"Since it is the roster of the defenders, why is it called the book of life and death? Also, didn't you stay in the ancient town just to defend the formation? Why do you need other defenders? "My head was full of questions, and I didn't care about it at this time, and I asked all the questions in one go.

The old man suddenly sighed, "Alas! No matter how strong the manpower is, there will be an end of time. Affected by this space, although I am alive, Shouyuan has dried up a long time ago. In other words, I am actually a person who should not exist in this world, so many things that ordinary people can do, I can't do with all my might, and the Book of Life and Death was made to deal with this situation. ”

"What about the so-called defenders?" I pressed on.

"That's because the inn is the core of the formation, and it is more vulnerable to invasion, and people with sufficient yang energy must stay inside to suppress it in order to maintain the balance of this space!"

Hearing this, I already roughly knew what Old Man Yan meant, a bright light flashed in his mind, and a terrible thought suddenly rose, so he hurriedly asked him: "You wait, according to your meaning, but anyone who enters the ancient town, whether intentionally or unintentionally, will eventually be recorded in the book of life and death, and then become a defender, and once this person dies, the name in the book of life and death will change color, and after losing the defender, you can't be indifferent to it, you will definitely find a way to deal with it...... Is it ......?"

I picked up the book of life and death on the counter, pointed to the name on it and asked in horror, "You were lying to me before, these people, including us, they were not recruited by the conspiracy of the Heavenly Witch Sect, but you deceived them in order to find the defenders, right?" ”

Old man Yan glanced at me in surprise, his expression showed a hint of approval, my heart was cold, looking at his reaction, it was obvious that my guess just now was correct. I couldn't understand it, so I pressed him on to ask him why.

When it came to this, Old Man Yan was not ready to continue to hide from me, and told me all the reasons for this.

It turns out that in this space, whether it is Yin Town or Yang Town, it is full of strong Yin Qi and the resentment of the townspeople, coupled with the curse mentioned before, it is difficult for those who stay in the ancient town to hold on for a long time even if they have been hiding in the inn and not coming out. Basically, every half a year, the person defending the formation is either attacked by the yin qi, or is cursed and dies accidentally, when the person defending the formation dies, the yang energy of the inn will be greatly weakened, even if there is a powerful formation means outside the inn, it can not stop the erosion of the yin qi.

Once the inn is destroyed, the formation will be affected, and when the long-accumulated node aura of Yang Town and the strong ghost possession corpse of the ancient town are combined, a terrifying corpse king will be born. And in front of the corpse king, the isolation formation is useless, once the yin and yang towns coincide, the eye of yin and yang will be completely opened in reality, the isolated space will be broken, and the nodes located in the feng shui eye will also be completely broken, and at that time, the fourth disaster of death and resentment will sweep the entire Shenzhou with a thunderous momentum, and the lives will be ruined, I don't know how many people will die.

Therefore, when Old Man Yan's Shouyuan was approaching, he used special methods to pass on the information of Suan Ming Town, and fabricated the news that there were shocking treasures hidden in Su Ming Town. Since then, there have been people who have gone to the town to explore treasures, and without exception, all of these people who came to the town have become the defenders of the book of life and death, and this matter has been more than thirty years ago.

Old man Yan told me that the fat man who died first among us came to find treasure, and he found a broken so-called treasure map on the fat man's body, and that picture was actually scribbled by the old man, just to let people go to the ancient town. As for the four groups of people who have come to the ancient town in the past two years, including us, it really has nothing to do with him, if you have to say that there is, it is only Boss Li who came to hunt for treasure was brought by him.

Looking at the old man's indifferent face when he recounted all this, a chill suddenly rose in my heart, as if those who were deceived by him to defend the battle were all killed as a matter of course, and he did not feel half guilty about it, such a person, would he let us go? Even if he has some connection with my grandfather.

The old man seemed to see through what I was thinking, and asked indifferently, "Do you think I'm cold-blooded and ruthless?" ”

I looked at him, then at the dense names in the book of life and death, and asked, "Isn't it?" ”

The old man smiled, didn't argue, took the book of life and death and looked at it, "It is true that a lot of people have died, and in the past few decades, there have been hundreds of people, right?" ”

Listening to his indifferent tone, I became more and more disgusted in my heart, and I just wanted to say sarcastic, but I didn't expect his next words to make me speechless: "Do you know how many people died in the first disaster of resentment? To tell you the truth, more than 3,000 disciples of my Dao Sect who participated in quelling the disaster alone have died, and this does not include the people who died in Miaojiang, the birthplace of the grievance, and if you add innocent civilians, the number of people who were poisoned by the disaster of the first grievance is at least more than 100,000. Do you know how many people were affected by the second plague of resentment? That's a number you would never dare to imagine, and now do you still think it's a cold-blooded and cruel thing to exchange these hundreds of lives for the peace of the entire Shenzhou? ”

Old man Yan's words are really irrefutable to me, although I know that the two disasters of resentment are very harmful, but I don't know that the first disaster of resentment alone has caused more than 100,000 people to suffer. As far as I know, the first disaster of resentment only affected the southern Xinjiang region, and it lasted only one year. In one year, more than 100,000 people suffered, and the second disaster lasted for five years, and the scope of the impact spread to almost the entire Miao Xinjiang and some places in the Central Plains.

If the disaster of resentment is really so terrible, then Old Man Yan sacrificed hundreds of people in exchange for the eternal seal of the fourth disaster of resentment and the peace of the entire Shenzhou, and it is really impossible to judge whether it is right or wrong.

Seeing that I didn't speak, Old Man Yan didn't continue, patted me on the shoulder and said meaningfully: "You and your friends are very smart, cherish the opportunity, maybe you still have a glimmer of life!" ”

I knew the old man was referring to the names that I and the doctor left in the book of life and death, that is, 'doctor' and 'journalist' and not our real names.

In fact, when I saw that Zhang Lingjin's name was written incorrectly, I was a little suspicious that there was another way to do it. Zhang Lingjin's name was written incorrectly, so she became the only one of the five people who escaped from the ancient town alive, and the doctor and I wrote the nickname directly, so there was no blood surrounded by our names, and now listening to the old man's meaning, it seems that the name in the book of life and death is also related to the way of life.

In this way, could it be that the name left by Luo Yi in the book of life and death is also fake? She had already guessed that there was something wrong with the roster?

"Don't be in a daze, now that the isolation formation of the two towns of Yin and Yang has been loosened, the node breath of Yang Town has leaked over, and it won't be long before the Corpse King will be born, we must repair the formation and restart the reincarnation before the Corpse King appears, otherwise the Corpse King will be born, the node will be born, and Shenzhou will be in danger!"

As he spoke, the old man pinched the trick with one hand, and with the other hand, he took out a palm-sized token from his bosom and shone it towards the corner of the stairs, and a door opened on the ground suddenly appeared on the originally empty floor. The old man beckoned to me and motioned for me to follow him, while he himself stepped forward first, leaning over and pulling the door open.

I was astonished to look at it, and saw that there was a deep darkness under the door, and I could see nothing, and the bright candlelight in the hall did not shine at all.

"What is this?"

"A door!"

“……”

"The inn is surrounded by a tide of corpses, this gate is connected to the array gate on the stone bridge, hurry down, we are running out of time!"

As soon as the old man's voice fell, he urged me to go down, I looked down, only to see that it was a mess below, gloomy, and I couldn't help but play a little drumming in my heart, and then I suddenly thought that the doctor had not come back, and hurriedly said to the old man: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, the doctor is looking for you in the courtyard, and he has not come back yet, I will call him." ”

After saying that, I just wanted to go to the backyard, but I was stopped by the old man.

"What are you doing?" I sensed that something was wrong with the old man's reaction, and I hurriedly stepped back a little.

The old man's expression remained unchanged, he glanced at me lightly, and said, "It seems that you haven't understood what I mean, I have already said that there must be a guard in the inn." ”

My face changed, and I hurriedly objected: "You want the doctor to be the guard?" No, absolutely not. ”

Hearing this, the old man's face suddenly sank, and he snorted coldly: "Doll, Hugh has to get an inch, everyone who originally came here must become a defender, I read it for your grandfather's sake, plus your name is not really left in the book of life and death, I plan to let you go, don't know what to do, quickly follow me to the reincarnation bridge, and when the turmoil calms down, I can guide you out of here." ”

For some reason, the old man's voice at this time was like a magic sound, there was an invisible temptation, and the meaning of his words that he planned to help me leave the ancient town was even more exciting. However, I still refused without thinking about it: "No, I will go, and the doctor must also go!" ”

At this time, the old man's face was completely gloomy, and his expression even became a little hideous, "Since you don't know what to do, then stay here forever!" ”

After saying that, the old man waved his hand, and I suddenly felt a hurricane hit, swept me out, and the person smashed on the door of the backyard at once, and smashed the whole door down.

The old man's sudden attack caught me off guard, and after knocking down the courtyard gate, the whole person collapsed on the ground, and there was no way to get up no matter what. In the midst of pain, the doctor rushed out of the courtyard with a short knife in his hand and came to help me.

I felt a burning pain between my chest and lungs, as if the fall had hurt my internal organs.

"Be careful, this old coffin is going to lock us up here forever ......"

Before I could finish speaking, Old Man Yan interrupted my words and said to the doctor with a pleasant face: "Young man, you also heard our conversation just now, there must be one left here, you have two choices now, one is to follow me to Yangzhen to repair the formation, and when the time comes, I will guide you to leave, you can be safe and sound, and the node can be preserved; Of course, you can also choose to forcibly take him away regardless of the consequences, but in that case, the entire Shenzhou outside the ancient town will face a catastrophe, and then the people who die because of your ignorance will fill the entire hell, and without my guidance, it is impossible for the two of you to leave this place, and you will not be able to leave this place for more than half a year, and you will also have to die. ”

As soon as the old man's voice fell, my heart was cold, this old bastard is clearly bewitching the doctor, these two are compared, which one should be chosen, isn't it obvious?

"Young man, think about it, your skills are good, and your background is extraordinary, don't be blinded by emotions......"

I've already scolded in my heart, this old bastard is still tempting the doctor, I'm shit, grandmaster, how could you know this kind of person back then, but your great-grandson was miserable.

The doctor's expression did not change at all, it was still as calm as usual, like a river of soft spring water, looking at the old man and saying lightly: "I only have one problem!" ”

Old man Yan and I were stunned at the same time, and the old man asked, "What's the problem?" ”

"Did you trap me inside with sorcery just now?"

Hearing this, the old man laughed, "Yes, but it's not an evil technique, it's a righteous Taoist technique, it's ......."

"That's enough!" The old man wanted to boast, but was interrupted by the doctor's words, and I was shocked to find that the doctor's sunny face had an extremely fierce expression at this time, like a killing god, and even if the strong murderous aura was not aimed at me, it still made me feel a tingling in my scalp.

"It's terrible murderous!" The old man's face also changed, he was shocked by the murderous aura emitted by the doctor, and subconsciously took a step back, but the doctor ignored his reaction at all, his footsteps moved, and the next second the person had already arrived at the old man's side, and the short knife in his hand was as fast as lightning, drawing a blue arc in the air, and the knife flashed and split the old man in half.

I was shocked to see what was happening in front of me, and I was speechless. I know that the doctor is very powerful, but the strength that Old Man Yan showed before, even if it is ten doctors, it is not an opponent, but I didn't expect that the doctor never showed his true strength, and I didn't expect the mysterious Old Man Yan to be killed by the doctor so easily, which is also too unreal.

I just wanted to call the doctor, but I saw the doctor quickly retreat, hugged me, and said with a solemn expression: "Hurry up, that's fake!" ”

"Ahh

Before my surprised voice could completely fall, suddenly the picture in front of me began to fluctuate, and I felt a flower in front of me, and all the pictures changed in the next second. We were still in the lobby, but the door in the backyard was not smashed, and the pain in my chest disappeared.

Seeing this, how did I not know that I had just been hit by an illusion, and blurted out, "This, what's going on?" ”

The doctor had already restrained his killing intent, and the short knife was also put away, but the eyes staring at Old Man Yan were extremely cold.

The old man didn't care, he smiled: "Yes, he is worthy of being Zhang Tianxing's descendant, although his ability is a little worse, but his temperament is acceptable, and he is enough to take on a big responsibility." ”

I frowned, and was about to ask the old man to give an explanation, don't play haha, but the whole inn suddenly shook violently, and the old man's face changed, and he hurriedly beckoned me and the doctor to enter the door, and he jumped in first. At this point, we had no choice but to jump in.