At this moment, the streets were brightly lit and people were coming and going. They seemed to have reversed day and night. There was no one around during the day, and they came out to do things at night.
Moreover, they were not very interested in the strange intruders like Tong Yan. Their eyes would occasionally fall on them and then move away quickly and naturally.
It was as if Tong Yan and the others were the people who lived here originally.
Tong Yan couldn't see anything unusual just by observing with his eyes. He planned to discuss with Ji Xing whether he should find someone to ask about the situation.
When they were about to speak, an old man sitting under the eaves next to them suddenly stopped them.
"Two young men, come here, I have something to tell you."
Tong Yan glanced at him in surprise, wondering if the past would trigger any dangerous plot.
In the corner of his eye, he saw clothes swaying by, and Ji Xing walked up to the old man without much hesitation.
"Amitabha, I don't know what you want to say to us, old man."
The old man looked at the two of them inscrutably and said, "You are from outside, right? Are you trying to figure out how to get out?"
Ji Xing's expression remained unchanged, "If you have something to say, you might as well say it directly."
"The young master is quite calm." The old man chuckled, "Actually, the way to get out is very simple."
"At midnight, a man-eating monster will appear and wreak havoc in the village. As long as you kill it and put its blood into the dry pool, you can leave here."
Tong Yan was skeptical about such a simple method, and why did he tell them this like an NPC issuing a mission?
Ji Xing: “Thank you for letting me know.”
Seeing the person turning around to leave, Tong Yan followed and asked, "Don't you want to ask anything else?"
"What do you want to ask? We already know the way out." Ji Xingdao.
"For example, what does the monster look like, what are its weaknesses, or maybe you want to know the story background of this village. And how do you know whether what he said is true or false?"
"Whether he lied to us or not, we will know when midnight comes."
"How long has it been since the monster appeared? What are the causes and consequences of coming here? Don't we need to know ourselves and our enemies to understand it?"
Ji Xing groaned, "If you want to know, you can ask anyone on the roadside. They will definitely know. Our purpose is to get out. As long as we know the method, we don't have to go to so much trouble."
Tong Yanmo, this is different from the routine she is familiar with.
Not long after, the six people got together again.
Apparently everyone has the same information, that you have to kill the monster before you can get out.
As for other information about the village, the other four people couldn't find out anything. The villagers only said that it was an ordinary remote town.
So, they had to wait until midnight when the monster came out.
While there were still about two hours left, they wanted to take a look at the dried up pool first.
The pond was not far from the entrance of the village, so no one noticed when they entered.
The area is about half the size of a basketball court. Not only is there no water in it, not even a single blade of grass grows.
Several people watched around the pool for a long time.
Meng Guan asked Ji Xing, "Did you see anything?"
Ji Xing shook his head slightly and said uncertainly: "This seems to be an ancient formation. Its function is not yet certain, and the pool is probably a certain formation eye."
Meng Guan: "Don't worry, wait until the monster comes out, put the blood in and you will know what changes will happen."
Seeing that there was a suitable open space nearby, Tong Yan made a timely suggestion: "Then let's take a rest where we are, recover our spiritual power, and eat something by the way."
It was still early, so naturally no one would object, and then a few people rested and meditated in the open space next to them.
Tong Yan hadn't used much spiritual power before, so it didn't matter if she didn't meditate, so she helped them stay on guard and prepared some food.
Precisely because they were using spiritual power nearby, it didn't take long for them to discover the strangeness here.
Shen Zhuangheng: "Have you noticed that it is extremely slow to recover spiritual power here?"
Huo Qizhi: "More than that, not only is there no trace of spiritual energy here, but even the remaining spiritual energy after we cast the spell will soon disappear."
Jing Xing walked towards the pool at this time, with spiritual energy overflowing from his body. After a moment, he said, "This is a modified spirit gathering array, and the excess spiritual energy around it has been sucked away by it."
But, where did the spiritual energy that was sucked away go?
Tong Yan planned to get closer and look at the pool, but suddenly felt like he was being watched, and immediately raised his head warily and looked into the distance.
There is darkness everywhere he looks. The monk's excellent eyesight seems to have returned to normal level here. Once it is further away, it cannot be seen clearly, and his spiritual consciousness is not immune.
The others were aware of it to varying degrees, and they all observed the surroundings quietly.
Meng Gu'an walked to Ji Xing and whispered, "We found an underground passage five hundred steps away."
Ji Xing looked at him with admiration, "Get rid of the villagers' surveillance first."
A quarter of an hour later, the six people left their false images in place and followed the puppet rat to an ancestral hall.
The gate of the ancestral hall was closed and there was no one around.
However, if you take a closer look, you can find that the smell of these is different from other places.
Although this is a ghost village, only here there is a vague evil spirit and yin energy.
"There is a restriction here that isolates the atmosphere inside." Ji Xingdao.
Then he stepped forward to relieve the formation, then turned around and said to them, "You can enter, hurry up, the passage will be closed soon."
As expected, the yin energy in the ancestral hall became more and more obvious, and there was also a smell of rotting corpses.
Next, without Meng Guan's guidance, everyone found the tunnel entrance after looking for the smell.
There is a heavy black air in the tunnel, and the thick evil spirit is so oppressive that it makes people feel like they can't breathe.
When they were about to go down, a strange bell rang, accompanied by the roar of strange monsters.
Shen Zhuangheng wondered: "It's at least half an hour before midnight. Could it be that the monster came out early?"
Tong Yan asked: "What should I do now? Should I go out to kill monsters or continue exploring the tunnels?"
Ji Xing frowned and looked outside, insisting, "Enter the tunnel!"
Going down into the tunnel, the sounds in the village were completely cut off. Soon, they found the secret hidden in the tunnel.
The corpse of a giant monster beast, the smell of decay came from it.
The corpse had a head like a lion, with a thick mane, and a huge mouth that could bite a whole person. There were dried blood stains on the teeth, which looked particularly eye-catching.
Its heart is connected to the top by several black chains, and with a little guessing, the location above is the pool on the ground.
It turns out that all the spiritual power collected by Chizi went to the heart of the monster.
So what's the purpose of doing this?
Tong Yan and the others didn't know yet, but at this moment, the ground above suddenly started to shake, and the rotting corpse opened its huge beast eyes in vain.