This way of "welcoming guests" is indeed a bit weird, but there is no better choice at the moment.

We were very vigilant, pushed open the door, this is an ordinary wooden house, the doors and windows are closed very tightly, the room is very dim, as soon as we enter, the door will be automatically closed with a "clang", it is dark in front of me, my heart is unconsciously jumping wildly, but after getting used to it for a while, I vaguely saw two people in the corner, one sitting and one standing, standing is a young man, burly, square face and facial features, the hand just now is fleshy, maybe it is his, the person sitting next to him seems to be older, Hiding in the shadows, he couldn't see clearly, only a slender silhouette.

Seeing that the other party didn't speak, I waved my hand to Kongtongzi and Xia Ti, asking them to stay still, and gave Qingyun a look, Qingyun nodded knowingly, and I slowly approached the two, only took a few steps, and the figure of the sitting person shook very quickly, a white shadow, "Oh, oh!" "Three silver nails were nailed to the wooden floor in front of our feet, and the force of the silver nails was so great that the floor trembled twice and stirred up a puff of dust.

"Please use this silver nail as a boundary, and don't come forward." The young man standing hugged us with a fist.

I reached out and pulled out Lu Lu's sword, and I heard Kong Tongzi whisper behind him: "This person's martial arts are extremely high, don't be reckless, just act when you see the opportunity." ”

Seeing this, Qingyun nodded again and again, and listened to Kongtongzi say: "Immeasurable Tianzun, poor Dao Kongtongzi and a few disciples are passing through here, if there is any disturbance, please bear with me." ”

The young man arched his hand and replied: "It turned out to be the head of Kongtong Dao, disrespectful and disrespectful, in the lower left Biao, as for my master's name forgiveness is inconvenient to make it clear, please forgive me, now this place is very dangerous, please take refuge here for the time being, and when it is over tonight, you can make it convenient for yourself." ”

Kongtongzi has always been conceited, but now he reported to his home, but the one sitting did not speak, only sent a junior to greet him, and then stopped responding.

I think this Zuo Biao is quite frank, but his sitting master is still not moving, and he is silent, I really don't know which way it is. However, from this position, he could be vaguely seen wearing an iron mask in the shape of a grimace, but it was evident from his gray temples that he was old. Judging from the clothes, his master and apprentice are not Miao people here, but Taoist priests.

I wondered in my heart, we were here to ask the locals about the sacred tree, what danger it could be, and the most dangerous thing at this time was the ghost-faced old man in front of me, so I snorted, "It seems that I have to thank you, what is the danger in broad daylight?" ”

Zuo Biao was still expressionless, as if he didn't hear the meaning of my words, and said: "Thank you for not needing, we also saved you unintentionally, but my master has set up a large array in the village, I am afraid that you will not know the mystery and break the good barrier......"

Speaking of this, the iron grimace of the ghost-faced old man moved slightly, obviously blaming the apprentice for talking too much, Zuo Biao immediately stopped talking and said no more.

This master and apprentice duo is indeed a little weird, now it is useless to talk more, we have to retreat to the farthest corner, first look at the movement, everyone from the window to watch the movement outside, on the other hand, we have to watch out for this ghost-faced master and apprentice, the scene is indeed a little embarrassing.

But until the sun set, there was no movement in the village, not even a bird flew in, only a layer of mist slowly rose, the sky was already dark, but no one was on the lights, and the whole village was dark and silent.

Qingyun couldn't help but whisper: "Something is not quite right here, it seems that there is really no one." ”

I was also puzzled, and said, "But yesterday the village was fine, overnight, where can they go?" ”

"Why don't you look for it first." Qingyun said and took out a fire fold, and wanted to light it.

Kongtongzi grabbed him and said angrily: "Don't act rashly! ”

Qingyun shrank his neck in fright, and Nuo Nuo said, "Yes!" It's ......"

"Ah......h

After a while, several more families turned on the lights, and it turned out that the village was not empty, but hidden. Now, this dark forbidden seems to have been broken, but the Ghost Face Dao and Zuo Biao Master and Apprentice in the other corner still haven't moved.

I couldn't help myself and lit a fire breaker. The moment the room was lit up, everyone was stunned, there was no one else here but the four of us, there was only a bamboo chair left in the other corner, and there was no back door or secret passage or anything like that in this room.

"Damn, are they human beings or ghosts?" Qingyun scolded.

I also thought that no matter how high the other party's light skills were, it would be impossible for them to walk out of the room without being noticed, not to mention that even cultivators like Kongtongzi didn't know when they left.

Xia Ti said: "Ignore them, let's go and see what happened to that family first." ”

Kongtongzi also nodded.

We immediately came out and ran down the alley towards the cry, and when we got to the wooden building where the accident had happened, the door was open, and the people inside were crying. There was no need to knock on the door, so I pushed the door directly and entered, the room was very bright, and a Miao couple in their forties and an old lady were crying around a corpse; There was a little boy of five or six years old hiding under the table, who was already trembling with fright from this scene; Ghost Face Dao and Zuo Biao's master and apprentice were also on the side, and they didn't have any expression on their faces, they just stood aside coldly.

No one paid any attention to our presence, but heard the woman cry, "Woo woo, my son! Son! Why is it my son's turn? What will you do when you come out, demon? Woo woo, get out of here......" She jerked to her feet, her hands scratching around, but she couldn't catch anything, and her spirit was close to breaking down.

Suddenly, she pounced on Ghostface's body, "Didn't you come to catch it?" Why, why did my son die tragically? Give back my son's life, give my son's life back! ”

Ghost Face let her splash, scratch and beat, still watching coldly, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

Only Zuo Biao defended on the side: "The barrier at the mouth of the village has been broken, and we can't do anything about this kind of thing." ”

Ghost Miandao snorted, her body shook, the woman bounced out and fell to the floor, the Miao man quickly helped the woman up, touched a handful of tears, and shouted: "It must have been the old madman who did it, I have to kill him this time." As he spoke, he drew his scimitar and rushed out the door.

Old madman, I casually asked, "Is it the crazy old man on the slope?" ”

The Miao man glared at me, immediately turned his anger on me, raised his knife and slashed, "You and that old madman are in the same group, together you will harm my son's life and take your life." ”

I dodged and dodged, and was just about to explain, when his blade turned and slashed again, and slashed three times in a row, and if I didn't fight back, wouldn't it show that I was weak-hearted, so I raised my kick and kicked the scimitar in his hand, and shouted: "You and I have no grudges, whoever wants to harm your son's life, if you don't make any more indiscriminate decisions, don't blame me for being polite, today we are with them all day, I don't believe you ask them." As I spoke, I pointed at the Ghost Face Dao Master and Apprentice.

Everyone's eyes were on Ghost Face Dao and Zuo Biao, but his master and apprentice were still standing there coldly, not wanting to testify for us at all, Ghost Face Dao had an iron mask on his face, and he couldn't tell what he was thinking, but even Zuo Biao was expressionless, with an attitude that he didn't care about himself.

Damn, it seems that these goods are simply unreliable......

I secretly scolded this master and apprentice for being a pair of turtle bastards, but fortunately, this Miao couple is just ordinary people, although this black Miao people are fierce, but after all, they don't know martial arts, and I can't help it, I can't help it, and I will lose my strength after a few beatings, so I can only cry bitterly.

"Ahh Look! Suddenly, Xia Ti screamed, she pointed to the corpse that fell to the ground, her apricot eyes were wide open, and her mouth opened into a circle, obviously frightened.

I took a closer look at the vague flesh and blood on the ground, the son of this Miao couple was very strong, but the death was tragic, the body was separated, the blood was sprayed everywhere, and the organs were brought out of the cranial cavity, but except for the blood, there was nothing abnormal, I know Xia Ti, she is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and she will never be frightened by some kind of horror is death.

I carefully searched the ground for missing details, there were no other wounds on my body, the person was sure that he had died with a severed head, the flesh of the severed head was very rough and uneven, it could not have been injured by a sword or other sharp weapon, it was more like it had been torn alive, or torn by some kind of beast, but this thought only flashed in my mind, because it was impossible, the house was neatly furnished, there was no sign of a fight, and no cries of the dead were heard, and who could tear off the head of a sturdy young man in such a situation?

And the strangest thing is that the head is still in the hands of the deceased himself, the head, in his own hands, my body shook suddenly, as if I was struck by lightning, this is the reason why Xia Ti is so abnormal, I subconsciously looked at Kongtongzi, he obviously found the problem, and nodded at me.

The story told by Kongtongzi is that their ancestor Zhang Tianshi and three young Miao people secretly climbed the sacred tree, but the result is that after the three people came back, they died tragically one after another, and even the order of death was the same as the order of climbing the tree at that time, and the death was also holding his head in his own hands. This is definitely not a coincidence, because this way of dying is so weird, I can't think of what kind of death can make the deceased hold his head tightly?