"Hmm...... What ...... is this?"

Shaking his head, which was slightly dizzy from the sudden time and space shuttle, Ji Qiu quickly stood up and began to observe the surrounding situation.

The moon stars are sparse, and the cool breeze gusts, blowing the willow branches around them constantly fluttering.

He was standing on a dirt road five or six meters wide, and on the left side of the mountain road was an extremely dark forest, with vines and grass knee-high and tangled branches, spreading along the mountain road in front of him.

Listening intently, I only heard the sound of insects and frogs from time to time.

On the right side of the mountain road is the cliff Gobi that you can't see to the end, and the bottom is also dark and you can't see the bottom. Ji Qiu thought about it, took out a lighter, lit a cigarette, took a few puffs and threw it down, watching the fire of the cigarette butt drift in the wind, and finally slowly disappeared in the darkness of the cliff.

"A conservative estimate is also nearly 100 meters." Ji Qiu turned his head to look at the mountain road in front of him, and was just about to raise his legs to set off, when there was a sound of system prompts in his ears.

"Reincarnation Scenario: Unknown

Difficulty: C―?

Time limit: 10 days

Mission: Unknown (please explore on your own)

Completion Reward: Unknown

“……”

Ji Qiu pursed his lips, this task prompt is the same as not looking.

"It's a weird scene again. Is the mission unknown...... Trouble."

Although the no-initial quest seems to have a high degree of freedom, and it seems that the reincarnator can decide whether to trigger the quest according to his own actions, Ji Qiu doesn't feel the slightest ease.

According to the information he got from the strategy, it was impossible for the system to just cram him into a scene, let him act on his own for ten days and then be finished, and there must be some main story that had to be completed.

It doesn't matter if the branch line is not completed, the main line is not completed, but points and points will be deducted, and the task reward will be deducted as much as possible. In other words, he could have rushed all the way to his destination by knowing the plot and goals, but now he must pay attention to any situation around him, or actively trigger the plot, and he can't let go of the slightest clue, otherwise he may miss the main quest in one step.

This situation adds a bit of uncertainty to the future and makes the road ahead even more unpredictable.

"The unknowable front is often the most painful."

Ji Qiu slowly lit the cigarette, took a puff, and spit it out.

Watching the smoke gradually dissipate under the moonlight, a cool mountain breeze blew and lifted a few strands of hair on his face.

Tightening the black casual clothes on his body, Ji Qiu picked up the waterproof shoulder bag he had exchanged next to him and began to walk towards the mountain road ahead.

The internal force is constantly running in his body, bringing him a trace of warmth and giving his feet plenty of strength.

His footsteps were not unpleasant, but it took him nearly half an hour to see the faint flickering light in front of him. He began to run as hard as he could, and in a short time he came close to the firelight, and the mountain road came to an end.

The originally winding mountain road has been replaced by a seven- or eight-meter-wide avenue that leads straight ahead. On the hillside next to the avenue, a slightly dilapidated temple stands aside. The nail at one end of the plaque with the words "Land Temple" written on the temple door has been loosened, hanging there crookedly, swaying with the mountain wind, as if it may be planted and smashed on the head of the person entering the door at any time, and there is no sense of majesty.

The slightest glimmer of fire came from the temple window.

"Land Temple...... It seems to be a Chinese scene, and it's an ancient ......"

Perhaps due to the influence of the trial scene, Ji Qiu has mostly studied Western movie and game plots in the past few days, and most of them are modern types, while he has only watched five or six ancient ones.

"Troublesome ......" Although he found the wrong direction, but fortunately, the collection of plot outlines was still in his backpack, Ji Qiu loosened his muscles, prepared to concentrate, and then quietly and slowly approached the gate of the broken temple.

As he got closer, a faint voice of words blew into his ears along the mountain breeze, and Ji Qiu pressed the closed temple door and found that it seemed that something was propped up there on the other side of the door.

His right hand pressed against the door frame, and his shoulder swirled along the axis of his spine, then he shook forward violently......

The strength shook on the doorknob along the palm, and with a gack, the solid wooden door weighing dozens of catties was suddenly shaken open by a palm, and then the force turned half a circle around the door shaft, and then slammed into the wall next to it. With a "ping" sound, dust fell.

"Who'!!"

As the wooden door opened, the situation in the temple reached Ji Qiu's eyes, and exclamations also came at the same time.

As far as the eye could see, there was a pile of crackling firewood and three people gathered around the pyre.

A young man with a white face and beard, a middle-aged man in a cloth coat with a slightly fat body, and a strong man sitting on the left, the exclamation came from him.

"Brother... Also here to escape the night? The middle-aged man sitting in the center was stunned by Ji Qiu's formation, and when he reacted, he hurriedly tentatively hugged his fist towards Ji Qiu and spoke.

Ji Qiu strode in, and the aftertaste of raw meat barbecue came from his nose, it seemed that they should have eaten something here.

Turning around and closing the door, and then blocking it with a stone behind the door, Ji Qiu turned around and smiled at them, "It's dark and greedy, go far." And when he saw that there was a ruined temple, he came in and rested. As he spoke, he looked around.

It was an old ruined temple, the painted walls were covered with dust, and the head of the old man was covered with a bunch of tiny broken wire nets, and although the roof was a little leaky, it was generally thick.

The young man was dressed in a white shirt and wearing a scarf on his head, and at this moment he was sitting on his package, leaning against the pillar and looking at Ji Qiu quietly.

The middle-aged man's trouser legs are tied in shoe covers, the sleeves at the wrists are buttoned tightly, and the clothes are light and neat.

The man's face was bearded, and his eyes seemed to be flashing under his thin eyelids.

He had a Pu knife in his lap.

Ji Qiu seemed to find a place at random, then put the bag aside, and sat down cross-legged.

"It's so windy tonight." Ji Qiu said.

"yes." The middle-aged man smiled, "Look at the brother's dress, it's from the big city." ”

When Ji Qiu came in, he was wearing a modern outfit that didn't fit in with them, but their expressions were only a little surprised, and they didn't have a look of too much surprise, combined with the words of the middle-aged man, he thought about it, could it be ...... Is the scene in modern times?

Thinking in his heart, Ji Qiu's face didn't see any change at all, "I passed by here from afar, I missed the inn in a hurry, and I saw a ruined temple here, so I wanted to rest here for a while." ”

"Brother Tai doesn't have to be restrained." The middle-aged man smiled, "Under the surname Chen, the name is Muzhi." A businessman. Then he pointed to the young man on the side, "This is Brother Xu." Like our brothers, we pass by here, rest for the night, and leave tomorrow. ”

The young man clenched his fist at him.

"It's good to say, my surname is Liu." Ji Qiu pulled a fake surname and responded casually.

The strong man looked at him and didn't say anything.

"Hehe" each was silent for a while, and the middle-aged man may have found the scene a little embarrassing, so he laughed, paused, and said, "Just now, we thought that this long night was long, so we told each other some strange things to relieve our boredom, but unexpectedly, as soon as we talked about the critical place, Brother Liu pushed the door in, which really scared us a lot." ”

After speaking, he looked at Ji Qiu and waited for him to reply. Unexpectedly, Ji Qiu looked at him expressionlessly, the corners of his mouth were tightly closed, and he did not speak.

“……”

Ji Qiu looked at the other three for a while, and when the scene fell silent again, he smiled slightly, and finally said, "I see, that's rude." When the words fell, he added, "I've been in a hurry for a long time, and the whole person is a little nervous, don't be surprised." ”

“… Where is it, be careful when you go out, it's normal for Brother Liu to be careful. The middle-aged man saw that he responded, and hurriedly replied.

“… Hehe" It seems that in order to alleviate the next scene, Ji Qiu smiled and changed the topic, "Brother Chen said that you told a story, I am curious, I don't know what the story is, can I also listen to it." ”

“… Brother Xu, do you want to keep talking?"

When the middle-aged man heard Ji Qiu's words, he turned his gaze to the young man and asked.

"Well said."

The young man glanced at Ji Qiu, paused, and spoke slowly.

Although it was heard from the halfway point, Ji Qiu still sorted out the theme of the story.

This is a story about the mountain god, to the effect that a rich man dismantled the temple and built an ancestral hall without authorization, which angered the mountain god, so the mountain god sent a weasel to turn into a beautiful woman and marry into his family, ruining his family's luck.

Although this story is a bit old-fashioned, and the plot is not good, but the young man is obviously quite eloquent in storytelling, and from time to time he makes a note of it, the strong man and the merchant are very interested in listening to it.

After the young man finished speaking, the strong man suddenly asked, "Brother Xu, there is something unclear about the contemptible, why is the mountain god sending a weasel?" ”

"Huh? The young man was stopped by ......this question, and suddenly did not know how to answer, and apparently he did not know where to hear this story.

"It is said that because weasels have spirituality and are good at metamorphosis, the weasel that has grown up to become a spirit is also called Wong Tai Sin, and can turn into the appearance of other creatures to bewitch humans, and then will kill and occupy their bodies and practice. It is impossible to prevent the real with the false. After he finished speaking, he looked at the strong man, and then continued, "This matter is just hearsay, I'm afraid it's just a rumor, Brother Tian doesn't have to take it to heart." ”

"Ahh Uh-huh. The strong man seemed to have lost his mind just now, and it wasn't until the middle-aged man called him that he came back to his senses and hurriedly agreed. However, Ji Qiu noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with his expression.

The middle-aged man turned his head to look at Ji Qiu and said, "Brother Liu, why don't you come for a while?"

"I'll forget it, I won't say." Ji Qiu shook his head, "I think Brother Chen has a lot of knowledge, why don't you come for a while." ”

"It's fine." Ji Qiu didn't expect this person to agree so simply, only to see him take out a wine bag from behind him and take a few sips, and then slowly tell another story.

It was a sad story of a scholar who went to Beijing to take the exam and stayed in a deserted temple overnight, and met a female ghost by chance and had a sad story with him. There are demons, Taoist priests, chivalrous, human affection, love, and righteousness. At the end is a hodgepodge.

It's not as good as what young people and strong men listen to, and Ji Qiu felt that something was wrong at the beginning of it......

Isn't this a Chinese ghost story......

After listening, everyone was pondering and reminiscing, and the young man suddenly laughed, "Why do I think the beginning of this story is a bit similar to now?"

"What do you mean?" The strong man asked.

The young man pointed at him,

"Knight"

Then he pointed to the merchant and Ji Qiu,

"The Wandering Merchant (Exhausted)"

Finally, he pointed to himself

"(Protagonist) Scholar".

After saying that, he added,

"Now it's just a fair girl ghost."

"Hehe(nmb)," Ji Qiu smiled and said nothing.

The big man suddenly stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked towards the temple gate.

"Where's Brother?" The middle-aged man asked.

"I'll go conveniently". As he spoke, he pushed open the wooden door of the old temple, and a cold wind blew in, shaking the firewood for a while.

At this time, the night was getting deeper, everyone was gradually tired, and the big man did not close the door when he went out, so the wind kept blowing into the house from the outside, and the cold wind shuttled, which made several people uncomfortable for a while, and wanted to close the door, but they felt that the whole body was tired and did not want to move, so they all tacitly thought about waiting for the big man to come back after relieving his hand and close the door.

Unexpectedly, after waiting for more than ten minutes, the big man still did not come back, and the gate remained open.

The scholar curled his body and leaned against the firewood, shaking from time to time, obviously freezing uncomfortably.

"You said nothing would happen to him." The scholar looked at the other two.

"I'll take a look". Ji Qiu thought about it, grabbed his backpack, got up and walked to the door.

"I'm tired of closing the door." The scholar added a sentence at the end.

Ji Qiu came to the door, closed the door, and then turned his head to look around.

The official road outside was quiet, and even the insects could not be heard. Except for the fire inside the house and the moonlight on the ground, it was dark everywhere.

"Brother Tian?" He let out a tentative cry.

The voice came all around, and there was not the slightest answer.

Looking down, there were messy footprints on the ground, one of which was covering his shoe prints, apparently stepped on later.

Footprints stretch into the trees in the distance.