Talk about the world of mortals in detail

Taoist Xue received a warm welcome from the farmer's family.

A large group of people had been discussing since dinner, and Xue Daoren also took the opportunity to learn more about the situation.

The Zhang family mostly heard about it through hearsay, but after the meal, the old man from the Zhang family went to the village again, and then an equally old village chief and three young men followed him.

After dinner, an oil lamp was lit in the main room of the Zhang family. Footsteps could be heard outside. The Zhang family's daughter-in-law went to open the door. Outside was her father-in-law and others who had returned.

"Dad, uncle!" "Yeah!"

The people outside responded, then entered the house together and closed the door again.

The visitor first saw the Taoist sitting next to the man from the Zhang family who was getting up in the room. The two parties exchanged greetings without talking nonsense and quickly got to the point.

After discussing for more than a quarter of an hour, the general situation was actually very clear, and the next step was to actually see it in the evening.

There are quite a few people who are going to spend the night at Zhang's house tonight.

The beds in the two rooms have been set up as a bunk bed, with more than a dozen children sleeping sideways in them. The old woman and daughter-in-law of the Zhang family are also watching over them in the room.

Many people, including Zhang family men and Xue Daoren, slept outside the house.

Using wooden boards, door panels, benches and other items borrowed from the village, some beds were set up outside the house, and people could sleep on them with straw mats.

There are several such simple beds in Zhangjiayuan, and there are also several places behind the house where there is no fence.

Counting Taoist Xue, there were nine adults guarding the house today. It was also because so many children sleepwalked the day before yesterday that frightened the Zhang family, so people from the village came to help with the vigil since yesterday.

In the current weather, sleeping outside the house will not feel cold at all, but will be very cool. It will be cooler in the second half of the night, so just cover yourself with clothes.

At three o'clock in the morning, the lights in the room went out. Zhang's daughter-in-law opened the door and came out, lowering her voice and saying something.

“The children are all asleep”

"Well, you should go and rest too, we are here!"

"well!"

The woman responded, entered the house, closed the door, and checked the doors and windows inside to make sure they were locked.

Some of the men in the courtyard were lying on straw mats, some were sitting on them, some were wearing Duan Gua, and some were simply shirtless. It was obvious that they were not sleepy yet, and they were chatting about one thing or another.

The calamus mosquito-repellent incense mixed with medicine was lit, making the courtyard and the back of the house a little smoky. From time to time there was a "pop~" sound of swatting mosquitoes while chatting.

"Dad, do you think this Taoist priest is reliable?"

"You have to try it."

The Zhang family had not had a good night's sleep in the past two days, so they looked extremely tired. The father and son were sitting on a straw mat on the door panel, and Taoist Xue passed by them.

"Taoist Priest, please lie down and sleep for a while. If something happens, we will wake you up!"

When the old man from the Zhang family said this, Daoren Xue looked at the bed board that was left alone for him.

"No need, you should have a good rest first, poor people will go to their own place!"

After saying that, Taoist Xue turned his head and looked up, then jumped lightly, like a big bird spreading its wings in the night sky, rising from the ground with a faint sound of wind, and then landed on the roof of the Zhang family's main room. , and then sat down cross-legged.

Of course the Xiangdi house was not very high, but this scene was just like when Mai Lingfei showed his hand in Xihe Village, shocking everyone in front of and behind the house.

All of a sudden, people felt a lot more at ease, it was obvious that he was capable!

At Hai hour, almost everyone inside and outside the house was asleep. Only one or two of the night watchmen still had their eyes open, but they couldn't say how awake they were. They were basically in a daze.

Old man Zhang lay on the straw mat and rubbed his eyes to make himself more awake. He looked at the roof. The Taoist was sitting cross-legged there. It was hard to tell whether his eyes were open or closed, but his body was very upright.

Before he knew it, Old Man Zhang had fallen asleep.

"Wake up now - sleepwalking -"

A scream woke up Old Man Zhang. When he opened his eyes, someone was already rushing to the courtyard door, and someone was shouting from behind the house.

At least seven or eight of the dozen or so children left the house at this time. Some opened the door and ran out, while others got out of the windows at the back and side of the house. Obviously the locked doors and windows could not stop them.

And even though their eyes were closed, the children ran very fast one by one.

"Quick, stop them—"

The men sleeping outside all woke up and tried to stop them, but the children moved very quickly, as if they were playing when they were awake.

Some people pounced but missed, while others could only catch one.

Old man Zhang hugged his grandson and held on to a child, but three more people ran past him.

"Hurry-quickly catch-"

The two women inside the house seemed unable to stop them, while the men outside the house hurriedly stopped less than ten people.

At this time, Taoren Xue, who had been observing for a while, took action. He suddenly jumped from the roof and reached the back of the house first.

In the eyes of the three men who subconsciously raised their heads, the Taoist fell in front of a few children who ran out under the moonlight. With a flick of his sleeves, a whisk appeared and swept directly on one of the children.

"Woo~ bang~"

The child flew out directly and fell to the ground behind the house like a leaf in the air.

"Woo~Pah~" "Pah~"

Two more children flew back. Xue Daoren moved his body and mind and returned to the back of the house faster. He held the two children in the air with both hands and gently placed them on the ground.

Then the whisk moved a few more times, sweeping over the children held by the three men, and the few children who were still moving around calmed down.

Before the three men, who opened their mouths slightly, had time to speak, Daoren Xue had already leapt into the air and walked to the front yard.

The whisks were swept out one after another, and the children who ran out flew back to the ground one by one, and the children who were controlled also became quiet one by one.

In just a few breaths, calm had returned to the inside and outside of the courtyard, and the two women in the fog had already gone out.

Everyone in the front yard stared blankly at Daoren Xue. The old village chief was the first to react and shouted quickly.

"What about the back?"

"It's okay - the Taoist master just subdued them in a few strokes -"

The sound that came made everyone feel relieved, and then they became excited again.

"Taoist Master, you are really talented!" "Taoist Master, you are so awesome!"

"Taoist Master."

Xue Taoren raised his hand to stop the meaningless compliments, and instead looked seriously at the children beside him who were temporarily placed on the mat outside the house. They were still asleep at this moment, as if what just happened had nothing to do with them.

"The poor Taoist didn't take action immediately, but he tried his best but couldn't feel where the person who did it was. He must be extremely far away. The level of the caster has reached a level beyond ordinary people's understanding."

Taoist Xue's words still have some reservations. No matter how powerful a warlock is, he must follow some necessary conditions when casting spells.

But tonight, Taoist Xue couldn't notice where anyone was, and before nightfall, he carefully checked the condition of each child, and they were not tampered with. It was possible to achieve this by just relying on a person's birth date, and A dozen people?

No, it’s not just a dozen people. I heard from Old Man Zhang that there are at least several surrounding counties, and it may even be larger.

Seeing the Taoist looking thoughtful and silent for a long time, the old village chief finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"Taoist Priest, do you have any ideas? If we come here every night from now on, no one will be able to bear it!"

"Let me think about it. We'll talk about it during the day tomorrow. Everyone, please rest first. You should be fine tonight."

People around looked at each other.

"Okay, come on, let's take the children back to the house first."

Everyone worked hard for a while and then sent the children into the house, and then after a while of tossing around inside and outside the house, they gradually fell asleep. Although the Taoist priest said that they would be fine tonight, they did not dare to neglect and continued to sleep as before.

Taoist Xue also went back to the roof to close his eyes and meditate.

The other party should be in collusion with the imperial court, and his moral practice is already terrifying. Although I have not slacked off in these years, I am afraid it will be difficult to compete. But now I have to think about how to break the law, even if it is partial. If Master Yu Just be here

After thinking about it, Taoist Xue seemed to have gradually entered a state of tranquility, or even seemed to be in a dream.

Taoist Xue felt as if his consciousness flew out of his body and came to a nearby county town, where he saw many children arriving at a temple.

There is a hall in the backyard of this temple. There is a small clay sculpture in it. It is dressed in a black robe and has a human body and a dragon head. It looks half solemn and half scary. There are dozens of children worshiping here, and there are still people waiting outside the hall. With many.

After this group of children has finished praying, the next group will follow.

At a certain moment, when a child was worshiping, the sandalwood on the incense burner of the statue became brighter. Immediately, people waiting nearby came forward to search, and after several eliminations, one person was pulled out.

About half an hour later, many children left. They left the temple one by one with their eyes closed and ran back along the way they came.

Xue Daoren's consciousness returned to the temple and saw that the child who had just been pulled out could not go back and was stopped in the temple.

Seeing that the child was being held back, Taoist Xue became a little impatient subconsciously, and his consciousness rushed to the temple. At this moment, he gradually gained a body from his pure consciousness.

But it was also at this moment that the dragon head clay sculpture in the temple seemed to open its eyes. An extremely terrifying pressure suddenly formed, and Taoist Xue suddenly fell into a feeling of drowning and suffocation.

At this painful moment, Daoren Xue suddenly felt a strong pulling force coming from behind.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa."

The sound of water seemed to ring in his ears, and Xue Daoren's consciousness suddenly returned to the air outside, but the feeling of palpitations and fear was still with him.

“So that’s how it is”

A voice came from the side. Xue Daoren turned his head to look, only to find that there was another person in the air.

The person next to me has long hair shawl and is wearing a loose green robe. There is a red mark on his forehead, and there is a faint flash of light. He looks familiar. It must have been him who pulled me just now.

Suddenly, Taoist Xue's heart skipped a beat. Isn't this none other than the Great God Yunlai, one of the great masters of subduing demons?

Over the years, even the Northern Territory has begun to have temples of the True Lord or the Temple of Fumo, or there are statues of accompanying gods in some large temples, but they are not so common.

"Are you the Supreme Lord Yunlai of Heaven?"

Yunlai glanced at Taoren Xue, who was somewhat excited.

"Xue Yuan, as entrusted by Mr. Yu, I'm going to teach you some magic to temporarily relieve the immediate emergency. I'm afraid the matter here is not trivial. If you want to find the root cause, you need to proceed with caution."

Accompanying the god's voice was the other person's finger pointing at Xue Daoren's forehead.——

Before dawn, roosters crow in the village.

"Oh oh oh——"

Xue Daoren opened his eyes and looked around subconsciously. He was still sitting on the roof of Zhang's house. Everything before seemed to be a dream and a magic in the realm of martial arts.

But both the painful feeling and the subsequent changes are extremely real!