That night, in the Lingguan Mansion, Han Chunfang finished her routine homework and was lying on the bed preparing to rest, when she was woken up by a knock on the door.

She grew up in a poor family, and when she was ten years old, she was sent by her parents to the Lingguan Mansion and stayed here. At this time, the rest of the disciples had already returned to their respective homes.

Hearing the voice, she turned over and got up, opened the door, and saw Luo Caiwei standing outside, urging: "Sister Han, Master is invited, go to Qingteng Zhai to gather!"

Han Chunfang didn't have time to ask in detail, so she hurriedly put on her coat and rushed over with her. When he arrived at Qingteng Zhai, Luoshan had been waiting for a long time, Lin Yi and Zhang Yingzhuo were also in the house, and there was a strange girl who was wiping her tears and crying to him for something.

Han Chunfang saluted and said, "Master, the apprentices were ordered to come here, I don't know what is the important matter for you to convene in the middle of the night?"

Luo Shan's face was solemn, and she reached out and knocked on the table, only then did she notice that there was a picture scroll spread out on the table. It depicts a monkey-like monster with a pitch-black body, long arms and claws, green fangs, and red hair, and two words next to it: Hungry Ghost.

"What is this?" Han Chunfang frowned.

"The hungry ghost, one of the ghosts. Luo Shan looked preoccupied, glanced at her, and suddenly asked, "The Immortal Sect often sends troops to the south to capture boys and girls, do you know why?"

"The disciple didn't know why. Han Chunfang replied truthfully and looked at him respectfully, "I would like to hear about it." ”

"It's all related to cultivation, and the teacher will tell you a clear ...... today" Luo Shan's eyes swept over everyone, turned his head to look out the window, and then made up his mind, and said slowly: "My generation cultivates, one practice the true qi of the self, can strengthen the body, break the pine and cypress, and crack the stele in the palm; the second practice the acquired aura, can call the wind and rain, recruit thunder and ghosts, and make the divine soldiers; the third practice of the innate vitality, can be out of the body, travel around the void, and the law is heaven and earth." ”

Ignoring everyone's surprised faces, Luo Shan paused and continued: "At first, it was true qi, which could be cultivated by relying only on the physical body, and then it was spiritual qi, which had to be drawn from heaven and earth. But the aura is distributed in the world, some are thick and some are thin, and most places are scarce and bland, and there are few and nothing. ”

Luo Shan sighed: "The aura originates from Kunlun in the Western Wilderness, goes eastward, passes through the mountains, passes through the desert, and then to the Southern League, and finally converges to the East China Sea, turns into clouds and mist, travels westward by the wind, and returns to Kunlun." And on this road, the mountains are horizontal, and the peaks and peaks are stacked, which is full of spiritual energy, also known as the dragon vein. ”

He turned his head, looked at his disciples, and said, "If you want to cultivate the Xuanfa, you have to collect spiritual energy from the dragon veins. There are many cultivators in the Immortal Sect, but this dragon vein is not in the Northern Secluded Territory, so you can know that they are in a place where their spiritual energy is thin, so what do they rely on to cultivate?"

Lin Yi and the others shook their heads one after another.

Seeing that their faces were dazed, Luo Shan had already expected it, and continued: "It turns out that in the North Arctic Region, there is a huge cave, bottomless, surrounded by black fog all year round, and there is a faint fire flickering in it, which is rumored to be a ghost nest, also known as Naluo or Difu. The Immortal Sect throws living people into it, allowing ghosts to gnaw flesh and blood, and spit out spiritual energy for their own cultivation. For this reason, he sent his army south and captured young children as living sacrifices. ”

"These evil ways are cruel!" Lin Yi said angrily, and then fell into deep thought: "Could it be that the monster from the Xu Mansion is the hungry ghost in the underworld, so how can it run to the Cloud Country?"

"It must be a hungry ghost!" Luo Shan explained, "The ghost clan was originally dormant in Naraku, and was awakened by the Immortal Sect, but they were not satisfied with that little living sacrifice, so they often came out in the black fog and mutilated the people, causing trouble.

Among them, the hungry ghost is the most cunning, good at learning people's words, and can also draw skin and borrow tricks, pretending to be humanoid, so as to infiltrate the four countries of SAARC and hunt and prey. At first, the Hungry was the size of an ape, and an adult man with a weapon could subdue it. But as they devour more flesh and blood, the stronger their physique becomes, and if left unchecked, they will slowly grow into big ghosts, or even ghost kings...... In the end, it was as high as several zhang, lifting thousands of pounds, copper head and iron arms, invulnerable. According to the records of the Heavenly Book Mansion, there was once a ghost king who could turn a small town into rubble on its own!"

Everyone listened to the cold war, and Luo Shan added: "Now, there are hungry ghosts in Yongzhou City, and the people are in danger, so the division has decided to take you to hunt ghosts." Speaking of which, there may be a fierce battle tonight, and if anyone is afraid, they can quit now. ”

The four disciples looked at each other, Zhang Yingzhuo was afraid, Lin Yi hurriedly grabbed his thigh, and said in unison with the other two: "The disciple is willing, for the safety of the people, go to the soup and fight the fire, and do not hesitate!"

Zhang Yingzhuo saw that everyone was staring at him, and he had no choice but to be aggrieved: "Brother, disciple...... Willing. ”

"Okay!" Luo Shan looked relieved and said: "Don't be afraid, I will deal with the hungry ghost, but it is cunning by nature, I am afraid that it will escape, and I will need your hand later." ”

He opened the wooden box that had been prepared on the table, revealing a golden silk scarf inside, turned it over again, took out four vermilion cones, and turned around to distribute them to the disciples.

Lin Yi took it carefully, his hand was quite heavy, and he looked at it carefully, this cone was about a foot long, and his whole body was red, I don't know if it was lacquer or blood. The whole body is dense, engraved with incantations, and when you weigh it, it weighs more than ten catties.

"This is called the quadrangular cone, and it is the magic weapon of the Heavenly Book of Heaven. Luo Shan explained, "If you nail it in all directions, you can turn a radius of 100 meters into a forbidden place, so that hungry ghosts are trapped in it and cannot escape." When you arrive in the city and find traces of the hungry ghosts, you will immediately set up your formation, but you must beware of outsiders disturbing you. Remember, this thing can only trap ghosts, not people, as long as one is missing, the formation will be broken!"

"Yes!" everyone nodded immediately, their expressions solemn, and now they had a heavy responsibility, and they didn't dare to be careless.

Seeing that they were willing to help, Xianglan was pleasantly surprised and thanked them with gratitude.

Luo Shan called his subordinates, asked him to prepare horses, and then led his disciples to the arsenal to get blades.

When they arrived at the arsenal, Luo Shan unlocked the door and first equipped the four of them with leather armor and let them wear them. Then he took two short knives for Luo Caiwei, and Han Chunfang picked a long sword by himself. Zhang Yingzhuo chose left and right, and finally took a small shield, put it on his arm, and took a short sword, pinned it to his waist.

Luo Shan looked back at Lin Yi and hesitated: "Apprentice, you haven't learned any blades yet, what should I use for you?" After thinking for a long time, he asked, "Do you know how to use a slingshot?"

Lin Yi thought for a moment and replied, "Master, I once shot birds in my hometown, and my eye skills are okay. ”

"That's good. Luo Shan nodded, took out a stainless steel slingshot from the shelf, took another bag of iron pills, and handed it to Lin Yi, "If someone really bothers you tonight, you can use it to defend yourself." ”

Lin Yi took it, took the slingshot, and tied the cloth bag containing the iron pellet to his belt. Luo Shan put on a robe, put on a hat, held a staff and a knife, and led his disciples out.

The subordinates led a few horses, Luo Shan and Luo Caiwei rode together, and Zhang Yingzhuo carried Xianglan. Because Lin Yi couldn't ride a horse, Han Chunfang beckoned him to come up, asked him to sit in the back, and took him with him.

Luo Shan took the torch from his subordinates, rode first, and led them towards Yongzhou City.

Along the way, the fast horse was galloping, and Lin Yi was not only nervous, but also felt excited, and his heart was pounding. Rushed to the outside of Yongzhou City, everyone parked their horses in the forest, Luoshan extinguished the torches, took them on foot, and took advantage of the night to touch the city tower.

Lin Yi watched the gate closed from a distance, knowing that the defenders were in charge of right and wrong, and had a dislike for Luoshan, so he categorically would not let them enter the city, so he couldn't help but make a difficulty: How can this get in?

Xianglan wanted to go out and ask the defenders to open the door, but Lin Yi hurriedly stopped her. Luo Shan sighed and beckoned them to follow him to the far corner.

Lin Yi was distressed, but saw that in the darkness, Luo Shan hugged Luo Caiwei, bent down and squatted, and then with a hula sound, he jumped up in the air like a big bird, stepped on the wall, and climbed up!

He was dumbfounded.

As soon as one of the defenders heard the movement, Luo Shan fell to his side, swept the handle of his cane, struck the defender on the chin, knocked him unconscious, and then carried his daughter down the city.

The four people outside didn't wait long, and Luo Shan turned over again, concocted the same method, and led them over the high wall one by one and sneaked into the city. Everyone followed Luoshan and hid in the dark, Lin Yi asked in a low voice, "Master, where are we going to find that hungry ghost?"

Luo Shan said in a low voice: "Go to the Xu Mansion to check first, maybe there will be clues." ”

Hearing this, Xianglan led the way in front and led them towards Xu's mansion. After half a pillar of incense time, everyone arrived outside the door of Xu's mansion, and Xianglan went up to knock on the door, but there was no response.

Seeing that they were all staring at herself, Xianglan explained: "At this point, the family members should all be asleep, should I wake them up without a sound?"

Luo Shan thought for a moment, and said, "It's not proper, if the hungry ghost is still hiding in the mansion, I'm afraid it will scare it away." ”

Lin Yi looked at Xianglan and suddenly asked, "After you said that after the incident, the Xu family seemed to be a different person, is this true?"

Xianglan almost cried when she heard this, and choked up: "On weekdays, the housewife treats us very kindly and treats us like family, but since the death of the master, she has been unusual, beating and scolding us......"

Lin Yi frowned, and asked again: "Then in the past few days, who will take care of the affairs in the house?"

Xianglan said: "Originally, the master mother was in charge, but in recent days, the master mother said that she was in a bad mood and gave full authority to her subordinates-" was stunned and exclaimed: "Do you mean that the master mother has been borrowed by a hungry ghost......"

Lin Yi didn't answer, just turned his head to look at Luoshan.

Luo Shan thought for a while, nodded and said, "It's not impossible." ”

Everyone was frightened, and Xianglan was about to faint, but fortunately she was supported by Luo Caiwei, and she said in a trembling voice: "No, impossible, the master mother is so kind-hearted, there must be a Bodhisattva blessing!"

"It's just a possibility. Luo Shan said in a deep voice, making gestures to interrupt the conversation, and carried them into the mansion one after another. Let Xianglan lead the way, and the group took advantage of the night to sneak to the main house.

......

And on the eaves in the distance, there were several masked black-clothed people, all carrying long strips of objects, which seemed to be swords. Looking at them from afar, one of the men said, "Well, I said they would come." ”

Another woman said, "I heard that Lingguan Luoshan's martial arts are superb, do you really have a way to restrain him?"

"Hmph. The man sneered and said, "So what, no matter how strong people are, they have weaknesses, and now we should cooperate with the outside and seize his daughter as a hostage." ”

If you can't take it, you can also be used as cannon fodder, try his means of guaranteeing the bottom - the man said secretly in his heart.

The woman stared at him suspiciously, and said contemptuously: "It's better not to have bad ideas, otherwise you won't be able to eat and walk around." ”

"Don't dare. The man turned his head to meet hers, with a sly smile in the corner of his eye.