Chapter 40: The Temple of the Land
Tonight, the moon and stars are scarce, and the hearty summer night makes people feel very comfortable.
The tranquil surroundings of the mountainside make this a paradise of tranquility, a luxurious villa nestled in the middle of the woods.
Away from the hustle and bustle of the city, it looks so peaceful and pleasant in the white moonlight.
On the way down the hill along the door of the villa, a man with a black knife came out of nowhere, and he stared at the closed gate of the villa with an expressionless face and walked straight away, with nothing else in his eyes.
Outside the door, several men were gathering together to drink and fight, and when they saw this abrupt figure, they all put away the slightly drunk and red smiles on their faces.
In this hidden place, few people knew about it, and suddenly a mysterious man with a knife appeared, and everyone looked at each other, and they all felt that something was wrong.
"Bell!" One of them placed the bottle on the table and walked towards the man, while his right hand was inadvertently touching his waist.
"Who?"
The man turned a deaf ear to his questioning, and did not even stop his footsteps.
The man sensed the anomaly, slowed down his pace, felt the grip of the pistol with his hand at his waist, and carefully pulled out half of it with his index finger hooked on the grip.
He stretched out his free left hand and made a no-go gesture to the man with the knife.
"Rub!"
In an instant, the lightning of the knife flashed, and when he came back to his senses, his left arm was already half missing, and blood was splattered there like a fountain.
"Ahhh!!h
Wails of pain broke the atmosphere, and those who drank pulled out their pistols and aimed them at the man with the knife, and the trigger was pulled, and the sound of gunfire rang out one after another.
The man did not hesitate, threw away the scabbard of one hand, and took the substitute ghost in front of him with his free hand, and the bullet blossomed into blood flowers on the body of the human shield, and before he could enjoy the pain of losing his left arm, the substitute ghost was already dead.
"What's going on out there!" In the villa, the two factions were carrying a few boxes of money and goods, and were negotiating at the table, but the sudden gunshots outside the door added to the chaos.
The leaders of both sides were surrounded by their men, and the rest of the men picked up their men and headed out.
"Tom!" The sturdy gate was smashed by one person into a terrifying hole, and layers of choking ash were raised, and the person who was used to smash the door was already bloody and bloody, and fell to the ground and lost his breath.
The stunned situation made everyone who was about to rush out lose their courage, and they all stood in place, staring at the gate, and the fingers on the trigger were stiff.
But no one rushed in from outside the house, and the sudden silence made everyone pinch a cold sweat, and their hearts beat nervously, heavy as a drum.
"Wow!"
Suddenly, the bright lights all broke into darkness, and the group instantly fell into a black panic.
Someone cut the power from the outside.
The emergency lights in the house were turned on out of place, and the daytime lights made a few people a little dazzling, and they couldn't see the situation in front clearly.
There was a flash of metallic reflection in the doorway, and the people who had recovered a little quickly reacted and fired in unison.
But the black shadow had already crept into the crowd, and everyone's situation was like that weak hand being stuffed into a meat grinder, waiting for them only to be strangled one after another, watching but powerless.
The sharp sword light bloomed in the crowd.
For a moment, all that remained in the hall was a series of screams, and the roar of gunfire back and forth, the gunfire was fleeting like fireworks, and the chaotic shooting smashed the walls, broke the emergency lights, broke the famous paintings all over the walls, and smashed the vases that were placed.
The noisy sound makes the villa feel like a party.
The shadow word is like its edge.
Open the light with blood, and become a demon in the shadow.
The man's wrist turned the blade, harvesting the struggling souls left and right, and the unwilling people picked up the machete to fight with it, but they couldn't keep up with the strength and skill at all, so they could only wave their arms a few times, and then fell in a pool of blood for no reason.
In the darkness, the blade of the knife brought up the afterimage of the Dao, and the illusory blur was like a brush dipped in thick ink, outlining a picture of killing, splashing ink and dancing in a piece of blood.
The number of people who should have been used as an advantage can now only become a counter of death, and the tiger enters the rabbit cage, and many rabbits are in vain.
"Don't! Stay back! Wow! ”
"Rub!" The long katana, which was as black as a shadow, pierced through the soft throat, causing the desperate eyes of the man in front of him to gradually dissipate, and in the blink of an eye, only a corpse was still warm.
Looking back, the wide hall was littered with corpses.
The enchanting night outside is incompatible with the bloody scene inside the house.
"Leave one alive." There was a light call from outside the house, and the long knife inside the room suddenly stopped in mid-air.
Next to the blade, there was a crying woman with pear blossoms and rain, she was embarrassed to cover the tattered clothes on her body, so frightened that she squatted at the foot of the wall and did not dare to move.
"Gurgle, gurgle......"
A pleasing sound of leather shoes stamped on the floor, and the blood on the ground stained the side of the shoes, and it was a little sticky to step on.
The Ninth Master took off the hat on his head and looked around with a cold expression.
"These people are really good at having fun, buying and selling business, and don't forget to have fun." Jiu Ye smiled contemptuously, then bent down and looked at his feet, a man who was still trying to gasp for breath, the knife mark on his waist failed to kill him on the spot, but the internal organs that flowed all over the ground had already made him taste the pain.
"You! Who are you? ......" He watched the Ninth Master's face gradually get closer, gritting his teeth viciously, his face full of unwillingness.
Seeing his satisfied expression, Jiu Ye smiled even more, and he stepped on the man's weak fingers with his feet, and his shiny leather shoes turned back and forth.
I'm almost 80 years old, and I'm still so childlike and fun-loving.
The person at his feet was in pain, and he tried his best to pull out his hand, but he could only buckle the pair of leather shoes that still did not stop moving in vain.
The man who had been watching coldly for a long time on the side suddenly put away the shadow word knife that was dripping with blood, the blade was like a falcon, and in the blink of an eye, it instantly killed the people struggling on the ground.
"Ninth Master, it's the incompetence of his subordinates."
The man retracted his knife, knelt down on one knee towards the ninth master, and solemnly pleaded guilty.
It was his slow hand that failed to kill him with one blow, which allowed this surviving person to breathe for a while, making the already weak Ninth Master cough incessantly.
Jiu Ye cleared his mouth, stroked the man's hair, and patted it gently.
"Out of the way." Without saying anything, the Ninth Master walked past the man and walked towards the woman who had been frightened to urinate and incontinent.
The subordinate turned on the lamp in his hand, and the woman in the incandescent light frowned and avoided her gaze.
"Ninth master, Wang Mazi is mainly in the population business, and this woman is eighty percent of the goods that are sold together." The people on the side leaned into the ninth master's ear and said their own opinions.
"Goods? It's just a giveaway. ”
Jiu Ye snorted coldly, and the people on the side came over and lifted the woman left and right, and her messy clothes fell to the ground, leaving only a bruised carcass.
"Where's the man?"
The person next to him lit a cigarette for Jiu Ye, Jiu Ye took a puff, spit out the cigarette incense on the woman's face, and choked on her cough.
"Ben...... Root...... The earthling", she was afraid that she couldn't speak a little, but she still tried her best to answer, for fear that she would die immediately if she neglected a word, just now she had seen with her own eyes, how fragile life is.
Human life is cheaper than grass.
"What do you know about these people?"
The sudden questioning made the woman not know how to answer, she could only confess what she knew, "I, I don't know!" I was only caught today, please, please. Let me go...... I'm still in college, and my parents will definitely be in a hurry! ......", as she spoke, the woman burst into tears and begged again and again.
"Ninth Master, do you collect the goods and money?" Behind him, several people who cleaned up the scene asked Jiu Ye.
"Money is still needed, and the dead don't take their wealth in vain; Don't ask for the goods, they are stained with dirty blood, and they are not clean. As the Ninth Master said this, he lost interest in smoking, he ignored the woman, spit out the cigarette he had only smoked on the ground, and turned his head away by himself.
Many of his men went out with them, and only a few were scattering gasoline everywhere.
Outside the door, the man picked up the scabbard and wiped the blade clean with a cloth, then he glanced back at the woman and asked the ninth master in a low voice, "Ninth master, do you want to keep it?" ”
The Ninth Master raised his head, looked at the beautiful moon, and said to himself: "It's just a giveaway." ”
Hearing this, the man nodded slightly, and then slowly retreated.
A gunshot rang out.
Several cars drove up in front of the door, picked up everyone and slowly left.
The person in front of the car handed over a phone, and the ninth master took it and answered it next to his ear, "Sixth, if you don't come back, I'll finish your wine." ”
"What the Ninth Master said, you can drink it casually, it's not enough for me to give you a little more." On the other end of the phone, it was a mature voice.
"Come back early, I've missed you for a long time, and when I leave tomorrow, I don't know when I'll see you again."
"I'm sorry for you, I'm sure I'll be there tomorrow."
"That's good, see you soon."
Jiu Ye closed the phone, leaned on the back seat and closed his eyes to recuperate, people are old and easy to get sleepy.
The car gradually drove down the mountain, and there was no light outside the villa, and the night was a little scary.
In the villa, there is a box on the ground that is counting down the numbers, and the crisp ticking sound like a clock is very comfortable to listen to.
The tail lights of the car were no longer visible, and a roaring explosion followed from the mountainside.
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After the wind chimes came offline, I took out the [psychedelic eye] without any scruples to check, and turned it over, but I couldn't find any suspicious patterns or words, only the eye, it looked at me, I looked at it.
However, if you want to talk about it, I actually have a few clues.
Whether it's the tailor shop owner who told us about the queen ant's essence, the drugstore owner who told me a lot of things, or even the newfound blacksmith shop owner here, the places where I learned the key clues were the shops in the village with more cards.
Or rather, they are all NPCs in the village.
While it may sound like nonsense, it's really an entry point that can be considered deeply.
Since there is no other idea, run more errands and walk around the village, maybe there will be additional gains.
"Uncle! Are you uncle? "Walking into the familiar cobbler's shop, I kept calling out to the old acquaintance of the cobbler's uncle.
"Come on, come on, the guest officer needs ......", the uncle, as usual, walked from the back of the house while wiping his hands, but after seeing me, he went back without looking back.
"Alas, uncle, you're too much!" I laughed and followed, dragging him back to the front room.
"Young man, ask yourself, how many times have you cheated me in the past few days? Even if you pit me during the day, you won't let me go at night? "The uncle was very aggrieved, and he couldn't say anything about the bitterness on his face.
Ahem, the word pit is so unpleasant, didn't I just ask for more rewards and take some more blood medicine~
"Don't get me wrong, I'm here to ask you something, not to finish the mission."
The NPCs who finished the mission were not happy, and I played this game out of the realm.
Hearing that I didn't come to finish the mission, the uncle breathed a sigh of relief, "What's the matter, I'm still busy." ”
Since I am not an outsider with my uncle, I mentioned the matter of the Soul Suppression Grass to him, but he didn't know anything about it.
"Do you know what this thing is?" Since there was no progress on the herbal side, I took out the [Psychedelic Eye] and handed it to my uncle.
The uncle's eyes finally had the look I expected, and it seemed that he knew.
"Where did you get this?" Uncle looked at me, his face full of suspicion.
"I picked it up, what, uncle, have you seen it?"
The uncle nodded, then returned the slate to me and said, "This thing, I have seen in front of a land temple outside the village, the size and material are similar to this one, the difference is the pattern on it. ”
I was overjoyed by the news, and I hurriedly asked my uncle for details, but he just shook his head.
"The land temple was still encountered by chance when I left the village, when the village was in disaster, I took refuge in another country, and I met that temple on the way; At that time, I wanted to be safe, so I bowed and wanted to ask for good luck, and the stone slab was placed on the side of the land temple; As for what I painted, I don't really remember exactly. ”
Uncle's clue stopped abruptly here, no matter how much it was, it was just shaking my head, I thanked the uncle, and then was coaxed out impatiently by the uncle.
It seems that it is necessary to inquire where this land temple is.