Chapter 224 When Tang Monk was in Shituoling
At sunset, lanterns illuminated the capital.
However, not all places in the capital are lively. The two streets may be only a few steps apart, but there is heaven and earth between them.
[Jinghe Street] There were more than a dozen scholars rafting, which attracted whispers from the female relatives along the bank.
At night, there are more and more vendors along the river, and they are constantly selling.
At the southwest corner of Jinghe Street is the deserted Fuhou Street.
The doors and windows of Fuhou Street are closed at night, the candle lights are extinguished early, and only a few faint rattles can be heard.
Occasionally, a drunkard approaches Fuhou Street, but when he comes to the street entrance, a cold wind blows.
Most of the drunkenness dissipated immediately, and he left in a hurry.
"Xuan'er, Xuan'er..."
The noble lady wore exquisite makeup and her hair was tied up. She anxiously looked into Fuhou Street and kept calling her children.
She and her family took their children to enjoy the lanterns on Jinghe Street.
As soon as she turned around, the child suddenly disappeared, and the two servants also disappeared inexplicably. She followed the road all the way to the intersection of Fuhou Street.
The noble lady was not born and raised in the capital, and she moved here only half a year ago.
She knew that Fuhou Street seemed to have some weird rules, such as not staying at night, hanging raw meat in front of the door on the 23rd of every month, etc.
The specific reason is unknown. Could it be that the child accidentally entered Fuhou Street?
"Xuan'er!"
The lady noticed that there were indeed scattered footprints of children on the ground, as well as the indentations of the wheels of a carriage passing by.
She was just about to seek help from the Yamen when a familiar voice came from Fuhou Street.
“Mother, save me!.”
The lady stopped, trembling all over.
She could hear the weakness in her voice. She gritted her teeth and rushed into Fuhou Street. It was as if she had entered a netherworld, and the temperature around her dropped sharply.
"Mother! Mother!!"
Obviously it takes a quarter of an hour to walk through most of Fuhou Street, but the lady feels trapped in it.
After a while, the child's call stopped abruptly.
The lady looked around.
She couldn't find Jinghe Street. The darkness had submerged the street, and the flames of the lantern in her hand became faintly visible.
The lady's hair stood on end, as if she had been hit by a ghost.
I am trapped in Fuhou Street.
She couldn't care about so much and just wanted to find the child as soon as possible. She kept repeating the child's name in her mouth, and the rouge on her face was stained with sweat.
Suddenly, the lady noticed a figure flashing past her out of the corner of her eye.
"Xuan'er went home with mother..."
She was overjoyed and chased the figure to the corner. As she approached, she found that the outline of the figure seemed to be distorted.
The lady tremblingly took out the sachet from her arms.
There is an old talisman inside.
The lady remembered what her official in Jinwu Guard said.
If you encounter something strange that is difficult to explain, put the Eyesight Talisman between your eyebrows, which will not only block the demon's breath, but also allow you to look directly at the demon.
The lady placed the talisman between her eyebrows.
She saw clearly.
That figure was crawling, it was just a big rat with its back bowed.
The woman was startled, and inadvertently made a loud noise. The figure let out a sharp rattle, turned around and disappeared into the alley.
“Rat demon!”
The woman’s face turned pale, remembering the rumors that were prevalent in the area.
According to legend, there was an old woman who liked to feed leftovers to rats. Over time, hundreds of rats gathered.
The rats share the earthly grains from generation to generation, and their minds become smarter and smarter.
Later, the old woman died and her body was missing during the funeral.
In the middle of the night, there were rats whispering in the walls, talking about the deliciousness of the old woman’s flesh and blood. From then on, strange things happened in Fuhou Street.
"It's not that there are no demons in the capital, why..."
The noble lady ran staggeringly, ignoring the lantern that fell to the ground.
The entire Fuhou Street was boiling, and figures were moving around the lady, forcing her to go into the depths of darkness.
The talisman is burning, but the demonic energy has inevitably seeped into the body.
The lady came to an almost deserted alley.
The walls were covered with moss, and countless blood-red eyes lit up between the gaps between the bricks, and countless rats surged out of them.
The lady began to tremble all over.
She noticed that there were three or four half-human, half-mouse demons whispering, as if they were preparing to carve her up, and their eyes looked extremely greedy.
"I know the internal organs are the most tender."
"Yes, yes, the internal organs are the most tender. Leave it to the empress."
"The empress works at Qinglin Academy, and she must be very happy on weekdays. Thank you for your hard work, leave the internal organs to the queen, hehe, the queen will be happy.”
The noble lady was completely speechless because of fear.
She couldn't help but retched, as if rats had burrowed into her internal organs. Who would have thought that there were so many demons in the capital.
"What is Chang'an in the prosperous Tang Dynasty? The devil's cave is the devil's cave!"
The lady covered her face and cried.
At this moment, the sound of rolling wheels came from far to near.
The lady looked back, only to see the carriage driving into the alley without stopping, the wheels crushing the fat and smooth rats to death one after another.
A man in the carriage said: "Xinshan, go inside first."
"Okay, Master."
Xinshan is the eldest among the warriors. His cultivation has reached the perfection of the fifth level of Xiantian, and he may be promoted to the sixth level of Yuandan at any time.
锵. Five people drew their sabers, protected the carriage and swept away the low-grade rat demons around them, while the remaining one calmed the frightened horses and continued on the road.
The rats looked at the carriage uniformly, showing intoxicated expressions.
"It smells so good! It smells so good!!"
"Hee hee, I have never smelled such a fragrant smell!"
"I heard from the empress that there is a kind of blood food called a warrior in the world. It’s rare in the world. One bite can extend your life by ten years!”
“Wait a minute, let my mother-in-law come and take a look.”
The rats stopped coming. Just seal all the entrances and exits of the alley.
The lady looked hopeful and quickly followed the carriage deep into the alley.
"Young master, we have arrived at our destination."
"Oh?" The curtain opened, Shen Lian stuck his head out, and the dilapidated building came into view, and the doors and windows could no longer be closed.
The corner of Shen Lian's mouth twitched.
As soon as he arrived in the capital, he sent a message to Ma Wanhu and asked the latter to provide him with a place to live. In the end, he arranged a mansion that had been abandoned for a long time.
"Ma Wanhu said that the location is secluded and suitable for retreat. It is indeed secluded. Well, the neighbors next door are a group of rat demons who enjoy cannibalism."
Shen Lian stepped out of the carriage, revealing chaotic energy all over his body.
After passing through the dream capital city, the cultivation level has reached the edge of breaking through the bottleneck, and the spiritual consciousness mobilizes all the strength to wash away Yunling Daoying.
After Dao Ying’s fourth realm, every step seemed difficult.
Even if Shen Lian has such a strong foundation, he must work hard little by little, otherwise it will easily cause Dao Ying's foundation to be unstable.
The myna landed on the top of the eaves with a look of disgust on its face. The stench brought by the rats was nauseating.
Due to the large population in the capital, there are naturally a large number of birds that rely on the people to live. Crows are relatively common and do not attract the attention of others.
“Ah~”
Shen Lian waved his hand, and the starling spread its wings and disappeared into the night.
After Xinshan settled the horses, he said softly: "Sir, the rats are not chasing us anymore, but they have already surrounded the courtyard."
"It's okay, I'm in seclusion. I'll wake up if something happens."
"What will the woman do..."
Xinshan pointed to the noble lady who was kneeling in front of the door and crying.
The lady's mood was a little broken. Even though she was safe for the time being, the noise of rats from all directions was simply shuddering.
“Don’t worry about it, the capital government will come to rescue you.”
Shen Lian's face was expressionless, and his sixth sense had already vaguely noticed something strange.
When he set foot in the capital, especially after he obtained the recommendation letter from Huangtus Laoxiang, he was already being targeted by the forces in various caves.
He dared to say that there were at least a dozen alchemists paying attention to Fuhou Street, and there were even more than ten thousand households.
"Hmm."
Shen Lian closed his eyes and moved the Great Zhoutian. Yun Ling Dao Ying swallowed his strength. It didn't take long for Dao Ying to grow vigorously.
He frowned slightly, feeling a little dissatisfied in his heart.
“Although the progress of my practice is far beyond that of the same level, the bottleneck of Dao Ying is obviously a bit weak, and the longevity stakes of four transformations are still not enough, so I have to continue to integrate martial arts.”
Shen The ghost gourd is not exposed when refining, and the magic weapon pours wine into the Dantian.
Yunling Daoying was overwhelmed, digesting the potency of the medicine hungrily. At the same time, the Karishan Roe Owl, which was close to overflowing, finally gathered enough experience.
[Hunting Mountain Roe Owl reaches 100.01%, martial arts points +10]
"Not bad, not bad."
Shen Lian did not restrain his energy and blood at all, and before he knew it, thousands of rat demons had gathered, and each of them had two or three months of Taoism.
Xinshan and others were not afraid at all.
Shen Lian never concealed his identity from the six people. After all, he could tell the clues through his daily practice.
The reason why he deliberately brought martial artists with him was mainly to see if there was any merit in martial arts. At the same time, he could test his innermost thoughts through martial arts training, which was not a burden.
The breakthrough of the bottleneck is coming to an end, and the force penetrates some branches and meridians like breaking bamboo.
Time passes.
Shen Lian concentrated on his practice and quickly completed the breakthrough of the bottleneck, and the power scattered in various meridians returned to his lower Dantian.
[Realm: Dao Ying (Fifth Realm)]
Shen Lian stretched his limbs lazily and peered at him more and more secretly.
Obviously they all wanted to meet the Seventy-One Prince, and because Li Huan came from Lu Zuguan, they all wanted to find out the reality of Lu Zuguan.
Since the imperial court discovered Lu Zu Temple, this is the first time that a cave has appeared.
Why are there just a few warriors who are good at horizontal training?
As Shen Lian stabilized his cultivation, there were pattering noises in the alley, bricks were being lifted up in the corners, and the fishy smell was getting stronger.
“I have a feeling that Mr. Ma is trying to cause trouble for me. Haha, the court will probably not be able to deal with the rat infestation.”
"Xinshan."
"You go out to fight. If you are afraid of death, stay in the courtyard."
An old woman climbed out of the cave slowly and naked, her appearance showing incongruity. , the skin is covered with traces of rat gnawing.
"No, young master, since you are practicing martial arts, how can you be afraid of death!!!"
"Be careful, that is a demon with five hundred years of practice."
The faces of the six people were filled with enthusiasm.
A few years ago, I wouldn’t have dared to imagine that I could fight against demons. When a warrior faced demons, it was just a matter of practice.
Everything that warriors have today was brought by Zhong Kui.
Even if Shen Lian asked them to die, the six of them would not hesitate at all.
“Kill!”
The six people drew their swords and rushed out of the courtyard, working together to approach the old woman.
(End of this chapter)