Gu Xiaoqian also asked, "The point is, what do they want so much human blood for?" ”

"I was thinking about this just now," Bei Qin pondered for a moment, and then said, "I think there is probably only one possibility, and that is sacrifice!" ”

"Blood sacrifice?" Chu Tianyi asked in surprise, he had only heard this word in Hollywood thrillers.

"Well," Bei Qin nodded slightly, "almost." ”

"But," Xiao Meng listened to Bei Qin's words, and was a little disapproving, "In that era when murder was not illegal, was it worth so much effort to collect human blood?" When I watched TV shows, I pulled a person to kill him directly. ”

Pei Qin shook his head, "This matter is not as simple as you think. The only people who came here from the ancient Xu Kingdom were King Yan and his cronies, as well as most of the army. No one can just kill for sacrifice, and in such a deep mountain valley, it is not so easy to plunder slaves or obtain prisoners of war, so once there is an opportunity, storing the blood necessary for blood sacrifice is an important job. ”

Hearing Bei Qin say this, Gu Xiaoqian showed a disgusted expression. It does sound uncomfortable.

Pei Qin continued: "In those days, there were no anticoagulants and no refrigerators, and it was very difficult to preserve human blood intact. Therefore, it is necessary to use this kind of innate characteristic, all creatures like this kind of blood sucking and storing blood for a living, most of their bodies will secrete natural blood coagulants, otherwise the blood will become blood tofu in the body before it is digested, and it will not be in vain. So, I guess that after the people of the ancient Xu Kingdom let the creatures in the river suck the blood, they will cut off something similar to sarcoma, which is a natural blood storage tank. ”

Chu Tianyi nodded, he couldn't help but admire Pei Qin's knowledge and insight.

Gu Xiaoqian looked at Bei Qin, "You mean there is an altar here?" ”

"It should be," Bei Qin looked around, then shrugged, "but who knows where?" ”

"Perhaps," Gu Xiaoqian's eyes carried a kind of anticipation, "we can find clues about the secret box there." ”

"Since you're here, you have to go and see, besides," Bei Qin said, standing up and looking at the corpse of the pillar by the river, "my brother can't die in vain. With that, he took the lead and bowed in the direction of the corpse, and the other guys also bent down.

"Gone!" Bei Qin straightened up, waved his hand, and took the lead along the river. This time, Bei Qin didn't leave any more guys to stare at Chu Tianyi and Xiao Meng.

Chu Tianyi looked at the back of Bei Qin and his party leaving, and felt some emotion in his heart. turned around and patted Xiao Meng, and followed.

Mu Feng was in the dark passage, moving forward quickly. According to the mark left by the man before, Mu Feng finally found the exit, and there was a faint fire light outside, it seemed that the man was right.

Mu Feng cautiously poked his head out of the exit, and sure enough, he saw a temporary camp not far below, and several bonfires were lit there. He was sure that this was the Qi family's team. By the light of the fire, he saw that there were quite a few people in the camp walking back and forth, not knowing what they were busy with.

Below the passage was a steep stone wall, and Mu Feng looked down, hoping to find a place to stay. Since it was not very far from the Qi family's camp, he didn't dare to turn on the flashlight, so he could only continue to check the situation on the stone wall with the help of the faint light of the fire.

The almost half-blind climb made Mu Feng cautious as if he were walking on thin ice. Suddenly, he noticed a "pop" sound in the lower left, what appeared to be the sound of two stones colliding.

Mu Feng's heart was shocked, and it was pitch black under him at this time. Due to the angle and distance, the fire in the camp could not reach there at all. No one knows what lies in this darkness. Mu Feng didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but the insects, rats, and the black shadow that always peeped at them at night made him feel uneasy.

He couldn't help but hesitate to continue walking. He was thinking about it, when suddenly the same voice rang out again.

Mu Feng hurriedly listened attentively, and the sound of percussion changed this time. Although the duration was extremely short, he rolled his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.

Mu Feng could hear that the rhythm of the sound tapping below was Morse code, although it was short, but the meaning was also very simple, there was only one word: come. In this way, he can be sure that it is a person who is making the sound below, and that the animal will never knock out the Morse code.

Mu Feng touched the darkness to the bottom of the stone wall, and then cautiously walked in the direction where the sound came from. Halfway through, a hand suddenly grabbed his wrist, Mu Feng subconsciously wanted to break free, but a voice whispered in his ear: "Don't move, follow me." ”

The voice was familiar, the same one he had spoken to in the passage before.

Mu Feng followed the man forward, turned a corner, and suddenly hit his head on a stone, and he gasped in pain.

The person in front stopped, Mu Feng raised his hand to rub the location where he was hurting, and at the same time, he also noticed that the fire of the Qi family's camp could no longer be seen in this position.

I only heard the sound of "click", and a flashlight lit up. Mu Feng looked up, and the person just now was looking at him with a smile, and he was wearing a night vision device on his head. He saw Mu Feng rubbing his head, and the smile in his eyes became more obvious, "Oh, I'm really embarrassed, the road in this mountain is not easy to walk, you have to be careful yourself." ”

Mu Feng saw that there was a protruding rock on the side of his writing, and he knew that the person had deliberately led him to crash into it, so as to retaliate against him.

Mu Feng gritted his teeth, and suddenly sneered, "It's okay, I often walk at night, and I will always meet ghosts!" ”

"Haha, it's a coincidence," the man suddenly laughed, "I forgot to introduce myself to you, my name is Zheng Gui, they all call me a fat ghost, I didn't want to fight, you really met me today." As he spoke, he grimaced.

Mu Feng was unmoved, and looked at the thin fat ghost, "You don't look fat at all." ”

"That's because you haven't seen me before," the fat ghost raised his head and recalled, "It was probably three years ago, and I was almost 190 pounds at the time." That time, Mr. Five sent the three of us to Qinling to explore a big bucket, but I didn't expect that there was an accident after entering the bucket, and the thief cave collapsed, and several of us were all stuffed below. ”

Mu Feng was slightly stunned, he knew how dangerous this situation was, the possibility of survival was basically zero, he was a little curious about the reason why the fat ghost survived, but he didn't ask.

The fat ghost continued to take care of himself: "It wasn't until seven days later that Mr. Five, who had not received a reply, brought someone over and reopened the thief cave to save me. ”

"Seven days?" Mu Feng couldn't help but ask, "How did you survive?" ”

The fat ghost showed a strange expression, and did not directly answer Mu Feng's words, but said with a slight smile: "Do you know, of the three people we were trapped, the other two died first. ”

Mu Feng's heart moved, he seemed to understand the meaning of the fat ghost, and suddenly felt a wave of nausea.

The fat ghost didn't look at Mu Feng's expression, "After I came back from there, I vomited for two days, and I couldn't eat anything for half a month, so I could only take a drip in the hospital to continue my life." My weight also went from 190 pounds to less than 90 pounds. Actually," he grinned again, and patted his belly, "I'm actually a little fatter now." ”

"Alright." Mu Feng interrupted the fat ghost's words, and he felt that if he encountered that situation, he might choose to starve to death inside. He said to the fat ghost, "What are you calling me for?" ”

The fat ghost licked his somewhat chapped lips, "Are you sure that the Qi family will have something to gain here?" ”

Mu Feng nodded, "I'm not sure, but Chu Tianyi didn't know anything about this matter, he really just came here to find his father." ”

"But his father ......" the fat ghost wanted to say something, but stopped in the middle of the sentence, then smiled wryly and nodded, "Yes, everything is unknown." It is indeed the Qi family that has a greater chance. ”

Mu Feng was a little impatient, "What the hell do you want to say, don't waste time." ”

The fat ghost took out a human skin mask from behind him, "You enter the Qi family's team with me, and you can adapt to the rest of the matter." ”