Exorcism

The Zushi Tower rose from the ground on the bank of the Jie River. Mu Lie was startled, but soon became happy again. Such a powerful person wanted to challenge Zuo Liuying. The hope of winning was greatly increased, but what happened next was... It surprised and confused him.

Mu Xingqiu stood at the door with his palms on the tower. He stood motionless for nine days. During this period, it snowed twice, and the snow piled up to his knees. He didn't care. Yin Buchen and the monkey came to visit every morning and evening. Once, he stared at Mu Xingqiu for a while, then returned disappointed, but also persevered.

Mu Lie lost patience after only waiting for one day. He built himself a small tent on the edge of the city. As soon as daylight came, he entered the city and searched house by house, hoping to find traces left by Zuo Liuying or to imprison Yuanying. secret prison. Every time Yin Buchen saw him, he would sneer unceremoniously. Sometimes he would secretly order the monkeys to scare him, but he would not actually do anything because he heard that this mortal also had the surname Mu.

Mu Lie's search had no effect, but he found a lot of frozen food, which solved a big problem for him. On the fifth day after arriving in Duanliu City, he searched the West City Gate and saw two mirror-like portals on the lake. There was an extraordinary female Taoist priest who immediately felt ashamed and retreated into the city, never daring to leave the west gate again.

On the ninth day, as soon as the sun rose, Mu Lie ate something in a hurry and went into the city to search as usual. He found a tunnel and planned to go in and check it out today.

At the east city gate, Mu Lie passed by Yin Buchen. He didn't say hello and walked straight in. Yin Buchen snorted as usual, full of disdain and ridicule. The two armored monkeys followed the demon lord's wishes. , baring his teeth and claws at the mortals, and followed behind him to imitate the walking posture.

Yin Buchen laughed, and when he saw Zushita and Mu Xingqiu, he couldn't help but sigh, "It's obvious... Oh, can't two such smart and powerful people not see through this kind of thing? I Should I also give it a try with a banshee?”

Several monkeys jumped up and down.

"Go! You are just beginning to take on a demon body, do you still deserve to be called a 'banshee'? Stay away from me. The black phoenix is ​​actually pretty good, but it's a pity that one of its legs is missing, and I bit it off... Haha, forget it, she's been there for a long time No longer a demon."

Yin Buchen muttered to himself, closed his mouth when he approached Mu Xingqiu, turned around and looked at the followers sternly. The monkeys all calmed down and supervised each other. Whoever's feet made too loud a sound when they landed on the ground was also Will be beaten by a group of people.

Yin Buchen planned to watch for a while and then leave as usual and report the situation to Taoist Qin in the west of the city, but this time, he noticed something unusual. Mu Xingqiu's eyes were actually moving.

"Dao Zun..." Yin Buchen tested in a low voice.

"Um."

Yin Buchen was overjoyed, "Are you... awake?"

"Why did Kun Chao give away the nine treasures? He must have known that they would fall into the hands of the enemy."

"I'll ask Taoist Qin about this. She will definitely know the answer."

Mu Xingqiu's palms were still pressed against the tower, and he moved his feet to kick the snow away. "The spells that Kun Chaos has blessed in the treasure are more and deeper than I imagined."

"It turns out that Dao Zun already has the answer." Yin Buchen showed joy on his face, but in his heart he complained that Dao Zun was talking in a roundabout way.

"These blessing spells must be removed, otherwise it will be a huge hidden danger."

Yin Buchen just nodded and had no idea.

Mu Xingqiu looked up at the blue sky and white clouds. He couldn't remember how many days had passed, and he also forgot about the gentle monkey beside him. Contrary to the knowledgeable Qin Lingshuang, there were only a few spells in his mind, and he wanted to remove them. Kun Chaos magic relies on intuition.

This intuition did not come out of nowhere, but was an instinct derived from his years of practice.

After half an hour, Mu Xingqiu still felt something was wrong, so he withdrew his already sore arm and looked at Yin Buchen beside him, slightly surprised: "When did you come?"

"Ah? I just arrived." Yin Buchen looked at it for a few times, "Dao Zun, do you need to change your clothes?"

After standing still in the open air for nine consecutive days, Mu Xingqiu's clothes became even more shabby. Taoist priests do not wear fancy clothes, but they pay great attention to keeping clean. The magic power in the body naturally removes the dust from the underwear. Mu Xingqiu has used all his magic power these days. While inspecting the Patriarch's Pagoda, he failed to take care of his belongings.

"It's really time to change." Mu Xingqiu had spare clothes in his treasure bag, so he summoned a set and prepared to change into it.

Yin Buchen and all the monkeys turned around, and after waiting for a while he asked: "Tao Zun, are you ready to change?"

"Um."

Yin Buchen turned around and saw that Mu Xingqiu had only put on his trousers and shoes. He had a shirt in his hand and had not yet put it on. His eyes were dull and he was lost in thought.

"Okay, no need to wait, let's go back to see Taoist Qin." Yin Buchen walked towards the city with his hands behind his back. The monkeys imitated his posture, all of them were dejected, like a group of defeated troops.

This was not a specially arranged conversation. Mu Xingqiu had previously focused on the Patriarch Pagoda. After removing his palms, his sensitivity naturally turned to other places. In the wind and cold air, he felt the subtle magic, like They are dead leaves that fall inadvertently, like the gaze of a close relative, sweeping over unintentionally, but full of intentional concern.

The moment he noticed the spell, Mu Xingqiu recognized its origin. The spell quickly retreated, and his senses turned into spells to quickly follow. In the sky above the center of Broken Current City, her spell stopped, and she greeted her pursuers with a trace of accusation.

Mu Lie found an iron rod and put it on his shoulder. He was about to dig a hole in the yard when he suddenly felt strange. It was the middle of winter. This winter was even colder than previous years. However, he felt a gentle breeze blowing through it. The leather jacket on my body is more comfortable.

He looked around and found nothing unusual. Not long after, the soft wind blew again. He looked up and saw a clear blue sky, with a few wisps of white clouds seemingly motionless.

I don't know how much time passed before a voice asked: "Boy, what are you looking at? What can you see?"

"Shh." Mu Lie knew who the speaker was without turning around. "There are things floating back and forth in the air, and sometimes they fall to the ground."

"You're probably dazzled." Yin Buchen curled his lips and shook his head. He looked up. After looking for a while, he was about to laugh. Suddenly, his whole body was excited and he jumped three to four feet high. The group of people behind him The monkey jumped higher, its hair sticking out from the gaps in its armor.

"This is... this is..." Yin Buchen fell half as low as he landed.

"I guess there are two invisible big birds flying in the sky. Maybe they are the legendary phoenixes. The wind they fan is warm." Mu Lie narrowed his eyes slightly, "Sometimes I feel like I can see birds. shape."

"Then you are really dazzled." Yin Buchen straightened up and straightened his robe, "Where did the bird come from? This is..." He lowered his voice, "Taoist Qin and Taoist Master are playing a game."

"Game? What game?" Mu Lie asked in surprise.

"Hey, don't ask me, you are too young, I can't teach you bad things, and you are a mortal with naked eyes. Some things cannot be seen with eyes, so you can't understand."

Mu Lie didn't ask any further questions, and after a while he said, "The two of them are so powerful and their magic is incredible. Why aren't they very happy?"

"Can you feel that they are unhappy?" Yin Buchen was surprised.

"Actually... I'm not happy." Mu Lie looked away, with a very confused look on his face, "No, this can't be considered unhappy, because I don't feel heartache at all, and I don't want to lose this feeling, but it It’s definitely not happiness. I don’t want to laugh. I just want to stand here and hope that nothing changes.”

Yin Buchen laughed loudly, "Mortals are really fragile. People just use magic to chat, and you are implicated. Let me tell you, love makes the heart move, and there must be a strong heart to move, and the love between the two of them, Even if it’s just a side trip, you can’t bear it.”

Yin Buchen took a step to leave, then raised his foot and put it back down, "Hey, if something happens to this kid, Dao Zun will definitely blame me. Who asked them to all have the surname Mu? Alas, no matter how great a person is, he can't get rid of it. Get rid of nepotism, except for my dead father."

Yin Buchen shook his head and lamented that he was not so lucky. He walked up to Mu Lie and slapped him on the forehead. Mu Lie staggered and hurriedly stabilized his body. Just as he was about to get angry, he suddenly found that kind of feeling in his heart. The lingering tangled emotions disappeared, and it was like waking up from a dream, and then I realized that the other party had saved me.

The monkeys swarmed up, each one patted Mu Lie, and then chased Yin Buchen.

"Thank you!" Mu Lie said loudly.

Yin Buchen waved his hand impatiently, deliberately slowing down, and kept observing with his crystal eyes. After confirming that there were no more signs of magic in the air, he quickened his pace and walked out of the west city gate, running towards Qin Lingshuang with a smile on his face, "Taoist Master, wake up." , after nine days, he finally woke up. He had gained a lot and was thinking about how to remove the spell that Kun Chao had left in the Patriarch Tower. "

Qing Lingshuang nodded, her expression unchanged, as if nothing had happened. After a while, the sword-washing pool flew out of the door of the Great Light Mirror and came straight to Yin Buchen.

"Bring it to him, maybe it will be of some help."

Yin Buchen caught the stone basin with trembling hands and looked at the immovable water inside, "This is one of the nine great treasures of Taoism, and I actually have the opportunity to touch it - doesn't it still want to kill demons? "

Qin Lingshuang did not answer, and no spells were issued from the sword-washing pool. Yin Chen held it respectfully, turned around and walked into the city again. The monkeys surrounded him, and their big eyes showed reverence.

"Oh, I thought I was the son of the Jiao King of the South Sea, and I actually ran errands for two Taoist priests." Yin Buchen complained as soon as he entered the city gate. He held the sword washing pool with both hands but did not dare to be careless at all, "It's not that I want to study deeply. You're a monkey? It's a good idea, it's all forgotten."

The sound of digging iron rods came from a house, and Yin Buchen and the monkeys sneered at the same time. The ground in the city was frozen harder than steel, and a mortal could not dig a deep hole even to death.

Outside the east gate, Mu Xingqiu has entered the tower and is standing at the window on the highest floor, looking to the north.

"Taoist Master, Taoist Qin asked me to bring you the sword-washing pool!" Yin Buchen said loudly under the tower.

Mu Xingqiu hummed, lowered his head and said, "I will write thirty-three thousand talismans on the tower, and she will also use her own methods to remove Kun Chaos spell. During this period, you will be our protector."

"Thirty-three thousand...Okay, I will be the protector, but my demon body..."

"It can be removed soon." Mu Xingqiu looked to the north again, "Be careful, a new guest may be coming."

Yin Buchen let out a long sigh, none of the tasks assigned by Tao Zun were easy and without danger.