Taiping Inn

Li Xuandu originally thought that the Taiyin corpse incident was just an insignificant little wave, which would disappear after a little disturbance in the martial arts world. But now it seems that this wave is tending to grow bigger and bigger. There is no wind without waves. If someone blows the wind from behind, the small waves will not only not disappear under the strong wind, but will become big waves. If it goes further, it will become a whirlpool, and anyone involved in it will find it difficult to escape.

By now, Li Xuandu and Nan Kezi have been in a dilemma. To be fair, the two of them are not very interested in the so-called Taiyin corpse. They were involved in this matter because of others. Now they find that things have become complicated. They have two choices, either to continue forward or to retreat. The advantage of the latter is that it can avoid being dragged into the whirlpool, but the disadvantage is that it will damage the morality of the martial arts world. As for the former, it is a thankless task.

As for how to choose, if you are alone, God knows, the earth knows, and you know. Whether you move forward with passion or keep things quiet, it doesn't matter. Now there are two people, and they have to consider each other's thoughts, which is a bit complicated.

The two looked at each other, a young man and an old man, but they had a strange feeling of "holding hands and looking at each other with tears in their eyes, but they were speechless and choked."

After a while, the old man was still thicker-skinned and slowly said: "This matter is complicated and treacherous, so we should take a long-term view."

As an old man in the world, Li Xuandu is certainly not the kind of young man who will do chivalrous things regardless of the consequences. Not to mention whether to advance or retreat, even if he wants to continue to go deep into Beimang Mountain, it is always right to think twice before acting, so he nodded.

At this time, they were at the edge of Beimang Mountain. The two wanted to return to the county town of Beimang County, and they didn't want to provoke the female demon in the summer palace, so they decided to take another route.

It was the most boring to rush on the road, so Nan Kezi told Li Xuandu about a strange thing he encountered in his early years.

That was when I was in Luzhou. There was an inn that was quite strange. There were no dinners or tea parties in this inn, only coffins and graves. All the nameless and ownerless bodies in the surrounding villages and towns were placed in the inn. Every evening, the road leading to this inn would be blocked with thorny wood strips, and strangers were not allowed to approach.

Nan Kezi was still very young at that time, and had not yet become a disciple of Donghua Sect. He did not know the truth. When he was on the road at night, he mistakenly entered the blocked road and happened to pass by the door of this inn. Seeing that the lights in the inn were bright, he was tired of traveling, so he went to knock on the door to stay, but no one opened the door after knocking for a long time. Just as he was about to leave, the door opened by itself.

Nan Kezi looked inside and saw that it was very lively. Some people were drinking, some were chatting, and they were in high spirits and happy. The store owner and the waiter were busy and happy. It was so lively.

Nan Kezi was about to step in when he suddenly felt something was wrong. He hadn't heard any sound outside just now, so why was it so lively now? He looked carefully again and found that although there were many people chatting and drinking tea, there was no shadow and they all seemed to be looking at him out of the corner of their eyes. Although the shop assistants were busy, they didn't see any sweat on their bodies, which was really weird.

At this time, the shopkeeper came forward and greeted Nan Kezi, asking him to come in quickly. Nan Kezi didn't say anything and turned around and left. As a result, after just a few steps, he heard a sudden silence behind him. Nan Kezi couldn't help but look back, but this look was not a big deal, and he almost lost half his life.

It turns out that there are three yang lamps on a person's body, one on the head and the other two on the shoulders. They are the yang fire on the person's body. When walking at night, if someone calls your name, don't look to the sides. If you blow it out, you will be summoned by ghosts. When Nan Kezi turned around, he extinguished a yang fire. His own yang energy weakened, and he could see many invisible things, which almost scared him to death. He saw that there were no people in the inn, but coffins and wreaths, all dead bodies and evil spirits, waving and grinning at him.

Fear made his yang energy weaken, and with the extinguishing of a yang lamp, Nan Kezi was immediately taken advantage of by the ghosts and walked into the inn uncontrollably. At this time, Nan Kezi was extremely scared. When one foot stepped over the threshold of the inn, he felt his legs go soft, wet his pants, and then fainted from fear.

When he woke up, it was already the first noon of the next day. He saw that one foot had already stepped into the ghost shop. There was a dead body less than a foot away. He was about to reach out and grab his ankle. Looking at his face, he was quite similar to the shopkeeper he saw last night. Nan Kezi was so scared that he ran away, which was considered to be a life-saving move. This also indirectly contributed to his later practice of Taoism in the mountains.

Later, when Nan Kezi had achieved success in his cultivation, he recalled that he had two reasons for escaping the disaster. The first was that there was a talisman written by a master on the door of the inn, and the ghosts in the inn could not leave, so they had to pull Nan Kezi into the inn. The second reason was that Nan Kezi was a boy at that time, and a boy's urine had the strongest yang energy, which broke the ghost spell, so he was not pulled in, and he was lucky to have a life.

Li Xuandu was curious. Since he set foot in the martial arts world, he has had a very high level of cultivation, and in his early years he was a person with a strong murderous aura, so these ghosts and evil spirits could not get close to him. Even if he passed by the inn that year, I am afraid that no ghosts would come to provoke him, so what Li Xuandu saw was not a lively scene with bright lights, but a dark and silent place where corpses were parked. Naturally, he would not go in to find out what was going on, let alone stay here. He would not enter the door and no ghost would stay. He was just passing by, so Li Xuan had never encountered such a thing.

Li Xuan couldn't help but ask, "What happened to that inn?"

Nan Kezi gently stroked the goatee and said, "I went there a few years ago. I wanted to settle this evil relationship, that is, I saved these evil ghosts and avenged my grudges. Mr. Li, don't want this. Look at me, I am not a saint, and some selfishness is reasonable. Besides, I am also public. The ghosts in the ghost shop, of course, have the suppression of talismans, cannot be separated from the ghost shop. Half a step, but it is always a disaster. If there are people who mistakenly fall into it like I did back then, it is not impossible. You should know that humans and ghosts have different paths. The reason why they are said to be evil ghosts is that they already have the intention to harm others. , or eat human flesh and blood, or absorb human yang energy, and even more, there is a demon who is good at ease, who has to rely on his body to revive his soul. If it weren't for the boy's urine, I might have been occupied by some demon. So it is a good deed that I have done with my skin, so it is a good deed and has merits.”

Li Xuandu suppressed the smile on his face and asked, "How did that Taoist priest catch ghosts?"

Nan Kezi sighed and said, "When I went to the road, I was one step late. The ghost shop was gone. According to the locals, there was a rascal that often stole the dogs, teased women, and even peeked at them. The woman took a bath. Once, she was caught by the villagers. She first broke her legs with a stick and drove them out of the village. The gangster broke her legs and had no money and could not survive. She felt extremely hatred and wanted to take revenge. With his own strength, it was naturally unimaginable, so he became brave and had the idea of ​​this ghost shop. One night, he came to the gate of the ghost shop and put the talisman on the gate. He was exposed and released the ghosts. Although he could not escape the ghosts, the people in the village also wanted to bury him. Fortunately, a couple passed by, and first used Taoism to destroy the ghosts who were about to ravage, and then turned them into trouble. The dead bodies in the inn were buried in the place, and the evil spirits were removed. In the end, only the gangster died in the mouths of the ghosts. "

Li Xuandu's face became a little weird and he asked, "I wonder where that inn is in Luzhou?"

"It's right in the territory of Huainan Prefecture, Luzhou." Nan Kezi said: "It's a coincidence. The location of the inn is not far from Taiping Mountain. I think of the person who hangs talismans in the ghost shop before, and the pair later. The couple who took action to kill the ghosts were all from Taiping Sect. By the way, I also heard that after the couple destroyed the ghosts, they did not leave, but moved into the inn and first built a wall around the inn. , and built it into a two-story building, and started a business. He also erected a big banner in the yard and borrowed the name of Taiping Mountain, which was called 'Taiping Inn'."