I stretched out my hand to draw the sword, but Mr. Lu stopped me and said, "Don't move yet." There is something wrong with this sword. ”

Then, he pulled out a piece of yellow paper from his bosom. Pinching the end of the paper, he slowly approached the peachwood sword. After a while, he pulled the paper back. I noticed that the yellow paper had turned black.

I was shocked: "Poison on the sword? ”

Mr. Lu shook his head: "It's not poison." But it's pretty much the same. It is a very evil Taoist technique, which is not used to deal with ghosts, but to deal with people. If you get it, you'll get a strange disease. If you can recognize this technique, then you are saved, and if you can't recognize it, you will die. ”

I said, "Is this also considered Taoism?" This is clearly sorcery. ”

Mr. Lu smiled bitterly and said, "Hundreds of years ago, no one thought it was an evil art. At that time, there were two families in the Dao Sect who had a blood feud, and today you killed one of my disciples. Tomorrow I will kill one more of your disciples. The feud between the two sides is growing. It's just that these two sects are evenly matched, and neither of them can beat anyone. In this way, the struggle between the two sides will be difficult to stop day after day, but it will be difficult for those ordinary disciples to suffer, one less senior brother today, and one less junior brother tomorrow. ”

Xue Qian said: "You Taoist priests, don't you always see it? How can you make enemies with people? ”

Mr. Lu said stupidly: "Those who can see it have already become immortals." So that's all that's left to see. ”

I said, "Don't pay attention to Xue Qian's interruption, what happened later?" ”

Mr. Lu said: "In addition to drawing talismans to catch ghosts, Taoist priests will also practice martial arts diligently. So the situation at that time. It's a bit like a vendetta in the rivers and lakes, where two disciples of different sects meet on the street, and they will immediately draw their swords and fight until one of them dies. At that time, the Taoist priests no longer used the peachwood sword, but changed to an iron sword. ”

I looked at the big knife on my back and thought, "No wonder Mr. Lu has always let me carry the big knife on my back, it is estimated that since then, there has been no uniform requirement for weapons in the Daomen." ”

Mr. Lu said again: "Later. There is a very talented Taoist priest. He thought, if Taoism can be used on ghosts, why can't it be used on people? So after studying it for a long time, I invented this method. ”

As he spoke, Mr. Lu kept approaching the wooden sword with yellow paper, as if he was testing poison. Suddenly, he asked me, "Do you remember what I told you?" There was a Taoist who invented a trick to cover the eyes. Use Taoism to create illusions and confuse imps. ”

I nodded. "Of course I do. Could it be that he was the one who invented this evil art? ”

Mr. Lu shook his head and said, "It's not the same person. The Taoist priest who invented this evil art was much later than him. Originally, the achievements of this evil art were comparable to the blinding method. This Taoist priest also has the opportunity to become a generation of grandmasters like the Taoist who invented the blind method. It's a pity that later, his method was widely spread, causing boundless killing. ”

"At that time, the Taoist priests on the other side couldn't imagine why their own people all had strange diseases, and the medicine stone was useless, and when they finally reacted, this was related to Taoism, and there were only a dozen people left in that sect. That kind of miserable situation, even the victorious sect sighed. I am afraid that one day this evil art will be learned by the gangsters and I will harm myself. ”

I asked, "What happened later?" What happened to the Taoist priest who invented this evil art? ”

Mr. Lu said: "When the two sides were inseparable, he invented this evil art and was regarded as a successful minister by everyone. Later, his side won a complete victory, but no one felt that he was a hero. On the contrary, he felt that this Taoist priest was full of evil scheming, and no one wanted to approach him. ”

"In fact, people who can create a kind of Taoist art have a clean and clear mind, and they are not polluted by the conflicts of interests in the world. Only in this way can one indulge in Taoism. It is true that he invented sorcery, but I think that the real evil is the person who uses it. ”

The Taoist priest couldn't figure out why everyone was alienating him, until later, when he heard that his invention of Taoism had killed hundreds of people. Disheartened, he left the Taoist temple and lived in seclusion in a mountain. Years later, he was occasionally spotted when he was sitting cross-legged in a cave, dead. ”

From then on, it was forbidden to spread this sorcery. After more than ten years, some people even thought that this method was created by the evil demons. But I didn't know that it came from the most orthodox Daomen. I don't know that there were many respected Taoist priests who used it at the beginning. ”

When I heard this, I couldn't help but say, "Where did Daoist Ma get this kind of evil art?" ”

Mr. Lu said: "I don't know how Daoist Ma got it. However, since he was able to obtain this kind of Dao technique, he must have made some side friends. Hundreds of years ago, it was possible that people who used this kind of evil art could be people in the Daomen, and after a few hundred years, there would only be the hand of the Side Gate Zuo Dao Society, who had learned it secretly. ”

I sighed: "This Ma Daoist's temperament is really big enough. It's been a long time, and it's still biting us. For this reason, I did not hesitate to make friends with people who were on the sidelines. ”

Xue Qian smiled: "Isn't it the same for our Lu Laodao?" Zhao Mang, who has been running for his master for so many years, and does not hesitate to make friends. ”

Mr. Lu smiled and said, "I don't think Zhao Mang is a sideshower. ”

He then drew a rune on the yellow paper and slapped it on the hilt of the sword. The wooden sword burst into flames. But in less than a second, it was extinguished again.

Mr. Lu said, "It's okay now. Then he drew his peachwood sword. There are still many places on this sword with wooden thorns that have not been sharpened, and it seems that the person who made this sword did not have enough time to deal with its details.

I saw a line of small characters engraved in those blood-colored patterns: "Praying mantis catches cicadas, yellow finches behind." ”

Mr. Lu smiled bitterly: "It seems that Daoist Ma has noticed us a long time ago." Hey, the three imps I killed couldn't move, just so that Ma Daoist got into the net. ”

Xue Qian pointed to the side of the small character and said, "There is a smaller line of words here." ”

I took a closer look, and it read, "Watch out for your dogs." ”

The three of us were holding this sword and were thinking about the purpose of the Ma Daoist.

The vixen said, "How's it going?" Did it say where he took my brother? ”

I shook my head: "It's not written." Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered what these ghosts had said before, and I asked, "You said before that Daoist Ma was looking for trouble with you. Where have you offended him? ”

The vixen shook his head: "I just died, and I don't understand many things. However, the third grandmother must know. ”

We asked strangely, "Who is the third grandmother?" ”

The vixen said: "The third grandmother is our living immortal there, during the day, she is in charge of the affairs of the living, and at night, she is in charge of the affairs of the dead. This time, I came to settle accounts with the woman, and it was also with the consent of the third grandmother that the three brothers followed me out. ”

I said with some disbelief: "Living immortals? Are there living immortals in this world? "The Empty House: Wonderful

Mr. Lu asked, "Since the third grandmother knows." Can you take us to her? ”

The vixen nodded and said, "You are the ones who caused my brothers to disappear, even if you don't want to go, I will go to you." ”

At this time, a rooster crow was heard in the distance. The vixen looked at us and said, "Tonight, I'll go look for you." Don't hide from me. ”

Then she vanished.

I yawned and said, "Let's go, let's go too." ”

Mr. Lu looked at the leftovers on the ground. said: "I'm too lazy to clean up." These are cheaper than the pheasants and hares here. ”

The three of us walked towards the city on foot. When I passed by the villa, I saw a funeral at Sister Li's house. It was loud, and it looked like there were a lot of guests coming, bustling, solemn, but not much sad