Xu Jing also remembered the incident of the group of ghosts in Fayuan Temple devouring incense, and now it seems that those ghosts have been allowed by the Black Guard.

As for not harming people, he didn't believe it, otherwise there would not have been a ghost staring at him in the first place, and it is very likely that the other party did things cleanly before without leaving any hands and feet.

At this time, Zhu Lie sent another message: "Have you made any progress in your demon power cultivation?" ”

"Nope." Xu Jing didn't want to expose his strength, and his promotion was too fast, so it was the right choice to hide himself in a low-key manner.

Zhu Lie didn't doubt it, and said, "Then you just report what you find, it's difficult to deal with ghosts without demonic power." ”

Xu Jing replied: "I have already left the scene. ”

"That's good." Zhu Lie sent another message after a while: "I reported your detailed strength information separately when I introduced you to join, so before you have the ability to deal with ghosts, you don't have to worry about encountering ghosts in the tasks you receive, and if you still can't recover your demon power later, if you have meritorious deeds, you can exchange for something special to deal with ghosts to defend yourself." ”

After Xu Jing thanked him, he clicked on the personal information again, and then began to report the situation, he reported in detail what he saw and heard, as well as the specific time and place of the incident.

Once that is done, the reports are in the form of waiting for review.

Xu Jing didn't look at it anymore, and after exiting the induction, he concentrated on driving the carriage and chatting with Xu Maozong from time to time.

The rush was boring, and it felt like it was slow, and from morning to afternoon they stopped for a break and arrived at the inn just in time before dark.

The post station was also built on the edge of the village, and it is said that the entire village had been relocated more than ten miles away because of the depletion of water sources.

Nowadays, except for the post station, which looks fairly neat because of its perennial renovation, the whole village has become very dilapidated, the road is full of broken walls, and the houses have been vacant for a long time, and the vines are overgrown inside, which looks particularly desolate.

"Quack~!"

A flock of crows with scarlet eyes flew from a distance and landed on the roofs of the houses in the village, looking at them.

"Rest here for the night, and let's go again tomorrow."

Xu Maozong got out of the car and moved his hands and feet.

Xu Jing had no opinion, he also stayed here for a short time when he came, and caravans and pedestrians from the north and south often chose to spend the night here.

In addition, Yicheng here is an old man, surnamed Zhang, who has been here for more than ten years.

Xu Jing walked outside the post station and was about to knock on the door, only to find that the door was just hidden and not closed.

Chirping~!

He directly pushed open the door and shouted, "Uncle Zhang? ”

But no one responded.

"Uncle?"

Xu Jing shouted again, and walked into the house, looking around.

"Where have the people gone?"

He searched around but couldn't find anyone.

Xu Maozong walked in at this time, looked at it and said, "Maybe I'm going back to the village." ”

Zhang Yicheng was originally a villager in this village, and after the village was relocated as a whole, he also had a house in the new village.

Xu Jing sensed it carefully, but didn't find anything abnormal, so he nodded and said, "I'll stop the horse." ”

As he spoke, he went out of the door, untied the horse from the carriage, and led him to the stable behind the inn.

The stables were empty, and the mounts he had fostered there were nowhere to be found.

Xu Jing was a little helpless, guessing that he was ridden back to the village by Zhang Yicheng, and when he turned around, he had to ask someone to run again to retrieve it.

After adding some feed to the trough, he went out of the stable, looking out at the deserted village behind him, for such an environment, to be honest, he did not like it at all, and always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Before the sun set, Xu Jing walked into the village and prepared to check it.

Both sides of the road were overgrown with weeds, the houses were empty, the doors and windows were moldy, and the houses were full of vines and moss, and they looked very quiet and cold.

Xu Jing walked quickly, he pushed the door into every room and took a look, through the spirit and identity jade plate, from the head of the village to the end of the village, fortunately, there was no problem.

He relieved himself and returned along the road, and when he reached the center of the village, the sound of rushing water suddenly sounded in the abandoned dry well in the clearing.

Xu Jing turned around suddenly, concentrating on vigilance, and slowly approached the past step by step.

At the same time, he wondered in his heart, knowing that the village was relocated because the water source was exhausted, and the sound of water was too strange.

The sound of water flowing in the well was constant, as if a pair of hands were playing with it.

Xu Jing pulled out his long knife, and when he got closer, he stretched out his head and slowly looked down from the edge into the well.

When he looked at it, he found that the well, which had been dry, had begun to bubble again, and bubbles rose from the bottom of the well, and kept surging.

"Whew~!"

Xu Jing exhaled, sensed for a while, and after everything was fine, he turned around and left.

Gollum......

Not long after he left, the clear water that bubbled out of the well instantly turned blood-red, but it recovered in the blink of an eye.

When Xu Jing returned to the post station, Xu Maozong had already made food in the room, and after the two of them simply filled their stomachs, they found two empty rooms next to each other on the second floor to rest.

It was getting dark, and soon it was getting dark.

Xu Jing was lying on the hard wooden bed, but he couldn't sleep after tossing and turning.

He simply got up and prepared to go next door to chat with Xu Maozong.

Gently opening the door, there was a circular corridor outside, and the corridor was full of guest rooms, and Xu Maozong lived in the room to his right.

A faint moonlight shone through the skylight on the roof, faintly illuminating the view.

Xu Jing went out and turned right, only to see a figure disappearing at the end of the corridor.

He felt that the back of the disappeared man was very familiar, so he took a few steps to the outside of Xu Maozong's room and knocked on the door: "Uncle, are you there?" ”

There was silence in the room.

Xu Jing intently sensed and found that there was no trace of popularity inside, obviously Xu Maozong was really not there.

"That was Uncle just now? Where is he going on this big night? ”

He was puzzled and a little anxious, so he hurriedly chased after him without thinking too much.

Soon, Xu Jing came to the end of the corridor, turned around, and entered the hall next to him, the hall was empty, but he could clearly hear a burst of footsteps going downstairs.

"Uncle!"

Xu Jing shouted, ran quickly to the staircase of the hall, and looked down, but he didn't see any figure, and no one answered him.

Chirping~!

At this moment, there was a sound of the door opening at the door downstairs, and then the footsteps sounded again, and he quickly went out of the door.

"That's not right!"

Xu Jing didn't think that Xu Maozong couldn't hear his shout just now, and he finally felt that something was wrong at this time.

After thinking for a while, he didn't chase downstairs again, but turned around and quickly ran back towards Xu Maozong's room.

Boom~!

After coming to the gate, he kicked the gate open fiercely, and then rushed in with a knife in one hand and a talisman in the other.