Exorcism

Shen Hao was extremely busy. The Demon Slayer Club had been established for ten days. He was chosen as the leader as he wished. Not only was he busy preparing for an expedition, but he also had to think about how to return the funding given by the Taoist tradition in three years. He was definitely not an anticlimax. Although everyone said that Tong Tong's move was just to encourage the lower Taoist priests to be serious and responsible, and that all debts would be forgiven in the end, Shen Hao still decided to pay all debts he had.

The only thing that he didn't need to worry about was the number of people. The number of people who voluntarily joined the Demon Slayer Association increased significantly. A large number of low-level Taoist priests came from the rear of each Taoist family. Some of them were even young Taoist priests with one or two breaths. Shen Hao He had to persuade them to retreat, and suggested that he join the Demon Slayer Club when he has a master magic weapon that can fly freely in the sky.

In just ten days, the number of Taoist priests in the Demon Slaying Association has reached more than a thousand, which is more than the best prediction at the beginning, and there are even some Taoist priests in the smoke-eating realm.

Shen Hao divided all the members into teams ranging from twenty to one hundred people. Each team had Taoist priests from different disciplines, regardless of whether they belonged to the same Taoist family in the past.

The giant demon king is dead, and the demon army has become even more divided after losing its leader, so Shen Hao plans to defeat them one by one and not give the demon clan a chance to regroup.

At noon that day, Shen Hao was discussing with the leading Taoist priests of each team to formulate a detailed battle plan. A Taoist priest came in to report that a large number of human slaves were found in the mountains to the west.

After the demon soldiers captured Xijie Kingdom, they captured a large number of humans. When the decisive battle was approaching, most of them were killed, and some of them were rescued by the Taoists, who were all sent to Dongjie Kingdom.

"Nearly a thousand people, not a lot in number, but they... are a bit strange. Sun Dujiao recommends you take a look." said the Taoist priest who came to report the news.

Sun Dujiao is Sun Yulu, a Taoist priest from Luanjing Mountain. She is one of the few smoke-eating Taoist priests who joined the Demon Slayer Society and is also the leading Taoist priest of a team of 100 people. Everyone respects her as "Sun Dujiao".

"What a strange method?" Shen Hao stood up and prepared to take a look.

"The demon clan forced them to eat something, probably to make them transform into demons."

Hearing the word "monster transformation", Shen Hao immediately thought of Mu Xingqiu. After Qi Wushang's death, the demon transformation pills became a rare thing. If he could still get some, they might be useful to both Mu Xingqiu and Yang Qingyin. .

Sun Yulu and others discovered that the whereabouts of the human slaves were quite coincidental. Seven days after the end of the war, first the high-level Taoist priests from the Dengzhu Branch were studying the souls on the main battlefield, and then the low-level Taoist priests were cleaning up the corners. Several Taoist priests They followed the escape route of the demon soldiers in search of dead souls, but almost inhaled several recently deceased living souls. They followed the clues and found an extremely hidden cave.

The cave is hidden deep in the mountains and winds for more than ten miles. Some are naturally formed and some are dug manually. A large number of human slaves are imprisoned in separate areas. During these ten forgotten days, they only had a small amount of water. Living with food, a few people couldn't hold on and died one after another. It was their souls that attracted the Taoist priests of Dengzhuke.

The demon masters have made various attempts to transform these humans into demons, most of which were very cruel, but they did not include taking demon-transforming pills. The deeper the Taoist priests such as Shen Hao went deeper into the cave, the more they hated the demon clan in their hearts. Deep, but they are faced with a problem, whether to release these humans.

"They are human beings. They have suffered a lot at the hands of the demon clan. They finally hoped for help. Shouldn't they be allowed to see the light of day again as soon as possible?"

Yashan Taoist priest Yang Qingyuan is Shen Hao's most important assistant. The two of them usually have the same opinions, but this time there was a disagreement. Shen Hao stopped outside a dark prison and looked at the slaves inside, "Look at them, they are pretty good." Human?"

There are more than thirty people in the prison, and their feet are tied with chains. Their bodies have undergone obvious changes. Some people have grown horns, and some people's bodies are covered with scales or feathers, and without exception, they are several inches long. His fangs were sharp and his mind was not very clear. He couldn't even tell the difference between Taoist priests and monsters, and he roared threateningly at the Taoist priests through the bars.

"Meat! Give me fresh meat!" A human with horns stretched out his hands and shouted at the Taoist priests, mistaking them for demon soldiers. "I am willing to kill people. Let me kill people. Give me fresh meat!"

Something unknown was mixed into the meat, which caused the man to lose his nature.

Yang Qingyuan punched the iron door, creating a crater, "This time we must wipe out all the monsters!"

Everyone continued to move forward. There were no lights in the cave. This was not a problem for the Taoist priests. The Taoist priests from the Dengzhu Branch who came in earlier had already thoroughly inspected the cave. The monsters escaped in a hurry and no traps were set. Some monsters were eliminated. . But every time they passed a prison, miserable screams could be heard, making the Taoist priests both sad, angry and uneasy.

Sun Yulu was waiting outside a prison deep in the cave. She found a special mortal and thought Shen Hao would be interested.

Shen Hao and others quickened their pace and came directly to Sun Yulu.

"I think you may know this person. She mentioned Mu Xingqiu's name." Sun Yulu said, taking a few steps back to make room outside the door.

This cell is unique. The door is made of a pile of bone fragments. The window is inlaid with a piece of transparent crystal, so you can directly see what's going on inside.

There was only one prisoner, a thin and short old woman, sitting on a thick rope across the cell, looking languid, lowering her head, muttering something, two huge wings with feathers hanging on the wall behind her. It was brown with black in color and looked very old, with bones even exposed in some places.

Shen Hao looked at it for a while before he realized that those wings were not hanging on the wall, they were growing on the old woman's back!

There were some scrawled words carved on the walls on both sides. Shen Hao recognized some of them and suddenly recognized who the old woman was.

"Grandma Mei!"

In fact, Shen Hao didn't know this old woman very well. He only saw her a few times in the guest house. Granny Mei was expelled by the villagers, returned to Pangshan with the Ancient God Sect a few years later, was used by the wolf demon, and was sent away afterwards. When we arrived at Back Mountain, Shen Hao was not a participant, but had only heard about these things.

The fat old woman back then was now skin and bones. If it weren't for the writing on the wall, Shen Hao wouldn't have been able to recognize it.

The old woman's body trembled slightly, then she slowly raised her head and looked at the face outside the crystal, "You are Pangshan Taoist Priest, do I recognize you?"

Among the many prisoners seen along the way, only Granny Mei seemed very sober from her expression to her voice. However, she was also the only one with complete demon organs, and her pair of wings already looked like demon pills.

"We have met. My name is Shen Hao. I joined Pangshan with Mu Xingqiu."

"Oh, I remember, people from Yelin Town." Granny Mei was once a kind old woman. Now she is thin and wrinkled, but her voice is calm and cold, "Isn't Mu Xingqiu here? "

Sun Yulu was careful not to reveal any news to the old woman.

"Mu Xingqiu... I have other matters, and he is not here." Shen Hao didn't want to say more. The old woman's demonic aura was very obvious, and she was no longer the old Granny Mei.

"I heard that Laozu Peak collapsed and Jinghu Village was burned to the ground. Is it true?" the old woman asked. She had been imprisoned for many years and had never been out.

"Yes, many people died. We just drove away the monsters from this place more than ten days ago. How did you..."

"Well done!" the old woman shouted sternly, and then laughed crazily, "Is Master Pangshan Ning Qiwei still alive?"

"Grandmaster Ning has passed away." Shen Hao said. The old woman was conscious and the hatred she showed was even more impressive.

"Where's Zuo Liuying?"

"He is still alive, but he has withdrawn from Pangshan and practiced alone."

The old woman was slightly startled, "Practice alone? Has he been kicked out of the Taoist tradition? Haha, he deserves it. He was the one who stole the elixir from my son indiscriminately. I hope this is his fate too!"

Shen Hao would not argue with the old woman, nor did he want to talk more about Pang Shan's incident, so he asked: "Why did you turn into a demon? What did the demon clan make you eat?"

"Why?" A smile appeared on the old woman's wrinkled face, like a beast quietly showing its head in the grass, "Because of this - it's wrong or weak!"

As soon as the spell was uttered, the two dark brown wings moved violently, and a strong air flow rushed over and hit the bone door, shaking the entire cave as if it was shaking.

The old woman is not only the only one who has given birth to complete demon elixir wings, she is also the only demon transformer who can cast demon magic.

"This is the greatest spell, the voice of the ancient gods, left to me by my son, but only I can use it. Others can recite it ten thousand times a day to no avail. Only me! Because only I believe in this spell wholeheartedly. A spell."

Taoist priests don't like to recite incantations. Shen Hao and others all focus on it. Although they cannot forget the incantation, they will never imitate it, not even recite it silently.

"And Mu Xingqiu, he also believes in this spell." Shen Hao heard Mu Xingqiu say something. He even knew that the old woman's spell was a little wrong, but he didn't want to point it out.

"Mu Xingqiu, yes, he is a unique Taoist priest. He believes in mantras. Unfortunately, he does not believe in the ancient gods. After all, he cannot understand the original meaning of the mantras. But he is a good man, the only good man in Pangshan."

The old woman hates Pangshan so much that if she were a Taoist priest, she would be possessed by a demon.

Shen Hao took two steps back, feeling that there was no need to continue talking. Sun Yulu said softly: "She mentioned some things in the north. Although she is a prisoner, some demon soldiers who believe in the ancient gods seem to be good to her."

"North?" Shen Hao was a little surprised and walked to the crystal window again, "Mu Xingqiu went to the land of monsters. He went to find Mr. Yishi."

"He shouldn't have gone there." The old woman shook her head. Mu Xingqiu was the only Pangshan Taoist she didn't hate. "Mr. Yishi was not in the land of demons either. He escaped because even he felt the things that appeared in the north. Fear."

"What happened in the north?" Shen Hao asked. He quickly glanced at Sun Yulu and understood that she had never asked for the result. "Mu Xingqiu just set off not long ago, maybe there is still time to remind him."

"Are you lying to me?"

"I'm from Yelin Town, and I'm a good friend with Mu Xingqiu. I'm a Taoist priest. I can't lie, let alone make fun of my good friend's life."

The old woman waited for a while before speaking, "If the Taoist priests were a little more concerned about the demon clan, there would be no need to ask for information from me. Don't you know that many northern demons come to seek refuge with the Giant Demon King out of fear? Don’t you know that the Sacrifice Kingdom has lost a large area of ​​territory? If Mu Xingqiu keeps going north, he will be seeking death.”

"Is it a demon species?" Shen Hao guessed that Wangshan is in the far north, and the demon species that escaped from there may become a powerful force.

"Of course not. How could Mr. Yishi be afraid of the demon species?" The old woman stared into Shen Hao's eyes. "The demon clan calls them 'Bing Kui' and asked Mu Xingqiu to come back. That is not a monster he can fight against. Tao Tong Isn’t the Patriarch also hiding? It must be because of Bing Kui.”

"Bingkui?" Shen Hao had never heard of this name before. Looking at Sun Yulu and others, everyone shook their heads.

"Isn't there such a prophecy that 'Wangshan will die in the ice'?" Sun Yulu suddenly remembered some legends that had been circulating in the Taoist tradition for a long time.