They arrived at the village of Death at noon on the fourth day.

Although it is summer, it is still very cold at night, and Ah Luan's body is already weak, and he may have suffered from the wind chill and sniffed a little.

They rode into the village, but there was no one left, not even the vegetation withered. The birds would not call a few times here—they had not even seen their shadows.

There was no shade in the trees, but it was cool and cool, with the occasional wind whistling from box to house and whistle. The doors and windows are not maintained, and they are all eroded by termites, full of holes, and it looks scary.

The village was not large, and they went around in a circle, roughly counting twenty or thirty households, and built a small temple near the water, and I don't know what was enshrined. It's just that the water level of the river is pitifully low, and the river seems very deep, and it feels like this thin line will dry up at any time.

When he was on patrol, Shanhai held the compass as usual, and he didn't find anything wrong.

An hour later, they found a small courtyard that was quite spacious and tied their horses. Because there is always wind, there is no dust in the house and it is very clean.

"There is not enough food. Tomorrow I'll rush to the town to the east alone and bring some back, and inquire about this side by the way. What's it called...... Xuan, Xuan......"

"Xuanzhen Town" Mu Wan answered, "I didn't expect you to find out anything. This time was different from the past, no one was hurt, and it was the right thing to get on the road early. ”

"Yes, Xuanzhen Town. I know I don't plan to stay long, just two days. Rest assured, I come and go quickly. I used to live in the mountains, and I was still a little confident in light work. ”

Mu Wan thought to himself that taking Dai Luan would be a trouble for him. But if they're just traveling, that's fine.

Speaking of which, Dai Luan is usually very noisy, but now she doesn't talk much. It may be that he has a cold and looks sick.

"I want to drink water." She said.

Mu Wan and her went to the backyard to take a look, and there was a well. The sun shines obliquely on the wall of the well, and the bottom is not visible. As soon as I poked my head over, I felt a chill in my face. Dai Luan picked up a stone and threw it in, and it was a long time before there was a sound, but there was no sound of water.

It's a dry well.

"I'll go to the river and get some water."

Shanhai said, took the kettle and jumped on the roof, and quickly left. That skill was indeed good, and Mu Wan was sure that he didn't say much. She and Dai Luan looked around in the backyard again, and the barn was also empty, and there were no animal remains. Coupled with the fact that no household had ever seen anything valuable, she judged that people should have moved from here one after another.

They scoured all corners and dragged down all the grass they could find for the horses. When they were done, they spread out the cloth and basked in the sun in the backyard. The two girls chatted again.

"You also advise your master, stop doing this idle thing of dogs and rats. I don't think that Jiyuejun is a serious person. ”

"That's how they are, they can't do it. Besides, I think it's good, it's so interesting......"

"What's good? Sooner or later, one day put yourself in it. ”

"If he doesn't care, then it won't be him."

At first glance, this sound quite bluffing, but Mu Wan didn't know how to refute it for a while.

"Aren't you afraid?"

"The sky is falling high."

Your master isn't that tall, isn't he? She wanted to say, hold back.

Because she saw the mountains and seas coming back from afar.

Walking tips 1: When you start speaking ill of people, he appears.

"Drink less, it's not good to drink too much water in this kind of place. Just quench your thirst, don't treat it like a meal...... Are you listening? ”

Tons of tons of tons.

There's always a place for fish in the ears and belly, he thought, better than the brain.

Shanhai suddenly felt that his body was relaxed back and forth for two miles, and for a moment, he was very tired. Looking at Mu Wan again, he saw that his mouth was still moving from a distance, and he was quiet when he came back, feeling that he was being said badly in the last second.

Walking tip 2: When you leave the team for a while, you become the talk of the town.

Until evening, there were no visions in the village. After a few days of traveling, they were all tired, so they went back to the house early to rest. Before going to bed, Shanhai used the bald judge's pen to judge Liangyuejun's position as usual, and there was not much deviation.

The village was even colder at night, and Dai Luan wrapped her clothes tightly, still feeling the cold seeping into her bones. By the time the other two's breathing became even and steady, she hadn't fallen asleep yet. The surroundings were terriblely quiet, and there were always insects chirping on summer nights in the past, but now there was no sound of leaves rubbing against each other, which made her heart empty.

Shanhai usually always says that she has a big heart, and she feels it.

Although it doesn't seem to mean that.

I don't know how long it took, but she finally felt her upper and lower eyelids start to fight, and she barely fell asleep. But it didn't take long for her stomach, which hadn't eaten much, to stop the water, and the thumping during the day made her uncomfortable now.

Before she had time to have the nightmare of finding a latrine, she opened her eyes first.

I want to pee.

She is not afraid of the dark, but alone, in such an atmosphere, to solve internal emergencies alone, it feels like the standard configuration of ghost stories.

Dai Luan gritted her teeth, carefully put on her shoes, and ran to the small thatched house in the backyard. She was fast, targeted, and not particularly scared. After solving the problem, I felt relaxed, and my pace slowed down a bit.

There was a rattling and rattling sound in the air, like wood or something rubbing.

She wasn't very scared, Shanhai had said that it was normal for some strange sounds in the courtyard to be heard because of the temperature or the wind. But the night was too quiet, and the sound seemed a little loud, so she quickened her pace.

She heard the sound of water again.

It wasn't very far from the river, but the water never reached her ears. There is still a dry well behind him, so this is ......

"Let's take a sip of water."

There was a faint woman's voice that had never been heard before.

"Whew-"

Luan let out a small exclamation.

She shuddered and looked back to see a shadow by the well.

10,000 sentences of foul language rushed through my heart.

Her eyes adjusted to the darkness, and she could faintly see the edge of the well in the faint moonlight...... No, it's in the middle of the well, and there is a white figure. It was a skeleton draped in a white cloth, to be exact. It just hung by the well, without legs.

It held a bowl in its hand and stared at her with hollow eyes.

"Drink water." Again, it said.

After seeing it clearly, Dai Luan was not so panicked. If you can see it clearly, you can tell what kind of monster it is; Knowing what kind of monster it is, you know the countermeasures to solve the dilemma.

This thing is called Crazy Bone, and it is a youkai that lives in an ancient well. In the dead of night, passers-by are asked if they want to drink water. If you listen to it and drink water, nothing will happen; But if it doesn't drink it, it will start writhing and dancing, driving the people who see it crazy to the point of throwing itself into a well and dying.

Because she didn't want to watch the dance, she decided to drink water. Anyway, the stomach is already empty.

Today, either my Dai Xiaoluan lives in a thatched house, or the well is drunk dry by me.

With this in mind, she took the bowl without hesitation. But the courage to drink it all was not enough, she tentatively took two sips, felt a little salty, slightly bitter, and didn't really want to drink.

I don't know what material this bowl is, but it's by no means porcelain, it's too rough. And when she slanted over the bowl, there was not much water in her mouth, and listening to the sound, a lot of it was spilled on the ground.

Is it missing?

She lifted the bowl and looked at it through the dim light.

The rim of the bowl is not very neat, and there are some scratches. There are also small holes on the side of the hand, and they are very neat, like the holes of musical instruments. Turning a little, she found that there was indeed a hole in it, and there were two.

…… It's kind of familiar.

Like, holes in the eyes and the like?

"Hey, I'll go—"

With a thrill in her heart, her hands slipped, and her entire skull was thrown out by her. Randomly, she ran back to the house with a crawl, shaking the two sleeping people desperately, and shouted loudly:

"Wake up, wake up, don't sleep! Youkai, there's a youkai, I see it! ”

At this toss, most of the two people with their heads and brains woke up. Mu Wan lit the lamp on the table, and Shanhai quickly figured out the compass. By candlelight, it began to vibrate violently, as if it was attracted to something.

"You take care of her."

He gave a simple explanation, put on his coat and hurried out. Mu Wan hugged Ah Luan and followed him out of the room until he turned a corner and ran to the backyard.

The compass pointed straight to the well. Although he didn't see any figures, he stuck his head out and looked into the well.

A crescent moon shone silently in the well.

Isn't it a dry well?

Staring at the suspicious well, he was confused. But what is clear is that at least it has been figured out that there is something wrong with this dead village.

The crescent moon suddenly shattered, stirred up, and writhed strangely, as if there was something underneath it.

"Whoa—"

Mu Wan heard a loud sound of water.

She didn't have time to think too much, she pulled Dai Luan and rushed to the backyard, and saw something reflecting by the well. Ah Luan picked it up, and sure enough, it was the compass of the mountains and seas and the Eight Desolation Mirrors, but others didn't know where they went.

…… Actually, you know?

The eyes of the two quickly converged on the well.

"Oh no......"

Miss Liangqiu made a difficulty, grabbed the umbrella in her hand, and hesitated how to catch him.

I heard the well stirring for a while, and then it was quiet again. But soon, a figure leaped up from the mouth of the well. If he wasn't familiar with that skill, Mu Wan would have directly recognized him as a monster.

Can't blame her for thinking so, Shanhai's hair is scattered, it's just like a ghost.

His breathing was very unsteady, and Ah Luan flew over and hugged him.

"Scared the hell out of me, I thought you were going to be eaten again!" She shouted.

Why is it again.

Now is not the time to say such things. Mu Wan still walked up with concern and looked him up and down.

"Your master's life is hard. Okay, let go, I'm covered in water, don't ......"

He was halfway through his sentence, and suddenly stopped talking. Hearing this, Ah Luan also suddenly pushed him away.

This is where Mu Wan feels strange.

He had been struggling in the well for a long time, and they could clearly hear the sound of water, not to mention that his hair was scattered...... But on the mountains and seas, there is clearly no water stains.

…… Is it an illusion?

"I just saw a girl's face in the mirror." Mountains and seas recalled.

When she was confused, Dai Luan squatted on the ground without warning.

"I have a stomachache ......"

She whispered.