Chapter 0595 The Invitation of the Talisman Master

The power of food is so powerful and strange that people who are full of food and wine cannot feel it, people who are half-starved and half-full can feel it but may not dare to use it, and people who are hungry become completely slaves to this power.

This time, food not only aroused Mu Xingqiu's homesickness, but also calmed down the furious Qilin.

After the flea removed the gold and silver shavings from Mu Xingqiu's hand for the third time, it regained some of its previous docility. It did not remember Mu Xingqiu's identity, but regarded it as a food source that should not be removed, so it His eyes still flashed with hatred.

After Mu Xingqiu swallowed the third piece of dough, he raised his head and looked at the people around him.

Wearing fur coats and hats, these people look like a group of hunters living in the mountains. They use talismans but they are not like the talisman masters in Longbin Club. They seem to respect Shen Shang as their leader but often make fun of him.

Everyone sat together, and the "Orions" were obviously more interested in Mu Xingqiu, Jin Cu and Qilin, but they politely did not ask random questions, but listened to Shen Shang telling the experiences they already knew.

"After leaving Pangshan, I first went to the Shengfu Dynasty." Shen Shang had a small beard that was not very thick under his chin. He had not developed the habit of stroking his beard, and his voice did not have the wisdom and maturity of an old man. Probably because of this, he didn't get the respect of his companions, but he didn't care.

After wandering around the Shengfu Dynasty and various vassal states for more than half a year, Shen Shang felt quite bored. His only curiosity pushed him to go to the Country of Sacrifice, the only half-demon country recognized by humans.

"More than half of the country of Saishen is a desert, and I don't know the way. I fly or walk. I haven't seen a human figure for three months. In this way, I feel the horror of loneliness. So you can imagine that when I finally saw a human figure, , how excited I am.”

Taoist priests don't get excited, but Shen Shang is a failed Taoist priest, so it's normal to have such a reaction. Mu Xingqiu was only surprised by one thing, "Human shadow? You mean the demonic shadow, right?"

"Of course, but I really regarded him as a human being at that time. Shen Shang always smiled, as if he was satisfied with everything he enjoyed, "It is the same now. "

Mu Xingqiu could see that the "people" around Shen Shang were actually demons. Most of them might be non-demon and some were half-demon. However, they were different from the demons Mu Xingqiu had come into contact with before. They are a little cruel and stupid. As Shen Shang said, they are really no different from humans.

"The Country of Sacrifice is very large, and its territory may be even more vast than that of the Shengfu Dynasty. The Country of Sacrifice is also very small, and there are very few fertile fields that can truly recuperate. I entered the most barren areas of the Country of Sacrifice and got to know some of the people who lived the most difficult lives. Demons and non-demon, they struggle to survive and know very little about the outside world. They have never even heard of Taoist priests, but I still changed my Taoist robes."

Shen Shang touched the dirty and old leather jacket on his body and was very satisfied with it. "But I can't change the heart of a Taoist priest. I still have random thoughts. At one time, I thought I had understood something, and even wrote all the thoughts in my mind one by one. I wrote down my thoughts, and then I realized that they were all meaningless nonsense, so I burned them all.”

"Don't you even know that the Ancestor Peak was destroyed?"

"I didn't hear about this until a long time later. To be honest, even if I had known about it at the time, I might not have come out to help. My power was too small. But I still got in touch with Pang Shan again. A younger sister occasionally exchanged letters with me, and it was she who told me that Tao Tong was about to retire. "

Not long ago, Mu Xingqiu would have been very concerned about Shen Shang's reaction, but now he is more curious about the identities of these non-demon and half-demon. Shen Shang noticed this, so he immediately changed the topic, "They all sacrificed their lives. The talismans in the country have learned the art of talismans through various channels, but they do not belong to any Longbin guild. Therefore, they are not talisman masters, but call themselves talismans - guests who borrow talismans. "

"Why are you learning talismans?" Mu Xingqiu was confused.

A middle-aged talisman customer with a simple and honest appearance smiled and said: "The talisman is a good thing. We use it to hunt, make fires, transport water, and farm. In short, we all rely on it to survive in the most desolate places.

Shen Shang added: "Not all demon clans have demon pills, and not all demon clans want to occupy human territory. They never participate in the internal and external wars of the demon clan, so you can't see Fu Luke in the demon army. ”

Mu Xingqiu nodded, "Your talisman is very special."

"That's because we don't know the most advanced talismans, so we have to stay close to the target to sacrifice the talisman." The middle-aged talisman master pointed at Shen Shang, "He taught us a lot."

"When I was idle and bored in Pangshan, I learned some talismans, but unfortunately I didn't take them seriously at the time." Shen Shang sighed, but the little talismans he learned were also valuable to the remote demon clan talismans. Very rare advice.

Mu Xingqiu understood that Shen Shang, a Taoist priest who was useless in the Shen family of Pangshan, became an important figure in the desolate area of ​​​​the country of sacrifice. He fell in love with this feeling and even refused to retreat with Taoism, preferring to accept the method of re-annihilation and start anew. Practice inner elixir.

As for the more than twenty talisman guests, it can be seen from their uncontrollable excitement and nervousness that they followed Shen Shang out to see the world.

Has Shen Shang told them what it means to retreat from the Taoist tradition? In ten years at most, the demon clan will sweep over the entire world. Can the desert still protect these demon clan with low requirements?

Mu Xingqiu didn't ask, and he didn't let himself think too much. In a world that was on the verge of collapse, everyone had a way of dealing with themselves, and turning a blind eye was one of them. There was no need for him to expose it.

"Thank you for the cake." Mu Xingqiu stood up. "If you want to sever your relationship with the Taoist sect, you have to go to Yang Qingyin. If you want to rebuild your inner elixir, go to see Zuo Liuying. I can't help you."

Shen Shang also stood up. He was a whole head shorter than Mu Xingqiu. "Well, Jinchu has told me. In fact, I am not very interested in rebuilding my inner elixir. I only need the method of re-destruction once. I really have a headache when I think about asking my mother for help."

Shen Shang scratched his head and laughed a few times. "But she will agree. But I still want to see you and give you a suggestion."

"Since you have severed your relationship with the Taoist sect, Zuo Liuying and Yang Qingyin, just join us. In addition to hunting, the talisman merchants do not participate in any wars. They can support themselves and live in seclusion. The place where you live is full of poor mountains and bad waters, and has never been coveted. You can live quietly there without any disturbance. No one forces you to practice martial arts, and no one requires you to become a leader. "

Mu Xingqiu was slightly moved, but still shook his head and refused, "I want to walk around first, and then we'll talk about it later."

Shen Shang did not continue to persuade, "It's always good to walk around, and you have to find out the truth about Yelin Town. When you want to find us, go to the Ghost Mountain of Sheshen Country, fly west along the mountains, and find a place called Sanshuiling. Anyway, there are very few settlements there, and you can always find it. We welcome you."

"I'll consider it." Mu Xingqiu nodded to Shen Shang and the talisman masters, and unconsciously moved his fingers, indicating Qilin to follow him.

Flea also followed unconsciously, but his eyes were always fixed on the treasure bag on his waist, and he was more insatiable than before.

Jinchu followed silently a hundred steps away. When Mu Xingqiu walked, he walked. When Mu Xingqiu flew, he flew, too. He always kept this distance.

After several miles, after passing a forest, he could no longer see Shen Shang and others. Mu Xingqiu turned around and rushed to Jinchu, looking at him coldly.

Jinchu did not dodge, but looked back coldly, like Mu Xingqiu in the mirror, but without the Taoist robe.

"What will make you leave? If you want to please Yang Qingyin, you should stay with her. Why do you have to cling to me?"

"Wait until I see through you." The expression on Jinchu's face was the kind of pride that knows nothing but thinks he knows everything.

"If you were not too young and the son of the old red horse, I would have flattened you with one punch." Mu Xingqiu raised his fist. He now prefers pure physical strength. Even if he can still perform the seventh level of illusion normally, he doesn't want to use it.

Jinchu was silent for a while, "Even if you become selfish, you are not a bad person."

The spirit demon nodded slightly, as if he had completed the first step of the task and saw through the first layer of Mu Xingqiu's mask.

It was this look that made Mu Xingqiu furious, and he punched out, hitting Jinchu's chin. The spirit demon flew into the air and fell heavily in the woods.

The flea got excited and raised his hoof to catch up and give Jinchu another corner, but was pulled back by Mu Xingqiu. He was indeed not a bad person. He just wanted to be free and didn't want to save people anymore, but he didn't want to hurt anyone either.

Sometimes being right is more annoying than being wrong. Mu Xingqiu deeply realized this, so when he found that Jinchu was following him again, he didn't turn back to drive him away.

In order to avoid the embarrassing fall caused by the transformation reaction, Mu Xingqiu tried his best to walk in the snow, and kept persuading Qilin to spit out the crystal eye along the way, but Qilin would not listen to a word, and only stared at the treasure bag. When he was really anxious, he let out a threatening roar.

The Yi Shijun in the crystal eye seemed not to want to return to Mu Xingqiu's hands, but he did not encourage Qilin to fly away.

Mu Xingqiu had no choice but to walk aimlessly with the flea, thinking that Yi Shijun would be unable to bear the loneliness one day, and he would automatically spit out from Qilin's mouth, and then set a series of conditions.

At the same time, Mu Xingqiu was still reading Yi Shijun's many memories, hoping to find some useful clues. Those were the spoils that Zuo Liuying had snatched in the battle, stored in more than a dozen magic tools, but the content was too much and too complicated, and it might take decades to read them all.

Jinchu was like a shadow that could not be shaken off, stubbornly following a hundred steps away. Mu Xingqiu slowly got used to his existence, no longer drove him away, and did not talk to him.

Five days later, just when Mu Xingqiu thought he had left behind most of the past and burdens, he discovered that there was a mysterious stalker following him.