Exorcism

There are a lot of things in the treasure bag, most of which are copper products: copper mirrors, copper bells, copper seals, copper daggers, copper coins, copper gourds, a few pills and seven or eight animal parts, including the freshly peeled one The most peculiar thing about the snake scales that came off was half a copper ring. I don't know what it was used for. The young officer commented on it one by one, just hesitating about it.

These magical weapons that were once powerful in Li Yuechi's hands were useless in the hands of the teenagers. The sound of the bells seemed monotonous and had no soul-stirring effect. Even the treasure bag itself was like this. What comes out can no longer be put back in.

Xiaoqiu still distributed them in the same way. Snake scales and other items were said to be demon elixirs and were very useful, but no one wanted to take them. Xiaoqiu kept them for herself and gave the treasure bag to Erliang. Fangfang didn't want anything, she kept it. I got off the extinguished oil lamp and was quite interested in it.

Coincidentally, there were ten copper coins in the bag, which were distributed to ten people. Xiaoqiu even gave one to the officer, "You have one too."

The officer was greatly surprised. He took the copper coin and whispered, "What a poor mage."

"Hand it over if you don't want it." Er Shuan stretched out his hand.

After being beaten, the officer was very afraid of Er Shuan and hurriedly avoided it, holding the copper coins tightly in his hand.

The fun of "sharing the spoils" quickly disappeared. There was no food in the treasure bag, and the teenagers still felt hungry. At the same time, there was another thing that crossed everyone's mind, making them uneasy. Even the most gluttonous Erliang just couldn't Stopped for belly rubs, not complaining about the food.

"Bald Man is really dead?" Er Shuan felt unbelievable, "How should we explain to his parents?"

No one answered. This was what they were most worried about. Xiaoqiu didn't say anything, and he didn't even dare to say that he had held Bald Man's head. He didn't feel anything special at that time, but now he felt creepy, as if Bald Man's death was all his fault. mistake.

The queue stretched thinly, Er Shuan caught up with Xiao Qiu and Fang Fang, and whispered: "No matter what others think, I want to go to Pang Mountain with you."

"Okay." Xiaoqiu said not too enthusiastically. He understood Er Shuan's thoughts. The second young master of the Shen family could not explain Baldy's death and would rather fly away.

The journey back to town was longer than expected. When we arrived at Granny Feng’s residence, it was already completely dark. The officer refused to go forward, saying, “The Xuanfu Army has received an order not to be in the wild forest after dark. Wandering around town.”

"Nonsense, Yelin Town is the safest..." Er Shuan immediately retorted, but he was not very confident. The sudden appearance of the snake demon and demon species indicated that Yelin Town was not as safe as before.

The teenagers were already exhausted after walking all day, so they accepted the officer's advice and followed Xiaoqiu and Fangfang into the courtyard, hoping to take a short rest.

The three thatched houses and the log standing in the middle of the yard are still there, but Granny Feng is missing.

Fangfang searched inside and out, but found nothing. "Everything is there." She covered her mouth with one hand, her face full of surprise, "I don't know where Granny Feng went."

The teenagers couldn't care less and had already walked into the house to find a place to sit down. They were even happy that the old crazy woman was not there. Er Shuan raised a possibility, "Did he be swallowed by a snake demon? The place where the big snake appeared is not far from here. Not too far.”

"No." Fangfang immediately denied, "Nothing has been touched..."

"Maybe Grandma Feng met a snake demon when she went out, so nothing in the house was touched." Xiaoqiu guessed, and when she saw Fangfang's tears streaming down her face, she changed her words: "Maybe she went to town and hasn't come back yet."

There was a cheer outside,

Erliang ran in with a pot of porridge, "It's still warm."

The teenagers all jumped up and looked around for bowls and chopsticks. Fangfang breathed a long sigh of relief, "The porridge is warm, which means that Granny Feng was still there not long ago, and the snake demon died last night..."

"Remember? A small strip of green light escaped." Erliang was talking while eating porridge, "Grandma Feng may have been invaded by the demon species..." Erliang spent a little time before he remembered the word "invasion" .

Fangfang shook her head vigorously, not believing that Granny Feng would be killed, "Grandma Feng is a good person, and besides, she is not nearby."

Erliang hummed twice and concentrated on eating the porridge. There wasn't much food, so he had to eat it quickly.

Except for Fangfang, no one cared about where Granny Feng had gone. They rummaged around looking for food and picked seasonal vegetables from the garden behind. When everyone finally filled their bellies, the quiet courtyard completely changed.

The oil lamp left by Li Yuechi lit up by itself. Fangfang searched around the house with it, but still couldn't find Granny Feng's footprints. She had to give up the search and put the oil lamp on the top of the wood in the middle of the yard when she came back. Make her feel at ease.

It was already dark, and no one wanted to walk at night. The teenagers found a place to lie down and sleep. Er Shuan didn't want to go home immediately. The closer he got to Yelin Town, the more timid he became. He didn't know how to explain it to Bald Man's parents.

Xiaoqiu slept at the door and soon fell asleep: Pangshan Five Elements Master Li Yuechi was talking to him. He couldn't hear what he said clearly. His expression seemed to be exhortation and warning, but Xiaoqiu only had one thought. He wanted to say that he He also has to learn how to slay demons, and he will be extra careful to never let the demons get even half a step closer.

The heat does not come from the midsummer night, but is generated in the chest and spreads throughout the body.

Xiao Lai rubbed his chest gently, feeling like something was blocked in his esophagus. Then he remembered that he had swallowed an inner elixir before, but he didn't think it would choke at that time.

The burning sensation became more and more intense. Xiaoqiu could no longer sleep, so she simply got up, put on her straw hat, and walked out of the room.

The yard was bright, and the oil lamp Fangfang left outside was astonishingly bright, illuminating every plant and tree nearby. Among the many treasures left by Li Yuechi, it was the only one that was still functioning.

Strange thing, Xiaoqiu thought to herself, not feeling scared at all. She circled around the oil lamp, but her chest still felt hot, so she continued to walk outside. Every step she took, it seemed to get a little cooler.

He pushed open the simple wood door and stood on the roadside, looking left and right. The light of the oil lamp became weaker here, and the official road extended to both sides into darkness. The whole world seemed to be only so big. Finally, his eyes focused on the other side of the road.

Something was shining in the grass, much weaker than the light from an oil lamp, but with a hint of coolness.

Xiaoqiu felt an impulse, as if after a hard day of grazing, he could finally jump into the river and take a refreshing bath. His chest was getting hotter and hotter. The cold light on the other side of the road was the river that attracted him.

At the same time, there was an inexplicable fear that prevented Xiaoqiu from moving forward. He remembered the green light he had seen by the river, the demon species that killed Li Yuechi, and the reminder from the Five Elements Master before his death.

He took a step back, and the light across from him suddenly rose a foot higher. It was a blue light, which was very different from the bright green of the demon species.

The caution in Xiaoqiu's heart disappeared, and he walked over without noticing that the oil lamp behind him was so bright. Even all the oil lamps in Yelin Town combined could not emit such a strong light.

Xiaoqiu walked to the opposite side, lowered her head to look, couldn't help but let out a gentle sigh, and then held her breath.

There was a flower that he would never forget growing in the grass. It was about three feet tall, with three round leaves. At the top was a slowly swaying flower, almost a foot in diameter, so that the stems and leaves below looked unbearable. heavy burden.

This flower is pure blue with no trace of color.

Xiaoqiu had an indescribable feeling that the plant seemed to be nodding to him, so he nodded too.

The hot feeling in the chest disappeared, but the heartbeat accelerated for no reason, making a thumping sound like a festive drum.

"This flower is so beautiful." said a voice next to me.

Xiaoqiu didn't look back. He couldn't bear to look away from the blue flower. He knew that it was Er Shuan who spoke.

At some point, all the sleeping teenagers got up and stood behind Xiao Qiu, watching the miracle that happened at night.

The only exception was the young officer. He took a look and immediately retreated to the Chaimen on the other side of the road. He said loudly: "Hey, are you crazy? That's a demon. Stay away from it."

Compared with the delicate blue flowers, the officer's voice was particularly harsh. "The devil is green, it's not." Daliang said, even his eyes turned blue.

"It's so beautiful..." Fangfang stood next to Xiaoqiu, not believing that this was a demon species. She even felt ashamed of herself and felt that she had no right to get too close to it.

"This was left by Grandma Feng." Xiaoqiu found an explanation for the whole thing. "Grandma Feng is not an ordinary person. The oil lamps in her yard are the same as those of the Five Elements Master. She is also... a mage. Everyone in the town is Didn't recognize it."

"That's right." Fangfang remembered the oil lamps more clearly, "Both oil lamps have the same pattern on them."

The other teenagers still didn't care about Granny Feng, they just stared at the blue flower, an.c Fearing that they would miss it, Erliang suddenly knelt on the ground, licked his lips and said, "I really want to take a bite and taste it."

A few angry looks were cast at him, and Erliang said hurriedly: "I just thought about it, and I won't really say it."

One by one, the teenagers knelt and sat on the grass, surrounded by the blue flowers, with different expressions, and they were all deeply fascinated by it.

The officer turned back and glanced at the bright oil lamp. He calmed down and became more and more convinced that the blue flower opposite was a monster. But when he turned his head, he had a new idea in his mind. Why should he help these barbaric teenagers? They had beaten him, humiliated him, treated him like a criminal, and in the end, they deserved it.

"Good flowers don't always bloom." The officer retreated to the yard, closed the firewood door, and was completely enveloped by the light of the oil lamp. "This flower blooms at night, and it will probably wither before dawn."

"I really don't want it to disappear." Fangfang said, and none of the teenagers looked at the officers in the yard.

"Pick it and it won't wither." The officer smiled with a smile on his face, feeling the pleasure of revenge in his heart. "You have to do it quickly. There is only one flower, which is not enough for nine of you."

This provocation did not produce the effect that the officer hoped for. Instead of rushing to take action, the teenagers leaned back at the same time, as if they felt that they were not qualified to touch the blue flower.

Finally, Xiaoqiu stretched out his hand. His heart was beating faster and faster, and there was a force that forced him to hold the flower tightly.

"That's right, it should be you." The officer whispered to himself, "Whoever asks you to swallow the inner elixir is asking for it.

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