Xuan Yi took the Demon-Conquering Sword and Xuantian and rushed out of the crowd. In an instant, dozens of Dharma words and magical instruments came at the same time. The five elements of spiritual energy rushing in the field interfered with each other and suddenly exploded, blasting out gold, white, black, green, yellow, and red lights, causing strong winds to blow them down. People everywhere collided with magic weapons and even knocked down a group of Taoist priests. Ding ding ding ding ding, half of the street people fell to the ground and rolled, ouch everywhere, the flowers and trees on the wall also swayed, and the second child was so frightened that he squatted down and covered his head, not daring to move.
When the storm subsided, Xuan Yi opened his eyes and saw that the Taoist priests fell to the ground and the people fell to half the street. He was so happy that he laughed: "Haha, I asked you to hit me. God opened your eyes. You half-skilled magicians knocked down all of our own people. It's very satisfying."
The Taoist stood behind her, swept the whisk lightly, and said with a smile: "How can God open his eyes? If the master hadn't come to the rescue, you would have broken your muscles and bones." Xuan Yi turned around and hugged the Taoist, and smiled: "Master, these Taoist priests are rude and hateful. Please help me teach them a lesson." "I should teach you a lesson. You are always disobedient. You didn't notice just now that there is a constant flow of people on the street, but there is not a single child. How dare you run around like this." "Master, it turns out that you knew there was something weird and didn't tell you earlier. You deliberately wanted to see us suffer." Xuan Yi pushed the master away and pretended to be annoyed. "You can still quibble even if you do something wrong. You have really grown up." "Who made me your apprentice? This skill in talking is the same as mine!"
The Taoist priests and the common people got up from the ground, shook their sleeves and dusted their bodies one by one to clear the dirt, and they all hurriedly gathered around.
Xuanyi and Xuantian hid behind the Taoist. The Taoist looked up and said, "Blessings are immeasurable, everyone is polite. I don't know where the young disciple offended, so he mobilized troops to arrest him like this?" The Taoist priests saw that the Taoist was only twenty years old and his clothes were torn. I don't feel good about it. Quan raised his nose and raised his hands, rushing to speak with great momentum. It was a mess and he couldn't hear clearly. Among the common people, a vigorous old man in his seventies, with white robes and spotted hair, hurriedly stepped forward, stopped the Taoist priests and shouted: "Taoist priests, please stop making noises. Let the old Taoist priest Qingfeng Town talk to this little Taoist priest."
The Taoist priests stopped shouting, and the local elder raised his hands and said: "Little Taoist priest, don't be afraid. It was our abruptness that frightened the three of you just now. I wonder where you three are from? What are you doing in Qingfeng Town?" The Taoist returned the greeting: "You Fang We walked along the road and passed by a treasure land. I wonder why children are being captured here?"
The old man sighed: "Little Taoist, I don't know, our Qingfeng Town is a blessed land in the world. Since the town was established a hundred years ago, the weather has been good every year, every family is harmonious and happy, they have no worries about food and drink, and there is no evil or strange thing. But recently, for some unknown reason, the town has been in trouble. The children disappeared one after another, and within a few days they all disappeared. We had no choice but to look around for high-level people to catch monsters. Whoever could catch the monster would be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver. Many high-level people came one after another, and invited spiritual gods one after another. , searched for Feng Shui, set up magic circles, and used hundreds of Taoist methods, but the demon never showed up. The Taoists are discussing, but they still need a bait to attract the demon. I don’t want you masters and disciples to bump into it. Everyone. I'm so anxious that I will arrest your two young disciples regardless of the situation."
Xuan Yi pinched his waist and laughed, pointing at the other party and mocking: "Old man, you are too stupid. These Taoist priests have golden eyes and oily faces. They are all common people who are lazy, greedy for money and gain. These vulgar people are tacky. , Taoism is naturally vulgar and smelly, and monsters will be fumed away if they smell it. Of course it doesn't work. You have a good feng shui in this town. You met my master today. With my master here, even the ten thousand year old demon can help you. You caught it.”
The Taoist priests were so annoyed by the scolding that they all pinched their waists, stared, pointed and shouted.
The old man advised everyone to be quiet, and then handed over to the Taoist: "It turns out that the Taoist Priest also has the ability to catch monsters, so why not join us together, and you will also have a share of the credit. It's just that the Taoist Priest needs to borrow two children to help lure the demon out." "Bah, we won't do such an unlucky thing. Let us be used as bait to feed the monsters. If we are not relatives, why are we not friends?" Xuan Yi refused unceremoniously and angrily.
The old man cried out to the Taoist and begged: "You must promise me, little Taoist. Whether or not my child can be saved depends entirely on you two children. If you agree to lend me the baby, I will give you one thousand taels to the Taoist." Reward in silver. Please don’t refuse.”
Before Qingtian Taoist could respond, the Taoist priests could no longer restrain their anger. In front of him was a nine-foot-tall old Taoist in yellow brocade with a gray mustache and an ancient peach wood sword carved with dragons. He pointed angrily and yelled: "You little Taoist, don't be too greedy. I only lend it to your child." I give you one thousand taels of silver. You can't ask for such a good thing in your dreams. I and other experts worked hard to subdue the demon, and only got ten thousand taels of silver after catching the demon. You should be satisfied. If you refuse again, we will just snatch it away! "The fat man on the left, a tall, fat, middle-aged Taoist in purple, holding a thick iron sword, said scornfully: "Yes, Taoists should take it as their own duty to eliminate demons and defend the Tao, and they should protect the peace of the country. The little Taoist sees that you are so poor, I think it must be because you don’t accumulate merit on weekdays, and even Dao Ancestor doesn’t protect you. You should hand over the little boy quickly and accumulate some merit.”
Everyone was pointing, pointing, and scolding the Taoist if he didn't allow him to speak.
The Taoist remained calm, clasped his hands and said, "If I can save someone, I will lend him a hand, and I won't cost you a penny."
After hearing this agreement, the Taoist priests stopped cursing.
However, Xuan Yi tugged at his master's clothes and said angrily: "Master, if you want to be a good person, why bother us feeding monsters? None of these stinky Taoist priests are good people, and I don't want to help them." The Taoist lowered his head and smiled: "Xuan Yi , if you agree, they will eat and drink well and serve you. How can you miss this kind of good thing?" Xuan Yi's eyes sparkled, and he changed his words and said happily: "Hey, master understands me! Ahem, as a Taoist priest's apprentice , We should help people in distress. Saving people is also a meritorious deed, so I reluctantly agreed. But you must provide us with three tables of delicious food to keep us full."
"Okay! Okay, three tables of delicious food, no problem!"
Seeing that the master and disciple agreed, the Taoist priests immediately rushed forward to grab him. Some of them grabbed Xuan Yi, and others hugged Xuantian, protecting them as if they were golden knots. No one let go. The head of the land was anxious to mediate and shouted: "Don't fight over it, otherwise it will delay the important matter and no one will be able to catch the monster. It is up to me to decide who owns this child, so don't fight for it anymore."
Only then did everyone stop. The eight-character Hu Taoist twirled his beard and looked at the Earth Chief, and said proudly: "I am the Huanglong Taoist of the Tianliang Mountains. I have been exterminating demons for fifty years, and I have caught many demons for thousands of years. If you believe in me, I guarantee that you will catch them. Demons can save people." Listening to the boast of the old Taoist, the other Taoist priests were not far behind and announced loudly out of the mountain gate. One said that he had worshiped the ancestor of Wuliang Mountain and learned the Vajra Divine Dharma, while the other said that he had learned the true teachings of the Earthly Immortal and could communicate with ghosts and gods. There are also experts such as Longtoushan Temple, Iron Raking Temple, Shuilong Temple, Jinfeng Temple, etc., each of whom has the ability to fly into the sky and the earth, catch ghosts and subjugate them...
All the Taoist priests were talking, and the old man was so thirsty that he could deal with it alone. He waved his hands and shouted: "Everyone, everyone, I know that you are all experts with magic power. I don't favor anyone, I will give you a chance." . Please enter the main hall of the inn and sit down to discuss countermeasures together. As for the baby, it is yours to share, how about it?"
Another Taoist priest squinted and asked, "Shared? Then who gets caught with the demon? Who gets the ten thousand taels of silver?"
The headmaster wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "As long as those who contribute are rewarded, as for who gets the first prize, it depends on the abilities of the Taoist priests. Why don't you go to the hall first and tell me your method of catching monsters, old man?" As a judge, I think whose method is better will be used first. There are not two little kids here, we can choose two plans at the same time, so we are more sure of catching the monster."
Everyone went to the restaurant hall to discuss in a hurry. The three Taoists were also invited to a private room on the second floor of the restaurant and were guarded by more than a dozen big men. Xuan Yi was not polite, he actually ordered a large banquet and Xuan Tian ate happily.
"Master, come and eat too. Such a large table of wine and food doesn't cost a penny. Moreover, this meal was earned by the two of us. It is considered as a disciple's filial piety to the master!" Xuan Yi has a chicken in his left hand and a chicken in his right hand. Pig's trotters, chewing them till your face is full of oil.
"Master, you're not hungry. You guys should eat less. If you're full after a while, you won't be able to run away if you encounter a monster."
"Don't be afraid. If I can't run, I will roll into a ball and roll away! Such a good thing doesn't happen often. Those stupid Taoist priests downstairs will probably continue to argue for a while. I want to open my belly and eat hard. After eating this meal, I want to You won’t be hungry for three days, no, five days!” Xuan Yi said with a proud smile.
"Sister is right, I have to eat hard, and I won't be hungry for five days!" Xuan Tian also laughed.
In the hall downstairs, dozens of Taoist priests argued for two hours. This one wants to set up the Qiankun Soul Seizing Formation, that one wants to make some spirit lock magic, and there are some soul possessing techniques, soul arresting techniques, demon suppressing formations, immortal killing formations, immortal inviting formations... dozens of tricks, none of which give in to the other. The chief of the land was a patient man, and he mediated in all directions. Finally, he asked everyone to write down their own methods and vote for the two best ones. As a result of the voting, the Taoist priests were divided into two groups, each using a boy as bait. One end made one: the soul-thousand-mile pursuit formation; the other end made one-the five elements, eight trigrams and nine lines to trap the demon.
After making up their mind, the two parties headed to the town to find an open space to set up a formation, preparing to start catching monsters after dark.
After the discussion downstairs, Xuan Yi and Xuan Tian were so eaten that they lay on their chairs unable to move.
"Wow! I'm so full. I feel like I won't die of hunger even if I haven't eaten for ten days. Master, what kind of monster do you think is here? Does this monster really eat children? Can Taoist priests like them catch the monster?" Xuan Yi kneaded the round balls. Belly, he looked back at the Taoist and asked.
"Then what do you think is the most important thing about catching monsters?" "The most important thing? Of course, you must first know the details of the monster and its magical powers before you can devise a way to deal with it. If it is a little ghost that is not powerful, ordinary Taoist priests can use small spells It can also be caught. If it is a big demon, these Taoist priests will probably only be able to give it a big meal."
"Yes, recognizing monsters is the key to catching them. These Taoist priests only know that monsters catch children, but they don't know what kind of monster they are and what kind of magic power they have. If you deal with them without knowing the details, it's not surprising that they return without success. But don't worry, The demon won't hurt children. After a while, they will take you to catch the demon, and you can follow them as an opportunity to practice. Now, master, go out for a walk and take a look at the Feng Shui of this place."
"Master! Don't go too far. We have to rely on you to save us when we are in danger. Oops, I can't stand up anymore." Xuan Yi forced himself to sit up, turned around and waved his hand, and then slumped down on the chair.
The Taoist left the inn and wandered around admiring the beautiful scenery. Suddenly I saw an old woman on the side of the road, who was out of tune with the scenery here. The old woman's face was covered with abscesses, she was covered only by a piece of tattered black cloth, her feet were bare and her hair was unkempt, she was lying on the ground smoking a cigarette, with her black and thin mud legs crossed, she looked like a beggar but she was enjoying herself. This place was rich and the people were simple. Seeing how pitiful she was, they threw money all over the floor, but she ignored it and just lay in the mud. When the Taoist came forward, the old woman saw the visitor exhaling smoke and mocked, "Hey, you Taoist priest is worse off than me. Come on, come on, I'll let you beg for food."
