After Pu Zixuan's apprenticeship was completed, Zhu Shihua relieved the power of purification, patted the soil on Pu Zixuan's body, helped him up, tidied up the wrinkles on his clothes, and asked: "By the way, I heard Su Sanniang say that there is also a nine-tailed fox demon walking with you, where is she now?" ”

Pu Zixuan responded frankly: "Because Shuqing was injured by Su Sanniang in Sichuan, and the injury is getting worse and worse, she is currently receiving treatment from Dr. Wu in Forget Worry Hall. I estimate that it will take ten days and a half months, so I came to the Immortal Sword Hall alone to disturb the seniors. ”

Zhu Shihua was stunned: "When you first came to Guiping, you can accept Wu Youxiang's consultation?" How much money did you give her? ”

Pu Zixuan said with a smile: "Don't hide it from Master, Dr. Wu only accepts appointments, and it needs to be a whole month in advance, and she refuses to make an exception no matter how much money the apprentice gives, in desperation, the apprentice and Shuqing went up to Zhaoyao Mountain and retrieved Zhuyu from a grave as a gift, which moved her." ”

Zhu Shihua nodded: "The ability is not small, the ability is not small!" No wonder Su Sanniang was full of praise for the nine-tailed fox. ”

Pu Zixuan tilted his head and asked unwillingly, "Huh? Didn't you like me? ”

Zhu Shihua thought for a while and said, "It's true that there isn't yet." ”

Pu Zixuan thought back carefully, when he defeated the Dadu River Monster and the Demon Spider alone in Leshan, Su Sanniang was indeed not present, but what he saw was the scene of himself being shot, beaten, and losing his child, and even the battle with Su Sanniang himself was also done by Chen Shuqing, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and asked: "Then where is Su Sanniang now?" ”

Zhu Shihua said: "You two can just cultivate together, I'll take you to see her." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw a sharp arrow flying towards Pu Zixuan from a high place, fortunately, Pu Zixuan's eyes were quick this time, "Wow Wow" shouted, and he dodged the arrow sideways.

Then, a familiar female figure jumped off the roof and said loudly: "Pu Zixuan, I haven't seen you for a long time since Sichuan, don't come unharmed?" ”

That figure was none other than Su Sanniang, and when she was falling, a gust of breeze came to her face, which was very charming and majestic.

Pu Zixuan was overjoyed when he saw his long-lost companion: "Su Sanniang, why are you here?" ”

Su Sanniang said with a smile: "Haha, when you and Master made a move, I watched and listened to it all the way on the roof, wanting to see if you have made any progress during this time. ”

Zhu Shihua smiled and said, "Su Sanniang, this is how you say hello?" Aren't you afraid of a sword that hurts your companions? ”

Su Sanniang waved her hand disapplausively: "As long as this guy doesn't shoot an arrow to death, it won't take two hours for him to be alive again, his Galaxy Dragon King is the most powerful in this ability, which can make people salivate." ”

Pu Zixuan grimaced proudly: "This can be regarded as a compliment to me, right?" ”

Su Sanniang said: "It's a pity that such an ability to defy the sky is used like a waste by you, so you are here to learn art, don't you thank me?" ”

"Thank you for your love, or else......" Pu Zixuan said to Zhu Shihua, "Su Sanniang is studying art again, do you still need to pay tuition?" Even if it's on my head, as a thank you to her. ”

Zhu Shihua smiled: "It seems that this kid of yours is really a rich son, my old man has an eye for money, and everyone in the world knows it, but I have promised Su Sanniang that there will be no fees for this practice." ”

Pu Zixuan laughed and said, "Master, are you so generous?" ”

Zhu Shihua said: "Of course not, so there are conditions, that is, either be my closed disciple or help me do things." Su Sanniang has promised to participate in the May New Year's Eve as a disciple of the Immortal Sword Hall, and you can leave our hall afterwards and continue your journey. ”

"Keeping the year?" Pu Zixuan was puzzled, "I've heard that it's to go to the Broken Intestine Valley to get rid of the demon." But this is ...... for you No, what's the benefit of our Immortal Sword Hall? ”

"Hehe, you come with me, maybe, you kid, maybe you'll be interested."

With that, Zhu Shihua led the two to continue walking towards the backyard, and then passed through a porch to a huge house.

The door to the house was locked, and two saber guards stood at the door. Just standing outside the door, you can hear the howl of ghosts and wolves coming from inside.

"Open the door." Zhu Shihua ordered.

"Yes, Hall Master!"

When the guard respectfully opened the door, a foul smell quickly hit his face, and the howl of ghosts and wolves became louder.

Walking into the house, Pu Zixuan suddenly couldn't believe everything in front of him - countless large and small wooden cages were placed in the middle, and in the cages, all kinds of exotic beasts, like domestic pigs in a pigsty, were imprisoned, some paced back and forth, some slept on the ground, and some could talk, and they screamed when they saw this.

"Zhu Shihua, you can't die well!"

"Zhu Shihua, you are going to go to the eighteenth layer of hell!"

Zhu Shihua ignored all kinds of curses, and proudly introduced to Pu Zixuan: "Some people like to collect muskets, some people like to collect BMWs, and the old man's hobby is to collect monsters!" We caught monsters from all over the country, traded them with each other, or sold them to ordinary wealthy merchants, and over time a vast market of monsters was formed. These monsters, no matter how ferocious they were in the past, are now locked in a cage made of small leaf red sandalwood, and they can't exert their demonic power at all. And the New Year's Eve in May is the best time to catch youkai. How's that, apprentice, interested? ”

Pu Zixuan felt numb in his heart, although it is the duty of the purification messenger to eliminate demons, but it is out of justice, and now the opposition between the purification envoy and the monster has become a tool for collecting money here, and Pu Zixuan can't adapt to it for a while.

In an instant, he recalled what the coachman Lao Fang had told him in Xinrongzhuang: "In order to keep these purification envoys, and unwilling to give them a separate gift, the imperial court agreed to trade with them and buy and sell monsters......

"Master, the apprentice just wants to learn from the master, and has no intention of getting involved in such a thing......" Pu Zixuan asked Su Sanniang again, "Have you already decided on this matter?" ”

"Yes, I told you a long time ago that Guangxi is a gathering place for purification envoys and monsters. There is no place where there will be such a mature monster culture as Guangxi, you have to get used to it. Su Sanniang replied briskly, and said solemnly, "Pu Zixuan, welcome to Guangxi Demon City!" ”

Pu Zixuan looked at those poor monsters, and felt pity, after all, Chen Shuqing and He Xichen had a very close relationship with him, and no one knew if there were good monsters among these monsters, so it was unacceptable to trade them as commodities for personal gain, so he had to say: "That...... But I haven't figured it out yet. ”

Zhu Shihua was not angry, patted Pu Zixuan's shoulder, and said with relief: "The teacher is a businessman, everything is fair, as long as you pay the full tuition, the master will not force you to do anything." Anyway, you know Master's hobby, and if you catch some evil monsters in the future, you want to give them to your teacher, or sell them to me, a businessman, and you will be grateful for your teacher. Today, I'm here, so let's visit casually. ”

Zhu Shihua introduced as he walked: "Look at this Luan bird, its feathers are colorful and beautiful, and it was bought from the Eternal Life Gate...... This monster with the head of a beast, called a roe deer owl, likes to eat people, at that time a female and a male appeared at the same time, we used force, accidentally broke the female's arm, for the teacher to see that the quality is not good, so he killed the female, knocked the male unconscious, and then caught it back......"

Before the words fell, the roe deer owl roared angrily: "Old thief Zhu, Lao Tzu will not let you go even if he is a ghost!" Don't let Lao Tzu go out, otherwise, Lao Tzu will definitely pinch you to death! ”

The three of them came to a large cage, in which there was a huge brown beast of prey, the size of a giant elephant, the face of a tiger, the horns of an antelope, and a pair of eagle wings, which was baring its teeth and howling at the three of them. Zhu Shihua said: "This is a trophy that the teacher is proud of, called Qiqi, it is an extremely rare kind of fierce demon, ordinary people are not opponents at all, it was captured by my virtuous grandson Zhu Yafeng in the New Year's celebration activity the year before last." ”

"And this ......" Zhu Shihua kicked a small cage, inside which was a red-skinned snake curled up and motionless, and its two wings were also collapsed and motionless, "This flying snake is called a singing snake...... Hey, it's not hibernating...... Hey ......"

Zhu Shihua leaned over and reached into the cage to probe it, and exclaimed: "It's broken, it's dead, alas." Then he called the two guards at the door, "Come, pull this monster out and throw it." ”

Two guards entered the house, one of them twisted the side of the cage, and without saying a word, carried the dead thing out.

……

Pu Zixuan silently watched the two of them leave with the cage, this rare monster really opened his eyes, but in his heart it was like knocking over the five-flavor bottle, and the indescribable complex tastes were coming, only to feel that the stench was extremely smoky, as if he had entered the reincarnation of the beast path, he couldn't wait to leave quickly, so he said: "Master, the apprentice is a little disgusting......

Zhu Shihua smiled and said, "Okay, Master will show you the last treasure, which is the monster caught from Yunnan a few days ago." This is the most cherished monster for the teacher, the eternal gate wants to spend two hundred gold to buy it, I don't sell it, they came to rob it, but we beat it to the ground, haha, it's here to ......"

Zhu Shihua led the two to a cage, and inside was a little boy, who didn't look like a monster at all.!

Can be close, Pu Zixuan can see clearly, the little boy Shui Jian starry eyes, Chu Chu pitiful, it is none other than the little tree that he encountered in the ghost house at No. 14 Li'an Road in Lijiang a few months ago!

Although the little boy's hair was longer, dirtier, and thinner, Pu Zixuan recognized him and shouted, "Little tree! ”

The little boy raised his head when he heard the sound and said in surprise: "Brother Pu Zixuan! ”

"Sure enough, it's you, sure enough! Oh, my God! "Pu Zixuan can't believe that he will be here, in such a way, to reunite with Xiaoshu!

Zhu Shihua wondered: "What? Do you know each other? ”

Su Sanniang reminded: "Master, they are all from Lijiang, Yunnan......

"Oh, yes, yes, I always think that Balaizi should be from Zhejiang, if you don't say it, I forgot about it...... No wonder ......"

Pu Zixuan immediately leaned over and pleaded: "Master, this monster is a friend of the apprentice, and I hope you will look at the thin face of the apprentice and return him to freedom, no matter how much you pay, the apprentice will not hesitate!" ”

Zhu Shihua suddenly frowned, shook his head and said, "It's not that the teacher is deliberately embarrassed, but it's not a matter of money!" Do you know how precious this monster is? ”

Pu Zixuan thought to himself, when dealing with this kid at that time, he didn't find anything strange about him, and his curiosity was suddenly adjusted to the extreme, so he said, "Please make it clear to Master!" ”

"This monster is called Yalaizi, and it is a small leaf red bean!"