Hearing this sound, the three figures were startled, and they all turned their heads to look at the visitor.
The person who came was wearing golden armor and had a long beard. He had a ruddy complexion and handsome features.
Hu Baxian smiled coquettishly and said, "The City God's ears are really good. I just finished speaking and you are here. Why, do you want to have a drink with me?"
The City God named Qin Qiong looked at Hu Baxian's acquaintance, then turned to look at the other two people staring at him, and finally fixed his gaze on the dumplings.
"What a spirited little girl." Qin Qiong's eyes lit up.
Hu Baxian raised his eyebrows and said, "Look, I'm asking you if you drink. Why are you staring at a little girl of your age?"
Qin Qiong sat down on his own, smiled at Hu Baxian and said, "It's rare for a Taoist priest to take the initiative to invite me. Is there any reason for Qin not to accompany me?"
Mo Guyuan looked at the demeanor of the person in front of him and was secretly on guard in his heart. Although this person had never shown any malice since he appeared here, he intuitively told himself not to be careless. For some reason, the city god in front of him gave Mo Guyuan an unfathomable feeling.
After Qin Qiong sat down, no one spoke. Mo Guyuan and Yu Qinggong would look at the golden-armored temple master from time to time. On the other hand, Dumpling and Hu Baxian didn't seem to take him to heart. Dumpling still gorged himself on the food and his mouth was full of oil, while Hu Baxian was enjoying himself while drinking and didn't go to pour wine for the City God.
Qin Qiong inadvertently gave a bitter laugh and had no choice but to pick up the wine glass and drink it himself. At the end, he did not forget to extend his hand to Mo Guyuan.
"Senior, just do what you want, I don't know how to drink," Mo Guyuan said from the side.
Qin Qiong looked at Mo Guyuan and didn't say anything. He just put the bottle down and raised his hand to drink the wine.
"The wine here is made from water melted from the snow on Heli Mountain. It tastes cold and refreshing. It is a major feature of our Qingyun Town. It would be a pity for me not to drink." Qin Qiong said with a light smile.
The fish gurgled for a moment, it was brewed with snow water, this was quite novel.
Before Mo Guyuan could react, Yu Qingqing took the lead in picking up the wine bottle and slowly poured a little into his glass, tasting it briefly.
"Girl Fish, you..."
"Hey, it's just as you said, this taste is rare." Yu Qinggong pursed her red lips, her face looking a bit happy.
Qin Qiong looked at Yu Qing's gurgling expression, and said, "This is my first time for you to drink this mountain snow wine. If you think the taste is suitable, you might as well drink a few more glasses, so that you can enjoy yourself and come back with pleasure."
Yu Qingqing was about to pour more into the cup when Mo Guyuan stopped him with a hand, shook his head and said, "You didn't let me drink before, why did you drink it yourself now?"
Yu Qinggang pretended to be aggrieved and pouted and said, "I tried it just now. It tastes really good. How about you drink some too?"
Mo Guyuan looked at the sad and touching look of the woman in front of him, his heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly looked away without daring to look.
"Don't drink too much."
Yu Qinggong nodded happily and filled himself another glass. She wanted to pour some on Mo Guyuan, but the latter stopped her.
Hu Baxian took a sip of the wine and clicked his tongue: "There is only one mountain snow wine. Only the mountain snow in Qingyun Town can brew such a fine wine. It is hard to find in the world and rare in the world. Come here with pleasure and return with pleasure. If you return it in the future, I want to have all the fun, so what should I do?”
Qin Qiong nodded slightly, shrugged, and said with a smile, "It's easy to say, since the Taoist Master likes this mountain snow wine, I can give you a hundred and eighty jars later to ensure that the Taoist Master has wine to drink in the future."
"One hundred and eighty jars? I drink a hundred jars a day, which is not enough. In my opinion, even if you empty out the entire Heli Mountain, it won't be enough for me in ten days and a half." Hu Baxian shook his head with a look of dismay on his face. willing.
Qin Qiong's expression did not change. He just listened to what Hu Baxian said. After thinking for a while, he said softly, "Shanxue wine is made from the snow of Heli Mountain. If the Taoist priest moves this mountain, the reputation of Shanxue wine will be cut off." It’s brewed, but for a master of wine like Taoist Master, it’s a waste.”
Hu Baxian burped, and ignored Qin Qiong's mincing words. He picked out his ears with his little finger and said bluntly, "So I think it's better to stay in Qingyun Town. This way, I don't have to worry about not being able to drink every day." Liquor, you don’t have to worry about me moving that mountain.”
The fish was gradually getting better and better, and at some point it sat on the right side of the dumpling. The dumpling was in the middle, and Mo Guyuan was on the left. While Mo Guyuan was listening attentively to the conversation between the two, Dumpling secretly fished out another jar of wine, and privately Yu Qinggong carefully poured some for Dumpling.
Mo Guyuan naturally had a clear view of these small actions, and just as he was about to remind him, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart. He turned his head and looked at Qin Qiong, whose face gradually became a bit green.
Mo Guyuan immediately said, "Senior, we don't mean to nag. Now the people in this Qingyun Town exist in name only. Why are seniors so stubborn and unwilling to let these people reincarnate?"
Qin Qiong changed his expression and said disdainfully, "Reincarnation? Don't you look at how happy and healthy the people in this town are now, with no illness or disaster, and immortality."
"It's just some tricks. You are relying on your own incense and Taoist foundation to act your own way, which is against the laws of nature. How long do you think you can be free?" Hu Baxian asked funnyly.
"What's wrong with me? The plague killed everyone in the town back then. It was me who sacrificed my energy and cultivation to find a glimmer of hope for them, so that they can still enjoy the happiness of a family today. Yes. Against the laws of nature? In my opinion, I have immeasurable merit."
"That's nonsense! Don't think that I can't figure out where this place is. I've asked about it before. The history of Qingyun Town is only a hundred years old. If you want to go back further, this place was the battlefield between the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Great Xia Dynasty. . There are countless heroic souls here. When the two countries fought, a total of 300,000 troops died here. The yellow sand was thick and the souls of many soldiers were buried underground. Later, the Great Zhou Dynasty won the war, and this place was conquered by the Great Zhou Dynasty. It was collected into the pocket, and as the hero who started the construction, you were memorialized after your death as the general of the country, and a temple was enshrined for worship and a temple statue was built. Your City God's Temple stands at the east entrance of the town, which is the place with the strongest Yin energy. To put it bluntly, this Even in Qingyun Town, I doubt whether you did it intentionally back then to add to your own incense inheritance." Hu Baxian said bluntly in one breath.
Mo Guyuan was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect that there was such an inside story. From this point of view, Qingyun Town was built on a mass grave. In this desolate Gobi desert, there used to be raging wars.
Qin Qiong was silent, listening to Hu Baxian's words, his whole body unmoved.
After a while, Qin Qiong narrowed his eyes and ignored what Hu Baxian had said before, asking himself, "Are you really unwilling to leave?"
Hu Baxian shook his head, noncommittal.
Qin Qiong said no more, turned to Mo Guyuan and asked, "Where are you?"
Mo Guyuan looked at Hu Baxian, who was drinking and enjoying himself again, as if he didn't care about Mo Guyuan's fate.
"Senior, before I answer your question, this junior has something to ask me. If senior can help resolve your doubts, we should leave." Mo Guyuan said truthfully.
Qin Qiong nodded and said, "Do you want to ask Liang Yan about the child's parents?"
Mo Guyuan paused and nodded slowly.
"No comment."
Mo Guyuan seemed to have expected this result. He pondered for a moment and continued to ask, "Senior, I dare to ask, why did all the people in Qingyun Town die in the plague, but Liang Yan did not have any abnormalities?"
As if he was afraid that Qin Qiong would still refuse to tell him, Mo Guyuan spoke again and said, "This junior only has this question. Senior, regardless of whether what he said is true or not, we will leave now."
Hu Baxian put down his wine glass and looked at him with bright eyes.
Qin Qiong did not show any emotion from beginning to end. After hearing Mo Guyuan's question, he remained silent for a long time, and finally slowly shook his head.
Mo Guyuan felt sad for a while and had to give up.
"The Great Cold has just passed, and it will be the fifteenth in a few days. Qingyun Town is full of ghosts at night. No strangers in the town are allowed to enter. And I also need to take this opportunity to stabilize the town's formation. You can stay for a few more days, but Don't cause any trouble to me. If the time comes, I hope you can leave voluntarily. If it delays my practice, then don't blame me for being unkind." Qin Qiong said these words, and his figure slowly disappeared.
Qin Qiong said this to Hu Baxian before leaving, but the latter seemed unaware and indifferent.
As for Mo Guyuan and the others, he probably saw that their cultivation was weak and did not take them seriously.
After a while, Mo Guyuan asked Hu Baxian, "This City God seems to be very afraid of you."
Hu Baxia twirled his beard with one hand, sat in front of him, and said with a master's demeanor, "What our Tianji Sect is best at is expelling evil spirits and warding off evil spirits. The magic method is innate to restrain these evil spirits. Although Qin Qiong is a temple pardoned by the dynasty, God sacrifices, but since he has detained hundreds of ghosts in the town here, such treasonous and unethical behavior is naturally incompatible with my Taoism. Besides, I am a masculine Taoist with five thunders, so he must also know how powerful I am, so he doesn't Dare to show off your face." When Hu Baxian said this, he was full of righteousness.
Mo Guyuan just listened, but didn't dare to agree. Although he didn't know the details of Hu Baxian, he definitely wouldn't believe him. At best, he was experienced and well-informed. . The cultivation of Taoism still needs to be strengthened.
But then again, I am a Taoist who has studied the Huangting Sutra diligently. I focus more on mental and physical training. There are also records on these ghost-catching techniques from the side sects, but I usually just take them with a cursory glance. However, I haven't studied it in depth.
"Master Hu Xian, the previous temple priest told us to stay until the fifteenth day, and before leaving, he specifically told us that he would need to maintain the soul-binding formation in the town and let us leave quickly, but what's the point?" Mo Gu Yuan asked curiously.
Hu Baxian rolled his eyes, looking thoughtful.
Just when Mo Guyuan thought he knew something hidden, Hu Baxian suddenly stood up and said, "Oops, drinking will make things worse. My stall is still at the archway, so don't let thieves steal it." After saying that, he stood up immediately. Rushing down in a hurry.
Halfway through, he turned back and poured the unfinished bottle of wine into the wooden gourd around his waist. He winked at Mo Guyuan and said, "Remember to pay, I also promised to go to Mrs. Zhao's house in the afternoon." She's delivering the baby for her daughter-in-law. By the way, don't worry about what that guy says. You can stay as long as you want. I have an old man sitting here and all ghosts will go around."
Before Mo Guyuan could react, Hu Baxian disappeared in a flash.
"Mail delivery? People here can still get pregnant? Are you asking Master Hu to deliver the baby?" Mo Guyuan looked blank.
