The fortune teller was thin, with a wooden yellow crown on his head and a mustache, and his appearance was not at all related to the fairy wind bones of Taoist monks. There are two banners on both sides of his stall, with the words "Infinite Happiness" on one side and "Dao Law Wuji" on the other.

As soon as the fortune teller saw a guest officer standing in front of his stall, he immediately showed a smile and said: "Young man, the poor way to solve the fortune calculation has always been very accurate, come to the sign, and the poor road will calculate the good fortune and misfortune for you!" ”

"Zhou Qingdu, are you stupid? This looks like a charlatan, why are you standing? ”

Yang Zhao turned around, looked at Zhou Qingdui's figure standing in front of the fortune-telling booth, walked over, grabbed Zhou Qingdui's sleeve and was about to leave.

Zhou Qingwan put down Yang Zhao's hand, looked at the fortune teller, and said, "Can you write a talisman paper here to pray for blessings and avoid evil?" ”

Seeing that there was a play, the eight-character nonsense man immediately took out a piece of talisman paper and struck while the iron was hot: "Of course you can, guest officer." It's okay if you don't draw lots to calculate the hexagram, but it's also very smart to write rune paper for others, and the poor road sees that you have a good face, and then calculates a hexagram for you for free! Only charge you five taels of silver, it's a good deal! ”

Before Zhou Qingdui could speak, Yang Zhao couldn't hold it back, and scolded and said, "Five taels of silver? You might as well go out on the and grab it! You can eat a big bowl of braised pork for five taels of silver in the restaurant over there! Just a few pieces of broken rune paper, it may not be spiritual! I think you're being cheated! ”

Seeing Yang Zhao like this, the eight-character nonsense man was even more good at cultivation, and he didn't say a complete sentence for a long time.

Zhou Qingdui suddenly opened his mouth at this time.

"How many pieces of rune paper can you write for five taels of silver?"

As soon as Zhou Qingdu's words came out, Yang Zhao and the eight-character nonsense man were stunned.

The eight-character nonsense man suddenly had a smile on his face, and hurriedly said: "Two, no, no, no, five!" ”

After Zhou Qingdui's words, Yang Zhao took Zhou Qingdui's hand again and insisted on pulling him away.

Seeing that Zhou Qingdui was silent, the eight-character nonsense man stretched out his hands and said, "Ten zhang, young man." Couldn't have been more! ”

Zhou Qingwan shook his head at Yang Zhao, his face was extremely solemn and serious, and said, "Yang Zhao, there are some things that are very important to me, even if I am deceived, it doesn't matter. ”

It's okay to be scammed.

Yang Zhao was stunned by Zhou Qingdui's words, and the firmness in the young man's eyes He had only seen it when the young man grabbed the sword in the mouth of the black feather blood eagle, and the young man in the Taoist robe inexplicably let go of his hand at this time.

Zhou Qingwan turned his head again and said to the eight-character nonsense: "I only need two, and I want to write better than before." If you are satisfied, I will give you a lot of five taels of silver. ”

The eight-character nonsense man smiled and said, "Okay, don't worry, I will definitely satisfy you." ”

After that, the eight-character nonsense man picked up the brush on the table, dipped it in ink, and took out a piece of yellow paper. Then, without raising his head, the eight-character nonsense man asked Zhou Qingdui the name and birthday of the person he wanted to pray for, and added that if he was deceased, remember to say it at that time.

Then, Zhou Qingwan began to bow his head and read softly to the eight-character nonsense, as if he had mentioned something. Zhou Qingdui's voice trembled uncontrollably, and even the sword in his hand fell to the ground inadvertently. In the end, the young man squatted on the ground and reached out to pick up the sword on the ground, but the young man's lower head at this time was buried deeper and deeper, and the scene in his eyes was already blurred.

On that day, the boy was very far from the avenue under his feet, but very close to the moon above his head when he was young.

The boy only felt that he had fallen asleep on someone's lap, and when he woke up, there were only thousands of lights in the distance.

When Zhou Qingdui finished reading the words that should be told to the Taoist, he got up and caught the two pieces of rune paper that the fortune teller wrote beautifully. The young man put down a bag of silver coins at the Taoist's stall, turned around and left.

Yang Zhao looked at Zhou Qingdu's back a little distracted, and it took a long time to come to his senses and follow.

Zhou Qingwan looked down at the rune paper for a while, and suddenly turned his head and asked Yang Zhao to borrow him a beam of fire.

The boy placed the rune paper on the fire in his fingertips, and after a while, the rune paper that had just been written turned into flying ash and floated between heaven and earth.

Also at this moment, snowflakes floated above the boy's head.

Autumn comes very early in the world, and it is unusually even so fast to enter winter.

The doors and windows of the city were opened, and the children, who had been forced by their elders to put on their padded jackets, stood with great joy in front of the windows or in front of the door to watch the sudden snowfall.

The eight-character nonsense man looked at the sudden heavy snow, pinched his fingers at this time, didn't know what to calculate, and said to himself with a very strange expression: "No, why can't I calculate the number of the young man's life?" Even if he's a lucky anomaly, what's the matter with the sudden snowfall? The heavens are starting to make random moves? Or is there a big man in the city who has influenced the climate of heaven and earth? No, no, let the poor road calculate again. ”

Suddenly, the Taoist stopped his movements, as if he sensed something, hurriedly put away the stall, and went home early.

On the street, the sound of two people talking can be faintly heard.

"The rune paper bought for five taels of silver was burned like this? What a loser! ”

"Burn it so they can know."

......

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and Zhou and Yang finally found a chamber of commerce that spread the task of slaying spirits. This chamber of commerce Zhou Qingdui is still somewhat familiar, it is the Tianxing Chamber of Commerce that he had accompanied Tang Zijin to participate in the auction before.

The two walked into the Chamber of Commerce, and Yang Zhao said with a big grin without hesitation: "In charge, is there any other task to kill the soul?" ”

The chamber of commerce manager was a slightly obese middle-aged man wearing a purple coat.

Seeing that a guest was coming, the steward of the Chamber of Commerce said with a smile: "Two sons, there is another one in the Chamber of Commerce for the Spirit Slaying Task." ”

Yang Zhao didn't think about it and said, "How many silver taels can you get?" ”

The steward of the Chamber of Commerce looked embarrassed when he heard this: "After this task is completed, the Chamber of Commerce will give the two of them three hundred spirit stones, but it is just ......"

The spirit stone, a spiritual object containing the aura of heaven and earth, is also a human currency that is worth much more than silver taels.

When Yang Zhao heard that he could get three hundred spirit stones, his eyes lit up: "Don't be, this task is accepted!" ”

Zhou Qingdui on the side was also slightly restless in his heart after hearing that he could get three hundred spirit stones. He never imagined that this soul-slaying task would be so valuable!

When the obese middle-aged man heard this, he took out a scroll, and still said with an embarrassed face: "Two, I think you should take a look at the contents of the scroll and then make a decision." I see that the breath of the two is no more than the Lingfu realm, although it is already extraordinary at this age. But this matter is too risky, please don't take it rashly. If there is an accident, the two elders of the family will find it, and it will be extremely difficult for my Tianxing Chamber of Commerce to do it in the middle. ”

Yang Zhao took the scroll and did not answer the manager of the Chamber of Commerce, but looked at it with Zhou Qingdu.

"Qiyun Mountain Spirit Slaying Mission: There is a water demon in the Qiuchao Lake of Poor Cloud Mountain in Kong Huai City, who is not inferior to the Demon King, and his strength is strong. If someone can kill and take his inner pill, he will reward three hundred spirit stones, and the inner pill will be sold to the Chamber of Commerce for auction at a price of three thousand spirit stones. ”

The content is brief, just informing the two of them where the water demon is and the bounty.

Yang Zhao and Zhou Qingdui had already understood what the chamber of commerce manager was worried about, and Zhou Qingdu's face also hesitated, and asked, "Is there any other task for the manager?" ”

The demon kings on one side usually have the cultivation of the least condensing qi realm, and even some demon kings have been able to enter the Yuan Shen realm. And in the same realm, the strength of the demon king will even be one point stronger than the human monks in the same realm, only the sword cultivator with good killing power and the martial artist with strong body and strong fist skills are not inferior.

The fat man was not surprised by Zhou Qingdu's reaction, shook his head, and said: "Recently, there is only one soul slaying task left in the Chamber of Commerce, and the water demon is said to be fierce and vicious, and it also makes the surrounding people distressed. Several surrounding cities or sect families have given the task of killing this water demon, but no news of the water demon has come out. The only chamber of commerce that dares to wade into this troubled water is my Tianxing Chamber of Commerce, and there are a few people who have taken over this task before you, and they have not returned yet, I am afraid that it is more than lucky. ”

Speaking of which, the manager of the Chamber of Commerce couldn't help but sigh a little.

After hearing this, Zhou Qingdui suddenly thought of a girl in plain clothes, she was also a monster, and Zhou Qingdui had never seen her maliciously hurt people. Most of the time, it's just a matter of self-help.

The young man's mind kept firmly in mind the words of the Confucian in white, "If you want to insist on the 'good' in your heart, after determining that what the other party has done is 'evil', whether the other party is a demon or a human, what you should do is to swing your fists without hesitation." ”

Zhou Qingwan shook his head, and said with a firm look in his eyes: "Monsters don't necessarily kill people, there must be some reason for this, maybe those people are not dead." If the truth is not what is rumored, I would rather give up the mission. ”

If the water demon in the autumn tide lake was not a sloppy human life, killing innocent people indiscriminately, the young man would never wield a sword.

The steward of the Chamber of Commerce suddenly changed his face at this time, and his words began to be a little sharp: "What nonsense are you talking about?" That's a youkai! ”

Yang Zhao grabbed Zhou Qingdui, who was about to continue speaking, and said with a cheerful smile: "In charge, the two of us have taken this task!" ”

After that, in the somewhat angry eyes of the manager of the Chamber of Commerce, he pulled Zhou Qingdu, who was still about to continue speaking, and walked out of the door of the Chamber of Commerce.

The obese middle-aged man looked at the departing backs of the two people in Taoist robes, and involuntarily scolded and said, "Just you, you don't kill monsters lightly, what kind of pretending to be high?" You ask Lao Jun to bless you from dying in the Poor Cloud Mountain! ”

After saying that, the steward of the Chamber of Commerce suddenly had a solemn face and beckoned to the maid on the side.

When the maid hurriedly came, he leaned into the maid's ear and whispered, "Pass it on, if someone comes to inquire about the whereabouts of these two people in the future, they will say that they don't know." If you have to ask, let those people come to me, and I'll explain. ”

Prejudice has always been a mountain pressed on the two races.

Yang Zhao pulled Zhou Qingdui and walked in the direction of the Poor Cloud Mountain, until he was far away from the Tianxing Chamber of Commerce, and then he put down the hand that was holding Zhou Qingdui's arm.

Yang Zhao was a little hateful and said, "Xiaodui, what's the going on with you?" You don't have to hold those words in your heart, but just say them in front of me! What are you talking about in front of that fat dead man? Do you think everyone in the world is as kind as you? ”

Zhou Qingdui suddenly realized that he seemed to be a little impulsive at this time, so he touched the back of his head extremely embarrassed.

Yang Zhao sighed helplessly, this young man is good anywhere, but he is not deeply involved in the world, and he doesn't know the depth of the rivers and lakes.

"Yang Daxia is so capable of fighting, what am I afraid of?"

Zhou Qingdui saw Yang Zhao pretending to be old like this, smiled at the wind, and strode forward.

Not a mockery, but a teenager's heartfelt words.

"Yes, I'm invincible in the world! Hahaha, which one of those who doesn't have long eyes dares to provoke me? ”

When Yang Zhao heard this, he also smiled, and walked forward with the same big steps as Zhou Qingdu.

On the quietly approaching snowy day, the thinly dressed two walked out of a different "spring breeze" in the cold winter!