"Brother Gu Xian, I have dealt with all the ghosts in this neighborhood!"

Ma Qin forcibly dismissed the messy thoughts in his mind, and at the same time walked towards Gu Xu's position with his head held high.

He felt that he was finally no longer a bastard who only hugged Gu Xu's thigh and lay down to win - even if he was not as brilliant as Gu Xu, he should still be able to leave a mark to the big shot from the capital with his solid sword skills.

Not a bad impression.

"Well done, Brother Ma!" Gu Xu turned his head, smiled and gave a thumbs up to Ma Qin, "Let's go to the next block now!"

Ma Qin's expression suddenly froze on his face.

He hoped to take this opportunity to take a breather!

But Ma Qin is a face-saving person after all. He feels that as a second-level monk, it is very embarrassing to complain about being tired in front of Gu Xu.

So he nodded, trying to stay energetic, and prepared to continue walking along the road by the river with Gu Xu.

After walking a few steps, they heard the melodious and endless ringing of bells from the temple in the distance.

A awning boat floated slowly across the river, and the boatman sang a loud fishing song while holding a pole.

A group of children were wearing pants and shirtless, laughing and jumping into the water to play one after another.

An old woman quarreled with a vegetable vendor because of a sudden increase in the price of vegetables.

"Brother Gu Xian, do you think the scene around you looks familiar?" Ma Qin hesitated for a few seconds and then said to Gu Xu.

"It's more than 'familiar'?" Gu Xu said calmly, "It's exactly the same as the scene that happened before."

As soon as they finished speaking, a waiter from a restaurant on the roadside suddenly ran up to the two of them, stared directly at Gu Xu, and said with great enthusiasm: "Sir, have you had your meal? Our restaurant

The fine wine and braised pork here are the most famous in the whole street, and all the guests who have been here praise them for their deliciousness..."

Ma Qin stared at the waiter with an expression as if he had seen a ghost.

Gu Xu ignored the waiter and said to Ma Qin in a teasing tone: "Look, Brother Ma, the waiter here invited us again to that restaurant that specializes in selling offerings for the dead."

"This...didn't the waiter in this shop die just now?" Ma Qin stammered.

Because he clearly remembered that all the ghost clerks in the hotel just now had been completely killed by Gu Xu's "Tai Shang Arctic Demon Suppressing Demon Killing Talisman".

Is it possible that the ghosts in Taoyuan Town are different from other places? Can they be resurrected even if they are burned to ashes?

This sounds too outrageous!

"He is indeed dead," Gu Xu said calmly, "but this Taoyuan Town is not a real place. Here, everything is beyond common sense, such as the cycle of time and the infinite repetition of ghosts.

Setting refresh is possible."

"It's not a real place? What do you mean?" Ma Qin obviously didn't understand what he said.

But Gu Xu did not explain immediately, but asked: "Brother Ma, do you still remember the mantra written on the jade pendant that Mr. Chu gave you?"

Ma Qin thought for a while and replied: "'All appearances are false' - if I remember correctly, it should be this sentence."

"Actually, I have long thought that it is impossible for a big shot in the capital to carve a nonsense sentence on this jade talisman for no reason." Gu Xu paused for a moment and then said, "Brother Ma, in my opinion, this sentence should not only enter the

The formula for the illusion in the pot is still a very important reminder to help us pass the exam."

"hint?"

In the dark, a flash of inspiration flashed in Ma Qin's head.

But just as he tried to grasp this glimmer of inspiration, he felt that the thoughts in his mind were in chaos and he could not sort them out at all.

Seemingly sensing Ma Qin's confusion, Gu Xu explained with a faint smile:

"Ever since I entered Taoyuan Town, I have been observing every detail of the surrounding environment.

"Then I noticed that during the half hour we stayed in Taoyuan Town, neither the position of the sun in the sky nor the projection of these trees on the ground had changed at all.

"But in the real world, the morning sun will climb higher and higher as time goes by, and the shadows of the trees will become shorter and shorter - obviously, the passage of time in Taoyuan Town is abnormal."

"You actually pay attention to these details!" Ma Qin was shocked.

After he entered Taoyuan Town, all he could think about was "killing ghosts, killing ghosts, killing ghosts", so how could he care about trivial things like how long the shadows of trees were.

"My colleagues all praise me as the man who pays the most attention to details in the Yishui Exorcism Department," Gu Xu smiled faintly, without being modest at all, "As long as I see something once, I basically can't forget it... maybe this is

It’s also a worry!”

Seeing Gu Xu's calm and composed expression, Ma Qin suddenly had the urge to punch his handsome face.

He tried hard to control his emotions, repeatedly admonishing himself in his mind, "I, Ma Qin, am a magnanimous person and don't care about such small things." Then he continued to ask:

"But, Brother Gu Xian, I don't care whether this world is true or false, and I don't care what secrets are hidden in Taoyuan Town - I just want to complete the mission as soon as possible and leave here.

"It's just that if the ghosts here will keep coming back to life, wouldn't it be impossible for us to complete the mission of 'killing all the ghosts in the illusion' in this life?"

"No," Gu Xu shook his head slightly, "I believe that the big shots in the Exorcism Department will not deliberately play tricks on us. Perhaps the ghosts Master Chu asked us to deal with are not these residents, but Taoyuan Town itself."

"How do you say this?" Ma Qin narrowed his eyes.

Gu Xu explained:

"Just now, I did a divination using the "Six Yao Method" and got the hexagram of 'Heaven and Earth' - which means that Taoyuan Town is a world isolated from the outside world in time and space.

"In addition, after entering Taoyuan Town, I always felt that this place was too beautiful to be true. Now I know the reason - even with my observation and memory, I can't remember the faces of everyone here clearly. They left

The impressions in my mind are all blurry.

"Brother Ma, I want to ask you a question: When you usually dream, can you see the faces of people in your dreams clearly?"

Ma Qin thought for a moment and nodded: "It's true that I can't see clearly."

"So, Brother Ma, we are actually in a dream now!" Gu Xu smiled and then said, "There is no paradise in the world, it is just an illusory dream."
Chapter completed!