In the next few days, Li Zhen blended incense at home during the day, and wandered around at night, and lived a very fulfilling life.

When the materials were ready, he made a new batch of rejuvenating incense, half of it was used as a tribute, and half of it was hidden for his own use, and he used his understanding of the quality of the incense to try to improve the formula of the past Xinling incense.

This will not happen overnight, and it will take a lot of exploration before it can be completed.

Another night, Li Zhen lightly drove the incense on the familiar road, went out of the body, and traveled at night, running more than 100 miles away.

Because of the existence of monks in this world, the level of map making is not low, he has already seen the map of the entire Xuanxin country, and also found the surrounding area of the royal city to study, so he successfully came to a place called Huangkou Town.

It is located in the upper reaches of the Da Tan River, which flows through the royal city, and the water flows through it, stretching for thousands of miles, and has been a traffic artery since ancient times, so it has a prosperity that is different from other places.

The reason why he came here is because he heard a strange story in the past few days, saying that there is a water monster here and eating several people in a row.

I happened to be idle, and I came to take a look, maybe I met it, and I could help the local people a little.

"Most of this kind of rural gossip is caused by low-level demons and monsters, and the local government can eliminate it at a small cost. ”

"If you really can't do it, you can also invite a monk to help, this is a potential opportunity to accumulate merit and resist disasters, but it is not always possible to ...... in time."

Floating on the water near the town's dock, Li used his induction to project the surrounding scene as if it were seen with the naked eye.

Under the moonlight, the water surface is sparkling, quiet and serene, but the docks where the night boats usually sail in and out, and the merchants do night market business, are now quiet, but it is a sign of the panic experienced here.

The spirit flew to the shore in the clouds, looked around, and couldn't help but think thoughtfully.

"It can't be because the water monster can go ashore, and they are too scared to go out, right?"

It is not uncommon for water monsters to come ashore and harm the inhabitants, which is nothing new in this world.

However, the mud and dust around him were mixed, and Li Zhen didn't know what the water monster smelled like, so he circled for a few weeks to no avail, and was ready to go into the town to investigate.

I didn't fly far, but I suddenly smelled the strong smell of a large number of people gathering, and hurriedly rushed over.

In the open space ahead, there were many torches, people were surging, and the blazing aura exuded a substantial heat, which made Li Zhen a little reluctant to get close.

He looked from afar, and saw that the townsfolk seemed to be discussing something, fierce and indignant.

Li Zhen's attention was quickly attracted by a thin figure in the center of the crowd.

It was a half-grown boy with a veiled head, who seemed to have been beaten, his face was blue and purple, the corners of his eyes were swollen high, his head hung weakly, and his whole body was tied to a flagpole.

“...... It's all his fault, if this person hadn't summoned the water monster, how could this kind of thing happen?"

"I had long seen that something was wrong with this guy, but I didn't expect him to be secretly making trouble. ”

"Kill him and avenge the slain folks!"

"Yes, kill him, kill him!"

Li Zhen came a little late, and he didn't know the cause and effect for a while, but just when the townspeople were shouting and shouting to kill, the strong stench of rotting corpses spread, which made him involuntarily retreat a little, and subconsciously covered his mouth and nose.

A wealthy businessman dressed in brocade who looked to be quite prestigious in the local area stood up: "Fellow villagers, please listen to me. ”

Everyone said, "Master Huang, you say." ”

It turned out that the wealthy merchant was a local squire.

He cleared his throat and said to everyone: "This son is withdrawn, no one has raised him since he was a child, and it is not surprising that he is a traitor, but after all, human life is at stake, I propose that it be handed over to the official to be dealt with and let the county deal with it, and it is none of our business to kill or kill him when the time comes." ”

Someone in the crowd said: "If it makes sense, then hand it over to the officials to bring it to justice." ”

There are also humanitarians: "However, this place is twenty miles away from the county seat, and now it is ...... at night."

"Then tie him up here first, this kid can't escape. ”

"That's fine, but you have to tie it to the shore and watch it tightly, don't ask him to summon the water monster to save it again. ”

Everyone chattered, and soon discussed a way to deal with the young man.

Master Huang also agreed, so everyone dispersed one after another, and only the two family members sent by Master Huang were here to guard.

Li Zhen frowned and watched all this, and found that among all the people, the strongest stench of rotting corpses was the high-sounding old man Huang.

He didn't look like someone who would have anything to do with this kind of teenager, so why was he so deliberately targeted?

Li Zhen thought about it, and simply followed Master Huang quietly.

He has only been out for more than 100 miles now, and as long as he starts to rush back before half past three in the evening, it will still be too late.

As a result, after the other party went back, he quickly fell asleep with a young woman who looked like a concubine, and there was nothing unusual on the surface.

When I returned to the street, it was already past the hour, and the guards seemed to be afraid of the water monster, so they did not sleep lazy, but sat on the side and talked in private.

Li Zhen listened curiously for a while, probably because this young man was so withdrawn and eccentric, hiding, and didn't know what bad things to do.

But he circled around the young man a few times, sniffing his scent, it was all a normal fragrance of plants and trees, and he would never be the kind of person who was a traitor.

In a sense, being beaten like this, there is still no resentment in my heart, it can really be said that it is rare, which invisibly makes Li Zhen's evaluation of him a few points higher.

This should be a person who is inherently good, or too cowardly to have any ill will towards life.

Just as Li Zhen sighed, an indescribable stench suddenly hit him, making him almost nauseous.

"It stinks, what the hell is this!"

Upon closer inspection, it seems to be a mixture of fishy and rotting corpses, a smell that is not uncommon in the docks of fish markets, but it is rare to be so strong and choking.

Li Zhen turned his head violently, looked in the direction where the smell was wafting, and his expression became awe-inspiring.

At this moment, the range of his divine sense is still about ten zhang, and he cannot penetrate the deep night, but the smell perception brought by his talent is far beyond the divine sense, and he can vaguely detect that there is a strong foul odor source more than a hundred zhang away that is approaching at a speed as fast as a galloping horse.

Suddenly, a strong ink-like evil appeared in Li Zhen's induction, and before he could react, one of the members of Master Huang's family was pierced through the body.

Bang! Gang exploded, blood and internal organs spilled all over the street.

"Ahh

The other man screamed and tried to escape, but he trembled, one staggered and fell to the ground, and he could not get up again.

At the end of perception, the intense ink-like evil reappeared.

With a snort, the sinister fire of a water arrow pierced through the body of the family again, and then exploded, tearing it completely apart on the spot.

On the bodies of the two family members, there seemed to be a blood mist, and they were soon swept into the fishy heap by the strange wind, and in an instant, the source of the stench quickly receded in the direction of the dock.

Li Zhen hurriedly chased after him, and after getting closer, he finally saw the true appearance of the other party.

It turned out to be a thin figure that resembled a human form, with sharp claws like blades, and running on all fours like an ape, and extremely fast.

"This is a water monkey?"

Water-based yin, rivers and lakes in the drowning of unjust souls, more likely to breed yin spirits and all kinds of evil, this eighty percent is a nearby river section of the drowning death accident, so that this animal to enjoy the opportunity, become the climate.

It is rumored that this is a genus of demons who are born to communicate with yin spirits and grow up by killing people, and folk superstitions are commonly known as water ghosts, and they don't know that they have devoured the vitality and essence of several people, and they have grown to the point of daring to go ashore and plunder.

What made Li Zhen even more concerned was that it had even cultivated a spell similar to a water arrow, which was definitely already a supernatural power, and a sudden attack in the short and medium range was as fast as an arrow, and very few mortals could dodge it.

"Catch the water monster!

The street seemed to be set up by the townspeople with tripwires or something, and after a while, the sound of gongs and drums rang out.

Everyone emboldened each other, carrying firewood knives, nail rakes, dung forks and other things rushed out, but they only dared to make noise behind, and after a while, they watched the water monkeys jump into the river, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Li Zhen didn't count on them for a long time, and followed him down.

This time he entered the water, which brought him a new experience that he had never experienced before.

Like other things that do not contain aura, the body of water cannot block the spirit body after the soul is out of the body, but after all, the river water already has a certain quality, and the invisible pressure is pouring in from all directions, which still brings a certain touch and obstacles.

In addition to making Li Zhen's movements obviously sluggish, even the divine sense sensing was compressed by half.

Li Zhen had no choice but to surface and follow in the air, fortunately, the river was not deep, and his talent was not affected, so he would not be easily lost.

The water monkey did not notice the existence of Li Zhen at all, and went all the way down the river to the nest more than 20 miles away.

This is an ancient river channel in the lower valley, and it is already off the beaten track.

The Da Yan River has been diverted several times, creating many underground dark rivers in the nearby terrain, communicating with each other, like a labyrinth, if it weren't for Li Zhen being in a state of out-of-body spirit, even if he has a real Qi refining cultivation, it would not be easy to find it for a while.

Looking at its lair again, it is several feet high, winding into the depths of the earth.

Li Zhen looked around for a while, and suddenly realized.

"This is a natural underground cavern!"

The cave doesn't look big, and it definitely doesn't have the grand scale of the huge dungeons in the legends, but it can also be divided into several stone chambers that look like human houses, which is more than enough to accommodate the spirits who have opened their minds and embarked on the path of cultivation by chance.

In addition to the pebbles and other objects scattered all over the ground, there are more than a dozen humanoid skeletons, as well as the bones of fish and beasts that have piled up most of the nest.

Li Zhen endured the nausea and turned around a few times, and combined with the strange news and the experience of the people in the Xianmen to kill demons and demons, he roughly deduced the origin of this beast.

This beast was supposed to be an ordinary water monkey living in a certain part of the river in the Great River, accidentally devouring the fresh bones of a person who had drowned not long ago, and got the opportunity to open up his wisdom.

According to legend, some spirits devouring fresh human flesh may open up their spiritual intelligence and increase their cultivation, and at that time, they will break away from their original race and lurk near human settlements, seeking more flesh and blood.

Because human beings are the primates of all things, and the spiritual essence and power contained in the human body are all great supplements for their cultivation and growth, it is difficult for animals without self-control to resist this temptation derived from evolutionary instinct.

Many animals that are addicted to eating people come from this.

This is also to mention the theory of the five elements inherent in the human body, many people with a lack of spiritual roots also have the five elements in their bodies, but the yin and yang are not commensurate, and they cannot be activated normally, but after being devoured by this kind of spirit, they will still be transformed into energy for their growth and evolution, so they also have a unique value.

Combined with what he had seen and heard before, as well as the performance of this beast when he attacked the family, Li Zhen secretly said in his heart: "I'm afraid this is comparable to the existence of the middle stage of qi refining!"

Low-level cannibal spirits are still hungry, and after making some progress, they will start to be picky eaters.

At that time, time was short, and it only had time to devour qi and blood before it was alarmed by the noise and fled back into the water, but this ability to extract the essence blood of the deceased and draw itself from it was still not something that a beginner spirit could have, which was an obvious evolutionary characteristic.

However, this does not mean that it can be compared to a monk in the middle stage of Qi refining.

A small number of gifted demons, except for strange beasts, most of the ordinary spirits are inferior to humans, because human monks have too much room to play in addition to magic weapons, exercises, and wisdom.

Even Li Zhen couldn't help but be eager to try it when he saw this fang, thinking about how to solve it.

It's just that he hasn't cultivated any serious magical spells at all except for one Yun Dun now, and he has nothing to do for a while.

"Huh, what's the smell?"

Suddenly, Li Zhen, who was thinking, was startled by a strange fragrance, raised his head with a little dazedness, and looked left and right.

This is a habitual movement when the physical body is present, and in fact, you don't have to look left or right to find the source of the smell.

It was coming from a pile of bones in a stone chamber next door.

Li Zhen followed the smell through the mud wall, and it felt like he had passed through a slightly blocked water curtain, and soon, the front suddenly emptied, and a clearer scene appeared.

Only then did he see clearly that the source of the fragrance was a half-exposed brocade box more than ten steps away.

It has been here for an unknown number of years, and its shell has long been mottled and old, but it can still be vaguely seen from the gold and silver ornaments on it.

Li Zhen carefully sensed through the box for a while, and it was actually an agarwood-like spiritual material suspected of resin.

It took a lot of effort, and he used his divine power that was still less than a tael to peel off the dirt and open it, and sure enough, he was not mistaken.

But the strange fragrance struck, scattered and expanded, and millions of fragrant silks suddenly appeared.

He couldn't help but be intoxicated, and after reacting, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "This is a new fragrance that has never been seen before!"

After a whale swallow, the divine thoughts skyrocketed, and the growth was more than 100 grams.

In Li Zhen's experience, each incense here has a 100 times more effective effect than the incense in the past Xinling incense, and after absorbing all the incense, the contents of the box immediately withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.