For the Daolu Academy of the Capital, although the examiner of the examination died because of the demon, the danger has been removed, and they are thinking of getting more benefits from it.
Those candidates did not dare to say anything and just queued up to receive the examination.
After all, his own life was involved, and the demon's body was placed in the yard, so he naturally cooperated as much as possible.
The so-called Taoist Fanxing and Taoist Changsheng are actually not as good as Taoist Xiaoyao in cultivation, but it can be seen that their status is much higher than the latter.
The dirty work is all assigned to Taoist Xiaoyao and distributed by the other party. In the end, Taoist Zishu, who is at the bottom of the food chain, is in trouble.
Two Taoists with sly eyebrows were discussing secretly at the side.
The Daolu Academy of the Capital was independent of the Song Dynasty system, so there was no need to expect promotion, and getting rich was the only way out.
Priest Fanxing looked at the trembling scholars in the crowd and couldn't help but marveled: "What about the scholars..."
Taoist Changsheng stretched out his hand to lift his belt, and then said casually: "But it seems that all the credit lies with Xiaoyao Zixiao and you two. You and I can't get anything out of it."
Taoist priest Fanxing was stunned for a moment, and after thinking carefully for a while, he nodded: "So we have to be careful. Demonic energy can easily give birth to half-demon, and it is not suitable to put it in the imperial city."
The two of them smiled tacitly, and then scanned the crowd, trying to find scholars who had nothing to do with high school tributes.
As long as a few people are picked and said to be possessed by demons, and their lives are saved by the Daolu Academy of the Capital in time, the credit will come.
But what surprised them was that there were usually a few candidates with frustrated expressions in every exam, but this time it was completely the opposite.
Everyone's face was filled with confidence, as if they had a well-thought-out plan.
Although there is no limited number of places for admission to the National Examination, there are only a few dozen at most. Why do these candidates feel like they are preparing to celebrate in advance.
Taoist priest Fanxing suddenly began to beat his heart. It would be difficult to handle if the candidate he offended was awarded the honorary title, or even the top prize.
At this time, he saw Qin Bai, who stood out among the team. His strong body was unusual at first glance.
"Fellow Taoist Changsheng, doesn't that person seem to have been penetrated by demonic energy?"
Taoist Priest Fanxing pointed at Qin Bai. Taoist Changsheng saw that he was dressed like a scholar, so he thought he was dazzled and couldn't help but stretched out his hand to scratch.
Even if this person is placed among the generals, he is probably unique. Why is he thinking about getting fame? Could it be that he is the silver gun candlehead?
"It does seem like demonic energy has entered the body..."
After hearing this, Taoist Master Fanxing nodded and immediately set off towards Qin Bai. However, he was grabbed by Taoist Changsheng before he had even taken two steps.
"Why do I feel a chill down my spine and a shiver all over my body?"
Taoist priest Fanxing couldn't help but cursed: "Damn, it turns out you are too. I thought I was the only one who felt this way."
"Would you like to bring someone with you?"
"Well, bring some people."
They called Taoist Master Xiaoyao and Taoist Zishu together, and brought along a Taoist team of more than thirty people, and then they felt a little better.
Taoist Changsheng only said that someone in the team looked very suspicious, so as to avoid the evil spirits causing trouble, he stepped forward to interrogate them.
Although the memories of Taoist Xiaoyao and the two have been blurred by the seal, as they approached Qin Bai, their calves began to tremble unconsciously.
In the strange atmosphere, a group of people cautiously came to Qin Bai, but no one dared to speak first.
Ning Caichen lined up behind Qin Bai. He was somewhat frightened by such a powerful force, so he lowered his head and did not dare to look at him.
Taoist priest Fanxing kicked Taoist priest Xiaoyao, who then kicked Taoist Zishu, and in the end he had no choice but to step forward and ask questions.
Taoist Zishu originally wanted to have a tougher attitude, but when his words came to his lips, he changed to: "Strong man, are you... okay?"
"Is something wrong?"
Seeing their posture, Qin Bai had some suspicions in his mind. He couldn't help but feel funny, how could the soft persimmon fall on him.
Taoist Zishu's face turned red, and he held back a sentence for a long time: "It's okay."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and returned to the team. Some of the fear was deep in his bones. Even though the memory had faded, his instinct still kept him away.
Taoist Changsheng cursed secretly. He glanced at Taoist Fanxing, who also had the intention of quitting, let alone Taoist Xiaoyao who had his head in the sky and had nothing to do with me.
In the end, you still have to take action on your own, even if you don’t have a Taoist heart.
He smiled and took out a palm-sized jade token from his arms. It looked pure white, but there were a few black spots in it.
"This is my Taoist sect's demon-hunting magic weapon. It is best at searching for traces of demons. For the sake of your safety, I have offended you all."
Taoist Changsheng took the jade card and pretended to scan the crowd, only to see the black dots on the jade card begin to swim.
He muttered obscure incantations, and then said seriously: "There is a demon spirit entering the body. If it is not treated, it will turn into a demon soon."
Such exaggerated acting skills made not only the candidates, but also the Taoist priests from the Taoist Academy of the Capital feel slightly embarrassed.
But that's what Taoist Changsheng wanted. His eyes finally fell on Qin Bai: "You guys try to hold the magic weapon and let me look for traces of the evil spirit."
Qin Bai suddenly laughed out loud. What is the difference between this Taoist priest and a charlatan? His professional level is even far inferior.
Ning Caichen also laughed out loud. Qin Bai is a demon, how could it be possible...
Wait, after being in contact for so long, the other party doesn't look like a human being. Could it be that he is really a monster?
Thinking of this, Ning Caichen's smile became extremely stiff. Fortunately, he quickly overturned this possibility in his heart and managed to calm down.
Qin Bai took the so-called magic weapon with a dull expression. In fact, it was just a low-quality jade with a layer of magic circle. It was okay to bluff other people.
"Look at this magic weapon, it..."
Before Taoist Changsheng finished speaking, Qin Bai exerted slight force on his palms, and the jade magic weapon turned into powder and fell to the ground from between his fingers.
"This magic weapon doesn't look very strong. How about I pay you one piece?"
Everyone was silent, mainly because they didn't expect things to develop like this, and they were shocked and didn't know how to end it.
"No need, warrior, why are you related to the demon? You must have admitted your mistake."
Taoist Changsheng turned around and was about to leave, and put an arm on his shoulder.
Qin Bai patted Taoist Changsheng as if he were normal, and then said with a smile: "How about sending Taoist off before you leave?"
Taoist Changsheng's face was ashen, but he did not dare to say anything, because there was something abnormal in his meridians at this time, and the scarlet energy formed a chain directly covering his Dantian.
The opponent's cultivation level is obviously much higher than his own, and based on the blood-red Qi, he can tell at a glance that he is a demon.
Taoist Changsheng's mind was filled with all kinds of scenes that were worse than death. How dare he consider any merit, so he simply evacuated the Gongyuan with the rest of the people.
Only when you know how to try it can be considered as a near-miss.
Although most of the candidates didn't quite understand what happened, Geng Yu and the others still vaguely understood the ins and outs.
As a result, they lost their mood to play and went back to their residences to rest.
Qin Bai's method of punishing the Immortal Taoist was also improvised. He used the characteristics of true energy mixed with iron energy to create a chain-like technique.
As long as the opponent's cultivation level is far lower than your own, it is impossible to escape from control.
Of course, this method is very restrictive. It must first act on Taoist monks. After all, the chain formed by Qin Bai's true energy is rootless water and needs to absorb the true energy of others to maintain it.
Secondly, it doesn't work if you are too far away. After all, the spiritual thoughts attached to the true energy are limited.
Qin Bai couldn't help but smile bitterly. Thinking about it carefully, it was almost useless and not very useful.
But little did he know that Taoist Changsheng had tried many ways to remove the spell after he returned, but none of them worked, so he almost had his stomach opened.
Seeing that it was getting late, Qin Bai immediately returned to Deyun Society. Fayin and others had been waiting for a long time.
They took advantage of this time to inquire about Li Maochun, but now they heard that those crazy words had hidden meanings, which made people's hair stand on end.
Although not even the other party is able to recognize the hidden demon for some reason.
What surprised Qin Bai was that Fayin seemed to have known Li Maochun and his son for a long time, probably for a long time.
If what is said is true, then there are countless people walking around the streets who have become the puppets of the demon.
And because of their memories, these people don't even know that they are no different from monsters.
Qin Bai and others found a secluded room in Deyun Club to discuss. In order to prevent accidents, they also set up soundproof spells. After all, anyone could be the demon's spy now.
Fayin scratched his afro with a headache, and dandruff like snowflakes fell down.
"Now it seems that the reason why the faceless demon did not hurt anyone is probably because these people are already empty shells."
Qin Baidian sat further away to avoid being affected by dandruff.
The purpose of the faceless demon is now clear, and the elimination of the demons summoned by the drama is also because this has been its plan for decades.
Hua Manlou said angrily: "It's difficult to do. You can't fight one against ten thousand, right?"
"There's no need to go to such trouble. The root cause lies with the faceless demon. Just remove the fuel from the cauldron."
Qin Bai flipped through the list of achievements. If he could destroy the faceless demon, it would undoubtedly reduce a lot of check-in time.
This gave him hope of completing the next check-in task ahead of schedule. Whether it would be too risky was beyond Qin Bai's consideration.
He had met the faceless demon before, and although he couldn't see through him, he didn't have the incomparable suffocating feeling of the green snake at all.
Qin Bai estimated that the faceless demon only had three thousand years of cultivation at most. Even if he was unable to defeat him, he would not die. Besides, there were two masters of martial arts and golden elixirs.
In fact, if this monster has four thousand years of cultivation, there is no need for such trouble.
"Taking the fire under the cauldron..." Hua Manlou's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "Are you talking about a method that can attract demons?"
"It takes some time to prepare. I am confident that the faceless demon will appear."
Qin Bai was a little confused as to whether it was feasible to use drama to summon a demon as powerful as the Black Mountain Old Demon to fight against the faceless demon.
He immediately overturned this idea. The old demon of Montenegro was too variable. If the faceless demon was not defeated enough, he would be trapped in a cocoon.
Fayin turned to look at Lu Xiaofeng and asked, "That's fine, but it's a pity that I can't find any helpers, and the two Golden Elixir Immortals..."
Lu Xiaofeng smiled bitterly: "Everyone in the world thinks that I know them very well, but in fact, I cannot take the initiative to contact them. I still have to wait until the fifteenth day of every month."
"We can't wait any longer. Besides, we have enough." Fayin was a little disappointed. There were still more than twenty days until the fifteenth day, and there were too many variables.
What worries him the most is that even if the faceless demon can be eliminated, what will happen to the demons in this city...
Qin Bai glanced at the seal, and he also realized this. Fortunately, according to Li Maochun, the closer you get to the palace, the fewer monsters there are.
If there were countless deaths, the capital might be severely damaged, but at least the Song Dynasty would not be damaged.
In order to prevent uncontrollable situations, an army of donkeys and beasts is still necessary.
But when Qin Bai tried to use the talisman to contact them, he discovered that the four beasts seemed to have had accidents at the same time and could not get any response.
………
The huge mountains were deserted and seemed unusually quiet. Even the most common bird calls could not be heard.
A man holding a sword stepped towards the depths of the mountains.
Wearing white clothes, his steps are ethereal. If you don't look at the appearance of the old farmer, you can feel that he has an extremely otherworldly aura.
The man is Ye Gucheng, who lives in seclusion in the city.
The reason why he came to the mountains far away from the capital was because he accidentally saw the donkeys and horses in Qin Bai's team.
He sensed the presence of energy in these animals, and out of curiosity, he chased after them.
However, Ye Gucheng didn't expect that these donkeys and horses would travel for several days without stopping to rest, so he had no choice but to follow them.
He looked around, and the faint smell of blood filled his mouth and nose.
Ye Gucheng's pace quickened, and at the same time he placed his right hand casually on the sword at his waist, as if he was aware of what was happening ahead.
When he pushed aside the dense bushes, he saw the mutilated and indistinguishable corpses of beasts lying in the open space, as if he had stepped onto the edge of a battlefield.
Without exception, the corpses were disemboweled, their internal organs were eviscerated, and there were some teeth marks on the remaining bodies.
Ye Gucheng also found one of those donkeys and horses.
He bent down and dipped his hands into the black blood on the corpse. There was a faint demonic aura in it, but it was only on the surface.
Is this a battle between beasts and monsters?
As soon as the idea came to my mind, I heard the sound of a wolf howling not far away.
Ye Gucheng was immediately relieved. I am afraid that only such a greedy man-eating beast would eat only internal organs when there is plenty of food.
He did not leave because of this, but waited quietly. After a while, the wolves surrounded him.
The alpha wolf exuded a demonic aura. It was a little disappointed when it saw Ye Gucheng. The old man looked so skinny and probably didn't have much meat.
But the wolves are not picky about their food. After howling, they all attack in groups.
Ye Gucheng sneered, the breeze blew against his cheeks, and the dog skin plaster on his forehead swayed.
Draw your sword.
Even if the brilliant sword light only lasts for a moment, it is enough.
The wolf corpses fell neatly on the ground, and even the alpha wolf couldn't stop a casual sword strike.
Ye Gucheng murmured to himself: "It's just a two- to three-hundred-year-old livestock. There should be more powerful demons in the mountains."
He glanced at the paw prints of the wolves when they came, and then walked away.
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