Volume 1: Illuminating the Mountains and Rivers Chapter 6 Deep in the Bamboo Forest

In the faint gray-white mist, the yellow-green thin bamboos stand in a forest, obviously there is no wind blowing around, but the bamboo body is gently shaking, and the 'rustling' sound made by the friction of countless bamboo leaves makes the scene in front of you a little weird.

Ji Yuan's gaze swept around, if he remembered correctly, he had seen this bamboo forest on the cliff in the distance, and at that time, he could even see that in the depths of it, there were faintly several larger houses.

If it is not bad, those houses should be the place where the sect that cultivates here is located, and it is also the place where the Yin Qi of the 'Fallen Soul Slope' is the most prosperous and thick.

It is precisely because of this that when the little Taoist priest found that he had come to the outside of the bamboo forest, his face had already become a little difficult to look at, after all, to say that among the 'Fallen Soul Slope', the most likely place to breed evil spirits is undoubtedly here.

A 'Exorcism Talisman' was activated, and three halos suddenly appeared in mid-air, two of which were facing left and right, and the flickering frequency was not fast.

Only a halo of light was facing forward, and under Ji Yuan's ugly face, there was a faint glow of flickering madly.

There is no need for him to think about it, there must be ghosts in front of him, but he doesn't understand why he finally came here with the 'exorcism and ghost avoidance' along the way, bypassing the direction of the existence of yin and evil ghosts?

Just before he could figure out what to do, a straight path in front of him suddenly ignited out of thin air with dark green flames, and the left and right rows extended to the depths of the bamboo forest.

At the end of the path, you can see what appears to be a huge object shrouded in night.

Obviously, a certain existence in the depths of the bamboo forest had already sensed his arrival, otherwise there would not be such a situation in front of him, and it was completely inviting him in.

At this moment, Ji Yuan's expression changed one after another, and he wanted to turn around and walk into the mist and find another way to leave this place, but when he thought that he had been led here with the help of the talisman before, he estimated that this idea was unlikely to succeed.

It's just that if he is honest and follow this path into the depths of the bamboo forest, he will never be able to do it, otherwise he will become a sheep in the mouth of a tiger, and life and death will be unpredictable after that.

"Immeasurable Tianzun, isn't it good to stay in the meditation and practice and alchemy honestly, why do you have to covet that little money, it's good now, if you can't save your life, you have to lose it here!"

The little Taoist's face changed several times, and he regretted that he shouldn't have been greedy for the rewards of those few rituals.

Just the silver taels that were deducted, even worse than the few furnaces of pills he refined on weekdays, he was also confused, thinking that he had a few hole cards on the road of cultivation, so he began to yearn for the bridge section of the young man fighting the sword in the book.

It's better now, maybe I'm going to die here tonight!

Ji Yuan took a deep breath, and after some entanglement, his eyes gradually became firm, perhaps because of the desperate situation, and a ruthless energy inexplicably rose in his chest.

He no longer hesitated, and simply stepped onto the path in front of him, walking towards the depths of the bamboo forest, and dark green flames floated in the air on the left and right, as if walking on a road leading to the underworld.

However, although there was an extra bit of courage in his body, he still didn't walk fast, and the distance between each step was not large, and it seemed like he was delaying time.

And taking advantage of this opportunity, the little Taoist priest was constantly pondering the various situations he might encounter later, and at the same time, he was also thinking about his own means of dealing with the enemy.

It's just that the path still has an end after all, and after a while, Ji Yuan came to a magnificent mansion gate and stopped in front of the two stone lions.

"What a murderer!"

He looked at the two stone lions on the left and right, and couldn't help muttering in his heart.

The stone lion that was supposed to ward off evil spirits in the town mansion was only half of its body at this moment, and the rest of it had been split into countless small stones and scattered on the ground in front of the mansion.

And even the only remaining half of the body was already covered with cracks, and there was even a black fishy liquid flowing out of it.

Chirping~~~

Just when Ji Yuan's heart was pounding, the closed door suddenly opened, and the friction sound in his ears made his scalp tingle, and he almost turned around and ran away.

At this moment, an old woman appeared behind the gate, carrying a lantern with bright yellow firelight, and looked at the young man outside the door with a smile on her face.

"This trailmaster, do you want to find a place to rest here late at night?"

The old woman asked out loud, the wrinkles on her face were piled together because of the smile, which looked really a little scary, if it weren't for the fact that the other party did not have a yin and evil spirit, the little Taoist priest would have already scattered a talisman.

"If it's inconvenient, Poor Dao will turn around and leave."

Although he didn't know what the ghost wanted to do here, Ji Yuan could only cooperate hard, and if he flipped the table rashly, he would only suffer the loss.

At the same time, he also noticed that the other party seemed to be an ordinary person, but he turned a blind eye to the two stone lions outside the door and the two rows of dark green firelight on the path, and his attention was focused on him.

"Convenient, convenient, my lord is also a Taoist person, and once told that if a Taoist priest comes to the door, he must try his best to provide what he needs."

The old woman smiled and nodded, turned sideways, made a gesture of invitation, and then walked towards the house.

Seeing this, Ji Yuan followed after a little groaning, since he had already come to this point, naturally there was no other choice, if he turned around and left, it was estimated that the ghosts in the house would not let him get away easily.

And just as he followed the old woman into the house, the door behind him was in a cold wind, slowly closing up, and even the heavy door latch fell on its own.

The little Taoist priest was not surprised by this scene, he had seen too many strange things tonight, so naturally he would not pay much attention.

At this time, the old woman with her waist bent over her waist carried a lantern to lead the way, and after walking through the empty front yard, she took Ji Yuan to the left path, passing through several verandahs and many courtyards along the way.

Along the way, although many houses in the house were lit with lights and lanterns were hung under the eaves, Ji Yuan never saw anyone except the old woman in front of him.

Not to mention the slaves and servants who are always at the disposal of their masters, and even the guards and warriors who guard the house have not seen a single one.

And he clearly remembered that this should be the place where a cultivation sect is located, when did it become a large family in seclusion?

With doubts in his heart, the little Taoist priest followed the old woman to a remote courtyard, and it could be seen from the bamboo forest outside the high wall that this should be the edge of the house.

"The lord and the lady have already fallen asleep, and the old man will naturally not be able to arrange the room without the consent of the master, so he can only grieve the little Taoist to stay here for the night."

The old woman gave a salute and said apologetically.

Hearing this, Ji Yuan just smiled and shook his head, but he didn't speak, and looked at the person in front of him quietly.

He wanted to see what kind of drama the ghost in this house was going to play.

However, the old woman did not feel any discomfort about the young man's rude behavior, and even other different colors did not appear on her face, and after many accusations, she slowly withdrew from the small courtyard.

And after seeing the rickety figure and a faint flash of fire go away, Ji Yuan groaned for a while, and then came to the hut not far away, and directly pushed the door in.

After a while, an oil lamp was lit, and the bright light of the fire, though not strong, was just right to illuminate the room.