The more Xuanyou thought about it, the more frightened he became. At this moment, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his cheeks were trembling slightly.
No! There was no way I was going to let this little thing go down the mountain with me.
Senior brother Xuanyou thought secretly in his heart.
But, how to make Master refuse this proposal?
No, I guess I don't have to worry about it anymore.
Master will definitely not agree to let him go down the mountain with me.
He has only been here for three days, and it is too dangerous to go hunting for ghosts.
Senior Brother Xuanyou stood at the door of the hall, his inner thoughts flashing rapidly at this moment.
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that my idea was feasible, and the worries in my heart finally relaxed.
However, the master's next words made the senior brother, whose eyes had been closed but whose expression had returned to calm, suddenly open his eyes.
"In that case, okay. Xuanyou, this time you have to take care of the safety of your junior brother."
After receiving the master's approval, Yu Zhengzheng was as happy as a three-year-old child, grinning and saying: "That's great, master, I really appreciate you."
Yu Zhengzheng hugged the old leader. At this moment, he felt that the old leader was so close to him.
However, the senior brother Xuanyou at the entrance of the hall had completely different thoughts in his heart at this moment.
The expressions on his and Yu Zhengzheng's faces at this moment were exactly the opposite.
It's dark, in a world that has been completely shrouded in darkness.
Suddenly, the clear sky was no longer filled with warm sunshine.
Senior Brother Xuanyou only felt a thunder strike in the air at this moment, with a "click" sound.
It rained heavily.
So cold, really cold...
Don't pay attention to the surprise of the disciples in the hall.
At this moment, Yu Zhengzheng had already arrived at the entrance of the hall.
He looked at the senior brother standing stiffly at the door of the hall, stood on tiptoes and reached out to gently pat the other man's shoulder.
No way, although Yu Zhengzheng is already fourteen years old, he still can't compare with his senior brother in terms of height.
In front of his senior brother, he was a head shorter than him.
"Brother, great, let's go down the mountain, I'm ready."
The senior brother turned his head and looked at Yu Zhengzheng helplessly. Looking at that innocent smiling face, he had already thought of how torturous the road ahead would be.
He turned back to look at his master, and saw the old master nodding towards him with a smile: "Xuanyou, go ahead, go back quickly."
At this moment, he knew that it was impossible for him to refuse his master.
Because in the past twenty years, Xuanyou has never resisted his master's orders.
Although Xuanyou is only twenty-five years old, he can become the senior brother in the Taoist temple. This matter has a lot to do with his life experience.
Twenty-five years ago, during a snowy winter.
A loud cry of a baby at the door of the Taoist temple woke up the old master who was doing ascetic practice in the temple.
When the old master went out to check, he saw only two rows of shallow footprints on the ground.
One row was walking towards the Taoist temple, while the other row was walking towards the bottom of the mountain.
The old master picked up the poor baby at the door and wanted to chase him, but when he reached the mountainside, the snowflakes in the sky had already covered the man's footprints.
At this moment, he looked back and realized that there were only his own footprints left in the vast snow.
I want to find that person, but I have no clues.
And this baby is Xuanyou, the senior brother of Qingfengguan.
It is precisely because of these many factors that Xuanyou never talks much, and rarely expresses his inner emotions in front of outsiders.
Senior brother Xuanyou built himself a tall fortress with an indifferent expression that would repel others thousands of miles away.
While this fortress protected him from outsiders, it also completely isolated him from the world.
In order to break open this fortress and allow Xuanyou to re-enter the embrace of this world, the old boss specially arranged Yu Zhengzheng and him in the same room.
And this time, the mission of going down the mountain to catch ghosts is also an opportunity.
The old master didn't give Xuanyou a chance to refuse and had already left the hall.
At this moment, at the entrance of the main hall, in addition to Xuanyou and Yu Zhengzheng, there were three villagers from Daoxiang Village.
"Taoist Master, can we set off?"
The leader of the villagers looked at Xuanyou, who had sweat dripping from his forehead, feeling confused.
Strange, is it so hot today?
"Let's go." The senior brother raised his feet and walked down the mountain first.
Only three villagers and Yu Zhengyi were left behind.
"Oh, Taoist Priest, please wait for me."
The villager who spoke earlier saw Xuanyou starting to set off in front of him and quickly chased after him.
But as soon as he took a step, he was pulled down by Yu Zhengzheng behind him: "Uncle, what are you so worried about? My senior brother is not a child, he must know the way."
The latter smiled and nodded, then remembered that there was a child beside him.
But this is Qingfeng Temple after all, and even the children in the Taoist temple are definitely not ordinary children.
"What this little Taoist priest said is, let's set off quickly, otherwise we won't be able to keep up after a while."
The four people walked down the mountain together. The oldest villager in the middle looked at Yu Zhengzheng, who was looking around curiously with a smile on his face, and couldn't help asking: "Little master, the Taoist priest in front of me seems to be in a very unhappy mood." Okay, maybe we said something wrong and offended him. I hope the little master will tell you in detail so that we can have a chance to change."
Yu Zhengzheng smiled and shook his head. He looked at the three villagers with sincere faces and said slowly: "Three uncles, don't think too much. My senior brother has a weird personality and has been like this since he was a child.
Not to mention you guys, even when he usually gets along with me, he still looks like this. All of us have long been used to it, so don’t take it too seriously. "
The distance between Daoxiang Village and Qingfengguan cannot be said to be close, but it cannot be said to be far either.
A full ten miles, if converted into units, is five kilometers.
The average person can walk about four kilometers in one hour, and if he walks quickly, he can even reach seven kilometers, and even faster it may reach eight kilometers.
It took Yu Zhengyi and the four of them an hour and a half to finally reach Daoxiang Village.
Yu Zhengzheng had never been to Daoxiang Village before. After all, it was too far away from the village where he was.
Although it was broad daylight at this time, there were few pedestrians on the road. Yu Zhengzheng walked almost around the village and didn't see anyone outside.
This is very unusual in rural areas.
The sun is so beautiful, but now is not the busy farming season.
Where have all the people in the village gone?
The doors of every house were closed, and the whole village was filled with an aura of deathly silence...
