The sound of footsteps outside the door startled Wu Chengxi and his wife, and before they could react, someone had already stepped into the door, it was Zhang Zefang who came in a hurry. When I went to Qingdao City from Wujia Village, it was night, and I had to observe the traces of Yu Yisu everywhere, so it took a whole night. On the return trip, Zhang Zefang had no distractions, and it was daytime, so he was much faster, and he rushed back in only half a day.

Zhang Zefang didn't say a word, untied the burden on his shoulders, took out a white paper flag, the flag was triangular, about the size of a palm, and took out a piece of white ash and a pile of paper money, the paper money was seven inches long and three inches wide, all made of yellow paper.

Zhang Zexiang asked Wu, "Do you have plates at home?" Wu agreed again and again, and hurriedly ran to the kitchen to get it.

Taking over the plate, Zhang Zefang lit a burner of incense in the north direction of the room, put the paper flag and white wax on the plate, placed it in front of the incense burner, and put a handful of paper money in the mud pot in front of the stove, and made a soul gathering trick with both hands, and read: "Today, I will come to this noble place, in order to find the true soul, if there is an offense, there is no strange, I am willing to help, and the true soul will be quickly revealed." Taishang Laojun is as anxious as a law! ”

After reciting, the Soul Gathering Technique pointed to the paper money in the mud basin, and with a "whew", the paper money spontaneously combusted without fire, and the Wu couple were stunned.

Zhang Zefang stuffed the remaining paper money to Wu Chengxi, then held the flag in his left hand, and held the plate in his right hand, with white wax standing in the plate, but it was not lit, and said to the Wu couple, "Please follow me", and took the lead in stepping out of the main door.

Walking to the gate of the courtyard, Zhang Zefang stood at the threshold and asked the Wu couple, "Did Zhiyuan fall unconscious after falling to the ground here?" The Wu couple hurriedly nodded.

"Every place he walked from here to the waterhole could have been the place where he lost his soul. Zhiyuan's only way to draw water Sister-in-law Wu should be clear, you lead the way in front, Brother Wu stands beside me and scatters paper money! Zhang Zexiang took a look around, straightened the paper flag in his left hand, and shouted: "Wu Zhiyuan, come back quickly!" ”

In early autumn, the night breeze is cold, the paper flags are blowing, the night in the mountain village comes early, the villagers are not as good as the rich people who have lived in the city for a long time, there is no concept of nightlife at all, as soon as the sky is dark, every household will stop the lights and rest. In the cold night, in addition to the chirping of autumn insects, only the sound of Wu Chengxi scattering paper money, Zhang Zefang's call and the sound of the paper flag in his hand waving in the wind made this empty night even more weird.

"Wu Zhiyuan, come back quickly!" Zhang Zefang shouted in a long voice while walking slowly, his eyes never leaving the paper flag in his left hand. Wu Chengxi followed Zhang Zefang's steps, and threw a handful of paper money every time he took a step.

The moon is as bright as silver, and the cold stars are sparse.

The three of them walked to the spring pool at the foot of Longshan, but the paper flag never moved. Zhang Zefang was suspicious: "That's not right! Zhiyuan's soul is not on the road we have walked! ”

Wu Chengxi and his wife looked at each other, obviously unable to fully understand the meaning of Zhang Ze's dialect. Zhang Zefang explained: "The spirit flag did not move along the way, which means that we have not met the soul of Zhiyuan. His soul only lingers in the place where he has left the body, and if you think about it, did he take other shortcuts when he came to fetch water before, or was there a place near him where he often went to play? ”

Wu Chengxi and his wife fell silent, and Wu Chengxi hurriedly said for a while: "Dao Chief, this road to draw water leads directly to the foot of this Dragon Mountain, except for the villagers who come to get water, few people usually come, so there is only this one way to go." Zhiyuan couldn't have gone the other way. ”

"That's weird." Zhang Zefang pondered, but his eyes looked towards the mountain, only to see a yin wind swirling in the mountains, and under the bright moonlight, the chaotic foot of the mountain was black, and he couldn't see the situation inside.

Zhang Zefang entered the Tao at the age of ten, and at the age of fifteen, he made a small achievement, and was ordered by his teacher to travel all over the world, suppress ghosts and dispel evil spirits, I don't know how many suspenseful and treacherous, intricate and bizarre supernatural events he has experienced, although this scene has taken him aback, but his heart is already a third of the number.

"Brother Wu, come with me, Sister-in-law Wu is waiting here, no matter what sound you hear, don't panic, let alone run around, remember!" Wu nodded hurriedly when he heard this, Zhang Zefang pinched the paper flag with his left hand, straightened the porcelain plate with his right hand, shouted "Wu Zhiyuan, come back quickly", and walked straight to the mountain.

Walking to the lion guarding the mountain, Zhang Zefang looked up, only to see that under the dark blue night sky, a squatting stone lion stood proudly in the rocks, like standing out from the crowd, majestic, awe-inspiring.

"What a Seven Evil Soul Locking Array!" Zhang Zefang exclaimed, "Although the spellcaster's spell is high, but unfortunately he is merciful, and this formation will not last long." He sighed as he walked towards Yamauchi.

"Stop!" Wu Chengxi hurriedly shouted behind him, his tone full of fear.

Zhang Zefang hesitated for a moment, only to hear Wu Chengxi continue: "This mountain is a forbidden place in this village, and no one has dared to enter it for nearly a hundred years. According to the legend of the older generation, some of their ancestors ventured into the mountains, and then either disappeared from the world or died of madness. Everyone in the village knows this rule, so I don't think Zhiyuan will break the ban and enter the mountain rashly. ”

"Don't be afraid, just come with me!" Zhang Zefang sneered, ignored Wu Chengxi's advice, walked forward, and shouted repeatedly as he walked: "Wu Zhiyuan, come back quickly!" ”

Wu Chengxi couldn't be stubborn, so he had to follow a few steps and throw paper money into the air.

Zhang Zefang watched the six roads and listened to the eight directions, shouting the words of the soul conjuring in his mouth, but his heart was very entangled: "Judging from the Seven Evil Soul Locking Array laid by the mountain guarding lion, this mountain is very strange, Wu Zhiyuan is very likely to see something here that should not be seen, and he was suddenly extremely frightened before his soul went out of his body. It's not early now, if it is the ghost and evil thing that is encountered first instead of Wu Zhiyuan, I am afraid that it will be delayed a lot of time. Once it is delayed until the early hours of the morning, the seven-day period expires, and the previous work is wasted. ”

"But now this is the only place where it is possible to find Wu Zhiyuan's soul, alas, I have to try my luck." Zhang Zefang thought to himself, and then continued to shout, his eyes glancing at the paper flag in his hand from time to time while looking around.

After traveling a hundred and ten meters, Wu Chengxi became more and more nervous, he stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Zefang's left arm, and said tremblingly: "Dao Chief, Zhiyuan is an obedient child, he won't come to this kind of place, I think we should look elsewhere." ”

Zhang Zefang was about to open his mouth to persuade, but suddenly stopped his voice, because at this time he heard another voice faintly sounding, and when he listened carefully, it was actually a woman's crying.

Wu Chengxi hurriedly grabbed Zhang Zefang's left arm again, his eyes revealing fear.

This Dragon Mountain is not as good as the famous mountains and rivers, and the height is naturally much inferior, only one hundred and ten meters higher than the usual hills, but it will never cover the moonlight. However, at this time, at the foot of the mountain, it was pitch black all around, and the moon above his head was naturally nowhere to be found.

Wu Chengxi is in the flesh, the scene in front of him is almost blurred, can only vaguely see piles of uneven rocks and low bushes, Zhang Zefang has been cultivating for many years, and his vision at night is naturally different from ordinary people, he followed the prestige, only to see a young woman sitting on the boulder not far in front of him, although she turned her back to Zhang Zefang, but from her exquisite figure, her approximate age can still be seen.

The woman held the stone in one hand and hid her face with the other, crying very sadly.

In this barren mountain range, on a cold autumn moonlit night, the crying sound can't help but be creepy against the cold environment.