Chapter 122 The Demon King and Death The villager ran very quickly and knocked on the door anxiously, looking behind him as he knocked. There was a figure running behind him. The man's movements were stiff, but his speed was not much slower than a normal person. Because his body was stiff and he ran fast, his movements seemed very strange, and were particularly creepy in the moonlight. I could faintly hear some roaring. I saw the man behind me was about to catch up with the villagers. The Taoist upstairs just fell down. Before it hit the ground, the scabbard swung over. "Oh!" Lin Jue immediately felt something was wrong.

The scabbard hit the opponent's head with medium force. Although the feedback from the scabbard was not as crisp as hitting metal, stone or wood, it was definitely not the feeling of hitting an ordinary person - when a normal scabbard hits a person, the person will definitely tilt his head, and the neck is soft, which will dissipate the force, but the feeling is stiffer. The man and the fox landed on the ground one after another and looked back. In the moonlight, it can be seen that this person is still a human, but his face has completely changed. It has become ferocious, with saliva dripping from the corners of his mouth, fangs growing faintly, and his nails have inexplicably become long and sharp. The man didn't seem to be affected by his heavy blow. He just looked at him with his scarlet eyes and immediately pounced on him. Lin Jue took two steps back and drew his sword. The sword flashed in the moonlight. "laugh!" The heads have fallen to the ground. And this thing is still moving forward? Lin Jue casually dodged to the side and tripped the headless corpse, causing it to fall to the ground. Only then did someone open the window above my head. "Brother!" It was the junior sister who leaned out of the window: "what happened?" "The spell connects heaven and earth, the divine thunder gathers on the tip of the sword, the decree controls yin and yang, and the true fire reflects on the edge of the blade! The three realms and five elements come together to help, making my sword show its magical power!" Lin Jue had no time to pay attention to what was happening upstairs. Instead, he stood next to the headless corpse, chanting a spell while looking down at the corpse as it crawled up, then turned to face him, waving its claws and even pouncing at him clumsily. Lin Jue stepped back calmly and glanced around. As expected - The severed head rolled on the ground, its eyes staring at him and its fangs opening and closing. Lin Jue simply stretched out his sword.

A snort! The long sword obtained from the martial arts world is more useful than the iron sword in the Taoist temple. With one sword, he easily pierced the chest of the headless corpse. With a flash of light, it immediately fell to the ground and stopped moving. At this time, the junior sister was already beside him. The little girl always loved to learn from him, but this time she didn't see him jumping out of the window. She actually made the same move as him and jumped out of the window with a sword in her hand. Then she took two steps forward, poked the ground with her sword, and stopped moving her head. In fact, it didn't take much time. Chanting the mantra took up half of it. All in all, it was only the time it took to chant the mantra twice. Only then was the door opened. Several Taoists from Mount Qiyun opened the door and came out, apparently walking out from the stairs. "what happened?" "It seems there is a corpse." "evil Dead?" Several people immediately split into two sides, one went to look at the corpse, and the other went to look at the villager who was huddled on the ground with his back against the door. At first glance, one would have thought that the villagers were so frightened that their legs went limp, and only slid to the ground after seeing the Taoist priest get rid of the zombies and finally being safe. But a closer look revealed that there were already several scratches and bite marks on his body. "what's the situation?" Taoist Qingxuan helped him into the house and bandaged him. Taoist Chongqing immediately went to get a bowl of water, made some talisman water, and applied it on the wound, which actually stirred up fishy white smoke. "hiss!" The villagers cried out in pain: "I don't know either. I was sleeping soundly at home when he knocked on the door... “I opened the door and was shocked. Although I recognized who it was, he had entered the forest a few days ago and was killed by a tree demon. The body was brought back from the forest by several Taoist priests tonight! "I saw his face was black and thought he was a ghost, but he could talk to me normally. Since I had always had a good relationship with him, I let him in." Taoist Qingxuan couldn't help but say: "You are brave too." "I thought he was so young and died suddenly, he must have had some unfulfilled wishes. We are cousins, so I wanted to hear what he wanted to say." The villagers were still in shock. "It was true at first. He said he was dead but unwilling to accept it. He said he buried money at the foot of the wall and asked me to tell his new wife. He also asked me to tell his wife not to remarry, to serve his parents well, and to ask his parents to treat her well. I agreed to everything, just to make him feel at ease." The villagers were even more horrified when they heard this: "But after he finished speaking, he seemed to close his eyes. His body stiffened, and his expression and appearance slowly changed..." Lin Jue listened quietly beside him. There are many stories like this. Many are like this. I heard that in the northwest, the soil is very thick, and sometimes you can dig three or five feet deep without seeing any spring water. According to local customs, people are not buried immediately after death, but the body is exposed outside without covering it. It can only be buried after the blood and flesh of the body have completely dissolved, otherwise the legendary evil spirit may occur. If the body is buried before it is completely weathered, once it has absorbed the earth's energy, it will grow hair all over its body three months later. Those with white hair are called white evil spirits, and those with black hair are called black evil spirits, and they will break into people's homes and cause trouble. This is caused by the spiritual charm of the earth. There are many such things happening in other places. However, the reasons are varied, including obsession, the spiritual charm of the burial ground, and being bewitched by evil spirits during life or being contaminated by evil spirits after death.

If you think about it carefully, the "person" just now was not that fierce. If an ordinary person is unarmed, he will inevitably be injured by him, but if he has a weapon and is brave enough to fight him, he may win even if it is one-on-one. If there are many people or people with martial arts skills, it will be even easier. Even if its head is chopped off, it can still move. At most, you can cut off a few more pieces and wait until the sun shines during the day, and the evil spirit will naturally disappear. Or you can build a fire and burn it. The method of casting curses is even simpler. At this time, several people were still describing the situation. Lin Jue suddenly felt something was wrong—— If it was just due to obsession and suddenly turned into a zombie, how could it grow sharp fangs and claws in such a short time? "not good!" Lin Jue immediately stood up, picked up his sword and went out. The junior sister and the fox naturally followed quickly. When the Taoist priest from Qiyun Mountain saw this, he instantly understood what he was worried about, and hurriedly picked up his weapons and followed. Just after they took a few steps, they heard screams from the villagers, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying that shattered the night. "really!" What Lin Jue was thinking about was—— If something happened to those people in the ancestral hall, what about the many more bodies in the forest that have not been brought back? "Go and call all the villagers together in the ancestral hall! It's best to bring weapons and poles!" "it is good!" The few people did not stop while talking, except Taoist Qingxuan, who turned into the alley next to him and went door to door to call people. Not far away, there were two figures in front of us. Two figures were walking forward with their backs to them. Their postures were quite stiff and weird. No one knew where they were going, but when they heard the noise behind them, they turned around. Both of them were dressed like gangsters. "who are you?" The figure on the left actually spoke human language. It can be seen that their faces were black and they were obviously not human. There was also a faint stench coming from their bodies. Even Taoist Master Chongqing, who had personally untied them from the tree, still remembered what they looked like. So Taoist Chongqing took out another talisman from his arms. "Save some talismans." Lin Jue knew that the talisman papers they brought this time might be quite powerful, but he could not draw as much as he wanted or draw them anytime and anywhere, so he walked forward with his sword in hand. Seeing him like this, the two of them became obviously alert. "what are you doing?" "Where are you two going?" Lin Jue was surprised to find that they could actually speak and actually retained some consciousness, but he remained calm. "Why are you so alert? Don't you remember that I accompanied you for a while on your way back?"

"where are we going?" The two of them were still a little dazed, but when they heard his question, their expressions immediately became stern and they gritted their teeth: "We have been invited to go to the woods to exorcise the monster!" "We were unable to defeat it before, but now that our weapons are gone, since you are a Taoist priest, please lend us your sword!" "You two are indeed heroes. You are still thinking about getting rid of the monster even after your death!" Lin Jue said with emotion, and then shook his head, "But you two are already dead, and your bodies are already stinking. Besides, the tree monster has been eliminated by us. At this time, you two are just infected with evil spirits, and because of the obsession of the heavenly soul, you have transformed into corpses." "What are you talking about!?" "We are alive and well! How could we be dead? We were just careless for a moment and got ambushed by the tree demon!" "No...it seems we are indeed dead..." "Dead? You annoying tree demon! Grandpa will kill you!" "That's right! Even if my grandfather dies, I have to kill that tree demon! To avenge him!" "Bring the weapons! Bring the weapons!" Both of them gnashed their teeth and even walked towards Lin Jue, reaching out as if to take the sword or to strangle his neck, and for a moment they seemed to lose their minds. "Calm down, the two of you. If the heavenly soul dissipates and the obsession leaves the body, it will become an evil corpse that only knows how to kill people." Lin Jue stepped back. "We have eliminated the tree demon. The two of you can rest in peace." "Hmm? Eliminated by whom?" "really?" "Of course I take it seriously." "That tree demon is so powerful, how could you get rid of it?" "I don't believe it either! I don't believe it!" The two opened their mouths and showed their sharp teeth. It was a somewhat horrifying scene, but Lin Jue patiently talked to them and sighed, "They were indeed eliminated. Rest in peace, both of you." "..." "Leave, both of you." "..." Seeing the two of them staying there, frowning and at a loss, as if they were unwilling to leave but didn't know where to go, their unwillingness grew stronger, so Lin Jue spoke again: "If you two are righteous people who want to conquer demons and get rid of evil, and you are unwilling to leave because you have been harmed by evil spirits, but you don't know where to go, you can follow me. I am a Taoist from Yishan, and you two can help me conquer demons and get rid of evil spirits, and get rid of my desire." "With you?" "Conquer demons and eliminate demons?" Like the villager before, the two were also supported by obsession, so they retained some rationality for the time being. Because he had a body, he could understand words just like Doubing. And because the temporary body was his own, his thoughts were more complete even though they were rigid, and he could talk to him.

"Of course! Punish evil and drive out evil spirits, subdue demons and exorcise monsters!" Lin Jue said, "If you find that I am lying, you can leave!" "I'll go with you!" "I'll go with you too!" Lin Jue still took out a small bottle. "Please stay in the bottle for now." The remaining souls of the two people's obsession immediately left their bodies and lived in the bottle. As the saying goes, people have a heavenly soul and an earthly spirit. The heavenly soul is good while the earthly spirit is evil. When the heavenly soul is present, it can resist some evil spirits. But when the heavenly soul is gone, only the earthly spirit remains in the body, which is immediately invaded by evil spirits. At this moment, the two men lowered their heads and trembled. Their faces slowly changed and became terrifying, with black air rising from their bodies. Not long after, it turned into an evil corpse. As soon as the two men raised their heads, they pounced towards Lin Jue. However, Lin Jue and his junior sister were even faster. The two men had just taken a step forward when the two sword tips had pierced their eyebrows. The long sword, which had the power to exorcise evil spirits, easily put them to rest. "A sin..." Lin Jue sighed, then turned around and said to the Taoist priest from Qiyun Mountain: "You go and call people, and leave these people in the village to our brothers and sisters." "it is good!" Chongqing, Chongming and Taoist Jiang also left, leaving only the two brothers and sisters in the street. "Is Junior Sister scared?" "Not afraid!" "Are you really afraid?" "Not afraid!" "Then come with me to exorcise the demon!" "Brother! You go this way and I go this way!" The little sister pointed at the two roads ahead with a serious expression. "Ok?" "It's better to act separately!" Lin Jue looked at her and then nodded. The high horse-head walls and narrow alleys prevented even the moonlight from entering, making the place particularly dark and secluded. The two turned around and went to both sides. Lin Jue asked the fox to go with the little junior sister to keep her company. …… The villagers were quickly gathered in the ancestral hall.

As Lin Jue expected, when the first group of people were brought into the ancestral hall by Taoist Qingxuan, the hall was empty and the several corpses that were originally placed there had long disappeared. At first, some people didn't know what was going on, but some people had already been visited by their deceased relatives and friends, and they had narrowly escaped death. When they talked to each other, they were all terrified. "Who would have thought that after they came back to life, the first thing they would do is look for their former relatives and friends?" "Yes." "Outside now..." Everyone was extremely terrified, and their only remaining sense of security came from Taoist Qingxuan standing at the door. I heard that the two Taoist priests from Yishan were fighting the demon outside at this time. Not long after, it seemed that a hint of dawn had appeared in the sky, and the two Taoists came back with swords, each of which had some bloodstains on it. "how?" "The temporary clearance of the village has been completed." Lin Jue and his junior sister stood at the door, avoiding the villagers inside, and talked with several Taoist priests from Mount Qiyun: "But the death aura here is getting stronger and stronger." "Getting thicker?" "Didn't you notice? The sky was bright just now, but the sun hasn't come in yet." "hiss!" The two middle-aged Taoist priests looked outside. It was still like the light before sunrise, the sky was dim, but the moon had disappeared at some point, and a thick fog filled the alleys in the village. I originally thought it was morning fog in the dark night. It is very common to have fog in the autumn mornings. But when I looked closely, I found that the fog was black. It was not fog in the dark night, but the fog blocked the sky. "Is it right here?" The two middle-aged Taoist priests immediately widened their eyes. "What do you mean?" Lin Jue looked at them, "Did you come down the mountain not just to exorcise the monster?" "Of course we are here to get rid of the monster, but we have other things to do. The God told us that it is nearby. It happened that the believers here came to the mountain to pray, so we wanted to come here first to get rid of this tree monster and bring temporary peace to the village. Then we will slowly find the place where the God told us to suppress it." Taoist Chongming said. "Where?" Lin Jue asked. "It's one of the places where the demon king hides the death energy." Taoist Qingxuan felt that he didn't explain it clearly enough, so he spoke up himself, "Didn't I tell you when I went to Fuqiu Peak to ask for help from fellow Taoists? If we leave this demon king alone, when troubled times come, I'm afraid he will encircle his territory and establish a country, endangering the people! Does this demon king really intend to do this!" Then he paused: “For decades, he has hidden a large amount of death energy and sealed it around him. This death energy is his unique magical power, which can create demons and monsters. It is exactly the demon soldiers he prepared for the troubled times! "Now his whereabouts have been discovered by the Emperor, who has ordered the extermination of the demons. The three saints have descended to the mortal world together. No matter how prepared he is, it is impossible for him to survive the combined efforts of the three true saints. "The Emperor used his great ability to sense that this land might be hiding death energy, and calculated that if he became desperate, he might release the death energy to try to survive. So the Emperor sent us to search for him secretly in advance, to suppress him first, and not to attract his attention. "I didn't expect that we had just arrived..." After hearing this, Lin Jue understood.

No wonder it was just a tree demon. It would have been fine if two middle-aged Taoist priests had come, but even Taoist Priest Jiang had come. Although Taoist Priest Jiang looked young, he was actually very special. No wonder they asked the two of us to leave tomorrow morning. I’m afraid they didn’t want to implicate me. However, it is not known whether the God did not send out his generals and only sent a few ordinary Taoists but was still discovered by the Demon King, or whether the Demon King was unaware and was ahead of the God in terms of mind and wit, and the death energy was released ahead of time. …… Please vote for me at the end of the month! (End of this chapter)