Early the next morning, Zhang Yuelu and Qi Xuansu and their entourage took the horses from the Taoist temple, continued to set off, and entered the territory of the Western Regions after leaving the Kunlun boundary.

In the regional division of Daomen, Kunlun and the Western Regions each set up a provincial mansion, and the head of the Kunlun Taoist Mansion was served by the great palm sect's cronies, but because of the existence of Jiutang and Jinque, the location of the Kunlun Taoist Mansion was very embarrassing, far from being as comfortable as other local Taoist mansions, and somewhat similar to the Shuntian Mansion of the imperial court.

According to the reason, the Western Regions Daofu should have been named after the state like the Qizhou Daofu, called the Xizhou Daofu, just because there are still quite strong Buddhist forces in the Western Regions, and a big war broke out between the two sides, resulting in some Xizhou prefectures and counties falling into the hands of Buddhism, and some of the areas that Daomen took from Buddhism exceeded the boundaries of Xizhou, and even did not belong to the territory of the Daxuan Imperial Court, and the title of Xizhou Daofu was no longer appropriate, so it was renamed Xiyu Daofu.

After entering the Western Regions, the snow-white color gradually decreases, the scenery of the desert Gobi gradually increases, the terrain is relatively gentle, and a group of people ride horses, and can travel about 300 miles a day. These horses are all improved heterogeneous breeds of Daomen, good at long distances, and hardy and drought-tolerant.

Only when I entered the Western Regions did I know what the concept of vast land and sparse population was, and I often ran for most of the day without seeing half a figure, and it is no wonder that Xizhou was the largest state under the rule of the imperial court, but the number of registered people ranked last among the states. In this kind of place, fighting with people is secondary, and more about fighting with the sky.

It was not the first time Qi Xuansu had come to the Western Regions, he and his master were attacked in the Western Regions, and they also met Qi Niang in the Western Regions, and their fate took a turn.

The place where the group was going to the Bishan Temple, which was 800 miles away from the Taoist temple where they had stayed before, had to walk for three days, because it deviated from the main official road, so on the way, not to mention any Taoist temple, post station, inn, and even a village where they could settle down may not be able to see.

This is the reason why the people of the Daomen bought the "marching pill" in advance, and eating and drinking can be solved immediately. In the evening, they camp in the leeward and keep vigil in turn. Everyone didn't dare to sleep, and instead of sleeping, they were all congenital people with cultivation, and it was nothing.

It's just that some people who have been in Yujing for a long time are very unaccustomed to it, and it is inevitable that Zhang Yuelu will not take a flying boat and have to ride a horse, which is really asking for hardship.

Qi Xuansu and Zhou Bai are both veterans, they arrange everything in an orderly manner, and most of the vigils are in charge of the two of them, which makes many people who originally disagreed with Qi Xuansu as a deacon change their attitudes again.

According to Zhou Bai, fortunately there was no snow, and if there was heavy snowfall, the subsequent journey would be even more difficult.

As a result, I don't know whether to say Zhou Bai's crow's mouth, and the next day the situation changed. Although it has not yet entered winter, it is also entering the late autumn, September 22 is the beginning of winter, coupled with the proximity to Kunlun and the Snow Mountain, the terrain is higher, the climate is cold, it is earlier than the snow in the belly of the Central Plains, and in the evening, it actually begins to snow.

The next morning, the snow had stopped, and only the snow was white between heaven and earth, and the Gobi was already empty, as if everything in heaven and earth had disappeared, and the road that had been like nothing was directly gone.

The sun is dazzling when it falls on the snow.

This is the purpose of preparing bright gauze or sunglasses in advance, in this environment, the snow reflects the sunlight, and it is easy to hurt the eyes.

Everyone put on blackout sunglasses, put on cloaks, and continued on the road, between the empty and vast snowy day, the group was like a string of black dots, extremely small.

Because of the snow, the horses had some difficulty running, and they could travel 300 miles a day, but now they could only walk dozens of miles a day, and the three-day journey became unreachable.

Moreover, the weather began to gradually get colder, and sitting on horseback for a long time inevitably caused numbness in my hands and feet, and I had to use my true qi to dispel the cold. Fortunately, in addition to the water bags, everyone also brought wine, and occasionally drank a sip of spirits, which could warm up a lot.

Qi Xuansu saw that Zhang Yuelu took this opportunity to start drinking openly, and within half a day, the wine bag dried up, but Zhang Yuelu still had a little unfinished meaning.

In addition, Qi Xuansu is also a little worried, the road on the Gobi is already very vague, and now there is a layer of snow, and it has completely disappeared, leaving no trace, as far as the eye can see, it is all white, there is not even a landmark, there is no one here, and no one can find to ask for directions, if you get lost, what should you do?

According to the map, a group of people should have passed through a dry river, but this road came up, walked for most of the day, until dusk, did not see the shadow of the river at all, it can't be the river let the snow fill in the life, now it's only late autumn, there is no such heavy snow.

Zhang Yuelu was a little helpless, she was lost again, it seemed that she always had a fate with getting lost.

Last time it was in Zifu, this time it was in the vast Gobi.

Qi Xuansu looked up at the sky, and his face showed a little heaviness.

At some point, thick clouds rolled up in the night, obscuring the bright moon.

Then the wind rose, growing bigger and bigger, and gradually sharpening, like a knife, as if it were about to cut a few taels of flesh from a person's face.

After a while, the wind began to mix with snow particles, hitting the face and causing pain.

It's going to snow again.

Qi Xuansu couldn't help sighing, pulled up the one-piece hood on his cloak and put it on his head.

He has only lived in Yujing for less than two months, so he is a little unaccustomed to it, and those who have been in Yujing for a long time are afraid that they will scold their mother in their hearts.

Sure enough, many people's faces were not very good-looking, but they were afraid of Zhang Yuelu's might and didn't dare to show it, if it was Qi Xuansu who was in charge at this time, I am afraid that many people would have begun to mock in a weird way.

Qi Xuansu thought for a while, and said loudly to Zhang Yuelu: "Deputy hall master, the top priority is to find a leeward place to hide from the snow first, the brothers are all congenital people, and they will not be frozen to death by a snow, the key is the horse." ”

When Qi Xuansu followed Qi Niang to wander on the rivers and lakes for a long time, he was contaminated with many habits of the rivers and lakes, and accidentally used the usual name in the rivers and lakes.

Zhang Yuelu didn't care about these details at this time, and stretched out his hand and pointed ahead: "Go to the back of the hillside." ”

There is a shallow ditch half a man high behind the hillside, which can indeed shelter from the wind.

Just like that, after a night, as Qi Xuansu said, everyone is a congenital person, and a little wind and snow will not kill a little, but suffering sin is inevitable, after all, the biggest difference between congenital people and acquired people is that they cannot be harmed by human diseases, not cold and heat, which can only be done by Zhang Yuelu's realm.

It's just that everything is difficult at the beginning, and after the beginning of the battle, everyone gradually got used to it, and soon found the right way, walked in the wind and snow for about ten days, and finally arrived at the Taoist temple called "Bishan Temple" in early September.

Because it is located in the middle of nowhere, Bishan View is quite simple, but it is a set of two courtyards, the front is the main hall, dedicated to the ancestor of the Taishang Dao, the back is the place of residence, a slip house, a total of less than 30 rooms, usually stationed in the Western Regions Taoist Mansion more than ten Taoist priests, is a "sentry" of the Taoist Gate set up here.

As a result, they were slaughtered overnight.

After the incident, the Western Regions Provincial Government sent people to check, but because of the shortage of manpower, after the file was formed and reported to the ancestral court, it did not continue to investigate in depth, but only sent two people to guard the place, guard the corpse, and wait for the people of Tiangang Hall.

Seeing that the team of Tiangang Hall had finally arrived, the two people who had been worried were also relieved.

Although he can't freeze or starve in the Taoist temple, he is accompanied by more than a dozen corpses all day long, and he has to worry about whether the demons will go and return, which is really difficult.

Zhang Yuelu did not delay, and directly asked the two of them to lead the way and check the corpse.

The corpse was parked in the main hall, and under the gaze of the statue of the Taishang Dao Ancestor, it was all covered with a white cloth.

Zhang Yuelu started from the far left, lifted the white cloth, revealing a pale corpse, although it had been dead for a long time, but because of the cold weather, it had not yet decomposed.

Zhang Yuelu did not show disgust like ordinary women, but calmly reached out and turned the chin of the dead corpse.

However, Qi Xuansu carefully found that Zhang Yuelu still wrapped a thin layer of true qi in her hands with the "Five Qi Yanluo", and it seemed that she didn't care at all.

Zhang Yuelu asked, "What do you think?" ”

Xu Jin, who has always been silent, said: "I have lost too much blood, and there are tooth-like bite marks on my neck, which should be fangs, but it looks like I died from a zombie." ”

"Zombies don't attack caravans." Lingquanzi spoke.

Lingquanzi is a monk in the stage of returning to the truth, and the monk is also good at raising ghost zombies, and is most familiar with zombies.

Lingquanzi continued: "After a person dies, the soul returns to the sky, the spirit returns to the earth, the three corpses turn into ghosts, and the corpses are buried in the treasure land of feng shui, nourished by the earth's qi, before they can turn into zombies. Zombies are extremely yin things, because they lack souls and three corpses, so they have no memory of life, and only act on instinct. ”

Xu Zhen said: "Could it be that people who are good at raising corpses drive zombies to commit crimes?" ”

Lingquanzi muttered: "It's not that there is no such possibility, it's just that the Dao Sect has very strict control over the method of raising corpses and ghosts, even if the Dao Sect disciples want to cultivate, how can those foreign demons be proficient?" ”

While speaking, Zhang Yuelu came to the second corpse again, lifted the white cloth, it was a seven-grade Taoist priest, only to see that the death of this corpse was quite miserable, with a hideous expression, as if he had seen an extremely terrible thing, and there were five blood holes on the front door, which were in the center of the eyebrows, eyes, and cheeks.

Zhang Yuelu's five fingers were like hooks, and he gestured, which just corresponded to the five holes.

Qi Xuansu's heart moved, and he said, "This seems to be somewhat similar to 'Xuanyin Tu'. ”

"Xuanyin Tu" is a magical power of the Daomen, after practice, it can make the nails skyrocket to the length of more than a foot, like a short sword, indestructible, Qi Niang is good at this method.

Zhang Yuelu nodded and said, "It's very similar." ”

Then she lifted the white cloth of the third corpse, the wound on the neck was clearly visible, her face was pale, and even more strangely, there was a smile on her face, as if she was dying in a fluttering state.

Zhang Yuelu said softly: "Zombies don't have this kind of ability. ”

Lingquanzi nodded in agreement: "This person seems to have been caught in illusion, zombies have no soul, no thoughts, no matter how powerful zombies are, they won't use illusions." ”

Zhang Yuelu motioned for everyone to remove all the white cloth covering the rest of the corpses.