This sudden exclamation startled the master and apprentice, and Bai Xiaoyi was even more nervous to aim the fist armor in his left hand in the direction from which the sound came.

In the light of the setting sun, they saw a farmer in a coarse linen robe, lying on the ground and bowing down to their master and apprentice.

Looking at this honest and simple middle-aged man with a blank face, Bai Xiaoyi greeted him a little uncomfortably

"I said this uncle, let's talk about something, you are kneeling and kowtowing, isn't this a torment?"

It seemed that he had not listened to the words of the scoundrel boy at all, and the middle-aged man, who looked to be thirty or forty years old, still knelt down and shouted loudly

"Immortals help!

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Xi Yingzhen stepped forward slowly and stretched out his hand to help the middle-aged man

"This old man, we are really not immortals. My master and apprentice are all cultivators who travel all over the world, and they are all mortals. ”

The middle-aged man looked up at the kind-looking old Taoist priest and asked with some doubts

"Huh...... But just now, I saw that between the two of them, there were thousands of lightning flashes, isn't this a god......

Coughing awkwardly, the green-shirted Taoist Wen Yan explained

"Actually, my master and apprentice are cultivators, and I just tried it with the Dao method, if it disturbs my brother, please forgive me......"

Seeing that the fairy-like Taoist in front of him was about to bow and salute him, the crop man hurriedly waved his hand

According to what you say, the two of you are the Heavenly Master who subdues demons and catches ghosts, right?"

After a slight pause, the old Taoist priest nodded helplessly

"This ...... That's right...... But ......"

Before he could finish speaking, the honest farmer began to kneel down again

"Ask Heavenly Master for help, ask Heavenly Master for help!"

Bai Xiaoyi, who was so angry that he couldn't cry or laugh, pulled the middle-aged man up and said angrily

"How many times have I said it, if you have something to say, don't kneel down and kowtow at every turn. ”

Stretching out his hand to stop the apprentice's rude behavior, Xi Yingzhen interjected

"I don't know what this old brother is called?"

Bowing respectfully, the farmer replied honestly

"My name is Niu Er, and I am a farmer in Qingshui Town in front. ”

Nodding slightly, the old Taoist priest continued to ask

"You've been calling us for help, what the hell is going on? Is someone chasing you?"

A look of horror flashed across his face, and the middle-aged man said in a trembling voice

"Don't hide it from the two Heavenly Masters, our town has been haunted these days, but it's ...... evil."

In this way, this honest farmer told the two Heavenly Masters in front of him about the strange things that happened in their Qingshui Town in the past two days.

Bai Xiaoyi's master and apprentice pulled the man to sit down, and when they listened to this bizarre and weird narrative, Xi Yingzhen looked at his apprentice thoughtfully and said

"Xiao Yi, what do you think about this matter?"

Tearing off a rabbit leg and handing it to the cropper man beside him, Bai Xiaoyi said with some puzzlement

"I know that this mosquito bites and bees sting. But if it is said that fireflies kill people or burn people to death, this is unheard of. If it's not haunted, then some evil spirit is at work. ”

Blinking his thief's eyes, Bai Xiaoyi asked mysteriously

"I said, master, do you say that this matter has anything to do with that innate fire spirit?"

Nodding slightly, Xi Yingzhen said with some concern

"I think it's possible......" The old Taoist priest turned his head to look at the crop man with expectant eyes, "Niu Er, how far is your Qingshui Town from here?"

The middle-aged man identified the direction, stretched out his hand and pointed to the position of the official road and said

"Follow the official road to the north, and after about twenty miles, we will be Qingshui Town. ”

After a little contemplation, the Tsing Yi Daoist continued to ask

"How many of you have died in the past two days, have they all been burned?"

The honest farmer swallowed hard, and replied with fear in his eyes

"Inside and out, four are dead. The cousin of my family, the family of our village mayor, all died, and they were all burned to death. We saw with our own eyes that those insects with ghostly fire set the big living person on fire so directly, and the fire could not be extinguished......"

After calming down the middle-aged man who seemed a little excited, Xi Yingzhen looked at his apprentice and said

"Xiao Yi, rest early today. Early tomorrow morning, we will go to Qingshui Town with the second Niu brother to have a look. If it's just a little ghost, let's get rid of it. But if it's the innate fire spirit, we'll have to make another plan. ”

Nodding clearly, Bai Xiaoyi patted Niu Er's shoulder very smugly and said

"This old brother, don't worry, as long as our master and apprentice are here, no matter what kind of mountain spirit and sea monster he is, we will be able to capture him!"

Looking at the two masters in front of him, who had great abilities at a glance, the crop man's face was full of honest smiles.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Bai Xiaoyi's master and apprentice walked in the direction of Qingshui Town under the leadership of Niu Er.

When he was still about 100 steps away from Qingshui Town, Bai Xiaoyi suddenly smelled the faint smell of paste in the air. Frowning, he looked at the town at the foot of the mountain, and saw that in the middle of this town, which had only four or five hundred households, there was a large area of charred ruins.

After looking at it curiously for a long time, the rogue boy grabbed Niu Er who was walking in front of him and asked

"Uncle Niu, what's the situation over there, why is the whole yard scorched?"

The middle-aged man looked at the demon hunter he had found with a strange face, and muttered a little unnaturally

"That's the mayor's house. The night before yesterday, the town mayor and his family of three were all dead......"

With a wry smile, Bai Xiaoyi realized that he had asked a question that he shouldn't have asked.

Strode into the town with the farmer, and before the master and apprentice could familiarize themselves with the town's environment. But I saw men and women in the town

Several people, young and old, hurriedly greeted him, led by an old man on crutches, who asked suspiciously

"Niu Er, why did you come back so soon?

He respectfully saluted the old man on crutches, and the crop man said honestly

"Seventh Uncle, these two behind me are the Heavenly Master who came to help our town catch demons. ”

Raising his head slightly, the old man on crutches squinted his eyes, and looked at it for a long time, and then said with a sudden face

"Oh, see, eh! This day the master is coming, why are you still stunned, why don't you invite people into the house quickly. ”

As soon as I heard that these two newcomers were the Heavenly Master who Niu Er went out to find and came back. The surrounding townspeople who were watching the excitement suddenly boiled, as if they had grasped a life-saving straw, and they were very attentive to the master and apprentice.

With the crowd of people, Bai Xiaoyi's master and apprentice were dragged down next to the old locust tree in the center of the town. It seems to be a meeting place for the townspeople on weekdays, with crooked tables, chairs and benches, and a three-foot platform built in the shade of a tree.

Before the old man on crutches asked about the origin of the two Heavenly Masters, Niu Er, who had been out for a day and a night, asked anxiously

"Seventh uncle, did there be another accident in the town last night?"

A look of regret appeared on his face, and the old man said helplessly

"Right...... Something happened again...... Last night, Ma Liu and her mother-in-law were burned to death in the house...... "Coughing a few times with difficulty, the old man known as the seventh uncle scolded angrily while leaning on his crutches, "! What kind of evil has this created! Our Mrs. Qingshui Town has been peaceful for twenty or thirty years, how can this evil thing come out of this way......

Gently patting the old man's back, Bai Xiaoyi, who was sleek, pretended to be confident and said

"Seventh uncle, you always relax. As long as my master is here, it doesn't matter what kind of lonely ghost it is, or a mountain spirit and sea monster. Our master and apprentice will help you submit!"

Looking at this sensible young man with great satisfaction, the old man on crutches asked with a smile

"I've been tossing for a long time, and I haven't consulted yet, the two heavenly masters are from what sect and what sect, and the Taoist number is ......"

Xi Yingzhen, who was on the side, was afraid that the apprentice would say the wrong thing, so he hurriedly stepped forward to speak

"Poor Dao Ziyang is the head of the Shenxiao faction. He is my apprentice, Bai Xiaoyi. ”

After a long time of dazed expression, the seventh uncle said with some confusion

"Shenxiao Sect...... This one...... Ransom the old man is lonely and unheard...... I've never heard of this before......"

Suddenly realizing that he had said the wrong thing, the old man on crutches hurriedly changed his words

"But as soon as I heard the name, I knew that the two of them must be masters of the Dao. Come on, hurry up and prepare wine and food for the two Heavenly Masters, and then prepare a place to live. The safety of our Qingshui Town is all pointing to these two living immortals......"

Hearing the old man's order, several surrounding townspeople hurriedly helped Bai Xiaoyi's master and apprentice prepare for everything. But just when everyone was sitting in a mess, on the official road of Qingshui Town, a series of crisp and pleasant camel bells rang suddenly.