The further you go into the mountains, the more muddy the road becomes, but time can't be delayed any longer, and when you're done, there's probably nothing left.

Xu Shuwen was dripping with mud, and his body was not very comfortable from the rain, so he sneezed and asked stupidly, "Do you know how to walk the road?" We really don't need to find a guide? ”

Liu Yanran's coat is rainproof, and she is indeed well prepared, Xu Shuwen regretted it a little, he was too confident, thinking that no opponent could block his blow, but he didn't take into account the weather.

"No, we've been here for a long time, and we don't need a guide." Liu Yanran's voice came from under the wide hood.

"Shuwen, do you say there are really ghosts in this world?"

Xu Shuwen glanced back at her, the little girl is always afraid of these things, fear comes from the unknown, and the unknown will scare herself.

"No, dialectical materialism, do you understand?" Xu Shuwen didn't return to educate her.

Liu Yanran was stunned for a moment and said, "But martial arts still have spiritual power, and it is not materialistic at all!" ”

"How is it not materialistic, spiritual power is also a kind of energy, an energy that can resonate with the human body, and the current science can't explain it doesn't mean that it won't work in the future, and it doesn't mean that it is not materialistic."

Liu Yanran was speechless, in recent days, she has always regarded Xu Shuwen as a martial arts master, and even a grandmaster, she agrees with Xu Shuwen's identity, but forgets that Xu Shuwen is also a good student in school.

Just as the two were discussing philosophy, someone suddenly let out an exclamation.

"Look! Isn't that someone from the Zhang family? ”

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, there were two people, to be precise, these two people were hung on a wooden pole, their hands were raised, their heads were lowered, life and death were unknown, like two scarecrows.

Shen Zizhen hurriedly beckoned someone to put the two down, one of these two people was named Zhang Yuan, and the other was called Zhang Cai, both of whom were mid-level martial arts strengths.

Xu Shuwen and Liu Yanran also squeezed to the front from the crowd, Xu Shuwen looked at Shen Zizhen's solemn face and asked, "How are the two of them?" ”

Shen Zizhen shook his head and said, "Zhang Cai is no longer good, Zhang Yuan still has a breath." ”

He felt very troubled, these two people thought they were cowardly and escaped, but they didn't expect to encounter an accident, the question is, everyone has been acting collectively, when did the two of them disappear?

"Bury Zhang Cai a little shallow first, take Zhang Yuan away, if you leave him here, you will definitely die." Xu Shuwen patted Shen Zizhen on the shoulder.

A martial arts master who had a good relationship with the Zhang family stood up and took the initiative to take on the task of carrying Zhang Yuan on his back, and just as he was about to go on the road again, a little boy stood in the middle of everyone's way.

"Did you see my mother?" The little boy asked.

Xu Shuwen didn't dare to slack off, he tried it, but his divine sense still couldn't be used, and he didn't dare to relax his vigilance at this time.

The boy was wearing a yellow T-shirt and black sports shorts, and there were many stains on his clothes, and they were in tatters, but the strange thing was that everyone in Guanyang was somewhat muddy, even Xu Shuwen was no exception, but the boy did not, even the rubber shoes under his feet were clean.

The boy's face was a little blank, and he didn't know where he was looking, and when he saw that everyone was silent, he continued to ask, "Have you seen my mother?" She said she would be back soon. ”

Xu Shuwen turned his inquiring gaze to Liu Yanran, Liu Yanran shook his head and signaled that he didn't know, Luo Yi took a few steps forward at this time and whispered to everyone, "This boy is from the village just now, his father died early, his mother threw him in the field a few weeks ago, told him to go out, and then never came back, the people in the village said that he ran away with the person who opened a restaurant outside, and he is not mentally normal now." ”

"How do you know?" Xu Shuwen looked at him with some surprise.

"I am in charge of Lingquan's investigation, and everyone in the village knows about this boy." Luo Yi replied.

Xu Shuwen nodded, thinking that Luo Yi was just Liu Yanran's bodyguard, but he didn't expect to be in charge of so many things.

Shen Zizhen showed impatience, and muttered, "I'll go and drive him away." ”

As he spoke, he prepared to move forward.

"I'll go." Liu Yanran stopped him.

Liu Yanran walked up to the boy, squatted in front of him, showed a friendly smile and said, "Little friend, your mother has gone home, she just said that we will see you, tell you to go home for dinner, go back quickly." ”

After speaking, Liu Yanran looked at the tattered clothes on the boy's body, took off her waterproof jacket, draped it on the boy, and stuffed him with a few hundred yuan.

The boy pinched the money in one hand and tugged at the corner of his clothes with the other, and his body gave way slightly, but his expression was still blank.

Everyone bypassed the boy and continued to walk forward, Xu Shuwen had a heart, and when he passed by, he put his hand on the boy's shoulder, and his divine sense came out again.

This time, there was something to gain.

The boy seemed to notice something, raised his head and looked at Xu Shuwen, his eyes regained their luster in an instant, and then turned wooden again.

The two didn't say anything, Xu Shuwen took two quick steps, took off his coat and draped it on Liu Yanran.

"What did you find?" Liu Yanran asked.

"What did you say?" Xu Shuwen replied.

"That kid, you've found something, haven't you?" Liu Yanran pointed to the child behind him, who was still standing there, looking at Xu Shuwen blankly.

"He's not human, he's in a spirit state." Xu Shuwen thought about it and told Liu Yanran.

"Not human?" Liu Yanran's cheeks puffed out, as if she was angry, "Are you scaring me?" What about your materialism? ”

"Spirits are also materialistic." Xu Shuwen thought for a while, "When the realm reaches a certain level, the spiritual power will be unified with the spirit in the body, and the spirit will be used as the furnace to give birth to the primordial god, he is similar to this state, but he himself does not have this strength, it should be with the help of external objects." ”

Liu Yanran lowered her head and pondered for a moment, "You mean, he's dead?" ”

"I'm afraid so."

"Moreover, he gives me the feeling that his aura is very much like mine, just as I am with the help of foreign objects."

Xu Shuwen shook his head, he really couldn't figure out where this feeling came from, Luo Yi's words inferred that this boy was a normal person a few weeks ago, and in the past few weeks, he definitely didn't do such a thing.

Liu Yanran listened to Xu Shuwen's words, stopped, and then turned back to look for the boy, who had disappeared.

In the other direction of the mountain forest, Kang Tong and a few people with their hair tied were slowly walking forward under the guidance of a guide.

"Damn, why are there scarecrows in this mountain? Who's sick in the head? Kang Tong cut off a scarecrow with a knife, and walked with deep and shallow steps.

"Say less, hurry up, don't be robbed by others."

It was Zhongyang Shu who spoke, the senior brother of Nanshan Shou Palace, the peak of the grandmaster, that is, the cultivation of the peak of the Chengqi realm.

Kang Tong was followed by the Taoists of Nanshan Shou Palace, each of whom had the strength of a grandmaster.

And Kang Tong himself has now broken through to the level of a grandmaster, and the price is that as a land snake, he wants to help the Taoists obtain the things in the spiritual spring.

Just then, a boy in a camouflage coat suddenly appeared in the middle of the road.

"Did you see my mother?" The boy grabbed the money in his hand and asked, "She said she'll be back soon." ”

When the guide saw the boy, he was furious and shouted, "Dog, your mother ran away with a wild man!" Are you dying here?! Don't roll out yet! ”

"Have you seen my mother? She said she would be back soon. ”

The boy did not respond to the guide's words, but simply repeated.

Kang Tong saw the boy standing in the middle of the road, and he didn't look like he wanted to get out of the way at all, and he was also angry, and his spiritual power gathered on the knife, and he threw the knife at the boy in an instant.

With a "poof", the knife stabbed the boy in the chest.

"Those who persecute Lai Lai, look for death." Kang Tong said coldly.

The guide was also startled when he saw the knife stuck in the dog's body, but after thinking about the money he had received, he decided to rot the matter in his stomach.

The boy lowered his head and looked at the knife in his chest, his voice suddenly shaking.

"Mother said she will come back in a while, I have to take care of the crops?"

"What crops? Hurry up and die! ”

Kang Tong roared angrily as he rushed forward, holding another knife in his hand, wanting to make up for the boy again.

The boy suddenly raised his head, his eyes occupied the entire eye, blood, flowing from the seven orifices, his mouth opened slightly, and a scream came out.

Everyone stood in place and covered their ears in shock by the harsh sound.

"What are you doing, dog!" The guide was shocked.

Kang Tong barely raised his head, only to find that the sky that he could see in front of the gray just now had become dark, and at the same time, a scarecrow suddenly stood in front, one of the scarecrow's wooden poles and straw arms were inserted in the guide's chest, and blood was dripping everywhere.

The two eyes that had been cut out of the straw barrel were now flickering with faint orange flames.