The girl's response made the elder aunt feel complicated.
Such a simple girl is really like the self who was full of expectations at the beginning, the master aunt turned her head and looked away and sighed softly: "It's too stupid."
Chang Ying, who still didn't know why the master aunt sighed, saw the master aunt walking forward with a downcast expression, and hurriedly followed, still confused, wondering where she was stupid?
In the early morning, Wuya Mountain is still cool. The breeze in the forest moves slightly, and the dense branches and leaves sway, which is a rare coolness in midsummer.
Most of the time, Zangshu Pavilion is very quiet, and Master Gu seldom speaks actively on weekdays, but mostly meditates and cultivates.
In her spare time, Chang Ying would read the magic spell books given by the old lady by herself. Because there were many spell formulas that she couldn't understand, she often looked for the corresponding Tao spell books on the bookshelves in the library.
When midsummer enters autumn, such accumulation has made some progress.
"Senior Sister Zirou, look that I can conjure different fruits."
Changying flicked her fingertips lightly, and the hawthorns and persimmons in the air changed positions directly following the direction of her fingertips.
Seeing the little Taoist aunt's clumsy little spells, Zirou could only superficially cooperate and said: "Very good, you will make more progress if you work hard slowly."
Now that Grand Master and Auntie are guarding the Library Pavilion, Zirou can't do other things well.
After all, Zirou is still doubting the identity of the master aunt, so it is inevitable to be more vigilant.
When she moved her eyes to the elder aunt who was sitting in the bamboo chair by the window, the elder aunt was reading the Taoist book seriously. Although they were all cultivators, Zirou found that the elder aunt seemed to be a bit of a Taoist immortal temperament.
The master aunt felt the protruding gaze tilted her head to meet it, but the judao aunt looked away again.
Although the master aunt did not believe Yao Xueer's words, she was still quite concerned about the murder case that happened in the Library Pavilion.
The old woman in the Library Pavilion has a high level of cultivation, and there is a magic mirror outside to prevent demons, so how did the murderer break in?
Just as the elder aunt was frowning and thinking about the question, the girl handed it over with a fresh hawthorn, "Do you want to taste the hawthorn, elder aunt?"
"I can't eat hawthorn." The elder aunt shook her head and declined politely. She saw the girl eating the sour hawthorn, even though her face was sour and wrinkled, she still seemed to like it very much.
"That's it, then take it home and give some to Sister Yao to eat." Changying chewed the hawthorn carefully, and put her hand on the table to put the freshly picked hawthorn on the table.
"She is very picky, she doesn't even eat sweet oranges that are only a little bit sour." The elder aunt flipped through the book in her hand, talking to herself, and suddenly remembered what she did to please Yao Xue'er in the past stupid thing.
Even after so many years, I still remember her preferences.
"Okay." Changying didn't know why she liked these sweet and sour hawthorns, but she didn't expect that not only senior sister Zirou and the old lady didn't like them, but also the elder sister and elder sister Yao didn't like them.
Changying looked at the large basket of hawthorns picked from the vegetable garden, and thought that now she might only be able to eat it by herself.
At night, outside the verandah of the bamboo house, Yingying sits barefoot in a wooden basin filled with stream water, holds a book in his hand and sits beside a lamp, occasionally pulling a hawthorn or two into his mouth.
Seeing the girl eating the hawthorn with gusto, Yao Xueer tasted it curiously, and then spat it out in distaste. "It's too sour, how can you eat it?"
Chang Ying tilted her head to see Yao Xueer's reaction, then took another one into her mouth and chewed in confusion, "It's delicious."
"I didn't realize that your taste is so strange." Yao Xue'er held her sore teeth, really convinced the girl.
"The taste is not strange." Chang Ying counted the number of hawthorns in the pouch, and suddenly wanted to leave the adult.
Last year, Mr. Li accompanied Chang Ying to eat hawthorn, but now it's autumn, and there is no news.
Changying also wanted to save the hawthorn for Mr. Li to taste.
"Sister Yao, when will Master Li come to Wuya Mountain again?"
"It's only been a few days, and Xiao Changying misses Ji Li?" Yao Xueer looked at the girl jokingly.
Unexpectedly, the girl was much more honest than Ji Li, she nodded straightly, "Yes, I really want to."
Yao Xueer teased her mischievously: "Unfortunately, right now Ji Li is busy cleaning up those troublesome monsters. I guess he may not be free for the past two or three years. Maybe he will forget about you soon and go find someone else." Little monsters are playing."
The light in the girl's eyes dimmed, and the little face no longer had the joyful expectation it had before.
Changying looked down at the book with her head down, but she didn't think much about it, she just realized that she had to eat the hawthorn by herself.
Yao Xueer, who didn't know what Changying was thinking at all, saw that the girl was very depressed, so she hurriedly changed her words to comfort her: "But don't worry, it's already autumn, maybe next autumn you can go down the mountain to find Ji Li no?"
"Yeah!" The girl's eyes lit up a little hope and she nodded again and again.
In late autumn, the leaves of Wuya Mountain turned yellow and withered, and the old trees in Zangshuge slowly left only bare branches.
In the afternoon, Zhang Ying and Senior Sister Zirou in the Zangshu Pavilion were extracting the magic formula arranged by the master, when there was a sudden noise outside the door.
Three or two Taoist priests came in from the outside, their faces were covered with blood, they supported each other and went inside and called out: "Master, Auntie is not good, the second uncle and the third uncle have been arguing constantly, and all the disciples of the sect started fighting with each other."
The master aunt who was originally sitting in the bamboo chair just got up and followed the Taoist priests to leave the library.
"Changying, you stay at the Library Pavilion, I'll go and have a look." Senior Sister Zirou seemed to get up urgently to inquire about the situation.
"En." Changying nodded, and saw that Senior Sister Zirou left Cangshu Pavilion very quickly.
There are so many Taoist priests in the Pingxu Hall, if there is a fight, Changying is still a little worried about Grand Master Aunt.
But because of Senior Sister Zirou's order, Changying had no choice but to wait patiently in the Library Pavilion for news.
In the evening, when the sky was getting dark, Changying sat on the threshold of Zangshu Pavilion with a lantern and waited for Master Aunt and Senior Sister Zirou.
Changying vaguely heard the Taoist priests coming and going mention how heavy the casualties were, but they didn't mention the matter of the great aunt.
When she couldn't see her fingers, Senior Sister Zirou came back alone.
"Master Aunt is discussing matters with the Second and Third Senior Uncles in the main hall, you should go back first."
"Oh."
At night, Changying returned to the bamboo house, and took the initiative to tell sister Yao about the master aunt.
"The Pingxu Pavilion is really a mess right now." Yao Xue'er was lazily nestling in the reclining chair in the corridor holding a round fan, "I heard that the two sects of Taoist priests suffered heavy casualties, I'm afraid I'm so jealous, how can I care about my master?" School of friendship, your master aunt is too stubborn, now it is too late to peacefully reconcile the conflicts among the disciples in the hall."
Changying took off her stockings, soaked her bare feet in the water basin, and looked at the bamboo forest path outside the bamboo house from time to time, "I don't know if Master Gu can come back tonight."
"Who knows." Yao Xue'er sometimes felt helpless against the stubbornness of the master aunt, and couldn't help but angrily said, "If she could let go of these stinky Taoist priests, she and I would have been happy and happy long ago."
"Why is it a stinky Taoist priest?" Changying remembered that not only Sister Yao, but even Lord Li called the Taoist priests of Pingxu Gym that way.
Yao Xue'er looked at the innocent girl and said, "Of course they call themselves disciples of immortals, so they think they are superior to others, but what they do is full of stench, so they are disgusting on purpose."
"Oh I see."
"Otherwise, what does Xiao Changying think it means?"
The girl lifted the stockings beside her and said seriously: "I thought the stinky Taoist priest mentioned by sister Yao meant the same thing as Changying's stinky socks."
Yao Xueer lay down on the couch again and laughed non-stop.
Changying was puzzled and silently took back her stinky socks, thinking, isn't it?
In the middle of the night, Aunt Da Da still didn't come back. When Changying was sleepy and was about to go back to the house to rest, Sister Yao was still lying on a chair in the corridor.
"Sister Yao, are you still waiting for Master Aunt?"
Yao Xue'er held the round fan and replied sophistry: "No, I'm waiting to see the moon."
Changying looked at the dark night sky above her head, "I don't think the moon will come out tonight, right?"
"Go back to sleep."
"Ah."
The next day when it was dim and bright, Changying came out from the side room and saw Elder Sister Yao hugging Grand Aunt, who seemed to be very sleepy, yawning again and again, leaning her head on the shoulder of Grand Master and muttering: "I've been waiting all night, Even my eyes are red."
"And you don't know how much I want you at night." The voice became smaller and smaller.
Because Master Aunt's back was facing Changying, Changying couldn't see the change in her expression.
Changying held the water basin and said, "Aunt Master, you are back."
Before the words were finished, there was a loud bang, and Sister Yao was thrown back on the couch by Master Aunt.
Master Aunt immediately stood up, smoothed her clothes lightly with her fingertips, and replied calmly: "En."
Afterwards, Grand Master and Aunt hurried into the main house, and Chang Ying was stunned and asked, "Sister Yao, are you alright?"
The bang just now was really like the action of Mr. Li throwing himself off the bed in anger.
Yao Xueer looked at the naive and childish girl, pinched her face with her hand and said helplessly, "Did you come here on purpose to make trouble?"
After all, Yao Xue'er wanted to take advantage of the depression of the master aunt and take advantage of it to regain the initiative, but in the end, she was messed up by the girl who appeared at the wrong time.
Changying shook her head and replied, "No."
"Please don't make a sound when you see us making out next time, okay?" Yao Xueer let go of her hand that was pinching the girl's face with a mouthful of old blood in her heart, and covered her heart with her hand and said in pain, "Do you know Know that I almost succeeded just now!"
"Well, I remember." Changying rubbed her face, although she didn't quite understand what sister Yao said, but she clearly felt that sister Yao was very unhappy.
Since the civil turmoil in Wuya Mountain that day, Zangshu Pavilion has become more deserted than before.
In late autumn, the weather was getting cooler, and it took Changying a long time to finish eating the hawthorn.
And Aunt Master was worried all day long, and Changying heard from Senior Sister Zirou that the Taoist priests patrolling Wuya Mountain are now divided into two factions, and I am afraid that sooner or later there will be big troubles.
The heavy snow in the early winter night turned the whole Wuya Mountain into a vast expanse of whiteness.
Changying looked at Senior Sister Zirou standing by the window and was still a little curious, "Senior Sister Zirou, you don't seem to have any old illnesses such as coughing and discomfort recently?"
Zirou turned his head to look at the little Taoist aunt hesitantly, "Maybe it's because the formulas taught by Master Aunt are effective."
In previous winters, Senior Sister Zirou was often bedridden due to illness, and Chang Ying was often worried.
Hearing this, Changying revealed joy and said, "Master Gu is really amazing."
In the morning, Aunt Master left the library to go to the main hall to participate in the consultation with the two uncles about the head of the hall.
In the afternoon, Changying had just finished copying a large chapter of the scriptures, when she saw the great aunt entering the library pavilion with a serious expression. It was clear that there was a lot of snow outside, but the big aunt was not covered by flying snow.
"Master and aunt drink tea." Zi Rou stepped forward to prepare tea.
"I'm sorry." The elder sister sat on the bamboo chair by the window, her heart was heavy and she didn't make another sound.
Seeing this, Zirou didn't bother herself, and turned to do other things.
The heavy snow did not stop until the end of the year.
Changying held a big broom to sweep the snow in the courtyard. The courtyard of Zangshuge was very spacious, but the ancient trees lining it were even taller.
In the past, there were special Taoist priests cleaning outside Zangshu Pavilion, but now the affairs in the library are mixed and no one manages them.
After tidying up the courtyard, Changying deliberately cleared the snow outside the Library Pavilion to the wall, so that passers-by would not be prone to fall if they stepped on the wet snow.
"Isn't there a Taoist outside here who is in charge?" Aunt Master stopped on the steps outside the Library Pavilion and looked at the girl with reddish cheeks.
"Those Taoists are very busy recently. If the snow is not cleared in time, it is easy to slip." Changying looked at the master on the steps and said.
Aunt Master frowned slightly and looked away, looking at the Taoists walking back and forth, talking about which master would become the new head, but she forgot the most basic responsibilities of Taoist disciples.
These kind of people who follow the trend are not Taoists. Instead of letting them kill each other to fight for the head, it is better to let them go down the mountain to catch monsters and avenge the head.
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, all the disciples of Pingxu Taoist Hall suddenly stopped fighting again. Changying heard from Senior Sister Zirou that Master Gu ordered the disciples of all schools to go down the mountain to catch monsters in the next spring. If there is a Taoist priest who can catch a large number of monsters, he can do The next boss.
In the afternoon, Changying sat around the charcoal basin to warm the fire, carrying a book on her back while waiting for the sweet potatoes to be cooked.
Mostly because they wanted to go down the mountain to catch monsters, more Taoist priests borrowed books in the Library Pavilion. After all, catching monsters requires many spells.
From the busy morning to the noon, Changying has time to eat hot sweet potatoes.
"Master Aunt, can I go down the mountain?" Zirou was worrying that she didn't have time to practice her skills, and catching monsters was a good opportunity.
"Your cultivation level is still low, so it's better not to go this time." Aunt Master originally only wanted the second and third junior brothers to be busy catching monsters and have no time to compete for the head.
Zirou said a little unwillingly, "I haven't been home since I went up the mountain, why don't you let Zirou go home?"
Anyway, as long as there is a normal order to go down the mountain, as long as the demon is caught at that time, even the elder sister can't stop herself.
"Okay, it's not too late to go down the mountain after the snow melts in spring."
"Thank you, Master Aunt."
Changying held the hot sweet potatoes and didn't dare to make a sound. After all, she had seen with her own eyes that when Senior Sister Zirou mentioned catching monsters, it was like a different person.
Zirou looked at the little Taoist nun who had been silent all this time, and thought that if she stayed in Wuya Mountain, she would not be easy to deal with, but if she left Wuya Mountain, there would always be a chance to kill her and get the secret technique.
"At that time, most of the Taoist priests in Wuya Mountain will have gone down the mountain, and it's not appropriate for my junior sister to be alone in Zangshu Pavilion. Why don't you go to Nanjiang with me?" Zi Rou pretended to be a senior sister.
Unexpectedly, it was Master Aunt who spoke first: "Chang Ying will go down the mountain with me to catch the demon."
what?
This sound was not from Zirou but from Changying.
Because the sweet potatoes were too hot, Chang Ying didn't say a word, her eyes almost burst into tears, she quickly shook her head and said, "No way."
Chang Fluorescent was scared to have a nightmare when he saw the Taoist priests dealing with monsters last time, how could he dare to catch monsters.
What's more, Changying is a monster herself, if she is accidentally discovered by Taoists, it will be terrible.
The master aunt handed the tea to the girl and explained: "Don't be afraid, your cultivation level can make up for your shortcomings with diligence, but it is urgent to cultivate your heart."
Getting along with her for so long, Master Aunt somehow knows that the girl has a pure heart, but only by letting her see the demon that harms the world with her own eyes can she completely draw a line between her and the demon.
What's more, Aunt Master noticed that the girl had some Taoist cultivation, and presumably she had some fate with Taoism. If she was good at guiding her, maybe she could help her a little bit.
Changying watched Master Aunt saying this, and had no choice but to nod for a moment.
Zirou on the side looked at the master aunt in disbelief, but hesitated to speak out.
He is obviously a monster, so why does he still receive so much attention.
I'm so unhappy!
That night, Changying was eating vegetarian food in the bamboo house, while worriedly talking to sister Yao about going down the mountain with the master to catch the demon.
"Sister Yao, what should I do now?" Chang Ying muttered worriedly after taking a big mouthful of rice.
"You don't want to go down the mountain to catch monsters, why don't you just refuse?"
"Because I can't say it." Changying shook her head and responded, "And the master aunt also encouraged Changying not to be afraid."
Yao Xue'er stretched out her hands to prop her face sideways and replied, "Then you can go down the mountain to practice, anyway, you have copied all the spells in the Pingxu Hall, but I don't think your cultivation has improved much."
"But Changying doesn't know how to catch demons."
"It doesn't matter if you don't know, there is still me anyway."
Changying looked at Sister Yao and shook her head in response: "Sister Yao also wants to go down the mountain together?"
"That's right, you and the master aunt are going down the mountain, and it's not fun for me to be alone in the deep mountains and forests." In fact, Ji Li wanted to go outside for a long time.
"But..." Changying was somewhat afraid of catching monsters, after all, the real fire execution was really scary.
Seeing the girl hesitated again and again, Yao Xue'er had no choice but to change her words: "Ji Li is also in the world now, don't you really want to go down the mountain to see her?"
The girl raised her head buried in the rice bowl and replied, "Thinking about it."
"Then let's go down the mountain." Yao Xue'er knew that Ji Li was also cleaning up the escaped monsters in the world, so she might have a chance to meet them.
Changying looked at Sister Yao, but she didn't rush to answer, but asked worriedly: "If Master Li is in the world, what should the Taoist do if he catches her?"
"Are you actually worried that Ji Li will be caught by Taoist priests?" Yao Xue'er couldn't help but look at the silly girl, thinking that with Ji Li's murderous personality, these Taoist priests should be afraid to avoid her.
After all, Lord Mozun's name is not just for fun.
"Yeah." Changying knew how uncomfortable it was when Mr. Li was sick, so she was even more worried.
Yao Xue'er couldn't help but wanted to play tricks on the girl and echoed, "That's why, you should go down the mountain with the Taoist to catch the demon, so that you can report to Ji Li."
The girl nodded without any doubt, "Okay."
Ever since Changying decided to go down the mountain, she has worked harder every day.
Because she was going down the mountain, Master Gu specially taught Chang Ying a set of basic sword skills.
In the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month, Changying never slack off for a day.
Zi Rou watched the master aunt personally teach swordsmanship, and felt even more uncomfortable.
From the cold winter to the early spring, the snow on Wuya Mountain has already started to melt after a few months.
The disciples of the Second Senior Uncle and the Third Senior Uncle rushed down the mountain to catch the monsters, but Wuya Mountain was quite deserted for a while.
But Changying found that the elder sister was not in a hurry to leave until the senior sister Zirou left Zangshuge on a sunny day.
Changying couldn't help but ask: "Master Aunt, are we still leaving?"
Changying saw countless Taoist priests going down the mountain that day, and she was even more worried about Master Li.
Master Auntie looked at the girl holding a mahogany sword and said, "No hurry, you should practice your sword skills and basic spells first."
So Changying worked even harder to practice swordsmanship. In the early morning, Yao Xueer in the bamboo forest yawned and looked at the girl in the forest and couldn't help but sigh: "It's good to be young."
"Sister Yao, if Changying doesn't practice well, will Master Aunt come down the mountain without Changying?" The girl asked with worried eyes.
Yao Xueer held a falling bamboo leaf with her fingertips and said, "Don't worry, Grand Master must mean what she says. I think you have practiced this set of sword skills very well."
Say it, Yao Xueer held the bamboo leaf to her mouth and blew, a melodious and brisk tune sounded in the forest.
Changying liked it very much, so she took a bamboo leaf and blew it by her mouth.
But Zhuye didn't make a sound, Changying pursed her lips and looked at Yaojie in confusion and asked, "Why can't it come out?"
"Because your leaves are not as useful as mine." Yao Xueer teased the girl jokingly.
"So that's how it is." Changying believed Sister Yao's words without the slightest doubt.
Yao Xue'er couldn't help laughing, wondering where did Ji Li pick up such a deceitful child.
From warm spring to early summer, Changying practiced sword almost all day long.
Until one morning, the master aunt suddenly said: "Today we will go down the mountain."
Changying nodded happily, "Okay."
The three set off from Wuya Mountain. Changying saw many novel objects along the way. Unfortunately, the master aunt did not stay for too long. Instead, she came to a town inn to meet with the Taoist priests. It is said that it was a great demon that they had discussed together. .
There were people coming and going in the inn, Zhang Ying was too frightened to move, the master aunt was talking with the Taoist priests, and the Yao sister was gone.
"It is said that the big monster came from the demon world, and his magic skills are not low. There are many monsters around him. Maybe he is the new demon king."
"The people in the nearby town had their eyes gouged out overnight. These monsters really have no conscience!"
"Let's rest early tonight, and tomorrow we will meet with the Taoist priest who investigates the details."
Changying didn't dare to listen to these frightening words, but she was worried when she heard the Taoist priests mention Lord Mozun.
Waiting for Master Aunt to lead Changying to sit at the table by the window, looking around with concern and asking: "Where is Yao Xueer going?"
"It was there just now, I don't know where it is now." Changying shook her head, holding a porcelain spoon and eating the fast food prepared by the inn, and was hesitating whether to ask the master about the details of catching the monster this time.
Master Gu stood up with her sword in hand and replied, "You stay here, I'll go out for a while."
"Yeah." The inn was very bustling and bustling, just as Changying was burying her head in her vegetarian meal, Yao Xueer suddenly sat aside with big and small bags.
"Little Changying, don't eat vegetarian food. Of course we have to eat meat when we finally go down the mountain." Yao Xueer unwrapped the roast chicken wrapped in oil paper and handed it to Changying.
And then the master aunt who sat down looked at Yao Xue'er with a slight frown and said, "You really can't change your sneaky nature."
Yao Xueer gave Changying a big chicken leg and said unwillingly: "You only care about Taoist priests, how can you have time to control us?"
Changying was biting the big chicken leg, and saw the master aunt going upstairs alone in a dull voice.
"Sister Yao, did Master Aunt look for you just now?"
"Where is she looking for me, she is clearly arresting me and beating me up." Yao Xue'er ate the meat indignantly.
"But Aunt Master seems to be angry." Although Chang Ying is slow-tempered, but after all, she has been staying by Sir Li's side, and she can still feel that Aunt Master is unhappy.
Yao Xue'er poured the wine and said casually: "Leave her alone, you should eat more, otherwise if I lose weight, someone will still trouble me."
Changying looked at the meat piled higher and higher in the bowl, and didn't speak any more, just burying her head in her meal.
It's rare that Sister Ye Yao didn't sleep in the same room with Grand Master Aunt, but stayed with Chang Ying.
At night, Changying was sleeping on the bed, and she saw Sister Yao sitting by the window, holding bamboo leaves in her hand and blowing a nice tune.
"Sister Yao, if what they want to arrest is Lord Li, what should they do?"
Yao Xueer turned her head to look at the girl with sparkling eyes and asked, "If Master Aunt fights with your Master Li, who will you help?"
Chang Ying, who was suddenly asked back, was stunned for a moment, holding the crimson spar around her neck tightly with her palm, not knowing how to answer.
The room suddenly fell silent, Yao Xueer looked at the distressed and embarrassed girl, and suddenly felt that she was embarrassing her a bit.
"Then who will Elder Sister Yao help?" Changying was confused and wanted to ask for an answer.
"I'm afraid even if I want to help her, she won't let me help. Instead, she will kill me first. After all, the Taoist hates us monsters."
"But Aunt Master is very kind to Sister Yao." Changying remembered that when she was in the bamboo house in Wuya Mountain, Sister Yao's clothes were always washed and dried by Aunt Da.
"You don't know that she used to be nicer to me. She followed me wherever I went, and she followed me no matter what I said." Yao Xueer sighed with nostalgia in her eyes, "But now I take the initiative to follow her, she They all dislike me being in the way of hands and eyes, and they will give faces if they disagree, and getting angry is even more common."
Changying didn't quite understand what sister Yao said, "Sister Yao, don't be discouraged, maybe the master aunt won't be angry tomorrow."
Yao Xueer looked at the optimistic girl and said, "You can think about it, but you haven't answered my question just now, who are you helping?"
"Chang Ying will help Master Li, because she doesn't want Master Aunt to catch Master Li."
"I knew you would respond like this, but you don't want to think about Ji Li's skills. It's good that you don't become her weakness."
"It seems to be right." Changying knew that her cultivation base was very low, so she would usually hide first.
It was probably because she was too tired from traveling during the day, and Chang Ying slept very soundly.
Some people slept until dawn this night, but others didn't sleep all night.
The next day when everyone left the inn, Chang Ying found that sister Yao had disappeared again.
Until the crowd arrived in the town in the evening, Da Dagu didn't ask about Sister Yao.
Changying followed behind the master aunt, only to find that there were countless corpses piled up on the ground here, many of them were Taoist priests of Pingxu Pavilion.
"These monsters really deserve to die!"
These Taoist priests had their eyes gouged out, and they died almost exactly the same way as those villagers.
"Array!"
Aunt Master said seriously.
"Yes." The disciples quickly wandered around the formation, and the master aunt frowning slightly inspected the surroundings. She scattered several spells from her fingers, jumped into the sky, and the formation quickly spread across the town.
Those evil spirits hiding in the house came out howling, Chang Ying was so frightened that she held the mahogany sword but did not dare to move.
"kill!"
The afterglow day in the evening and dusk is usually just a blink of an eye. Chang Ying personally saw the evil spirits transforming into black shadows and chasing and fighting with the Taoist priests.
"Be careful." The elder aunt looked at the unresponsive Changying, and the probe grabbed her collar and jumped to a high place.
Chang Ying looked at the fight below with a pale face. When the night came, the Taoist priests would not have much time.
In the dark night, the sorcery of monsters will be strengthened accordingly, and the illusion will even make Taoist priests kill each other.
"Auntie, their eyes seem to be able to kill." When Changying saw the red light spots of those shadows falling into the eyes of the Taoist priest, the Taoist priest would go mad.
When more and more Taoist priests fell into madness, Master Aunt could only end the formation and let the monsters run away tired, so as to save the lives of many Taoist priests.
Although many monsters were killed, many escaped from the formation.
Everyone could only choose a place to rest temporarily, and Changying surrounded the fire and asked, "What kind of monsters are they?"
Aunt Dashi wiped her sword and said, "At first I thought it was the demon king's subordinates, but now it seems that it is a kind of demon clan who uses food to control people."
"Usually the big monsters would leave such little monsters as guards, there should be some big monsters hiding in here." Yao Xueer suddenly appeared and sat beside Chang Ying.
Changying regained some energy after seeing Sister Yao and asked, "Sister Yao, where did you go during the day?"
Yao Xue'er replied dumbfoundedly: "I went to see a friend, but I couldn't find it, what a pity."
Originally thinking that Ji Li could be contacted, Yao Xueer wanted to say hello in advance, but she didn't expect that she was just an ordinary monster.
"I don't know if there are any old acquaintances of yours among these?" Master Gu asked indifferently, pointing at the corpses of monsters all over the floor with a sword.
The provocative meaning of these words is already obvious and cannot be more obvious, Yao Xueer will not be convinced while drinking: "My old acquaintances are all over the Three Realms, but it's a pity that there is no one here!"
Chang Ying looked at the master's aunt and left without saying a word in disappointment, turned her head to look at sister Yao and asked innocently: "Sister Yao, do you really know so many people?"
Yao Xue'er sipped her wine and looked at the departing master Gu Ying: "Of course, I haven't been fooling around for so many years."
"No wonder the master aunt said last time that sister Yao is pretending to be a person who might not be able to live in the whole Wuya Mountain."
"Did she really say that?"
"Ah."
"Silly, I just lied to you to play, but actually I went to find your Master Li." Yao Xue'er looked at the girl who really believed her and explained helplessly.
Upon hearing this, Changying quickly asked, "Is Master Li here?"
"No, I heard that she is going to chase the remaining party of the demon king's son, and maybe I will meet her on the way, so I want to say hello to her in advance, so as to save time and fight due to misunderstanding, wouldn't that be troublesome?" It took a lot of effort, but people didn't appreciate it, which is really annoying.
Chang Ying, who was originally hopeful, suddenly lost her energy. While thinking about meeting Master Li, she also wanted to avoid Master Li, so that she wouldn't have to worry about fighting with Master Aunt.
In the following days, all the Taoist priests chased the little demon all the way. Although Chang Ying was too timid to do anything, she still knew how to follow the formation method.
June is the season when the yang energy is at its heaviest in midsummer, and all the monsters flee to the mountains and forests and dare not come out. The master and aunt led the Taoist priests to kill many monsters in the deep forest.
When night fell, the Taoist priests were chasing a group of monster-like ghosts. Changying imitated the Taoist priests and covered their bodies with charms, and puffed a thick layer of exorcism powder on their faces to weaken the monsters. perceived danger.
When the full moon was covered by dark clouds, the forest was much darker, and the shadows moved among the forests. All the Taoist priests occupied positions in the formation, waiting for the ghosts to fall into the formation.
It's easy to sweat in midsummer, and the ghost powder in front of Changying is too thick, and it melts quickly.
There are so many mosquitoes in the Piansheng mountain forest, and Chang Ying couldn't help but want to hide when he heard the buzzing sound lingering around his ears.
But thinking of the brothers who were not far away were all enduring, Changying could only grit her teeth.
Unexpectedly, more and more mosquitoes gathered, Changying wanted to blow away some mosquitoes, but who would have thought that the charm on his forehead fell down suddenly.
This time, the Taoist priests around Changying were so frightened that they didn't dare to breathe.
But Chang Ying found that the ghosts in front of her didn't even look at her.
Fortunately, most of the ghosts have already entered the formation, and when the Taoists were about to close the formation, another group of big monsters suddenly appeared.
The two sides are fighting in one place, a rare golden opportunity, "Call out!"
Immediately, the formation began to gather, and Changying held up the mahogany sword to follow the brothers to collect the monsters.
But the cultivation level of the monsters who came suddenly was too high, they forcibly broke through the formations, and countless Taoist priests were even injured.
Changying looked at the wounded seniors, and she didn't know where the courage came from. She rushed up to the monster wearing a white mask, raised her mahogany sword and shouted: "You, don't come here, I'm very powerful!"
Not only was the monster not afraid, but he chased after him and said, "Okay, I like to eat girls with thin skin and tender flesh like you."
Seeing that the monster was about to run towards this direction, Chang Ying held up the talisman paper and recited the mantra silently: "Take it!"
Changying opened her closed eyes and found that the talisman paper was really entangled with the monster, and she doubted, "Did it really work?"
Just as Changying was overjoyed, she didn't expect the monster to break free from the talisman paper easily, and then rushed towards Changying.
Chang Ying, who thought she was going to die, stabbed the mahogany sword in a panic, but found that the mahogany sword she was holding was held by a monster while waving it.
"What tricks do you have now?" The monster proudly broke the mahogany sword and approached step by step.
Changying leaned back against the tree in fright, and shiveringly took the invisibility charm from the cloth bag and stuck it on her body, saying: "Don't come here, you shouldn't be able to see me now."
But the monster in front of him reached out and pinched Changying's face and said, "What do you think?"
If it wasn't for Chang Ying who was so frightened, she would have discovered that this hand was not only icy cold, but also somewhat familiar.
What's more important is that the strength of pinching his face should feel familiar.
"Where should I eat first?" The monster deliberately approached, his whole body was as cold as an ice hole, his fingertips sometimes pinched Changying's face, and sometimes lifted Changying's earlobe.
Changying was so frightened that she closed her eyes and replied tremblingly: "I don't have meat, it's not delicious."
"It's okay, I'm not picky eaters."
The monster who purposely whispered in his ear scared Changying to tears and said in a low voice, "Then what will you do so that you won't eat me?"
After finally going down the mountain, Chang Ying hasn't seen Master Li yet.
"Then you open your eyes first, let me see if your eyeballs are suitable for eating?"
These words scared Changying so much that she didn't dare to open her eyes, she shook her head again and again, remembering the tragic scene of the dead Taoist priests when she first went down the mountain.
The more she thought about it, the more frightened Chang Ying was, holding the crimson spar around her neck tightly with her palms, and she shed tears in a blink of an eye.
The monster fell silent.
"Changying, can you open your eyes?"
After a while, the somewhat familiar voice made Changying not so afraid.
Changying opened her eyes hesitantly, only to realize that this place was already a lakeside, and there was already a bit of gorgeous morning glow in the distant sky.
"Master Li?"
A girl with thick yellow and white powder smeared all over her face, her eyes were full of crystal clear teardrops, two obvious tear stains slipped out due to the yellow and white powder, she was wearing a worn-out gray sermon robe covered with charms, and the skirt was stained with a lot of weeds Xingzi.
Did this appearance come to catch ghosts, or was he caught by ghosts?
"Stop crying now?"
The girl nodded again and again, wiped her tears with her hand, looked at it seriously and asked, "Master Li, why are you wearing a white mask?"
Ji Li took off the white mask and asked displeasedly: "Is the white mask not as good-looking as the black mask?"
Changying quickly shook her head and replied, "No, whatever mask Mr. Li wears looks good."
"Your mouth has become a lot sweeter." Ji Li awkwardly poked his fingertips and lightly touched the powder on the girl's cheeks, then wiped his fingers with a handkerchief in distaste, "You had the courage to charge up just now, why are you so scared that you are crying now? ?”
"Why did Master Li deliberately scare people?" Chang Ying reacted belatedly.
Ji Li looked at the girl with raised eyebrows, held her earlobe with his fingertips and asked, "Who told you to do it for me?"
Such a simple girl is really like the self who was full of expectations at the beginning, the master aunt turned her head and looked away and sighed softly: "It's too stupid."
Chang Ying, who still didn't know why the master aunt sighed, saw the master aunt walking forward with a downcast expression, and hurriedly followed, still confused, wondering where she was stupid?
In the early morning, Wuya Mountain is still cool. The breeze in the forest moves slightly, and the dense branches and leaves sway, which is a rare coolness in midsummer.
Most of the time, Zangshu Pavilion is very quiet, and Master Gu seldom speaks actively on weekdays, but mostly meditates and cultivates.
In her spare time, Chang Ying would read the magic spell books given by the old lady by herself. Because there were many spell formulas that she couldn't understand, she often looked for the corresponding Tao spell books on the bookshelves in the library.
When midsummer enters autumn, such accumulation has made some progress.
"Senior Sister Zirou, look that I can conjure different fruits."
Changying flicked her fingertips lightly, and the hawthorns and persimmons in the air changed positions directly following the direction of her fingertips.
Seeing the little Taoist aunt's clumsy little spells, Zirou could only superficially cooperate and said: "Very good, you will make more progress if you work hard slowly."
Now that Grand Master and Auntie are guarding the Library Pavilion, Zirou can't do other things well.
After all, Zirou is still doubting the identity of the master aunt, so it is inevitable to be more vigilant.
When she moved her eyes to the elder aunt who was sitting in the bamboo chair by the window, the elder aunt was reading the Taoist book seriously. Although they were all cultivators, Zirou found that the elder aunt seemed to be a bit of a Taoist immortal temperament.
The master aunt felt the protruding gaze tilted her head to meet it, but the judao aunt looked away again.
Although the master aunt did not believe Yao Xueer's words, she was still quite concerned about the murder case that happened in the Library Pavilion.
The old woman in the Library Pavilion has a high level of cultivation, and there is a magic mirror outside to prevent demons, so how did the murderer break in?
Just as the elder aunt was frowning and thinking about the question, the girl handed it over with a fresh hawthorn, "Do you want to taste the hawthorn, elder aunt?"
"I can't eat hawthorn." The elder aunt shook her head and declined politely. She saw the girl eating the sour hawthorn, even though her face was sour and wrinkled, she still seemed to like it very much.
"That's it, then take it home and give some to Sister Yao to eat." Changying chewed the hawthorn carefully, and put her hand on the table to put the freshly picked hawthorn on the table.
"She is very picky, she doesn't even eat sweet oranges that are only a little bit sour." The elder aunt flipped through the book in her hand, talking to herself, and suddenly remembered what she did to please Yao Xue'er in the past stupid thing.
Even after so many years, I still remember her preferences.
"Okay." Changying didn't know why she liked these sweet and sour hawthorns, but she didn't expect that not only senior sister Zirou and the old lady didn't like them, but also the elder sister and elder sister Yao didn't like them.
Changying looked at the large basket of hawthorns picked from the vegetable garden, and thought that now she might only be able to eat it by herself.
At night, outside the verandah of the bamboo house, Yingying sits barefoot in a wooden basin filled with stream water, holds a book in his hand and sits beside a lamp, occasionally pulling a hawthorn or two into his mouth.
Seeing the girl eating the hawthorn with gusto, Yao Xueer tasted it curiously, and then spat it out in distaste. "It's too sour, how can you eat it?"
Chang Ying tilted her head to see Yao Xueer's reaction, then took another one into her mouth and chewed in confusion, "It's delicious."
"I didn't realize that your taste is so strange." Yao Xue'er held her sore teeth, really convinced the girl.
"The taste is not strange." Chang Ying counted the number of hawthorns in the pouch, and suddenly wanted to leave the adult.
Last year, Mr. Li accompanied Chang Ying to eat hawthorn, but now it's autumn, and there is no news.
Changying also wanted to save the hawthorn for Mr. Li to taste.
"Sister Yao, when will Master Li come to Wuya Mountain again?"
"It's only been a few days, and Xiao Changying misses Ji Li?" Yao Xueer looked at the girl jokingly.
Unexpectedly, the girl was much more honest than Ji Li, she nodded straightly, "Yes, I really want to."
Yao Xueer teased her mischievously: "Unfortunately, right now Ji Li is busy cleaning up those troublesome monsters. I guess he may not be free for the past two or three years. Maybe he will forget about you soon and go find someone else." Little monsters are playing."
The light in the girl's eyes dimmed, and the little face no longer had the joyful expectation it had before.
Changying looked down at the book with her head down, but she didn't think much about it, she just realized that she had to eat the hawthorn by herself.
Yao Xueer, who didn't know what Changying was thinking at all, saw that the girl was very depressed, so she hurriedly changed her words to comfort her: "But don't worry, it's already autumn, maybe next autumn you can go down the mountain to find Ji Li no?"
"Yeah!" The girl's eyes lit up a little hope and she nodded again and again.
In late autumn, the leaves of Wuya Mountain turned yellow and withered, and the old trees in Zangshuge slowly left only bare branches.
In the afternoon, Zhang Ying and Senior Sister Zirou in the Zangshu Pavilion were extracting the magic formula arranged by the master, when there was a sudden noise outside the door.
Three or two Taoist priests came in from the outside, their faces were covered with blood, they supported each other and went inside and called out: "Master, Auntie is not good, the second uncle and the third uncle have been arguing constantly, and all the disciples of the sect started fighting with each other."
The master aunt who was originally sitting in the bamboo chair just got up and followed the Taoist priests to leave the library.
"Changying, you stay at the Library Pavilion, I'll go and have a look." Senior Sister Zirou seemed to get up urgently to inquire about the situation.
"En." Changying nodded, and saw that Senior Sister Zirou left Cangshu Pavilion very quickly.
There are so many Taoist priests in the Pingxu Hall, if there is a fight, Changying is still a little worried about Grand Master Aunt.
But because of Senior Sister Zirou's order, Changying had no choice but to wait patiently in the Library Pavilion for news.
In the evening, when the sky was getting dark, Changying sat on the threshold of Zangshu Pavilion with a lantern and waited for Master Aunt and Senior Sister Zirou.
Changying vaguely heard the Taoist priests coming and going mention how heavy the casualties were, but they didn't mention the matter of the great aunt.
When she couldn't see her fingers, Senior Sister Zirou came back alone.
"Master Aunt is discussing matters with the Second and Third Senior Uncles in the main hall, you should go back first."
"Oh."
At night, Changying returned to the bamboo house, and took the initiative to tell sister Yao about the master aunt.
"The Pingxu Pavilion is really a mess right now." Yao Xue'er was lazily nestling in the reclining chair in the corridor holding a round fan, "I heard that the two sects of Taoist priests suffered heavy casualties, I'm afraid I'm so jealous, how can I care about my master?" School of friendship, your master aunt is too stubborn, now it is too late to peacefully reconcile the conflicts among the disciples in the hall."
Changying took off her stockings, soaked her bare feet in the water basin, and looked at the bamboo forest path outside the bamboo house from time to time, "I don't know if Master Gu can come back tonight."
"Who knows." Yao Xue'er sometimes felt helpless against the stubbornness of the master aunt, and couldn't help but angrily said, "If she could let go of these stinky Taoist priests, she and I would have been happy and happy long ago."
"Why is it a stinky Taoist priest?" Changying remembered that not only Sister Yao, but even Lord Li called the Taoist priests of Pingxu Gym that way.
Yao Xue'er looked at the innocent girl and said, "Of course they call themselves disciples of immortals, so they think they are superior to others, but what they do is full of stench, so they are disgusting on purpose."
"Oh I see."
"Otherwise, what does Xiao Changying think it means?"
The girl lifted the stockings beside her and said seriously: "I thought the stinky Taoist priest mentioned by sister Yao meant the same thing as Changying's stinky socks."
Yao Xueer lay down on the couch again and laughed non-stop.
Changying was puzzled and silently took back her stinky socks, thinking, isn't it?
In the middle of the night, Aunt Da Da still didn't come back. When Changying was sleepy and was about to go back to the house to rest, Sister Yao was still lying on a chair in the corridor.
"Sister Yao, are you still waiting for Master Aunt?"
Yao Xue'er held the round fan and replied sophistry: "No, I'm waiting to see the moon."
Changying looked at the dark night sky above her head, "I don't think the moon will come out tonight, right?"
"Go back to sleep."
"Ah."
The next day when it was dim and bright, Changying came out from the side room and saw Elder Sister Yao hugging Grand Aunt, who seemed to be very sleepy, yawning again and again, leaning her head on the shoulder of Grand Master and muttering: "I've been waiting all night, Even my eyes are red."
"And you don't know how much I want you at night." The voice became smaller and smaller.
Because Master Aunt's back was facing Changying, Changying couldn't see the change in her expression.
Changying held the water basin and said, "Aunt Master, you are back."
Before the words were finished, there was a loud bang, and Sister Yao was thrown back on the couch by Master Aunt.
Master Aunt immediately stood up, smoothed her clothes lightly with her fingertips, and replied calmly: "En."
Afterwards, Grand Master and Aunt hurried into the main house, and Chang Ying was stunned and asked, "Sister Yao, are you alright?"
The bang just now was really like the action of Mr. Li throwing himself off the bed in anger.
Yao Xueer looked at the naive and childish girl, pinched her face with her hand and said helplessly, "Did you come here on purpose to make trouble?"
After all, Yao Xue'er wanted to take advantage of the depression of the master aunt and take advantage of it to regain the initiative, but in the end, she was messed up by the girl who appeared at the wrong time.
Changying shook her head and replied, "No."
"Please don't make a sound when you see us making out next time, okay?" Yao Xueer let go of her hand that was pinching the girl's face with a mouthful of old blood in her heart, and covered her heart with her hand and said in pain, "Do you know Know that I almost succeeded just now!"
"Well, I remember." Changying rubbed her face, although she didn't quite understand what sister Yao said, but she clearly felt that sister Yao was very unhappy.
Since the civil turmoil in Wuya Mountain that day, Zangshu Pavilion has become more deserted than before.
In late autumn, the weather was getting cooler, and it took Changying a long time to finish eating the hawthorn.
And Aunt Master was worried all day long, and Changying heard from Senior Sister Zirou that the Taoist priests patrolling Wuya Mountain are now divided into two factions, and I am afraid that sooner or later there will be big troubles.
The heavy snow in the early winter night turned the whole Wuya Mountain into a vast expanse of whiteness.
Changying looked at Senior Sister Zirou standing by the window and was still a little curious, "Senior Sister Zirou, you don't seem to have any old illnesses such as coughing and discomfort recently?"
Zirou turned his head to look at the little Taoist aunt hesitantly, "Maybe it's because the formulas taught by Master Aunt are effective."
In previous winters, Senior Sister Zirou was often bedridden due to illness, and Chang Ying was often worried.
Hearing this, Changying revealed joy and said, "Master Gu is really amazing."
In the morning, Aunt Master left the library to go to the main hall to participate in the consultation with the two uncles about the head of the hall.
In the afternoon, Changying had just finished copying a large chapter of the scriptures, when she saw the great aunt entering the library pavilion with a serious expression. It was clear that there was a lot of snow outside, but the big aunt was not covered by flying snow.
"Master and aunt drink tea." Zi Rou stepped forward to prepare tea.
"I'm sorry." The elder sister sat on the bamboo chair by the window, her heart was heavy and she didn't make another sound.
Seeing this, Zirou didn't bother herself, and turned to do other things.
The heavy snow did not stop until the end of the year.
Changying held a big broom to sweep the snow in the courtyard. The courtyard of Zangshuge was very spacious, but the ancient trees lining it were even taller.
In the past, there were special Taoist priests cleaning outside Zangshu Pavilion, but now the affairs in the library are mixed and no one manages them.
After tidying up the courtyard, Changying deliberately cleared the snow outside the Library Pavilion to the wall, so that passers-by would not be prone to fall if they stepped on the wet snow.
"Isn't there a Taoist outside here who is in charge?" Aunt Master stopped on the steps outside the Library Pavilion and looked at the girl with reddish cheeks.
"Those Taoists are very busy recently. If the snow is not cleared in time, it is easy to slip." Changying looked at the master on the steps and said.
Aunt Master frowned slightly and looked away, looking at the Taoists walking back and forth, talking about which master would become the new head, but she forgot the most basic responsibilities of Taoist disciples.
These kind of people who follow the trend are not Taoists. Instead of letting them kill each other to fight for the head, it is better to let them go down the mountain to catch monsters and avenge the head.
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, all the disciples of Pingxu Taoist Hall suddenly stopped fighting again. Changying heard from Senior Sister Zirou that Master Gu ordered the disciples of all schools to go down the mountain to catch monsters in the next spring. If there is a Taoist priest who can catch a large number of monsters, he can do The next boss.
In the afternoon, Changying sat around the charcoal basin to warm the fire, carrying a book on her back while waiting for the sweet potatoes to be cooked.
Mostly because they wanted to go down the mountain to catch monsters, more Taoist priests borrowed books in the Library Pavilion. After all, catching monsters requires many spells.
From the busy morning to the noon, Changying has time to eat hot sweet potatoes.
"Master Aunt, can I go down the mountain?" Zirou was worrying that she didn't have time to practice her skills, and catching monsters was a good opportunity.
"Your cultivation level is still low, so it's better not to go this time." Aunt Master originally only wanted the second and third junior brothers to be busy catching monsters and have no time to compete for the head.
Zirou said a little unwillingly, "I haven't been home since I went up the mountain, why don't you let Zirou go home?"
Anyway, as long as there is a normal order to go down the mountain, as long as the demon is caught at that time, even the elder sister can't stop herself.
"Okay, it's not too late to go down the mountain after the snow melts in spring."
"Thank you, Master Aunt."
Changying held the hot sweet potatoes and didn't dare to make a sound. After all, she had seen with her own eyes that when Senior Sister Zirou mentioned catching monsters, it was like a different person.
Zirou looked at the little Taoist nun who had been silent all this time, and thought that if she stayed in Wuya Mountain, she would not be easy to deal with, but if she left Wuya Mountain, there would always be a chance to kill her and get the secret technique.
"At that time, most of the Taoist priests in Wuya Mountain will have gone down the mountain, and it's not appropriate for my junior sister to be alone in Zangshu Pavilion. Why don't you go to Nanjiang with me?" Zi Rou pretended to be a senior sister.
Unexpectedly, it was Master Aunt who spoke first: "Chang Ying will go down the mountain with me to catch the demon."
what?
This sound was not from Zirou but from Changying.
Because the sweet potatoes were too hot, Chang Ying didn't say a word, her eyes almost burst into tears, she quickly shook her head and said, "No way."
Chang Fluorescent was scared to have a nightmare when he saw the Taoist priests dealing with monsters last time, how could he dare to catch monsters.
What's more, Changying is a monster herself, if she is accidentally discovered by Taoists, it will be terrible.
The master aunt handed the tea to the girl and explained: "Don't be afraid, your cultivation level can make up for your shortcomings with diligence, but it is urgent to cultivate your heart."
Getting along with her for so long, Master Aunt somehow knows that the girl has a pure heart, but only by letting her see the demon that harms the world with her own eyes can she completely draw a line between her and the demon.
What's more, Aunt Master noticed that the girl had some Taoist cultivation, and presumably she had some fate with Taoism. If she was good at guiding her, maybe she could help her a little bit.
Changying watched Master Aunt saying this, and had no choice but to nod for a moment.
Zirou on the side looked at the master aunt in disbelief, but hesitated to speak out.
He is obviously a monster, so why does he still receive so much attention.
I'm so unhappy!
That night, Changying was eating vegetarian food in the bamboo house, while worriedly talking to sister Yao about going down the mountain with the master to catch the demon.
"Sister Yao, what should I do now?" Chang Ying muttered worriedly after taking a big mouthful of rice.
"You don't want to go down the mountain to catch monsters, why don't you just refuse?"
"Because I can't say it." Changying shook her head and responded, "And the master aunt also encouraged Changying not to be afraid."
Yao Xue'er stretched out her hands to prop her face sideways and replied, "Then you can go down the mountain to practice, anyway, you have copied all the spells in the Pingxu Hall, but I don't think your cultivation has improved much."
"But Changying doesn't know how to catch demons."
"It doesn't matter if you don't know, there is still me anyway."
Changying looked at Sister Yao and shook her head in response: "Sister Yao also wants to go down the mountain together?"
"That's right, you and the master aunt are going down the mountain, and it's not fun for me to be alone in the deep mountains and forests." In fact, Ji Li wanted to go outside for a long time.
"But..." Changying was somewhat afraid of catching monsters, after all, the real fire execution was really scary.
Seeing the girl hesitated again and again, Yao Xue'er had no choice but to change her words: "Ji Li is also in the world now, don't you really want to go down the mountain to see her?"
The girl raised her head buried in the rice bowl and replied, "Thinking about it."
"Then let's go down the mountain." Yao Xue'er knew that Ji Li was also cleaning up the escaped monsters in the world, so she might have a chance to meet them.
Changying looked at Sister Yao, but she didn't rush to answer, but asked worriedly: "If Master Li is in the world, what should the Taoist do if he catches her?"
"Are you actually worried that Ji Li will be caught by Taoist priests?" Yao Xue'er couldn't help but look at the silly girl, thinking that with Ji Li's murderous personality, these Taoist priests should be afraid to avoid her.
After all, Lord Mozun's name is not just for fun.
"Yeah." Changying knew how uncomfortable it was when Mr. Li was sick, so she was even more worried.
Yao Xue'er couldn't help but wanted to play tricks on the girl and echoed, "That's why, you should go down the mountain with the Taoist to catch the demon, so that you can report to Ji Li."
The girl nodded without any doubt, "Okay."
Ever since Changying decided to go down the mountain, she has worked harder every day.
Because she was going down the mountain, Master Gu specially taught Chang Ying a set of basic sword skills.
In the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month, Changying never slack off for a day.
Zi Rou watched the master aunt personally teach swordsmanship, and felt even more uncomfortable.
From the cold winter to the early spring, the snow on Wuya Mountain has already started to melt after a few months.
The disciples of the Second Senior Uncle and the Third Senior Uncle rushed down the mountain to catch the monsters, but Wuya Mountain was quite deserted for a while.
But Changying found that the elder sister was not in a hurry to leave until the senior sister Zirou left Zangshuge on a sunny day.
Changying couldn't help but ask: "Master Aunt, are we still leaving?"
Changying saw countless Taoist priests going down the mountain that day, and she was even more worried about Master Li.
Master Auntie looked at the girl holding a mahogany sword and said, "No hurry, you should practice your sword skills and basic spells first."
So Changying worked even harder to practice swordsmanship. In the early morning, Yao Xueer in the bamboo forest yawned and looked at the girl in the forest and couldn't help but sigh: "It's good to be young."
"Sister Yao, if Changying doesn't practice well, will Master Aunt come down the mountain without Changying?" The girl asked with worried eyes.
Yao Xueer held a falling bamboo leaf with her fingertips and said, "Don't worry, Grand Master must mean what she says. I think you have practiced this set of sword skills very well."
Say it, Yao Xueer held the bamboo leaf to her mouth and blew, a melodious and brisk tune sounded in the forest.
Changying liked it very much, so she took a bamboo leaf and blew it by her mouth.
But Zhuye didn't make a sound, Changying pursed her lips and looked at Yaojie in confusion and asked, "Why can't it come out?"
"Because your leaves are not as useful as mine." Yao Xueer teased the girl jokingly.
"So that's how it is." Changying believed Sister Yao's words without the slightest doubt.
Yao Xue'er couldn't help laughing, wondering where did Ji Li pick up such a deceitful child.
From warm spring to early summer, Changying practiced sword almost all day long.
Until one morning, the master aunt suddenly said: "Today we will go down the mountain."
Changying nodded happily, "Okay."
The three set off from Wuya Mountain. Changying saw many novel objects along the way. Unfortunately, the master aunt did not stay for too long. Instead, she came to a town inn to meet with the Taoist priests. It is said that it was a great demon that they had discussed together. .
There were people coming and going in the inn, Zhang Ying was too frightened to move, the master aunt was talking with the Taoist priests, and the Yao sister was gone.
"It is said that the big monster came from the demon world, and his magic skills are not low. There are many monsters around him. Maybe he is the new demon king."
"The people in the nearby town had their eyes gouged out overnight. These monsters really have no conscience!"
"Let's rest early tonight, and tomorrow we will meet with the Taoist priest who investigates the details."
Changying didn't dare to listen to these frightening words, but she was worried when she heard the Taoist priests mention Lord Mozun.
Waiting for Master Aunt to lead Changying to sit at the table by the window, looking around with concern and asking: "Where is Yao Xueer going?"
"It was there just now, I don't know where it is now." Changying shook her head, holding a porcelain spoon and eating the fast food prepared by the inn, and was hesitating whether to ask the master about the details of catching the monster this time.
Master Gu stood up with her sword in hand and replied, "You stay here, I'll go out for a while."
"Yeah." The inn was very bustling and bustling, just as Changying was burying her head in her vegetarian meal, Yao Xueer suddenly sat aside with big and small bags.
"Little Changying, don't eat vegetarian food. Of course we have to eat meat when we finally go down the mountain." Yao Xueer unwrapped the roast chicken wrapped in oil paper and handed it to Changying.
And then the master aunt who sat down looked at Yao Xue'er with a slight frown and said, "You really can't change your sneaky nature."
Yao Xueer gave Changying a big chicken leg and said unwillingly: "You only care about Taoist priests, how can you have time to control us?"
Changying was biting the big chicken leg, and saw the master aunt going upstairs alone in a dull voice.
"Sister Yao, did Master Aunt look for you just now?"
"Where is she looking for me, she is clearly arresting me and beating me up." Yao Xue'er ate the meat indignantly.
"But Aunt Master seems to be angry." Although Chang Ying is slow-tempered, but after all, she has been staying by Sir Li's side, and she can still feel that Aunt Master is unhappy.
Yao Xue'er poured the wine and said casually: "Leave her alone, you should eat more, otherwise if I lose weight, someone will still trouble me."
Changying looked at the meat piled higher and higher in the bowl, and didn't speak any more, just burying her head in her meal.
It's rare that Sister Ye Yao didn't sleep in the same room with Grand Master Aunt, but stayed with Chang Ying.
At night, Changying was sleeping on the bed, and she saw Sister Yao sitting by the window, holding bamboo leaves in her hand and blowing a nice tune.
"Sister Yao, if what they want to arrest is Lord Li, what should they do?"
Yao Xueer turned her head to look at the girl with sparkling eyes and asked, "If Master Aunt fights with your Master Li, who will you help?"
Chang Ying, who was suddenly asked back, was stunned for a moment, holding the crimson spar around her neck tightly with her palm, not knowing how to answer.
The room suddenly fell silent, Yao Xueer looked at the distressed and embarrassed girl, and suddenly felt that she was embarrassing her a bit.
"Then who will Elder Sister Yao help?" Changying was confused and wanted to ask for an answer.
"I'm afraid even if I want to help her, she won't let me help. Instead, she will kill me first. After all, the Taoist hates us monsters."
"But Aunt Master is very kind to Sister Yao." Changying remembered that when she was in the bamboo house in Wuya Mountain, Sister Yao's clothes were always washed and dried by Aunt Da.
"You don't know that she used to be nicer to me. She followed me wherever I went, and she followed me no matter what I said." Yao Xueer sighed with nostalgia in her eyes, "But now I take the initiative to follow her, she They all dislike me being in the way of hands and eyes, and they will give faces if they disagree, and getting angry is even more common."
Changying didn't quite understand what sister Yao said, "Sister Yao, don't be discouraged, maybe the master aunt won't be angry tomorrow."
Yao Xueer looked at the optimistic girl and said, "You can think about it, but you haven't answered my question just now, who are you helping?"
"Chang Ying will help Master Li, because she doesn't want Master Aunt to catch Master Li."
"I knew you would respond like this, but you don't want to think about Ji Li's skills. It's good that you don't become her weakness."
"It seems to be right." Changying knew that her cultivation base was very low, so she would usually hide first.
It was probably because she was too tired from traveling during the day, and Chang Ying slept very soundly.
Some people slept until dawn this night, but others didn't sleep all night.
The next day when everyone left the inn, Chang Ying found that sister Yao had disappeared again.
Until the crowd arrived in the town in the evening, Da Dagu didn't ask about Sister Yao.
Changying followed behind the master aunt, only to find that there were countless corpses piled up on the ground here, many of them were Taoist priests of Pingxu Pavilion.
"These monsters really deserve to die!"
These Taoist priests had their eyes gouged out, and they died almost exactly the same way as those villagers.
"Array!"
Aunt Master said seriously.
"Yes." The disciples quickly wandered around the formation, and the master aunt frowning slightly inspected the surroundings. She scattered several spells from her fingers, jumped into the sky, and the formation quickly spread across the town.
Those evil spirits hiding in the house came out howling, Chang Ying was so frightened that she held the mahogany sword but did not dare to move.
"kill!"
The afterglow day in the evening and dusk is usually just a blink of an eye. Chang Ying personally saw the evil spirits transforming into black shadows and chasing and fighting with the Taoist priests.
"Be careful." The elder aunt looked at the unresponsive Changying, and the probe grabbed her collar and jumped to a high place.
Chang Ying looked at the fight below with a pale face. When the night came, the Taoist priests would not have much time.
In the dark night, the sorcery of monsters will be strengthened accordingly, and the illusion will even make Taoist priests kill each other.
"Auntie, their eyes seem to be able to kill." When Changying saw the red light spots of those shadows falling into the eyes of the Taoist priest, the Taoist priest would go mad.
When more and more Taoist priests fell into madness, Master Aunt could only end the formation and let the monsters run away tired, so as to save the lives of many Taoist priests.
Although many monsters were killed, many escaped from the formation.
Everyone could only choose a place to rest temporarily, and Changying surrounded the fire and asked, "What kind of monsters are they?"
Aunt Dashi wiped her sword and said, "At first I thought it was the demon king's subordinates, but now it seems that it is a kind of demon clan who uses food to control people."
"Usually the big monsters would leave such little monsters as guards, there should be some big monsters hiding in here." Yao Xueer suddenly appeared and sat beside Chang Ying.
Changying regained some energy after seeing Sister Yao and asked, "Sister Yao, where did you go during the day?"
Yao Xue'er replied dumbfoundedly: "I went to see a friend, but I couldn't find it, what a pity."
Originally thinking that Ji Li could be contacted, Yao Xueer wanted to say hello in advance, but she didn't expect that she was just an ordinary monster.
"I don't know if there are any old acquaintances of yours among these?" Master Gu asked indifferently, pointing at the corpses of monsters all over the floor with a sword.
The provocative meaning of these words is already obvious and cannot be more obvious, Yao Xueer will not be convinced while drinking: "My old acquaintances are all over the Three Realms, but it's a pity that there is no one here!"
Chang Ying looked at the master's aunt and left without saying a word in disappointment, turned her head to look at sister Yao and asked innocently: "Sister Yao, do you really know so many people?"
Yao Xue'er sipped her wine and looked at the departing master Gu Ying: "Of course, I haven't been fooling around for so many years."
"No wonder the master aunt said last time that sister Yao is pretending to be a person who might not be able to live in the whole Wuya Mountain."
"Did she really say that?"
"Ah."
"Silly, I just lied to you to play, but actually I went to find your Master Li." Yao Xue'er looked at the girl who really believed her and explained helplessly.
Upon hearing this, Changying quickly asked, "Is Master Li here?"
"No, I heard that she is going to chase the remaining party of the demon king's son, and maybe I will meet her on the way, so I want to say hello to her in advance, so as to save time and fight due to misunderstanding, wouldn't that be troublesome?" It took a lot of effort, but people didn't appreciate it, which is really annoying.
Chang Ying, who was originally hopeful, suddenly lost her energy. While thinking about meeting Master Li, she also wanted to avoid Master Li, so that she wouldn't have to worry about fighting with Master Aunt.
In the following days, all the Taoist priests chased the little demon all the way. Although Chang Ying was too timid to do anything, she still knew how to follow the formation method.
June is the season when the yang energy is at its heaviest in midsummer, and all the monsters flee to the mountains and forests and dare not come out. The master and aunt led the Taoist priests to kill many monsters in the deep forest.
When night fell, the Taoist priests were chasing a group of monster-like ghosts. Changying imitated the Taoist priests and covered their bodies with charms, and puffed a thick layer of exorcism powder on their faces to weaken the monsters. perceived danger.
When the full moon was covered by dark clouds, the forest was much darker, and the shadows moved among the forests. All the Taoist priests occupied positions in the formation, waiting for the ghosts to fall into the formation.
It's easy to sweat in midsummer, and the ghost powder in front of Changying is too thick, and it melts quickly.
There are so many mosquitoes in the Piansheng mountain forest, and Chang Ying couldn't help but want to hide when he heard the buzzing sound lingering around his ears.
But thinking of the brothers who were not far away were all enduring, Changying could only grit her teeth.
Unexpectedly, more and more mosquitoes gathered, Changying wanted to blow away some mosquitoes, but who would have thought that the charm on his forehead fell down suddenly.
This time, the Taoist priests around Changying were so frightened that they didn't dare to breathe.
But Chang Ying found that the ghosts in front of her didn't even look at her.
Fortunately, most of the ghosts have already entered the formation, and when the Taoists were about to close the formation, another group of big monsters suddenly appeared.
The two sides are fighting in one place, a rare golden opportunity, "Call out!"
Immediately, the formation began to gather, and Changying held up the mahogany sword to follow the brothers to collect the monsters.
But the cultivation level of the monsters who came suddenly was too high, they forcibly broke through the formations, and countless Taoist priests were even injured.
Changying looked at the wounded seniors, and she didn't know where the courage came from. She rushed up to the monster wearing a white mask, raised her mahogany sword and shouted: "You, don't come here, I'm very powerful!"
Not only was the monster not afraid, but he chased after him and said, "Okay, I like to eat girls with thin skin and tender flesh like you."
Seeing that the monster was about to run towards this direction, Chang Ying held up the talisman paper and recited the mantra silently: "Take it!"
Changying opened her closed eyes and found that the talisman paper was really entangled with the monster, and she doubted, "Did it really work?"
Just as Changying was overjoyed, she didn't expect the monster to break free from the talisman paper easily, and then rushed towards Changying.
Chang Ying, who thought she was going to die, stabbed the mahogany sword in a panic, but found that the mahogany sword she was holding was held by a monster while waving it.
"What tricks do you have now?" The monster proudly broke the mahogany sword and approached step by step.
Changying leaned back against the tree in fright, and shiveringly took the invisibility charm from the cloth bag and stuck it on her body, saying: "Don't come here, you shouldn't be able to see me now."
But the monster in front of him reached out and pinched Changying's face and said, "What do you think?"
If it wasn't for Chang Ying who was so frightened, she would have discovered that this hand was not only icy cold, but also somewhat familiar.
What's more important is that the strength of pinching his face should feel familiar.
"Where should I eat first?" The monster deliberately approached, his whole body was as cold as an ice hole, his fingertips sometimes pinched Changying's face, and sometimes lifted Changying's earlobe.
Changying was so frightened that she closed her eyes and replied tremblingly: "I don't have meat, it's not delicious."
"It's okay, I'm not picky eaters."
The monster who purposely whispered in his ear scared Changying to tears and said in a low voice, "Then what will you do so that you won't eat me?"
After finally going down the mountain, Chang Ying hasn't seen Master Li yet.
"Then you open your eyes first, let me see if your eyeballs are suitable for eating?"
These words scared Changying so much that she didn't dare to open her eyes, she shook her head again and again, remembering the tragic scene of the dead Taoist priests when she first went down the mountain.
The more she thought about it, the more frightened Chang Ying was, holding the crimson spar around her neck tightly with her palms, and she shed tears in a blink of an eye.
The monster fell silent.
"Changying, can you open your eyes?"
After a while, the somewhat familiar voice made Changying not so afraid.
Changying opened her eyes hesitantly, only to realize that this place was already a lakeside, and there was already a bit of gorgeous morning glow in the distant sky.
"Master Li?"
A girl with thick yellow and white powder smeared all over her face, her eyes were full of crystal clear teardrops, two obvious tear stains slipped out due to the yellow and white powder, she was wearing a worn-out gray sermon robe covered with charms, and the skirt was stained with a lot of weeds Xingzi.
Did this appearance come to catch ghosts, or was he caught by ghosts?
"Stop crying now?"
The girl nodded again and again, wiped her tears with her hand, looked at it seriously and asked, "Master Li, why are you wearing a white mask?"
Ji Li took off the white mask and asked displeasedly: "Is the white mask not as good-looking as the black mask?"
Changying quickly shook her head and replied, "No, whatever mask Mr. Li wears looks good."
"Your mouth has become a lot sweeter." Ji Li awkwardly poked his fingertips and lightly touched the powder on the girl's cheeks, then wiped his fingers with a handkerchief in distaste, "You had the courage to charge up just now, why are you so scared that you are crying now? ?”
"Why did Master Li deliberately scare people?" Chang Ying reacted belatedly.
Ji Li looked at the girl with raised eyebrows, held her earlobe with his fingertips and asked, "Who told you to do it for me?"
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