The moon and stars are sparse in the night sky, and the shadows of the trees in the dense forest are longing. From time to time, one or two piercing calls of night owls can be heard.
A group of people who had accepted the commission to rescue Chu Haoman were walking in the silent mountain forest. The leader was Wang Linian, a monk from the Wang family in Taiyuan. He had a long sword tied to his waist and a compass in his hand. He followed the compass's guidance with expressionless steps as he walked.
The rest of the people followed behind.
Since Chu Haoman might be involved in a highly dangerous strange change, everyone came as prepared as possible, carrying packages and luggage. The twin brothers Yu Yong and Yu Yuan even carried a
A heavy wooden box half as tall as a man.
"Hey, by the way, have you seen that Miss Wang?"
Perhaps because he felt too bored, one of the Yu Yong and Yu Yuan twins asked: "We have never met before. It's quite interesting. A group of us rescued her fiancé, but she never showed up.
Let the housekeeper resolve it.
I don’t know if I’m blinded by crying and it’s hard to see people.
I still feel it doesn’t matter.”
"As for the five surnames and Qi Wang, there must be some pomp and circumstance."
A young man named Yan Yan, wearing half a ghost mask on his face, sneered: "If you eat pork, you don't need to see the butcher in charge of killing the pigs in person."
"Arrived."
Wang Linian, the leader, seemed not to have heard them talking about the Wang family. He suddenly stopped and took out a map to compare, "This is Qishui'ao..."
He turned to look at Scholar Yu, "Scholar, have you read the Dingzhou County Chronicle?"
"Yeah."
Scholar Yu nodded, "If I remember correctly, Qishui'ao is geographically located between Wangyue Village and Liuchu Village. It has chestnut trees, peach trees and other resources. But now, no one lives there."
Liao Kaifeng frowned: "Now?"
"Yes, around the time of the former Sui Dynasty, there was a village called Qishui Village in this area, which was famous for the delicious fish it produced. Later, after the demise of the former Sui Dynasty, there were endless wars in Hedong Road, and rebels and bandits were everywhere. Qishui Village
Shuicun is cut off from information from the outside world,
When someone later visited, the entire village had disappeared, and the rivers and lakes that could produce fish were also polluted.
Without the fishery, Qishui'ao would be a place surrounded by mountains on three sides, inconvenient to travel, and no one would live anymore."
Scholar Yu said: "At that time, there were too many villages in the same situation as Hedong Road and Qishui Village. I don't know how many villages and towns were massacred and disappeared during the military disaster."
Li Ang said quietly: "The baby was stuck on the tree and danced around for fun. In the counties and counties it passed, there was no bare land left. In spring, the swallows returned and nested in the trees."
Scholar Yu raised his eyebrows, glanced at him, nodded and said: "It's very appropriate. The military disaster at the end of the Sui Dynasty was so ridiculous and cruel.
However, according to Xuegong, it is difficult to explain and analyze the strange changes with common sense, and we cannot take it for granted that the changes are related to the things in Qishui Village."
He paused and said with some embarrassment: "Of course this is all my personal opinion. You are more qualified to speak when facing aliens."
"It doesn't matter, any opinion is valuable."
Wang Linian nodded and said to the others: "Scholar Yu has a photographic memory. Before he came, he had memorized most of the county annals, folk customs, and legends in the Hedong Road area."
That’s right.
Liao Kaifeng, Yan Yan and others raised their chins slightly, no wonder Wang Linian would bring along the lowly Jade Scholar.
Being able to memorize local folklore is indeed an ability that can increase the probability of survival.
Wang Linian took out three incense sticks from his arms, rubbed the top of one of the incense sticks with his fingers, and lit it, emitting a faint, strange smell that could not be described as fragrant or bad.
Zhenghunxiang.
This precious incense made of more than ten kinds of special materials can soothe the mind and calm the soul, and can also be used to reveal things that cannot be seen with the naked eye.
For example, the weird type.
The smoke from the incense rose and drifted forward, covering the rugged mountain road ahead and lingering.
Wang Linian inserted three incense sticks into the three grooves of the compass, triggered the windproof charm on the compass, let the incense sticks burn on their own, then took out the tubular fireworks from his arms, lit them and pointed them toward the sky.
Crack—crack.
Brilliant fireworks bloomed in the night sky. Wang Linian turned around and said to everyone: "I launched communication fireworks. Wang's people will blockade this mountainous area and strictly prohibit anyone from entering until we come out.
These three incense sticks will burn in turn, lasting a total of thirty-six hours.
We need to find and rescue Chu Langjun within thirty-six hours. If you have any objections, you can withdraw now."
Li Ang looked around at the crowd, and no one raised their hands to object - Ji Xingwang came to save his students, and everyone else received Wang's reward. They took people's money and helped them to eliminate disasters.
Similarly, no one asked what would happen if Chu Haoman could not be rescued within thirty-six hours - no one was stupid. If he found that nothing could be done, he would definitely go back the same way and wait for more help. He would not stay here
Chu Haoman was buried with him in the mutation.
"In that case, let's go. Get all the communication fireworks ready."
Wang Linian placed the compass in the middle of the road and strode into the mist.
The mountain road was filled with thick fog, and the visibility distance decreased sharply. Li Ang, walking among the crowd, could only vaguely see the back of the head of Yan Yan's figure in front, while the faint light of Zhenghunxiang behind the road was so weak that it was almost invisible.
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"The fog is getting thicker..."
Ji Xingwang said softly, took out a stack of talismans from his arms and clasped them with one finger.
"Get closer, anything can happen in the strange changes."
Wang Linian put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist and said coldly: "Yan Yan, read the thread."
"Yeah."
The young man wearing half a ghost mask nodded, flipped his palm, and threw out a soft silk thread with many bells attached.
The carriers of telepathy master's telepathy power are diverse, including water flow, ice crystals, metals, swords and even fallen leaves and flying flowers.
Thought threads are a relatively common and basic type of thought power carrier, and many mind masters use them as early warning and detection means.
As Yan Yan poured his mind power into it, the soft silk thread slowly tightened, spiraling around everyone and extending outward. The bell tied to the silk thread was also a special item. It would only make a sound when a strange aura was detected.
Silk threads and bells were exploring the way ahead, and everyone subconsciously slowed down and moved forward slowly.
"Did you hear that?"
The tattooed strong man Liao Kaifeng suddenly stopped, his face changed slightly, and he asked aloud.
Scholar Yu asked subconsciously: "What did you hear?"
"The sound of wind and crying..."
The next moment, the earth shook and undulated like waves, strong winds blew, and thick fog rolled in. Liao Kaifeng's voice suddenly decreased, replaced by a harsh cry mixed in the wind, which was sharp and not like a human voice.
The thought thread released by Yan Yan left no room for resistance and was directly torn into pieces. The copper bell tied to it was blown away to an unknown place.
Ji Xingwang threw out a bunch of talismans. As soon as the talismans were suspended in the air, they seemed to have been touched by fire, burning spontaneously and not even lasting half a second.
Even though Mo Si's clone did not have hearing organs in the strict sense, it was still invaded by the sharp cries and shook its whole body. It had to squat down and dig its hands into the ground to stabilize its body in the strong wind and earthquake.
The natural disaster lasted for more than a hundred breaths. When the wind gradually weakened and the earth stopped shaking, Li Ang stood up and looked around.
The thread, the talisman, and the rest of the companions were all gone. When I looked back, I couldn't see the faint light of Zhenghunxiang.
In front of me, there is only a dense forest filled with dense fog.
This chapter has been completed!