"Brother, are you kidding me? Is this Ueno Village?" Su Anlin said.
"This is indeed Ueno Village, but I have never heard of anyone named Wang Cunshui here." The middle-aged man said seriously, and it didn't sound like he was lying.
And there is no need for the other party to tell lies, he is not here to seek revenge, he is just looking for someone.
Su Anlin frowned.
Logically speaking, with Yanagi Ye's energy, he can't make a mistake.
Then there is only one possibility, this Wang Cunshui may be hiding his name here.
After all, Liu Ye said that his junior disciple had a somewhat strange temperament, and perhaps for some purpose, he really kept his name anonymous.
"Little brother, are you looking in the wrong place?" the middle-aged man said again.
"Big brother, it's getting late. I want to stay here for the night. I can pay some silver."
Since there is no one, we can only settle for the next best thing and live here now.
See if there is any weirdo here. That weirdo may be Wang Cunshui.
"Live here." The middle-aged man hesitated: "It's not that I won't let you live. When you entered the village, you should have seen it. The stone tablet said that there is a ghost here."
Su Anlin said: "I saw it, but I am very strange, why are you not afraid?"
A young man with a shaved head next to him interrupted: "Didn't you see that we are patrolling?"
"patrol……"
The middle-aged man explained: "Yes, because our village is haunted, there must be patrols at all times to prevent accidents. As for us not being afraid... Haha, what's the use of being afraid? We are all used to it, and let's talk about it. Everyone in our village has learned it
Some self-defense methods.”
What they said refreshed Su Anlin's understanding.
The entire village actually learned how to defend themselves.
"Brother, I'm actually a warrior, so I'm not afraid of ghosts. Now that it's dark, I have nowhere to go, so I can only stay here." Su Anlin said solemnly.
"Warriors can't deal with evil spirits? But since you have to live here, there's nothing you can do about it. Come with me. I'll take you into the village and meet the village chief."
"It's time to work."
Su Anlin breathed a sigh of relief.
Although this place was weird, the villagers were pretty nice and didn't make things difficult for him.
After talking, Su Anlin learned that the middle-aged man's name was Yu Fei.
He is not a warrior. In fact, there are no warriors in the village, but everyone here learns a technique called Qi Control.
This technique is said to be able to activate the breath and deal with evil spirits.
"What you just met was a wind ghost. This kind of evil spirit likes to suck people's yang energy and lie on people's bodies without knowing it."
Yu Fei explained while leading the way.
Su Anlin was curious: "I have encountered wind ghosts before, but they were much more ferocious than this one."
"Is the wind ghost fierce? Where did you meet it?"
"An ancient tomb." Su Anlin described the situation at that time.
Yu Fei was surprised and said: "It turns out to be an ancient tomb, but that's different. The ancient tomb has been buried underground for too long, and the evil spirits will become more brutal and powerful after accepting the Yin Qi from the underground."
Su Anlin nodded.
He found that he still knew too little about the evil spirits in this world.
Suddenly, in the forest ahead, the leaves of a tree started to move on their own.
It's like someone is shaking under the tree.
Su Anlin was stunned: "What's going on?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the trunks of the trees began to swing downward.
It's like a gesture of invitation.
"Don't worry, this is the tree ghost who guards the gate of our village. If there is danger or a stranger comes in, the tree ghost will swing. He just welcomed you."
The corners of Su Anlin's mouth twitched and he couldn't help but take another look at the tree: "This...is this welcoming me? Is Xie Sui so smart? No, so friendly?"
"People are divided into good and bad, and of course there are evil spirits. There is a saying. I wonder if Brother Su has ever heard of it?"
"Please tell me."
"People know that ghosts are scary, and ghosts know that people's hearts are poisonous! Sometimes, people are more poisonous than ghosts!"
"Brother Yu, how do you know so much when you stay in the village every day?" Su Anlin was surprised.
Yu Fei smiled sarcastically and said sheepishly: "I read it in novels. There are many ghost stories recorded in some books. After reading those books, I actually feel that there are some people outside who are scarier."
While he was talking, Su Anlin followed him into the village.
There are about forty or fifty households in the village, with a population of several hundred people.
At this time, most people are eating.
In the small village, there is smoke from cooking, half-grown children are playing in the open space in the village, chickens, ducks, geese and other livestock have returned to the chicken coop and begun to hibernate.
A peaceful scene.
Many people looked at Su Anlin curiously after seeing him.
As Su Anlin walked, he observed the blood bars above everyone's head.
He found that people living here generally had higher health bars than people outside.
For example, even a child has a health bar of seventy or eighty.
A few strong middle-aged men had health bars reaching 200.
Seeing these people, Su Anlin secretly felt a sense of urgency in his heart.
His health bar is still only 180. From the outside world, his health bar is already high enough to be regarded as a master.
But here, it’s not as good as too much.
Finally arriving at a farmyard, Yu Fei said: "Our village's surname is Li. When you enter, please explain your purpose of visit and speak nicely."
"Okay, big brother."
Entering the house, you saw an old man with a goatee sitting on a chair with his eyes closed and meditating.
There were several children around, playing happily.
Two women, one older and one younger, were serving food.
A very simple family.
But when he saw the health bar on the old man's head, Su Anlin knew that this old man was not simple.
[Health bar: 410/410!]
This is so weird, the health bar is so high.
This is a boss-level existence in the village.
Su Anlin couldn't help but look squarely at the village chief.
The village chief looks a bit older, around fifty years old, but his strength is definitely not low.
He was almost certain that the person in front of him was Wang Cunshui he was looking for.
The village chief raised his eyes and glanced at Su Anlin: "An outsider."
"Village chief, this is Su Anlin. Brother Su said that he was entrusted by a city lord to come and find a man named Wang Cunshui."
Yu Fei just finished speaking.
Su Anlin was keenly aware that a different look flashed in the village chief's eyes.
"Stop looking, there is no one named Wang Cunshui here."
The village chief put down the teapot and waved his hand towards Su Anlin: "Let's go, I will arrange a place for you tonight. You will come back where you came from tomorrow morning."
Su Anlin said seriously: "Don't the village chief want to know which city lord asked me to come here? Or does the village chief know who asked me to come?"
The village chief narrowed his eyes: "Our village has been isolated from the world for many years. I never inquire about the outside world."
"That's a pity. The city lord also gave me a letter."
Su Anlin took out the letter: "Since Wang Cunshui does not exist here, it seems that I can't find anyone, so let's go back and run for my life."
After he finished speaking, he walked towards the tea stove nearby.
"If you can't find anyone, just burn the letter."
"Huh?" The village chief looked at the letter and saw that Su Anlin was really about to burn the letter. He hurriedly said: "Wait a minute..."
But it's too late.
Su Anlin had already thrown the letter into the fire.
Soon, the letter was burned to a pile of ashes.
"You guy, you, you, you..."
The village chief was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
The family watching next to them were puzzled. What was going on? Why was the head of the family so excited all of a sudden?
Su Anlin shrugged: "Since I can't find Wang Cunshui, I'm leaving. Brother Yu, please take me to my residence."
He walked without any sloppiness.
Because he has determined that the village chief is Wang Cunshui.
It can be seen from the importance he attached to this letter.
The night is already deep.
Su Anlin lives in the yard of a widow's house.
This is a residence arranged for him by Yu Fei.
The widow's husband accidentally fell into the water and drowned while farming a few years ago, leaving only his wife and a son.
At midnight, Su Anlin was waiting.
He bets that the village chief will come to him.
Judging from how much he valued the letter, the village chief must have been very anxious when the letter was burned, so he would definitely come to him to ask about the situation.
As for what to do if you don't come to find me? Then go look for me early tomorrow morning, I don't care about the time.
At this time, he was sitting cross-legged on the bed, running the Yang Shen Gong in his heart.
Along the way, my proficiency in Yangshen Gong became higher and higher.
Suddenly, the panel changed.
[Yang Sheng Gong: Grandmaster!]
"Hiss, hiss..."
Su Anlin took a deep breath, Yang Shen Gong finally reached the master level.
It's not easy.
As Yang Shen Gong reached the master level, he felt the Yang Qi in his body rapidly condense and take shape in his abdomen.
Maybe it was just a ball of air before, but now, it's like a pill.
Once this elixir was activated, Su Anlin felt a heat spreading in all directions.
In addition, once the Yang Qi in the body is consumed, it will be generated again.
It’s endless, constantly moving.
"I understand. After reaching the master level, Yang Qi is almost endless, and the endurance is at least three times higher than before!"
Su Anlin looked surprised.
Don't underestimate this three times.
For example, in the battle among corpses and ghosts, until the end, his yang energy was consumed very quickly in order to resist the ubiquitous yin energy.
By the time I left, there was almost no yang energy left.
But it's different now.
Not only is it stronger, but it is also more durable. If it enters the corpse mass again, it will be a nightmare for the evil beings inside.
In addition, Su Anlin found that his health bar had also been greatly improved.
The health bar was 180 before, but now it has increased by 19 points.
[Health bar: 199/199.]
Isn’t this so cool?
…
…
In the village chief's room.
The oil lamp made of sheep fat flickered with a faint light.
The village chief's family had all gone to bed, but his wife on the bed couldn't sleep, looking at her husband sitting under the oil lamp and sitting at the window.
"Why aren't you sleeping yet?" the wife hesitated and asked.
"Think about things."
"Is that you the young man is talking about?" the wife said.
The village chief stopped talking, turned to look at his wife, and sighed softly.
"I know you are definitely not simple. You want to hide something from me." The wife simply sat up and leaned against the gray-white wall: "When I was a child, I remember that there were always dead people in the village. The old people said that our village was a shady place.
It’s a place where Qi gathers, so it’s prone to being haunted.”
"Then you came. It was you who said you had picked up a book called Qi Control Technique, and you took the lead in making people practice it. Later, under your leadership, no more people died in the village, and everyone learned the Qi Control Technique...
…”
"After being with you, I feel that you must have a story outside."
The village chief sighed: "Then why didn't you ask me?"
"If you don't tell me, you have your own reasons. There's nothing to ask. Who hasn't gotten over it yet?"
After thinking for a while, the wife said again: "I know you want to go to Widow Zhang's house, right?"
"You sound like I want to go to Widow Zhang's house." The village chief shook his head.
"It's as if you haven't been there. I mean, go to her place to find that young man."
"Well……"
"Go ahead, that young man is not stupid at all. He won't really burn the letter."
"Hey, okay."
The village chief nodded and left the house.
Whoosh!
As soon as he entered the yard of Widow Zhang's house, he saw a burly figure with his back to him.
"Here we come, I've been waiting for you for a long time, Senior Wang Cunshui."
It was Su Anlin who spoke.
Just now he saw the village chief's health bar in the darkness outside his window, so he simply got up and went to the yard to wait.
But the village chief didn't know.
Looking at Su Anlin's appearance, he felt that this young man was not simple, he looked like a master.
This kid has some strength.
"Is Widow Zhang asleep?" Wang Cunshui asked.
"Well, I must be asleep at this time."
Su Anlin turned around and looked at Wang Cunshui: "So, you are Wang Cunshui, and you have become the village chief incognito here."
"Hey... Liu Ye asked you to find me? What trouble did he encounter?"
"He's dead." Su Anlin said concisely and to the point.
Wang Cunshui froze, incredulous: "How is that possible?"
"It's true, he died in a corpse mass." Su Anlin said.
"The ghosts in the corpse group are usually only in the eighth grade. With his strength, he is enough to escape from that kind of place. What's more, he has our master's secret weapon, the Bronze Gate, on his body. How can he die?"
Su Anlin shook his head, "There were some troubles during the process and he was poisoned. On the other hand, he didn't want to escape. He wanted to rely on his own strength to consume the power of the ghosts and prevent them from covering Heshui County!"
"So, he has used his own efforts to protect the current security of Heshui County."
Su Anlin sighed.
"Ha ha……"
Wang Cunshui smiled, smiled, and shook his head: "Brother, you are still pedantic after all. Because of your pedantry, you died before me, so in the end, I won, it was me who won!"
Su Anlin didn't understand why.
From the way he looked at Wang Cunshui just now, he must have feelings for Yanagi Ye.
But now, his tone is full of resentment!
It seems that he is also a person with stories.
"Where's the letter?" Wang Cunshui stretched out his hand.
Su Anlin thought for a moment and said, "It was burned just now."
"You kid, stop talking nonsense. I think you are also a smart person. How could you burn it?" Wang Cunshui obviously didn't believe it.
"It's really burning. Why are you lying to me? You said there is no Wang Cushui here. I just thought about burning it. I didn't want to come here anyway."
Su Anlin was very calm: "It's not that I owe Mr. Liu Ye a favor. I just came here. Now I can't find him. I think Master Liu Ye knows what I am doing, so he won't blame me."