The Counterattack of the Villains

After lunch, Li Xiaoyao asked Li Mu about the demon hunting disk, which was Xu Changqing's compass in the original plot.

This thing is a good auxiliary magic weapon, with certain offensive and defensive functions, but its greatest use is to sense abnormal auras such as monsters, devils, and yin.

Whenever monsters and ghosts pass by, they will leave their own scent in the air, and if they stay in a certain place for a long time, the scent will be particularly strong.

Within a certain range, when the demon-seeking plate senses an abnormal aura, the pointer will point in the direction, eventually pointing to the place where the aura is strongest.

Originally, there was a nest of vixens near Anning Village, but Wan Yuzhi joined the Diancang Sect back then. After becoming successful in his practice, he naturally had to take care of the little sisters of the same clan.

All the vixens in the nest have been taken to Diancang Mountain, worshiped by the Diancang sect, belong to the Nuyuan lineage, and are directly governed by Nu Chan and others, so there are no vixens in Anning Village now.

With the help of Li Mu Shushan's secret method, Long Kui's Yin Qi was wrapped and covered by a layer of Yang Qi, which would not escape and interfere with the demon-hunting disk.

Although Hua Ying belongs to the monster beast, she exudes fairy spirit rather than demon spirit, and she will not be captured by the monster seeking plate either.

Li Xiaoyao took the monster hunting tray, took Sedum, Tang Xuejian, and Long Kui around the village. They didn't find anything unusual, so they temporarily returned to the inn to rest.

If the murderer really harms people for practicing evil, he will never give up easily. He will definitely come out to commit crimes again, and then he can be caught.

Li Mu saw that Jingtian had nothing to do for the time being, so he called him to the woods outside the village and taught him Shushan sword techniques and sword control skills.

Today's Jingtian is almost the same as Li Mu, in terms of qualifications and understanding, he is inferior.

Because he not only has Fei Peng's qualifications, but also has Long Yang's understanding and experience bonus, he can master a set of Shushan Sword Techniques in less than two hours.

Sword control requires more cultivation. Although Jingtian can learn it now, he cannot use it freely because of insufficient cultivation.

It is not easy to control a sword in the air, let alone transforming the shadow of a sword to attack the enemy. To use special skills such as Ten Thousand Sword Art and Heavenly Sword, you need to accumulate at least two or three months.

In the afternoon, after dinner, Jingtian and Li Xiaoyao each went back to their rooms and practiced for an hour to regain enough energy to prepare for the night.

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"The shopkeeper's."

"Hey, Mr. Liu is here!"

"Is my room ready?"

"Of course, this is the wing room that Mr. Liu is used to living in. According to Mr. Liu's preference, I have put on new silk pillows and quilts so that Mr. Liu can sleep comfortably."

Just as night fell, a guest came to the inn. This person was obviously a regular customer of the Anning Inn. No matter how afraid of taking responsibility, the shopkeeper did not dare to refuse his stay.

After hearing what the shopkeeper said, Mr. Liu smiled with satisfaction, took out a piece of silver from his baggage, and handed it to the shopkeeper.

"Oh, thank you, Mr. Liu."

Mr. Liu said: "Bring me a pot of wine and some side dishes."

"Okay, Mr. Liu, please sit down for a moment. The food and wine will be here soon."

The shopkeeper was about to go to the back kitchen to ask the cook to cook. Suddenly he seemed to remember something and said to Master Liu: "By the way, Master Liu, could you please catch up with Mrs. Gao first?"

Mr. Liu's expression suddenly changed, and he lowered his voice and said, "Is Mrs. Gao here?"

The shopkeeper said: "Yes, I came before You hour, and I have been waiting until now!"

Mr. Liu smiled awkwardly and said, "What about that? I'm in a hurry to go home, so I won't eat and say goodbye."

"Well...then you go away!" The shopkeeper cursed in his heart, ungrateful people will die a good death sooner or later.

"Brother Liu." Mr. Liu was about to turn around and leave the store when a rather pretty young woman suddenly appeared from the inside of the lobby.

Seeing this woman, a look of embarrassment appeared on Mr. Liu's face, he laughed sarcastically, cupped his hands and said, "Mrs. Gao, you're fine!"

Mrs. Gao smiled reluctantly and said secretly: "Brother Liu must have heard that my husband-in-law was seriously ill not long ago, right?"

Mr. Liu pretended to be surprised and said: "Really?"

Mrs. Gao stared at Mr. Liu and said, "Brother Liu, you and my husband are good friends who are brothers, right?"

Mr. Liu said without hesitation: "Yes, Brother Gao is indeed very loyal!"

Mrs. Gao said: "When Brother Liu was down and out, it was my husband-in-law who sold his property and lent you money to do business. If it weren't for my husband-in-law, Brother Liu wouldn't be here today."

There was a flash of impatience in Mr. Liu's eyes, but he said, "Brother Gao's kindness, Mr. Liu will bear it in his heart."

Mrs. Gao said sadly: "In order to treat my husband, my family has been destitute for a long time. I..."

"Hey, you don't want to borrow money, do you?" Before Mrs. Gao could finish speaking, Mr. Liu interrupted her, "I really have no money, Mrs. Gao, I'm just doing a small business, it's not profitable!"

"Besides, I've lost a lot of money recently and I really can't borrow it. Please think of other ways!"

The room where Li Mu and his party lived was right across from the lobby. As the conversation between the two continued, Li Mu's attention was finally caught.

The lady Gao mentioned by the shopkeeper is the wife of Gao Yong, a wealthy man in the village.

Mrs. Gao in the original plot was Wan Yuzhi. Although Wan Yuzhi is no longer here, Gao Yong still wants to marry a wife.

In the original plot, Gao Yong's poisoning on the mountain had nothing to do with Wan Yuzhi or anyone else, but was his own business.

Therefore, even if the person beside him changes, his own fate will not change much. He will still be poisoned if he should be poisoned.

However, in the original plot, when Wan Yuzhi ran out of money to buy medicine, he was still able to use his own cultivation to kill Gao Yong.

Today, Mrs. Gao is just an ordinary person. If she does not take the medicine, Gao Yong may die at any time.

So seeing Master Liu resisting, Mrs. Gao bent her legs and knelt down, pleading: "Brother Liu, please save my husband-in-law. He is in danger. I have no money to buy him medicine."

"If you still miss some kindness from the past, please save him."

In the room opposite, Jingtian and Li Xiaoyao, who were originally planning how to find the murderer, couldn't help but turn their attention after hearing this conversation.

Mr. Liu frowned and said awkwardly: "I also want to help you, but I really have no money and I am also very poor."

"Otherwise, if you tell me when he dies, as his brother, I will definitely go to worship him, ah!"

"It's getting late. I won't disturb you anymore. I'm leaving."

After saying that, he quickly walked out of the inn as if running away and left straight away.

Mrs. Gao seemed to have lost her last life-saving straw. She collapsed on the ground and sobbed softly in despair.

Over there, Tang Xuejian said angrily: "This wolf-hearted guy can even say such words. No, I can't bear it. I'm going to beat him up."

Jingtian grabbed her and said, "No, what's the use of beating him up?"

Tang Xue said angrily: "Then what do you think we should do?"

Jingtian rolled his eyes, looked at Li Xiaoyao, and said with a smile: "Xiaoyao, don't you know how to use the Flying Dragon Cloud Detector?"

"How about we steal all the treasures from him and split it 50-50 with Mrs. Gao."

Seeing the atmosphere, Tang Xue glared at Jingtian and shouted: "Are you a human? That is someone else's life-saving money, and you still want to share half of it?"

Jingtian said in dismay: "At worst, I'll give her an extra portion!"

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Li Mu waved his hand to stop the young couple's daily bickering and said: "No matter what you plan to do, shouldn't you follow up first? If you keep saying this, everyone will disappear."

Several people in the room looked at Li Mu in astonishment. Jingtian was a little dumbfounded and said, "No way? I was just joking. Are you going to take it seriously, Lao Li?"

"Ha..." Li Mu laughed, looked at Li Xiaoyao and said, "Why not? Xiaoyao, how did you get your flying dragon cloud-detecting hand? Have you forgotten what your ancestors did?"

Li Xiaoyao said excitedly: "Come on, our ancestors were originally thieves, and my father was the famous southern thieves. This is our family's specialty."

Tang Xuejian said blankly: "Nan Rogue, how come I haven't heard of him?"

Jingtian silently poked her forehead and complained: "You are stupid, Xiaoyao's father hasn't even been born yet! That Southern Rogue must have happened twenty or thirty years later."

"Uh...I forgot." Tang Xuejian scratched her head in embarrassment.

Li Xiaoyao said eagerly: "Then Grandpa Jingtian, are we going to walk now?"

Jingtian stood up suddenly and said: "Let's go, by the way, do you want to cover your face?"

Li Xiaoyao said dumbfounded: "Why do we need to wear a mask? We are thieves, not bandits. Robbery is the least technical thing, so we have to use 'stealing'!"

"This guy always has to sleep, when we get there...hehe."

"I'll go too, I'll go too." How could Tang Xuejian not get involved in such an interesting thing?

Sedum is just half-assed now, so Solanum naturally has to keep up, so that he can help when he needs a sword.

Only Li Mu and Xu Maoshan, who was already fast asleep, were left in the inn.

When several people went out, Li Mu reminded: "Xiaoyao, don't forget the business."

Li Xiaoyao raised the demon-seeking disk in the palm of his hand and said: "Don't worry, Master, we won't delay the business."

Li Mu nodded with satisfaction, and after a few people left, he got up and walked towards the lobby.

At this time, Mrs. Gao was sitting at the table in the lobby sobbing, and the shopkeeper was comforting her.

He could only provide verbal comfort, because all the funds he could use had been lent to Mrs. Gao.

"Mrs. Gao, the road is boundless. The wolf-hearted man named Liu will be punished sooner or later. I will help you run around tomorrow to see if I can help you borrow some more money."

"If it doesn't work out, I'll sell the inn. If it weren't for Brother Gao, I wouldn't be able to open this inn. Now it's me who repays Brother Gao's kindness."

As soon as he finished speaking, a clear voice suddenly sounded outside the door, "Shopkeeper Gao Yi, after all, there are some righteous people in this world."

The two of them turned to look at Li Mu who walked into the lobby, and the shopkeeper's eyes suddenly lit up.

He remembered that the two young heroes who were with this person before said that they were monks who knew how to subdue demons. Maybe they could help Gao Yong's illness!

Thinking of this, the shopkeeper clasped his fists at Li Mu and said, "Sir, I heard Mr. Li say that you are all cultivators. Do you know how to treat illnesses?"

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After hearing this, Mrs. Gao couldn't help but stop sobbing and looked up at Li Mu expectantly.

Li Mu smiled and nodded: "I know a little bit about Mrs. Gao's husband's symptoms."

Mrs. Gao shook her head sadly and said: "My husband is just drowsy and unconscious. His vitality is constantly passing away. He has no other symptoms."

"Not even the most famous doctor around here can figure out what kind of disease my husband has."

"Now I just rely on some expensive drugs to hang on to my life. I hope the doctors can find out the cause."

Li Mu pondered for a while and said: "If the cause of the disease cannot be found at all, and there have been many strange things happening in the village recently, then Brother Gao is probably not sick."

"How about this? I'll go see Brother Gao first. Maybe I can tell something. As long as the cause of the disease is found, we can have targeted treatment."

"Of course, the next man, it is not convenient to enter the house alone in the middle of the night. In order not to damage Mrs. Gao's reputation, I would like to ask the shopkeeper to come with me."

The shopkeeper was very happy when he heard this and said: "Sir, you are really a gentleman. No problem. I will go with you if you are young."

Mrs. Gao also bowed gratefully and said: "Thank you sir for your generous help."

"You're welcome, let's go!"

After all, he had abducted his capable daughter-in-law, and saving his life could be regarded as repaying his karma, so Li Mu took the initiative to save Gao Yong's life.

Moreover, although this Mrs. Gao did not have Wan Yuzhi's ability, she could still persist in this situation and run around asking for help to save her husband's life. She was considered a woman who valued love and justice.

Even if such a person does not have the karma, Li Mu will not hesitate to help her to prevent her from becoming a widow at a young age.

Not long after, Li Muhe, the shopkeeper, followed Mrs. Gao to the rather elegant Gao Mansion, and saw Gao Yong in the bedroom, whose life was hanging by a thread.

Mrs. Gao and the shopkeeper watched Li Mu sit on the edge of the bed, raised his palms and hung them over Gao Yong's body, and his palms actually glowed with golden light.

Looking at this magical scene, the two of them couldn't help but feel hopeful in their hearts, staring intently at Li Mu's hand.

I saw Li Mu starting from Gao Yong's head, letting the golden light sweep across his body, then Li Mu retracted his palm and nodded slowly.

Upon seeing this, Mrs. Gao said a little excitedly: "Sir, can you find out the cause of my husband's illness?"

Li Mu nodded and said: "Brother Gao is not sick, but poisoned. And it is not an ordinary poison, but water spirit poison."

"The five spirits are mutually reinforcing and restraining each other, and earth restrains water. Therefore, the poison of the water spirit cannot be resolved except by the energy of the earth spirit."

The shopkeeper quickly asked: "May I ask sir, do you know where I can find the earth spirit energy?"

Li Mu smiled at Mrs. Gao and said, "Consider you lucky."

After speaking, he spread his hands, and an earthy-yellow bead appeared out of thin air in his palm. The bead was still emitting a hazy yellow light, and there was an earthy-yellow gas flowing densely around it.

"This is the spirit of earth."

Mrs. Gao was so happy that she knelt down on the ground with a pop and said, "Please sir, please save my husband. My husband and I will always feel great virtue."

Li Mu raised his left hand, and a gentle magic power lifted her up. He said warmly: "Mrs. Gao doesn't have to be like this. Since I have the ability to save her, I won't leave her alone."

Mrs. Gao said gratefully: "Thank you sir."

Li Mu stood up and turned to face Gao Yong who was on the bed. The earth spirit bead flew up gently and floated above his body.

A magic spell was played, and the earth spirit pearl's yellow light shone brightly, wrapping Gao Yong in it.

Gao Yong's originally deathly gray face quickly turned rosy, his weak breathing became longer, and the rise and fall of his chest became larger.

Seeing her husband visibly getting better, Mrs. Gao cried with joy, and the shopkeeper was also very happy for them.

After a while, Li Mu took back the Earth Spirit Bead and was about to say something to Mrs. Gao when his expression suddenly changed.

He spoke very quickly: "Mrs. Gao, Brother Gao will wake up in a moment. There is something going on with my companions. I have to rush over as soon as possible."

"If nothing else, the murderer who caused the villagers to die for no reason will be arrested tonight. Shopkeeper, please take care of this."

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Sir, don't worry, I will take good care of Brother Gao. Go and support the two young heroes!"

Li Mu nodded and turned into a bolt of lightning, which shot out from the house and flew into the night sky.

…

But it was said that after Jingtian and the others left the inn, they followed Mr. Liu seven or eight feet away furtively, using the shadows on the street to hide their figures, and soon followed them all the way out of the village.

"No way. Does this guy want to travel all night? Isn't he afraid of wild beasts and monsters?"

Hiding behind the archway at the entrance of the village, Jingtian complained softly.

Originally, he thought that this guy wanted to stay in another inn, but he didn't expect that he actually wanted to go home directly.

Li Xiaoyao said: "For an iron rooster, asking for his money is more terrifying than facing beasts and monsters."

Tang Xuejian said depressedly: "Then what should we do? Should we follow him home and then do anything? Who knows how far away his home is."

Jingtian said hesitantly: "How about... beat him?"

Li Xiaoyao thought for a while and said: "No need, we only steal money and don't hurt anyone. This is the principle."

"Since he dares to travel all night, his home must be not far from here. He can withstand it as an ordinary person. Are we not as good as him?"

The few people suddenly understood and stopped talking. Seeing that Mr. Liu had reached the corner, they quickly followed him with their waists bowed.

Suddenly, Li Xiaoyao's expression tightened, he stopped and said in a deep voice: "Stop."

This was a bit sudden, and Jingtian stopped in time, but Tang Xuejian behind him didn't react, and someone bumped into his butt, causing him to stagger.

Jingtian turned back angrily and shouted in a low voice: "Hey, do you know how to follow? When following, you have to change the rhythm, sometimes faster and sometimes slower, so that you won't be discovered!"

Tang Xuejian rolled his eyes and retorted: "It sounds like you have followed someone, so stop talking nonsense."

After speaking, he asked Li Xiaoyao: "Did Xiaoyao discover anything?"

"Look." Li Xiaoyao raised the demon-seeking disk in his hand. Everyone looked at it intently, only to see that the pointer on the demon-seeking disk was pointing to the front and left.

And the pointer is slowly turning to the right, which means that there are monsters and monsters in front of the left side, moving sideways.

Long Kui suddenly said weakly: "Brother, Xiaoyao, why do I feel that the thing in front is going for Mr. Liu?"

Jingtian and Li Xiaoyao's expressions changed drastically, and they said in unison: "No, follow me quickly."

The four of them spread out their body skills and rushed forward faster.

Li Xiaoyao stared at the compass in his hand. As they continued to move forward, the pointer began to shake slightly.

After a few breaths, they turned a corner and the four of them immediately saw that Mr. Liu was kneeling on the ground, with a strong figure pressing his palm on Mr. Liu's head.