was so frightened by Fu Yuanyi, no one dared to say anything anymore, they closed their lips tightly, and looked around with bated breath.

There was a slight rustling sound in the woods, like human footsteps plucking weeds.

Qin Yong's mouth moved back with a "swish", and he hid between You Xinnian and Fu Yuanyi with a blue face: "Mom, what's the matter!" It's a human and a ghost! ”

You Xinnian stood in front of Fu Yuanyi, drew his sword, and Fu Yuanyi looked at the source of the sound, and it was pitch black.

"It's people." Fu Yuanyi said.

"People?" Qin Yong said, "Okay, the next question, are you humans or ghosts?" ”

You Xinnian: "......"

With the sound of coughing, a group of ragged men with large rocks and sticks in their hands cautiously walked out of the woods. They were bearded, withered, dirtier than the vagabonds, with the most primitive weapons in their hands, and their eyes full of hostility.

You Xinnian stared at the past, and they also looked back, and the people on both sides were still in place, both thinking about each other's identities.

You Xinnian saw the sickly faces on the dirty faces of these people, and at the same time, he also strangely noticed a trace of strange excitement. This euphoria comes from greed and heat in their eyes. You Xinnian is no stranger to such eyes, and on the road of her growth, she has seen many god-level entrepreneurs who are extremely eager to succeed and want to create their own imperial myths, and even her father has the same gaze. But how can these weird homeless people have such eyes?

Fu Yuanyi whispered in her ear: "These people have been following us from a distance since we got off the plane, what are they like?" ”

You Xin said: "All of them are dressed in tatters, and they look no different from savages." But there's one thing that's quirky......"

"Weird?"

Fu Yuanyi pondered for a while and said, "It seems that it is indeed possible that Aunt Wu is still alive, and these people should all be patients who were forcibly sent." ”

You Xinnian saw that these people had blazing eyes, but they kept coughing, all of them were yellow and thin, and most of them were over fifty years old. From the moment they got off the plane, they followed all the way and never attacked, if they hadn't been discovered by Fu Yuanyi, they might not have chosen to be forced to show up. Under the gaze of this group of old, weak, sick and disabled, You Xinnian felt that they themselves were the intruders full of threats.

"Don't be afraid, we won't hurt you." You Xinian broke away from Fu Yuanyi's umbrella, stepped forward, and said in a gentle tone, "You are all villagers of Changshou Village, right?" ”

"Who are you?" The old man standing behind the crowd asked, "It doesn't sound like a local. ”

"Yes, we're not locals, we're here to find people. Do you know where Wu Xiuying is? ”

Still holding stones and sticks, they looked at each other and did not answer You Xinnian's question.

Qin Yong poked his head and looked at the old man for a while before he hesitated to speak: "Uncle Huo, is it you?" ”

The old man didn't seem to be very comfortable when he heard his name, and was slightly stunned, Qin Yong stepped forward with a big grin: "It's really you, Uncle Huo!" I thought you were dead! He pushed aside the crowd and held the old man's hand, "I'm Xiaoyong!" Don't recognize it? Also, I haven't seen you for so many years, and I don't recognize you, but I remember that you have a scar on your face. Qin Yong pointed at his face.

Uncle Huo avoided his gaze and coughed violently: "What are you doing here?" This is not the place for you, so hurry up and take those with you. ”

"I'm here to find my mother, and I'll go back when I find her." Qin Yong said, "Uncle Huo, have you seen my mother?" Wu Xiuying! It's been more than a year since she was sent here. ”

"Wu Xiuying......" Uncle Huo seemed to be recalling, and it was also like letting go, Qin Yong was so anxious that he couldn't do it, and You Xinnian couldn't take his eyes off him.

"She's dead, dead." Uncle Huo shook his head. Hearing the word "death", Qin Yong was cold, unable to speak for a long time, You Xinnian still stared at this Uncle Huo, and interjected:

"Uncle Huo, are you sure Aunt Wu is dead? When did she die? Do you remember why you died? ”

Uncle Huo looked back at her and suddenly threw the stone in his hand at her. You Xinnian raised his sword to block it, blocked the stone from flying out, and smashed it on the head of another old man impartially. The old man clutched his bleeding head and shouted, and his companions around him immediately surrounded him and angrily reprimanded You Xiannian for them:

"I don't know the old bastard! Who allowed you to set foot in Tsuru Village?! Hurry up and get out! Don't pollute the pure land of Crane Village! Get lost! ”

You Xinnian was dumbfounded, Fu Yuanyi gently patted her on the shoulder and said, "These people are very weird, let's go first, don't fight with them." ”

You Xinnian nodded and pulled Qin Yong back. Qin Yong refused to leave, with a handful of snot and tears: "I don't believe my mother is dead!" You all say she's dead, come up with evidence! Produce proof—"

You Xinian pulled out his sword and crossed his neck, Qin Yong turned around, and saw a jade-faced rakshasa gritting his teeth: "Can you fucking go?" ”

Qin Yong broke out in a cold sweat, and he stopped making trouble in an instant: "Let's go...... Walk ......"

Yu Wei was puzzled: "In your hearts, I am this image?" ”

Lin Qiong sneered: "Do you think you have such a thing as an image?" ”

As they walked back, the sun was setting, and You Xinnian saw the helicopter standing in the sunset from a distance. Suddenly, there was an inexplicable feeling behind her that attracted her to turn around, she stopped and looked back, and saw that Uncle Huo's group of people were still in the afterglow of the sunset, like dried corpses, but there was still a weird smile on their faces. Smile contentedly, smile vigorously.

You Xinnian, who has seen a lot of weirdos and strange things, can't help but get goosebumps all over his body by this scene.

They retreated to the helicopter, Qin Yong's leg hurt, and he fell to the ground and couldn't stop snorting. Fu Yuanyi put his hands in his coat pockets and analyzed with interest: "Did you hear it just now?" Those people said, 'Tsuru Village, this pure land'. ”

You Xin said: "Yes, it's really weird. If these old people were forcibly sent to Tsuru Village to die because they were seriously ill and would not be cured, how could they think that this was a pure land? And seeing that there are a lot of them, if they want to force their way down the mountain, even if there are people from Changshou Village guarding with guns, the two sides will confront each other, and it is really not certain who will lose and who will win. But they seem to be very territorial, and they simply regard Crane Village as their own territory, let alone leave Crane Village, if someone enters Crane Village, they can find it as soon as possible and put on an offensive posture. What's even more strange is their appearance, you say they are seriously ill, indeed, they look very haggard, but if you want to say really haggard, their eyes are not like that, they can laugh and eat clean when they are on the grill. ”

"That's what you just said weird?"

"Hmm."

Fu Yuanyi said: "If they are sent to Crane Village to wait for death because they are seriously ill, they will be discouraged by terminal illness, and it is unlikely that they will have the body and energy to build a thatched hut on the mountain." ”

The more he talked, the more strange he felt, and You Xinian asked Qin Yong, "Do you know that person surnamed Huo, do you think he is any different from before?" ”

Qin Yong turned over and thought about it: "It's better to say that there are differences than to say that there are similarities." Uncle Huo used to be a hooligan, often fighting and making trouble, and the scar on his face was cut by someone in a group fight. He used to live next door to my house, and my mother was very afraid of him, and when he saw me, he always liked to tease me, but I was not very afraid of him. He used to say three words without swearing, and the whole person laughed crazy at every turn. I really didn't recognize him when I saw him just now, just like the scar on his face. It felt like he was a different person. ”

"Is there anyone in that group that you know?"

Qin Yong thought for a moment and shook his head: "They are dirty like that, even if they knew each other before, they can't recognize them now." ”

You Xinnian and Fu Yuanyi have their own thoughts.

The sun was setting, the night was falling, Qin Yong, who came to find his mother, ran all the way, lying on the top of the cold and windy mountain, and actually slept with a snoring sound. You Xinnian and Fu Yuanyi saw that it was getting late, and quietly sneaked into the night.

Jade and Lin Qiong followed them, silently drifting through the night woods, gradually approaching the campfire in the distance.

Fu Yuanyi asked Jade and Lin Qiong to go and see who lit the bonfire first, and Jade and Lin Qiong came back and said, "My God, at least hundreds of old men and women are singing and dancing on the side of the bonfire, swallowing swords and spitting fire and breaking big stones in their chests!" A whole acrobatic troupe! ”

You Xinnian said: "Huh? A voice: "What the hell! ”

"See for yourselves!"

They approached the bonfire along the woods, and it was really as Jade Wei said, the old men who had no flesh and bones, no eyes and no soul during the day, completely changed their appearance after nightfall, they sang and laughed around the bonfire, lined up in rows, danced strange dances, took off their shirts to show their loose muscles, danced and played sticks so lively, and laughter resounded in the sky.

You Xinnian looked at them dumbfounded-what is this for?

Something even weirder happened in the next second.

The old people were making a fuss, and suddenly their bodies slowly levitated, and their feet were higher than the ground, gradually moving away from the campfire. Under the moonlight, their intoxicated expressions were still the same, I don't know if they were used to it or didn't notice it at all, they slowly changed their postures in the air, and gradually formed a team like a belt, and slowly went to a higher place under the leadership of a woman at the front.

You Xinnian clutched Fu Yuanyi's cuffs tightly and looked at the scene in front of him like watching a drama. Just when she thought that this group of old people was about to run to the moon, the woman led by her slowly descended and floated in the air, and the old people sat cross-legged around her, facing her and meditating quietly.

Only then did I clearly see the appearance of the woman who was the leader.

She wore a strange triangular devil mask, and inside her red brocade robe, a tattered armor seemed to be stained with some dried blood. The more You Xinnian looked at the mask, the more familiar it became, and when he recalled it again and again, he suddenly felt a flash of lightning in his heart - this devil mask was not a real devil, but it was ninety percent similar to the appearance of the Hades Police when they were enforcing the law.

The woman had long yellow hair and a rusty black halberd on her back, and her mouth was full of thoughts. When she said this, the old people hummed along. The humming became more and more frequent, and the sound was like a chant.

You Xinnian finally found Uncle Huo in the crowd who he saw during the day, Uncle Huo's eyes were closed, covered in sweat, and the corners of his mouth kept opening and closing, as if he was trying to echo this chant, and the corners of his mouth showed a weird smile, but in the next second, two black blood slowly flowed from his nostrils.

Clouds of black gas floated from the top of the old people's heads, slowly detached from their bodies, and converged towards the ghost-faced woman. The ghost-faced woman took a deep breath and inhaled all the black gas into the mask.

You Xinian said in a low voice: "How can those old people have ghost energy? ”

Fu Yuanyi said: "That's not a ghost, it's their soul." ”

"Souls? Isn't the soul pink? ”

Fu Yuanyi smiled lightly: "Yours is pink, others are black." ”

You Xinnian hurriedly avoided this topic: "...... So, are those people being sucked out of their souls? Who is the mask-wearer? ”

"The masked ones are clearly not human." Lin Qiong leaned on Fu Yuanyi's shoulder and said, "This soul-sucking trick is all left over from this king's play." The more human souls you suck, the faster you can increase your ghostly energy. The masked man was clearly a ghost. ”

"No wonder these people look strange, it turns out that they have been confused by ghosts." You Xin said.

Yu Wei didn't speak, looking at the masked woman, the three souls and six spirits seemed to be hooked by her.

Lin Qiong patted her head: "What are you doing?" ”

Yu Wei was in pain, and was about to speak, when suddenly the figure of the woman wearing the mask disappeared in a flash, Fu Yuanyi's heart tightened, "Be careful" Before he could shout, he only heard the sound of loud crests, weapons colliding, and cutting blades!

The masked woman moved as fast as thunder and lightning, and she rushed in front of them with only a shake of her figure, dancing at their delicate necks with a halberd. This shot was extremely fast and ruthless, You Xinnian didn't see her coming clearly, she only felt that there was a flower in front of her, and her years of competition experience made her react quickly, and she subconsciously raised her sword to resist, this block actually blocked the opponent's inevitable move!

The masked woman and You Xinian went toe-to-toe, but she had just inhaled everyone's souls, and her strength had clearly prevailed. You Xinnian saw that the decaying halberd slowly cut through the Italian long sword she had bought for tens of thousands of yuan, and with a loud shout, she limped the halberd and threw it aside. The masked woman turned around and was about to slash again, but the tip of Fu Yuanyi's umbrella stabbed from You Xinnian's shoulder, hitting the armor on her chest. Hearing only the sound of "bang", the masked woman took a few steps back, and Fu Yuanyi's arm was also numb from the shock.

The armor looks broken, but it's so hard!

The masked woman danced the halberd behind her, and she no longer took it lightly, but she laughed sharply. The laughter attracted the old man in droves, and the old man, who was still in good spirits just now, was like a bloodless corpse at the moment, with his eyes protruding and his teeth turned out, and when he heard the call of the masked woman, he quickly leaned over.

"You ...... Wandering around our village during the day, still not leaving? Uncle Huo walked out of the crowd, pointed at them and shouted, "You haven't cherished the opportunity that has been given to you, now don't blame us for being ruthless!" ”

Uncle Huo called, and those half-dead old men actually ran towards them with a rainbow of momentum!

Lin Qiong's eyes sharpened, and a gust of ghost wind blew the ground, blowing dozens of people away!

"Where did the little ghost come from, he dared to be presumptuous in front of this king!" Although Lin Qiong's ghost spirit failed to recover, she couldn't see a little ghost unruly in front of her. With a strong breath, she lunged forward and attacked the masked woman. Fu Yuanyi didn't say a word, and after following Lin Qiong, he fought fiercely with the masked woman.

The old people were blown down and injured but ignored it, got up and rushed forward. Although the sword in You Xinnian's hand was cut open, to be honest, she didn't care about doubling the number of these old people. You Xinnian didn't want to hurt their lives, so he just hit them on the back of the head with the hilt of his sword until they fainted.

Qin Yong rushed over with his legs at this time, seeing the chaos in front of him, a little girl was surrounded and beaten by a group of bad old men, how can this work! The blood of a man in his chest was boiling, and he was about to save the beauty of the hero, when he suddenly saw a familiar face in the crowd! It was too late to show his heroism, Qin Yong shouted hoarsely and cried:

"Mom-"

You Xinnian heard his shout, and looked sideways, it was Aunt Wu!

Aunt Wu was about to chop down with a thick branch in her hand, You Xinian pushed away the old man beside her, dodged Aunt Wu's attack sideways, grabbed her clothes and shouted, "Aunt Wu!" Be sober! ”

Aunt Wu's eyes were weak, she was pulling her clothes like a lifeless puppet, and the weight of her entire body fell on You Xinnian's lift, but You Xinnian didn't feel how heavy, Aunt Wu clearly only had a handful of bones left.

The masked woman did not resist the joint attack of Qiong and Fu Yuanyi, and suddenly turned around and slashed at You Xinian. You Xinnian was so focused on Aunt Wu that she didn't notice the menacing appearance of the masked girl, Fu Yuanyi and Lin Qiong shouted at the same time: "Be careful! ”

When You Xinnian turned around, the halberd had already fallen on her head!

Between the lightning and flint, the jade girl who had been stunned suddenly shouted: "Stop!" ”

The masked woman's halberd was cut down, but it fell into the air, and the halberd was nowhere to be seen. Looking back, the lifeless halberd actually flew into the hand of the jade on its own, and the jade jade held the halberd with one hand, which was extremely compatible.

Everyone looked at Yu Wei speechlessly, Yu Wei couldn't hear any sound, sweat and tears, and his heart beat like thunder.