"It was about half a year ago at noon, and I can't remember what day it was. At that time, my wife and I were cooking in the kitchen, when I suddenly heard a rapid knock on the door, I ran to open the door, only to see the village chief and several other villagers standing outside the door in a panic, urging me to flee with my wife quickly. Before I could react to what was going on, I heard several heart-rending screams not far away, and I thought that some robbers had broken into the village, so I hurriedly asked the village chief to enter the house and hide. I locked the gate of the courtyard, retreated into the room, and locked all the doors and windows. Just as I beckoned the village chief to take shelter in the basement, the gate of the courtyard was slammed open, no, it would be better to describe it as a bang. ”

The old man swallowed at this point, and continued: "Everyone in the room was so frightened by this loud noise that they forgot to take refuge in the basement. By the time I came to my senses, a group of mysterious people in black robes had gathered in my house. Seeing that those people were holding a sharp black scythe in their hands, the village chief and I immediately dispelled the idea of resisting. I was so frightened that I couldn't even speak, and I asked the black-robed men what they were doing here, and why they had broken into the village in such a barbaric way. One of them, a tall, thin man in a black robe walked out of the crowd, his or her face was covered with a mask of a female ghost with blue fangs, and I think this person should be the head of the black robe. ”

As he spoke, a frightened expression suddenly appeared on the old man's face, and his body couldn't help but tremble. I put my hand on his shoulder and comforted, "The old man is fine, you can continue!" ”

The old man sighed, and said with gloomy eyes: "The head of the black-robed man glanced at me, and let out a low voice from his mouth, which sounded very weird, similar to the female ghost in the ghost movie. Listening to the meaning of the leader, they fell in love with the feng shui and unique natural environment of Wangliang Village, and wanted to requisition Wangliang Village as their secret base.

After hearing this, the village chief became angry and said, "What is the difference between your behavior and that of little devils? The leader of the black-robed men ignored the village chief and continued to say to me, 'If you are willing to submit to us, I may consider asking the High Priest to spare your life and let you find a position within the Church. Of course, I did not accede to his unreasonable demand, and the leader of the black-robed man, seeing my tough attitude, turned to my wife and received the same reply.

Seeing that we were so resolute, he laughed at himself and said, "I was so naïve that I thought that the villagers who did not have much education would give in easily." Since you refuse to join the Church, then send me to hell! ’

After saying that, the black-robed people who had been guarding outside rushed into the house one after another, brandished the sickle in their hands and killed all the people around me, and witnessed the tragic death of my wife and the village chief, I couldn't suppress the grief and indignation in my heart, picked up the tongs placed in the corner of the wall, and shouted that I would die with the black-robed people.

Before I could run a few steps, I was knocked to the ground with a scythe by a black-robed man and fell unconscious. When I woke up, I found myself lying on an ownerless lonely grave in a mass grave in the back mountain, and I did not dare to go back to the village, so I had to hide in the mass grave, which I hid for most of the year. ”

"Old man, when did you go insane?" I asked.

"It was probably during the time I was hiding in the mass grave, I lived in fear all day long, and I could only survive by stealing offerings every day, which lasted less than a week, and my spirit completely collapsed and I became a madman. One day, several black-robed men patrolled the mountain and found me babbling and singing mountain songs in the mass grave, and they took me down the mountain and prepared to put me to death, but later somehow spared my life. Since then, this group of black-robed people has never appeared again, as if they have never been to Wangliang Village, and I am the only crazy old man left in the huge Wangliang Village, until a few of you arrive. ”

After listening to the old man's words, I still have a lot of puzzles, where did the black-robed people go after occupying the village? Did they take the village and run away to loot the rest of the place? Another point is that on the way here, the female ghost said that the whole village had been killed, so it seemed that the old man was the only survivor left in the whole village, but he had gone crazy. The black-robed man killed almost all the villagers in the village, but spared the old man who had become a madman, and the intention of this was intriguing.

Unfortunately, there is only so much that the old man knows, and it is futile to ask any further.

The old man grabbed my hand and said to me with tears in his eyes, "Master, please do something for you. ”

I nodded and said, "Old man, if you have anything to say, just say it, I'll listen!" ”

"Please bring this group of black-robed people to justice and avenge the dead villagers!" The old man said excitedly.

I sighed and said in my heart: "It's a disaster that can't be avoided, since this incident has hit me, I must not sit idly by, not to mention that Lao Xing's life and death are still uncertain......"

"Okay, I promise you! However, I have one more question: the two black-robed men just said that my friends were imprisoned in the 'Inquisition', do you know what that place is? ”

The old man rubbed his head, pondered for a long time, and finally said to me, "This is the first time I've heard them talk about this place, and I don't know exactly where it is." ”

Uh, do you have to rely on me to figure it out for a long time? I complained helplessly.

After thanking the old man, I opened my backpack and took out a piece of talisman paper, ready to overtake the old man.

"Master, thank you, you are really a living bodhisattva who saves the suffering!"

"Don't say that, old man, my junior can't afford it."

After a thousand thanks from the old man, I whispered the mantra of death, which overtook the old man's soul.

"Old man, go all the way!"

......

When I walked out of the cave, the sky had become dark, and a red sun slowly sank into the western horizon, I stood at the entrance of the cave and looked at the sunset in the west, and my heart was full of mixed feelings, that is, when I walked to the entrance of the cave, I realized that this cave was actually on a cliff!

I cautiously looked down and felt dizzy. Beneath the cave was an abyss with no end in sight, and the moment I saw it, I felt as if I had seen the entrance to the eighteenth layer of hell.

From time to time, a cold wind blew in the valley, and the sound of the wind like a ghost crying wolf sounded terrible, and I couldn't help but shiver, and my feet slipped and almost fell into the abyss. Out of instinct, I quickly pulled out the Tiangang sword and inserted it into a rock on my right hand, and the blade sank deep into the crack in the stone, finally stabilizing my body.

I retreated into the hole, sat on the ground and wiped the sweat beads on my forehead, and exclaimed in my heart: "It's so dangerous, I almost got GG!" ”

After relieving myself, I cautiously walked to the entrance of the cave, and was thinking about how to climb to it, when I suddenly noticed a rope ladder hanging from the rock wall to the left of the entrance.

I walked over to take a look, stretched out my hand and tried it, the rope ladder was quite strong, and I immediately made up my mind to climb up the rope ladder, as for where to go after going up, I don't want to stay in this ghost place for a second.

I grabbed the thick hemp ropes on both sides of the rope ladder with both hands, stepped on the wooden planks fixed on the rope ladder, and crept up carefully.

Below is the bottomless dark abyss, I clung to the rope ladder, slowly moving my steps up, all my attention focused on the rope ladder and did not dare to slack off, for fear that I would fall down if I was distracted.

The wind blowing from the bottom of the valley poured into my damp clothes and pants, so cold that I shivered incessantly, and I almost let go several times, but fortunately, the ring of power on the middle finger of my right hand absorbed the cold qi from my body, allowing my body to maintain a normal body temperature.

Thanks to the blessing of the Ring of Power, although the wind blowing from the bottom of the valley is getting stronger and stronger, it has never affected my strength to climb up.

Finally reaching the top of the cliff, I didn't dare to stop any longer, and continued to walk for several meters, finally stopping in front of a strange building.

Thinking back on the thrilling journey from the cave to the top of the cliff, my heart could not calm down for a long time, if it weren't for the ring of power that my father left me before he died, I am afraid that I would have fallen into the abyss and fell to pieces.

If I can go back alive this time, I must give my father incense and thank him for leaving me such a wonderful thing.

Turning my attention back to the strange building in front of me, I glanced up at the evil building, and muttered in my heart: "What are those black-robed people planning to build such a Gothic-style castle in such a remote village?" ”

I remember in high school history class, my history teacher once told us about European architectural styles, one of which is called Gothic architecture, and its typical representative is the strange castle in front of me.

As the saying goes, when things go wrong, there must be demons, and there must be something wrong with this castle when such an anachronistic European castle appears in the depths of the mountains.

Although I can't be sure if Lao Xing and the others are locked up in this strange castle, even if there is only a one percent chance, I will go in and break in. Even if Lao Xing and the others are not inside, they can always find clues about those black-robed people when they go in and take a look.

Having made up my mind, I pulled out the Tiangang Sword behind my back, took a deep breath, and gently pushed open the heavy wooden door of the ancient castle with my left hand......