Exorcism

Many major events will happen this autumn and the following winter, some of which can be foreseen in advance. For example, the Taoists will finally unite to fight against the demon clan. Therefore, several Taoist priests left Pangshan on a slightly cold morning. At that time, they were just A trivial matter, even a bit sad.

Among these people, Zuo Liuying has received the most attention. He has become the only Taoist priest who voluntarily quit Taoism in its more than 130,000-year history. Many Taoist priests have done research on this and confirmed that this statement is correct.

After all, Taoist priests are Taoist priests. After half a night of divergent opinions, the only correct explanation was left: Zuo Liuying quit Taoism in order to survive the calamity. Pangshan Wizards encountered the Sighing Tribulation - also known as the "Unbearable Tribulation". All Taoist priests will fall in front of it sooner or later. Accepting it calmly is the only choice, but Zuo Liuying insists on challenging it, and so Challenging myself. Many people admired his determination, but no one believed he would succeed.

Perhaps even Zuo Liuying himself didn't believe it, so he wanted to withdraw from Taoism, stay away from everyone's sight, stay away from disappointment and rejoicing in others' misfortune. He was once considered to be one of the living Taoist priests who had the greatest hope of reaching the realm of Yue Mang. Now it has always stopped at the sixth level of concentration.

There was a rumor that was proved to be wrong. Zuo Liuying's level of cultivation did not decline due to the art of breaking up thoughts. He was indeed unable to exert his full strength, but that was because of old injuries from the battle of Duanliucheng and had nothing to do with the removal of memory.

What memories had been removed from him? Since the matter involves Taoist secrets that only religious Taoists can understand, naturally there will be no credible statement, especially since he himself can't say anything.

In comparison, Mu Xingqiu received less attention and more sadness. Ordinary Taoist priests are far from the state of being ruthless and desireless. When they heard that Mu Xingqiu voluntarily turned into a demon for Yang Qingyin, they all praised him, but they couldn't help but add, "Being trapped by love is not the right path. Mu Xingqiu is young. To get a Xingluo inner elixir but to be stopped in front of the calamity of love is probably the so-called 'good fortune and misfortune depend on each other'."

The two Taoist priests who stopped before the calamity seemed to outsiders to be somewhat sympathetic. Seeing them deviating from the right path and heading into the dangerous wilderness, it was difficult for the Taoist priests to find the exact answer in the mist. Sincere blessings, no one came to see her off this morning.

Shen Hao didn't come, he had already said goodbye in advance, and didn't want to be sad when he really said goodbye.

Shen Xiuming was like an old mother sending her children away for a long journey. She had been nagging her all morning, "This is a new batch of fruits harvested this year. Eat them quickly, otherwise they will go bad if they are kept for a long time. These are some of yours." Things, brought back by Shen Hao, why did you buy a bunch of straw hats? The people in the city heard that you lived here and sent many gifts. I knew you didn't like them, so I rejected most of them and kept only this one. …”

It was a folding fan with the entire poem "General's Journey" written on it in neat handwriting. Mu Xingqiu accepted it. Soon his treasure bag was not enough and he had to use another Qiankun bag.

Xiao Qingtao came to join Mu Xingqiu early and received many gifts and nagging from Shen Xiuming, "You are a Taoist priest and you have your own ideas. I can't understand it, but you are a female Taoist priest after all. What are you doing?" Are you going to run into a group of monsters? Xin Youtao will be fine. Brother Xiaoqiu can bring him back safely, not to mention the Eight Dao Tradition. Isn't the war about to start? There will be more gossip when you leave. …”

Xiao Qingtao learned how to deal with it from Mu Xingqiu. She just nodded and smiled without explaining.

"It's really strange. You always take risks everywhere. Why this time..." Shen Xiuming held back the ominous words. This time was different from before. Mu Xingqiu took the demon pill. Shen Xiuming inquired and found out that six Taoist priests had died due to demon transformation. Yang Qingyin and Pei Zihan were still alive. One wanted to reverse the situation and the other wanted to continue, but they were both stuck in the middle stage and could not advance or retreat. Mu Xingqiu could be said to be... After a narrow escape from death, there is an even more frightening result: he succeeds in transforming into a demon and becomes the target of the Taoist Tradition.

Shen Xiuming felt that he would not be able to escape the nightmare for a long time in the future.

Mu Xingqiu also left a few gifts, not for Shen Xiuming, but for the two children Shen Cunyi and Zhang Xiang'er, "Join Pangshan, give them each a Hundred Night Candle, it is good for practice, Ning Ning Qi Cheng Dan, and then give them a demon elixir and a bone staff. Wangshan is closed, and it is very difficult to imbue magic weapons. The bone staff is a demon weapon, and it contains some demon seeds, so it may be useful."

Shen Xiuming knew the value of these gifts very well, and his ominous premonition became stronger. He felt sour in his heart that he almost cried. He took the gifts and turned around quickly, just in time to see Zuo Liuying.

Zuo Liuying stood at the door, wearing a Taoist robe, and like Mu Xingqiu, there was no hairpin on her head. I don’t know if it was an illusion or it was true. The mystery of the Taoist priest and the majesty of the head of the forbidden secret department were almost in Zuo Liuying. Everything disappeared, but other than that, he didn't seem to have any memory damage.

Even so, Shen Xiuming still felt nervous. He saluted in a panic and said goodbye in a hurry, avoiding many embarrassing scenes when saying goodbye.

The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Finally, it was Zuo Liuying who spoke first, "When are you leaving?"

Zuo Liuying was actually asking for his opinion. Mu Xingqiu was very uncomfortable with it, "Right away, but there are some things I want to ask."

"Um."

Mu Xingqiu was thinking about this question the whole night, "Why do you want to follow me? You can travel around the world and live in seclusion. The world is so big that there is a place for you to continue practicing everywhere. There is no need to follow me and watch me transform." Demon."

Xiao Qingtao lowered her head involuntarily. After all, Zuo Liuying was a Taoist priest, and Mu Xingqiu actually spoke in a questioning tone. She still couldn't accept it.

Zuo Liuying thought for a while, as if he was struggling to find a reason from the remaining memories, and finally he said: "I believe what you said about the origin of Dao Fire."

Mu Xingqiu was stunned. He thought his words would only be ignored and ridiculed, but he didn't expect Zuo Liuying to take them seriously.

Note that no matter how weird the Taoist priests are, they will never lie.

"Give you another choice, between the Taoist priest and the Patriarch's Tower, which one will you protect?" Mu Xingqiu asked.

"The Patriarch's Tower." Zuo Liuying answered without hesitation, as if this was a secret signal, "No matter how long-lived the Taoist priest is, he will eventually die, but the Patriarch's Tower will live forever, so no matter what the circumstances, the Patriarch's Tower is The only choice."

Both of their voices were calm, but Xiao Qingtao sounded a bit tough, and she felt even more nervous. She looked up at Mu Xingqiu and found that he was actually smiling.

Zuo Liuying was slightly confused, "Pangshan can't possibly allow me to take away the Patriarch's Tower. What do you want to decide?"

"When to set off, when to rest, whether to fight or make peace, whether to retreat or advance, these are all decided by me."

Zuo Liuying's mind didn't seem to stay in this room. His eyes were always slightly lowered, staring at the insignificant ground, as if he was communicating silently with some distant Taoist priest, but he did hear Mu Xingqiu's words. and be able to answer, “I agree.”

Mu Xingqiu suddenly realized that he was too childish. He had nothing to decide. After thinking about it, he picked up a straw hat and put it on his head, "Then let's go."

Zuo Liuying reached out and picked up a straw hat, stared at it for a while, as if he had never seen such a thing before, and then put it on his head.

Xiao Qingtao was extremely surprised. She didn't like straw hats, and it had a long hairpin on her head, so it was inappropriate to wear it. Seeing that the other two people had walked out of the room, she stuffed the whole pile of straw hats into her Qiankun bag and quickly followed go out.

Xiaohao came over yawning. She neither went back to Pangshan nor went to find her fellow disciples in Luanjingshan. She just stayed in Shen's house for the night. She didn't pay attention to all the news that spread last night. When she saw Zuo Liuying was not surprised, "Hello... first seat."

"Hello, Duan Caihao."

Xiao Hao spoke very casually, but Zuo Liuying was a little too formal.

"Are we leaving now?" Xiaohao asked Mu Xingqiu.

"Let's go now."

"I can't fly, any one of you can take me down."

"We are going to Baizhang City, not back to Pangshan."

"Yes, I just want to go to Baizhang City with you. I've thought about it. I really have no interest in practicing boxing without you watching. It's better for you to be by my side at all times from now on." Xiaohao's eyes flicked back and forth between the three of them. Scan for someone to fly with.

Zuo Liuying pressed down the brim of his hat slightly, "Is this something that requires you to make a decision?"

Mu Xingqiu straightened his expression and said to Xiao Hao: "No, you are a burden. We can't take you with us. You stay here and concentrate on practicing boxing until I come back to check."

Mu Xingqiu rose to the sky with his sword, and suddenly saw something running from the front yard, which startled the servant who was sweeping the floor. Before the door came, the thing jumped over and landed easily. The unicorn flea also came. It was huge and jumped like a puppy. One moment it wanted to bite off Mu Xingqiu in the sky, and the next moment it circled around Zuo Liuying to prevent him from flying up.

Mu Xingqiu was determined not to fall to the ground again. Zuo Liuying stretched out a hand and gently pressed it on Qilin's forehead, "You are a Pangshan spiritual beast, but we are no longer Pangshan Taoist priests. Stay here."

The flea stopped moving, lowered its head sadly, rubbed Zuo Liuying twice, then raised its head and looked at Mu Xingqiu, with expectation in its bright yellow eyes.

"Let's go." Mu Xingqiu said, taking the lead and flying out of the city, followed closely by Zuo Liuying and Xiao Qingtao.

Mu and Zuo did not look back, but Xiao Qingtao kept looking back. Seeing the figures of Flea and Xiao Hao gradually getting smaller, she suddenly felt sad in her heart.

More than ten miles away from the city, Xiao Qingtao had lost her sadness and became stronger. However, Zuo Liuying suddenly stopped in the air, turned around and looked back. The other two people did the same and saw a scene that shocked them. The Pangshan Iron Qilin, which had never shown the ability to fly, actually ran in the air with its four hooves carrying the wind - and the flea caught up with Artemisia on its back.

"Haha, we two are not a burden." Xiao Hao shouted excitedly, let out a long whine, rode a flea past the three of them, and continued flying west.

"What's your decision?" Zuo Liuying asked.

Mu Xingqiu raised his hand to scratch his head, but what he encountered was a straw hat, so he laughed and said, "Hey, I already owe Pang Shan a lot of favors, so let's steal two more things."

This year is the 642nd year of the thirty-seventh ancestor of Taoism. It has been six years since the ancestor disappeared and the Old Ancestor Peak was destroyed. The Tao-monster war is about to resume. Four Taoist priests and a unicorn left Duanliu City and took away the It is a weak hope, a hope that almost no one believes in - the origin of Tao Fire.