"Water! Water! Don't be naughty, come back! ”

Before Ling'er and I could enter the house, we heard a weak cry coming from inside, and the voice was from a young man, a little immature. Hearing the voice, I turned my head to look at Ling'er, and then rushed in and entered the inner room instead. In the inner room, there was a dim color, but it was enough to see everything inside, only to see the inner side against the wall, placed a shabby and narrow bed, on the small bed, there was a young man of about fifteen or sixteen years old, he was covered with a thin futon, covered with a generous quilt, was sleeping, white face, there were a lot of sweat beads, at this moment, he was still calling the unfamiliar name "Shui'er!" ”

Dare to love this young Taoist priest, who is talking in his dreams!

It's just that from his face, I actually saw a bit of lifelessness, and the demonic aura just now actually slipped out of his room. Frowning, I walked quickly to the bed and shouted softly, "Little brother, little brother, wake up!" Little brother! ”

"Water...... Don't be naughty with the water......"

Seeing that the young Taoist priest was still talking in his dreams, I immediately stretched out my hand and pushed him, and then, I saw that the young Taoist priest opened his eyes, but at the same time he opened his eyes, I clearly saw that his eyes showed a trace of darkness. I recognize that breath, it is clearly the breath of demons...... This young Taoist priest is not a demon, but how could he provoke a demon to get close? It's so weird!

Especially in Taoist temples, the last thing that should be feared is the demon, even if there is a demon intruding, he doesn't dare to make a mistake, but the current situation is ...... I immediately smiled and hugged my fists to the young little Taoist priest, and said: "Little senior brother, I am the head of the Xiaji, and I am a descendant of the Maoshan faction in the Xia, named Li Xianchu, passing by this Laojun Temple, I saw that the surroundings were desolate, and there was no place to stay, so I wanted to stay here for two days, I don't know if it is convenient or not?" ”

"It turned out to be Senior Brother Li, the head of the gossip!"

But seeing that this young Taoist priest was actually polite and hospitable, he hurriedly got up and respectfully saluted me. I nodded slightly, this little Taoist priest looks loyal and blessed, and he is still chubby, giving people a feeling of honesty and honesty. Sure enough, this little Taoist priest said respectfully to me with a restrained face: "I don't know that there will be a big faction of high roads to travel since then, it is our small temple that has lost its welcome, and I hope that Senior Brother Li will forgive his sins, by the way, my Taoist name is Mu Ran, and I am the only one who guards the temple in Laojun Temple today, there are many vacant rooms here, if Senior Brother Li does not dislike it, just stay." ”

After speaking, Mu Ran Xiaodao saluted me respectfully, as if he was a person who followed the rules. Compared to such an older child, I can understand etiquette so well, but I have always been lazy, and I am unconsciously a little embarrassed. I just wanted to speak, but I soon noticed that something was wrong, and immediately asked Mu Ran Xiaodao, "Senior Brother Mu Ran, can you let me see your hands?" At this time, my eyes were fixed on his wrist, and I saw that there were two small purple and black wounds on it.

Mu Ran Xiaodao still opened his mouth with a blank face, and then stretched out his hand very obediently, and said, "Senior Brother Li, please take a look." ”

I picked up Mu Ran Xiaodao's wrist and took a look, only to see that there were two small holes on it, these are two blood holes! Is it a zombie? No, no, zombie teeth don't have such tiny teeth, and the small holes on them look like they're pierced by something thicker than a needle. Moreover, looking closely at this wooden path, his face was actually revealing a faint miserable color, a look of defeat, just now I thought that he was originally white, but at this moment I completely dispelled my thoughts.

"Little Senior Brother Mu Ran, you ......"

"Senior Brother Li is older than me, you don't have to be so polite, just call me Mu Ran, that's what my master calls me."

didn't wait for me to speak, but I saw Mu Ran Xiaodao said with a simple smile, showing two shallow dimples on his face, which was very cute.

"Alright then, Mu Ran, what pests do you have around here?"

I thought about it for a while, and I felt that I might not understand this with a teenager, so I had to add: "It's just some bats or snakes that don't have any poison, or something that can bite people, is there?" ”

"Yes, yes, but the snakes on the back mountain are all highly poisonous, I haven't seen anything without poison, and there are no other things like bats, Senior Brother Li, what are you asking for?"

Mu Ran said to me with a puzzled expression.

"By the way, what about your master? You just said that you are now the only temple keeper in this Laojun Temple, so where did your master go? When will he come back? The injury on your wrist is very serious and needs to be treated immediately! ”

I frowned tightly and said to Mu Ran with an anxious expression.

"My Master...... My master is gone...... A few days ago, I just buried my master's body on the slope of the back mountain......"

Mu Ran slowly lowered his head and said with a gloomy face, his two small hands kept picking at the placket of the robe, and at the end of the speech, his voice was slightly choked, and even a little speechless.

"Your master...... Feathered? ”

I was stunned and asked, "Then, can I ask how your master ......?"

"Brother Xianchu, don't ask this question yet, Mu Ran is very sad now!"

Ling'er walked to Mu Ran's side with a distressed face, took Mu Ran in her arms with a look of maternal love, and kept stroking his head.

"Well, by the way, what is the name of the person you just shouted in your sleep, what is the name of Shui'er Shui'er, who is it? Do you live nearby? ”

I nodded, afraid that Mu Ran would be too upset, so I immediately changed the topic.

"Water! By the way, what about the water? He was still playing in the house just now, I accidentally fell asleep, why did I wake up and not see him? Water?! ”

Huo Di, Mu Ran suddenly broke free from Ling'er's shackles, and ran outside instead, I opened my mouth in astonishment, and then turned around and chased out. But when Ling'er and I chased to the yard, Mu Ran had already run to the slope of the back mountain, standing on the hillside, Mu Ran shouted loudly: "Shui'er! It's getting dark! Come back soon! ”

After a while, Mu Ran shouted tired, but he was standing on the hillside, as if waiting for the person who called Shui'er to come back. I turned my head and looked at Ling'er, and couldn't help asking, "Ling'er, what do you think about this matter?" The wound on Mu Ran's wrist seemed to have been bitten by sharp teeth, and Mu Ran himself obviously didn't know what his wrist was bitten by, he was so stupid, he really didn't know what happened to him! ”

"Brother Xianchu, the wound on Mu Ran's wrist was indeed bitten with his teeth, and there are signs of anemia on his body, it is not so much that he was sleeping just now, but that he was in a coma."

Ling'er actually had such a unique opinion, and then, Ling'er said: "I have just transformed from the body of the Yuan Spirit to the Dao body, and now I am very sensitive to any demonic qi, I can even feel that Mu Ran's body is contaminated with demonic qi, and this demonic qi is exactly the same as the demonic qi we saw at the door just now!" ”

"That means he provoked the monster, and he was bitten by the monster and sucked blood, right?"

After getting Ling'er's affirmative confirmation, I secretly took a breath of cool air, and then sighed lightly: "He's just a child, what kind of monster would talk to a half-year-old child?" ”

"Brother Xianchu, demons and evils are not divided into men, women, old and young, and the younger the age, the purer the essence on the body, and it is the most willing target of demons. This Laojun Temple is located in a remote area, and Mu Ran's master is ...... is not here again, no one can protect him, and it is reasonable to provoke a murderous thing! ”

Ling'er frowned slightly, and then said: "He must know some superficial Taoism, but he doesn't care about his injuries at all, which shows that the demon's Taoism is extremely high, even if he sucks his blood, he doesn't know it at all." This Mu Ran, it's really careless, no, Brother Xianchu, you have to teach him how to defend himself, otherwise he will be eaten by the mountain spirits and ghosts in the mountain sooner or later! ”

"Well, he's back, we'll ask again!"

I immediately saw Mu Ran walking down the hillside dejectedly, turning back one step at a time, for fear of missing the figure called Shui'er. But along the path of the hillside to this courtyard, the person named Shui'er never came back, so I hurriedly asked Mu Ran, "Mu Ran, who is that person called Shui'er?" Didn't you say that you were alone in this temple? How to ......"

"Senior Brother Li, Shui'er is a child I picked up in the back mountain five days ago, he is only seven years old, he is not from the temple, maybe someone's child in the neighborhood has been lost. But he's a mute, and he won't say a word these days, he will only play dumb riddles with me......"

Mu Ran said, stunned and sat on the grinding plate on the side, and then said: "I can't ask where his home is, I have to let him stay here, but he is very naughty, he always likes to climb high and low, can't stand it, as long as he leaves my sight, he will run without a shadow, it is almost dark, in case he runs to the mountains and gets lost again, encounters poisonous snakes and beasts or something, he is so young......"

"A child lost in the mountains?"

I was immediately stunned, and immediately asked in a deep voice, "Mu Ran, are there any residents around here?" ”

"Oh, there are some households in the mountains, and further afield, there are also scattered farmers. Occasionally, they would come together to make incense, but I don't know whose child Shui'er is, and he doesn't seem to want to go home, and every time I say help him find his way home, he doesn't want to live here with me. I don't have a companion either, so I really want Shui'er to be here with me. ”

Mu Ran said to me honestly.

"Since Shui'er can't speak, how do you know his name?"

There are still a lot of things I don't understand.

"Shui'er is the name I gave him, because he doesn't eat, and for a few days here, he only drinks water every day, and he never touches a bite of food. I thought he was very strange, so I casually called him Shui'er. ”

Mu Ran said to me with a simple face, maybe he said it easily, but when I heard it in my ears, I suddenly broke out in a cold sweat!