Under the bleak moonlight, we stood like wood carved clay sculptures. After a long silence, Evergreen was the first to recover.

"Yes...... That youkai? He was referring to the cat charm.

"It's not!" Chen Qiu did not hesitate to deny. Her expression regained her composure, but the bitterness at the corners of her eyebrows and eyes lingered.

"I'll try it with a talisman." Chang Qing was stunned and quickly waved a handful of yellow talismans. The talismans were like short arrows shooting at the corpses on the ground, bringing gusts of wind. After touching the corpse, the talisman quickly burst into flames, turning into ashes in a moment. But the ashes did not disperse, but came closer together as if they were afraid of the cold. Changqing's expression changed, and before he could make any more moves, the mass suddenly made a muffled "bang" sound, scattered and exploded, and a scarlet light swept across his eyes like fireworks.

"What's going on?" I don't feel right.

Chang Qing tugged at his hair and frowned tightly.

"Strange...... Is it a youkai or not? He muttered to himself.

I turned my head to look at Chen Qiu: "I wonder if the 'corpse firefly' can detect what is causing trouble?" ”

Chen Qiu nodded slightly, stretched out his right hand, and a pink ball of light appeared on it. With a flick of her fingertips, the light swirled, floated into the air, swept past the corpse's face, and then returned to her hand.

"Will it be disturbed like last time?" I'm a little worried.

"No, it won't." Chen Qiu shook his head, "It hasn't had time to cast a spell yet." ”

I couldn't help but look at the corpses, and indeed, there were no blood-red streaks on their faces.

Chen Qiu lightly grasped the light cluster, his lips moved slightly, and then he opened his hand, and the pink light cluster spread out in all directions. A huge curtain of light swayed in the wind, and the scene gradually became clear.

At the mouth of the alley, two police cars braked sharply, and eight policemen rushed down from the cars. They wandered around the alley for a long time, seemingly unable to find their way. Then, a policeman suddenly noticed something unusual at the entrance of the alley, and three silent black shadows approached them.

Under the flashing police lights, the black shadows revealed their true colors, and they were Wang Kai, Shu Fangfang and Ye Xiaoyun - three people who had been dead for a long time! There was a thin layer of hoarfrost in their hair, and the blood-red lines on their faces were clearly highlighted, reflected by the lights that were going out and flickered, as if they were still writhing wantonly, making people feel disgusting and frightened!

A string of firelight swept by, and someone couldn't help but shoot! Then, five or six pistols fired at the three stiff but still mobile "living corpses" at the same time. Some bullets went through their throats or hearts, bouncing off gravel pavement; Some bullets simply hit the wall, causing a spark and then bouncing off. After a few moments, all the police discovered a fact that froze in their hearts - pistols could not pose the slightest threat to them! They walked forward and forward, staring at them with lifeless eyes, as if they were seducers from hell.

It seems that the murderers are these "living corpses"! I looked down and sighed secretly.

"Oh my God! What is that? Evergreen was shocked.

It's rare to see Chang Qing so panicked, I was stunned for a moment, and quickly turned my head to look at the light curtain.

At first glance, I was dumbfounded! The scene on the light curtain ruthlessly overturned my conclusion. The "living corpses" suddenly stopped, like three wooden stakes, and a golden phantom appeared in the air above their heads. Its shape seems to be constantly changing, sometimes growing like a giant python, and then shrinking like a lying silkworm. The golden color, the erratic image, with the white miserable "living corpse" and the bright red stripes, even through the light curtain, we can't help but feel the cold, the cold that goes deep into the bone marrow!

"Golden Silkworm?!" Chen Qiu muttered to himself in a low voice, not knowing whether to be relieved or sad in his tone.

"You mean...... The golden silkworm Gu of the Miao people? Chang Qing hesitated for a moment and asked.

Without waiting for Chen Qiu to answer, the golden phantom on the light curtain shook lightly and suddenly disappeared.

Why is it gone? Am I wrong again?

I just said "Huh" and I knew the answer. The policeman who first found the three "living corpses" was undoubtedly a person with very keen senses, and as soon as he saw the golden phantom, although he didn't know what it was, he immediately felt bad, so he subconsciously turned the muzzle of the gun and pulled the trigger. His reaction was already extremely fast, but to no avail. Before he could even see it coming, he touched the cold hand of death.

The others only saw his body, his skin, muscles, bones, and clothes all became transparent in an instant, and a wriggling golden snake-like thing flashed through this transparency. Then they watched in horror as their companions stiffened and collapsed...... As a body fell in various postures, the golden phantom returned to the top of the "living corpse" as if it had not moved at all. Well, it didn't disappear just now, but it was so fast that the human eye didn't have time to catch its trajectory.

The gold grew thicker, the phantom turned into a cluster of golden light, and the "living corpses" began to move forward again, stiff but light, stepping gently between the corpses on the ground, as if they were afraid of waking them up.

"That'...... Is it really a golden silkworm Gu raised by the Miao people? Chang Qing asked Chen Qiu in a low voice again.

"It's not Gu." Chen Qiu replied absentmindedly, his eyes fixed on the light curtain, as if waiting for something.

Chang Qing wanted to ask again, so I quickly pinched him and motioned him to wait and see. Because I found that not only Chen Qiu's expression was abnormal, but Qi Zhen, who had been ignored by us all the time (maybe it wasn't unintentionally ignored, at least I did it on purpose. He also stared at the light curtain with burning eyes, and his expression was very strange.

Will there be anything amazing? I looked at the light curtain with suspicion.

There was no trace of the three "living corpses" in the light curtain, presumably they had left the scene. The golden light hangs in the air, and it is not quite appropriate to say that it is light, it looks like light but more like a shadow, as if it is something between material and immaterial. It squirmed slightly, and then, like a snake, uh no, like a huge, golden silkworm, coiled up lazily.

Chen Qiu's eyes seemed to have two sharp swords, staring at it without blinking, his right hand was slowly raised, and the mutilated thumb trembled uncontrollably at this time, indicating the master's complicated feelings.

"What's that?" I whispered to myself.

Maybe...... It was my voice that disturbed the light curtain, and it jerked up, shooting out a brilliant golden light like a demonstration and a show-off! The light was so strong that Chang Qing and I hurriedly turned our heads and shielded them with our hands, while half-squinting our eyes.

At this time, I inadvertently caught a glimpse of Qi Zhen, his eyes turned to Chen Qiu's mutilated thumb at some point, his expression was full of anger, and his eyes flashed with the same elusive and cold light as Yun Tengjiao. My heart was cold, as if I had been poured a large basin of ice water, and I only felt uneasy, this coming day was a great disaster...... I'm afraid it will come after all, and the one who is sent is only a matter of time!

"Look! …… Who's that? The golden light instantly faded into a shadow, and the light curtain dimmed, and at the last moment, a woman's face floated in the shadow. Although she was only there for a short time, we could see it clearly because we were so close to the light curtain. This is a woman with a rather flamboyant appearance and a charming expression, with a fair complexion and watery eyes, but judging from the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, she seems to be quite old, and there is always a thirty-five or sixteen, maybe bigger.

"Huh? This woman ...... She ...... "I suddenly screamed. This woman is so familiar!

"Do you recognize her? Who is she? Chang Qing asked hurriedly.

Chen Qiu and Qi Zhen both looked at me in surprise.

"Yes! I've seen her! I nodded affirmatively.

"How could you have seen her?" Chen Qiu blurted out.

Seeing the strange eyes of the three of us, she knew that she was speechless, but she didn't explain, just looked at me and asked, "Tell me, where have you seen her?" ”

"In the beads." I replied without thinking.

"What?" Now it was the three of them who looked at me in amazement.

"I mean the 'Soul Splitting Orb'!" I paused slightly, straightened out my thoughts again, and told me from beginning to end about meeting Yun Tengjiao in front of the stone cave gate of Xu Lan's house during the day today.

As I spoke, I paid attention to the changes in Chen Qiu and Qi Zhen's expressions. When I talked about the unlucky old man who was black and fat, dressed in white and red scarves, Chen Qiu's eyes were full of desolation, and he seemed to be very sad about what happened to him, but Qi Zhen was very indifferent; And when I talked about the strange woman who was slender and fair-skinned, beautiful and vicious, the eyes of both of them burst out with cold light at the same time, and they invariably showed their hatred and disgust to the bone.

How so? I thought ...... I was very confused for a moment, could it be...... Am I guessing again?

"That fake cousin of yours has great powers, and he can actually urge the 'Soul Splitting Bead'!" Chang Qing said thoughtfully.

"Chen Qiu, you seem to ...... Also no stranger to this woman? The two of them are the same person, right? Who is she? What I saw in the beads was the scene when the 'Spirit Stone' was sealed sixty years ago? Who is that old man in white and red scarf? You call that golden thing 'Golden Silkworm', but you say it's not Gu, so what is it? "I asked all the questions in one go.

"Ahem, you! It's always been like this, impatient and curious! Chen Qiu smiled slightly and looked at me with a little bitterness, "The two of them are the same person!" What you see in the 'Soul Splitting Bead' is indeed the scene when the 'Spirit Stone' was sealed sixty years ago. That golden thing is called 'Golden Silkworm Shadow', also called ...... 'Silkworm'! Like my 'corpse firefly', it's not a Gu, it's something between a spirit and an entity. And it's more ferocious than the 'corpse firefly', it's a product of a combination of witchcraft and Gu magic, and those who really refine it can kill people silently and invisibly! ”

My heart moved, and I immediately suddenly said, "Ah! That white impermanence deceived us! …… What killed Fang Yuheng was not a poisonous insect, it was it-'Golden Silkworm Shadow'! ”

Chen Qiu bowed slightly, as if with approval. From this point of view, this so-called Bai Wuchang, if not a murderer, is an accomplice, at least a bad guy! No wonder Chen Qiu marked in my hand and asked us to leave quickly!

"You...... If you know it, you must know its origin and ...... Its owner? Qi Zhen asked slowly.

Chen Qiu's complexion changed slightly, but he didn't speak, but Huo Ran turned his head to look at the bright moon, and only from her sudden and rapid breathing could glimpse the rolling waves in her heart.

Chang Qing and I looked at each other, and our hearts became uneasy: its owner could not be ...... She, right?

"I'm not its owner." Chen Qiu seemed to be able to see through our thoughts, and slowly shook his head and said, "If nothing else, the owner of this 'Golden Silkworm Shadow' is...... That woman! ”

"Who the hell is that woman?" Chang Qing was silent for a long time and asked in a muffled voice.

Chen Qiu smiled bitterly and was silent, as if there was something unspeakable.

Since Chen Qiu has confirmed that what I saw in the "Soul Splitting Bead" is the same woman I saw in the "Golden Silkworm Shadow" just now, can it be determined that the murderer is this woman? Why won't Chen Qiu tell us who she is? Don't...... I suddenly thought of an extremely bad possibility, could that woman be Chen Qiu's great-grandmother, the last wizard of the gluttonous clan?

"You won't say it, is it because of ...... Is she your relative? Qi Zhen squinted at her mutilated thumb and asked coldly.

Chen Qiu was silent.

After a long time, she raised her head to look at the expressions on our faces, and said helplessly, "Yes." She should...... Count it as my loved ones! ”

I chuckled in my heart, opened my eyes wide and said, "Is she really your relative?" Oh, I see. She's the ...... of the old man in white and red scarf."

"Well, she's my great-grandmother, and she's ...... Alas! It's a complicated matter, and I'll tell you as it is, okay? Chen Qiu looked at us with an almost pleading expression.

"Listen to you make up another story to coax us?" Qi Zhen sneered, and the meaning of ridicule was extremely strong.

"Chen Qiu, everything else can be counted, but the origin of this 'Golden Silkworm Shadow' is too important. Why did the classmates who were killed before become living corpses? What do the weird stripes on their faces mean? Why did the medical examiner die? Why was Fang Yuheng killed? Why did the cat charm, Bai impermanence, and that Yun Tengjiao get involved? What is their purpose? Is it you, the 'Golden Silkworm Shadow', or the Spirit Stone? Chang Qing's expression was solemn, and he asked a series of questions in a sincere tone, all of which were to the point.

I didn't say anything, but sweat was pouring in my palms, and evergreen asked a good question, exactly what I wanted to know.

"Actually, I know very little about the origin of this golden silkworm shadow."

"It's supposed to be something from your clan, how could you not know?" I couldn't help but ask.

“…… Cough! The ...... in the clan," Chen Qiu sighed deeply, "You don't know, there have been countless generations of excellent wizards in our clan, but in such a long time, the Golden Silkworm Shadow ...... It's only happened twice! This is the third and last time! ”

"Huh? Why? I asked at the same time as Chang Qing.

"Because it was an accident!" A deep layer of amazement appeared in Chen Qiu's eyes.

Accidentally? My heart moved, I still remember that after Xu Lan's family solved the white jade gluttony, Chen Qiu once said that because of an accident, a wizard of their family separated the "mother stone" and "child stone". I had a gut feeling that this "accident" was the key to the whole thing, and now it seems that it is really good!

"You mean, the Golden Silkworm Shadow was not intentionally refined?" Chang Qing asked.

"It was accidental, but not unintentional! Every time it appears, it brings earth-shaking changes to the clan. The first time, it split the 'Spirit Stone' into the Mother Stone and the Child Stone, and since then the power of our Wizards has been greatly reduced, and the second time, it has destroyed the inheritance of our Clan's Wizards! Chen Qiu smiled abruptly, "As for this time, I'm afraid its appearance is a teaser." ”

"What's the teaser?" I asked.

"The trajectory of fate has come to an end, and it is possible to completely end or reincarnate again, all because of its appearance!"

"Cause and effect always come together, listen to what you mean, it seems that the golden silkworm shadow is the 'cause' of all this?" Qi Zhen's expression was strange, and he couldn't tell whether it was anger or ridicule, "What about the spirit stone?" What is it? ”

"No, the Golden Silkworm Shadow is just a catalyst, the real 'cause' is still the spirit stone!" Chen Qiu smiled bitterly, "Without it, there would be no our clan, there would be no wizards of our clan, and there would be no golden silkworm shadow at all!" ”

"Oh, since the source is the spirit stone, and now that the mother stone and the child stone have also been united, I can't use its power, so I'd better return it to you and see if there is a way to restrain the golden silkworm shadow!" As I spoke, I prepared to fetch the spirit stone that I was hanging around my neck.

"Don't!" Chen Qiu and Qi Zhen shouted in unison, and their voices were actually full of fear.