Exorcism

Hongshan Taoist priest Gan Zhiquan was stationed on the ridge, with the north wind howling and his Taoist robes rustling. His eyes were looking at the nothingness in the distance, hoping to release all the pent-up emotions.

Even if there was nothing, it could not accommodate the myriad thoughts in his heart.

Gan Zhiquan gave up his futile efforts and turned around and walked down the mountain. Without casting any spells, he walked on two legs, one deep and one shallow. He clearly remembered that before joining the Taoist tradition, he and his brother walked in the snow every winter. Playing in the snow, the deeper the snow, the more fun we have. In the end, we always get soaked, and we get beaten while warming ourselves by the fire after returning home.

Are those two naughty children really my younger brother and myself? Gan Zhiquan suddenly had a doubt. Are the memories from the past real? Since there are spells that can remove memories, there may be spells that can implant false memories. There is no such spell in the Five Elements Department, but what about other subjects?

Every doubt was a crack in the heart of a Taoist priest. Gan Zhiquan could only suppress the doubts as much as possible, pulled his legs out of the snow, and flew quickly to the distant camp.

The Taoist priests were all waiting for him, but they all pretended not to see him. After Gan Zhiquan landed, he walked forward with his head held high, hoping that someone would question him face to face.

After Gan Zhiquan walked a dozen steps, this man came.

Xin Youtao gently pushed away Xiao Qingtao who was trying to dissuade him, and walked towards Gan Zhiquan. His face was pale, his lips were purple, and he would shake involuntarily every seven or eight steps he took. This was not fear, but his current physical state.

Half of the Taoist priests in the camp are like this. They have all been affected by Lan Bingqu's "demon transformation technique". It has been almost a month and the changes have become more and more obvious. In their opinion, this is the reaction of demon transformation.

Xin Youtao stopped Gan Zhiquan, but the appearance of Hongshan Taoist priest did not change much. He represented the other half of Taoist priests who had escaped the "art of transforming demons".

"Let's make things clear." Xin Youtao said stiffly. His patience was exhausted. Every time he saw Xiao Qingtao being as weak as him, he felt angry and impatient.

"Okay." Gan Zhiquan looked around. The Taoist priests stopped what they were doing and looked at them from afar or close. No one gave orders or made special arrangements. The more than ninety Taoist priests were divided into two groups. , one group is as weak as ordinary humans, and the other group is normal Taoist priests.

"Look at us." Xin Youtao suppressed the anger in his heart, raised his arm and swept it from top to bottom in front of him, "We are transforming into demons. If the Demon Slayer Guild sees us, they will kill us without hesitation."

"So we have slowed down these days and have been stationed in the mountains. When Mu Xingqiu comes back, he will find a way to reverse the situation."

"What I'm worried about is not Mu Xingqiu and the Demon Slayer Club, but him." Xin Youtao turned around and pointed to the nearest tent, which was also the tent Gan Zhiquan was about to walk into.

Gan Zhiquan's eyes stopped on Xin Youtao's face, "I think we have already agreed."

"That's right, you said you didn't have that power, but at that time our response to transforming into a demon was not so obvious. Don't say you didn't hear it. He had been talking to himself since three days ago, saying that he must kill the demon. Only a demon Taoist can make a great contribution to Taoism and then die peacefully. He didn't lower his voice, thinking that it was just his own thoughts - Gan Zhiwei was possessed!"

Gan Zhiquan was silent for a while. It was this incident that made him uneasy. "My answer remains the same. I don't have this power, and neither do you. You have to wait for Mu Xingqiu to come back. He is the only one who has the power of life and death." people."

"When Mu Xingqiu comes back, we will probably all be turned into corpses!" Xin Youtao couldn't control the anger in his heart. After breathing heavily several times, he calmed down, "Didn't you let your brother do it when you ambushed Xuanwu Youliao? Carrying out a fatal mission? Why do you suddenly no longer have the power to kill him? "

"Performing a fatal mission and killing a Taoist priest with your own hands are two different things." Gan Zhiquan's voice became stern, "Gan Zhiwei has been possessed by the devil, and I can't assign him any more tasks. Killing the possessed Taoist priest is always the first and most important thing. They gave the master's power to Mu Xingqiu, and it can only be carried out by Mu Xingqiu. No one else - including me - can kill him. We are all on the verge of becoming possessed. Killing a Taoist priest with our own hands is likely to make us angry. We become obsessed faster."

"Xiao Qingtao and I can do it. We are not attacked by the demon species." Xin Youtao said coldly.

The corners of Gan Zhiquan's lips were slightly raised, as if mocking, but also pitying, "I stayed outside the camp for three full hours. You two have enough time to take action, but you still have to wait for me to come back and get permission from me. . Sorry, I've already said that I don't have the power, we still have to wait for Mu Xingqiu to come back."

Xin Youtao gritted his teeth, "If Xiao Qingtao hadn't stopped him - at least watch him closely, maybe just don't look at him at all and let him act according to his evil thoughts."

Xin Youtao's eyes were bright. If Gan Zhiwei killed the demon-turning Taoist priest indiscriminately, everyone would be able to kill him justifiably. There would be no need to worry about what power he had or what power he did not have.

"Do you really think this is a good idea?"

This idea is not as clever as it seems at first sight. Gan Zhiwei is just obsessed with demons, not crazy yet. He will not rush out of the tent and directly cast spells on the demon-transforming Taoist priests. Instead, he will quietly persuade other Taoist priests to work with him to deal with the demons in the camp. For Taoists, this is a powerful temptation and danger.

In fact, Gan Zhiwei had already done this. The first person he persuaded was his brother. From this, Gan Zhiquan judged that his brother had become a demon and imprisoned him in a tent.

"Mu Xingqiu, you should come back soon." Xin Youtao said bitterly, turned and walked away, and the questioning ended just like that.

A smile appeared on Xiao Qingtao's pale face, "We are all Taoist priests, which means there are some things we just can't do. Let's wait until Brother Xiaoqiu comes back."

"I am no longer a Taoist priest. It's a pity that I am not Gan Zhiwei's opponent, and I can't let others help."

Xin Youtao looked at Xiao Qingtao in surprise, vaguely feeling that there seemed to be other meanings in this sentence, but Xiao Qingtao just smiled and refused to speak more clearly.

Gan Zhiquan walked into the tent. From now on, he would never leave even half a step away. He would not kill his brother with his own hands, but he would not let him influence other Taoist priests.

There were actually other people in the tent. Gan Zhiquan was stunned. He had issued strict orders not to allow anyone to approach the tent. He also cast several spells for this purpose, but to his surprise, some people still took it seriously.

Xiao Hao was sitting on a futon, listening seriously. Bald Man was floating next to her right shoulder, spinning around in circles. Opposite them, Gan Zhiwei was sitting on another futon, and was talking in a low voice with great interest. What was he talking about? When he heard someone coming in, he immediately shut his mouth. When he saw it was his brother, he smiled reassuringly.

"Brother knows my plan." Gan Zhiwei whispered. There was no change on the surface, except that his hands, feet and chest were bound by the free rope, so he could not move freely, let alone cast spells at will. "I have made it very clear. , Lan Bingju made half of the Taoist priests turn into demons, but spared the other half. Until now, she has not come to attack as Mu Xingqiu expected, indicating that this is a conspiracy, and she wants the two groups of Taoist priests to kill each other. It’s hopeless, so the evil Taoist must take action first.”

Xiaohao nodded seriously, holding the little turtle Youliao who was also bound by the Xiaoyao rope in her right hand, and gently scratched the turtle shell with her left hand fingers, showing a little absent-mindedness. Taking advantage of Gan Zhiwei's pause, she hurriedly stood up. , "I think the seventh plan is better. I'll leave now and chat with you another day."

Xiao Hao smiled at Gan Zhiquan and hurriedly walked out of the tent. The bald man walked in circles too much and had already entered a state of trance. It was not until Xiao Hao had gone out that he came back to his senses and jumped out of the tent with a whoosh.

"He can really talk, buzz buzz... it makes my brain explode, but you can persist." Outside the tent, the bald man said with great admiration.

"Just listen to him talking and think about other things. He has been talking to himself these two nights. I thought he would be very interesting, but it turned out that it was just about slaying demons." Xiao Hao was a little disappointed. .

"When will Brother Xiaoqiu come back? I miss him. What about you?"

Xiao Hao raised the little turtle in her hand, watched it shaking its head and moving its limbs, and smiled happily, "As long as I have Xiao Youyou, I don't want anyone else."

Xiao Hao grabbed "Little Youyou" and tried to bite Bald Man. Bald Man pretended to be frightened and turned around and ran away. The two of them chased each other among the many tents, one after the other, bringing a bit of joy to the camp.

In the tent, Gan Zhiquan knelt and sat opposite his younger brother, staring at the all-too-familiar smiling face. Suddenly he could no longer suppress the grief in his heart, and the cracks in the Taoist priest's heart finally turned into cracks.

Two tears ran down his cheeks.

"Aren't we ready?" Gan Zhiwei said in surprise. He was still immersed in the demonic thoughts, thinking that his brother would "kill the demon" with him.

"I'm sorry, brother, I'm sorry." Gan Zhiquan hated his own weakness, and he didn't expect that this weakness would be so powerful. He couldn't stop his tears. "I can't let others kill you. I did it once, but I can't." I did it a second time because I no longer have the heart of a Taoist priest and I am about to become a demon."

"Also? No, brother, you are wrong. I am not possessed by the devil. I just saw the truth clearly. Lan Bingqu didn't come, which shows that she has confidence in the Taoist priest who transforms into demons. We are not afraid of death, but we cannot die in transformation. In the hands of the demon Taoist priest, it will make the Taoist party laugh. We have to strike first and not let the demon Taoist priest be used by Lan Bingke. Then we go to Wangshan to fight the demons. We won’t wait for Mu Xingqiu or him. ”

"Brother." Gan Zhiquan's expression became firm again. He let the tears stop on his face without raising his hands to wipe them away. "Let's die together and don't cause trouble to anyone."

Gan Zhiwei's smile became more obvious. He misunderstood his brother's meaning and thought that his plan was finally recognized. "Well, let's die together and not cause trouble to the orthodoxy."

Gan Zhiquan summoned his magic sword, placed it between the two of them, closed his eyes, and recited the scripture in a low voice. The memory of the last moment of the soul would last for seven days. He hoped that his soul and his brother's soul could have peace for seven days.

Gan Zhiwei listened quietly, without the slightest doubt about his brother.

Gan Zhiquan opened his eyes and was about to cast a spell when he heard noises coming from outside the tent, like a sneak attack, but there were cheers among them.

Gan Zhiquan turned to look at the door, still holding the magic sword in his hand.

The noise gradually subsided, and someone opened the curtain and entered.

"It's you?"

"it's me."

Mu Xingqiu stood at the door, dusty and dusty, with a thick layer of snow piled on the straw hat on his head. He seemed to be exuding chills. What surprised the Gan brothers was that he was also holding a strange straw hat in his hand. , covered with black lines.

The possessed Gan Zhiwei shuddered all over.