The next day. The two came to Yicheng and found the temporary residence of Li Daochang with great effort.

The ghost ghost posted his name and said to the door official: "I'm tired of reporting." And gave him a little bit of silver. The doorman ran happily.

After a while, the doorman reported back: "The guard said that Master Li is going to the appointment, and he doesn't have time to see you! ”

Zhiqi said dissatisfiedly: "You, the door official, why are you so irresponsible to hand over the prayer post to a guard?"

"Master, I'm just a door official, how can I be qualified to meet Master Li? The guard said this, I can't help it!"

"Then you won't use a little trick? Are you afraid that we will break the bank? No wonder you can only be a doorman, and you can't do anything at all. ”

"That's it!" Ghost Youzi persuaded Zhiqi, "When will Daochang Li come back?"

"I asked you about this, and the guard said it was about Shen Shi!"

"Thank you!"

The two left. Ghost Youzi said: "Why do you bother with a door official?"

"Hmph! I hate this kind of person the most, when he takes money, he is more active than anyone else, but he is not a dog! Waste our time in vain! This delay will definitely get tomorrow! I know best these officials, and they will definitely not do things for you in the middle of the night. ”

"Tomorrow will be tomorrow. Why are you in a hurry to return to the Qianyuan Sect?" asked with a smile.

"Where am I in a hurry to go back! I'm afraid of my father, they are worried about my safety. Zhiqi's face turned red, and he hurriedly took out his father to block the arrow.

"Well, you can write a letter to your father and tell him that he is safe. Ghost Yuko thought for a moment, "You don't know the contact information of your main altar, do you?"

"Uh... That one.. Different places have different ways, and I can't remember that much. Zhiqi had forgotten all about the way his father told him.

"Alas!" Ghost Yuzi smiled, "Okay! The city is in ruins, and there are officers and soldiers to investigate, let's go to the surrounding cities to have fun!"

"Good!"

The two traveled all the way to the mountains and rivers and came to a large mountain.

Ghost Youzi looked at the demonic aura in the southwest, and said, "Do you dare to go to the mountains to play?"

"Why don't you dare!" Zhiqi put on a posture that was not afraid of heaven and earth.

"There are youkai in the mountains! and they are very hideous and terrifying. "Oni Yuko scared her.

“。。。。 Really?youkai?" Zhiqi felt a little weak when she heard the monster, she hadn't seen a monster when she was so big.

"See for yourself!" "Ghost Youzi used his Dao technique to open Zhiqi's eyes, "Do you see that there is a black cloud in the southwest?"

"What a big demon it should be to form such a big black fog!" Zhiqi didn't want to go.

"Generally speaking, this place is not a blessed land, and it is unlikely that there will be a youkai that can form a black mist of this scale. This black fog is supposed to be caused by the gathering of demons. ”

"Isn't that even more terrifying?" Zhiqi stared at the ghost with wide eyes.

"It's not very scary. Just find the leader who gathered them and subdue him. ”

"That... That... Can you subdue him?"

"Besides, isn't there still you, a hero? What are you afraid of?"

"No, no!" Zhiqi hurriedly shook his head, "Gaishi Wonder Man, it's the world, not a monster!"

"Haha! You're scared too!" Ghost Yuko smiled as she looked at her timid appearance.

"You... Don't laugh!" Zhiqi glanced at the black mist again, "Who is afraid! Isn't it a monster?

"Okay!

The two walked into the mountain, followed the demonic qi to the place where the demons gathered, and saw a big demon (shēn) dressed in Taoist clothes, sitting on a stone and talking.

"Some times ago, I listened to the teachings of the immortals, and I was deeply touched. Today (rì) has called you here because I want to share what I feel with you, so that you can also benefit. ”

"What a king!"

"Yes, I've been with the king all my life!"

The demons wept gratefully.

As soon as the big demon raised his hand, the audience was instantly silent, and even the wind in the mountains stopped.

"I thought about it (rì), and I feel that what the immortals said is very reasonable! To be a demon does not necessarily have to harm others! Isn't it possible to cultivate on your own? I have tried it in the past few days, and the effect is okay. Therefore, from now on, I plan to bury deep in the old forest and devote myself to cultivating. After all, you have been with me, and you are destined for me, so I just want to persuade you today to stop going down the mountain for evil, and to cultivate well, not to say that you will ascend to immortality, and you will not end up with a (shēn) death. ”

"The king has a point!" a group of demons chimed in.

A leopard spirit stood up and asked, "Great King, it's good not to go down the mountain to harm people, but to concentrate on cultivation." But now we are defined by humans as demons, and we are extremely evil beings, even if we don't cause trouble, I'm afraid they won't let us go!"

"Yes!" a black bear spirit also stood up, "Not only that, but the thirty-six blessed lands and seventy-two caves in the world that are most conducive to cultivation have all been occupied by human beings, and we can only stay in this land of poor mountains and bad waters, and that's it." All day long, some people who are consumed by fame and fortune squeeze their scalps and go up the mountain to burn incense, pray to God and worship Buddha, and bless fortune and promotion. It's a waste! Brother Huang can testify to this!"

"What the black bear said is very true!" the weasel stood up, "we went to see it that day, and there were all worldly people as far as the eye could see, and the incense mist was rushing to the sky, and it was all copper smell!

The demons shook their heads and sighed.

"We are already on the opposite side of human beings, whether we resist or not, if we do good or not, they will not let us go, so there is no point! Besides, those gods protect human beings, and we are a category that is spurned, even if we cultivate to the level of immortals, we can only hide in the deep mountains and old forests, and we can't show our heads, let alone become immortals!"

How could the great demon not know this, and sighed helplessly: "Cultivating immortals and cultivating the Tao, we enjoy it, why should we care what the outside world thinks of us? What do they want, we just hide, why do we have to be angry? You all know that Heaven blesses people, why do you have to go against the sky? When resistance is useless, we should not be reckless and sacrificed, we should silently enhance our strength, in case one day changes day by day?"

"Well, there is reason, and the strength of self (shēn) is the most important! First, it can protect itself well, and second, it can also face the unpredictable changes in the future. The monkey spirit nodded.

"I agree with it too! This is the height of humanity, and we should not wait to hit a stone with an egg. Accumulating strength is the king!"

"I'm for it!"

"I'm for it too!"

The demons are in favor and support the big demon.

Dark. Ghost Youzi sighed in his heart: A bunch of monsters are still looking to the future, why are human beings so short-sighted? Alas! I really don't know how long the superiority of the darlings of the Heavenly Dao can last! That makes my plan seem even more necessary!

When Zhiqi heard these words of the monster, he felt very much in his heart: We human beings should cherish the beautiful nature given by God!

Ghost Yuko silently pulled Zhiqi for a moment, and then the two of them withdrew from the mountain.

"What's the matter? Are you still afraid of youkai?"

"Actually, they are similar to humans, but they look ugly, nothing to be afraid of, and even a little bit (ài)!" Zhiqi listened to these words of the monsters, and changed his opinion of them a lot, "But we are indeed a little excessive!"

"There is nothing wrong with killing them! If you are not of my people, your heart will be different! Not to mention that if there is a threat to humanity, fear will force you to kill. In turn, youkai will do the same. And many of them do have bad deeds. "Oniyuko doesn't have the same (qíng) youkai on this.

"Well, that's what you say!" Zhiqi thought thoughtfully, "but it's hard to forgive us for taking such a good resource, using it incorrectly, and even wasting it." ”

"Yes! However, this is not the most unforgivable, nor the most serious. What is really serious, or most likely to lead to our destruction, is the gradual disappearance of our faith. ”

"Faith?" Zhiqi was exposed to ghosts and gods when she was a child, and she naturally understood faith as believing in gods and worshiping Buddha.

"This belief is not to pray to God and worship Buddha, but a kind of spiritual awe, people without faith, there is no awe, and people without reverence will become unscrupulous, terrible!"

Zhiqi listened to the words of the ghost and nodded as if he didn't understand.