"Hey, you say, the dumb ditch is so close to Jingyun Mountain, how can it be haunted?"

"Dumb Ditch is not only close to Jingyun Mountain, that place is also the hometown of our master."

"How do you know that Dumb Ditch is the master's hometown?"

"Haven't you heard that at the end of April of the lunar calendar every year, the head of the family has to go back to the dumb ditch to worship the ancestors?"

"I've never heard of it."

"Hey, it's normal that you haven't heard of it, the head of the sect goes secretly every time and comes back secretly, and there are not many people in our sect who know about it, I still listen to the senior brother over there."

"Your senior brother...... It's that Chu Ziyu, right? I've heard that although he is a disciple, he doesn't attract much attention on weekdays. Where did he know about such a private matter? ”

"He is not welcomed, but my master is welcomed."

"As much as you brag, Pu Minghu is not your master, you didn't even think of yourself as a disciple in the room, and you insisted that someone else is your master, it's not a shame! Besides, Pu Minghu has long lost power. ”

"He is really my master, and I was driven here by him because of my high talent. This person is too jealous, but all the apprentices who are more talented than him are finally driven to this Taoist temple by him. Have you forgotten your former Senior Brother Wang? ”

"Yo, that's true. Hey, the people in the mountains, there are not many good things, and Pu Minghu is not the worst. ”

……

These people talk about a lot of things, and after listening to them for a long time, I can roughly understand a few things.

The dumb ditch in their mouths is the dumb ditch village mentioned by Lu Shibo before, and the reason why it is called such a name is because one-fifth of the people in the village are mute. Recently, there have been rumors about the haunting of the dumb ditch in Jingyun Mountain, and a few people have wanted to go over to find out the situation, but the head of Jingyun Mountain has made a conclusion, saying that the haunting of the dumb ditch must be a rumor, and he will not let the disciples in the door go over to check.

In addition, on the 28th day of April of the lunar calendar every year, a small-scale martial arts competition will be held inside Jingyun Mountain, and those who can win the competition can leave the Banshan Hall and go to the cave to practice.

The so-called Banshan Hall is the general name of one hundred and eight small halls below the mountainside, and the people living in these halls are all disciples of Jingyun Mountain.

In the realm of Jingyun Mountain, it is not uncommon for disciples to enter the room, but anyone who can go up the mountain and have a master with them can be called disciples who enter the room, but although these people have masters, they practice by themselves on weekdays, only at the beginning of the year and the end of each year, their masters leave the cave and go to the mid-mountain hall to preach and teach, at the beginning of the year for half a month, at the end of the year for half a month, at other times, their masters can rarely go down the mountain to walk around.

And entering the cave mansion means that these disciples have already left the school, can live above the mountainside, and can open the door to teach disciples.

The disciples in the half-mountain hall cannot cross the halfway point of the mountain at will, but they can move around freely under the mountain, but the people in the cave are trapped above the halfway point of the mountain, and rarely can come down and walk.

Only a few elders of Jingyun Mountain, as well as the head Zheng Long, could move freely inside and outside the mountain.

In the conversation between these people, a message that seemed very strange to me was revealed.

That is, on April 28 every year, that is, on the day of the competition, Zheng Long, the head of Jingyun Mountain, will go to Dumb Ditch on purpose, and it is rumored that he is going there to worship his ancestors, otherwise he can't pick the same time every year, but in fact, no one knows what he is doing in Dumb Ditch.

What does this Zheng Long seem to be hiding?

Later, the men mentioned some specific names.

Bai Jizhen, Liao Feisong, Xiao Shanyou, Peng Sifang, Hongye, and Chu Ziyu.

This Bai Jizhen is the most loved by Zheng Long among the disciples who entered the room, and his cultivation, fists and feet are also the best among the disciples who entered the room, and he is very hopeful to enter the cave mansion directly this year.

Liao Feisong, Xiao Shanyou, Peng Sifang, and Hongye are the people who have the closest relationship with Bai Jizhen among the disciples who entered the room, and several people often travel together, and even many shops under Jingyun Mountain often see them.

If I'm not mistaken, the one who went to the Sanmen Courtyard this morning to make trouble happened to be five people, and the girl among the five seemed to be called Momiji.

As for Chu Ziyu, he is a well-known bitter master in Jingyun Mountain.

His master's name is Pu Minghu, and he is Zheng Long's second apprentice.

It is said that this Pu Minghu has been spoiled by his master since he was a child, he is used to being arrogant, he is extremely reckless in doing things, and he is jealous of his ability, which leads to his reputation within the sect is very poor, and Zheng Long also took a fancy to him a few years ago, but in recent years, I don't know what happened, Zheng Long suddenly began to snub him again.

Pu Minghu was snubbed, it can be regarded as deserved, but Chu Ziyu was also implicated because of this, those disciples in the Banshan Hall were not less affected by Pu Minghu before, but now that Pu Minghu has lost power, they have sprinkled all the anger they had saved on Chu Ziyu.

Nowadays, almost the entire Banshan Hall is Chu Ziyu's enemy, Chu Ziyu doesn't even have a place to complain, so he can only stay up day by day, such days can be said to be dark.

People like Chu Ziyu and Bai Jizhen, because they all have their own particularities, they can be said to be known to everyone in the Mid-Levels Hall, but most of the disciples who enter the room don't have much contact with each other. One hundred and eight small halls at the foot of the mountain, each church has its own rules, each church has its own steward, and the well water does not interfere with the river water.

In addition, the short shirts worn by the disciples in the room are the same as the clothes worn by these registered disciples in the Taoist temple, and there is no difference.

That's it!

Even if Lu Shengcai and I were to wear such clothes and mingle inside the Mid-Levels Hall, not many people would doubt our identities.

However, after all, this information came out of the mouths of a few named disciples, and it is difficult to say how true or false it is for the time being.

So I'm still going to go up the mountain to find out the bottom before deciding what to do next.

At about half past ten, the lights went out in the dormitory, and Lu Shengcai and I changed our clothes first, and then climbed out of the back wall of the Taoist temple and went up Jingyun Mountain along a small road.

When I was some distance away from the Taoist temple, I removed the black cloth from the ghost lantern.

The firelight burst out of the veil, illuminating the weeds on both sides of the road, and I carefully noticed the color of the firelight to make sure it hadn't changed in any way, and then I pulled my steps to increase my speed.

When I first went up the mountain, as far as my eye could see, there were only mountains and grasses and dense forests illuminated by the moonlight, and I couldn't see any buildings at all, as I went deeper and deeper, first the surrounding scenery began to weaken, and then even the road surface became a little blurred, I knew that this was Jingyun Mountain in the layout of the Ecstasy Array to prevent outsiders from entering, so I condensed a mouthful of mental power on the Lingtai to block the influence of Lingyun in the array, and at the same time pulled Lu Shengcai to prevent him from going astray.

Another twenty minutes passed, and the scene in front of me finally became clear again, and at this time, I finally saw the large buildings half-hidden in the mountains and forests.