Chapter Seventy-Eight: Business Comes to the Door
Ma Xiaoting suddenly said this, which made me stunned. I stared at the misty humanoid thing in front of me and thought: Is this thing a monster too?
Just as I was wondering, the evil sword in my hand also began to vibrate slightly.
As soon as Ma Xiaoting's words fell, I saw that the misty humanoid thing began to slowly become clear.
It didn't take long for it to become a frail-looking person, and I gasped even though I had seen a lot of strange people.
I had no idea that there would be a person attached to the stone wall at the top of the cave. To be exact, it's not a person, it's a monster.
After seeing that this monster appeared in front of us, it looked a little panicked.
I couldn't help but feel strange about the clothes on his body, and it looked like they were put together according to the color of the clothes the three of us were wearing.
Ma Xiaoting glared at the monster in front of her, and shouted: "What a bold stone spirit, he dared to confuse us by playing tricks, causing us to almost kill each other." I'll destroy you today! ”
Stone Spirit? My first reaction was not that after the stone had an aura, it turned into a monster.
The monster who was said to be Shi Ling by Ma Xiaoting showed a frightened expression, and he actually spoke.
"I beg the master to spare my life, I didn't mean to harm you!"
I was so surprised that my mouth opened wide to find such an evil thing in this dry well in our Baofengsi Village.
But I don't quite understand Ma Xiaoting's words, why she said that it was the demon in front of us who confused us.
I stopped a little and asked, "Xiaoting, how did he confuse us?" ”
Ma Xiaoting said with a serious face: "This thing is very evil, the petroglyphs that the three of us saw just now, aren't the last few are the same, and the different parts in the back are illusory by this monster who saw through our respective pasts." ”
Speaking of this, Ma Xiaoting glared at the monster before continuing: "After we killed those human-faced bats just now, we all relaxed our vigilance and fell in love with this monster. ”
I looked at the monster in front of me and asked expressionlessly, "Is that so?" ”
The monster nodded lightly with a hint of fear on his face, but as soon as he nodded, he quickly said:
"I was supposed to record the scene they had painted on me before, but a few of you came here and killed all the bats with human faces that I had managed to raise, so I wanted to confuse you."
I listened to the monster's words and asked curiously, "Who are they referring to?" ”
When Shi Ling was asked by me like this, his expression immediately changed, and he became even more nervous. He winced and looked at the three of us and said, "I can't say that!" ”
Ma Xiaoting said angrily: "It should have taken hundreds of years to have the aura to transform into a stone spirit, if you don't answer the question, I will immediately beat you back to your original form." ”
When the stone spirit heard this, he was so frightened that he hurriedly stretched out his hands and blocked the top of his head.
Immediately, he said very aggrievedly: "I actually don't know who those people are, I only know that they are very powerful, they can collect so many monsters, and suppress the most powerful fox demons here." ”
"After they drew those pictures on me as a record, because when the fox demon was locked in the sarcophagus, I left a wisp of demonic qi on the petroglyphs, so I gradually gained the ability to absorb the earth's qi, and finally had the opportunity to cultivate into a human form."
Li Kebin frowned and said, "How many years ago was this?" ”
Shi Ling frowned and said, "I don't know about this, it's probably in the sixth ......."
Speaking of this, the stone spirit in front of him suddenly trembled.
Seeing this, Ma Xiaoting hurriedly withdrew a few runes and red threads from his body, but despite this, the stone spirit quickly turned into a stone man.
I can't help but wonder that as soon as Shi Ling was about to say the time to suppress the fox demon, he turned into a stone man.
Ma Xiaoting squatted down and touched the stone man, and said with an ugly face: "The demon spirit on its body is lost, and there is no room for recovery." ”
I asked, "How did it come to this?" ”
Ma Xiaoting said: "When I found it, it was a killing move, this stone spirit had to be attached to the stone to survive, just now I forcibly pulled it out of the stone wall, and it couldn't survive." ”
Li Kebin sighed and said, "Hey, he hasn't finished his words just now, and we haven't gotten the key information yet, so it's really worth the loss." ”
Ma Xiaoting said: "Forget it if this stone spirit is dead!" It is just a record of what has happened and the experience that penetrates the heart of the person who cares about it most. And most of the demonic qi in this is fox demon breath, and there is only a small amount of dragon qi, which is not very directly related to the things we investigated. ”
For some reason, I was actually amazed that this stone spirit had turned into stone.
I thought for a moment and said, "If that's the case, let's get out of here!" Don't stay here for long. ”
Ma Xiaoting nodded, looked at me with strange eyes, and then said, "Wu Thirteen, but it makes me feel strange, why those human-faced bats only attack you, but this stone spirit can't confuse you." ”
At this point, she thought for a moment and said slowly: "I can't figure this out!" ”
After listening to this, I couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Don't say you can't figure it out, even I can't figure it out myself." If the stone spirit hadn't died, maybe you could ask. ”
Ma Xiaoting's expression froze, she didn't say anything, but walked straight in the direction we came from.
And Li Kebin still looked worried.
Tonight, Li Kebin and Ma Xiaoting don't seem to have gained much, but I have gained a lot.
That's the problem of Li's body, and I'm sure that no villager will find Li's body in this dry well, so no one will help him carry his bones out.
So, where did Li's lame body go?
I have to have a bold guess in my heart, it is very likely that his body was taken away by Hu Xin'er.
However, I thought of Wang Fugui quietly taking away Long Wen's Long Yuan, would it have anything to do with the disappearance of Li Cripple's body.
Before we came out of the well, he gave me pictures of the sarcophagus, the chains, and the strange symbols on the walls of the well.
I think he was going to send this information to the rest of them to crack.
After returning to the ground, Li Kebin dragged me aside and whispered to me: "Third brother, when I was at the bottom of the well, I found that your face has not been very good-looking, has something happened here that made you unpleasant?" ”
In fact, since before they went down the well, I had a lot of worries, and I didn't want them to know that there was the body of Li Cripple and the fox demon at the bottom of the well.
However, after going down, I was naturally relieved that I didn't see the body of the cripple Li, but it was true that I was a little unnatural the whole time.
After all, I myself had died at the bottom of the well, and I would feel something in my heart when I heard the things that had happened at the beginning.
I didn't expect that the changes in my inner activities were all seen by Li Kebin.
I smiled at Li Kebin and said, "You know this ancient well in our village, it is said to be a centuries-old well, and I feel panicked when I go down." ”
Li Kebin said: "Also, such a deep ancient well, going down into it will really make people uncomfortable, but I have been used to it over the years." ”
After listening to Li Kebin's words, I said, "When you have time, tell me more about what you have done in the past few years." Of course, don't tell me the secrets you can't tell. ”
Li Kebin couldn't help laughing and said, "No problem, Ma Xiaoting told me just now that when the two of us were confused by Shi Ling, it was you who woke us up." It proved that it was a wise choice to take you down tonight. ”
I said, "The blind cat touches the dead mouse, this is my first time working, and I don't have enough experience at all." ”
What I said is indeed the truth, I have never done a thing independently since I have been learning the Tao from the Ninth Master for so long, and this is the first time.
Li Kebin said: "Ma Xiaoting rarely recognizes a person, before going down the well tonight, she said that your level is no less than that colleague in Longhu Mountain in us." So, you have a lot to do! Learn your Dao Secret Techniques well, and when I have a chance in the future, I will introduce you to our leaders. ”
Hearing Li Kebin say this, I couldn't help but feel a little surprised, he actually had a big plan to introduce me to their leaders.
However, it also depends on whether I have any special arrangements in the future, if the ninth master has other things for me to do, I can only act according to his arrangement first.
I hummed and said, "Okay, then I'll wait for your introduction!" ”
I suddenly thought of a question, so I asked Li Kebin: "You investigated the problem of the dragon corpse in Wujiang this time, and now you have found out that the dragon went out from Baofeng Temple, so do you need to find out anything else?" ”
Li Kebin looked stunned and frowned, as if he was thinking.
After discovering his reaction, I patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brothers, don't say it if it's inconvenient for you to say it!" I just asked casually. ”
Because I've long since realized that they are not as simple as investigating the origin of the dragon corpse, but I don't know what they are looking for.
After thinking about it for a long time, Li Kebin said: "Third brother, we actually ...... this time."
At this time, Ma Xiaoting deliberately coughed a few times, and Li Kebin stopped talking and did not continue.
Ma Xiaoting looked at Li Kebin with a strange expression, and said to herself: "Li Kebin, didn't you say that you don't want to involve your good brother, then there are some things you have to weigh." ”
Immediately, Ma Xiaoting looked at me again and said, "Brother Thirteen, please forgive me, our mission this time was originally top secret, but Li Kebin said that this matter may be related to your life, so the two of us hid it from above and pulled you in to participate in it." ”
I was about to speak, Li Kebin sighed and said, "Third brother, I know that you have doubts about our identity and what we are doing, but you have to believe that I, Li Kebin, will not harm you, and Ma Xiaoting will not harm you." And what we do is not against the law and discipline, nor is it against our conscience. ”
After listening to them, I smiled a little embarrassedly, "I didn't really mean to inquire about your mission, but I just said that if I can know your true purpose, can I help!" ”
Li Kebin said with a straight face: "Well, third brother, thank you for trusting me so much, it's still the same sentence, you just need to cooperate with me, and you don't have to be busy for the time being." ”
I didn't say much, they had already said this, and I only had to understand.
The next morning, Li Kebin and Ma Xiaoting said that they would go to the county to do something, and if there was something, they would look for me and let me do my own work first.
I took their car to town and then parted ways with the two of them.
According to the words of the ninth master, even if he is not there during this time, the shop must be open as usual.
Li Kebin and Ma Xiaoting walked in a hurry, and they didn't eat breakfast, so they left in a hurry. I had a casual breakfast at the corner of the street before heading back to the store.
However, when I returned to the store, I didn't immediately open the door and start doing business, but went to the Kodoya first.
I lit three incense sticks, inserted them in front of the tablet of my grandfather, and then bowed to the tablet three times, and then sat in the incense hall and studied the secret method of Taoism.
I closed my eyes according to the secret method taught by the Ninth Master, and began to breathe in luck, according to what the Ninth Master said, this luck breathing is to cultivate my own body and cultivate my own spirit.
After I finished my luck, I drew a few runes of paper to catch ghosts and ward off evil spirits, and then read ancient books for about half an hour before opening the door of the store.
Even if the Ninth Master is not in the store, with the Dao Secret Techniques I have learned now, I think I should be able to deal with most of the evil things.
In addition, Ma Xiaoting and Li Kebin have already taken a serious stance last night, saying that my cultivation has surpassed their colleagues, which makes me more confident.
As soon as I opened the door, I had just cleaned the store when a red sedan stopped outside the store.
A girl dressed fashionably and beautifully, with a delicate appearance, poked her head out of the car, and she asked with a panicked expression: "Is this the shop of the ninth master?" ”
I secretly thought, isn't it business coming to the door, and this car should be a rich family.
I nodded and said, "Well, yes, do you have something to do with the Ninth Master?" ”
After receiving my affirmative answer, the girl quickly got out of the car and walked into the store.
Although she is beautiful and good-looking, there is a black veil hanging on her eyebrows, and she looks like she has encountered something unclean.
The girl looked around and whispered, "It was my grandfather who asked me to come, and I want to invite the ninth master to my house to help deal with some evil things." ”
I frowned and said, "Ninth Master, he's not here!" ”
Hearing me say this, the girl almost cried, and said anxiously: "Then when will he come back, I am waiting for him here, and I urgently ask him to help." ”
I shook my head and said, "I don't know about this, it's likely that I won't be back for ten days and a half." ”
The girl's expression changed drastically, she was stunned for a moment, grabbed my arm, and asked, "Then will you look at the evil things?" ”