CH 315

The iron-wrapped carriage slowly rolled on the dirt road, leaving a trail of wheel marks in the muddy ground due to the weight of both Li Huowang and the Black Tai Sui's luggage.

Li Huowang, who was leading the horse with the reins, turned his head and glanced at the constantly wagging tongue of the dog named Mantou beside the road. He stretched out his hand, grabbed the skin on the back of its neck, and lifted it onto the carriage.

"Bang, bang, bang!" Mantou's wagging tail knocked against the wooden carriage, making a loud noise.

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Pushing away the affectionate dog's head that had come close to him, Li Huowang impatiently said, "Behave!"

Afterwards, he took out the note that Tuoba Danqing had given him from his pocket. Like before, there was an address written on it, but unlike before, this time the other party did not explicitly write about what had happened.

The note only deliberately indicated that two yellow scouts had been killed in this place, warning the next person to be careful.

Li Huowang did not know how strong the so-called yellow scouts were, but he was sure that this matter was not small. Otherwise, Tuoba Danqing would not say that after completing this task, he could be promoted from a Gui soldier to a Renwu soldier.

Knowing that this trip might be dangerous, but if you ask if Li Huowang was afraid, he really wasn't. After experiencing so much, he had become a little numb. If a person was no longer afraid of death, then there was nothing to be afraid of.

Li Huowang took out the dark blue talisman book again, opened it, and looked at it. At the beginning of the first page was a brief overview of the book.

"In the past, He Dao saw the traces of immortal birds and spirit insects in the sand, and knew that there was innate spiritual power hidden within. He pursued it in detail..."

In short, there was a person named He Dao, or a Taoist surnamed He, who figured out a way to use the power of heaven and earth from the sounds of birds and insects.

The sound that was induced by the spirits of heaven and earth from the sounds of birds and beasts was called a spell, and the traces that led to the spirits of heaven and earth from the traces of insect stars were called talismans.

But Li Huowang didn't really believe it. He didn't think that the power of heaven and earth could backfire just by taking a glance. Who knows which side of the chaotic world this power came from?

In this crazy world, everyone had their own logic, and most of them contradicted each other. He didn't want to get caught up in the truth or falsehood of the power of heaven and earth, the three clear corpses, or the five directions of the Buddha's realm. As long as it could help him, he would even believe that the Jade Emperor had descended to Earth."Write the same stroke with the same symbol, start with four, then stroke and bend down to the left, and make it into a Chou character. Underneath it, make it into two fire characters, and draw four circles backwards to make it into a lotus..."

Although Blind Chen said that this symbol has a huge hidden danger, it is not easy to use it.

When drawing the symbol, you must focus on the pronunciation. If you make a mistake or pronounce a word wrong, the symbol will be useless. What's even worse is that after drawing the symbol, you cannot see if you made a mistake.

If you want to master this book of symbols proficiently, you have to work hard.

To be honest, Li Huowang felt that this thing was much more troublesome to use than the "Dachian Record". Although the cost of the "Dachian Record" was huge, it was really convenient to use.

A small piece of bright yellow ginger paper was placed on the carriage, and Li Huowang bit his fingertip and began to copy the symbol book in his hand.

"...The essence of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and moon, the essence of heaven and earth combined, the brightness of the sun and moon combined!"

After Li Huowang finished reciting the spell in his heart, he slapped the symbol book onto the horse's back in front of him. At the next moment, Li Huowang vaguely heard a sticky whisper.

But before he could listen carefully, the black horse pulling the carriage suddenly neighed, and its skin was covered with purple blood vessels, quickly galloping.

The strong wind blew Li Huowang's black veil hat on his head, revealing his face.

Listening to the creaking sound of the carriage, Li Huowang couldn't help but become nervous. "If we continue to run like this, will the carriage fall apart?"

Fortunately, after Li Huowang took the symbol off the horse's back, the horse slowly returned to normal.

But in just a moment, the carriage had already run several miles away. This symbol was surprisingly useful, beyond Li Huowang's expectations.

However, when the black horse covered in sweat and blood came to the river and drank water heavily, Li Huowang wiped the red liquid that looked like oil on the horse's back with his hand, and thought to himself, "Is this thing really safe to use?"

"Woof woof!" Suddenly, Mantou barked at the roadside.

Li Huowang looked up and saw a foot hawker carrying a burden.

Seeing that the other party was gradually moving forward, Li Huowang quickly drove the carriage to catch up. They were almost there, and he couldn't explain himself if he didn't ask a local person for directions.

"Hey, hawker, wait!"Li Huowang glanced at the copper coin sword on his back and then at the red Daoist robe on his body. The peddler with a hairy mole on his chin wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, put down the shoulder pole on his shoulder, and stared at Li Huowang's black veil hat, asking, "What do you want, Daoist?"

"I don't want anything. I just thought since we're on the same road, we might as well travel together. After all, it's safer in numbers, lest we encounter bandits and lose our lives for nothing."

"You're joking, Daoist. I don't know about other places, but there are no bandits here. It's better to watch out for the beasts in the woods than the bandits."

"Really? But I heard that this place is not peaceful." Li Huowang took the bait and asked, and the other party immediately bit the hook.

"That's the county's business. It has nothing to do with us peddlers. The county has merchants to take care of it." The peddler shrugged.

"Oh? Please tell me more. I'm new here, and I don't know much about this place."

But when Li Huowang asked, the other party didn't say anything and seemed to be afraid of something.

Li Huowang didn't press further and instead looked at the things on the peddler's shoulder pole. "What do you have in there?"

The peddler's eyes lit up at the prospect of business. "As a food peddler, I sell things like soap cakes, clear sand dumplings, and milk sugar sauce."

After Li Huowang bought most of the different foods from his basket, he asked again. The peddler hesitated for a moment before finally lowering his voice and saying, "I'll tell you, but don't talk nonsense outside. I heard that there are ghosts in Cangshui County ahead."

"Ghosts?" Li Huowang was surprised. He never thought he would hear such words from someone else's mouth.

"Yes, isn't it the Ghost Festival on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month? But, ah, the King of Hell forgot to close the ghost gate, and the things in the underworld came out."

Li Huowang didn't believe a word of what the other party said. If this guy knew that the King of Hell forgot to close the ghost gate, then he was too talented to be just a peddler.

"Just tell me what happened in Cangshui County without exaggerating."