The hotel is not large, and there are a few simple wooden tables and benches, perhaps because it is lunch time, so it is almost full, Xu Chen and Lan You also found a table to sit down.

A middle-aged man over forty years old hurriedly came over and greeted, "What do you want to eat for the two guest officers?" ”

"What specialties do you have here?" Xu Chen asked.

The store hurriedly reported the names of a few dishes, and Xu Chen's consciousness swept at the tables of some diners in the hotel, and he roughly understood the ingredients and methods of these dishes, so he ordered a few light seasonal vegetables and side dishes, and asked for a pot of fruit wine.

Xu Chen is already the second time to go out, and he is not a pure white, and Lan You is actually worse than him, the core disciples of the wealthy faction, there is no need to worry about eating, drinking, and Lazar on weekdays, even if he goes out, there are also outside disciples who have proper arrangements for food, clothing, housing and transportation, not to mention that they settle down to eat in such a dilapidated small city, and they will not look at it when they pass by on weekdays.

But this time, in order to wait for Xu Chen to go together, there was no one to arrange on the road, and she could only follow Xu Chen into the countryside and eat what she wanted.

Xu Chen is different from Lan You, he has been an orphan since he was a child, grew up in the countryside, suffered hardship, cold and starved, and has no interest in the mundane magnates, but he still has a strange sense of closeness to the ordinary people, so he likes to deal with some ordinary people when he goes out.

While waiting for the food and drink, the two of them also secretly opened their minds to listen to the communication of the diners, and in a moment they roughly figured out the reason why the people of the small town were so panicked.

It turned out that a few days ago, a lot of people began to die or go missing in a nearby village, and soon this situation spread to the small town, and in the last two days, more than a dozen people have died or disappeared.

In the panic of the people, some people rumored that evil spirits were eating people, and some people said that there were monsters that were haunting them, so the whole town was very panicked, and a large number of people began to flee.

The two of them were shocked and shrouded their divine consciousness in the entire small city, although they collected more content on the topic of evil ghosts and monsters, and even saw the list of recruiting masters of the rivers and lakes to exorcise ghosts and monsters released by the City Lord's Mansion, but they did not feel any dangerous aura.

Therefore, both of them shook their heads lightly after glancing at each other, indicating that they had not searched for suspicious targets.

At this time, the store sent wine and food, Xu Chen asked about the haunting, and the store suddenly shook his head with a panicked face and said: "Don't ask, the villain doesn't know, I only know that a lot of people have died in the past two days, I heard that there are still people who are crazy and kill people inexplicably, see that the two guest officers seem to be passing by here, let's leave quickly after eating!" ”

After that, the store hurriedly greeted other customers.

Xu Chen had no choice but to continue to let go of his divine sense while eating and listening to the conversation of the diners, and suddenly heard a few screams and exclamations running from outside, so he quickly released his divine sense and went out to take a look, and saw a strong man with five big and three thick like a madman, wielding a big knife and chasing pedestrians on the street.

In the blink of an eye, several of them had been cut down, and the streets were in a panic, and pedestrians were screaming and screaming and running in all directions.

The diners of the tavern were also panicked, some of them lost their dishes and chopsticks and ran out, but a few of them got up and walked out with swords on their backs.

Another old Taoist priest wearing a hundred Na Taoist robes with a gourd hanging from his waist said with a smile: "After waiting for a day, I finally appeared, apprentice, and went with the master to subdue demons and eliminate demons." ”

"Yes, Master!" A handsome little Taoist priest about fifteen or sixteen years old put down the dishes and chopsticks with excitement on his face, picked up a sword wrapped in linen, and followed.

Xu Chen also put down the dishes and chopsticks, dropped a piece of silver casually, and said to Lan You: "Let's go out and have a look!" ”

"Good!" Lan You nodded and stood up.

The shopkeeper was hiding behind the counter, and found that only Xu Chen had paid, so he hesitated and ran out and grabbed Xu Chen's arm and said, "Little Master, don't go, that evil ghost can't be killed at all, it will be contagious." ”

Xu Chen was surprised: "Didn't you just say that you didn't know, how did you still know that evil ghosts can infect people?" ”

The shopkeeper said with horror on his face: "Every evil ghost is different, I have only seen this kind of evil ghost that kills people and can infect people, if you are taken by the evil ghost who kills, it will attach itself to you, and then you will also become a demon and start killing people." ”

"And that kind of thing?" Xu Chen's eyes widened.

Evil ghosts or something is just a statement in the mortal world, for those of them who really cultivate immortal arts, the so-called evil ghosts may be caused by some monsters, but these things can't be seen or touched, and mortals can't understand what they are, so they can only talk about them as ghosts and gods.

And slaying demons and destroying demons to maintain the safety of the mortal world is also an important task for all Xianmen disciples to go down the mountain to practice.

What's more, it was the first time for Xu Chen to encounter such a strange thing among the people, so he naturally refused to let go of this opportunity, so he ignored the reminder of the store and followed the pair of Taoist priests and apprentices in front of him to go out.

There was no one in sight on the street at this time, except for a big man who looked like a madman, and there were wounded people lying on the street bleeding and crying, two of whom were completely out of breath.

The first few warriors with swords on their backs had already drawn their weapons and surrounded the strong men from a distance, but they all looked very serious and nervous.

After all, they are martial artists, not Fang Dao warlocks who are good at exorcizing demons and demons.

However, the bounty of the City Lord's Mansion is not low, a full three hundred taels of silver, and such a big temptation is worth their risk.

Among this group of people, the strongest breath is a slender man over forty years old, handsome with an elegant style, using a long sword, and a calm breath is at least the martial arts cultivation of the acquired realm, and he is also a first-class master in the mortal world.

"Su Qinghe, will you go up first or will we go first?" A burly man with a three-ring broadsword said loudly.

The elegant man snorted coldly: "If you want to get the bounty, hurry up, otherwise if I make a move, you won't get anything!" ”

The burly man hesitated for a moment with an ugly face, beckoned a few companions and pounced.

At this time, the crazy strong man had already brandished a big knife and pounced on this group of people

Xu Chen's face twitched lightly a few times, and he glanced at this swordsman named Su Qinghe.

The mortal world is similar to the fairy world, the higher the cultivation, the more chicken thieves are, all of them are treacherous like ghosts, and there is no good person.

This Su Qinghe has the highest cultivation and the best martial arts, but he is not willing to take risks, and with just one sentence, he provoked the swordsman and a group of people to come forward and test it.

Xu Chen didn't move, and Lan You naturally didn't move.

In her mind, Xu Chen is the kind of magical person who needs her to look up to the mountains, although the realm is not as good as herself, but Xu Chen has the ability to hide the true immortal treasure, but he is an existence beyond the reach of the great elder of the Yuqing Palace, Chixia True Monarch.

After a few breaths, the five burly men surrounded the crazy strong men and slashed each other in ping-pong.

The strong man was crazy and delirious, and the big knife was used in no order, and he soon broke an arm under the siege of five people, and was finally beheaded by one of them, and in the blood splash, the crazy strong man turned into a headless corpse and fell to the ground, and a strong bloody breath filled the street.

"Haha, what a broken ghost, vulnerable!"

One guy kicked out laughing at a hairy head that was still rolling on the ground.

The rest of the companions also watched the dead body with excitement on their faces.

Su Qinghe's brows furrowed slightly, and at the same time, his body slowly tensed, and the sword in his hand was also erected in front of his chest.

At this time, the old Taoist priest and the young apprentice stepped forward, holding an old copper bell in their hands and said: "A few good men, be careful, this evil ghost is not dead, it will possess and infect, and it is not reliable to get too close!" ”

A companion of the burly man raised his hand to stop the old Taoist priest: "Old Taoist priest, this credit is ours, don't make a fool of yourself, take your apprentice to burn paper talismans elsewhere to play." ”

"Hahahaha!" The crowd burst out laughing.

Although Xu Chen didn't make a move, his divine sense wrapped the headless corpse and head in it like flowing water, and carefully felt the movement, but because the person was dead, the divine soul dissipated, and the breath was cut off, so he couldn't detect any difference at all.

But just as he was about to retract his senses, he suddenly felt a wisp of black gas emerge from his skull, and then turned into a bat phantom the size of a foot and pounced on the nearest man.

"Be careful!"

Xu Chen instantly changed color and reminded, and at the same time, a divine consciousness rushed into the man's body following the black bat phantom.

However, the ordinary martial artist has not opened his mind, so the sea of consciousness has not been opened, and after Xu Chen's divine sense entered the man's body, he lost his goal in an instant.

And almost at the same time, the man's body suddenly twisted violently a few times, raised his hand to the nearest companion is knife, in the exclamation, the man's companion was bending down to look down at the corpse, and was directly cut off by a knife, and fell down with a pop.

"Jiang Laosan, what are you doing?"

Before the swordsman and his group could understand the sudden change, some of them shouted at their companions, but before they could finish speaking, a bloody knife slashed at him.

"Ahh In the midst of the screams, another person fell to the ground.

At this time, the group of swordsmen realized that their companions were possessed by evil spirits, so they fled in panic, Jiang Laosan had already brandished a big knife and pounced on the nearest companion, and cut down another one in the blink of an eye.

Su Qinghe, who had been waiting for an opportunity on the side, turned his face and retreated.

"Su Qinghe, why haven't you made a move?" The burly man yelled.

Su Qinghe's face hesitated, but he didn't answer, listening to the screams of the burly man's companions, he directly put away his sword and turned around and jumped on the roof, and disappeared after three jumps and two jumps.

The burly man saw that it was not good, and fled with one of his remaining companions.

In the blink of an eye, only Xu Chen and the old Taoist master and apprentice were left, and then there were a few corpses and two companions of the swordsman who were not yet dead.

(End of chapter)