After dinner, it was still some distance before dark. Zhou Ping and I were not idle and started to draw talismans. The other party can set up a formation to collect ghosts, so he is certainly very capable. So we must be fully prepared.

It got dark quickly, we had something to eat, and then took a taxi to the area near Jinshui Bridge.

In order not to be discovered by the other party and alert the enemy, we did not go under the bridge, but hid in a flower bed not far away, looking over there while using our necks.

There are a lot of mosquitoes in summer, especially in places like this. Within a short time, I was bitten by more than a dozen big ones, which made me feel uncomfortable with itching.

"Don't move around, in case you are discovered." Zhou Ping saw me moving around and glared at me.

"You can stand and talk without your back hurting, and mosquitoes won't bite you if they dare." It was really weird. Zhou Ping didn't have a bag on him, and the mosquitoes ran around him as if they were afraid of him.

While we were talking, a sneaky figure appeared near the Jinshui Bridge. He first stood at the end of the bridge and looked around for a few times, and then quickly went around to the bottom of the bridge.

Because it was far away and it was a little dark, when he got under the bridge, he could only barely see a blurry figure.

"Go over and take a look." I whispered.

"Walk."

The two people walked in tandem, tiptoeing towards that side.

Sure enough, the man lit five incense sticks at this moment, and the five incense sticks were three long and two short.

"He is offering incense to ghosts." Zhou Ping said softly.

What Zhou Ping said was correct. That man was indeed offering incense to ghosts. When people worship, if there are three long and two short incense, it means there is a ghost nearby. When offering incense to ghosts, they naturally use three long incense and two short incense.

After kowtowing, the man began to arrange things on the ground.

Zhou Ping and I greeted each other and moved towards that person in a surrounding manner.

When we were only two or three meters away from him, he must have noticed us and suddenly ran in the other direction.

"Boy, stop." Zhou Ping shouted at the man and chased after him.

I also followed behind.

The man was running very fast. Zhou Ping and I were both practitioners, so we ran at a very fast speed, but we never caught up with that man.

I followed him into an alley, and the man disappeared.

"Damn it, let him run away." Zhou Ping gasped and cursed.

"He can't run away, he should be nearby." I put my hands on my big mouth and gasped for air.

After we were out of breath, we started looking around.

This is an old street. Except for two small supermarkets with lights on, almost every house has its doors closed.

There weren't even any street lights on the roadside, and it was dark everywhere.

Walking on the bumpy old road, the further you go, the more you feel an indescribable gloom.

Suddenly, I felt like there were rustling footsteps around me and even behind me, as if something was following us.

Obviously not only I felt it, but Zhou Ping also felt it.

"It seems like something is following us." Zhou Ping said softly.

I nodded and looked back, but didn't see anything. Zhou Ping also glanced at me and looked back from time to time. He seemed to

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Almost didn't find anything.

Our pace couldn't help but speed up a bit, and the sounds seemed to decrease or even disappear.

Walking all the way to the end of this alley, there is an old courtyard here. The gate of the courtyard is red, but the paint on it has fallen off a lot, making it look very dilapidated. There are still couplets posted on the door.

There are several big trees planted on both sides. The trees are not very tall, but they are all willows.

The willow tree is one of the five ghost trees, and it is the most likely to attract evil spirits. Just standing here, I feel a chill coming from the house.

We both set our sights on this family.

There was a faint cloud of black air above that house. Although someone might have tried to cover it up, some of it could still be seen faintly.

"The other party has some tricks." Zhou Ping said with narrowed eyes.

Zhou Ping was right, the other party should be a master.

However, even so, we still have to go in and take a look.

I took two steps back, then ran a few steps quickly, stepping on the wall and climbing up the wall. Zhou Ping used the same method as me, except that when he got to the wall, he grabbed the top of the wall with both hands and climbed up.

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Standing on the wall, the two of us looked towards the yard. There was no light in the house and it was dark.

We jumped from the top of the wall into the courtyard. After entering the courtyard, the chilly air became even stronger, and at the same time, it seemed as if someone was secretly watching us in the darkness on the left and right.

At this moment, the door of the house was opened, and a putrid smell immediately came out.

"You two really dare to come in, you are very brave." A dry voice came over.

Following the sound, an old man walked out of the house.

It's summer now, the hottest time, but the old man is wearing fur clothes and holding a pipe in his hand.

When the old man was talking, he looked at us. His eyes were a little yellow, showing a shrewdness.

He has high cheekbones, small eyes and single eyelids, thin lips, his eyebrows are broken near the end, and his forehead is somewhat sunken. From the look of his face, he is the kind of person who is very difficult to get along with.

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"Are you a Taoist priest from Maoshan?" the old man lit Zhou Ping with his pipe and asked.

"Since you know that I am a Taoist priest from Maoshan, you should just surrender and arrest me." Zhou Ping said coldly.

"I'll catch you without any effort," the old man said and burst into laughter.

"Even if you, the founder of Maoshan, are here, you wouldn't dare to be so presumptuous in front of me. You kid is not afraid of the wind blowing your tongue." The old man had a very disdainful look on his face.

Ordinary Feng Shui masters and Yin Yang masters will not kill people for no reason, because they all believe in destiny and know that they will be punished by heaven after killing people. And the old man in front of us has killed countless people.

Isn't he afraid of God's punishment?

Hearing what the old man said and seeing his indifferent expression, I knew I was going to have a hard time today. I felt a little unsure.

But no matter what, we cannot allow this old man to harm people wantonly, otherwise we don’t know how many people will be harmed.

Taking a deep breath, I said to the old man, "Are you a Feng Shui master or Mr. Yin Yang? Why do you want to hurt innocent people? Aren't you afraid of the way of heaven?"

Whether they are evildoers or ordinary people, they are harming people's lives.

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Sometimes, there is basically a reason. This old man must have his purpose in collecting my ghost.

The old man was not in a hurry to answer my question. Instead, he stared at me for almost a minute and snorted coldly, "Feng Shui master, what is Mr. Yin and Yang? What is the way of heaven? My old man has believed in the way of heaven all his life. In the end, the way of heaven has changed."

What did you give me?" After saying this, the old man burst into laughter, but there was a hint of sadness in his laughter.

After laughing, the old man looked at me and said, "Boy, which sect are you from? I'm very curious about your identity."

I don’t know which sect I belong to, Master has never told me. Moreover, when I was going down the mountain, Master told me not to tell anyone about Huilongguan easily.

Naturally, I would not tell the old man. I smiled, and did not answer his question, but said directly, "You are collecting ghosts to resurrect your daughter. You are going against the will of heaven."

The old man narrowed his eyes when he heard what I said, "How do you know?"

When we came in, I wanted to find a breakthrough and carefully observed the old man's face, but his face was covered up in some way and nothing could be seen. However, just when he was smoking, the pipe

The firelight coming out happened to shine on the lines of his hands.

His handprint showed that he lost his daughter in old age, but at the same time there was another very strange palmprint. So I made a bold guess, and now I know that I guessed it right.

If you want to defeat the enemy, you must suppress the opponent's momentum, which is to subjugate the enemy without fighting.

"Old man, my eyes are like Sun Wukong's flaming eyes. You can't hide anything from me." I said with a smile.

The old man was obviously stunned for a moment, and beads of sweat broke out on his forehead.

"I advise you two not to mind your own business, otherwise, don't blame me for being rude." The old man said coldly.

"You're welcome, it's up to you." Zhou Ping walked towards the old man as he spoke.

I wanted to stop him, but it was already too late, because just now, I saw countless eyes in the darkness, and I also smelled a special smell. However, that smell was masked by the rancid smell in the room.

, so I didn’t notice it just now.

The old man suddenly crawled to the ground with his whole body and threw himself towards Zhou Ping, who was coming towards him. This action was really weird.

However, Zhou Ping's movements were also extremely fast, and he kicked the old man directly in the chest. The old man swayed, and at the same time, he grabbed Zhou Ping's wrist with his right hand.

At this moment, fog began to appear in the yard...

There was a black mist in the white, and it was impossible to distinguish anything for a while. At the same time, Zhou Ping's muffled sound also came over, and there was pain in his voice.

My heart was not only beating loudly.

The fog was getting thicker and thicker, and I couldn't see anything around me. I didn't dare to act rashly. I could only raise my ears and wait for the opportunity to move with my mahogany sword.

At this moment, several strong winds came, and I immediately realized that something was wrong, something was about to attack me.

The peach wood sword in his hand was swung upwards, and a high-pitched scream suddenly came over, followed by a pop, and something fell from the air to the ground and made a sound.

Just when I was about to swing the second sword, a furry thing wrapped around my neck.

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