People are traveling to the west, starting to steal ginseng fruit

"Fellow Daoist Zhu'er..."

"Brother Daoist, how about you call me Zhu'er? The word 'Daoyou' is a bit strange, and it makes me sad after hearing it for a long time."

Zhu'er said that she had wanted to talk about this title issue for a long time.

After spending these days together, Zhu'er couldn't help but develop new feelings for Ji Luo. Although he was of noble status, he always treated her equally and with respect, and his attitude was also very gentle.

Even though he spoke in a strong manner, Ji Luo always treated him gently and usually cared about whether he was used to living in the Taoist temple.

You know, it's a great fortune for her to be able to stay here. Even so, Ji Luo is still able to care about her own life issues.

Ji Luo wanted to explain, but after seeing Zhu'er's eyes, he smiled helplessly in his heart and had to nod in agreement.

"What strange thing happened to Zhu'er?"

When Zhu'er heard Ji Luo's name, she smiled, and the light around her brightened a little. She didn't even notice the joy in her tone: "I heard from the old vegetable seller that someone in the neighboring village is stealing newborn babies to sell."

"Human? Isn't he a monster?"

When Ji Luo heard about the theft of a newborn baby, he immediately thought of a monster.

Although he is a carrot spirit, Zhu'er is a spider spirit, and Hu Xianfeng is a tiger spirit, and they are all monsters in essence, but the three of them all practice the right path and do not go astray.

In fact, most monsters are evil and it is common for them to eat and harm people.

Zhu'er gave Ji Luo a cute look.

"Brother Dao, are you kidding? How dare any monster appear at the foot of Wanshou Mountain?"

After hearing what Zhu'er said, Ji Luo suddenly understood.

That's true. Master and his brothers would often go down the mountain. If they found any monsters while passing by, it would be an easy task. The monsters they caught would be used as fertilizers in the fields just like the black bear monster and the rat monster last time.

There is no shortage of fertilizer in the vegetable garden recently, but it is more troublesome to cultivate.

"That's a bad guy. Why would a bad guy steal a newborn baby? Even if they were human traffickers, they would probably kidnap older children."

Human traffickers may not be able to keep a newborn baby alive, and they shouldn't do that according to their habits.

"That's why I feel something is amiss and I've been bothering about this matter...Brother Dao, should we intervene?"

Zhu'er did not act on her own. She was always cautious in doing things in the Taoist temple. She thought that if she made a mistake and was punished, it would be a small matter. It would be bad if Ji Luo was implicated.

Ji Luo didn't have such concerns. When his master taught him, the phrase he said most often was to follow his heart.

"You and I will go down the mountain to investigate. If there are any bad people doing evil, you and I can do some good things."

"Ok!"

Ji Luo and Zhu'er returned to the temple, put their things down, and then said something to their senior brother.

The senior brother waved his hand to signal the two to go and come back quickly.

Tiger Vanguard has been obsessed with guarding the door recently, so Ji Luo didn't call him.

After the two of them went down the mountain, there was a prosperous town nearby.

The town is densely populated and prosperous.

Being adjacent to Wuzhuang Temple, the town also enjoys good weather and good harvests.

The most popular legend in the town is that there is a fairy temple on the mountain, which can only be seen by lucky ones.

Recently, some people have impure thoughts and want to go up the mountain specifically to try their luck with the gods, but they ended up encountering a vicious tiger and almost lost their lives.

After that, these people with bad intentions disappeared. The main reason was that some people did not believe in evil and also wanted to go up the mountain to get benefits, but they also encountered the vicious tiger.

This one was even worse, he almost died - when he was escaping, he accidentally fell off a cliff and was nearly dead. He needed to recuperate at home for half a year to recover!

When Zhu'er brought Ji Luo to the vegetable market, they found the old man.

"Hey! Miss, are you here to buy groceries today? You're a little late... Oh! This must be your husband! He's really a handsome man."

The old man smiled happily when he saw Ji Luo.

"You two are a match made in heaven!"

"Forehead……"

Ji Luo wanted to explain, but Zhu'er tugged at his clothes and whispered to him, "Brother Dao, it's too much trouble to explain. Let's leave after we finish our questions."

But Zhu'er's pretty cheeks were all blushed.

Ji Luo also noticed a detail.

It turns out that Zhu'er always wears her hair tied up. Only married girls have this hairstyle, so it's normal for the old man to misunderstand.

"Ahem, old man, I and... and... and my wife are here to inquire about something."

Ji Luo felt so embarrassed to say this! He hoped Miss Zhu'er would not mind his offense.

Zhu'er behind Ji Luo was very happy. She pursed her lips to prevent herself from laughing out loud.

"Young Master, are you here to ask about what happened a few days ago? The thief has been caught by the officials and will be executed in the autumn! You two can rest assured and have the baby."

Originally, what the old man said was all useful information, but the last sentence made the two of them blush.

He hesitated for a long time before saying goodbye and leaving.

The old man thought that the young couple wanted a child, but was also worried that thieves would target the child, so he was a little concerned.

"call……"

When they left the vegetable market, Ji Luo and Zhu'er were still silent and shy.

"that……"

"us……"

The two spoke at the same time again.

Zhu'er blinked her eyes, her cheeks flushed, and the smile on the corner of her mouth was very obvious.

Seeing Zhu'er's quiet appearance, Ji Luo spoke first: "Let's go find the human trafficker who was arrested by the government first, shall we?"

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Volume 22: Chapter : Tathagata Buddha Demands Money

In a dark dungeon.

The cells for death row prisoners smell terrible and there is almost no sunlight.

Ji Luo brought Zhu'er to the depths of the cell.

There was a death row prisoner who was beaten to death and was leaning against the wall. It was unknown whether he was dead or not.

"Being beaten so badly?"

Ji Luo felt relieved when he saw that the guy was still in spirit.

Zhu'er replied from the side, "Human traffickers like these have the lowest status in the eyes of the government. Once caught, they will be framed with other crimes, which will cause the government to suffer a lot. Those who are stubborn will suffer more."

Zhu'er knows quite a lot about the human world.

"I see."

Ji Luo nodded.

The sudden sound made the death row prisoner move. He slowly looked towards the door and found a pair of handsome men standing at the door. The man was handsome and otherworldly, and the woman was beautiful and elegant, both of which were beyond his cognition.

"God! Lord God! I am wronged!"

He shouted as if he had regained his strength.

"Are you wronged?"

Ji Luo looked at the man strangely. According to the information he had just obtained, the human trafficker was caught on the spot by the villagers and sent to the government.

"My Lord God! I have never killed anyone! I have never robbed a shop! These little guys were wrongly accused!"

The trafficker said excitedly.

Ji Luo understood in his heart that stealing the child seemed to be true, and he did not refute it.

"We are not immortals, but just people who practice Taoism. We have a few questions for you."

There were spells around and the sound could not be transmitted, so Ji Luo was not in a hurry.

"My Lord God! I don't want to be executed by Qiu Qiu!!! Please help me! I will say anything if you help me!"

"Don't you want to be executed by Qiu Qiu?"

"Yes!!!"

The trafficker wanted to kowtow to Ji Luo, but Ji Luo thought it was too troublesome and stopped him with his magic power.

The human trafficker became even more excited when he saw himself kneeling in the air!

I have met a true god! ! ! !

"Well, I'll help you, but you have to answer my questions!"

"Go ahead, Immortal! I will tell you everything I know!"

"Did you sell the children you stole?"

The trafficker hesitated for a moment, then thought that the gods were all important people and would definitely not go back on their promises. He nodded and said, "Yes! I stole the child and sold it to a Taoist priest three hundred miles away. He would pay a large sum of money for the child. I heard he also sold it to other people in need."

The trafficker spoke in great detail, spilling out everything he knew in one breath.

After Ji Luo and Zhu'er looked at each other, they knew that this person was the key point.

After getting the key information, Ji Luo didn't plan to stay in the cell any longer. He said to the trafficker, "Just wait, your wish will come true soon."

"Thank you, Master God!!!"

The human traffickers could only kowtow after Ji Luo left, and they kept kowtowing in the direction Ji Luo left, with a very sincere heart.

Sure enough, it didn't take long before there was movement at the dungeon door and a team of soldiers appeared.

The human trafficker was overjoyed and at the same time became more confident, thinking that he had a divine connection with the world.

When the officers and soldiers came in, they saw that the trafficker was still very arrogant and felt puzzled.

"Oh, huh? Are you feeling proud?"

The officers and soldiers were about to arrest him.

The trafficker pushed the officer's hands away and shouted, "Be gentle! I'm asking you, do I not need to be executed in the autumn?"

The officers and soldiers were stunned by this guy's attitude at first. They didn't expect that someone would be so arrogant when facing death. They were a little intimidated by this human trafficker.

After coming to his senses, he hit the trafficker with the handle of the knife. The trafficker let out a wail and immediately became obedient.

"You're incredibly well-informed, kid. You even knew about the good deed that the prefect just expedited for you: cutting in line and beheading you? Then you can rest in peace now."

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Three hundred miles north, Ji Luo and Zhu'er arrived at the place mentioned by the human traffickers.

The vegetation here is sparse, which is very creepy to look at, especially the gloomy atmosphere.

"This place is filled with ghosts and gloom, as if something ominous is going on."

Zhu'er had come into contact with ghost cultivators before, so she felt that this aura was particularly obvious.

"Is there a ghost?"

Ji Luo looked around. It was clearly a government road, but there was no sign of human habitation. It seemed that this government road had been abandoned for a long time.

If the people are afraid to even walk on the official road, it must mean that this place is not clean.

"Let's go take a look at the front."

Ji Luo discovered that the Yin energy in the north was the heaviest, but its heaviness was only relative. In terms of strength and impact, it was not as strong as the guys at the table with the kids when he first participated in the Ten Thousand Monsters Conference.

After walking three or five miles north, you will reach an intersection where there is a huge red envelope in the middle of the intersection.

The red envelope was bulging, with copper coins overflowing from the edge.

"This is the money for borrowing your life. If an ordinary person pays this money, the evil cultivator behind the scenes will take his life."

Zhu'er explained to Ji Luo as if she wanted to go to the encyclopedia.

Ji Luo originally wanted to use the scriptures in his mind to look at it, but found that the scriptures did not move, as if the things in front of him were not qualified to enter its atlas.