Chapter 9: The Drought Fish

After Tianchi returned, I was arranged by Director Bu to practice magic in the palace.

The palace is located in the Bagua Palace, which is suitable for further study, and there are a large number of ancient books and rubbings stored in it.

When I was tired from practicing, I took a few books and studied, and I made rapid progress, and many books had an impression in my mind, as if I had read them once, and I could understand them at one point, and I saved a lot of time.

After days of high-intensity knotted paintings, his hands were worn out and almost dislocated.

During this period, I met the senior brother who practiced together, Gui Yunjian, he is different from me, he has lived in the city since he was a child, he knows a lot, and he has been in the Bagua Palace for a longer time than me. often quietly took me out for a walk, Angelica followed us to eat and drink, and gained a lot of weight!

Guiyunjian's parents died early, and he was brought up by his mother-in-law since he was a child, and later his mother-in-law also died of a serious illness, and then he had no relatives in this world.

Yunjian's current master, Master Gongde, met him who was penniless and living on the streets when he was traveling outside. Seeing that he had a bit of talent for learning Taoism and was lonely, he took him back to the Liuyao Sect to raise him and worship him as an apprentice.

In the blink of an eye, I have been practicing in the palace for a few years, relying on gags with Yunjian and Angelica, and I also read all the books in the palace. Compared to when he first came, the technique has improved a lot.

In the past few years since I came to Liuyaomen, the situation in the game is also familiar.

Most of the busy people in the Bagua Palace are some disabled orphans, who have little connection with society, and have been called in since childhood to be responsible for the normal operation of various departments, which can also ensure that they have a bite to eat and will not starve to death on the streets.

The really powerful predecessors have basically traveled all year round, and it was when Guiyunjian met the Gongde master who traveled abroad that he was fortunate enough to enter these six gates.

These seniors can report back to the bureau once a year, thank God.

Since Qian Yu returned to the Liuyao Gate, he began to investigate the matter of the Ghost King Sect, and for several years, he has also not seen him for a long time.

Occasionally, when she came back, she took the time to tell me that when the Liuyao Sect and the Ghost King Sect fought, both sides suffered heavy losses, and Director Bu and the Ghost King Chen Manzhi fought, and the Ghost King finally lost and fled.

Later, the ghost king did not know where to go, and the people of the ghost king sect gradually disappeared, so that the world was peaceful.

However, in the last year or two, there have been signs of unusual activity again throughout the country.

The older generation in the bureau has fallen a lot in the previous demon suppression mission. Although the existing masters belong to the Liuyao Gate, they have traveled all over the world all year round and have disappeared, and I am afraid that they will not be able to be in place in time at the moment of crisis.

While Qianyu went out to inquire about the news, he was also looking for fellow masters from all over the country and notified them to return to the bureau and stand by.

Director Bu is very fond of the younger generation, and often goes to the palace to point out the deficiencies in our practice. The more I came, I noticed that he was always staring at me, as if there was something special about me.

There have been so many times like this that I wondered. I took the initiative to talk to him in Director Bu's office, and he told me solemnly: There are two souls in my body at the same time, and the other soul has a deep and mature divine domain, but it has not harmed me, but has nourished my spiritual roots, which has made me make rapid progress in my cultivation in the past few years.

The mercury mirror in the hall of the Bagua Palace is only blessed with ordinary manifestation charms, and it cannot illuminate the prototypes of the two in my body. He didn't tell me at first, first, because he didn't understand the reason for it and didn't want to make judgments. The second is that this extra soul didn't hurt me, so it shouldn't be a bad thing.

After listening to Director Bu's words, I realized that the pictures in my dreams and the extra memory fragments belonged to another soul in my body.

Director Bu also found out about this incident not long ago, and he was not sure of the reason for it for a while. I had to be careful.

As for this extra soul, it didn't devour my body, but shared a body with me peacefully, maybe it's because my divine consciousness is too weak at the moment, and I need to rely on my body to nourish it?

It's useless to think too much, after all, it's a blessing or a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided.

Recently, day and night, I always feel that the heat is unbearable. Angelica and I were pacing in the room in distraught, and we were feeling uncomfortable when we heard a knock on the door.

The person came and whispered: "Yueqing, are you there, are you there?" ”

"Between the clouds! Come on in. I opened the door and saw Yunma standing in the doorway, and hurriedly beckoned him into the house to sit and talk.

He waved his hand to indicate that he would not enter the house, and said, "It's too hot, let's go for a walk by the river." ”

When Angelica heard that he was going out for a walk, he rushed to my shoulder with an arrow and meowed in agreement.

Yunjian didn't know, but Angelica was an unusually smart cat, and she was very envious of me for raising her.

Out of the Bagua Palace, there was finally some night wind, and I didn't feel so stuffy. I made a seal with my hands and made a blindfold to stealth, so as not to have extraneous branches in this night, and it would be difficult to explain it when I returned to the game.

The clouds took us to the river and sat down, the newly built bridge next to it was well lit, and the water surface was transparent.

The two of them sat by the river, thinking of the future, feeling a little bored, and asked Yunjian: "Yunjian, are you going to stay in the eighth game for the rest of your life?" ”

The clouds blowing the river wind turned his head and looked at me: "Otherwise, where else can I go?" The world is big, but it can't accommodate an orphan. ”

"Are you happy?" I asked casually.

"Master Gongde is very kind to me, and I can learn a lot in the eight games, so I am happy. My biggest wish is to see my parents again, it's so lonely to live alone in the world...... If I can see them again, I will be truly happy......" Yunjian said lonely, "I envy you Yueqing, you can learn the magic so quickly, and Director Bu also values you, and the future will be limitless." ”

I smiled and didn't know how to answer, so I said, "Actually, you are not bad in the clouds, I have carefully pushed your life, and there will be amazing moves in the future!" It's not just an ordinary ordinary man! ”

After hearing this, there was light in his eyes, and he smiled slightly: "You can afford me, haha."

I saw him laughing heartily, and the depression caused by the stuffiness was swept away, and I laughed out loud. Enjoy the gentle night, the cool river breeze, and the peace of mind.

The recent heat has been abnormal, and it has lasted too long.

Qianyu returned to the bureau, reported the situation, and led me and Yunjian to travel with her. Only then did I know that the great drought in Hunan in March affected the whole country. Director Bu suspected that something was wrong, so he arranged for us to investigate.

When we arrived in Hunan, the same door of the three bureaus received us. Since the last war, the six gates have encountered reform and opening up, and the talents in the door have withered, and these three bureaus are similar to the situation of the sixteenth bureau where Li Renhua met last time, and there are no masters in charge, which is basically only equivalent to a contact point placed in the six gates throughout the country.

Nationwide, there are 49 sub-bureaus in Liuyaomen, and the daily expenses are also a large amount. But the door is obviously not short of money, but it is thirsty for talent. After all, most of the secret techniques have been lost, and there are fewer and fewer people with spiritual roots, and the Ghost King Sect is getting stronger and stronger.

These three bureaus are also studying Qimen birth, but the level is too low, and they don't know any magic, just use the method of inferring good luck and evil to do some business in society. I saw that he had a good appearance, and I thought he would have a good life in the future.

After a night's rest, Qianyu took us to the countryside of Hunan the next day.

The rumors I found before said that there was a drought fish, and many people had seen it at night. The relevant government departments issued a document directing the Liuyamen Gate, demanding that the situation should not be escalated and that the local residents must be pacified quickly.

On the way there, Yun Jian was a little excited, and said to me: "I heard that the drought fish is a zombie, and it will come out to eat people and cultivate at night!" So I brought a bag of garlic for self-defense. Angelica, who was napping on the side, heard it and grinned with bared teeth.

I was also secretly amused in my heart, and said to Yunjian: "You usually read too many ghost stories, how can there be a dead corpse in this world, and you can use your soul to drive your body to continue to bring disaster to the world!" Even if there were, it could only last for a while, and there was no talk of being active for several months in a row. I look at your bag of garlic, just keep it for barbecue in the bureau, haha. ”

Yun Jian was a little puzzled and asked me, "Then what do you say is this drought?" ”

Of course, I know what a drought fish is, and the ancient books I studied earlier and the nameless books that my ancestors gave me all recorded the situation of this drought fish, so I began to popularize it among the clouds: "This drought fish was originally called the Heavenly Maiden, and it was a woman dressed in green clothes, and it is said that her whole body exuded great heat. When the Yellow Emperor fought against Chi You, he had made military exploits, but because he came to the world, he lost his divine power, and finally turned into a cow with flames burning all over his body, and stayed in the north, so the north is always more drought than the south. But this drought is not bad-hearted, and he should always live in the depths of the earth, and he will not come out at will to cause trouble to the world. ”

After hearing this, Qianyu also nodded, and said: "Yueqing is right, this time someone must have deliberately provoked the drought to force the Liuyao Gate to make a move, we must be more careful when we go!" ”

After listening to this, Yunjian sighed seriously and sighed seriously that he didn't know how many times he had to barbecue to use up this bag of garlic.

We drove all the way to the drought-stricken area, and there was air conditioning in the car, so we didn't feel too hot.

As soon as I got out of the car, I was hit by a suffocating heat wave, and it became difficult to breathe.

As far as the eye could see, the surrounding land was cracked and cracked a finger's width wide, all the crops were dried, and the trees in the distance were largely dead, dull and black, like a devil's forest.

Looking at this situation, there is probably not a single living creature within a few miles of this radius except us.

I hurriedly sealed and performed the Frost Spell, and instantly felt the temperature around me drop a bit. Seeing this, Qianyu ordered everyone to withdraw first, and then come over at night to investigate.

Everyone hurriedly got into the car and walked back, preparing to come back in the evening.