After a few days of trekking, Bai Xiaoqiu finally walked out of the forest, but the village that appeared in front of him was not his destination, but a village called Qingtian Village. This is the closest village to Changqing Village, and with Bai Xiaoqiu's foot strength, it will take about five or six days to reach the destination. Bai Xiaoqiu settled here firstly to rest and replenish his props, and secondly, to inquire about the information of Changqing Village, after all, the two villages are so close to each other, there will be some rumors.

Showing the badge of the Hunters' Guild to the patrol that happened to pass by, Bai Xiaoqiu and Rocky easily entered the village.

In a village like this without a branch of the Hunter Guild, the tavern and the village chief generally play the role of the Hunter Guild, so after purchasing some possible props, Bai Xiaoqiu and Luo Qi walked into the tavern, first asked for a large table of wine and food, and then asked Xiao Er and the guests at the adjacent table about the situation of Changqing Village.

In order to find out the information, Bai Xiaoqiu and the others ate this meal for two hours, but all they got was some useless news.

Because the land in Changqing Village is fertile, it basically maintains a state of self-sufficiency, and there are no special products, so it hardly trades with the outside world. In addition, it is located in a remote area, and there are few hunters who go there to do tasks, so although Changqing Village has not been in contact with the outside world for a while, these people don't care much, only some messages that don't know whether they are true or false come out.

"Why don't you two go to the village chief and ask?" At the time of checkout, the shopkeeper Erjian said, "The village chief knows all the big and small things nearby, Changqing Village is a neighboring village after all, and if something happens, the village chief should know a little bit about it." ”

So after confirming the address of the village chief's house from him, Bai Xiaoqiu ran over non-stop.

When he arrived at the village chief's house, the door was opened by a dark-skinned old man, who looked at Bai Xiaoqiu with some confusion and asked, "The two of you look at the face, I don't know what to do?" ”

Bai Xiaoqiu put on a smiling face that the elders liked the most: "My name is Bai Xiaoqiu, I am a hunter, and the cat man next to me is my companion Rocky, I don't know if you are the head of this village?" I have something I want to ask you. ”

The old man nodded: "Come in first, come into the house." ”

The village chief's home is not as exaggerated as Li Ergouzi's house, and the walls are full of monster heads. But there were also several weapons hanging from the walls, and although they looked a little broken, the blades still shimmered with a little cold.

"Drink something?" The old man asked, "They just gave me two bottles of good wine a while ago, would you like to try them?" ”

Bai Xiaoqiu waved his hand again and again: "No need, no need, let's just drink some water." ”

Rocky quietly raised a sign behind Bai Xiaoqiu: "Give me a drink!" ”

"You're welcome, come, have a taste!" The old man was amused, took out a bottle of wine from the cabinet, filled it for Bai Xiaoqiu and Luo Qi, and raised his glass and asked, "I am the head of this village." I wonder what you two want to ask? ”

Bai Xiaoqiu said: "We are hunters in Binshui Town, and we received a task in the guild to investigate the cause of the disappearance of Changqing Village. ”

The old man asked with some confusion: "It's the hunter of Waterside Town again?" And you're here to investigate the situation in Changqing Village? I just sent off a wave of people yesterday, and they say the same thing as you. ”

"Anyone else coming?!" Bai Xiaoqiu was also stunned, "I really don't know about this" Anyway, if there were other hunters who didn't have any impact on Bai Xiaoqiu, he didn't care too much, and then asked: "What happened in Changqing Village, why hasn't you been in contact with the outside world for so long?" Have you sent someone to check it out? ”

The village chief's old man's face suddenly became ugly, as if he remembered some bad memories: "That village is haunted!" ”

"Haunted?!"

The ghosts in this world generally refer to supernatural demon beasts, which are not very difficult to deal with, and even because they are restrained by the soul suppression incense, those low-level ghosts are weaker than ordinary demon beasts. However, high-level ghosts are completely different, and even high-level hunters have a headache to deal with.

"Hmm" the old village chief nodded, "We and Changqing Village are neighboring villages, although we don't have much contact on weekdays, but we still exchange some information with each other every few months, and I am a little worried that they haven't heard from each other for so long, so I sent a team of hunters to Changqing Village to take a look" The old man sighed, "There were six people when I went, but when I came back, Sun Kangle was left alone." He was covered in blood, and he was rescued by a patrol at the entrance of the village, and after seeing me, he only said the word 'ghost' and fainted. The village doctor said that he had injured his internal organs and meridians, and even if he was rescued, he would not be able to continue as a hunter."

This kind of small village does not have many permanent hunters, so each hunter is extremely precious, and this time the loss of six hunters at once is an extremely heavy blow to the village.

The old man continued: "Actually, even if you don't come, I'm going to go to the Hunters' Guild in person in two days. Our village and Changqing Village are separated by a strip of water, and I can't sit idly by and watch such a strange change happen there," he sighed again, "The power of six hunters can be retained, which is no longer something that a small village like ours can compete with." ”

Bai Xiaoqiu silently poured a full bottle of wine for the old man, and then asked, "Then was there any abnormal phenomenon that occurred before the loss of contact in Changqing Village?" ”

The village chief shook his head: "No." ”

After asking for a while, he didn't come up with any useful information, so Bai Xiaoqiu had to ask instead, "How is that senior Sun Kangle recovering from his injuries now?" If it's convenient, we'd like to ask him about the situation. ”

"Still recuperating at home," said the old man, "but the doctor said that he was almost recovered from his injuries, and that it was okay to answer some questions." The hunter from the previous group of waterside towns just went to his house yesterday to inquire, so I wonder if you will run into him again."

Bai Xiaoqiu nodded, and after asking the address of Sun Kangle's house, he set off again for the next location.

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Entering Sun Kangle's house, Bai Xiaoqiu immediately smelled a strong smell of medicine, which made his scalp numb and couldn't help scratching his head.

Sun Kangle was lying alone on the bed, and he didn't see the other group of hunters in the village chief's mouth. He was wrapped in a thick bandage, and when he saw Bai Xiaoqiu walking into the house, he reluctantly moved his body and sat up, and asked, "You are also here to inquire about the situation in Changqing Village, right?" ”