Heqing County.
Lin Xixi sat at the table in a daze, the light driving away a small corner of darkness. From time to time, there was the sound of splashing water nearby, and the red carp was swimming uneasily.
Originally, she planned to stay at her grandma's house for one night, but for some reason, she was brought over by Liu Yayi just now.
When she wanted to go back, the Liu family's warm hospitality and invitation to stay made her unable to refuse, and she finally stayed there.
The Liu family was very polite and considerate to the monks. This room was elegantly decorated and very clean.
Holding the fish basket in front of her, the carp inside kept floating on the water. Lin Xixi put her chin on the handle of the fish basket, and her tears fell on the turbulent water, making new splashes.
Suddenly, there was a noise outside, and there seemed to be a flash of fire.
Lin Xixi seemed unaware until there was a knock on the door.
She stood up and opened the door. Several Liu family members stood outside the door, led by Liu Yayi's father, a middle-aged man with an anxious look.
"Brother, something big happened outside. There are thieves causing trouble in Heqing County!"
"Thieves causing trouble?" Lin Xixi was stunned, and then her attention gradually shifted back.
"I just received news that there are thieves causing trouble at night. They don't know how to enter the city. They are killing people everywhere and even almost broke into the county government office. It is said that they are looking for two monks, a man and a woman, with a fish basket."
The head of the Liu family's words were obviously more euphemistic, but Liu Yayi was very direct. She came up and grabbed Lin Xixi's hand tightly:
"Xixi, the servants excluded by the Liu family discovered that they were rushing to the Liu family. They came here because you were in the Liu family. You are a monk, so you can definitely repel them."
"I..." Looking at the pale and nervous Liu Yayi, Lin Xixi was stunned for a moment. She had not yet had any real feelings about what was happening in front of her.
"Yayi, stand down!" The head of the Liu family shouted at his daughter, but still looked a little calm and said:
"Now the matter is urgent and at stake. Can you please ask the monk to go to the lobby and take charge?"
Lin Xixi hesitated for a moment and nodded:
"OK."
Then, surrounded by everyone, he walked to the lobby.
Before leaving, she glanced at the fish basket on the table. Water splashed out and wet the table.
...
Not long after, in the courtyard of the main entrance of the Liu family, the head of the Liu family and important figures in the Liu family, including some women and children, gathered in the spacious hall.
There were constant low noises, and in the courtyard there were some well-decorated guards, armed with weapons, waiting sternly.
Lin Xixi sat in front of a chair near the door in the lobby, her expression still a bit unreal.
But this unreality was quickly broken by a loud noise.
"boom!"
There was a vibration from the closed door, and the nurse in the courtyard suddenly became nervous.
"boom!"
"boom!"
The next moment, the wooden door latch, which looked thin compared with the tall door leaf, was broken, and several wooden sticks holding the door were also shaken and scattered.
A log thudded to the ground.
Two well-dressed men pushed open the door, and behind them, a dozen men with weapons and blood stains filed in. They all had one thing in common, they had a long scarf with a black belt tied on their forehead.
"Dang! Dang! Dang!"
Before he had time to react, the nursing home engaged these men in black scarves.
The shouts of killing continued.
"Brother, please take action." The head of the Liu family wiped the sweat from his forehead, walked up to Lin Xixi and whispered.
"Lin Xixi, they are coming for you!" Liu Yayi screamed from a distance with a pale face.
The surrounding Liu family members suddenly had different expressions and looked at Lin Xixi.
Although Lin Xixi was in a daze because of her grandmother's death, she still reacted at this moment.
Hearing Liu Yayi's words, she bit her lip, walked out of the hall, made the magic formula in her hand, and shouted softly:
"Lihuo Shield!"
The sound of wind suddenly sounded in the chaotic night, and where the spiritual power fluctuated, the fire suddenly rose, illuminating Lin Xixi's pale face.
Whoops!
The flames burned and rotated in the air, like a round shield, passing through the guards on both sides and hitting the men in black scarves!
Bang!
"Ah! It hurts!"
"It's a spell! Get out quickly!"
"I'm on fire, help me!!"
Blood and flesh splattered, and screams came one after another!
The effect of the blow was unexpected, and the man in black scarf immediately put away his offensive and retreated.
Even though they are both brave and strong men, the huge difference between monks and mortals is so insurmountable.
The fighting nursing staff were also stunned by this blow and forgot to pursue for a moment. Some of them had time to pant and bandage the new wounds.
This blow from Lihuo Shield gave the Liu family a shot in the arm, and many of them looked excited.
The head of the Liu family shouted excitedly:
"The Immortal is here, whoever dares to commit murder will be captured without hesitation!"
Looking at the splattering flesh and blood, and the man in black scarf stained with fire. Lin Xixi's face was a little pale, but she had also experienced a fierce battle in Zhaoying River, so she just bit her lips and didn't say anything.
The men in black scarves, who dragged their injured companions and retreated in embarrassment, had no intention of fighting and retreated like a tide.
"The thief is scared! He ran away!" Someone from the Liu family shouted excitedly.
There are also some people who feel a little unreal and retreat so easily?
Bang!
Outside the house, a bunch of fireworks flew into the sky and exploded with a bang.
The air solidified instantly.
"No, they are calling for reinforcements!"
Youhuyuan picked up his weapon and poked his head out the door. He found that the men in black scarves did not break up after leaving Liu's house, but carefully hid outside.
"Reinforcements, why are we afraid of reinforcements? There are immortals here, and any more reinforcements will be nothing more than cannon fodder."
"That's right. After a while, the magistrate will definitely send troops to quell the chaos. We will rely on the immortals to guard here. If we go out, we will cause chaos."
There were too many Liu family members, and there were dozens of them hiding in the lobby alone, arguing with each other.
The head of the Liu family frowned, with a hint of hesitation on his face.
Suddenly, something was thrown down from the courtyard wall. At first, it only aroused exclamations from several nursing staff. It was not until someone called out "Master Magistrate" that everyone's eyes were attracted and they all looked towards the middle of the courtyard.
Blood splashed on the stone slabs covered with flames, and converged on a head with pale hair. The head's expression before death still contained a bit of reluctance, surprise and fear.
"Master Magistrate! It's Master Magistrate!!"
"The magistrate is dead!"
Following the direction in which the head was thrown, a man in black appeared on the wall of the courtyard at some point. His long hair was disheveled and a black scarf was wrapped around his forehead. He blended into the inky night and was almost impossible to detect without looking carefully.
The firelight illuminated a corner of his face, revealing a sense of indifference.
"Immortal, please take action and capture the thief who killed the county magistrate!" Some Liu family members asked Lin Xixi for help in panic.
Lin Xixi did not buy it immediately as she had just done. When the head of the Liu family saw her serious face, his heart skipped a beat.
"He... is also a monk, and his level is not weaker than mine." In the night when the torches were burning, Lin Xixi's words suddenly silenced the Liu family hall.
At this moment, the man in black on the wall of the courtyard shook off the blood stains on his hands and said softly:
"The county magistrate was unkind and sent him to death."
Then, he looked at Lin Xixi in the field, as if he was reciting a secret code:
"It's getting dark every day!"
"It's getting dark every day!"
The men in black scarves outside the courtyard shouted in unison and rushed in from the main entrance again.
On the courtyard wall, the second and third ghostly black-turbaned monks appeared.
