Fire and theft prevention

The lights and the night are randomly intertwined, and the world is in chaos.

Gu Xiao galloped on the eaves and pavilions, and every time the Zhenhan sword was unsheathed, it would freeze a fox into the ice.Many foxes had their limbs cut off by the sword wind, and their bodies were sealed in the blood-stained ice, their four claws moving and moaning.

He has already dealt with more than a dozen fox demons, but this is only in the southwest corner.The Liu Mansion is too big, and the system is not very regular. It is difficult for Gu Xiao to judge where there are monsters and where there are no monsters. It is far from enough for him to run around alone.

Did Huo Long get word from that boy?

The bondage talismans pasted on the door were playing their role, the talismans glowed blue, and the icicle shot out, freezing a fox's four claws to pieces.

But the binding talisman is not omnipotent, and a fox demon with a slightly higher cultivation base can easily escape.

What's more, there were no fox demons near some of the spells, and some spells had to face five or six fox demons, which were hard to resist, and Gu Xiao had to do it himself.

In the courtyard ahead, a boy in his early ten years was chased and fled by three foxes. The nearby maids and servants held lanterns and brooms, but none dared to stop them.

One of the gray foxes grabbed the boy's lower garment, and he was dragged to the ground, almost dying from the mouth of the fox.

When Gu Xiao was about to swing his sword, an apricot tree next door suddenly made a move of "Red Apricot Comes Out of the Wall", its branches stretched out quickly, and twisted and twisted to lock the gray fox.

In the courtyard here, the rose vines on the rose stand spread like crazy, crawled to the side of the little boy, and tied the remaining two fox demons tightly.

"what……?"

Gu Xiao Lingjian paused, looked around, and saw that the plants in the entire Liu Mansion seemed to have spiritual wisdom, restraining the fox demon one after another.

They even "climb the wall" to help each other!

The rose vine rolled up the young master of the Liu family, only to realize that he had caught the wrong person, so he put him back on the ground.As if embarrassed, it straightened the creased folds of the boy's clothes.

Gu Xiao landed in front of the door, and touched the bondage talisman that he had drawn and walked through Mu Qingjia's hand once more.The talisman still contains his own water aura, but upon careful study, there is an additional layer of strange consciousness.

"I see." He whispered.

You must know that the spell is to simulate the consciousness of heaven and earth through specific patterns, so as to communicate and guide the aura of heaven and earth.

However, some of the talisman masters, thanks to their innate affinity talents, acquired mood improvement, and hard work, can use the effectiveness of talismans even without the help of tattoo patterns.

A few hours ago, Mu Qingjia's simple grasp had already driven a beam of consciousness into it.

Through this consciousness, he connected a total of 360 spells together, breaking through the range limit of the binding spell.

Therefore, after Mu Qingjia actively triggered the bonding spell, the more powerful wood aura directly swallowed the water aura in the spell.When one party was in trouble, all directions came to help, and the entire Liu Mansion became a huge bondage cage.

Gu Xiao pinched the paper talisman and looked to the northwest of the night.

"Master, Uncle Mu has never been weak." He said to himself.

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The front yard of the Buddhist Hall of the Liu Mansion.

Huo Ting saw with his own eyes a rebellious fox demon being tied up by vines, and he was so startled that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear: "Amu.——You did all of this?"

Mu Qingjia was still reading the messages shared with him by plants, when he heard the words, he raised his head and said with a smile: {Just adapt to local conditions.Thanks to your senior brother's water aura charm. }

"You are the most powerful Dharma cultivator I have ever seen!" Huo Long blinked starlight in the night, "The Dharma cultivators who Xuanzong came to make an appointment with last time are far - far - far inferior to you."

"A date? That's the Grand Competition of the Immortal League." A cold voice came from near to far, and it was Gu Xiao.

Mu Qingjia smiled back and did not answer.

A sword cultivator enters the Tao with the intent of the sword, and the sword never leaves the body; a law cultivator enters the Tao with the mysterious method, majoring in spell formations and the like, in pursuit of mastering the way of heaven.

The dispute over swordsmanship has existed since ancient times, and the two schools of cultivating immortals have been at odds for a long time, and they do not agree with each other, so it is an insult to call swordsmanship a method.

However, although Mu Qingjia claims to be a sword cultivator, he has no natal spiritual sword to accompany him, nor does he have the lone wolf temperament of a sword cultivator who rejects others thousands of miles away, so he is recognized as a Dharma cultivator... It seems not surprising.

What's more, what Huo Long just said is already a great compliment to him, after all, "Xuanzong" is the mainstay of the ancient sect of the Immortal League, and it has led the Dharma Cultivation in the Immortal Cultivation World for thousands of years.

Mu Qingjia let it go after hearing it, but some people are not willing to let it go.Huo Wei frowned, and said displeasedly, "He's a swordsman."

"Ah, so that's how it is." Huo Ting scratched the back of his head and said embarrassedly: "Amu, I'm sorry, I made a slip of the tongue. However, besides Master, you are the first one I know of such a good-tempered swordsman."

Mu Qing Jiaquan took it as a compliment, smiled and shook his head, and then wrote to Gu Xiao: {According to what you have seen, are all the victims young masters of the Liu family? }

Gu Xiao thought for a while, and suddenly said: "It's really the case. How can you see it?"

"Obviously." Huo Wei replied for Mu Qingjia as a matter of course, "Such a large-scale demon disaster must have a clear purpose."

He paused, and then added: "Yaozu, in fact, never harm people for no reason."

"It is indeed a man-made disaster." Gu Xiao affirmed, "I had doubts from the beginning-the leader of this fox disaster is the eldest lady. Mrs. Liu has so many heirs, and as a mother to eradicate dissidents, she has sufficient reasons .”

"Then how did she order the fox demon?" Huo Ting's brain was wide open, "Could it be that she is the leader of the fox demon? She is undercover in human villages and towns, waiting for opportunities..."

Huo Wei let out a mocking "heh".

Huo Ting realized that he was too imaginative, and said: "That's right, we saw her many times, and we didn't smell any evil spirits. The eldest lady is just an ordinary person, and she doesn't even have aura."

Mu Qingjia listened to their guesses, thoughtfully, and wrote: {Only 35 people were found. }

As the young servant said just now, there are 37 young masters in the Liu residence, one of them, Liu Dalang, died the night before, and there are 36 others left.But only 35 people were saved by the plants in Liu's house.

{No grand lady's children. } he added.

"That's right." Huo Long hammered his fist, "How could a mother hurt her child?"

The other three were silent.It's strange that they all match, the lady is not like a stupid person, how could she do such an obvious thing and leave such a big flaw?

This answer is oversimplified.

Just as the four of them were contemplating, a scream suddenly resounded through the night sky.

"Dead—! Come on—"

The four of them were all stunned, probably because the one who screamed was the "absolutely safe" head of the Liu Mansion, Mr. Liu.

When they arrived, three or five servants had already gathered in the courtyard of the main room, all of them trembling and afraid to enter.

A strong smell of blood came over his face, Huo Wei stepped into the bedroom first, and saw a woman with a bloody hole in her chest, lying on her back under the bed, the pool of blood spread to the bottom of the bed.

The woman's beautiful appearance was still full of shock, it was none other than the eldest lady they had suspected just now.

"The eldest lady is dead? How is it possible..." Huo Ting said blankly.

Grandpa Liu was holding the magic weapon of the python whip and curled up in the innermost part of the bed, wrapping his whole body with a dark red silk gauze curtain.Seeing someone coming, he rolled and rolled off the bed, and fell to Gu Xiao's feet.

"Gu Xianchang! You've come!"

Gu Xiao took a step back, squatted down, and touched the blood under the lady's body with his index finger.The blood was as viscous as fat, and it had already started to coagulate, obviously it had been dead for a long time.

"Why didn't you call for help earlier?" he asked.

Huo Wei wrinkled his nose, and everyone smelled a faint smell of urine.Mr. Liu concealed a little embarrassment in his fear, and the answer was self-evident.

"I just, just woke up."

I'm afraid it's not because I woke up, but because I was scared to pee and fainted, and now I wake up.

Mu Qingjia pulled out half a piece of yellow talisman paper from the ashes of the fire next door, and the bondage talisman was burnt to only half, so it failed to play its role.

"It's impossible for the bondage talisman to not respond to the monster race." Gu Xiao said, "It was discarded artificially."

"Yes! Yes! It's Da Furen, no, it's that witch!" Mrs. Liu suddenly became excited, "I thought something was wrong with her for a long time! That fox demon still talked to her, saying..."

"What?" Huo Wei frowned.

Grandpa Liu hesitated to speak, and refused to utter another word no matter what.At this moment, there was a sound of "Ouch" from the side hall, it was the nanny who fell unconscious, and now she woke up slowly.

She found that her bosom was empty, looked around, but couldn't find the baby that was supposed to be in her bosom, so she screamed hastily.

"Master, Madam, miss, she..." She wandered into the main room, saw the bloodstains all over the floor, and almost passed over again.

"She's gone..."

The young lady's daughter is missing.

The mother died tragically, the child disappeared, and there was another wave of ups and downs.Huo Wei sniffed the air carefully, followed the smell of foxes to the table, casually glanced at the unpacked scroll, and threw it to Mr. Liu.

I saw a few words scribbled in ink on the scroll:

"Tomorrow, bring me all my companions, 36 living souls, and the soul-destroying bell.

Otherwise, her life would be in danger. "

The signature is a bloody fox paw print.

This is the most naked provocation.

"It's unreasonable! This monster is really riding on the Liu family's face!" After reading it, Mrs. Liu slapped the ground furiously: "I'll write a letter to the city lord to report this matter. The immortal elder must make the decision for me!"

Huo Ting also said angrily: "This fox is too hateful! Brother, A Mu, let's find her and catch her now!"

Mu Qingjia pressed his shoulder and wrote: {It's still early, let's count the number of casualties in the Liu Mansion first. }

Gu Xiao nodded.

The four of them left the house one after another, with Huo Wei walking last.When he stepped out of the threshold, he paused and stared condescendingly at the fat old man who was slowly getting up.

"Actually, you can save them. As long as you have a slight thought at that time, the magic weapon will protect your wife and daughter."

There was a hint of a smile in his icy voice, "But you just retreated into the hole, didn't you?"

Grandpa Liu was stunned, and squinted at the figure in front of him.

The night is fading, the sky is turning white, and the cool morning light shines into the house. Huo Wei's tall body is facing the morning light, his face is hidden in the indistinct darkness, and he cannot distinguish between emotions and anger.

"Rats."

he sneered.

Grandpa Liu only felt that a barrel of spicy wine was scalding from head to toe, and after the burning shame, there was endless ice cold.He was trembling all over, until his bones became limp from being frightened, and he fell back into the pool of Da Furen's blood.

When he was about to argue again, Huo Wei turned and left.

Mu Qingjia listened to everything and sighed silently.

"Come here, treat Mr. Liu's wounds and help him wash!" Huo Wei said.

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The huge Liu Mansion was like an old wooden puppet, knocked to the ground by a night's evil wind, but half an hour later, it creaked and started running slowly again.

"Returning to the lord, there was no theft in the mansion, and there were no casualties except the eldest lady. There are five missing persons without any reason, and they are all servants who were alone that night."

In the courtyard is a large iron cage filled with foxes of various colors, covered with spells.The housekeeper glanced at the cage, and said again: "A total of 120 common foxes and fox demons were captured."

Another person brought some clothes and reported: "I found it at the place where the five servants disappeared. There was no blood, and it was covered with fox fur. It is said that monsters can take human form to deceive, especially fox demons..."

Grandpa Liu was furious, and threw a cup of tea at the butler directly, but the butler didn't dare to dodge, his head was bleeding immediately.

"Trash! How did you recruit people? All the servants in the house are monsters. What use do I need you for?"

Including the butler, nearly a hundred servants at every level knelt down on the ground, kowtowing and apologizing, not daring to say a word.

Amid the pleadings, Mu Qingjia thought to himself, since the fox demon can transform into a human being and integrate into the life of the town, and the food and clothing costs are no different from ordinary people, no wonder that so many fox demons can be supported in that not very deep mountain .

"Where's the chief guard brought by Da Lang that day? Did he recruit?" Mr. Liu asked.

The servant below made a promise, and a bloody man was dragged in after a while.

The four members of the Lingao faction were still being served with good tea and good food. Seeing this, Huo Wei covered his nose with tea in displeasure, but didn't drink when he heard it; Gu Xiao was expressionless; Gu Xiao.

"Master, I remembered. The young master went on a trip that day, and he did go for a walk in the mountain of Tiechao Village." The man's voice was weak and hoarse.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Mu Qingjia realized that this person was the one who reminded Liu Dalang to be careful when he and Liu Dalang first met, and approached the unknown self first.

He took a breath and let it out slowly.

The head guard continued: "There is a dilapidated ancestral hall in the mountains of Tieqiao Village, which enshrines the female fairy, and the beautiful woman transformed into a fox demon lives in it. The young master saw Lie Xinxi when he passed by, so..."

"What nonsense!" Grandpa Liu interrupted him, "What is Iron Shovel Village, don't think that people will forget it after changing the name! This fox disaster must be caused by Fox Immortal Village!"

Mu Qingjia paused.

change name?The Iron Shovel Village where he first woke up was actually called Fox Immortal Village?

Huo Wei whispered: "I don't know that the village has changed its name."

{Do you know Fox Immortal Village? }Mu Qingjia wrote under the table.

"I came here decades ago." Huo Wei put down the teacup, as if he didn't want to say more.

Mu Qingjia came to a sudden: {It really is an old acquaintance.That's why you let go of the fox demon in the first place? }

"I don't recognize her." Huo Wei frowned and looked at him seriously.

{Yes Yes. }Mu Qingjia smiled perfunctorily, Junior Brother Xindao and that fox demon really had some old feelings.

Of course Huo Wei knew that he didn't believe him, two black eyebrows were raised, and he wanted to argue something, but then he held back.

Mu Qingjia only felt that his angry appearance was inexplicably endearing, so he poked his chest, and said with a smile: {Just say what you want, it hurts your body to hold back the fire. }

This poke didn't matter, it just happened to hit a soft bump on the opponent's left chest.Huo Wei trembled all over, and a tinge of red ignited on his pale face, he didn't know if it was from anger or something else.

Mu Qingjia found that he seemed to have accidentally touched something that shouldn't be touched, he retracted his fingers belatedly, and smiled awkwardly.

Apologizing would only lower the face of the junior disciple, and only annoy him, why not just pretend to be stupid like this and pretend not to know.He thought rather embarrassedly.

Mr. Liu over there is still venting his anger.

"These savages have been dazed for a long time, and they serve some demons and goblins every day. What kind of Fox Fairy Village, why not call it Fox Fairy Village!"

"That's it."

Gu Xiao stood up, bowed his hands to Mr. Liu, and stopped him from talking.

"The matter has come to this point, and my Lingao faction is also responsible for the lack of protection." He said coldly, "Time is running out, so Gu will set off to the mountains to deal with the fox demon disaster with my sect, and I will definitely return the young lady to Zhao."

"Where is it? It's all thanks to the immortal elder that I can save my life." Grandpa Liu immediately put on a flattering smile, "The path in the mountain is rough and difficult to walk, why don't I send someone to lead the immortal elder..."

"No." Huo Wei stood up and walked out of the courtyard in two or three steps.

"The Golden Wing Envoy has found the fox demon's whereabouts."