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Strange Stories

Chapter 70: Refuse when it's time to refrain

Chapter 70: Refuse when it's time to refrain (thanks to the leader "Kevin Dao Ren") Lin Jue took a few steps back and looked upwards. There was a high firewall on the house next door. A man was repairing the house and installing tiles there. He seemed very happy, with a smile on his face. He was singing an incomprehensible song and shouting a line or two from time to time. As if noticing Lin Jue's gaze, the man lowered his head and looked at Lin Jue curiously. He kept singing. The language used was a language that Lin Jue could not understand. Suddenly there was a sound of breaking air! Lin Jue changed his sight and immediately saw two more blades flying from the yard in front, but they flew over the gate and spun towards him who was standing at the door. Lin Jue was not flustered and took a step forward. In a flash, I was already in the courtyard. There was a big tree in the yard, and under the tree two archers were standing ready for battle. They came over when they saw him.

Do! Do! Lin Jue turned around and looked—— Behind him was the gate of the courtyard, with two blades stuck inside and two knife tips protruding from the outside. Lin Jue quickly reached out and touched it, and immediately discovered the magic power attached to the blade. This should be the spell that makes blades and sticks fly automatically and hit and injure people. The mana is not pure, and the third brother should have judged this person's level of Taoism from this. Unfortunately, Lin Jue's current spiritual power has not been cultivated to the point where he can domineeringly break other people's magic power, and his fire magic has not been practiced to the point where he can spit out spiritual fire, otherwise he should be able to use spiritual fire to burn the mana above, which can also be regarded as a way to break this spell. The thought flashed through his mind in a flash, and he turned his head to look at the roof again. His eyes flickered, revealing a thoughtful look. When I was still in the merchant's house just now, these flying sticks and blades made me "half blind". I only knew the approximate location of myself and my third brother, but I didn't know where we were exactly. But just now... "Two good men." Lin Jue pointed upwards: "Shoot the man's legs above!" Doubing couldn't speak, but his silence was reliable. He quickly drew his bow and arrow, turned around and shot. “Swoosh…” Two arrows were shot towards the roof. Unexpectedly, the man on the roof first retracted his legs, then flipped over the roof, and he was so agile that he dodged two arrows in succession! "really!" When the man saw that he was discovered, he stopped pretending, took out a knife from behind, and immediately jumped off the wall. The high horse head wall makes it easy to land. "Two heroes!" In fact, before Lin Jue could speak, the two bean soldiers had already felt the threat. What Lin Jue did not expect was that they actually displayed a coordinated strategy like a human: one of them retreated with a bow and kept his distance, while the other discarded the bow and arrow, drew a long sword from his waist, and took heavy steps to meet them.

Lin Jue didn't care about these. At the same time, he heard the faint sound of chanting coming from the room behind him. "evildoer!" The two blades on the door trembled, flew out of the door, and flew towards him like lightning. Lin Jue just dodged to the side and dived into a big tree in the yard, then dodged out from the other side. No matter how powerful the two blades were, they were only embedded in the tree. "Brother Shu! Sorry!" Lin Jue did not stop at all. "Oh!" He suddenly broke open a door. Inside was the main hall, a not small room. A bald man in a gray robe was sitting cross-legged inside, chanting spells rapidly. When he saw Lin Jue standing at the door with a machete in his hand, his eyes suddenly widened and a trace of visible panic flashed across his face. But the chanting did not stop. There were many blades placed next to the gray-robed man, and two of them flew up at once, heading straight towards Lin Jue. The blade was flying quite fast and spinning continuously, and the killing area was quite large. However, the young Taoist kept his eyes wide open and refused to blink. He swung the machete in his hand, and with a bang, a piece of it flew away. He then nimbly turned his body to avoid another piece. A piece of his Taoist robe and hair were cut off by the blade. The gray-robed man's eyes widened and he was surprised to find that this man was still approaching him even when he was dodging. That broadsword looks really scary! The chanting stopped immediately. After missing the target, the blade changed direction and flew towards Lin Jue, and fell to the ground as the spell stopped. The gray-robed man pointed his finger. The syllables of the mantras in his mouth changed in form. At the same time, Lin Jue's hands suddenly softened, and the feeling became light, soft and smooth. He lowered his head quickly and saw that the machete in his hand had turned into two bamboo snakes, twisting their bodies randomly, and one of them even turned around as if to bite him. What kind of magic is this? This thought flashed through Lin Jue's mind, but he did not stop moving. He just threw the two snakes away and took two steps towards the gray-robed man. This man could never have imagined that this thin and sturdy young Taoist priest would dare to rush towards him without the machete in his hand. He wanted to continue chanting the spell to activate the blade, but he saw a bright light in front of his eyes, and a raging flame rushed towards him. The flame was accompanied by a strong wind, like a wall of fire. In the blink of an eye, you were in the flames. My body and face suddenly felt extremely hot. "what!!" The fire had not yet completely dissipated, and he hadn't yet reacted, when he felt someone grabbing his collar and punching him.

The bald man's burning pain had not yet subsided and he was almost knocked unconscious. "Don't you have any other skills?" Before he could react, another vase hit him on the head. The fight was ultimately won in this way. Lin Jue did not dare to let his guard down. He grabbed the collar of the bald man in gray robe and stuffed a cloth into his mouth. He turned around and saw that there was no poisonous snake on the ground, and his machete was lying on the ground intact. He picked it up and went out to look. There were a few spots of blood in the yard, and the two soldiers had knife marks on their bodies, but the warrior had disappeared. "Oh!" The gate was knocked open. The first one to rush in was the fox he had picked up. The third senior brother was standing at the door, looking at him. There were many people outside who were both scared and curious. A few businessmen were also standing among them. They had picked up some wooden sticks and brooms from somewhere and they looked like they wanted to fight side by side with the two Taoists. The bald man in gray robe had already had a red face and was covered in blood. The young Taoist priest stood beside him with a sword in hand. …… A group of people escorted the gray-robed man to the county government office. Many common people followed behind with their eyes wide open and curiosity growing. More and more people gathered and kept discussing with each other. When Lin Jue was practicing on Fuqiu Peak, his magic power and spells seemed very common, but when he got down the mountain, it was just like in Shu Village, where many people had only heard of magic and masters but had never seen them with their own eyes. At this moment, I naturally felt it was very strange. "I thought about it and realized that this man should be using magic to drive the sticks and blades, but he doesn't have X-ray vision, so he hid in this empty house. A warrior pretended to sing and repair the wall, but he actually reported our position to the people inside in words that only they could understand." Lin Jue said to the third brother, "He used these positions to control the blades and sticks to fly over." "Probably." "My guess." "There's also an aura of death about this man!" The third senior brother lowered his head and looked at him. "Is this person cultivating deathly qi?" "It may not be his cultivation method or this spell, but it may be his practice. The death aura on him is very faint, as if it was contaminated from somewhere else." "I see……" "What a trouble..." said the third brother with a headache. "Yes." Lin Jue said, "But this spell is not bad. It's a pity that it seems to require continuous chanting." "I don't know what kind of magic it is." "Brother, don't you know either?" "There are so many magic spells in the world. When our Fuqiu Temple was first established, we had these seven magic spells, which was considered a lot. We have worked hard to collect them for so many years, but we haven't accumulated much." The third brother said, "Besides, the world was peaceful before, how could there be so many things?" "Too."

Lin Jue nodded, and couldn't help but look back at the roofs on both sides: "It's a pity that the warrior ran away." "He was shot by an arrow and can't run far. Let's leave the pursuit to the city's constables. We Taoists are not good at this." The third brother is very good at pushing things out. "If the constables can't find him, it's none of our business. It's just that the constables in the city are incompetent." "Um……" I have a general idea of ​​Third Brother's personality. This man is greedy for comfort and enjoyment, and likes fine wine, but he also has a chivalrous spirit and is free and unrestrained. When he encounters injustice and evil, if no one is in charge, he will definitely step forward to intervene. But if someone is in charge, or if someone who is more capable of taking care of it comes, he will definitely give up in a hurry. Leisure and comfort are extremely important to him. Such a person should be very comfortable, right? As they were talking, they were almost at the county government office. Suddenly, I saw a group of Taoists coming towards me. This group of Taoists seemed to be going to the county government office as well. There were about a dozen of them. Some of them were carrying packages or baskets, and each of them was holding a long sword in his hand. One of them, Lin Jue, knew the third senior brother. It was Taoist Qingxuan. When they saw him, Taoist Qingxuan also saw them, and both looked at each other in surprise. Then the two sides met at the gate of the county government office. On one side there were more than a dozen Taoists, most of whom were in their twenties or thirties, and on the other side there were only two people and a fox, but there were countless merchants and common people behind them. Both sides reported each other's names. "Fellow Daoist, this is..." "We were invited by merchants in the city to exorcise monsters. We worked all night and were suddenly warned by this monster in the morning. We ignored him and he wanted to kill us. We finally captured him. He is probably related to the monsters that stole money in the city." Lin Jue said and looked at them, "Master Qingxuan, what about you?" "To be honest, it's almost the same." Taoist Qingxuan said, "Before, your temple sent someone to tell us about the situation in Yi County, and later someone came to ask for help. However, the temple has been very busy, and only a few days ago did we have time to come to Yi County. We passed through several mountain villages and some strange things happened. It took four or five days to get here, which should have been a two-day journey." As he said this, he bowed to the businessman beside Lin Jue. The businessman also bowed to him. Both parties seemed to know each other and felt a little ashamed. Lin Jue looked at this and had some guesses in his mind. Perhaps these merchants went to the more famous Qiyun Mountain before going to Fuqiu Peak. One side felt that the other side had found him and he had agreed, but had not come for a long time. The other side felt that he had invited the other side and had also gone to Yishan to invite another expert. Both sides felt a little guilty. "Haha, just in time!" The third brother seemed to have found an opportunity. "This kind of thing should be handled by the gods. Now that the Taoist friends from Qiyun Mountain are here, we can just have some free time." "Forehead……" Taoist Qingxuan turned around and asked for advice. Lin Jue saw him sweeping his eyes towards the people behind him. Most of the time, he was looking at the Taoists who were older than him. However, the one his eyes stayed on the longest was a Taoist named Kun who looked less than 20 years old. The woman was wearing a Taoist robe and had regular features. She was very beautiful. What impressed Lin Jue most was her abnormally white skin. I heard just now that her name seemed to be Jiang Ning. Kun Dao nodded imperceptibly. "Of course, of course. We from Xuantian Temple came to Yi County this time to eliminate the evil spirits here. Moreover, the people here want to invite the statue of our God here." Taoist Qingxuan said, "When we received the letter from your temple, we took it very seriously. However, hehe, fellow Taoist also knows that it is a bit troublesome for us to report to the God. Moreover, there have been many cases of evil spirits in the world in the past few years..."

"Natural and natural..." The third senior brother also said so, but compared to the solemnity of Taoist Qingxuan, he was much happier. He then pointed at the gray-robed man beside Lin Jue and said, "The rat monsters here all have death energy. This monster also has death energy. However, his Taoism is not high. I'm afraid there is a real culprit behind this." "Leave it to us." This sentence was said by the woman, her voice was calm and sincere: "Your reminder is of great help to us, so we must thank you. When we finish our investigation and exorcism, we will send a written letter to your temple to inform you of the results. We will also report your contributions to this matter to the God and record them in the book of merit." "Huh? This is..." "This is my Junior Sister Jiang Ning. Although she is young, she is favored by the Divine Sovereign and is a mage who has been granted a talisman." Taoist Qingxuan said with a smile, "Perhaps we will have a chance to meet again in the future." What this actually means is that what this woman said works. The third senior brother was a little surprised, as if he didn't expect that she would make the decision. However, since the other party was so particular, he restrained his smile and bowed solemnly. Both sides bowed to each other. (End of this chapter)