In the next week, everyone else was happily enjoying the long vacation, but Jiang Chengyu was still busy with the company's affairs. Liu Guohua is now staying in the hotel and rarely goes out, and even if he goes out, he will be accompanied by Lu An, but there are no more abnormal incidents.

After finishing the company's affairs, he will go to the 'Dorsett Hotel' to find Zhao Shiming and a few people to discuss some related matters, Zhao Shiming is making some basic preparations for Qiling, and when he gives Zheng Yiqi Qiling, he wants to be Yu Dongyang's assistant, and he is studying a few old books taken out of the old house every day. Although it is a simple small ceremony, it can't be sloppy, and the preparations that should be made still have to be done, after all, the spirit also has a success rate, but the success rate is very high, and there are almost no failures, but if the first time the spirit fails, the resources spent on the second request will be doubled.

During the date with Yu Bingbing on Sunday, although Yu Bingbing was well hidden, there were always some moments when he wanted to speak and stopped being captured by Jiang Chengyu. Jiang Chengyu didn't ask much, and just resumed his friendship with her, but there was always some embarrassment when getting along. After a brief lunch and a conversation about what happened recently, of course, Jiang Chengyu just downplayed it and did not tell the details of his participation, but this also made Yu Bingbing feel surprised.

In the eyes of others, the seven-day long holiday is about to end in one day, and the fog that Zhao Shiming and Xiao Wu called the spiritual haze has almost completely dissipated.

Jiang Chengyu ordered a few snacks in the hotel room, watched the news on his mobile phone while eating, and switched out from time to time to reply to Lin Yuchen's news.

Because of their respective cultivation needs, Jiang Chengyu and the others would not live in the same room.

Just as Jiang Chengyu was enjoying the delicious pastries, Yu Bingbing's phone called.

Seeing the name on the caller ID, Jiang Chengyu was also a little puzzled, Yu Bingbing hadn't appeared outside since the last time they had lunch together, why did he suddenly remember to call himself today.

"Uh......" Jiang Chengyu answered the phone and was about to speak, when Yu Bingbing preemptively said it.

"Hey, Jiang Chengyu, where are you now?"

"At the hotel." Jiang Chengyu picked up a piece of pastry, "The food in this hotel is very good, you don't need to go out to find something delicious." ”

"The one in the hotel is still very expensive, you just worked, save some flowers." Yu Bingbing said with some concern. She knew that Jiang Chengyu was not a random person who spent money, but Jiang Chengyu didn't tell her how much she had saved.

"Now the salary is okay, and the treatment is very good." Jiang Chengyu said to her.

"Do you have any plans for tonight?" At this time, Yu Bingbing asked.

"No, at the hotel." Jiang Chengyu said casually while flipping through the news.

"Oh, then you can stay in the hotel." Yu Bingbing hung up the phone after speaking, which made Jiang Chengyu a little confused.

The news on the mobile phone is that the social security environment in Chang'an has been bad recently, and incidents that disrupt social order often occur.

There are also experts who study whether foggy weather affects the mood of human beings, making them irritable and changeable. Because the fog has lightened a lot in the past two days, the incidents of disturbing public order have also decreased a lot.

Jiang Chengyu sent a message to Lin Yuchen to end the conversation, and then began his daily cultivation.

……

In Zhao Shiming's room, there was a compass-like thing, and this was their method of finding the spirit body.

For the sake of their safety, Yu Dongyang did not agree with their plan to go out to search for spirits when the spirit haze enveloped the entire city, and the difficulty would increase a lot.

When the haze is over, the spirits will return to their gathering place of their own accord. At this time, it is the time for the various forces to really play games, and all kinds of means of competition have become clear.

"The direction of the Spirit Cave has been determined." Zhao Shiming regularly observed the state of the compass on one side every day, and it was not until today that the compass's pointer began to lock in one direction.

Then Zhao Shiming dialed Xiao Wu and Jiang Chengyu's phone and asked them to come over and prepare for action.

As for Zheng Yiqi, she only needs to be responsible for reading some precautions about Qiling every day, and then play mobile games and eat some snacks, Jiang Chengyu and they don't need her help.

"How was this thing invented, and does it really work?" After Jiang Chengyu came over, he stared at the pointer that gently swayed in the center of the compass.

"Although it's the first time I've used this, I'm sure it works, but this one needs to be driven by spirit beads to sense the direction of the spirit cave, and our ancestors are really smart." Zhao Shiming sighed.

This thing is usually not used at all when you are not sure that there is a spirit cave. The spirit bead used to drive this compass cannot be taken back once it is put in, and a spirit bead with a layer of qi refining can only be used for seven days.

"It's a pity that you only have one, if only you could take it apart and study it." Jiang Chengyu shook his head and said.

"Don't think about it, I can't find a way to make this compass now, and it's completely gone if it's dismantled." Zhao Shiming said with a smile. Carefully place the compass in the padded box.

"When are we leaving?" Jiang Chengyu asked.

"Now, this direction is the same as the direction of Qinling, and it is estimated that there will be quite a lot of people on the road. But it's better than running over at night to attract attention. Xiao Wu compared the direction of the compass, and drew a ray on the map with Chang'an City as the center.

"We get on and off in the town, and the rest of the way is on foot, no matter how far it goes." Xiao Wu marked a town twenty kilometers away.

……

"Are you sure this is the place?" Jiang Chengyu asked with some confusion.

Their current location is in a mountain forest, and there is a village and town at the foot of the mountain, and from the highest position, you can still overlook the prosperity of Chang'an.

And apart from the three of them, no one else came here, and the compass brought by Zhao Shiming began to rotate continuously after entering the mountains and forests, without a specific direction to guide him.

"My master used it once more than ten years ago, could it be broken?" Zhao Shiming suddenly wondered.

"Perhaps, it has been passed down to your generation, and it has fallen into disrepair, and it would be nice to have some effect." Jiang Chengyu said while folding a branch.

"So what now?" Zhao Shiming asked.

"Look for it with your eyes." Xiao Wu said helplessly.

Since the afternoon, the three of them have been wandering around the mountains and forests, not getting any gains, still not meeting anyone else, and they all wonder if they are on the wrong path.

As the sun set, the trio took out food and water from their backpacks and simply settled the meal. They have been walking in this mountain forest for a long time, but they still haven't found the so-called spirit cave.

Until the moment the sun disappeared from the horizon, they suddenly felt in their hearts that they were no longer in the same place.

But in front of me is still the mountain forest, exactly the same as the scenery just now.

The three of them glanced at each other, and Jiang Chengyu said, "Do you feel it, we are not in the original position." ”

The other two nodded.

Jiang Chengyu followed the original path back some distance and checked the trunk of a conspicuous tree, which did not have the marks he had made.

"What's going on?" Jiang Chengyu was a little puzzled, Yu Dongyang didn't tell them these things at first.

Zhao Shiming and Xiao Wu also shook their heads.

"And how do we go back?" Jiang Chengyu said.

Xiao Wu looked pensive, and Zhao Shiming shook his head again.

"Anyway, we should have reached the realm of the Spirit Cave, and we can't find someone to ask if this is the Spirit Cave." Jiang Chengyu said.

"Someone has to ask about it, not even a ghost." Zhao Shiming said.

Xiao Wu also nodded casually, "Yes, there isn't even a ghost, we are equivalent to looking for a ghost this time." ”

The three of them had no other way but to continue to walk forward after the Soul Seeking Disk could not be used, and at this time, they all kept the Spirit Seeking Eye open, and in order to prevent their position from being exposed, they did not turn on the lighting equipment.

"Wait!" After walking for about an hour, Jiang Chengyu suddenly signaled the two to stop.

Through the faint moonlight, he found a person sitting under a tree in front of him with his head down, and Xiao Wu and Zhao Shiming also spotted this person following his gaze.

Whispered a hello, but the man didn't respond. The three approached cautiously, and Jiang Chengyu poked the man's arm with a branch, and the man fell down in the direction of the poke.

Xiao Wu took out his small spotlight and shone it on the man's face. Only then did they see that it was a man whose carotid artery had been pierced from the side by a crossbow arrow, and he was no longer breathing, and the time of death could be inferred to be about half an hour ago.

"It must have been placed here by fellow travelers, there was a fight, and one side was being hunted down." Jiang Chengyu said loudly, and he found a pool of blood not far away.

"Shall we move forward, then?" Zhao Shiming's heart trembled a little, it turned out that his master said that there would be a fight, and he didn't care until this moment he saw the corpse on the ground.

No information about the identity of this person was found on the body, but based on the traces left on the ground, it can be deduced that there are about a dozen people in the direction of the two men who are chasing.

"Let's go, we're prepared." Xiao Wu got up and said, without looking at the dead body of the harness again.

Although I have taken into account various situations in advance and made some preparations, it is not a foolproof plan.

All three of them donned a soft armor with excellent toughness, and also prepared three small crossbows to deal with long-range attacks. Although these are of no use to spirits, there are more than just spirits in this place, and sometimes humans are more terrible than these spirits in these battles.

Jiang Chengyu, as the most powerful of the three, is not very stable in his heart, he can protect himself in such an environment, but what about the two behind him?

As if seeing his worries, Xiao Wu pulled his clothes and said, "Don't worry about us, my life-saving ability is not limited to these, Master Xiao Ming will also give him some hole cards to use to save his life, and there is no problem in saving the three of us." ”

Xiao Wu finally determined that these hole cards benefited from three people.