Chapter 123 A Trace of Evil Spirit

In the courtyard, Lu Heng sat in the moonlight and flipped through the bamboo slips in his hand.

After practicing successfully, he could see with his eyes even in the dark night.

The second half of the night passed quickly.

When the first ray of dawn appeared on the horizon, a painful scream suddenly came from the room where Old Master Wu was.

Lu Heng looked over in surprise and immediately understood what had happened.

The old man who had been lying in bed thinking hard all night, at the moment when the sun shone into the courtyard, a ray of sunlight just happened to fall on him through the gap in the window.

The old man, who was already a ghost, suddenly felt the pain of burning fire. While screaming, he quickly shrank into the shadow of the room.

In the next room, the little Gu Diao, who was originally sleeping upside down on Huo Feng's window, was startled by the ghost cry and woke up with a sudden shake of his wings.

Lu Heng shook his head speechlessly and said, "Grandpa Wu, I will send you to the netherworld first. You are now a ghost, and you cannot stand the scorching sun."

In the room, Grandpa Wu, who was huddled in the shadows, nodded quickly. The stinging pain from the sun just now left him with lingering fears.

He finally understood why the Goddess Jiang wanted to lead the souls of the dead into the water palace.

After the souls of the dead left their bodies and wandered in the world, if no one rescued them, they would be burned to death by the scorching sun before they could naturally dissipate.

This kind of death can definitely be called torture.

As Lu Heng sent the old man's soul away, the courtyard became quiet again. However, the shrill howling still woke up Xiao Ai and Huo Feng.

Huo Feng rubbed his eyes and walked out. After saying hello to Lu Heng, he went to the backyard to wash up.

Lu Heng asked Xiao Ai to go to the Fire God Temple and asked her to find Helan Wuzhu to ask for some cultivation secrets that can be shared with the public.

Although the bamboo slips in his hand recorded the mysterious secrets and were enough for a long time to study, Lu Heng still wanted to read more secrets to broaden his horizons.

He would not stay in Fushan City for too long. After the Wu family's affairs were dealt with, he might go south. I have to read more books now.

Not long after Xiao Ai left, she came back with two bamboo slips in her hands.

Xiao Ai said: "Lord Wolf God, Helan Wuzhu said that you should read these two volumes first, and you can ask her for them at any time after you finish reading. The library of the Fire God Temple can be fully opened to you."

Lu Heng shook his head and took the two bamboo slips.

He thought Xiao Ai would bring a large stack of books, but he didn't expect it to be just two.

However, after opening it and reading for a while, Lu Heng's expression became serious.

He even called out to Huo Feng, "You don't need to prepare my meal today."

After saying that, Lu Heng lowered his head and immersed himself in the two new bamboo scrolls.

It seemed that he would not care about anything else for a short time, which made Huo Feng and Xiao Gu Diao look at each other in bewilderment.

However, since the Wolf God did not eat, Huo Feng saved his energy. However, Xiao Ai also said that she did not want to eat.

In the end, the only ones who needed to eat in the yard were Huo Feng and Xiao Gu Diao.

Huo Feng sighed, stood in the kitchen and thought for a few breaths, and finally decided not to cook and go out to eat.

Xiao Gu Diao had already filled his stomach and ate the fish that Huo Feng brought last night, without even leaving any fish bones.

So Huo Feng, who did not need to cook, took Xiao Gu Diao out again to find food by himself.

Fushan City is bustling and prosperous, with countless noodle shops and restaurants, including many special mountain products and delicacies. Huo Feng asked all the way and finally went to the most famous one.

It was a two-story small restaurant, located in a remote area, but there were many customers in the restaurant.

Huo Feng went upstairs to find a seat, and ordered two signature dishes at random, intending to taste the delicacies of Fushan City.

The little Gu Diao squatted on his shoulder, staring at the guests at another table not far away.

The guests at that table were three men and two women, all dressed as merchants. One of them was a bearded man holding a monster in his hand. It looked like a dog with a pitch-black body, but it had two heads and was now lying on the ground gnawing on bones.

The little Gu Diao stared at the monster and soon attracted the monster's attention.

However, the monster just raised its head and wanted to stare, but saw the appearance of the little Gu Diao clearly.

Although it was just a small eagle, like a juvenile, it was a famous beast after all. The little Gu Diao had a fierce aura all over its body.

Ordinary people might not be able to feel it, but wild beasts were extremely sensitive to it.

The monster immediately whimpered, crouched down timidly, and dared not be fierce and stubborn.

The bearded man who was eating and laughing with his companions didn't notice all this, but a young woman who had just walked out of the private room next to him with her followers saw it.

She was a little surprised.

"Oh? Gu Diao?"

The young woman looked at Huo Feng by the window and the small Gu Diao on Huo Feng's shoulder, quite surprised.

There are still Gu Diao in the waters of Pangjiang River? Weren't all the Gu Diao in Pangjiang River killed by the water god more than 300 years ago? Could it be that this young man brought it from outside?

On the side, the follower who served the woman hurriedly asked, "Grandma, do you like that little eagle? Why don't I go over and ask if the disciple of Yunmen is willing to sell it?"

The woman looked over there and thought for a while, then shook her head and said, "No need, it's better to have less trouble than more."

"The disciples of Yunmen are free and casual. I'm afraid they won't sell it even if you offer a higher price... Let's leave."

As she said that, the young woman took the lead and walked towards the stairs.

When the followers behind her saw the woman leave, they hurriedly followed. Soon, the group disappeared in the restaurant.

At the window of the restaurant, Huo Feng, who had been tense and pretending to eat, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the group finally leave, and found that his back was full of cold sweat.

For some reason, the moment the woman stared at him just now, he actually felt a kind of frightened feeling.

It seemed that he was stared at by something fierce.

And vaguely, he even felt a trace of evil spirit...

This made Huo Feng frightened and puzzled.

Because he has lost all his cultivation now, theoretically he cannot detect the breath of others.

But for some reason, he was extremely sensitive to the breath of the young woman and detected the faint evil spirit.

Among the followers of the young woman, there was one person he knew, one of the followers brought into the city by the second son of the Wu family.

This young woman was traveling with the subordinates of the second son of the Wu family... Could she be related to the Wu family?

Huo Feng frowned slightly, thinking that he had to report this to the Wolf God.

As for the inexplicable evil spirit he felt... maybe the Wolf God knew about it?

He had been traveling with the Wolf God for so long, maybe the Wolf God helped him in secret?

After all, this kind of keen perception of evil things was something he had never seen before...