Exorcism

Hundreds of pairs of green eyes flashed in the cave, like strange creatures floating in the sea. They had been hungry for a long time and stared greedily at the food that had entered by mistake.

Mu Xingqiu rushed out and immediately cast a spell to block the entrance of the cave. He had to save the demon slaves on the ground first.

The newly freed demon slaves have not recovered yet. Some are hugging each other and crying, some are giggling alone, some are running around, and some are sitting still... A small number of them are trapped in the cave. Months, sometimes decades, Leng Buding once again bathed in real sunshine and breathed in fresh air. How could he not be extremely excited?

The life span of the demon slaves is more than two hundred years, and there is still hope ahead of them.

Shen Hao's father and Bald Zi's mother had been guarding the entrance of the cave. As soon as Mu Xingqiu landed, they rushed up to him. Each of them grabbed an arm and scrambled to ask about their son's situation. Other demon slaves also slowly surrounded the young Taoist priest.

Fortunately for Shen Hao, Bald Zi's condition was extremely unique. Mu Xingqiu had to make up a story so that Bald Zi and the boy from Yelin Town could enter Pang Mountain together, practice together, and grow up together... He had never told so many lies, and he didn't No matter how much magic he uses, Baldy's mother can't get enough of it, and she has to ask endless questions about every little thing.

Master Shen was even more unwilling to give in. Every time Mu Xingqiu finished talking about Bald Man, he had to say something about Shen Hao. When he heard that his son had become a magic general of the Demon Slayer Association, Master Shen burst into tears. In fact, he didn't understand Demon Slayer at all. What does it mean to be a general? I only know that my son is still alive and well.

"I also met Shen Hao's brother, on the island over there..."

Master Shen laughed loudly, "Haha, the Shen family is still there! Haha, the Shen family is still there! Xiaoqiu, thanks to you for robbing the bride, it was a good job. If it weren't for you, Er Shuan wouldn't have escaped. Not even a magic general. Haha, good job. Where are you, Fangfang?"

Mu Xingqiu shook his head, unable to make up a story about this matter, and hurriedly said: "I will take everyone to the opposite land first, and then take the others there."

"What to do with the people in the cave?" Bald Man's mother asked.

"They are hopeless. Didn't the official say that the fire on the island is getting weaker and weaker, and it is getting harder and harder to suppress the demon species. Mr. Shen is in a good mood, and he talks about the tragedy with great joy.

Mu Xingqiu gathered more than a hundred demon slaves together and then cast a spell to fly them across the strait together.

Seeing the sea water surging under their feet, the demon slaves were amazed and frightened. They all held each other together and got as close to Mu Xingqiu as possible. Especially the dozen or so people from Yelin Town reached out to grab Mu Xingqiu's hands. Arms, clothes, staring at him endlessly.

"Do all Taoist priests have this kind of ability? Does Er Shuan know it?" Mr. Shen was not familiar with his son's first name, so he kept calling him by his nickname.

"Where's the bald man? He has been naughty since he was a child and doesn't like reading. Can he keep up as a Taoist priest?" The bald man's mother talked about her son's shortcomings, but she was full of expectations.

"This is a simple spell. They both know it." Mu Xingqiu no longer thinks about how to cover his lies after leaving Zhibu State. These people have suffered for more than ten years and are entitled to enjoy a little happiness, even if it is short-lived. .

As a result, none of the ten young men from Yelin Town died. They all successfully became Pangshan Taoist priests and each of them established a career. When talking about Daliang’s current wealth, the people in Yelin Town let out a cry of envy and admiration. The town was originally It's not big, almost every family is related to each other, so everyone's achievements are everyone's pride.

Even those demon slaves who didn't know Daliang had their eyes lit up. Most of them were human beings, with only a few demon clans. They particularly missed the secular life and were more interested in Daliang's family history than the Taoist priests.

"It's a pity that Daliang's father..." Mr. Shen laughed several times, "Yelin Town is really a place of outstanding people. The Shenmu family has become prosperous, haha, good."

When they reached the other side, Mu Xingqiu placed the demon slaves on a high ground, keeping a distance from the palace, and then cast a layer of illusion to tell them not to leave. He could still feel the gaze on his back even after he flew far away.

He must first meet up with Mr. Yishi, then pick up the demon slaves and people on the island, and finally rescue the top-fire demon slaves in the cave. There are also people from Yelin Town there. He must not tell Daliang one day that he There was a chance to rescue Daliang's father, but he gave up due to various reasons.

The illusion of Zhibo State collapsed completely. The illusion was not pure nothingness. Ministers, soldiers, family members, houses, flowers, trees, etc. all had prototypes, either rough statues, a stick, a stone, or even some real ones. Humans and monsters live in an illusion and are part of the illusion. When the illusion decays, they also turn into wood and stone. When the illusion completely disappears, they do not wake up.

Mr. Yishi transformed into the form of an old man and stood next to the demon statue. Under his feet were scattered ice mirror fragments. He was looking at the ocean in the south. The waves were still rushing towards the shore. The scale was not very large, but it was In sharp contrast to the calmness of the northern ocean.

"We are trapped here and can never get out." Mr. Yishi said without looking back.

Mu Xingqiu fell to the ground, "Have you tried it?"

"From the time I became a demon of souls to now, it has only been more than 2,100 years, less than 3,000 years." Mr. Yishi answered the question incorrectly.

Mu Xingqiu glanced at the remote peninsula to the west and found that there was no obvious abnormality there, so he asked, "What did you find out in your investigation?"

However, Mr. Yishi seemed not to have heard anything and only talked about his past, "Everything started from a piece of dragon meat. Unfortunately, there are no thrills or twists and turns here. I was able to eat this piece of meat only by chance. I still don’t understand how that piece of dragon meat has survived to this day. It is dragon meat, and after eating so much meat, I am very sure of it.”

Mu Xingqiu's Third Eye pierced the waves of the South China Sea and passed through the powerful restriction. For a moment, he felt that he saw the narrow island on the edge of the restriction, and even saw the figure of Yang Qingyin, but the picture only lasted for a moment. , the waves on the sea suddenly rose, like a row of slowly rising giants, and then took great strides to rush towards the coast.

"Dragon meat gave me the ability to swallow souls and identify the marks of my ancestors. Ah, for a whole thousand years, I happily ate meat and swallowed souls, collecting countless memories. Memory is my pasture, and I should keep eating it. I don’t want to participate in any fights, and I don’t care about any right or wrong. But I am too curious, and the unknown always attracts me. The Taoism is too strict, so I don’t dare to get close, so I approach Zhibu Bang step by step.”

Mu Xingqiu once again looked at the remote island to the west and found a group of islanders coming in a few flat-bottomed boats. The sea there was extremely calm and no help was needed. The boats were real and did not disappear with the illusion. .

"Here, I spied on the secret of the ancient gods, and now I have an additional task. However, this task requires a powerful Taoist priest. I dare not provoke the Taoists, so I have to do other small things first to spread the ancient gods' religion. , collect demon weapons and monsters, and cultivate more great demons..."

Mr. Yishi held up the charred tree root in his hand, looked at it and sighed deeply, "It took more than a thousand years, and just when I was about to succeed, I realized that my mission was actually part of the illusion."

"Huh?" Mu Xingqiu finally became interested after hearing this.

Lord Yishi handed the charred tree root to Mu Xingqiu, "Look, this is the Fire Tree King. It is also the source of power for the three ancestors of Taoism, and it is also the most important magical weapon in Zhiyu Bang's illusion. He told me that within ten years, the god The tree will be completely burned, and you, Mu Xingqiu, will be the last person to add wood to the fire."

"Don't you want me to put out the fire?" Mu Xingqiu held up the black bark in his hand. The twigs on it had grown to five or six inches long and had produced the third and fourth leaves.

"The end is the beginning, and extinguishing the fire is the starting of the fire." Mr. Yishi sneered, "How could a sacred tree ask a demon for help? Haha, I am so arrogant. You were right at the beginning, there is no god at all. , the tree only provides power, and the different uses of power differentiate the demons and Taoism, but the tree can also take back power, which makes the Tao demons nervous. "

"More than 130,000 years ago, during the decisive battle between the Taoist demons, the tree withdrew the seeds of the demons. Seeing this, the third Taoist ancestor must have been deeply frightened. He was afraid that one day the Taoist fire would also be withdrawn, so he tried to burn the sacred tree to death. The Taoist fire on the island has blessed a lot of spells, but after burning for hundreds of thousands of years, the sacred tree still survives, and the Taoists have to ask the demon species for help. "

"Ask the devil for help?" Mu Xingqiu was confused.

Mr. Yishi pointed to the tall demon statue next to him, "I have read the information inside. It is no accident that a large number of demon priests appeared in Wangshan. In order to communicate with the demon species, the founder Fang Xunmo had to temporarily release the demon-suppressing bell, causing the demons to The seeds gushed out and attacked many Taoist priests."

The demon clan had spent tens of thousands of years trying to destroy the sacred tree. Just when they came up with a solution but had not yet implemented it, the Dao Demon War broke out. Mu Xingqiu read this record in the black bark, "Fang Xun Mo succeeded?"

"Of course, the demon species hates the sacred tree even more than Dao Tong, and both Taoist and demon species want to have a real decisive battle without being affected by the sacred tree, relying only on their own strength, so Dao Tong retreats to give the demon species time to rebuild his body. In exchange for the help of the demon species - this demon statue."

"What's hidden inside the golem?"

"A complete demon seed, coupled with the tree-destroying method that has been injected into it, is not enough. A Taoist priest must activate the magic to rekindle the Tao fire that is tens of millions of times more powerful. Within ten years, It can destroy the sacred tree. Haha, there is a reason why the demon clan did not kill the third ancestor of Dao Tong. They had discovered the use of Dao Fire long ago, but they did not expect that it would take hundreds of thousands of years to use it. "

"I don't want to put out the fire, nor do I want to start the fire. I just want to get everyone out of the stop state."

"Did you know? The person who entered Zhibu State should have been the Taoist priest Zuo Liuying, not you." Mr. Yishi sighed again, "I really can't see through him. Zuo Liuying knows nothing about it. Did he give up his position to you by mistake, or did he have a premeditated plan to push you here step by step? "

Mu Xingqiu had long stopped guessing Zuo Liuying's thoughts, but at this moment he thought about what Zuo Liuying had specifically said, "At a certain point, the orthodoxy will try its best to stop you, which proves that the direction you are taking may be It’s correct. If it’s smooth, you should reflect on it.”

So far, except for the stronger waves, Mu Xingqiu has not felt any direct resistance from the orthodoxy.

"Why do I have to follow the plan of Taoism and the demon clan?" Mu Xingqiu looked towards the seaside pier. The first batch of demon slaves crossing the sea by boat had landed. They also saw Mu Xingqiu at the top. She waved to him with great joy.

"You have no other choice." Mr. Yishi can no longer see hope, "If you follow the path of destroying the tree, you can have ten years of illusion. If you go against this path - no, there is no other way. "