The mountain road looks quite long, but it is not really long, only an hour after leaving the middle-aged Taoist, Xu Baichuan has already walked out of the mountain road, and what he turned into was a village hidden in the mountains.

Looking at the smoke rising from the misty, Xu Baichuan standing on the mountain road was a little happy, he originally thought that he would spend the night on the mountain tonight, but now it seems that there is no need to blow cold wind on the mountain, although there is a sword qi to protect the body, it is not a big deal to blow a little wind, even if the weather is cold, it is ordinary for him, but it is good to meet people, it will always be much better than gnawing on hard dry food alone.

Walking slowly down the mountain road, standing at the gate of the village and looking at it for a while, he barely recognized that the plaque on the entrance of the village was the three words Linshan Village, Xu Baichuan shook his head, thinking to himself who wrote this plaque, and the handwriting was too sloppy, but this matter had nothing to do with him, he just wanted to come and spend the night for a night, and the rest of the things did not want to be too contaminated.

He was about to step into the village, but soon stopped, and a group of people with hoes and clubs suddenly appeared out of the shadows, old and young, all looking at him with fierce faces, as if he was some kind of flood beast, and wanted to get rid of it as soon as possible.

Xu Baichuan stopped, first turned his head to look behind him, and made sure that nothing was coming with him, and then asked in confusion: "Everyone, do you have a deep hatred with you?"

He did wonder, this place was the first time he had come here, and he thought that he should have a simple and hospitable temperament, but he didn't expect it to be like this, could it be that outsiders can't go in?

If this is the case, then he will go, this gesture of rejecting people and thousands of miles away is really unnecessary.

The crowd watched him bustle and shout, and although it was chaotic, he could still hear some meaning in general.

Youkai leaving?

Don't go near the village?

Cannibalism?

Xu Baichuan thought about it and knew in his heart that this village must have been attacked by monsters.

Although most of the demons between heaven and earth are in the demon domain, there are also many scattered all over the world, the demon is a variety of snakes, insects, rats and ants, fierce and vicious beasts cultivated, after becoming a demon, naturally also maintain the original nature, still uphold the law of the jungle, so there are many places of harm, this is not uncommon in the heaven and earth, if it is placed in a place where the population is at its peak, it will naturally be a monk of the three religions to go down the mountain to kill the demon and protect the peace of the party, but this village is in the middle of the mountains, and there are no people within a radius of dozens of miles, so it is unlikely that there will be monks of the three religions to kill the demon and eliminate the demon, so it can only rely on these villagers themselves to support。

Xu Baichuan looked at the surging villagers, thought about it, and was about to say something, but soon found that the voice was still chaotic just now, and suddenly stopped.

"What a loud noise!"

The voice was an old man who was supported by a young girl, with white hair and white hair, wearing a long shirt that only a scholar could wear, although he was rickety, but he had his own bearing.

The old man let go of the girl's hand, slowly walked out of the village entrance in a few steps, looked at Xu Baichuan, who was wearing a white dress and a long sword at his waist, and said with a smile: "Gongzi's surname is a big name?"

Xu Baichuan said seriously: "It's not a respectful surname, the surname is Xu, and it's called Xu Baichuan." ”

The old man nodded, stroked his long beard a few times, and asked again: "It turned out to be Xu Gongzi, I don't know what Xu Gongzi is doing here?"

Xu Baichuan smiled, "It's not early, come and spend the night." ”

The old man nodded again, glanced Xu Baichuan up and down, and asked again, "Childe is a swordsman in the rivers and lakes?"

Xu Baichuan thought for a while and said with a smile: "It should be regarded as a swordsman in the rivers and lakes." ”

In fact, he is a swordsman in the rivers and lakes, he is clearly a sword cultivator who can be obtained in the world with a sword in his hand, but he was afraid that the old man would not recognize the sword cultivator, so he didn't say it.

After hearing the answer, the old man didn't ask any more questions, but just turned around to scare the villagers, which basically meant that Xu Baichuan was a swordsman in the rivers and lakes, a human, not the so-called demons and monsters.

When the villagers heard the old man as the village chief say this, they dispelled their worries about Xu Baichuan, glanced at each other, and soon dispersed and hid in the shadows again.

The old man seemed to be old, and he had just talked about a good call, and now he was coughing, but fortunately, his granddaughter had already dealt with it, and took out a pill that exuded a strong medicinal gas from his body and put it into the old man's mouth, the old man swallowed the pill, and the cough stopped immediately, and his face appeared rosy again.

Seeing this, Xu Baichuan didn't say anything, but frowned secretly.

The old man rested for a while, looked at Xu Baichuan again, and said with a smile: "I made Xu Gongzi laugh just now, people are useless when they are old, and they have to rely on these drugs to keep secrets, Xu Gongzi doesn't want to stay overnight? It just so happens that there are still a few rooms in the old man's house, so it is better to go to the old man's house, and you can also have a light meal by the way, a few days ago a pig was killed in the village, there are just some left, this village has not been born for a long time, you might as well let the old man be a landlord." ”

Xu Baichuan did not postpone it, and happily agreed.

The old man smiled, the wrinkles on his face stretched a lot, as if he was really happy, and his granddaughter led the way in front.

On the way to his house, the old man chattered a lot, from the origin of this village to the fact that he went out to travel when he was young, and it was not until he reached the destination that he stopped talking, took out the key from his body and opened the door, and invited Xu Baichuan to enter with a smile.

It was a fairly spacious yard, surrounded by hedges, and some creepers sprawled over it, looking verdant.

There was no one else in the courtyard except for the three of them, Xu Baichuan asked casually, "Old man, why don't you see anyone else in your house?"

The old man was stunned for a moment, his expression flashed for a while, but he quickly hid it again, he first sighed, and then said: "They can't stand this place, they go out to beg for a living, and now only me and Anan are left here." ”

Anan is the girl who supports him.

Xu Baichuan nodded, and didn't comment on this, after all, this was someone else's family affair, and it didn't have much to do with him.

The old man let go of Anan's hand and said with a smile: "Anan, go and take down the bacon at the back of the kitchen, and then go to the wine cellar to get a jar of wine. ”

Anan didn't say a word, first looked at the old man, and then quickly lowered his head again, until the old man said it again with a look of displeasure, and then he reluctantly walked into the kitchen slowly.

She seemed to be very afraid of this old man, who was her grandfather, just like the people who had surrounded the village before.

Xu Baichuan stood in the courtyard, taking in everything, and had a general understanding in his heart.

When the old man saw Anan walk into the kitchen, he put away the displeasure on his face, and instead invited Xu Baichuan to sit at the table not far away, moved a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "This child has been pampered since he was a child, he has been spoiled, and his temperament is a little arrogant, but the food is really delicious, and Xu Gongzi is blessed." ”

Xu Baichuan didn't touch the cup of tea in front of him, but just took out a silver ingot from his arms, gently put it on the table, and said in the old man's puzzlement: "You can't ask for your things in vain, you can put away this silver, and you can buy it." ”

The old man also didn't touch the silver, just looked at Xu Baichuan, frowned, and said after a long time: "Xu Gongzi, this silver is worth a lot of money, not to mention those bacon, even if you buy a cart of bacon, it is more than enough, the old man said before that he should do his best to be a landlord, Xu Gongzi's silver, the old man can't collect it, please take it back." ”

Xu Baichuan smiled, looked at the old man, did not speak, put his right hand on the table, and gently tapped the table, emitting a very regular knocking sound.

The old man's face gradually turned from ruddy to pale as he listened to the tapping, and the cough that had stopped not long ago now began to wheez, and the sound became heavier and heavier, and at the back it was no longer a human sound, but like the wheezing of a beast.

The old man stood up suddenly, staring straight at Xu Baichuan, a pair of black and white eyes suddenly turned yellow, and a faint black aura emanated from his body, and his body, which was originally rickety, was even more rickety.

Xu Baichuan looked at the old man with pale yellow hair growing on his face, like a tiger and more like a person, he also stood up and sighed, as early as when the old man coughed and swallowed the pill that exuded a strong medicinal smell, he became suspicious, he had heard this kind of thing from the landlord, the reason why the pill smell is so strong is because it is necessary to cover up the smell of human blood, if the monster wants to turn into a human form, in addition to years of hard practice, there is only this method of devouring human blood, as the saying goes, form complements form, that's it.

Xu Baichuan looked calm, and said softly: "The monster that the villagers said should be you, as for the bacon in your house, I'm afraid it is not made of pork, but there is one point, I am curious, why do you insist on turning into a human form?"

The old man licked his hand that turned into a tiger's claw, and wondered: "How do you see that I am a demon, and those who died in my hands in the past were not as clever as you." ”

Xu Baichuan was noncommittal, just lightly pressed the autumn wind.

The implication is obvious.

He is a sword cultivator, and in addition to fighting with the monks of the three sects, the rest of the sword cultivation is to kill demons and eliminate demons, so there are many ways to distinguish demons from people, in the field of distinguishing demons, if sword cultivation is called second, no one can be called first.

Seeing that Xu Baichuan didn't respond, the old man snorted coldly and roared: "Since you have found out, then you can't leave it, just let the old man taste it, what is the difference between the flesh and blood of the swordsmen in the rivers and lakes, is it more powerful." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard an exclamation, it turned out that Anan, who had walked into the kitchen earlier, turned back and came back, carrying a bucket in his hand, in which was a piece of meat, which should be going to the well in the courtyard to fetch water.

It's just that now the old man who suddenly turned into a tiger really scared her.

Xu Baichuan looked at Anan who was panicked, thought for a while, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, I'm here, you go find a safe place to hide." ”

There is only one demon in this courtyard, and that is the old man, and as for Anan, he is a human.

Anan looked at Xu Baichuan with a gentle smile on his face, for some reason, his originally panicked expression suddenly calmed down, and a thought arose inexplicably in his heart, as if there was nothing in the world that the young man in front of him could not solve.

So she decided to heed, quickly dropped the bucket she was carrying, and went into the kitchen again.

It's just that compared to the previous grinding, this time it's much more refreshing.

Xu Baichuan turned his head to look at the old man and said seriously: "Actually, I am not a swordsman in the rivers and lakes, but a sword cultivator. ”