hot!
The harsh hot wind scorched all the creatures on the ground. This tragic situation became more and more obvious as Yin Xiu and the others went south.
Although I wanted to walk along the shade, in fact, with the death of large tracts of trees, even the dark jungle that used to make people feel scared just looking at it has now become part of the "shortcut".
Yin Xiu and Ma Xiaoyu rode slowly on the road.
Before leaving the customs, they had exchanged two camels and horses. Only these animals, which are bigger than oxen, faster than horses, more tormented than mules, and better able to endure hunger than camels, can complete the rest of the journey. .
Perhaps the hot ground burned their hooves. Every few steps, the camels would exhale white air from their thick nostrils, as if they were sneezing or venting some unhappiness.
In this way, Yin Xiu could only feed the two beasts a handful of beans from a distance to make them quieter.
Both of them changed their makeup and looked like travelers in the desert. They wrapped their whole bodies tightly. Ma Xiaoyu wrapped another layer of veil, leaving only her eyes with eyeliner exposed. Outside.
Yin Xiu wore a pair of sunglasses with yellow lenses and looked around from time to time.
After walking for a while in such an environment, Ma Xiaoyu suddenly covered her chest, her breathing became a little rapid, and her body swayed. She hurriedly shouted to Yin Xiu: "Oh, brother..."
"What's wrong? My good sister?" Yin Xiu looked concerned.
"I hurt~~"
"Oh, where does it hurt?"
"Heart, my heart hurts..."
Ma Xiaoyu was inevitably a little shy.
Yin Xiu also retracted his hand that wanted to help her massage in embarrassment, but gently held her hand.
"Oh~oh! It hurts me more than you! Because when you hurt me, my heart is bleeding!"
"Oh, brother, I don't allow you to do this, I don't want you to suffer for me!"
There were tears in Ma Xiaoyu's eyes.
"No, I insist! If your pain is ten times, then my pain will be a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times as much as yours!"
Yin Xiu said while checking Ma Xiaoyu's pulse.
Then he screamed, "Hey, you've been poisoned!"
"What, what should I do?" Ma Xiaoyu's words were full of worry.
"Don't be afraid, good sister, don't forget that we have people who practice the Jade Girl's Heart Sutra."
Yin Xiu grabbed her hand and said, "I'll help you with your energy and detoxification!"
"Then hurry up!" Ma Xiaoyu urged.
"But..."
Yin Xiu started to squirm again.
"What's wrong?"
"Well, to perform the exercises and detoxify, you need to be honest with each other. You can't wear a single strand of clothing, otherwise it will affect the transfer of the exercises."
"Ah!?"
Ma Xiaoyu first covered her body, then reacted and covered her face, "What should I do?"
"Don't be afraid, I just close my eyes."
"Really?"
"Really!"
"Well, well, you must not open your eyes!"
Ma Xiaoyu started to take off her coat.
Yin Xiu also untied his sleeves.
At this moment, he suddenly shouted: "Oh, I'm poisoned too!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yin Xiu fell off the camel and fainted on the ground.
Seeing this, Ma Xiaoyu also shouted.
"Ouch, I fainted too."
After saying this, she lay down on the horse and remained motionless.
"Down! Down! Down!"
The white peacock was hiding not far away, and while drawing circles with his fingers, he saw that Ma Xiaoyu and Yin Xiu had fallen down one after another.
She immediately said in surprise: "Sister, this spell is so useful."
"Of course."
Bai Fenghuang said proudly: "As soon as I entered the door, I knew they were Taoist priests, so I secretly poisoned their food and drinks.
I don’t know how good they are, but their experience in the world is so shallow that they don’t even know how to keep their food out of their sight. ”
They stood up and walked leisurely towards Yin Xiu.
"You are responsible for searching for that woman." Bai Fenghuang commanded.
"Yeah."
"Remember, you must search thoroughly, don't miss anything, you must know that these Central Plains people are very cunning."
"Understood," Bai Peacock flashed the knife in his hand, "If they dare to mess around, I will cut their necks."
"Okay, I appreciate you!"
Bai Fenghuang walked to Yin Xiu, crossed his legs arrogantly, and looked down at the young Taoist priest.
"It's a pity. You have to ask someone to show you the color of this handsome face. Only then will you realize how dangerous the world is."
"White."
Bai Fenghuang was stunned for a moment, "What white?"
Yin Xiu opened her eyes and didn't reply, just showing a mysterious smile.
Bai Fenghuang glanced down, reacted, and immediately stepped on Yin Xiu's door angrily.
Yin Xiu rolled to the side to avoid, and another black dragon got up and grabbed Bai Fenghuang.
White Phoenix was startled, opened his palms, and while sprinkling purple poisonous powder from his sleeves, he quickly retreated.
She reached for her waist and immediately drew the knife.
Facing the poisonous powder, Yin Xiu did not retreat but advanced, uttering the eight tones of heaven and dragon: "Take it!"
The poison powder dissipated, and the white phoenix on the other end was shocked by the sound wave. The short knife in his hand was unstable and fell to the ground.
"Mei, come and help!"
Bai Fenghuang shouted, but received no response.
She turned around in panic, only to find White Peacock standing motionless, with a short knife pressed against her throat.
It turned out that she had been restrained by Ma Xiaoyu and did not dare to move.
Just when Bai Fenghuang's attention was distracted, Yin Xiu handed over the knife, "Here, your knife."
"Oh, thank you."
"You're welcome."
Just as Bai Fenghuang was about to reach out and take the knife, Yin Xiu thoughtfully put the knife to her throat.
In this way, Bai Fenghuang could only raise his hands and said unconvinced: "You peeked at me, you are despicable!"
"You stood in my face yourself. Do I still have to hide from you with my eyes closed?"
"Damn it!"
Bai Fenghuang stomped the ground hard, "Why didn't you two get poisoned?"
Ma Xiaoyu over there rolled her eyes, as if she was looking at an idiot.
"Who wouldn't be able to see a scorpion that big climbing onto the table?"
She dug in her pocket and threw the worm that had turned into a scorpion on the ground.
"Huh? How come it's in your hand? What's in my hand?"
Bai Fenghuang ignored Yin Xiu's knife on her neck and lifted up her already short skirt, revealing the bamboo tube tied to her thigh.
Yin Xiu stared at her closely, never relaxing for a moment.
"Impossible, I clearly watched the Gu crawl back with my own eyes."
Bai Fenghuang opened the small bamboo tube and poured it into the palm of his hand. He saw that the scorpion that should have been in his palm had turned into a gecko at some point.
oops!
She quickly jumped away and shook the things in her hands away.
"You, a Gu practitioner, are afraid of geckos?" Ma Xiaoyu asked strangely.
"Of course I'm not afraid anymore."
Bai Fenghuang showed a sly smile, and at the same time opened the gourd on his waist and faced Yin Xiu. "Ma Tianyou!"
Yin Xiu glanced at her and didn't respond.
"Ma Tianyou!"
Bai Fenghuang shouted again, but neither Yin Xiu nor the gourd responded.
"This gourd should be used to capture souls, right?" Ma Xiaoyu said suddenly.
"Do you know all this?"
The white peacock's watery eyes widened, "This is the treasure of our Qishan Sect. Even Da Luo Jinxian, as long as his name is called, I'm afraid he will be stunned."
"But it's a pirated copy."
"What?" White Peacock was obviously shocked.
"I mean," Ma Xiaoyu smiled, "I've seen the real one. I originally thought they were two gourds with different uses, but I didn't expect them to be the same, so this one can only be a pirated version."
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"Crooked goods!?"
Bai Fenghuang stopped, looking quite depressed.
"But you also used fake names, didn't you?"
"Even if we told you our real names, are we two Taoist priests still going to have our souls stolen by this thing used to deal with ordinary people?"
Yin Xiu no longer wanted to have fun with Bai Fenghuang and threw the knife to her.
"Tell me, why did you attack us?" Yin Xiu asked her.
Bai Fenghuang just kept his mouth shut and didn't speak.
The same goes for White Peacock, who raised his head high, obviously not planning to say anything.
"Why is everyone so tough-mouthed?"
Yin Xiu was quite helpless.
Isn't there the kind of person who, once he falls into the hands of others, will put away his resistance and cooperate well?
There is no need to fight with him, or to tell you any big principles, to show your identity, your ideals, etc. You just need to ask him, and he will tell you a lot.
Why is there no such person?
"Your mouth seems to be quite hard?" Ma Xiaoyu smiled.
"I am a man of integrity."
Bai Fenghuang insisted: "I will answer whatever you ask me. Wouldn't that be very shameless? Don't try to use any means to pry my mouth open."
"I don't believe it."
Ma Xiaoyu shook his head, "I believe there are many ways to pry your mouth open."
"How about I do it."
Yin Xiu saw that the two of them were in a stalemate as if they were angry, so she took the initiative to step forward.
"I've done enough of these rough jobs, and I'll do it again or twice."
"You don't need to."
Unexpectedly, Ma Xiaoyu rejected Yin Xiu.
"When I was in Malaysia, a local nun taught me a trick, so I just tried it on her."
The smile on Ma Xiaoyu's face inevitably gave Bai Phoenix a chill, but she couldn't show it, so she just continued to hold her head high.
Ma Xiaoyu didn't care what her expression was, he just pulled her behind the big rock not far away.
"Look at the other one." Ma Xiaoyu signaled.
Somehow, Yin Xiu felt that something bad was going to happen. She swallowed and nodded: "Don't go too far."
"I said, I will handle it."
So the white peacock was left where he was, nervously watching Ma Xiaoyu and Bai Fenghuang leave and go behind the stone.
The two stood side by side, staring at the stone.
But the stone blocked their sight, making them unable to see anything.
After a while, there was a rustling sound and some strange noises.
Ma Xiaoyu's torture method did not seem to be very bloody or violent, because Yin Xiu stood here and made no other noise except for the occasional sigh.
After a while, the original nervousness of Yin Xiu and Bai Peacock dissipated and turned into boredom.
Ma Xiaoyu finally came out from behind the stone and wiped her fingers with a handkerchief.
"Didn't you kill her?" Yin Xiu asked worriedly.
The white peacock also showed a sad expression. Although it was inevitable that one day would come when she was traveling in the world, she did not expect that this day would come so quickly.
But soon, White Phoenix appeared from behind the stone again, with some beads of sweat on his forehead and the tip of his nose. It seemed that he had not suffered any pain, but was just a little tired.
Ma Xiaoyu approached Yin Xiu, leaned against his ear, and whispered a few words softly.
"These two are direct disciples of the Qishan Sect. They came to Southern Xinjiang because of this, this, and this..."
The Qishan sect was originally one of the branches of the Central Plains Taoism. There were only three or five true disciples in each generation, and its reputation was not well known. It was a small sect. Only believers who particularly like to study and visit the fairy mountains and Mingchuan would record this small sect. stand up.
The Qishan Sect was originally deep in the mountains.
I don’t know why, but later spread to some mountains in southern Xinjiang, and combined with the local witchcraft, gradually changed into a completely new look, so it was spread to the Miao people, which is why they are called Bai Fenghuang and others. A family has practiced it.
Although such a coincidence is a bit strange, in fact, Taoism originally advocates "Tao follows nature", and there are not so many restrictions and particularities.
"Speaking of which, we are also of the same mind." Bai Fenghuang said with a blush.
"Really?"
Ma Xiaoyu glanced at her and said, "Since we are the same people, you want to use tricks against us?"
"I said, this is just a little experience of traveling in the world."
Bai Fenghuang wiped the sweat from his face, "There are many people going to Jiaozhi, but you made me aware of the danger."
"A lot?"
Yin Xiu glanced around.
"It's not here, but there are indeed many people going there. Those people you saw in the tavern in the town may also go to Cochin to hunt for treasure after gathering."
Bai Fenghuang sighed, "Haven't you heard? A magic weapon was unearthed in a Taoist temple in Jiaozhi."
"Magic weapon? What is it?"
Bai Fenghuang hesitated to speak, but after meeting Ma Xiaoyu's eyes, she still said honestly: "I don't know exactly what it is. Some say it is the sword used by Lu Zu, and some say it is a book that records mysterious spells." .
Others say..."
She lowered her voice and said, "That is a booklet. It is said to record the method of becoming an immortal, as well as a pill. As long as you get these two things, ascending in the daytime will no longer be just a legend."
"You two want to become immortals?"
Yin Xiu glanced at her and said, "Is God a fairy?"
"It's not us. Do you think we two can become immortals? We just look like fairies."
White Phoenix and White Peacock stood together, posing and showing off their figures and faces, looking sultry and enthusiastic, and winked at Yin Xiu.
"I don't think you look like fairies, but like witches and spider spirits."
Ma Xiaoyu reached out and turned Yin Xiu's face.
"Sister, I think you are a bit strict with your boss."
Bai Fenghuang smiled and said: "If you were in our village, you would be criticized for doing this."
"Who is your sister?"
Ma Xiaoyu urged Yin Xiu to get on the horse.
"We are not interested in becoming immortals. We will not go looking for knocking doors and elixirs to become immortals. Moreover, our destination is not the Taoist temple. Don't waste your efforts on us.
Moreover, if you have evil intentions next time, you will not be so lucky. ”
"Then why don't you take us for a ride." Bai Fenghuang twisted around.
Ma Xiaoyu rolled her eyes and rolled her eyes to the sky. She really couldn't understand why the Miao girl in front of her could be so familiar with her. The two sides were fighting and killing just now, and now they were about to take advantage of her.
"If it's not your way, go your own way!"
She grabbed Yin Xiu's reins and kicked the horse's belly hard.
The two camels raised up dust and smoke and quickly disappeared from White Phoenix's sight.
"Sister, do you think they are really not interested in becoming immortals?"
"Who knows?"
Bai Fenghuang pinched the earring, "However, if our teacher wants something, we have to get it. Just remember this." (End of Chapter)