According to the normal speed of the carriage, Lu Shuangyang and they will be able to reach the Spring Equinox City in a week at most, but this is only calculated according to the normal situation, but in reality, there will be many factors that will affect the calculation results.

The Painted Rain Empire is located in the southern part of the Second Order, where the climate rains all year round, and the rain can be so small that people can't feel it, or it can be too big to bear.

In recent days, it has been raining heavily throughout the country, and the impact of the heavy rain is many, not only affecting the speed of the carriage, but also causing landslides and blocking the way forward.

This happened in a canyon on the way to the equinox, where many huge rockfalls blocked the canyon.

Although Lu Shuangyang and the others can use Xuan Qi to get these boulders away, the current mountain condition is very unstable, and God knows what kind of impact it will have if they use Xuan Qi again.

Considering various reasons, Lu Shuangyang and others still chose to take a detour.

The sky was getting darker again, and the sky was still full of lightning and thunder, and it was pouring rain.

Lu Shuangyang poked his head out slightly and looked at the sky: "Senior Zhou, this weather is really not suitable for traveling at night, let's hurry up and find a place to rest." ”

Although it is a rainy day, at night, the infestation of spirit animals will also become higher.

Zhou Qiuwen took out a map and looked at it seriously: "There is a place called Breeze Town not far ahead, let's go there to rest, and let the horse rest casually." ”

"Good. "It's okay to spend the night in the carriage, but since there's a town to rest in, let's give preference to the town.

......

After about half an hour's journey, I finally saw the shadow of a building in the distance.

On a conspicuous boulder on the side of the road, the word "breeze" is prominently engraved.

Lu Shuangyang returned to the room in the carriage after confirming that it was not far from Breeze Town.

"Something is wrong. As soon as she returned to the room, Lin Yin suddenly said.

Lu Shuangyang asked, "What's wrong?"

Lin Yin said seriously: "I am a plant spirit clan, and my growth depends on the life breath of the wood attribute, so I am very sensitive to the life breath. Normally, except for some places like fierce places in the Three Days Domain, there should be a certain proportion of life breath in the air. But the breath of life here is very low. ”

Lu Shuangyang said a little indifferently: "It's just relatively low, it's not a big deal." ”

Lin Yin's tone was still very serious: "If it's just that the breath of life is relatively low, then forget it, but there is a strong aura here that is opposite to the breath of life." ”

"The breath of life as opposed to the breath of life?" Lu Shuangyang asked puzzled.

"The breath of death. Lin Yin's tone was very serious and authentic.

"Death outside of basic attributes?" Lu Shuangyang's expression was also a little dignified.

Xuan Qi has several basic attributes, wind, fire, ice, thunder, earth, and wood, which are also the Xuan Qi that most people will use. But in addition to these basic attributes, there are also a lot of special attributes. And death is one of the special attributes, the wood attribute Xuan Qi that represents life can restore the health of the injured, and the death attribute can make people sick.

Generally speaking, this kind of Xuan Qi rarely drifts in the air, but in Lin Yin's opinion, the aura of death here is too dignified.

Lu Shuangyang said helplessly: "Really, I have trouble wherever I go!"

Lin Yin said leisurely: "Maybe this is the so-called bad luck." ”

......

Breeze Town is just a relatively remote town, a bit backward in development, and the surrounding buildings are relatively simple.

The carriage drove into Breeze Town, and although it was already dark, it was still early, and although few people usually went out at this time, it was a little strange that there was not even a little light in the surrounding buildings.

Zhou Qiuwen parked the carriage in front of an inn, it stands to reason that the inn should be open until late, but now there is no light in the inn.

Lu Shuangyang and Chen Feifei also got out of the carriage.

Lu Shuangyang looked around, although Lu Shuangyang couldn't feel the breath of death like Lin Yin, but even so, he felt that there was a sense of lifelessness in this breeze town.

The three of them walked into the inn, not only was there no light here, but there was no one in the hall of the inn, could it be that no one cared about the inn?

"Is anyone here? Zhou Qiuwen shouted.

But except for Zhou Qiuwen's own echo, no one responded with any voice.

"Could it be that this inn has gone out of business?" Chen Feifei speculated.

"Are you coming to the hotel?" Just as the three of them were puzzled, a deep voice suddenly came from behind them.

"Wow!" All three of them were startled, and turned their heads to see a pale-faced middle-aged man, looking at them with a lamp with an expressionless face.

"There it is!"

......

"Do you have any rooms here?"

Although they were frightened a lot, Lu Shuangyang and the others quickly adjusted their emotions and asked this person...... Although this person doesn't seem to have any spirits, he should be the shopkeeper in this inn by looking at the costume.

"Oh, and how many guest rooms do you want?" Even if there were guests coming, Xiao Er didn't seem to have any intention of receiving them well.

"Three rooms. "Everyone doesn't mind the attitude of the shopkeeper.

"Smack!"

Xiao Er took out three somewhat worn keys and put them in front of the three of them: "The three rooms on the right after the stairs go up the second floor over there." ”

According to the general routine, shouldn't you bring the guests to the front of the room? It doesn't seem to mean that to look at this little two.

"My horse needs to be fed in front of the door. The three of them were also a little tired, Zhou Qiuwen instructed the shopkeeper to roar and went upstairs with a key, and Lu Shuangyang and Chen Feifei also went upstairs with their respective keys.

"Oh!" shopkeeper replied casually, not knowing if he heard it.

Lu Shuangyang entered his room, which was almost twice as small as the room he lived in Gu Yucheng, the room was very poorly decorated, and a thin layer of dust had accumulated on the surface of the furniture.

Obviously, no one has been here for a long time.

Lu Shuangyang was helpless, slightly condensed a little Xuan Qi in his hand, and gently pushed it out, and all the dust accumulated on the surface was immediately blown away.

After tidying up the room, Lu Shuangyang did not rest, even if he didn't need Lin Yin to say it, now he would feel that this town was very weird.

Lu Shuangyang felt the need to investigate a little.

Lu Shuangyang walked down the stairs, the hall on the first floor was still dark, and the shopkeeper who had just given them the key didn't know where he had gone.

"Is there something wrong?" a deep voice suddenly sounded behind him.

Lu Shuangyang was also shocked into a cold sweat, he slowly turned around, and saw that the shopkeeper didn't know when he was standing behind him.

Lu Shuangyang didn't feel a trace of Xuan Qi fluctuation from him, he should be a person without Xuan Pagoda cultivation, but this person didn't seem to have a sound when he walked......

Lu Shuangyang smiled awkwardly and said, "I can't sleep, do you have a supper or something?"

"Only peanuts. ”

"Then let's have a plate of peanuts. As he spoke, Shuangyang sat down at an empty table.

The table was also full of dust, and when Lu Shuangyang touched it lightly, the dust also dispersed.

It didn't take long for the shopkeeper to come up with a plate of peanuts.

As soon as the shopkeeper put it down, Lu Shuangyang picked up a peanut and put it in his mouth......

I have to say, this peanut rice is, really, unpalatable!

On the first day before, Fan Fei's peanuts can be said to be the best peanuts Lu Shuangyang has ever eaten, and the peanuts here can be said to be the most unpalatable peanuts that Lu Shuangyang has ever eaten!

However, Lu Shuangyang didn't really come down this time to eat peanuts.

"That, is it convenient to chat?" Lu Shuangyang called the second child in the store.

"Don't. The shopkeeper didn't look back and wanted to leave.

"Smack!"

Lu Shuangyang took out a handful of silver and put it on the table.

The shopkeeper stopped, slowly retreated to the table, and put away the silver.

"What do you want to talk about?" Little Erdao.

Lu Shuangyang smiled faintly, as the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind.

Lu Shuangyang said: "Why are you obviously an inn here, but why are you the only one, and there is not even a guest." ”

The shopkeeper said: "No one has come to this inn for a long time, so only one of them is left." ”

This is understandable, after all, if an inn has no guests, there is no need to leave too many people to entertain guests.

And no one uses it, so everything is dusted, and naturally no one cares.

Lu Shuangyang thought for a while, and then asked: "It's still very early, why is every family turning off the lights and resting?"

The shopkeeper said listlessly: "It's been raining heavily these days, and they're all stuffy at home, but I don't know why, I always hear strange cries from the back mountains late at night these days, and those cries are a bit scary, so everyone simply turns off the lights early to rest, and I don't know why I feel very tired these days." ”

"Are you tired?" Lu Shuangyang looked at the shopkeeper puzzled, if it was like he said, he hadn't received guests for a long time, then he should be very idle, why did he feel tired?

"Is there anything else?" shopkeeper yawned, "If not, I'll go and rest." ”

"Okay, it's okay. Lu Shuangyang smiled bitterly, he obviously paid him, but his attitude was still so bad.

......

Lu Shuangyang returned to his room and thought carefully about what the shopkeeper had just said: "Houshan? It's still early to go, so there's no sound? Let's take a look later." ”

Now the situation is still a bit confused, and Lu Shuangyang doesn't know what to do.

"Lin Yin, what do you think?" Since I don't have a clue, I'll go and ask other people's opinions.

Lin Yin flew out, her little face was very serious: "Just now, there was a death aura wrapped around the shopkeeper's body. ”

"Is the breath of death haunted?" Lu Shuangyang's expression was also very solemn, "Do you mean, the reason why he is pale and sleepy is because of his lifeless breath?"

Lin Yin nodded slightly: "There should be nothing wrong with this, this is indeed the initial manifestation of lifelessness." And I have a bold guess that the reason why the people in this town go to bed so early is not only because of the so-called late-night screams, but also because they feel sleepy because of lifelessness. ”

Lu Shuangyang said solemnly: "Things are a little troublesome! If these dead qi are allowed to be entangled like this, I am afraid it will not be long before all the residents of this town will gradually die because of the dead qi, and this town will probably become a dead town." ”

Lu Shuangyang said: "It seems that we have come to the right place this time, let me investigate what makes this town like this." ”

Although I don't want to cause trouble, I have to watch these people die gradually, and Shuangyang can't do it this way.

Lu Shuangyang took out the night clothes from the space bracelet and put them on, opened the window, and looked at the night sky, the rain was gradually getting lighter, and the moon also poked its head out slightly from behind the dark clouds.

"It's still a while before midnight, so you can take a look around. Saying that, Lu Shuangyang jumped out of the window and rushed into the night rain.

"Is that okay? Don't you inform the other two?" Lin Yin asked.

Lu Shuangyang said: "We are just going to check the situation this time, and it is not too late to tell them after we find out the situation." ”

"What if I start to do it?" If it was on the first day, Lin Yin would be very relieved that Lu Shuangyang would act alone, but this was the second day, and the strength was higher than Lu Shuangyang's, and it was a bit dangerous to act alone.

Lu Shuangyang chuckled: "Don't worry, I can't beat it, won't I run yet?"

Lu Shuangyang walked around in the night breeze town, there was not even a single watchman on the street, except for the sound of rain and thunder in the entire breeze town, there was only the sound of Lu Shuangyang running by.

Lu Shuangyang casually sneaked into a few houses to check, and all the people inside were asleep. After Lin Yin's confirmation, all the people in these families were haunted by life.

Lu Shuangyang found a place to shelter from the rain and sit down to rest, there was no need to investigate anymore, and several households were sure that everyone in this town was haunted by death. The degree of influence varies with the individual's physique, and those with a better physique are just often sleepy, and those with a weaker physique have begun to have symptoms of cough and cold.

"Do you have a way to cure it?" Lu Shuangyang didn't know much about this aspect, so he could only ask Lin Yin's opinion.

Lin Yin thought for a while: "With the life qi of your and my wood attributes, it should be able to dispel the dead qi that is entangled with them, but it is only temporary, and it won't be long before I am afraid that they will be entangled by the death qi again." ”

"What should I do then?" Lu Shuangyang was very anxious, although the population in this town was not large, but it was also a fresh life!

Lin Yin said helplessly: "The only way is to find out the root cause of making this town lifeless, and then eradicate it." ”

"Then let's go find it!" Lu Shuangyang said very firmly.

Looking at Lu Shuangyang like that, Lin Yin smiled bitterly: "The reason why you can make the death qi permeate must be very special, even if you have the most powerful life breath, but if you can't fully exert its power, it will be difficult to solve." And, I'm afraid, it's a conspiracy. ”

"It could indeed be a conspiracy. "There is no need for Lin Yin to remind him, Lu Shuangyang also guessed that this is a conspiracy, which can make the death air permeate the whole town but it is not obvious, but it only subtly affects the people in the town, who will believe it if it is not artificial?

But what is it that is so vicious that he wants the people of this small town to die in this dead air?

There are so many things I can't figure out, so I have to wait until late at night to find out.

Lu Shuangyang looked up at the night sky, the rain that had already become lighter gradually became heavier as midnight approached, the moon was covered again, and there was no starlight in the night sky.

"That's why I don't like rainy nights......" Lu Shuangyang couldn't help but say, because on rainy nights, you can't see the starlight in the sky.

"Ahh

A terrible and terrible cry pulled Lu Shuangyang's thoughts back.

"Is this the voice?" Hearing this voice, Lu Shuangyang was also slightly startled, no wonder those townspeople chose to rest early, if this voice kept screaming, who could sleep peacefully!

"Can you tell what kind of sound this is?" Lin Yin asked.

Lu Shuangyang was thinking, and while thinking, the voice sounded several times.

Lu Shuangyang was very puzzled and said: "What should I say? This voice is very human, but how can a person's voice become like this? It is simply a voice that is not a human ghost or a ghost." ”

"Since I don't know, let's take a look. Lin Yin was also very curious about what it was that would make such a sound.

Lu Shuangyang also agrees, and if he can find the source of this sound, then he should be able to know why this town is shrouded in death.

"Ahh

"Over there?"

The voice sounded again, and this time Lu Shuangyang carefully confirmed the direction of the voice.

Lu Shuangyang didn't talk nonsense, although it rained heavily, he plunged directly into the rain.

The sound came from a mountain in the west of Breeze Town, which should be the back mountain in the second mouth of the shopkeeper.

Walking into the back mountain, I stepped on the fallen leaves all over the ground, although it is autumn now, but the territory of the Painted Rain Empire is like spring all year round, even the trees in other places are luxuriant, why are the trees here are all leaves?

"The closer you get here, the thicker the dead air becomes, and the dead air here has already affected even the plants. Lin Yin's voice was a little low, "Even I feel a little uncomfortable." ”

Lu Shuangyang did feel the breath of death, but he didn't feel as terrible as Lin Yin said: "Is it so exaggerated?

"What are you talking about the cold things of this living fellow. Lin Yin said angrily.

"Hehe......" Lu Shuangyang smiled embarrassedly, it turned out that it was because the breath of life of the endless wood protected him from the influence of the breath of death that permeated the air.

"Ahh

The scream rang out again, this time clearer than before, and seemed to be close......