On the way to Donglin County, Gu Cheng and Qi Zhou asked for information about Donglin County.
Qi Zhou is the most senior, and he has been to basically all the counties in Heyang Prefecture.
Donglin County is surrounded by mountains. It is a small county. It is only as big as a city in Luo County and has a population of only 20,000 to 30,000. It is said to be a county, but in fact it is just a relatively large city.
It's just a town.
Naturally, there would be no people from Jingyesi guarding such a small place. It would be a pure waste of strength.
There was not even a decent road in the entire Donglin County. Everyone entered the mountains through small roads and walked for three full days before arriving at the county seat of Donglin County.
Moreover, the appearance of the county seat is also extremely dilapidated. There are cracks in the city walls, but no one has repaired them.
Entering the county town, Gu Cheng looked around. There was nothing strange about this county town, except that the number of people was a bit small. Maybe because they hadn't seen outsiders for a long time, some people looked at Gu Cheng and others with curious eyes.
After arriving at the county government office, Zhang Mingyun, the magistrate of Donglin County, came out to greet him personally.
He is a middle-aged man in his fifties, with a gloomy look on his face. When he saw Gu Cheng and others coming, the gloominess on his face finally dissipated, and he said with a slightly excited expression:
"You are finally here. If you don't come, we won't be able to stay in Donglin County any longer."
Gu Cheng said: "Sir, please don't get excited. The situation in Donglin County is not optimistic now?"
Zhang Mingyun smiled bitterly and said: "Optimistic? If the matter is not resolved, I'm afraid the people in Donglin County will move away with their families.
Every night the music for weddings and funerals gets louder and louder, almost as if it is ringing in everyone's heads, even if you cover your ears, it doesn't work.
Moreover, more than a dozen people have disappeared one after another, and no one is still alive or dead, but no corpses are found.
In a small county like Donglin County, there has been no murder case for several years, and now so many people are missing all of a sudden, people are already panicking."
"Don't worry, Master Zhang. Now that I'm here, I will definitely give you an explanation."
With that said, Gu Cheng looked at Xiao Yi: "Xiao Yi, use the Chonglong Jade Talisman to see if there is any Yin Qi left."
Xiao Yi nodded and immediately took out the Dragon Chong Jade Talisman and lit it.
In an instant, the talisman flew out in one direction, but it only flew a few dozen feet before completely burning into ashes.
Zhang Mingyun on the side suddenly widened his eyes.
Although he knew about Jingyesi's existence, this was the first time he saw the practitioners' various miraculous methods.
Xiao Yi looked a little solemn and said: "The situation is not optimistic, there is no Yin Qi left in the county, and no ghosts have come.
But there is extremely strong Yin Qi in the mountains over there, it is so strong that even at such a distance, it can make the Chonglong Jade Talisman burn."
"County Magistrate Zhang, when did the incident start? Was there anything wrong with that mountain before? What is the background of that mountain?"
Magistrate Zhang thought for a while and said: "It started about half a month ago. Everything was normal before. This situation has never happened before.
That mountain is called Jiangjun Mountain. It is said that it was once the fiefdom of a general from the previous dynasty, but it was later abandoned.
In the past, many hunters went up to the mountains to hunt, but there were no accidents."
Gu Cheng thought for a while, and according to what the county magistrate said, there should have been some accident in Jiangjun Mountain half a month ago that caused the change.
"County Magistrate Zhang, we will stay in the county town tonight to see what is going on.
By the way, is there any county annals here at the county government office? Especially about Jiangjun Mountain."
Magistrate Zhang nodded and said: "Yes, even from the previous dynasty.
A small place like Donglin County has not suffered from war, so the previous county annals are very well preserved."
After getting the county journal, Gu Cheng and others looked through it carefully and found nothing of value.
Donglin County is such a small place, and no major events have happened in hundreds of years. Therefore, most of the records recorded in the county annals are characters, some remarkable people who came out of Donglin County.
The most famous among them is Li Rugong, a general of the former dynasty.
Five hundred years ago, when ten countries were competing for hegemony, this general even achieved the status of a general of one country. Although it was only a small and low-ranking country, he could be said to be inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people.
Therefore, the entire Donglin County was the fiefdom of the other party, and that mountain was later called Jiangjun Mountain.
The county annals describe the general's life in great detail, and there are even some gossips, including the fact that he neglected his wife and favored his concubine.
After reading it, Zhao Jingming rubbed his chin and asked in confusion: "Is it possible that the former general buried the cemetery in Jiangjun Mountain and faked the corpse? But it is not written in the county annals that he was finally buried in Jiangjun Mountain."
This kind of thing is very common, especially five hundred years ago, when the world was in chaos and various evil practices emerged in endlessly, some people began to study the so-called art of immortality.
Some high-ranking people even openly worship some evil cultivators. Some heads of a country even worship evil cults like Luo Jiao as the state religion, so they have developed many evil things.
Gu Cheng said in a deep voice: "I can't say for sure at the moment. Today you and I will stand in eight directions in Luo County and observe the movements coming from Jiangjun Mountain at the same time. If we find any doubts, we will immediately gather them.
Don’t forget, we are just here to investigate the news this time, and safety is our priority.”
Everyone nodded and dispersed, waiting for nightfall to come.
Because Donglin County has started a curfew, the sky has just turned dark, and there is not even a single citizen in the entire Donglin County.
Gu Cheng stood in the middle of the street, looking towards Jiangjun Mountain.
In the dark night, Jiangjun Mountain actually looked like a head with its mouth open, as if it wanted to swallow the entire Donglin County.
At this moment, the long and long sound of silk and bamboo suona sounded very suddenly. Although the sound came from the direction of Jiangjun Mountain, it passed into Gu Cheng's ears clearly, as if it was right next to his ears.
The voice was melodious and long, sometimes cheerful and sometimes sad. It was just like what Magistrate Zhang and others reported, it was like welcoming a bride, but it also seemed like a funeral.
Gu Cheng frowned. It seemed that if he didn't go to Jiangjun Mountain and take a closer look, he wouldn't be able to find any clues just in the county town.
At this moment, Gu Cheng's ears twitched slightly, and his body suddenly rushed towards an alley beside him.
Unexpectedly, there was a man wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat hiding in the alley, peeping at him in the dark.
Gu Cheng didn't even ask. He unsheathed the long sword in his hand and crossed the middle. A hot energy flashed from the sword's edge, like a shooting star, streaking across the night.
One-word Yanyang Sword!
In a small county like Donglin County where an evil incident had just occurred, the county magistrate had already ordered a curfew, but there was this guy peeping at him secretly. He knew with his butt that he was not a good person, so of course he had to be captured first.
When the man saw this, he took out two huge sickles half a man's height from his raincoat and thrust Gu Cheng's Yanyang Sword away.
The long sword collided with the sickle, a loud clang was heard, and both sides took a step back at the same time.
The man did not burst out with energy, but his strength was astonishing, even comparable to Gu Cheng, who had reached the mid-eighth stage and practiced the Marrow Cleansing Sutra.
However, the other party's movements were a bit... stiff, and Gu Cheng felt a little awkward anyway.
The body was swimming, and the long sword in Gu Cheng's hand was like a spiritual snake, circling and slashing at the opponent one after another. The last one dodged to avoid the cross blows of the opponent's two scythes, and the one-word Yanyang Sword fell again, this time the hot energy
Jin directly tore the coir raincoat on the opponent's body, revealing an extremely terrifying body.
The body was unusually majestic, but it was green-gray in color, with thick black and white hairs appearing on the skin.
The bamboo hat on his head was also torn, and his extremely ferocious face was cut into two pieces diagonally and then sewn back together.
"Zombies!"
Gu Cheng's eyes suddenly narrowed.
A mixture of black and white, this is actually a zombie that has evolved towards black zombies.
Practitioners have nine levels, while zombies only have seven levels. This is because the zombie's initial state and potential are closely related to its status and body during life.
The same is Bai Zong. The white zombies transformed by ordinary people can be solved by a few bold and strong men. But if a strong warrior transforms into white zombies, his initial strength may be comparable to that of the ninth grade.
Even the eighth grade.
The zombie in front of me can be seen as a warrior in life, and now it has evolved towards a black zombie, which is comparable to an eighth-grade practitioner.