"Living sacrifice?!" Xian Kongqing was shocked, and his voice subconsciously amplified, spreading in this dead village.

"Yes, an old sacrificial method, very cruel." Yan Hua said as he checked the puppets in front of each house one by one, and because Luo Jia was afraid, he always followed behind Yan Hua's buttocks.

Eventually, he stopped in front of one of the humanoid puppets and looked down at it quietly.

"What did you find?" Ling Xiao approached and asked.

Yan Hua approached the lantern to the puppet, frowning slightly: "This color is not so dark." ”

Ling Xiao beside him saw that there were really no other puppets with bright colors, and even the original brown of the wood, which was a little less treacherous.

"What the hell do you mean?" Xian Kongqing was puzzled, "According to what you said, is everyone dead in such a big village?" Who the hell would be so cruel as to do such a thing? ”

"Shhh, listen to Yan Hua first." Ling Xiao was silent and motioned to Xian Kongqing not to ask in a hurry.

Helpless, he had to shut up obediently.

Yan Hua's drooping eyes were raised, and his gaze stared straight at the thatched house behind the puppet: "The color of the puppet has not completely turned red, maybe the people in this room are not dead yet." ”

"Then get in!" When Xian Kongqing heard that there were still people alive, he hurriedly pulled Ling Xiao over, but was stopped by Yan Hua.

"This kind of sacrificial technique is not common, the living people who are sacrificed may have been stunned and locked in the house by drugs, and the humanoid puppets on the path at the door are used to collect the souls of the family and lock them in the dolls, do you see the soul-attracting powder on the ground?"

After that, Yan Hua pointed to the sparse powder that was white on the ground, and if he didn't look carefully, he really couldn't see it clearly.

But Xian Kongqing still didn't understand: "What do you do to collect souls?" Besides, why did you stop me when you said that there might be people alive in the house? ”

"That's because ......"

Unexpectedly, halfway through Yan Hua's words, Xian Kongqing had already stepped out with a brisk stride, and quickly split the door lock with his sword.

At the moment when the door was opened with a "creak", a rotten stench instantly hit his face, and Xian Kongqing didn't even have time to see the scene inside, so he held on to the door frame and retched uncontrollably.

Even the other three people who were standing farther away smelled the smell and covered their mouths and noses.

Yan Hua covered the lower half of his face with his sleeve, but the rancid smell was still drilling into his nose.

He glanced at Xian Kongqing unhappily: "You don't have to think about it? The villagers were sacrificed alive, even if they were drugged and stunned, they would wake up, even if they were tied up, they would try their best to escape from the house, so the only way was to cut off their legs, and the flesh and blood would be exposed to the air for many days to rot and deteriorate, and they could not go to the toilet normally, then the smell would naturally be big, and there was too much blood loss, even if there was still a trace of breath, it could not save them. ”

Yan Hua's words sounded indifferent and ruthless, but they made sense.

Xian Kongqing still didn't listen to the persuasion, but wanted to go in and take a look again.

He endured the stench that penetrated his stomach, crossed the threshold, and finally saw the scene inside the room by the bright moonlight that poured in from the window.

For Xian Kongqing, this scene will never be forgotten, and after only a brief glance, he rushed out of the thatched hut at a rapid pace.

Then, I heard him crouching behind a haystack beside him, vomiting incessantly.

"I said don't go." Yan Hua pulled Luo Jia back away, and rolled his eyes when he turned his back.

At this moment, Ling Xiao was a little hesitant, he was a person who cultivated immortals, and he should have saved the dead and helped the injured, but now he could only watch the innocent people slowly wait for death, and he couldn't do anything.

He didn't even dare to look inside.

Xian Kongqing's reaction has said it all, the people in the house are not saved......

"It's not your fault, you don't need to blame yourself." Yan Hua saw the emotion in Ling Xiao's eyes, and casually comforted him.

Ling Xiao smiled self-deprecatingly, then put away his smile again, and said solemnly: "There are still a few days left before the Qingcheng Theory, I want to find out who used such cruel means to sacrifice the villagers of Zhanggu Village alive, and what is the purpose of the live sacrifice." ”

"Heh, it's really a righteous immortal cultivator." Yan Hua chuckled and shook his head, "Feel free, I'm idle anyway, so I'll sit back and wait for your good news." ”

Listening to his words, it seems that he is going to sit idly by.

After vomiting for a while, Xian Kongqing behind the haystack pulled a piece of cloth from his body and wiped his mouth, and then staggered towards the three of them.

He heard Yan Hua's words, so he glanced at Yan Hua with disdain after finally relieving himself: "You are also a stone immortal on Kunlun Mountain, why don't you have any sympathy at all?" So many villagers have died in Zhangguo Village, you don't want to find out who did it? He's killing an entire village! This kind of person is intolerable! ”

Hearing this, Yan Hua just smiled: "It's your love to help Zhanggu Village, but it's also my duty not to help." ”

"You!" Xian Kongqing was speechless for a while, and he didn't know what to say to answer him, so he had to give up.

"Alright, don't make any noise, just sleep in the carriage tonight, and take turns keeping vigil." Ling Xiao used his body to block between the two, preventing the mismatch between the two.

Xian Kongqing cut a sigh and walked to the carriage on his own.

Ling Xiao turned his head and looked at Yan Hua with a faint look in his eyes: "Kong Qing is straight-tempered, Brother Yan Hua should not be surprised." ”

"Hmm." Yan Hua looked around, and saw that Ling Xiao on the side had no intention of going back to the carriage to stay, and asked, "Have something to ask?" ”

Sure enough, he nodded.

"I want to know, what is the purpose of such cruel sacrifices?"

"How do I know?" Yan Hua turned his back.

Ling Xiao asked, "Brother Yan Hua really doesn't know?" Or is it something you don't want to say? ”

Tilting his head sideways, Yan Hua hooked the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "I don't really want to get involved in this kind of thing, but it seems that you, the phoenix bird, are quite smart, and I can see that I am deliberately concealing it." ”

"Where, Brother Yan Hua praised it falsely, my temperament is respectful and cautious, but I just asked a lot." Ling Xiao bent down slightly, pretending to be modest.

"Okay, then I won't hide it from you." Yan Hua said frankly, "This kind of living sacrifice is generally used to sacrifice to demons and monsters with high mana, of course, some of them are to resurrect something, and this kind of sacrifice of the entire village is obviously much more serious." ”

"What does Brother Yan Hua mean ......"

"By the way, is there a tomb around here?" Yan Hua asked suddenly.

"Tomb?" Ling Xiao was also the first time to come to Zhanggu Village, so he naturally didn't know the surrounding environment, and he didn't know anything about the ghostly place like the cemetery.

Yan Hua waved his hand: "Forget it, I don't know if you don't know." ”

"I don't know what Brother Yan Hua is asking for?"

"This kind of living sacrifice method that directly locks the soul can only be carried out in a place where there is enough yin energy." Yan Hua explained, "And ......"

He deliberately stopped, arousing Ling Xiao's curiosity, and although Luo Jia on the side was afraid, he also pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

No longer selling Guanzi, Yan Hua continued: "And whether it is the object of sacrifice or the object of resurrection, they must be near the living sacrifice ceremony, perhaps, even in the deep mountains behind it. ”

Yan Hua obviously said the second half of the sentence half-jokingly, but Ling Xiao and Luo Jia took it seriously.

Even Yan Hua himself took it seriously.

At this moment, the three of them all raised their heads and looked at the dark and deep mysterious mountain with solemn expressions.

They all have the same question on their minds:

Is there really something terrible hidden in this strange mountain?

As soon as the idea came out, everyone was shocked.

After looking at each other a few times, Ling Xiao said: "That's it, after a day's journey, let's rest early, I will go to the mountains early tomorrow morning to have a look, and I will let my junior brother be on duty in the second half of tonight, and Brother Yan Hua and Little Brother Luo Jia will have a good rest." ”

"That's really thank you Brother Ling Xiao, Luo Jia and I will definitely sleep beautifully and not disturb the vigil of the two of you."

Yan Hua said that the yin and yang were weird, and anyone with a discerning eye could hear the meaning, but Ling Xiao had a surprisingly good temper, so he didn't get angry, just smiled lightly.

……

The next day, just after dawn, Roga woke up from his sleep early.

Just because he is a snake, he is extremely sensitive to the slightest vibration.

Outside the carriage, Xian Kongqing, who was supposed to be guarding the second half of the night, was awake, but because he was too sleepy, he also fell asleep.

Luo Jia sensed the slight footsteps outside, and thought that all the villagers of Zhangguo Village had died, and a sense of fear surrounded him.

Who's out there?

The hairs on his whole body stood up, and his hanging heart suddenly raised his throat, looking at Yan Hua on the side, he was still immersed in a sweet dream and did not wake up.

In a panic, Luo Jia woke him up out of fear.

"Yan Hua, Yan Hua, wake up, there are people outside." He kept his voice as low as possible, but Yan Hua was not woken up by his slight voice, but was shaken awake.

I saw him rubbing his eyes and slowly sitting up from the slightly crowded carriage: "Early in the morning, where did you say there was someone?" ”

On the side, Ling Xiao and Xian Kongqing were also woken up, and they both sat up tiredly and looked at Luo Jia at the moment.

"There's movement outside, is the person who laid the living sacrifice ritual coming?" Luo Jia's trembling voice rang out.

There's movement?!

Ling Xiao and Yan Hua glanced at each other, and for the first time, the two nodded their heads in tacit understanding, got out of the car together to check, and told Xian Kongqing and Luo Jia to continue to stay in the carriage.

The two were anxious, but they were still obedient and did not follow.

But when the two of them waited for a long time, the two who went out came back quickly.

"How's it going? Who is it? Xian Kongqing asked anxiously.

Ling Xiao shook his head: "We didn't see anyone, but Luo Jia is right, someone has indeed come." ”

Xian Kongqing couldn't understand this, how could he not see people and how did he know that someone had come? Besides, when they saw such a large carriage parked in the abandoned stables at the entrance of the village, wouldn't they be suspicious?

"Because the puppets are gone." Or Yan Hua spoke directly.

"What do you say?! How so? Xian Kongqing was more excited, "Could it be that as you said last night, there is a problem with the mountain on which Zhanggu Village is back?" ”

"It's just speculation, but it's quite possible." Ling Xiao glanced at Yan Hua, "It's still thanks to Brother Yan Hua that we can come to this conclusion that is not necessarily correct." ”

"You're welcome." Yan Hua smiled cheekily, and his two eyebrows were curved like a thin moon.

Ling Xiao suddenly said in a solemn tone: "Then next up, I'll go to the mountains to explore the way and see if there is anything suspicious, if so, ......"

"Senior brother!" Xian Kongqing interrupted him, "You want to go there alone?!" No way! Absolutely not! I'm going with you! ”

Ever since he met Ling Xiao, he has always been like this, always standing up and never seeming to think about himself.

And this time the living sacrifice was so dangerous, but he still had to go alone to investigate, Xian Kongqing said that he would not agree to anything.