"Leave them all to me—"
The calm and upright words were like thunder exploding in the courtyard. A brilliant and righteous force rose from the figure under the eaves and spread out along the ground.
The branches that swept out in an overwhelming manner dragged a series of "crackling" sounds and twisted into arms with five fingers spread out, grabbing towards the two monsters controlling the white mist.
Bang!
Bang bang bang bang…
The moment a tree grasped the slender green-faced monster's ankle, more branches transformed into hands followed, grabbing its head, shoulders, and arms, pulling them tightly, and forcibly dragged the monster out of the white mist.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak~~~~”
On one side of the white fog, another short, hunched rat demon screamed in pain, baring his two large front teeth and gnawing frantically at the branch that was holding his arm.
Amid the flying wood chips, his body was pulled backwards uncontrollably. In desperation, he twisted and opened his mouth, and a stream of black smoke spewed out, flying towards the scholar under the eaves. Lu Liangsheng snorted and raised his sleeve to sweep away the smoke. Some of the remaining smoke stained the eaves, and it rotted with a sizzling sound.
Liu Gun and three others were hiding in the house. When they heard the noise outside, even though they were brave, their faces turned pale with fear. The woman was worried about her son outside, so she reached out to pull the door. The door was slightly open, and the wind created by the magic power whimpered in.
In an instant, Liu Gun and two others pushed the door back and closed it, and shouted at his wife: "Mr. Lu is outside, nothing will happen, don't go out!"
The three grown men struggled to prop the door shut and bolted it, and only then did the room become quiet.
Outside the courtyard, the little girl's hair was blown back by the wind. She opened her mouth wide, staring in amazement at the two monsters struggling and roaring in the yard. She subconsciously reached out to grab the robe of the scholar in front of her.
Whoosh whoosh~~~
The wind was blowing hard, and the old trees in the yard were shaking wildly. In the swirling white mist, the two monsters were bound by the branches blessed by Huanghuang Haoran. In the corner of their eyes, they saw a scholar with one hand behind his back under the eaves. They knew that they had met a master, so they spoke quickly.
"Go in separate directions!"
The green-faced and thin-bearded monster yelled and flew towards the wall. The rat demon next to him suddenly lay on the ground, and the withered and sharp yellow nails on his hands frantically scratched the ground, turning up the mud and sand. He burrowed into the soil, raised a mound and spread it in another direction, trying to avoid being chased by running away in different directions.
If one of them is caught up, it will be just bad luck.
Lu Liangsheng patted the child who was holding his robe and cast a small spell to ward off the wind on him. He walked out from under the eaves with one hand behind his back. A vertical beam of blue light appeared between his eyebrows and shone on the rapidly moving mound of earth. He could clearly see a rat demon digging frantically under the mud with his hands and chanting the spell of escape.
"Five Elements Dao Law: Rocks and Earth Flying!"
As the thought came to the mind, the scholar stepped forward and rushed along the ground towards the pile of dirt. The wall of the courtyard suddenly solidified and sank into the ground, and the pile of dirt that spread over it had no time to stop and crashed into it heavily.
A muffled bang was heard from under the mud. The next moment, a small figure emerged from the ground, covering his head, and staggered from side to side in a daze.
“It hurts, it hurts…hiss~~~”
Before the scream had died down, Lu Liangsheng waved his sleeves, and a golden light flashed from between his sleeves. The rat demon's eyes widened, and he immediately stopped where he was, keeping his hands covering his head.
On the wall over there, the green-faced, thin-cheeked monster saw his companion being caught, and screamed "Ah~". His legs and waist that were wrapped up suddenly split open and bled. He pushed himself up with his arms, and with only the upper half of his body left, he quickly climbed up the wall. In the blink of an eye, he turned into a puff of white mist and rushed into the gap in the eaves.
The overlapping tiles fluttered up in the air, then rushed out from the other side, flew to the neighboring house, and disappeared into the night in the blink of an eye.
The originally diffuse white mist quickly dissipated, and the half of the body that fell on the ground instantly turned into a ball with gecko legs as thick as an adult's arm and a long tail.
"It turned out to be a four-legged snake..."
Lu Liangsheng took a look and waved his hand to dissolve that half of the body with his magic power. The branches that had climbed all over the yard retracted to the treetops with a "clang clang". The old tree returned to its original appearance and swayed quietly in the night wind.
The only thing left in the yard was the motionless short monster, his eyes turning anxiously in his sockets. He looked at the tall man who was approaching and signaled with his eyes frantically, hoping that he would spare his life.
Lu Liangsheng came over with his hands behind his back, and tapped the air with his fingertips to untie the mouth and nose of the rat demon. The latter immediately gasped for air, "Master, please let me go. I know magic and can turn a lot of silver into money. If you like women, I can also turn them into... No, I will seduce some women from other places to bring them to you. You can enjoy it without worrying about cause and effect..."
"Earth escaping technique, little tricks to confuse people, sucking people's blood, what else do you know?"
These spells, except for the underground escape, are all recorded in "Nan Shui Shi Yi". Some monsters are born with these spells when they reach the level of spiritual communication. If Lu Liangsheng wants to learn them, he has memorized them in his mind.
“No… no more.”
When the rat demon shook his head in response, Lu Liangsheng looked in the direction of the monster that had just escaped, and opened his lips slightly, "Are you here because of the summons from the Northwest Monster King?"
"Does the master also know?"
However, the scholar opposite did not answer. He raised his hand and pressed it on the rat demon's face with his claws. He bent his five fingers as if he was pinching something and pulled it back.
“Ahh—”
The motionless rat demon had a ferocious look on his face, his eyes bulged, and his facial features were distorted. The little man standing under the eaves vaguely saw a phantom being torn off and pulled out of the body by the gentleman's glowing five fingers.
'F**k!'
The veins on Lu Liangsheng's palms bulged, his five fingers were bent tightly, and he pinched the phantom's head and squeezed it. At that moment, the word "**" written in seal script appeared in the air behind him. The screaming and twisting demon soul burst into cracks that spread all over its body, and it was crushed into pieces bit by bit, turning into fragments that floated away in the night.
Squeak~
The door of the room was pushed open and they heard no movement in the yard. Liu Gun and the other three cautiously poked their heads out to look around. The woman saw the child under the eaves and ran over to hold him in her arms. After a careful examination, she found that the child was safe and sound, so she held him in her arms and kowtowed in the direction of the scholar.
Liu Gun also bowed several times before arriving in the yard. He leaned over to look over there and saw the white smoke dissipate, revealing a huge rat bigger than a cat, with a fat body and whiskers as hard as steel needles. One of the men, seeing Lu Liangsheng nearby, bravely picked it up in his hand to weigh it.
"My mother also... weighs at least ten pounds."
The three men looked at the rat spirit and swallowed their saliva in fear. If Mr. Lu had not come, the two men in the family would probably have become delicacies in the rat's mouth tonight. The more Liu Gun thought about it, the more scared he became. The anger in his heart rose. He immediately took out the knife he carried with him, ripped open the rat's stomach, skinned it, cut off its limbs, head and tail, and threw it to his wife.
"If you can't eat us, then we'll eat him! Use it to make two side dishes for tonight's midnight snack, and have a few drinks with Mr. Lu!"
The woman wiped her tears, picked up the white rat meat on the ground and went to the kitchen shed. On the other side, Lu Liangsheng cast a calming spell on Liu Bochin to prevent him from being frightened and having nightmares day and night in the future.
Hearing Liu Gun's shouting, Lu Liangsheng stroked the child's head and told him to go back to the house. Then he stood up and said with a smile, "That's not necessary. This monster sucks human blood to cultivate, and it has a lot of evil spirits. You'd better not eat it, or let the evil spirit infect you and take advantage of you."
Now that the matter was understood and the origin of the monster in the town was known, Lu Liangsheng felt it was inconvenient to stay. He went over to pick up the toad that was supporting the pillar of the shed with its webbed feet and watching the woman making a fire and washing rat meat, then he bowed to everyone in the yard.
"Goodbye!"
Liu Gun took the two men to the door and watched the figures disappear into the night. They all bowed towards the silent night.
…
Squeak~~~
Night insects were chirping in the corners, dim lanterns hanging under the eaves of the long street were swaying, and the Toad Taoist was sitting on his disciple's shoulder, occasionally looking back at Zhuangzi which was obscured from his field of vision.
"Why don't you eat before you leave? It's such a great tonic. It's really a waste."
"Oh? Master, have you changed your taste? It's midsummer now, and the frogs in the wild are crowing happily!"
The Toad Taoist bulged his eyes, and the whiskers on both sides of his mouth blew up: "You want to wash me too?"
"Hahaha."
Lu Liangsheng laughed out loud and strode towards the inn in front. His figure blurred and he walked straight through the door. The waiter who was dozing off at the table seemed not to notice someone passing by and continued to peck at that spot with his head.
Tap tap
The footsteps spread upstairs. Following Hong Lian's breath, Lu Liangsheng pushed open the door. Qi You, who was staying in the room, sat on the edge of the bed, playing with the roots to make various shapes of things. Hong Lian stood in front of the window, looking at the moonlight outside, humming a tune in the air.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, she turned around and saw the scholar coming in. She greeted him with a pair of dimples on her cheeks.
"Sir, have you caught the monster?"
"We killed one, but let the other one get away." Lu Liangsheng put his master down on the table, raised his hand and waved the bookshelf. Yue Long groaned "Hmm~~" and flew out, hanging in the air.
Pudu Cihang's voice rang out from the sword: "Are you finally going to use this Dharma Master?" The sword body trembled, flying around excitedly, urging:
"Hurry up, hurry up!"
Lu Liangsheng knocked it with his hand, and it calmed down and lay down on the table obediently. Then, the scholar raised two fingers, a ray of light burst out from his fingertips, and pressed the sword. His eyes focused, and his wide sleeves moved quickly, writing seal characters one by one.
"Purge the world of evil and righteousness, and let the righteousness of heaven and earth remain!"
The patterns engraved on the sword moved with a "clicking" sound, revealing a half crescent moon. At the same time, a dark dragon flew up to meet the moon, and the dragon's eyes emitted a light blue magic light.
"cut!"
The last stroke fell heavily, and Lu Liangsheng waved his sleeve and pointed to the northwest, "Go!"
Roar~~
On the table, a faint dragon roar came from the Yuelong Sword, and it suddenly turned into a long, winding shadow that flew out of the window and rushed into the cold moonlight outside.