Yun Tilt Xia was assigned to a small thatched house in the southeast corner.

The thatched house looks dilapidated, but the inside is quite neat and warm.

Yun Tianxia, who had been on the road for a day, couldn't take care of the generals.

She laid out her bedding and was about to go to bed when a voice suddenly sounded behind her.

"Little boy, you haven't slept yet."

The voice was old, with a hint of hoarseness, as strange as a ghost at night.

Yun Tianxia was so frightened that she thought she had hit a ghost in a trance.

Swallowing his saliva, Yun Tianxia stiffened his neck and slowly turned around.

But I saw an old man standing opposite.

The old man was very old, with white hair and a face full of furrows.

is hunched over, holding a lamp in his hand, standing quietly outside the door and looking at Yun Tianxia.

Seeing that the person who came was a human, Yun Tianxia finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Embarrassed to make the old man wait longer, Yun Tianxia pushed open the door and asked, "Do you have something to do with me?" ”

The old man nodded, and then handed the bag in his hand to Yun Tianxia.

Yun Tianxia took a look, but saw that there was a small sword made of peach wood, a yellow talisman drawn with cinnabar, and a dog's tooth woven with colorful ropes.

It's all things to ward off evil spirits.

Yun Tianxia looked incredulous: "What are you giving me these things for?" ”

The old man sighed lightly and said, "You are outsiders, and it is normal for you to not understand what is happening here." ”

After speaking, the old man and Yun Tianxia explained.

Recently, strange things have happened frequently in Qingshi Town, and several young girls have disappeared one after another.

At first, people thought it was a kidnapping case and contacted the government.

But within a few days, those girls were sent back one after another.

It's just that when he disappeared, he was still a complete person, and when he came back, he was only left with a skin.

Those girls were disemboweled, their flesh and blood were eaten, and their deaths were horrific.

When the news spread, the townspeople were too scared to go out.

The murderer's modus operandi is brutal and elusive.

The girls in the town were victimized one after another, but the government never found the murderer.

The townsfolk speculated that the maiden's killer might be a demon from the nearby mountains.

In recent days, those who have female dependents in the family no longer let their female dependents go out.

Those who don't have female dependents in the family also wear things to ward off evil spirits, for fear of being targeted by evil spirits.

Yun Tianxia felt a chill down his spine when he heard this, and asked uneasily, "Is there really a ghost in the town?" ”

The old man touched his beard and said, "I don't know about this, but I'd rather believe it or not, it's better for you to bring these things, little boy." ”

After speaking, the old man turned around and left with a cane.

The sound of slow footsteps faded away, and the room was quiet again, except for a small candle flame flickering slightly.

Yun Tianxia couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, as soon as he closed his eyes, the ghost stories he had seen before appeared in his mind.

In the end, Yun Tianxia, who couldn't stand it, turned over and got out of bed, carrying a lantern to find the five elders, wanting to tell the five elders what the old man said.

But as soon as he pushed the door open, he saw that there were still two people sitting in the room of the fifth elder.

They are Si Qingke and Ji Ruyu.

Yun Tianxia was stunned, and asked stupidly, "Why are you all here?" ”

Ji Ruyu glanced at her, supported her chin and said lazily: "It's not that we came early, it's that you came too late." ”

After some exchanges, Yun Tianxia learned that the old man who ran the inn had given each of them a complete set to ward off evil spirits.

The corners of his mouth twitched, looking at the three identical bags on the table, Yun Tianxia didn't know what to say for a while.

At that moment, the cold wind blew through the window and made an eerie noise.

Yun Tianxia was frightened, and asked weakly in a low voice, "Do you say that there are really ghosts in this world?" ”

Ji Ruyu sneered, "How can there really be a ghost?" Nine times out of ten, this kind of evil thing was done by a demon cultivator. ”

At this time, the five elders on the side said, "You guys get ready, let's go to the government tomorrow to see the victim's corpse, and by the way, see if this matter has anything to do with the demon cultivator." ”

Ji Ruyu and Si Qingke had no objections.

Ji Ruyu even faintly looked forward to it.

After being in the sect for so many years, he was either cultivating or cultivating every day, and it was the first time he had encountered such an exciting thing.

In a voice of approval, Yun Tianxia silently raised his hand and asked, "That...... Can I not go? ”

Demon cultivators who can eat people...... It's creepy just to think about.

She's here to do a mission, not to die.

Yun Tianxia excused himself to get sick and wanted to escape the mission.

But evasion is ineffective.

The five elders said that they would take her to the world for a long time, and forcibly brought her with them.

………

Early the next morning.

As soon as it was dawn, Yun Tianxia left the room with two huge black circles under his eyes and a tired face.

After Ji Ruyu saw it, he directly turned on the taunt mode.

"Where did you go last night? How did you make such a mess of yourself? ”

Yun Tianxia rolled her eyes, and she didn't even have the strength to quarrel with Ji Ruyu.

The thought of encountering a man-eating demon cultivator made her unable to help but have nightmares.

The nightmares kept repeated, and she didn't sleep well all night, and finally just waited for dawn with her eyes open.

At this moment, Yun Tianxia is so sleepy that he can fall asleep while standing.

At this moment, the Fifth Elder walked over and happily waved at them.

"I've already contacted the government, and I can go directly to see the victim's body later."

There are frequent cases of missing girls in the town, but the murderer has not been caught for a long time.

Everyone in the town is panicked and has a growing distrust of the government.

When the government was in a hurry, the five elders came to the door and said that they were Taoist priests from Fanyun City who could help catch ghosts.

In fact, the magistrate of the government did not trust the five elders very much.

Helplessly, they couldn't find the murderer, so they could only use the dead horse as a live horse doctor, and let the five elders try it.

The carriage sent by the government to meet him was just outside the inn.

Yun Tianxia was stunned when he saw the carriage at this time.

Taking a deep breath, Yun Tianxia knocked a bottle of Qingxin Pill and got into the carriage hard.

………

The carriage was bumpy all the way.

Just when Yun Tianxia felt that his stomach was about to be turned upside down, the carriage finally stopped.

Yun Tianxia got out of the carriage with a pale face.

Opposite the carriage was the imposing government mansion.

Shortly after they got out of the car, they were greeted by a middle-aged man dressed in an official robe.

The man has a tall posture and an elegant temperament, and he is a middle-aged handsome uncle.

He is the magistrate of Qingshi Town, Wang Yuanxing.

After seeing the five elders, Wang Yuanxing greeted him with a smile, "Daoist Lei, I am looking forward to the stars and the moon, but I am looking forward to you." ”

Daoist Lei is a fake identity made up for himself by the five elders.

He said that he was the Thunder Dao Master of the South Forest Pavilion of Fanyun City, and he was the best at expelling evil spirits.

After that, Wang Yuanxing's voice paused, and he looked at Yun Tianxia and the three of them behind the five elders and asked, "Who are these ......?"

The Fifth Elder explained, "These are my apprentices, they have been raised in the Dao Hall since they were children, and they have never gone down the mountain to get rid of evil spirits.

I brought them here this time to let them learn a long way, so that they could go down the mountain and stand on their own as soon as possible. ”