In Fuzi Village, the master asked Yan Qing to gather all the villagers together, and then let the villagers rest assured, the demon spirit has been removed, and those of the same kind will inevitably leave, because they simply do not have the ability to make waves alone, to achieve the Tao like the demon spirit, it is impossible to do it for hundreds of years, and then there is the evil god temple, which must be demolished within three days. This is to prevent other mountain spirits and ghosts from living in the evil temple and doing evil.

In addition, in order to settle the righteous path Xuanfeng here, the villagers spontaneously gathered some money and prepared to build a mountain temple on Songzhu Mountain to suppress the evil spirits in all directions and bless the peace of the villagers.

This action satisfied the master.

Bidding farewell to Yan Qing and the villagers of Fuzi Village, we left and crossed Songzhu Mountain, but it was time to separate from Bu Yique.

"Daoist Yang Dao, Ergou, I came to return the demon refining pot on the order of the family master, and subdued the demon spirit with you, now that my task is complete, it is time to say goodbye to you." Bu Yique hugged his fists and saluted, and smiled honestly, it seems that this Bu Yique will never know what sorrow is, and he can see a trace of innocent smile on his face from beginning to end.

"Hopefully, we'll see each other soon." I patted Bu Yique's shoulder, I was really reluctant to make this friend who had just gotten acquainted.

Since I traveled with Master to the present, I have really made few friends, and even fewer friends in the Dao Sect, and now I finally have Bu Yi as a companion, and he is leaving.

"Ergou, gathering and dispersing are all fate, we cultivators go and go by themselves, no worries, you don't have to be too sad, after all, this is not a life and death parting." Bu Yique looked at me deeply, and then whispered: "But I will miss you, I hope we can meet again!" ”

After speaking, Bu Yique turned around and left, Master and I looked at Bu Yique's disappearing back from afar, and after a long time, he retracted his gaze, Master said: "Bu Yique's task is completed, but our task is far from being completed, now although we have come to Hunan, but there is still a long way to go from the border of Xiangxi, if it is not bad as the teacher expected, then Gu Tan must have arrived in Xiangxi in advance, and we have to speed up the journey." ”

"Hmm." I nodded, and immediately followed Master on the road, but I thought of the legend about Xiangxi, and asked casually: "Master, it is rumored that there is a corpse in Xiangxi, is it true?" Can anyone really get a corpse up and walk? ”

The master nodded and said, "Yes, in Changsu Village a while ago, wasn't that ghost general just a walking corpse?" In fact, it is not difficult to make a corpse stand up and walk, or even be the same as ordinary people, and there are many ways, Xiangxi has been chasing corpses since ancient times, but it has gradually decreased in modern times, because it is very difficult to make a living in that industry, and now that the transportation is more and more convenient, it is not difficult to transport corpses, so there are fewer and fewer corpse chasers in Xiangxi. ”

"Then how did the corpse chaser manipulate the corpse to walk on its own?" I asked curiously.

The master frowned and said: "Some use medicine, some use Qimen techniques, some use yin and evil to rush the body, and then use yang charms to contain the body, the corpse can walk, but also can not harm the people, in short, the way to drive the corpse is not in the corpse itself, but in order to send the people who died in a foreign land back to their hometown, this is the main purpose of the corpse." ”

I nodded abruptly and said, "I'd like to see how corpse chasers chase corpses." ”

Master suddenly glanced at me and said, "That's a very unfortunate profession, generally corpse chasers will shout loudly, and if you hear the voice of corpse chasers from afar, you must stay away, if you accidentally collide, you will be unlucky." ”

"Well, then I'd better not meet it." I scratched my forehead.

Master smiled and said, "However, we who practice the Tao do not participate in the fame and fortune of the world, it doesn't matter if we are unlucky or not, of course, sometimes we can avoid it, and once we get into trouble, it is also a certainty." ”

Xiangxi is located in the northwest of Hunan, the Wuling Mountains on the east side of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and borders Hubei Province, Guizhou Province and Chongqing Municipality. There are many ethnic minorities living in its territory, such as Tujia, Miao, Han, Hui, Yao, Bai and so on more than 30 ethnic groups, because Xiangxi is located in the mountainous area, and there are more ethnic minorities, and the beliefs are also mixed, such as the Miao people advocate witchcraft, the world is famous, and there are some ethnic minorities who advocate nature worship, and so on, so Xiangxi is so mysterious and unpredictable in the eyes of outsiders!

Because Xiangxi is located at the junction of many provinces, the population is scattered or scattered in various villages and tribes, coupled with the unique natural environment, the fairy mountain cave, and the wonders of the blessed land, which add to the mystery of Xiangxi.

As for the first destination of our trip, we were designated by the Master to be in Nanhua Mountain, from Nanhua Mountain along the Tuojiang River to search all over Xiangxi, if nothing else, we can find the secret of Maoshan Town, which is sent to treasure the world by the qi of the earth's leylines!

In my heart, I hope that Gu Tan has not found any clues, and I hope that Master will find the secret of heaven and earth first, so that he will not be suppressed and excluded by Gu Tan again.

According to what Bu Yique said, Maoshan Tantra majored in secret methods and ancient arts, which was originally much more powerful than the supreme sect of alchemy and chanting, but this time it was because the master's cultivation foundation was destroyed, so he was very weak in front of Gu Tan, according to the master's past deeds, Gu Tan never got the slightest benefit in the hands of the master, and was beaten by the master and fled, if it wasn't for Bu Yique telling me this, I really thought that Tantra was not as good as Xianzong.

Half a month later, we came to the upper reaches of the Tuojiang River in Xiangxi, and saw that it was less than five days away from Nanhua Mountain, but at this time the weather was cloudy and rainy, and it was raining for two consecutive days from the time we entered Xiangxi.

However, the banks of the Tuojiang River are different from other places, and this area still follows the customs and customs of ancient times, such as buying and selling, and the hotels and restaurants here are also called inns.

Just like a high guise not far ahead, the book "Tongming Inn", my body has already been drenched like a chicken in soup, and the master is not much better, just wrapped the rain-sheltered oil paper in the cloth bag of all the Dharma utensils and scriptures, as for our clothes and baggage, all drenched through, I looked at the Tongming inn from afar, and hurriedly said: "Master, let's go to the inn to shelter from the rain and get something to eat?" ”

The master nodded when he heard this, but soon became embarrassed: "Ergou, we don't have much money on us, we can probably only stay for one night, and we have to continue on the road tomorrow." ”

As soon as I heard this, I was discouraged, it was already the middle of the night, how could I just rest for a day, and besides, if it rained tomorrow, how could I continue to hurry?

Without waiting for me to complain, the master sighed lightly: "Let's take one step at a time, let's go first, and then let's talk about it, just ask how to go to Nanhua Mountain, and how far it is to get there." Although the teacher has passed by Xiangxi several times, he has not a thorough understanding of Xiangxi, and many places are not very familiar, so now we need to find a local person to ask. ”

Anyway, I just need to rest and eat, and as for what Master is considering, I don't have the strength to think about it at all.

When I came to the door of the inn, I saw that it was empty, only the guy on the counter was sleeping on it, but before I could speak, there was a dog barking in the backyard of the inn, it turned out that the inn also had a dog to sentry, no wonder the guy could sleep so soundly, but although the dog barked loudly, the guy didn't seem to hear it, I smiled, stomped my foot violently, and cleared my throat: "Boss!" ”

"Who, who?" How do you know that the guy opened his eyes very vigilantly, and glanced around in a panic, and when he saw me and the master again, he immediately lowered his head and sighed softly: "Scared me to death, I said this brother, you suddenly scared people to death in the middle of the night, do you know?" ”

"Hey, hey! Boss, you didn't hear the dog barking in your backyard, and said that I had a loud voice, and besides, you were opening the door to do business, and it was natural for me to come in and call the boss, what? Dreaming? "I think this guy is quite happy, sharp-beaked monkey cheeks, if this person is the boss, just by looking at his face, he will definitely be a profiteer.

"Kuroko! What are you called?! Alas, I didn't sleep well...... What a dream! I'm having a nightmare that almost scared me to death, and with that voice you just had, my life was almost in the way......" The guy scolded the dog in the backyard, then waved his hand and quipped, and cleaned up the table and bench, and said, "The two gentlemen are from afar, right?" Accommodation for dinner? ”

The master didn't answer his words, but stared at the guy for a while, and then said with a serious face: "Man, there is a trace of red between your eyebrows, be careful that there will be a bloody disaster in the past two days......"

"Hey! How do you speak?! When the man heard Master's words, he immediately became angry, but as if he had thought of something, he immediately lowered his body and walked up to Master and asked, "This gentleman, you, you're not joking with me, are you?" I also wondered how I had a series of nightmares, and I woke up several times! ”

"Man, our master and apprentice are tired from the journey, if you want to eat something, hurry up and rest, say in advance, we don't have much money on us, you can simply get some coarse tea and light rice, and then give us a simple room, let us make do with a night's rest, and we will leave tomorrow." The master did not answer his words, but sat down and ordered food.

"This!" When the man saw that there was no follow-up, he hurriedly chased after the master and asked, "Sir, you can't talk half of what you say!" The meals and rooms are easy to say, as long as you tell me that it's all right, I will let you live for free, and the big deal will be on my head! ”

When the master heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "This is what you said, don't regret it!" ”

The guy suddenly slapped his thigh and said: "The owner of this inn is my brother-in-law, and my Hou San is also half a shopkeeper, so what's the problem with me treating you two as my guests to eat for free for a few days and stay for a few days...... Of course, presumably the two of you won't be able to live for long, hehe, what do you call Mr. Big? ”