At dawn five days later, when it was almost light, a group of people walked out of the village.
The first person was the village chief. He looked at Ah Da and said, "During the days when I'm away from the village, you have to protect the people."
Ah Da nodded vigorously, but there was some worry in his eyes, "Have you dealt with the outsiders in the village?"
"Don't worry. When I hosted a banquet for them yesterday, I put the magic medicine given by the witch god into their drinking water. They will fall into a coma for three days and will forget everything when they wake up."
The village chief looked calm. Since he dared to accept these outsiders, he would not give them the opportunity to disrupt the sacrifice.
Yesterday he saw them use the drinking water with his own eyes. When the magic medicine takes effect, the outsiders will forget where they came from and stay here forever.
Only by letting them stay in the village can they bring in a steady supply of sacrifices.
After the village chief finished giving his instructions, he led his people towards the ancestral land with a solemn and pious look.
A Da watched the clansmen who were offering ancestor worship walk away. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to go and check out the houses where those outsiders lived.
During this period, twenty or thirty outsiders came to the village, but most of them disappeared inexplicably, leaving only seven or eight.
The first place he went to was the residence of the couple who entered the village first.
The village chief had instructed that the two of them must be separated as soon as possible after the magic medicine took effect.
Ah Da approached their house cautiously, and only entered through the window after making sure that they were fast asleep.
He had been hunting for many years and was very skilled in it. He made no sound when he landed.
Just as he was about to move, he suddenly shuddered, his hair stood on end, and he felt as if he was being stared at by a terrifying being.
An inconspicuous golden bug fell on his shoulder. He felt a pain in his shoulder, and then half of his body stiffened instantly.
The stranger who was sleeping soundly on the bed turned over, his eyes were clear and a half-smile hung on the corners of his mouth. How could he still be sleepy at all
Ah Da's heart was sinking. Didn't the village chief say that they would fall into a coma after taking the magic medicine? What went wrong
Did they not take the miracle drug at all, or did the miracle drug have no effect on them
You Si Niang glanced at Ah Da, then looked back at her Taoist partner, "What do you think? I told you these villagers are not simple, but you still don't believe me, Pian Tan Lang."
Tan Lang touched his nose awkwardly. He was not the kind of person who would be easily fooled. It was just that these villagers were just ordinary people with no cultivation and were very simple in nature, so he was not on guard.
"How did Si Niang know that there was something strange about these villagers?"
"I guessed, of course."
You Si Niang curled her lips and smiled, "According to common sense, this isolated little village should be very xenophobic, but their attitude is too enthusiastic. Something must be wrong when things are abnormal."
Tan Lang suddenly realized, "So yesterday you suspected that there was something wrong with the water, but you pretended not to know, wanting to see what they were up to."
"If it weren't for Xiao Jin, I wouldn't have dared to take such a risk. Fortunately, the bet was right."
You Si Niang said, looking at Ah Da, "So what exactly is your village chief planning, and where are you going now?"
A Da didn't expect that the village chief's plan had already been seen through, and that the village chief was waiting for him here. He was already in a state of confusion.
He just kept in mind the clan rules and refused to reveal a single word.
Tan Lang sneered, "If you don't confess, I have plenty of ways to make you confess."
You Si Niang stopped him, "Why waste those precious poisons on such a loser? If you want to know what they are planning, just follow them secretly before they get far away."
Tan Lang thought for a moment and nodded, "Then should we take this opportunity to deal with the other cultivators?"
Now that they have been drugged, this is the best opportunity to take action.
"Forget it, don't waste your time. Xiao Jin is full anyway, there's no need to kill any more. But this one must die."
You Si Niang glanced at A Da and was about to order Xiao Jin to take action, but she saw A Da calmly closing his eyes, and his flesh and blood shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In just half a breath, Ah Da turned into a dried corpse. When he fell to the ground with a bang, there was still a smile on the corner of his mouth.
You Si Niang and Tan Lang looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.
Tan Lang couldn't help but be shocked, "What kind of evil magic is this? No, this is a place without spiritual energy. How can we perform evil magic without spiritual energy?"
His expression changed several times, as if he had thought of something. He gritted his teeth, stepped forward and tore off the animal skin coat on Ah Da's body.
After he turned into a mummy, his animal skin coat was easily torn off. However, Tan Lang searched his body but did not find anything suspicious.
"Don't look for it anymore. It should be related to bloodline."
You Si Niang's eyes flashed with certainty, "If I'm not mistaken, he initiated some kind of blood sacrifice and sacrificed his life."
The two of them felt depressed. They had not expected that in this spiritual land, there would be such an ancient method of blood sacrifice.
"Let's not worry about that for now. Let's follow the village chief and maybe we can find the answer."
You Si Niang kicked the mummy under the bed and pulled Tan Lang out of the village.
With the help of Xiao Jin, the two of them easily caught up with the village chief and his entourage.
However, when she received the news from Xiao Jin, You Si Niang frowned.
"There are three more different smells, and there are other people nearby."
“Perhaps other monks also had doubts and did not fall for it, so they followed.”
Tan Lang looked calm, "Don't worry, at least no one will choose to take action along the way to the village."
Chu Youtian lagged behind Xu Chunniang by half a step. He heard a slight movement behind him and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Two people are following us."
Xu Chunniang listened carefully for a while and whispered, "It's the evil couple."
"How do you know?"
"Their footsteps were very close together."
"So, our footsteps are very close, so will they think we are also Taoists..."
Feeling a cold gaze, Chu Youtian swallowed the remaining word awkwardly and replaced it with another word, "Friend."
Although he had only been with this temporary teammate named Yan Wu for a few days, he had already felt that the other party had a very cold temperament.
If it is not necessary, I won't say a word more.
The location Chu Youtian was teleported to was very remote, so he finally found his way into the village three days ago.
Originally he had another teammate with him, but that person was unlucky and died halfway.
In this soulless place, a few ferocious beasts can take the life of a cultivator.
He was able to hold on for so long because of the spiritual stones and talismans he kept close to his body.
Chu Youtian originally wanted to use the spirit stone to open the storage ring, but in this ghost place, his body couldn't even absorb spiritual energy.
Fortunately, after the spirit stone was crushed, the spiritual energy inside was barely enough to activate the talisman.