Winter treasure
Although I don't know much about Miaojiang, I have heard that the Miao people have the custom of naming the father and son together, which means that when a child is named, one character from the father's name will be used.
"Winter" is definitely not her real name. In Miaojiang, no one dares to call a great witch by her full name, even if it is followed by a honorific. Moreover, "Winter" is not a Miao surname. The name "Winter" should only be a given name without a surname.
Dong Tian and Dong Bao both have the character "冬" in their names. Could it be that they are mother and daughter? If so, that would be terrible.
A woman dressed in Miao style soon walked out of the crowd. I quickly glanced at her face, and my heart sank again - she looked about 50% similar to Dong Tian. Even if they were not mother and daughter, they should be very close relatives.
Dong Bao squatted beside the footprints and looked at them for a while: "This is not the shoe print of a Miao witch. The clothes of witches and witches have special marks, even the shoes. This kind of shoes are only found in tourist areas, Miao women will not wear this kind of shoes."
Xie Jingwen said in a deep voice: "Yu Qing, go over and take a look."
A Mirror Sorcerer quickly said, "Judging from the footprints, the man is about 1.6 meters tall and thin. There is another footprint over here, it should be a male, about 1.85 meters tall and of medium build. This person's steps are very steady, he must have practiced leg skills."
Xie Jingwen said in a deep voice: "Dongbao, which witch in your village can fight against this person?"
Dong Bao shook his head and said, "Auntie would not let the Miao girl in. I guess it should be a Han Chinese. I asked my auntie before, what should we do if someone enters the secret realm? She said at that time, just let a few Han Chinese in."
Xie Jingwen asked back, "Isn't she afraid that the Han people she let in might get infected with the magic poison?"
"Don't be afraid." Dong Bao shook his head and said, "If my aunt can let someone in, she can be sure that he won't get out alive. My aunt has reached a superb level of using Gu. No one she wants to kill has ever escaped."
"A Han Chinese woman?" Sun Xiaomei asked solemnly, "Could it be Lu Xiaoying?"
Xie Jingwen answered subconsciously: "No, Lu Xiaoying is taller than this person and has a fuller figure, so it shouldn't be her."
Sun Xiaomei shook her head and said, "I think it's Lu Xiaoying. If it were someone else, they might not dare to come down. Only a master of destiny like Lu Xiaoying can find a way out in the intricate maze. Besides, if Lu Xiaoying is here, Wu Zhao must be here too. The footprints of that man must be Wu Zhao's."
Dongbao immediately said in displeasure: "Jingwen, who is Lu Xiaoying?"
Xie Jingwen replied shamelessly: "A woman who betrayed me. I almost died because of her and her adulterer Wu Zhao's conspiracy. I wish I could dig out her heart to see what color it is."
"I will help you dig out her heart with my own hands!" Dong Bao said with murderous intent, "I will release the tracking Gu immediately and chase her and kill her right now!"
Xie Jingwen asked in surprise: "Can you track down Lu Xiaoying?"
Dong Bao took out the Gu worm from his body: "Yes! I will let the Gu worm follow the scent of the footprints and find the opponent soon."
"Yes, yes... Go find her quickly..." Xie Jingwen said excitedly, "Catch up with Lu Xiaoying, but don't kill her yet. I have a lot of use for her."
The reason why Xie Jingwen was so excited was because he knew that Lu Xiaoying was good at calculations, and he believed from the bottom of his heart that the path Lu Xiaoying was taking was the way to survive.
Just as Dong Bao was about to release the Gu worm, I heard Gu Piaoran say, "Wait a minute."
Sun Xiaomei said in a deep voice: "Mr. Gu, do you have any advice?"
"I don't deserve your advice." Gu Piaoran took a few steps forward very naturally and stood in front of me. His legs just blocked me behind him. Not only was the scene exactly the same as what I saw in the Ghost Eye Money, it also helped me cover up my whereabouts.
Gu Piaoran said, "Don't forget why we had to sacrifice a disciple when we came in just now. The one who dominates the secret realm of Shenzhai is not Tianji, but the cave god. You know what the cave god hates the most, right?"
"This..." Sun Xiaomei couldn't help but hesitate.
Gu Piaoran continued, "The caves in Miaojiang can be described as full of strange things and phenomena. Some caves are so large that it is unimaginable. It is not an exaggeration to say that a cave can be a world in itself. The cave god is the master of this world. To deduce the secrets of heaven in the cave is to provoke the cave god. Otherwise, I would have figured out the secrets long ago."
Dongbao did not object to Gu Piaoran's statement, which shows that the other party was not talking nonsense.
Gu Piaoran said, "Few sorcerers in the Central Plains know that they cannot deduce the secrets of the universe in a cave in Miaojiang. A master of destiny like Lu Xiaoying would definitely try to deduce when faced with a difficult decision. Do you think she is on the path to survival?"
"Well..." Sun Xiaomei hesitated, "So we're just going to watch Wu Zhao slip away right under our noses?"
Gu Piaoran said in a deep voice: "If Madam Sun wants to take people to chase them, I have no objection. I will just sit here and wait for you all."
Sun Xiaomei hated me to the core, and even though she knew there were many dangers, she had no intention of giving up tracking me.
While Sun Xiaomei was hesitating, the rope of the coffin hanging above her head suddenly broke, and large amounts of accumulated soil instantly poured down, covering the sky. In just a short moment, a thick layer of smoke and dust rose in the air.
Oh no! The coffin rope broke!
While I was startled, the sorcerer of Xuan Jingsi had already protected Sun Xiaomei and was retreating in the direction they were coming from - they had been away from the fork in the road for some time, and no one knew what had happened during this time, so retreating in the direction they had come from was the safest option.
When I raised my head, I heard a hissing sound in the air. The next moment, I suddenly felt three muffled sounds coming from my body. My legs, which I was about to raise, fell back to my knees weakly, and my hands were raised in the air and I could no longer move.
It was Gu Piaoran. He pressed my acupoints with his fingers through the air.
Although I didn't know what Gu Piaoran was trying to do, the moment I looked up, I saw that the two ropes tied to the tail of the coffin had broken at the same time. The coffin hanging in the air fell vertically with its head facing upwards, swinging back and forth in the air like a pendulum.
However, Xiao Baitang never showed up. Was she hiding behind the coffin
Gu Piaoran had pressed my acupuncture points, so I couldn't see the situation on the other side of the coffin, but I heard Sun Xiaomei say in a deep voice: "Two people go over there to see what's going on."
After the two Mirror Sorcerers passed by me, my heart skipped a beat. This was the final result I saw. The secret of Ghost Eye Qian was stuck on an unknown result.
No wonder I didn't see the punishment of heaven when I saw the second picture. It turned out that this picture was not a glimpse into the secrets of heaven at all. It just let me see a picture that was difficult to speculate backwards. Is this the safest way to peek into the secrets of heaven
Although this thought flashed through my mind, I didn't have time to verify its authenticity. The only thing I could do was to prick up my ears and listen to the movement from the coffin.
A moment later, I heard a loud "bang".
All the coffins fell down
My heart suddenly rose to the sky, and I desperately turned my eyes to look in the direction of the coffin. Fortunately, there was only a fallen coffin lid on the ground, and I didn't see Xiao Baitang's figure, so I breathed a sigh of relief.
The Mirror Sorcerer who was slowly approaching the coffin was startled by the sudden fall of the coffin lid. He retreated violently and once again slid a few meters away from me. At this time, Sun Xiaomei shouted: "Go over and see what's inside the coffin!"
Cold sweat immediately broke out on my head. If they passed by, how could they not see Xiao Baitang
But my acupoints were completely blocked by Gu Piaoran, and I couldn’t move at all. How could I reinforce Xiao Baitang
Just as I was getting anxious, I suddenly heard a dull thud of something heavy falling from the direction of the coffin. When I turned my eyes to look over there, the hairs on my neck stood up, and the cold sweat on my spine soaked my back like running water - a person fell out of the coffin, it was Xiao Baitang!
Xiao Baitang deliberately pretended to be a corpse placed in a coffin. She clasped her hands across her chest and lay on her back on the ground. The dust she splashed up was like a layer of dark gauze falling from the sky, slowly covering Xiao Baitang's body.
The two Mirror Sorcerers walked quickly to Xiao Baitang, put their hands on her neck, pinched her hands, and said, "She's dead. She must have been dead for no more than half an hour."
Is Xiao Baitang really dead
No, Xiao Baitang was probably pretending to be dead. She was a member of the Poison Sect, so it was not difficult for her to pretend to be dead. Most of the members of the Poison Sect had poisons to protect their bodies, so even if they were not on guard, they would not be easily attacked. It was impossible for Xiao Baitang to fall into someone else's hands without making any noise.
Dong Bao walked a few steps quickly to Xiao Baitang's front and took a closer look and said, "This person is indeed dead. The footprints just now were left by her."
When I heard this, my heart suddenly sank. Even Dongbao was sure that Xiao Baitang was dead. Could it be that she was really murdered? Or could she even deceive Dongbao
With the last glimmer of hope in my heart, I turned my eyes to look in the direction of Xiao Baitang, but I heard Sun Xiaomei sternly say: "You two, chop off her head!"
Just as the warlock Xuanjingsi drew out his long sword, Dongbao, who was standing next to him, blocked it with a palm: "Madam Sun, in our Miao area, unless there is a deep hatred, you cannot cut off the head of the other person after he dies."
"She has a grudge against me!" Xie Jingwen took a few steps and said, "If this girl came in with Wu Zhao, then she should not only die, but also be hacked to pieces. Anyone who has anything to do with Wu Zhao must die a miserable death."
Dong Bao whispered: "But what if she didn't come in with Wu Zhao?" (To be continued)