Three hundred miles away from Fangyueling, there is a Bailong River with a width of nearly ten zhang, and the source of the Bailong River is about two hundred miles above the Bailong Mountain in the south. The mountains on the west bank of the Bailong River are undulating and lush, and the east bank is a thousand acres of fertile land, which is endless. And Tianju Mountain is thousands of miles away on the west bank of the Bailong River.

Donglindu is built along the Bailong River and is the largest town within a radius of dozens of miles. There is a Donglin ferry port in Donglindu, and the town is named after it.

On this day, the sky was clear and cloudless.

In the open space in the middle of the tic-tac-toe street in Donglindu, there was a sudden sound of "dangdang", and after the merchants and townspeople heard the sound, they all flocked to the square, and soon surrounded the square.

There were three people standing in the middle of the square at this moment, and one of them was an old man in a gray robe, with blazing eyes and strong spirits, but he seemed to be preoccupied. The man on the left hand side of the gray-robed old man looked at him with a bit of imagination, but he was more than ten years younger than him.

On the right-hand side is a young man in his thirties, holding a gong in one hand and a copper hammer in the other.

Next to the three of them was a propped wooden plank, on which a notice was posted.

The gray-robed old man swept towards the crowd of people who were around, and seeing that there was more or less panic on everyone's faces, he sighed secretly, and after a while, he said loudly: "Since everyone has arrived, let's all take a look at this notice." ”

People's eyes followed the gesture of the gray-robed old man, and saw eight words simply written on the notice:

"Heavy gold bounty, 100 silver to eliminate demons. ”

At this time, the young man on the right hand of the old man stepped forward, looked around the crowd, and said with his fists clenched: "Fellow villagers, in the past three months, that 'monster' has injured several people in my town. We simply can't afford to ignore it any longer. As a squire in Donglin Town, my Liu family is duty-bound. Post this notice of rewarding the demon, no matter who it is, as long as this demon is removed, my Liu family will thank you with a hundred taels of silver. ”

It turned out that these three people were Liu Yun, a great benevolent person in Donglindu, and his younger brother Liu Hong, and his son Liu Yu. And now the person who speaks is none other than Liu Yu.

As Liu Yu's words fell, the crowd immediately became commotion.

"It's really not peaceful these years, first it was rumored that there were snake demons in Bailong Mountain making waves. Now even our Donglin Town has a terrible monster, hurting people one after another, how can this be a good ......"

"I heard that monster is eight feet tall, infinitely powerful, bloodthirsty and cannibalistic, Boss Li of the rice shop was ...... when he passed by the red leaf forest a few days ago."

"But someone stood up to eliminate the demon in Donglin for me?"

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, after all, no one stands up.

This "monster" has many people who have seen it with their own eyes, and during this time, it has injured several lives in the town one after another, otherwise it would not be as panicked as it is now.

If it weren't for the fact that this "monster" doesn't appear often, I'm afraid that some people in the town would have fled this place long ago.

At this time, Liu Hong, who had been standing on Liu Yun's left hand side and had not spoken, looked at the crowd and seemed to sneer, turned his head and whispered to Liu Yun: "Big brother, I think it's better to forget it." It is easy for these people to reach out and take our things, but if they want to fight for others, I am afraid that there is no possibility. ”

Liu Yun didn't speak, only turned his head and glared at Liu Hong. Liu Hong was stunned, stopped talking, and slowly withdrew his gaze, but there seemed to be a hint of coldness in the flickering of his gaze.

But after all, it was said by Liu Hong, and where the eyes of the Liu family father and son passed, even the men who were extremely brave in front of people on weekdays, either bowed their heads and remained silent, or their eyes were evasive.

Liu Yun sighed secretly, but at this time, there was a trace of anger on his son Liu Yu's face, and he wanted to continue talking, when he suddenly heard someone shouting in a low voice: "Let me try." ”

Hearing this, there was another commotion in the crowd, and they all turned their heads to look at the place where they spoke, only to see a young man wearing a green shirt who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and the sound of discussion sounded again.

Liu Yu looked at the young man with a hint of doubt on his face. But seeing that although the young man was carrying a long sword behind his back, his body was thin, and his face seemed to have a bit of childishness, he couldn't help but kindly remind: "Little brother, this is not a joke!"

"This is Brother Liu, I am a disciple of Fang Yuemen, Xiao Yusheng. ”

It turned out that he was the young man in green shirts who came all the way from Fang Yueling. I have been watching in the crowd for a long time, although I have the heart to help, but I don't know how powerful the "monster" is, I am afraid that the demon is not finished, but I will lose the face of the teacher. I hesitated for a long time, but I thought that the master often taught that it is the morality of my generation to subdue demons and eliminate demons, that is, if you really can't get rid of demons, most of the masters will not blame.

"Fang Yuemen?" Liu Yu couldn't help but be a little surprised, so he took a closer look at the young man, only to see that the young man looked young, but his eyes were warm and bright, and he really didn't look like an ordinary person. But after all, this matter is not trivial, careless, surprised, but also quite expectant, hugged his fists and said: "I don't know, can the little brother?"

Xiao Yusheng scratched his head, understood what Liu Yu meant, so he reached out and touched it in his arms, and in a moment he pinched out a cyan Dao talisman between his two fingers, threw it into the air, and the magic trick in his hand changed, and the Dao talisman flashed with a burst of blue light, and it was floating in the air and didn't move.

These ordinary people had never seen such a strange thing, and they all exclaimed.

Liu Yu's face showed a look of great joy, and he immediately laughed, hugged his fists and said: "Disrespect, disrespect turned out to be a senior disciple of Fang Yuemen." ”

At this time, Liu Yun and Liu Hong came back from their surprise and looked at Liu Yu one after another. Liu Yu explained to the two of them with a smile, it turned out that Liu Yu had traveled abroad for a while, and he had also heard of Fang Yuemen, a "quite famous" sect of cultivating immortals.

Xiao Yusheng saw that someone in this town had heard of his sect, and he couldn't help but be slightly happy, and he had a little more affection for Liu Yu, who looked very bold.

Liu Yun and the others were pleasantly surprised when they heard this, and immediately politely said: "It turned out to be the immortal master of Fang Yuemen, disrespectful and disrespectful." ”

And the crowd also cast awe-inspiring glances.

This made Xiao Yusheng uncomfortable all of a sudden, so he had to say to Liu Yu: "Brother Liu, can you find a secluded place and tell me the situation in detail." ”

Liu Yu was naturally very happy, and after a few words with Liu Yun, he dismissed everyone in the square, led Xiao Yusheng to walk towards Liu's house, and at the same time called a few townspeople who had seen the "monster" to go together.

People were either surprised or curious, but no one seemed to notice that Liu Hong followed behind everyone in the Liu family, his brows furrowed, and his eyes seemed to be a little gloomy.

The crowd in the square gradually dispersed, and it was not long before only two people remained.

One of them was wearing a black robe, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, red lips and white teeth, and he was a handsome young man, just like Xiao Yusheng, with a long sword on his back. On closer inspection, the hilt of the sword is dark black, with a crescent moon carved into the hilt like a silver hook, and the blade is inserted in a scabbard that is also black.

The other person was dressed in a gray robe, with a square face and a piercing gaze, a middle-aged man of about forty.

Suddenly, the black-shirted boy snapped and opened the folding fan in his right hand.

The front of the folding fan is also a smoke-like ink, only the upper right corner of the folding fan outlines a crescent moon that is the same as the one on the hilt of the sword, and the back of the folding fan has a square book with the word "moon".

The black-shirted young man gently fanned the folding fan in his hand, seemed to look at Xiao Yusheng's disappearing back with interest, and said in a low voice: "Uncle Tan, the Fang Yuemen that the young man just said can't be the Fang Yuemen in the righteous path where there are only two masters and apprentices left, right?"

The middle-aged man he called Tan Bo smiled faintly and said, "Look at his clothes." ”

However, after a while, the middle-aged man seemed to think of something, and sighed: "Speaking of which, this Fang Yuemen was also one of the righteous path giants hundreds of years ago, but I didn't expect it to be so weak now. ”

"Oh, if this 'Xiao Yusheng' is really" is a disciple of Fang Yuemen, if he dies here, won't Fang Yuemen become a lonely person again?"

"Mo Yue, don't despise him, I just saw that his aura is long and strong, and most of him has reached the realm of the fifth layer of the Dao Yuan Realm. ”

"The fifth layer of the Dao Yuan Realm, isn't that just like me. It's not easy to see him young. With a "snap", the black-shirted young man put away the folding fan again, and said with some surprise.

Tan Bo smiled slightly, but said: "It's really not easy! But he is mostly old and old with you, and his improvement is not faster than you! And in terms of the power of magic and the strength of magic weapons, I am afraid that he cannot compare with you." ”

The black-shirted young man was silent for a moment, then showed a somewhat relieved smile and said, "That's right." ”

The black-shirted young man looked in the direction where Xiao Yusheng disappeared again, and suddenly said with a low smile: "Uncle Tan, why don't we follow quietly, anyway, Tianju Mountain is still early, and there is no hurry to collect righteous path information for a while......!

The black-shirted boy said this, although he lowered his voice, but he smiled, as if he had thought of something very interesting.

Tan Bo nodded and said, "I also have this intention, and he has the realm of the fifth layer of the Dao Yuan Realm at such an age, which is a material that can be created, if he joins my valley ......"

At this time, the black-shirted young man was a little surprised, and said, "Tan Bo, you value him so much?"

Tan Bo smiled slightly and said: "That's not it, it's just that the legend of Fang Yuemen is really a bit tempting, not only me, but even the sect master will probably move his mind if he encounters it." ”

After finishing speaking, he seemed to look in the direction of Xiao Yusheng's disappearance with great meaning.

......

In the courtyard of the willow house, it is not like ordinary large families all paving the floor with bluestone, but there is a bluestone path from the gate of the courtyard to the front of the steps of the main house, and the decorations such as tables, chairs, and furniture in the house are also extremely ordinary. Liu Yun is a well-known good man who often helps poor villages, but he is quite simple himself.

At this moment, in the courtyard of the Liu family's house, Xiao Yusheng was listening intently to the descriptions of several townspeople.

After a while, these people stopped talking, and everyone looked at Xiao Yusheng.

Although Xiao Yusheng was not entirely sure of what he was thinking, he still said to Liu Yu and the others: "This 'monster' is most likely an evil thing cultivated by 'evil arts', although I don't know what it is, but it should be able to deal with one or two." ”

When everyone heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Yusheng discussed with Liu Yu and the others again, and decided that Liu Yu would take him there at noon tomorrow.

Liu Hong sat quietly on the side, not saying a word, his expression was uncertain, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

Everyone exchanged a few more pleasantries, and Xiao Yusheng was led by Liu Yu to an upper room to rest.

After dinner, the cold moon hung in the air, and the cold glow shone into the guest room through the half-open window, and Xiao Yusheng sat cross-legged on the bed.

I don't know how long later, after all, I still sighed low and slowly opened my eyes: it turned out that I was still a little worried about tomorrow's trip to eliminate demons.

He got up slowly, walked to the stool in front of the window and sat down, and took out a palm-sized Taoist talisman from his bosom.

The Dao rune is pale cyan, and strange runes are twisted and twisted on the Dao rune, and the cold moon shines on it, but after all, he can't tell what is drawn, Xiao Yusheng silently looked at the green rune in his hand.

"I knew that I had brought out those two three-grade Dao talismans, and I thought that I could deal with an evil thing that had not yet taken shape. ...... at the moment"

Xiao Yusheng was a little annoyed, but he was helpless, the master said, it was the thing at the bottom of the box, and it could not be easily shown until it was absolutely necessary.

Xiao Yusheng shook his head, he hadn't arrived at Tianju Mountain yet, but don't ...... He couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

I don't know how long later, Xiao Yusheng suddenly said in a low voice: "Even if I die, I can't disgrace my master." ”

......

The night was thick, but the back door of the Liu family's mansion was gently pushed open, and a black figure turned his head to look around for a moment, then went out and gently closed the door again.

The dark shadow walked along the dark corners of the town, and soon left the town, all the way north, and it seemed that his direction was the red leaf forest outside the town.

The cold moon hung in the air, stretching the figure of the black shadow very long, and there were one or two terrible beast cries from time to time in the night.

But the shadow didn't stop, and walked away quickly.

Half an hour later, a dense forest of red leaves appeared in front of him.

The autumn leaves are dark and eerie.

There was a hint of hesitation in the black shadow's eyes, but after only a moment, he walked towards the depths of the red leaf forest with a grim expression.

The moonlight fell to the ground through the gaps in the autumn leaves, and the breeze blew and the shadows of the trees swayed.

After a while, the black shadow finally stopped at a rocky hill deep in the red leaf forest.

In the night, there are many rocks, like ghost hands dancing.

The black shadow took a breath, reached into his arms, and carefully pulled out a black flag about the size of two palms.

There was a hint of coolness on the black flag, and the black shadow raised his head, with a bit of inexplicable meaning in his eyes, and roared at the chaotic stone gang: "Blood slave, come out for me!"

His roar spread slowly, but the night was dark, and no one responded after a long time.

The corner of the black shadow's eyes twitched, his face flashed with anger, and he took out a pitch-black half-foot knife from his arms, a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth and slashed at the fingers of his left hand.

The knife was extremely sharp, and red blood splattered out of the place where it passed, and the black shadow's face turned pale, but he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and immediately put his finger on the black flag.

At this time, an extremely strange scene happened, a thick black gas emerged from the flag, and under the black gas entanglement, it turned into a series of tentacles swinging wildly, and after the tentacles were formed, they immediately shot like poisonous snakes into the rocky hills.

A moment later, a terrible roar suddenly came from the depths of the rocky hills, like the neighing of a night owl, which looked extremely strange in the night, and the heart palpitated.

The "boom" of the rocky hill kept coming, the rocks flew sideways, and the black shadow hurriedly dodged. Soon after, the loud noise stopped, and a blood-red figure, heavily bound by tentacles, dragged out of the depths of the rocky hill.

Among the tentacles was a blood-colored giant nearly eight feet tall.

The blood-colored giant seemed to have been skinned from top to bottom, his flesh and blood were blurred, only his eyes were white, and it was terrifying to look at. At this moment, the bloody man had already spotted the black shadow, and turned his head to roar at the black shadow, seemingly extremely angry.

Seeing this, the corners of the black shadow's eyes couldn't help twitching twice, but after a while, he still snorted coldly, made a strange magic decision in his hand, and roared in a low voice: "Close!"

The tentacles formed by the black qi once again opened their teeth and claws, and suddenly strangled the bloody man tightly and pulled it towards the flag.

The blood man seemed to be extremely angry and unwilling, and wanted to stretch the tentacles, but after all, he was unable to resist the huge force from the tentacles, and was slowly dragged into the flag.

"Wait...... I ...... "The bloody man's voice is hoarse like a sandstone grinding plate,

The black shadow trembled slightly, as he saw the resentment welling up in the white eyes of the bloody man before he was completely swallowed into the banner, and there was a strange smile that seemed to be a smile but not a smile.

The black shadow's face became more and more pale, and the moment the bloody man disappeared, he also seemed to be exhausted and collapsed to the ground.

After a long time, the black shadow slowly got up, looked down at the flag in his hand, and there was a trace of fear in his eyes, and there was more greed and madness. He stared at it like that, motionless, as if he were holding some incomparably valuable treasure in his hand, and for half an hour he felt that he had seen enough, and was satisfied that he carefully put the flag into his arms again.

After a few glances, sure that there was no one around, the black shadow turned around and walked towards the outside of the red leaf forest.

The moonlight was cold, and there was a hint of coldness, but the black shadow couldn't feel the coldness at all, and the inexplicable excitement and fanaticism made him regain his vitality, and the original fear had long been forgotten.

Soon after, the shadow disappeared into the night.

After a while, two figures slowly walked out of the red leaf forest, one holding an ink-colored folding fan in his hand, and the other dressed in gray, it was the black-shirted young man and the gray-clothed Tan Bo in the square during the day.

The black-shirted young man gently opened the folding fan, with a little disgust on his face, and said, "I didn't expect that this 'monster' was actually practiced by that Liu Shanren's brother!"

Tan Bo beside him responded, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "I don't know how this Liu Hongjie mortal knows this kind of sacrificial blood puppet method?"

The black-shirted young man turned to Tan Bo and said, "Tan Bo, do we want to get rid of this person?"

Tan Bo shook his head and said, "Put this matter aside for the time being, and after the Tianju Mountain Dabi is over, it's not too late to deal with it, I just vaguely feel that this 'blood puppet' seems to be a little different on weekdays." ”

"Different?" said the black-shirted young man.

Tan Bo nodded, but said again: "It's just that for a while, I can't figure out what the difference is!"

"Looks like this 'monster' must have some origins. The black-shirted young man frowned slightly when he heard this.

Suddenly, the black-shirted young man seemed to think of something, and said with a slight smile: "Uncle Tan, this kid from Fang Yuemen is not badly lucky!"

"It's not necessarily good luck for him. Tan Bo chuckled.

"Why not, looking at the appearance of this blood puppet, even if that kid can deal with it, most of them will not retreat. ”

"You, you always look down on the world. Tan Bo shook his head, his eyes doting.

The black-shirted young man was about to speak again, and Tan Bo smiled: "I think what you said is feasible, if you go with the righteous path disciples, it will definitely be more difficult to be seen as flawed." ”

"Yes!" The black-shirted young man was a little displeased just now, and his eyes narrowed again when he heard Tan Bo's words. It was slender and long, and it was extremely handsome under the moonlight.

But then Tan Bo's words made him glare, "Don't worry, I will protect you secretly." ”

The black-shirted young man said angrily: "Together with that righteous boy, do you still need Tan Bo's protection!"

Tan Bo was dumbfounded for a while, as if he knew the temper of the black-shirted young man, sighed, and stopped talking.