There was still some residue of the smell of medicinal herbs in the hall, and Xie Qiong said succinctly: "Ordinary poisonous herbs are not harmful to cultivators. ”

Tu Baichuan also came over to take a look: "It's those water bandits who are chasing me, I didn't want to kill them, but I still died because of me." ”

"Senior Brother Bai Chuan, why did those people in black kill you?" Song Lingyi crossed his arms and followed the two out.

"It's a little bit of my family affair that has affected you. Tu Baichuan's face darkened a little, as if he didn't want to say more.

More than a dozen well-trained killers came at once, what kind of family affairs are so exciting? Although Song Lingyi was curious, Xie Qiong stopped her from asking, so she had no choice but to give up.

Tu Baichuan took out a horse from the stable by himself and immediately said goodbye to them: "As long as I go back to the academy, there should be no more people coming, you should be more careful along the way." ”

"Senior Brother Tu walks slowly. Xie Qiong replied.

Song Lingyi took out another bag of dried apricots and handed it to the horse: "Senior Brother Bai Chuan should be more careful along the way, return to the academy early, take these dried apricots and eat two pieces on the road, and your mood will be better!"

Tu Baichuan accepted the dried apricots with a smile, waved his hand at them again, and drove away.

Xie Qiong drove the carriage over, and the two continued to go west along the official road, walking for two days, only passing some tea shops along the road, the more they walked, the more inhabited they became, the more they went to the southwest, the higher the mountain, the more difficult the road became.

It was a day of mist and heavy rain in the mountains.

The humidity didn't have any effect on them, but the horses didn't walk fast and needed to rest, Song Lingyi muttered that next time he should find Senior Brother Jiang Hao to borrow a spirit beast to use, and he got out of the car with great interest and entered a broken village in the mountains.

The sky was very dark, and it was not a good place to come to Zhuangzi, who had no shop in front of the village and no shop in the back, but it was the first time she went out of the house, and she wanted to see everything, so she took a handkerchief to block her forehead, and pushed open the broken door one step ahead of Xie Qiong.

Looking in by the light of the day, there were several big black coffins, shiny and shiny parked in the door, with the rainy weather, it was very infiltrating, and then lowered the head, the threshold was twice as high as the ordinary threshold.

Song Lingyi couldn't move a little, she was not afraid of the dead people in the inn before, but the coffin in this weather was full of strange energy, and she wanted to wait for Xie Qiong to come over first.

Xie Qiong set up the horse, Song Lingyi was still standing in front of the door and looked at him with a blank face, he walked over, wiped the water droplets on her forehead with his cuffs, lowered his head and pulled away some straw, and a plaque that was so old that the paint was peeling off revealed the whole picture, with the word "Yizhuang" written on it.

"How can there be a Yizhuang on the official road that stops the dead?" Song Lingyi had seen in the book that Yizhuang was generally located in the city, and it was a place where he frequented.

Xie Qiong walked in with her and explained: "The southwest boundary is mountainous and difficult to walk, and the towns are often separated by mountains. ”

"Corpse chaser?"

"It is also a kind of practice practice, the southwest has been a mysterious realm since ancient times, some people practice the method of raising corpses, so that the dead corpse can be used by him, and the corpse is used by the corpse, and then gradually forms the line of chasing the corpse. ”

Xie Qiong went to light the candlestick in the house, and Song Lingyi also tugged at his sleeve and didn't let go: "Then where did they drive the corpses?"

"Rushing to the relatives who paid for them is usually a place where it is difficult for cars and horses to reach. ”

"Is the fee expensive?" When it comes to spending money, Song Lingyi's nature as a businessman's daughter comes out again.

"There are those who collect cash, and there are those who adopt the precious herbs needed to raise the corpse, and there is no standard. ”

The two of them sat down in a corner, and when they saw that the fire used by the previous passer-by was still there, they lit it too, and took the remaining firewood and threw it in.

The rain was still heavy outside, I was afraid that it would fall into the night, Xie Qionggang had already checked, and all the coffins in the house were empty, so Song Lingyi began to fiddle with food with peace of mind.

Dipping into the fan pendant with spiritual power, taking out the braised beef bought on the road, and a bag of water that had been packed a long time ago, the two of them ate slowly by the fire.

Xie Qiong eats very gently, even if he is in such a dilapidated place, he can eat calmly.

Song Ling didn't eat much, but he liked to eat a little bit of everything, and after chewing two bites of beef, he took out the hawthorn fruit covered with sugar noodles.

"Little brother, do you want to eat a fruit?"

Xie Qiong shook his head and refused, seeing that her face was full of happiness when she ate, and there was a smile in his eyes, he reached out and touched her right earlobe.

Song Ling was accustomed to it, and after eating the fruit, he took out a few spare soft futons and spread them together, and lay down next to Xie Qiong to rest, and Xie Qiong also crossed his legs and began to breathe.

The two of them were awakened by the sound of a bell from far and near, and the cultivator's five senses were sensitive, and the sound of a bell in the silence of the mountains and forests was even more attention-grabbing.

It was completely dark outside, and the rain had stopped, so Song Ling got up and sat down next to Xie Qiong, and winked at Xie Qiong with a puzzled expression.

Xie Qiong lit up the fire that was about to be extinguished, and whispered: "It should be the soul bell of the corpse keeper, don't make a sound yet." ”

Song Ling nodded, secretly crying out in her heart that she was unlucky, how to say anything, she was not ready to face a team of moving corpses!

When the bell rang in front of the house, two men wearing hats and robes came in, one was short, with a pair of triangular eyes, and the other was tall and thin, with a full face of mole.

Song Lingyi was a little disappointed with the appearance of the corpse chaser, as if he guessed what she was thinking, Xie Qiong's voice came from his head again: "The corpse chaser should be ugly and fierce when he comes, these people have a hard life, and they can suppress the corpse qi." ”

The two men saw the lights from a long distance, and when they entered the door, they bowed their hands slightly: "This son, the two of us will rest here for a while, and everyone will make it convenient for each other." ”

Xie Qiong returned the salute and invited them to take care of themselves. The two went to another corner and sat down, and began to close their eyes and recuperate, and said no more.

It didn't take long for Song Lingyi to start wondering again, where were those corpses, and if they were placed outside the door, would they scare her horses?

The mountain road is difficult to walk, although the rain has stopped, Xie Qiong has no intention of going on the road again, seeing Song Ling rolling his eyes and looking out of the door, he sent a message to tell her to settle down first.

Song Ling took out the peach blossom fan boringly, fiddled with it in his hand, and as soon as he opened the fan, he was surprised to find that the peach blossoms on the fan were dyed with a trace of black gas.

She pushed the fan in front of Xie Qiong, Xie Qiong's brows furrowed, this black qi should be caused by evil qi, and corpse qi should not react like this.

"Little Senior Brother, how can there be such a strong evil spirit? Is the corpse keeper so evil?" Song Lingyi was a little puzzled, and took the initiative to spread the word to the past.

"Those two have a problem, so don't be impatient. Xie Qiong looked at the two of them as if the well water did not interfere with the river water, thinking that they should not want to come over to provoke, so he only sent a message to Song Lingyi not to move rashly, and then moved his body and silently hid her by his side.