"Bai Lu! Wake up, Bai Lu!" Qi Yin patted the statue in panic. His panicked voice was heard far away, but no one answered. A living person burned to ashes in front of his eyes, he was going crazy, kicked the white deer statue with force, and roared: "White deer, come out for me!"
Dead silence. There is only silence in the dark space.
Turning back, Qi Lingshu stood up from the edge of the stone platform with his knees supported, his face as pale as a layer of wax. Yun Zhi supported him, for fear that he would fall if he didn't stand firm. Qi Yin squatted down slowly, grabbed his hair and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't know Bai Lu's last words were a warning. I..." He choked his throat and touched the statue with red eyes, "It's alright if I touch it, I did not think of… "
"It's not your fault, Hei Zai." Yun Zhi cut off Qi Yin's face, stared into his eyes, and repeated, "It's not your fault."
Qi Lingshu stared at the abyss in a daze. Yunzhi also pulled him over, pressed him down and squatted down, "Don't make yourself uncomfortable there, what the fuck is the god of white deer talking about, who the hell would have thought that there was a witch curse on the statue ? You two, look me in the eyes."
Qi Yin wiped her face, raised her eyes to look at him, and this guy who usually hangs around is rarely serious. Qi Lingshu also pursed her lips and looked at him, her face almost transparent.
"I'm the oldest here. According to seniority, you both have to call me Shige Sheng, and you have to listen to me." Yun Zhi said word by word, "Zhao Ming's death is not to blame for any of us. Don't take unwarranted responsibilities. Carry it on your shoulders, don't blame yourself, and Zhaoming won't blame us. Our first task now is to get Junior Sister Xin Xiao back, and then we must all leave here, understand?"
Qi Yin and Qi Lingshu nodded together.
Qi Yin looked down at her hand and asked, "Why is it okay if I touch the statue?"
"Because you have the bloodline of the White Deer God," Qi Lingshu frowned, and said, "There are conditions to trigger the witch curse, if you don't meet its conditions, it can't be triggered. Maybe because of your great god blood, the witch curse will trigger you. Recognized as the deity of Bailu. Just like those criminals, we thought it was our intrusion that woke them up, but now we think about it. We stayed behind the stone gate for so long, and the criminals never woke up, but the teacher After Zun dragged you up, they woke up. Maybe it was because you shed a lot of blood at that time, the smell of blood dissipated, and your blood made them think God was coming."
"God doesn't interfere in mortal affairs, which can also explain why no one has ever seen a god." Yun Zhi said, "Wuzhu is not a god who really leads the tribe's living people. The living people in ancient times were barbarous and sacrificed with living people and demons. Everywhere, it is not uncommon to have such domineering witch curses."
"The great gods don't drink or eat, what do they sacrifice with living things?" Qi Yin asked.
"Sacrifices are not necessarily meant to be eaten, but also to atone for sins. Whenever they encounter natural and man-made disasters, they feel that the gods have committed sins, and they will pull a scapegoat to make atonement for everyone. This scapegoat is usually a Slaves, captives, etc." Yun Zhi said with his hands crossed, "What did the living people look like in ancient times? Uncle Qing said, you just have to look at the southern border of today. The southern border has not changed as much as the world, and now there are still many tribes, and Almost ancient times."
Qi Lingshu guessed: "The ancient times were strictly hierarchical, and perhaps only witches were qualified to touch the statues, just as only nobles could practice writing rituals and music. This is a symbol of identity and power."
Yun Zhi nodded, "I'm afraid that there are witch curses in other places in this tomb. From now on, Hei Zai can't bleed a little bit of blood, so as not to wake up some strange things. The things in the tomb, if not necessary, You can't touch one of them, you have to touch the black boy."
Qi Lingshu tore off a strip of cloth from his body and wrapped it around his hand, saying, "That's it."
"I'm still smart." Yun Zhi also tore off a strip of cloth and wrapped it around his gloved left hand.
"Let's go." Qi Lingshu stood up.
After leaving the nave, there were bursts of screams like ghosts and wolves from the deep Yong Road. It was the wailing of sinners. Qi Yin's scalp felt numb when he heard it, the screams and the yin wind hit him, and the coolness was on his back, and he broke out in a cold sweat. Qi Lingshu started, and behind the Yunzhi Hall, the three slowly walked along the Yong Road, searching for Fang Xinxiao's traces everywhere. Qi Lingshu in front suddenly squatted down and picked up a leaf on the ground.
"The criminal's body?" Qi Yin asked in a low voice.
"No," Qi Lingshu sniffed, "it's wormwood, in the sachet of exorcism."
They carefully put out the lamp talisman, a star of wormwood leaves fell on the floor tiles, and found a little bit every few steps, twists and turns, as if leading the way. Qi Yin immediately understood that it must be a signpost left by Fang Xinxiao. Everyone was happy, left a lamp talisman to watch the road, and walked quietly along the wormwood. The mourning of the criminals sounded not far away, Qi Lingshu hurriedly put away the lamp talisman, and several people came out of the corner together. In the darkness, only dozens of dark heads were seen wandering around, crying and howling like a lonely soul without a master. Qi Yin stared at them silently, not feeling terrified, but feeling pitiful.
Using the old method, the three of them held their breaths together and tiptoed to touch it. Qi Yin stood on tiptoe and was about to step into the Yong Road. All the sinners turned their heads suddenly, their charred and thin faces aligned in Qi Yin's direction. Yun Zhi's heart jumped, and he quickly grabbed the collars of the two guys in front and dragged them back. The three of them hurriedly ducked back to the previous corner, poking their eyes out of concern, only to see them hunched over, dragging their shriveled legs out of the road, searching for Qi Yin's scent everywhere.
Qi Lingshu lit a lamp talisman, covered the halo with his hand, and a dim light that was a little bit big illuminated the pale cheeks of the three of them. Qi Yin mouthed and said, "I didn't bleed."
Yunzhi gestured with a headache, "You haven't showered for a few days, and the smell is so strong? Can they all smell it?"
"Fuck you, I take a bath every day." Qi Yin mouthed in a sullen manner.
Qi Lingshu took out a piece of Huang Chengcheng's talisman paper and swiped it at Qi Yin's fingertips. Qi Yin almost cried out in pain, and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?"
The blood dripped on the talisman paper, Qi Yin sucked her fingers and looked at him suspiciously. Qi Lingshu released a blood talisman, and the talisman radiated golden light, swaying to the sinners. As soon as they approached, all the sinners wailed like crazy, stretched out their hands and chased after the blood talisman. In an instant, all the sinners walked out of the road, their dark heads rolling like a tide. The blood talisman continued to float forward, and all the criminals howled and chased after him.
"Smart." Yun Zhi praised.
The three quickly moved and ran into the road. Suddenly, the front was bright, and it was another palace. The feet are sticky and sticky, and I don't know what I have stepped on. There was no time to dig deeper, the surroundings were silent and dark, Qi Yin lit the lamp talisman, and the faint light illuminated an inch of heaven and earth, and everyone was stunned.
The temple is covered with silver shiny spider silk, forming a thick spider web, sticky and greasy, very disgusting. There are several white mesh cocoons hanging in the middle, some of which are oddly shaped, and some of which have a human shape. All head down, swaying in the air. There were also several giant cocoons on the ground, but they were broken. The lantern talisman floated past, and several bloody monsters had their limbs exposed. The internal organs and blood were all over the floor, and a bloody smell hit the sky, which made people sick.
Yun Zhi knew where this place was at a glance, and said, "Heizi, we have arrived at your father's granary. Look at these monsters, they probably entered by mistake from the forbidden area, and they were all caught here by your father."
Qi Yin's face was pale, and he said in a dreamy voice: "Your uncle, he eats a lot, and our few thin skin and tender meat are not enough for him to stick between his teeth."
"Look for Fang Xinxiao," Qi Lingshu walked in with a cold face, "Since it's Master's... granary, he will be back soon."
Qi Lingshu and Yun Zhi went to put down the cocoon hanging on the beam, and Qi Yin looked for the corpse on the ground to see if there was Fang Xinxiao. The corpses were disgusting one by one, their intestines oozing out like yellow wax, and their flesh and blood were so muddy that Qi Yin could hardly stand it any longer. Covering his nose, he looked around, all of them were monster corpses, no mortals. Qi Yin felt a little relieved and went to Yunzhi and them. They will put the human cocoon down, cut the opening with a dagger, revealing a pale human face, with a mouth full of fangs as soon as they open their eyes, and rush straight towards Qi Yin's neck. Yun Zhi quickly dropped his sword and plunged into his heart. "Human" opened his eyes, and the green light flashed suddenly, turning into a colorful python.
"Be careful," Yun Zhi patted Qi Yin's shoulder, "The demon trapped here must have not eaten for a long time."
Qi Yin was so frightened that her heart almost jumped out of her throat, she rubbed her chest, and then cut a cocoon. This time he learned to be good, and didn't lean on his head. Even after three cuts, all three were sweating profusely from exhaustion. Putting down the fourth one, she cut the spider silk and saw that it was Fang Xinxiao, her eyes were tightly closed, and her face the size of a slap looked like a female ghost. Qi Yin patted her cheek, Fang Xinxiao woke up faintly, saw Qi Yin, her mouth deflated, almost crying.
"It's alright, it's alright." Qi Yin comforted her.
Fearing that she might be injured, everyone did not dare to drag her directly. They first cut the cocoon and peeled it off layer by layer. She was covered in bruises, the most serious being a large gash on her right thigh, the flesh was everted, and she could almost see the bones. Fortunately, the spider silk bound the wound, so she did not bleed to death, which was a blessing in disguise. Everyone took out the demon-repelling sachets on their bodies and put wormwood on them to stop the bleeding. This broken sachet didn't drive Qi Shenwei away, but it came in handy here.
Without seeing Zhaoming, Fang Xinxiao probably knew what was going on in his heart, tears welling in his eyes, he didn't dare to ask more.
When he found Fang Xinxiao, he left immediately, so as not to meet Qi Shenwei on a narrow path. Yun Zhi carried Fang Xinxiao on his back, and just as everyone was about to leave, Qi Yin looked up at the few remaining people on the beam, and said hesitantly, "Do you think there will be Yao Xiaoshan in there?"
Everyone stopped, and they didn't see that lunatic along the way. It was indeed very likely that they were caught here. Yao Xiaoshan is the only remaining seedling of the Yao family, and Qi Yin can't let him be here. He gritted his teeth and said, "If you agree to save him, we'll knock him out and take him away. If you don't agree, I won't force it, and I'll leave immediately."
Qi Lingshu said, "I agree."
Yun Zhi shrugged, "I have no opinion."
"I have no problem," Fang Xinxiao whispered, "but you'd better hurry up, after so long... Elder Qi should be hungry..."
Yun Zhi put Fang Xinxiao at the door and let her lie on the ground and listen to the movement. Qi Yin and the others didn't dare to delay, they put down the cocoons of the remaining four people and cut the spider silk on their faces one by one. This broken silk is very tough, and Qi Lingshu's dagger actually rolled up. Yun Zhi directly took out the regrets to cut, and all four were cut, but not all of them.
"Go!" Yun Zhi quickly retracted his sword and went back to Xin Xiao with his back.
At this moment, a ghostly cry came from the depths of the Yonglu: "Dog—"
Everyone was shocked, and the blood seemed to be frozen in an instant. Yun Zhimao leaned over and stuck his head out to see that Qi Shenwei was at the end of the Yong Road, crawling very fast, and he was almost there in the blink of an eye. He immediately closed the door, carried Fang Xinxiao on his back, and whispered, "Quick, quick, find a place to hide!"
The shout was like an urging death, Qi Yin's legs and feet were weak, and he ran to the depths of the palace, there was a stone gate in front of the shadows. Everyone stood on tiptoe and held their breath, Qi Yin quickly closed the door, and as soon as he closed the door, he saw Qi Shenwei's giant shadow entering the hall from the crack of the door.
Yun Zhi put Xin Xiao below, and together with Qi Lingshu, drew a talisman barrier. While painting, Qi Lingshu raised his hand and whispered, "No need to paint."
"what?"
Qi Lingshu groped the stone door inch by inch, and suddenly lit the lamp talisman. Qi Yin's scalp exploded, wanting to say beware of the light shining through the door to attract Qi Shenwei, but suddenly he saw that the stone door was densely engraved with spells. Qi Lingshu injected spiritual power, the golden light flashed suddenly, and the magic enchantment suddenly unfolded.
"Anyone laid a barrier here?" Yun Zhi scrutinized the spell carefully and said in a low voice, "The brush strokes are smooth, without any pause, and the depth of each stroke is the same. This painting method is very skilled, and there is an expert with us. Have you been trapped here before?"
"There are also on the wall." Fang Xinxiao whispered.
Everyone was obsessed with the lamp talisman and looked at it. The rock wall was also engraved with talismans. The nicks were very old and had expired. However, the talismans had a strange pattern and did not look like a talisman from the Taoist sect.
"It's not the same," Qi Yin said, "the one on the door is a Taoist talisman, and the one on the wall... seems to be a witch talisman."
"Why?" Qi Lingshu asked.
Qi Yin pointed to a small tangled flower pattern and said, "This is the totem of the Bashan Temple, Bailu told me."
"Hei Zai, are you bleeding?" Yun Zhi suddenly asked over there.
"No, why?"
Yun Zhichao made his mouth in the center of the fighting room, Qi Yin turned his head to look, there was a thick stone pillar in the center, and under the stone pillar stood a golden statue as tall as a man, with a few twists of black silver chains about the thickness of the wrist wrapped around him. Long clothes, wearing a white deer mask on his face, with large golden rings hanging under his ears, his pupils gleamed like a blink of an eye under the talisman light.
"Is this a criminal?" Qi Yin was afraid that the thing inside would be awakened by his bloodline, so he didn't dare to approach, only dared to look at it from a distance, "A criminal with money?"