Chapter 46: Ghost in the Mountains (Part ) No one knows Mo Yuhan's bitterness. As a top disciple of Jingling Mountain, a 23-year-old seventh-rank martial artist, and a top talent in the entire Dayong Dynasty, why would he return to the remote Liuxian County to inherit the Shahe Gang? Before returning to Liuxian County, I had been informed of the existence of the statue of Wutong Evil God. Why did I choose to observe from the sidelines instead of taking decisive action? So much so that so many things happened afterwards that were unfavorable to her and the Shahe Gang? Fortunately, her mind was not completely bewildered by the evil spirit and did not sink completely. Fortunately, driven by her instinct, she sought help from a gentleman like Huang Junshi and used this to break the impasse. Otherwise, both the Shahe Gang and Mo Yuhan would become consumables for her master's research on calamity energy and calamity devices. After the raging fire burns out, it turns into ashes and has no value of existence. It can be discarded at will. At this time, the figure of Master's original spirit disappeared in the skylight again. He left a word and returned to Jingling Mountain.
"Xiao Han, it is not appropriate for my soul to be away from my body for too long, so I will be leaving now. Remember, if you want to have better development, you must enter the Immortal God Division in ten days." "Yes, Master." Mo Yuhan raised his head and obeyed the order loudly. willingly. Perhaps, entering the Immortal God Division of Liuxian County is her chance to break free from the shackles! As we all know, Huang Junshi is a gentleman who can be deceived by tricks. It is also well known that Huang Junshi is vindictive and straightforward, and he is never afraid of anything. But before, he said, "If it weren't for your master, I would definitely kill you with my sword," and he really didn't draw his sword and kill Mo Yuhan. His words and actions are consistent, he is truly an upright gentleman. Mo Yuhan was wondering, did Huang Junshi really not draw his sword just for the sake of her master? I was also wondering why Huang Junshi specifically mentioned her master. Was he hinting at or suggesting something? Mo Yuhan was destined to only think about these two questions but not to verify them. Some of Tao Tie’s guesses could not be verified, but he felt more at ease. He had now arrived at the foot of the Baxian Mountain, not far from Chang'an Village, as fast as the wind. He slowed down his pace and walked slowly towards the village. After reaching the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village, Tao Tie did not go any further. Standing there to enjoy the scenery also gives Chang'an Village enough time to react. The Dayong Dynasty is committed to popularizing basic education and knowledge of cultivation, so rural villagers are no strangers to monks. Chang'an Village has also produced many monks of varying levels of attainment. Tao Tie's arrival immediately alarmed Chang'an Village and attracted attention, but not fear. Not long after, an old man with white hair and beard and a ruddy complexion led eight young men equipped with swords, bows and shields, and quickly came to the entrance of the village to greet Tao Tie.
"Mr. Tao?" Waving his hand to stop the young men from following him, the old man stepped forward alone and asked questions. "it's me." Tao Tie responded indifferently, took out a black stone slab from his storage bag, and projected the monster hunter's identity certificate and the mission acceptance certificate. The old man checked it carefully and confirmed that it was correct. He immediately smiled and said, "My surname is An. Everyone in the village calls me An Weng. Mr. Tao, please come this way." As he spoke, An Weng stretched out his hand and led Tao Tie towards the village. Eight young and strong men followed him, one on the left and one on the right. "An Weng, please tell me the details. The mission description is a bit too vague." Tao Tie made a request as he walked. "Mr. Tao, wouldn't you like to have a cup of tea and rest for a while?" An Weng did not answer immediately, but asked this. "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. An. I won't drink the tea. Business is more important." Tao Tie declined politely, but urged him in a more tactful way. A hint of satisfaction flashed in An Weng's eyes, and he raised his right hand and waved. A square-faced, burly young man immediately stepped forward and asked, "What do you want, Mr. An?" An Weng said, "Please invite Du Bo to the ancestral hall. He is the person involved. Let him come and talk to Mr. Tao." "okay." The square-faced young man responded and immediately ran into the village first. Tao Tie watched this scene happen without saying anything, let alone trying to stop it. Instead, they followed An Weng's guidance, entered the village, and went straight to the ancestral hall of Chang'an Village, where they sat down as host and guest. Tea was naturally served as well. Tao Tie declined An Weng's offer of tea on the grounds that he was a spiritual practitioner, who ate clouds and dew and practiced fasting to maintain his health. An Weng was not displeased by this. People who practice spiritual cultivation, whether they are Confucianism, martial arts, Taoism, Buddhism, or witchcraft, do have the concept of fasting. Not long after they sat down, a square-faced young man brought two people to the Chang'an Village Ancestral Hall. One of them looked to be in his fifties, dressed as a hunter, with two hunting knives, one large and one small, slung around his waist, a hunting bow and rope on his back, and a golden monkey squatting on his shoulder. It looked very cute and well-behaved. The other person was very young, wearing a Taoist robe, a crown and shoes, holding a whisk in his hand. He had a simple and otherworldly temperament, and was indeed a good Taoist. "An Weng..."
The square-faced young man walked up to An Weng and leaned over to whisper in his ear, "When I went to look for Uncle Du, I happened to run into Taoist Qingyun from Yuanyang Temple, so we came together." "it is good." An Weng nodded, immediately stood up and greeted Du Bo and the young Taoist priest Qingyun. "Du Bo, this is Mr. Tao, I want to talk to you about what happened at that time." Pointing at Tao Tie who was sitting in the chair without any expression, An Weng said to Du Bo, "What happened at that time, what did you find, and what happened later, you should talk to Mr. Tao about it." "Ah." Du Bo agreed in a muffled voice and walked towards Tao Tie. An Weng went to meet the young Taoist priest and said politely, "I am sorry to disturb your meditation, Taoist Qingyun." The young Taoist waved his whisk and said calmly, "It's alright. Yuanyang Temple has accepted the offerings from Chang'an Village, so it should protect the peace of Chang'an Village. There's no need for Mr. An to do this." As he spoke, the young Taoist asked casually, "An Weng, is it okay for me to listen together?" "Of course, as long as Mr. Tao has no objection." An Weng was eager to do so, so how could he refuse? However, he did not agree immediately, but said this. How could Tao Tie have any objection? He nodded in agreement. Chang'an Village has issued a monster catcher mission in the Monster Slaying Division and the Demon Exorcism Division, but this does not mean that Chang'an Village can only rely on the monster catchers to solve the problem and cannot seek help from other places. There is nothing wrong with Taoist Qingyun from Yuanyang Temple intervening in this matter. Tao Tie naturally had no position to object. "Thank you, Mr. Tao." An Weng was very grateful for this and thanked him sincerely, then gave Du Bo a wink. Du Bo understood and immediately began to tell the story to the monster hunters and Taoist priests from Yuanyang Temple who had arrived one after another. Five days ago, the buckwheat in Chang'an Village ripened and the harvest began. At first everything went very smoothly and the villagers were immersed in the joy of the harvest. Suddenly, news came from the next village that someone was stealing wheat. As the head of the village, An Weng did not act carelessly and immediately organized the villagers to transport the wheat back to the village overnight to dry it instead of leaving it in the fields. The wheat harvest was good, but even if the whole village mobilized, it was impossible to transport all the wheat back to the village in one go. It had to be transported in several trips. In this way, there is a division of labor. Some people drove cars to transport the wheat, while others watched over the wheat in the fields. Du Bo was one of the villagers guarding the wheat field. The night before yesterday, Du Bo felt a little tired while guarding the wheat field, so he lay down in the wheat field and rested for a while. Just when people were in a daze, they suddenly heard a rustling sound.
This is someone stepping on wheat straw while walking. Du Bo didn't hear the villagers talking, so he immediately became suspicious and quickly stood up to be on guard. He discovered that the person coming was not a human, but a huge ghost over ten feet tall with red hair and a beard, and it was very close to him. When Du Bo suddenly encountered the red-haired giant ghost, he felt frightened but not panicked. He didn't have time to think about anything else. He shouted loudly, picked up the spear and rushed forward. The red-haired demon seems to be just a show-off. With a strange cry, the figure disappeared without any attack. Du Bo did not dare to stay any longer and hurried back to the village. He met the villagers who were transporting wheat on the way and then reported the matter to An Weng. Yesterday at noon, when Du Bo was drying buckwheat in the drying yard at the village entrance, he ran into the red-haired ghost again. This time, Du Bo brought a hunting bow with him. After discovering the red-haired ghost, Du Bo immediately drew his bow and arrow, ready to shoot. Seeing that he couldn't launch a sneak attack, the red-haired ghost slipped away once again. Last night, many villagers saw ghosts in white and heard the sound of ghosts crying in several different places in the village. "That's all I know." Du Bo seemed a little dull and had clumsy eloquence. His narration was flat and dull. But Tao Tie and Taoist Qingyun listened very carefully. After listening, everyone fell into deep thought. On the surface, this matter seems very simple. It's nothing more than one or several ghosts targeting someone or something in Chang'an Village, or simply targeting Du Bo, and constantly looking for opportunities to attack and kill him. Judging from the performance of the red-haired ghost in the two encounters described by Du Bo, the red-haired ghost is no different from the water ghost that Tao Tie had encountered before. It is not even a monster, and is the lowest existence among ghosts. When entering the village, Tao Tieyou noticed that Chang'an Village not only had a clan temple, a land temple and a mountain god temple, but also peach charms of the two door gods Shentu and Yulei were hung on the doors of every household. Perhaps this is the biggest reason why only ghost shadows were seen and ghost cries were heard last night, but no villagers were harmed by ghosts. This was also the biggest reason why Du Bo forced the Red-haired Demon to retreat twice. Based on the above information, it can be inferred that Chang'an Village does not need to issue monster-catching missions in the Monster Slaying Division and the Demon Exorcism Division. Go to the land temple and the mountain god temple to burn incense, offer some incense and fruits, perform a sacrifice, and get the offerings from the land god and the mountain god, then you can deal with this matter. Even if the God of Land and the Mountain God can't handle it, there is still Yuanyang Temple! Tao Tie was puzzled. Why did An Weng contact the Demon Slaying Division and the Monster Extermination Division at the same time as he organized young and strong men to protect the village and asked Yuanyang Temple for help? Is this a precautionary measure, a multi-faceted preparation, or do you know something or have some suspicions? In addition, there are no signs of recent sacrifices in the land temple and mountain god temple. Taoist Qingyun was the first to stop thinking deeply and asked tentatively: "Mr. Tao, you have accepted the task of catching monsters and have also listened to Du Bo's story. I wonder where you plan to start to solve this matter?" Taoist Qingyun made a promise: "If there is anything I can do for you, please let me know. I will do my best to help you." With just a few words, Taoist Qingyun handed over the initiative in this matter.
He looked as if he was following the lead of Tao Tie, the ninth-rank demon catcher. Du Bo and the eight young men didn't react much to this. An Weng's eyes twitched slightly, and he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. He just looked deeply at Tao Tie, who had been sitting still since entering the ancestral hall. Facing An Weng's gaze, Tao Tie calmly responded to Taoist Qingyun: "You do your thing, I do mine, that's all, no help needed." After saying this, Tao Tie stood up and said to An Weng, "An Weng, could you let Du Bo take me for a walk in the village and visit the place where the red-haired ghost was found twice?" "Of course! Of course." An Weng agreed without thinking and immediately said to Du Bo, "Du Bo, thank you for your help." "Ah." Du Bo responded sullenly, turned around and walked out of the ancestral hall with the golden monkey squatting on his shoulder. Tao Tie didn't even look at Taoist Qingyun's expression and followed Du Bo's footsteps. After leaving the ancestral hall, Du Bo took Tao Tie on a quick tour of the village. He was silent throughout the whole process and did not give any explanation or introduction. But when he arrived at the drying yard at the entrance of the village, he pointed to one of the haystacks and said, "Mr. Tao, that's where I found the red-haired ghost yesterday at noon." Tao Tie followed Du Bo's instructions and looked towards the pile of wheat. The physical supernatural power [Clairvoyance] can observe the haystack and its surroundings in great detail without being actively activated. However, apart from a few red hairs that are difficult for ordinary people to see, Tao Tie did not find anything else. Even the ghostly aura was not sensed. Tao Tie's mind moved, and he ordered the five little ghosts to put away a red hair, and then he did not make any other moves. "Du Bo, take me to the field where the red-haired demon was first discovered." "Ah." The two men left the drying yard immediately. Not long after, Mr. An and Taoist Qingyun also came here. Different from Tao Tie who was careless and casually watching, Taoist Qingyun walked around the haystack several times, and finally found a red hair carefully, and put it away even more carefully. By this time Tao Tie had followed Du Bo to the field. Some of the wheat that had not been carried away the night before was still left in the fields. Apparently, after the haunting, no villagers came here to transport wheat anymore. "Mr. An told us not to harvest the wheat in this field anymore." Without waiting for Tao Tie to ask, Du Bo gave an explanation in advance.
Tao Tie didn't care much about this. He looked around at the fields and wheat and confirmed that there was nothing noteworthy here except the same red hair. For example, ghost spirit. "It's interesting." Muttering to himself, Tao Tie stopped, put the index and middle fingers of his right hand together, and made a light stroke. An invisible and intangible air shield was immediately created to prevent the sound of one's conversation from leaking out. squeak... squeak... The golden monkey that had been squatting obediently on Du Bo's shoulder suddenly cried out, and a slightly anxious expression appeared on its clever face. His eyes became evasive and he didn't dare to look at Tao Tie. "Shh...shh..." Du Bo quickly stroked the golden monkey's arm that was pulling at his collar, and made a soothing sound. With Doberman's comfort, the golden monkey soon calmed down. But there was still a look of fear in his eyes. Tao Tie watched this scene silently, but made a judgment in his heart. The red-haired ghost, or rather the being that raised the red-haired ghost, came for the golden monkey raised by Du Bo. Being able to raise ghosts and making them so pure and lively, without any resentment and without revealing any ghost aura in their actions, this is something that cannot be done by any evil means. This person may not be very powerful, but it definitely wouldn't take much effort for him to kill Du Bo. Being so secretive and hesitant, it's natural that there are some concerns. The key is, what is the person worried about? Did Taoist Qingyun from Yuanyang Temple already discover something a long time ago, so he wanted to push Tao Tie to take the lead in this matter and remove himself and Yuanyang Temple from the picture? "interesting." Looking at the smart golden monkey, Tao Tie muttered to himself again and became curious. Then, he unceremoniously triggered [Knowledge of All Things]. (End of this chapter)