Chapter Fifty-Four: Out of Sight

"Sure enough, it's a little genius in Wushan, and the spell that deceives children is amazing. Biluo sat on the trunk of a dead tree at the entrance of the village, shaking her feet gently, Huang Quan leaned on the trunk of the big tree to bask in the sun, and not far away, Huang Lian played with several children in the village.

"Did you come to me to taunt me?" Huang Quan asked lazily.

"Don't dare, it's to find some little geniuses in Wushan to do some small exchanges. Bi Luo glanced at Huang Quan, seeing that he was cocked Erlang's legs, his hands were resting on his head, and he was holding a rice stalk in his mouth, which was completely the style of a country boy, and sighed secretly: How could it be him.

"I don't understand anything, so there's nothing to talk about, so you'd better go and discuss with the person who doesn't know. ”

Biluo finally heard it, Huang Quan's tone was a little arrogant, well, it seemed to be jealous. She secretly thought it was funny, she couldn't imagine that this teenager, who had always been afraid of everything and didn't care about anything, would have such a cute side.

"Where does he understand this, he can't even distinguish between innate gossip and acquired gossip. ”

"Then you, a descendant of Fuxi, think that this village gossip map is a congenital gossip or an acquired gossip?"

"Naturally, it is innate gossip, and I found out that this village has a lot of connections with my ancestors. ”

"You mean the enshrined portrait?"

"Well, it's the Fuxi Ancestor. ”

"Isn't this easy to do, you go over and tell the old master that you are a descendant of Fuxi, and let them help you get out of here, they shouldn't shirk it." ”

"I asked last night, they have lived here for generations, some villagers have tried to leave the village, but they have never come back after leaving the village, and from time to time some outsiders, like us, suddenly break into the village, some stay, some leave the village, and some disappear for some reason. ”

"Disappeared inexplicably?" Huang Quan tilted his head sideways and thought for a while before he said, "Did you fall into the pit and drown?"

"It's not. The old master had witnessed an outsider disappear alive, less than five feet in front of him. ”

"Is it so weird?"

"Well, they call it a shadowless ghost catcher. ”

"It's so weird, I want to see it. ”

"You don't believe it?"

"Believe, of course I believe it, the world is full of wonders, maybe someone will be captured by this shadowless ghost in a while. ”

Huang Quan was talking here, and he didn't know how to help Qifu slowly walk over from the other side, shouting Princess Biluo as he walked.

The two of them thought something was happening, and they both looked at it with a serious face, but they didn't expect to take another step, as if they were grabbed by an invisible hand that suddenly appeared, and both of them suddenly disappeared.

Biluo and Huang Quan were stunned at the same time.

Lang Lang Qiankun, in broad daylight, the two big living people disappeared alive, which can no longer be said in a weird way.

It was not only the two of them who saw this strange scene, but the rest of the villagers also saw it, shouting that the shadowless ghost was coming again, and they scrambled to lead the children who were playing to escape.

"You're really a crow's mouth, and you can tell you anything bad. Biluo looked at Huang Quan, very helpless, "You should believe it now." ”

"Believed, believed. Huang Quan licked his lips.

The three tribesmen of the barbarians had only come here at this time, and they had no idea what was going on, and when they saw that their village chief was not there, they asked him where he had gone, and Biluo did not know how to explain it to them, so he simply told them that Qu Xiong was gone.

"Let's go back and ask the old master. Biluo always felt that the old master still had something to say.

Huang Quan shrugged his shoulders and picked up Huang Lian and took a step forward.

"You actually met the shadowless ghost?" After Biluo told the old master what had happened, he put down his hammer in shock, and he was about to go out.

"Yes, I don't know if I was captured by the Shadowless Ghost. ”

"Let's go back to the house. The old master sighed and invited Biluo and the others to take a seat.

"This shadowless ghost is so weird, could it be that the demons are making trouble?" this is a guess by Biluo.

"No, no, no, the shadowless ghost comes and goes away in a flash, like a monster that eats, and everything that touches it is alive will be sucked away. And once sucked away, no one ever came back, the only exception was the previous generation of village chiefs, after he was captured by the shadowless ghost, I don't know how long it took, and suddenly appeared under the ginkgo tree at the entrance of the village. We were all very excited, but we didn't expect him to be completely like a different person, and he didn't have any impression of us at all, he said that he came from the Great Xia Kingdom to seek the elixir of immortality. ”

"Elixir of Immortality?" Bi Luo and Huang Quan read out at the same time.

"Yes. The old master nodded slowly.

"Is there really such a miracle medicine in this world?" Huang Quan touched his chin, as if talking to himself.

When the old master heard it, he immediately said: "Naturally, there is no, birth, old age, sickness and death, a mortal can't hide, how can there be such a thing as immortality." ”

"Is that the same true for your village?"

"Of course, if it were only life and not death, Changshou Village would have been crowded a long time ago, how could it be like today's population is getting smaller and smaller. ”

Bi Luo saw that the old master's tone was very firm, not like lying, and asked instead: "Then where is your last village chief now?"

"It's dead. ”

"Oh, when did you die?"

"It's been a long time. The old master's answer was not Biluo's expectation, and the villagers of Changshou Village really didn't know what time was, "What about his children?"

"I only have one daughter, but I was also captured by the Shadowless Ghost earlier. ”

"Can you take us to see the house they used to live in?"

"Yes. The old master led the people out of the house, went to the other side of the street, got into an alley, turned left and right, and stopped in front of an old house.

"It's out of sight. Huang Quan looked at the words on the plaque and read them out.

"No one in our village has ever known these words, and it is amazing that the Huangquan brothers can read them. The old master gave Huang Quan a thumbs up.

"Small meaning, small meaning. Huang Quan smiled proudly.

Biluo snorted heavily and pushed the door in.

The courtyard is only one zhang wide and three zhang long, across the courtyard is the lobby, no one has been in for a long time, the corner beams are hung with cobwebs, the tables and chairs in the hall are covered with dust, the portrait of the person hanging in the center of the hall is different from the figure in the old master's house, the painting is a little yellowed, but it is not difficult to recognize that this is a person wearing a wide robe coat riding a crane, and there are two lines of poetry in the painting, which is the font of the Great Xia Kingdom that Biluo is not familiar with.

Huang Quan was looking at the other ornaments in the room, and was called over by Biluo: "What is written on it?"

The light in the room was not very good, and Huang Quan stared at the calligraphy and painting for a long time before he recognized it: "Come by crane, sit on the head and go." It seems to be a ...... Hey, oh, there's only one summer character in the payment, and it's gone. ”

"Aren't these two words?" Biluo tapped on the bottom two fonts.

"It's not a word, it's just a symbol. ”

"Symbols?"

Huang Quan smmmmed for a moment, but he was quite interested in the person in the portrait, holding his chin, frowning, staring at the figure in the painting carefully, and looked at it again: "Huang Quan, the portrait in the painting is not like the old man at home?"

"No, grandpa is much more beautiful than him. Huang Lian shook her head vigorously.

As soon as Bi Luo wanted to ask Huang Lian what kind of person his grandfather was, he heard B shout, and everyone thought that something had happened to him and rushed into the room together.

Seeing the crowd rushing in, Part B squatted down, pointed to several jars under the bed, and said, "This, at home, there is." ”

Huang Quan and Biluo thought that there was something to be found in Part B, but they didn't expect it to be just this, almost every household has such a clay pot, and it is not a big deal.

The crowd rummaged in the house for a long time, but there was no clue at all, so they had to turn back.

"Don't you think this former village chief's house is strange?"

"What's weird?"

"It's weird everywhere, okay. ”

"For example?"

"First of all, the words on the beam in front of his hall are very strange, they are not named, this is the words of a person who cultivates immortals, and the script he used in the Great Xia Kingdom shows that after being captured by the Shadowless Ghost, he once went to the Great Xia Kingdom to learn the local language and the techniques of making pottery, these words and the words of Part B are proof. ”

"And then?"

When he returned to the village, he no longer remembered the people and events in the village, and there may be two possibilities behind it, one was amnesia after being captured by the shadowless ghost, and the other was amnesia after returning to the village. ”

"Is there a difference between the two situations?"

"Absolutely. Biluo glanced at Huang Quan with disgust, it was really difficult to communicate with this kind of scheming boy who pretended to be confused, "If it is a loss of memory as soon as the Nine Heavens Bagua Array comes out, and it is pushed to everyone who is captured by the shadowless ghost, then still no one can know the secret of the old village, given that no one in the world has ever known about this, I think the first possibility is more likely." ”

"What if it's the second possibility? If it's possible, you can't rule it out. ”

"Then my vision would probably be much bolder. ”

"Tell me, I'll listen with my ears washed. ”

"There are people in this village who are spying on them. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"The old master and the old gentleman said that not everyone can enter the old village, only people with good hearts can enter, don't you think this reason is too illusory? How can the Nine Heavens Bagua Array discern people's hearts? And what I think of is that someone, well, or a god or an immortal, plays this role in distinguishing between good and bad. ”

"You say so absurd, will anyone believe it?"

"Don't you believe it?"

"How do I know what the truth of the matter is. Huang Quan said impatiently, he hated these unsubstantiated speculations the most, "I think you might as well take out a gossip plate and come out to find the location of the ghost hand and see if you can find the location of the ghost hand." ”

"Can you speculate?"

"It's better than wasting your time with these unwarranted speculations, since this old village is also called Jiugong Bagua Village, then it has something to do with you Fuxi Laozi. ”

"Okay, I'll try. Biluo was quite moved by what Huang Quan said, and indeed as he said, it is better to put it into action than to dream.

Biluo took out a palm-sized peachwood gossip plate and put it on the palm, Huang Quan leaned over, and saw that although this gossip plate was small, the stems and terrestrial branches were clearly depicted, and he praised it: "It's really amazing, just take out one and take it out is an artifact that hangs other gossip plates." ”

"Really?" Biluo stretched out his hand and pushed Huang Quan away, "You're blocking me." ”

Biluo took the gossip plate and turned around in place, but she didn't find anything unusual, she expanded her scope and walked along every street and corner of the village, still not finding anything.

When Huang Lian asked her to go back to dinner, she found that it was past noon, and Huang Quan had already slipped back.

"Don't have a clue?" Huang Quan took a cabbage and put it in his mouth.

"Nope. ”

"Don't be in a hurry, shadowless ghosts don't appear every day, and every time they appear, they will reappear after a long time. ”

"For a long time?"

"Well, we can't tell, anyway, it's not a day or two, it's not three or four days. ”

Biluo stopped her chopsticks, everyone looked at her, she barely squeezed out a smile, ate a mouthful of food, and left the venue first under the pretext that she was full.

The old master saw that Biluo's bowl of rice was only half eaten, and he was worried that she would not be full, so he put a few buns into a wooden lunch box and asked Huangquan to send them.

"Old man, I haven't finished eating yet. Huang Quan looked at the old master seriously.

"Let's eat together, these buns are enough for you to eat. The old master waved his hand to Huang Quan and motioned for him to go quickly.

Huang Quan picked up the last bun on the plate and stuffed it into his mouth, then he reluctantly chased Biluo.

"The old man told me to bring it to you. Huang Quan saw that Biluo ignored it, walked around with her gossip plate, cut it, and snatched it away, Biluo was very angry and wanted to snatch it back, Huang Quan took the lunch box and handed it to her chest: "Your method is wrong, do it like this, don't want to find out the reason for it in your life." ”

"What, you're still using my gossip to make it?" Biluo thought it was very funny.

"Just sit on the side and watch me perform while you eat steamed buns. Huang Quan raised the corners of his mouth, held the gossip plate, and suddenly turned it upside down, and the pointer on the gossip plate began to turn disorderly.

Bi Luo saw that he was rarely so serious, and muttered in a low voice: "Really, fake?" She wanted to open her mouth to ask why Huang Quan turned the gossip plate upside down, but was stopped by Huang Quan: "Don't speak, so as not to distract me." ”

Bi Luo saw him holding the gossip plate in his left hand, paddling around in the air with his right hand, looking straight ahead with his eyes, closing his lips tightly, and occasionally thinking sideways, thinking: This bastard is quite handsome when he is serious. She really couldn't think of any way by herself, so she had to sit down and watch Huangquan juggle while nibbling on steamed buns.

After Biluo finished eating all the steamed buns, Huang Quan also finished exploring, scratching his head: "This place is really weird, it's not like you can find a way out in a moment, I have to go back and study it." After speaking, he stuffed the gossip plate back into Biluo's hand, and ran away with a smoke, only to be so angry that Biluo stomped his feet.

Biluo took a deep breath and re-explored, but this time, she found that the pointer of the gossip plate was very slightly different from the last rotation, even if it was only a small difference, but this could not escape Biluo's eyes, she suppressed the ecstasy in her heart, and once again started to detective from the fish pond in the village, and found that some directions were deviated, and some were not. After a round of exploration like this, there was no result.

After a short break, Biluo picked up the gossip plate again, this time she decided to start exploring from the other side, and after a circle, there were still some deviations in the directions, and some did not, but the deviations were different from the previous ones, and the number was still two less.

When Biluo was about to explore for the third time, Huang Lian came to call her for dinner, and she realized that it was already dark.

After dinner, Biluo pulled Huang Quan out of the dead tree outside the village and asked him what he had done in the Bagua Plate, which was able to make the Bagua Pan explore the difference.

"No, I'm just fooling around with it to get you to eat. Huang Quan lay on the wide trunk of a tree, looking at the dark night sky, at this time there was not half a star in the sky, and the moon was nowhere to be seen, but there was still some light, and he could see a few hills outside the village, and occasionally the roar of some demon beasts came.

Biluo only thought that Huang Quan was pretending to be stupid again, picked up the gossip plate, and looked at it carefully, but she couldn't see any difference from before.

"Your gossip plate is obviously good, why do you have to study it, if you go to become a doctor, you can make trouble if you are healthy. ”

"You're saying I'm going in the wrong direction?"

"How do I know? Anyway, the last thing here is time, you can stay here and study it slowly. ”

"Hehe, but what I lack most is time. ”

"Really?" Huang Quan asked casually, seeing that Biluo lowered his head and didn't speak, he whispered that a woman is really troublesome, and said, "You just asked you to complete the task as soon as possible, and didn't say a time, what are you panicking about." ”

"I've been poisoned. Biluo suppressed his voice and said, "I only have a month left, and if I can't complete the task, I will die of poison." ”