Thinking of this, he looked at a vacant space in front of him, and recited the spell upside down in a frustrated manner, he was not hopeful, but he just thought it was fun to try it, but he didn't think that a small house made of blue bricks slowly appeared in the vacant ground, at first it was just a shadow, gradually, the structure of the house gradually became clear, and the bricks and tiles appeared in front of Cheng Zhang one by one.
Cheng Zhang froze in place, and after a long while, he stood up and approached the house, his fingers slowly touching the wall.
The walls were cold, slippery, and not unlike a normal house.
In the middle of the wall is a wooden door, unlocked, revealing a narrow gap.
Cheng Zhang squinted his eyes and looked at the crack in the door, it was very dark inside, as if the night of the entire mountain had gathered here, he couldn't see anything clearly, his nose smelled a fishy smell, he panicked for no reason, and turned around to leave.
But at this moment, a low cry came from the crack in the door and floated into his ears, Chengzhang hesitated for a long time, and finally stopped, turned back to the house, and opened the wooden door.
As soon as the door opened, the fishy smell rushed out unscrupulously, and he covered his stomach and bent over to retch, vomiting so much that tears blurred his eyeballs.
After vomiting up the contents of his stomach, he raised his head, covered his mouth and nose with his cuffs, and stepped into the door.
There was something in front, not one, but two, in the innermost corner, curled up on the ground, motionless.
The smell came from there, and when it was linked to the familiar cry just now, Chengzhang's heart suddenly shrunk into a ball, and even the beating slowed down.
Biting his lip, he mustered up the courage to walk towards the two shadows, and when he got closer, the stench had reached its peak, and he said "Offended," and turned one of them over with his foot, so that it was face up.
When he saw that familiar face, Cheng Zhang almost cried: Yuan Qing's eyes widened, his mouth opened slightly, although he couldn't see the cause of death from the outside, but he was indeed dead, every inch of skin and flesh on his body was stiff, and he had obviously been dead for many days, but when was it two days ago?
Three days?
Cheng Zhang suddenly covered his mouth and suppressed the exclamation in his throat: Could it be the day he ascended to the Tao?
It turned out that he didn't ascend to immortality that day, but was killed by someone, and his body was hidden in this blue brick house?
So who was the one who killed him?
Cheng Zhang seemed to have an answer in his heart, but now he didn't dare to think about it, because he hadn't seen the other corpse yet.
He didn't care about the stench now, he clenched his fists and walked towards the other corpse, and when he saw his appearance clearly, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: this man was naked and covered with bruises and purple scars, but fortunately, he didn't recognize him, at least not the senior brother and sister in the view.
But before he put down that breath, he brought it up again, and the sentence that Yuan Qing said to himself suddenly popped up in his mind: Chengzhang, I always dream today, there is a man in my dream, he is naked, I will take him Cheng Zhang couldn't bear it any longer, he turned around and ran out of the house, threw himself on the dirt bag he was sitting on, gasping for breath, tears pouring down.
After a long while, he raised his head suddenly, looked in the direction of Sansu Guan, and muttered in his mouth: "Yuanqing, that's not a dream, that man was killed by you, no, by your three corpses, it's just that it's not you who should be responsible for this matter."
A smoke slowly rose from above the Sansu Temple, Cheng Zhang's heart tightened suddenly, and he even forgot his grief, he got up from the dirt bag and looked back at the small blue brick house: What should I do?
If she didn't hide it quickly, the Nine Sages would know that she had discovered her secret, and with her Taoism and prestige among her disciples, no one would believe him, a young Taoist priest who had just arrived, and maybe she would even bring death to herself.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly sat down in front of the blue brick house, waved the dust forward, and recited the blind method straightforwardly.
The house was still there, not even moving, Cheng Zhang was anxious, and read it a few times quickly, but the house was still staring at him quietly, without the slightest intention of disappearing, as if he was watching his joke.
The morning bell sounded behind him, and Cheng Zhang knew that the Nine Sages had gotten up, and he could even hear the faint sound of cooking and washing from the Sansu Temple, and it would not be long before they would start their daily routine chanting, and if they found out that he was not there, they would definitely come out to look for someone.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Deliang's voice to come out of the Taoist temple, he had the loudest voice, and he was often scolded by others for this, but today in Chengzhang, his voice sounded like a death knell for himself.
He said, "What about Chengzhang, why didn't you see him?"
Master, there's no one in the house, so I'll go out and look for it. “ A cold sweat fell down Cheng Zhang's head, dripping on his gently shaking dust, he closed his eyes: this is the last chance, if you succeed, you will live, if you don't, you will die, and there will be no retreat.
When the spell was recited, he had already heard Deliang's voice calling for him, and Chengzhang didn't dare to open his eyes, for fear that the house was still there, and Deliang would use his exaggerated voice to call out everyone.
"What are you doing sitting here alone?
Come back with me," Deliang came up and grabbed his arm, "Hey, why are you soaking wet, hurry back and change into clean clothes, don't catch a cold." ” Chengzhang opened his eyes, there was only an open space in front of him, the house was gone, and his spell worked.
He was overjoyed, as if he had never had such an easy time in his life, so he wiped his sweat and followed Deliang towards Sansu Guan.
"Chengzhang, early in the morning, where have you been?"
As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, the voice of the Nine Sages came from the room.
Cheng Zhang was startled, and hurriedly saluted respectfully, "The apprentice has never learned the trick, he is anxious, and he can't sleep well at night, so he went to the mountains and forests to practice, which made the master worried." ” "Master, he lost a bet with me, and his heart has never been good, so he doesn't even sleep, and he has been practicing in the middle of the night, don't look at this kid's weak body, he really doesn't admit defeat in his heart."
Deliang explained for Chengzhang on the side.
The Nine Sages nodded, "Just now your senior brother and sister told me that tonight is Gengshen Night, since Yuanqing has already ascended because of guarding Gengshen, so they all want to try it tonight, what do you two think?"
” Hearing this, Deliang almost jumped up, "Master, of course the apprentice is willing, the apprentice is waiting for this day, and I am afraid that the master will dislike the apprentice's Taoism and not let me participate, since you have spoken, of course the apprentice will be disrespectful." ” The Nine Sages smiled, "Chengzhang, what about you?"
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