After Ye Qing and Xiaoyang left the ruined temple, they walked quickly without encountering any danger on the road. They successfully arrived at Yuquan Village before noon.

Although he had already known about the situation in Yuquan Village from Ling Jianqiu, it was only after he actually arrived in Yuquan Village and saw the situation in Yuquan Village that Ye Qing realized that the matter was more serious than imagined.

I saw that the fields outside Yuquan Village were all deserted and overgrown with weeds; the village defenses were empty, and the village was in a mess, with garbage and feces piled everywhere.

What's even more terrifying is that the villagers of Yuquan Village, both adults and children, are all emaciated and emaciated, as if they have suffered from famine.

But all the villagers' faces were filled with happy smiles, which was strange and unusual.

Moreover, there were only about 300 people left in the village that originally had thousands of people.

Ye Qing and Xiaoyang visited all the villagers, but found nothing. Everyone's words were exactly the same as Ling Jianqiu's previous words.

As for the news about Yu Hai, the villagers also know nothing about it. In short, no one has ever seen Yu Hai and they don’t know who he is?

Afterwards, Ye Qing and Xiaoyang searched carefully in and around Yuquan Village, but also failed to find any useful clues.

Of course, there are a few clues that are not clues.

First, the reason why the villagers in Yuquan Village are emaciated and emaciated is not because they haven't eaten, but purely due to the depletion of Qi and blood.

Second, when the two of them searched for clues around Yuquan Village, they did not see any strange traces, not even the most common wind children, clay dolls, etc.

Moreover, it stands to reason that Yuquan Village is empty of defenses, there are no patrols, and the villagers have no resistance. Any severe level monster can kill Yuquan Village completely.

However, Yuquan Village was safe and sound.

According to Ye Qing and Xiaoyang's speculation, there are two possibilities for this reason: First, there is an extremely powerful monster around Yuquan Village, which scares away the surrounding monsters, and this monster has an unknown purpose.

So these villagers were not killed.

For example, picky eaters;

For example, stocking up on food;

etc.

Second, there was something strange happening in Yuquan Village. The strange presence affected the villagers and scared away the surrounding monsters.

After discussion between the two, they decided that the first option was more likely.

Because the villagers' hearts were scarred with knives, and those scars were probably the direct cause of their Qi and blood depletion.

If it is really weird, with its weird abilities and terror, there is no need to be like this!

Of course, this is just the speculation of the two people. The truth of the matter still needs further investigation.

However, in Ye Qing's opinion, it is best not to be weird. If it is really weird... then, I'm sorry, I can only run away first.

…

As the sun sets and the moon rises, when Yuquan Village is covered in darkness, silence becomes the only theme in the world.

To be precise, it's not silence, but dead silence.

Just like Yuquan Village, like a truly dead village, without a ray of light, without a trace of sound, without a trace of life.

"It's so strange. I always feel like Yuquan Village is already dead!"

Ye Qing and Xiaoyang, who were sincere, hid far away from Yuquan Village, stared at Yuquan Village from a distance, and whispered.

Originally, hiding in the village and observing closely was the best choice, but God knows what made Yuquan Village become like this?

If it's something weird, that's fine. With their strength, even if they're defeated, they'll still be able to escape. If it's something weird, they might also be in danger.

Of course, it was a small matter to put them in danger, but it would be a big deal if they delayed the investigation of the truth and were unable to report to the Jing'an Division, so the two of them chose to stay away from Yuquan Village and observe in secret.

This is not cowardice, but a strategy, yes, a strategy!

"It's true. During the day, the village is still somewhat popular, but at night, the spirit of the entire village disappears, like a tomb."

Ye Qing turned over, lying flat on the ground, looking at the dark clouds in the sky, and said calmly: "Tonight, there should be something harvested!"

"Hey, it's good to have a harvest, but it would be troublesome if it was a reminder!" Xiaoyang followed suit, lying on the ground and laughing.

"Crow's Mouth!"

Ye Qing rolled his eyes at Xiaoyang: "But, lucky people have their own destiny. As long as you are here, brother, even if it is a reminder of life, it will probably become a lucky star!"

"That's true, I like to hear it!" Xiaoyang laughed.

The two of them chatted and paid attention to the situation in Yuquan Village. Time flew by.

"coming!"

Just after the birth, Ye Qing, who was lying on the ground with his eyes closed and dozing, suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes sparkling with electricity.

At the same time, Xiaoyang also woke up.

The two of them looked along the night sky, and saw that at some point, a burst of water mist was rising on the lake next to Yuquan Village.

That lake is named Yuquan. The water is like jasper, sweet and delicious, so it is named Yuquan, and the name of Yuquan Village comes from this.

The two of them also checked Yuquan during the day, but found nothing.

But now it seems that the problem lies with Yuquan.

The two of them looked at each other and were both a little embarrassed. Fortunately, one of them was in the Refining Gang Realm and the other was in the Tuo Pulse Realm. They walked around Yuquan two or three times and found nothing unusual.

Somewhat embarrassing!

Over the Yuquan, the water mist became thicker and thicker, and then a large snow-white fish, one foot long and three feet long, with three red whiskers growing on its gills, jumped out of the spring water and suspended in the air.

After a while, no less than hundreds of big fish appeared in the sky, a vast expanse of white, like falling snow.

"Dangdang"

Suddenly, a strange human-like creature slowly emerged from the water with a turtle shell on its back, two horns on its head, a face as black as ink, and hands and feet.

The strange humanoid figure is holding a gong in one hand and a drumstick in the other. It is beating the gong while emerging from the water.

Amidst the clanging sound, the big fish in the air began to swim and spread forward, forming a snow-white bridge in the blink of an eye.

The spring water rose up automatically, lifting up the strange humanoid figure and landing it on the bridge formed by the big fish.

After landing on the bridge, the big fish carried the strange humanoid creature and flew towards Yuquan Village.

"What kind of weirdness is this?" Ye Qing asked via voice transmission.

Xiaoyang stared at the strange thing in the sky and shook his head: "I don't know, but it looks like it's a kind of lake spirit."

"Lake spirit?" There are mountain spirits in the mountains and water spirits in the water. The strange human form in front of me should be a kind of water spirit. It is similar to the mountain spirit in Xiaojun Mountain, except that one is good and the other is evil!

Ye Qing squinted his eyes and looked at the lake spirit in the sky. He saw the lake spirit reaching the sky above Yuquan Village, picking up the drumstick and hitting the gong hard.

"when……"

The crisp sound seemed to carry some strange power, causing ripples in the air.

As the sound spread, the villagers in Yuquan Village came out one after another, holding a knife in their hands.

All the villagers looked numb and their eyes were cloudy, as if they were dead.

After leaving the village, hundreds of villagers walked straight to the Yuquan.

"When...when..."

The lake spirit on the big fish returned to the sky above Yuquan and struck the gong twice in succession.

The sound of the gong was rapid, compact, and extremely sharp. Even though they were far apart, Ye Qing and Xiaoyang felt that their spirits were swaying and their minds were confused.

Following the sound of the gong, the villagers standing in front of the Yuquan began to tear off their clothes to expose their chests, then picked up the knife in their hands and cut a deep scar at the heart.

After the wound was dug out, gurgling blood flowed out and dripped into the jade spring.

The clear and clean lake water was instantly stained with blood and became turbid.

As if he didn't know the pain, the villager stood there, dumbfounded and silent.

After the villager had shed about a large bowl of his heart's blood, the red beard of the big white fish in the sky hung down and caressed the villager's wound.

The next moment, the wound on the villager's heart immediately stopped bleeding.

Immediately, the villager turned and left, and another villager stepped forward, doing the same thing as the first villager, gouging out his chest and bleeding out.

The third person...

The fourth person...

The fifth person...

The villagers of Yuquan Village were like puppets on strings, one after another, gouging out their chests and dripping their heart essence and blood into Yuquan.

After a while, the spring water was completely dyed blood red, as thick as mercury, and the strong smell of blood filled the void.

"What do you think this lake spirit wants to do?" Ye Qing asked in a low voice.

Xiaoyang shook his head: "I don't know, but it's not a good thing anyway, let's take a look and tell you!"

"When...when..."

After about half a cup of tea, the lake spirit in the sky suddenly struck the gong. With the sound of the gong, the lake water in the center of the Yuquan slowly rotated, forming a whirlpool.

In the center of the whirlpool, a lotus flower as white as jade slowly emerged.
To be continued...