After the flood, God had compassion on all living beings and divided into six realms, each of which served its master, and disputes continued. At that time, there were four poles in the earth, nine in the sky, and the place where the west pole of the earth and the nine layers of the sky were connected, and the holy realm of Yaochi was named...... There is a lord in the holy realm, and the number is the Holy Immortal of Yaochi. In the past, the battle of the demon immortals, the immortal saint died, the demon lord was injured, and the demon lord invaded Yaochi, the holy realm was overturned, the sun and the moon were lightless, the demon lord was hidden, and the holy immortal was hidden. After the rest of the Six Realms were temporarily rested, the Lord of the Divine Realm, the Heavenly Emperor, ordered the envoy to find it...... This news spread in the Six Realms, and the demons, gods, immortals, and demons rose up......

There is a small town in the southwest of the human realm, there is a house in the west of the town, there is no grass and trees in front of the door, the wall is evergreen, the moss is black tiles, and the green vines climb the spotted wall...... This mansion is silent all year round, if no one is deserted, only in some unusual times, a certain figure will come out of it......

For example, on this day, after the rooster crows, a figure comes from the southeast, stepping on the unenlightened morning light, carrying a red lantern to the gate of this courtyard, the figure stands at the door for a while, and then goes forward to hang the red light tower at the door.

"Southeast Chen family, please help the mage!" After speaking, the man turned his head and ran away as if he was being chased by something.

The red lantern hung alone on the painted door, and a cold wind blew by...... The fire inside the lantern was extinguished, and the house was still quiet.

As the day dawned, the red lantern still hung alone at the door of the house, facing the road that few people passed on to the house. Those who pass by are often in a hurry, and today the pedestrians are more anxious than usual, as if they were chasing a vicious dog behind them.

At about noon, when there was no one on the road, the door creaked open, and a slender arm stretched out from the gap, which looked smooth and clean, and the fingers were like onion roots, and it was clearly the arm of a very beautiful young woman, but it was a little white, and there was no blood, which always made people feel a little yin. The hand took the red lantern and went through the door, closed it again, and closed the gap.

After sunset, the road was so quiet that there was no breath, and at this moment the gate of the house opened, and a figure came out, wearing a black robe, wearing a white miserable mask, carrying a red lantern, and it looked like a nocturnal ghost who had gone early.

It came out of the house and went all the way to the southeast, and its robe was wide and it walked without showing its feet, and it looked like it was floating. It followed every step with the sound of a bell, all the way through most of the town, but did not see a single door open, did not see a light, there was no other figure on the road, it walked all the way without even encountering a dog or cat. The house was quiet on weekdays, but now the whole town seems to be asleep.

It kept walking at an unhurried pace, even as the night had crept in, until it finally stopped in front of a compound with a red lantern hanging on the door.

It walked to the door, compared the lanterns as if they were the same, and then, reaching out of its black robe, its almost pale hand pulled the knocker and knocked on the door.

"Knock-knock-" was four sounds, and then it withdrew its hand.

In a moment, the door opened, and a person went in and out of the big and small positions, and an old man saw that it was it, retracted and made way for it, and it stepped into the door, and handed the lantern in his hand to the old man, and it went straight to the inner courtyard, and the old man carried the lantern to guard the door.

The door in the courtyard is also closed, it seems to be aimlessly shuttling in the courtyard, at this moment, the sky has darkened, and the flowers and trees in the courtyard are craggy, adding a bit of gloomy atmosphere.

It walked back and forth but never walked the same path twice, and at last it had almost all its footprints in the house, and it stopped in front of a willow tree in the kitchen in the backyard.

Standing in front of the willow tree for a moment, two snow-white arms stretched out under the black robe, one hand held Jin Ling and the other hand opened the palm, the palm was painted with a blood-red strange pattern, shaking Jin Ling with one hand and the other hand at the willow tree, it began to chant words.

Soon, a woman's voice came from the willow tree, "Why meddle?

It did not answer.

"Is it worth wasting your life for the sake of such a black-hearted person?"

"It's my duty!" was the only thing it had said from beginning to end, a crisp and somewhat cold woman's voice.

Then it rested its patterned palm on the willow tree, "Ahh

Suddenly, the woman's cry disappeared, and she withdrew her hand, and the pattern of the palm of her hand had disappeared, but the trunk of the willow tree had the same pattern, only several times larger, and it seemed to be carved into the trunk with a knife and axe.

After a few moments, the pattern carved into the trunk of the willow tree disappeared, and a woman with a cloak bound by a circle of blood-red patterns gradually became visible.

"How dare you do this to me! I will never let you go!"

It still didn't speak, and didn't even look at the woman's distorted and ugly face, Jin Ling shook it, and the woman turned into a black gas and was inhaled into Jin Ling.

There was silence in all directions, and the night was already deep, and it took a long time to withdraw its hands into the black robe, and sighed softly. After another moment, it turned unhurriedly, and went to the front door, and at the door took the red lantern from the old man, and the old man opened the door, and she stepped out, and the same red lantern went out outside the house, and it went back in the direction in which it had come and gone.

The door of the house was closed, and when she approached, it opened automatically, and no one came out to greet her, and she entered the door herself, and the door behind her closed automatically, and the latch fell automatically.

"Nian'er?" a soft, concerned voice rang out, echoing through the empty courtyard, and there was no one around.

"I'm fine, grandma! This time it's very simple! She's too anxious, and she doesn't cultivate well enough to come out and cause trouble. It reached out and handed over Jin Ling, who left her hand and flew away, disappearing into midair.

"Nian'er, after the age of sixteen, you can leave here! There are only seven days left!"

"Hmm!"

It took off its mask, revealing a small face full of patterns, almost indistinguishable from the facial features, but the face was small, so thin that its cheeks were sunken, and the more it lined it, a pair of eyes as bright as stars.

The next day, just after dawn, there was an unusually lively scene outside the house, and there was a sound of ping-pong.

"Grandma, they're here again!" she said to the room, which looked empty and seemed to be alone.

"Leave them alone!" a voice replied to her.

"Hmm. She closed her eyes and went back to sleep.

After that commotion, the outside of the house was in shambles, until after dark, when it wore a black robe and a mask, it went outside the courtyard to clean.

The people of this town think that a witch like her is born with bad luck, and everything she passes through will be tainted with bad luck, so they will take something to transfer bad luck to that thing, and then throw it to this mansion, which means to return bad luck to her, they hate her like that, but they need to get rid of evil spirits and look for her when they need to get rid of evil spirits.

She swept the floor, swept and smiled, laughed mockingly, and no one could see under the mask.

Two days later, closer to her sixteenth birthday, a pair of extraordinary figures came to this deserted place, a handsome man, a fairy-like figure with white hair, and a beautiful woman, although her face was cold and dressed in black, there was a kind of glamorous light that people could not force to look at.

They circled the town and finally came to the front of the house. As soon as they got closer, she felt an unusual aura.

"Grandma—"

"Nian'er, what did you sense?"

"I can't tell, they ...... Probably not ordinary people!"

"Don't be afraid, Nian'er!

"Hmm. ”

The man and woman stood outside the house, looking at the house for a long time, and did not come forward and knock on the door.

"What are you looking at here, you two? You can't get close here, it's a shrine maiden living inside!" Someone suddenly came up and spoke

"Shrine maidens, that is, they can do spells!" the woman laughed disapprovingly, "Then you don't have to be too polite!"

"Yaohua!" the white-haired man called softly, "Don't be reckless!"

"You've been saying the same thing for more than a hundred years, I know!" the woman glanced at the man with some annoyance and coquettishness.

The white-haired man asked the man who seemed to be kind, "Are you afraid of that shrine maiden, and what did she do?"

"This ...... Who is not afraid of a shrine maiden?" After saying that, the seemingly well-meaning person hurried away without finishing his answer.

"Haha......" the woman smiled.

"Yaohua, what are you laughing at?"

"The people in this town are all avoiding this area, and everyone who walks from here is in a hurry, what has this witch done to hurt the heavens and reason?"

"Don't jump to conclusions until you find out!"

The woman laughed and was noncommittal, and the two finally went straight to the gate of the house.