He Xuting paced to Li Sanji and squatted down to take a closer look.

I saw that this man named Li Sanji had a pale face and was described as withered. His forehead and face were covered with fine beads of sweat, and his lips were bloodless, as if he was terminally ill.

"There are five people in the Mingjiao Workshop who have all suffered from this strange disease recently, and the other four have died of illness in less than three or five days, Li Tanyue is already the ninth day, if he can't be completely cured, it seems that he will die soon. ”

Dao Shan's brows were tightly locked, his hands were folded, and in the short time he left, Li Sanji's condition had obviously worsened a lot.

Hearing this, He Xuting stretched out his hand and put his finger on Li Sanji's right wrist, and after a while, he muttered: "The pulse is fine, but it is a dying image, strange ......"

"Have you ever seen Lang Zhong?" asked Huai Huang to Daotong beside him.

"According to the families of those who have died, the needlemen, the doctors, and the charlatans have all tried, but to no avail. After the master learned about this, because he could not leave the temple without the decree of the Queen Mother, he asked the senior brother and me to investigate the matter. Xiao Shami's face was helpless, and it seemed that he and his senior brother Daotong were helpless about it.

"I tried to wake him up with a Buddhist spell, but I only found that it was demonic energy that was at work in my dreams. But I couldn't sleep in a dream, so I could only use spells to temporarily calm his mind. In addition, Li Tanyue's physique is better than ordinary people, so he can live until now. ”

"Then what should I do, all kinds of methods can't wake him up, and we can't let him wait for death in vain. Yuan Yu also said anxiously on the side.

At this time, He Xuting waved his right hand, and white light overflowed from his fingertips, and he pointed at Li Sanji's forehead with his index finger, and a flowing black gas suddenly appeared between the other party's originally indistinguishable eyebrows, which looked very hideous and terrifying.

Sure enough, it is this demonic qi again, which is the same as that of Pei Zhai in the cultivation workshop. Daoshan stepped forward, sealed his hands, and was about to cast a spell on Li Sanji.

"Master and slow. He Xuting stopped Dao Shan with a voice, and Dao Shan hesitantly withdrew his hands when he heard this, and asked puzzledly: "Why did the Dao Chief let the poor monk stop?

He Xuting stood up, walked to the center of the room, and explained to everyone: "If you forcibly cast a spell to pull out the demonic qi, you can indeed disperse the demonic qi. But Li Sanji fell into a dream at this moment, and the demonic qi had already controlled his soul. I am worried that if I forcibly break the technique, it will endanger Li Sanji's life and cause him to lose his soul. ”

"What does the Taoist mean...... To his dream?" Huai Huang asked with some surprise as he guessed the meaning of He Xuting's words.

He Xuting snorted, nodded with a smile and said: "Hu Lu Chivalrous guessed right, Xiao Dao just wants to enter Li Sanji's dream to get a glimpse, I'm afraid that only in this way can I find some clues." ”

"Into a dream?" Yuan Yu heard the words and his mouth grew up, and his face was incredible.

"That's right, the Xuanxian Mansion of the Little Daoist Sect has a spell called Dream Exploration. This spell can enter other people's dreams to spy on the mind. Xiaodao has never been used, but I didn't expect it to finally come in handy today. He Xuting's eyes flashed, and he was a little expectant.

"I am willing to dream together and protect the Dharma for the Taoist. Huai Huang stepped forward and recommended himself to the white-clothed Taoist priest Mao Sui.

"Brother Hu Lu......" He Xuting looked a little embarrassed, "Although I can cast spells to make other people fall asleep together, but dream exploration requires an out-of-body experience, and even I need to temporarily leave my body here. ”

After hearing this, Huai Huang lowered his head and smiled, then looked around at everyone and confessed to He Xuting: "The matter has come to this point, and there is no intention to hide it." In fact, Huai Huang has long been without a shell, and what stands in front of you is just a soul. ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone except Yuan Yu was amazed, and Dao Shan was even more shocked. The strange images that suddenly disappeared and suddenly flashed before Huai Huang, at this time, he finally had the answer in his heart.

"Are you a ghost, but why are you lingering in the world?!" Daoshan narrowed his eyes, stepped forward and grabbed his wrist and asked, his face instantly turned extremely cold.

Huai Huang gently withdrew his hand and explained with a calm smile: "Whether the master said that I am a ghost or a spirit, I am indeed not a human after all. But there is one thing I want to say, since I was born as a human being, it has been 170 years now, and Huaihuang has never harmed anyone. ”

Yuan Yu stopped in front of Daoshan, and told the story of how he dug up the celadon lotus statue in Bishan when he was young, and met Huai Huang with him, and told Dao Shan and He Xuting, and guaranteed that Huai Huang had never made trouble.

He Xuting just woke up from the shock, hurriedly pulled Huai Huang, came up and said with a smile, "Xiaodao is still not cultivated enough, I didn't even find out the true body of Brother Hu Lu, Brother Tai really didn't show his face." Then he turned around and pointed to goodness: "But then again, no one has ever said that demons and ghosts must be evil. Those in the underworld are not necessarily wicked, and in your Buddhist legends, isn't there a divine person in charge of Taishan Artemisia?"

Daoshan snorted and turned his head: "What Taishan Artemisia, the King of the Earth is in charge of the Netherworld. ”

"It's the same, but the name is different, our Middle Earth saying is called Artemisia, the son of heaven in the underworld is called Taishan Fujun, and you are called King Yamara. He Xuting didn't forget to ridicule Daoshan at the moment, and secretly thought in his heart that this monk was really a bit old-fashioned.

Daoshan snorted, turned his back and stopped talking.

He Xuting immediately changed the topic, and said to Huaihuang seriously, "Brother Hu Lu, this dream is dangerous and abnormal, do you really want to come with me?"

Huai Huang nodded affirmatively, "Dao Chang is dreaming, do you need someone to protect the Dharma outside?"

"The art of falling into a dream requires the caster's mind to be stable, and the two masters of Taiyuan Temple and Brother Yuan need to help me take care of it outside, so as to prevent evil spirits from taking advantage of the weakness. ”

Hearing this, Dao Shan turned around, "Dao Chief, don't worry, our senior brothers and sisters will definitely make sure that nothing goes wrong." ”

"Then let's get started. After receiving Huai Huang's confirmation, He Xuting took out the black long sword from his back and drew a spell out of thin air. I saw the long sword pass through the spell, and a flame suddenly appeared in the air.

The Taoist priest held Huai Huang with his left hand, and held the flame with his right hand, and the flame instantly turned invisible in the palm of his hand.

"Three officials and nine mansions, soothing all souls. The five internal organs are mysterious, and I am abandoned. Daozi's soul and dreams peacefully. Burn the talisman and pray, and God will listen to it. Haste as a law—"

After the words, two dazzling white lights lit up the dim room, and then quickly flashed into Li Sanji's forehead.

The remaining three looked at it, Huai Huang was gone, and He Xuting's body was sitting cross-legged on the ground motionless.

"They're in a dream!" said Yuan Yu excitedly.

Daoshan made a silent gesture to make Yuan Yu quiet, and asked Daotong to light two more lamps, and he helped He Xuting to the couch, and began to sit down and chant.

On the other hand, there is an endless fog in the eye.

Two white rays of light fell on the outside of a ruined village, surrounded by mountains topped by black clouds, and it was oppressive.

"What kind of place is this?" Huai Huang was a little dazed when he landed, but fortunately, He Xuting helped him, so he didn't fall.

He Xuting looked around, this village seemed to have been abandoned for a long time, and as far as the eye could see, there were some houses and courtyards that were about to collapse, there were no chickens and dogs barking, and there was not a trace of fireworks.

"This should be Li Sanji's dream. He Xuting replied with a frown.

"Let's go down into the village, and maybe you'll find something. Huai Huang clenched the ring knife on his waist and made a forward gesture to He Xuting, who immediately followed when he saw this.

"It's like there's been a plague here, and there's not a single living person in sight. Why did this Li Sanji have such a strange dream?" Huai Huang said in a low voice as he walked.

He Xuting quickened his pace to keep up with Huai Huang and explained to him: "Everything that appears in the dream is what the dreamer thinks in his heart. But dreams are different from reality after all. I guess this village is the embodiment of a certain knot in Li Sanji's heart, and this obsession has always made him unable to let go. Coupled with being disturbed by the demonic energy of the outside world, he will be trapped in his sleep all the time. ”

Huai Huang nodded thoughtfully.

The two of them walked about a mile, and the surrounding scene was still a dilapidated and uninhabited scene. Huai Huang looked forward, and in a courtyard wall not far ahead, there was a tall tree full of white flowers, which was very abrupt compared to the surrounding environment.

"Dao Chief, look ahead. Huai Huang stretched out his hand and pointed into the distance, beckoning He Xuting to look.

"It's like a pear tree, I recognize this, there are also many pear trees in the Xuanxian Mansion, and they are like this when they bloom every spring. ”

But He Xuting thought about it, and just now he passed by the village with sparse grass and trees on both sides, as if it was late autumn, but only the pear tree in front of him was in full bloom, as if it was the only living creature in the entire village.

"It seems to be afraid that we won't see it, and deliberately guides us to the past......" Seeing such a vision, Huai Huang unconsciously laughed, seven points of mockery, and three points of calmness.

The two of them immediately continued to walk towards the bewitching pear tree.

After about a mile, the tall pear trees gradually showed their true faces.

"This pear tree is not one, but two. Huai Huang stared at the pear tree in front of him and whispered.

He Xuting looked closely, and it turned out that it was really two thick tree trunks hugging together, and it looked like a tree from a distance. The huge canopy of the trees is like a canopy, and many branches have protruded beyond the courtyard walls.

Passing along the low courtyard wall, He Xuting and Huaihuang Pavilion approached the old and faded courtyard gate.

After a few knocks on the door, there was still no answer in the courtyard.

"Is the master at home?" He Xuting shouted into the courtyard.

"Who's out there?" After a while, a soft voice came from the inside of the door.

"We were passing by and asked the host to open the door. He Xuting replied loudly.

The other side seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then with a creak, the vermilion door slowly opened through the crack, and half of a young woman's body poked out of the door.

"This ...... Two gentlemen, may I ask why you are knocking on the door?" The woman's face looked a little helpless in the face of the stranger who suddenly arrived.

"We ......" Huai Huang was just about to speak, He Xuting gave him a look, took the woman's words and said with a smile:

"This lady, the two of us passed by the precious land, lost our way, and saw that there was only one person in your family in the village, so we came to ask for a bowl of water to drink. ”

After hearing this, the woman was no longer so nervous, so she cautiously opened the courtyard door and made a gesture of please, "Two Langjun, please come in." ”

He Xuting and Huai Huang followed the woman into the house. To the surprise of the two, there were two worlds inside and outside the door, the outside of the door was dilapidated and desolate, while the courtyard was a vigorous scene of elm and willow shade and pear blossoms blooming.

"Yueniang, who is here?" A clear male voice came from the house, and when the owner of the voice stepped out of the house, He Xuting and Huai Huang realized that this man was none other than Li Sanji, who was asleep in the Mingjiao Workshop at this time.

Seeing him in Li Sanji's dream, the two were not surprised, but what shocked He Xuting and Huaihuang was the child in his arms and the wife beside him.

In reality, Li Sanji obviously lives alone, why does he have a wife and children in his dream?

The woman who was called Yueniang walked back to the man, raised her head and whispered in his ear: "San Lang, these two Lang Jun claimed to be passing by and came to the house to ask for a bowl of water to eat. ”

When Li Sanji saw the two, he sent the drooping boy in his arms to Yueniang's arms, hurriedly stepped forward and walked in front of the two, and bowed and said, "It turned out to be a passing guest, please come into the house to rest." ”

He Xuting and Huai Huang followed the protagonist into the house, the two looked at each other silently, exchanged glances, and then found that this place seemed normal, but it revealed a strange place.

It turned out that when they entered the mansion just now, although at first glance they felt that this was a mansion that they had never set foot in, which was completely different from Li Sanji's home in reality, but when they entered the house, they found that the layout of the house was exactly the same as that of the Li Mansion in Mingjiaofang.

"The concubine went to make tea for the two Langjun. After Yueniang saluted the two, she retreated to the inner room.

The two then sat down on the couch, He Xuting greeted Li Sanji on the side, while Huai Huang secretly observed in the house, and did not find anything abnormal in a hurry.

"Brother Tai, I take the liberty of asking where you came from and where are you going?"

He Xuting's eyes rolled, and he replied loudly: "The two of us came from Dingzhou, Hebei Province, and wanted to go to Jingzhao Wannian, but we got lost in this place, and we were about to ask the protagonist what this place was." ”

"This is the jurisdiction of Henan County, Luozhou, and our village is at the foot of Wan'an Mountain, called Lianzhi Village. ”

He Xuting sighed, Henan County...... Then in the dream, this place is still under the jurisdiction of Luoyang, but it has been moved from the capital to the foot of Wan'an Mountain.

He silently wrote it down in his heart, and then asked: "When we passed through the village just now, there was no one in the village, and there was a dead silence, why is this?"

Li Sanji sighed and said quietly: "One night in the summer of three years ago, a flash flood broke out in Lianzhi Village, and the entire village was swept away by the flood overnight. Fortunately, Yueniang and I climbed onto the roof to escape this catastrophe, and from then on, we were the only family left in the entire Lianzhi Village. ”

Huai Huang listened quietly on the side, and immediately discovered the loophole in Li Sanji's words.

If Lianzhi Village was really destroyed by the flood, although the other courtyards in the village were dilapidated, there was no trace of being washed away by the flood. Moreover, he had observed before entering the village, this place is located on the platform under the Wan'an Mountain, and there are no rivers and ravines around it, so where does the flood come from?

At this moment, Yueniang held the tea tray in both hands and walked out of the room.