I rushed to the old wolf that had turned into a ball of fire, and lifted up the dirt on the ground to cover the old wolf. But the old wolf rolled on the ground in pain, and the dirt I dug out could not suppress the flames on its body.
I shouted urgently: "Monk, Ye Jin, come and help me put out the fire!"
When Shi Heshang and the others rushed over, the old wolf suddenly turned into a human figure rolling on the ground while screaming. If I hadn't seen it transform into a wolf and escape with my own eyes just now, I would have thought it was an old man who was set on fire.
Monk Shi shouted, "It has turned into a human! Has it become a spirit?"
"Stop talking nonsense and put out the fire!" I didn't have time to explain anything to Monk Shi. I was just busy digging the soil to put out the fire.
"It's changed back again!" When Monk Shi took off his clothes and beat the old wolf hard, it changed back from human form to the appearance of an old wolf.
In just a few moments, the other party switched between human and wolf several times, and finally turned into an old wolf, lying on the ground lifeless.
I turned around amid the stench of burning wolf meat and yelled at Xie Jingwen, "What the hell are you doing?"
As soon as Xie Jingwen raised his hand, the warlocks around him raised their crossbows and pointed them at me. Xie Jingwen said coldly, "According to the rules of the art of war, if a warlock defends a demon, he is guilty of the same crime as the demon and should be killed on the spot. I'll give you a chance to confess. Put down your weapons and follow me back to the Xuanjing Division for trial."
"Bullshit!" I flew into a rage, "Do you know what this wolf is? He might be an immortal!"
Many people know that the Northeast is popular with great immortals, and many people worship the five great immortals Hu, Huang, Chang, Liu, and Hui in their homes. The disciples of the Northeast are still active between the white mountains and black waters.
However, the Northeast Great Immortals are not just the five major families. In addition to the five major families, there are also Qingfeng Immortals and Miscellaneous Immortals. Wolf is one of the Miscellaneous Immortals.
Xie Jingwen's expression suddenly changed, but he said firmly: "You don't need to quibble, the facts are in front of you, quickly bow your head and plead guilty..."
Just as I was about to attack, a wolf howled suddenly from afar. Amid the long howls of the wolf, which were a mixture of murderous intent and sadness, a fox howled. Not long after, the cold laughter of a night owl suddenly rose in the woods near us...
In less than a moment, all kinds of long, murderous cries filled the forest.
Xie Jingwen's face suddenly turned pale: "What's going on?"
"What's going on!" I shouted through gnashing teeth, "You killed the immortal, wait for your death in the mountains!"
The Northeastern immortals are of the same blood, and sorcerers dare not provoke them easily, otherwise they will suffer crazy revenge from them.
Xie Jingwen exclaimed, "Isn't it obviously a wolf demon that killed people? You guys even fought with it, how did it become an immortal? Tell me!"
"I don't know anything!" I waved my hand coldly, "Monk, let's go."
I walked down the mountain without looking back, and Xie Jingwen's men did not stop me. When I was walking down the mountain, Monk Shi asked, "Old Wu, how did you know that old wolf was an immortal?"
I said in a deep voice, "At first, I didn't understand it. It wasn't until he let me go twice that I figured out what was going on."
I said in a deep voice: "Think carefully about what happened after we went up the mountain."
"After we entered the house, no one noticed that there was any evil spirit in the house, let alone that the girl was dead. Even your soul-calming bell didn't sound any warning. Am I right?"
Monk Shi nodded and said, "Yes, yes!"
I continued, "That only proves one thing, that the old man and the girl are not ordinary ghosts. At the very least, they have received incense. No matter whether it is a spirit or a ghost, after receiving incense, they will become a kind of existence similar to a piece of land. They have to accumulate merits by doing good to others. Therefore, they will not kill people, and they will not wear human skin to harm people."
I paused and said, "More importantly, immortals have good deeds, so there is no evil in them. That's why none of us noticed that they were not human. Didn't Guazi give any warning?"
"Yes!" Monk Shi finally reacted.
Guazi'er also barked twice and looked at Ye Jin with contempt.
Ye Jin was dissatisfied and said, "Since he is an immortal, why is he pretending to be a god? Can't he just speak directly?"
I said in a deep voice, "I suspect that Old Wolf is helping that girl to overcome her human calamity. All spirits and monsters have three calamities: heaven, earth, and man. When the calamity comes, it is difficult for them to escape. We may be the human calamity of that girl."
"Laolang kept trying to attract my attention and even fought with Guazier, just to disperse our forces and prevent us from attacking that girl with all our strength. In the end, although Ye Jin chopped off the other party's head, did anyone among you see the scene where the other party's soul flew to pieces?"
Monk Shi shook his head and said, "It seems not."
"Yes!" I nodded. "If a person cannot survive the catastrophe, he will end up being reduced to ashes. None of us saw phosphorous fire bursting out of that girl's body, which means she survived the catastrophe successfully."
Ye Jin asked curiously: "Which immortal family is that girl from?"
I thought about it and said, "If I'm not mistaken, that girl should be a Qingfeng fairy, that is, a ghost with Taoism skills. If she was from another fairy family, we should find a corpse like Hu Huang in her stomach in the end."
"If I'm not mistaken, the old man and the child in that family must have died in some kind of accident, and then the bodies were taken over by Old Wolf and Qingfeng. They came to us specifically to ask us to help them overcome the calamity."
Monk Shi said, "Tell me, is what the old wolf said true?"
I hesitated and said, "I think it's probably true. We may be the one who robbed that girl, but it definitely didn't happen now. Old Wolf deliberately pushed the robbed forward for a period of time, so that we are passively helping that girl to overcome the robbed. Once the robbed is successful, whether we know it or not, it is equivalent to giving a favor to the other party, and she has to repay the favor."
"When Boss Heng came in, he said he wanted to move his grandfather's grave. Old Wolf was willing to reveal the secret of Old Wolf's grave because he was repaying his kindness. So, what he said should be true."
I said again: "Think about it, we had already injured the old wolf, but he came over instead of seeking revenge and told me a story. Is this reasonable?"
Ye Jin whispered: "Yes, the only reasonable explanation is to repay a favor."
I also said, "After the old wolf diverted my attention, he just touched my neck with his nose but didn't kill me. It was because he was angry that we injured him, but he owed us a favor and couldn't kill me, so he could only scare me to vent his anger."
"I stopped you from coming because I figured out what was going on here." I gritted my teeth and said, "But that damn Xie Jingwen came up and killed the old wolf directly. Otherwise, we would definitely find the old wolf's grave."
Monk Shi said, "Zhaozi, according to what you said, there might be another immortal in the old wolf's tomb. If he sells the old wolf's tomb, wouldn't that be equivalent to killing each other? Would other immortals agree to him doing this?"
I shook my head and said, "I don't know about that. Let's find a place to stay first. After Xie Jingwen and those immortals have decided the winner, we can go up the mountain. There's no need to get involved with them now."
"Right, right, right..." Heng Fei, who was walking between us, nodded repeatedly and said, "Let's not get involved in the fight between gods. I'll take you to find a place to stay first."
Hengfei took us to the house where we first entered the village and told his uncle about it. The old man packed up his things with his wife without saying a word, saying that he would vacate the house for us while he and his wife would move in with their daughter.
While the old man was packing his things, I chatted with him about family matters: "Are you Boss Heng's uncle? Are you the local residents of Sandaogangzi?"
The old man shook his head and said, "He's not my uncle, but he's familiar with the old Heng family, that's why Feizi calls him that. Our family is a local resident here, but the old Heng family is not. His family moved here from his great grandfather's generation, and they have only lived in the village for three generations."
I was stunned for a moment, and turned to look at Hengfei, who also said, "Really? Why haven't I heard my grandfather say that?"
"Why would you say that? We've lived here for so many years, we've become an old household if we're not." The old man muttered, "To be honest, your great grandfather was a capable man, he could tell fortunes and read. I heard from my father that when your great grandfather was alive, the village would consult him for any big or small event, even weddings and funerals would not be possible without your great grandfather."
I immediately became alert: "Is Old Master Heng a gentleman or a great immortal?"
"Yes, sir! He was famous in all the villages." The old man said with regret, "It's a pity that the old man's skills were not passed down. It was no longer effective when it came to his grandfather. It was even worse when it came to Feizi's father. His father had never touched big money."
I understand now. The Heng family's art of divination was cut off when his father came to power, and his family intentionally did not allow their children to follow the path of divination.
I asked, "Grandpa, I heard that this place was called Old Wolf Tomb before. Do you know how it got that name?"
"Who knows?" the old man said, "The older generation called it that, so we just listened to it. By the way, I heard that the old man of the Heng family didn't plan to settle down here. Later, he heard that this place was called Old Wolf's Tomb, so he decided not to leave and stayed here. He said: Old Wolf has a place to bury his body after he died, so why should I go out to the rivers and lakes for no reason?"
Monk Shi and I exchanged a glance, and the latter whispered, "It can't be 'Warlock Leaves His Name', right?"
I replied, “Almost.”
At the beginning, the gentleman suppressed the old wolf, but he did not do a good job and left a tail. The place name "Old Wolf Grave" should be left by him on purpose, so that the sorcerer passing by could reach out and finish off the last bit of the tail. This is the so-called "the sorcerer leaves a name".
Generally, if a sorcerer leaves behind a tail, he will also leave some benefits for his later colleagues. Did Old Master Heng stay in Sandagangzi for that benefit
No! The story the wolf just told must be largely false. What on earth did he want to do
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