Chapter 177: Spirit Fox Illusion
The three of them cleaned up and down neatly, and Akon Zhang Fan checked all kinds of attack and defense props over and over again. Feeling that nothing was missing, he adjusted his breath and walked into the basin.
A faint mist swirled around the three of them, and the village in the morning light was already close in front of them. Could it be that the villagers inside are still asleep, but there is not half a figure in these many houses.
"Travelers from the Chinese state, who have long admired the fame of Dongying Linghu, took the liberty to come to visit." Zhang Fan stood at the entrance of the village, his voice was loud, penetrating layers of fog and entering the village. After half a ring, there was no answer.
Zhang Fan put a spell in his mouth, and the three of them were shrouded in five-colored Buddha light.
"Chinese travelers, take the liberty to pay a visit." Zhang Fan shouted at the door again. Still no one heeded.
"Let's go in ourselves. Standing here and yelling, stupid or not? Akon said impatiently, swaggering into the village with his spear, waving his hand for the two to follow.
The village is very quiet, and the early morning sun gradually breaks through the fog and casts patches of golden light. Reflecting the colorful Buddha light of the three people, it is like an immortal in this fairyland.
The roads in the village are clean and fresh, and the houses are simple and elegant, except for the doors and windows, open or closed, but there is no half-human figure. It's as if the whole village and town have gone to visit their relatives.
"I saw the lights in the village last night, why is there no one this morning?" Zhang Fan felt strange in his heart.
"Let's take a look around, let's familiarize ourselves with the terrain first." Akon rolled his eyes and walked on. Seeing this, Zhang Fan knew that Akon might have a score in his heart, so he didn't say anything, and called Dark Sakura to follow and walk towards the center of the village together.
Dark Sakura took a few steps forward, grabbed Zhang Fan's arm, and said with some kicking: "It's so empty here, how can no one live there?" But when I was a child, I heard my mother tell me that where the fox fairy lives...... "But I didn't say it."
"How?" Zhang Fan Aken turned around and asked.
"I forgot." Dark Sakura grabbed Zhang Fan's hand and lowered her head.
"Faint!" Akon shook his head and continued to walk forward.
The village is not small, and the three of them walked around for most of the day and walked the entire village and town. The village is really not small, there are taverns, tea shops, shops and inns, as well as oil houses (Japanese baths, soup houses), and there is even a small temple in the center of the village, and a temple tower behind the temple is the tallest building in the village. It's like a self-sufficient out-of-this-world town.
The food was steaming on the stove in the tavern. There were still drinks and dishes on the table in the lobby outside, as if someone was talking about wine just now. Halfway through the meal, before the bill was settled, the person was gone.
The same is true in the tea shop, the tea set on the table in the hall is still there, the tea in the cup is warm, the snack is half eaten, the fruit shell spit out, it looks like the saliva has not dried yet, the curtain on the stage is opened, as if a good show is being staged here, and the tea guests suddenly disappeared after watching half of it, and even the tea doctor and the actor Youling disappeared.
The pool in the oil house is steaming, the water temperature is just right, a little hot, and there is a wooden board in the center of the pool, which divides the bathhouse into two sides of the men's and women's sides. Their clothes are all in the resting place outside!
There are also goods on the counter in the store, and some loose change is also on the counter. It was as if the trade was in the middle of the process, and the merchant and guest were in a hurry and left in a hurry.
The same is true of people everywhere, some of them seem to have eaten half of their meals, and the dishes and rice are hot, but the people are gone.
Some of the quilts were half open, and the quilts were hot, as if there were still people sleeping just now.
The pen and ink of refining the characters are not dry, and the handwriting is halfway through.
The stalls were thrown away, and even the cash box was left.
There were still unfinished utensils in the furnace of iron, but the furnace was in full swing, but the blacksmith threw the sledgehammer and ran away without a trace.
There are also baskets of laundry and fishing gear by the pond, and a few live fish are still struggling in the baskets. These live fish are probably the only living creatures in the village.
"What do you see?" Akon asked Zhang Fan.
"I've run into a ghost village." Zhang Fan was not frightened now.
"So what now?" Akon asked again.
"What to do? Cold! How do I know, wait for the villagers to come back" Zhang Fan spread his hands helplessly. "I'm hungry, let's eat first, my hairs stand on end here, so I'm sure to go out to eat."
Akon shrugged, noncommittal.
When the three of them left the village, in the middle of the street in the village behind them, a breeze swirled by, and the white-clothed onmyoji with wide robes and big sleeves Yongjian Zhen Ai Muran appeared, his hands still in his sleeves, and muttered to himself: "The vigilance is so high, I don't eat the food in the village." ”
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"Nonsense, that village looks so weird, how dare I eat what is there?" Zhang Fan frowned and replied.
Akon smiled: "Actually, I don't think it's okay to eat it, but I'm afraid that those are all fox spirits' tricks, and after eating them, I know that they are all sand and soil insects." Isn't it all like that in the chat? ”
"Tricks? I don't see it. In my Buddha light, none of the food has changed. It should be real. It's just that the weishenme is still hot, and it's not clear what kind of spell it is. Zhang Fan shook his head, puzzled, "I'm afraid that those fox spirits will be drugged in the food and let them be at their mercy." ”
"What's wrong with being at their mercy? You don't see the reality shijie those vixens are all beautiful women.,Oh,Come and insult me! Akon said loudly with his eyes closed and his hands open.
"Kill you!" Zhang Fan patted him on the head and scolded with a smile. made such a fuss for Akon, and the negative emotions brought about by the strange scene in the village just now were swept away. If you want Haode to survive in the scene, an optimistic state of mind is essential.
"But then again, it seems like I've heard Hu Meiniang talk about how their fox spirits confuse humans. At that time, I listened to it, and I didn't care, but I didn't expect to meet it in the scene. Zhang Fan recalled carefully. There seem to be something in my mind that I can't remember, but it seems to be very important.
"Hah! You guy took advantage of our absence to go find those vixens again! Hum! When I see Green Wing, I'm going to tell her about your cheating! Akon said viciously, "But you tell me honestly, I'll open up your details!" ”
"I'm a scavenger, I'm looking for her on business, cheating on you!" Zhang Fan kicked over again, Akon jumped away, and shouted: "Fake the public and help the private!" If you want to kill your mouth, it's too late now, as long as you get the dark cherry blossom done, this little girl won't talk nonsense! ”
"you, I'm thinking back to what Hu Meiniang said about the methods of those vixens! Don't interrupt! Zhang Fan knocked on his head, if only he had Akon's superior memory, at that time, he didn't bother to pay attention to the deceptive methods of these fox spirits, and he couldn't imagine missing such a good opportunity to solve the puzzle.
Is this also a test for the vow-bearer? Not a single detail can be overlooked, especially certain hints of realistic shijie!
"It seems that if you eat the food in these villages, you will become a part of the village." Zhang Fan remembered, "That's right, let you be slowly assimilated by this village and town, and you will never be able to leave here in the future!" ”
"It's so vicious!" Akon said in surprise.
"And that's not all, you will gradually forget your name, then forget where you came from, and forget everything about yourself!" Zhang Fan cleared his mind, "You only have the name in this village and town, and you only know that you live and work here until you die." ”
"Forget everything?" Akon looked down and pondered, "It's really scary. So is there any way to get rid of it? ”
Zhang Fan nodded: "Of course there is, one way is for you to remember your name and be able to pronounce it out loud." Or you can defeat the manipulators of this village and reclaim your own memories! However, whether you can become a human or not is another matter, and some have been assimilated into cattle, sheep, pigs, horses and other livestock. So how do you recover? It can only be slaughtered by others! ”
"It's not easy, I've forgotten it, how can I remember it? Unless there is a strong external stimulus. Defeat the controller, it will be even more difficult, can there be Liliang to create the existence of this village and town, will it still be defeated by the confused people? It's a bloody plot that only appears in movie novels. ”
Akon shook his head, fortunately he and Zhang Fan felt that this village and town were too weird, and they were wary. Otherwise, I'm afraid I will be controlled unconsciously! I lost myself in the scene like that, and I never found myself again.
"And what about the power of this bewitching village? You won't be confused even by a top-level vow-bearer like your master! ”
"It's up to the controller who created this village and town, if a monster like Hu Meiniang created this kind of environment, at most it would be able to confuse ordinary people. If it's a nine-tailed demon fox, I'm afraid ordinary cultivators will also be confused! I don't think it's a problem for this village to confuse us! Zhang Fan said this, and he also had some lingering palpitations.
"So what are we going to do?" Akon asked.
"Let's take it one step at a time. The village should be occupied at night. We'll go in and check out again to see if we can find some clues. Zhang Fan thought for a while and said.
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Night is coming, and the lights in the villages and towns are gradually flashing. In the distance, you can see that the village is full of people and lively. This seemingly quiet village and town, now in the eyes of the two, is even more dangerous than being in a group of rat demons!
Zhang Fan discussed with Akon and decided to stay outside alone to pick up, just in case. Akon volunteered to enter the village and town, but was stopped by Zhang Fan: "I have Dharma protection, so there should be no problem when I think about it." There is no way to protect yourself in your Dao technique, so you should respond to it outside. In case something happens to me, your Qimen Dunjia Technique may still be able to find me. ”