Exorcism

The valley turned into a crowded town, filled with houses and tents transformed by magic. The population expanded several times. There were monks or Taoists flying over in the sky, and soldiers with swords and talisman masters wearing high crowns patrolled the ground. The adults were busy making fires with simple cooking utensils, while the children were shouting and running on the narrow and winding path.

Most of the thick ashes all over the ground disappeared, and the rest was trampled into mud. The whole valley looked dirty, but it exuded vigorous vitality. This was a kind of rough and barbaric vitality, like the growth of scorched earth. The weeds growing out look like strange trees growing on rugged cliffs.

In the past few days, Shi Hanyuan traveled thousands of miles back and forth, searching for special babies while gathering practitioners and protecting the mortals he met. His achievements were greater than Jin Cu and Mu Xingqiu, and he saved more than 40,000 people, including Including nearly a hundred Taoist priests and more than 300 monks and talisman masters.

Facing a devastating crisis, Shi Hanyuan, who had accidentally killed a large number of Taoist priests and monks in Yelin Town, finally gained forgiveness from some people.

Zhao Chuye mobilized the Five Elements Tribulation within a radius of hundreds of miles to besiege the valley, which attracted Shi Hanyuan's attention. He first led some Taoist priests to come, but did not dare to use the teleportation technique. On the way, he bumped into the lost Zhao Chuye and saw his hand. The Patriarch Tower inside captured him immediately.

The nine great treasures have all been in the hands of the Taoist Patriarch. Whoever holds one of them means that he has surrendered to Kun Chaos.

When Mu Xingqiu walked out of the room, a group of people immediately gathered around him and bowed to him. They had been reminded that General Mu didn't need anything. They just wanted to see with their own eyes whether he had really recovered.

Mu Xingqiu's legs were still a little weak, so he returned the favor and called a follower named Yao Que'er to take him to Shou Que.

His appearance caused a commotion in the valley. Regardless of whether they had seen him or not, many people looked here. Even the flyers in the sky stopped and looked down. If someone whispered the word "horse demon", he would be immediately affected by others. stern rebuke.

The three members of Old Man Luo's family in the small town kept bowing to him in the crowd.

Shou Que did not live in the house, so Yao Queer led Mu Xingqiu to the edge of the valley. Along the way, like the people on both sides of the road, they kept turning their heads to look at General Mu.

Yao Que'er is in his twenties, with thick hands and feet and a red face. He used to work part-time in and outside Duanliu City. He was hungry and had no fixed place to live. In his own words, he was "like a loach writhing in a ditch." ", I tend to be arrogant and always want to do something. One day, I listened to a sermon by "General Mu". During the period, people came and went, asking questions or joking. He was the only one standing there, just listening, neither walking nor asking questions. Finally, he dropped the pole in his hand and vowed to become a follower.

He felt that the current General Mu was a bit weird, but he didn't dare to make random guesses.

The hillside was still bare, and Mu Xingqiu could see Shou Que from a distance. She was standing on the ridge, with her back to the valley. She didn't look far into the distance, but lowered her head slightly to look at something under her feet.

"Will the general continue to preach in the future?" As they approached the foot of the mountain, there were fewer people watching. Yao Que'er seized the opportunity and asked in a low voice. He had been following General Mu for several months, and this was his first question.

"Preach?"

"Well, the general once said that he should teach it once a day and make it a canon rule. He didn't teach it yesterday, and he won't teach it today... right?"

"It's over." Mu Xingqiu stopped and said to his persistent followers, "The ancient divine religion and the way of the weak are not in anyone's hands. Everyone can get it and everyone can tell it. You are good."

Yao Queer's face suddenly turned red, thinking that General Mu was mocking her. When she looked up, the general's expression was serious, "I, I can't."

"Did you participate in the fight to seize the position of formation leader and awaken the defender?"

"Involved."

"Have you become the leader of the formation?"

"It's a little bit...but that's nothing. Many people have become it, at least half of them. In the end, the formation was all messed up, but it saved Miss Deficient."

"Everyone who becomes the leader of the formation is qualified to preach. This time you can save more people. Mu Xingqiu put aside these words and walked up the mountain, leaving Yao Que'er standing there alone as if he had some realization.

The mountain soil was soft and there were many pits of different sizes. Mu Xingqiu, who had weak magic power, had a hard time climbing. On the way, he met Fu Lin who was guarding the mountainside, so he stopped for a while and took the opportunity to catch his breath.

"How many secrets does the talisman have?" Fu Lin looked like he was in a daze and asked questions as soon as they met. He didn't even care about General Mu's recovery. "Why can the blood of the general and Zhao Chuye strengthen the talisman, but ordinary Taoist priests?" What if it doesn’t work? I’ve read the records, and Long Binhui tried it a long time ago.”

"The reason is simple. You have never tried the blood of a high-level Taoist priest."

"Indeed, Long Binhui has no chance to obtain the blood of Taoist priests above Xingluo. Is there any difference?"

Mu Xingqiu raised his hands to his chest. They had been injured many times and were dripping with blood, but now they have recovered as before, but they are slightly pale. "The high-level Taoist priests are full of magic power, overflowing the three fields, breaking through the meridians, infiltrating the flesh, muscles and bones of the whole body, and ordinary Taoist priests." Different, that’s my guess, but I don’t think there’s any other reason.”

Fu Lin nodded repeatedly, "The general is right, but to sacrifice the Fire God Seal and the inner elixir, there are also people, pens, ink, paper..." He glanced at Shou Qi on the top of the mountain, stopped talking about the talismans, and reminded him instead: "The guard girl has changed again. General, please... pay attention. It's best not to get closer than ten steps."

Shou Que was still wearing a white dress and white skirt, her hair was neatly pulled into a bun with a sword-shaped wooden hairpin, and her waist was straight. She was different from several Shou Que in Mu Xingqiu's impression. At this time, she It's quite a bit like a master, like a master.

Mu Xingqiu stopped ten steps away, one foot up and one foot down. His face was reddish and he was panting. Climbing the mountain almost exhausted his little energy.

"It's not easy to be a mortal, right?" Shou Que said without looking back. His voice didn't change, but his tone was no longer cold and arrogant, but more calm and natural.

"Well, it's not easy to be a hero." Mu Xingqiu's eyes turned to Shou Que's feet. A green bud grew out of the turned up soil. It was only two or three inches tall. It was extremely fragile. Where Shou Que stood Just enough to keep them out of the wind.

Shou Que turned around and saw that he had indeed aged a bit, from seventeen or eighteen years old to about thirty. He had lost all his childishness, but his appearance had not changed much. There was a sharpness in his eyes that penetrated people's hearts, which was somewhat similar to Zuo Liuying's. resemblance. Mu Xingqiu was surprised. Both the main formation and the Burning Dharma Body had a great impact on practice. Shou Qiu's state may have dropped to just over concentration, but her appearance seemed to have improved a lot.

"No, it's not difficult at all." Shou Que's tone was a little mysterious and free, like a master speaking to a new disciple, "I am a hero not for myself or for all living beings, but for one person, so It’s not difficult at all, because there’s nothing that can’t be given up or sacrificed.”

"You've only known him for three days."

"If you spend your whole life looking for something, when you finally find it, will you feel that it is not precious enough because time is short?"

Mu Xingqiu was speechless.

"My soul has lost a little, but my memory has recovered a little: I was once a disciple of Mind Mind, and I practiced illusion. I specialized in the human heart as the target of spells. I have seen countless states of mind and played with them at the palm of my hand. The ordinary person's heart is chaotic and full of desires, but the Taoist's heart is pure but unnatural, with marks everywhere. I have been thinking, is there no truly pure state of mind in this world that does not need to be modified? Gem. Now, I found it."

Mu Xingqiu was still speechless. In his impression, Jin Cuo's heart seemed not so pure.

Shou Que smiled, "Oh, the perfect gem in my mind is different from what you imagine. It doesn't need to be big, complete, or transparent. It just needs to be tough, so tough that it can't be shaken by any illusion in the world. General Mu This is the case with his heart. He has had a chaotic mortal heart and a carved strong man's heart. After many temperings, he only has his original heart."

"His name is Jin Cu." Mu Xingqiu didn't want to take credit for others.

"I know that his mood is tough, but his defense is average. I have read his memory." Shou Xiang smiled again, which was something she did innocently, "I know him, so I also know you a little bit. "

"I?"

"You are a mortal, Mu Xingqiu. By chance, you have extraordinary powers. Your heart is still the same as that of a mortal, chaotic and lustful. Your current calmness is just because you have lost your memory. Please believe me, chaos and lust are no better than carving. The purity that comes out is worse. From the perspective of illusion, the former is not as magnificent, but more colorful. The latter seems to be unbreakable, but in fact they are all the same. A flaw in one state of mind is a flaw in all other subjects, especially Taoist priests in other disciplines. It's because senior Taoist priests don't like mind-reading illusions, because we can see through the heart of Taoist priests. That calm lake reflects not only all things in the world, but also their hidden emotions and desires. We were able to catch the flaws of the high-level Taoist priests, but we were imprisoned in the Devil's Cave. "

Shou Que seemed to have really remembered a lot of things.

"Do you know what fire I am thinking of?" Mu Xingqiu asked. Finding the fire would mean retrieving the memory. This was what Zuo Liuying said. He seemed to know something but refused to reveal it.

Shou Que shook his head, "I don't know you that well yet, but I know that you would bear the responsibility of General Mu in the past. Keep going, maybe the fire you are looking for is among them. I will help you, For nothing else, just for them.”

Shou Que lowered his head and looked at the young shoots that were struggling to grow.

Mu Xingqiu was silent for a long time, watching the sun set in the west, the mountains disappear, and the people in the valley behind him were noisy, just as Shou Que said - chaotic and colorful.

"Is your illusion still working?" Mu Xingqiu asked.

"The mana has declined, but the human heart is simpler in my eyes."

"This time you have to deal with the Taoist priests' hearts. You have to make them believe that I can stop the Dao Fire attack."

"Can you really do that?" Shou Que immediately shook his head as soon as the words came out, "No need to answer, I know the character of 'General Mu'."

She blinked.

There are less than two hours left for the Dao Fire attack in Li's night time.