It was a late autumn night and a night of heavy rain. Somewhere in Cangshan, a group of people wore robes and hats, shuttling through the dense forest in the rain. They stopped under an ancient tree that was dozens of feet high.

The leader is a middle-aged man with a beard and a Chinese face. He leaned on to the ancient tree and looked at the pouring rain with a puzzled expression. In the crowd behind him, a petite figure came to his side and asked, "Elder, the rain is too heavy, do you want to wait for the rain to stop and continue to hurry, or wait for dawn?"

"Set up camp on the spot, set up the lightning rod, and I'll take a look around. The man said.

"Oh!"

The man leaped forward and leaped into the surrounding trees.

Another figure came to the girl's side and asked her, "Ling'er, does the elder have any arrangements?"

"Camp on the spot, rest, and wait for dawn!"

"Good!"

The man came to an ancient tree, inspected the surroundings, and then drew his sword and swung out a series of sword lights to scare away the reptiles and birds around him. Then, jump to the next ancient tree again and repeat.

When he was sure that there was no danger, he jumped off the treetops and prepared to go back. At that moment, a child's cry reached his ears.

He looked around with a fixed expression, but found that he could not confirm the direction of the cry, only the boundless night and the heavy rain, and heard the sound of the rain and the wind whirring, and the crying became more and more indistinct.

Raindrops flowed down his hat and robe, and a chill hit, and there was no place in his body that could not feel it. He suddenly had a creepy feeling.

When he tried to listen carefully, he found that the original faint cry was gone. He shook his head and laughed to himself, "Am I too nervous?"

Woo woo woo~

The cry came again, mixed with the rain, and it was a little eerie. He gripped his sword tightly, trying to find the source of the cry, but suddenly found that he still couldn't find the direction of the cry, which made him a little uneasy.

The crying stopped, but his spirit became more tense...... At this time, a soft voice came from behind him: "Elder, it's all done, Ling'er will replace you!"

He was startled, looked back, and saw Ling'er standing behind him in a covered robe. Relieved, he threw a bead at the root of the tree, and then said to Ling'er, "Let's go, you don't have to guard here." Then he jumped towards the place where he had set up camp.

Ling'er followed him and asked suspiciously, "Why!"

Instead of answering her, the man asked her, "Is there anything around here?"

"What do you mean, Elder?"

"Chenghuang or something. ”

"There is a way to have a city god, but it has been abandoned for many years, and the gate is rotten. A few months ago, when Ling'er and Nangong Ying were training together, they saw it from afar, and it was more than ten miles away from here. ”

"Hmm!"

............

The rain kept falling, and it didn't get smaller, and it seemed that the rain couldn't stop for a short time. The man couldn't sleep listening to the sound of the rain, tossing and turning, and the cry lingered in his heart. This made him even more uneasy. So he got up and walked out of the tent, woke everyone up, pulled out the camp, and hurried out all night. He looked at the sleepy young man and said, "It's not very peaceful in the mountains, so let's hurry overnight, so as not to have too many dreams at night." ”

They walked east, walking, and the cry came again. He looked back at the group of young men who were following him, and saw that they were only on their way, and did not seem to hear the cry.

So he asked, "Have you heard anything?"

Ling'er was a little curious as to why the elder asked this, so she stepped forward and asked, "What did the elder hear?"

"No, let's take a shortcut and go home. ”

So, they changed the direction they were going and went south instead. At first, the cry faded until it disappeared, but as we walked, the voice reappeared, coming from all directions, to my heart.

The man looked at the group of young people, and they still didn't hear it, so ...... Only he hears, only he will face the unknowable. So, he called Ling'er aside alone and said to her, "Ling'er, you take them first, and the elders have to deal with some things." ”

"What's the matter?" Ling'er asked in a low voice.

"It's nothing, it's just that the elder is a little lucky, and he was followed by something, but it is keeping up with the elder, I am not keeping up with us. The man said with some seriousness, "I can't drag you down, if I haven't caught up with you at dawn, then, go home as fast as possible, and then the owner will decide." ”

"But ......"

"No, let's go back. ”

"Elder......" Ling'er was still unwilling, with trembling in her voice and a little crying.

However, men are her elders after all. Seeing that the man's eyes were firm, she knew that she couldn't be persuaded, so she said take care and turned back.

She returned to the crowd, and two single figures walked up to him and asked, "What about the elders?"

"The elders have something to deal with, let's go first. With that, she took the lead and continued on her way.

The other people who didn't know why really thought that the elder had something to deal with, so they also followed Ling'er. In their eyes, the owner and the elders in the villa are omnipotent, so the elders' affairs are not difficult, because the elders can solve them.

The two figures followed closely behind Ling'er, taking Ling'er's place before. But as he walked, one figure asked another: "Brother, what do you say the elder can do?" Why do I feel strange, the elder is a little abnormal today, and so is Sister Ling'er. ”

"Let's see, we have to trust the elders and Ling'er. The other figure whispered back to him, and then added, "Don't let your suspicions be known to the brothers and sisters behind, or I'll clean you up." ”

"Don't, brother, I'll just shut up. ”

On the other side, the man hurried back to his previous camp as fast as he could, and came to the big tree, where the loudest cry was heard, so it was likely that the sound was the closest to here. Instead of passively waiting for it to come to you, take the initiative and go find it.

He drew his sword and swept it in a general direction.

In this world, some things are inexplicable, inexplicable, they are very weird, and most of the people who have seen them are dead, so he is taking risks, and the price is his life. The folk call this kind of thing "weird", and they are closely associated with a self-sustaining ancient temple between heaven and earth, so this is called "city god debt".

The cry was getting closer, which showed that he was walking in the right direction. His spirit grew more and more nervous, and finally, he saw a rough outline in the distance, which was a city god, from which the cry came from.

It was a dilapidated temple with intact walls, but nothing more. He walked to the temple through the rainwater, and through the gate, which had no gate and a broken plaque, he saw weeds and puddles several feet deep inside.

Thundered~

A thunderclap rang out, and the thunder light illuminated the surroundings, and it could be seen that all the doors inside the temple were broken. Moreover, he also vaguely saw a small shadow.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally stepped into the city god with his feet raised.

He walked extremely slowly, even though he was more than ten feet away, but he felt that he had walked for a long time...... The crying was intense, it should be a child about three years old, but who could tell what it was.

He didn't dare to think about it anymore, shook his head, and clenched the sword tightly in his right hand, causing the green tendons in his right hand to burst out. He swallowed and continued walking.

In the last step, he stepped into the lobby, and could vaguely see the statue of the city god who was not angry and mighty, the incense case was very blurry, and he couldn't see it clearly, but it was even darker under the incense case, and the cry was here, in this darkness.

Thundered~

Another thunderclap sounded, and the thunder light illuminated the place again, and his shadow was hidden under the incense case, and he saw the things on the incense case.

There was a beautiful porcelain doll in Chenghuang's arms, like a girl coming one after another, with a quiet expression, just one glance at it calmed his tense spirit.

Then, the crying stopped, and a milky laugh came.

He looked down, and in the darkness, a pair of bloodshot eyes appeared. Although it was blood-colored, it showed a serene look.

He was stunned for a moment, and then saw that in the pupil of his eye, there was another pupil - a double pupil!

......

The morning sun rose in the east, and the heavy rain of last night did not stop at some point, and the sound of birdsong and late autumn humidity woke him up, and he lay in the unknown woods, sleeping on an ancient tree that had fallen to the ground. He got up, looked around, and then looked at a black mark on his chest, looking helpless.

Ahem~

He suddenly clutched his chest and coughed violently. After a long pause, he shook his head and got up to chase after Ling'er.

Last night was an unforgettable night, a painful one, but destined to be known only to him.