1.

When the people are fixed, the west of Ningcheng.

The old mansion of the Xu family stood quietly in the night, the original vermilion lacquer gate was blackened by the dirt accumulated for more than ten years, and the gilded beast head knocker on the door also fell to the ground, covered with sticky spider silk and dirty dust.

At this moment, the gate of the old mansion was pitch black, and the wind was gusting, as if this mansion was going to open its mouth and swallow the passers-by in one gulp.

In order to avoid disturbing the nearby people, Li Zhou and Yunxiao laid an enchantment around the Xu Mansion to isolate the sound, Ling Ying held the flying snow and slowly blew out a song "Requiem", Lin Xiao stood in front of the gate of the old mansion, facing the "cannibalistic" mansion and closed his eyes, his right hand stretched forward on the door, his fingertips flashed with luminous light, resting on the door panel and tapping gently, his lips moved lightly, as if he was thinking something.

"It's ...... Is it psychic?" asked Yunxiao, touching Li Zhou.

"Yes, but no. Li Zhou said, "The conventional 'psychic technique' of the hundred schools of Xuanmen is to gather the yin spirit with a certain magic weapon, and then use the spiritual sense to perceive the yin spirit after gathering the spirit, which belongs to the listener." ”

And Lin Xiao's current approach is to sense his own spiritual sense with the resentful spirits in this house, and substitute himself into the identity of the resentful spirits, which belongs to the feelers. ”

Yunxiao was shocked: "Isn't this a practice that has already entered the Demon Dao, if the evil in it is too strong, his spiritual power will be counterattacked, and the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Li Zhou smiled: "No, as long as Ling Ying is here." This method is the originality of the two of them, and the most critical part is also in Ling Ying's "Requiem". Flying snow is a spiritual weapon, and its music has the effect of clearing the mind and calming the mind, even if the evil is powerful and cannot be substituted, it can also protect the psychic person from being counterattacked. ”

Li Zhou said and patted Yunxiao's shoulder, "Don't worry, senior sister, this practice of theirs has been verified and approved by the head of the family, and there is absolutely no problem." ”

Yunxiao also breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Lin Xiao standing at the door for a long time, and said: "The biggest advantage of his method should be that he can obtain the absolute truth." ”

"Generally, psychics can only be listeners, and the spirits invited are all independent thinkers, and if they encounter some cunning spirits who are cunning in life, it is possible that what they have end/insight into is not the truth, but if they are feelers, no matter how cunning the spirit is, what they have experienced cannot be tampered with. ”

"Not bad. Li Zhou nodded, "But he's not learning about the murder of the Xu family from the resentful spirit now." ”

Yun Xiaoqi said: "Then what is he doing?"

"The situation of the Xu family back then, as we all know, was full of turmoil in the city that year of the incident, and now it is nothing new. What the shopkeeper said is basically true, and there is no need to come to the psychic to find out again. Li Zhou said, "He is now using the perspective of a feeler to substitute into the yin spirit trapped in the mansion, and then from this point of view, he will find out the inside of the Xu Mansion and the prohibition imposed by the Liaoyuan family here." ”

As soon as the words fell, Ling Ying's playing also stopped. I saw Lin Xiao open his eyes suddenly, retract his hand from the door, take three steps back, and vaguely hear him gasp. Yunxiao stepped forward and asked, "How is it?"

Lin Xiao didn't say anything, he was looking at the gloomy door of the Xu family's old mansion with a puzzled face at the moment, then closed his eyes and re-filtered what Shicai felt in his mind, and walked back and forth a few steps back and forth.

Just when everyone thought that he had just accidentally been attacked by an evil spirit, they heard him suddenly say: "Wrong again!"

The three of them only felt that their hearts skipped a beat, and the words in Lin Xiao's words were normal words to say on weekdays, but at this moment, in front of this dark and gloomy murderous mansion, as soon as this sentence came out, it suddenly gave people a creepy feeling. "What do you mean?" the three of them asked together.

"Let's sort out the clues now. Lin Xiao reopened his eyes and stared intently at the murderous mansion in front of him:

"More than ten years ago, the Xu family who lived here was killed by dozens of people because they offended people. After the death of the Xu family, the ghost was not dispersed, and the resentment was depressed, which not only induced the murderer to commit suicide, but also stimulated the ferocity, affecting the people of Ningcheng, and then the Xianmen Wang clan stationed here - the Liaoyuan family sent people to suppress it, and the matter calmed down and settled down for more than ten years. ”

And sometime more than ten years later, about two months ago, the Liaoyuan family was suddenly attacked by inexplicable forces. Perhaps the senior who was sent to the Xu Mansion to suppress the evil spirit happened to die in this accident, and the ban originally set up to suppress the resentment of the Xu family's murderous mansion was also lifted because of the death of the caster. The evil spirits in the murderous house are out of control and hurt people again. ”

"And this time, because of some kind of targeted attack, the Liaoyuan family did not send anyone to eliminate it. We all know the rest of the matter, the Liaoyuan family was tragically wiped out, and the mastermind behind the scenes is nowhere to be found. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Xiao paused, then turned to Ling Ying and continued: "The above are all outlines of a story that we have roughly deduced based on the existing clues. ”

"Then, Ling Ying, you come and tell me, according to the normal situation, what kind of scene should we see when we come to this resurrected Xu family's murderous mansion tonight. ”

Ling Ying thought for a moment and then said, "The Xu family was wiped out back then, and the resentment did not dissipate, and the ferocity was stimulated by the harvesting of human lives. Even if the Liaoyuan family sent someone to deal with this matter, at best, it would only suppress it, not eradicate it;"

"Now that the seal that has been imprisoned for many years has been lifted in one day, the resentful spirits are becoming more and more uncontrollable, and I am afraid that they are even more ferocious......"

The words stopped abruptly, Ling Ying's eyes suddenly widened, his face suddenly turned pale, he couldn't say a word for a long time, and he broke out in a cold sweat for a while.

He was still observing Lin Xiao's face as he spoke, waiting for him to point out the problem, but he didn't know that as he spoke, he found a huge flaw!

According to common sense, in the case of resentment for many years and suddenly unsealed, this Xu Mansion should be resentful. But now this place, except for the strange atmosphere and the quiet surroundings, there is no sign of resentment overflowing.

The "murderous house cannibalism" sounds incomprehensible to ordinary people, but it is easy to explain for people like Lin Xiao and them, it is a hallucinogenic miasma produced by the pervasive evil spirit, which makes passers-by hallucinate and walk into the ghost house on their own, creating the illusion of "cannibalism". And it is difficult to sense even a trace of resentment here, let alone produce a large area of demonic miasma.

"Could it be that you just played "Requiem", so that the evil spirit has calmed down, and the overflowing resentment has also dissipated, so we are outside this murderous mansion, and the perception is not obvious?" Yunxiao guessed.

"No, it won't. Ling Ying shook his head and denied: "Although "Requiem" has a very good effect on suppressing evil spirits, after all, my cultivation is limited, and this fierce house resentment that has been in trouble for more than ten years is strong, and it is not something that I can settle by casually blowing a song "Requiem". ”

Li Zhou frowned and said, "In this way, there is no recurrence of this murderous mansion...... Could it be that the shopkeeper didn't tell us the truth. ”

"No, that Xiao Er did tell the truth, and the resentment in this house is not non-existent. Lin Xiao said as he sealed with one hand, stretched out his hand and gestured twice towards the door of the house. "You don't feel anything unusual as you stand here, so now you take a few steps forward and stand at the door. ”

After the three of them walked over, a talisman in Lin Xiao's hand was punched out, and he suddenly shouted: "Open!"

The door of the Xu family's mansion opened widely, and there was a creepy "squeak" sound when the door panel opened. I saw that the house was dark, and I couldn't see my five fingers. Ling Ying and the three of them were not sure what the situation was here, and the next moment they heard one after another terrible screams and mournful cries in their ears.

Ling Ying and the three of them were shocked by those sounds for a while, and their scalps were numb for a while, and after only a few moments, they felt a splitting headache, and they couldn't help but feel their blood surging and they were bored and wanted to vomit.

Suddenly, I heard a few hideous sword sounds, and the screams and cries suddenly decreased a lot, and then the door of the Xu Mansion was closed again, and the screams stopped. Ling Ying and the three of them only felt dizzy for a while, and their footing was unstable, and the three of them fell to the ground together, gasping for air.

"It's ...... What the hell?" Yunxiao asked with a palpitation, panting and patting his chest, holding back himself from throwing it out.

Lin Xiao put his sword in the sheath - the sound of Fang Cai's sword was the result of him playing the blade. "These 'ghost things' are the resentful spirits of the Xu family's murderous mansion, trapped inside, and should be sealed by prohibition; ”

"Wait. Li Zhou raised his hand to stop Lin Xiao's words, "No, the ban back then was under the Liaoyuan family, and now the Liaoyuan family has been wiped out, and the spell caster is naturally dead, how can this prohibition still exist?"

"You're pretty quick to react. Lin Xiao smiled, "Yes, this is the second problem." The situation of Xu Zhai proves that our previous guess is wrong, and the prohibition here is not limited by the caster's own situation. ”

"What?

"If the Liaoyuan family had placed a spell seal here, it would naturally be impossible. But what if, back then, they came here to get rid of trouble, and they set up a formation!"

"Formation?"

"Locking Spirit Array. Lin Xiao said. "According to my psychic feelings, a stone beast has been placed in each of the four corners of this murderous mansion, with soul-calming runes on it. These four soul-suppressing stone beasts are located in the four corners of this house, trapping the resentful spirits here, as long as the stone beasts are not destroyed or moved in position, this formation will not be broken. ”

"Therefore, standing at the door of the Xu Mansion will not feel anything abnormal, only by opening the door of the Xu Mansion will the resentment overflow. ”

Ling Ying pondered for a moment, then said, "In this way, more than two months ago, it was someone who entered here and alarmed the resentful spirits in the mansion, so the murderous mansion behaved again. ”

"Not bad. Lin Xiao said: "And you think about it, this place, the people who live here will not come and dare not come, and it is difficult for foreign guests to find this place without being introduced. ”

"So to put it this way, the people who came here must be people with bad intentions, and nine times out of ten, it is related to this extermination case. ”

"Then what should we do now? will we go to the Liaoyuan family again to find clues?" Yunxiao asked.

Everyone moved their eyes to Lin Xiao together, only to see him stretching his waist and yawning, and then said slowly: "What do you mean by what to do-the time has come, go back to the room and sleep!"

Ling Ying three: "......"

2.

"It's time, isn't it time to get up and look for the next clue!"

Ling Ying kicked off the bed in anger, resisting the urge to grab the person on the bed out of the bed and throw it on the ground.

"What are you anxious about!" Lin Xiao slowly lifted the quilt and propped up half of his body on the bed. "Early in the morning, the sky is blue and the sky is white, what can you find when you go to the Liaoyuan family!"

"The Liaoyuan family is not the Xu family's ghost house, is there any difference between going during the day and going at night......" Ling Ying had a condemning expression of "you just want to be lazy" on her face, watching Lin Xiao open her sleepy eyes, turning her head impatiently and moving her gaze to herself.

That look, in Lin Xiao's words, is to look at the eyes of an idiot.

"Ling Shaoxia, who can't wait to know the Heavenly Dao, please tell me, what do you think we were going to do last night?"

Ling Ying was stunned by what he said, and he didn't bother to express his anger at his extremely mocking tone, and seriously thought about this question: "You mean to say that the revival of the resentful spirits of the Xu family's murderous mansion has something to do with the Liaoyuan family?"

"Yes and no. ”

Lin Xiao turned over and got out of bed and stretched, came to the table and poured himself a cup of tea: "The resentment of the Xu family's murderous mansion is a fake revival, just because someone entered that house, causing the resentment to riot and overflow for a short time, but those resentful spirits are bound by the lock spirit array and cannot leave the scope of the Xu house, so it has nothing to do with the destruction of the Liaoyuan family." ”

Ling Ying reacted quickly: "The resentful spirit has nothing to do with the Destruction Gate, but the people who enter the Xu Clan's murderous mansion have a lot to do with the forces that attack the Liaoyuan Family. ”

"That's a good point. Lin Xiao put down the teacup, walked out of the door and came downstairs, beckoning the guys in the inn to serve the food.

"Now there is another problem, that person entered the Xu family's murderous mansion, there must be something in this mansion that is beneficial to his later actions against the Liaoyuan family. Think about it, what is the most valuable thing in that house besides a nest of grievances?"

"Locking Spirit Array?" Ling Ying exclaimed.

"That's right. Lin Xiao nodded in affirmative.

"You mean, there are traces of someone moving the formation there?"

"Whether it has moved, I can't tell, but I guess there is. That person was tinkering with that formation there, and I deduced that he should have been studying or experimenting with that formation. ”

"Experiment, experiment, what?"

"The Soul Locking Array, within the reach of the formation, can trap all things with aura, and is mostly used to suppress the ferocious spirits that are frequently troubled. ”

Lin Xiao took a sip of the corn porridge that had just been served, and then said, "Then we might as well boldly imagine whether the modified and transformed Locking Spirit Array can not only trap evil spirits, but also people!"

Ling Ying couldn't help but gasp when she heard this, and her fists suddenly clenched.

Lin Xiao's assumption is not unreasonable, the four of them have never figured out why the murderer can hide from everyone's eyes and ears and quietly wipe out the Liaoyuan family. If it is said that it is inconvenient for the various factions of the Immortal Sect in the Xiuzhen Realm to convey the news, then it is not impossible to do it by just acting secretly, but it is indeed extremely difficult to hide it from the eyes and ears of all the people in Ningcheng.

But if Lin Xiao's hypothesis is true......

"That'...... The reason why the news of the destruction of the Liaoyuan family was blocked can be explained. Ling Ying said nervously.

Lin Xiao nodded and continued: "And there is another key piece of information that can support this. That is, when we asked the shopkeeper yesterday, we talked about the Xu family's murderous house again, and then I asked why the Liaoyuan family didn't deal with this matter again;

Ling Ying thought about it carefully, and the content of yesterday's conversation naturally came to mind:

"It's strange to say. This is to be changed to the past, and within half a month after this kind of thing happened, someone would have already sent someone to serve the troubled place to Lian Guo. But somehow, there was no movement at all this time, someone came to visit the door to ask the immortal master to get rid of it, but the door of the Liaoyuan family was always closed, and there was no sound from inside, and there was not even a single disciple guarding the door outside...... And just two days ago, this Liaoyuan family did not move during the day, and it began to become restless at night...... I heard that the sound was like smashing something, and it was slamming to death......"

"Smashing things?" Ling Ying said thoughtfully, "If it's really the Spirit Locking Array, the souls of all the people in the Liaoyuan Family will be trapped there." That voice probably came from the trapped soul. ”

"Yes or no, I don't know yet. Lin Xiao drank the last mouthful of porridge and put the empty porridge bowl on the table.

"We'll go to the Liaoyuan family tonight, and everything will be clear then!"

3.

The Liaoyuan family is located in the east of Ningcheng City, just opposite the murderous mansion of the Xu family.

On the two stone altars in front of the gate of the mansion, there are two majestic stone lions; on the vermilion lacquer gate of the mansion, there is a large plaque hanging on it, on which is written "Qiwu Yu Yiju", and several golden characters are written with extraordinary strength, which makes people feel as if they are about to break out of the plaque.

If it is on weekdays, when the lights on the house are lit at night, it will be a great scene in Ningcheng. And now, what appeared in front of Lin Xiao and the four of them was a lifeless mansion standing in the night.

I saw a black light blinding fire in all directions, and the whole house was surrounded by demonic fog, giving people an indescribable weird feeling, but it was somewhat similar to the scene in the Xu family's murderous house yesterday.

"The moonlight is still very clear in the city, how can such a fog be born here, it is really strange. Li Zhou reached in front of him and waved, trying to dispel the fog barrier in front of him.

"You say, could this be the effect of the Locking Spirit Array's alienation? Yunxiao asked nervously, his palms sweating. "We should be in the maze that trapped the Liaoyuan family now. ”

Ling Ying stretched out his hand and took a handful of it in the mist, and said, "I'm afraid this mist is not as simple as what we see in front of us. If it is simply a fog barrier, no matter how thick the fog is, it is only a few steps from this gate to the main road outside, and it is impossible to go out. ”

"I don't know how this fog formed, whether there was enough hallucinogenic effect in it, or if the steps leading from the Suzaku family to the city had quietly changed the pattern, and a formation similar to a small maze was laid out. ”

Li Zhou sighed and asked, "But since it's a labyrinth, why didn't the people who came from outside to ask for help from the Liaoyuan family fail to get out?"

"This formation, I think it varies from person to person, and it is only the people in the Liaoyuan family who are trapped, and it has nothing to do with others. Yunxiao guessed.

"That's half right. Lin Xiao said as he slowly stepped forward to face the gate, "This formation should be aimed at people who cultivate the truth, and the impact on ordinary people is even less." Moreover, the people came during the day, and it was when the effectiveness of this formation was the worst, so it only had a restraining effect on the people inside, and had no effect on the people outside. ”

Yunxiao watched Lin Xiao stretch out his hand towards the vermilion lacquer gate, and hurriedly stepped forward to slap his hand away. Lin Xiao was beaten inexplicably, and couldn't help but be startled, stroked the back of his hand and asked, "Why are you beating me?"

"Do you want to use your method again?"

"yes, what else could you do!"

Yunxiao reprimanded: "I don't know how effective this method of yours will be, I only know that this is the Liaoyuan family, not the ghost house of the Xu family, all the monks who died here are Xuanmen monks, and every wisp of resentful spirits trapped has their own spiritual sense, not to mention many powerful people, even including their family master Hua Bucheng." ”

"You rashly use the method of substitution to channel, once the soul consciousness that is substituted is more powerful than you and Ling Ying's, are you really not afraid that the spiritual power will backlash and lose your life!"

Lin Xiao let out a sigh: "Please, my good senior sister, I know it in my heart." And in the current situation, what better way do we have to go in? I'm afraid it won't work. Instead of standing outside and waiting for the dead souls to come and tell us what happened, we should take the initiative and ask them ourselves. ”

"Okay, if you insist on doing so, I have nothing to say. Yunxiao stepped forward, "But I have conditions, if you don't agree, we'd rather go back the way we came, and I won't let you risk doing such a thing." ”

"You say. ”

"Take me!"

"Sister, don't make trouble......"

"Take me!" Yunxiao's voice unconsciously raised a little, and there was a determined gaze in his eyes. "Otherwise, don't talk about it!"

Lin Xiao confronted Yunxiao for a while, and seeing that she didn't have the slightest intention of retreating, he couldn't help but sigh, paced back and forth helplessly, and then turned to Ling Ying and Li Zhoudao:

"Ling Ying, prepare to play "Requiem", remember to pour a little more spiritual power into the sound of the flute, and try to suppress it. ”

"Li Zhou, you protect the Dharma for me and my senior sister, if there is any change between the two of us, and Ling Ying can't control the scene, he will sound the sword as soon as possible and pull us back. Don't worry, if something happens, Hongchen will come out. As he spoke, he pulled out the saber at his waist and handed it to Li Zhou.

Lin Xiao's sword is called "Red Dust". According to the rules of the Ziyang Divine Sect, if a disciple has practiced in the sect for more than three years, he is eligible to have his own sword.

Lin Xiao's red dust was found in an ancient tomb when he was out on a mission, this sword has a spirit, can transform into a beautiful woman in red, moves freely, and has his own thinking consciousness, it is really the best spiritual weapon in a million.

Hongchen is not under Lin Xiao's control, it will automatically be sealed in the scabbard, no matter how unfathomable you are in cultivation, you will not be able to pull it out of the scabbard, so it is Lin Xiao who will pull out the scabbard of Hongchen in advance and hand it to Li Zhou.

After Li Zhou took the sword, he obviously felt that the long sword in his hand struggled lightly a few times, the blade vibrated slightly, and there was a faint sound, and he couldn't help muttering: "What is it, so recognize the master!"

Ling Ying put Feixue to her lips and gently blew out the song "Requiem", the sound of the flute was low and long, and it echoed throughout the mansion.

Lin Xiao stretched out his left hand to hold Yunxiao's right hand, nodded to her, and the two of them put their hands on the vermilion lacquer door together.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the hands of the two of them were put up, before they could make any moves, the vermilion lacquer door suddenly made a loud "bang", and in a fog, it was vaguely seen that there was gurgling blood flowing out of the crack in the door.

Lin Xiao's face couldn't help but change, he stopped his waist and picked up Yunxiao, who was screaming in fright, kicked his feet vigorously, jumped backwards and jumped a few steps, and Ling Ying and Li Zhou behind him also hurriedly greeted him.

I only heard that there was no dead silence in the mansion of the Liaoyuan family, and the sound of collision came from the mansion one after another.

"That's it...... The kind of ...... that the Liaoyuan family sent out at night It's like a strange sound of smashing something?" Yunxiao was frightened a lot, and his voice trembled a little when he said it now.

"It's not smashing things. Lin Xiao's heart was beating wildly at this time.

"What's that?" Li Zhou swallowed nervously.

"It looks like someone...... Knocking on the door!" Ling Ying's eyes stared at the vermilion lacquer door that was constantly dripping with blood.

Those trapped inside, until they died, were thinking about escaping from here!

【To be continued】