We discussed for a while, and basically made sure that Xiaoxue and I didn't meet immortals, and immortals didn't dare to mess around like this. Since we are not immortals, why should we be afraid? Authentic Yin and Yang family heirs, thousand-year-old demon foxes, reincarnated Arhats, who is afraid of such an invincible iron triangle combination!

The biggest suspicion is in the village chief Yilan, the name Yilan was called by the villagers in Kompasu, and it is not clear what the surname is. Not only was he the only one in the village who had Yangshou, but he was also the only one who had gone far from the village to study in the city, so it shouldn't be too difficult to contact, so I decided to hide nearby and wait for him to come out - in fact, Xiaoxue and I were still a little scared and didn't dare to rush directly into the village.

Compass, Ling Fengpiao, and Ouyang Zhenfei still hid in the distance, and I was alone looking for opportunities near the village, firstly, only I could be invisible for a long time, and secondly, only Xiaoxue could see the situation outside the village from a higher angle, and the others were in the way here.

We searched for the graveyard for a long time, and it was already about two o'clock in the morning, and the weather was cold and raining lightly. I secretly cursed bad luck, so I could only find a place under the cliff to cover the rain with some cambering, and sit in it half-asleep and half-practice, practicing yin and yang.

I don't know how long it took, Xiaoxue suddenly said, "Someone came out...... That's the blue! ”

I hurriedly gathered my strength and jumped, but with a "bang" I hit my head on the rock above, so that it didn't hurt.

Xiaoxue giggled: "Childe, you are so excited." ”

I'm speechless, it's not that I've been through so many things and can't hold my breath, it's really too weird here, and the sudden appearance of this doll village chief really makes me a little excited. At this time, the genius was bright, and the drizzle was still falling, and most of the people should still be in bed, what did he run out for?

Xiaoxue said: "He walked out of the village, looking forward and backward, looking ghostly." Hmph, to paraphrase your master, 'If you don't look right, you will have adultery.'" ”

I rubbed my head and stood still, Xiao Xue stared at me without worrying, wait for him to stay away from the village before acting, if necessary, directly ask Xiao Xue to control him.

Yilan walked and stopped, looking left and right, as if he was hesitating about something, or afraid of being seen, but he walked along the road to the cliff. I was a little surprised, could it be that he came to me quietly out of the village?

I jumped out of my hiding place and approached him from the side, and when he got to the bottom of the cliff, I deliberately made a little noise to alarm him. He turned his head to see me and was stunned for a moment, with a strange expression on his face, a little surprised, a little nervous, and a very embarrassed look. He hesitated for a full five seconds before he nodded to me, scanned nervously around, and walked briskly towards me.

It really came to me! I pressed the surprise in my heart and looked at him with a smile on my face, as if I had expected him to come to me.

Yilan seemed to have made a lot of determination to come over, but when he was three or four meters away in front of me, his eyes began to flicker again, and then he showed a very reluctant smile: "Hello, you are still here?" ”

I was a little dissatisfied with his capriciousness and grinding, and said expressionlessly: "If I leave, where will you go to find me?" ”

Yilan was very nervous, and showed that somewhat shy expression, in fact, judging from his facial features, he is not a timid and assertive person, probably used to using this smile to hide his inner tension and lower others' vigilance against him. Who would be wary of an introverted, somewhat shy teenager? But he couldn't hide it from my eyes, and I saw through his tricks at a glance.

He didn't mean to speak, so I had to speak first: "How old are you?" ”

This question is so common that it is like meeting a friend on the road and asking the other party if they have eaten, but Yilan is very nervous: "I, I...... Twenty-three years old. ”

I saw that he was lying, my dark luck dispersal method improved the suppression of spirit and momentum, and my eyes were a little sharp, but not hostile, I wanted to let him know that I was not easy to deceive, but I did not mean to be an enemy of him.

Yilan felt my momentum and pressure, and hurriedly changed her words: "Then, I deceived people outside, in fact, I ...... I am thirty-two years old. ”

I was a little surprised that on the face of it he was not even twenty-three years old, but he was thirty-two years old! Xiaoxue muttered: "I really know how to pretend to be tender!" "At the same time, I also have some admiration for the compass, which is really insightful!

After telling the secret of age, Yilan seemed to be out of the way, her expression became firm, and she spoke fluently: "My name is Huang Yilan, and I am the current village head of Laozhaigou, and this village is not included in the administrative management, so I am not recognized as the village chief outside." I know that you are not ordinary people, and I have something I can't understand and want to solve with you, so I came out to find you. ”

I nodded, my expression softened a lot, and he was willing to take the initiative to cooperate best. He, a person who lives in a special environment, has a strong sense of willpower and resistance, even if Xiaoxue confuses him, he may not be able to pull out the deepest hidden things in his heart.

Yilan continued: "There is something happening here that ordinary people can't understand, and it has been bothering me for a long time, and I want to ask you to help me find the answer. But you must first swear not to tell anyone what I said, and not to hurt anyone in the village, and if you can't, even if you kill me, I won't say it. ”

I said solemnly: "I don't like to swear randomly, for those who keep their word, every word is an oath, why swear again?" I can promise you that I will keep it a secret for you and will not actively hurt anyone. ”

Yilan was very satisfied with my answer, and continued: "It was when I went to study in other places that I found that there was a gap between my age and appearance, and this gap was ...... It was even more evident in the rest of our village. ”

I was unceremoniously to the point: "They don't get old at all!" ”

"Yes, for as long as I can remember, they've been like this, nobody grows up, nobody gets old, it's like...... It's a movie that keeps repeating it, everyone else is the same, and I'm the only one who has grown up. Speaking of this, Yilan revealed a kind of helplessness and uneasiness that went deep into the bone marrow.

My shock was indescribable, and even though I had already thought of this possibility, I was stunned when it came out of Yilan's mouth. The immortality and eternal death pursued by countless cultivators and emperors actually appeared in such an isolated place, but are they immortal? Or are they no longer alive?

I suppressed the shock in my heart: "Since you have been outside, you have met people outside, and you have studied modern science, what is the difference between the people here and the people outside?" ”

Yilan said while thinking: "Except that their appearance has not changed, they are the same as normal people, they work at sunrise, rest at sunset, eat and drink Lazar are normal, I almost didn't know they were different before the age of fifteen...... It was only later that I realized that they never had contact with outsiders, did not accept modern things, did not want to change anything that existed, did not allow outsiders to enter the village, and there were very few outsiders passing by here...... I'm the only one who is different, they used to be nice to me, but now they are wary of me, and they seem to keep a secret together, hiding it from me alone. I think you are a capable person, you should have traveled to many places, is this also the case in other places? ”

I smiled wryly and shook my head, where can I explain this? I asked, "Are there no children born in your village?" ”

"No, no one was born and no one died."

"What about your father?"

"My mother said that he had passed away, but I didn't even know where his grave was, and I only sacrificed at home during the Qingming Festival every year."

“……”

I asked a dozen questions, and finally asked something valuable, which is also the result of Yilan's observations over the years. On the night of the full moon, that is, on the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth days, when there is moonlight, the inhabitants of the village hide in their houses and do not come out; The villagers respect and believe in the fairy in the temple very much, and every family must go to worship the god on incense during the New Year's holidays, but no one knows the origin and name of this fairy.

I had suspected that the oddity was on Yilan, but now I can be sure that the weirdness has nothing to do with him, and that he is deeply troubled by it. On one side are the people close to him and the villagers who treat him like a mountain, and he can't live up to it; On the other side is the feeling of isolation and rejection, as well as extreme curiosity and uneasiness, which is no wonder he is tormented and torn between two sides.

When a person finds that he is different from the people around him, the lingering loneliness, nervousness and fear are enough to drive people crazy, not to mention in such a mysterious and strange village, so Yilan is also afraid of the villagers, and unconsciously becomes submissive in front of them. Today he mustered up the courage to come out to find "foreign help", and that was because his ability to endure had reached the extreme, and this was a distorted place, not the ideal village of eternal life.

I sympathize with him, since the strange things are not caused by him, then the root of all the weirdness must be in the small temple in the village!

"What do the statues in the temple look like?" I asked Yilan.

"It was carved by a carpenter in the village, and it can only be seen that it is a woman, who has been black for many years, and has been blackened by incense."

"Isn't there a little bit of a legend about this fairy?"

Yilan shook her head, and I asked again, "Did you see the full moon and bright moonlight last night?" ”

"Yes, but it disappeared quickly, and then I saw that there was no moon in the sky......" Yilan seemed to think of something, thought for a few seconds and suddenly said, "By the way, when I was very young, I once heard my mother say that there was a time when the moon was full every night, and I may have said other things, but I really can't remember, it was you who mentioned the full moon just now, and I had a vague impression." ”

Is it a full moon every day? Is it a coincidence that there is such a thing, and the villagers refuse to go out when the moon is full, but when the fairy appears, it is in the shape of a full moon?

I wanted to ask again, but Xiaoxue suddenly said to me, "There are several people who are coming here quickly, probably looking for Yilan!" ”

I said to Yilan, Yilan's face changed greatly, she turned around and left, walked a few steps and then turned back and said, "I will find another chance to come out, you are waiting for me nearby, please help me in this matter no matter what, but don't hurt everyone, they are all good people." ”

I agreed, and he hurried back, and after walking a short distance, he met five people from the village, and after a few words, he walked in the direction of the village.

With Yilan's "internal response", it is only a matter of time before the secret is revealed. I was in a good mood, I went back to the cliff and found Compass, Ling Fengpiao and Ouyang Zhenfei, and told them what had happened, and they were also very excited.

Xiaoxue's bag had enough food to feed us for a few days, so we settled down in a sheltered rock crevice nearby. After a while, when I turned back, I found four strong men guarding the ancient road on the cliff, and a few more wanderers near the village.

My heart is a little hung again, the villagers are so vigilant, is it because of the disturbance I made last night, or did they find out that Yilan was "colluding" with me?

Will Yilan be dangerous?