Waiting for the wind, waiting for the rain, waiting for your return

Since the day when Xunzhou City was closed, a curfew system has been implemented at two o'clock and three o'clock every day. In the empty market, there are only the sounds of long-drawn watchmen and the clatter of horseshoes patrolling the night.

Suddenly, a shrill scream pierced the silent night sky. The officers and soldiers on night watch and the demon master lurking in the dark followed the sound, only to see a few black figures running wildly at the end of Changping Street in West Market, and behind them were a few people. In the distance, there are also several black shadows chasing after him.

This team of officers and demon masters stopped in front of the chased people, and by the light of the lanterns, they found that the fleeing people were covered with scars, either their arms were scratched to the bone, or their necks were covered with blood. .

The leader, Wuhou Wei, frowned: "What's going on? Are there bandits entering the city?"

The person who came seemed to be scared out of his wits, and was suddenly stopped running, still trembling: "Yes, yes, there is something evil!"

Just as he was talking, the black figures behind him had already caught up, and it was unknown whether they were humans or demons. Their eyes were scarlet, their two canine teeth became thinner, blood was dripping from the corners of their mouths, their nails became three inches long, and their nails were hairy. black.He yelled in a low voice: "Blood—blood—" he rushed towards the living person with a hideous face.

The officers and soldiers were so frightened that they hadn't reacted yet, but the demon master was quick, forming a defensive barrier immediately, and at the same time unsheathed his sword and faced the monsters.

The monster's cultivation level is not high, but he was hacked within a few strokes. However, it was horrifying that he got up again soon after falling to the ground, and one person's intestines fell out along the sword hole, and it dragged on longer and longer. , until the whole thing fell to the ground with a "slap", the officers and soldiers who had never seen such a scene couldn't bear it any longer, leaned over and vomited wildly, and in the end almost even vomited bile.

And the person who was protected behind suddenly changed, and suddenly jumped on a demon master, opened his mouth and bit down on his neck fiercely, "Ah—" screamed, the demon master who was attacked He fell down clutching his neck, blood dripping all over the floor.

The monster who was stimulated by the blood became even more frenzied. It ignored the others and rushed towards the demon master who fell to the ground. They clung to every part of his body like leeches, pierced their sharp teeth, and started sucking wildly.

The others were so frightened by the scene in front of them that they screamed, how could they dare to stop for half a minute, only regretting that they lost two legs.

"There are monsters—" The shrill voice echoed endlessly in the night sky of Xunzhou City.

Soon, bloodthirsty and biting blood clans appeared in both Xunzhou City and Guangyang County, like walking corpses, lurking day and night.The scratched wound will ooze pus, and green mildew will grow all over the surrounding area, which will gradually fester until the whole body dies, and the bitten person, whether dead or alive, will turn into a vampire after three days.

All of a sudden, people were panicked, and rumors spread everywhere. Some said that the immortals of Kunlun Ruins were blood clans and spread the horrific disease; others said that they must have offended the ghost king of lovesickness before. Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Zhang Xie, the magistrate of Guangyang County, came to Nanlin Prince's Mansion overnight to ask to suppress the evil spirits.

In the Zhenghe Hall of Nanlin Palace, there were three corpses lying on the ground.The unpleasant smell made everyone present cover their noses.

Jun Shining tightly covered his mouth and nose with a silk handkerchief, with a look of disgust on his face: "What's going on, has anyone found out who did it? How could there be a blood race? It's not like when the ghost king was in troubled times. Did it just show up?"

The county guard of Xunzhou replied: "My lord, more and more people have been infected in the past two days. I haven't found out where the blood corpses came from. I'm afraid there will be more corpses after three days." It is difficult to control the transformation of human corpses. Please make a decision early on how to deal with these bitten people."

This is really a wave of ups and downs. Everyone's eyes in the hall are now on Qin Ge. Yu Yuan's sect is a medicine cultivator. If anyone can get rid of the epidemic now, they can only count on Yu Yuan's immortal sect. .

Qin Ge waved his folding fan unhurriedly, but said to Jun Shining: "My lord, do you still have almond dew? Let me send some delicate snacks over, the soft and sweet ones, after sitting for a long time, Some are hungry."

... Not to mention that now that the city is full of wind and rain, who still has the heart to eat afternoon tea, just this disgusting rotten smell in the hall has dampened the remaining appetite.

Jun Shining was also amazed for a while before he hurriedly asked the attendant to fetch it.

Only then did Qin Ge lazily say, "Zhuling, you've been checking for a long time, have you found anything?"

The purple-clothed woman who had been carefully examining the three corpses in the hall got up and said, "Yes, sect master, judging from these zombies, they are indeed infected by the corpse aura after the corpse transformation. This corpse aura is overbearing, with The evil spirit of resentment lingers for a long time. One is because the host itself has a hard-to-dispel resentment, and the other is that the corpse aura originates from Huangquan Minghai."

Huangquan Minghai is the entrance to the underworld, and the creatures of the three realms should not come close. Living people who approach will be swallowed by corpse energy and turn into bloodthirsty monsters.

There was no surprise on Qin Ge's face, as if he had expected it.

The waiter served the snacks, and the table was quickly filled.Qin Ge hurriedly carried the body out, took out another exquisite bottle, and sprayed a few drops into the air, immediately the rotten air dissipated, and there was a little more fragrance of grass and trees.

Jun Shining laughed and said, "Master Qin and this king are indeed of the same path, and they are very particular about life."

Qin Ge straightened his sleeves and raised his phoenix eyes slightly: "That's natural. Nine out of ten unsatisfactory things in life, if you can't satisfy your tongue, wouldn't it be very boring." He took a piece of wisteria flower But the cake was handed to Xiao Zhongyuan first, with frowned eyes: "Since you have been sitting for half an hour, Zhongyuan also wants to eat some?"

Xiao Zhongyuan was thinking that most of the source of the corpse might come from Wanggui, but he didn't know who had poisoned Huangquan Minghai's corpse. He was suddenly paid attention to by Qin Ge in public, and his face was quite coy: "Thank you, Master Qin, for your kindness. Not hungry."

But Qin Ge was relentless: "If you don't eat, I won't tell."

Jun Fu became unhappy in an instant, and there was a little more sharpness in his brows: "Qin Ge, can you show some face?"

But Qin Ge didn't respond, he just looked at Xiao Zhongyuan with a stern look on his face.

Xiao Zhongyuan had no choice but to take it and bite lightly.

Master Taiqing watched coldly for a long time, with a gloomy expression on his face: "Master Qin, you also ate the refreshments and offered hospitality, so can we say it's business?"

"This matter is not complicated, the source of the corpse does come from Wanggui." Qin Ge pushed a dry leaf to Xiao Zhongyuan's eyes: "We drank this tea soup in Wanggui, and it was said to be Wanggui's special golden tea at the time. The Wanggui fire burned almost nothing, so what are the people behind the scenes covering up? And what is Wanggui’s special product? I asked my disciples to search through the ancient books of medicine a few days ago."

Zhuling took over the topic thrown by Qin Ge: "After receiving the order from the master, this disciple did not dare to slack off, and finally found out a kind of grass related to corpse energy called Nether Grass. Qi nourishes, and burning its roots will release corpse gas, but all things have their own way of mutual generation and mutual restraint. Nether Grass can not only promote corpse gas, but also remove corpse poison. Decoction of Nether Grass in water can detoxify corpse poison. But long-term drinking, and It will plant corpse poison."

Xiao Zhongyuan thought of the faint tea fragrance that wafted around the bonfire that night, it was the corpse breath that he began to inhale at that time.

Qin Ge took a sip of almond dew and moistened his throat: "That's why some people have long known that Jinming is the Nether Grass. They burned it to release its corpse aura, infecting the Wanggui Yaozu and making it mad and bloodthirsty. After death, the corpse in its body The poison has not dissipated, and the corpse has not been burned, so the corpse ran away after three days. Wanggui is about the same distance from Xunzhou and Guangyang, and this is the source of the disaster of the blood clan."

"If it was the corpse gas released by the golden tea grass at first, why didn't the monks be affected?"

"Although Wanggui Jinming comes from the Nether Grass in the Underworld, as the so-called orange grows in Huainan, it is orange, and in Huaibei, it is orange. The nourishment of water and soil is different, and the corpse energy in the Nether Grass is already very weak. If it is not for Wanggui Yao The family has been drinking this tea soup for a long time, and the corpse poison has already been planted in the body, and the corpse gas will not be effective. The people behind it are certainly deep, but we can't say that we are completely out of it." Qin Ge's meaning is quite deep: "Everything has a cause and effect, All are rewarded."

Xiao Shu closed his eyes and let out a long sigh: "On the second day, we cremated and buried all the monks. If we could have cremated and buried the villagers of Wanggui at that time, there would be no disaster for the blood clan today. In the final analysis, it was our generation who cultivated immortals. People don’t understand the Dao enough, what is common people? Finally, it’s a bit narrow.”

All living beings in the six realms should be equal in the law.

Zuo Guhong was impatient, and immediately said: "Who would have expected them to turn into corpses and run away, Master Qin, then is there a way to get rid of this corpse poison now?"

Qin Ge stretched out two fingers and said: "Of course there are, there are not many, there are two methods. Zhu Ling has already said that taking the Nether Grass decocted in water can detoxify the corpse, and after the forgetful fire, all the golden tea will be burned, so I want to To obtain the Nether Grass, someone must go to Huangquan Minghai."

Master Taiqing said in a deep voice: "Do not get close to the living beings in the three worlds of Huangquan, Minghai, it is the only way for the souls of the world to go to the underworld, and many souls with persistent obsessions or incomplete souls do not want to cross the bridge of Naihe. Tang gradually turned into an evil spirit in Huangquan Minghai, because Huangquan Minghai was very hostile. Back then, the god general Yinggou entered his body with the corpse energy of Huangquan Minghai, cultivated into an immortal body, and fell into a demon king , is also the ancestor of the blood race. Going to Huangquan Minghai, with half a foot, you will step into the underworld, and you will be close to death."

Seeing that everyone flinched, Qin Ge continued: "The second method is simpler and more brutal. It is to isolate all infected people. No matter whether they are bitten or injured, they will eventually dry up and die if they have no blood to nourish them. If it is more rough, it will be directly incinerated with fire, once and for all."

"No, is this different from arson and murder?" Xiao Zhongyuan directly objected without thinking.

Zhou Ruishan, the fairy sect of Fuyu Mountain, expressed his willingness to accept this method: "People who are bitten can no longer be called human beings. Why not kill them? If the poison in their bodies is not cleared, more innocent people will be destroyed. The harm is the lesser. Now there are Qingqiu monsters around, so many monks in Xunzhou City, if they are infected with corpse poison, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Seeing that everyone was inclined to the second method, Xiao Zhongyuan stood up suddenly and said, "Master Taiqing, disciples please go to Huangquan Minghai to collect Nether grass."

Qin Ge's eyes were sharp, and he was straightforward: "No, there is a demon poison in your body that has not been cleared, and you can't stand the corpse aura of Huangquan Minghai! What's more, have you heard the rumors from Guangyang County? Have you ever had You are kind to them, but they repay kindness with grievances, and you can speculate on people's hearts with such maliciousness, why do you still want to take such a risk for them?"

Xiao Zhongyuan did not hesitate at all: "Regardless of the intentions of the people behind this matter, since the source of the corpse comes from Wanggui, Zhong Yuan has received the favor of the people of Wanggui, and he has long regarded him as a close relative in his heart. Shame, it's up to me to understand this matter. As for the corpse aura of Huangquan Minghai..." Xiao Zhongyuan paused, then looked at Qin Ge: "I believe you will have a way to help me calm down for a while, Qin Ge, this is mine choose."