Chapter 6 Overnight in a Haunted House
The camp is now very lively, and the teenagers and the little cranes are chasing and playing, and they are having a great time. The teenagers are all half-grown children, and the oldest is just sixteen. On that day, the spirit cranes followed Qin Guan back to the camp, even if they were officially settled in Sanqingguan, how Qin Guan and Qingjing Qingxuan discussed for a long time, and they didn't understand why this group of spirit cranes would come and live together. It was still Qin Guan who looked at the jade slips left behind by the dry bones, and only then did they know that this group of spirit cranes was a spirit beast raised by the dead Taoist. The dry bone was a monk who practiced the art of beast control before his death, because the sect was attacked by robbers, he had to flee with the only remaining spirit crane and three beast eggs in the sect, and was chased and injured by the robbers, and died of his injuries on this small island. Since Linghe has always been raised by this monk, he is close to humans, and Qin Guan saved their children, so he wants to live with Qin Guan.
Figuring out the origin of this group of spirit cranes, Qin Guan and the others began to study the remaining three eggs. The three eggs were about the same size, and according to the jade slip left by the monk, they were all eggs of a species called the crested ibis. The crested ibis is a natural spirit bird, because it is born with red feathers, so it is called the crested ibis. The adult crested ibis can grow to two zhang tall, and it is born with the cultivation of the psychic period, and it can have the ability to resist fire just after birth, which is a precious spirit bird. However, Qin Guan and the others do not have the cultivation to hatch the crested ibis, nor do they have a suitable spiritual wood for the crested ibis to nest and perch, so they can only continue to seal the crested ibis eggs and put them in the Qiankun bag.
There are also two ring-shaped magic weapons in the Qiankun bag, although they have lost their luster due to the lack of cultivation for many years, as long as there are monks who have cultivated above the foundation to infuse aura, then the function can still be restored. These two ring-shaped magic weapons are called the Returning Heaven Ring, and the name is domineering, in fact, they are magic weapons that rely on rotation to cut the enemy, and even if they are medium to low among the magic weapons, their functions are slightly single. For the same reason, there were no monks in the foundation building period among the people, so these two magic weapons were useless now, so they had to continue to eat soil in the Qiankun bag. However, Qin Guan promised the two Heavenly Rings to Qingjing, as long as Qin Guan reached the foundation building period and finished raising the Heavenly Returning Ring, Qingjing would have a pair of children's magic weapons that could be used. Qing Xuan didn't like this pair of magic weapons, he still felt that the long sword was suitable for him, so he pushed the one that was originally given to him to Qing Jing.
Next, I checked the remaining jade bottles, and the elixir in the jade bottle was invalid because of age, and only the bottle was still useful. The spirit grass placed in the jade box is also the same fate, dumping the dried spirit grass and emptying the jade box, this adventure is over. Although the income is not much, the method of the beast in the jade slip, and some knowledge of raising spirit beasts, are really good things, after all, Sanqingguan does not have the inheritance of the beast, and Changwuzi is not good at these.
After finishing up, Qin Guan gave the Qiankun bag to Qingjing, the logistics manager of the Sanqingguan, and moved all the things needed for everyone's life in his Qiankun bag to the Qingjing Qiankun bag, which can be regarded as making this logistics manager worthy of his name. The division of labor between Qingjing and Qingxuan is very clear, one is in charge of logistics and the other is in charge of precepts, while Qin Guan can only be in charge of cultivation, which can be regarded as the simplest sect structure.
The Sanqing audience lingered on the island for more than half a month, collected all the spiritual grass on the island, cooked the dry food they brought with them on a bonfire, sealed it with spirit runes, stored it in a clean Qiankun bag, and prepared to leave the island. Although the island is quiet, there is no lack of cultivation resources, and there is no spiritual place for everyone to practice. Although there is a large amount of spiritual energy between heaven and earth, it is too complicated, and it takes time to purify it for cultivation, and it is far from being as pure as the spiritual energy of the spiritual land, so everyone has already spent a lot of time just purifying the spiritual energy so that cultivation does not fall into the realm.
Qin Guan took out the small boat and put it on the sea, this time because there were nearly twenty more spirit cranes, so he had to spend a lot of spiritual energy to transform the small boat into a medium boat, so that it could be regarded as accommodating everyone and the spirit cranes. In the early morning, with the rising sun, everyone left the island and continued to march towards the interior of the Beihai Cultivation Realm.
Although the Beihai cultivation world is barren, the area is not small in the four seas, except for the East China Sea, which belongs to the vast area of the North Sea. Because no one was familiar with the distribution of islands in the North Sea, they could only move in one direction. This time, there were no big waves and spiritual energy surging behind, and the wooden boat could move slowly on the sea, and everyone had the opportunity to enjoy the rough sea.
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Leaving the nameless island, the wooden boat sailed leisurely on the sea for more than a month before it could be regarded as breaking away from the edge of the North Sea and entering the middle of the North Sea cultivation world. The prosperous areas of the overseas cultivation world are not in the center of each sea area, but in the coastal waters close to the Jiuzhou Continent, and the center of the sea is regarded as the far sea, and beyond is the barren realm. Ling Xiaozi's cultivation in the middle of Jindan at the beginning, he couldn't even find a favorite spiritual land in the far sea, so he could only go to the edge of the barren North Sea to establish a sect, and he could also see that the competition between overseas cultivators was fierce. Although the cultivation resources are inexhaustible, after all, the resources in each place take time to cultivate, and the number of spiritual lands is limited after all, so the battle will inevitably be much more than that of the Nine Continents Continent. Even with the protection of the sect, it is impossible for the sect to cast a net in the vast sea to hunt and arrest. Therefore, the overseas cultivation world is much simpler and more rude than the monks in the Jiuzhou Continent, and the way to resolve the conflict is to fight, and it is common to fall on the spot. The unwarranted disaster that Qin Guan and them encountered at the beginning was very likely that two monks with advanced cultivation fought because of the conflict, which affected Qin Guan and them, the little shrimps in the cultivation world.
After driving for three months, I arrived at the slightly inhabited North Sea, and the scattered islands on the sea gradually increased. However, every time I get close to the island, I can find that there is either no spiritual land on the island, or the spiritual land has long been occupied by the sect. Qin Guan didn't dare to go to the island to check, who knows if those sects would temporarily make a cameo appearance as a robber just because they saw that the Sanqing audience was lowly in cultivation? Moreover, Qin Guan, as the master of the Sanqing Concept, must be worthy of the trust of everyone, and it is impossible to pull everyone into danger.
After searching for more than three months, the sea was about to freeze, and the people still did not find a suitable place to rebuild the mountain gate. Everyone couldn't help but feel a little anxious, if they didn't find a place again, the weather would turn cold, and everyone would not have the ability to resist the cold. There was no way, Qin Guan had to find an island where mortals lived and landed on the shore, so that he no longer had to worry about only eating dry food and drinking cold water all day long.
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The wooden boat slowly entered the port at the pier north of the big island, and dozens of slender men on the pier stepped forward to pull the wooden boat into the dock in exchange for reward. But Qin Guan's wooden boat is a magic weapon, where a mortal can pull the boat, he can follow Qin Guan's spiritual sense to the shore. Before the slender men could react, the wooden boat had already docked, and everyone in the boat jumped onto the dock one after another, and then the cranes also spread their wings from the cabin and flew out, and finally Qin Guan jumped on the dock and put the wooden boat small into the Qiankun bag.
Because it was just after morning, there were some caravans on the dock with goods on their backs, all of whom had just docked and were about to enter the big city on the island. Suddenly, the originally bustling dock instantly quieted down, Qin Guan and the others didn't expect that the monk's ordinary actions could make mortals have such a big reaction, and they were at a loss for a while. Still Qingjing and the two were used to seeing such a scene, coughed twice, and Qingjing raised his voice and said: "I am waiting to travel here today, but someone is willing to come and show me and others." "Where have the people in the port seen so many monks, none of them dared to respond, you look at me, I look at you, but no one stepped forward. It was still a big black-faced man in shabby clothes, who came out of the group of slender men, trembling and trying to kneel and salute. Seeing that no one knelt down, Qin Guan waved his hand and said, "You don't have to make this big salute, stand and talk." The black-faced man cautiously gave a fist salute and said, "Immortal masters, I'm ...... The villain, the villain is willing to be a guide. ”
Qin Guan didn't care about the status of this big man, nor did he care that he was dressed shabby and dirty, anyway, someone could lead the way, so he nodded towards Qingjing. Qingjing ordered the big man to lead the way in front and find a place for everyone to rest first. The big man bowed down and replied "yes", and led Qin Guan and the others into the city in the envious eyes of the slender men.
The harbor is not far from the big city on the island, and the slender man leads the way while telling everyone about the origin of the island and the city. This big island is called Xingxing Island, and it is rumored that a powerful monk picked up a star iron here, so it was named Xingxing Island. The city on the island is called Star City, and the people on the island are all mortals who later emigrated from various places, and there is no spiritual land on the island, so no monks will come here. Because this island is the largest island within a radius of thousands of miles, there are hundreds of merchants in the city, and it is a veritable commercial city.
The passers-by on the road paid attention to Qin Guan and the others, but no one dared to offend the monk, and it seemed that the mortals still had a deep awe of the monk. After walking for half an hour, I came to a luxuriously decorated restaurant, which was full of people, but it could be seen that there were really a lot of rich people in the city. Qin Guan and the others have no money, but the slender man doesn't know, and he thinks that the monks are all rich people with a lot of money. Qin Guan asked Qingjing to stop the black-faced slender man at the door, and said, "I don't like such a noisy place, is there any clean place?" The black-faced man lowered his head and thought about it, and replied: "This Star City is full of merchants, and the hotels in the city are all so noisy, this quiet place in the city should be nothing." Except for ......" The black-faced man hesitated for a moment, and Qin Guan asked: "Except for what? It doesn't matter, you can say whatever you have." I won't blame you. ”
The black-faced man replied in a low voice: "Except for the mass graves outside the city, there is an old house in the city that is relatively quiet. But it's haunted......" Before he could finish speaking, Qin Guan asked: "Haunted? Hehe, how can I be afraid of those ghosts when I wait for monks! ”
The black-faced man replied, "No...... The house has no owner. ”
"Oh, why is that?" Qin Guan asked.
"Hui Immortal Master, that family was originally a wealthy businessman, and the family had a lot of money, and the courtyard was built very large. But one day, for unknown reasons, a black fog shrouded the house, and it took a day and a night to dissipate. When the lord of the city sent someone to check, he found that the family was all dead, and it was said that the death was extremely miserable. Then, every night when the wind was dark and high, passers-by and neighbors around could hear the sound of crying coming from the house, and there were brave people to investigate, but there was no one alive to come out, so over time, the lord of the city sealed the house. Even the neighbors moved out of fear of the place. So that place is now the only silent place in the city. With a hint of fear, the black-faced man told Qin Guan the story of the haunting.
Qin Guan was not afraid of that murderous mansion, listening to the story of the black-faced man, he calculated that even if there were any evil ghosts, his cultivation would not be very profound, and the people on this island would not be as noisy as they are now. He was very curious about what this ghost was like, he had never really seen a ghost in his previous life, and he had never had the opportunity to see a ghost when he came to such a world where he could practice. He looked at the people behind him, Qingjing Qingxuan looked indifferent, and the teenagers were very excited, after all, they were still young, and they were full of interest in such things as ghosts. Linghe was expressionless, even if there was Qin Guan, he couldn't see it, so he didn't have to think about their thoughts.
"Let's go, lead me to the haunted mansion. The black-faced man hesitated, he was a mortal, not as good as this group of monks, in case there were ghosts haunting him, he had no way to resist it. Qin Guan knew this man's worries and said, "It's okay, you lead us to the periphery, you can leave, and we will go in by ourselves." The black-faced man was relieved, and led the people through the city for a while, and came to a walled place in the southeast of the city.
Qin Guan gave the slender man a pill of Bone Strengthening Pill, told him the efficacy, and told him to take it as soon as he went back. After thanking the slender man for his kindness, he turned around and planned to leave, and said again before leaving: "Immortal Master, if there is anything in the future, you can tell me." Qin Guan thought about it, and felt that this black-faced man was quite clever, and his heart was not bad, just these days when they stayed in Star City, this black-faced man could be used as a temporary subordinate, so he said, "Hmm, good." You come here tomorrow morning and I'll be waiting for you here. He waved his hand so that the black-faced man could leave.
Qin Guan jumped on the wall and swept the three houses inside the wall with his spiritual sense. In the middle is the house that is said to be haunted, and the two surrounding areas are neighbors who have moved away. After scanning around, he didn't find anything, so he let everyone and Linghe follow him into the wall.
In the middle of the wall is a rectangular place, long from east to west, narrow from north to south, and three deserted houses sit side by side facing south. The house is dilapidated and overgrown with weeds, but it can be seen that there were indeed three large families here before. "Well, tonight will show me what the ghosts of this world are like. Qin Guan touched his chin and thought. He ordered them to make a bonfire in the middle of the courtyard, and after lunch, they found a room to rest and waited for the evening to come.