"However, I stumbled upon a species of larvae that, although it fakes its death, still absorbs nutrients from the corpse, and I call this kind of larvae a dead larvae. The dead larvae are dried and ground into powder and added to incense, which is not only colorless and odorless when burned, but also makes people quickly enter a state of suspended animation. ”

Xu Yuanzhi was a little proud, and he talked endlessly.

After listening to his boasting, I asked again, "Then how long can these people fake their deaths?" ”

Xu Yuanzhi scratched his head and said, "If the Tao is shallow, it will not be a problem for three or five hours, but if the Tao is deep, you will not know." ”

Speaking of this, he seemed to think of something, and specifically instructed me: "Tie up that old man who blows the whistle strongly." ”

It seems that he also has no bottom in his heart.

I checked again and found that the large group of people were tied up and couldn't move at all, so I went out of the hall with Xu Yuanzhi and searched in the courtyard.

At first, we still tiptoed around, and after connecting a few corridors, we didn't see anyone, so we knew that what the old man said was true, and there was indeed no one else in this demon hunting gate.

Now, we were emboldened, swaggering, and searched room after room, completely no longer hiding our figures.

The Demon Hunting Gate covers a large area, and we searched all the houses we could see from the back of the road, but we didn't find Huang Erye.

It's really strange, where were they locked up? Is there a hidden secret room here?

No, listening to the tone of the old man, he didn't take Huang Erye to heart at all, and there was no need to lock the three of them tightly.

Could it be that Huang Erye was killed?

As soon as this thought came to me, I immediately sweated profusely, and my heart jumped to my throat......

"Look, there's a demonic spirit there."

I was secretly saddened when Kuroko, who had been silent, suddenly screamed.

I followed its gaze, and sure enough, I saw wisps of black demonic energy emerging in the distance.

It was supposed to be the backyard of the Demon Hunt Gate.

"Could it be that Second Master Huang is locked up there? Let's go and see. ”

I said hello and ran straight to the place where the demonic energy had risen.

The backyard of the Demon Hunt Gate is directly attached to the mountain.

Within a few moments, I saw a huge cave at the foot of the mountain.

That demonic aura came out of a huge stone carving in front of the cave.

The stone sculpture was a canine-like monster with dagger-like fangs, a long mane on the back of its neck, covered with scales, four thick and powerful legs, and four dragon-like claws.

The demonic qi surged out from the stone beast's body, rolling upwards, and soared straight into the sky, causing the sky to condense into a thick black cloud.

This dark cloud seems to be about to be suppressed, a strange scene.

I stared at this stone beast for a while, only to feel the blood in my chest surge, and then turned my head and asked Xu Yuanzhi: "Master, what kind of animal is this?" It's not like four. ”

Xu Yuanzhi only glanced at it, then turned his head to the side and stopped looking, still shouting that he was a little dizzy.

It took a long time for him to regain his strength and say to me, "The belly has dragon claws, and the body is covered with scale armor, this ...... This seems to be an evil spirit beast in the underworld. ”

What? This is the evil spirit beast of the underworld?

The Taoist book says that the four ghost gates of the underworld are guarded by four evil spirit beasts, and they usually take a nap at the gate of the ghost gate, but if a ghost tries to escape from the ghost gate to the world, the evil spirit beast will not hesitate to devour it.

"The evil spirit beast looks like this?" I couldn't help but glance at the stone beast again, and then asked Xu Yuanzhi again, "Master, what do you say the Demon Hunting Gate is doing with an evil spirit beast here?" ”

Xu Yuanzhi looked at me and said, "This thing is not simple, do you see it?" ”

"It's not simple, it's not simple, but what is it used for?"

"There are many demon souls in this evil spirit beast, and they should be made of the souls of many demons, presumably to protect this cave. If I'm not mistaken, this cave is used to imprison demons nine times out of ten. Don't look at the evil spirit beast lying here honestly now, but if there is a demon trying to escape from the cave, it will inevitably wake it up and make it become a truly vicious beast. ”

No wonder there are few people in the huge demon hunting gate, with such a fierce beast guarding, which monster can escape?

"Isn't there no way out of this cave? Even if we go in and rescue Huang Erye, we will have to deal with the evil beasts if we want to come out. ”

Xu Yuanzhi blinked, smiled slyly at me, and said, "Don't be so troublesome, let's just restrain it now?" ”

As he spoke, he took out a very thin bundle of five-colored rope and a string of copper coins from his coat.

These are all things that are used to bind spirits, and I know what he wants to do when I look at it.

Xu Yuanzhi calmed down, shook off the five-colored rope, and then stared at the evil spirit beast for a while, and began to tie it up.

Speaking of these five-colored ropes, I have to mention a few words.

In most places, there should be the custom of tying five-colored silk threads during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Xu Yuanzhi's five-color rope is the five-color silk thread from the Dragon Boat Festival.

It's just that his rope is woven from ninety-nine boys under the age of ten, with five-colored silk threads tied around their wrists.

Back then, Xu Yuanzhi spent a lot of effort in order to weave such a rope.

Five-color silk thread to ward off evil spirits, boys under the age of ten are pure yang body, ninety-nine to obtain is the meaning of ninety-nine to one, so woven into the five-color rope, is to gather the pure yang qi of ninety-nine boys together, not only to drive away evil spirits, but also to bind the spirit.

Binding the spirit, as the literal meaning is, to bind the spirit.

The spirit body is a tangible and intangible energy body, which usually requires special magic weapons to retract, but this five-colored rope can directly bind it.

The evil spirit beast in front of him is made of demon souls, and demon souls are spirit bodies, so they can naturally be bound by this five-colored rope.

The way to knot the five-color rope is extremely complicated, and even if you tie a knot, it is quite exquisite.

Xu Yuanzhi once taught me, but I didn't learn it, and the reason is that I think this thing is like a woman's embroidery, it is a kind of meticulous work, and I can't do it.

Xu Yuanzhi's knot was very difficult to tie, and every time he tied a knot, he wore a Five Emperor Coin on it.

The five emperor coins are round on the outside and square on the inside, representing the unity of heaven and man, and can also ward off evil spirits.

Xu Yuanzhi has been busy for more than half an hour before he completely finished tying the knot.

The evil spirit beast that originally looked fierce turned out to be like a Christmas tree under Xu Yuanzhi's operation, and its whole body was covered with copper coins, looking stupid.

Finally, Xu Yuanzhi circled around the evil spirit beast, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "It's okay, let's go into the cave!" ”