Chapter 33: The Grave Keeper
After eating the breakfast prepared "carefully" by "Xia Qingyu" for him, Xuanyi opened the courtyard door and went out to breathe, planning to buy some ingredients by the way. In the early morning, Yunlan Town is busy, with villagers carrying fresh fruits and vegetables to sell along the streets, and many butchers are selling all kinds of meat. Their biggest customers are the major wealthy businessmen who come to Yunlan for summer vacation, and the wealthy businessmen usually drag their families and dozens of people to come, and they consume a lot of food, clothing, housing and transportation, and they have created such a market for a long time.
Xuanyi wandered aimlessly, there were still dozens of taels of money left in his hand, and he could naturally survive this half a year by saving a little money, but now that he was targeted by demons and ghosts, he was afraid that his life would not be long, and he had to find a way to crack it in this short twenty days. He vaguely consulted several old men in the bazaar about the art of exorcism and evil spirits, and the reply he received was that this was a poor and remote place, and the Taoist who knew how to "spell" was usually not here.
Xuanyi bought some vegetables at random, and when he saw that it was still early, he wandered slowly around the village, and by the way, he appreciated the customs of Yunlan. Before you know it, you have stepped out of the village market and come to a sparsely populated field, where there is only a small road leading into the distance, and on both sides of the dirt road are artificially dug reservoir fish ponds, and the green mountains and green waters are very beautiful.
Xuanyi breathed the fresh air, enjoyed the beautiful scenery and walked slowly, and gradually the fish ponds and farmlands on both sides of the road were gone, only densely packed with all kinds of trees, poplars and cypresses, and the wind blew only to hear the sound of the leaves.
It's time to go back, it's a little gloomy and secluded.
Xuanyi looked at the surrounding environment and decided to return, when an old and weak voice suddenly sounded.
"Young man, are you here to enlist?"
The sudden sound startled Xuanyi, and he followed the voice, and there was an old man standing under a tree beside the road, who was bent over his waist and squinted at him.
"Apply?" Xuanyi was a little surprised.
The old man picked up a simple cane that seemed to be made of a certain branch and walked over step by step, he walked to Xuanyi's side and stood still, and said, "Why are you here in this cemetery if you are not recruited?"
"Cemetery?" Xuan Yi hurriedly glanced around, and sure enough, there were graves behind the trees on both sides of the road, but he didn't notice it when he patronized and enjoyed the scenery before. He arched his hand and confessed again and again, and was about to leave.
The old man looked at Xuanyi and shook his head: "You don't meet my requirements, go back!" After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the forest.
Xuanyi touched his head, secretly thinking that this old man's behavior was really strange, and he was about to smear oil on the soles of his feet and quickly slip away, when a line of small words appeared in his mind and fixed him in place.
"Absorbable targets found, do you absorb them?"
What? The Huai Mu Pai actually responded, and the edge of the cemetery in front of him actually had the essence that the Locust Mu Pai could absorb. Xuanyi clicked to confirm the absorption while observing the surroundings, trying to find out what the Huaimu brand was absorbing.
In the next second, dozens of white points of light emerged from both sides of the road and were absorbed by the locust wood plaques, and those points of light emerged from the graves on both sides.
"Absorb 10 points of low-level soul essence, obtain 2 points of divine power, and the current available divine power value is 2. ”
Sure enough, as Xuanyi expected, there was actually soul essence in the tomb that could be absorbed, and Xuanyi suddenly thought of a way to quickly repair the locust wood card to strengthen himself, but the primary goal of achieving all this was to stay in the cemetery.
Looking at the direction in which the old man disappeared, Xuanyi gritted his teeth and chased after him, and the dense woods were full of graves, and he walked with difficulty, and finally saw a small wooden house standing alone in front of him.
The old man I saw before was sitting on a chair, holding some kind of food in his hand and stuffing it into his mouth, when he saw Xuanyi coming over in a mess, the old man turned his head and asked while chewing, "What are you doing here?"
"Old man, I sincerely want to apply for this position. Xuanyi smiled all over his face with a sincere expression.
The old man laughed and said, "Young man, I don't care if you are sincere or not, old man, my time is short, I am looking for someone who can take over my tomb and help me die." He glanced at Xuanyi again, and said firmly: "I'm afraid you won't be able to help me send it to the end." ”
The old man's words confirmed the warning given by the Huaimu card, the demon infestation state, and the remaining life span is 23 days!
Xuanyi broke out in a cold sweat, and knelt down directly on one knee: "I implore the old man to save me!"
The old man shook his head slightly: "I'm just a mountain villager, not a Taoist master, just looking at your face, I faintly feel as if there is a dead air lingering, so guess blindly, don't go to your heart, go back quickly!"
Xuanyi knew that what was haunting his face was not dead at all, it was clearly the breath of demons and ghosts, although this old man was an ordinary person, but he had been guarding the tomb for decades, and he did have some doorways. What he has to do now is to stay in the cemetery legally and reasonably, and after absorbing the soul essence at 10 points, he fell silent again, and according to the convention, he will definitely be able to absorb it again the next day.
Thinking of this, Xuanyi simply didn't do anything, he took out all the belongings on his body and put them on the wooden table in front of the old man, and said: "Old man, since I will die sooner or later, it is better to let me stay here and do my part, one day I die, the troublesome old man will bury me here, and the old man will help me buy a coffin for the money on the table." ”
The old man looked at Xuanyi fixedly for a long time, and Xuanyi also looked at him motionlessly. Finally, the old man stood up and raised his crutches and walked towards Xuanyi, just when Xuanyi thought that he was going to be expelled, the old man gently knocked the back of Xuanyi's head three times with his cane, and then put the bottom of the crutches against Xuanyi's forehead, and said something in his mouth: "The ancestor of the Wildfire Sect, the forty-fifth generation of disciples today has accepted disciples into the sect by the ancestors, and there are successors in my sect, and in the future, the disciples will strictly discipline and abide by the canons, and always accompany the darkness to suppress ghosts." ”
Xuanyi was overjoyed after listening to the old man's words, sure enough, the reborn still have benefits, no, casually wandering in the wild, he met a "powerful old man", tsk, Wildfire Sect, listen to it!
After the old man finished speaking, he pulled up Xuanyi and said solemnly: "From now on, you are the forty-sixth generation disciple of our Desolate Fire Sect, and your name is Min!"
"Yes!" Xuan Yi straightened up.
"Very well, put away your money and come into the house with me! I'll tell you about the canons and history of our Wildfire Cult!" Qi turned around and led Xuanyi into the house.
After entering the house, he took out a small object from a drawer and handed it to Xuanyi: "Min, this is a meeting gift from the master to you, every generation of our Wild Fire Sect has a tradition of giving a meeting gift to the apprentice after accepting apprentices, come, take it!"
Xuanyi took it with both respectful hands: "Thank you, master!"
In the palm of his hand lay a metalwork-like object that felt a little cool to the touch, shaped like a torch, and Xuanyi looked at it and took it into his arms.
"Our Wildfire Sect has been inherited for more than 800 years since the ancestor "Waste" opened the mountain and established the sect!" Speaking of this, Qi Qi's face was proud and fascinated: "The powerful ancestors of the past generations can communicate yin and yang and suppress ghosts, and our sect once ruled the entire Eastern Continent at that time in its heyday, and the major gangs and sects are the only ones who look ahead!"
The old man's passionate voice turned: "However, the thirtieth generation of the patriarch suffered a vendetta in the rivers and lakes before he could fully pass on the exercises. ”
Xuanyi was still excited when he heard the first half, and after listening to the second half, he only smiled bitterly: the thirtieth generation of the patriarch has been cut off, and the forty-seventh generation of himself must not know what it has become, no wonder he has been reduced to the cemetery. It is no wonder that the various well-known gangs officially recognized by the Wu Dynasty have never heard of the "Wildfire Sect".
Seeing that Xuanyi was a little distracted, Qi's voice suddenly rose: "However, no matter how weak the sect is, we will abide by the ancestral teachings and never go beyond it!" Xuanyi hurriedly lowered his head to show respect.
"Disciple, follow me, I will dedicate my life to the night, eternal darkness, suppress ordinary ghosts, and rest until death!"
After Xuanyi finished reading word by word, Qi nodded with satisfaction: "Apprentice, you go back and rest first, and come here again at midnight!"
"Obey! Master!" Xuan Yi saluted respectfully and turned to leave.
A faint sentence came from behind him: "If you come tonight and can't know the way, just take out the "Fire Punishment Order" given to you by the teacher!"
Xuanyi couldn't help but shudder, pinched the gift of the meeting gift given to him, and walked out of the cemetery quickly.