Chapter 83: Into the Devil
Fa Yuan Taoist said: "This immortal Dao's corpse mutiny case was originally investigated by our Qingyang County Taoist Temple, and this demon was also arrested by us, where is your turn to be tried?"
Li Changqing said coldly: "The case is big, and it involves the local eunuchs, gentry and wealthy families, and it must be personally interrogated by the Demon Suppression Division." As he spoke, he waved his hand and drank, "Take the people away." ”
The Demon Suppression Division and the Heavenly Master Sect originally had two different systems, the State Religion and the Imperial Court, and they were both hunting demons, and there had already been friction between them.
At the beginning of the establishment of the Special Demon Suppression Division, the Heavenly Master Sect once sent people to help a lot, providing a lot of martial arts, Taoism, and alchemy.
But later, as the Demon Suppression Division was used by the royal family to fight against the Heavenly Master Sect, the contradictions between the two sides became more and more intense.
Seeing that Li Changqing was about to take away the demon he had captured, Fa Yuan took the case and said, "Li Changqing, when will the Demon Suppression Division be able to arrest the person I have been taught by the Heavenly Master?"
Li Changqing walked up to Fa Yuan step by step, and his tone was wanton: "Fa Yuan, grab people from me, you are not qualified enough." ”
Li Changqing said, only to see a flash of the sword, as if the Fayuan Taoist was hit hard, the whole person flew out like a cannonball, his face was pale, and he couldn't speak for a long time pointing at Li Changqing.
Li Changqing squinted at Fa Yuan and said, "I am the Thousand Households of the Demon Suppression Division, and the court officials and their families are involved in the Demon Cult, and they are all under my control." If you are not convinced, let the Lingzhou Daogang Division come and tell me. ”
The Lingzhou Dao Gang Division is the institution in the Heavenly Master Sect that manages all the Taoist temples in Lingzhou.
Hearing this, Fa Yuan's face was pale, obviously angry, but his skills were not as good as others, but he couldn't stand out again.
In the face of the ferocity of the Demon Suppression Division, none of the other officials present were willing to stand up for Fa Yuan, but Li Changqing didn't seem to want to offend everyone too much, and finally agreed to take someone to interrogate Master Tianji in the county jail.
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On the chair outside the cell, Hao Yongtai looked at the location of the cell worriedly.
The little servant said on the side: "Don't worry, young master, this is also a county government cell, no matter how domineering the Demon Suppression Division is, it will not do anything to the prisoners here." ”
But before they could wait for a cup of tea, a terrifying roar came from the depths of the cell, as if from another world, and the soldiers and servants at the scene all trembled instinctively, and could not move at all.
Hao Yongtai looked at the cell with a little horror and said with difficulty: "Demon?!"
With a loud bang, the outer wall of the cell was directly broken, and the clouds obscured the moon for some time, and the whole scene was dark.
In the dark cell, ghostly laughter swept in, and a behemoth was squeezing out of the cell little by little.
Suddenly, with the clouds rolling, the moonlight shone into the courtyard again, revealing the true appearance of the monster.
Screams and screams rang out one after another, and the slightly timid officer fainted even instantly after seeing the true face of the figure.
It was a swollen, writhing giant ball of flesh, on which grew dozens of pale arms of different lengths and intertwined roots, each arm was covered with sarcomas like flower buds, and as the sarcoma moved, thick green mucus continued to secrete from it, dripping on the ground and exuding a burst of fleshy fragrance.
But the most frightening thing is the distorted and distorted strange human face on the top of the meat ball, the mouth of the human face is slightly open and closed, and it seems that countless identical human faces can be seen through the gap in the upper jaw.
Chu Qi felt like he was about to vomit just by sweeping the face, but he could barely see that it seemed to be the face of a Heavenly Machine Master.
It was like a beast from another world roaring out of its cell, unleashing waves of fear that could drive people mad with every move.
Just when Chu Qiguang was shocked by the unprecedented monster in front of him, another figure held a demon slashing knife, tearing through the night sky like black lightning.
The light of the knife streaked through the air, accompanied by a strong smell of rust.
The figure shuttled back and forth around the monster at a speed that surpassed Chu Qiguang's visual observation, and the long knife in his hand cut through the atmosphere and let out one sharp chirp after another.
As the sword light swept over the monster's body like thunder and lightning, and in a heart-rending scream of pain, the monster's body was torn apart for a while, and finally turned into a sky of flesh and blood sprinkled on the ground.
The black lightning-like figure also stopped, it was none other than the Thousand Households of the Demon Suppression Division.
I saw that at this moment, Li Changqing's skin was red, and he exuded a wave of heat, like a cooked shrimp.
At the same time, his eyes were even whiter, and he couldn't see his pupils.
And after killing the monster, his face was bruised, as if he was fighting against some invisible force.
I saw him grab a bottle of pill from his arms and quickly take one, and his expression relaxed slightly.
Chu Qiguang secretly said in his heart: "Did you take the elixir of the Demon Suppression Division?"
It wasn't until the time of a stick of incense had passed that these visions on Li Changqing's body would gradually fade and return to their original normal appearance.
And at this moment, Li Changqing looked at Hao Yongtai, Chu Qiguang and the others who were still looking at him, and he scolded: "What else do you want to see? Do you want to die? Immediately go to the Taoist temple to call someone, call Fa Yuan, and deal with this demon corpse." ”
Hao Yongtai immediately called a messenger who was still able to move to the Taoist temple to call people, and then glared at Li Changqing angrily: "What did you do?"
Li Changqing said coldly: "Didn't you see him fall into the devil?"
Hao Yongtai said angrily: "When the demon of the Immortal Dao was handed over to you, it was still good, and you just tried him into the demon like this?"
Li Changqing said lightly: "Cult demons, don't believe in Xuanyuan Daozun, it's normal to fall into demons." ”
Seeing that he turned around and was about to leave, Hao Yongtai subconsciously reached out to stop him, Chu Qiguang secretly screamed that it was not good, and just wanted to stop it, he saw a black light flashing in Li Changqing's hand, and the scabbard hit Hao Yongtai's hand directly, breaking his arm alive.
Hao Yongtai snorted, and was helped back by Chu Qiguang.
Li Changqing glanced at them coldly: "You two...... If I disrupt the law enforcement of the Demon Suppression Division again, I will not spare it. ”
After speaking, Li Changqing no longer glanced at Chu Qiguang and Hao Yongtai, and directly led the team away, leaving behind a mess in the county government.
And Chu Qiguang's mind was still surging with the monster that was killed by Li Changqing.
It wasn't until Hao Yongtai gritted his teeth and touched the arm on his hand, and then reached out and patted Chu Qiguang's shoulder that he came back to his senses.
Hao Yongtai sighed: "Brother Chu, what should we do next?"
Chu Qiguang asked, "That monster just now...... Is it the devil?"
Hao Yongtai endured the pain in his hand and said casually, "Yes, what's wrong?"
Chu Qiguang asked again: "On weekdays, the Taoist temple slays demons and destroys demons...... Those who drowned in the enchantment...... Those who have been caught in the devil...... And those who go crazy when cultivating......"
Chu Qiguang exhaled: "The demon they entered is the demon in front of them?"
Hao Yongtai was puzzled: "What's wrong with you?"
'What's the matter...... Chu Qiguang roared in his heart, "The people of your world have nothing but become monsters...... He can turn into this kind of monster by meowing. ’
In fact, there is something about ordinary people who will fall into demons, and they need to believe in Xuanyuan Daozun, and they need to use the power of faith to prevent themselves from falling into demons...... Chu Qiguang had known this set of rhetoric from Ergou's memory for a long time.
There are even a variety of second dogs that have heard from a young age...... What is the test of Xiucai's reading too many books is easy to fall into the devil, who the old man learned too much craft and was burned to death, who was too smart and drowned in the demon...... Only by praying to Xuanyuan Daozun every day can you resist demonic contamination through devout faith.
But under the habitual thinking of modern earthlings, he thought about the 'demon people' who were drowned, burned, and hacked to death by Taoist priests in his memory, and he always thought that they were all Taoist temples to collect money, and the imperial court's policy of fooling the people was like burning witches on the earth.
He remembered that he was reading in the Hao family's library before, no wonder Hao Yongtai cared about whether he read too much, no wonder no one came to the huge library, no wonder Hao Xiangtong wanted to read and sneaked in, and his family still didn't support it......
Therefore, there is such a reason for the rich family to take the martial arts department, and why the scriptures and meanings of the martial arts department are so simple, only 20,000 words, which is also to reduce the probability of cultivators falling into demons. ’
So this Qingyang County, this world...... Only foolish people and foolish women are everywhere. ’
But...... There is really such a thing as a demon...... People turn into monsters...... And how does this work?'
"Believing in Xuanyuan Daozun can resist entering the demon, what is the reason? Could it be that Xuanyuan Daozun is a god?"
All this gave Chu Qiguang the feeling that this world was not chasing knowledge, but knowledge was chasing human beings.
Chu Qiguang tried his best to calm his state of mind: 'No wonder...... No wonder the power of the Taoist temple is so great, this is because the people of the world really can't do without them, and people need faith to resist the demons. ’
Thinking of this, Chu Qiguang suddenly became worried about whether he would fall into the devil? He had read a lot of books and mastered a lot of knowledge, but he didn't believe in Xuanyuan Daozun.
He thought in his heart: 'When I go back, I must ask Qiao Zhi.' ’
Later, Chu Qiguang asked Qiao Zhi, but Qiao Zhi said: "The path of cultivation is that the more difficult and profound the realm, the higher the realm, and the more you have learned, the more dangerous it is to fall into the devil." But you were originally an immortal from heaven and earth, and you have the qualifications to become an immortal. It means that you will not fall into the devil after learning the method of becoming an immortal, so how about learning more knowledge of the mortal world?"
Later, Chu Qiguang also knew that the chances of monsters falling into demons were much lower than that of people, so even if most of them were not religious, it would be fine.
And at this moment in the yamen.
Hao Yongtai pulled Chu Qiguang, who was a little uneasy, and asked, "Brother Chu, we have to go to the Wu family quickly and inform our father of the matter here." ”
Chu Qiguang helped Hao Yongtai, who had broken his hand bones, and left the county office.
Soon after, the Taoist priest of the Taoist temple rushed over and began to arrange the rituals and clean up the demon corpses.