"What's wrong?"

Seeing that Yuanyuan suddenly left himself in a hurry, Jiang Yao was quite surprised, but Tao Tao didn't say anything, just looked thoughtfully at the Miao villagers who were gathering quickly, not knowing what he was thinking.

"It doesn't seem trivial to be able to keep them on guard like this. Gluttony shook his head and turned to walk towards the guest village in front of him. "Let's go, I'm afraid this situation is not something we can interfere with, try not to cause trouble. ”

"Is it really okay......" Jiang Yao hesitated for a moment, and after weighing it, he decided to listen to the glutton's opinion, just as he withdrew his gaze from a distance and was about to turn away, he suddenly caught a glimpse of something unusual in the corner of his eye, and suddenly stopped his steps.

Well?

Jiang Yao narrowed his eyes suspiciously, and once again focused his gaze on the Miao people in the center of the village. The hazy waning moon hung high in the sky, and in the dimming of day and night, he suddenly noticed that the appearance of the villagers seemed to have changed in some way.

This, this is ......!

Jiang Yao's eyes widened slightly, only to see that the figures of those villagers were rapidly growing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and at the same time, two leaf-like sharp ears sprang out from behind their ears, accompanied by the claws and fangs that gradually took shape, Jiang Yao was horrified to find that the eyes of those villagers were like beasts emitting fluorescent green light, like a group of wild wolves gathered in the night, this scene made Jiang Yao suddenly break out in a cold sweat.

"He, they're ...... Demon!?"

Looking at the villagers who suddenly turned into four-eared demons, Jiang Yao was so frightened that he took a big step back, and hurriedly turned his head to look at the glutton, but saw a funny expression on the other party's face.

"Hey, you shouldn't have just found out, right? Seeing that you were so calm before, I thought you already knew. Gluttony shook his head and said.

"I ......" Jiang Yao was speechless, thinking about it carefully, those villagers and gluttony looked familiar, and they could manipulate demons to fight, and they had also been mediated by the acting head LinkedIn of the "Demon God Mansion", if it wasn't for demons, it would be abnormal.

"Their 'Changyou Clan' is a four-eared ape demon stationed in Changyou Mountain, who is agile and good at driving low-level demons to assist in battle. They usually disguise themselves as Miao people and live in Changyou Mountain, and generally only return to their original appearance when fighting. Gluttony looked at the villagers in the distance and explained. "Now this kind of posture, I'm afraid it's going to start. ”

"But haven't the Kunlun tribes already retreat......ed?

In the middle of speaking, a deafening loud bang suddenly erupted from the edge of the village, and at the same time, the demonized villagers gathered in the village instantly took action and rushed in the direction of the source of the sound!

"It seems that the conflict has not spread to the village now, so it is better to have less fun in your current state, so let's go inside. As he spoke, he pushed open the door of the guest village and walked in, and Jiang Yao could only honestly follow up the guest village and close the door.

It's a simple room with a quaint and shabby atmosphere, but it's also clean. The only decoration on the wall is a hand-drawn map hanging painting, which appears to be a map of the Changyou Mountain area.

The olive-shaped valley in the middle of the map is displayed longitudinally in the visual center, while the two mountains on both sides of the valley are symmetrical scimitar-shaped and slightly upward on both sides, combined with the crescent-shaped lake area hollowed out in the center of the valley, making the whole map look like a huge bull's skull, which is unforgettable.

"Xianxialing...... Changyou Village ...... This should be where we are now, right?" Jiang Yao looked at a crescent-shaped lake sign in the middle of the map, and then found the signs of several other villages in the southeast of Changyou Village.

Judging from these signs, in addition to Changyou Village here, there are only those Miao villages in the southeast where humans gather, and it is likely that the place where Ah Xing and Wang Le went to buy medicinal materials is that area. Jiang Yao said, looking out of the window with concern. "If the strife here continues, will it spread to other human villages?"

"I can't say exactly. Gluttony glanced at the direction from which the roar of battle came from outside the house, and said calmly. "However, once the dispute spreads to the human race, I am afraid that the 'Spirit Guardian' side will not sit idly by, and if even the 'Spirit Terrace' intervenes, the entire Changyou Mountain area will not want to continue to be peaceful. ”

"That's why they are taboo to let the 'Spirit Imperial Terrace' know about this......" Jiang Yao muttered to himself, recalling the old man's secretive expression at the beginning.

"Anyway, since they've asked us not to go out, let's wait and see what happens. ”

The gluttony withdrew his gaze from the window, and then ignored the chaotic scene outside the house, and lay down on the bed with a big grin, and began to close his eyes to recuperate, while Jiang Yao finally sighed after hesitating, and turned his head again to cast his eyes on the huge map painting on the wall, but suddenly found that a certain mountainous area on the south side of Changyou Village seemed to be a little wrong.

The line representing the mountain road starts from the bottom of the crescent lake and goes all the way south, winding into the mountains, but strangely, the line does not go far and ends abruptly halfway, only to see that the place in front of the line that should be a mountain is actually blank, as if someone has deliberately dug this area off the map, which is particularly abrupt.

Is the map broken?

Jiang Yao took two steps forward in confusion, looked up at the blank area again, but found that the blank space was not due to the damage of the map, but was not drawn at all;

"'Forbidden...... ......'?"

Jiang Yao silently recited the two seal characters, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

No wonder it's not drawn on the map...... Judging from the direction, it seems that it is not far from Changyou Village?

Jiang Yao recalled the route of the two of them into the village at that time, turned his head to look at the crescent lake outside the window, and sure enough, he found a mountain road leading to the outside of the village at the edge of the lake, and the direction seemed to be leading to the "forbidden land" marked on the map;

Is it so coincidental? Could it be that this commotion has anything to do with the "forbidden land"?

Jiang Yao thought for a moment, but he didn't have a clue. He sighed, rubbed his swollen and aching temples tiredly, then turned around and sat at the wooden table by the window, picked up the tea set on the table and poured a glass of water, and leaned against the window while staring blankly at the hand-drawn map on the opposite wall, his head constantly replaying the bits and pieces that happened after coming to Weiyang.

First, because of the so-called "corpse mutiny case", people were panicked, and then there were murder cases one after another, and finally because of the "demon Gu", it almost caused a catastrophe in the ancient city...... And the source of all this seems to have started with the "person" that Ah Xing met in the Changyou Mountain area a month ago. This person not only implanted a "demon Gu" on Ah Xing and tricked him into killing, but also planted a "curse to extinguish the mouth" on him in order to prevent Ah Xing from confessing information.

However, although the modus operandi of 'that person' is very similar to the mastermind behind the control of Blue Bird and the control of the 'Soul Suppression Stone' before, there is still a little doubt lingering in Jiang Yao's mind-

That's the "motivation".

Since that terrifying adventure in the netherworld, Jiang Yao has also discussed the matter of the "Soul Stone" with Tao Tao in private, and judging from the Blue Bird's confession, it seems that the mastermind behind the scenes is using the Blue Bird to create an incident in order to collect more innocent souls to improve the power of the "Soul Stone". Therefore, whether it is the "Game of Death" or the "Yuanqiu Mountain Incident", including the later "Ghost Gate Incident", all of them are aimed at causing large-scale casualties. But this time Ah Xing's incident was only limited to the "revenge" against two or three people, and compared with the previous incidents, the "pattern" was inevitably too narrow, not like the purpose of obtaining a large number of dead souls. And if the other party's goal is to destroy the ancient city of Weiyang, then it is better to directly send the "Demon Gu" to the city to make trouble, and there is no need to make such a roundabout.

I always feel ...... What's not quite right...... Who was the 'man' who controlled Ah Xing in the first place, and why did the other party do this?

Jiang Yao pondered, picked up the water cup and took a sip of water, and the complicated thoughts made his already sore head hurt a little more. Immersed in thought, he didn't even notice that the hustle and bustle of the battle outside the window had gradually spread from outside the village into the village, getting closer and closer to the guest village where Jiang Yao and Tao Tao were located.

By the way, speaking of which...... Listening to his tone at that time, could it be that ...... "that person" was someone Ah Xing already knew?

Jiang Yao recalled Ah Xing's words before he died, and the fog in his heart became more and more intense, but at this moment, Jiang Yao suddenly felt his heart suddenly tremble, and an ominous premonition instantly rose from the bottom of his heart.

"Pop ......"

The clay water cup slipped from Jiang Yao's fingertips and fell over on the tabletop, only to see Jiang Yao's face pale covering his chest, leaning on the wooden chair with his back to the windowsill, his body trembling slightly.

"Puff...... Puff ...... Puff ......

The sound of a gradually violent heartbeat filled Jiang Yao's ears, and a certain sense of déjà vu gradually came up, which made Jiang Yao's consciousness uncontrollable for a moment.

......No, it's impossible, with my current state of exhausted qi, it shouldn't be possible......

"Uh-huh......"

Jiang Yao grabbed his chest, bowed down in pain, and gasped for breath with his eyes closed. In the darkness, he felt as if something was struggling and throbbing in the depths of his soul, and a feeling of agitation filled his chest, causing his whole consciousness to wander a little.

"Here ......

A voice that had not been heard for a long time crept up in a trance-like consciousness.

What the...... Here it comes?

「…… But you...... There will be danger......

Dangerous...... Narrow pass??

Jiang Yao opened his eyes suddenly, and at that moment, a sense of crisis like ice suddenly pierced into his heart, and the instinct of survival made him reflexively straighten up and want to stand up, but at this moment, he suddenly found that a strange shadow suddenly appeared on the windowsill next to him.

I saw a round thing sticking to the window, facing the room quietly, motionless.