As soon as he walked into the courtyard gate, Gu Qing's eyes darkened.
The rain all around seemed to disappear, leaving only a dead silence and a dim world without any sound.
Outside the courtyard gate behind you is an ancient road with dry grass and winding paths, leading to a dense forest of sparse shadows in the distance.
If you stand in the courtyard, pass through the courtyard gate or over the courtyard wall, you will often look out, and everything will seem to have a hazy light, making it difficult to see clearly.
The courtyard, which was originally covered with fallen leaves, has also undergone great changes. The ground paved with blue-gray stone tiles has been cleaned very clean. Several trees that looked outside the courtyard and had been dead for an unknown number of years have also changed. The branches are luxuriant, and the dense leaves of the trees are so dark green that they emit traces of black smoke.
'An evil ghost that silently affects the senses...'
Gu Qing's eyes flashed slightly.
He kept walking and walked into the courtyard.
One step...two steps...
Stepping on the flat blue-gray stone bricks, Gu Qing's feet felt a little weak. His body seemed to be constantly deforming. Sometimes his feet and legs expanded like balls, sometimes his head shrank like a needle tip. Every time he took a step forward, his body seemed to be constantly deforming. You can see several layers stacked up in front of you.
Some scenes are a thick layer of fallen leaves, some scenes are a thick pool of blood, and some scenes are piles of stumps and broken arms, and the corpses of men, women, old and children are staring at death.
But no matter how miserable the scene was, stacked together in a weird state, Gu Qing's eyes were always as calm as ever. So what if he was brought to a real mountain of corpses and a sea of blood? So what if he was plunged into a bottomless pool of blood? He still wouldn't frown or even think about it in the slightest.
What is the difference between a mountain of corpses, a sea of blood, a mountain of white bones, and a clear breeze and bright moon, a mountain of wild cattle and sheep? The appearance is not the appearance, the situation changes according to the heart.
Gu Qing's heart was unwavering, and he became more and more steady as he walked forward. After about twenty-three or four steps, a strange topsy-turvy feeling suddenly appeared in his heart without any warning.
Just at this moment.
The sky above seems to have turned into the earth, and the earth below has turned into the sky.
His body did not leave the place, but was already hanging upside down in the sky, with no help from the surroundings. At this moment, a large amount of black air evaporated from the courtyard below, and in an instant, it condensed into a The huge ferocious black ghost figure was hanging towards him in the sky, swallowing him in one gulp!
Roar!
A loud noise, like the roar of a strong wind, came from the mouth of this ferocious huge black ghost. The entire small courtyard was pulled by this black ghost, shattered into pieces and flew into the air, heading straight for Gu Qing's suspended figure!
The fishy wind blows in the face. This huge black ghost has a pair of blood-red eyes as big as a lantern, which is full of violence. In the bloody mouth, there are rows of densely white colors up and down, and small hanging The bloodshot and sharp teeth are terrifying to look at.
In just a moment, this black ghost rose into the sky, and with a tyrannical power, it gnawed on Gu Qing's body. It twisted Gu Qing's body with great force, and actually tore his body in half!
Severe pain, like a tide coming, was about to drown him.
"Even if you have a small skill, you can also come to the class to play with the axe."
On Gu Qing's upper body, on the dead bark-like cheek that was rapidly losing color, the corners of his mouth were raised, and he let out a sarcastic sound.
Before he finished speaking, Gu Qing's upper body turned out of thin air.
On the palm of his hand that was still bleeding, the true form of the Flowing Flame suddenly lit up, and a burning fire snake appeared. He threw it away in mid-air, and passed by the black ghost shadow.
This crimson fire snake was like a whip. Wherever it passed, black ghost figures were pulled away and turned into black energy.
However, the black ghost relied on its huge body to avoid the burning fire snake. It sucked in the bloody mouth and was about to swallow Gu Qing's penis, but Gu Qing did not do anything about it. To deal with it, just pull out the fire snake toward nothing behind you.
Snapped!
The fire snake fell into the air and made a crisp sound of air bursting. Then everything around him was like an ink painting, infecting the clear water and melting away. The black ghost that had eaten away half of Gu Qing's body was even more... It was floating invisible, but Gu Qing was still standing in the courtyard.
His face was solemn, he looked in front of him, and the fire snake gradually dispersed in his hand.
It was an invisible black shadow, only three or four feet tall, resembling a dwarf wearing a black robe. At this time, the dwarf ghost figure was flying out upside down, with traces of the fire snake bites remaining on its body. The mark was like a red-hot iron whip that hit the dwarf ghost figure's chest and abdomen, tearing off a piece of flesh and leaving a red whip mark.
"Woo..."
The ghost of the dwarf made an extremely suppressed ghostly cry. The sound was like weeping and complaining. Gu Qing, who heard the sound, felt an unprecedented sadness in his heart, and even added a touch of despair.
His body seemed to be weighed down by something heavy, his shoulders were overwhelmed, and there were sounds of bone cracking. His knees were also bent, and he had the illusion that he was about to kneel down, but he just smiled sarcastically, Looking at the ghost of the dwarf who fell to the ground.
"You, are these the only means you have? All your illusions are useless. I am standing here today, letting you kill me."
"Is it because you were so small when you transformed into a huge ghost before? Let Pindao guess, were you three feet tall or four feet tall before you died?" Gu Qing's tone was contemptuous.
The dwarf ghost figure who fell to the ground suddenly widened his blood-stained eyes.
It screamed and roared, and everything around it suddenly darkened - this was real darkness, without any light. Gu Qing's eyes were completely dark, and he could no longer see anything.
Gu Qing, however, was not in a hurry, using one hand to mark the seal talisman in the air, and the other hand to press it lightly towards a certain direction behind him.
raging……!
A fire snake escaped from Gu Qing's bloody palm.
The bright crimson fire snake flew through the air, lighting up the surrounding darkness, evaporating the air with traces of black energy. Like a prophet, it flew away the dwarf ghost that had just appeared behind him, baring its teeth and claws, and was about to pounce. When he got out, he heard a bang and pinned the dwarf ghost to the ground on one side!
The blazing flames enveloped the dwarf ghost, causing it to twist and deform. The surrounding darkness also twisted like a curtain, as if it would be lifted off at any time.
boom!
The dwarf ghost suddenly exploded at this moment, turning into traces of black energy and scattering the fire snakes issued by Gu Qing.
This black energy circulated rapidly around, condensed out behind Gu Qing again, and turned into a terrifying ghost claw with clear scales, falling towards the back of Gu Qing's heart. Gu Qing's figure suddenly dwarfed, and he moved a few feet away. At the same time, the true form of the Flowing Flame Talisman that he had just carved out in the air was activated at this time!
boom!
This time, Gu Qing did not turn the Flowing Flame True Shape Talisman into a fire snake. Instead, he turned it directly into a ball of flame, which hit the ghost claw, scattered the ghost claw, and turned it into a fire snake again. The black energy disperses!
As the ghost claw exploded, it turned into black energy.
The surrounding darkness like a curtain was immediately torn to pieces, and the dilapidated courtyard shrouded in continuous drizzle appeared in front of Gu Qing. Threads of black energy were quickly escaping from everything in the courtyard, heading towards the ruins. Among the houses in the courtyard, certain items gathered together.
"Ha, let me guess... Where is your true body in that room? Are you going to fight to the death? Naive." Gu Qing's old voice sounded, and at the first moment when the voice sounded, he clasped his palms together, Immediately, one of the bleeding palms printed a Flowing Flame True Shape Talisman on the other palm, although it was somewhat deformed...
Uh-huh!
Gu Qing's old figure immediately rushed forward, heading straight for the place where the black energy gathered. After taking a few steps, he suddenly opened his two palms, and a thick fire snake flew out of his palms. The sound passed several feet away, leaving a deep black ravine on the ground.
The thick fire snake enveloped and burned out all the traces of black energy, and then entered the room with a roar!
Most of the room melted immediately, and in the bright magma turned from bricks, a short black corpse appeared in front of Gu Qing. The skeleton was hanging in the air, with a pair of empty eye sockets on the black skull. In the middle, it seems to be flickering with malicious will-o'-the-wisps.
puff!
The next moment, the corpse was hit head-on by a thick fire snake, and it melted quickly. The miserable screams resounded all around, making the people within a thousand feet nearby, no matter what they were doing, terrified in their hearts.
Not long after, the short black corpse was burned into a plume of smoke, and the thick fire snake was gradually annihilated, leaving only some black bone powder in the air, accompanied by steaming water vapor falling down.
The lava in half the room was steaming, the drizzle was falling, and the hot and cold wind blew Gu Qing's clothes.
There are a few dead trees in the courtyard, their branches swaying.
Gu Qing suddenly felt something. He turned his head and looked at a wall that had been burned down in front of him. The melted magma from the wall flowed in all directions, burning through the masonry on the ground, revealing a huge corpse pit below. , I saw many bones stuck together in the huge corpse pit.
These bones stuck together are old and new. The new ones are still bleeding with corpse water, while the old ones are almost rotten into slag.
In the exposed corpse pit, the piles of bones were spreading in all directions. It seemed that only a small part of the bones could be seen.
"Are there corpses buried in every inch of the ground in this yard? How can we live here..." Gu Qing sighed secretly.
It doesn't matter that he lives in a place like this, but there is something wrong with two little kids living in a place like this...
Gu Qing turned around and walked towards the courtyard.
The main reason why he took over the task of solving the problem of evil ghosts in this courtyard this time was because he believed that with his current strength and caution, there would be no problem in killing the evil ghosts in this courtyard.
After all, He Caiyun had tried this before. Although he was unsuccessful, he managed to escape unscathed. It can be seen that the evil ghost in this courtyard has some tricks, but it should not be considered very powerful.
As for why he chose to kill this evil ghost on a dark and dark day, Gu Qing also had some considerations.
For one thing, the hotel room is about to expire.
The other two are to suppress the evil ghost whose strength has increased in the rainy days, which will make him appear more 'powerful' and more unpredictable, which will help to improve He Caiyun's heart and Heyang City. weight in the hearts of other practitioners, thereby gaining stronger influence.
In other words, the so-called 'high profile'.
In the world of Dingzhong, Gu Qing's principles of doing things naturally change and make choices. Many times, he must take more risks in order to gain greater fame and increase his influence.
Only if he exerts enough influence on the world in the cauldron will he further gain the ability to escape from the world in the cauldron.
…
When Gu Qing walked out of the courtyard, he met He Caiyun, who was dressed in black and elegant, looking at him with a somewhat solemn look.
"The evil ghost has been eliminated. Fortunately, I have not disgraced my life." Gu Qing picked up the oil-paper umbrella by the door, knocked it on the threshold a few times, then opened the umbrella, holding the oil-paper umbrella in one hand, his old grooved cheeks, with With a faint smile, he spoke to He Caiyun.
He is tall and thin, wearing a dark blue Taoist robe that is not stained by dust. He is hunting and stirring in the wind, as if he is about to take advantage of the wind.
When speaking to He Caiyun, Gu Qing pulled Gu Xing, who was filled with admiration, with Gu Yue, who seemed to have realized what a great thing his master had done, with his big black eyes and bright eyes.
By the way, he glanced at a group of sergeants not far away, the carriage guarded by this group of sergeants, and several young men and women dressed similar to He Caiyun on the left and right of the carriage with a calm gaze.
He Caiyun took two steps, passed the threshold, and landed in the courtyard. Looking at the collapsed house with flowing lava, her pupils shrank and she said: "Taoist Master is compassionate and compassionate, and has eliminated this great harm for our Heyang City. Caiyun is really grateful and I would like to express my thanks."
"What I promised to the Taoist priest before..."
When He Caiyun said this, he was interrupted by Gu Qing.
Gu Qing smiled slightly, coughed slightly, and said: "Hey, Master He, this courtyard is too big. I'm not used to it, so I might as well get a smaller one... It would be better if I convert it into money."
He Caiyun looked back at Gu Qing after hearing this, and then turned his head. His eyes fell on the location of the burned down house, and he also saw the underground corpse pit.
"Now that the Taoist Priest has spoken, how can I refuse? When I took office before, the wealthy households in the city gave away several houses, so I gave the house in the east of the city to the Taoist Priest." He Caiyun's eyes flashed slightly. , walked out of the courtyard, handed a key to Gu Qing, and waved to the group of sergeants and several young men and women in the distance.
A group of heavily armed sergeants came forward, carrying a heavy carriage loaded with gunpowder. Several young men and women who came with the group of sergeants got off their horses and came to He Caiyun.
"The owner."
"The owner..."
Several young men and women clenched their fists at He Caiyun.
"This is Gu Qing, Taoist Master Gu, who wandered to Dingzhou." He Caiyun briefly introduced Gu Qing's identity to several young men and women and the sergeants, and then said, "The evil ghost in the courtyard who harmed living creatures has been After being removed by Daoist Master Gu, we only need to do some things to deal with the aftermath."
Suddenly, the eyes of several young men and women, as well as the eyes of the sergeants, were focused on Gu Qing.
Gu Qing didn't show much. He smiled softly on his old face and just nodded in response to everyone's gaze.
Gu Xing beside him might be nervous or proud, but he stood up straight with a solemn expression. The little girl Gu Yue also followed suit and raised her cute little face slightly.
"Others, follow me into this courtyard to clean up the corpses." He Caiyun gave the order straightforwardly without hesitating too much.
After giving the order, she said to a woman who looked about twenty years old and looked strange when she heard the words 'clean up the corpses': "Xiao Qi, take this Taoist priest to the east of our city." Go to that mansion, I have given that mansion to this Taoist priest."
"Yes." The young woman known as Xiao Qi breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Gu Qing, an experienced person, with more kindness.
…
The dark clouds in the sky gradually dispersed.
Two brilliant rounds of the sun parted the dark clouds and shed the blood-red sunlight, illuminating Heyang City as bright as new after the rain.
Heyang City, the muddy main road.
An old Taoist priest who was shaped like a gaunt wood and had a wrinkled face, and two young Taoist priests, followed behind a young woman in black, walking quickly. The four of them stepped on the endless puddles, and their trouser legs were all covered with water. After getting wet, we turned a few corners and came to the east of the city.
To the east of Heyang City, in front of a house.
The woman in black stopped, turned around, and looked at the old Taoist priest: "Taoist Master Gu, this is the house that the owner mentioned."
Xiao Qi looked at the old Taoist priest with some curiosity.
Taoist priests in Dingzhou are not common.
More common is the great monk.
Dingzhou has many temples built by great monks.
After all, although Dingzhou is big, there is no big force like Wudao Sect. One of the two big forces is Sword Worshiping Mountain and the other is Bodhi Temple. Their leader, He Caiyun, is a disciple of Bodhi Temple and is practicing True Form Lian. The Tao Dharma Gate is the 'True Lotus Picture' of the Bodhi Temple.
"Okay, thank you very much, Miss Qi."
Gu Qing smiled and said to the woman in black.
After the woman in black left, Gu Qing looked away from her back and took out the key that He Caiyun gave him.
"Let's go, this is our new home."
Gu Qing lowered his head and blinked at the two little children, then walked a few steps to the courtyard door, opened the somewhat rusty lock on the courtyard door, pushed the door open, and walked into the courtyard with the two little babies.
This courtyard is also desolate and overgrown with weeds.
On one side of the courtyard, there are three sturdy trees with round and flat leaves planted in a Z-shaped pattern. A well is next to these three trees. The windlass used to scoop water at the mouth of the well is mottled and old, and it is covered with moss. , several wild cats poked their heads out of the grass beside the well, their vertical pupils full of vigilance.
"Wow! Cat!" When Gu Yue saw the kitten, she immediately became excited and rushed towards the wild cats.
Several wild cats were so frightened that they howled repeatedly, and three or four of them ran away on the spot. Only one tricolor wild cat remained with its ears curled up, but did not run away in a daze.
Gu Qing grabbed Gu Yue and pushed her to Gu Xing. With a sway, she flew out like a strong wind. Even after the three-color wild cat realized something was wrong and wanted to run away, it was already too late. .
Just as the three-colored wild cat was about to take off, it plunged into the arms of Gu Qing, who was mid-air. Gu Qing pinched the back of its neck and hung it tightly in the air, meowing.
"If you don't run away, you are destined to be with the old Taoist." Gu Qingti glanced at the three-color wild cat, but did not see any difference from the cats he had seen in the Vast Sea and Yunmiao Continent.
"Master is so amazing..." Gu Yue, the little girl being pulled by Gu Xing, looked at her master and then at the three-color wild cat with bright eyes.
"Xiao Yue'er, did you remember the acupuncture points I asked you to remember? Do you understand all the words I asked you to remember?" Gu Qing asked with a straight face.
As he spoke, Gu Qing put down the calico cat that was holding the back of its neck and let it run up to the roof, disappearing without a trace.
Gu Yue was tamed by this and immediately lowered her head: "Master...hu...the characters clearly look the same..."
"Nonsense! How can the words look the same?" Gu Qing's face turned a little dark, and he turned to Gu Xing and said, "Gu Xing, take good care of your junior sister. If she can memorize a hundred acupuncture points this month, Position, I passed on the practice method as a teacher."
Gu Xing felt nervous when he saw Gu Qing.
He thought quickly.
Was it his secret hiding of money that was discovered by his master?
Or was his ambition to covet the Taoist temple master revealed to his master?
And when he heard that Gu Qing said that he wanted to teach him the 'method of practice', he immediately cleared away the haze in his heart, looked happy, cheered up, and patted his chest and promised: "Master, just watch, the disciple will definitely Ask junior sister to write down the locations of a hundred acupuncture points!"
"Uuuuuuu..." The little girl Gu Yue was a little sad.
She didn't understand why her master and senior brother who loved her in the past had become so bad. Why did they want her to do those painful things?
She would rather go hungry for three days without eating than the location of those acupuncture points on her lower back! Uh...a day...without a meal!
