The sound of footsteps broke the calm of the night street, and Jin An, who had dealt with the thin-faced old man, appeared near the butcher shop.
As a result, he was stunned by the scene before him, and then he came back to his senses.
I saw a tall and strong butcher wearing a scarf around his waist, grabbing the raw meat on the chopping board and swallowing it in big gulps, as if he was crazy. He chewed the wild boar meat bloody before the steel bristles were pulled out, and continued to eat the next piece after finishing one piece.
.
How could one person eat a whole wild boar? The butcher's belly clapped as he ate it. The raw meat was pushed from the stomach to the throat. He still vomited and ate at the same time. He looked crazier than a starving man.
When Jin An saw this scene, the first thing he thought of was that people were possessed by ghosts, were delirious, and overeated and drank too much.
But right in front of the butcher stood a tall and thin old Taoist priest.
A strange look appeared on Jin An's face. Why are there other people in the butcher shop? Could it be that this old Taoist priest is the butcher in the butcher shop?
No wonder he had this strange idea. After all, this is the underworld, and all kinds of weird things can happen.
As he approached Jin An, he noticed that the old Taoist priest was holding a lantern in his hand. When he saw that it was a necessary soul-inducing lantern for those who wandered around the world, Jin An's face straightened.
Just at this moment, the old Taoist priest who had been standing with his back to Jin An, watching the butcher dying, also heard the footsteps behind him. He turned to look at Jin An, his eyes were red, and he was crying because of excessive sadness.
.
"Senior is holding a soul-inducing lamp and walking away, but are you looking for two disciples?" Jin An roughly described the appearance of a man and a woman he saw in the human flesh steamer and the human head mask. When he learned that his two beloved disciples had been killed,
, and the death was so miserable that the old Taoist priest let out a cry of sorrow and looked painful.
Although he already knew that his two beloved disciples were in serious danger, when he learned the exact news of their death, it felt like a sword piercing his heart, and he was heartbroken.
When he learned that the butcher in front of him was the murderer, he became filled with hatred. He took out a Bagua mirror, scratched the belly of his finger with his nails, replaced the pure Yang cinnabar with blood, and while chanting a mantra, he wrote the word "Edict" in the air on the Bagua mirror.
, and finally took a photo of the butcher, sucking the butcher's soul into the Bagua Mirror, and crushing the soul's light.
"Disciple, Master has avenged you. I can only hate that your bones will be buried in the belly of ghosts. You will die without a complete body. Master cannot collect your corpses. It is useless for Master to take you back to the temple to return to your roots!"
However, the old Taoist priest cried even more sadly and kept blaming himself for being late.
Jin An didn't know how to comfort the other party at this time, so he showed regret and stood by silently.
The other party cried for a while, and then he remembered that fellow Taoist Jin An was beside him. He cupped his fists and saluted Jin An, thanking Jin An for freeing his two disciples.
Next, through a brief self-introduction, Jin An finally knew the other party's Taoist name. This real Qingyun was not from Jiangzhou Prefecture. He saw that the two apprentices had gone out to practice for half a year and heard nothing from him, so he made a divination, and it turned out to be a big evil divination.
When he met, he had a bad premonition and decided to go to the underworld to find the whereabouts of his beloved disciple. Using the soul-guiding lantern as a guide, he paddled along the rivers of the world and sailed thousands of miles before docking outside Fenghuang Town.
Just now, the butcher in the butcher shop tried to confuse his mind and trick him into entering the butcher shop. If he had not clung to his soul and not been deceived by evil spirits, he would have been the one who devoured the blood-eating wild boar just now.
After explaining his situation, Master Qingyun looked at Jin An with a surprised expression: "How did you, fellow Taoist Jin An, descend to the underworld? It's strange, how come I smell a trace of living people on you? When my soul is close to you
, there is an uncomfortable feeling like being close to the stove?”
Jin An did not hide anything, and roughly told Master Qingyun about his situation and the situation in Phoenix Town. When Master Qingyun heard that Jin An had used flesh and blood to travel to the underworld, his face muscles trembled with shock. When he learned that there was another Daoist
The friend also used his flesh and blood body to travel to the underworld and his whereabouts are temporarily unknown. Master Qingyun offered to lend a helping hand to Jin An and help Jin An find someone together.
"It is not said that it is a rare occurrence in a hundred years for the body to go to the underworld, but to be able to be as safe and sound as fellow Taoist Jin'an is a bold act for a highly skilled person. Without profound Taoism, it would never be possible. Fellow Taoist Jin'an is so extraordinary at such a young age.
I don’t know which sect Jin’an’s Taoist friend is from. I will definitely come to your door one day to express my gratitude in person.” Perhaps it was because the story of Jin’an’s physical body wandering into the underworld was so unbelievable that Master Qingyun sighed with emotion several times on the way.
The two of them first came to the stall of the thin-faced old man and chanted sutras for the two disciples of Master Qingyun, and then walked towards the source of the sound of gongs and drums.
As a result, we went directly to the old mayor's house.
The old mayor's house is easy to identify. It is the largest house in the town. There are two stone lions standing in front of the door. It is very grand. At this time, it is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. You can see red lanterns and red 囍 characters everywhere in the house, but there is no one.
people.
This Phoenix Town is like a lifeless and empty town. Only two people have been seen until now.
"According to fellow Taoist Jin'an's conjecture, Phoenix Town in the underworld should be recreating the scene of the night when Mr. Da used two chickens to celebrate the wedding and just buried the strange corpse. It's strange, why don't you see the pair of roosters and hens that were used to celebrate the wedding?"
Master Qingyun said with thoughtful eyes.
"Could it be that the rooster corresponds to the red bird, which is the sun bird, and ghosts and gods make changes, so there is no rooster in the underworld?"
The two looked at each other and guessed this.
Jin An originally thought that the old Taoist priest would follow the sound and find the old mayor's house like him, but he searched all over the old mayor's house and could not find the old Taoist priest. Not to mention seeing the old Taoist priest, there was not even a ghost.
, the whole house is empty.
Master Qingyun looked at Jin An and asked Jin An if he had any other clues?
Jin An knows more about the situation in Phoenix Town than he does, so most of the time Master Qingyun first asks Jin An for his opinion before making the next decision.
Jin An frowned: "A lot of things happened that night..."
"Congratulations to the rooster and the hen on their wedding..."
"Mr. Da's apprentice secretly ordered the female corpse's eyes..."
"Open the coffin and retrieve the body..."
"Mr. Da's master and apprentice were killed, and even the female body was missing. Her whereabouts are unknown..."
"Perhaps if you revisit the cemetery, you will find something."
Master Qingyun naturally had no objection to Jin An's decision. The two of them walked out of Phoenix Town, entered the wild fields with gray mist, and headed straight for the cemetery.
When leaving the town, Jin An looked specifically in the direction of Luofeng Mountain. The entire Luofeng Mountain was shrouded in thick gray fog, and it was as quiet as death. Because the fog was so deep, only the virtual peaks could be seen, looming.
Jin An looked thoughtful and stopped.
Facing Master Qingyun's confused look, Jin An raised his hand and pointed at Luofeng Mountain and said, "The female corpse has appeared in three places: Fenghuang Town, the cemetery, and Luofeng Mountain. I plan to go up to Luofeng Mountain to take a look first."
"Whether it is to slay demons and protect the way of the world, or to avenge my two disciples, as long as I can find the real murderer behind the scenes, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in the Eighteen Hells, I will try my best today!" Qingyun Zhenren!
He said with determination, and then the two of them started to climb Luofeng Mountain.
Only such a determined Taoist cultivator can keep his soul clear despite being obsessed with ghosts, and prevent his Taoist heart from being polluted by the evil spirits of the underworld.