Xianlu

Chapter 208 Jiangzhou Ghost City
Xu Dao returned to the guest room, Su Jiu looked at him worriedly, obviously aware of something.And Xu Dao also quickly sat cross-legged on the bed, making a formula with both hands, and cleared his mind.

Just now downstairs, he originally just wanted to play tricks on Taoist Chen Wan, but he didn't expect that when he ingested the corpse aura, distracting thoughts surged in his mind, and the appetite in his body was really aroused, and he even wanted to eat the whole zombie in one mouthful. The urge to devour them all.

Corpse Qi is a kind of aura of heaven and earth. To zombies, it is like the true Qi in a human body.Xu Dao's ingestion of the corpse energy in the female zombie is just like in the martial arts novels of the previous life, the knight absorbs the internal energy of others. Although it is a bit extreme, it is not a big deal.

But it would be different if he ate the zombie's body directly.

Although zombies are monsters and dead things, many decent Taoists will collect materials from zombies to make spells and magic weapons, but they are human bodies after all, which violates the heart of Taoism.

Back in the room at this moment, Xu Dao kept thinking about the scene just now. The restlessness and fear intertwined in his heart made the veins on his forehead bulge and throb.

Scales grew out of Xu Dao's body one by one, he was breathing heavily, white mist was coming out of his mouth and nose, and he was about to show a dragon body.

creak!The wooden bed he sat on couldn't help but make an overwhelmed sound, almost collapsing.

Fortunately, Xu Dao's sanity was still there, and the pure heart talisman in his brain kept vibrating, shedding wisps of spiritual light to keep his mind clear.

After a full quarter of an hour, Xu Dao, whose body had swelled nearly a foot in height, finally stabilized his mind and broke away from the mania.

A sigh resounded in the room, Xu Daoyou opened his eyes quietly, the energy and blood in his body suddenly changed, minions hid, scales retracted, and he returned to his human body in an instant.

"master!"

A voice sounded from the side, and it was Su Jiu who was watching worriedly. She was still holding a long whip in her hand, apparently protecting Xu Dao all the time.

And when he was downstairs just now, Xu Dao was aroused by the corpse's urge to eat, and it was this little girl who sensed something was wrong and made a sound in time to remind him to go back to the room to rest.

So hearing Su Jiu's voice, Xu Dao quickly cast a comforting look to tell Su Jiu not to worry too much.But after appeasing Su Jiu, his face was still embarrassed, with a troublesome look in his eyes.

In other words, this is not the first time his Dao heart has been unstable.

When the foundation was established, Xu Dao was influenced by the spiritual roots planted in his body, and almost developed in an inhuman direction.

Fortunately, as early as when he was a Taoist, he had already experienced it once, and he was on guard in his heart, and there was fear, so he stabilized his mind in time and did not let it go.

I thought that after successfully building the foundation, as long as you stay vigilant, it won't have much impact for the time being.But unexpectedly, he became a little optimistic.

Including the one time downstairs just now, Xu Dao was almost possessed three times.

There were only three incidents, so he felt a kind of worry in his heart. If there was another time, he didn't know whether he could still stabilize his Dao heart and not be affected by evil thoughts.

Frowning secretly, Xu Dao pondered in his heart: "Practice the spell of pure heart and strengthen the altar, there is no longer any delay!"

It's just that he doesn't have a new heart-clearing spell in his hands now, if he wants to get it, he must find a way from the outside world.Fortunately, there is one person appearing right now, through which Xu Dao can get in touch with other practitioners from Wu Kingdom.

This person was the Taoist Chen Wan who was drinking and having fun with him downstairs just now, and was so frightened that he sat down on the ground.

The identity of the other party is mysterious, not only related to the Yeshamen, but also related to the court of Wu State.

"Tomorrow, I will go to Jiangzhou City together with this person, and contact the practitioners in Jiangzhou City as soon as possible."

A thought flashed through his mind, and the restlessness arose again. Xu Dao hurriedly cast the spell of clearing the heart over and over again to calm the restlessness in his body.

It's just that compared with before, he can clearly perceive that the effects of several heart-clearing spells are not as good as before.

This may be because with the growth of his physical body, Qi Refining-level pure heart spells are no longer suitable for use.

If he wanted to solve the hidden dangers, perhaps in addition to working hard on the quantity of the pure heart spells, he also had to work hard on the quality. He needed to find the pure heart spells in the foundation realm, and even assisted by taking pills, magic tools, etc. , Eliminate evil thoughts and prevent obsession.

Thinking of this, Xu Dao couldn't help but sigh:

"I thought it was extremely difficult to build a foundation, but I didn't expect that after the foundation was built, the spiritual root would have such a great influence on the mind and spirit. It's no wonder that those Taoist priests are all like monsters, inhuman!"

In fact, he also understands that, not to mention those Taoist priests, he himself is extremely defensive, and his temperament has already been affected by the spiritual roots planted in his body, and he is still changing subtly.

This is why Xu Dao felt anxious and made finding the spell of clearing his heart a top priority.

If it takes a little longer, maybe he will not know it, completely fall into evil ways, and run wildly on the road of inhumanity.

"I don't know how the Taoists in the Tang Dynasty dealt with this problem..."

Slightly closing his eyelids, Xu Dao sat cross-legged on the bed, his brows and eyes were stern, and he fell into the practice.

And Su Jiu, who was protecting the Dharma at the side, saw that he finally calmed down completely, and let go of his dangling little heart, and instead sat cross-legged at the table to meditate and rest.

Silent all night.

At dawn the next day, the coffin in front of the inn was burned to a mass of ashes, and the female corpse inside was also carbonized and broken.

When Xu Dao and Su Jiu walked down the stairs, the innkeeper was urging the waiter to clean the front yard, and also dug a hole to bury the ashes in.

"Hurry up! There will be guests coming to the door later, and if the guests run away, I will take you as a question!"

"Huh!" Xu Dao walked out, the innkeeper immediately noticed, he hurried into the hall, stepped forward to salute, "Meet the Taoist!"

"The Taoist chief is about to leave, so I'll go and lead the donkey for you."

Xu Dao heard it, and cupped his hands, "Excuse me, let's take it out first, and when Daoist Chen wakes up, let's set off together."

When the innkeeper heard this, he immediately slapped him, and secretly told the clerk to hurry up and wake up Daochang Chen.

Not long after, Taoist Chen Wan walked out of the inn with trembling legs, and his first move after coming out was to salute Xu Dao:
"I met Senior Lu, Xiaodao lost his composure last night."

That's right, when the two exchanged names last night, Xu Dao once again used Lu Daoren's identity.He claimed to be a casual cultivator, and he came from a long distance, admiring the prosperity of Jiangzhou City, and wanted to get to know more like-minded people.

Seeing Chen Daoist's still terrified appearance, his small face was pale and his eyes were blank, Xu Dao just smiled, pointed directly to the north, and said, "Please also ask Chen Daochang to lead the way and lead me to Jiangzhou City to see and see." stop."

Jiangzhou City is the most densely populated place within thousands of miles. It is said that the population in the city is 70 million, which is three to four times that of Shezhao Mountain City. It is undoubtedly the largest city in the southwest region.

In such a big city, although there are many mortals in the city, there must be a lot of Taoist practitioners. There must be a ghost city, and Xu Dao came here for this.

In addition, the mountain gate of the Yaksha Gate is only a few hundred miles away from this city, as if Jiangzhou City is under the protection.

Taoist Chen Wan quickly returned: "Of course! Xiaodao will lead the way for senior."

After what happened last night, this person was even more convinced that Xu Dao's cultivation was advanced. He guessed that Xu Dao might not only be in the late stage of qi refining, but a Taoist who had completed qi refining, so he became more respectful and dared not take a single bit of it. big.

Without him, this person already knew that Xu Daofei was a kind person, so he was killed in fear of making Xu Dao dissatisfied.

When the clerk of the inn brought the horses that pull the carts in the shop, Daoist Chen Wan turned over and rode on, and led the way for Xu Dao in a hurry.

………………

Walking all the way north, Xu Dao cast a spell on the donkeys and horses that the two were sitting on. They were originally two animals that were just ordinary donkeys and poor horses.

When passing by other people on the road, they were taken aback for a while, and naturally no one dared to provoke them.

About two hours later, Xu Dao rode a donkey and came to a majestic big city.

The city was built along the river, with several tributaries and canals interspersed into the city. The sparkling light, the sails of the boats, a look of people coming and going, bustling and lively.

The long city wall covers the inside, and the color is gray, which makes the whole city look like a huge toad lying on the riverside, constantly handling the flow of people, vehicles and boats.

Compared with what Xu Dao had seen in Shezhao Mountain City, this city was not only three or four times more lively than Shezhao Mountain City, but twenty or thirty times as lively.

Shezhao Mountain City is nothing more than a pile of mud in the mountains, and the Jiangzhou City in front of you is the most prosperous place in the Wu Kingdom.

Riding a donkey, Xu Dao looked into the distance from the highlands, and found that as far as he could see, whether it was an island in the middle of the lake in the river or on the rolling hills, there were inhabited houses, pavilions, or small temples. view.

He thought in his heart: "This bustling and bustling place is densely populated, with few wild animals, and there should be few monsters and the like."

After appreciating and sighing for a moment, Xu Dao looked away and patted the back of the donkey that was sitting down.

Taoist Chen Wan on the side was always watching him. Seeing Xu Dao's movements, he quickly pulled the reins, let the horse go to the front, and pointed to a doorway from a distance and said:

"Senior, let's go this way into the city, take the north gate, the boundary path here is familiar, and the custody will arrange you properly!"

Xu Dao nodded lightly: "Yes."

Immediately, there was a sound of copper bells on the necks of donkeys and horses, and the three of them ran directly to Jiangzhou City, merged into the pedestrians entering the city, and immediately became inconspicuous.

It was already noon after entering the city, and the three of them were exhausted after running for two hours, so at the suggestion of Taoist Chen Wan, they first went to the largest restaurant in the city to settle down, have a good meal, clean the dust, and Allow the other party to introduce the situation in detail.

After a while of drinking and eating, chattering, and taking a nap, the sky was already dark, and it was close to sunset.

After Taoist Chen Wan came to call for him, the three of them wandered out of the restaurant and walked towards a street.

The destination they went to was the place where practitioners gathered in Jiangzhou City - the ghost market, or ghost street.

This street is not underground, nor on the mountain, but in the middle of the market, and it is the most bustling and bustling market. It is only opened at night because of the blinding formations.

There are four places in the city, and the one Chen Wan wants to take Xu Dao to is the ghost street at the north gate.

Walking to an ordinary stone wall, the three of them rammed straight into the wall.With a shaking like the surface of water, they crossed the formation and came to the other side of the boundary.

The ghost street is not gloomy, the light is bright, almost like daytime.

Pedestrians continued to walk past Xu Dao and the others, all kinds of people, some of them were floating or swimming, obviously walking in the posture of Yin God, and some were leading beasts and demons, with burly bodies and amazing blood, they should be People in martial arts.

Xu Dao took a quick glance, and found that North Street, one of the four ghost streets in the city, had the same number of shops as those in Shezhao Ghost Market, and doubled the passenger flow.

After Chen Wan led Xu Dao here, he originally wanted to continue to act as a tour guide, leading Xu Dao to wander around for free, so as to enhance their friendship, but Xu Dao directly rejected him.

"Go and do your own work first, and then I'll look for you in the restaurant where I'm staying."

After receiving Xu Dao's order, Taoist Chen Wan didn't dare to talk too much, and after making a bow, he slowly backed away.

As soon as he was out of Xu Dao's line of sight, he immediately wiped his forehead, feeling a sense of relief in his heart.

"Go eat and drink first!"

Standing on the street and stomping his feet, he rolled up his sleeves and ran to a familiar restaurant, preparing to buy a few bowls of spiritual wine on credit, to reward his body and mind that had been severely injured this time.

On the other side, there was a lot of voices on Ghost Street:
"Excellent cinnabar, five yuan and one tael!", "Specially collect demon bone and herbal medicine, the price is fair!"

"This shop has been making utensils for generations, and it has been 120 three years."... The shouts continued, and it was extremely lively.

This situation is different from the previous two ghost markets that Xu Dao has seen. The ghost city in Jiangzhou City in front of him is actually like a street for mortals. The Taoists either hired boys, or yelled to attract customers in person regardless of their demeanor. .

Of course, among the high-level stores, they directly put a few echo notes on the signboards to let the signboards make their own voices, and there will also be puppets dancing outside to attract customers.

Xu Dao scanned through these stalls and shops one by one with great interest, and found some interesting things.He had never seen many of these goods in the Bone Temple and the Shezhao Ghost Market, but had only seen them in books.

But he didn't stop, but went straight all the way, and came to one of the best shops on Ghost Street.

The shop is not like a shop that sells goods, it is majestic and majestic, with two stone lions on both sides of the entrance, it is more like a government office.

There are people coming and going in this shop, which is far more lively than other places.The two lions stared at the door closely, with fierce faces, grinding their teeth and claws, they were not completely dead.

There is a plaque on the top of the shop, with four big characters written:

"Northern Hall of Swinging Demons."

(End of this chapter)