Exorcism

Another twig grew out of the black bark, with two teardrop-like leaves on top. It looked weak, but it had incredible power. With it, Mu Xingqiu could cast spells on the island.

The northern part of the island protrudes outwards and is wrapped in an illusion. It can only be entered and exited with special magic weapons. Like the entire Zhibu State, the illusion here is also collapsing, revealing a large number of uncoordinated flaws, like a melting snowman.

Mu Xingqiu forced his way in and destroyed a large number of spells in the illusion. The true form of this place appeared before his eyes. It turned out that this was an independent island, more than ten steps away from the Fire Island, with several vegetable fields and several The thatched houses form a small village, and the horses and humans in the village have been transformed into statues.

A scream of pain and panic came from a thatched house. Mu Xingqiu walked quickly and almost ran into an official. The official had slightly pointed ears and had small fangs. He was obviously a demon. As he ran outside, he stared at his hands and screamed. Most of his body was still normal, only his hands turned into wood.

"How could... be like this?" the official asked tremblingly, not even realizing that he was facing a stranger.

"The illusion has collapsed. Tell me, where is the demon slave?"

"Illusion? There is no illusion, everything...I..." The official couldn't continue. The surrounding scene changed too much, especially the wooden statues, which reminded him that everything was not real. "This is a dream, a nightmare, haha, I will wake up and everything will be back to normal, haha, it was just a dream.”

The humans and monsters in Zhibu State are also part of the illusion. There are no traces of their ancestors in their flesh and blood, but they have a memory of their own in their minds. Mu Xingqiu used illusions to find out the whereabouts of the demon slaves from their memories.

Mu Xingqiu found it, and at the same time he was surprised to find that this official was probably not an illusion. He came from the Kingdom of Sacrifice. After going through many hardships, he entered the Zhibu Kingdom and was assigned to serve as a guard here.

A real demon clan actually began to turn into wood just like the illusion.

"Remember who you are, don't be swallowed up by illusions. You are flesh and blood. Mu Xingqiu used illusions to strengthen the demon's self-confidence and continued running towards the middle of the village. He could only help to this extent. He wanted to The power to escape the illusion must save itself.

The official closed his eyes and murmured to himself: "I am made of flesh and blood..." In a daze, he felt that his hands seemed to have become softer.

There was a small bonfire burning in the middle of the village. Mu Xingqiu kicked the wood away, and a hole gradually appeared among the embers. He jumped in without hesitation.

It was pitch black at first, but soon his eyes lit up. The place where Mu Xingqiu landed was a huge cave hall. Hundreds of humans and monsters were walking in circles, with small balls of fire burning on their heads, and mouths. self-mumbling.

Compared with the completely crumbling illusion outside, the scene here is even more unreal and full of weird atmosphere.

But there is no sign of illusion here. Even the flames above the heads of the demon slaves are real. They are the remote ancestral fires on the island, also known as Tao fires. These fires can suppress demon species and make them harmless. Those who plant trees.

Mu Xingqiu walked in and found that what the demon slaves were chanting were some of their most profound memories. Suddenly he heard the words "Yelin Town".

"Liu Er? Liu Er from Front Street." Mu Xingqiu recognized a familiar face.

Liu Er used to be a gangster in Yelin Town. Over the past ten years, he looked just a few years older and his appearance had not changed much. However, there was no luster in his eyes. He ignored Mu Xingqiu and continued to walk along the established route. , repeating Yelin Town and his own name over and over again.

Mu Xingqiu walked around quickly and saw at least thirty familiar faces, including Daliang and Erliang's father, but no one recognized him. Just as he was about to cast a spell to remove the flame from the demon slave's head, a voice came from a dark corner, "Are you Lao Qiu's son?"

Mu Xingqiu jumped over and saw several sunken rooms on the edge of the cave. Many demon slaves were imprisoned in them. The speaker was an old man. His once rich and fair face was now skinny and skinny. Only a bit of its old appearance remains.

"Mr. Shen..." Mu Xingqiu recognized this as Shen Hao's father, the largest rich man and guard in Yelin Town.

"Ah, it's you indeed. Your name is Xiaoqiu, right?" Mr. Shen no longer had much "master" aura, and his tone was flat, more like a Taoist priest who has no desires or desires.

Some demon slaves came to the door, and Mu Xingqiu recognized a dozen familiar faces, "Where is my father? Where are the others in Yelin Town?"

"All the damn ones are dead, and only those of us who want to die but can't are left. By the way, I remember, that evening, you were the one who snatched away my eldest daughter-in-law, and then Er Shuan also ran away..."

Mu Xingqiu couldn't wait any longer and asked some questions. He used illusions to enter the minds of Mr. Shen and others to search for the memories after Yelin Town was invaded by the devil.

It started with a dark period. The people in Yelin Town had no memory of what happened on the night of the demonic invasion. When they opened their eyes again, they had been transferred from the comfortable homes to the dark caves.

Yelin Town is small, with a population of thousands, but only three to four hundred people came to the island. Most of them were killed by demons on the road. This is what an official said. Demons can change human physiques. But only a few people can withstand this change.

Neither Mu Xingqiu's father, Lao Qiu, nor Fangfang's father, Mr. Qin, arrived at Zhibu State.

Whether or not one can withstand the demons has little to do with the original physical strength. Lao Qiu worked hard all his life and had a good body, but he never fought against the demons. Master Shen and his stupid son lived a life of luxury and survived.

So far, only four or five people have left the cave in Yelin Town, including Shen Da and Er Qiu. Mu Xingqiu didn't know the others.

"Have you seen Er Shuan?" Master Shen asked, no longer caring about the marriage robbery.

"Yes, Shen Hao is a Taoist priest in Pangshan, and he is doing well now."

"Shen Hao? This is... This is Er Shuan's name, haha, my son is a Taoist priest. Hey, did you hear that? My son is still alive and a Taoist priest! Xiao Qiu, Er Shuan was not attacked by the demons, right?" Master Shen didn't know much about Taoist priests, and didn't know that Taoist priests and demons were irreconcilable.

It was too troublesome to explain, so Mu Xingqiu shook his head, "No, none of us."

A woman's voice in the cell next to him asked, "Is Baldy also a Taoist priest in Pangshan?"

"Yes, he is also a Taoist priest in Pangshan." Mu Xingqiu recognized Baldy's mother, and he raised his voice slightly, "Shen Hao, Baldy, Daliang, Erliang, Lengzi, Zhuzi, Xiaoshun, Xiaogou, and Fangfang and I are all in Pangshan."

Cheers rang out in the cell. Only Shen Hao's father, Baldy's mother, and Daliang and Erliang's father were still there, but everyone was delighted to hear the nicknames of these young men from Yelin Town.

Mu Xingqiu concealed some facts and was really unwilling to say any sad words at such a moment, "I am here to save you and leave, everyone follow me."

The cheers in the cell became louder, but the demon slaves in the cell lowered their voices, fearing to disturb those demon slaves who were angry.

The door of the cell was also made of black wood. Mu Xingqiu easily destroyed the wooden door, and all the demon slaves inside crowded at the door and did not come out immediately.

"I'll put out the fire on their heads, and we'll all leave together."

Mu Xingqiu was about to cast a spell, but Master Shen hurriedly stopped him, "Don't do that, the demons in their bodies have not been tamed yet. Once the fire is extinguished, they will become very dangerous."

Mu Xingqiu felt that he could eliminate the demons, but he still said to the demon slaves in the cell: "Come out, I'll send you to the ground first."

"Really?" Master Shen asked in horror, still not coming out, "The Fire Tree King won't agree."

In order to make the demon slaves develop an honest and obedient character from the beginning, Zhibubang has formulated a whole set of training methods. The demon slaves will be severely punished for making the slightest mistake, so that these foreign demon slaves are more obedient to the rules than the demon slaves born and raised on the island.

"The Fire Tree King is dead, Zhibubang will no longer exist, you are free, follow me." According to Mu Xingqiu's judgment, the illusion of Zhibubang has almost collapsed, and the Fire Tree King will not live until dawn.

"Why didn't my son Ershuan come?" Master Shen was still uneasy.

"He doesn't know you are imprisoned in Zhibubang. I just found it by accident."

The mother of the bald man in the next cell came out first and asked excitedly: "Xiaoqiu, is the bald man the same age as you?"

"Yeah, a little shorter than me." Mu Xingqiu didn't know how to explain the bald man's condition in the future, but now he was willing to use lies to satisfy all the imaginations of the people in Yelin Town.

Nearly a hundred demon slaves all walked out of the cell, trying to stay close to Mu Xingqiu and away from those fire demon slaves.

Mu Xingqiu took the demon slaves and flew up slowly. The entrance above slowly opened, shining a ray of dawn. The sky outside was already bright.

The real demon became a statue. Even with the help of the mind illusion, he still couldn't resist the influence of the illusion. Compared with the pure wooden statue, his appearance was clearer, and his face was engraved with extreme fear.

After living in Zhibubang for many years, the demon slaves in the cave came to the ground for the first time. More than half of them were so excited that they couldn't stand steadily and knelt on the ground crying. They never knew what it was like outside, so they didn't notice the disappearance of the illusion.

Mu Xingqiu returned to the cave, unwilling to abandon the other demon slaves, especially since Daliang's father was still there.

But Mu Xingqiu didn't need to cast a spell. Soon after the sun shone in, the flames above the heads of hundreds of demon slaves disappeared. They had stopped circling and were looking up at the exit, with green light flashing in their eyes.