That was, more than twenty years ago.

It has been many years since the true immortal sat in the main position, and the name was called. Xu Su followed the ships of the maritime merchants all the way north, and finally stopped at this rich and prosperous small city. There were only two young disciples by his side, and the three of them followed a powerful demon aura all the way to Cloud City, but they lost its trace in the city.

Xu Su had calculated that this monster had not yet taken shape, and this was the best time to destroy it, otherwise there would be trouble. But they didn't expect that although this Cloud City place was not large, there were many people, not only the people who lived here, but also those who gathered here from all directions on land and sea. In the midst of so many mixed aura, trying to find an unformed demon is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack.

They can only stay here temporarily.

Young people have high spirits, and they always feel that they are just a monster, and it is only three or two days to catch it. But who knew that this wait would be until after March.

At that time, it was the first snow in Cloud City, and a thin layer of snow on the ground was imprinted with all kinds of hurried footprints. At first, they looked at the inconspicuous, small footprints and thought they were left by some kind of bird feeding. However, for several days, every snowy day, such footprints always appeared in various corners.

They finally couldn't help it, and squatted at the corner of the street on a snowy night. The wait was painful and long, and the snow fell on their heads and shoulders, and their noses were red and shivering from the cold. But despite this, they did not give up.

Finally, they waited. It was a few very simple scarecrow villains, and there were also disciples in the hall who knew how to control things, but the person who controlled the scarecrow villain was obviously highly skilled, and more importantly, several people felt the demonic energy from this little thing.

They followed the Scarecrow Man all the way to a liquor store. The restaurant was already small and it was late at night, so they didn't expect that almost every table here would have customers sitting on it, and the tables were warm with wine. The room was very warm, and a few people were frozen miserably, so they naturally walked in and picked a remote corner to sit down at a table with others.

The people at the table quickly left, and the hostess came over and cleaned up the table and asked if they wanted something to eat. Xu Su asked for a pot of wine and two or three side dishes, and just when the proprietress agreed to leave, several people smelled an unusual smell at the same time.

The demonic aura was extremely faint, mixed only in the wind that she brought up slightly as she walked by. If it weren't for the fact that the people in the liquor store were almost gone by this time, they probably wouldn't have noticed.

"The proprietress of this wine shop is called Yuyan, and she treats people well on weekdays, and the wine she brews is also very popular." The disciple sitting opposite Xu Su said that he usually likes to go to lively places, so he knows more.

"The boss and the proprietress have two daughters at home, one of whom died young, and the remaining one doesn't look very good." He continued, "But there's nothing strange about it, there hasn't been any news of anyone being killed by monsters in Cloud City. ”

"It's hard to say, who knows if that monster has anything to do with this boss lady, let's wait and come back in the middle of the night." Xu Su said, and the rest of the people had no objections.

Towards early morning, several people hid and sneaked into the backyard of the wine store.

"Senior Xu, isn't it inappropriate for us to do this?" One of the disciples was more timid. Xu Su waved his hand to signal him to speak, and gently pushed open a small gap in the window of the only room where the light was lit.

The proprietress was alone in the room, with a candle lit on the table, and her face looked a little illusory after the candle flame was clearly extinguished. She faced a cabinet, Xu Su squinted and looked carefully for a long time, only to find that there were rows of straw villains in the cabinet, each with a different look and posture.

She first put the straw figure in her hand and rubbed it for a while, then carefully put it into the cabinet, and then took another straw that had been stored for a long time at a glance and could no longer support it to stand up and put it in the palm of her hand, and sighed regretfully.

Several people's eyes widened as they watched as she pulled out a wisp of broken soul from the straw figure and swallowed it.

Xu Su clenched his fists, stopping the rest of the people from wanting to rush forward. He was the oldest among these people and was a senior, and several people did not dare to disobey.

"We don't know where this broken soul came from, so let's investigate it first to avoid indiscriminate killing." After Xu Su finished speaking, two disciples expressed their approval, but another disciple retorted: "But true immortals have always been slashed when they meet demons, and this is indeed a demon clan in front of them, how can there be a reason to let it go like this?" ”

Xu Su said: "The museum has been ordered to die, and you all have to listen to me during the time you are out." ”

The disciple opened his mouth and was stopped by the people around him. Xu Su didn't say anything more to him, and several people braved the snow and returned to their residence.

From the second day, several people changed out of the clothes of the disciples who had stopped the hall, and wore cloth clothes borrowed from ordinary families to observe the people entering and leaving the liquor store from different places.

This really made them see something. Almost every day, a few people break into the liquor store as if they are looking for something, stay in it for a whole day, and when they come out, they lose their souls as if they have been sucked away.

It was at this time that a young monk came to the door and said that he had found a monster hidden in the crowd, and this monster had taken the human body, so he came to ask for a way to take the monster out of the human body.

"So, the prescription that made Yun Ruo become weaker and weaker after that, was you giving him?" Song Qingyin asked.

The old man nodded, "Yes, I originally planned to remove the demon myself, but I couldn't help but kneel in front of me and hold my leg and plead, so I gave him an exorcism. ”

"I thought that ordinary people would naturally be fine if they drank this charm, but who knew that the bad would be bad in Yunruo girl's body, and there was indeed demon blood."

Song Qingyin said: "Is Mrs. Yuyan really murderous?" ”

The old man sighed and shook his head slowly, "No, she hasn't hurt anyone. ”

After the spell was given, Xu Su never saw the young monk again. But since he was in Cloud City, he naturally wouldn't know about the catastrophic fire, he did have doubts in his heart, but more often he thought that it was just an accident, and that the spell killed just a demon.

Until the day they were about to leave for the museum, Xu Su met an unexpected person at the dock. That man was the middle-aged man who had once lost his soul and came out of the liquor store, but now he seemed to be more energetic, carrying a large package on his back, ready to leave from the docks.

Xu Su noticed that there was a small scarecrow doll in his arms.

"In that scarecrow doll, there is indeed a broken soul, which is the words that the deceased most want to leave to someone before he dies. If that person comes to Cloud City, he will see the figure of the deceased, and then follow him to Lady Yuyan to take the doll that holds the memory. Only those who have lost contact with their masters, and who want to convey that the person they want to convey are no longer alive, will Lady Yuyan eat them to sustain herself. ”

"I knew at that moment that I was wrong." The old man's eyes moistened slightly, "I ran madly to the door of the liquor store that had been burned to the ground, and I did hear it, and in the midst of all the overwhelming resentment, they were questioning me why, why did I help others take their lives. ”

"I also know that I can't get out of here. Everyone has to pay for what he did wrong. ”

Song Qingyin was silent for a moment, and then asked, "You released the rumor that the haunting in the wine shop?" ”

The old man nodded and said, "Not bad." One is that I don't want others to go to these unjust souls who can't leave, and the other is that I don't have the ability to forcibly send them into samsara, and ordinary people will be hurt by the erosion of resentment. But most importantly, I feel that the monster we've been tracking is here, and its power is growing as it sucks human souls, and it needs to be guarded here. ”

After his words, Song Qingyin remembered the sword blade fragment, and she remembered that the thing should have been taken by the true immortal. Since this is the case, then nothing should happen, although she is full of anger at the true immortal's attempt to kill Lu Qichuan, but just the word 'true immortal' is enough to make people feel at ease.

She asked everything she wanted to ask, but the old man knew everything, and he couldn't see the shadow of himself when he was young. Seeing off the old man, Song Qingyin walked to the bed with a candlestick.

She moistened the handkerchief with warm water to help Xiao Minglan wipe the sweat from the corners of her forehead, and asked Lu Qichuan softly about her current condition.

"To be honest, it's not very good." Xiao Minglan took a sip of water from her hand, and she didn't dare to stop the movements on her hand. The large and small wounds on Lu Qichuan's body have healed, and it is impossible to see what injuries he has suffered from his appearance alone, but his body temperature is hot and burning, which is completely opposite to his usual life.

Xiao Minglan took out hundreds of spiritual grasses from mustard seeds, picked and refined them and sent them into his mouth, "He is just a remnant soul, and he has been hit hard one after another, and if he continues like this, I am afraid that he will ......."

Song Qingyin hurriedly asked, "What will happen?!" ”

Xiao Minglan couldn't bear to look at her, and turned his head, "I will scatter my soul." ”

Scattered souls. Song Qingyin's eyes were dark, and she was about to faint, she bit her tongue fiercely to force herself to wake up. "It's all my fault...... I always refused to listen to him, and I always asked him to come and save me and hurt him. ”

"Ninety-nine ......" Xiao Minglan gently patted her back.

"Yes, save him! I'm going to find a way to save him! Sister Lan, there must be a way to reunite the soul, right? Song Qingyin looked at her beggingly, for fear of hearing a negative answer from her mouth.

Xiao Minglan pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Without waiting for Song Qingyin to breathe a sigh of relief, she continued: "Dragon blood is the best medium for gathering souls, but Jiujiu, where are you going to find a dragon that only appears in legends?" ”