"elder brother."
This sound was particularly clear and calm in the quiet atmosphere.
Bai Fanlu saw that the end of the red jade crutch that was touching his chin was held down by Xiao Liu's hand, and he pushed it out an inch, away from his face.
And the other end was held in the hand of the person who got on the sedan chair.
"Xiao Liu," Bai Fanlu whispered, signaling him not to be impulsive. On both sides of them, people unanimously gave up their distance, for fear of being affected.
But Xiao Liu still firmly held on to the crutch, and even moved his body without a trace, blocking in front of Bai Fanlu, with his other hand lying on his side, as if in a protective gesture.
Bai Fanlu couldn't see Xiao Liu's expression at this time, but he walked along the long crutches and glanced into the raised gauze curtain at the corner, and the man's exposed lower half of his face, his thin lips seemed to elicit a playful smile.
Before he could speak, another soft voice came from inside the car curtain.
"Let him go."
After speaking, he coughed twice in a low voice, he seemed to be a sick and weak person, his voice was hoarse, and it seemed a bit indistinguishable from male to female at first glance.
Being able to sit beside the city lord of Yingzhou, Bai Fanlu guessed that it must be the merman, also known as the wife of the city lord.
Following his gentle words, without any hesitation, the crutch was taken back directly. Xiao Liu was holding on to it tightly. At this moment, he was caught off guard and was taken a big step forward. Fell under the sedan chair.
"Brother Immortal, are you okay?" Back in the crowd, Xiao Liu asked Bai Fanlu in a low voice.
Hearing this familiar address, Bai Fanlu understood that the "brother" just now was probably to cover up his identity, and the Xindao boy was stupid and stunned most of the time, but he was quite clever at critical moments.
But it was really unexpected to stand in front of him fearlessly just now.
Bai Fanlu shook his head, "Don't be so reckless next time, you forgot, I'm better than you."
Xiao Liu smiled embarrassedly, "That's right, I know." But he turned his head and said, "I can't stand that man poking you with a stick."
After speaking, he moved closer, stretched out his hand, touched Bai Fanlu's chin, and softly said, "It's all red... Does it hurt, let me rub it for you."
Bai Fanlu quickly grabbed his hand.
The people next to them looked down at their feet and didn't dare to breathe, only they were still quietly biting their ears.
As for Bai Fanlu, when he looked up, he first looked at the reactions of others, and then he saw the sedan chair in the distance, and the crimson tulle at the back was slightly blown by the wind.
Although there was only one side face, Bai Fanlu clearly felt that the man's gaze had briefly stayed on him.
It is very strange that there is a story in the streets and alleys of Yingzhou City today. For the first time, the parade priests did not pick any sacrificers, as if the city lord and the city lord's wife really just came out to parade, and returned home after they were happy.
Besides the nearby residents, no one knew what happened halfway and who the man in white who was almost selected was.
But Bai Fanlu still couldn't feel at ease.
Not only the touch of the city lord's crutch, but also the last sight of the person beside him made him feel like he was sitting on pins and needles.
And it's too strange, why did he catch up with the street parade that violated the regular time when he just entered the city
Bai Fanlu inquired privately at the inn, and learned that ninety-eight sacrifices had been carried out before, and one person was arrested each time, so far a total of ninety-eight people have been arrested.
Bai Fanlu immediately thought of the nine-nine corpse formation in the original book.
The difference is that in the original book, when Yun Zhan and the others arrived here, they had performed ninety-nine sacrifices, but now there are only ninety-eight sacrifices.
It happened to be just one time away... A strong intuition told Bai Fanlu that if he didn't take any action, something big might happen after tonight.
And Xiao Liu. Bai Fanlu rationally decided that at least in order not to involve him, he should not be in love with the fight, he should leave Yingzhou City as soon as possible, and wait for Yun Zhan to come and make a long-term plan.
Thinking of this level, Bai Fanlu suddenly realized that Xiao Liu was not by his side.
They were wandering together on the street just now, and Bai Fanlu stopped by to inquire about news, while Xiao Liu was a young man who had already forgotten the unhappiness that happened before, so he looked around to see what was new.
Thinking that he was strangled by some strange thing, Bai Fanlu searched back for a while, but still couldn't find it.
He recalled the last conversation between the two, in which Xiao Liu vaguely asked him if he thought something was good, he said it was good, and then Xiao Liu said that he would buy it for him.
It's pearls! Bai Fanlu remembered that he just passed by a pearl workshop.
Bai Fanlu hurriedly turned back to look for it. There was not a single customer in Pearl Square, it was deserted, Bai Fan Road was strange, the shop owner heard footsteps, tremblingly showed half of his head from behind the counter.
As soon as he saw Bai Fan Road, he straightened his crooked hat and made a bow, "What do you want to see, guest officer? The shop has..."
"Sorry shopkeeper, I'm here to ask you, is there a young man in gray clothes, about this height, who came to your place just now?"
As soon as Bai Fanlu gestured, the shopkeeper's expression suddenly changed, "You, are you a friend of that young man?"
"What's wrong with him!" Bai Fanlu immediately realized something was wrong.
"He...he was taken away by two servants."
"Errand?!"
The shopkeeper looked at Bai Fanlu's expression and lowered his voice, "Are you from a foreign country? Look at that young man, too. Let me tell you, the 'servant' is the person next to the city lord..."
City Lord of Yingzhou? Why did he take Xiao Liu away? Could it be because Xiao Liu offended him? On the surface, he let go, but in private, he wanted revenge.
The shopkeeper was still saying, "You know parade priests, right? People are arrested every time, but I didn't catch them today. That friend of yours is probably... hey!"
Bai Fanlu knew what the shopkeeper's sigh meant, and it was more of a danger than a blessing.
But, "They arrested him, didn't he resist?"
At that time, Bai Fanlu should not be far away from him, as long as there is a slight movement, he can immediately react. Xiao Liu also wandered around the rivers and lakes, so he shouldn't be caught so easily.
"Is it useful to resist? They are all ordinary people..." The shopkeeper just finished saying this, but he started talking to himself, "But let's not talk about it, it seems that there is not much resistance..."
Bai Fanlu gritted his teeth, afraid that Xiao Liu would not resist on purpose, and he didn't want him to find out.
The feared thing happened in the end.
Yingzhou City Lord's Mansion looks like an ordinary mansion from the outside, but you only need to look up to find that the sky above this area, the blue sky on the coast of the East China Sea forms a clear watershed here, as if covered by a thin but heavy airflow Looking at this building, just standing in front of it feels inexplicably oppressive.
There were two guards at the door, Bai Fanlu observed secretly for a while, and left for the time being.
You can't force your way, but you can't leave Xiao Liu alone either.
Bai Fanlu thought of Yizhuang, he could enter the mansion of the city lord through that secret road, and if he was lucky, Xiao Liu might be locked in a dark prison.
Without further ado, Bai Fanlu decided to go to Yizhuang immediately. Before that, he needed to do one thing, release the blue bird to send a message to Yun Zhan.
Although he didn't want to see him, but innocent people were involved in this matter, if he couldn't stand it, delaying time and waiting for Yun Zhan to help him was at least a way out.
After the parade of sacrifices, the gate of Yingzhou City reopened to traffic, and Baifan Road left the city easily, and soon arrived at Dehoushan Yizhuang, which is also the public cemetery of Yingzhou City.
Even in the most sunny place in the far east, this area is always shrouded in yin and cold. It feels very similar to the city lord's mansion.
As soon as Bai Fanlu stepped into this place, he was extremely vigilant.
According to the original book, the exit of the secret path connecting the fissure of demonic energy is under the twenty-fourth tombstone from south to north. It is an empty tomb with no inscription.
Bai Fanlu successfully found the stele, pressed the body of the stele with his hands and turned it around vigorously, and with a bang, a tunnel appeared under his feet.
The tunnel was closed for a long time, and as soon as it was opened, a swamp gas mixed with fishy smell rushed up.
Bai Fanlu hurriedly covered his mouth and nose, and waited for the white smoke to disperse before bending over and walking in.
After he entered, the entrance to the secret passage was automatically closed. Although he knew that he could open the mechanism from the inside, his vision suddenly turned into darkness, which made Bai Fanlu swallow and his heart pounding.
There was no light at all in the secret passage, and when I stepped on the ground, it felt like a layer of half-wet mud. Bai Fanlu took a deep breath, let it out slowly, and started to grope forward after getting ready.
There is no special mechanism in this secret passage in the book, but the branch roads are so intricate and intricate. When the original owner and Yun Zhan escaped from the prison, they got lost in it, and finally found the magic qi rift by listening to the sound by accident.
Bai Fanlu closed his eyes, his hearing is very good, this will not trouble him.
The location where the magic qi rift is located is across an underground river, so there will be the sound of water.
Bai Fanlu walked and listened, and came to a dead end, and directly touched a wall, Bai Fanlu stuck to the wall and listened, and confirmed that the opposite was the undercurrent.
He took a step back, touched the wall with his hand, a cold light around his palm lit up, and cracks like spider webs spread from below, and the wall shattered into dust without a sound.
The scene on the opposite side appeared in front of my eyes, it was no longer dark, this small cave was illuminated, and what illuminated it was the dark red scar on the innermost part of the cave.
The water in the underground undercurrent was also dyed red by the light from that thing, flowing slowly like gushing magma, more like the blood of some giant beast.
The description in the book is far less shocking than seeing it with your own eyes.
The first time Bai Fanlu saw this so-called demonic rift, he thought it looked like a living creature.
And the knife mark inlaid on the stone wall is an eyeball of a living creature, rolling and coveting the coming person.
The closer Baifan Road got, the more he felt like he was being secretly watched by something, but the surroundings were quiet, except for the sound of the undercurrent, there was nothing else.
After crossing the undercurrent, before Bai Fanlu came to the crack, he didn't have time to hesitate. He needed to activate the seal as soon as possible. If he succeeded, he would go to save others, and even if he met the city lord, his chances of winning would be even greater.
Bai Fanlu pinched his hands, and a magic formation to purify the devil energy gradually appeared in front of him.
As his thoughts moved, the formation took shape little by little, flickering on and off on the bright red knife mark, and finally imprinted on the stone wall with a swipe sound.
Boom... The earth veins hummed from all around, and the ground under his feet began to tremble slightly.
Bai Fanlu was ready, but the expected demon spirit did not appear, only the light marks on the stone wall were spinning rapidly, and the bloodstains in the cracks were faintly distorted.
This is... done? !
Bai Fanlu didn't expect the seal to be done so smoothly, and the scene in the book would have been done, but when Yun Zhan sealed it, he was attacked by a demon, so Bai Fanlu made special preparations just now, but there was no movement.
Could it be because of his identity
Bai Fanlu vaguely felt that something was wrong.
Suddenly, something stirred violently in the abdomen, and then hit it hard! Bai Fanlu gasped twice suddenly, his legs went limp uncontrollably, and he knelt down on one knee.
"..."
That discomfort became more and more obvious, and Bai Fanlu knew that it was the third power that had been hidden for a long time and hadn't reappeared in his body.
If that power was just a small poisonous snake at that time, it is now like a giant python, scurrying wildly in the body, as if trying to burst the body directly.
Bai Fanlu was drenched in cold sweat, curled up while holding his stomach, and touched his forehead to the ground. This posture made him feel a little more comfortable, and only then could he be able to get a little bit of clarity.
The fluctuation of the ground came from between his eyebrows, and he heard footsteps.
Someone is approaching here!