The sound of crackling firecrackers came in from far outside, and it was clearly the most lively time for Chinese New Year's Eve. But in such a noisy and noisy atmosphere, the gloomy ghost aura became more and more clear.

"Restless again. Zhong Linbo frowned and looked at a certain direction outside, obviously Han Li was not the only one present who noticed this ghostly aura.

"Han Da Swordsman said that he was interested in the Great Captain's Department? You are the first person to be able to drive before the Great Sima, and we are also the Tomb Captain created by the Great Sima, so in a sense, nothing here should be hidden from you. Shi Wei used an honorific title for Han Li, but he lacked the closeness that arose from involving old friends from the deceased before, but instead had a deferential attitude of being businesslike. "Besides, Han Da Swordsman still has such magical power, and there are some things that may need Han Da Swordsman to give him some guidance. ”

Han Li was well aware of the change in the attitude of Shi Huan, including the other lieutenants of the Mausoleum, no matter what Wu Ping's intention was to invite him to this New Year's dinner before, but now they all regarded themselves as messengers sent by the Great Sima, Han Li had no intention of explaining this, and knew that the explanation was useless, he could only say that it was a coincidence, so coincidental that even he felt that their misunderstanding was logical. However, it doesn't matter, whether it is from the appearance of the ancient divine beast, or the ear of the demon man, or even if he is appointed by the Great Sima to inspect and visit, the purpose is always the same, even if the demon really obeys the peace agreement from now on and does not disturb the world, but human beings still have a way to prevent and resist after all.

"I don't dare to be, I'm just curious about the only demon official office in this dynasty. If it's convenient now, I don't know if I can let Han Mou get a glimpse of the mystery?" Han Li simply replied with a shallow and incomprehensible answer.

Shi Wei and Zhong Linbo glanced at each other, and then secretly signaled to Wu Ping, and then turned to Han Li with a smile: "Since the great swordsman Han has intentions, we naturally obey our orders. In this way, the New Year's dinner here will continue to be used, and I will take Han Da Swordsman to take a little turn, just to see a rough idea, and not to delay the joy of the New Year. ”

Shi Wei stretched out his hand to Han Li, Sha'er was not interested in this, so she stayed at the table with Qia'er, Yan Haozi didn't drink and eat Yaxing anyway, she was bored, and naturally followed as if no one was around.

"You use it first, I'll come when I go. Shi Wei nodded to his peers, only he and Zhong Linbo left and right out of the hall, as a guide to guide the way, the others did not accompany them, it seemed that they had their own duties and were in order.

It wasn't until Han Li's back disappeared into the deep shadows of the courtyard that Juan'er withdrew her cautious and quiet gaze, and she fell into her eyes without scales, and there was some distress in her heart, and there was a trace of sourness.

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Footsteps rustle in the empty corridor, the contrast between the quiet darkness and the brightly lit lobby of the main courtyard, and the sound of firecrackers can be heard in the distance, but the fireworks in the sky are barely illuminating the place.

However, before Cheng Dù, who couldn't see his five fingers, Han Li could see solid houses spreading forward like a forest of steles, and the eerie ghost aura was getting stronger and stronger.

After passing through and entering, just when Han Li felt that he smelled something strange, the last courtyard door was opened by Zhong Lin**, and the dark light of Yun Yan leaked out from the opening of the courtyard door, and in an instant, Han Li sensed the breath of Xuan Ling from this dark light.

The breath came from a huge rhino horn in the center of the courtyard, and the light that fused with dark blue and amber seemed to coat the rhino horn with a layer of flowing color, Han Li took a deep breath, and was sure that the strange smell he smelled in his nose was also emitted by this rhino horn.

"It is said that rhino shines through spirits, but we use another way to make it glow, which is enough to suppress evil spirits and is very effective. Shi Wei stretched out his hand to caress the rhino horn, and a purple qi appeared in his palm, mixed with the light of the rhino horn.

"I have also heard this story about the rhino photo, doesn't it say that the former general Qiao Niu Zhu rhino photo, caused by the invasion of water monsters, and then died young?

(Note: This is an allusion to the famous general Wen Qiao of the Eastern Jin Dynasty who burned the rhinoceros Zhu, and the "Book of Jin" Wen Qiao said that (Wen Qiao) to Niu Zhu Rock, the water is unfathomable, and there are many monsters under the clouds, and the rhino horn is destroyed and illuminated. Suddenly, I saw the water tribe covered with fire, strange shapes, or people in red clothes in a carriage. Qiao Qi's night dream said to himself: "Say goodbye to Jun Youming, what do you mean to take care of each other?" Qiao first had a tooth disease, and then he pulled it out, and died before he reached the town due to a stroke, at the age of forty-two. ）

"Han Da Swordsman thinks it's just a story?" Shi Wei looked at Han Li, "Since the imperial court crossed to the south, it seems that there are countless legends, I have read it all and confirmed it one by one, although most of them are false rumors, but there are still some of them true." The general Wen Qiao Niu Zhu rhino Zhao was among them, he did not learn to use the power of the rhino horn, and boldly opened the passage to the demon illusion, and he did not break the body to withstand the backlash of the illusion of the mysterious power, and died of an unknown stroke. That's why I just said that the rhino horn is psychic, and it needs to be used in another way to exert its effectiveness. ”

Shi Wei raised his hand to show that the purple aura was not eliminated between his fingers: "It is to attract each other with spiritual breath and glow its power, then it will exorcise demons and ward off evil spirits, and there is no disadvantage." ”

It seems that Shi Wei is a character who is willing to study, which is extremely rare among all the characters of the Demon Dao he has seen, Han Li secretly praised, and was a little strange: "Putting the rhino horn here is naturally to ward off evil spirits." But why does the ghost aura still linger here?"

Zhong Lin Bo on the side laughed and said: "It's not that it lingers, but this is the prison of the Tomb Captain, but this prison is not for detaining people, we have locked up all the demons and monsters who have been caught back and are not guilty of death, and then left it to Mr. Shi to study slowly." As for this rhino horn, it is not to get rid of them, but to suppress them so that they do not dare to move, which is more effective than any jailer guard. ”

Han Li was stunned: "Hold up demons and demons, try and convict, what law will be used to convict them, study, how to study?"

Yan Haozi listened to the novelty, and laughed out loud: "Why bother so much? Demons and monsters or something, who in the Seven Star Alliance's Demon Dao doesn't know the bottom of them? ”

"Not really. Shi Wei shook his head very seriously: "Of course I know that the demon warriors are very familiar with demons, but this familiarity is only based on the confrontation between the two sides, which is inevitably a blind eye, and it is difficult to find a solution. I think that since you want to deal with demons and monsters, you must always understand them thoroughly, which is the right way. ”

Shi Wei didn't forget to answer Han Li's question again: "As for what law to use to convict them, we are the official office of the human world, so we naturally use the most direct method, and those who have eaten people and killed people with their own hands are capital crimes." As for accomplices following evil, it depends on the circumstances, and it is not generalized. ”

Yan Haozi still felt puzzled: "Do you think that if you understand it thoroughly, you can know the weaknesses of the other party more clearly? I have already figured it out for thousands of years, but it is the difference between the sects of cultivation, the intersection of the two ways of blood spirit and Mu Feng, so the temperament is different, the cultivation is different, the body of the world of breaking the emperor, and the occult skills of the demon subduing people can also hurt the demon spirit itself, it is nothing more than to see who has the greater ability, isn't it these? I myself am refining the horizontal bones and becoming a refined person, can I still not know myself? What is there to know?"

"Okay, then let me ask you, how did the demon spirit become a refined person?" Shi Wei's numb face was radiant, and he seemed very interested in debating with Yan Haozi.

"Birds and beasts, all things in the world, with gnosis, are transverse bones...... Yan Haozi seemed to be endorsing.

Shi Ning: "What is gnosis?"

"Gnosis is wisdom, the opportunity to understand heaven and earth, and the ...... of the world"

Shi Wei unceremoniously interrupted Yan Haozi: "It's just empty words, wisdom, why have I seen many demons incarnated as humans and even stupid and stupid? In fact, this is the majority, they have far more strength and ability than ordinary people, but in terms of wisdom, they are far worse than many mortals." Not to mention the rest, Brother Gan and Brother Zhong and I were able to escape from Pingtaowu, where the demons are entrenched, is it just good luck? Don't you think that the self-defeating self-defeating of Concubine and Yu Xiaoxiao actually helped us a lot? They thought they had designed a trap that could take advantage of us, but they did, but what happened? Full of loopholes, this shows that their wisdom is far from being able to play with mortals in the palm of their hands, and they are already the best among the demons, right?"

Yan Haozi's tone froze, he hadn't thought about this at all before, of course, it wasn't that Concubine Yu or the three monsters were stupid, but their wisdom was indeed not far beyond that of humans, from this aspect, the Fly Mountain Qianli Qiji who was known for his wisdom and the strange spirit white fox who always thought he was in control, their wisdom was not just as good as the opportunity? Compared with the gap between the demon spirit and the human power like the abyss, wisdom, or intelligence, is indeed far from reaching this journey, otherwise there would not be many demons who take pleasure in cannibalism, this is a custom handed down by demons since ancient times, to put it bluntly, it is to eat people can be as smart as people. What does this mean? It shows that most demons themselves know that they ...... Not smart enough.

"So, what is that so-called gnosis that has gnosis and has become a refined Taoist, isn't it worth studying it carefully?" Shi Wei shrugged his shoulders and said to Yan Haozi, but his eyes looked at Han Li.

Han Li seemed to be suddenly in a new world after a bumpy journey, completely stepping into a field he had never set foot in, and he began to think.

Zhong Linbo had already opened a wooden board next to the courtyard that looked like an opening in the cellar, and the cold air flow was easily swept away in front of him: "There are not many monsters locked up here, but there are many ghosts, so the ghost qi is heavier." I really didn't expect it, do you know why the ghost here tonight is so strong?"

Han Li shook his head silently, although he actually sensed that ghost qi and had the heart to come over to find out now.

Zhong Linbo pointed to the sky: "Because the world is celebrating the New Year, the explosion of firecrackers, the blooming of fireworks, these things that we seem to be extremely lively and jubilant, are very painful for the ghosts, they can't stand the effects of firecrackers and fireworks, just like we can't bear the excessively harsh sound, or the excessively dazzling light." I've been here once before, just to calm them down. Unexpectedly, the firecrackers made them toss again. ”

It turned out that Zhong Lin Bo had not seen it at the beginning but for this matter, Han Li suddenly felt a little nonsense, what a terrifying form of ghosts and spirits in the eyes of human beings, but how could they not stand the firecrackers and fireworks that the human world had become accustomed to? If this was their weakness, wouldn't it be that human beings had already found a practical and effective way to fight against it?

Shi Wei was still a little unsatisfied, and once his research was involved, he was a little speechless and gushing: "When it comes to ghosts, I also think it's very interesting. We know that ghosts are actually the souls of mortals after they die, so what is the soul? Is it the wind, is it the fog? Is it the breath that we breathe, or is it a trance-like phantom? Why do some people's souls survive and become ghosts? And many more people disappear like yellow cranes after they die?"

"Why?" Yan Haozi asked, this fat scholar had impressed him.

Shi Ning's chic smile made people completely ignore his ugly appearance: "I'm researching, so ...... I don't know yet. ”

"Mother's skin!" Yan Haozi couldn't help but greet him with the four-character scripture without food, saying so much, dare to love this guy is making a big shit, it's all empty.

Han Li believed that since the other party had already thought of this, it must be impossible to get nothing at all, and it was precisely these thoughts that made people feel more refreshing and unique, perhaps, these are really the key to finding a way of restraint in the future.

Shi Wei was naturally not disgusted by Yan Haozi's foul words at all, and he was quite smiling and churning: "But I also found an extremely interesting situation, when it comes to physical damage to mortals, demons can tear mortals to pieces effortlessly, similar to fierce beasts, but unless they have extremely excellent spells, it is difficult for them to destroy mortals' sanity." But the ghosts are the opposite of them, and the disembodied spirits may not be able to wreak havoc on mortal bodies, but they can effectively destroy mortal sanity quickly. We have encountered more than one case where demons control ghosts, and the ghosts lure mortals, causing them to go out of their bodies, and then demons attack and tear mortals apart. ”

As he spoke, Shi Wei also walked to the entrance of the cellar and made an inviting gesture to Han Li and Yan Haozi: "Although this is indeed a prison, I don't want to use such a fierce title, as seen in the Han Great Swordsman Academy, I call this the Rhino Zhao Courtyard." Would you like to see the guests in the temple?"