Chapter 18

Under the gaze of the other two people in the room, the Taoist picked up the water bowl, hunched his waist, and slowly drank it. Not only does it not seem like a long drought meets the rain, but it seems to be a little hesitant and alert.

While he drank it, Xie Lian heard the clear sound of "gudong" and "gudong" in his ears, as if it was the sound of pouring water into an empty jar.

In an instant, his heart was bright, he grabbed the opponent's hand and said, "Stop drinking."

The man shook his hand, looked at him in surprise, and thanked him with a smile: "It's useless to drink, isn't it?"

The Taoist's face changed when he heard the words, and his other hand pulled out the iron sword from his waist and stabbed him in the face. Xie pity stood still, raised his hand and flicked, and with a sound of "clang", the sword edge was gently bounced. Seeing that he was still holding his hand tightly, the Taoist clenched his teeth and twitched. Xie pity only felt that the arm suddenly shrunk, like a leaking ball, it shrunk completely, and broke free from his palm. As soon as the Taoist broke free, he ran to the door. Xie pity is not in a hurry. In such a place where there is no external obstruction, this person can escape another ten feet, and Ruo Xie can drag him back. Unexpectedly, he just raised his wrist, and an extremely sharp sound of breaking the wind passed by him.

The sound was as if someone shot a sharp arrow from behind him, directly piercing the man through his belly and nailing it to the door. Xie Lian took a closer look, it was actually a bamboo chopstick.

When he looked back, Saburo stood up from the table in a hurry, brushed past him, pulled out the bamboo chopsticks, shook it twice in front of him, and said, "It's dirty. I'll throw it away later."

And the Taoist was severely injured by this, and there was no sound of pain at all, and he leaned against the door and slowly slid down. What gurgled out of his belly was not blood, but clear water.

It was the bowl of water he just drank.

Both of them squatted down beside this Taoist person. Thanks for pressing on his wound, he felt that the wound was like a punctured hole in a bulging balloon, and the cold air was leaking out, and this Taoist person The "corpse" is also gradually changing. When I looked at him just now, he was clearly a big man, but now it seems that the whole person has shrunk in a circle, his face and limbs have shrunk a little, and they are still shrinking, and he looks like a little old man.

Thanks for the pity: "It's an empty shell."

Some monsters, ghosts, and monsters, unable to transform themselves into a perfect human form, will think of another way: to create empty shells.

They will use some very realistic materials to carefully make a fake human skin bag. Such skins often refer to real living people, and sometimes they are even made directly from human skins. Palm prints, fingerprints, and hair are naturally flawless. Moreover, this kind of empty shell, as long as they do not wear this layer of skin, they will not be contaminated with ghost qi, and they will not be afraid of those evil spirit charms. This is also the reason why the spell on the door did not keep the Taoist out.

However, such empty shells are often easy to see through, because they are hollow dummies after all. If no one wears this skin, they can only follow the instructions of the manipulator. And this command can't be too complicated, it can only be simple, repetitive, pre-set things. Therefore, their demeanor is usually dull and not like a living person. For example, they will repeat a sentence or two over and over again, doing the same thing, or asking and answering their own questions, answering irrelevant questions, and talking to people a few more words to reveal the truth. . However, Xie Lian has a more practical method for how to identify empty shells: just let them drink a bowl of water or eat something. After all, the shell is hollow and has no internal organs. When they eat or drink water, it is like throwing something into an empty jar or pouring water. They can hear a clear echo, which is completely different from the sound of living people eating and drinking. .

The Taoist's body has been completely deflated, and it is almost a pile of soft skin. Saburo pressed the bamboo chopsticks on his skin twice, then lost the chopsticks and said, "This shell is interesting."

Thanks for knowing what this young man is referring to. The expression and behavior of this Daoist, they are all in their eyes, not only realistic, but a living person at all, communicate with him, and the answers are fluent, it can be seen that the manipulator has amazing mana. Xie pity glanced at him and said: "Sanlang, it seems that you are also quite involved in this kind of different techniques."

Saburo smiled and said, "Not much."

This empty shell came to the door specially and told him about Banyueguan. Whether it was true or not, the purpose was to lead him to Banyueguan. Xie Lian calculated with his fingers, and figured out that the remaining mana was enough to support him to use it a few more times, so he pinched a formula and entered the psychic formation.

As soon as they entered the battle, it was actually very lively inside, and it was not because they were busy with official business. It seemed that everyone was playing some game, laughing and laughing. Xie Lianzheng was quite surprised, only to hear Lingwen say: "His Royal Highness is back? How have you been down here these few days?"

Thanks for the pity: "It's okay. What are you doing? So happy."

Lingwen said: "Master Feng Shi is back, and he is distributing his merits. Why don't your Highness go and grab it?"

Sure enough, Xie Lian heard the number of priests in the array shouting hoarsely: "One hundred merits! Grab it!" "Why I only have one merit..." "One thousand! One thousand! Ah! Thank you, Master Feng Shi!! Hahahahahaha..." He thought to himself that it was money that fell from the sky and everyone was picking it up? Although his merit box was empty, firstly he didn't know how to grab it, and secondly, the rest of the priests were familiar with each other , it doesn't matter if he grabs it, and it doesn't matter if he jumps in suddenly, so he doesn't care, and asks himself, "Everyone, do you know this place in Banyueguan?"

As soon as these words came out, the psychic formation, who was happily robbing merit, was silent for a moment.

Xie Lian was slightly depressed again.

He used to send some small poems and secret recipes, and everyone was silent, because the rest of the priests did not send these, so what he sent might indeed be out of place. However, in the psychic circle, priests often open their mouths to ask questions about official business, such as which ghost do you know, and is it easy to deal with? Whose territory is there, can you help me? At this time, everyone also expressed their opinions. If you have suggestions, give suggestions, and if you don't have any suggestions, say that you will come back when you have time, and I will help you ask. He asked Banyueguan, which was considered official business, and there was no reason why the audience would still be silent when he opened his mouth.

After a long while, someone suddenly shouted: "Master Feng Shi has scattered another 100,000 merits!!!"

The psychic circle became active again in an instant, and the priests rushed to grab the merits, and no one cared about the sentence he just asked. Thank you for knowing that this matter is not simple. probably can't ask anything in the array. thought that this Master Feng Shi is really a big deal. It is a hundred thousand in one scattered. Wen sent him a private message.

Lingwen asked: "His Royal Highness, why do you suddenly ask Banyueguan?"

Xie Lian said that there was an empty shell coming to the door, and said: "The shell pretended to be a survivor who escaped from Banyueguan. It must have its purpose. I don't know if what he said is true or not, so I will come up. Ask. What's wrong with this place?"

Lingwen pondered for a moment and said, "Your Highness, I advise you not to touch your hands on this matter."

Xie Lian also expected to have such a sentence. Otherwise, it will not last for one hundred and fifty years and no one will care, and the whole court will be silent as soon as he asks. He said: "Every time you pass the border, more than half of you disappear, is this true?"

After a long time, Lingwen said: "It's true. But I can't say much about it."

Xie Lian heard that there was a lot of consideration in her voice, and she was afraid that she was in trouble, and said: "Okay, I understand. If it is inconvenient for you, don't say more. We have never discussed this topic in private. , I bumped into it all by myself."

Although the two were talking in private, Lingwen lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness, let me say one more thing. If you want to investigate this matter, don't let other priests know about it. Also, don't leave the heavenly realm."

After receiving the divine sense, out of the psychic formation, Xie Lian got up, pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Sanlang, I'm afraid I'm going to travel far away."

Lingwen warned him not to be discovered by other priests, which shows that this matter is not small. And if he goes straight to the sky, and then jumps to Banyueguan, the convenience is convenient, but such a trip will be recorded in the book. Moreover, if someone moved something in the passage, and jumped down where it would land, I really dare not say. In this way, it is only possible to walk to Banyueguan. Since this empty shell was delivered to the door by himself, he wanted to trick him into going there, so it would definitely not be a good place. Saburo said: "Okay, brother, don't mind taking me with you."

Xie Lian was stunned, and swept the fake leather bag on the ground with a broom to the side, saying: "The journey is long, the wind and sand are hard, why do you want to follow?"

Saburo smiled and said, "Do you want to know what happened to the Banyue Yaodao?"

Hearing the words, Xie Lian moved and said, "You even know this?"

Saburo held his hands and said leisurely: "Banyueguan, two hundred years ago, was where Banyue Kingdom was located. Banyue's manpower is infinite, and its temperament is fierce and aggressive, and it often harasses the people of the Central Plains."

He sat up slightly, his eyes bright, and said, "The Banyue Yaodao is their national teacher."

Xie Lian leaned the broom against the wall and sat down to listen in detail. At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the door.

It was getting late at this time, and those villagers were scared by the words "Zhongxie" before Xie Lian, so they retreated into the house and dared not come out. Who would knock on the door? Xie Lian stood at the door and held his breath for a moment, but he didn't feel that there was any spell on the door. The change was followed by two more "knocks". Listening to this voice, it seems that two people are knocking on the door at the same time.

He thought for a moment, opened the door, and sure enough, two black-clothed youths were standing at the door. One handsome, one elegant, it is Nanfeng and Fuyao.

Xie Lian looked at them for a while and said, "You two..."

Fu Yao was the first to roll his eyes. Nan Feng opened his mouth and asked, "Are you going to Banyueguan?"

Thanks for the pity: "Where did you hear it?"

He thought it was Lingwen who went to Zhongtian Court to ask for a helper, but after thinking about it, she warned him not to let others know, and naturally he would not make a sound. Nanfeng said: "I heard a few words from the priests on the road. I heard that you asked about Ban Yueguan in the psychic formation today."

Thanks for the pity, he wrapped his hands in his sleeves and said, "Understood. 'I volunteer', right?"

Both of them had a distorted expression of toothache, and said, "...Yeah."

Xie Lian couldn't help but said: "I understand, I understand. However, I said in advance that this time I went to Banyueguan, if there is anything I can't handle on the way, you are welcome to run away at any time."

Xie Lian's life principle is: don't force people. Whether it is forcing others to do one thing, or forcing others not to do one thing, it is reluctance. Whether a thing is done well or not can only be known by doing it. If you force a person to do one thing, even if he does, he will not recognize it in his heart; if you force a person not to do one thing, even if he does not do it, he will always do everything he can, and one day he will do it. of. So, everything goes with the flow. Come when you want, go when you want. He turned to his side and asked the two of them to enter the room and talk in detail. Unexpectedly, when the two saw the young man sitting crookedly behind him, the originally dark complexion instantly turned iron blue.

Nanfeng flashed in, grabbed in front of Xie Lian, and said, "Retreat!"

The author has something to say: In fact, everyone uses smart phones, only His Royal Highness uses PHS, so even if he wants to grab the red envelope, he can't grab it (killed