Exorcism

"Hey, you are getting old. After all, your Shen family is still the leader of Yelin Town. Live well and I will come to you again. Let your son learn Bone Forging Fist."

The familiar voice only said a few words. Shen Xiuming showed a smile. In the end, he did not raise his arms. Instead, he grabbed his youngest son's hand, walked towards the bridge, and said loudly to the boy holding the sheep on the other side: "Here This is Yelin Town. We have been waiting for a long time to welcome you home, my dear ones.”

A shy smile appeared on the young man's face. More people walked out of the forest one after another, leading cattle and dogs. They all looked confused and a little wary. Some people held wooden spears in their hands, but when they saw the enthusiastic welcome The hands of the old man and the child relaxed their weapons.

Other residents of Yelin Town quickly caught up with Father Shen. After crossing the bridge, they felt relieved. The residents of Zhibu State did look a little different. Their skin color was darker, they were taller, they had long hands and feet, and everything from their clothes to The daily utensils they carry are almost all made of branches, bark, and leaves, but they are more like humans than monsters.

The Taoist priests paid no attention to the group of people who suddenly appeared. The eight Taoist priests behind them summoned more magic weapons, kept changing spells in their hands, and took strange steps with their feet, as if they were dancing with their knees bent, but There's no rhyme to it.

Shen Hao was the first to give up. In the first battle back to the world, he lost. He was defeated by Zuo Liuying. Mu Xingqiu escaped from the Mirror of Observation. It will be very difficult to find him in the future, but it is not impossible. .

Shen Hao put away his mirror and gave Zuo Liuying the Taoist gift, "Fellow Taoist Zuo wins."

Zuo Liuying did not look like he had won a complete victory. His face was pale and the straw hat on his head kept shaking. He attracted the attention of the Taoist priests to the fighting, thus giving Mu Xingqiu a chance to escape, but he did not completely Sheng, under the interference of the spell, his doubts became more and more serious, "Have you never doubted your inner alchemy?"

Shen Hao's inner elixir was strengthened by the nine great treasures. In a strict sense, it was not cultivated by himself.

"Shen Hao from Yelin Town will be suspicious, but Shen Hao from Orthodoxy will not."

Shen Hao from Yelin Town has the seven emotions and six desires of a mortal, restless, and likely to worry about gains and losses. The Taoist Shen Hao has a calm heart and never doubts things that are not worthy of doubt - he leaves all the qualifications and power of judgment to Tao Tong.

But Zuo Liuying had to make his own judgment. He hummed without comment, jumped into the air, and flew deep into the night. Shen Hao looked at the retreating figure and said loudly: "There is no need for Mu Xingqiu to hide from us, he can't hide either!"

Shen Hao walked back to the other Taoist priests and motioned for them to take back their magic weapons, "Mu Xingqiu has only two places to go. One is to see Yang Qingyin, and the other is to find the demon species. You go find Yang Qingyin, and I will monitor the half-demon." ”

The eight Taoist priests said yes and flew away at the same time.

Shen Hao looked at the crowd on the other side of the river. More and more residents of Zhibu State were gathering. The blank look on their faces gradually faded away and was replaced by curiosity and enthusiasm. Yelin Town was brightly lit, and the residents came out to welcome them.

Shen Hao rose into the air and was ready to leave.

Shen Xiuming waved to him in the distance, "Shen Hao, come quickly, there are really many descendants of Yelin Town residents here! They still remember your father and your brother!"

Shen Hao smiled and shook his head, flew in another direction, and quickly disappeared into the night.

Shen Xiuming scratched his head in confusion, feeling that Shen Hao was very strange. He was completely different from the second young master of the Shen family in his impression, and he didn't even look like the Taoist Pangshan from before. He quickly lost his doubts. There were many things to do, such as registering the population, arranging residence, reporting to the government, and planning for the future... He felt unprecedented excitement and excitement. He was worried that he had more than enough to do, so he asked Shen Hao and Mu Xingqiu Very sorry to leave.

"I hope the two of them won't fight again." Shen Xiuming murmured to himself, then smiled and led the new residents to the town across the river. The world may be in chaos again, but Yelin Town must survive. This is Shen All Xiu Ming’s thoughts.

Shen Hao's idea is simpler: he must find Mu Xingqiu as soon as possible.

The scenes in the Mirror of Observation were continuously transmitted to Shen Hao's mind. Half-demon Li Qingzhu flew normally. Zuo Liuying, Yishijun and Long Mo obviously knew that they were being watched and flew extremely fast. The latter two They cast spells from time to time in an attempt to get rid of tracking, but they never succeeded. However, one of the spells they cast was very strange, which could temporarily blur the picture and even disrupt the tracking of the Observation Mirror.

The world has indeed undergone tremendous changes. New patterns, new spells, new concepts... Shen Hao began to feel the need to understand these changes.

But he didn't want to come into contact with the mortals below. They were limited by their vision and the scope they saw was too small to understand the issues that the Taoist priests really cared about.

Li Qingzhu didn't seem to have a clear destination. He just wanted to find a place to hide and study the scraps of paper. Shen Hao originally just wanted to follow the half-demon from a distance and find the whereabouts of the demon species through him, but then he changed his mind. Teleporting several times in the high air, getting closer and closer to the half-demon.

As the night faded and the east turned white, the towns and villages on the ground began to become lively. What happened in Yelin Town had not yet spread, and those who heard the news only regarded it as anecdotes and failed to understand its importance.

Shen Hao is not interested in the mortal world. He flies at high altitudes during teleportation intervals. Occasionally, if someone looks up and sees him, they will think he is a lonely flying eagle.

That afternoon, Shen Hao caught up with the half-demon Li Qingzhu thousands of miles away. He did not catch up with all his strength. It was not until Li Qingzhu stopped to rest that he accelerated to catch up.

Shen Hao had been flying according to the instructions of the Shape Observing Mirror, not caring about the direction or location. After landing from a high altitude, he was surprised to find that Li Qingzhu's resting place was actually Jiupang Mountain.

The long ravine left by the Demonic Fire Mountain when it rolled over the Old Ancestor Peak is still there. It is now covered by lush trees, but there is no human habitation for hundreds of miles, and even birds and animals are rare.

Shen Hao did not immediately capture the half-demon. He hid behind a hill several miles away and still monitored Li Qingzhu through the mirror.

Zuo Liuying disrupted his plan, but he was not in a hurry. Accidents would always happen. His duty was to deal with accidents and finally complete the task. Let nature take its course, Shen Hao thought, and naturally stand on the side of Taoism. Zuo Liuying will find his way back sooner or later. Rather than treating him as a strong enemy, it is better to wait for him to consciously return to Taoism.

The scene in the mirror interrupted Shen Hao's thinking.

There was more than one half-demon hiding in the hometown of Laozu Peak. Li Qingzhu called out a large number of them, nearly a hundred, all wearing shabby black robes, and emerged from the ground. They all looked pale. The long-term underground hiding and poisonous gas had harmed them. Very big.

Shen Hao slightly cast a spell and was able to clearly hear sounds several miles away through the Shape Observing Mirror without being discovered.

"...Look what I brought back!" Li Qingzhu was passionate and generous, and the pieces of paper were hovering above his head like a constantly rotating crown. "This is the handwriting left by the devil. He did not die or disappear. , he is about to make a comeback!”

Ten pieces of paper were lined up so that all half-demon could see them.

These half-demon are similar to Li Qingzhu. They all voluntarily went to Wangshan to be demonized. Compared with the living magic weapon half-demon, they have more independent consciousness, so they can survive the war.

A hunched-over half-demon took a few steps closer and said, "'Great Haoling Xuanhuang, only I can walk brightly', are these the words left by the Demon King? Where is he? When did he come out? What do these words mean?"

"Isn't the meaning obvious?" Li Qingzhu looked proud like a child who had snatched a toy, "'Dahao' refers to Taoism, 'Xuanhuang' refers to heaven and earth, 'Weiwu' refers to the devil, and 'Youming'... also refers to Heaven and earth, this sentence means that Taoism controls the world, but the devil can come and go freely without restraint. "

"Maybe there are other arrangements..." As soon as a half-demon put forward his opinion, he was interrupted sharply by Li Qingzhu, "Idiot, the magic powers attached to these ten pieces of paper are different, there is only one arrangement."

"So what?" The half-demon lost power, and none of the survivors gained absolute authority. The tone of the half-demon also became angry, "Even the demon king admits that Taoism is in charge of the world, but he is free. What does he have to do with us? relation?"

"You dare to be disrespectful to the Demon King?" Li Qingzhu took a step forward. The half-demon retreated, and the other half-demon stopped talking. "The Demon King is accumulating strength. Since he released these ten words, it means that he will soon Will show up."

"What's the use of showing up? He can't even defeat the combined forces of monsters and humans." A voice said.

Li Qingzhu glanced around, but couldn't find the speaker, so he continued talking, "The opponents in the eyes of the Demon King are not stubborn people like humans and monsters at all. He is accumulating strength to deal with the Taoist order..."

The same voice interrupted him again, "The first group of Taoist priests have returned. Where is the Demon King?"

The half-demons were startled and started talking among themselves. The timid ones went back underground again.

Li Qingzhu finally realized something was wrong, "Who? Who is it? How did you know that a Taoist priest had returned?"

An old man emerged from the crowd, and the black robe on his body suddenly shone with light, making the half-demon around him even more decadent. "I saw it with my own eyes."

Li Qingzhu felt that the old man looked familiar, but he didn't look like the half-demon he recognized. After looking at him for a while, he recognized the old man's smile, "Are you Mr. Yishi?"

Mr. Yishi's appearance has undergone some changes. He has gained some weight, but his smile is still so bohemian. "It's me. If you ask me, you are really a bunch of stubborn people who refuse to accept the truth in front of you. Do you have any Have you ever thought that the reason why the 'Demon King' hasn't shown up for so long is actually because he doesn't want to come out at all? The Demon King you call is actually a demon soul. He is just getting by now. He doesn't even want a demon seed, let alone half-devils like you. ? Give up your illusions and come with me to save all sentient beings.”

The half-demon heard this incomprehensibly and did not say a word. Lord Yishi raised his head to the sky and said loudly: "Taoist priest, come here. You all want to find the demon soul, so you are a fellow traveler."

Even if Shen Hao reached the state of concentration, he was still surprised. Among the various possibilities that Tao Tong had predicted in advance, there was only one that the demon soul refused to combine with the demon species. Even now, he could not understand why the demon soul wanted to Do this.

Mu Xingqiu must have known that, so he had to avoid the mirror.

Thinking of Mu Xingqiu, Shen Hao found that he was slightly murderous. This was a reaction he had never had against Zuo Liuying.