The cold wind is steep, and the ground is withered. The winter in Shuzhong has always been warm, but today it is cold once in ten years. The sky is low, the black clouds are thick, and the cold wind blows through the empty streets, like demons and ghosts singing and screaming, which is a sign that the wind and snow are coming.

There are few pedestrians on the street, but the Yang Mansion is the Zhu Gate is wide open, and the head of the family, Shuzhou Sihu, leads a group of servants to stand in the cold wind, and looks at the city gate from time to time. The head of the family was in the prime of life, but his white face seemed to be shrouded in black gas, and he looked like a declining spirit, but after standing for a while, his body swayed, and his strength was weak.

"Master, the immortal chief is here. A servant stretched out his hand to point from afar, the head of the house concentrated, looked in the direction he pointed, and saw two blurred figures, one large and one small, walking through the city gate.

The old Taoist led by the old man is holding floating dust, his face is clear, the fairy wind is bone, and the sleeve robe is fluttering and flying between the steps, and he is a master. The Taoist boy who followed closely behind him with a sword was about fourteen or five years old, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, delicate and handsome, and his eyebrows were still childish, but they were already heroic. It makes people feel that this young man is like the ancient sword he carries, the sword is in the sheath, it is already extraordinary, and when its edge is fully revealed, it must be even more dazzling.

Seeing the appearance of these two people clearly, Yang Sihu was greatly relieved, and greeted him with a step: "I have been looking up to the Qing Bitter Dao for a long time, and it is really Yang's luck to see it today." was supposed to have a drink with the Taoist chief, but he was sick in his lower body and couldn't accompany the Taoist chief to get drunk and rest, which was afraid of ruining the Taoist chief's interest. ”

The Taoist returned the half-salute, and went straight to the point: "Lao Yang Sihu has been waiting for a long time, it is really a fault of the poor road, the matter of your house, the Taoist friend has explained to me that Yang Sihu is righteous and heroic, but he is disturbed by demons and ghosts, and he thinks that the feng shui at home has changed." Lao Yang Si introduced each other and took me to see your mansion. ”

Yang Sihu was also not in vain, and led the Taoist into the house sideways. As he walked, he said: "Recently, there have always been girls stolen in the city and nearby villages, and when they are busy, they are unexpectedly born with strange diseases, and they are weakened and weak, and they can't sleep at night, the medicine is useless, and the doctors are tied, fortunately."

Before the words were finished, the Taoist paused to pay attention, Yang Sihu followed his gaze, it was originally the locust tree in the inner courtyard, this tree is more than two zhang high, the leaves are all falling, and the branches are like coiled dragons, vigorous and powerful. "What does the Dao Chief see?" Yang Sihu asked.

"How old is this tree?" the Taoist asked rhetorically.

"Yes, this locust tree is nearly seven hundred years old, much earlier than the Yang Mansion was built, and Yang couldn't bear to cut it down, so it was born in the backyard. ”

"Alas!" the Taoist sighed, "Huai, the ghost of the wood, has a very long life, easy to gather yin and psychic, you put it in the inner courtyard, nourished by the yin qi of the female dependent, it is really a taboo, Yang Sihu sent to invite me to say, the house often heard ghosts singing at night, but the sound came from this backyard. ”

Yang Sihu's eyes were panicked, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, at first, the little girl heard a low voice at night, I thought it was the thief who stole the girl who was eyeing the little girl, so I sent some people to take care of it at night, but I didn't want the sound to be endless, but it was me, somehow my body was getting weaker and weaker, and it was useless to seek medicine and medical treatment. ”

The Taoist priest groaned: "That's it, I'm afraid this tree has become a monster, and I want to ask for your life."

Yang Sihu was shocked when he heard this: "How can this be, I rescued it from the carpenter's hands, and asked someone to take care of it, water the soil for it, and prune redundant branches, is it not grateful, and it will harm me?"

The Taoist sneered: "The demon spirit consciousness is chaotic, the heart is unknown, and the matter of revenge has long been seen by the poor Dao, and I also asked Yang Sihu to lead me into the backyard first, so that I can take a closer look." ”

Yang Sihu looked at the locust tree again, only to feel that the branch that was praised as the "dragon's claw" in the past now looked like a ghost claw asking for his life, and his back was soaked with cold sweat.

Although it is a cold winter, the flowers and trees are withered, the inner courtyard layout still looks elegant and interesting, showing the exquisite mind of the owner here, the house facing south and facing the sun, should be the Yang family's Miss boudoir, at this time the doors and windows are closed to avoid guests. Next to it is the maid's residence and incense gallery, and in the middle is the locust tree.

The Taoist looked around the inner courtyard, and then circled the wood, and then stood in the position of Qiannan, and the Taoist boy also stood behind him, without saying a word, and he was out of his mind.

I saw that the Taoist did not set up an altar to sacrifice the law, and second, he did not draw talismans and chanted incantations, his eyes flashed, his halberd pointed at the trees, and shouted: "Demon, what are you pretending to be dead?

When the words fell, I saw that the branches of the locust tree shook, and the blue qi seeped out from the trunk, and the blue qi became thicker and thicker, like clouds surging, gradually condensing into a half-virtual and half-real demon shadow, the face was blurred, the upper body was about the same length as ordinary people, but the shoulders were twice as wide as adults, and they were struggling to pull their lower bodies out of the tree, while letting out a silent roar at everyone.

Some family members thought that the Taoist was just alarmist, and they didn't want to really have monsters, so they were all scared and trembled, and their faces were like earth, and Yang Sihu had seen some of the world, barely stabilized his body, and said intermittently with his fists: "It's really ...... There are monsters, and there are ...... I also ask the Taoist chief to give ...... Unleash your powers and submit to these ...... Goblin...... Monster. ”

The Taoist sneered and said: "It's just a demon, the wisdom is chaotic, and you can't even speak human words, and you are also worthy of the poor Dao?" The Taoist stood sideways with his hands in his hands, gave up his position and said: "My disciples should be mandated by heaven, and ten strokes can't bring it down, and they will be punished for copying the Tao Te Ching a hundred times." ”

Originally, he saw the monster, but he was also absent-minded Dao Tong, hearing this, he seemed to have come to the spirit, his eyes flashed, he stepped forward, slapped the sword scabbard behind his back, the ancient sword came out of the sheath, and flew into the palm of Dao Tong, Dao Tong shook a sword flower, stroked the sword with his fingers, and Qiu Hong on the sword reflected his clear eyes.

"Three moves can't defeat it, you should Feiyang ask to be expelled from the division!"

Outside the Yang Mansion, the black clouds are overwhelming, and inside the Yang Mansion, the blue air is stirring.

Dao Tong is not in a hurry, waiting for the wood demon to pull out his body, stand still, one person and one demon confront, the difference between the body shape is like an adult and a baby, everyone in the Yang Mansion is sweating, for fear that this Dao Tong will be pinched to death by the monster with one hand, but the Dao Tong is not afraid to shrink, and he will attack with a sword with a light drink.

It is said that it is to hand the sword forward, it is better to say that he is even a person with a sword to eject up, between a sword, but the legs, waist, abdomen, chest, and arms are all forced, it is unexpectedly fast, accompanied by the sound of the sharp sword breaking the wind, the Taoist boy is like an arrow from the string, straight to the chest of the monster, the monster seems to be off guard, busy hands in front of the chest, the monster's hands are wide and thick, unscathed to block the sword, but the block is hasty, the body still staggered back half a step. In the eyes of everyone, it is as incredible as a baby repelling an adult.

Everyone didn't have time to be surprised, but the boy didn't stop, turned around and staggered, went around to the left side of the monster, only heard a sword roar, but it was an instant hit three swords, all stabbed in the armpit of the wood demon's empty door, the sword momentum was ruthless and accurate, the three swords hit the same place almost at the same time, Rao is monster skin and thick flesh, and he couldn't prevent such a breakthrough, and the sword pierced into the shoulder from the armpit.

The monster roared in pain, but it seemed that the tree had not yet developed vocal cords because the tree had not yet grown into a sperm, and it only had a roar shape but could not hear the roar. But the hearts of everyone in the Yang Mansion trembled, as if they felt the anger and ferocity of the wood demon.

The left arm was injured, but the monster was even more ferocious, the right arm rotated, to shoot the Taoist boy away, the Taoist drew his sword and returned, jumped a few steps back, the monster also followed, the right arm as thick as the Taoist waist, waved repeatedly, as if chasing flies, forcing the Taoist to be unable to fight back, the spectators all pinched the sweat, and in a blink of an eye, the Taoist was forced to the front of the locust tree, and there was no way to retreat.

The monster giant palm slapped down. Seeing that the delicate path was about to be lined up into a pulp, several timid servants couldn't help but close their eyes and scream. But only the woman's cry was heard, and the Dao Tong's miserable howl could not be heard, the servants slowly opened their eyes, and the Dao Tong stood safely, but the monster was already kneeling on the ground and did not move, only the sword stuck in his throat trembled.

The servants didn't know why, Yang Sihu and the ordinary servants also looked inexplicable, only a few guards with excellent eyesight and rough martial arts saw the clues, that Dao Tong was the left arm of the waste wood demon first, and then showed weakness and retreated, causing the monster to only attack but not defend, fierce and aggressive. And the Taoist boy seems to have no way to retreat, but in fact, he is sticking to the giant tree with his back to stop the retreat, and then his body turns, if the snake wraps around the tree and sticks to the tree for half a circle, it is already turning back to advance, and the sword in his hand is handed out in Pingping, and the monster is already too late to close the momentum, and it crashes into the sword blade by itself.

The three moves were only for a moment, but everyone was dumbfounded, Dao Tong's swordsmanship fell second, and what was even more rare was that he had a basis for advancing and retreating, and he was clever and powerful, which showed the extraordinary atmosphere. Until the monster's body dissipated and turned into green energy, everyone still didn't come back to their senses.

"Good swordsmanship!"

A crisp warbler cry, wake up the distracted people, Dao Tong followed the sound to look, the door of the boudoir next to it was half open, poking out half of a youthful face, Dao Tong remembered that he was in the backyard of the female dependent, thinking that it was Miss Yang who looked at the excitement outside the door and peeped secretly, and hurriedly retracted her gaze, but she felt that the pretty face that had not been seen clearly was gorgeous and unique, and the bright and dark winter day was bright, and she secretly skimmed it away with her afterglow.

But the incense door is closed, and there is no trace of it......

In a room somewhere in Chengdu City. A wave of anger was building, and the birds perched on the eaves seemed to feel the anger of the people in the house, flapping their wings and fleeing.

"Seven days away, only seven days away, this Nine Yin Lock Yuan Array can make the sick ghost of the Yang family die silently, and the 'Evil Seed' can enter the northern land and enter the control of my king, I don't want to have a side cause and fall short!!" Hu Bugui could not hide the hatred in his heart, his elegant and elegant face was churning with anger, and five fingerprints were pinched out of the pear wood table case.

Hu Yan, who was standing on the side, looked flustered, and forced a smile to persuade: "Second Uncle is angry, isn't he just an ordinary man? I sneaked into Yang's house tonight, asked for his life, and promised to let him die silently." ”

It's okay not to open your mouth, but as soon as you open your mouth, Hu Bugui's full anger has a place to vent: "Kill, who do you want to kill? Do you think this is the northern land? With the blessing of my king? This is the territory of the peacock prince, and the western Shu Jinping is a big demon with the same name as the wild dragon in the north of my king, and you want to kill people in his eyelids? What is the place further south? It is the road from the dust, and it is the place where the cultivators of the world gather! Then Yang Xuanyan is also a seven-grade household, and he is also a member of the Hongnong Yang family. He died at the hands of our people, and the monks in the Dust Dao will be unmoved? Under the ring of strong enemies, you acted so recklessly, and it was small to lose your life, and it was great to let the "scourge" escape from control. ”

Looking at the second uncle's beard, who is known as elegant and wise, Hu Yan couldn't help but bow his head and muttered, "What kind of disaster, what kind of climate can a little girl have, my seventh sister paints her eyebrows all day long, and boasts that she is captivating the country and the city, so let her try it." ”

When Hu Bugui heard this, he was extremely angry: "Yo, Hu Xiaojiu, do you still entertain your seventh sister?" Your seventh sister seems to be light, but I am relieved to do things, which is like you kid, you can't act with your brains, and you have wasted your great talent and natural evil eyes, this time my Qingqiu Fox Clan was ordered by my king, I only brought your third brother and you, don't you just want you to learn from your third brother and be stable? Wait for you to learn half of Hu Yu and him, and then go to entertain your seventh sister. ”

Hu Yan saw that his uncle's words were a little slow, knowing that he was resourceful and wise, and he had suppressed his anger for a moment, so he took the opportunity to divert the topic away from himself and said, "Then second uncle, what should we do next?"

Hu Bugui Shen asked rhetorically: "What do you think of those two Taoist priests today?"

Hu Yan sneered, and said with disdain in his eyes: "Street juggling tricks, is also worth mentioning? That old Taoist aura is disordered, it is clear that he doesn't know where to learn some miscellaneous tricks to cheat money, the wood demon is simply called by him, used to deceive some villagers and village women, only its shape, no entity, the little Taoist foundation is still solid, but he is young, his cultivation is shallow, and it is not worth eyeing." ”

"What about sword moves, you might be able to tell where they came from by them?"

Hu Yan pondered for a moment, and then hesitated: "Look at that posture, it seems to be from Ling Xiao Kendao, but it is plausible, nondescript, I can't see what tricks are used, yes, that old Dao must be the master of the outside who was swept out of the door by Ling Xiao Kendao, and accepted that Xiaodao as an apprentice, and the three-legged cat master brought out a lame apprentice!"

Hu Bugui sneered: "Are you lame? When you Hu Xiaojiu was as old as him, you almost cut off your ears when you practiced knives." ”

Hu Yan was afraid that his uncle would turn the finger on him again, so he laughed a few times and didn't dare to talk.

Hu Bugui continued: "Charlatans, it is too much of a coincidence that they accidentally broke my formation. And although the foundation of the trail is shallow, the swordsmanship is not bad, although the competition is fake, but the cultivation is a genuine and authentic style, and it is not taught by a charlatan, it seems that the old way is deeply hidden"

"Hidden in the depths? What kind of big man is it, second uncle, have you never heard of it?" nonsense, the second uncle is the henchman of Beilongtian, and there are only a few big demons in the world, if the second uncle can't see the truth clearly, then the Taoist person is enough to be feared

Hu Bugui also stroked his head and groaned, and said after a while: "If I expected it to be right, I am afraid that we have fallen into other people's bureaus and don't know, recently the Shu Demon Clan doesn't know what rumors they have heard, what spirit girls to find, stole a lot of girls, and a few blind people have hit the Yang Mansion with their ideas, or I will send them away, and then connect with today's events, someone should be targeting us." “

"We're acting so secretively, are we going to leak the news? So what should I do next, why don't I follow those two and see what they are? ”

"If you want to go, it won't be your turn to go, just your hot appearance, you haven't made the whole city know, the third child, your hiding technique and escape technique are all superior, wait for those two Taoists to go out of the house, follow up to investigate, and see what their origin is. “

Hu Bugui said to the corner of the room, only to see a vague human figure step out of the dark corner, from virtual to real, the figure gradually became clear, it turned out that there was a third person in the room, needless to say, this young man dressed in black and ordinary appearance was the third brother in Hu Bugui's mouth, the third brother of Hu Yan, Hu Yu.

"If something is wrong, retreat when you should retreat, don't be greedy. Hu Bugui was not at ease, and gave another word of advice.

Hu Yu nodded silently, and slowly retreated to the corner of the wall, blending in with the darkness.

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