Chapter 45: Witch

In the night, Ise looks like a hundred ghosts are walking at night.

Without the moonlight, it is extremely dark. You can't see anything if you are more than ten feet away. Moreover, the darkness is very thick, like a heavy curtain that does not allow light to penetrate. The night wind blows across the wilderness, making a humming sound, like a ghost's laughter.

Looking carefully, in the darkness, there seem to be many shadows moving fast or slow, and there are many unclear sounds, which seem to be whispering, or laughing quietly, vague and hazy.

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During the day, there is sunlight suppression, and these ghosts can only hide and hibernate. At night, the yin energy is strong, and these ghosts are like hibernating insects that are startled and run away after the spring thunder.

There are two types of ghosts. One is the ghost without a body, which is afraid of blood and yang energy. As long as you are brave and strong, you can't get close. Therefore, the means of the ghost is to use various illusions to consume people's minds and lose their courage. As the saying goes, a guilty conscience makes one short of breath. Once the courage is lost, the yang energy will weaken, and then the ghost can take over the body, similar to the alchemist.

The other is the zombies with bodies. Not only are they not afraid of the blood and yang energy of ordinary people, but they will also have the desire to suck blood and eat flesh. The methods of zombies are relatively simple and crude, similar to warriors.

These two kinds of ghosts usually do not appear at the same time. However, Ise at this time is obviously not an ordinary situation. The ghosts and zombies are traveling together, and the yin and resentment are one.

Ordinary living people dare not go out at night. Every family closes their doors. Even except for some large towns, some small villages have long been empty.

Qi Xuansu walked in the wilderness, like a bright light in the dark night, which can be seen from a long distance, and naturally attracted countless evil ghosts.

However, ghosts and zombies each have their own awkwardness. Ghosts come and go without a trace, and their speed is extremely fast. Qi Xuansu has the physique of a heavenly warrior. Even if he intentionally suppresses his blood and qi, his vigorous blood and qi still make ghosts dare not approach him more than ten feet away. Zombies are not afraid of these, but their speed of movement is like that of an old man who is about to die. They are left far behind by Qi Xuansu. They chase and chase and don't know what they are chasing. They are stunned in the same place.

Qi Xuansu came to Ise as an onmyoji, but not to exorcise demons, so his attitude towards various ghosts is to hide if he can, and never entangle. If he really can't avoid it, he will strive to fight quickly and not make trouble.

The many ghosts in Ise must be dealt with, but Qi Xuansu's strength is far from enough. When the Taoist heavenly soldiers arrive, all the demons and monsters will be wiped out.

This wilderness is a battlefield between the Xiangfu army and the Zunrang faction. After both sides withdrew their troops, the battlefield almost became a cemetery, and now it has become a paradise for ghosts.

There are still many deserters hiding here. They dare not go home or even enter the city. They can only hide in the wilderness where few people go and make a living by robbing passers-by, such as the foot soldier that Qi Xuansu met. However, in this environment, they will not live long. Sooner or later, they will become monsters or be eaten by ghosts and zombies.

After passing through this wilderness, there are gradually some people, but it is late at night, and every family locks their doors and doors, and there is not even a light, for fear of attracting these monsters and ghosts.

This is exactly what Qi Xuansu wants. He can let go and hurry on his way without deliberately disguising himself as a Harima-ryu Onmyoji with mediocre cultivation. But he still can't fly because it is too conspicuous and can be easily discovered by the shrine. After all, Ise is still the core sphere of influence of the Ise Shrine. Qi Xuansu doesn't want to take this risk. He would rather be slower and more stable.

Qi Xuansu came to a village. Because of the war, the villagers had fled. Qi Xuansu planned to quickly pass through the village, then climb over the hill behind the village, take a shortcut, and go from Duhui County to Duoqi County.

At this moment, Qi Xuansu suddenly heard a noise in the village, which seemed to be a human voice.

Qi Xuansu hesitated for a moment, but still followed the sound.

If he was a jianghu man who made a living, he could really ignore it. If he was poor, he would just take care of himself. But now he is a high-quality Taoist priest. If he can help without affecting the mission, he can still help. He can't always talk about being upright, but must put it into practice. If he is successful, he will help the world.

Then Qi Xuansu saw a shrine maiden, who was dressed in white on the top and red on the bottom. She was not very old and childish. She was dealing with three monsters alone.

This shrine maiden did not use a long sword like Jixiang Gong, but took something similar to a short-handled Zen stick, called "Kagura Bell", which is a magical instrument used for Tianmen sacrifice.

Every time the shrine maiden shakes the Kagura bell in her hand, she can force the monsters to retreat and purify the surrounding yin and resentment.

??????????????????The shrine maiden of Tianmen is an enemy. But it is a consensus of both parties to eradicate evil spirits. Whether it is the Daomen or the Tianmen, all ghosts and monsters in Ise must be cleared. These ghosts and monsters don't care whether you are a Taoist or a Tianmen person, and they will threaten everyone, whether they are from the Central Plains or the Fenglinzhou people.

In the face of natural disasters, should people give up fighting and fight the disaster together?

This is obviously a moral issue.

With Qi Xuansu's experience and depth of thought, he can give an answer, but he can't give a perfect answer.

At this moment, a monster named "Bone Girl" flashed behind the shrine maiden, holding a bone spur in his completely white-bone hand, and stabbed towards the back of the shrine maiden.

Qi Xuansu finally decided to take action and drew a "nine-character cut".

The biggest difference between Tsuchimikado and Harima is not the costumes, but the marks of the spells. For example, the mark of Taoism is the yin-yang fish, and the mark of Zhimingjiao is the eye pattern composed of the black moon and the white sun. The mark of Tsuchimikado is very simple, which is a pentagram. The mark of Harima is "Nine-character Cut", which is five horizontal lines and four vertical lines interlaced, a total of nine lines, representing the nine-character mantra "Linbing Douzhe are all listed in front of the formation".

Since Qi Xuansu wants to pretend to be a Yin-Yang master of Harima, he still has to learn this signature mark. It is not difficult to pretend. He is essentially a Taoist magic, but it is disguised as Yin-Yang magic, which is difficult to distinguish unless you are at the level of heaven and man.

The sneak attacking bone girl was fixed by Qi Xuansu when she was about to succeed, and she could not move.

The little witch also noticed something wrong. She turned her head and was shocked. She subconsciously used the "Kagura Bell" in her hand to hit the bone girl, and she actually hit the bone girl's head directly.

At the same time, the witch also noticed Qi Xuansu not far away, and probably understood that it was Qi Xuansu who saved her life at the critical moment, and hurried to thank Qi Xuansu.

But she forgot that there were two monsters behind her, and they took this opportunity to pounce on her.

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but sigh, and simply did a good person to the end, and drew a "nine-character cut" again, summoning a flame, turning the zombie into a large torch. The cat demon next to him saw that the situation was not good, turned around and ran away, and disappeared in an instant. The Taoist sect once commented that the people of Fenglinzhou had small etiquette but no great righteousness. This sentence is still quite pertinent. In terms of etiquette, the people of Fenglinzhou strive for perfection.

The witch solemnly bowed to Qi Xuansu to thank him for saving his life.

Qi Xuansu did not wait for the shrine maiden to ask questions, but chose to take control of the situation: "I am a Harima-ryu Onmyoji, you should be a shrine maiden of the shrine, right? Why do you come out alone at night? Don't you know it's dangerous?"

Sure enough, the shrine maiden did not doubt Qi Xuansu's identity at all, and her attention shifted to how to explain her own behavior: "I am not a shrine maiden of the shrine, I am just a shrine maiden of the shrine's subordinate shrine. The reason I came out at night is because my friend is missing, and I came out to find her."

Qi Xuansu asked: "Is your friend also a shrine maiden of the shrine?"

The shrine maiden shook her head and said: "No, she is the daughter of a merchant."

Then the shrine maiden looked at Qi Xuansu and asked carefully: "Onmyoji, can you help me find her? I will repay you."

Qi Xuansu thought: Isn't it said that people in Fenglinzhou are most afraid of???????????????????Trouble others? This little shrine maiden is quite open-minded.

Qi Xuansu simply refused and said, "Sorry, I still need to go to Duoqi County. Where is your shrine? I can take you back."

The witch showed a distressed look, then suddenly had an idea and asked, "Onmyoji, do you have a pass?"

Qi Xuansu was stunned, but he was an old man after all, so he didn't ask for any proof, but said, "I haven't heard that you need a pass to go to Duoqi County."

The witch explained, "Originally, it was not necessary. Later, a group of Onmyoji from Tsuchimikado plotted something bad, and the shrine issued an order that a pass was needed to go to Duoqi County. If you don't have a pass, not only can you not enter the city, you will also be wanted and unable to move."

Qi Xuansu cursed the fools of the Tsuchimikado school in his heart for not being able to do anything but causing trouble, and creating difficulties for himself out of thin air, but he didn't show it on his face: "I just saved your life, shouldn't you repay me? For example, get me a pass to pass."

The little witch said seriously: "Of course I will repay the Onmyoji, but I don't have a pass on me. I have to go back to the shrine to give the Onmyoji a pass. I will go back after I find my friend."

Qi Xuansu laughed dumbly. This witch was a little smart, so he had to say: "Okay, I will help you find your friend."

"Thank you, Onmyoji." The little witch bowed again.

"The key is where to find it?" Qi Xuansu asked, "After leaving the village, there is a battlefield site, full of dead people, and now there are ghosts everywhere. If your friend went there, there would be no bones left." The little witch said very confidently: "She will not go there. She was kidnapped by bandits. According to the divination of the Lord of the Palace, the bandits are not far from this village." Qi Xuansu said: "That's easy. But dealing with bandits is different from dealing with ghosts. Spells may not be easy to use. I have seen a witch with superb swordsmanship. Can you use a knife?" The little witch lowered her head in embarrassment and said: "No." Qi Xuansu asked again: "Where is the bow and arrow?" The little witch lowered her head: "Neither can I." Qi Xuansu could only pull out an ordinary burst pistol from behind his waist: "Fortunately, the world has changed. I have this."