I heard the news, and I probably knew that there would not be any overly powerful demons to obstruct it halfway. After the party had eaten, it was time to separate.
Xu Ziqing, Yun Xun and others reunited with the star slaves, and after the two looked at each other, they did not say goodbye too much, and each led a crowd of followers, turned and flew away.
Xu Ziqing turned into a group of blue light, leading the way.
After about a half-day, there are fewer and fewer pedestrians on the left and right, and there are more and more mountain peaks, but the towns are almost invisible-until you pass through several extremely steep peaks, you can see a few small and small villages. After a while, it will be a rather quaint little town.
As early as when the group encountered the first steep mountain, they had already fallen the head of the cloud, and instead used the ordinary wind protection technique to converge their aura and move forward.
They had just arrived here and they had already realized that on the top of the short peak surrounded by several high mountains, there stood a rather gorgeous palace, which was incompatible with the surrounding scenery.
But in that hall, there were bursts of devilish energy, condensed into a layer of black clouds. However, even though the black cloud was blood-filled, it only pressed close to the temple, and never even crossed the surrounding peaks, so that people who came and went from outside the mountain would never see the situation here.
Before waiting for others to speak, Tong Ranran lost his voice: "That's so strong, how many people did those monsters kill?"
You Xiawen also frowned, and in her usual gentle tone, she also brought a bit of irritation: "The evil demon must be fierce here, otherwise it will be angry! It's time to kill!"
The other three male cultivators—Xie Tongde, Que Tie, and Xiang Man—are also very angry.
Although they are not righteous and can't accommodate the evil generation at all, they also have some understanding of the evil way. As the two sisters said, the evil demon who can make a bloody black cloud, I am afraid that he has no conscience long ago.
This kind of demon will only hurt people if it stays. The sect issued the task of destroying all the demon. As expected, there is nothing wrong with it.
Xu Ziqing's expression is slightly solemn: "It has been stated in the mission that the demon head here is to the state of multiple infants, but the specific number of people has only been roughly calculated, and it is more than a hundred. In order to avoid the grass and the snakes, I will go to the ancient town to find out. At night or at a better time, let’s act again."
Moreover, I don't know if there is more power behind this school, it's always good to be cautious.
Many star disciples are not reckless people, they have just become angry, and now they are very cooperative.
So everyone didn't say much, just like Xu Ziqing, condensing the body's breath to a clean, even the divine light in his eyes disappeared.
Looking at them at this time, they are just a few ordinary mortals. They look like elder brothers who go out to play. The star slaves behind them are even more ugly. After covering their breath, they are just like guards, without the slightest monk. A sense of refinement.
Xu Ziqing looked at everyone carefully and nodded: "You guys should also be careful with your words."
These fellow juniors and sisters all smiled and said, "Brother Xu, please rest assured!"
When he was ready, Xu Ziqing's expression remained unchanged, the corners of his mouth were smiling, and he slowly walked forward. He was surrounded by several men and women, enjoying the surrounding scenery while discussing with each other, as if they were really coming to enjoy the landscape.
And those star slaves looked around vigilantly, as if they were on guard, pretending to be some skillful martial artists, and the second one showed a little aura and made the illusion that they were close to the foundation-building period—this kind of request. It is not uncommon for mortals to come to worship and protect themselves for those who have a decent level of cultivation.
Naturally, Jia Er's current status is nothing more than a casual cultivator with good qualifications that needs the family of those princes and brothers to request from their clan for a foundation-building pill.
Not far to the right is a village, which seems to be inhabited by hundreds of people. But this shouldn't be too small a village, but there is no sound of cock and dog barking, which is obviously unusual.
It's just that a group of people who play the role of descendants of the family who travel and play should not have noticed such trivial things.
Therefore, Xu Ziqing didn't realize it, and walked slowly to the entrance of the village.
When everyone looked up, they all frowned.
This village is so weird!
If we talk about poverty, there are many earthen houses in the village. There are no thatched huts, shacks, etc. in the village. But if it is not poor, how can the child who sticks his head between the soil walls turn yellow and darken his eyebrows
And the peasant woman washing vegetables and laundry in front of the door was also gloomy and lifeless.
Xu Ziqing raised her brows and gestured to a star slave: "Tonight, go find a farmhouse to stay."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tong Ranran had already wrinkled her pretty nose, and yelled a little bit coquettishly: "Second brother, it's broken here, I don't want to live!"
Among the three "boys" next to him, apart from one who seemed to have an admiration for another gentle girl, the other two also agreed: "Brother Xu, younger sister doesn't want to live here. Let's change the place. Up!"
Xu Ziqing sighed, "Also."
The star slave who had just been signaled immediately took a few steps forward. He was more sturdy, so he pulled an old man who was about to go back to the house and said, "Old man, I don't know if there is a better place nearby? Miss Young Master is not used to this shabby place, you can point me to a clear path, there is something you reward!"
The old man was very thin. He took a dry pipe and smoked a couple of mouthfuls. He suppressed the panic just now: "Go southeast for a hundred and twenty miles, and it is Luojia Town. When a few masters go and go there, they can always find a place to rest. , It's much better than this place..."
The strong star slave let him go, brushed his sleeves impatiently, and was about to leave.
The old man said hurriedly: "Reward, reward?"
The Jingzhuang star slave gave a grin, and stomped on the ground, causing a few cracks in that place: "Hey, dare you ask for a reward from the Lord? You can't beat you!"
The old man's face turned pale, and he dared not speak.
Xingnu did a full set of the show, and hurriedly went over and said a few words to Xu Ziqing.
And Xu Ziqing and the others didn't seem to be tossing about anything, but when they glanced over these villagers, they also seemed a little arrogant. Especially Tong Ran Ran, even more disgusted.
Soon they didn't stop, and quickly left in the direction pointed by the old man.
When the village had been completely left behind by them, Xu Ziqing's expression moved slightly.
Everyone actually released their divine consciousness, and they were hearing the words of the villagers behind, and even their expressions and movements were "seeing" clearly.
It turned out that after they left, a tall and thin man walked out of the door behind the old man and held him in hand.
The cowering peasant woman next to her spoke a little hesitantly: "The head of the village, all the outsiders who went to the town here will never come back. You, you just let them go... Isn't this killing?"
The old man didn’t say anything yet, and the tall and thin man was upset: “It’s the stranger who didn’t give his face! The rewards he had said were not given, and he scared the old man. The immortal is worthy of being sacrificed! Don’t be verbose, beware of the immortals. Listen, I won't wait for three years, I will use you as a sacrifice!"
When the peasant woman heard this, she lowered her head and continued to wash the vegetables, she didn't dare to speak anymore.
The old man smoked another pipe: "It's a pity that those elder brothers are not rewarded, so I don't have to mention it. These years, who can care about whom? I might have to be beaten if I say that, old man, I won't live long, no Dare to fight against the fairy!"
The slender man also snorted, "It was meant to be! If the fairies like those from the outside, the three-year festival in our village can also be saved. Although it is for the fairies to have the power to protect our water and soil, but recently The cubs are born less, and if the fairy doesn’t like anything, there should be another two years of bad harvest..."
These intermittent words passed, Xu Ziqing and others were all thoughtful.
Those demons have indeed taken root here for a long time. Not only are the mortals in the village very accustomed to their existence, even the apparently improper "three-year sacrifice" is also normal... It seems that those demons seem to be the village The people here are kept as livestock, and they pretend to be "fairies" to coax them, and they don't mean "fishing in the sea".
The group of people knew some of the demon's methods, and then continued to walk forward.
There were several villages on the road. Without exception, they all pointed them to the nearby county and town. Moreover, these villagers were all the same as the original village. They regarded the devil as a fairy and were used to offering sacrifices.
Piecemeal, everyone knows something from the mouths of these villagers.
Approximately every three years, these demon heads will ask many villagers to send children who are five years old in the village to the town. At that time, demon heads will come to investigate, and each village chooses one person as a sacrifice. take away. If the child in the village is not selected, an adult man or woman will replace it.
These sacrificers have never returned, but every time the sacrifice is taken away, there is always a demon to show some means, or it will rain, or adjust some other weather, so that the villagers will behave like gods. .
Xu Ziqing and others vaguely guessed that the newborn infants who were taken away were probably born with spiritual roots, and if no one with spiritual roots was born in a village within three years, the adult men and women who were taken away might be different. An encounter.
It’s just that no matter what, it must be not a good thing...
But for more news, the villagers don't know much, but it seems very ignorant.
And if it is said that every time a foreigner comes, they are missing in the county and town, and the demon also chooses sacrifices in the county and town, I am afraid that the county and town is the strangest place.
If you want to know more about the devil, you have to investigate in the county.
Soon, the town was near.
At this time, everyone was more cautious and didn't want to show their feet here.