Most of the practitioners of the Zhongyou Dynasty practiced ghost arts, and their training resources also came from this huge Yinquan.
The Yin Spring of Zhongyou Dynasty is the only connection point between the human world and the underworld.
As the summer and winter came and went, the Zhongyou Dynasty became a place that ordinary people and most practitioners avoided.
However, Bailian felt that the secluded place was very intimate.
Because his mother...is there.
Therefore, when he was fourteen years old, it could be said that it was his first time to truly set foot in the world.
The sword his father gave him was a treasure named 'Quansheng'.
The storage bag contains a lot of changes of clothes, money, and spiritual stones for cultivation.
The most eye-catching elixir for healing and recovery when injured is a square crystal stone, which Balian had seen in the "Hundred Things Spiritual Volume".
This crystal is called the teleportation stone and is used to save lives during duels.
There is always a pair of this crystal. As long as one of them is crushed, the owner of the crystal will be teleported to the side of the owner of the other crystal in an instant no matter how far away it is.
Seeing this, Balian smiled knowingly. Although his father boldly allowed him to explore the world alone, in fact, he had already made a foolproof plan.
Also, the clothes among them did not look like the sect clothes of the Tianxi Sword Sect.
Bai Lian thought that this might be an ordinary person's clothing, otherwise the Tianxi Sword Sect's clothing would be too eye-catching.
After all, as soon as he got off the top of the mountain, he saw many farmers or women in gray clothes paying attention to him and saluting.
Due to his personality since he was young, Baili'an likes to be quiet and dislikes being watched like this, so he found a hidden place and changed the Tianxi Sword Sect clothes on his body into ordinary white clothes. He was careful and did not forget to put the hair on his head. The hair crown engraved with the Tianxi Sword Sect's exclusive sword emblem was removed and replaced with an ordinary hair tie to tie it casually.
In this way, they are not much different from the ordinary people at the foot of the mountain.
Even so, although Bailian did not inherit his parents' talent, he did inherit their parents' outstanding appearance.
He is in his youth, and although his body has not yet fully grown, he has beautiful features, fair skin, and a pair of eyes that have been dyed with aura due to practice, and they look particularly bright. Paired with a long sword, he looks like a handsome young man. appearance.
Naturally, it attracted shy looks from many farm girls.
In the human world, there are not many people who get married at the age of fourteen without having to deal with the matter of cultivation.
Bailian was a young man raised by Lingshan Xiushui. As soon as he was born, these girls naturally watched silently. He also attracted many strong women to shine in their eyes, and they wanted to tie up this good-looking young man. Go home and be your son-in-law.
It is said that unruly people come out of remote areas, and Balian naturally encountered troubles from bride snatching.
Fortunately, he had some cultivation skills and casually showed his hands, thus giving up the thoughts of these strong women.
Although he wanted to travel down the mountain, Bailiyu didn't give him a clear goal for where to travel.
But both father and son knew in their hearts that he would definitely go to Zhongyou.
However, Baituo Mountain is separated from the Zhongyou Dynasty by thousands of mountains and rivers, and Bailian can only reach the first-level realm of seeking Taoism, and he cannot fly with a sword.
I can only buy a good horse and hit the road.
Although he is a fourteen-year-old boy, it is obviously very difficult for him to mount a horse with his current height, but this is obviously not a difficult task for a practitioner.
Moreover, he had been practicing horseback riding and archery under his father's instruction since he was a child, so he was naturally very proficient.
He whispered a few words into the horse's ear, and even the most stubborn horse was easily trained to be obedient by him, which shocked Boss Ma.
So, when Bailian was at his most youthful, he walked out of the foothills governed by White Camel Mountain with a sword on his shoulder, a rein in hand and a horse on his hip.
However, Bailian soon discovered a very serious problem.
He has never been out of Baituo Mountain and has no idea how to get to Zhongyou!
This is not flying with a sword, just choose a direction and fly straight towards it.
He had to walk through the rainforest, cross the wooden bridge, and climb the mountains.
But it seems that his father didn't give him a map...
Balian pondered for a long time on the horse, and found to his anguish that he had to do what he hated most, which was talking to people and asking for directions.
But he has already walked through the area under the jurisdiction of Baituo Mountain, and he is now in a place with no village in front of him or any store behind him.
Except for one person and one horse, there is nothing else but mountains and trees, the occasional howl of wolves and the chirping of bright insects.
Balian sighed helplessly and had no choice but to dismount and feed the horse well, let the horse rest for a while and then continued on the road along the mountain trail.
He usually sleeps very rarely, sleeping only for an hour every day.
So even though the moon and stars were sparse and everything was quiet at this moment, he still moved forward tirelessly.
With Ma'er's efforts, Balian finally saw a small town.
Bailian's immature face was slightly raised, and he looked at the word "Bei Liao Town" in front of his head. A happy smile appeared on his immature face, and he tucked the horse's belly with his legs and entered the town.
There are many portals in the town, but there are very few residents. Even the vendors setting up stalls are weak in their hawking sounds.
There was even a faint look of sadness in their eyes.
Bai Lian was very puzzled. This Beiliao Town seemed much more developed and prosperous than the rural tribes he had seen along the way.
But why are the people here so dejected?
Fortunately, Balian has a calm temper. If it were any other young man with martial arts skills and passion, he would have been unable to resist and would have dismounted and captured someone to find out.
But when Balian heard the tired snoring of the horse beneath him, he first found an inn, placed the horse in a comfortable stable, and fed it some fodder.
I also took a refreshing hot bath and changed into clean clothes before going downstairs and ordering some food.
Balian was eating his first dinner in the world. He put a silver ingot on the table and motioned to the waiter to take it.
Sure enough, the younger brother's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly picked up the silver ingot.
With a smile on his face, he said: "I have noticed how extraordinary the young master is the moment he walked in. He can tame such a strong horse and make it obedient at such a young age. He must have excellent riding skills. I admire him." admire.
Young Master, do you want to inquire about people or things? The little samadhi knows that there is nothing that cannot be said without exhaustion. "
Balian, who had just arrived, raised his head and glanced at the energetic second brother, feeling very impressed.
I feel that this person can communicate so easily and smoothly with people he doesn't know, and he is a master.
He coughed lightly and asked nervously: "Then... I am named An in Baili, with the courtesy name Zangfeng. I have just come to Guibao Land, and there are many things I don't understand. I hope my second brother can help me clear up my confusion."
This time, it was the waiter's turn to be stunned, because this was the first time he asked someone so kindly after seeing someone reward him with money, without any pretentiousness.
But this way, the waiter also had a great impression of the young man, so he responded with a smile: "If there is anything you don't understand, young master, just ask."
Since childhood, Balian has been ridiculed in secret by his disciples in the sect. Even when he faced his father, he was mostly treated coldly, and few people spoke to him so kindly.
Of course, at this time, Balian didn't know that the waiter's pleasant appearance mostly came from the silver ingot he gave him.
"Well, when I first entered Beiliao Town, why did I see everyone in the town looking sad, but there was no white silk hanging anywhere in the town. Apparently nothing heartbreaking happened.
But why are everyone in the town so depressed? Even the second brother, you... were listless just now. What happened in the town? "
The smiling waiter's face twitched, and his face that was forcing a smile fell down as if he was remembering something sad. He sighed for a long time.
"It's a long story. Young Master, would you mind sitting down and talking to you in detail?"
Balian nodded quickly and moved the chair out of the table for him.
After the second brother sat down, he poured himself a cup of tea very familiarly and took a sip, as if to drink away the bad breath in his chest.
He said with hatred on his face: "Young Master, you don't know something. Our town has been plagued by evil spirits recently..."
Bai Lian was stunned and said: "Evil spirit? Where do you start talking about this?"
This can't help but surprise him, because he is a practitioner and can sense evil spirits, monsters, and even ghost spirits.
But so far since he entered the town, he has not noticed anything strange.
The younger brother sighed and said, "Oh, just a month ago, the daughters-in-law of every household in our town disappeared inexplicably."
Bai Lian's eyes were solemn: "Brother, please continue."
"At first, the daughter-in-law of the Wu family who sold pig heads on the street disappeared at night. At that time, we didn't take it seriously. After all, the Wu family's daughter-in-law is famous for being coquettish... ahem."
This younger brother is obviously a talkative person, and he can't stop talking once he starts talking.
When he said the word "coquettish", he suddenly realized that the person sitting next to him was still a child. This didn't seem good.
But Balian's expression remained normal, as if there was nothing unusual about those two words, and he said calmly: "What then? Has the Wu family's daughter-in-law not come back yet?"
What a simple child.
Looking at those clear eyes, the younger brother smiled awkwardly and continued: "The daughter-in-law of the Wu family has always been a coquettish and wild woman, and she often flirts with men.
However, the man in her family has a weak character and would not even dare to kill a pig.
It is said that a son inherits his father's business, but he is not good at it. He is idle all day long and does not do his job properly. All the work of killing pigs falls on his daughter-in-law.
In this regard, he endured his wife's scandal and never mentioned it. At first, we didn't take his wife Wang Chunhua's disappearance too seriously. We just treated it as a daily thief and went to another town to find food and came back after a few days.
I never thought that it would never appear again. Nowadays, the Wu family's pigs are all strong but no one kills them. Old man Wu is old, and killing pigs is a laborious job. Although he has the intention, he doesn't have the strength anymore. "
Uh... Why did Xie Sui talk about killing pigs? Balian coughed lightly and asked: "Then what? Has Old Man Wu's daughter-in-law never come back?"
"Isn't that right? It's been two months and I haven't returned yet. Only then did Mr. Wu and his family realize that something was wrong, and later they told everyone about it.
Only then did he realize that in the past two months, in addition to his daughter-in-law, married women from other families also often disappeared for no reason. "
Balian frowned and said: "So it should be a case of missing persons, but why are some married women missing? How can you conclude that there is something evil going on?"
"Yeah, at first everyone thought it was a dirty human trafficker who came from somewhere and came to our town, and they also reported the case.
But when I thought about it carefully, I felt something was wrong. How come these traffickers who killed thousands of people only abducted married women.
There are so many virgins in the town, but one of them is intact. "
Speaking of this, the younger brother suddenly lowered his tone: "Until one day, the stupid scholar from the Zhang family got up to relieve himself in the middle of the night and saw an astonishing scene."
Balian couldn't help but followed his movements and leaned closer and lowered his voice and asked, "What did he see?"
There was fear in the eyes of the younger brother, with a hint of hatred, and he shook his body and said: "Shusheng Zhang saw a burly and strong monster with a human body and a pig's head sneaking into his home that night. He was so frightened. He hid in the latrine all night without daring to return to his room, and even that night, his wife did not disappear."
Balian thought for a moment and said, "You mean... this is the pig demon causing trouble?"
The younger brother nodded and said, "That's right. The next day, Shusheng Zhang told the whole town what he saw with his own eyes. The pig demon abducted people and was not careful in what he did.
As soon as this statement came out, many people said they had seen the pig demon, and then things got out of hand.
When the pig demon knew that his identity was exposed, he became more and more unscrupulous and came out to cause harm to people during the day.
Although he does not kill people, he will forcibly abduct married women.
In the past two months, in our town, he has taken away all the old ladies who have been married for many years or the newlyweds, and will not return them. Even..."
Speaking of this, the second brother, a seven-foot-tall man, had tears in his eyes: "Even my little wife who just passed away was kidnapped by the pig demon."
Seeing that he was so sad, Bailian felt relieved for a while.
No wonder, no wonder everyone in this town is dejected, and except for young girls, female adult townspeople are extremely rare.
However, this pig demon's character is really deformed. He doesn't pick anything, and just packs up everything he gets married.
An old woman who has been married for many years can be in her seventies or eighty, and a newlywed young lady can be as old as him. The difference between them is not a small one.
Balian came to the conclusion that this was a very hungry pig demon.
"This pig demon is really hateful!" Balian sighed angrily.
The second brother clenched his fist and said: "No! He just kidnapped the woman, even the woman who was still in confinement not long after giving birth to the child."
There are so many babies in the town who are crying for food and have no milk to support them. They can only drink goat milk. The poorer families can only drink dog milk. It is really sad and tearful! "
Bai Lian's expression changed and he said: "I remember climbing over the mountain in front of the town, and walking three hundred miles further is Baituo Mountain. There is a sect of cultivating immortals on Baituo Mountain. Why don't you go there for help?"
The second brother said dejectedly: "Why didn't we think of this? It's just that the pig demon was really cunning. Knowing that his identity was exposed, he gave everyone in our town a slap on the wrist.
As soon as we leave Beiliao Town, we will have a splitting headache, nausea and dizziness, and we will not be able to go very far. "
