Chapter 48: Clues
The drizzle knows the season, and now it happens. Dive into the night with the wind, moisturizing things silently.
In a cave in the dense forest of the Taishi Mountains, the atmosphere was unusually solemn.
A group of nine people gathered around the fire, standing or sitting, and no one spoke. Luo Banxia's face was also a little ugly, quietly looking at Jin Yingzi lying on the ground, lowering her head as if thinking about something.
Jin Yingzi's face was calm, as if nothing had happened as usual, and on his left chest, a wound ran through it, piercing his entire heart through a small black hole, and he had been dead for a long time. Everyone was shocked that this series of murders had happened to their companion Jin Yingzi, as an outstanding disciple of Jin Yingzi's Xihe Sect, he was also a leader in the Xihe Dao Method, and he was not spared.
Gradually, a low sobbing sound came, and everyone turned their heads to look, only to see that Nanxing had already cried out, and several people in Xihemen were all infected by emotions, and their eyes were slightly red. They have been with Jin Yingzi for a long time, and they have a deep affection for the same door, and at this time, when they see their fellow people in distress, they are sad and sad in their hearts, and it is really difficult to let go.
Dongtou gently patted Nanxing's back and comforted him softly, but Nanxing cried even more fiercely, and threw himself into Dongteng's arms and cried loudly. Yun E and Zi Yuan also stepped forward to comfort him, and Chang Shan on the side said angrily: "Who killed Senior Brother Jin Yingzi, if I catch him, I will definitely dismantle him!"
Guangbai was quite calm in the crowd, sighed lowly, lowered his eyelids unconsciously, and said after a while: "Let's bury Senior Brother Jin Yingzi on the spot." ”
Chang Shan was surprised when he heard this: "Senior brother, this is absolutely unacceptable." Senior Brother Jin Yingzi is also a guest who died in a foreign land, we should take his body back to Xihemen for burial, and return to the roots. ”
Guangbai sighed again and said quietly: "I don't know what you said. It's just that we haven't completed the task yet, and escorting the junior and younger brothers back to the mountain will definitely consume more manpower, and secondly, this time the journey is far away, and the ritual of returning to the mountain is cumbersome, and I am afraid that the corpse has rotted and stinks. In fact, we cultivators don't need to care where we go, the green mountains and green waters are our hometown. I believe that even if he knew, he would definitely understand. ”
Everyone didn't speak for a while, Chang Shan still wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth and didn't make a sound after all, which can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence.
After some tossing, everyone buried Jin Sakura in a small mound not far from the cave, and Fuyuto carefully took off Jin Sakura's clothes and folded them away, so that they could be sent back to Xihemen for safekeeping. Before Jin Yingzi was buried, everyone said goodbye to him, only to see that Jin Yingzi looked peaceful, and there was no trace of a fight around her body, and it was not too painful to come and go.
It took a lot of time to do this, and it was midnight in the blink of an eye. Everyone did not feel sleepy, and they practiced meditation to relieve the sadness in their hearts. Luo Banxia got up and walked towards the outside of the cave, where Guangbai and yellow robes were like jade, standing in the endless night, the rain had stopped, the faint moonlight occasionally revealed his true face, and a corner of light shone on Guangbai's back, looking a little desolate and sad.
Luo Banxia stepped forward slowly, walked to Guangbai's side, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Senior Brother Guangbai, rest early in the middle of the night." ”
Guangbai turned his head to look at him and squeezed out a smile: "I can't sleep, come out and breathe." ”
Luo Banxia said with relief: "Senior Brother Guangbai don't worry, the truth will definitely come out." I believe that Senior Brother Jin Yingzi's spirit in the sky will definitely bless us to find the murderer as soon as possible. ”
Guangbai smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's not just about Jin Yingzi. It's been almost two months since we entered the Taishi Mountains, but we still have no clue about the zombie mutation, and if we don't find a solution as soon as possible, I'm afraid that more innocent people will die because of it. After a pause, Guangbai said to Luo Banxia again: "Senior Brother Luo, you are quick to think and calm in everything, what do you think about the things here?" ”
Luo Banxia didn't know how to answer for a while, and after pondering for a moment, he said, "Senior brother has won the award, and I don't have any thoughts. However, I don't know about something, and I want to ask Senior Brother Guangbai a thing or two. ”
"Oh, I don't know what it is, Senior Brother Luo, but it doesn't matter. ”
"What I want to ask is that I don't know what Senior Brother Changshan's personality is on weekdays?"
Guangbai was a little strange, I don't know why Luo Banxia asked this question, but he still said truthfully at the moment: "Senior Brother Changshan is usually relatively taciturn and rarely interacts with people. But he is delicate, stoic and pragmatic, and if he doesn't speak, he can often hit the nail on the head when he speaks, so he is also trusted by his fellow teachers and brothers. ”
Luo Banxia nodded, and fell into contemplation again, all kinds of fragments that he had experienced in the past few days appeared in his mind like a movie, Luo Banxia tried to find some rules from it, but he couldn't figure it out for a while. Guangbai saw that Luo Banxia didn't speak, and asked softly, "Why did Senior Brother Luo ask such a question?"
Luo Banxia came back to his senses and said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just that I've had a lot of contact with all the senior brothers in recent days, and I just want to know more about everyone." ”
Guangbai didn't say anything more, turned his head to look at the deep dense forest outside the cave, and in the night, the dense forest seemed to turn into a fierce beast that chose people to devour, which made people feel uneasy and afraid. Luo Banxia also stood with Guangbai, and the two of them each thought about their own thoughts. The breeze blew and swayed the clothes of the two, and the scene was quiet for a while.
After a long time, Guangbai suddenly said leisurely: "Actually, getting along with Senior Brother Luo always reminds me of someone unconsciously. ”
Luo Banxia was a little surprised, "Oh, who is Senior Brother Guangbai talking about?"
"It is the former chief disciple of our Xihe Sect, my senior brother Chang Ion. ”
Luo Banxia didn't answer, he had a relationship with Chang Ion when he was very young, and it was from that time that his wheel of fortune began to slowly change.
"Senior Brother Luo's behavior is free and easy-going, but it is quite similar to my late senior brother. ”
Luo Banxia turned his head to look at Guangbai, only to see that his eyes were full of nostalgia and his gaze was far-reaching. "It is said that Brother Chang Ion's body was found in the mountains behind a village, and he died in search of the Inhuman's treasure, the Hammer, and since his death, the Hammer has disappeared. ”
Luo Banxia's heart sank, the matter of the Alien God Hammer and Chang Ion often appeared in his sleep in the past eight years, and the memory of Luojia Village being destroyed was as deep as yesterday. He didn't mention anything about this to anyone, only Xiao Kongqing knew a thing or two.
"Why did Senior Brother Guangbai talk to me about this?" Luo Banxia couldn't help but ask.
"There is no other, just a feeling. I took everyone to this Taishi Mountain Range, not only did I not make any achievements, but I also killed the younger brother Jin Yingzi in a foreign land. If Senior Brother Chang Ion is here, with his ingenuity, he should be able to crack this game with ease. ”
Luo Banxia said softly: "Senior Brother Guangbai doesn't have to be humble, in fact, in my opinion, Senior Brother Guangbai is the best in our generation in terms of cultivation and mentality. I really can't blame the senior brother for this incident, I believe that even if someone else comes, it may not be as good as the senior brother has done. ”
Guangbai sighed and waved his hand, took two steps forward, and then slowly put his hands behind his back. The dark clouds seemed to subside a little, and the moonlight shone faintly, overlapping the shadows of the two.
Luo Banxia didn't wait for Guangbai's reply, and he wasn't in a hurry. The death of Jin Yingzi seemed to be quite a blow to Guangbai, so he quietly stayed with Guangbai for a while. The two of them stood one after the other in the clearing outside the cave, the breeze blowing, the branches and leaves rustling, and the forest still silent.
The disciples in the cave were also not sleepy, and they were thinking about their own thoughts. The night was deep, and there was no sleep or a night of speech.
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Several figures swept swiftly through the forest, silent, like arrows off the string.
The trees on both sides were constantly retreating, Luo Banxia carefully maintained his distance from detection, and beside him were a group of disciples of Xihe Female Spirit.
Dozens of feet in front of them were more than a dozen running zombies. This morning, during the usual patrol of everyone, I accidentally found the traces of a few zombies, and I saw that these zombies were sneaky, as if they were being guided and manipulated by something, and they all moved in one direction.
The crowd was overjoyed to find out about this situation, and hurriedly and quietly followed. The senses of zombies are different from ordinary people, especially the taste of living people is extremely keen, so everyone deliberately suppresses their own breath and follows them from a short distance.
These zombies are painless, and they don't care about the bushes and thorns along the way, they just run wildly. The crowd had been following the zombies for an hour, and still hadn't found anything. It's just that along the way, zombies continue to converge from all over the place, and then move forward together, and the number has grown from a few at the beginning to a dozen now.
Everyone is still faintly afraid of the zombie army, especially since the attack on Weng Cao Village by a million zombie army. Although most of the people ended up exhausted and unharmed, and the period of recuperation had been restored, no one wanted to experience the boundless and terrible zombie frenzy again.
Ling You quietly stroked the wound on his leg, which had been inadvertently bitten by a zombie during that great war. The wound is still a little painful, but the trend of festering and pus has improved slightly over the past few days, Ling You secretly rejoiced in his heart, it seems that the transmissibility of this corpse poison is not as powerful as rumored, and under the suppression of the Dao Law of the Female Spirit Palace, it has begun to gradually subside.
After another half an hour, just as everyone was becoming more and more confused, the dozen or so zombies finally stopped behind a tree.
Everyone didn't dare to get too close, and they hid far away in the treetops, their eyes wide open, looking towards the zombie gathering place. I saw those zombies standing in a big circle one by one, waving their arms wildly, and making a ho-ho sound in their mouths, as if they were doing some ritual, which was even more confusing.
Ziyuan lowered her voice and whispered to everyone, "What are they doing?"
Luo Banxia put a finger on his lips, made a silent gesture, and gestured a few times, meaning to wait and see what they were going to do first. Everyone stopped talking, and each of them was calm, paying attention to the changes in the field.