The mayor of the town, who had a hard time, looked at the corpses that were carried by the townspeople and thrown into the fire, feeling the heat wave blowing in his face, and breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably.

Thanks to the fact that he was the mayor of the town and had the help of the old gentleman, he could persuade the townspeople to burn the corpse, otherwise he would not dare to imagine the consequences.

The mayor looked at the corpse that had been burned for most of the night, and suddenly asked: "Mr. Du, I heard that the immortal master's sister is studying with you, presumably you know the immortal master, then can you tell me what the immortal master likes, so as to send some thank-you gifts, if it weren't for the immortal master today, I'm afraid we would all be killed by the evil demon thief, how could there be so many people left." ”

The old gentleman glanced at him, "I do recognize Xu Gongzi, but as for his preferences, I can't say it, if you ask me about this matter, I don't have a problem." ”

The mayor sighed, a little melancholy, but didn't ask again, but looked at the huge fire, stunned.

His son was actually among them, and he was the first to throw in, and with him taking the lead, the townspeople were relieved.

Even now, it still makes him feel like he is in a dream, he just wants to wake up from this dream quickly, hoping that when he wakes up, he can hear his son calling his father.

It's just that he has to admit that all this is not a dream.

The old gentleman has known the mayor for a long time, and when he looks at this, he understands what the mayor thinks, so he said: "The deceased is gone, and it is useless to pursue it, and it is the last word to live well. ”

The mayor of the town was silent, still staring at the fire in a daze, and after a long time, he responded: "But people live for a lifetime, they don't bring it with them in life, and they don't take it with them when they die, and they don't take it with them when they die, and they don't want to tell them that the descendants of the future generations are dead, and the incense is cut off?"

At this, the mayor choked up a little, and when he looked up, he could see two turbid tears on his face by the light of the fire.

Old tears are rampant.

After listening to these words, the old gentleman didn't know how to persuade, he had read many books, learned many truths, argued with many people, and never fell behind, when he was young, he was also known as the first tongue in the house, even if he was old now, he still didn't let go of his tongue kung fu, but in the face of the mayor's sincere words, he really didn't know what to say.

The two of them were silent, quietly watching the fire that was getting stronger and stronger.

The fire burned until midnight, until the last body was thrown in and burned out, and then it slowly went out.

When it was extinguished, some people took the jar that had been prepared long ago, and put ashes in it, and the number of dead was three hundred and seventy, and two hundred and eighty-four remained, excluding the bodies of the other thieves who had been burned on fire.

After the ashes are filled, the jars are sent to a cemetery that has been passed down from generation to generation for burial.

Young and old, you and me, all buried in a huge pit.

Seeing the big pit being filled in little by little, and seeing a stone tablet that had just been carved on it, the townspeople who had been relatively calm cried for some reason.

Without exception.

The old gentleman sighed, and waited until everyone's voices were quiet, and then took out a memorial text from his body that had not dried his pen and ink, and read it aloud.

It was a long prayer, and he read it for a long time, until the sky was a little white, and then he stopped.

After reading it, they patted the mayor on the shoulder, and didn't say anything, just looked at each other.

It's all in plain sight.

The mayor nodded, clearly understanding what it meant, and quickly took the townspeople back.

A good night's sleep should be fine.

After everyone left, it wasn't long before the sky was white.

It looks like it's about to dawn.

And at this time, a figure in a black robe suddenly appeared, looking at the color of the soil under his feet that was completely different from the one next to him, he suddenly let out a chuckle and muttered to himself: "I didn't expect that in the end, I was lucky, this is really a big gift, nearly four hundred dead souls, the number is more than the red-clothed ghosts of Jingfu, even if some of them are useless, they are indeed good bait, maybe, one of them can appear...... Ghost King. ”

When the word ghost king was mentioned, the black-robed figure was obviously much more excited, and there was a sense of impatience, as if the ghost king was a great thing.

took out a command flag depicting many evil ghosts from his arms, put the order flag in the air, and the black-robed figure muttered to himself, not knowing what he was whispering, and with his chatter, the order flag suddenly began to swell, directly turning into a huge flag, and the evil ghosts on it were vivid, as if they were going to pounce out in the next moment.

The flag danced without wind, emitting bursts of mysterious fluctuations, as if it was some kind of summoning.

And as the flag danced, there was soon a terrifying scene, and I don't know when there was a constant wind blowing, and each wind was a ghost.

As far as the eye can see, there are many ghosts standing densely around the Lingqi, and if you count them carefully, it happens to be the number of people who have died today.

The black-robed figure seemed to be very satisfied and chuckled a few times, and then pinched out a seal in his hand, which made the flag suddenly emit a misty gray light, and the ghosts shrouded in gray light were like moths to a fire, and they all pounced on the Lingqi.

After all the gathered ghosts merged into the banner, the evil spirits depicted on it became more vivid, and even if you looked closely, you could see the eyeballs moving.

The black-robed figure made the Ling Qi smaller again and held it in his hand, closed his eyes to feel the number of ghosts in it, felt the strong yin qi in it, nodded, and then stepped on it, and even the Ling Qi quickly disappeared in this place.

And it wasn't long after he was gone that it was already getting dark.

Shine a light on everything.

......

......

Anan got up early in the morning, and after eating, he walked out of the Xu Mansion, walked through a few familiar alleys, and came to the academy.

He reached out and knocked on the door.

Soon there was an answer.

Soon after, the old gentleman with red eyes and black circles opened the door and looked at Anan with a smile on his face, a little stunned.

The old gentleman asked softly, "Why do you have time to come to me today?

Anan didn't speak, sold a pass, smiled brightly, and walked into the old gentleman's room.

Then he asked the old gentleman to close the door.

Although the old gentleman didn't know what tricks he was doing as a student, he still agreed.

The old gentleman's room was very simple, except for a wooden bed used to sleep, there was only a bamboo table and two bamboo stools.

poured a cup of tea for Anan, the old gentleman rubbed his eyes, yawned slightly, and said helplessly: "What do you think about this little girl, I told you all the truths that should be said, you have to rely on yourself to break through the realm, after all, it is your own path, I can only tell you some reason if I can do it." ”

Anan still didn't answer quickly, but drank the cup of tea first, and after setting it upright, he asked seriously, "Sir, do you want to practice?"

The old gentleman was stunned when he heard this, looked at the student who didn't know why he asked this question, was silent for a long time, and then said in a hoarse voice: "If you say you don't want to, it must be against your heart, I have never done anything against my heart in my life, I won't before, I won't now, and I won't in the future." ”

Anan nodded, repeating his previous words.

The old gentleman did not hesitate this time, but responded very happily, with only one word.

Think!

There is no one in the world who doesn't want to practice, whether it's for strength or longevity, or for some other reason, no matter what, the world wants to practice, otherwise there will be so many people who seek immortals every month every year, even if it's just a charlatan who can do tricks, they can be regarded as immortals, asking for inheritance of spells, so the old gentleman is no exception, when he was studying and apprenticed, what he wanted was to practice immortality, and then heard more truths, although he missed the truth and practice later, but if there was a chance to really put it in front of him, he still wanted to embark on the path of cultivation。

It's still for the sake of reasoning, but my previous wish was to listen to people's reasoning, but now it's to reason with people, and it's best to let people listen to you calmly.

After hearing the accurate answer, Anan nodded his little head, and then took out a book from his bosom and carefully handed it to the old gentleman.

The old gentleman actually had a guess in his heart when Anan said that, but he was not sure, and now when he saw this cultivation method, he felt a lot for a while.

Anan was stunned when he saw that the old gentleman did not take the book, thinking that the old gentleman was worried about Xu Baichuan, so he quickly told what Xu Baichuan agreed.

Standing in front of the table, looking at the girl with a serious face, the old gentleman was silent for a moment and said thank you.

Then he solemnly took over this practice called "Confucianism".

I didn't rush to look through it.

Anan said softly: "Sir, you are very knowledgeable, you should be able to set foot on that road soon." ”

The old gentleman stroked the exercises, nodded, without modesty, and said very purely: "I have accumulated for decades, and if I want to step into it quickly, maybe I can go to the future of some people." ”

Anan chuckled and said, "After that gentleman steps in, he should be able to teach me." ”

The old gentleman laughed, "That's nature. ”

After receiving a satisfactory answer, Anan said goodbye to the old gentleman and soon set out on the way back.

The old gentleman looked at Anan who was drifting away, and said softly to himself: "Such a great kindness, Du Li remembers it in his heart, and he will repay it in the future."