The best water fairy of crossing

Chapter 12 Sifang City

Early the next morning, after packing up our luggage, Xuanchi and I went down the mountain to Sifang City.

Sifang City is to the east of Kunlun, and it takes half a month to walk.However, fortunately, Xuanchi can fly with a sword, so the distance of thousands of miles is nothing at all.We set off early in the morning and arrived just past noon.

This is a thousand-year-old city, and it is also an important traffic route, and it is very lively with business travelers coming and going.We found a restaurant to eat something, asked the waiter about the residence of Sifang City Lord, settled the bill, and went to the City Lord's Mansion.

The place where the Sifang City Lord lives is relatively secluded. We walked around east and west, and it took a long time to find it.Turning a corner, I saw a row of pavilions in front of me, and two stone lions standing majesticly at the head of the gate.

Before we reached the door, an old man about 50 years old greeted us, followed by seven or eight servants.

The old man cupped his hands and said: "The city lord ordered the villain to wait here for a long time."

Xuanchi and I looked at each other in blank dismay, could this city lord be able to predict when we will come?

Xuan Chi cupped his hands and said humbly, "Please tell me the tuba size, old man."

The old man said: "Don't dare, dare not! The villain's surname is Huang, and he is the housekeeper of this mansion!"

As we spoke, we had already arrived at the outer hall, and passed through three courtyards from the outer hall before arriving at the back hall.The hall and windows are bright and clean, and the layout is elegant and clean. It seems that the owner has unusual taste.

Entered the back hall and sat down, and after a while, an old man walked out from behind the screen and said with a smile: "Brother Xiaoyao, two high-ranking disciples are here, I'm not far away to welcome you!"

I turned my head and saw an old man in his sixties, wearing a blue robe, with a ruddy complexion, walking out with a smile.

We got up and saluted.Xuanchi asked: "The city lord sent a letter to the family teacher, saying that the young man and the girl here disappeared for no reason. I don't know what happened?"

The old man said with a worried face: "This matter is really distressing. Our Sifang City has always been safe and peaceful. But since last month, young strong men and women have disappeared one after another. At first, we thought it was Siyu Mountain. What the group of bandits did was to ask for a ransom. However, someone later found these people in the ruined temple in the east of the city. They were all drained of blood and exploded to death. The death was extremely tragic !"

Damn, there were monsters like vampires in ancient times?I couldn't help shivering and said, "That must have been done by a monster!"

The old man nodded and said: "That's right, we invited a few mages to catch the monsters later. However, all these mages disappeared without any reason, and their whereabouts are still unknown!"

"Could it be that these people were also killed by monsters?" I said.

The old man smiled wryly and said: "Oh, those mages are all powerful but everyone came back alive. I guess it was a disaster. Later, I remembered Kunlun Mountain, so I wrote a letter to brother Xiaoyao! If you two can help Sifang In addition to this great harm, Zhuge Ming is really grateful!"

Xuanchi said: "Don't worry, City Lord Zhuge, we will definitely do our best!"

Seeing Xuan Chi's confident appearance, I think it's good to say this, but don't take it seriously, even any powerful mage is dead, can we do it?
Back in the guest room, I asked Xuan Chi, "Senior brother, we don't know where the monster is, how can we catch it?"

Xuan Chi said: "There is a demonic aura gathering in the east of the city, I think we will go to the east of the city after dark, maybe we will gain something."

Demon spirit?Just kidding, when did he see it? Does he also have the piercing eyes of Monkey King?

Seeing that I was skeptical, Xuanchi said, "Why are you afraid?"

I shook my head quickly, but my heart was still uneasy.I haven't seen catching monsters since I was a child, so how come they have caught up with them in ancient times.Oh, what a pity.

After nightfall, Xuanchi and I went to the woods in the east of the city. According to him, the evil spirit is the strongest here, which means that the monsters are hiding nearby.Alright alright.I don't know which life's bad luck I've had, but I was hanging out in the woods at night with a nonsense psychopath.

We stayed for a long time, and at last I was almost drowsy, and there was no sign of the monster.I was about to say, brother, let's go back.Suddenly, there were several shrill screams from the dark place ahead.I woke up suddenly, and shivered involuntarily.

"Brother!" I shouted with a trembling voice.

He ran over with a long sword in his hand and said: "There is something weird in front, I'll go and see, you are not allowed to go anywhere if you stay here!" Then he took out a magic weapon from his pocket and said to me: "This is the Huntian bell. The monsters don't dare to get close to me!" After speaking, the blue light flashed and disappeared.

Oh god, what the hell happened, I actually saw a person become a light?I stared dumbfounded at the direction where Xuan Chi disappeared, stretched out my hand and rubbed my eyes, I couldn't believe myself.

At this time, there was a gust of yellow air in the air ahead, and then there was the bang bang sound of weapons clashing.I was afraid and worried, afraid that Xuanchi would suffer, so I ran forward a few steps.However, I immediately remembered Xuan Chi's order to stay where I was, if I went, wouldn't it become a burden to him?I had to stop and look in that direction anxiously.

I listened for a while, and the sound disappeared, and the yellow smell gradually dissipated.However, Xuan Chi did not come back.He couldn't have been caught by a monster, didn't the monster specialize in sucking the energy of young men?Thinking of this, my hairs stand on end. "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, Tathagata Buddha, Jade Emperor, gods from all walks of life, please protect my big brother Xuanchi, or else I will die too!" I clasped my hands and kept praying.

Suddenly, there was a strange cry in the woods, which made one's scalp tingle.Oh my god, my god, could it be that the monster killed my brother and also came to kill me?I hugged Huntian Bell tightly with both hands, and the horror of being sucked out of my blood couldn't help flashing through my mind.

At this moment, I felt a gust of wind blowing from behind, and then a hand grabbed my shoulder.The monster is coming to kill me!I tried my best to shake off that hand, but I couldn't shake it off.In desperation, I thought, if I don't fight back, then I will die in the hands of ancient monsters in vain.I pulled out my long sword, turned around and stabbed.

"What are you doing? It's me!" The man pushed away a few steps and shouted.

Huh?It seemed to be Xuan Chi's voice.I opened my eyes and looked, who is it not Xuan Chi?I threw down the sword and ran to his side, weeping with joy: "You are not dead! You haven't come for so long, I thought you were eaten by a monster... Just now I thought he was going to eat me. . . ”

Seeing my tears streaming down my cheeks, Xuanchi came up to wipe my tears with his sleeve, and said, "Silly girl, if that monster really came to eat you, you would have died long ago, how could you have time to draw a sword!"

I was right when I thought about it. I wiped my tears and said, "What about the monster? Have you seen him?"

Xuan Chi frowned and said: "When I arrived, the monster was sucking human blood. I went up to fight him, the monster was powerful, we fought for several rounds, and we still couldn't decide the outcome. Later, the monster's The party came, spit out a cloud of poisonous mist, and fled!"

"Then you see clearly, what kind of monster is that?" I asked curiously.

"If you guessed correctly, it should be a white python spirit!" Xuanchi replied.

"What about his accomplices?"

"I didn't see clearly!" Xuan Chi shook his head and said.

When we returned to the city, it was almost dawn, and we went back to our room to rest for half a day. Brother Xuanchi said that we were going to visit the ruined temple in the city.

Old man Zhuge sent a servant to take us there.This ruined temple is on the outskirts of the city, the surroundings are very desolate, there are crows crowing constantly in the sky, it is really terrifying.

As soon as we walked to the gate of the ruined temple, we saw a group of crows flying out of the ruined temple.The servant and I backed away again and again.Xuanchi swung his sleeves in the air, and the crows screamed strangely, then flapped their wings and flew away from us, and disappeared after a while.

"Brother, what good things did you use to drive them away?" I asked curiously.

Xuanchi looked at me and said, "Everything has a spirit! As the saying goes, if people don't offend me, I will not offend them. I just tell them to leave quickly!"

Xuanchi can still speak birds? "It's amazing!" I envied, "I can be this amazing anytime!"

I said this inadvertently, but Xuan Chi said: "Just concentrate on it, don't think about useless things all the time, concentrate on cultivating, and soon you will be like me!"

Even if I didn't say it, I stuck out my tongue.This guy never let me go for a moment.

When we entered the main hall, we saw that the main hall was extremely dirty and deserted. It should have been a long time since no one came.Suddenly, the servant behind me screamed and ran out.I turned around and saw, oh my god, there were actually two mummified corpses lying in the southwest corner of the hall.Judging by the clothes and accessories, it should be a man and a woman. The whole body of the two is dry, as if only a layer of skin is left.

"Brother!" I shouted, and quickly hid behind Xuanchi.

Xuanchi walked over to look at the corpse, sighed and said, "Both of them have been sucked dry!"

When I heard him say it, I felt my scalp tingling, and I was sweating profusely. I said tremblingly, "Then, isn't that monster here now?" After speaking, he looked around suspiciously.

He hesitated to answer, got up and said: "Let's go!" I hurriedly stepped behind him.

When we left the temple gate, the servant from earlier had disappeared, presumably he had fled back.We turned around and went back to Sifang City.

This day is the Duanyang Festival on the fifth day of May, and the streets are very lively with people coming and going.When I saw how fun it was here, I wanted to wander around.But when he turned his head to see Xuan Chi's indifferent expression, he didn't dare to speak when the words came to his lips.Alas, forget it, if I say so, he should say that it is useless for me to think about it all day long.

I was worrying about myself when someone bumped into my body suddenly. When I turned around, I saw a person running towards the street corner in a panic.What is this man's urgent matter?I rubbed my shoulders.Then, many people behind him ran towards the corner of the street.I was curious for a while, so I grabbed someone and asked, "Why are you running? What happened?"

The man turned his head and said out of breath, "There's a Taoist priest in front of us buying exorcism pills, we're going to go over and buy a few! Don't catch me, I'll be gone if I get there late!" He struggled and ran away.

What exorcism pill?I looked at Xuanchi suspiciously, but he seemed to have not heard what we just said.Forget it, he shouldn't believe this!
Xuan Chi suddenly said: "Let's go and have a look!"

what!Before I knew it, he was already walking towards the corner.This person also likes to watch the excitement, I laughed.

Looking over, it turned out that the corner of the street was a restaurant.At this time, the entrance of the building was already full of people, so I squeezed forward to take a look, and saw a table on the left side of the building door, and sitting behind the table was a middle-aged Taoist priest wearing a feather crown and Taoist robes.This person has piercing eyes and an arrogant expression, holding a feather fan in his left hand.There was a yellow flag hanging behind him, with the words "Exorcism and magic medicine" written on it.

At this time, a middle-aged man approached respectfully, took out a silver ingot from his waist, and said, "Please give me the medicine!"

The Taoist looked at him coldly, kept asking for the feather fan with his left hand, but didn't answer.Seeing that the Taoist priest didn't speak, the man thought he was being disrespectful, so he folded his fists and bent down, and said it again.

The Taoist didn't even look at him, and said coldly: "Your Excellency is blessed, don't waste my magic medicine. Please!"

The man saw that the old man ignored him, and said that he was not blessed. He wanted to argue a few words, but he didn't dare, so he had to leave with a sad face.

This Taoist priest is really interesting. I can't help but find it funny to sell medicine and pick people.Then several people went to ask for the magic medicine, but the Taoist priest pushed them back one by one.

Who is he going to sell to!I was wondering, when I suddenly felt two cold lights coming towards me from the left and right.When I looked up, I couldn't help being shocked, only to see the Taoist priest looking at me coldly through the crowd.

"Girl, please come here!" The Taoist pointed at me and said.

"Me?" I pointed to myself, seeing him nodding, I walked over suspiciously.

"What are you doing? Let me tell you, I don't have that much money to buy any magical medicine!" I said.

The Taoist smiled slightly and said: "I see that the girl's seal is black, I'm afraid she will suffer disaster soon!"

Nonsense!I raised my eyebrows, put my hands on my hips and said, "You stinky Taoist priest is really rude. I just won't buy your bullshit magic medicine, so you don't have to curse me like that!"

The Taoist clasped his hands together and said: "No, Xiaodao is a person who cultivates the Tao. How can monks tell lies?"

"So what do I do, according to you?" I said.

"This magic medicine is very good at exorcising demons and avoiding evil spirits. As long as the girl takes it, it will keep you happy and healthy!" He said.

cut!After all, isn't it for selling medicine?What monks don't tell lies, it's simply a lie to confuse people.I waved my hand and said, "I have no money, I can't afford it!" Then I turned around and left.

The Taoist was very fast. Before I could take a few steps, he flashed in front of me, stopped me and said, "Girl, please stop!"

"What else do you want?" I said unhappily.

He lowered his head and poured out a red pill from the gourd hanging on his waist, and said: "Xiaodao saw the girl behind Fu Yuan, and it was fate to meet her today, so I will give this pill to the girl!"

real or fake?Without waiting for my answer, he stuffed the pill into my hand and returned to his seat in an instant.He moved back and forth so fast that it was only in the blink of an eye.I was secretly surprised, and looked down at the pill, not knowing whether his words were true or not.

At this time, it was dusk, and the crows were crowing in the sky. I looked up at the sky, and then suddenly remembered that Senior Brother Xuanchi had gone somewhere, as if he wasn't in the crowd just now.I ran around the corner and looked for it, but there was nothing there.Could it be that he thought this kind of thing was boring and left first?Alas, I'm really shameless, and I didn't even tell me.I saw that it was getting late and went back to Zhuge Mansion by myself.

When I returned to Zhuge Mansion, the hall had already been lit, and old Zhuge was sitting on the side waiting for us.Seeing me coming back alone, he greeted me and said, "Ruoshui, why are you alone, where is Xuanchi?"

I opened my eyes wide: "Senior Brother Xuanchi hasn't come back yet?" I thought he had come back a long time ago!
The old man Zhuge shook his head and said, "You go out this afternoon, after the servant came back, there is no one else!"

I thought to myself, Senior Brother Xuanchi, nothing will happen to me!Although he is powerful, the tiger still has time to take a nap.Old man Zhuge saw that my expression had changed, so he hurriedly called his servants to look for it.

A group of us lit a torch and were about to go out when suddenly a servant ran up and said, "Master Xuanchi is back!" We looked at the door, and sure enough Xuanchi walked in as if nothing happened.

"Xuan Chi, where have you been? We're all worried to death!" Old Man Zhuge said.

Xuan Chi bowed and said, "Don't worry the city lord! Just now I saw a Taoist priest behaving differently, let's go and have a look!"

Taoist priest? "Brother, is that the Taoist priest who sells medicine on the street today?"

Xuanchi nodded.I took out the pill from my pocket and told the story of the Taoist giving me the pill.

Xuanchi took the pill, smelled it, and frowned slightly.

"Is there something wrong?" Old man Zhuge and I asked in unison.

"This pill is mixed with more than a dozen kinds of drugs. People who eat it will become confused and their meridians will flow backwards! However, life will not be affected!" Xuan Chi said.

I never expected that this little pill was actually a drug, so I couldn't help being surprised: "Why did the Taoist harm me?"

Xuanchi shook his head and said, "Let's go tonight to see what kind of medicine is sold in that Taoist gourd!"

(End of this chapter)