"Demon fox?" Xu Mo glanced back at the Taoist priest and thought: There are also monsters in this world? The few I saw looked the same as people, if it was really a demon fox, this demon fox would turn into a human.

Thinking of turning into a human, he immediately thought of Luo Shi, who was turned into a parrot by the genetic medicine of Yuansheng Island. Here the demon fox turns into a person, there must be a way to turn into a person, if she gets it by herself and gives it to Luo Shi to use, maybe she can be rescued back. Right now, it's in the picture, and the method of turning a demon fox into a person, even if you can't take it out, you can at least get some enlightenment.

The Taoist priest said with certainty: "It must be, you smell this smell, it is definitely left by the demon fox." ”

Xu Mo had already noticed this smell, but he didn't know how it came from, and when he heard the Taoist priest say this, he suddenly remembered: The last time I came to check, there were no footprints here, is it really a demon fox?

At the moment, he asked, "If it's a demon fox, what are they doing kidnapping Jing Niang?"

The Taoist priest shook his head and said, "This ...... I don't know what to do, maybe I have ulterior motives. ”

Xu Mo frowned, and asked again, "Do you know where these demon foxes live?"

The Taoist priest was surprised and said, "The layman plans to get Jing Niangzi back from them?"

Xu Mo couldn't help but be surprised when he heard the tone of his words, and asked, "What's the matter?"

The Taoist priest nodded, and then added, "There are still some who are powerful, but not all of them are powerful. After all, the demon fox can transform into shape, and there will always be one or the other two kinds of supernatural powers, such as Xiaodao, ordinary demon foxes are fine, and when they encounter something more powerful, they have to run away. ”

Xu Mo thought for a moment. Then he said: "No matter what, you have to get Jing Niangzi back, do you know how to find the demon fox?"

The Taoist priest shook his head and said, "Xiaodao has never dealt with them, and I don't know which one took Jing Niangzi captive, so I don't dare to guarantee that the layman will be able to find people back." ”

Xu Mo heard something from his tone, and asked again: "So, do you know the movements of the Dao Demon Fox?"

The Taoist priest smiled bitterly: "Xiaodao has limited knowledge, and it may not be related to those who kidnapped Jing Niangzi, but if the layman finds them, maybe he can get them out of their mouths." Ask for some clues. ”

Xu Mo let out an 'oh'. "You say. ”

The Taoist priest said: "In this city, I know that there is a family in the Dao that has been plagued by foxes, and the eldest prince has been fascinated by demon foxes, and he is not willing to give up all day long. Ask the Master to do it. It also has no effect. The whole family moved out. The courtyard is still empty. Lay people can go and have a look, maybe they will be rewarded. ”

Xu Mo felt a little relieved and asked again. "Where's the yard?"

The Taoist priest said, "The trail can take the layman." ”

Xu Mo's expression was slight, "There is a long way to go." Then he asked, "Dao Changdao?"

The Taoist priest said: "The little Taoist is an immortal son, and he is called an immortal Taoist." ”

"It turned out to be the head of the Immortal Dao. Xu Mo nodded and continued: "My surname is Xu, Xu Mo." ”

The Taoist priest's eldest son said, "It turned out to be Xu Jushi." Then he said, "Xu Jushi, please follow the path." As he spoke, he led the way and walked out of the alley.

Xu Mo followed, remembering the scene of the Taoist priest's alchemy, he was curious, and asked casually, "The Taoist refining the Immortal Pill, this pill seems to be quite strange." ”

The eldest son smiled and said: "Don't hide it from the layman, this Dan recipe of Xiaodao is used to use the most filthy things in the world?"

Xu Mo thought of the child's urine, the woman's moon water, and the foul-smelling things in the basin that he used when refining the pill, frowned, and continued: "Can this filthy thing be refined into the elixir? ”

He also knew in his heart that rare medicinal materials such as ginseng and shou wu, after eating, there was no effect of immortality, but no matter how bad the effect was, it was stronger than children's urine and women's moon water. But then he recalled that in ancient times, Taoist priests seemed to really prefer to use children's urine and women's moon water instead of ginseng and shou wu. My heart became more and more confused.

"Ha Lu Ha!" Changshengzi couldn't help but smile when he heard this, his face was quite proud, "This is Xiaodao's idea." ”

Xu Mo said politely, "I would like to ask for advice." ”

The eldest son said, "Don't dare." He continued: "For thousands of years, countless people have pursued immortality, but no one has ever succeeded.

Xu Mo smiled and said, "What does the Taoist mean?"

The eldest son said, "They are on the wrong path. After a pause, he then explained: "As for Xiaodao, what is the alchemy of medicinal materials such as ginseng and shou wu, in fact, not only Xiaodao, but also alchemists with a little common sense don't use it. ”

Xu Mo let out an 'oh' and continued to ask, "What is it for?"

The eldest son said: "Lay people, please think, although ginseng shouwu is precious, but in the family of emperors and generals, it is okay to eat as a meal, if these things can live forever, the emperors throughout the ages, isn't everyone immortal?"

Xu Mo nodded, thinking: This is a reverse deduction method, this Taoist priest is a smart person.

Seeing him nodding, Changshengzi felt even more proud, and continued: "Only people who eat these things often can know that these things are actually useless. The fool in the countryside has never seen these medicinal materials in his life, and he will regard them as magic medicine when he sees flowers in the fog. For example, our Taoist alchemy, refining pills, although the prescription is thought up by ourselves, if we want to make alchemy, the huge cost can only be supported by a wealthy family such as the emperor and general. Naturally, the first thing to discard is rare medicinal materials. ”

Xu Mo thought to himself: If you give the emperor alchemy, the pill prescription is prescribed, and a lot of rare medicinal materials such as ginseng and shou wu are prescribed, and whether it works or not, as soon as this prescription is taken out, the emperor has seen it, but I am afraid that he will be suspicious first, but it is just ......

Then he asked: "Even if the Dao Master doesn't use rare medicinal materials, it seems that he doesn't need these filthy things, can these things really make people immortal?"

The eldest son was stunned when he heard this, and then stopped. He stood there with a gloomy expression, and did not move for a long time. After a long time, he seemed to come back to his senses, only to hear him sigh, and his tone was quite desolate, "Don't hide it from the layman." Whether it can live forever, Xiaodao doesn't know the way. ”

Xu Mo was even more stunned, "The Taoist doesn't know what the Dao is......?"

The eldest son said: "The layman wants to ask me, since I don't know the Dao, why do I still use these things to make alchemy?"

Xu Mo nodded.

The eldest son sighed again, "I really don't know the Dao, but I know that other methods of the Dao can't make people immortal. ”

Xu Moqi said: "I would like to ask for advice." ”

The eldest son smiled bitterly and said, "Since the layman is willing to listen, Xiaodao might as well say what he thinks in his heart." ”

Xu Mo's tone was more polite, and said, "Dao Chief, please speak." ”

The eldest son nodded and said, "Xiao Dao has carefully considered the issue of Danfang, those foods that can often be eaten. It is not possible to immortalize in any way. Otherwise, someone would have been immortal. ”

Xu Mo said: "That's what I said. But I thought in my heart: It's the reverse deduction method again, and all the thoughts of this Taoist priest are only from the reverse deduction method.

The firstborn son saw that he echoed his own statement. Look happy. continued: "Therefore, Xiaodao thought of these filthy things in the world. These things, no one will eat, if there is a way to make people immortal. Maybe that's them. ”

Xu Mo said: "So, the Dao Leader is still not sure?"

Changshengzi nodded and said: "It's true that I don't dare, the possibility of immortality is very high, but no one has tried it, and no one knows what the result of the Dao is." I have a junior brother, the Taoist name Changqingzi, his idea is similar to Xiaodao, that is, the Danfang is not the same, he refines the pill, and uses the most poisonous things in the world, such as peacock gall, crane top red, dansha, etc. ”

When Xu Mo heard this, he couldn't help but think: In ancient alchemy, there was also this recipe, and the way of thinking of the Fang Shi who pioneered this recipe was only afraid that it would be the same as these two Taoist priests. Although they are on the wrong path, they are all geniuses who can use the reverse deduction method to think of these things.

I only heard the eldest son say: "At this point, my junior brother's thoughts are the same as mine. These things, generally no one takes them, if there is a method of immortality, it is very likely that it is here. ”

"This ......," Xu Mo reminded, "These drugs will kill people if they accidentally eat them." ”

Changshengzi smiled and said: "This question, my junior brother has also considered it, Xu Jushi doesn't know, it is precisely because this medicine will eat the dead, so my junior brother chose it." ”

Xu Mo said solemnly: "I would like to ask for advice." ”

Changshengzi said: "These medicines, when they reach a certain amount, will certainly poison people to death. But if you only take a small amount, you can't die. Therefore, my junior brother thought that if I could control the amount of intake, and take it for a long time between death and immortality, maybe people would be able to live forever. ”

Xu Mo said: "This is just a guess. ”

The eldest son sighed, "Throughout the ages, there has never been an immortal. All the methods of immortality are speculations, and only after the real test can we know whether the Tao is right or not. After all, before there is true immortality, who can know how the Dao can be immortal?"

When Xu Mo heard this, he couldn't help but think of the body consciousness related to the human body that he had experienced in Miss Shen, and thought: Maybe I know the method of immortality.

It's just that whether that method can work or not, as Changshengzi said, is just speculation, and only after real experiments can we know whether the Dao is true or false. Therefore, he was not sure for the time being, so he had to hold back.

Then I thought: Although the path of this Changsheng Son and Changqing Zi is wrong, but Zhilu Dao uses the reverse deduction method to think about problems in this direction, which is not something that the most intelligent people can't do. In ancient times, there were the same Dan prescriptions, and the ideas of the people who created these Dan prescriptions were only afraid to be the same as these two Taoist priests, and the reason why they would feel ridiculous in the eyes of future generations was because of the limitations of the times.

I liked it from the bottom of my heart. Changshengzi's face was pale, and he said with a smile: "Compared to Xu Jushi's supernatural powers, Xiaodao's thoughts are nothing after all." By the way, on August 15 this year, Jingshi held a conference of ten thousand laws to discuss the way of eternal life. ”

Xu Mo said: "What the Taoist chief said is that there is such a plan in Xia. ”

As they spoke, they came to a large compound near the city wall, which was very large, with a black gate closed, and the lock was covered with dust, and it was evident that it had not been inhabited for a long time.

The eldest son said: "Xu Jushi, this is the courtyard that Xiaodao said." The demon foxes will not come out during the day, and the layman wants to look for them, so it doesn't hurt to come back at night. ”

Xu Mo looked around, there were still people near this courtyard, maybe they would come over when they came, and it would not be appropriate to go in during the day, so he nodded immediately. "I'll come back in the evening. ”

The eldest son said again: "Xiaodao's family is still refining pills, so he won't accompany the layman." Besides, with Xu Jushi's magical powers, Xiaodao staying will not help much. ”

Xu Mo nodded and said, "The Taoist is at his own convenience." ”

Changshengzi made a joke and was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something, and continued: "When the poor Dao refines the Immortal Pill, I will also take the two apprentices and go to Jingshi." Xu Jushi, arrived in Beijing. Let's take care of each other? Although the magic power of the small path is not as good as that of laymen. Some small things can still be done. ”

Xu Mo smiled and said, "It's easy to say, the eldest son of Dao Chang has arrived in Jingshi." Let's find a way to get in touch. ”

The eldest son said politely. And he left.

It's still early. It was only more than four o'clock, and Xu Mo went back first. When they arrived at the inn, the girls went out to buy something. Haven't come back yet.

Xu Mo returned to his room, slept for a while, and when he woke up, it was already dark, and he went out to check, but the girls still hadn't returned. He left a note, briefly explaining the situation, and went out.

When he arrived at the compound he had been to during the day, Xu Mo first glanced around, but he didn't see anyone, so he entered over the wall.

This yard has been uninhabited for a long time, and is overgrown with weeds. After Xu Mo entered, he kept walking in, and came to a back garden, which became more and more desolate.

Xu Mo took a closer look and thought: It is so desolate, it does look like a place where ghosts and foxes often live, but it's just ......

He stretched out his nose and sniffed in the air, not smelling all the stench of the courtyard in the alley. I couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the eldest son was mistaken? It wasn't the demon fox who was doing the trouble here.

Seeing a gazebo at a glance, Xu Mo walked over and entered the gazebo. There were stone tables and stone benches in the pavilion, and unlike other places, it was extremely clean, as if it had been cleaned not long ago.

Seeing this scene, Xu Mo couldn't help but move in his heart, thinking: Even if there is no demon fox, there will definitely be other things. This courtyard is locked, and it is rumored that no one will dare to come in when they are idle. Now that it was getting dark, I waited in the pavilion, presumably before the monster would come out.

I went to the stone fence of the pavilion and lay down, and after a while, I suddenly remembered: I stayed in this pavilion, and if they saw it, maybe I wouldn't dare to come. Well, I'd better hide first, but where to hide?

Xu Mo raised his head and glanced at the pavilion, the top of the pavilion was octagonal, and there was a beast statue lying on the ridge of the pavilion at each corner, just enough to hide.

At that moment, I followed the pavilion pillar, climbed up, and lay down on the top of the pavilion. Xu Mo looked up at the sky, his hearing was released, and he always paid attention to the movement in the yard.

It was a fine sunny day, and just after the fifteenth day, a full moon came out early. Little by little, the moon rose at night, and the courtyard became brighter and brighter.

Why haven't you come yet? Xu Mozheng was puzzled when he suddenly heard a pleasant woman's laughter from the courtyard.

He perked up and thought: Here, it's actually a woman, is it a female fox demon?

He was afraid that he would be discovered, and he did not get up.

The voice of another woman on the other end said, "Sister Qingxing, are you here?" The voice sounded very immature, like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl.

The woman's voice that had laughed just now said with a smile, "I didn't come." ”

Another woman's voice said, "I heard your voice, you can't fool me." ”

The woman who had laughed before seemed to love to laugh, and smiled again: "Little ghost, you heard my voice, do you want to ask?"

The voice of a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl said coquettishly: "Do people just ask, Sister Qingxing always likes to squeeze people." As he spoke, he made the sound of footsteps, and seemed to be walking in the direction of the gazebo.

The voice of Qingxing weakened, Xu Mo was on top of the pavilion, although he couldn't see it, his hearing was released, and he clearly heard that the girl named Qingxing seemed to squat down, and controlled her breathing, and her breathing slowed down.

The thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl kept walking into the pavilion, but she didn't see Qingxing coming out, and shouted again: "Sister Qingxing, where are you, why don't you come out?"

The green apricot held her breath and did not agree, as if she was playing hide and seek with this girl.

The girl smiled and said, "I already know that you are coming, and you have to hide." No wonder others say that Sister Qingxing loves to play tricks on people, Sister Qingxing, come out quickly, I stole something delicious for you to eat. ”

As soon as the girl appeared, Xu Mo smelled the fragrance of food, and the closer she got to it, the stronger the fragrance, with wine and meat.

Qingxing was still squatting in place, not answering.

The girl smiled coquettishly and said, "Sister Qingxing, if you don't come out again, I'll finish eating it myself." You see, there's your favorite roast chicken. ”

Qingxing still didn't speak.

The girl continued to tempt her, "I put it out, it's still hot, and if you don't come out again, it's going to be cold." ”

Immediately afterwards, Xu Mo heard the sound of ding dong again, as if the sound of porcelain colliding, it was obvious that the girl had taken out the food she had brought and placed it on the stone table.

That Qingxing still didn't agree.

There was a sound of footsteps, and it seemed that the girl had placed the food and walked to the edge of the gazebo again. Xu is she looked around a few times, but she didn't see Qingxing, and said coquettishly: "Okay, really play hide and seek, see if I don't find you." ”

Hearing this, Qingxing laughed a few times in a low voice, as if she was worried that the girl would hear it, and hurriedly covered her mouth again.

The girl's ears were quite pointed, but she still heard it, and shouted, "I heard laughter, Sister Qingxing, you can't run away." As he spoke, he ran to the place where the voice came from.

Xu Mo heard the girl walk away, quietly moved to the edge of the pavilion, looked down at Luxia, and saw a pot of wine and a few dishes on the table, and his heart suddenly moved.

Exerting the ability of the unity of heaven and man, he quietly slipped off the pillar, picked up the pot of wine, picked up the roast chicken, and returned to the top of the pavilion again. (To be continued......)