After nightfall, Wuxi County was silent, with only occasional whispers in the distance that made people feel angry. It looked exactly the same as the night when Wang Wuwei disappeared, and it was no different.

Xiao Xia, Mingyue, and Shifang are now standing at a sewer entrance on the edge of the city. There is also the dilapidated house named Wang.

"...This Wuxi County is not big, but the sewer is quite imposing." Looking at the entrance of the cave that could enter a carriage below, Xiao Xia couldn't help but nod and admire. Although some sewage and stench were flowing out from it and there were weeds around it, it can also be seen that the entrance of the cave was reinforced with bluestone, which was clearly constructed very seriously, at least it took more effort than many of the houses in the city.

"Because the Jingnan land is surrounded by the sea, the rain is abundant, and occasionally the heavy rain caused by typhoons, the construction of this canal is much more important than the city wall house. Moreover, the south is humid and hot. If the sewage and garbage in the place where people gather cannot be removed in time, a little accumulation will cause plague and miasma. Speaking of which, if it were not for the original Master Zhang Tian who led the sects to help build the city and dig canals, this Jingnan land would never have become a place for human settlements. It is precisely with such great merit that the people who have been worshipped and worshipped by Longhu Mountain for hundreds of years is worthy of it."

Although Shifang still looks like he is messy, he finally found the feeling of speaking normally in the past few days and no longer seemed so stupid. He obviously had done his homework for the situation in Jingnan.

"This brother Shi said it's right. Wuxi City was also one of the cities built by the Master Tian. The underground canals are naturally extraordinary. No matter how heavy the rain is, there will be no water in the city." The king's surnamed Wang couldn't help but look at the Shifang a few more times, as if he was a little puzzled that this young man with a bad appearance was so extraordinary.

"In other words... it is indeed easy to hide here." Looking at the wide and deep entrance, Xiao Xia nodded thoughtfully. In the past two days, the king's house was buried in the king and took them to search for the inexplicable missing people. Although he could not find any clues on the surface, he found that there were such a wide entrance to the gutter and canal near the people who were missing. Other smaller entrances were not counted, there were only a dozen of these main entrances that could run into the carriage, not many. The missing people were all near the entrance to the canal, and it was easy to draw this conclusion if you thought about it carefully.

The dilapidated house nodded: "...This is true. I heard that some places where the canals meet inside are very spacious. If it weren't for some poisonous insects, snakes and rats, and the rainwater gathered during heavy rain, it would be fine if a hundred people lived in it. If there were really monsters or demons in the Demon Sect, it would be possible to lurk in it."

"Okay, since that's the case, let's go in and find out what happened." Xiao Xia clapped his hands. "I want to see what demon sect is doing the trick inside."

"Will this... take too much risk? What if you really encounter some monsters?" The layman named Wang was hesitant and embarrassed after hearing this. "Otherwise, I'd better report to the Taoist priests of the Tianshi Sect and let them take a look."

Xiao Xia laughed, and cooperated with his beard that was stuck to his face, which was a bit heroic, and said loudly: "Xia is still a little confident in his martial arts. She has also caught monsters with several Taoist priests in Wuyin Mountain. She has also seen some magical methods of demon cults, and she is confident that she can deal with them. Also, although my two cousins ​​look a little stupid and inconspicuous, they are actually quite skilled. If they can help the Taoist priests of the Tianshi Sect find out this monster and monster, they will definitely look at him with admiration. Maybe it will be in the ears of Master Zhang, and they will also record a note in the Demon Elimination Order next year."

“But…but…”

"Don't worry, Brother Wang, you will not let us accompany us to take risks. You just need to wait for us here. When we go find out what we can do, if we can really catch monsters or something, we will definitely be rewarded."

Xiao Xia took a lantern in the dilapidated house surnamed Wang, jumped down and walked into the mouth of the ditch. The Shifang and the bright moon behind him naturally followed. As the footsteps of the three of them gradually faded away in the ditch, the fire of the lanterns gradually disappeared, and it was obvious that they really walked into the depths of the canal.

The desolate man named Wang stood on it and watched quietly. When he could no longer hear a sound, he quietly took out a piece of talisman paper from his arms to shake in the wind. The talisman paper turned into a fire and disappeared.

After a while, with a slight and almost inaudible sound of footsteps, a middle-aged Taoist appeared in the darkness at the end of the alley. The dilapidated house named Wang immediately bowed with a charming smile: "If the passage is not long, they have entered as you said."

This middle-aged Taoist was the person who was not a passage when Xiao Xia and the others first came to Wuxi City. He looked at the dark and silent entrance to the underground canal, and a smug smile appeared on his face: "As a matter of course nothing was beyond my expectations."

The desolate house surnamed Wang nodded and smiled, "It's like a god without a passage. These people are really asking about the strange things that have happened recently. I go to hotels and inns every day to ask for wine, and they will automatically come to me to ask. With a little guidance in my words, they will find the entrances of these canals by themselves."

"It's just three children. Since they know why they came, they can invite you into the trap with a little trick." He then turned his eyes to the dilapidated house and asked, "Have they ever asked you suspiciously? Have you asked you any other strange questions?"

"No, no." The king's surname is the king shook his head repeatedly. "As the Taoist priest said before, he really thought he knew nothing and didn't need to deliberately deceive them. He naturally did his usual behavior and demeanor. Those three people were really unquestionable."

"Naturally, Fang Nai Dao. Those who say they want to lie to ask for nine truths and one lie, but they don't know that they are all truths. They just need to pay attention to the way they say it." The person who is not in the channel nodded with satisfaction. He took out a piece of talisman paper from his hand, concentrated a little, and then threw it out. The talisman paper turned into a yellow light and fell on the entrance of the canal. The soil and rocks there began to shake slowly. After a few breaths, it suddenly collapsed with a loud bang, and it completely closed the entrance.

The collapse of the sound of the collapse was heard far away in the quiet night, causing a wave of dog barking. The king's house was a little surprised and nervous. The four consultants on the left and right said, "No, the passage is long, this... isn't this burying them inside? What if there is really a monster or demon genius in the Demon Cult..."

"Don't they want to find monsters? Let them meet the monsters well." The man from the tunnel smiled as if he had only caught the old hen. "If they were lucky enough to die, and if they could send a letter, it would be fine if I saved them."

"The Taoist priest is high, the Taoist priest is high." The king's surname still nodded repeatedly, and his face was full of charm and almost knelt down and kowtowed. "So can the villain enter the temple? The villain does not seek to enter the gate of Longhu Mountain. Even if it is just a servant, it is good. The Taoist priest has promised the villain before that as long as the person who can inquire about this matter in the future canal... In fact, the villain still has some talent for practicing Taoism, but he has never been able to enter the wall without a famous teacher... Moreover, the villain in Wuxi City has been trampling on it for half a lifetime and has become familiar with it. If there is anything next time, the villain can help the Taoist priest to serve his life..."

The uninterpreted man looked at the dilapidated house with a smile and said, "Where is the servant who is wronged? How about asking you to be a golden armored hero?"

"Ah? Really?" The desolate man named Wang was so surprised that he almost knelt down. His face was full of tears, and he was a little unbelievable and uneasy. "But I heard that this strong man needs the most sincerity and needs a certain level of cultivation. Is it okay for him to have a certain level of cultivation? A villain, a villain is just afraid..."

"If you don't have enough cultivation, you can slowly repair it with talismans. If you are sincere or not... it doesn't matter." While talking and laughing, the fingers of the uninterrupted person pressed a talisman and pointed it on the forehead of the king's forehead. The talisman turned into a yellow light and flashed into his eyebrows. The treasure of the king's broken face was stunned, and the charming smile and gratitude slowly disappeared, and there was only indifference and hollowness in his eyes, as if he was stupid.

"Well, what Uncle Master said is indeed good. Using this level of God-Treasure Spell to force the spirit platform, it can really erase the minds of these people who have learned this magic and become fools who only listen to the command of Taoism. Instead of letting you hang out in Wuxi City, it would be better to fulfill your wish and give this city a pest." The person who did not pass the passage looked at the fool in front of him and nodded with satisfaction. Tonight was simply a night of satisfaction for him. "Okay, come with me quickly. If the sound just now was heard by someone, it would be a little bad to see us."

The man turned around and walked towards the way he came. His body was fast and light, like a cat, and his martial arts cultivation was obviously quite good. And the stupid Wang, the surname Wang, had to trot and follow him closely.

But just as these two men moved a few steps, a golden light flashed from a distance. A Taoist priest with a face like a jade and a flying eyebrows appeared in front of them.

"Senior Brother Yuhong?" The pupils of the person who did not enter the tunnel suddenly shrank.

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"Hmph, I've really started to do anything."

The sound of the collapse of the entrance sounded very loud and dull in the canal, like a series of thunder. Xiao Xia just looked back and took a look. She didn't even stop and continued to walk forward with the lanterns and step on the sewage under her feet.

"Master Xia's eyes are indeed like a torch, and he has rich experience in the world. I can't see anything wrong with the donor of the king. He is indeed a dilapidated person who lives in the city. Even if he has a little bit of Taoism, he will not be able to learn privately. He has not deliberately deceived him when he gets along with us in the past two days." In this place where there is certain that there is no one, Shifang can finally return to his original tone. Although the hair that Xiao Xia cut for him was still covered with the broken hair on his head, his hands were clasped and his words were moderate, a little bit of the monk's temperament slowly emerged.

Xiao Xia nodded: "You are right. The guy named Wang is indeed a dilapidated house, and those words probably did not lie to us. But those truths were just instructed to tell us. Needless to say, they were naturally those Taoist priests of Longhu Mountain who were preparing to target you. Speaking of which, the people who planned this matter were also a little clever. They knew to find a real villain to seduce us, and they were all telling the truth. It's a pity that the man was a little stupid and he didn't know it on the first day."

"Then... why did it be like this?" Shifang frowned and asked.

"It seems that those Taoists really regard us as the men of the Shadow Guard, otherwise there would be no such awkward and obscure way." Xiao Xia shook her head laughed and cried. "Can you really have any connection with your Pure Land Zen Temple and Shadow Guard?"

Shifang also showed a embarrassed look on his face: "This... it's not that the Shadow Guard has anything to do with us, but Your Majesty treats me with kindness. Therefore, when there were disputes between the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism, the Shadow Guard did help us openly and secretly in many places. However, those are small places. If I come to Jingnan to catch monsters like this, even if there is a person in my master's sect, it feels that it is too hurt by the face of Longhu Mountain. Of course, the Shadow Guard will not help. After all, they act from the perspective of the court, and even if they are biased, they cannot be too obvious."

Xiao Xia nodded: "It seems that the leading Taoist priest is a bit smart. Or that Longhu Mountain has been suppressed too much in recent years. He is a little suspicious. He mistakenly thought that Miss Mingyue and I were from the Shadow Guard, so he did not dare to use too obvious means to the three of us, so he borrowed some half-true rumors to lead us into the canal, and he also cut off his way out..." After thinking about it, Xiao Xia smiled: "Congratulations to Master Shifang. It seems that there are really monsters in Wuxi County. This monster is really in this underground canal."

Shifang was happy when he heard this, but he was full of confusion: "Really? But even now I can't notice the slightest demonic aura..."

"I don't know why..." Xiao Xia spread his hands. "But since the Taoist priests of Longhu Mountain have blocked the way out, they clearly want to use this monster to kill people with a knife... at least teach you a lesson in the little monk in the Pure Land Zen Temple. In other words, they know the background of this monster, and they are sure that you are not the opponent of this monster... Hey, it's really interesting to say this."

Even though he knew that the entrance to the canal was blocked, Xiao Xia was not panicked at all. There were many talismans in his talisman bag. Even if he had to forcibly explode the entrance, it would not be difficult. In addition, Mingyue, the three of them had extremely strong fighting power. Even those big monsters who were enough to climb to the Demon Elimination Order were confident that they could deal with it.

But Shifang frowned after hearing this. "But... no matter whether the grass and wood elves or beasts become monsters, condense the energy of heaven and earth to temper themselves, the stronger the breath, the less it is, the less likely it is to cover it up... If this demon donor is really powerful, why can't we feel the magical energy at all..."

"What is evil spirit?" Mingyue, who had not spoken, suddenly asked.

"It is the essence, blood, and vital energy that overflows with the dirty air of its own characteristics. Therefore, the more powerful the monsters are, the more obvious the essence, blood, the more familiar the monsters are. If you are familiar with them, you can judge the types and characteristics of monsters by just relying on the demonic energy." Xiao Xia explained. Subduing and catching ghosts is a serious business of Taoists. Some small monsters occasionally appear in remote rural villages, which is a great opportunity for wild Taoists to make money. He is also very familiar with the monsters who have enabled their intelligence since childhood. The monster insects of the Xidi people are also a kind of monster. On the contrary, after receiving the certificate and becoming a serious Taoist priest, they are busy with intrigues between the forces of the martial arts and have never encountered any real monsters again.

Mingyue seemed to understand: "Don't that person also has this evil spirit? Some people are powerful. This kind of energy is very strong, like the Shi Taoist who made the flying sword, even if it is not dirty or unpleasant, it also has a unique smell on his body. Brother Tang's energy is the same as his sword. I can tell from afar what kind of person he is."

"Ero..." Xiao Xia couldn't help scratching her head. Mingyue said this. In fact, the aura of a person is somewhat similar to the demonic energy. People with profound martial arts have strong blood and also have the characteristics of their own character and martial arts. Of course, people themselves do not feel the fear and alert feeling of demonic energy, just like the difference between the body odor of others and the taste of their own body.

"Then the demonic aura on the Taoist priest who specializes in learning magic talismans is different. Even if it is not strong,... but... the deep feeling is somewhat similar to those of the little monk. However... like that kind of person who is particularly powerful, such as Taoist He from Maoshan, does not have a little demonic aura, but if you see it with your own eyes, you will think he is very powerful..."

"Amitabha Buddha. Even the Confucian saint who pays the most attention to the way of human relations once said: People are different from beasts, and only adults can protect them. In my Buddha's eyes, both humans and beasts are sentient beings, and there is no difference. Therefore, it is said that all sentient beings are saved. Therefore, what the Mingyue girl said is also good. In essence, there is no difference between evil spirits and human beings. They are all natural outwards of flesh, essence, soul and mind. However, humans are naturally intelligent, with exquisite inheritance for a long time, and are from beast grass.

After the wood has activated its spiritual wisdom, it can only practice differently by instinct. The cultivation of Taoism focuses on understanding the heaven and earth to temper the soul, and the martial arts work hard to polish the muscles, bones, qi and blood, so the breath is different. However, no matter which path, after reaching the extreme realm, it is necessary to touch the root of the heaven and earth. The deeper and farther you go, the more united you are with heaven and earth. The Maoshan Master He is the realm of Taoist masters, so it is normal for you to feel that way...”

"Huh?" Xiao Xia walked in front with a lantern, looking carefully at the road ahead, while carefully placing it around, listening to the conversation between Shifang and Mingyue. But suddenly, something blurred suddenly flashed in her heart. It seemed that there was something important to understand, but after coming back to her senses, she couldn't remember it.
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