Along the Shuanglin River, we climbed over two low hills and entered the range of Wolong Mountain.

Although Wolong Mountain is adjacent to the Imperial Trade Road, it is actually very sparsely populated due to its complex terrain, lush vegetation, dense wild animals, and only a rugged and difficult mountain road to connect to the outside world.

However, there are also many high-quality medicinal materials produced here, and there have even been people who have seen demon beasts haunting, so there are often monks or herb people who covet the demon beast Neidan into this mountain range.

Within a radius of 100 miles of Wolong Mountain, only two or three small mountain villages are inhabited, and the villagers live a primitive and simple life, and do not communicate with outsiders, appearing isolated from the world.

"Brother Mu, judging from the map, we can reach a village by going over two more hills, so let's speed up and try to get there before the sun sets. ”

Li Mu and the others are both monks in the Jiedan realm, and it is not difficult to sleep in the wild, but if they can find a village to spend the night, who would want to freeze in the woods, although it is almost summer, the night in the deep mountains is still cold.

After listening to Lin Qingzhu's analysis, Li Mu also nodded, the pace under his feet increased significantly, and the two continued to walk west along the mountain road.

The night came faster than Li Mu expected, and by the time they climbed a hill and saw the village in the middle of the col in the distance, the sun had completely set.

The two did not hesitate, and walked quickly towards the village, the village in the night was also dark, and there was no light, and Li Mu and the two could only rely on the moonlight to distinguish the location of the mountain village.

"It's a little strange, it stands to reason that even if the villagers live a simple life and rest early at night, it can't be that there are no lights at all, Brother Mu, let's be careful, don't make a noise first. ”

This originally planned foothold for the two of them, but at this time, there was a strange aura, and the abnormal situation made Lin Qingzhu, who had sharp intuition, take the lead in becoming vigilant.

"Well, that's right, I also think this village is weird, so let's sneak into the village from the east first and see if I will meet the villagers. ”

After the two of them arranged the countermeasures, they walked towards the quiet mountain village in the darkness one after the other, Li Mu's Shadow Sword was already unsheathed at this time, and the muscles of his whole body were also tensed, dealing with the danger that might arise at any time.

Descending the hillside, the two soon came to the side of the village, and looking through the bushes into the village, it was still dark, and generally even if all the villagers were asleep, there should be animals such as dogs making noises.

But at this time, the word dead silence can only be used to describe the village in front of the two.

Yes, it's dead silence, not the slightest feeling of anger.

"Brother Mu, I searched everything, no one, not a single villager saw it, this village was abandoned. ”

After the two entered the village, they went separately to investigate, but to their surprise, there was no villager in the whole village, not even chickens and ducks.

"It's so strange, Qingzhu, you see, these spears should be used for hunting, the tips of the spears have only been polished for a short time, and these medicinal herbs and air-dried food have just been sunburned, this village must have been inhabited recently, but why was it suddenly abandoned?"

Li Mu walked to a house, pointed to the spears neatly placed on the wall and the sausages and bacon hanging under the eaves, and said that every detail in the village proved that this was a normal mountain village not long ago.

But the question is, where have all those villagers gone?

And what made them abandon the village where they had lived for so long and leave in such a hurry?

"It's getting late, so, Qingzhu, let's find a house to live in first, and we'll set off at dawn tomorrow, this night we take turns keeping vigil, I don't know why, I always have some bad premonitions here. ”

Although the village in the mountains is full of weirdness, Li Mu and the two still choose to stay first, and the two alternately sleep and rest, just in case.

After comprehensive consideration, Li Mu chose a house near the entrance of the village, which has a wide field of vision, and even if something really happens, he can deal with it calmly.

When the two entered the house, they did not light the lamps and candles, but simply packed up their beds so that they could lie down.

"Qingzhu, you rest first, I'll keep watch for the first half of the night. ”

Li Mu asked Lin Qingzhu to rest first, but instead took a wooden chair and sat outside the house.

For such an arrangement, Lin Qingzhu was not hypocritical, she knew that although the two of them had entered the Jiedan realm, sufficient rest would still help them in their subsequent trips, and after saying goodnight to Li Mu, she lay down with her clothes, with Li Mu on duty outside, the girl was very relieved, and soon fell asleep.

Li Mu, who was sitting outside the door, began to operate the innate recipe in his body, after knowing that this set of exercises might be the legendary heaven-level exercises, Li Mu began to use every bit of free time to practice it, this innate recipe became more difficult the further it went, in addition to requiring superhuman understanding, it was only through continuous efforts to achieve improvement.

The temperature in Wolong Mountain in the middle of the night was extremely low, but Li Mu, who was constantly running the innate formula, did not feel cold, and even the moment the gusty mountain wind touched Li Mu's body, he was blocked by the strong and fierce Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi.

"The Pure Yang Burning Heaven Pill I took before has completely transformed my meridians and dantian, and now I will automatically draw out a trace of pure yang qi when I run the Innate Technique, and even the sword moves will be wrapped in a scorching momentum, and the power is much greater, this may be called a blessing in disguise. ”

The night was a little deeper, I don't know when it started, and the wind in the mountains stopped.

"Click......"

Suddenly, the sound of a wooden fence breaking made Li Mumeng, who was cultivating with his eyes closed, open his eyes violently, and the perception of the Yu Dan Realm instantly spread, and the whole person also jumped up and entered a state of high alert.

I saw a low shadow at the entrance of the village, not a human, but more like a beast, and the previous sound was made by it inadvertently stepping on a wooden stick on the ground.

"It's ...... A dog? No, it's weird. ”

As the black shadow continued to approach, Li Mu also saw its true face through the moonlight, it was a soil dog that could be seen everywhere.

But the dog's pace at this time was not as flexible as it should be, but a little indescribably stiff, Li Mu also found that the dog's right hind leg had been broken, and at this time it was walking towards him by relying on the remaining three legs.

"Brother Mu, what's wrong?"

The movement outside the house also alarmed Lin Qingzhu, and she jumped out, she had already landed beside Li Mu, and at the same time saw the somewhat strange three-legged earth dog in front of her.

"The leg is broken like this, and even the dog that can bear it should let out a wail of pain, but it doesn't make a sound, and it walks in the wrong way, it feels like a puppet being carried on a string, be careful, I'll go see it first." ”

After giving an instruction, Li Mu held the Absolute Shadow Sword in his hand, and walked over to meet the strange short-legged earth dog.

"Hiss......"

When Li Mu approached the distance of five steps from this strange dog, he finally realized that this dog was indeed abnormal.

A pair of blood-red eyes made people shudder, and they were covered in scars, but the blood that flowed out had dried up.

With this level of injury, this dog should have died a long time ago, but at this time, as if it was driven by something, step by step, it approached Li Mu with strange and stiff steps.