After leaving Jingci Temple, Lian Ge walked in the direction away from Lin'an City.

As the lights behind him gradually turned on, the people in front of him gradually became sparse.

"Rustling ......"

Facing the dark night, a few hours after leaving Jingci Temple, Lian Ge walked to a mountain forest with lush foliage and dense vegetation.

I didn't pause much, and I didn't choose to take a detour.

Waving his hand and flicking the branches and leaves of the woods, Lian Ge walked down the upward ramp into the dense forest.

The lush foliage of trees made the entire mountain forest dense and dark, but it had no effect on Lian Ge.

"Goo...... Mutter...... Hiss ......"

"Rustling ......"

In the darkness of the entire mountain forest, there seemed to be countless creatures lurking, making some movements from time to time.

Lian Ge didn't pay much attention to it, stepped on the rotten dead branches and fallen leaves under his feet, and walked towards the depths of the dense forest and the top of the mountain peak without hurry.

"Rustling ......"

Pushing aside the branches that were blocking the way, Lian Ge paused slightly.

He lowered his head, crouched down slightly, and glanced at the ground beneath his feet.

Lian Ge found that there was a clear path on the ground, which was obviously left by people who had stepped on it frequently.

Standing up again, Lian Ge swept around.

His gaze paused again, and to his left, on the hillside, which seemed higher, there was a faint glow of fire in the darkness.

After pausing slightly, and then scanning the path under his feet, Lian Ge moved his steps again, walked straight towards the firelight.

As we continued to move forward, the road under our feet gradually became easier, the branches and leaves of the shrubs blocking the way gradually decreased, and the fire in the distance gradually became clearer.

After a few moments of walking along the winding path, Lian Ge stopped again in front of the firelight.

In front of me, this is a dilapidated and old small temple, only a small room, enshrined in a small altar, on the altar sat two clay statues, it seems to be the lord of the land.

On the clay statue of the god sitting upright, there is an obvious fracture mark on the neck, which is only covered with a red cloth, but the head is no longer in place.

In front of the offering table of the headless deity, there is an old incense burner, in which some incense has been burned, and next to the incense burner, there are two long columns of cylindrical wax with glass covers, but one of the pillars has been burned out, and the other has also been burned out.

And next to the censer and the long wax, on the offering table, there was also something wrapped in red cloth, and from the scales and size of the scales exposed, it was the head of the headless god before it broke.

Under this offering table, where the long wax of the incense burner is placed, there are also several grass futons on the ground.

Glancing at the small land temple, Lian Ge walked in,

"Passing by the treasure land, spend the night overnight. ”

Although he could see that there was no spiritual miracle on this statue, Lian Ge still said politely to this statue.

Squatting down, Lian Ge pulled a futon and put it next to the wall of the temple in this land, and then sat down against the wall.

"Squeak Squeak......"

The little mouse on his shoulder turned his head, looked at the land temple, and barked a few times.

"Sleep. ”

Lian Ge glanced at the mouse and smiled slightly.

After driving his mana and casting a small spell to reduce his sense of presence on himself and the guinea pig, Lian Ge sat on the futon, leaned against the wall, closed his eyes and rested.

The little mouse squatting on Lian Ge's shoulder turned his head, went down Lian Ge's arm, jumped to another futon, and lay down.

Inside the Land Temple, it was quiet again.

......

The next day, early in the morning.

"Rustling ......"

"Tweet ......"

The breeze blows through the leafy mountain forest, and the rising morning sun shines dappled under the dense forest through the shade of the trees.

Leaving the nest, birds and beasts that began to hunt disturbed the branches and foliage of the bushes.

Inside the Land Temple,

Lian Ge, who was leaning against the wall, also woke up,

Opening his eyes, Lian Ge then stood up from the futon.

On the futon on the side, the guinea pig who heard the movement also rushed towards Lian Ge in an instant.

"Squeak...... Squeak"

Following Lian Ge's outstretched arm, the mouse returned to Lian Ge's shoulder.

Withdrawing his hand and glancing at the mouse on his shoulder, Lian Ge smiled slightly.

Turning his gaze, Lian Ge looked at the headless statue on the offering table and the head card of the god wrapped in red cloth, and his eyes paused slightly,

"Excuse me. ”

Whispering, Lian Ge turned around, didn't stop at the Land Temple for too long, stepped straight out of the Land Temple, and walked forward along the winding path.

......

Compared to the night, although the dense forest during the day is still full of shade, the light that passes through the gaps in the dense branches and leaves still illuminates the entire mountain forest.

Following the winding path that the pedestrians had stepped on, Lian Ge kept moving forward, after walking past the top of the mountain.

This is clearly a deliberate winding path that becomes more and more open.

Stopping slightly, Lian Ge looked along the path leading to the bottom of the mountain, and among the cols at the end of it, there were some different houses and buildings, obviously a village.

Looking down at the village, Lian Ge narrowed his eyes slightly.

Without staying too long, Lian Ge walked straight towards the village at the foot of the mountain along the mountain path down the mountain.

......

As we get closer to the village at the foot of the mountain, the view of the village becomes clearer.

Viewed from above, a somewhat winding village road runs through the village, and the buildings in the village are distributed on both sides of the road along the winding village road.

Lian Ge's side should be at the end of the village, and the location of the village entrance seems to be vaguely connected to the outside world.

......

Descend the winding mountain road, past the bushes and weeds that grow on both sides.

finally

After a few moments, the shrubs and weeds on his side disappeared, and Lian Ge walked down the hill and appeared in front of the road at the end of the village.

Stopping slightly, Lian Ge looked forward along the winding village road of the village,

Judging from the different buildings on both sides of the village road, this is not a very closed mountain village.

But at the moment, the village seemed eerily quiet.

It was obviously early in the morning, on the village road, in the fields, but there was no half of a figure in sight, and everywhere as far as the eye could see, the doors and windows of every house were closed, and there was not even the sound of chickens and dogs barking.

Looking at the strange mountain village in front of him, Lian Ge slightly emphasized.

Retracting his gaze, Lian Ge moved his steps again, followed the village road, and stepped into the village.

......

Sweeping his eyes, Lian Ge randomly chose the nearest home and walked to it.

Walking to the door, I can still faintly hear some people moving,

Stretching out his hand, Lian Ge knocked on the door of this house.

"Knock knock...... Knock knock. ”

The knock on the door fell, and there was a sudden silence in the house, as if the people in the house immediately stopped all movements after hearing the knock.

"Who?"

A vigilant voice came from behind the door.

"I'm a passing tourist, I'm a little thirsty, can I ask for a glass of water. Lian Ge said towards the house.

The voice fell,

The people in the house were obviously relieved, but they still didn't mean to open the door for Lian Ge,

"Sorry, it's not convenient...... Also, you should leave quickly, our village has not been peaceful lately. ”

"Brother, let's make it convenient, I'll leave with a glass of water. ”

Lian Ge said again.

When the words fell, the people in the room seemed to hesitate and did not answer.

After a long time, the footsteps in the house sounded,

"Crunch ......"

The door opened, and a middle-aged man in his forties appeared.

After glancing at Lian Ge, he directly handed a paper cup in his hand to Lian Ge.

"Drink the water and leave. The middle-aged man said, hesitated, and added,

"I won't hide it from you, our village is in ...... Haunted, you'd better hurry up or you won't be able to leave!"