more people to die." ”

Na Shouzheng was embarrassed and said: "I must first notify the fellow of the rudder, come and transport the body of the junior brother back, and bother the two of you to stay here and help me take care of it for a while." ”

Chu Zhuang waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, you move him to a secluded place next to him, and we will take care of it for you." You report back to the rudder, I wonder how far your rudder is from here?"

Shouzheng pointed to the big mountain in front of him and replied, "Back to my predecessors, it is at the foot of the big green mountain, about thirty miles away from here. Due to the blockage of the mountains, the transmission notes could not be used, and I had to go there myself. ”

Chu Zhuang nodded and said, "Move him under that tree, you go and come back quickly." ”

Shouzheng answered, leaned over and picked up his dead junior brother.

Yu Wenlei was short, he had no intention of glancing, so he pointed to the sole of the dead Taoist priest who was picked up, and said to Chu Zhuang: "Uncle Chu, look, there is a small hole under the sole of this person's shoe. ”

Chu Zhuang stretched out his hand and grabbed the dead Taoist priest's leg, lifted it up, looked at it for a moment, nodded slowly, and spit out three words in his mouth: "Imperial Immortal Sect!"

When the onlookers heard Chu Zhuang say the name of the Imperial Immortal Sect, they all felt so unfamiliar, and they exchanged ears for a while, and there were many discussions.

Yu Wenlei also heard of this cultivation sect for the first time, and he asked curiously: "Imperial Immortal Sect? What kind of cultivation sect is this, can it be that it can manipulate immortals?"

Chu Zhuang instructed Shouzheng to move his brother's body under the tree and told him to come back as soon as possible. The Taoist priest bowed, bowed down and sang, and hurried away.

Chu Zhuang waited for him to go far away, and then turned his head to Yu Wenlei and said: "Although the Imperial Immortal Sect is called the Imperial Immortal, it is actually to drive poisonous insects and kill people invisibly, it is really a very tricky sect, I don't know how the Heavenly King Pavilion provoked them." ”

Yu Wenlei was puzzled: "Didn't this Taoist priest first open his mouth to insult that mother-in-law before setting him on fire? By the way, Uncle Chu, why are you so sure that old woman must be a member of the Imperial Immortal Sect?"

Chu Zhuang saw that Yu Wenlei kept asking, and knew that he still had pity for the old beggar, so he had to say patiently: "The main altar of the Imperial Immortal Sect is located in the outer area of Daze in the deep mountains in the south, where poisonous insects and beasts are rampant, which is difficult for ordinary people to reach, and it does not belong to the jurisdiction of the Fengyi Dynasty.

The Imperial Immortal Sect was able to open a sect in that wild place, naturally adapting to the harsh local living environment, and I heard that within their Immortal Sect, there were two major cultivation paths: spirit weapon master and spell master.

As for the real situation, because they are in a remote area, there are different opinions.

The Imperial Immortal Sect usually has no quarrel with the world, and the sect members rarely leave the main altar, so their techniques are extremely secretive. However, any technique has its own characteristics, and as long as you look closely, you can always find flaws.

If you look at the small hole in the bottom of the Taoist priest's feet, black blood is flowing out, and you can see the clues. I think it should be that when the old beggar knelt down and bowed, she held the talisman in the palm of her hand, and then took advantage of the kowtow to release the centipede in the talisman.

The centipede was manipulated by her to burrow into the soil, and then from under the soil into the feet of this Taoist priest, and finally flowed into his head along the blood, which should be a centipede technique that only the Imperial Immortal Sect can perform. ”

Yu Wenlei then asked, "Uncle Chu, didn't you say that the people of the Imperial Immortal Sect rarely leave their main altar, why did they show up in Qingzhou Mansion, which is thousands of miles away?"

Chu Zhuang pondered: "This is also what I can't figure out, the two sects are thousands of miles apart, and it is said that it is difficult to form hatred. I think only by looking for an opportunity to ask the Four Heavenly Kings of the Heavenly King Pavilion can we know the reason. ”

The two waited in place for a long time, but they still didn't come back. Chu Zhuang lost his patience and said to Yu Wenlei: "That Taoist priest has been gone for too long, so it stands to reason that he should have come back a long time ago." Just in case, let's go to the rudder and have a look. ”

Yu Wenlei nodded and said yes, and the two entrusted the body of the guard to the people in the dock to take care of, and then asked the little two to take out a mat from the store and cover him.

When all this was done, the two of them lifted their spirits and jumped in the direction of Shouzheng.

After a short walk, he saw an ancient attic standing there under Daqing Mountain, and Yu Wenlei pointed to the high pavilion and said, "Uncle Chu, it must be there." ”

Chu Zhuang nodded and said, "Since they are called Tianwang Pavilion, this rudder should also look like an attic, it must be there, let's go." "Anyway, take the lead. Yu Wenlei followed closely behind.

As soon as the two of them reached the foot of the mountain gate, they saw a man lying on his back on the ground. Chu Zhuang caught up, took a look, and said in surprise: "Isn't this the integrity of the person who came to report the news, how could he die here?"

Yu Wenlei then rushed over, and also saw Shouzheng lying on the ground with his back facing the sky, his pupils widened, as if he had seen something incredible. So he asked in a low voice, "Uncle Chu, could he also be poisoned by that old woman of the Imperial Immortal Sect?"

Chu Zhuang shook his head and said, "Not really. The blood he shed was red and showed no signs of poisoning. If you look at his throat again, he was killed by a sharp weapon, which was the direct cause of his death. But judging by his expression, he should have been in extreme fear before he died. ”

Yu Wenlei hurriedly said: "Uncle Chu, then let's go in quickly and ask his senior brother to come out to help, I think the murderer may not have run far." ”

Chu Zhuang said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid it's too late, you see him falling facing the door, he must have arrived in the pavilion and saw the extremely terrifying tragic situation, so he was frightened and hurried out." Then he was attacked by the murderer waiting here and killed him with one move. ”

After listening to Uncle Chu's analysis, Yu Wenlei was stunned. After seeing Chu Zhuang finish speaking, he stepped up the steps, pushed open the half-hidden mountain gate, only glanced at it, and then probed and said, "Sure enough, it's not what I expected!"

Yu Wenlei followed and stepped forward, only to see a few Qinglan Daoist robes lying in the courtyard, not moving. Yu Wenlei looked up at Chu Zhuang and asked, "Uncle Chu, let's go in and see how they died?"

Chu Zhuang nodded, and walked to the courtyard with Yu Wenlei. Yu Wenlei's eyes were sharp, he pointed to one of the corpses, and said, "Uncle Chu, look, there is a small hole under this person's foot, and this person also has this!"

Chu Zhuang slowly circled around several corpses, and then said: "That's right, the death method of these people is exactly the same as that Taoist priest in the boat port, and it can be determined that they were killed by the old beggar of the Imperial Immortal Sect." ”

"I think that's how it should be. Chu Zhuang further analyzed: "Shouzheng came here to report the news, and when he opened the door, he saw that all these rudder brothers had been killed in the courtyard by the old beggar who came in advance.

So he was frightened, and he hurried to consult with us. As soon as he walked out of the mountain gate, he was bumped into by the murderer in ambush and suddenly made a killing move.

I think he must have been distraught, so he was killed by one blow. When he came here from the dock, I didn't think his cultivation was very low, and if he was on guard, even I might not be able to kill him with one move!