Ancient Cases (8)

The night is dark, the wind is up, and the cold is invading.

Yin Xiaofei closed the book in his hand and put it under the pillow. The short sword was pinned to his waist, and the long sword was carried in his hand, and he rushed out of the door. Yin Xiaofei thought to himself, I want to see what the origin of these so-called lonely souls and wild ghosts is, which can make this champion martial arts hall chicken and dog restless and unsafe.

The thick clouds obscured the moonlight, but the courtyard was still illuminated by a faint white light, but I didn't know the source of this light, as if it was shining down from under the sky out of thin air, so that the courtyard would not be out of sight and pitch black. It's just that this weird and bleak white light makes Yin Xiaofei feel even more weird and difficult in his heart.

Walk through the courtyard to the main hall, where the unextinguished lights still shine on the bronze glazed lamps hanging from the main hall, and those lights flicker, illuminating the entire main hall in a dim light.

It's just that in this dusk, there are always some black shadows wandering among them, and where those black shadows are, it seems to have absorbed the dim light, which is extraordinarily dark.

'Click', Yin Xiaofei's heart also chuckled. Looking down at his feet, it turned out that he had broken the thin ice on the bluestone ground with one foot. As the bluestone floor looked ahead, the ground was covered with a thin layer of ice, and from time to time a flash of crystal starlight appeared, although it was beautiful, it was even more eerie. Even the wooden tables and chairs were mottled with thin white ice patches. This strange scene of waterless freezing made Yin Xiaofei's heart a little hairy, and people would have some awe of unexplained phenomena to a greater or lesser extent.

Call...... A gust of wind rushed towards him, Yin Xiaofei felt a chill down his spine, and goosebumps all over his body shrugged.

A black shadow deliberately swam slowly towards Yin Xiaofei. Yin Xiaofei didn't know what this black shadow was, but in short, it wasn't a good thing. With two 'poofs', the double swords were already in his hands, and the scabbard of the long sword was thrown to the ground by him with a snap, smashing a thin piece of ice to pieces.

Pure Yang Sword Qi was injected into the twin swords, and the golden sword light suddenly shone out. Especially the Yuhuang sword, golden and brilliant.

In an instant, the black shadow seemed to be frightened, and it turned into two streams of black mist, and fled from Yin Xiaofei's feet. Yin Xiaofei felt a cool air coming from the soles of his feet, and couldn't help but shiver.

'Click, click...... Yin Xiaofei put his double swords across his chest, stepped on the ice and walked towards the gate of the main hall step by step, those fluttering black shadows swept past Yin Xiaofei one by one, Yin Xiaofei could always feel a wave of cold air all over his body. He used the pure yang sword qi to resist the cold qi, so that he didn't seem so uncomfortable. But the corners of his green shirt have slowly formed a thin layer of ice.

Yin Xiaofei frowned, opened his five senses, felt everything around him, and waited for it. If there is a slight disturbance, he will dance the talisman sword flower with his double swords and rush out of the main hall.

Fortunately, along the way, those black shadows did not make excessive moves, but instead met the pure yang sword qi and retreated to the side.

Yin Xiaofei finally walked through the main hall and walked out of the main hall gate. The courtyard outside the gate, like the inner courtyard, was also illuminated by the inexplicable light.

Yin Xiaofei felt that the air around him seemed to be a lot warmer, and it seemed that those black shadows were the culprits causing this strange cold. So he collected the sword qi, took the broken sword back to the scabbard at his waist, held the Yu Huang sword in his hand, and continued to walk towards the gate of the martial arts hall.

Opening the heavy Hongqi gate, Yin Xiaofei found that the sword shop outside the gate was pitch black. Looking back, the white of the compound was in stark contrast to Jianfang Avenue.

"What's going on?" Yin Xiaofei was wondering, and suddenly the wind on Jianfang Avenue blew the branches on the side of the road with a rattling sound, and Yin Xiaofei felt an extremely strong force rushing towards him.

"Not good!" Yin Xiaofei exclaimed in his heart. Hurriedly pointed out the Yuhuang sword in his hand and held it in his hand. But I felt that the force was too great, and subconsciously my hands were tightly clenched on the hilt of the sword, and the sword body was erected in front of me.

"Ahh Yin Xiaofei shouted, and the pure yang sword qi burst out, and at the same time, he felt his blood and qi surging, and with a pop, even the person with the sword was pushed into the courtyard by that inexplicable force, and he fell extremely embarrassed.

Although Yin Xiaofei felt that his breath was unstable, this inexplicable power was obviously trying to take his own life. Yin Xiaofei didn't dare to slack off, lay on the ground and stepped on the floor with his feet, and flew backwards, away from the gate of the martial arts hall.

Just as Yin Xiaofei flew back against the ground, he saw that the white phosphorescence in the sky also flew backwards, which was very strange.

Looking ahead, it turned out that on the void of the gate of the martial arts hall, there were constant flashes of phosphorescent light, and if you listened carefully, you could hear the muffled sound of the impact of 'empty space'.

It's getting weirder and weirder than to explain.

Yin Xiaofei flew back to the main hall at this time, only to find that the black shadows in the main hall were all gathered in the innermost, all wrapped together, as if they were still trembling.

At this moment, there was a continuous sound of 'puff puff' outside the gate of the martial arts hall, and Yin Xiaofei fixed his eyes to see that it was a granular blue light that kept flying towards the void. It's just that the light flew in front of the door and disappeared, as if it had hit something. At the same time as the blue light appeared, the white phosphorescent light that appeared in those voids also disappeared.

"Come and help! Close the door. An anxious and familiar voice came.

It's Gao Qi.

Yin Xiaofei hurriedly grabbed water with a swallow and swept straight towards the gate of the martial arts hall. Gao Qi rushed into the martial arts hall with his back with a bang, and with both hands, he shot out a faint blue light cluster with a pair of strange blades, and shouted loudly: "Close the door." Then he jumped to the right door panel, grinning and pushing outward, one hand still shooting out blue light from time to time.

Yin Xiao leaped to the left door panel, and it also took a lot of effort to push the door panel.

With a bang, the red lacquer door finally closed, and Yin Xiaofei hurriedly latched the door horizontally. At this time, there was a clear sound of banging on the door outside the door, which was extremely loud and chaotic, and it looked extremely terrifying in the dark night.

"Whew...... Call...... It's okay, it's okay, let them pound, they won't be able to get in anyway. Damn, I'm tired to death, and I've lost a lot of money. Gao Qi sat on the ground against the door, panting and said.

Yin Xiaofei's eyes widened and he looked at Gao Qi sitting on the ground, with countless questions in his heart.

"Senior brother, who is the person outside, why did you kill me without saying anything?" Yin Xiaofei asked angrily.

"People? It's easy to say if it's human, those are ghosts. Gao Qi blew on the strange weapon in his hand and said.

Yin Xiaofei opened his mouth and squeezed out two words from between his teeth: "Ghost? ”

"Damn, don't knock in the middle of the night, the ghost won't knock on the door like you endlessly, I'll burn some coins for you later, hurry up and give it to Qiye, I'll go back." Gao Qi slammed the back of his head against the door and howled a few words in his throat.

Strange to say, the knocks on the door really stopped. Yin Xiaofei heard the sound of a whirlwind outside the door at the same time, and then became silent.

Gao Qi pressed his ear against the door, made a look of high and low eyebrows, and pouted to listen.

"Damn, they're all a group of dead ghosts who are greedy for money, and those one or two pieces of silver are not enough to buy paper money, Lao Tzu really lost his wife and soldiers this time." Gao Qi muttered as he put the pair of strange-shaped weapons into his breast pocket.

Yin Xiaofei kept looking at Gao Qi, and he saw that although this person kept chattering, he was calm and relaxed, and he didn't pay attention to these strange things at all, as if he was used to it.

At this time, Gao Qi glanced at Yin Xiaofei, and suddenly said, "Ah, yes, the ghost is bad." ”

"This ......" Yin Xiaofei wanted to ask something, but saw Gao Qi wave his hand, yawned and said, "It's so late, I'll talk about it tomorrow." After speaking, he walked towards the main hall with a big grin. Yin Xiaofei followed behind him, looking puzzled.

Walking into the main hall, Gao Qi's mouth kept 'tsk tsk', as if he was very disgusted. However, those black shadows seemed to be very afraid of Gao Qi, and they all shrank in a corner.

Gao Qi picked up the scabbard on the ground and threw it to Yin Xiaofei, and at the same time threw a small cyan porcelain bottle to Yin Xiaofei, and said, "Put the water in the bottle on your eyelids, and you will understand." ”

Yin Xiaofei returned the sword into the sheath, opened the porcelain bottle, poured out some colorless and odorless liquid in his hand, and gently wiped it on his eyelids without asking.

After his eyelids were cool for a while, he opened his eyes, and almost sat on the ground without scaring Yin Xiaofei.

It turned out that the corner of the main hall was densely packed with ghosts, most of which were not complete bodies, missing arms and legs, and some of their heads were even cut off in half.

Where has Yin Xiaofei seen such a terrifying scene, even if the pure yang sword qi makes his mind strong, he is still frightened at this time. Hurriedly looked away and followed behind Gao Qi.

"The kid is very fat, how many people were scared of incontinence at first sight, and pulled their pants to poop and pee." Gao Qi said with his nostrils puffed. In fact, the one he said pulled a pants of and peeed was himself.

Yin Xiaofei showed a wry smile, in short, the biggest fright in his life is probably nothing more than that.

"Ha, let's go, I'm sleepy." Gao Qi yawned, said casually, and turned out of the main hall and walked straight to the upper room where Yin Xiaofei was staying.

After entering the room, Gao Qi spread out on the bed and fell asleep, as for whether Yin Xiaofei slept or not, where did he sleep? He didn't care about it.

But at this time, Yin Xiaofei was also completely tired, you think, a group of lonely ghosts and wild ghosts are floating outside the door, who has the heart to sleep!

He simply sat cross-legged on the ground and cultivated his sword qi.

The green fairy and the golden sword light slowly rose, winding and protecting Yin Xiaofei from being disturbed by the outside world. Yin Xiaofei's state of mind had already entered the Taixuan Realm, and the panic just now had long since disappeared, and the pure yang sword qi gradually precipitated in the dantian.

Outside the window, a white shadow slipped quietly and disappeared into the darkness.

The next day, the rooster crowed, and the morning sun dewed.

Yin Xiaofei stretched his muscles and slowly got up, it turned out that he sat cross-legged and fell asleep like this last night after the end of the sword qi cultivation.

After a crackling sound of bones all over his body, Yin Xiaofei felt refreshed. Seeing that Gao Qi on the big bed was still asleep, he didn't bother him, so he came to the backyard with two swords, played a set of two-handed Lin family swordsmanship, and moved his muscles and bones.

After a set of swordsmanship, I heard someone applauding and talking. "Shaoxia, what a handsome kung fu." The person who spoke was He Shanyue.

Yin Xiaofei clenched his fists and asked He Shanyue in the morning.

He Shanyue said: "Did the young man rest well last night? Yesterday I went to bed early, and there was no one in the house, and the two disciples only came here to help during the day, and they also stayed outside the martial arts hall at night. If there is any neglect, please forgive me. ”

Yin Xiaofei frowned slightly, he just wanted to say what happened last night, but when he thought about it, saying this kind of thing would only make him more annoyed, so he smiled slightly: "Pavilion Master He is polite, I rested very well yesterday." "It's just that I wondered in my heart, such a big movement last night, as a person who practices martial arts, why didn't He Shanyue hear it?

However, there are a lot of strange things in the He Family Martial Arts Hall, and Yin Xiaofei didn't think much about it.

At this time, the door of the upper room creaked open, Gao Qi yawned, leaned against the door frame with sleepy eyes and said, "What is the hall master, do you have breakfast?" ”

He Shanyue's face was shocked, probably because he was surprised when this Gao Qi returned to the martial arts hall. He didn't ask much, and said politely: "Yes, yes, there is a steamed bun shop over there in the sword workshop, it tastes very good, it should have been open for business at this time, let's go, I'll take the two of you." ”

Yin Xiaofei was already hungry, and after listening to He Shanyue's words, he also responded to his hard work. Gao Qi stood up straight, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Let's go." ”

So the two of them, under the leadership of He Shanyue, walked towards the outside of the martial arts hall.

This passed through the main hall of the martial arts hall, except for the oil lamp that had long been extinguished, there was nothing unusual about the rest, and those black shadows had already disappeared without a trace. As for the pale light in the courtyard, it was indistinguishable in the morning light, and it was no different from the outside light.

The three of them came to a steamed bun shop called 'Jade Bun', which was not big, but the people who bought the buns had already lined up in a long line.

He Shanyue took the two of them and did not line up, but walked directly into the steamed bun shop, and then said to a fat woman: "Xiaoyu, come here for six steamed buns and three bowls of broth." The fat woman was busy with herself, and her mouth answered with a good sound.

The three of them walked through the back door of the shop, and behind it was a small alley, quite secluded, with a few slightly elaborate square tables and benches on the side of the alley.

As soon as the three of them chose a place to sit down, a guy brought over two steaming baskets of meaty steamed buns.

"Enjoy, two, this bun is good." He Shanyue said earnestly.

Gao Qi was not polite, picked up the chopsticks in the bamboo tube on the table, picked up a bun and put it in his mouth, and praised after taking a bite: "Well, not bad, not bad." ”

Yin Xiaofei also ate it, and felt that the skin of this bun was glutinous and fragrant, and it was indeed delicious.

A few more steamed buns and three bowls of fragrant broth were brought one after another, along with a plate of freshly colored kimchi.

At this time, a few guests in brocade clothes and jade came to this inconspicuous back alley and ate this bun with relish.

Gao Qi muttered while eating: "Hehe, it turns out that this is the VIP room of the bun shop." ”

Yin Xiaofei and He Shanyue didn't understand Gao Qi's words, and Yin Xiaofei didn't ask much, because Gao Qi's remarks were already very strange.

However, He Shanyue was a little puzzled that Gao Qi had gone and returned, so he asked, "Brother Gao, when did you come to my house last night?" ”

Gao Qi said with a bun in his mouth: "Oh, the ghost came over when he blocked the door." ”

This sentence was plain in Gao Qi's mouth, but He Shanyue was shocked when he heard it, and said tremblingly: "Ghost ...... Hellish in the way? Please also ask Brother Gao to make it clear. ”

Gao Qi took a sip of broth and said: "There are some things that I can't tell you, anyway, I received one or two silver from you yesterday, even if I deal with this in your family, don't think about it, let's eat and do things quickly." ”

This He Shanyue looked at the unattractive man in front of him, he understood that there were many strangers in the world, and most of the real people did not show their faces, perhaps the person in front of him was also one of them. And these people do their own thing, and they don't like others to ask long and short questions, so they also shut up and buried themselves in eating steamed buns. It's just that I still have lingering palpitations about the word 'ghost difference' in my heart, but I can't think about it really, so I can only wait and see what happens.

After the three of them ate steamed buns, Gao Qi said that he would go buy something and come back in a while. parted ways with Yin Xiaofei and He Shanyue.

Yin Xiaofei and He Shanyue returned to the martial arts hall, and at this time, the gray-clothed and blue-clothed disciples had already come to the martial arts hall and were lighting the bronze glazed lamps in the main hall.

Yin Xiaofei went to check He Mingxian's pulse again, the pulse was not much different from yesterday, but it was slightly decayed, it seems that He Mingxian's body is not as good as day by day.

Without further ado, the illness will not be long in coming. Yin Xiaofei immediately found a pen and paper and wrote down the materials needed for the Snow Mountain Nine Plum Soup and the ten flavors of medicinal materials needed to replenish the soul.

He Shanyue got the prescription, pursed his lips and nodded, then walked to the back room and opened a box, and took out a stack of silver tickets from it, which was estimated to be thousands of taels.

After that, he instructed the two disciples to buy the nine different kinds of plums, and personally took the silver ticket to the largest pharmacy in Quantaizhou City, "Cishitang", to buy the medicinal materials needed to replenish the soul.

After the three of them hurriedly went out, Yin Xiaofei sat next to He Mingxian, looking at his pale face, with some pity in his heart.

"I hope Pavilion Master He can buy all the medicinal herbs!" Yin Xiaofei thought in his heart, but then felt a little self-deceptive. The ten flavors of medicinal materials needed to replenish the soul, not to mention the hundred-year-old ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum, although they are rare, but if you have money, you can still buy them. But the ghost wings, the underworld grass and the scorching ash, Yin Xiaofei really didn't have much hope. To be honest, even he didn't know where the three herbs came from or where he was going to seek them.

Just as Yin Xiaofei was thinking in his heart, his keen ears suddenly heard a slight sound coming from the upper room where he was staying.

"Is there a thief? Not good. Yin Xiaofei rushed out of He Mingxian's room with an arrow step, and when he came to the upper room in a hurry, he felt a cold wind blowing in his face, and his "Divine Meal Details" had just fallen to the ground from mid-air, and the strange cold wind in the room also blew the pages of the book twice, making a loud noise.

This cold wind seal Xiaofei is very familiar, and it is no different from the cold air emitted by those lonely souls and wild ghosts last night.

"Could it be that there are lonely ghosts and wild ghosts in the daytime?" Yin Xiaofei thought as he picked up the book on the ground and carefully put it into his arms.

"Damn, it's heaven, and I dare to come out to make trouble during the day." Gao Qi's shouting came from outside the house, and it seemed that he had also met the ghost.

Yin Xiaofei walked out of the door and saw Gao Qi standing in the courtyard, but his whole body was covered with some yellow satin with strange runes, which were obviously some years old and looked very old. There was also a large cardboard box in his hand, and he didn't know what was in the box.

"Senior brother, what are you doing here?" Yin Xiaofei asked with some confusion.

Gao Qi hurriedly took off the silk on his body, threw it on the ground and said, "I can't explain it to you clearly for a while, why don't you hurry over and help." ”

So the two of them tugged at each other, and I pulled and combed up the messy pile of yellow satin.

At this time, Yin Xiaofei saw clearly that the runes on those satins were some Taoist symbolic fonts, although he didn't understand what they meant, but guessed that these yellow satins should be used to subdue demons.

The two of them sorted out for a long time, and finally straightened out the silk, but they didn't expect such a big stack of silk to be a whole.

"This is the 'Fu Ghost Flag', which is used to ward off evil spirits and drive away ghosts." After Gao Qi finished speaking, he picked up the stack of silk and walked to the main hall. Yin Xiaofei snorted and followed.

Under Gao Qi's command, the two of them started the 'Fu Ghost Flag' from the gate of the main hall and spread it against the corner of the wall. Where it was not long enough, Gao Qi connected it with silk threads soaked in cinnabar lacquer, and finally surrounded the entire main hall.

"Now those lonely souls and wild ghosts can't get in. Where this ghost has ghosts, it always encroaches on people's land, which will damage people's longevity. Even if you don't compromise your longevity, you will not be comfortable with any cold or flu or rheumatoid arthritis. This Gao Qi said something to Yin Xiaofei, and Yin Xiaofei only nodded again and again, unable to speak at all.

After finishing the arrangement of the main hall's 'Fu Ghost Flag', Gao Qi returned to the inner courtyard and took out a large pile of paper from the cardboard box, and then Yin Xiaofei realized that those colorful pieces of paper turned out to be dark coins.

Gao Qi piled up the dark coins in the corner of the wall and took out a pen from his pocket, the pen was very strange, a pen barrel with three pen buckets and three pen spikes.

Gao Qi picked up a piece of dark money on the ground at will, and didn't dip the strange pen in ink, so he wrote something on the dark money out of thin air. When he finished writing the last stroke, the dark money flashed with a blue glow, and then turned into a blue flame in Gao Qi's hand.

"Scald, hot, hot!" Gao Qi grinned and threw the blue flame in his hand into the pile of dark money. With a snort, the pile of dark money turned into a blue pillar of fire and soared into the sky, a spectacle.

Gao Qi jumped aside and said, "Brothers, don't come here in the future, just go where you want to play." ”

Before he could finish speaking, the blue flame was extinguished, and there was no trace of the flame on the ground, not even the ash left, as if nothing had happened.

Yin Xiaofei was dumbfounded, and he was even more impressed by this Gao Qi.

Gao Qi tilted his head to look at Yin Xiaofei's surprised face, frowned his forehead and said, "Don't be surprised, there are more strange things in the world, I almost burned some paper money for the ghost, what's the fuss." ”

Yin Xiaofei was even more speechless. The heart is so big that there are no wonders, and only by broadening one's knowledge can one open one's mind and wisdom and cultivate a more superior sword qi swordsmanship. This may be the fundamental purpose of the boss to let me go down the mountain to experience.

Gao Qi finished all this, and when he had nothing to do, he sat on the stone bench in the backyard and took out the two Qimen weapons from his arms to wipe them.

Yin Xiaofei also sat next to him, carefully looking at the weapon in Gao Qi's hand. In fact, the weapons can be recognized by the judges at a glance, which are two pistols. But it was not a real pistol, but refined steel with the shape of a pistol, and the muzzle was not a hole, but a short blade protruding an inch long, like a very small blade stuck in the muzzle, but it was carefully refined by the craftsman who cast the 'pistol', so that it did not look so discordant.

Yin Xiaofei had never seen such a weapon, and asked curiously: "Senior brother, your weapon is so strange, I don't know what kind of weapon it is?" ”

Gao Qi wiped the pistol with a white cotton cloth and said: "Hehe, this weapon is estimated to be the only pair in the world, and it has a resounding name, 'Heaven and Earth are the only ones who respect the Soul Breaking Sword Killing Spear'." How, are you shocked when you hear the name? Hahahaha. ”

This long list of names did surprise Yin Xiaofei a little, but that strange weapon had a strange name, and it was reasonable for Yin Xiaofei to think about it. In fact, this is not reasonable at all, but Gao Qi made it up casually on a whim, as for the name of this weapon, it is estimated that Gao Qi can't understand, and it is more appropriate to say that the word 'pistol' is more appropriate.

Yin Xiaofei continued to ask for advice: "I don't know how to use this weapon? ”

With this question, Gao Qi came to the ground and asked rhetorically: "Brother, what realm of sword qi are you now?" ”

Yin Xiaofei said truthfully: "Ask the third layer of the sword realm. ”

When Gao Qi heard this, he was very puzzled, because Yin Xiaofei's extraordinary five senses made Gao Qi always think that he should go to the sword realm, but he didn't expect to ask the third layer of the sword. Not quite convinced, he asked, "Ask the third layer of the sword?" Are you sure you didn't lie to me? ”

Yin Xiaofei said affirmatively: "What I am cultivating under is pure yang sword qi, so the progress of cultivation is extremely slow, and after five years of sword practice, I have only reached the third layer of the sword, ashamed, ashamed." ”

When Gao Qi heard this, he suddenly realized, stood up, shrugged his eyebrows, looked at Yin Xiaofei from top to bottom, and said seriously: "Yiren really has a different appearance, brother, the pure yang sword qi is one in ten thousand, it's amazing, it's amazing." ”

Yin Xiaofei also stood up and said that he had won the award. In fact, in Yin Xiaofei's heart, the person in front of him who was strangely dressed, looked strange, and even had strange weapons made him feel that there was no one in a million.

The two admired each other, and Gao Qi also revealed his mentorship.

It is said that Gao Qi came to Tizhou City when he was 20 years old and did some reselling business. To put it bluntly, it is to buy some vegetables, fruits and meat at a low price in the village on the edge of the city, and then sell them at a high price in the city of Tizhou. It's an easy business, but it's hard work. The main reason is that the transportation is inconvenient, the storage is not easy, the road is extremely hard, and you always have to get up early and be greedy for darkness.

Early one morning, before dawn, Gao Qi purchased the goods and rushed to Tizhou City with a carriage. Suddenly, on the dense forest path, he found an old man in ragged clothes lying on the side of the road, and a vermilion gourd almost half a person tall was placed beside him.

Gao Qi was in a hurry alone at this time, and he was already cautious, so he didn't pay attention to the old man, set up the car, and continued to move forward without stopping.

After walking less than a hundred feet, another old man fell on the side of the road, and the big vermilion gourd was also beside the old man.

Gao Qi was shocked in his heart, knowing that the old man was a stranger, and he didn't want to rob his property, so he jerked his horse's buttocks and hurried up.

But every time it was not more than a hundred feet, the old man would lie on the ground, and he encountered it seven times in a row.

At this time, although the sky was already dark, Gao Qi was already frightened, and cold sweat broke out. It turned out that he found himself in the car, not all the time moving forward, but circling around the strange old man who had collapsed to the ground.

"Ghost hits the wall!" Gao Qi had this terrible thought in his heart, but there was no way to deal with it, so he could only urge the horse to gallop wildly, hoping to wait until the sky was bright and the sun was shining, so that the ghost would retreat on its own.

But it backfired, the carriage was already dilapidated, and it was loaded with so many heavy goods, under the whip of the fast horse, the axle was broken, and with a bang, the right front wheel broke off and flew out, and Gao Qi and the horse overturned on the side of the road.

Fortunately, Gao Qi was young and agile, and when the car overturned, he jumped vertically and rolled on the turf on the side of the road, not being crushed by the carriage. It's a pity that the cart of goods was scattered all over the place, and the horses fled without knowing where to go.

Gao Qi rolled on the ground a few times, just rolled to the old man's side, hit his head on the vermilion gourd, and made a bang, and a pungent smell of wine rushed straight to his head. I don't know if it was the collision that knocked him unconscious, or the pungent smell of alcohol that drunk him, in short, Gao Qi lost consciousness and passed out in a coma.

When I woke up, I found myself in a cave, but there was a very strong smell of wine and mildew.

At that time, Gao Qi had not yet practiced martial arts and swordsmanship, but instinctively turned over, only to find that he was lying in a pile of dead grass, his whole body was covered with grass clippings, and his body was inexplicably itchy, obviously bitten by lice mites in the dead grass.

Although Gao Qi is not a particular person, he also loves to be clean, and the musty smell of grass clippings makes him nauseous in his chest.

"Boy, my old man collapsed to the ground, and you passed seven times in a row, and you didn't feel any pity?" A screeching but old-fashioned voice came from the darkness.

Gao Qi rubbed his eyes, and gradually saw that the person who was talking in the darkness turned out to be the old man who collapsed on the side of the road just now, and now he was still paralyzed in the rotten grass, just holding the vermilion gourd on his chest and drinking heavily.

Gao Qi swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said tremblingly: "How do I know if you deliberately touched porcelain, and you don't want to think about it, let alone seven times in a row, even twice, then who dares to help you?" ”

"Oh, hehehe, the kid is full of truth. Seeing death and not helping, sitting back and not helping, and arguing with strong words, it is really shameless. The old man was also unforgiving, but he didn't scold him loudly, but said with a smile.

"This ...... This is common sense, a sloppy old man like you, a stinky beggar, who will come to the rescue? Who knows if you're a porcelain slanderer? Gao Qi slapped the weeds on his body while raising his pitch to shoot back.

"Hey, hey, hey, what kind of porcelain slander, the kid Hugh is going to say some weird words. The old man saved you from death, and you don't thank you soon. The old man was still smiling, but he said the key.

Gao Qi was stunned and asked, "You saved me?" ”

The old man still smiled and said: "Hehehehe, of course, you were almost taken away by that short-lived ghost and made a substitute for the soul of death, if it weren't for the old man who remembered that you had my way, I wouldn't have bothered to save you, why don't you come over and kowtow and thank you." ”

Gao Qi asked, "Are you saying that the ghost hit the wall was not caused by you, but someone else... Ghost? ”

The old man laughed non-stop, and drank again.

Gao Qi frowned, and said in his heart that he was indeed alive, maybe the old man didn't lie to me, even if he lied to me, it would be a lot of meat to say thank you, and he said that he would leave quickly. So he folded his hands together at the old man and said, "Old man, then thank you for saving your life, and I will remember your great kindness and virtue." If it's okay, I'll go. ”

The old man ignored him and drank to himself.

Gao Qi then relied on the faint light to find the exit of the cave. But after looking around, I found that the cave was sealed except for the three feet high where a glimmer of light shone on the wall, and I don't know how the old man got himself into the cave.

At this time, it was very quiet in the cave, and Gao Qi could still hear the old man drinking before, but now he could only hear his snoring.

Gao Qi was anxious, so he walked to the old man, the old man smelled of wine, maybe sweat and fox smell, etc., but he was completely covered by the strong smell of wine, and it was difficult to distinguish.

Gao Qi pushed the old man's arm with the soles of his feet and said, "Hey, wake up, where is the exit of this cave?" Not only did the old man not wake up, but he snored like thunder, which shook Gao Qi's eardrums.

Gao Qi was angry in his heart, grinned on his face, and made a feint of kicking hard.

Since the old man ignores himself, Gao Qi is also helpless, it is difficult to really beat up others, and he still has this point to educate himself. As for whether the old man is his life-saving benefactor, Gao Qi doesn't care about it, who knows if what the strange old man said is true or not.

Leaving the strange old man's rotten haystack, I felt that my whole body was infected with a smell of alcohol. Although he usually drinks a little wine, the strong smell of wine still makes him a little unbearable.

After looking around along the stone wall again, I thought that maybe there was some secret tunnel mechanism or something, maybe it could lead to the outside.

After fumbling for a while, there was a sudden "click". Gao Qi actually pressed down an abrupt stone, and at this time, the old man also let out a snoring sound like a thunderbolt on a sunny day. At the same time, a stone gate rumbled up, and a red light shone into the cave.

"Hahahaha, Lao Tzu is really a genius. This escape room is too easy! Old man, I won't accompany you, thank you! Gao Qi danced happily and walked towards the stone gate.

"Ah!!!h After a heart-rending scream, Gao Qi ran back to the cave like crazy, and desperately hit the abrupt stone just now, but there was no response. The stone door was left open like this, and some dark shadows gradually appeared on the stone wall behind the stone gate.

"Old man, old man, wake up, there's ....... There are zombies! Gao Qi frantically lay on the ground and pushed the old man, but the old man didn't react at all, snoring to himself.

"I beg you, I kneel down for you, I kowtow to you, I please, please save me again!" Gao Qi cried bitterly at this time, and kept kowtowing to the old man for help.

"Hehehehe, worship me as a teacher and save you." The old man suddenly burst into words.

Gao Qi heard the old man speak, just like a person who had been trapped in a dry well for three days and three nights, and suddenly heard someone outside the well talking, and infinite hope suddenly appeared in his heart. He kowtowed again and again and said, "Okay, okay, don't talk about apprenticeship, even if you worship your father!" ”

"Hahahaha, it's a deal." As soon as the old man finished laughing, the huge vermilion gourd flew out of thin air, slammed the stone door, and with a bang, the stone door fell down categorically.

Gao Qi saw that the stone door fell, and the fear boulder in his heart also fell, and the whole person was already paralyzed on the ground at this time because of excessive fright, and suddenly felt that his lower body was wet, only to realize that he was too frightened just now, and he was scared to urinate incontinence.

It turned out that after Gao Qi walked out of the cave, he found that there was a red in front of him, and he didn't take a few steps along the red light, and he felt a strong smell of blood. When we went further, there was no road, but a cliff, and under the cliff, there was an endless sea of blood, thick and crimson blood, turbulent blood, tumbling and boiling blood, boundless blood.

Gao Qi was stunned by this scene, and just as he was in a daze, a hand covered with blood put on the surface of his left foot.

Gao Qi looked down and saw that a zombie covered in blood was lying on the cliff, looking at him with abrupt eyes, and behind him, there were countless such bloody corpses crawling on the cliff. The horror made Gao Qi fall backwards violently, he did not faint, but his legs were weak with fright.

The instinct to survive still made him run back to the cave, and then there was a scene where he begged the old man to save him.

"Hahahaha, vain, take a sip of wine to suppress the shock, you are not scared, you are considered to have a good qualification." The old man's big vermilion gourd was already beside Gao Qi at some point, Gao Qi was already frightened, and at this time, he was shocked by wine, which was the best.

So he picked up the gourd and drank it in a big gulp. But it's strange to say, this is a big wine gourd, and Gao Qi is as light as nothing in his hand.

As soon as I poured a strong drink into my stomach, my whole body was hot, my head was swollen, and the fear in my heart gradually faded.

The old man took back the wine gourd from Gao Qi's hand in the air, and said with a smile: "Disciple, you are now a person in my Tao, and I won't hide it from you." I am the sixth-generation head of the 'Fu Ghost Dao', Mao Buguan, people and ghosts are called demalysed Taoists, and I know in my heart that I am paralyzed and paralyzed. Hahahaha. ”

Gao Qi wiped his mouth, it seemed to be a strong drink, and he couldn't stop laughing with hahahaha.

Mao Buguan continued: "Disciple, I noticed you half a year ago, you have a clear light, which is very different from the people of this mortal world, and the three souls and seven spirits are not controlled by the ghost world, which is really a miracle. Today you were targeted by a short-lived ghost, and I managed to save you, and I also pushed the boat down the river and included you as my closed disciple. As long as you practice the 'Fu Ghost Sword Technique' with my good life, your future achievements will definitely be above the old man." ”

Gao Qi was completely drunk at this time, and he was in a daze, and he didn't know what the old man said, but he suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and with a bang, he fell to the ground drunk.

In his sleep, Gao Qi stood on a barren and dim road, on both sides of the road are endless yellow sand Gobi, in the Gobi can faintly see some images, as if someone is staggering forward, and it seems that a camel is stopping to rest, and there seems to be a lonely decaying tree between the ten thousand sands.

"Apprentice, follow me, don't get lost." The one who spoke was a demented paralyzed Taoist who didn't look at it.

"Old man, where are you taking me?" Gao Qi still didn't say to Mao Buguan angrily.

"Hahahaha, apprentice, you come along." Na Mao didn't look at it and didn't care about the disrespect in his mouth with Gao Qi, laughed and walked forward with the vermilion gourd, and took two sips from time to time.

Gao Qi bared his teeth behind the man, squeezed his eyebrows, muttered in his mouth, and didn't know what to say. But on this deserted next avenue, there was no choice but to follow Mao Buguan and stagger.

The yellow sand is all over the sky, but there is no scorching sun, it is dim and depressing, and it is gloomy and cold.

Although Gao Qi has never been to the Gobi Desert, he also knows that it should be very hot there. But not only is it not hot, but it is a little cold, and there is a smell of moldy moisture in the air. This is completely contrary to the Gobi in his mind, and he is incomprehensible.

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly found that the hair in front of him was gone.

"Oops, lost it!" Gao Qi's surprise is not small. Although he didn't have a good impression of Mao Buguan, he must have known that the Taoist was a stranger, and he had some skills, and he didn't harm himself, so he was always a little safe by his side. Now that he suddenly disappeared, leaving himself alone on this strange Gobi Desert, he was really panicked.

Hurriedly strode forward to catch up.

'Bang', Gao Qi seemed to have hit something out of thin air, his eyes were dark, and he was so frightened that he danced with his hands, and when he came back to his senses, he found that he had reached a purple and black situation. And beside him, on a huge craggy mountain stone, there are two extremely eye-catching big characters engraved, Ghost World. Gao Qi's chest was dumbfounded.

"Hahahaha, here, the old man thought you were lost, it seems that you are still welcome in this ghost world." Mao Buguan was paralyzed under the rocks, and said a little playfully.

Gao Qi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said in his heart, who wants this ghost world to welcome!

He was about to argue with the man when he suddenly heard the rumbling of cars and horses coming from behind him. Looking back, the dark gray sand and dust were overwhelming, and it was obvious that a large group of people were driving here.

Gao Qi hurriedly jumped to Mao Buguan's side and stood and watched.

The sound of chariots and horses was closer, accompanied by the dense and very messy sound of footsteps running. When the large group of people approached, Gao Qi realized that it was a group of soldiers, and when he passed by Gao Qi's side, Gao Qi's courage was almost not frightened.

I saw that the leader was a giant man with a bull's head and a human body, seven feet long, with muscles all over his body, fireworks seemed to be spewing out from his mouth and nose, and a pair of huge bull's eyes emitted golden light.

The bull-headed man rode a huge green ox, the ox's body was bare, glowing with dark green, and there were fireworks erupting from his mouth and nose, and the roar shook the sky.

Behind them were a group of soldiers with broken legs and broken arms, and several general-like men riding on blood-stained horses, with several feathered arrows stuck in their bodies.

Although these people were expressionless, and most of them were seriously injured or even mutilated, they all walked like flying, and followed closely behind the minotaur.

Such a huge army, except for the sound of marching on the loess, did not have the slightest word of noise.

Gao Qi was so frightened that his whole body trembled, his body slowly retreated behind Gao Qi, slowly squatted down, covered his face with both hands, and didn't look at those terrifying centaurs.

When the minotaur passed by Mao Buguan and Gao Qi, he shouted loudly, and Mao Buguan collapsed on the ground and waved his hand casually. The minotaur did not slow down, and rode straight forward on the green ox.

It took about a cup of tea to complete the army, because at the end of the team, there were a few legless soldiers, crawling desperately with a pair of hands, although the crawling speed was not as fast as running, but it was not slow, and it was only a distance of ten zhang from the large army, and they followed closely. It's just that this weird crawl looks even more terrifying.

"Alas, there was a war somewhere, and so many people died, it's sad and lamentable!" Mao Buguan shook his head and said, he didn't laugh again this time.

Gao Qi squatted beside Mao Buguan and asked in a trembling voice, "These...... Are these ghosts? ”

"Hahahaha, apprentice, you're right, you'll have more time to deal with them in the future." Mao Buguan smiled and wiped it on Gao Qi's head. Gao Qi only felt that his whole body trembled, and his consciousness was blurred.

When Gao Qi woke up again, he didn't know how much had passed, but he felt dizzy, obviously because he had drunk too much alcohol and had a terrifying nightmare.

However, when he regained his gaze and saw his surroundings clearly, he was already lying under an ancient pavilion. He held on to the pillar on the side of the pavilion and stood up slowly, only to find that the sun was shining outside the pavilion, the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant, and the blue pond was beautiful, like a fairyland on earth. It had been a secluded mountain stream, very different from the place he had dreamed of before.

What surprised him even more was that the demented Taoist was hanging in the air and curled up on the big vermilion gourd, as if he was asleep.

"This old man can fly? Could it be a fairy? Gao Qi was surprised.

Mao Buguan knew that Gao Qi had woken up, so he controlled the gourd with his heart, spun in mid-air, and countless red three-foot long swords flew out of the gourd's mouth, with thousands of handles. Those crimson swords flew all over the sky, surrounding the Taoists, and emitting a deafening dragon roar, which was a spectacle.

Gao Qi knew at this time that this person was by no means extraordinary, and there was no longer contempt in his heart, but infinite admiration.

"Hahahaha, apprentice, don't be envious under the pavilion, you just need to practice with me, and within fifty years, your cultivation will be above the old man. Hahahaha. Mao Buguan said and laughed loudly in the middle of the sword bush.

Gao Qi suddenly realized at this time, so he knelt on the ground, knocked his head three times and said, "The master is above, please accept the apprentice's worship." At this time, Gao Qi was absolutely sincere in his knees and sought the Tao wholeheartedly.

From the mountain stream came Mao Buguan's more hearty laughter.

Since then, Gao Qi has practiced sword qi in retreat in this blessed mountain stream, and studied the 'Fu Ghost Sword Technique' and the 'Method of Controlling Ghosts', officially becoming the only closed disciple of Mao Buguan and the successor of the seventh generation of the head of the 'Fu Ghost Dao'.

After Gao Qi officially worshiped his master, he also told Mao Buguan about his life experience.

It turned out that Gao Qi was not a person in this world, but was sucked into it by a strange stone in a place called Shushan and came to this ancient world.

Mao Buguan knew Gao Qi's life experience, and suddenly realized, no wonder his three souls and seven spirits were not controlled by the ghost world, it turned out that he was not a person in the three realms and five elements at all.

After Mao Buguan knew about Gao Qi's life experience, he cherished this disciple even more, not only taught him what he had learned all his life, but also nourished his muscles, bones and blood with strange medicine fairy soup, so that Gao Qi's general physique made a qualitative leap. It makes Gao Qi's cultivation of sword qi and the study of 'Fu Ghost Swordsmanship' smoother and faster.

This 'Fu Ghost Sword Technique' is very different from other sword techniques, it belongs to the Yi Sword, that is, using an object as a medium to control the sword qi with consciousness, so that it radiates out to form a tangible qi sword. Because only such a sword can subdue ghosts and subdue ghosts, and the swordsmanship of the mortal realm has not reached the highest realm, it is difficult to hurt half a point of evil ghosts.

Of course, this 'Fu Ghost Swordsmanship' is also a sword technique, and using the sword as a medium is the best. However, this demented paralyzed Taoist is a different person, and when he practiced this swordsmanship, he used the vermilion gourd as a medium, but he cultivated it successfully. In addition, his disciple Gao Qi is from the outside world, which is even more unusual. So he drew a picture, and asked the master to find a good craftsman to build a pair of strange pistols for him according to the pattern in the painting. As for the small sword with the spear head, it was Mao Buguan who asked the blacksmith to add it. Because the sword qi is easier to form under the guidance of the tangible sword, when he was young, he also placed a short sword in the mouth of the gourd, and when he was cultivated to a great completion, he took out the short sword, and the sword qi flowed freely.

Gao Qi followed Mao Buguan to study in this mountain stream for ten years. When he was thirty years old and the sword qi realm reached the fifth level of the sword realm, Mao Buguan asked him to go out of the mountain to practice. Ordered him not to return to the mountain to take over as the head of the 'Fu Ghost Dao' until the sword qi realm reached the first layer of the sword robbery.

Although taking over as head is very similar to Yin Xiaofei's time, his master's requirements for him are even more demanding. You must know that in the realm of sword robbery, some people have never been able to achieve it in their cultivation in their lifetime.

After that, Gao Qi went out of the mountain and returned to Tizhou City, while continuing to make a living by buying and selling, while practicing swordsmanship. However, the progress has slowed down a lot, and it took two years to reach the sixth layer of the sword realm.

It wasn't until he met Yin Xiaofei that Gao Qi's cultivation fate changed dramatically.