The mandarin duck didn't bring much when she came, so when she returned to the room, she didn't have much to prepare.

Picking up the rucksack on the table, she was about to carry it over her shoulder, but then she stopped again, took it off and thought about it, and put it down. It's just to see the excitement of the festival, so I don't think I need the things in my backpack.

She finally looked around the room again, stepped out of the room, closed the door, and walked next door to where Chu Huai was.

The door of the room was not closed, and with just one turn, you could see Chu Huai sitting on the edge of the table drinking tea, compared with just now, he changed his clothes again, from plain white, to the pale blue that he didn't often wear, and his long hair was loosely pulled up, looking much cleaner and heroic.

"Master, how are you preparing?" The mandarin duck did not walk in directly, but knocked on the door, and after seeing Chu Huai notice the door, he leaned on the door frame and probed into the house.

"Let's go." Chu Huai put down the tea cup in his hand, stood up from his seat, and walked out of the small building with the mandarin duck.

Outside the house, it is the street that has not been seen for a long time, the few days that I have been stuffed in the room, I have not been able to walk around this street properly, the difference between the day and the night is seen, the vendors along the street began to sell the special snacks of the god village, and there will always be curious people who stop and talk to the vendors in stiff Chinese about what is being sold in the pot.

"Delicious! Delicious! A penny! A penny! The peddler gestured a finger at the man in high spirits, dangling it.

"And a penny?" The man half-convinced took a penny out of his sleeve, but the peddler snatched it up, then picked up a string of something resembling a fried skewer and stuffed it into the man's hand.

The vendor pushed his shoulders to the side and beckoned to the next customer.

The man walked a few steps to the side, and was stunned for a moment, but he didn't understand what was going on with the vendors here.

"Delicious again!" The vendor saw off a wave of customers, straightened his back, wiped his forehead, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Although these people were all walking around, or walking and stopping, looking around in an irregular manner, it could still be seen that they were all approaching in the same direction, that is, the dead forest not far from Chu Huai and the others.

"It's really lively." As soon as he walked out of the door, many people had already walked past Chu Huai's side.

"Why do these people go into the dead woods?" The mandarin duck had been in a state of unclear consciousness on the day she was kidnapped, and although she knew that she had been rescued in the dead woods, she didn't know what else was there.

"Let's go to the altar. I heard Master Shu say that the sacrificial ceremony seems to be held at the altar. ”

"Altar? Is there an altar in the middle of this dead forest? ”

"That's right, it's an altar that looks very old, but Master Shu told me at the time that when it's time for the ceremony, that altar will be different."

"So what are we waiting for? Let's go over and check it out! The mandarin duck couldn't help urging.

"It's just...... I don't remember how the altar went, but the last time I walked out with Master Shu. ”

The mandarin duck only took a few steps forward, and instantly stopped and looked at Chu Huai, who was still standing in place, "Wouldn't it be better for us to follow others in?" ”

"That'...... Okay, too. Chu Huai quickly followed the mandarin duck's footsteps, and followed her behind the man who had been talking to the vendor for a moment.

The fried skewers in his hand had already been eaten, and he sighed, his expression looked a little confused, as if he hadn't tasted what it was, and he wanted to go back and buy a bunch from the vendor, but when he turned around, the vendor didn't know where to run with the cart, so he had to give up.

He looked up at the position of the sun, felt as if the time was almost up, and walked briskly into the dead woods.

Chu Huai and Mandarin Duck kept a little distance from him, so as not to let him realize when he had become the guide of the two behind him. They try to make themselves look like the people around them who come to the ritual, and better blend in with them.

"There aren't so many people in the dead woods at night!" Chu Huai looked left and right at every few dead trees, and he could see a person moving in the same direction as them, "The day I came to look for you, it was dark and quiet here, and even the sound of accidentally stepping on a branch became extremely terrifying. ”

"But since their altar is in the dead woods, how can no one come?"

"Hmm...... Probably because it's too late? ”

"But this sacrificial ceremony is their most important day, even if it is late, it is unlikely that there will be no one, right?"

Chu Huai's mind suddenly flashed the black shadow that he had pretended that day, "It's not that there is no one without me, I seem to have bumped into a person at the time, and that person looks like he is in a hurry to go out." ”

"Could it be someone like you who got lost?" Mandarin Duck suddenly remembered that Chu Huai was a person who often took the wrong path, and couldn't help laughing.

"Am I called lost? It's just easy for me to forget the path I've traveled. ”

"Doesn't that mean the same thing?" The mandarin duck smiled so much that his eyebrows and eyes were crooked, which made Chu Huai stunned for a moment.

The mandarin duck, who had finally laughed enough, saw that Chu Huai had not spoken, looking in his direction, and he looked like he was sluggish.

"Master?" The mandarin duck shook his hand in front of Chu Huai's eyes with a smile, "What are you looking at?" ”

"Nothing." Chu Huai was startled by the jade hand that suddenly appeared in front of him, and quickly came back to his senses, "Listen, the sound in the depths of the woods. ”

"Huh? What's the sound? The mandarin duck calmed down her body and mind, and listened to the sound in the direction pointed by Chu Huai, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't hear any of what he said.

"The sound of a lot of people talking, and the sound of musical instruments playing."

"Master, are you hallucinating? Why didn't I hear anything? The mandarin duck walked forward, but still couldn't hear anything.

"I guess it's the sound of the ritual. Let's check it out! ”

"Huh? But Master, how did you hear that? Why can't I hear you? ”

"It seems that I have to let you practice martial arts in the future, I can't hear it, no wonder I will be kidnapped!"

"But Master, your martial arts are so strong, why did you still let me be kidnapped by others?"

Chu Huai was speechless for a moment, as if this was really the case......

"Alright, Master, I'm kidding, let's go." After seeing that Chu Huai was more and more likely to fall into self-blame, the mandarin duck hurriedly jumped away from the topic and took the lead in moving forward.

"But, mandarin duck, how can I hear that the voice is coming from over there?" Chu Huai frowned, called out to the mandarin duck, and pointed in the other direction.

"Master, I don't believe in your sense of direction, so you better follow me." The mandarin duck looked at Chu Huai with disgust, ignored the direction he pointed, and continued to walk forward.

...... All right.

Chu Huai wanted to stick to his direction once, but because he was worried that the mandarin duck would encounter any danger again, he still followed.

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