Chapter 18 Chapter 18 Are we like some kind of evil heretic...
Bai Lu and the others were going to a place called Qinglong Town in the Dayun Dynasty. According to Luo Luo's judgment, it would only take him more than three days to fly to Xuanshan Immortal Sect.
During this period, they did not stop to rest, and even ate on the bird's back. Anyway, Luo Luo had already practiced fasting, so he could fly without rest.
"What did you bring? Look, my ninety-eighth senior brother gave me a lot, compass, elixir..." On the back of the bird, Liang Mangu showed off his equipment.
"I also brought some talismans that I drew myself." Bai Lu showed them the talismans he drew. Actually, he was also covered with magic props, so it was not convenient to show them. In the eyes of others, Bai Lu was all decorated and gaudy.
Meng Caiqing took a talisman with a Celtic shield knot on it. She couldn't quite understand it and even thought it looked like Bai Lu's knitting pattern: "This pattern is quite fresh..."
"You..." Liang Mangu hesitated. Will this work? Brother Bai is forcing himself to say that he succeeded in painting.
"I drew several. You're welcome. Let's try them together." Bai Lu stuffed one into each of their pockets, even Luo Luo got one.
"Put it between my feathers." How could Luo Luo offend the Sword Master's disciple? Is it just a hobby?
Meng Caiqing politely put it away, but she was a little confused. Although she was not from the talisman lineage, she felt that this did not look like a legitimate talisman...
Bailu opened the apple pies she had packed and gave one to each person.
"Brother Bai is really thoughtful." Liang Mangu immediately forgot about the talisman and enthusiastically helped heat up the apple pie using a small cauldron the size of two palms that he carried with him.
"Brother Luo Luo, do you want to try it?" Bai Lu asked Luo Luo politely.
"I have already practiced fasting... Come to think of it, why don't you practice fasting?" Luo Luo thought to himself, these three should be the best among the new inner sect disciples, so how come they can't give up their six desires?
"No hurry. It's not that we don't practice fasting. We are just in the light fasting stage. We need time to fast one day at a time and eat one day at a time..." Liang Mangu instilled Bai Lu's theory into Senior Brother Luo Luo, and then tried his best to sell it, "Besides, this Pinellia fruit was picked up by Brother Bai in the mountains. It's delicious."
"Brother, I live in the mountains. The Pinellia fruit is sour and hard, how could I not know that?" Luo Luo laughed, "You have been fasting for too long, so your sense of taste is not right? You are more likely to overeat when you are hungry and full."
"Brother, how about you try it?" Liang Mangu didn't listen to him and directly broke off a piece of his apple pie and threw it into the air.
Luo Luo immediately sped up, tilted his head back, and accurately grabbed the apple pie. As soon as he put it in his mouth, he let out a "Hmm?"
He had eaten this Pinellia fruit before in the forest. It was sour, sweet and dry, but when it was added to pastries and baked, the sourness turned into sweetness. There was only a little bit of sourness, which became a unique flavor!
Unlike some foods that contain spiritual power, this is purely a taste enjoyment, and it is very much in line with his preferences as a member of the Feather Clan. It reminds him of the simple joy of foraging in the forest when he was a child.
"When baking this kind of pie, it tastes better with sour apples." Bai Lu gave another whole pie to Luo Luo, "Will it ruin my practice, brother?"
"No, no... Actually, I haven't been fasting for long." Luo Luo let it slip accidentally. It was because he wanted everything that his progress in practice was a little slow.
If he had a more determined mind, he might be able to pass the exam and become a disciple of Xuanshan.
"Speaking of which, I have something to ask. I'm not sure if it's presumptuous of you to ask." Liang Mangu stammered, "I can see that you are from the Luoluo bird clan and you named yourself Luoluo. I heard that Luoluo birds live in groups. I guess you must have relatives and friends living in the Xuanshan Mountains, right?"
"Of course, our clan has lived in Xuanshan for a long, long time." Luo Luo didn't understand what he was asking, "Just tell me, what's wrong?"
"That's right, Senior Brother's name is Luo Luo, so if Senior Brother has a brother, what's his Taoist name?" Liang Mangu finally asked. He wanted to ask as soon as he heard Senior Brother Luo Luo's Taoist name! This doesn't sound like a proper name. Why is he called by his own race name?
Luo Luo: "My brother's name is Luo Luowa."
Same name?
At this time, Bai Lu was still relatively calm and confidently said, "In some places, there may be no need to avoid using relatives' names. You can call your elders by the same name, which shows respect."
"?" Liang Mangu: "Lorova?"
Luo Luo: "No, listen carefully, my name is Luo Luo, my brother is Luo Luo, my mother is Luo Luo——"
Now Bai Lu was also confused.
Is there something wrong with my Chinese listening skills? Or are these homophones? Am I going crazy studying Chinese?
Bai Lu was shocked and asked, "Brother, your whole family has the same name?"
"You still don't understand, Dororo..." Dororo suddenly chirped and sighed, "Every sound I said just now was clearly different, but you humans just couldn't understand it!"
"Well, I understand." Liang Mangu wiped the sweat off his forehead.
The sound of the lolo bird's chirping is just like this, dololo dololo, but each of its calls actually has a different meaning...
Meng Caiqing came closer and whispered to them, "In fact, the eldest sister is marked as Luo Luo A, B, C, and D in the book."
Bai Lu shouted in her heart that it was a good thing that she didn't go to visit his family at that time. How could she tell them apart? "There are so many birds. After the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches are used up, won't there be another one like Jiachen and Wuxu?"
Meng Caiqing: "What else? Do you want to know the number of the senior brother?"
Liang Mangu continued to wipe his sweat: "Forget it, I can't remember it anyway."
"By the way, Senior Brother Luo Luo, I heard about the stories about you demon cultivators before." Bai Lu recalled the gossip she had heard before, "Which tribe is your Feather Tribe closest to? The Wood Tribe?"
"Hahaha, it can't be that simple. Have you heard people say that the internal relations among us demon cultivators are even worse than those between other alien races?" Luo Luo said with a smile.
"But nothing is absolute in this world. In this world, there are the Feather Tribe and the Water Tribe who are close friends. There are also Feather Tribe sects that strictly check that their ancestors for eighteen generations must be Feather Tribe before accepting disciples. Those who only have wings but don't fly will be isolated by them."
“…So strict?”
"If their cultivation wasn't enough, they would still want to check my past three lives..."
“…”
"So it didn't take long for it to fail." Luo Luo Bird continued to speak indifferently. He didn't know what they were surprised about. It was just like the human race, with all kinds of strange things. There were the Xuanshan Immortal Sect that accepted all races, there were those who firmly believed that only the human race would be the future masters of the mortal world, and there were those who admired the demon cultivators and gave themselves similar names...
It is said that good and evil cannot coexist, but it seems that some evil cultivators secretly come to the righteous territory to do business and play, and vice versa. Nothing is uncommon.
…
They flew and chatted like this for three days. At dusk, Bai Lu saw many beautiful houses in the mountains. They had high walls and archways, and the landscaping was also very well done. This kind of rich and luxurious atmosphere was of a different style compared to the architecture of the Xuanshan Immortal Sect.
Bai Lu poked her head out and asked, "Is it right here?"
Luo Luo groaned, "It's almost time. I'll find a place to park."
"This Qinglong Town is quite prosperous, and every household is so wealthy. Where do we live?" Bai Lu wanted to go down and take a look, although he couldn't describe it well with his vocabulary.
"This? This is not a good place to live!" Luo Luo laughed, "Little Junior Brother, you have never seen this, this is full of tombs!"
"Ah?" Bai Lu was a little surprised. He didn't expect that those magnificent places were actually inhabited by dead people. He encountered a blind spot in knowledge again. It was indeed not a good place to live.
"That's right. A mausoleum can be built more magnificently than a house on earth. You are young and probably don't know that almost all of Qinglong Town is occupied by mausoleum owners." Luo Luo has lived for hundreds of years. "This place has great feng shui. It has always been the location of the royal mausoleum of the Dayun Dynasty. Look down, there are hundreds of miles of green mountains and golden coffins and tombs. I don't know how many nobles are buried here.
"If there is a mausoleum, there must be mausoleum keepers. They are responsible for annual sacrifices and sweeping, and usually cultivate the sacrificial fields. Over time, the number of households has increased, households have formed villages, and villages have formed towns. It can be said that the entire Qinglong Town eats the food of the dead."
This really broadened Bai Lu's horizons. It turns out there is such a professional funeral town.
"We'll be at Qinglong Town soon." Luo Luo found a place to land outside the town, then turned into a fat little bird. He looked at the three of them and chose to land on Bai Lu's shoulder.
He thought Bai Lu looked the most kind and spoke softly.
Bai Lu also turned around and smiled at Luo Luo warmly, "Oh, my good friend, it's a pity that it's not convenient to recognize you."
"Okay, I'll be in charge here." Luo Luo raised his head and said, "I won't say anything else from now on. I'll just watch you guys."
The information was in Meng Caiqing's hands. She scratched her hair. Although she had worked with her senior sister in Cangyuntai for a long time, this was her first time in the human world.
In fact, all three of them are relatively inexperienced in the world, especially Bai Lu, the young man, who has never lived in this alien world and has only watched a few costume dramas.
You look at me, I look at you, Meng Caiqing had no choice but to bite the bullet and make arrangements: "Well, then you two wait here for me, I'll go find Ling Ling's mansion. I originally agreed to meet him outside the town, but I don't know why he didn't come."
Meng Caiqing formed a magic spell with his hands, and his whole body sank into the ground along with the billowing black smoke.
Because all the people here live in the mausoleum, it is different from other towns in that it is managed by special mausoleum commanders and mausoleum secretaries.
While Meng Caiqing went to explore the way, Bai Lu and Liang Mangu stretched their bodies on the spot. After sitting on the flying bird for three days, their bodies were stiff, and Liang Mangu even performed a set of punches on the spot.
"Brother Bai, I feel a little thirsty. Please wait a moment. I will go to the house in front to ask for some water." Liang Mangu said, tidying up his hair and clothes.
"Wait a minute, I haven't finished the juice I brought." Bai Lu took out a bottle of juice and handed it to him sincerely.
"...I want to drink some sweet well water!" Liang Mangu refused to have juice.
"Then wait a moment. I think I still have some醍醐酥. Eating them can quench your thirst." Bai Lu went to take out her bag again.
"Alright, alright," Liang Mangu angrily told the truth, "I actually just wanted to find a place to show off my status. In the peak, I'm the 271st Junior Brother. When I come out, won't I be the Mangu Immortal Venerable?"
Bai Lu: “…”
As for why he didn't go to Ling Ling's house to show off? Ling Ling also often went to the city to report. If he wanted to interact with people, he would go to the simple people with no cultivation. Otherwise, wouldn't it be like walking in the night in brocade clothes?
After Liang Mangu finished speaking, he said to Bai Lu, "Brother Bai, stop pretending. You urged us to praise you even when you were building your foundation. You must understand my vanity."
Bai Lu: "...You go quickly."
Luo Luo laughed and said, "Both of you junior brothers are really genuine." Then he quickly shut up and rolled his eyes. He said he would stop talking, so this one doesn't count.
Liang Mangu went to a house at the entrance of the town and knocked on the door. "Is anyone there?"
"Who is it?" There was a dog barking from inside the door, followed by someone asking.
"I have something to ask you." Liang Mangu said reservedly.
After a while, someone opened the door with a light. When they shone the light, they could see clearly that the person knocking on the door was a strange man with dark dark circles under his eyes and holding a sword.
Looking at the details, there are tokens, gourds, compasses, etc. on his waist. It is obvious that he is not an ordinary person. His expression changed slightly and he said fearfully: "We are a kind family. Please tell me what the immortal wants. I can offer you three animals."
As expected, you call me an immortal!
It's a pity that he is not an Immortal Venerable. Although the word "Venerable" is not valuable in Xuanshan... Anyway, Liang Mangu suddenly felt refreshed as if he had taken a top-grade elixir. Just for this sentence, it was worth it, "There is no need for three sacrifices."
Just give him a bowl of water. It’s okay if there’s no water. Actually, he’s not thirsty. Just chat.
The host's face was even more bleak: "The immortal wants a boy or a girl?"
Liang Mangu realized that something was wrong. Was he wrong? He looked at himself and was a little annoyed. "Do I look like some evil heretic? I am a disciple of Xuanshan Immortal Sect!"
I even forgot to pretend to be "I".
When the host heard that it was a disciple of Xuanshan Immortal Sect, his face relaxed a little, and then he laughed a little awkwardly: "It was dark, I didn't see clearly, and I bumped into Xuanshan Immortal."
The Xuanshan Immortal Sect is still well-known, and everyone in Qinglong Town is indeed discussing seeking help, but the image of this immortal... the host took a few more careful glances at him.
Liang Mangu wanted to show off to someone, but he didn't want to bully anyone. He waved his hand and said, "What are you talking about, little brother? I didn't get enough rest, so I look a little pale. I just want a drink of water..."
At this time, black smoke billowed from the ground, and a mound of earth rose up. Then Meng Caiqing crawled out and shouted, "Brother, we found it. Ling Ling fainted!"
She didn't do it on purpose, but her voice was so loud that everyone could hear it.
The host opened his mouth and saw a little girl emerging from the thick strange black air, shouting arrogantly that Ling Ling had fainted. He immediately shivered all over and looked at them in horror.
"What?" Upon hearing this, Bai Lu took two steps out of the night and took off her gauze hat. Her green eyes shone brightly in the night, and her face was so beautiful that it seemed out of this world.
The host: “…”
The young man burst into tears and said, "Don't kill me!"
Three people and one bird: “…………”
Are we like some kind of evil demon?
"...How did you get that? We are all descendants of famous and upright sects." Liang Mangu gritted his teeth and whispered to Meng Caiqing, "I told you that you should practice the Cloud Riding Technique!"
Meng Caiqing retorted: "I was wondering why you didn't put on some powder before going out."
The two argued for a while, and seeing that the young man was even more frightened, they both put on a friendly smile and showed him their identity tokens, not caring whether he could recognize them or not, "We are really disciples of Xuanshan Xianzong, and we were sent here because you asked for help from Qinglong Town."
"I went to look for Ling Ling just now, because he had originally agreed to come and meet us. But when I found his house, I heard that there was a funeral at home and that something strange had happened. He fainted, so I came to report it to my senior brothers." Meng Caiqing spoke slowly and calmly, hoping to calm the other party.
Unfortunately, the other person's upper and lower teeth were chattering, his eyes were dull, and I didn't know how much he heard.
Bai Lu walked over silently and put a piece of apple pie into the crying man's mouth.
Toxic? No, it's sugary!
His body gradually stopped shaking, and he calmed down and figured it out. If these immortals wanted to kill him, they would kill them right away. The young man said, "Are you immortals really here to help our Qinglong Town? Chew, chew, chew... Is Master Lingling okay..."
The Lingling Mansion was in chaos. Meng Caiqing saw that he was well behaved and old enough to do things, so he asked, "It is said that it is the same as before. Have you witnessed it with your own eyes? Can you tell us in detail?"
The information I gave you before roughly stated that the coffin started to move by itself during the funeral ceremony. At first, everyone thought it was a corpse, but later they found that the corpse did not move, so they thought it might be some kind of ghost. This has happened repeatedly, but recently, even the Qigong masters in the government could not find it, so they could only report it for help.
The young man ate the sweets and felt much more stable. "I often serve as a ritualist. I once went to the Taichang Temple for training and sang for royal funerals. People in the town also like to invite me to funerals, so I have seen it many times..."
Maybe because he had been scared a few times, he became a little timid and was very scared when he saw them.
"In the past two months, similar situations have occurred in nine out of ten funerals in our town. I have seen it many times. I found that every time the coffin was cleaned, it would start to move around. The burial objects inside would pour out with a clang, and once even my uncle's body was poured out... In the end, no ceremony could be continued. People couldn't stand the torture and were buried hastily."
It is said that death is like life. If it happens a few more times, even if no one is killed, the people in Qinglong Town will not be able to bear it mentally.
"There are □□ times out of ten, so is that eight or nine times? What about the remaining one?" Bai Lu asked. He didn't understand what "approximately" meant and thought this was a real number.
The young man was stunned, not understanding why the immortal was speaking so honestly. He just used empty words, "...uh, nine times, actually it was the remaining time I didn't go to. It is said that there was a commotion there, but I didn't see it. That family is the big owner of our community."
The young man explained, "The grave keepers here each have their own tombs, belonging to different communities. The community owner's ancestor was the earliest grave keeper in Qinglong Town, responsible for the imperial tomb of the founding emperor of our Dayun. He has the most people in his family, so he has someone who can sing the ritual."
"Then why didn't anything happen to his family?" Liang Mangu asked suspiciously.
"No, it's because when the Chen family saw this situation, especially when something happened to the family that was holding the funeral at the same time as theirs, they simply stopped the funeral. The deceased was their grandfather, and they didn't want to be disrespectful to him, so they chose to stop the funeral until now, looking for Feng Shui objects everywhere, just hoping to wait until the matter is resolved. Unfortunately, the whole town is helpless."
The young man looked at them eagerly and said, "Luckily I have waited for you all, the immortals. I hope you will have mercy on me... chew, chew, chew."
…
The young man's name was Song Maosheng. Bai Lu and his group of three people and one bird were going to Ling Ling's mansion. He weakly asked if he could go along because he had never seen an immortal capture evil spirits.
Liang Mangu was overjoyed. Without waiting for anyone else to speak, he immediately agreed, and then said seriously: "Since you are articulate and have experienced strange things at funerals, it would be easier for you to explain if you come with us."
"Then I'll take you with me to walk on the earth?" Meng Caiqing was a little unconfident and took a few people with him to walk on the earth.
“Cough cough cough!”
“Ahem—”
Bai Lu jumped out of the earth mound, covering her mouth and waiting for the black smoke to dissipate. She felt like she was covered in sand and shook herself a few times. Liang Mangu's face was a little darker, but his dark circles were not obvious.
The housekeeper of Lingling Mansion had been waiting here. When he saw Xuanshan Immortal coming back with other immortals, he hurried to greet them. Of course, if he hadn't checked Meng Caiqing's official letter, he wouldn't have dared to think that these were the children of the immortals...
"Please come quickly, Immortal, my master has woken up."
There were a lot of people in Lingling Mansion because the funeral was supposed to be held today, and relatives and friends came to mourn. Many of them had not left yet. When they heard that the immortals from Xuanshan Immortal Sect had arrived, they all watched from afar out of curiosity, which satisfied Liang Mangu's vanity very much.
When I entered the main hall, it was still decorated for a funeral and the coffin was placed in the hall.
Ling Ling was a middle-aged man with a bulging belly. He was wearing mourning clothes and was wiping tears beside the coffin. Someone was comforting him: "Ling Ling, don't worry. Now that the Immortal Xuanshan has come, the old lady will be able to rest in peace..."
"Master, the immortals have arrived." The butler reported.
Ling Ling stood up with the help of the table, tears streaming down his face as he tried to speak. He wanted to hold the immortal's hand and cry to him, but the first one was a female immortal, which didn't seem appropriate. The second one had too many dark circles under her eyes, and she didn't seem to have much immortal aura... Forget it, the third one had green eyes, could it be the legendary demon cultivator?
Ling Ling and the fourth person looked at each other.
Song Maosheng held his hand and said, "Ling Ling, are you okay?"
Ling Ling: “…”
The fourth one is from my town.
Ling Ling simply squatted down, wiping his tears: "Finally, all the immortals have come! I was raised by my grandmother, but I let her suffer so much. I am really unfilial! I really regret it. If I had known this, I would rather continue to keep the coffin..."
But the weather was getting warmer and it was not suitable to keep the funeral for too long, so he had no other choice.
"I have heard about this from the housekeeper." The three of them had discussed this on the way. At this time, Meng Caiqing said, "Ling Ling, please allow my senior brother to investigate."
"All listen to the immortal." Ling Ling said to the person who helped him up before, "Brother Chen, now your old grandfather can be buried in peace. You can finally take a rest."
That person was the Chen family member whose deceased grandfather’s body had been kept in the house for a longer time. They came to attend the funeral today. They were equally excited and watched the immortal’s movements with great anticipation.
Liang Mangu took out a compass from his arms. He had begged for it from his senior brother before going down the mountain. He couldn't make such a good thing himself. He winked at Bailu.
It is said that this compass was made by the eighteenth senior brother who had gone down the mountain to travel a long time ago. It was then passed down from generation to generation until it got into his hands.
There are many grids on this compass, one circle after another. What makes it different from an ordinary compass is that there is a circle with words such as "spiritual", "essence", "strange", "evil" and so on written on it.
"Once I activate the Tianyuan Compass, I will naturally know what the trouble is." Liang Mangu was full of confidence. After finding it, the three of them would work together to beat it up. It would be a piece of cake.
This foundation-building mission shouldn't have been that difficult, especially since the three of Xuanshan's proudest talents were gathered together.
Look, Senior Brother Luo Luo is squatting on Bai Lu’s shoulder and looks like he is almost asleep. I don’t know how confident he is in them.
"Hey, what's this?" Bai Lu saw the word "Shi" written next to "Sha". "It's a typo, right? Shi?"
He has such sharp eyes that he can even help people catch insects.
"No, this represents my master." Liang Mangu whispered, "You can hide from my master..." You only complete the mission a few times a year, but your master may appear behind you every day and kick you. This is the primary research and development.
Oh, the tutor positioning system.
Bai Lu asked without any empathy: "But why are you hiding from Master?"
Liang Mangu: “…”
There's just nothing to talk about with people like you!
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