Chapter 374: Evil Magic to Steal Life
"You said that a blind eye to the deaths of three thousand people is innocence?" Hei Xiu was stunned. "How can you be so cold-hearted?"
Murong Jinran said indifferently: "The premise of saving people is to ensure your own safety. I can't even protect myself, how can I save others?"
"Brother, please don't let your heart overflow in this holy father. At this critical moment of life and death, would you give up your life to accompany them?"
"Everyone is selfish. There's nothing wrong with being frank. Why pretend?"
Hei Xiu was so angry that he rolled up his sleeves, "Hey, I have a bad temper, who do you think is pretending?"
"You." Murong Jinran didn't take him seriously, and turned to look at Jiang Ci, "Fellow Daoist Jiang, I have no objection if you want to stay, but please don't use moral blackmail, I won't buy it."
Jiang Ci smiled but said nothing.
She likes Murong Jinran's personality.
Cultivating Taoism is all about the mind.
As long as you think it is right, just do it. There is nothing wrong with that.
Although it is a bit morally unacceptable, after all, he watched someone die without helping, but Murong Jinran was also doing it for himself and his family.
She has no right to condemn others.
"Jiang Jiang, are we going to leave or stay?" Hei Xiu asked her.
Jiang Ci's eyes fell on the smelly old man.
The old man had a scruffy beard and his dark face was covered with deep wrinkles. His eyes were dark, especially when he stared at people, like a poisonous snake whose deadly venom would spray out at any time.
"Judging from your face, you have few relatives and will be lonely all your life. Your life expectancy should be around 33 years old."
Hearing her words, the stinky old man was a little surprised, "My appearance has changed a long time ago, can you tell that?"
"The face will change due to acquired experiences and environment, but the essence will not change." Jiang Ci said: "You use evil magic to take away life and increase life. You have lived for an extra hundred years so far."
The old man was even more surprised. He didn't expect that she could even tell how long he had lived.
There was a hint of vigilance in those turbid, venomous snake-like eyes.
"Don't know your name?"
Before Jiang Ci could speak, Hei Xiu said proudly, "Jiang Ci!"
"Jiang Ci?" The stinky old man thought hard and shook his head: "I have never heard of Jiang Ci, but there is a person whose name has the same character 'Ci' as yours."
When Jiang Ci heard this, a name suddenly popped up in his mind.
"Compassion?"
The stinky old man was surprised and asked, "Do you know Master Ci Xin?"
Jiang Ci's eyes darkened. Sure enough, this despicable and evil magic of taking lives and increasing longevity was cast by Ci Xin again.
How many evil things has he done?
"To be honest, Ci Xin and I are from the same school." Jiang Ci lied without changing his expression.
The stinky old man narrowed his eyes and asked suspiciously, "Fellow disciples?"
Jiang Ci explained in detail all the details of the sacrificial array he had set up.
After hearing this, the stinky old man's face lit up, "You are indeed from the same school as Master Ci Xin! Only I know these details."
“Ci Xin was an elder of my sect. He went missing and his whereabouts have been unknown since then.” Jiang Ci sighed heavily, his eyes sparkling with moisture.
"My master's master was his fellow disciple. His greatest regret before his death was that he didn't get to see Ci Xin again."
Hei Xiu looked at her in surprise. When had King ever been so sentimental?
It feels awkward no matter how I look at it.
Jiang Ci continued to play the victim, and finally looked at the stinky old man eagerly, "I wonder where did you meet Elder Ci Xin?"
After hearing this, the stinky old man completely dispelled his suspicion of her and blurted it out on the spot.
"I was born in a very poor and backward mountain village. My father didn't love me and my mother didn't care about me. I didn't have enough to eat since I was a child and was bullied by people in the same village. It was Master Ci Xin who saved me."
"He said that I had little ties with my relatives and that no matter how much I tried to please them, they would not care about me. He asked me to be his guide and he would help me change my fate of dying early. Later, Master Ci Xin really helped me change my destiny, and I have lived until now relying on the method he taught me."
At this point, the old man started laughing evilly again.
Jiang Ci, however, grasped the key point sharply: "Guide? What guide?"
The old man lived deep in the mountains, and Ci Xin must be going somewhere in the mountains, so she asked him to be her guide.
The stinky old man said, "It's at the innermost part of Longtou Mountain. I grew up chopping wood and hunting in the mountains, so I'm familiar with the road."
"Longtou Mountain?" Jiang Ci's heart skipped a beat and he gave an address.
The stinky old man nodded: "Yes, it's this Longtou Mountain, you know it?"
Jiang Ci sneered in his heart.
Not only do I know, there is a dragon vein in that Longtou Mountain.
Ci Xin’s purpose is obvious, which is to find the dragon vein.
Considering his previous behavior of destroying the dragon vein, there is no doubt that the dragon vein in Longtou Mountain may have been cut off more than a hundred years ago.
Jiang Ci asked him: "What happens after that?"
"I took Master Cixin deep into the mountains. He went into the Tianku Cave in Longtou Mountain and said it was dangerous. He told me to just hunt for him outside and wait for him. I had seen Master Cixin's abilities, so of course I believed him and didn't follow him in."
"How long has he been in there?"
"One day and one night."
Jiang Ci took out the photo of the Tai Chi sword from his phone and showed it to him, "Have you ever seen him carrying this sword?"
After carefully identifying it, the stinky old man's cloudy eyes lit up and he said excitedly, "Yes, yes, yes, it's this sword. Master Ci Xin killed a mad wild boar with one sword. I skinned the wild boar, drained its blood, and roasted it. It tasted so delicious. I'm still drooling when I think about it now!"
Jiang Ci: “…”
After confirming that it was correct, Ci Xin kept doing immoral things that harmed others and himself on the way to find the dragon vein.
Why did he do this?
"And then what?"
"After that, we went down the mountain. Master Ci Xin taught me the secret method and then he left."
"Oh, right, little Taoist friend." The old man suddenly remembered something and hurriedly pulled up his sleeves to show her.
I saw that his two arms were covered with strange black lines, and these black lines were as densely rooted in his flesh and blood as shrimp threads.
The old man said painfully, "I have to keep absorbing lifespan now, even if I still have several years to live. Once I stop absorbing, I will be in great pain, and these black lines will grow very fast."
"Since you and Master Ci Xin are from the same sect, do you know the solution?"
As he spoke, the black shrimp threads began to wriggle under his skin at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Hei Xiu took a quick glance and was speechless: "Why is it like a parasite?"
"It's not a parasite. I've consulted a doctor, and he said it's a strange disease and there's no cure." The old man placed his hope on Jiang Ci, "Please help me."
Jiang Ci raised the corner of his mouth slightly, handed him a piece of wire, and said kindly: "This is the resentment of those people you killed. It's very simple to eradicate it. Just pick them out one by one."
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