Chapter 283: Emptiness, Loneliness, and Coldness
The night was deep, the half-moon hung in the sky, the bright moonlight sprinkled in Huncheng, and the heavy roof ridges looked like the ribs of a beast in the sky. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Most of the entire Huncheng city was plunged into darkness, except for a large hall in the south of the city, even at this point in time, it was still brightly lit.
"That's the Demon Hall in Huncheng. The beast-shaped fist carried a box on his right shoulder, and held the already tattered wolf corpse in his left hand, and said: "These days, demons and monsters are everywhere, so basically as long as it is a big place, there will be a demon palace, as long as we kill the demons, we can go to the demon hall to receive the bounty." ”
But not all exorcists are like Chen Xuanzang to save the common people, more for fame and wealth, and the beast-shaped fist is naturally no exception, under the attack of Jiang Hao's gold, silver and jewelry, it fell directly.
From the mouth of the beast-shaped fist, Jiang Hao also roughly understood the situation in this world.
It's not bad as he expected, because in this world, evil thoughts can be transformed into real cultivation, so there are many demons and monsters, in addition to those who have cultivated into essence, most of the people who died tragically and unjustly will also turn into demons and bring disaster to the world.
In the original book, Chen Xuanzang wanted to become an exorcist, not only because he had a good heart to save the common people, but also because the exorcist had a very high status in society and was respected.
And this demon temple is an organization dedicated to serving exorcists, and it is mainly responsible for two things, the first is to release news about the monsters in various places, and the second is to pay a bounty after the exorcist kills the demons.
As for who established this Demon Palace, the Beast Fist itself can't say clearly, only that this Demon Demon Hall has existed for thousands of years, even if the imperial power in the mortal world changes in the vicissitudes of life, it has not been able to have any impact on it.
Jiang Hao stood at the head of the clouds, the brilliance in his pupils flashed, he opened the eye of heaven, and looked towards the Demon Palace, only to see a little divine light lingering above this hall, and the Dao light was staggered, and the entire Huncheng was sheltered in it.
This formation can not only prevent demons from entering Huncheng, but also has the effect of calming the mind and calming the mind, obviously preventing some people in the city from having too many evil thoughts and falling into demons after death.
"Let's go down and have a look!" Jiang Hao nodded towards the beast-shaped fist, took the lead in falling the clouds, and walked towards the Demon Palace.
The building of the Demon Hall is not luxurious, but it has a bit of a quaint taste, and the whole is built of sandalwood, and people can smell the fragrance in it, and they will be calm down unconsciously.
At this time, it was already late at night, and there were not many people in the Demon Palace, only more than a dozen, but the costumes were strange, there were samurai wearing armor and holding a big sword, there were Taoist priests wearing gossip robes and holding dust, and there were swordsmen wearing green shirts and carrying a long sword at their waists, and so on.
Each exorcist has a small servant by his side, either serving tea and pouring water, or introducing them to information about the youkai in the recent past, which is extremely skillful.
Further inside is the place where the exorcist receives the bounty, which looks somewhat similar to the pawnshop, with a wooden grid window separating the inside and outside, and a chubby middle-aged man sits inside, holding an abacus in his hand, and is calculating, looking ordinary, without the slightest fluctuation of mana on his body.
"Go by yourself!" Jiang Hao waved his hand, sent away the beast-shaped fist, and sat down on the chair beside him, the light in his pupils flashed, and the scene in front of him changed suddenly.
In the hall that originally looked ordinary, there was a formation on the ground, and the golden lines of the Dao were circulating, emitting a faint glow, gathering the surrounding aura in the main hall.
The faces of those little guys who nodded and waisted suddenly became vicious, all of them were blue-faced fangs, covered with armor, and the yin aura was shrouded on them, and the middle-aged man in the distance who seemed to be dressed as a shopkeeper was dressed in official robes, not angry and arrogant between his eyebrows, and the Dao divine light above his head flashed, obviously not a mortal.
Yin Soldier! Judge! This Demon Suppression Hall really has something to do with Heavenly Court!
Jiang Hao was not surprised, in a world with gods, ghosts, Buddhas and demons, such an organization dedicated to serving exorcists and demons would be even more strange if there was no background background.
The information of these monsters, the dungeon is the easiest to get, just ask the ghosts killed by the monsters.
"I don't know what the little one can do for you?" At this moment, a small guy took the tea, trotted all the way to Jiang Hao's side, nodded his head, and said respectfully.
If it weren't for Jiang Hao having seen through his true body before, it would be really hard to imagine that this extremely obedient little guy in front of him was actually transformed from the Yin soldiers of the underworld.
Jiang Hao said: "Give me a copy of the information about the demon infestation in this neighborhood!"
"Okay!" The little guy quickly took a stack of bounty lists, which were hundreds, and said, "The information of the demons in Huncheng and several surrounding places is here, if you have any questions, you can ask me at any time." ”
Jiang Hao snorted, and looked through them one by one.
"The cat demon in Qianping Village, Huncheng, three days ago, injured five villagers, and the bounty was 10 taels of silver. ”
"Lincheng Chiba Mountain Tiger Demon, half a month ago, killed three woodcutters and five merchants, with a bounty of 80 taels of silver. ”
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There is not much information about the monster on this, except for a portrait, there is only the time and place of the monster's appearance and the amount of the bounty, and there is no description of the reason for the appearance of the monster and the strength of the monster, you can only speculate by the amount of the bounty.
Just as he was looking at them one by one, Jiang Hao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he saw a vague fish-like monster drawn on the bounty list in his hand, which read: Quicksand River Monster, five days before the incident, killed four fishermen, and the bounty was 150 taels of silver.
This quicksand river monster is naturally a sand monk, and it is also the first monster to appear in the Journey to the West.
Sha Seng is not a curtain general in this world, he was originally just an ordinary mortal, saved a little girl who fell into the water, but was mistaken by the villagers for a human trafficker and killed, and his heart was resentful, and after his death, he turned into a water demon and ate people in the quicksand river to take revenge on the villagers.
In the original work, after Chen Xuanzang heard about the water demon cannibalism, he went to the quicksand river alone, trying to use 300 children's songs to influence the water demon, but he was ravaged by the water demon, and the water demon was not caught until the exorcist Miss Duan appeared.
"This is the youkai I just killed today, look at how much it's worth!" The beast-shaped fist put the body of the wolf demon on the counter with a bang, and spoke in a very high voice, obviously deliberately so that everyone present could hear it.
For every exorcist, the moment of receiving the bounty is undoubtedly the happiest time, not only to reap the money, but also to be in the limelight.
Sure enough, the surrounding exorcists looked towards him at once, most of them had envy on their faces, but some of them had a fierce look in their eyes and a little greed.
Exorcists deal with demons and monsters all day long, how can there be fewer evil thoughts contaminated, but they just cover their faces, and it is not impossible to kill people, set fires and rob people's money.
However, the beast-shaped fist was obviously not afraid of this, but instead glared back with a slight provocation, his murderous eyes as sharp as knives.
The judge obviously didn't know all this for a long time, and gently flicked the wolf demon's body a few times with his hand, and pulled out a bounty slip from his side, his brows suddenly wrinkled, and he muttered to himself: "How can this wolf demon be so strong......?
"Let me see how many there are!" The beast-shaped fist moved quickly, snatching the bounty slip, but after only one glance, he couldn't help but shout loudly: "How is this possible? With the strength of this wolf demon, how can it be worth only 70 taels? Did you get the wrong one for me?"
It's about the amount of money, and he is naturally anxious.
"70 taels, ha, I thought it was such a powerful monster!"
"Even 70 taels dare to pretend here, it really makes people laugh off their big teeth!"
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100 taels is already a lot for ordinary people, but it is nothing for these exorcists, they can catch ghosts and eliminate evil spirits for more than a little money, especially for those rich people, knocking a sum is enough for them to eat for a few years.
"Shut up for me!" The beast-shaped fist screamed, and the momentum on his body burst out, condensing into a tiger phantom behind him, and a tiger roar sounded in the sky, shaking the entire hall, and a pair of tiger eyes stared at the judge, and said word by word: "If you don't give me an explanation today, this matter is not over!"
"This ...... This ......" The judge was just a cultivator who turned into a void and merged the Dao, and was so stared at by the beast-shaped fist that his body trembled, and he only felt as if he was being targeted by a fierce beast, and his mouth opened open, but he couldn't speak.
The rest of the exorcists were similar, they were roared by the beast-shaped fist, and the words in their mouths were suddenly choked back into their throats, and some even fell directly from the chair with a plop.
At this moment, there was a sound of blowing and beating outside the hall, accompanied by the falling of flowers in the sky.
In the night, a man in white sat cross-legged on the chariot, his facial features were also handsome, but his face was pale and scary, the chariot was carried by four women in white, and there were five or six women next to him, some were responsible for playing and singing, and some were scattering flowers there, with a clear division of labor.
"Ahem...... Ahem...... What is the noise, such a long night, don't you feel empty, lonely and cold?"