After hearing this, I nodded and said, "Well, I already know about Zhang Xiu's becoming younger." And I saw it outside the village before, and I also knew that Jiusheng was captured by him. ”

"By the way, Chu Yan, why did that Zhang Xiu become like that? Even if he died, his ghost wouldn't have looked so young. Huayue looked at me and asked.

I smiled and said, "I'm not in a hurry for now, I'll tell you another thing first." The Seventh Master came to me last night, and learned from the Seventh Master that the ghosts on Huangquan Road had disappeared a lot. Not long ago, it was discovered that those disappeared ghosts were taken away by the ghost king in some unknown way.

But you don't have to think about it, you know, it must be Zhang Xiu's help. This is also the reason why we have not heard any news of the ghost king in the yang world this year.

As for Zhang Xiu's appearance, it is easy to explain, Zhang Xiu has died, and the current Zhang Xiu is just a ghost. And the reason why he became like that is because he absorbed many, many ghosts, and I don't know how much. If you can become like that, there will be no less. ”

"So what do we do next? I used the Dao technique to find Jiusheng before, but I don't know why I didn't have any reaction. Huayue looked at me and said.

After hearing this, I thought for a while and said, "The most important thing now is to find a way to save Jiusheng back, you first go to the village and set up a few magic circles." Tonight, let's go to the place where Jiusheng had an accident, I think there may be some clues. ”

Hua Yue nodded, then turned around and walked outside the house.

Qing Yao saw Huayue leave, looked at me and asked, "How is it?" Does your head still hurt? ”

I smiled and said, "It's okay, it's much better." ”

"That Zhang Xiu was originally insidious and cunning, but now it has become like that, you must not be impulsive. You must think clearly about everything, and you must be careful of the embroidered trap. Qing Yao looked at me and said.

I smiled and said, "Don't worry, although that Zhang Xiu is not simple now, I am not so easy to fall." The most important thing now is that Jiusheng will come back, and if Jiusheng is with him for a day, Jiusheng will be more dangerous. ”

"I understand this, I'm just reminding you that you must be careful in everything."

After listening to Qing Yao's words, I nodded.

After that, I walked out of the room at noon and helped Huayue set up the circle together. Later, I also wrote a letter and informed Cheng Xiao with a flying pigeon. I've written everything I know in it, and now I think they can help us soon.

Time flew by, and soon evening came. As soon as it was dark, the villagers went back to their respective courtyards and put charms on the doors and windows.

"Chu Yan, when are we going to do it?" Huayue looked at me and asked.

I looked at the day when there was still some light and said, "Don't worry, when it gets completely dark, we'll do it." ”

In this way, Huayue and I did not slowly walk out of the courtyard until it was completely dark.

"I'll go with you." Qing Yao chased after him and said.

I turned my head to look at Qing Yao and said, "You can't go, now the three of us can have the strength to fight with that embroidery." If you go with us, there will be no one in the village to protect you, you can stay here to protect the villagers, and it will be enough for me and Huayue to be there. ”

Although Qing Yao was a little reluctant after hearing this, she finally nodded at me.

After seeing Qing Yao agree, I followed Huayue and walked quickly towards the outside of the village. After the two of us left the village, we kept walking towards the east side of the village.

Halfway through, I suddenly noticed that there were fewer and fewer trees on the east side of the village, and there was more and more gravel on the ground. But what makes people wonder is that the soil in this kind of place should be more sandy, but I found that the soil under my feet is not sandy.

I stopped, reached out and grabbed a handful of dirt on the ground, then put it under my nose and sniffed it.

"What are you doing here?" Huayue looked at my actions suspiciously.

After a while, I sprinkled the dirt in my hand on the ground and said, "This place is not ordinary, haven't you noticed it for so long?" ”

Hua Yue wondered, "Found? What did you find? ”

I looked around and said, "You know there's a river around here, and it stands to reason that this shouldn't be a place with such sparse vegetation, and it's so close to the village and the river." And if you smell the dirt carefully, it smells faintly rancid. ”

Hua Yue frowned when she heard this, then grabbed a handful of soil and put it next to her nose and sniffed it.

"Really, but what does that mean?" Huayue said as she slapped the dirt away.

I shook my head and said, "I don't know at the moment, I just found this place a little weird." ”

When I finished speaking, Huayue gave me a blank look: "You actually said some nonsense, you talk more nonsense than me." ”

After saying that, Huayue continued to walk into the distance. I smiled and followed him, thinking to myself that I was just being careful, why did I still talk nonsense.

I followed Huayue for a while, and by this time we could no longer see the village. And the ground around them began to be rugged, and there was a faint rancid smell in the air, which was exactly the same as the previous smell of dirt, only the smell was greater.

"It's not far ahead." Hua Yue said in a low voice.

I nodded, and the two of us slowed down and walked slowly forward.

After a while, Huayue suddenly stopped and said, "This is it, you see." ”

After hearing this, I came to Huayue's side and looked in the direction Huayue said. Then I saw a puddle not far ahead, and the inside of the puddle smelled of rotting. At this time, I realized that the rancid smell came from here.

I looked at Huayue and asked, "That's how you found Jiusheng around here?" ”

Hua Yue nodded and said, "This is it, when I arrived here." Jiusheng had already fainted, and Zhang Xiu and the other ghosts were planning to take Jiusheng away. ”

"Okay, let's go check and see if there are any clues." I turned my head to look at Huayue and said.

Huayue just nodded, then lit the two torches she had with her, and handed me one of them.

I took the torch and walked in the direction of the waterhole. Huayue walked to the other side of the waterhole, and he kept scanning his surroundings.

The waterhole is huge, almost half the size of the village. And the closer I got to the pool, the stronger the smell of rot. If it's not backwater, I seriously doubt it's another dead body.

"Vomit ......" Finally I vomited from the rancid smell of the waterhole, and now I vomited all the things I had eaten before.

But I wondered why there was nothing wrong with Huayue. It stands to reason that even if you don't vomit this taste, it can't be an indifferent expression.

"Huayue, why are you okay?" I shouted at Huayue.

"What's the matter?" Huayue looked at me and asked.

"I mean, don't you be afraid of this smell?" As I spoke, I covered my nose.

Hua Yue looked at me and smiled and said, "I've been here once before, and I know what it tastes like. So I found some cotton cloth and stuffed it in my nostrils so I couldn't smell it. ”

As she spoke, Hua Yue took out two pieces of cotton cloth from her nostrils and showed them to me.

"Then you didn't say it earlier, I'm ...... now Vomit...... I can't stand it anymore...... ...... vomit," I said, and I vomited again.

Huayue looked at me and smiled, then ran to me and pulled out two small pieces of cotton cloth from her arms. I took the cotton cloth and rolled it into my nostrils. Suddenly, the stench of decay disappeared.

I glanced at Huayue and said, "You kid deliberately tricked me, and you didn't take out this thing earlier." ”

"Didn't you ask about it, and I didn't give it to you." Huayue said as she walked towards the side.

Looking at Huayue like this, I was really angry, and I wanted to see how I cleaned you up when I went back.

Then I continued to walk into the distance, slowly opening the eye of heaven as I went. When I opened the Sky Eye, I found that everything around me was normal, and there was nothing wrong with it.

Only above the pool water, there is a faint layer of yin qi. However, that bit of yin qi is also normal, and it can also be seen on other pools.

In this way, Huayue and I walked around the rancid pool, and we didn't find anything. In the end, we planned to go back first, but at this moment, Huayue suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked, looking at Huayue.

"The compass I had with me is gone." Huayue said while touching her body.

I thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that you didn't bring it, or you fell on the way here?" ”

"No way, it should have fallen near the pool, it was still there when I got you cotton just now." Huayue looked at me and said.

I shook my head and said, "Then let's go back and look for it first, it should have fallen near the pool." ”

Huayue nodded after hearing this, and then the two of us turned around and looked for it near the pond, and just as the two of us were looking for it separately, Huayue's fire suddenly went out. Since we were separated by a pool of water, and the light was so dim, I had no idea what was going on over there.

"Huayue, what's wrong with you? Do you hear that? I shouted in the direction of the moon.

But there was no response from Huayue's side, and I secretly said that something was wrong, and Huayue was probably in trouble. Then I hurriedly circled the pond and ran in the direction of Huayue.