Chapter 1: Immutable Truths
If the monk in a too empty coat can give people a positive energy, then the phantom hidden in the shadows is what people fear?
Z City, Jia Daodao, who secretly studied the most basic "Seven Tricks Dao Mantra" in the ancestral mantra at home, suddenly saw the compass on the magic table suddenly turned, frowned, and walked over, gently picked up the compass, the pointer on the compass stopped and kept vibrating after a few turns, Jia Daode sighed: It's not good......
Jia Daodao, male, 35 years old, his ancestors are cultivators, and his hatred of ghosts and demons is like the mood of finding Xiaoqiang on a dinner plate and wanting to kill him.
In terms of the qualifications of cultivation, Jia Daode is still in the middle and upper class, if it weren't for the importance of his childhood sweetheart who said that his career was more important than cultivation after marriage, and the obstruction of horizontal and vertical obstacles, Jia Daodao's skills would be above the present. Jia Daodao's level is still only before marriage, since he was a child, he was deeply taught by his father Jia Xiaolian, and the influence of some ghost movies on it, which made Jia Daode fall in love with this 'academic', and whenever he had time, he went into the ancestral temple and picked up the ancestral book on the bookshelf next to him to study.
Jia Daode yawned, originally wanting to fall asleep immediately after reading one of the chapters of "Seven Tricks Dao Mantra". On this big night, I saw the ancestral Star Dou compass needle that had not moved for many years vibrate, and the long-lost excited and nervous thoughts and feelings in Jia Daodao's heart burst out, and then moved the hanging paintings of the Taoist ancestor Lao Tzu on the wall, rotated the mechanism, opened the dark room, and took out the Taoist robe that had been dusty for many years, I wanted to put it on immediately, and then go out to see what was going on in the direction of the compass needle, but after thinking about it, if it was too eye-catching, it would not be good to startle the snake, so I stroked a Taoist robe and said: "Let me go and go back." β
Finger pinching, this is a monster, holding a compass needle, going up north and down south, Jia Daode determined the location of the monster, tied the Qiankun double bag and left.
The place where the monster appeared was not very far from Jia's house, and in the direction of the compass needle, TongguΓ² Lane was a convenience store, and at the door there was a 'person' in a black cloak, and the ghostly light under the cloak appeared from time to time, and it was difficult to find it if you didn't look closely.
Seeing the appearance of the monster, Jia Daode was a little apprehensive. Jia Daode is an expert in ghost hunting, and he is much worse at catching demons, although he has had many experience in catching demons before, but he is behind his father's ass. The reason why I came out alone this time and didn't tell my dad is that my father is old, and secondly, I just want to exercise, can I catch demons on my own?
Check the props in the kun bag: bundle immortal rope, peach wood sword, plaster, a little cinnabar, a large number of charms, soul suppression bells, etc., at present, all Jia Daode can use is charms and dry bags. So he had an idea in his mind: take advantage of his unpreparedness, first use a fixing charm to fix it, and then naturally use a dry bag to collect the demon.
Because the monster turned his back on Jia Daodao, Jia Daode slowly approached the monster. 10 meters, the monster didn't notice him, 9 meters, didn't notice him, 8 meters, still didn't notice him, 7 meters...... 6 m ...... 5 m ...... 4 meters...... 3 m ...... , Jia Daodao's heart beat more and more suddenly, after all, a sneak attack is not a righteous and bright thing, just as he was about to successfully paste the charm on the monster, the black cloak turned silently, Jia Daodao's right arm flickered, and a shout: "I will decide!"
The black cloak didn't move like this, Jia Daode strongly suppressed the excitement of trapping the monster, and laughed: "I have my Taoist fixed spell to descend on you, see how you bring disaster to the world!"
The black cloak struggled a few times, but in vain, and the charm was firmly cling...... It's really not to boast, when Jia Daode was proud, the spell broke away from the monster and fluttered down, and the black cloak quickly flashed to the side, fleeing to the east of the convenience store. When Jia Daode hurriedly reached out to get another charm, it was too late, and the Great Khan shouted, "Leave the evil beast." β
So, Jia Daode pulled out the compass needle again, the compass needle swung around, obviously the monster took the modeling route, the purpose was to disturb Jia Daodao's judgment, but Jia Daode naturally would not be fooled, with his familiarity with the route in this area, Jia Daode chose a shortcut route that could intercept the monster according to the instructions of the compass needle.
"You can't escape from the palm of my hand" Since he had already trapped this monster once just now, Jia Daode had basically figured out the strength of the monster, not much, as long as he had another chance to paste a charm, it would be done. But what puzzled Jia Daode was what happened just now, why the spell fell.
In fact, the charm also has a shelf life, and the charm used now was drawn by his father many years ago.
The black cloak disappeared in a blink of an eye, presumably using stealth techniques, but Jia Daode had a compass in his hand, even if the monster was stealthy and escaped, it didn't matter, within a certain range, the compass could still sense its demonic power.
Jia Daode followed closely, but he was meditating in his heart: even if he took a shortcut and went around in front of the monster, whether his charm would have a chance to stick to the monster was one thing, and whether the charm would float down again like just now was another thing, since this was the case, Jia Daode had a plan.
Array, yes, there is also the Taoist supreme formation, as long as you set up a simple formation, and then lead it into the formation, it will be the same as the effect of the spell, first trap, and then use a dry bag to collect the demon.
Just do it, Jia Daode walked around to the front of the black cloak for a long distance, looked around, there were four buildings of different sizes, in this case, Jia Daode made up his mind: just use the four elephant array.
The four buildings are located in the southeast, northwest, and northwest directions, and are placed in the east, west, south, and north with four charms, and the directions corresponding to the eight trigrams are in order, such as earthquake, separation, exchange, kan, and chanting mantras, and the simple four-elephant array is formed in this way.
Then he almost introduced the monster into the formation, Jia Daode thought to himself that the monster was not the kind of guy with an IQ of only 5 who asked him to come over, and it seemed that he had to do a little trick himself.
After setting up the array, Jia Daode hid in the dark and waited for the monster to appear, watching the tip of the compass needle gradually turn to him, Jia Daode said secretly: "It's coming"
Jia Daode jumped out, pointed his fingers at the empty place pointed by the compass needle, and said loudly: "Evil animal, catch it before you tie your hands." β
"Now that you've seen through my stealth technique, there's no need to hide it," the black cloak's right hand swept through its body from the bottom to the top, gradually appearing.
Jia Daode was about to speak, but the black cloak first asked, "Wait, why are you trying to embarrass me?"
Jia Daode said without thinking: "You are a monster, and you are reprimanded by human beings, and your appearance will definitely bring danger to human beings, so in this case, as a Taoist disciple, I have the obligation to destroy you." β
"Well, that's a good point. But even though I'm a demon, have you ever seen me do anything unreasonable?" said the black cloak.
β...... This ...... "Jia Daode said.
Jia Daode really didn't see this monster do anything bad, but he just relied on the monster reaction of the compass needle and the instinct to kill demons to deal with this kind of thing.
The question of the black cloak made the atmosphere of the scene much more embarrassing, which easily made Jia Daode unable to get off the stage.
So, Jia Daode brought out the big truth: "This ...... I don't care so much, anyway, since ancient times, good and evil have not been separated, we cultivators have eliminated demons and defended the Tao is an eternal truth, what basis can you have for a sentence that you have not done bad things, even if you don't do it now, keeping you is equivalent to keeping the scourge, and it is still possible to bring disaster to the world in the future. β
"So there's no more to talk about?" the black cloak sneered.
"If you don't have the strength, hurry up and catch it!" Jia Daode secretly looked in the direction of the Four Elephant Array, the spell was still there, rest assured.
A cloud of green flames burst out from the right hand of the black cloak, but his body rushed towards Jia Daodao.
Jia Daode saw the flames of the monster's hand, and knew that this was not a joke, so he poked in the Kun bag and took out a peachwood sword, although it was not an authentic demon slaying weapon, but it was okay to block the damage. Jia Daode holds a sword in his right hand and a secondary sword in his left hand across his chest.
said that it was too late, and in just an instant, the peachwood sword that was blocking his chest snapped, and the right palm of the black cloak hit Jia Daodao's chest, Jia Daode snorted and flew out.
The black cloak sneered: "It's ridiculous to catch demons with this strength!"
Jia Daode was beaten out more than ten meters away, and stopped directly in the corner of the wall, the corners of Jia Daodao's mouth hooked up a smile, but his legs were still trembling, of course, it was better to say that the trembling was better than the local spasm of the body that fell to the ground and accidentally twisted to guide the thighs.
Jia Daode 'trembled' and said: "I don't know if you are so powerful, the little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, please let me go, I won't go against you in the future, I won't dare again."
"Hmph, now I know it's wrong? It's a pity that it's late, you just said you didn't have something to talk about, so let me give you a ride," the black cloak said proudly.
"You, you... Don't come, don't come," Jia Daode said 'panicked'.
Now in the black cloak, Jia Daode is like a fish on a chopping board to be slaughtered, so he walks over slowly, enjoying the panic of Jia Daode when he is dying.
"It's ridiculous, you yelled at me a few minutes ago, and now, like a bedbug, I don't pity anyone like you at all...... Ahh
Jia Daode made a gesture to end the incantation.
It turned out that when the black cloak entered the range of the Four Elephant Array, Jia Daode took the opportunity to open the Four Elephant Array spell, making it unable to move.
"You...... You mean!!" said the black cloak indignantly.
At this time, Jia Daode said something that made the black cloak want to bite him: "Soldiers are not tired of cheating"
The black cloak was not as lucky as the first time anyway, and after trying a few times, his body still couldn't move, so he gave up.
The black cloak said: "If you want to kill or chop, whatever you want!"
Jia Daodaodao: "To be a man, you must be humble, and the same is true for demons, never look down on people who seem to be less powerful than you, and ......."
The black cloak interrupted Jia Daodao: "Don't be wordy!!"
Jia Daodao: "......"
The scene was embarrassing again, Jia Daode stopped talking, and silently put the black cloak in with a dry bag and tied his mouth.
The monster will probably return to its prototype after three days in the dry bag, Jia Daode thought.
Three days later, at noon, inside the flower shop.
Jia Daode pinched a crystal clear ball with his thumb and index finger and said to himself in the sun: "It turned out to be a flower demon, but this seed is quite beautiful." β
"Hey, boss, what are you looking at?" a girl walked into the store.
"Oh, Nana is here, no...... I didn't see anything," Jia Daode replied in a panic.
Jia Daode pretended to be calm and wrapped the seeds in yellow rune paper and received the box in the drawer of the counter.
Opening a flower shop is just a side hustle for Jia Daodao,...... At this point in the story, you will think that the protagonist of this book is Jia Daodao, congratulations on your wrong answer. The protagonist will tell the rest of the story from a first-person perspective in the second chapter.