Gu Ming walked along the mountain road on the west side for half an hour, bypassed a mountain beam, and finally saw a large group of dilapidated buildings.

No need to guess, it must be Zhengqi Villa.

The villa is built along the foot of the mountain, extending to the half-slope, covering an area of dozens of acres.

Standing below, you can faintly see the situation in the villa, and there are more than a dozen courtyards of all sizes.

Although it is dilapidated, you can imagine how glorious it was when you look at its scale.

Walking to the gate of the villa, you can still see four big characters on the door: Zhengqi Villa.

The gate has disappeared without a trace, and you can see the courtyard at a glance.

Standing at the door, I can feel a cold breath and the vicissitudes of time.

With such a large mountain villa, its owner must not have been a simple person back then.

As a result, there was still no escape from a catastrophe, leaving only an empty, lifeless mountain villa.

After observing the environment for a while, Gu Ming stepped up the steps and entered the front yard.

First of all, what catches your eye is a tall photo wall, and there is a big blessing character on the wall.

However, the word "Fu" has been blurred and covered with mud and dust.

Bypassing the wall, Gu Ming couldn't help but pause......

I didn't expect that there were people in the yard, and there were several.

There were four in the courtyard, one sitting on the roof, and a woman of about thirty years old was leaning in front of the pillar, holding a mirror in her hand and looking at herself.

For a moment, everyone looked at each other.

It is not difficult to guess the identity of the other party, and at a glance at the outfit and momentum, you will know that it is a person from the rivers and lakes.

However, the other party was a little unpredictable about Gu Ming's identity.

looks like a reader, but he is imposing but extraordinarily confident and calm...... That's a bit out of the ordinary.

After all, this place is not normal.

In an abnormal place, there is a person who should not have appeared, then this person ...... There may be a possibility of entering by mistake, but it cannot be ruled out that it is a hidden master.

For people who walk the rivers and lakes all year round, the most taboo is to judge people by their appearance.

This kind of person tends to die relatively quickly.

"I wonder which way this friend is?"

A middle-aged man stepped forward two steps forward and asked with a fist.

Gu Ming also returned the salute with a fist, and said with a smile: "I am a scholar below, and I happened to pass by here, so I came in to have a look out of curiosity." ”

"Curious?"

The middle-aged man couldn't help frowning.

"Yo, dare to love the little brother is a showman?"

The woman who was looking in the mirror put away the mirror and walked over with her hips twisted exaggeratedly.

In terms of appearance, this woman is not very good-looking, but she has a good figure that many women envy.

Gu Ming replied perfunctorily: "Sort of......"

However, such an answer is obviously not convincing.

Another man with pockmarked face stepped forward and squinted his eyes to look at Gu Ming carefully, as if he wanted to see through his details.

There was even an old man in black with a goatee who secretly raised his hand and flicked it, and a dark energy attacked Gu Ming......

His technique was very ingenious, and he wanted to take the opportunity to test Gu Ming's depth.

As a result, what he never expected was that the dark energy that popped up rebounded back......

"Hmm~"

The old man snorted, his body shook, and his face turned pale.

The pockmarked man's face couldn't help but change greatly, and he immediately pulled out the knife on his waist and shouted viciously at Gu Ming: "You dare to do it? ”

"Hu, don't be impulsive!"

The old man drank in time, and then glanced at Gu Ming and said, "I didn't expect Your Excellency to be really hidden, I don't know what kind of disciple it is?" ”

"Kong Meng!"

Gu Ming replied lightly with two words.

"Kong Meng?"

The crowd looked at each other.

"Is there such a sect in the rivers and lakes?"

The woman blinked, subconsciously asking the others.

In fact, no matter how poor these people in the rivers and lakes are, it is impossible to say that they don't know Confucius and Mencius, but they didn't think about it for a while, just think about it as a little-known small sect in the rivers and lakes.

"This little brother is coming alone, right? Interested in joining us? ”

The woman threw a wave of eyes at Gu Ming.

Although she didn't know what Gu Ming's strength was, the old man in black before obviously suffered a secret loss, which proved that Gu Ming's strength was good.

In line with the idea that one more opponent is better than one more friend, I can't help but pull it out.

Without waiting for Gu Ming to respond, the pockmarked man was a little surprised, and said first: "I'm sorry, this courtyard is our territory, please trouble this friend to change land." ”

How can Gu Ming have the spare time to gang up with these people?

It's just that this pockmarked man spoke a little arrogantly, so he asked the other party: "According to what I have heard below, this mountain villa is an ownerless mountain villa, why has it become your territory?" ”

"Friend, do you have to tear your face? Then Wu wants to ask his friends for advice today! ”

Ma Zinan shook the knife in his hand and looked at Gu Ming with a provocative expression.

The others were silent.

It seems that I still want to see the origin and depth of Gu Ming.

To put it bluntly, these people are also temporary partners, and since some people are willing to be the first birds, they are naturally happy to watch from the wall.

As a result, Gu Ming shook his head: "I'm sorry, I don't want to do anything with you!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Ma Zinan suddenly felt greatly humiliated.

These people in the rivers and lakes have always had a good face, and sometimes they even value face more than life.

Gu Ming's words sounded to Ma Zinan, which obviously meant that he looked down on him and disdained to do something with him.

Where can I endure it for a while?

"Boy, you have such a big breath, look at the knife!"

The pockmarked man screamed violently and slashed down......

There was silence in the courtyard.

There was no movement as expected.

The pockmarked man still maintained the posture of swinging his knife and slashing.

The knife hovered in mid-air.

No one could see how Gu Ming made a move, his hand was slightly raised, and his two fingers were holding the blade, leisurely like holding a piece of paper.

Before everyone could come back to their senses, the knife was suddenly covered with a layer of frost.

Then, there was a small but dense crackling sound.

"...... Uproar"

Then, the knife in the hand of the pockmarked man was shattered, like a thin piece of ice, turning into countless fragments and even dust on the ground.

At the same time, the pockmarked man also felt an boundless chill coming, and it seemed that even his blood was frozen.

"Hero's life!"

Shocked, the guy instinctively shouted.

Face?

The pockmarked man let out a loud shout, and finally woke up the others, looking at Gu Ming in horror one by one.

Sure enough, as the old saying goes, people should not be good-looking.

Obviously, this person is by no means an ordinary martial arts person.

At this time, the movement in the courtyard also attracted another group of people......

One of them couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Gu Ming clearly, and then walked over with a laugh: "Who should I be, I didn't expect it to be Brother Gu." ”

As soon as he heard this familiar voice, Gu Ming raised his eyes and saw that it was indeed Zhiqiu.

"Ha, Brother Zhiqiu, I didn't expect you to be there."

"Yesterday will be here."

The woman before was very good at coming to things, so she took the opportunity to step forward to play a round: "Yo, look at this trouble, it was really the flood that washed the Dragon King Temple, I didn't know the origin of this friend before I waited, how much offended, how offended." ”

Gu Ming was also too lazy to worry about these people, and accompanied Zhiqiu to talk and laugh in the direction of the backyard.

After this walk, I found that there were really a lot of people in the rivers and lakes who came to this villa, and there were people in every courtyard.

There are all kinds of people, men, women and children, monks, Taoists, sorcerers, all kinds of people.

"Zhiqiu, what is the secret of this villa, how can it attract so many people?"

When he arrived at a place where no one was, Gu Ming couldn't help but ask the doubts in his heart.

Zhiqiupan sat on the ground, subconsciously looked around, and then whispered: "This matter is a long story...... According to the rumors of the rivers and lakes, the owner of this mountain villa has a special background and is a descendant of the ancient Dian Kingdom.

At that time, the last witch king of the ancient Dian Kingdom appointed a family to guard the tomb for generations before his death.

This family is also loyal, passed down from generation to generation, and it has been kept for more than 2,000 years.

As a result, a betrayer inevitably appeared...... That is, Lin Ping, the owner of Zhengqi Villa.

This guy may be unwilling to guard the tomb for others for the rest of his life, so he took advantage of the unpreparedness of the clansmen to steal a lot of cultivation secrets and treasures in the tomb, and changed his appearance to create the Zhengqi Villa.

As a result, he still did not escape the pursuit of his people, and in a fit of rage, he was killed......"

After listening to this bizarre story, Gu Ming frowned and thought for a while, and couldn't help but say, "If this rumor is true, shouldn't this Lin Ping be hiding?" Why do you want to create a righteous mountain villa with great fanfare? ”

"I don't know about this......"

"Well, even if the rumors are true, it's been decades, why are so many people suddenly coming to hunt for treasure?"

"I heard that his clan did not find the secret method and treasure stolen by Lin Ping back then.

Some time ago, news suddenly came out on the rivers and lakes that someone had found some gold and silver and a hide recording the witchcraft of the ancient Dian Kingdom in the ruins of the villa......

The witchcraft of the ancient Dian Kingdom has always been very mysterious, and many of them have been lost to this day. In this way, there are naturally many people in the rivers and lakes who are interested. ”

"That's ...... so"

Gu Ming nodded thoughtfully.

If there is only gold and silver, it may not be so attractive. But the people in the rivers and lakes have always been very interested in all kinds of cheats, even if they don't cultivate, they can also be exchanged for cheats or other items that they are interested in.

It's no wonder that so many people come to Zhengqi Villa.

"By the way, Zhiqiu, did you notice anything wrong here after you arrived at the villa?"

Zhiqiu shook his head: "I didn't pay attention to this...... If there is something wrong, it is that this village has a heavier yin qi. This is also understandable, after all, so many people died back then, and there were no people living for decades, so the yin qi was naturally stronger. ”

"How many people are in this village now?"

"I'm afraid there are dozens, and there are ...... in each yard."

Hearing this, Gu Ming couldn't help but raise his eyes and look around, and then said to Zhiqiu: "I have a hunch that this matter is afraid that there is something else going on." ”

"Oh? I don't know what Brother Gu thinks? ”

"I don't know...... It's just that it doesn't feel that simple. Perhaps, someone deliberately spread false news to lead people to the villa. ”

"Huh?" Zhiqiu looked stunned: "You mean to say that this is a conspiracy?" ”

Gu Ming replied with a solemn face: "Although I can't be completely sure, there is a high probability that this is the case!" ”

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