Chapter Twenty-Seven: Returning Home
Broken Dragon Village has gained a lot from this trip, but Guo Jia still doesn't know what kind of organization the sΓ©ance will be.
After a fierce battle, Guo Jia, Zhou Kui and Qinglan eliminated a large number of monsters that had been entrenched in Broken Dragon Village for many years, and eliminated the evil warlocks of the Spirit Sect led by Jiang Kui, which can be regarded as a great achievement for the people.
"I said Qinglan, what about those homeless villagers, you can't just let it go, right?" Guo Jia looked at the devastated village and asked in a solemn tone.
Qinglan raised her eyebrows lightly, and said indifferently: "There has been no normal person in Broken Dragon Village for a long time!" β
When Zhou Kui and Guo Jia heard this, their faces showed extremely shocked expressions at the same time.
"What do you mean by that?"
Qinglan didn't speak, but quietly walked in front of her to open the way, Zhou Kui looked at her back in confusion, and her heart was full of thoughts.
After walking less than a few hundred meters, Qinglan pointed to a villager lying on the ground, and said calmly: "Those few evil sect warlocks have raised and refined the villagers of Broken Dragon Village into living corpses in the past twenty years. These living corpses usually look like ordinary people, but on some special occasions, they will exhibit the characteristics of living corpses. β
"According to what you say, Li Si, who has become a white-haired zombie, is a living corpse himself?" Zhou Kui asked puzzled.
Qinglan nodded and replied noncommittally: "Li Si's situation is the most powerful evidence that the villagers have been raised into living corpses!" β
Hearing this, Guo Jia couldn't hold back any longer, and said indignantly: "The sΓ©ance society, these goddamn bastards, sooner or later, I will definitely bring them to justice!" β
Leaving Broken Dragon Village, the three of them returned to the Savage Valley along the road they had come.
Walking in the sweltering valley, Guo Jia asked a little anxiously: "I heard Zhou Kui say that your name is Qinglan, what is the relationship between you and him, and why do you call him husband?" β
Qinglan turned her head to look at Zhou Kui, and a faint smile appeared on her snow-white pretty face: "Zhou Kui and I just met in Pingshui, because he looks very much like my father-in-law who has passed away for many years, so he is called husband." β
Zhou Kui listened to Qinglan's words and asked curiously, "When did your husband die?" β
"I can't remember exactly, it's been a long, long time anyway......" Qinglan closed her eyes, and there was inexplicable sadness between her eyebrows.
Walking out of the Savage Valley, along a narrow mountain road when they came, Zhou Kui, Guo Jia and Qinglan soon came to the periphery of the black bamboo forest, at this time the sky was getting dark, Guo Jia proposed to rest outside the black bamboo forest for a night, and wait for the next morning before setting off.
Zhou Kui naturally had no opinion, he looked at Qinglan and said softly, "What do you think?" β
Qinglan raised her Qianqianyu hand, stroked her long silver-white hair as beautiful as a waterfall, and replied in a crisp voice: "I listen to my husband's arrangement!" β
"You kid is really good, you married such a beautiful beauty!" The white rat spirit, who had been shrinking in Zhou Kui's arms, finally woke up at this time and said in a teasing tone.
Zhou Kui rubbed the little head of the white rat spirit, and said angrily: "How many times have I said it, I am not her husband!" β
"Everyone calls you husband, and you still quibble!" The white rat retorted unconvinced.
"I just look very similar to Qinglan's husband who has passed away for many years, that's all, don't think too much about it!"
Qinglan pretended not to hear, and stood quietly under an ancient tree, closing her eyes and recuperating.
Guo Jia sat cross-legged on the ground, exercising his skills to regulate his body, opening his eyes from time to time, and secretly observing Qinglan's actions.
"Putting aside her overly powerful spiritual power, judging from her appearance alone, I'm sure this woman named Qinglan is definitely not a normal human being, maybe a demon, or maybe an unknown immortal?"
Guo Jia's heart was full of thoughts, and he was thinking about whether to truthfully report Qinglan's situation to the Heavenly Master Mansion.
When a round of red sun in the east slowly rose from the horizon, Guo Jia woke up Zhou Kui, who was lying on the ground, and whispered: "Don't sleep, we have to rush back as soon as possible to report to Master!" β
Zhou Kui got up from the ground covered with fallen leaves, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and asked in high spirits, "Hey, where did Qinglan go?" β
Guo Jia yawned, he looked around, and was surprised to find that Qinglan was gone.
"She was standing under that ancient tree last night!"
Zhou Kui and Guo Jia approached the lush towering tree, Guo Jia, who was more sensitive to spiritual power, noticed that there seemed to be traces of spiritual power on the trunk.
"Senior Brother Zhou, look, this is the text left by Qinglan with spiritual power: Husband, the little girl sent you here. The green mountains do not change, the green water flows for a long time, there is a fate to see you again, and there will be a period later! β
Guo Jia finished reading the row of words engraved on the trunk of the tree, and said to Zhou Kui with a disdainful face: "I don't believe that she and you are just passers-by who meet in Pingshui." β
Zhou Kui shrugged helplessly and shot back: "Believe it or not!" β
After several hours of traveling, the two brothers finally returned to the Heavenly Master's Mansion.
Qingyang Daoren, the second senior brother Zheng Zilong, and Master Lingyin seemed to have foresight, and waited at the door early to wash the dust for the two who returned.
"Apprentices, this trip is really hard for you! Go back to your room to rest, wash up, and discuss the reported things in the evening! β
Hearing what the master said, Guo Jia and Zhou Kui smiled tacitly, and the two returned to their respective residences, intending to sleep well and replenish their spirits.
Zhou Kui didn't sleep soundly this night, and he had several terrible nightmares. In his dreams, he was hunted by Kturu and some other unknown horror monsters, and inexplicable whispers always echoed in his ears, making him feel distraught and have a splitting headache.
"Woke up so soon?" The white rat spirit lay on the bed, looked at Zhou Kui, who had woken up, and asked with a confused expression.
Zhou Kui wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and said with palpitations: "I had a strange nightmare, probably caused by overwork in the past few days!" β
The white rat nodded thoughtfully and said, "It's the so-called thinking day and night. β
"It's daylight!" Zhou Kui couldn't help but complain.
β......β
The rat spirit was speechless for a while, so he said no more.
Near noon, Zhou Kui went to the cafeteria alone for lunch, and on the way back, he met his second senior brother Zheng Zilong.
"Senior Brother Zhou has worked hard, after dinner in the afternoon, please gather in the main hall." Zheng Zilong said in a calm tone.
"Thank you Second Senior Brother for reminding me, Zhou Kui keep it in mind!"
Saying goodbye to Zheng Zilong, Zhou Kui returned to the bedroom, he saw the white rat spirit lying on the bed and sleeping, the earth-shattering snoring made Zhou Kui feel very helpless: "I didn't expect a mouse to snore so loudly, it's really a long time to see!" β
Zhou Kui walked to the desk near the bed and sat at the table in a daze.
"Anyway, being idle is idle, why don't you play with your phone for a while?"
With this in mind, he fished out his brand new phone from his pocket and opened the screen to see that it was less than 10 percent charged.
Zhou Kui stood up rather disappointed, walked to the bookcase, gently opened the cabinet door, and took out the power cord and plug of the mobile phone from the middle compartment.