The few people on the road continued to rush, and they were really tired, so they rested earlier that night, just afraid of what might happen at night, so they all slept in their clothes. After sleeping on the outside, Rong Wan could clearly see the moonlight outside the window, and finally fell asleep in a daze.
However, in the middle of the night, I don't know if he was delusional. He just felt as if there was a cold wind blowing into his neck, and then there was a slight gurgling sound, as if someone was playing at an extremely cautious volume. He is not fully awake yet, but his body has subconsciously jumped out of bed. He opened his eyes and saw that the window was open, and suddenly he was shocked and woke up completely.
Qi Bishu also woke up at this time and sat up: "Is there anyone?"
"I really don't know if it's a human or a ghost." Rong Wan frowned and went to the window to look out. It was dark and quiet outside, and there were no traces of anyone climbing on the wall. Since there had been no guests for a long time, the inn yard was full of weeds. They have all grown, but the weeds on the ground are exactly the same as when they first entered the inn, that is to say, no one has stepped on the grass.
Qi Bishu held the sword vigilantly, and said, "Go out and have a look?"
Rong Wan nodded, and when the two were about to push the door out, the inn lobby suddenly lit up, and two black shadows flashed, one of them was wrestling with Xie Cangchuan, and the other escaped from the main entrance. This just happened at the moment when he and Qi Bishu checked the situation. It seems that someone also tried to sneak into Xie Cangchuan's room.
When the fleeing black shadow left the main entrance, Qi Bishu vaguely felt that his figure was familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember who it was, so he chased after him without thinking.
He didn't worry about his cultivation level when he recovered his body, so he let him go. Besides, the two people who attacked at night didn't seem to have high cultivation levels, and the person who was fighting with Xie Cangchuan was captured in an instant .
The inn tables and chairs flew all over the place.
"How courageous." Xie Cangchuan sneered, leaned down and pulled the black mask off the man's face.
The man on the ground curled up into a ball, looking at them with a terrified expression, not like an assassin coming to kill, but like a cow or sheep about to be slaughtered, he hurriedly turned his face to the ground, and Xie Cangchuan forcefully pushed it back, cold Coldly said: "Who are you, and who are you instigated by?"
The man suddenly bit his teeth, and blood flowed out of his mouth.
Both Xie Cangchuan and Rong Wan's expressions changed, "No, this person committed suicide."
After finally catching someone, the one who caught was the dead man who came to explore the way. Xie Cangchuan angrily threw the man's neck: "Waste of time!"
"Forget it." Rong Wan didn't see Yun Hao and Kong Zilan, so he asked, "Where is Yun Hao?"
Xie Cangchuan said: "This man sneaked into Kong Zilan's room first, causing Kong Zilan to be stabbed with a sword and making a noise, Yun Hao and I rushed there, Yun Hao should be bandaging Kong Zilan at this time."
Hearing that Yun Hao was fine, Rong Wan felt relieved, but just now Qi Bishu chased him out alone, which inevitably made him a little worried, so he said: "You go up and guard the two of them first, and I will go after the one who just escaped."
Xie Cangchuan laughed and said: "It's clear that you are concerned about your apprentice's safety, what you said about chasing deserters, it sounds so nice..." Before he finished speaking, Rong Wan had already stepped out of the door in a hurry.
The street outside was still deserted. Rong Wan flew around a few corners and saw no one. Fortunately, he had given the golden bell to Qi Bishu long ago. At this moment, he held his breath and was able to detect Qi Bishu's position, but he chased it a long distance away. , already beyond his divine consciousness. The golden bell also had another function. He lowered his head and saw that there was no blood on the bell, so he knew that Qi Bishu was safe and sound.
He was about to chase after him, but the tiny clucking sound came behind him, getting closer and closer.
"Who?" In the dark alley, Rong Wan turned his head to look, and he was the only one, dragging a long shadow on the ground under the moonlight.
The voice came from behind, Rong Wan was extremely vigilant, the true energy in his robe was already full, but he felt that the voice approached him—but penetrated him, and continued to go forward. Immediately afterwards, the voice gradually became smaller and smaller, just when Rong Wan was full of doubts and was about to move on, the voice stopped at the entrance of the alley.
At this moment, although there was no one at the entrance of the alley, Rong Wan felt for no reason, as if someone was waiting for him there, beckoning him to follow. This time is so weird that anyone who encounters it will break out in a cold sweat.
Rong Wan asked in a deep voice: "Who are you?" The Soul Concentrating Furnace was not lit at all, which meant it was not a ghost. Then, after Rong Wan read the original text, he really couldn't think of any god on the road of cultivating immortals who could blend his body into the air, so that people couldn't see the other party's face clearly.
The voice ignored it, and just said "Du, Du, Du" three times on the spot.
After not following, it repeated that sound, which was particularly tingling in the middle of the night.
After letting go of my heart, it seems that I must go. There were many people in the inn before, but no one else heard the voice, only I heard it, and I specially attracted myself here, explaining that I wanted to bring myself to see something. No matter it is dangerous or dangerous, Qi Bishu has a golden bell on his body, which can take care of him.
So he followed.
The voice was only satisfied when he saw him follow, and continued to move forward, moving so fast that Rong Wan had to control the flying technique. The voice disappeared in front of a dark cave, and Rong Wan was startled for a moment.
This cave is extremely hidden, and most people would never think of going in to see it, nor would they know what's inside. But because he has read the original text, he knows that there is a sect in the Great Wall of Dragons, called Ji Le Tang, which is an organization of killers, and Yun Hao was brought up the mountain by Jun Yu from then on. This sect has an escape tunnel, which goes deep into the cellar of the sect, and can escape from the underground to a cave outside the city.
The entrance of this cave is densely covered with weeds, there is a stream nearby, the entrance is half a person's height, covered by vegetation, it is exactly as described in the original text.
If Ji Letang got involved in this matter, it would be possible to find an exit, and Rong Wan waved away the vegetation and stepped into the cave. The entrance is narrow, but as you walk inside, it gradually becomes a hole in the sky.
It's just that the inside of the cave was pitch black, and I couldn't see anything. After Rong finished, he took out Jun Yujun's luminous lamp from Qiankun's bag. Originally, he could take out the sacred bone of the snake to illuminate it, but he was afraid of attracting covetousness, so he didn't Before refining, Rong Wan would not show it to others easily.
But unexpectedly, an inch of land in front of him was suddenly illuminated.
After that, I realized what the soft, wet ground was all about—they were all people, dead people, so many corpses were entangled together, it was impossible to tell which was the arm and which was the leg, it looked like a piece of flesh. Huge meatloaf.
His heart trembled, cold sweat broke out, he suppressed his nausea, bent down, turned one of the corpses upside down, and lit it with a luminous lamp, his hand holding the lamp was almost unsteady. This person's face is colorless, without the grayness of a dead person, and his limbs and neck are limp and alive like a pile of flesh. It doesn't look like he is dead, but more like someone who has been sucked out of his flesh and blood. .
Rong Wan had never met those missing people before, but he counted the piles of corpses here, a total of twelve, basically, they can be numbered.
But where does Ji Le Tang have such a great ability? Although this organization has been engaged in assassination activities on the mainland, it is not courageous enough to get angry.
This trip is to find Kong Zhiping, the second elder brother of Kong Zilan. After Rong finished, he first found Kong Zhiping among the corpses, so that he could give Kong Zilan an explanation when he went back. Kong Zilan had previously described the clothes Kong Zhiping wore when he went down the mountain, but it only took four or five days to transport the darts, and Kong Zhiping only brought some dry waves, so the clothes were naturally not changed. After a few quick glances, he found Kong Zhiping out of the corpse.
Rong Wan walked over and lifted his back collar, intending to lift him up and take him away, but suddenly saw a certain pattern on the back of his neck that seemed to be carved by blood—
The totem was protruding from his clothes, and it seemed very fresh, as if someone carved it not long ago. After Rong finished his eyebrows, he put Kong Zhiping on the ground and tore off his clothes to reveal the pattern completely. It was only then that he discovered that the entire totem spread over his entire back. It was a huge piece carved by sharp stones, and the flesh on his back was already blurred, but there was no blood spilled out, and it seemed that all the essence had been sucked away. .
If someone deliberately lured him here, it means that he wants to discover something for himself. Although he doesn't know who the person who lured him here is and what his purpose is, Rong Wan subconsciously counted all the totems on Kong Zhiping's back remember.
He only felt that this matter seemed to be getting more and more involved, so he didn't stay long, and planned to go back to the inn first, and he didn't feel dirty, so he carried Kong Zhiping's body, turned and left the cave.
He followed the voice to come here with the flying technique, and it took only an incense stick of kung fu. The few people who stayed in the inn thought he had profound skills, so naturally they were not worried. The lights of the inn were on, and there were two dead men in black lying side by side in the corner. It seemed that Qi Bishu chased the escaped man back, but the man had already committed suicide. As soon as he stepped through the door, only Qi Bishu rushed over to greet him, his eyes fell on him first, and after confirming that he was safe and sound, he took a look at the corpse he brought back: "Master, this is?"
Before Rong Wan could answer, Kong Zilan, who was clutching his wound, stood up abruptly, and cried out in grief, "Second brother!"
"Where did you find it?" Xie Cangchuan wondered.
Rong Wan handed Kong Zhiping's body to Kong Zilan, and said to him, "We'll talk about it later."
Qi Bishu scanned Kong Zhiping's face, and saw that his face was colorless, lit by the yellow light, it was almost transparent, and there were no traces of blood vessels. His heart trembled suddenly, and he also realized what happened: "His essence and cultivation have been sucked dry?"
"What kind of skill is this murderer?" It was the first time Yun Hao had heard of such a skill, and couldn't help but go over to have a look.
Xie Cangchuan looked at the crying Kong Zilan, frowned and said, "Master Kong, check to make sure this is your second brother's body?" Perhaps it was too easy to find Kong Zhiping, and Rong Wan and the others felt a little bit of sadness in their hearts. doubts.
Kong Zilan was already in tears, choked up and said, "How could I not recognize my own brother? I must take revenge!"
Seeing that she was in a state of confusion, Rong Wan said, "Yun Hao, you stay and take care of Taoist Master Kong. Let's go up and talk in detail first. I found something."
"What? Master, you are biased, so why isn't Qi Bishu guarding here?" Yun Hao said dissatisfied.
Seeing that the owner and Xiao Er in the inn didn't come out at all, Rong Wan probably heard the sound of fighting in the middle of the night, so he hid in fright, the distance from the backyard is far away, and he couldn't hear the voices here, so he said: "Forget it, Just say it here."
He motioned Kong Zilan to put Kong Ziping's body flat on the table, turned it to the back, and signaled the others to look at the totem of Confucius: "Look—"
Halfway through the speech, Rong was startled in horror.
Xie Cangchuan said angrily, "What are you looking at? Look at his white back? I don't have this hobby."
The totem on Confucius Ping's back has completely disappeared, as if it had never appeared before.
Rong Wan stood there for a while, without saying a word for a long time, he came out of the cave, did not encounter any strange things along the way, and the corpse of Confucius never left his shoulder, why did this totem disappear? What's the matter? !