Chapter 4 The Five Abilities
Li Daoxuan's eyes showed surprise, it turned out to be a magic!
Although the art of talisman and seal script is good, it consumes a lot of yellow paper and cinnabar, and it is easy to fail in drawing. How can it be as free and convenient as magic?
What kind of dharma master is a Taoist priest who doesn’t know magic?
Calling for wind and rain, sowing beans to create soldiers, moving mountains and filling seas, going out of darkness and into the underworld...these are the ideals of a Taoist priest, right?
Li Daoxuan was very satisfied with this Shuchi Shenxing spell. It could fight and escape, and had a strong life-saving ability. It was very suitable for him.
However, he did not start practicing immediately. Instead, he found a kitchen knife in the kitchen, then cut open the bat demon's lower abdomen, and found the mung bean-sized demon pill in the dark flesh.
Demon elixirs are formed by monsters absorbing the essence of the sun and moon. They are very precious. Some drug stores even offer a high price of one tael of demon elixirs and a hundred taels of gold.
However, this thing cannot be taken directly. It needs to be made into a pill to remove the demonic power.
Li Daoxuan put it away, and then searched the dead rich man Wang's body again, and found that there was only a few taels of silver.
Unwilling to be reconciled, Li Daoxuan ran to the bedroom and searched again. This time, he found a lot of gains. He found a full thirty taels of silver and two ingots of gold ingots, each ingot was ten taels. They were golden and lovely.
Twenty taels of gold is equivalent to two hundred taels of silver. Even if prices were high in the early years of Zhenguan, it was enough for a family to live a lifetime of food and clothing without worries!
He is worthy of being the rich landlord of Xiaosha Village!
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For someone like Rich Man Wang who colludes with demons and commits adultery, he will die if he dies, and the government will generally not pay much attention to it.
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The Muramasa family.
Lao Cun was hugging his granddaughter. The two of them were already a little sleepy, and Mi Mi Hu Hu was about to fall asleep. At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
The old man was so excited that he quickly covered his granddaughter's mouth to prevent her from speaking.
The person standing outside the door may not be a living person.
But then a clear voice sounded, making him feel relieved.
"Mr. Muramasa, I am Li Daoxuan, the mage who eliminates demons. I have killed the bat demon. It is bitterly cold in the middle of the night and I am hungry in my lower abdomen. I wonder if I can ask for some food?"
The bat demon is dead?
There was a hint of astonishment in Lao Muramasa's eyes, but more of a suspicion.
He let his granddaughter continue to hide under the quilt, walked to the door, hesitated, and slowly opened the door.
Under the moonlight, a huge bat demon stood there, with a green face and fangs that made people shudder.
Old Cunzheng's scalp was numb, a look of fear appeared in his eyes, and he was about to close the door with trembling hands, but the next moment, the terrifying bat demon fell to the ground, revealing the handsome Taoist priest behind him.
Li Daoxuan showed a gentle smile, kicked the bat demon, and said: "Don't be afraid Muramasa, this guy has been killed by me with thunder."
Old Cunzheng's eyes were shocked, and he saw that the bat demon's corpse was covered in charred black, and it had long since lost its sound.
A small figure rushed out and shouted excitedly: "Brother Taoist priest, you are not dead!"
When she saw the terrifying corpse of the bat demon being trampled under Li Daoxuan's feet, her big eyes were filled with fear, excitement, and finally turned into worship.
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After a while.
The entire Xiaosha Village was alarmed, and countless villagers got up in the middle of the night to see this bat monster that had been causing trouble for many years.
Some families who were persecuted by the bat demon had tears in their eyes and kept hacking at the corpse of the bat demon with hatchets.
The bat demon is dead!
Xiaosha Village, which had always fallen silent at night, became lively now, with people running around cheering and shouting excitedly, just like celebrating the New Year.
Li Daoxuan, on the other hand, was eating his food.
The meal was not sumptuous, only a few pieces of steamed cakes, a bowl of gruel with some wild vegetables floating in it, and perhaps the most luxurious thing was the plate of dried mutton collected by old Muramasa.
This simple old man couldn't bear to let the demon-killing hero eat so poorly, so he took out the dried meat for the New Year from the cellar and gave it all to Li Daoxuan.
Li Daoxuan ate happily, like a wind-whipped cloud, like a starving ghost.
In the early years of Zhenguan, the war had just ended, all industries were depressed, and prices were extremely high. After Li Daoxuan traveled through time, most of the money he earned from killing demons was used to buy yellow paper and cinnabar, and he barely had enough to eat.
Muramasa's little granddaughter looked at the dried meat on the table and swallowed.
Li Daoxuan grabbed a few pieces and handed them to her. She immediately showed a bright smile, narrowed her big eyes into crescent moons, and licked the dried meat like a treasure, fearing that she would finish it as soon as she chewed it.
These were the people in the early years of Zhenguan. If this place were not the Muramasa family, there might not even be dried meat.
A piece of dried meat is a delicacy that many people dream of.
After Li Daoxuan had eaten, he left a couple of silver coins on the table and prepared to leave quietly.
But Old Cunzheng and some old people in the village came over, followed by many villagers, who all looked at Li Daoxuan with awe.
Many people are still discussing in low voices.
"I have noticed it a long time ago. Although the little Taoist priest is young, he is a capable person at first sight!"
"Huh? Why do I remember that you told me before that the old monk looked the most powerful?"
"This Taoist priest is not only very capable, but also very handsome!"
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The old villager and the old people came to Li Daoxuan and knelt down towards him. Not only them, but also the villagers behind them also knelt down.
The little granddaughter chewed the dried mutton, blinked blankly, and at the signal of others, she also knelt down towards Li Daoxuan.
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However, Old Muramasa did not stand up, but instead pleaded to Li Daoxuan: "Daozhang Li has great supernatural powers. Please help us to eliminate evil and help us!"
Li Daoxuan asked doubtfully: "Isn't this bat demon already dead?"
"Daozhang Li doesn't know something. This bat god... the bat demon is actually the Wutong God from Luanshi Mountain, thirty miles away from the village. In the third year of Wude, seven years ago, they suddenly appeared and caused harm to the village.
We also reported it to the government, but the last county boss wanted to demolish the Wutong Temple, and his whole family died tragically. After that, no one dared to resist, and the new county boss even renovated the Wutong Temple for them!"
Wutongshen refers to the five kinds of monsters worshiped by the people and cultivated into spirits. They are usually animals that appear at night. They can cause great harm to the livestock and fields raised by farmers, so people are disgusted and have to
Worship and pray for them to let you go.
Although Wutong God has the name of a god, it is actually a great evil and belongs to the evil gods.
Li Daoxuan was shocked and said: "So, you mean, there are four more monsters like this bat monster?"
Old Cunzheng shook his head and said: "Fortunately, three years ago, a passing Taoist took away three of the five powers. Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, he spared the remaining two. , drifting away."
"So besides the bat demon, there is still a five-power god left?"
"That's right, he calls himself the Qing Emperor, and he likes women the most. He has harmed many of the pretty girls within a radius of dozens of miles!"
Li Daoxuan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that there was only one left. If there were four more, he could only escape quickly.
But an idea suddenly popped up, sending a chill down his back.
Legend has it that there is a unique connection between the five gods. He killed the bat monster. Will the monster named Qingdi already know about it and come to take revenge?
Thinking of this, Li Daoxuan suddenly felt like a light was shining on his back. He looked up at the night sky and felt that there seemed to be a human-hungry beast hidden in the darkness.
Even the moon seemed a bit dim.
Escape! You must escape quickly!
Li Daoxuan had a hunch that the monster who called himself Qingdi was far more terrifying than this bat monster!
Now that his mana has only recovered 50%, and there are not many talismans left, what can he use to subdue demons?
"Ahem, I suddenly remembered that I still have some things to do, so I'll take my leave now."
Li Daoxuan took a step forward and wanted to escape from here, but he stopped after taking a few steps.
He turned to look at the villagers who were still kneeling. If he escaped, would the monster who called himself Qingdi vent his anger on them?
Muramasa's little granddaughter looked at Ah Weng, who had a dull look, and then at Li Daoxuan, who was about to leave. Her little head still couldn't figure out what happened and why the atmosphere was so heavy all of a sudden.
She held the half-licked mutton jerky in both hands. Although she was reluctant to part with it, she still said: "Brother Taoist priest, I...I only licked a little bit, and I will give the rest to you. Can you help Aweng?"
Li Daoxuan was stunned.
She thought Li Daoxuan disliked her for licking him, and said in a tearful tone: "Brother Taoist, Ah Ye is not dirty. Ah Ye will gargle with Yang branches every morning..."
Run away or stay?
Chapter completed!