In 1913, in Yichang, Hubei Province, in the harsh winter, a hollow city towered in the vast night, the whirring wind mixed with broken ice, knocking on the withered grass and forest, like a latent beast grinding its teeth in sleep, making people uneasy.

The middle-aged man spat hot air into his hand, turned his head to look at the four apprentices beside him, and couldn't help but feel a little distressed in his eyes. He sighed and said, "Alas, bear with me, let's do this big ticket, not to mention glory and wealth in the future, at least for five years, we won't have to worry about food and clothing." After speaking, the middle-aged man's expression became a little complicated, as if he was entangled in something.

"Senior brother, I'm so cold."

The twelve or thirteen-year-old junior brother was extremely weak, his face was cold and purple, and he curled up in the arms of the man he called the senior brother, and the two of them shared a big black and brown robe.

At this time, a bald boy suddenly exclaimed softly: "Master, Master, there you have it!" His tone trembled, as if he was a little frightened, but more excited.

As soon as the words fell, the five masters and apprentices hurriedly followed his gaze, only to find that the warm light in the originally empty and dark city was dazzling, and a yellow lantern suddenly lit up on the empty street. What should be an eerie street has a lively and lively atmosphere.

Of course, if they hadn't known that this was a dead city flooded by the plague, the five masters and apprentices would have rushed to the warm farmhouse courtyard with joy.

The bearded man of the second apprentice has always been not afraid of the sky and the earth, but he feels cold all over his body at this moment, and this chill is no longer from the cold wind outside his body, but from the heart to the limbs.

The bald young man frowned, after the excitement disappeared, fear completely occupied his heart, he turned his head to look at the little junior brother who was shrunk in the arms of the senior brother, and his tone revealed a faint worry, "Master, I didn't believe it at first, but I didn't expect this town to be a real evil sect." ”

The middle-aged man's face was not good-looking, he nodded and said helplessly: "The money in this official mansion is not so easy to earn, if it is a simple matter, the official master will not spend a lot of money to invite him, to put it bluntly, our line of business is nothing more than exchanging life for money." ”

He knew that the bald boy was worried about his little apprentice, this little apprentice was not in good health since he was a child, but his physique was abnormal, it was said that his extreme yin body could perceive people's souls, and his father let him enter this industry in order to let him learn some self-preservation ability. Today's creation can be described as more auspicious, this little apprentice followed them into the city, whether they can help or not, if they really encounter something, it is still a burden to keep it even.

The middle-aged man was silent for a moment, reached out and untied his tattered coat, then pulled the little apprentice out of the arms of the big apprentice and wrapped the coat around him. With a touch of determination in his expression, more of a reluctance, he instructed: "Mu Tong, the master can't take you, you are weak and I don't know if you can help, if something happens to the master, for the master's hundreds of years of craftsmanship, you can't just lose it." You just squat here, and take a few of your brothers with you for the teacher. Remember, you can't come out no matter what you hear, and when it's dawn, we'll pick you up. If we don't come back, you don't care about anything, run for your life, don't hear me! ”

"Master, don't throw me here, how many demons and monsters you faced before were calm, why did you say such things this time, I'm really not sure, let's not go, let's think of a way, no matter what, we won't starve to death." Mu Hitomi was so anxious that her tears were about to fall.

The bald boy understood the master's painstaking efforts, he gently patted the little junior brother's shoulder, and said in a gentle tone: "Hitomi, you listen to the master, we can't help but go this time." The government's task was accepted, even if half of his head was put on the guillotine. However, we are not stupid, we have a plan, you don't have to worry about it. If something really happens, you should be clever and don't get caught by those people in the government. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Mu Hitomi to say anything more, the four masters and apprentices got up and walked in the direction of the empty city.

Mu Tong could only watch as the backs of the master and several senior brothers gradually drowned in the night, and the lights in the distance seemed to be man-eating beasts devouring the people he cared about little by little.

said that it was to kill demons and eliminate demons, Mu Tong had followed the master for so many years and done hundreds of rituals, and he could understand that this demonic thing was half a human evil and half a heavenly evil.

Before coming here, Master told them about the situation here, but it was only the official dictation, and there were both true and false.

It is rumored that this place was once a prosperous small city, the prosperity is comparable to the capital, it can be said that it is outstanding people, and the five grains are abundant. It is said that there is a prince in the court who does not care about the government, when he first arrived here, he was attracted by the peace of this place, and since then he has moved his house here to meditate and cultivate immortals.

It's just that the good times didn't last long, and after the forty-third birthday of the prince, something strange happened. At that time, the whole house went into the mountains to escape the heat, and it was September when it returned.

The people in the house went out of the city in a beautiful manner, but they came back secretly, and everything was silent under the cover of the moonlit night. It wasn't until the maids in the house went to the streets in the early morning that people realized that the prince had returned from the summer.

What's even more weird is that since the prince returned to the house, the people up and down the house seem to have become mute, and even the maids who came out to buy vegetables no longer spoke. Acquaintances greeted them, and they just nodded and walked away silently.

During that time, there was a rumor in the city that when passing by the prince's mansion late at night, you would hear the sound of digging the ground from the palace.

Later, a bold boy was so curious that he drank wine and wanted to find out. He crept up the wall to see what was going on in the palace, so he had to leave it for the evening.

Just this one on the wall can scare him a lot! I saw a dense crowd of people standing in the courtyard of the palace, bent over in the moonlight, neatly dressed in black clothes, unable to distinguish between men, women and children. They seemed to be digging something in the yard, and there were wooden boxes stacked like coffins in the corners not far away.

The boy who climbed the wall secretly told his drinking friends about it, and they calculated that this must be some treasure from the palace, so they dug a pit in the middle of the night to bury it in order to hide people's eyes.

It's just that what no one expected was that this kid who climbed the wall became mute like those subordinates in the palace from the next day......

Soon after, a plague broke out in the city, and the prince died in the plague. In order to prevent the spread of the plague, the people of the city were slaughtered and burned like livestock. Since then, the bustling town has turned into a dead city, littered with charred bones.

Thirty years later, the land was in turmoil, the people were struggling to make a living, hunger, poverty, and death were all the same, and the local officials had no choice but to start the idea of this dead city. They first found a few henchmen and took three or two trustworthy subordinates into the city to search. However, the people who were supposed to come back in half a month are gone.

In order to find out, the officials invited many well-known martial arts experts on the rivers and lakes, with medical personnel, to do sufficient protective measures, and even a general personally went to the city.

More than half a year has passed, and the people who went this time, like the previous wave, have lost news. Most of the speculations have been refuted, and the finger has been pointed at the ghosts and gods. So the government paid a high price to Maoshan to invite the famous local ghost hunting master, that is, Mu Tong's master Liu Xianggui.

Then there was the scene where Mu Hitomi and the master and brothers came here.

Liu Xianggui is careful and cautious and methodical, unlike some charlatans who are not surprised when they do things. Mu Tong followed him and learned a lot of things, in addition to the ability to slay demons and eliminate demons, there is also a real skill to control people!

The night was cold and silent, and the day dawned, and the lights of the city were extinguished......

Mu Tong stood up tremblingly, the sun shining on him, making him feel a trace of warmth, he raised his head to look at the sun, and let the tears in the corners of his eyes slide into his neck.

He bit his lower lip, his eyes suddenly became cold, this time he decided to disobey his master's explanation, he wanted to go in, even if he died, he had to go in and have a look.