Chapter 21 Chapter 21: The Mountain Family chooses a master who is not virtuous.
Bai Lu looked back. After all, he still had to hide his identity as a child of a resident. He was thinking about whether to create an illusion, but then he saw a huge mound of earth on the ground. Liang Mangu and Meng Caiqing, who were unable to hold on, hid inside it, and were still discussing: Would it look a bit like a tomb? Not auspicious...
Bai Lu: “…”
Well, Bai Lu took out the witch blade and quickly connected it to the water element. When the advanced magic in the brooch was released, he also used magic power to build a protective wall to prevent the surrounding houses from being damaged and to block the sight of those tomb dwellers.
At the same time, he shouted in a very confusing way: "Look at my Xuanshan Talisman——"
Bloody Corpse: “?”
What kind of talisman is this? What other talismans are there?
Before it could finish its doubts, the ground suddenly rolled up higher and higher waves, rushing towards the blood corpse from all directions! It was placed in an ocean with unpredictable power, and the water curtain with powerful pressure could almost swallow everything.
This is also the unique feature of advanced magic, which almost creates an entire space and traps the enemy inside.
The Blood Corpse was swallowed up by the cold ocean. The waves pressed down with tremendous force, making it unable to move at all, as if all its strength was drained away.
He could only watch Bai Lu approaching, confusion and shock in his eyes.
It could clearly sense Bai Lu's low level of cultivation, her spiritual power was running low, and her talismans were all used up. What, what was this?!
Bai Lu didn't walk as slowly as it did. Holding the Snow Feather Sword, she quickly reached the water curtain, and the water flow parted wherever she went.
The Blood Corpse Demon was pinned to the spot by the seemingly gentle but violent water, and roared. If it could, it really wanted to ask Bai Lu, "What are you?"
Unfortunately, he could only watch in confusion as Bai Lu raised her sword...
Cut off its rotten head with one sword!
The water changed, became soft, and slowly sank into the land and the air, leaving no trace.
Bai Lu looked at the remaining corpses surrounding the mound of earth like a grave, her magic power surging, and she was about to kill them all, but suddenly she sensed an unusual force, and she held down her magic power and stared at one place.
A stream of light flew over, and gradually a figure could be seen stepping on a spirit beast. He was wearing Xuanshan clothing, a golden crown on his head, and had a cold and arrogant face. It was Pei Zhaoting.
Pei Zhaoting took a quick look at the current situation, held up the formation plate, and gave the command: "Break!"
A golden light flashed, cutting off the heads of the remaining few henchmen who were still harassing Meng Caiqing and Liang Mangu, ending the battle.
"Huh..." Liang Mangu sat down on the grave... no, on the mound of earth. Only then did he feel his hands shaking, because his body began to ache due to the drugs.
This really felt like a dream. Liang Mangu looked at his hands, which were still covered in mucus, and then he felt it was real.
Even the tomb dwellers were still stunned where they were. Whether it was the bloody corpses, the minions, or the immortals' magic, they had never seen anything like it before. They had been chanting the spells with the determination to die, but they did not expect to be saved in the blink of an eye.
Meng Caiqing climbed out of the mound, knelt on the ground, and called out, "Senior Brother Pei?"
This speed was much faster than she had imagined, although it was still a little late, the Blood Corpse had already fallen to the ground.
"Cang Yuntai received your call for help, I am the closest." Pei Zhaoting was called by the senior sister. He answered simply, his eyes fell on the two corpses, identified them, and raised his sword eyebrows slightly, "Bloody Corpse Evil."
There was also Bai Lu standing next to him, his sword still dripping with blood, and he seemed to have run out of spiritual power.
But what attracted Pei Zhaoting more was the still damp ground. It almost immediately reminded him of the magic performed by the mysterious senior cultivator he encountered on the night he became possessed. The water moved without a trace, coming and going without a trace.
Pei Zhaoting stared at Bai Lu.
However, in addition to these, there are still many remnants of sword intent...
Bai Lu seemed unaware of anything. She greeted Pei Zhaoting and then quietly dissipated the magic power that was ready to be unleashed.
"That's right, thanks to Senior Brother Bai's talisman, otherwise we would have died here today." Meng Caiqing said fearfully. The situation just now was urgent. They all saw that Bai Lu used up a lot of spiritual power with just one sword, but fortunately he had drawn many talismans before he set out, and ingeniously included the sword intent in the talismans.
He is clearly at the Foundation Establishment stage, but he can actually think of how to incorporate sword energy into the talisman, just like he saved Jianmei when he was not yet at the Foundation Establishment stage. He really deserves to be called a senior brother!
symbol.
Pei Zhaoting gradually withdrew his gaze. He was certain that the mysterious senior who saved him used magic. He should be a cultivator with strong spiritual power, not the cleverness used by Bai Lu.
Perhaps it is just a common characteristic of water magic, that formlessness is best.
Pei Zhaoting recalled it and found it a little ridiculous. He had already suspected many of his fellow disciples, and this time he even suspected a fellow disciple who was in the foundation-building stage.
Even though Bai Lu's crossing the border to kill the bloody corpse was considered eye-catching, Pei Zhaoting also knew that when he was rescued, Bai Lu had not even established his foundation. While he was healing, Bai Lu recited poems in public. Bai Lu was not even a magic cultivator, but a sword cultivator who was good at alchemy and talismans.
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Lingling Mansion.
Luo Luo was found by them and treated here. Liang Mangu poured the healing medicine given to him by his senior brothers onto the unconscious Luo Luo, while Pei Zhaoting pointed at Luo Luo's wings and used his spiritual power to heal her.
Bai Lu whispered to Meng Caiqing, "Hey, what do you think of Xuanshan's other world?"
"What other world? The netherworld?" Meng Caiqing said absentmindedly, "How else can we tell? If it's an evil creature, just kill it like the bloody corpse."
Bailu wanted to ask, what if you are as kind-hearted as me... Never mind, I still can't say anything. The most important thing now is to eat some dessert.
I just used a lot of magic power and I'm so hungry.
"Brother Luo Luo, are you okay?" Liang Mangu saw that Luo Luo's claws seemed to twitch.
Luo Luo was half conscious, and he smelled a sweet fragrance, with a hint of fruit, which made him feel like he was back in the forest, when he was still a little bird...
"Uh..." Luo Luo opened her eyes and saw Liang Mangu's face with dark circles under his eyes, and Pei Zhaoting's cold face.
He was stunned for three seconds before he suddenly flapped his wings and stood up, "Ah! Corpse Demon! Corpse Demon!"
"He's dead, senior brother." Bai Lu threw over a piece of orange crepe.
Luo Luo opened his mouth and took it, and couldn't help but let out a long "hmm" in his throat. The soft and fragrant thin crust was smeared with sweet syrup, mixed with the fresh orange and egg fragrance, together with the light cream and orange pulp, making the taste very rich and sweet. This is really the best comfort for a bird that has just been seriously injured.
“Hmm!” Luo Luo was slow to remember what happened before he fainted. He stared at Bai Lu, swallowed the crepe in his mouth, and shouted, “Sword Qi! Why is there sword energy in the talisman paper you gave me?!”
"That's my original creation." Bai Lu was very confident when talking about her academic research. "Not only did I make a protective talisman, I also imprinted the sword energy into the talisman. I usually store the accumulated spiritual energy into it, so that I won't panic when I need to draw my sword."
Luo Luo's mouth dropped open when he heard this: "It's really... a magical skill."
More importantly, he originally wanted to stimulate his determination to break through by fighting with the corpse evil. Now he does have an idea, but it’s not because of the corpse evil, but because of the talisman he saw!
Meng Caiqing also sighed: "My master's judgment is indeed correct, it is unique and innovative, the best in the past eight thousand years!"
Bai Lu smiled proudly. It didn’t matter what you packed. He would try to pack something else next time.
Upon hearing this, Pei Zhaoting looked at Bai Lu again.
Turning objects into talismans? It was indeed... a bit of a clue, worthy of his serious attention.
Since Luo Luo had woken up, Liang Mangu helped him out of the guest room and into the main hall. They saw that Ling Ling's family had already retrieved the old lady's body, but it could no longer be buried and had to be cremated at a chosen location.
Ling Ling was slumped in a daze, while Ling Cheng of Qinglong Town stood aside and had silently taken over the affairs.
Noticing them coming out, Ling Ling quickly stood up and saluted, "Is the Immortal okay?"
Bai Lu held the fat bird Luo Luo, who was wrapped like a mummy, in both hands and spoke on his behalf: "Thank you, it's not bad."
Ling Ling smiled vaguely: "That's good, today I am grateful to all the immortals, I thank you!"
As for what happens next, they will have to bear it themselves...it's really a matter of time and fate.
"Ling Ling, are you worried?" Bai Lu had complicated opinions about him. He originally thought that the old man was a good person, but later he showed contempt for human life and even caused him to fail to seek help in time.
But later, the old man and the young men also came to help regardless of their lives. Well, it seems that we can’t say whether he is a good person or a bad person. With Bai Lu’s vocabulary, it is difficult to find an accurate adjective. We can only say that he... is a person?
Ling Ling's face turned grim when Bai Lu mentioned it, but he still managed a smile, "I'm ashamed..."
Bai Lu estimated that it was not only Ling Ling who would be punished. The people in Qinglong Town looked very dejected. He said to Ling Cheng beside him, "I remember Song Maosheng said that this Feng Shui treasure land could not be resurrected. But it is not up to you to decide whether the late emperor resurrected. You might as well put the blame on the person who did the Feng Shui in the first place."
Ling Ling and Ling Cheng: "..."
Actually, this makes sense, but...
"They were all figures from hundreds of years ago. The imperial master at that time chose the imperial mausoleum." Ling Ling said speechlessly, "Where can I go... Hey, don't mention it, the imperial master is also buried here."
I wonder if the Imperial Master in heaven has any clue.
"There may be something fishy about this matter." Meng Caiqing frowned and said, "How could a dignified national master mistakenly identify a Feng Shui treasure land and a dangerous land? No one has discovered it for so many years. Moreover, there is a ground network passing through it, so it is not a dragon vein, nor does it look like a place for evil spirits to be raised. That blood corpse evil spirit is an extremely vicious creature!"
Bai Lu didn't understand Feng Shui, but after Meng Caiqing said that, Luo Luo nodded and said, "I think it is indeed good Feng Shui." It had looked down at this place when it flew over, and it had been to Dayun before.
Ling Ling shuddered and said, "Could it be that a thief sneaked in to cause trouble?"
"Or maybe, this thief..." Bai Lu suddenly recalled something and asked Meng Caiqing and Liang Mangu: "Do you remember what Song Maosheng said when we asked him after knocking on the door?"
Too many things happened today, and Liang Mangu felt his mind was still a mess. He didn't know much about the blood corpse and the zombies.
Meng Caiqing exclaimed "Ah" and realized it.
Ling Ling didn't understand and looked at them. But soon, Meng Caiqing said something that made his face change slightly: "Besides your family, shouldn't there be another family keeping the coffin in the town?"
When Bai Lu and his party first arrived in Qinglong Town, they asked Song Maosheng about it. He said that among the families that had strange things happen, only the Chen family was so scared that they suspended their funeral and kept the coffin until now. The bloody corpse evil spirit summoned its minions, and the old man in Lingling's family who was keeping the coffin turned into a zombie. Why didn't the other family in the town have any minions?
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Chen family.
It was already dawn, and Master Chen became even more anxious. He came out of the back door with the help of his daughter and got into the carriage with his wife.
But at this time, there was a commotion, and Ling Cheng led the young men over, pulled the groom down, and also pulled out the leader Chen, "Old Chen, where are you going?"
When Shezhu Chen saw Ling Ling and Ling Cheng, his face was grim and he whispered, "I'm afraid that someone from the court will come to investigate, so I want to hide away. Lord Ling Ling, don't you also..."
Ling Cheng snorted coldly, but ignored him. He led the crowd to break into the room, opened the coffin, and turned it over. "It's empty!"
When Shezhu Chen saw him rushing straight to the coffin upon entering, he knew in his heart that the matter might be exposed, and his eyes were full of resentment and regret.
"It's really you, Old Chen, you are so confused!" Ling Ling grabbed his collar, "The one who pretended to be dead is not the late emperor, right?!"
Leader Chen said nothing, just stared at the ground.
"It's useless if you don't tell me. We checked and found that your family's cemetery is full of empty coffins. The movement last night was not in the imperial mausoleum - no, it should be said that it was in the imperial mausoleum. But it was not the deceased emperor of Dayun who turned into a corpse, but the deceased ancestor of the Chen family who was secretly buried in the valley of the imperial mausoleum!"
Ling Ling's tone was filled with regret. He had thought about a lot along the way. "You have been doing this secretly for many years, right? At that time, the monster was causing a lot of trouble. I wanted to use your funeral to cure the monster, but you stopped it and pretended to stop the funeral. There was no body in the coffin, so how could anything go wrong? You were afraid of being discovered."
"At that time, the Blood Corpse Demon was controlling the corpses nearby. There were clearly two corpses in the town, but only one corpse appeared from the town. It was because your family's corpse had already been secretly buried."
The Chen family had been actively following Ling Ling's orders and organizing the suppression of the broom girl, just like pretending to hold a funeral. In fact, they were afraid that this incident would draw attention to the fact that there was something wrong with their coffin, and...
"Hey, did you realize a long time ago that there might be a possibility of corpse transformation, so you sent many people in your family to live with your relatives who are working outside?" Meng Caiqing asked coldly. The corpse transformation must take time, not just one day, and the blood corpse will absorb the surrounding dark energy.
"That little broom said it didn't want to hold a funeral. It must have sensed something was wrong and wanted to stop the funeral. It's just that its cultivation level is low and it can't figure out why." Luo Luo said loudly. He knew that some monsters were born with ignorant consciousness.
From this point of view, the small broom was clearly giving an unconscious warning, as brooms are used to ward off evil spirits.
Ling Ling stared at Shezhu Chen with mixed feelings, "Did you really know this a long time ago?"
"...I didn't want to, but I found out. You also want to protect your family, you should understand." Shezhu Chen closed his eyes, "My family was secretly buried in the imperial mausoleum, and nothing happened until we found something wrong during the tomb sweeping. When I buried my grandfather, black water seeped out of the burial ground. I thought about it for a long time... and also looked everywhere for talismans to suppress it!"
The solution to encountering evil spirits is nothing more than abandoning, transforming, or suppressing it, but the Chen family was unwilling to abandon, unable to transform, or suppress it, and it has dragged on until this moment.
"But, no! I was so scared that I didn't dare tell anyone, so I had to send my family away first... Then I didn't know what to do, I didn't know it would be so serious...
"Why? My son is an official, so the Feng Shui treasure land is useful!" Shezhu Chen said at the end, very confused, "It is obviously a dragon vein treasure land, how can there be evil things?"
"Because the Shan family will only choose a master who is virtuous!" Ling Ling had never expected that his family would be so bold that they buried more than one family member. Therefore, those zombies were actually mostly members of the Chen family. They almost harmed the people in the entire town. If it weren't for the broom girl who welcomed the Xuanshan Immortal, the blood corpse would have been in trouble and would have been helpless.
"Only an ignorant and immoral master would be blinded by the True Dragon's treasure. If an ordinary person is buried in the True Dragon's land, it will only become a place for corpses to be raised and will backfire on the master. That's why the thugs are rushing after you first."
——He thought that the zombie that his grandmother turned into was not coming for him, but for the leader of the nearby Chen Society.
"Besides, you are not a legitimate master, but a tomb keeper who steals from the tomb."
"When choosing a master for a mountain family, one must be virtuous..." Shepherd Chen murmured these words and smiled bitterly.
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After dawn.
Bai Lu and his group of three people and one bird walked to the open space where everyone had gathered last night. Pei Zhaoting was waiting for them there. Luo Luo's wings were injured, so they went with him to ride on his Shuiyun beast.
Bai Lu saw the Shuiyun beast and reached out to touch it: "Nian? Qilin?"
The Shuiyun beast rubbed Bailu affectionately, thinking that he was very sweet. Well, it was just that his hand was a little heavy, and it touched a few of its hairs...
As for the little broom, although it was an unconscious warning, after all, the habits of monsters and humans were contrary to each other, so it was also taken back to Xuanshan.
What Bai Lu and the others didn't expect was that the tomb dwellers of Qinglong Town had also gathered here. When they saw the immortals coming, they all bowed and said, "Thank you for saving my life, immortals."
Compared to the curiosity and anticipation when we first watched the immortal, we now feel more sincere gratitude.
The Xuanshan team was also moved by what they saw and returned the gift together.
Bai Lu: "You're welcome, you guys too..."
Others: "Thank you for your kindness in upholding the sutra."
Bai Lu quickly changed her words and followed: "...Zhi De! Zhi De!"
Bai Lu was so angry... What's wrong? Can't you speak in daily life? And they are so neat, are you secretly rehearsing to trick me?
Several tomb dwellers came forward and said, "We know that the immortals like this, so we made it overnight. Please don't despise it."
What they held in their hands was a swallow kite in pink and green colors. Because it was pasted in a hurry, the glue had not yet dried completely.
Bailu took the kite happily and looked at it in the morning light.
The tomb dwellers in Qinglong Town were delighted to see the immortals taking the earthly things. It was rare. At first, everyone doubted for a long time whether these people were the immortals of Xuanshan... Of course, the blue-eyed sword immortal later dispelled all their doubts. Moreover, the immortals found the culprit, so they didn't have to suffer the death penalty.
Bai Lu bowed: "Thank you."
The tomb dwellers quickly moved away and watched the immortals climb onto the backs of the spirit beasts, one, two, three, four... The spirit beast let out a soft hum.
Luo Luo Bird smiled secretly. Although Pei Zhaoting's water cloud beast was precious, it was not as capable of carrying weight as him.
Pei Zhaoting did not use the Water Cloud Beast, but instead summoned another magical weapon that could fly in the air.
"Brother Pei, there is still room. Please squeeze in." Bai Lu called him. It's just overloaded. Even the immortal cultivators are afraid of it.
“…No.” Pei Zhaoting took a look, touched him soothingly, and flew into the air in front of them.
Bai Lu was still admiring the swallow kite with great joy. Luo Luo Bird squatted on his shoulder and said, "You like it so much?"
"Well... Senior Brother is also very cute, but this paper bird is of a different style from Senior Brother's." Bai Lu thought he was jealous and explained. The Luo Luo bird is a practical good friend, and this swallow kite is a two-dimensional one...
Luo Luo Bird chuckled twice and thought Bai Lu was so interesting. There was no need to explain this... But he was still very happy to be praised.
After flying for a short while, Pei Zhaoting stopped and said, "The Shuiyun Beast will take you back. I have something else to do, so I'll say goodbye here."
"Where are you going, Senior Brother Pei? How about we wait for you?" Meng Caiqing asked politely.
"No need, I'll go to Dayun." Pei Zhaoting said with a cold face.
Everyone was wondering, did Pei Zhaoting have anything else to do in Dayun? Was there also a mission?
Pei Zhaoting glanced at them and asked, "What do you think is the crux of this matter?"
Why are we reviewing the past now? Luo Luo couldn't help but say, "This trip has led to many things. The main reason is that the Mausoleum Commander concealed the truth, and the Chen family was so bold that they secretly buried him in the imperial mausoleum, which also attracted heaven's punishment and created the extremely evil blood corpse."
"Well, Feng Shui is really unfathomable." Liang Mangu also nodded.
"Tsk." Pei Zhaoting said, "God's punishment?"
"Yes, when a mountain family chooses a master, they will not let him stay unless he has virtue." Luo Luo felt a little uncomfortable with Pei Zhaoting's gaze and muttered secretly, can a true disciple of the inner sect just look at others with a narrow eye like this?
Compared with Bai Lu, Luo Luo felt that that was what it meant to be friendly!
Pei Zhaoting said with a hint of sarcasm: "The royal families in the human world like to place many talismans inscribed on them in the imperial mausoleums. The effect is that all the ministers and servants buried with the emperor will be enslaved by the royal family even after death. I am afraid that the so-called heavenly punishment of corpse transformation will bring disaster to their descendants, which is also their punishment for those who disturb the mausoleum. They also spread such a statement to make it mysterious.
"Otherwise, why didn't the Corpse Evil destroy the Imperial Mausoleum along the way? It would only target the Chen family or ordinary people. However, for it to be so ferocious, it must have been created by some kind of luck, or it might have been deliberately created by Dayun."
Is it really like this?!
Bai Lu and her teammates looked at each other, and they all felt that the excitement in their hearts brought by completing the task, solving the blood corpse evil and receiving thanks became more sighing and complicated.
"...Thank you for telling us." Bai Lu felt that she had learned something new, and sighed for Qinglong Town, "So what will happen next?"
Pei Zhaoting suddenly wondered why he had ever associated Bai Lu with the person who saved him. One was at ease and the other... After glancing at Bai Lu, Pei Zhaoting looked away expressionlessly.
"What should I do? No matter what Dayun's original intention was, it almost implicated my Xuanshan disciples. Naturally, I have to settle the score with them." Pei Zhaoting raised his eyebrows, nodded to the Shuiyun Beast, and went to settle the score with Dayun's royal family.
Hey, Senior Brother Pei is looking at the bird from the corner of his eye, he seems to have some fellow disciples’ affection. But he is still not as friendly as Bai Lu, Luo Luo thought.
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