Those years when I hunted demons in Dali Temple

Chapter 869 Looks a bit familiar

Almost at the same time as the other party shouted, Daoyi took a tree and a bird and rushed straight to a place where there were few people.

Around a corner of the house, the man and the bird disappeared from the tracker's sight.

"Search carefully and don't let the thief escape!"

"Yes!"

Dao Yi, who was hiding in the dark, heard everything clearly and exchanged a glance with Xiao Bifang. The latter flew out cursing, making noises all over the house to attract the attention of the guards.

Daoyi was groping around in the house. As she couldn't tell the direction, she should go in the direction with the least people. However, the number of guards in the house was unusual. According to the value of the things she had, she went in the direction with the most people and approached quietly.

The closer he got to the guard center, the more uneasy Daoyi felt.

The entire 'Five Characters' team was no longer in the city. According to their previous practice, they did not leave many traces wherever they passed. If she could not see the obsession of others, it could be said that there was no clue at all.

But this house has so many strong guards, and there are even some familiar monsters among them. Well, the kind of familiar monsters whose kind died at her hands.

In order to avoid being discovered by them and controlled to seek revenge like the carp and ear mouse, Daoyi superimposed magic arrays to conceal his breath and even affixed an invisibility talisman. As long as he didn't encounter these monsters, he would hardly be discovered.

The closer you get, the tighter the guards are. The outer layer has shift changes, but the inner layer's original guards will only leave after people come up.

Daoyi looked at the house they were protecting, and there were strong fluctuations of spiritual energy inside.

She weighed the number and strength of the guards, and when they weren't paying attention, she shouted, "Black Curtain, Nine-Bend Linglong—go!"

The moment the guards heard the sound and picked up their weapons, their figures suddenly paused, their eyes were full of confusion, followed by different expressions on their faces, some crying and some laughing, sometimes they were "laughing loudly", sometimes "whispering", some "baring their teeth and claws", and some hugging the empty night, saying all the infinite things in their hearts.
If someone were to discover this, they would simply sigh, what a "night parade of one hundred demons".

Daoyi took advantage of this opportunity and slipped into the house that was surrounded by them, and then closed the door.

As soon as he entered the house, Daoyi felt a sense of familiarity.

The room looked like a normal living room. Daoyi cast his eyes on several places in the room, and activated the spiritual power of the furnishings in the room. The situation in the room was like rippling water, and in the blink of an eye, their original appearance was revealed.

As expected, just like in Yunwu Mountain, not only were there guards outside the house, but there were also formations set up inside the house, and the aura was similar.

When the formation was solved, the furnishings in the room were not much different, except that there was one less carpet on the floor.

Daoyi's gaze swept around the room and finally fell on the armrest of the chair to the left of the main seat.

The wood of the armrest of the left chair is obviously smoother than that of the other chairs. I guess it’s because people have been touching it for years.

Daoyi did not think that this was the result of carelessness on the part of the people from the 'Five-Character Division'. If they had not solved the formation just now, they would not have been able to see these things at all.

She stepped forward and moved the armrest. A series of rumbling sounds came from the house, which also woke up the people and demon guards outside the house who were trapped in various illusions.

Daoyi brought out the dream-eating bug without even thinking about it.

"Don't let them wake up before I come out!"

The dream-eating insect's eyes were almost drooling, "Don't worry, little Taoist priest, I promise not to let them come in and disturb you!" After saying that, it rushed out of the house, like a wolf seeing a sheep.

Daoyi then went to check. After a loud bang, a big hole appeared in the room. She looked down but could not see the bottom of the hole. It was pitch black inside.

Without any hesitation, Daoyi jumped down. At the same time, she asked Taoyao to hold the branch and landed first. She held the branch and slowly slid to the bottom of the cave.

Before she could light the fire, an old voice came from inside, accompanied by the sound of shaking iron chains, "I have said before, no matter how many times you ask, I don't know where the person you are looking for is!"

Daoyi: "Who are you, Senior? Why are you imprisoned here?"

The figure swaying in the darkness sneered, "Nowadays, there are more and more tricks to deceive people."

Daoyi took out a piece of talisman paper from his body, mobilized his spiritual power, lit it up, and illuminated the entire basement.

After taking a closer look at the situation in the basement, he saw nothing but a locked up old man, chains tied to his hands, and a small couch for one person to rest on. It was also him who had just spoken.

Daoyi had some guesses after hearing his words. This person must have known the person that the Five Characters were looking for. He was caught by the other party and tried every possible means, but he still refused to speak. She had a question about this. "The several venerables in the Five Characters have profound cultivation. Why didn't they search your soul?"

Old man: “.”

Daoyi's frank words were met with the old man's silence.

She coughed lightly and was about to change the question, then she heard the old man say, "There is a formation engraved in my soul. If they take action, not only will my body be annihilated, but even my soul fragments will not be left."

"hiss!"

Daoyi had never thought that this old man was quite ruthless. The next moment, she thought of the formation in the body of the bird, and she did not find it strange. What made her even more curious was the identity of this old man.

"Since you were captured by the Five Characters, I will rescue you first."

The old man waved his hands, and the iron chains made a sound. "It's useless. If it were just these two chains, I would have left long ago. But there is a formation in here."

Dao said his doubts while looking for the eye of the formation, "Yes, old man, you can carve the formation in your soul, why can't you solve their formation."

Old man: “.”

The old man became more and more certain that the little girl in front of him was not sent by the "Five-Character Division" because the two questions she asked were obvious. When she was captured, she was exhausted and only had time to leave a mark on her soul. As a result, she didn't even have the strength to fight back.

When he woke up again, he was in his current state, trapped in an array and unable to use his cultivation.

He also had a question, "How did the little girl know about the existence of the 'Five Characters'? They are more slippery than eels in the mud."

When the old man said this, his eyes were fixed on Daoyi. Seeing her nodding in agreement, he couldn't help but feel deeply confused. Wasn't the little girl in front of him really a member of the "Five Character Department" sent here to question him?

Daoyi seemed not to notice the old man's gaze and replied casually, "I followed the Five Characters all the way from Yunwu Mountain. After they settled in Qinghai, they headed east again. I thought it wasn't far, so I wanted to come here to take a look. I didn't expect to find you, old man."

While she was trying to figure out the formation, she was also observing the old man, "Old man, why do I feel like you look familiar?"

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