[Hehehe......]

An ethereal and cold woman's laughter drifted from afar in the darkness, accompanied by the smell of incense, which penetrated Jiang Yao's ears like a poisonous snake.

[This breath...... Sure enough, it's you...... Are you coming to me......]

Not...... Other...... Close to me......

Jiang Yao frowned, subconsciously pressing his chest with a strong heartbeat, but he couldn't hide the anxiety in his heart.

[Hehe...... But it's up to you now...... You can't take my ......]

The woman's voice drifted closer and closer, and an ominous feeling followed.

[However...... There is another way......]

No, I don't want to listen...... Get away from me!

Jiang Yao tried his best to resist, but he couldn't stop the sound from approaching, and he felt as if a cold breeze was blowing in his ears. He turned his head stiffly, looking at the woman's head that was clinging to him in the dark, and in his consciousness that was gradually frozen, he only saw the skull's grinning mouth open and close, and a clear whisper slowly pierced into his mind:

[Why don't you just take your whole soul...... Dedicated to me!]

"Uh-huh!!"

Jiang Yao sat up from the bed abruptly, clutching his chest and panting heavily, as if he had not recovered from the terrible nightmare before.

"Alas~ Okay, okay, I'm finally awake, and it should be okay now. ”

As a burst of childish words sounded from his side, Jiang Yao found that Yuan Yuan was sitting on the edge of his bed, and the breeze wrapped around his fingers gradually extinguished with the light of the spell, as if the cold breeze he had perceived in his previous dream was coming from here.

"I ...... ...... am I?" Jiang Yao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, vaguely remembering that after the previous attack in the village, he was exhausted and was arranged to go to the Changyou patriarch's house to rest, and now the scene in front of him seems to be consistent with his memory, but for some reason, he always feels that his body is sore, and it seems that this sleep time is not short.

"You were infected by the evil aura of that 'living corpse' before, so you were trapped in a nightmare, and you couldn't wake up. But fortunately, Miss Ben, who is skilled in spells, has already expelled the evil energy, and you will be able to recover soon~"

Yuan Yuan said with a relaxed face, reaching out to the pile of incense and incense beside the bed, which seemed to be an auxiliary product for expelling the spell just now.

"Anyway, you are a wasted person with a broken pulse, what are you doing here? If you hadn't been lucky enough to meet me to save you, I'm afraid you would have been drained by that 'living corpse' and turned into a dry corpse!"

"I'm sorry...... Forehead...... Thank you, Yuanyuan. ”

Jiang Yao still had palpitations when he thought of the death from the mouth of the "living corpse" that night, and at the same time, the words spoken by the head in the nightmare were still lingering in his mind, he always felt that those words were not a simple dream, but he couldn't understand the meaning, just as he couldn't understand why the face of the "living corpse" was exactly the same as Wen Jie, who died a year ago.

Could it be that the situation this time is the same as that time when Ali was at the beginning, it was Wen Jie's corpse that was manipulated by the "Soul Binding Technique" to become a murderous puppet? But why did you target me again this time? I should have nothing to do with Wen Jie before I was alive...... No, the biggest problem isn't this, if the corpse is really manipulated by the "Soul Binding", then that is...... The man behind the 'Soul Stone' is in this mountainous area!?

Jiang Yao thought about it, feeling that the clues in his head were still a little chaotic, and the distracted look seemed to make Yuanyuan misunderstand something, the latter thought about it, reached out and took out two packs of children's biscuits from his small bag, and stuffed them into Jiang Yao.

"Well, looking at your stupid appearance, I guess you're hungry and stupid...... Well, this is dry food that humans can eat, take it. ”

"Ah, oh, thank you......" Jiang Yao took the biscuit a little confused, then came back to his senses and asked Yuanyuan in a hurry. "By the way, about the identity of the 'living corpse' I mentioned earlier...... Did you check it out later?"

"Oh, do you mean the connection between that 'living corpse' and the woman you call 'Wen Jie'?" said Yuan Yuan casually with wide eyes. "The patriarch went to check, and the results haven't come out yet, but one thing that can be confirmed is that although the 'living corpse' looks like a human corpse, the breath is wrong, it is not a human or a demon, it is a creature that has never been seen before. ”

A ...... 'creature' that doesn't look like a human or a demon? That is to say, it is not a 'corpse puppet' controlled by "soul binding" like Ah Li?

Jiang Yao was puzzled, and his face became more and more complicated.

"Well, I mean, don't think about it. Yuan Yuan waved his hand and said impatiently. "Since the species are different, even if the 'living corpse' happens to resemble a human being, it can't be the same at all......

"Hehe, even if the species are different, it doesn't mean that there is no relationship. ”

A familiar voice came into the house, and I saw the gluttony leaning against the door of the inner room, holding a pile of food and feasting on it.

"Gluttony, why are you eating again? If you continue like this, our village will be eaten and bankrupt by you!" As soon as he saw Glutton's calm look, Yuan Yuan suddenly became angry, and clenched his small fists to "threaten" the other party. "Tell you, don't eat any more! There is not enough food in our village, if you eat again, I will use this human companion of yours as a reserve food!"

Yuan Yuan said angrily, deliberately reaching out to Jiang Yao on the bed. "I look at this kid's fine skin and tender meat, I guess the taste is good, enough for me to eat a few meals~"

"Okay, if you have the guts, eat it. ”

Gluttonous smiled, swaggered to sit on the rattan chair in the room, looking like "listen to the convenience".

"But my ugly words can be said first, don't look at this kid's current waste wood virtue, he is a 'red man' in the eyes of the 'Spirit Yutai', if something happens to him, then you can bear it~"

"He, is he ...... ...... of the 'Spirit Imperial Terrace'?" Yuan Yuan seemed to be stunned for a moment, and his eyes when he looked at Jiang Yao changed slightly, and Jiang Yao also keenly sensed something from Yuan Yuan's eyes, but before he could ask, he saw that the other party quickly turned his head and glared at the gluttony again.

"Hmph, alarmist, you're so afraid that I'll eat him?" Yuan Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled meaningfully. "Or is ~ he actually your 'reserve grain'?"

"Huh?" Jiang Yao, who was lying on the gun inexplicably, looked dazed, holding the freshly opened biscuit and froze in place, not knowing how to react.

“…… That's the end of the bickering. ”

The old and majestic voice followed a familiar figure into the back room, and it was the old man who was the patriarch of the Changyou clan.

"Regarding the 'living corpse', due to the magnitude of the matter, we cannot let go of any clues. The old man said, moving his gaze to Jiang Yao on the bed. "As for the human named 'Wen Jie', I have already heard the situation from Gluttony, and from the available information, it really cannot be said that she has nothing to do with the 'living corpse' this time. ”

"A year ago, the woman named 'Wen Jie' was murdered and her body was thrown into the cliff in Changyou Mountain, and coincidentally, it was a year ago that a mysterious 'Demon Gu Master' appeared in Changyou Mountain and began to capture low-level demons refining 'Demon Gu'. And this 'Demon Gu Master' is probably the so-called 'living corpse' that caused trouble in your village yesterday, right?"

Gluttony leaned back on the rattan chair and glanced meaningfully at the old man.

“…… You're right, and I'm not going to hide it anymore. The old man sighed and spoke.

"Since the low-level demons in the mountains disappeared one after another a year ago, we began to investigate the cause, and it was at that time that we found traces of the activities of the 'Demon Gu Master'. Originally, we thought that a human 'demon master' would be caught soon, but the fact is that the other party's whereabouts are treacherous and erratic, let alone captured, and they can't even see a human figure, it's just like a ghost. Until later...... We've only really discovered what that 'Demon Gu Master' really is. ”

"Is it a 'living corpse' that is neither human nor demon......" Jiang Yao lowered his head and thought. "Listening to Yuanyuan, although this 'living corpse' looks like a human corpse, its breath is very unique, and it can move freely, is it possible that this kind of creature exists in this world?"

"There are many wonders in the world, and we may not be able to understand this creature, but the fact is that it exists, and it will use witchcraft to refine the 'Demon Gu'. The old man shook his head and continued.

"What's even more terrifying is that the power of that 'living corpse' is extraordinarily powerful, and we can only temporarily seal that 'living corpse' in the 'Cinnabar Town Evil Coffin' and bury it in the land of Shanyin, while the 'Demon Gu' refined by the 'living corpse' is nowhere to be found. ”

"At that time, the 'Demon Gu' may have been implanted into Ah Xing's body......" Jiang Yao speculated. "And then, why did the 'living corpse' come out again?"

"After the seal, we originally thought that we could temporarily stop for a while, but we didn't want that not long ago, the seal of the 'Cinnabar Town Evil Coffin' was broken, and the 'living corpse' was seen again, which is why we are so vigilant in the nearby mountains. ”

The old man said, stretched out his hand and waved lightly in mid-air, and a virtual screen constructed by spells suddenly appeared in front of Jiang Yao, and the photo displayed on the screen was the central figure involved in this strange case-Wen Jie.

"I heard you mention that the face of this 'living corpse' is very similar to the face of this human woman who disappeared a year ago, so we immediately investigated it, and it does look very similar from the photos. The old man looked at the woman on the screen and said.

"In addition, although the 'living corpse' is dressed in rags and cannot be judged too much from above, the overall material is similar to the material of the clothes worn by this 'Wen Jie' when she disappeared. ”

"Also, don't forget, Wen Jie herself also has the 'Blood of Witch Zhu', if the rumors that she had practiced witchcraft in Miao Village before were true, then that 'living corpse' has the ability to refine 'Demon Gu' makes sense. Gluttony said.

"That is, the 'living corpse'...... That is, the 'Demon Gu Master', it is likely to be the 'Wen Jie' who disappeared a year ago?" Jiang Yao was stunned.

"Could it be that Wen Jie is ...... Not dead at all?!"