Chapter 5: Demonization
The donkey cart walked slowly on the potholed dirt road, and soon a small village with smoke appeared in front of me.
This kind of small village near Xiangyang is dotted around Xiangyang City, and it is inhabited by poor families who cannot afford to buy a house in the city.
The old man's house is located at the end of the village, and because of the tea stall, his house is one of the few blue brick houses in the village.
"Old man, why did you close the stall so early today?"
The old woman in the courtyard who was choosing vegetables heard the sound of the wheel, and asked without raising her head.
"I asked a Taoist chief to help see the condition of osmanthus, you cook some good dishes tonight, remember to use vegetable oil."
Shang Biao couldn't help it, this old man probably thought that Taoist priests and monks couldn't eat meat, and he specially instructed to use vegetable oil.
The old woman who was choosing vegetables hurriedly put down the vegetable basket in her hand, walked to Shang Biao's side and cried that she must save her daughter-in-law.
"Daoist, don't be like this woman, you know how to cry all day long, and you don't want to cook quickly."
After the old man smiled at Shang Biao, he turned his head and scolded.
"It's okay, let's see what your daughter-in-law is like first, is it that room?"
Walking into this courtyard, the demonic aura was already very obvious, and Shang Biao followed the induction and pointed to the room on the left.
"You are really powerful, that's it, I took you there."
The old man led the way, stepped forward and opened the door.
"Master, you see, Osmanthus has become like this since she came back from her mother's house three days ago, is it evil? When she was still conscious, she said that her mother's village had become like this. ”
Hearing the old man speak, the sound of chains sounded in the house.
"Alas! In her current situation, I can only lock her up. Otherwise, if we are seen by other villagers, they may spread some gossip, and maybe they will drive us out of the village, which is really evil! ”
The old man grumbled and let go of the door, and Shang Biao stepped into the room, adjusting to the dim light in the room before seeing the situation clearly.
A woman with a disheveled head, chained by a thumb-thick chain, turned her head when she heard movement in the room.
His original face was indistinguishable, and his face was covered with lines like snake scales.
The eyes are also very strange, with flat pupils and pale yellow whites, like snake eyes.
The woman seemed very excited to see the living person, and as if she had seen prey, her tongue retracted a few times, revealing a strange smile.
The body rubbed from side to side, dragging the chain and swimming towards Shang Biao.
"Master!"
The old man involuntarily retreated to Shang Biao's side and shouted softly.
"It's okay, the demonic spirit has entered the body, and there is still salvation."
Shang Biao took a step forward, approached the snake girl, and an exorcism charm was activated and attached to her forehead.
The pitch-black demonic power that was excluded from the body did not disperse obediently as before, and after spitting out a letter to Shang Biao to demonstrate, it rushed straight up.
The magic sword appeared out of thin air, directly slashing the snake of demonic power into two parts, turning into black gas and dissipating.
"Go find a red rooster, the bigger the comb the better, and the older the better."
After the demonic qi dissipated, the woman on the ground passed out, and although the snake scales on her face faded, they did not dissipate.
Shang Biao didn't have time to wait for her to wake up naturally, and was ready to use the rooster to cast a spell to wake her up and ask her about the source of this demonic energy.
"Hey, I'll go."
When the old man saw Shang Biao slashing the snake with the sword, he knew that this was a master with magic power, and his worries dissipated, and after a while, he borrowed a big rooster from the homes of the residents in the village.
Shang Biao cut the cockscomb, dipped the chicken blood in a talisman, and wrote an exorcism spell on the face of the old man's daughter-in-law.
The yang energy contained in chicken blood originally restrained the power of yin and evil, especially the old man's daughter-in-law was victimized by the snake demon, and it was a good medicine to ward off evil spirits.
There is also a small story about the chicken and the snake, and the legend says that the chicken originally did not have a crown, but had a beautiful single horn.
When the Jade Emperor selected the 12 zodiac signs, the snake knew that it would be difficult to be elected with his appearance, so he borrowed horns from the chicken and was guaranteed by the centipede.
The appearance of the snake with horns has changed greatly, and it has entered the eyes of the Jade Emperor.
However, when it was selected into the zodiac as it wished, it was reluctant to return its horns to the chicken.
From this part of the snake will grow horns on its head, and its horns can cure all kinds of poisons.
The two creatures, the chicken and the snake, have since become resentful, and even the centipede has become a meal for the chicken.
Gossip aside, when Shang Biao's last spell was finished, the last few wisps of demonic energy floated out of the old man's daughter-in-law, the snake pattern subsided, and the person woke up leisurely.
"Dad, what am I?"
"Osmanthus, thank you Dao Chief, if it weren't for Dao Da's mercy, how could you recover!"
After the old man finished speaking, he seemed to kneel down again, but was stopped by Shang Biao.
"Tell me what's going on in your village, is it all like you?"
Hearing Shang Biao's question, the woman named Osmanthus had a look of fear on her face.
"Snakes, all snakes, Dao Chief, you must be saved to save our village!"
Osmanthus climbed in front of Shang Biao and kept buttoning her head, unable to say any useful information.
"Use the devil to see what she's been through lately."
Shang Biao didn't bother to ask again, and summoned the ghost boy to forcibly control the woman.
"Master, this woman's parents are also demonic, she took care of her for a day, and escaped from the village after discovering her abnormality. The only useful information is that the village recently unearthed a serpentine statue, and then the whole of it was infected by demonic energy. ”
The ghost boy summarized what he saw and summarized it simply and clearly.
"Well, got it. You can use her body to take me to that village for the time being. ”
Shang Biao knocked out the old man who found out that something was wrong and was about to flee, and left with the ghost boy.
Time is urgent, and if he goes late, the people in the village will be completely transformed into snake demons, and he will have nothing to do.
Shang Biao put two armor horses on his legs and followed the ghost boy quickly.
Shekou grabbs food, Shang Biao can't afford to be early, so naturally he won't go to the snake demon or snake god behind him for no reason.
Saving the people of that village and using this to show his power is Shang Biao's ultimate plan.
If this can be done, Shang Biao also has arrangements in mind for the future plans.
Fusheng Yama Tianzun, this is not an empty and meaningless slogan.
Galloping all the way, when it was dark, a demonic village appeared in front of Shang Biao's eyes.
"Master, look at this demonic energy, the snake demon inside is estimated to have a hundred years of Taoism!"
The ghost boy also had a lot of knowledge with Shang Biao, and he had an estimate at a glance.
"Almost, this demonic power is mixed with the divine power of incense faith, and it is estimated that it is the god of obscenity and wild worship who has attained enlightenment by chance."
After Shang Biao sensed it, he came to a conclusion.
"Hehe, master, your Lei Fa is the nemesis of these wild gods, find its god image, and make it scatter with a thunderbolt, I haven't tasted the soul of these wild gods yet!"
"Behave well, with your benefits, wild gods like this are not rare here, and they will be yours when the time comes."
Shang Biao took out his magic sword, activated the qi talisman and hid it in his sleeve robe, and walked towards the village.