The mustache looked at the map on his phone, and then understood what my master meant, but he still hesitated: "That means that the plague ghost is likely to take turns choosing a river as its haunted channel?" ”

"I'm also guessing like this, you can combine it with the analysis of the order in which the flashpoints appeared before, and see if it's such a pattern?" Master nodded.

Hearing this, the mustache took out a small notebook from his body, on which were some records he had made. He looked up the records in the small notebook and the location on the screen of his mobile phone.

Ten minutes later, the mustache finally shouted happily: "That's right! That's exactly the rule! ”

"Have you found a pattern? So where is the next flashpoint? Xiang Ru hurriedly asked.

"The site of the last eruption was along the Benhai River, and today it is the Sanhe River...... In this case, the next flashpoint should be a village along the Yongshan River! ”

"How many villages are there along the Yongshan River?"

"I'll count." The mustache pointed at the phone screen and counted, and finally shouted: "The Longshan River has passed through a total of sixteen villages, and nine have already erupted in front, and there are still seven that have not erupted!" If the flashpoint does not repeat according to the previous rule, it must be in these seven villages! ”

"Seven is still too many!" Xiang Ru frowned.

Although Dao cultivators have more manpower than Yin cultivators, if you want to defend the seven villages at once, I'm afraid it will be very difficult. What's more, even if the location is clear, timing is still a problem. We don't know when the next plague will be?

"Show me the map on your phone!" Master snatched my phone, but was a little confused. He doesn't know how to operate a smartphone!

I couldn't help laughing, but I called the mustache over and pointed it out to him. The mustache knows best about the situation at these flashpoints.

"Well, you see." Pointing to where we are now, Master said, "Today's new outbreak point is too close to Songtao Lake, so I think the next time the plague ghost appears, I should choose a village that is a little farther away." Let's get rid of the few villages that are close to each other upstream, and then get rid of the villages that have already erupted, so that there are only two villages left in the downstream? ”

"Master Feng's analysis makes sense! This narrows down our target to two! The mustache said excitedly.

"Well, two is much easier!" Xiang Ru was also quite satisfied.

"What about the interval?" I asked Master again.

"Based on the recovery of the plague ghosts, I think it should be five to seven days!"

"That's not difficult, it's a big deal to keep it for three days in a row!"

Xiang Ru is the president of the branch of the Maoshan Taoist Association in Guangnan, and he is also the local head snake in Yazhou, and his prestige is very high. Since he chose to believe in my master, he immediately made a decision. After returning to the hotel where he was staying, he began to gather the disciples of the various avenue cultivation sects, and arranged the time and tasks of squatting, striving to be meticulous and in place.

In the intervals of the past few days, Master and I have not been idle, and we have taken the time to go to those two villages in advance to familiarize ourselves with the terrain first, so as not to get lost. The two villages, called "Longwei Village" and "Longclaw Village" respectively, are next to each other, less than a mile apart, and the course of the Longshan River passes through the middle of the two villages.

Five days later, Xiang Ru's plan to "catch turtles in an urn" was finally officially implemented. He divided dozens of Dao cultivators into three groups, each group of more than a dozen people, with the Nanshan Sect, the Jade Hairpin Sect and the Xuanqing Sect as the backbone, and at the same time, he was also led by himself, Gong Hetai and Jiang Xuan, each on duty for one day.

A dozen or so men seemed to be a lot, but they had to be divided into two groups to defend one village, and each village's manpower was paired in pairs and scattered in several key positions. Therefore, once the plague ghost is found, people from other places must also rush to help in time.

Master and I, on the other hand, were listed as random standby. To put it nicely, it is to be detached and avoid being commanded by them; It's hard to say, but it's clear that people are still suspicious of us, and they'd rather we just stand on the sidelines and watch. Anyway, if we can find out such clues and rules, we will already complete the task.

But Master didn't accept this "love" at all!

The reason why he was willing to come to Yazhou in person to help Dao Xiu investigate the matter was more because he wanted to find out the previous mass grave mystery case by the way, and how could he be willing to lie in the hotel and wait for news?

As a result, our two "random standby personnel" became "fixed personnel", and we had to go around every night, making us more active than the people of the Taoist sect.

Nothing unusual was found on the first and second days. On the third day, it was Jiang Xuan's turn to lead the team on duty. When Master and I first arrived, he was not very friendly, and he certainly didn't show us any face at this time. Master didn't bother to see him, so he took me and continued to run to the river.

The level of the plague ghost is too high, and it is completely different from the ordinary imp, so you can't use the method of catching the imp to deal with it. Xiang Ru spent a lot of effort and sent people to set up an early warning array by the river and several intersections, which would be triggered once a ghost appeared, and then everyone would get a signal.

However, I am different from Master, I am a Yin cultivator, and the yang energy on my body is very light, but I can move around at will, as long as I don't deliberately attract attention, no one cares about us anyway.

The two of us walked along the river as usual, and found no suspicious signs. In fact, most of the squatting and guarding posts arranged by Dao Xiu were also arranged in private houses not far from the river, and as long as the plague ghost appeared in a cluster of rivers, he would definitely be able to find it.

After walking around, Master's frown became tighter and tighter, as if he had begun to wonder if his previous judgment was correct.

I secretly asked him: "Wouldn't it be too ostentatious for Dao Xiu to arrange people into the village with such fanfare?" ”

"No, it won't." Master shook his head and said, "They all entered the village during the day, and they stayed in the house all the time. Unless there are inner ghosts in the Taoist cultivator, the plague ghosts will not be found so easily. ”

"But it's been three days......"

"I have a hunch that it will appear tonight!"

"How so, Master?"

"Seven days is enough for it to regain its resentment, and there is no reason why it can endure loneliness. Moreover, its previous pattern has been going on for more than half a year, and there is no reason to suddenly change its strategy and run somewhere else. Unless ......"

"Unless what?"

Master's eyes suddenly widened: "Unless it doesn't come ashore directly from the river this time!" ”

"And where will it come ashore?"

"Sewage pipe!"

"That's right! Sewage pipe! ”

My eyes widened and I screamed. Ghosts are not as afraid of dirt as humans, and it is normal to drill sewers and ditches. When Master and I were walking along the river, we saw a small sewage pipe running from a farm in the middle of the two villages to the river, and from time to time it was discharging some sewage.

"Let's go! Hurry to the farm! ”

Master immediately turned around and hurriedly ran over there. I also followed closely.

The farm in the village raises chickens, ducks and pigs, and before they reached the door, they already smelled a smell of feces and feces from afar, which was very unpleasant. But at this time, we didn't have time to cover our noses, so we ran into the field against the smell.

The gate of the farm was not closed, and there was no one guarding the door, so we were able to push the door in. However, as soon as he stepped inside, Master stopped abruptly and jerked his nose in the air a few times, completely oblivious to the stench that permeated his surroundings.

"It's already here!"

Master's words made me feel like I was in good spirits. This cunning guy really got all the way from the sewage pipe to the farm, completely bypassing the heavy guards of the Daoxiu Sect by the river. If Master hadn't woken up early, I'm afraid the consequences would have been even more unimaginable!

"Do you want to inform the people of Xuanqingmen?" I asked Master quietly.

Master was still looking around the farm vigilantly, but he hadn't noticed anything unusual for a while. He let out an "um" without looking back, agreeing.

I ran outside the farm and took out my mobile phone to call Jiang Xuan. He was the leader of the team tonight, and the mustache had already sent me his phone number beforehand.

"Hey, Master Jiang? I'm Master Feng's apprentice, and we've found the whereabouts of the plague ghost here on the farm, so hurry up and send someone over to help!" ”

"Farms?"

"Yes!"

"Did you see the plague ghost?"

"Well, not yet. But my master can already smell it! ”

"Smell? Hum! The early warning array on the side of Longwei Village has been triggered, and some people have seen it! ”

"Has anyone seen the plague ghost over there in Longwei Village?"

"Is there any fake? I'm leading people to Longwei Village right now! ”

"Then our side ......"

"You guys can figure it out for themselves! I'm not free here! ”

After Jiang Xuan said this, he hung up the phone directly. I put my phone away and ran into the farm to tell Master the news. But when the master heard this, he shook his head categorically and said, "I can't smell this breath wrong, that plague ghost is here!" It's a fake on their side! ”

"So what should we do now?"

"Just the two of us go in first and meet it for a while!"

After the master finished speaking, he took out the sheathed sword from his backpack. It seems that he is really cautious, and he hasn't taken a picture yet, and even the treasure of the finale has been taken out first!

I also took out the Ruyi chopsticks and turned them into two short guns. Because my short knife is a controlled knife in the yang world, I left it in Zuoqiu City and didn't bring it back, including those armors and helmets.

The master walked in front, I walked behind, and the master and apprentice entered the farm lightly one after the other. I'm used to breaking off when I'm walking darts, and now I'm familiar with this kind of work again.