25. Very hard
Dayan.
Nanyan County. Jiu'an County.
At noon, the scorching sun hangs high, ruthlessly burning the world. It is also the time of the day when the yang energy is the heaviest.
This is the most suitable time to eliminate monsters.
A young Taoist priest wearing a blue Taoist robe was walking on the street called Matou Street with a large black suitcase in his hand.
There was no one on the street, and the blazing sunlight shone on the handsome and inconspicuous face of the young Taoist priest. A layer of fine beads of sweat were oozing out on his delicate and fair face.
Next to him was a middle-aged man wearing a green official uniform with a big belly. He was the parents of Jiu'an County and the magistrate Lin. Next to him was a teacher who looked like a wretched mouse.
Captain Zhou, who was righteous and carried a knife on his waist, followed the young Taoist priest and his own lord with a group of constables, and was ready to step forward whenever he encountered danger.
"Master Xu Zhou, I'll leave this female ghost to you."
While walking, County Magistrate Lin told the young Taoist priest about the situation of the female ghost, the master who looked like a rat followed his adult steps with a flattering look and fanned him, completely ignoring that he had become a dog.
"Yes." After hearing the words of County Magistrate Lin, the young Taoist priest named Xu Zhou responded lightly, then raised his head slightly, and a drop of crystal sweat beads the size of mung beans fell from his tall nose, and a trace of invisible dissatisfaction flashed across his face.
I don’t know if he was dissatisfied with the weather being too hot or if he was dissatisfied with the word “small” added to his name.
Or, there are both, who knows.
The weather is really hot. It’s summer now. The most poisonous day of the year, everyone wants to stick out their tongues to relieve the heat.
But as a human being, you can do this, at least you shouldn't.
This female ghost was so restless that she came out to harm people at night. In just one month, she had already harmed five people from Jiu'an County, two county corpses, and seven county corpses invited by the mages.
It's simply unscrupulous.
If the female ghost could learn from other ghosts in the county, they would have to guard their own acre of three-point ghost land in a mere way. If they did not come out to harm the people, the county government would have to put a sign at the location of the female ghost.
——There are ghosts here! Passage is prohibited!
In this way, when the people see it, they will take a detour.
The county government also saves trouble and money.
It’s a pity that the female ghost is not a peace-keeping ghost. If she is not eliminated, people will die one after another in Jiu'an County. County Magistrate Lin is likely to fail the assessment of the Ministry of Personnel at the end of the year.
Therefore, in Jiu'an County, if there is a female ghost, there will be no magistrate Lin, and if there is a magistrate Lin, there will be no female ghost.
Thinking of this...
County Magistrate Lin secretly looked at Xu Zhou.
Although the young Taoist priest in front of him has no appearance in the world, he is like a banished immortal.
However, subduing female ghosts depends on their ability to do Taoism, not their unparalleled appearance.
Hopefully, this Taoist priest dared to reveal the title, and he was also a person with great ability. But County Magistrate Lin completely forgot that the seven previous wizards also dared to reveal the title, and then six were buried in the hands of the female ghost. Only one escaped.
Just as County Magistrate Lin was thinking, the master who looked like a rat suddenly shouted: "Sir, Master Xu Xiao, I'm here."
In front of them was a deserted courtyard.
In the small courtyard, there was a simple and dilapidated thatched hut with doors and windows closed, and it was quiet inside without any sound.
The female ghost is in the thatched hut during the day.
As they approached the female ghost's hiding point, everyone stopped. Captain Zhou and a group of Jiu'an County constables held the sword at their waists with nervous expressions. A terrifying scene flashed involuntarily in their minds.
"It's this, Master Xu Xiao, I'll ask you next."
Although it was the daytime, the ghosts were afraid of the sun and did not show up easily, County Magistrate Lin was still a little panicked at such a close distance from the abandoned courtyard, but his years of self-improvement did not make him lose his composure.
"It's here!" Xu Zhou looked at the abandoned courtyard in front of him, as if he was talking to himself. After talking to himself, he turned to look at County Magistrate Lin beside him and asked, "Sir Lin, as you said, the first Taoist priest who entered was not dead, but was covered in blood."
"That's right." County Magistrate Lin replied.
"Sure enough, only the first warrior to enter the exploration can get the red label." Xu Zhou suddenly said.
"Huh?" County Magistrate Lin was confused, not quite understanding why Taoist Master Xu Xiao suddenly burst out with a sentence that seemed to be wrong.
"Let's stop talking, let's start!"
Xu Zhou put the box on the ground, squatted down, lifted the sleeve of his left hand, revealing a round watch, and touched the watch with his right hand. The watch screen suddenly lit up, and the circular pointer in the screen rotated.
There are some gathering green dots within the pointer range, and there is a red dot not far away, and the red dot is in the thatched hut.
Green dots represent humans, and red dots represent non-humans.
"Master Xu Xiao, is this... this is a magic weapon?" County Magistrate Lin asked curiously as he looked at the things on the young Taoist priest's wrist.
"It's the Demon-seeking Pan."
Xu Zhou said seriously.
After answering, Xu Zhou seemed to have thought of something, turned to look at County Magistrate Lin and asked, "Mr. Lin, will you give a reward of fifty taels of silver to eliminate this female ghost?"
"Not bad." County Magistrate Lin nodded, thinking in his mind that none of the seven in front had successfully taken the fifty taels of silver reward.
Xu Zhou showed a look of "Then I'll be relieved", then put his hands on the black box and began to turn the password lock.
"Is this also a magic weapon?" County Magistrate Lin asked again.
"It can be understood so." Xu Zhou was very patient with the question of County Magistrate Lin.
Another magic weapon!
County Magistrate Lin was shocked. Perhaps, the handsome Taoist priest in front of him could take away the fifty taels.
The password is correct, and a "click" sound came from the box.
Xu Zhou opened the box and took out a golden object from the box.
It's Golden Gatlin!
"This magic weapon looks so noble..." County Magistrate Lin couldn't help but exclaim.
"Mr. Xu, what kind of magic weapon is this?"
Xu Zhou thought for a while and said, "Namo Gatlin Bodhisattva."
"Ah! It turns out it is a Buddhist magic weapon. I just said that only Buddhism has such a large capital, and even the magic weapon is plated with a golden body." County Magistrate Lin suddenly realized his mind, and seemed to have thought of something. Looking at the young Taoist priest's green Taoist robe, he said in surprise: "But, isn't Master Xu Xiao from the Taoist sect?"
"Buddha is the Tao!"
Xu Zhou gave an explanation.
County Magistrate Lin's tone was one of the tones.
"Okay, Lord Lin, I'm going to start."
Xu Zhou stopped chatting, held the golden Gatlin in his hands, aimed at the courtyard in front of him, and fired without hesitation.
"Dadadada—"
moment,
Blue flames emerged from the six barrels rotating at high speed.
Bullets like dense rain poured towards the abandoned courtyard in front of them.
The bullet shell was thrown to the side.
The thatched hut in the courtyard was suddenly full of holes, and flames ignited, and a shrill scream that was not as good as humans suddenly rang out.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, the thatched hut finally collapsed in a rain of six thousand bullets in one second.
At the same time, a ghostly white figure rushed out from the roof of the thatched hut. She was disheveled with hair, with a hideous face, and was covered with dense and translucent holes.
It was shot by a young Taoist priest.
"Ahhhh-I want you to die!"
A shrill voice sounded, and the female ghost rushed towards the young Taoist priest who was shooting at her. Then, the female ghost saw the young Taoist priest's face and moved as if it were a stagnant.
‘So handsome, how could I attack him?’ A feeling of guilt rose deep in the female ghost’s heart.
The next moment, the female ghost saw the handsome young Taoist priest smiled slightly and turned the gun toward him.
"Dadadada—"
The dense rain of bullets covered the female ghost. The female ghost remembered the smile that was unexplained in the world just now, and she couldn't help but smile. Perhaps, dying in the hands of such an unparalleled man in the world is also the peak of ghost life?
With this idea, the female ghost's figure slowly dissipated in the rain of bullets.
The female ghost dissipated, Xu Zhou suppressed his gun and continued to shoot at the abandoned courtyard.
"clatter--"
The last shell ejected.
Xu Zhou exhaled, and in front of him, what small courtyard, what thatched hut, what female ghost.
No longer exists.
Some are just scorched earth.
"Fifty taels, Lord Lin, thank you!"
Xu Zhou turned his head and smiled at County Magistrate Lin who was still stunned.
...
Chapter completed!