It was approaching midnight.
The streets of the scenic area were deserted, and every household in the alleys had their doors and windows closed, with the lights dark and silence.
The cold white moonlight sprinkled on the ground, illuminating several shadowy figures.
"Here it comes!" A hurried male voice accompanied by stumbling footsteps came closer and closer.
"Be careful! Get out of the way!" another male voice answered quickly.
The two male voices sounded young, and they could even give off a hint of youthfulness. However, the first voice was filled with tension and fear that was difficult to conceal, while the second voice was decisive and cold, and seemed murderous.
Suddenly, a strong wind blew from nowhere, blowing up countless dead branches and leaves.
Soon, a beam of light pierced the darkness, and the alley was suddenly illuminated.
A sonorous and powerful voice shouted: "Collect!"
A faint sharp whistle suddenly sounded in the alley. The sound did not seem to be heard from the ears, but it rang heavily in the mind and was extremely penetrating.
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"Hoohoo, hoohoo—shit, which one is this?"
Fu Le patted his chest in shock and asked while gasping for breath.
"The third one."
There was still a murderous aura lingering around Jing Cheng. He calmly bent down to pick up the sealing talisman floating on the ground and casually put it into the travel bag behind him.
Fu Le scratched his head frantically: "What? It's only the third one? I regret it. If I had known it would be so thrilling, I would have stayed in the hotel and slept. Maybe I would have finished the first dream by now."
Jing Cheng looked at him helplessly: "You can't leave now. They have marked you. Even if you go back to the hotel, they will find you quickly."
"Alas, that's why I regret it." Fu Le sighed, "Why don't we go and join Brother Yan and the others? There's strength in numbers, maybe we can solve this problem in an hour."
Jing Cheng gave him a funny look and said, "Don't worry, clean up this area first, don't let any fish slip through the net."
"It's the devil that escaped the net!" Fu Le corrected his wording.
Jing Cheng put the peach wood sword in his hand upside down into the scabbard behind his back, and scanned the surrounding environment with sharp eyes, not missing any corner.
The reason why the two of them appeared in the alley in the middle of the night has to do with what happened last night.
Yesterday, the night when we returned to the hotel from Chen's house, another brutal murder occurred in the ancient city scenic area. The exposed corpse had its internal organs violently dug out, its limbs were missing, and it looked like a pig, tortured beyond recognition.
Because the tragedy happened in the second half of the night, the first witness discovered the body this morning.
It was very similar to the heart-digging murder that happened four days ago, and the surrounding surveillance was ineffective.
The last time, the first person to discover the body was a woman. Out of fear, she was the first to call the police. The police rushed to control the scene as soon as possible, so not many people knew about the murder.
However, this time, the witness was an unreliable adult male. The first thing he did after discovering the body was not to call the police, but to... take a short video and post it online.
Combined with his exaggerated "fear lines", it instantly set the Internet on fire!
Nowadays, people will do anything to get fire.
By the time the police discovered the problem and arrived, the scene was already surrounded by circles of "audiences", with countless people taking photos and shooting short videos.
They were both scared and excited. The brave ones even took a "yin and yang photo" with the horrific corpse lying on the ground.
Because of its huge influence, all the confusing and strange cases in the ancient city in recent years have also been dug out by "excited" netizens.
Although the sensational information and images were deleted very quickly, too many people posted them, and it took the police half a day to stabilize the situation.
The fact that there was such a "vicious murderer" hiding and running around in the ancient city eventually caused panic among the general public.
On that day, the ancient city’s train station, bus station and airport were almost packed, and tourists were desperate to “go home”.
Few shops dare to open for business in the scenic area during the day. Any pedestrian with a fierce look or strange attire will be reported to the police station by "concerned citizens".
After learning the news, Zhang Jinhuai immediately rushed back to the ancient city from Shangjing City with his master's people.
The Taoist Association finally realized the seriousness of the problem. If these demons hidden in the ancient city are not eliminated, they will sooner or later cause trouble and cause unrest in the world.
These demons that escaped from the "Monster Monument" should not exist in the world. Logically, they have been sealed for many years, and even if they come out, they will not retain much power. However, demons are different from humans after all. They can replenish energy by "devouring". Humans are the most spiritual creatures in the world and the favorite "food" of demons. The spiritual energy in the bodies of ascetics is even stronger, so demons are even less likely to let them go.
The deceased this time was a young man who had just joined the Taoist Association not long ago.
The young Taoist priest is very young and a simple person.
This time I followed my master to the ancient city mainly to see the world.
After returning from "buying a bucket of soy sauce" in Bijia Village, I heard people say that the ancient city was not peaceful at night. I couldn't bear the loneliness and wanted to make the ancient city peaceful and tranquil.
So he stayed up late at night, grabbed a few half-drawn talismans and went out to "venture into the world".
It would have been fine if he hadn't caught any ghosts, but he was actually targeted by an extremely ferocious demon.
Although the young Taoist priest learned from a famous master, he himself was only a half-baked Taoist. He had seen little of the world and did not know the importance of things.
...This led to his death before he could accomplish his mission.
Made a huge "contribution" to the Taoist Association's typical negative case.
The elders of the Taoist Association immediately became restless. The young Taoist's master knew his disciple well. Although the young Taoist was only a half-baked person, he was good enough at catching ghosts and exorcising evil spirits - this was also the level of most members of the Taoist Association today.
They saw that the little Taoist priest died in such a tragic way that even a fierce ghost could not do that.
This is because humans and ghosts are different. Ghosts are souls. No matter how powerful a ghost is, it can only control humans through their minds and scare them.
Therefore, when an evil spirit wants to harm someone, the person will most likely end up committing suicide.
The elders in the Taoist Association began to panic, fearing that this was a sign of a catastrophe to come.
How can fragile humans deal with a monster that even they, the monks, can't deal with?
Then, someone mentioned Jing Cheng.
And then...
Zhang Jinhuai and others who returned to the ancient city joined forces with Jing Cheng to form this "demon-killing operation".
Because of his physical condition, Qin Yan is a coveted target for demons.
——It is also the object that demons fear the most.
After all, as an adult with the Nine Purple Fire Pure Yang Fate, every drop of blood flowing in his body is a powerful weapon to restrain evil spirits.
Ordinary small bastards dare not act rashly against him, and even the big demons have to think carefully before doing anything.
The higher the level of the demon, the more picky it is about food.
The powerful demons only eat human hearts and livers, while the small fry will eat anything, regardless of meat or vegetables.
As far as Jing Cheng knew, in the last illusion, all the decent monsters had been sealed by him, and only the small fry were left.
So Qin Yan is safer than anyone else involved in this operation.
Precisely because it was too safe, he was assigned to the most "unsafe" person - Zhang Jinhuai (……).
In Jing Cheng's eyes, Zhang Jinhuai could barely rank first among this group of small fry, but compared to him, he was far inferior.
If it were in the past, if a member of the Zhang family died, they would just die, and he would not meddle in their affairs.
But it is different now. As a leader of Taoism a hundred years later, if something happens to Zhang Jinhuai, Taoism will be in danger.
Although Jing Cheng was skeptical about the word "imminent", this was not the right time for internal strife, so he had to grudgingly agree to these powerful elders.
A man can bend and stretch!
Jing Cheng originally wanted to act alone, but he was worried that the demons would sense his presence and hide deliberately. For such creatures that are good at camouflage, even if he had supernatural powers, it would be difficult to discover their whereabouts.
So he needed a "weak" mortal to serve as bait.
Zhang Baodou is the best choice. Although he is a descendant of the Zhang family and holds a position in the Taoist Association, he is actually a technical geek with only theories, no different from an ordinary mortal.
However, some people in the Zhang family do not trust Jing Cheng to protect Zhang Baodou, and Fu Le insists on getting involved, under the pretext of contributing to a harmonious society.
Fu Le was in danger several times and complained bitterly.
He was nearly swallowed by the demon's "Mouth of the Abyss" several times, but Jing Cheng took away the amulet that he had given him before.
So now he has his door wide open, as if telling the thieves waiting outside: "Come and steal from me! I won't resist!"
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Across two long streets, we have left the scenic area of the ancient city and are located in the area near the scenic area in the city center.
There are many entertainment venues here: Internet cafes, bars, teahouses, game halls, dance halls, amusement parks, etc.
Next to the playground is an abandoned old building that is in urgent need of demolition.
The old building was originally a large clothing mall, but unfortunately the location was not good as there was a scenic spot behind it. The owner only focused on the huge flow of customers here, but did not consider that the tourists came here to enjoy the scenery. Who would come here to buy clothes?
Later, he changed several industries, including catering, entertainment, etc., but all ended up with losses.
Over time, rumors began to spread that this place had bad feng shui.
Businessmen worship the God of Wealth and believe in ghosts and gods. What they are most afraid of is places with problems with feng shui.
No business is willing to rent the building.
Over time, the building became an old building.
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Qin Yan, Zhang Jinhuai and the people from their sect stood together... in front of the old building.
A Zhang disciple looked down and said hesitantly: "This should be it..."
The old compass needle in the disciple's hand was spinning wildly, stirring up gusts of air currents invisible to the naked eye, which looked extremely strange.
A middle-aged Taoist priest from the Zhang family swung his peach wood sword and said solemnly, "Demons are the most cunning. Everyone must be careful and remember not to act separately!"
The younger generations responded one after another.
Qin Yan stood upright with his chest folded, looking indifferent.
He had talismans on him that Jing Cheng had prepared for him in advance: a protective amulet, a demon-breaking talisman, a sealing talisman, a hemostatic talisman, a summoning talisman, and so on.
Even if they act separately, he is the safest one.
Just as the Zhang family did not trust Jing Cheng, Jing Cheng also did not trust the Zhang family.
It was easy to guess what the Taoist Association was thinking. Jing Cheng was very capable, so it was understandable that he acted alone. Since both parties chose to cooperate, they needed a medium for communication.
To put it bluntly, they are “hostages”.
Once one of the two parties encounters an accident, the other party can come to the rescue quickly.
So Jing Cheng invented the "summoning talisman".
Just light it up and call the other person's name in your heart, and that person will be able to sense your location.
However, the talisman only has a one-way summoning effect, which is to summon Jing Cheng.
This is the trump card that Jing Cheng gave to his little disciple!
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When Qin Yan followed the Zhang family to the old building, he felt that the aura here was different.
A cold air lingered all around, invading his pores all the time.
This kind of chill is different from the damp chill of autumn nights. It is the kind of chill that makes one's spine chill and one's heart tremble.
He has a lot of Yang Fire in his body, and will collide particularly violently with the opposite aura, which is Yin Energy.
The place where demons are located is full of bad luck and cannot be seen by mortals.
A more powerful Heavenly Master could smell the demonic aura... Of course, this method was only effective against demons with "strong body odor", as most demons were good at hiding themselves.
But places with heavy yin energy...are home to only ghosts or evil spirits.
The others had obviously noticed that the atmosphere here was different, and several elders gathered together to discuss it with serious faces.
Qin Yan rubbed his fingers and looked at the six-story building in front of him with a frown.
I thought I was in trouble and there must be a ghost here.
Definitely more than one.
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