Xiaogushan Town is next to Xiaogushan, occupying the throat of Qingshan, the terrain is dangerous, and pedestrians who want to go from the Xingqi Continent to Zhongdu must pass through this place and settle down overnight. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Out of the lonely mountain city in the west of the Chu State, even if you are fast and fast, and walk a hundred steps, it will take two days to reach the noisy middle capital.

Pedestrians know that sleeping in the barren mountains late at night can be challenging. Not to mention the elusive beasts, the soldiers and bandits entrenched in the mountains and forests alone are enough for the merchants to be terrified, not to mention the sensational murderous bloody corpses.

Wise people often go out of the lonely mountain city of Chu first, and arrive at Xiaogushan Town before dark without hurrying, rest for one night, nourish their spirits, and the next day, prepare enough dry food to reach the middle capital city smoothly.

However, in recent days, Xiaogushan Town has not been peaceful.

The old man stepped on the familiar street, and felt a special sense of security in his heart, raised his finger and pointed to the sporadically lit house, and explained: "The two of you walk straight along the street, and you can meet the inn in less than a hundred steps, so you can stay overnight with peace of mind." ”

Jiang Ling nodded and said, "Won't the old man stay with us?"

Along the way, the little fox was also amused by the honest old man, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, stay with us! This town is gloomy and terrifying." ”

The old man patted the goods behind him and said embarrassedly: "Pulling seven or eight boxes of goods to live alone in the store will inevitably arouse the suspicion of pedestrians and cause trouble. ”

The old man's heart hung tightly, after all, the goods behind him were all windfalls, and they came improperly. He thought that it would be safer to go to a relative's house for a night than to stay in a guest house, and he could also resell the goods with his relatives a few times to make some money.

The old man didn't want to go along, Jiang Ling didn't force it, and said with a smile: "Then don't live here, there will be a period later." ”

The little fox flashed his eyes, looked at the figure of the old man leaving, stuck out his tongue, and shouted with a grimace, "Old man, the silver fox you see is very kind, and I can assure you that she is a beautiful and kind fox." ”

The old man didn't understand too much, turned his head, waved his hand, and shouted: "It's getting dark, two of you go to the store." Remember, in the middle of the night, no matter what sound there is outside, don't go out of the door, sleep in peace, wait for dawn, prepare enough dry food, and arrive in the middle capital in less than a day. ”

After saying goodbye to the old man, Jiang Ling took the little fox's hand and walked straight along the gravel street.

There is no shortage of houses on both sides of the street, and when you look up, you can't see the end of the street. Although Xiaogushan Town is located in the deep mountains, there are many villagers living there, and there are almost 100 families in detail.

Late at night, the cool breeze blows colder.

The streets are deserted, and the houses are brightly lit but the doors are closed. There was a little black and sticky stuff piled up at the door of each house, and Jiang Ling learned from the old man that this thing was the dung of the lone mountain wolf, which was used to drive away the bloody corpses.

The little fox sniffed the smell of wolf feces all over the street, and said unpleasantly: "This town is so strange, gloomy, the gate is closed, no one dares to come out, and there is a bunch of disgusting things at the door, it is uncomfortable to death." ”

The unique sense of smell sometimes brings annoyance to the little raccoon, such as the lonely mountain wolf dung, ordinary people generally only feel a little smelly, but for the sensitive sense of smell, it is simply falling into the pit, which is very uncomfortable.

Jiang Ling consciously pulled out the bloodthirsty nether sword, took the skull token, walked in front, pointed to the light not far away, and said, "A little further forward is the inn that the old man said." ”

The little fox urged, "Hurry up, hurry up, I can't stand the smell anymore." ”

Jiang Ling heard that the skeleton token could affect the blood corpse, so he would rather believe that it existed than believe that it did not, besides, when he first arrived, he didn't know much about the situation in Xiaogushan Town, so he simply held the skeleton token in his hand in case of emergency.

The little fox's sense of smell is out of order, but his vision is sensitive, and he vaguely senses that there is someone in the dark in front of him, and whispers: "Brother, be careful, there is a situation ahead." ”

She tugged at the corner of Jiang Ling's robe and asked a little scared, "Could there be a ghost?"

Jiang Ling reached out and touched the little fox's head, and said with a smile: "I'm here, it's okay." ”

The two of them walked a few steps, and a rickety figure slowly walked out of the dark corner, the light was too dim to see each other's faces clearly, only to see that the person was wearing a shabby Taoist robe, and he was a spiritual cultivator.

The Taoist priest did not wear a sword, lowered his head, carried an oil lamp that had been extinguished, rubbed in front of Jiang Ling, and asked in a friendly manner, "Are the two of you from Chu State going to the Central Capital?"

Jiang Ling nodded vigilantly and said, "Dao Chief, good eyesight, how do you know that the two of us are from Chu State and are going to the Central Capital City?"

The Taoist priest sniffed and said with a smile: "But all the people who pass through this place, no matter whether they take the small road or the big road, they will settle in Xiaogushan Town. Usually come from the state of Chu and go to the central capital city to see the largest auction house market. ”

Jiang Ling thought carefully: "That's right, only this road connects the Chu State and the Central Capital. ”

He relaxed his vigilance a little and said, "The Taoist chief doesn't sleep in the middle of the night, wandering around the street, isn't he worried about the bloody corpses coming out to kill people?"

The Taoist priest lowered his head, never raised his head, his face changed slightly, and then he replaced it with a smile: "I am here to subdue the blood corpse, why worry about the blood corpse?"

The little fox pulled the corner of Jiang Ling's clothes, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, "Brother, be careful of the Taoist." He didn't show the slightest breath of life on him, like a dead man. ”

"Dead people can speak?" Jiang Ling subconsciously looked at the Dao Chief in front of him, and found that the Dao Chief really had a body, and although his skin was old and wrinkled, it was still shiny, not like a dead man.

However, he believed in the strength of the little fox's solid spirit realm, and knew that the little fox could often judge abnormal situations at close range.

Jiang Ling stretched out his hand suspiciously, intending to slap the Dao Chief, and said tentatively: "It's getting dark, the Dao Leader should go back and rest early!"

Before the palm of his hand fell on the Taoist priest, the Taoist priest shrewdly took a step back, dodged his arm, raised his eyes and stared at the skull token in Jiang Ling's hand, his eyes showed a hint of surprise that was not easy to find, and he laughed in a low voice: "Dare to ask where the token in the young man's hand came from?"

Jiang Ling looked at the withered eyes of the Taoist priest and saw that the other party's pupils were moving, so he dispelled his doubts, withdrew his palm, smiled slightly, and covered up: "Passing by a forest, I saw a dead person in a place, and I picked it up casually." ”

"A dead man, picked up?" said the Taoist Chief's smile abruptly, his face stiffened, and he wondered.

Immediately, the Taoist chief smiled and said with a smile: "I wonder if you can lend me the token to check it? This token seems to be what I lost and came out to find with a lantern." ”

"The skeleton token is yours?" Jiang Ling smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, clenched the hell ghost axe on his waist, and said tentatively.

The Dao Chief's eyes never left the skull token, and he nodded: "It's the piece I lost, please return it." ”

"Demon Dao, you're exposed. ”

Jiang Ling quickly cast the ghost shadow trace step, jumped a few meters away, took out the hell ghost axe on his waist, forced the old Taoist priest, and said with a smile: "You said that the skeleton token was lost by you, hmph, let me tell you! This token was found on the lone wolf, the leader of the bandits." ”

Dao Chang's face changed greatly, and the oil lamp in his hand emitted a cloud of black gas, enveloping his body, and shouted: "Sure enough, the two of you killed the lone wolf and others, at a young age, you have ability, and you are very powerful." ”

The little fox showed a pair of fangs, glared at the Taoist priest, and said, "Just say that he is strange, and he is not wrong." ”

The Taoist priest noticed that the little girl in front of him was extraordinary, and said in surprise: "I am only thirteen years old, and I have the strength of the solid spirit realm, no wonder the lone wolf can't beat me and asks me for help." ”

The Taoist priest shouted again: "Return the skeleton token and spare you from death, otherwise, you will be made into a bloody corpse." ”

The little fox flashed his eyes, roared, and said, "Whoever dares to hurt my brother, I want him to die." ”

"Demon Dao, suffer death. ”

Jiang Ling swung the Hell Ghost Axe and slashed at the black qi, using the power of the ghost axe to slash the netherworld, splitting the black qi and cutting off the oil lamp in the Taoist priest's hand.

The Taoist priest jumped out, waved his fingers, and muttered: "The sixfold strength of the Earth Spirit Mirror is interesting, I have met a master." ”

A cloud of black gas flew out, the Taoist priest's pupils widened suddenly, turning green, a skull mark appeared on his forehead, his skin quickly decayed, releasing evil qi, dragging his withered fingers, and pounced towards Jiang Ling.

The little fox shouted: "Brother, be careful, the black gas is poisonous, he is a dead man." ”

"Blood Corpse Demon Dao. ”

Jiang Ling swung the Hell Ghost Axe to block the black qi and jumped away quickly, looking at the skull mark on the forehead of the demon Dao, he had an idea, raised the skull token in his hand, and shouted: "The token is here, stop it for me." ”

The skull token shot out a bloody light, hitting the forehead mark of the Blood Corpse Demon Dao, and in the blink of an eye, it interfered with the control of the blood corpse, causing it to hold its head and collapse to the ground after a wild scream.

A cloud of black gas rushed out from the demon road, and a figure faintly flashed in the distance, humming unwillingly: "Good boy, a little capable, wait for me, three watches in the middle of the night, I will come to take your life." ”

After speaking, the figure jumped into the darkness and disappeared without a trace, as if it was very familiar with the street environment, coming and going without a trace, mysterious and unpredictable.

Seeing the black shadow fleeing, Jiang Ling didn't chase it, staring at the demon corpse on the ground, only to find that the person lying on the ground had always been a dead person, a person who had been dead for a long time.

The little fox stared at the demon road vigilantly, and said: "He has been occupied for a long time, and his internal organs have long festered, so miserable." ”

Jiang Ling sighed and said, "It's a pity that a Dao Master came to expel the blood corpse. Let's go, stay overnight first, wait for the third watch in the middle of the night, and kill the ghost in one blow. ”

The little fox nodded and said, "Brother be careful, the ghost can control the mind, and then manipulate the corpse to attack, which is terrifying." Since the blood corpse is a dead man, my soul-snatching eye is ineffective against the dead, watch out at night. ”

After walking a few steps, I arrived at a small inn.

Jiang Ling knocked on the door and said politely: "Two guest rooms, send some wine and food." ”

The door was opened by an old woman holding an oil lamp, with an extremely ugly face, which made people feel vigilant. She moved the door and said in an extremely kind voice: "It's dark, blood corpses are infested, if the two of you are a moment late, the old woman will not dare to come out and open the door." ”

"Come in, touch the handrail on the second floor, and stop at the ninth and tenth rooms on your right. ”

"Thank you, mother-in-law. ”