Taoist priest, let’s become immortals together!

Li Erniu: “…”

What kind of words are you talking about?

You look down on people, don't you?

"Hey, Li Dali, are you hoping that I'll die out there and never come back?" Li Erniu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the burly man who was speaking. Although he wanted to reminisce about the past, he thought about the situation in the village and hurriedly asked, "How's the village doing recently? Have you found the children?"

The three of them looked gloomy.

Li Dali put away his shovel and waved his hand to signal the other two strong men to hide in the bushes again. Then he looked at Chen Yuan, who was wearing a green Taoist robe, and asked, "Is this the Taoist priest you invited?"

"Yeah, the little Taoist priest is really powerful." Li Erniu couldn't help but raise his head and said proudly, "I saw it with my own eyes. The little Taoist priest killed many evil spirits in the blink of an eye~"

Li Dali's face was full of suspicion.

This young Taoist priest is much younger than those guys who came a few days ago and had no skills at all but cheated them out of a lot of money. This young Taoist priest... is he really capable?

Just looked at Li Erniu again.

On the contrary, he highly respected the young Taoist priest.

"Well, since we're here, let's go in and take a look. But I'm going to tell you this: if you can't do it, don't force it." Li Dali sighed. "A few days ago, a Taoist priest really wanted to do something, but he didn't have the ability... In the end, he died so badly that not even his remains could be found!"

Their village.

But there really is evil.

He has no ability but still tries to cheat people out of money.

Don't risk your life!

Li Erniu scratched his head and explained embarrassedly, "Don't be angry, young Taoist priest. Dali is just straightforward, but he doesn't have any bad intentions."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly.

understand.

I guess he has been cheated by many scammers.

Seeing that Li Erniu was extremely convinced of the young Taoist priest, Li Dali didn't know what to say. He waved his hand and said, "Let's go find the village chief first. The Taoist priest who came yesterday is probably at the village chief's house right now."

Chen Yuan remained silent.

Afterwards, the three of them passed through stones half a person's height and walked on a small path that could accommodate four or five people. There were houses on both sides and smoke rising from cooking fires.

But it was broad daylight.

Apart from the sounds of chickens crowing and dogs barking.

There were no villagers in sight.

Li Dali sighed deeply, his expression stern. His strong body looked extremely lonely at the moment.

"Alas, since you left, Erniu, more than a dozen children have disappeared. At first, they were babies of just a few months old, and now even children as young as four or five have started to disappear out of nowhere!"

"Ah!" Li Erniu screamed in shock.

"Erniu!" Li Dali was so frightened that he turned around and cursed, "Why are you yelling? You scared me!"

Li Erniu has been timid since he was a child.

A sudden surprise.

He doesn't look like a member of the Li family at all!

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Li Erniu also knew that he had lost his composure and apologized repeatedly. Then, his heart was in his throat and he asked, "I was just thinking about our little brother. Is he... okay?"

"It's okay."

"Oh, that's good, that's good."

Li Erniu patted his chest.

...

Xiaoshizi Village, with more than a hundred households, is considered a large village. Walking along the path past dozens of households, a spacious square suddenly appears before your eyes.

The square was surrounded by haystacks.

Center.

A large stone mill is placed there.

It looks quite old.

As for the west side, there is a simple wooden platform, which should be newly built. Some coarse cloth is hung on the top and both sides of the platform, and there are several wooden benches on the platform. It looks like... a temporary stage.

"This is?"

Li Erniu was puzzled.

It was clearly not there when he left.

Why was the stage suddenly set up?

The temple fair in the village...isn't it time yet?

"It's a stage for opera performances." Li Dali curled his lips. "What? You don't even recognize this?" After a pause, Li Dali continued, "The village chief ordered it to be built. They invited a passing opera troupe to perform for the ancestors and to ward off evil spirits."

He smiled bitterly, "There's nothing I can do. I've tried every trick I can think of."

Chen Yuan understood.

He went to the doctor in a hurry.

Nothing can be done.

Some people said that there was no match.

Soon, Li Dali brought Chen Yuan and the others to the door of a farm with five rooms. The main door was made of lacquered red wood, and door gods were posted on the left and right doors. It was obvious at a glance that this family was one of the best in the village.

"go in."

The three of them walked into the courtyard.

As soon as I came in, I heard a lot of noisy sounds, which formed a sharp contrast with the dead silence of the village. Several village women walked out of the house with smiles on their faces, holding steaming meat and vegetables in their hands, and walked quickly towards the main hall.

"Ouch, here comes another one~"

A village woman came out of the main hall, looked up and saw Chen Yuan in a Taoist robe. She smiled and hurried over, wiped her oily hands on her coarse apron, and hurriedly asked Chen Yuan to go to the main hall.

"Auntie, give me a bowl~"

Li Dali ran to the kitchen door, put his head in, and drooled.

"Go away! These are for the guests, not your turn!"

"mean!"

"Oh! Your skin is itchy, isn't it?"

Cursing.

Li Dali's head shrank and he quickly ran out. His figure disappeared, leaving only his voice, which reached the ears of Chen Yuan and the others.

"Erniu, you guys go in by yourselves. I still have to guard the village entrance!"

Chen Yuan looked at the woman who invited him in, frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice, "The village is dead silent everywhere, not even a single person is around, but the village chief's house is quite lively."

Li Erniu lowered his head and said nothing.

He felt ashamed.

It’s such a big deal that the children are missing.

The village chief’s house is so lively.

It's as if it has nothing to do with them.

I feel really uncomfortable.

"Auntie, what are you doing?"

"Alas, Erniu, how could we not be anxious? But we're at our wit's end, so we invited a troupe to perform." The woman knew the village's situation, but she still managed a fake smile. "The troupe said they only perform after we've had enough to eat and drink."

"It has to be fatty meat, the fatter the better~"

"Everyone in the village has to smile. We can't let our ancestors see us with a frown, otherwise they will be unhappy."

they.

There is really no other way.

They are all honest people who have never traveled far.

It’s just what others say.

As long as I can find the lost doll, I will give my heart and soul!

Chen Yuan raised his eyebrows, "Oh, this is interesting."

sound.

This opera troupe has quite a few rules.

But I don't know if he has real skills, or if he is just pretending to be a ghost, going to Xiaoshizi Village to cheat some money, and then running away.

Thinking.

The woman had already invited them both into the main hall.

The main hall was spacious, but now it was full of people. Except for an old Taoist priest wearing a gray robe and with a white beard and wrinkles all over his face, and the village chief of Xiaoshizi Village, the remaining dozen or so people were all actors from the opera troupe.

"Master Zhang."

"Oh?" Zhang, the head of the opera troupe, swallowed a piece of greasy fat, raised his head and looked at Chen Yuan, "Oh, another Taoist priest, don't just stand there, take a seat quickly, eat and drink your fill, because you still have to watch over the children in the village tonight."

Done.

The other actors all looked up.

Faces of all shapes and sizes, all smiling, faced Chen Yuan, smiling silently...