Chapter 15 Chapter 14 Missing

The corpse collector stood at the front, listening to the old man's words, his face became more and more ugly, he took a shovel and axe, stretched out his hand and turned it over vigorously, lifted the corpse on the bullock cart onto his shoulder, and then strode towards the mess on the hill. Go to the funeral. Su Xiaolian followed behind him, turned her head to look at Wang Zongjing, and said in a low voice: "The mountain is not clean, so don't go up." Wang Zongjing was stunned for a moment, but saw that Su Xiaolian walked up the path at the foot of the mountain after speaking, he was stunned for a moment, but knew that she might have misunderstood a little.He followed all the way here, not because of the little girl Su Xiaolian, but because Taoist Cangsong has a lot to do with him.It's just that at the moment, Su Xiaolian seems to have regarded him as a rare and good person, and she is grateful.

Wang Zongjing felt a little embarrassed, but he couldn't say much, he couldn't yell out now, little girl, don't be sentimental, I actually came here to see another dead man... After a moment of hesitation and astonishment, Su Xiaolian followed the corpse collector up the mountain. The mass grave was desolate and desolate, and there were not many tall trees, but the mountains beside the road were overgrown with weeds. After walking for a while, he disappeared from everyone's sight, and he didn't know where he went. Standing at the foot of the mountain, Wang Zongjing looked up at the small hill for a while. For some reason, he always felt that a long time passed suddenly, but there was no movement on the mountain.The sky gradually became completely dark, and in the night, there seemed to be gusts of wind on the hills, slowly rising, old crows screaming, dead branches swaying, and gradually the sound of "woo-woo" became louder and louder. passed it on.

A faint mist, like light smoke, rises quietly from the depths of the hill. "what?" A somewhat surprised whisper came from behind him, Wang Zongjing turned his head to look, but the old man and the dog-faced Taoist also stood up at some time, looking at the hill, the dog-faced Taoist looked Looking a little worried, the old man's complexion improved, but he was also a little dignified. "How can there be a 'ghost fog' here, no." The old man with bone fairy wind seemed to be talking to himself, with a bit of doubt on his face, and said, "Although there is a ghostly image here, but Seeing that Fengshui is not the most yin place, even if there are ghosts, they are just ghosts and goblins, how can there be ghost fog?"

Wang Zongjing's heart tightened, and an ominous premonition flashed through his heart, and he couldn't help asking: "Old man, is this ghost fog very powerful?" The old man nodded, and said: "Only ghosts and ghosts that have been matured for a long time can form this ghost fog. Generally speaking, they are not easy to deal with. Hmph, those wastes in Luyang City are ashamed to boast of some famous sects of cultivation. There is a spirited ghost in such a close place, these guys don't know what is the difference from a stupid pig." Wang Zongjing hesitated for a moment, he didn't expect the old man who deceived people to tell fortunes to be so loud, accusing the two famous cultivation sects in Luyang City without ambiguity at all, but right now he doesn't have much time to think about it, instead he is a little worried stand up.Since there are unexpectedly powerful ghosts on this mass grave, isn't it very dangerous for Su Xiaolian to follow the corpse collector up the mountain?

While he was thinking about whether to call Su Xiaolian down the mountain, he suddenly heard a scream from a distance, the voice was sharp, and the three people at the foot of the mountain all changed their colors at the same time. There was a sound of hurried footsteps on the mountain, weeds tumbling and figures flickering, but there was a person who rushed down in a panic, half running and half falling, it was the corpse collector. Wang Zongjing reacted the fastest. He rushed forward and grabbed the lapel of the corpse collector. The thin old man was pale, his lips trembled slightly, his eyes were wide open, and his face was full of fear, as if he had seen him. Like something scary, he kept saying: "Ghost, ghost, there are ghosts on the mountain..."

Wang Zongjing was startled, and felt his scalp tingling for a while. If there were extremely powerful and terrifying monsters on that mountain, maybe he would feel better, but this ghost and shadowy thing is always mysterious and terrifying in the eyes of ordinary people. And he has never really practiced any Taoism in a serious way, and he is also at a loss and somewhat afraid of this kind of dirty thing that the world hates. The body collector seemed to be quite frightened. If he refused to stay here for a while, he would leave after grabbing the ox cart. Although Wang Zongjing was a little apprehensive, after three years of life-and-death struggle, his mind was far more tenacious than ordinary people. After replying, he hurriedly stepped forward to grab him again, and said loudly: "What about the little girl, what's wrong with her?"

The corpse collector struggled a few times, but Wang Zongjing's hand was surprisingly strong, and he grabbed him tightly like an iron hoop. He couldn't break free, so he said loudly: "I dug a hole and put her mother down. She herself said that she wanted to stay with her mother for a while and say a few more words before I came down by myself." Wang Zongjing said angrily: "What, you actually let her, a little girl, stay on that mountain by herself?" The body collector's face turned red, his hands were still struggling, and he said, "Whatever this concerns me, the little girl said it all herself."

Wang Zongjing snorted, and threw away the arm of the corpse collector. The corpse collector hurriedly pulled the ox cart, and ran away like desperately, and ran away in a blink of an eye.Wang Zongjing looked up the mountain from the foot of the mountain, and saw the mist floating on the hill like light smoke, and at the same time, a faint light slowly lit up in the depths of the originally dark mountain, flashing A flash, like human eyes, glancing at something gloomyly. Gusty winds blew down from the top of the mountain, seeming to have some shrill growls and grinning grins. The dead branches and leaves seemed to tremble in the wind.

Just when Wang Zongjing was hesitating whether to rush up the mountain to look for Su Xiaolian, at this moment, there was another change on the hill. The originally pitch-black hilltop could be seen a little bit because of the strange flickering light. At this moment, with the help of the faint light, the three people at the foot of the mountain saw a slender figure suddenly appearing on the top of the most gloomy mountain. Wang Zongjing was taken aback, and almost shouted out. At the same time, something invisible on the top of the mountain seemed to be stimulated by something, and suddenly became angry. The mist also immediately rolled back like countless long whip tentacles, and rushed towards the figure that vaguely looked like a woman.

Is it Su Xiaolian?This was Wang Zongjing's first reaction. However, even with his keen eyesight, it was difficult to distinguish clearly after his sight was blocked by the ghost fog at this moment. On the hilltop where the ghostly fog was whistling by the gloomy wind, the vaguely visible figure of a woman He didn't seem to show too much fear, and waved his hands a few times against the Yinfeng, which seemed to have made a few weird handprints. Immediately, Yinfeng's momentum weakened a lot, and then his right arm trembled, and a quite As the bright red light came on, a three-foot-high seven-story pagoda was sacrificed, suspended above the woman's head, and within a short while, the small pagoda seemed to be on fire, and the raging fire suddenly burst into flames. Bursting out, with a mighty roar that could be vaguely felt even at the foot of the mountain, the heat wave surged in all directions, sweeping across the entire mountain in an instant.

The hill that was originally filled with ghostly aura suddenly fell into a sea of ​​flames, and the gloomy ghostly aura was swept away in an instant.The strange thing is that the flame, which looked extremely hot and terrifying, did not burn any grass or tree on the mountain, but in the flames, there were clearly bursts of howling ghosts and wolves, with the loudest cry in the middle, With a bit of panic and trembling, he passed it down: "Ah...have mercy, Shangxian, please forgive me!" Wang Zongjing's scalp felt numb when he saw it at the foot of the mountain. This magic weapon and this technique are really powerful. Thinking of the earth-shattering battle between Lin Jingyu and Cangsong Taoist in the primeval forest in the past, he yearned for a while. For the legendary Qingyun Daomen, I can't help but have a little more admiration and desire. Flames swept across the mountain, like a sea of ​​fire, and a large area was reddened. In the center of the sea of ​​fire, the small seven-story pagoda was like the center of a huge whirlpool, extremely dazzling.In the flames, ferocious evil spirits appeared from time to time, but soon they all died screaming in pain in the scorching flames, turning into wisps of white yin energy, which were charged towards the small tower by an invisible force. It was pulled over and sucked into the lowest floor of the small tower.After a while, as the flames burned, only a loud roar was heard, and the largest ghost appeared in the flames, far stronger than other ghosts. It looks like a giant bowl, it looks terrifying, but at this moment, the face of this ghost is full of fear. It looks extremely painful in the sea of ​​fire. Suddenly he knelt down to the slender figure under the small tower, kowtowing repeatedly. "Hmph." There was a cold snort vaguely in the fiery wind, "You're smart." The small red tower in the sea of ​​flames suddenly shook, like an invisible order, and the flames filled the sky immediately, like a long whale absorbing water.Desperate screams instantly filled the darkness of the night. The huge evil spirit also showed pain, but the expression on his face was relieved. A moment later, the evil spirit was engulfed by a burst of raging flames, pulling In the middle of the sky, his body shrunk rapidly at the same time. The situation was strange, and finally turned into a gray little figure, but he was pulled into the fifth floor of the small tower. At this point, the mass burial mound has disappeared, and the ghostly aura has been swept away. Apart from the desolation, there is a feeling of enlightenment under the night.It's just that Wang Zongjing subconsciously looked up at the sky, but he still saw dark clouds hanging down and the night dark, and nothing changed. "This little girl's ability to catch ghosts is getting better and better." The old man standing next to him looked relieved, clicked his tongue twice, and said, "I never imagined that even ghosts like 'green-faced ghosts' can She can catch it so easily." "That's it, that's it." The dog-faced Taoist who was standing at the side followed him. Looking at this Taoist who was called a wild dog during the day, his face was full of smiles, and he was born with an ugly and vicious face. He was also much kinder. Looking at his expression gazing at the hill, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is gentle and joyful, but it is an extremely rare thing. Wang Zongjing looked at the top of the hill for a while, but he was still worried about Su Xiaolian's safety in his heart. After hesitating for a moment, he wanted to run to the top of the hill.He just moved here, but the old man next to him saw him and said, "Don't mess around, there are a lot of ghosts on this mass grave, although my granddaughter cleaned it up, but in case some fish slipped through the net, You don't know Taoism, so why don't you go to die?" Wang Zongjing stopped in a daze, and was about to say something, but suddenly heard a clear and clear voice from the path of the hill behind him, and spat: "Nonsense! Under my 'Ling Mie Pagoda', Karma Fire Like the sea, it is the nemesis of all demon spirits and evil spirits, and with the 'Spirit Absorbing Formation' I set up to trap the entire mountain, not even one can escape, so how could there be any fish that slipped through the net?" A slender woman in Tsing Yi walked out leisurely from the darkness, with willow eyebrows and bright eyes, her appearance was quite beautiful, and the night breeze blew her clothes slightly. At this moment, it was clear that there was no bright moon and stars, but Wang Zongjing suddenly felt that the surrounding seemed much brighter , just like such a beautiful woman, she is born with a certain radiance that can illuminate those around her. He forgot to speak for a moment, he only saw the woman holding a black jade pagoda in her left hand, its appearance was as deep as ink, but there was a faint flickering fire inside the pagoda, a faint and strange coercion, which could be faintly felt from a long distance away feel it.Presumably this was the magic treasure Mie Ling Pagoda that showed its supernatural power just now, Wang Zongjing couldn't help but stare at the small pagoda twice.But the old man on the side heard his granddaughter's words, but he seemed to be a little bit embarrassed, and said angrily: "What are you talking about!" The woman in Tsing Yi lingered on Wang Zongjing who was standing aside for a moment, and then she gave a coquettish smile, but didn't answer the old man's words, only sneered, and said with a smile: "Do you think I'm you?" The old man was furious, and just about to speak, he only heard the voice of the wild dog Taoist next to him: "That's right, that's right!" Before the words were finished, Taoist Wild Dog, whose figure was like lightning, flashed to the woman's side in the blink of an eye. He smiled happily, and greeted her with incomparable hospitality. He was really caring. The difference is quite different, and the beautiful woman smiled sweetly, and had a gentle attitude towards the wild dog Taoist, and responded with a smile, choking the old man standing aside for a long time, staring angrily. Wang Zongjing regained his composure, took two steps, and asked the woman in Tsing Yi: "This girl... no, senior, when you were on the mountain just now, did you see a little girl, about ten years old?" , her mother died, and she just went up the mountain." The woman in Tsing Yi was stunned for a moment, frowned and thought for a moment, but shook her head and said: "No, there was no living person in the mass grave on the mountain just now." Wang Zongjing was taken aback, and lost his voice: "What?"
The night was dark, and the dark clouds were like a curtain, and now there was only a vague shadow left of the tall and tall Luyang city wall in the distance, still standing in the darkness. At the foot of this nameless hill, the old man, Taoist Wild Dog, and the woman in Tsing Yi who appeared last stood at the foot of the mountain, waiting for something. Among the three, only Taoist Wild Dog seemed a little impatient, turning his head to look at the man from time to time. As for the old man and the woman in Tsing Yi, they were all patient, talking in low voices without changing expressions, and waiting quietly. After a while, there was a flash of a figure on the hill, and Wang Zongjing walked down slowly with a bit of doubt and disappointment on his face. The old man smiled slightly and said, "What, did you find it?" Wang Zongjing shook his head silently, hesitated for a moment, and said: "I haven't seen a living person, but if she was killed by a ghost in an accident, I searched the whole mountain but couldn't find her body. What, what? Will it disappear like this?" The woman and the old man looked at each other, the old man shook his head slightly, and the woman in Tsing Yi frowned delicately, as if she was a bit reluctant, but in the end she didn't say much.At this time, Taoist Wild Dog, who hadn't spoken much at the beginning, suddenly asked, "Boy, what is your relationship with that little girl? I don't think you seem to be her relative." Wang Zongjing opened his mouth to say something, but suddenly closed his mouth again, realizing that he really couldn't say what relationship he had with Su Xiaolian. He was neither a friend nor a friend, and had no relatives or reasons. Apart from knowing her name, he felt bitter about this fate. The little girl is almost ignorant.With a bit of bewilderment in his astonishment, he gave a wry smile and said, "It's just a chance encounter." "Huh?" The woman in Tsing Yi took another look at him, nodded her head and said, "Unexpectedly, little brother, you are a kind person." Wang Zongjing sneered twice, his eyes fell on the Mieling Pagoda unexpectedly, at this moment the magic weapon was held in the hands of the wild dog Taoist standing next to the woman in Tsing Yi, obviously he was eager to grab it Do the drudgery.As if there was a sudden movement in his heart, thinking of something, Wang Zongjing's face suddenly became a little ugly, and after hesitating for a moment, he said to the woman in Tsing Yi: "Senior..." The woman in Tsing Yi waved her hand, and said angrily: "Don't call me senior, there is no place to call me old. My name is Xiaohuan, and the Daoist Taoist name is Wild Dog. He is my grandfather, and his name is Zhou Yixian , you can just call us by our names.” "Hmm... Senior Xiaohuan, uh no, Miss Xiaohuan, I would like to ask you something. Just now you used this Spirit Extermination Pagoda to collect the green-faced ghosts and killed many ghosts in the mass grave. , I heard that people die as ghosts, and ghosts are somewhat intelligent, I don't know..." "You're wrong." Xiaohuan shook his head, cut off his words, and said, "That's because people in the world are blind and don't know the true feelings of ghosts. People die with spirits or ghosts, but nine out of ten only in the first short period of time. There are a few spiritual memories every day, and then they fall into chaos and don't know why. The ghosts in this world have no more than three things: first, the dead person turns into a new ghost, but it is only a few days Second, those who have great obsession at the time of death, or coincidentally form a ghost hero, can obtain spiritual wisdom, but such ghosts are also very rare, and there must be only one ghost hero in a certain area, such as this mass grave In the world, there is only one blue-faced ghost, and the rest of the ghosts are just puppets without intelligence under its control to do evil." Wang Zongjing felt his eyes widened when he heard this unheard-of wonder, and couldn't help asking: "Then what about the third one?" Xiaohuan smiled slightly, and said: "The third type, it is even rarer, but there are several extremely rare magic weapons in the world, which can capture the soul and hold the soul of the dead together. So maybe there is still some hope. It’s just that this kind of strange thing is too mysterious and ethereal, even if it happened by chance, it is against the law of heaven, and it is good for the living or dying, it may not be a good thing..." After the words were spoken, Xiaohuan's complexion gradually became solemn, and her eyes wandered a little, wondering if she remembered something, her voice gradually became quieter, and there was a bit of silent nostalgia on her face. Next to him, Zhou Yixian and Taoist Wild Dog frowned at the same time. Wang Zongjing didn't understand it very well, but these were not the main points he wanted to ask. He coughed and said, "Then just now... when you cast the spell, did you notice that there are one or two new ghosts on the mountain?" ..." Xiaohuan was startled, but then she understood, she couldn't help laughing, she shook her head and said with a smile: "No, don't worry. In fact, in my opinion, the little girl you met by chance is probably not on this mountain anymore, maybe Maybe he was rescued by someone." Wang Zongjing stood in a daze for a while, but in the end he had to accept this unreliable explanation.He and Su Xiaoliansu didn't know each other, and today was just a chance encounter in the rivers and lakes. Naturally, it is impossible to have any more inexplicable feelings.Anyway, that's it, it's just an explanation in my heart, I let out a sigh of relief, thanked Xiaohuan and others, and prepared to bid farewell and continue northward. Over there, Zhou Yixian and Xiaohuan didn't have a bad impression of this strong young man. When they parted, Zhou Yixian even chatted and laughed with Wang Zongjing. From his mouth, Wang Zongjing knew that they seemed to have the intention of going south, so he spoke. He reminded them: "If you go south, you have to be careful. It is close to Shiwan Dashan. Over the years, vicious monsters have often come out of the mountain to hurt people." Xiaohuan smiled slightly, and said: "It's okay, we have a very powerful bodyguard." As he spoke, he smiled at Taoist Wild Dog, Taoist Wild Dog snorted, puffed out his chest and retracted his stomach, looking fierce and vicious . Zhou Yixian rolled his eyes at Taoist Wild Dog, and asked casually, "Where are you going?" "Qingyun Mountain." "Huh?" The three people over there suddenly spoke almost at the same time, with somewhat surprised voices. After a while, there seemed to be some strange and inexplicable expressions on their faces, not to mention Zhou Yixian and the wild dogs, but on the face of Miss Xiaohuan, there was a bit of inexplicable confusion. After waiting for a while, she sighed softly, and quietly said: "Are you also going to participate in the 'Qingyun Test'?" Wang Zong nodded and said, "Yes." Xiaohuan was silent for a while, a faint blush suddenly appeared on her beautiful face, and she said in a low voice: "If, if you are lucky in the future, you can really enter Qingyunmen, please help me find someone and tell him : Xiaohuan still remembers him. That person's surname is Zhang, and his name is..." "Uh huh!" A cough suddenly came from the side, interrupting Xiaohuan's words. Wang Zongjing turned his head to look, but saw Zhou Yixian standing on one side with an ugly face, and the wild dog Taoist on the other side, for some reason His face was as black as the bottom of a pot. Xiaohuan fell silent again, sighed after a while, shook her head, like a wry smile, a little self-deprecating, a little lonely, but turned around and left: "Forget it, nothing, it's just me being sentimental..." The cool night breeze blew her clothes slightly, and she walked away quietly. Zhou Yixian glared at Wang Zongjing, didn't speak, and turned his head to follow. When Wang Zongjing was a little confused, his eyes dimmed, but the wild dog approached him, his face was ferocious and angry, and he stared at Wang Zongjing. I don't know whether I hate Wang Zongjing or the other person, and a few words came out through the gap between my teeth: "Stinky boy, don't worry about it, or I will rush to Qingyun Mountain and kill you, and I will cut you into pieces! " Wang Zongjing was stunned for a moment, but before he could react, Taoist Wild Dog had already turned around and left, but Zhou Xian frowned, and said to Taoist Wild Dog with a bit of sneer as he walked: "You bastard, you can't do that either!" But it's just behind the back, when I really meet that person in front of him, I will be scared for a while." "Bah!" But the wild dog Taoist spat at Zhou Yixian angrily, and sneered, "You can only talk sarcasticly, and you don't think about who that person is, but you tell me that the man surnamed Zhang held the 'Zhu Xian' back then. Sword', how many people in the world would not give up in front of him?" Zhou Yixian was stunned for a moment, stretched out his hand and scratched the white hair on his head, and smiled wryly after a long while, "You said it like this, it seems to be true..." "Huh!" Taoist Wild Dog snorted coldly, but he didn't seem to be happy at all because he won the bickering once. On the contrary, it seemed that his mood got worse because of this, and he strode like flying all the way towards Xiaohuan's direction chased. Only Wang Zongjing stood where he was, thoughtful, confused, and whispered to himself: "On Qingyun Mountain, there is a man surnamed Zhang..." "Who is that?"