The sound of rummaging and swallowing sounded in the house, and after a while, Zheng Sanshui limped out with a torch, welcomed the two in, said that he was going to find someone to talk to them, and then went out.

A moment later, Chu Qiguang and Chen Gang heard the footsteps of a group of people.

I saw a group of scrawny old men and women with sunken cheeks carrying torches and holding sickles, pitchforks, hoes, and kitchen knives...... Slowly surrounded, under the light of the fire that was extinguished, it was their slightly hideous faces.

Zheng Sanshui said slowly: "You two don't blame us, if the Taoist Temple knows that we colluded with monsters, the whole village will be finished, you can stay here." ”

Chu Qiguang didn't move, but said casually: "Chen Gang, I'll leave it to you." ”

Chen Gang nodded and walked up: "You Diao people, my son-in-law is kind enough to subdue demons and eliminate demons for you, and you still want to harm people's lives?"

An old woman didn't speak, she raised her hand and poked the pitchfork over, and Chen Gang grabbed it casually and fell to the ground.

Another old man swung the sickle in his hand and slashed at Chen Gang, but Chen Gang kicked him in the chest and flew out directly.

Although these villagers were ruthless, and the forks and hoes in their hands were all aimed at the back of Chen Gang's head, heart, lower body and other vital points, their physique was so poor that they were almost as fragile as a piece of paper in Chen Gang's hands.

But at this moment, Chen Gang's back tightened, and it was Zheng Sanshui who hugged him directly.

The strength of the other party's hug was beyond Chen Gang's expectations, and even Chen Gang hit the other party's face hard, trying to break free from the other party's embrace, Zheng Sanshui couldn't let go.

Chen Gang punched the other party in the face again, his hands were covered with blood, and he heard the sound of crackling bones, and Zheng Sanshui still didn't let go behind him.

In front of Chen Gang, the old villagers had already stabbed the forks and sickles at Chen Gang and Zheng Sanshui, and Chen Gang seemed to be able to clearly see the excited and fierce expressions on their faces.

Seeing that Chen Gang was in danger, Chu Qiguang frowned, his body was like a storm, and he rushed directly into the crowd, striking his fists like bows left and right, and with the sound of crackling explosions, the villagers were already knocked to the ground one by one like wheat harvested by a sickle.

Then Chu Qiguang grabbed Zheng Sanshui, and with a shake of luck, Zheng Sanshui was shaken out of his strength, and he looked like a wild dog that had been pulled off his backbone, and was picked up by Chu Qiguang at will.

Looking at Zheng Sanshui, whose face was seriously deformed, but still roared and wanted to struggle, Chen Gang's face was ugly and said, "Are you ...... Took the elixir of immortality?"

Seeing that the victory and defeat had been divided, the other old men and women who fell to the ground glanced at each other, and the last one fell to his knees and pleaded bitterly.

"Two heroes, please let us go, we are lost for a while, and we don't dare anymore......"

"We're worried that you're going to expose us in the Taoist temple, this village can't stand the toss. ”

"Lao Zheng is afraid that he won't be able to beat you, so he took the immortal medicine......"

Looking at the old men and women who were kneeling on the ground, constantly kowtowing and begging, Chen Gang turned his head to look at Chu Qiguang and asked, "Brother dog, what should we do?"

Chu Qiguang looked at Zheng Sanshui in his hand and said, "How did the dead man die? ”

Zheng Sanshui said firmly: "It was bitten to death by the rat demon." ”

Chu Qiguang felt that things were not so simple, he looked at the skinny appearance of the old men and women at the scene, and suddenly asked, "Where is your food?"

Zheng Sanshui said: "Naturally, we ate it. ”

"It's not easy to say...... That's not easy to say...... Chu Qiguang sneered: "Then I'll call the Taoist Temple, and the whole village will be finished by then." ”

Under Chu Qiguang's threat, the villagers reluctantly led them to the firewood room behind the ancestral hall, pointed to a small bag of wheat and said, "It's all here." ”

Chen Gang frowned and said, "There are at least hundreds of acres planted in the land outside, how can this be the only thing left? And just like you...... It doesn't look like you're full. ”

Zheng Sanshui sighed: "It's really been eaten by us." ”

Chu Qiguang looked at him and the other scrawny old men, and noticed that several of them looked underground from time to time.

At the same time, Qiao Zhi had already jumped onto the eaves and said to Chu Qiguang's heart: "The licking dog said that there is a smell of dead people coming from under this ancestral hall, not only the smell of the corpse, there may be other corpses below." ”

So Chu Qiguang paced vigorously a few times, then walked to the place where there was a strange noise, directly lifted the straw on it, opened the door panel on the ground, and found the entrance to a cellar.

Continuing to walk, Chu Qiguang and Chen Gang saw more than a dozen living corpses tied inside, all locked in this cellar.

The biggest feature of these living corpses ...... It's relatively young, some look like they're seven or eight years old, some are in their teens, and the oldest seems to be only fifteen or sixteen years old.

They were all thin and weak like skeletons, and when they saw Chu Qiguang and Chen Gang coming down, they were all excited, and they all struggled to crawl towards them.

Next, in the narration of Zheng Sanshui and the villagers, Chu Qiguang and Chen just knew what was going on.

In order to escape taxes and forced labor, almost all the young men and women in the village fled, leaving only Zheng Sanshui's family to take care of the elderly.

They made an appointment to earn money outside and buy food, and they would be back in a year and a half.

But half a year has passed...... A year has passed...... Three years have passed...... There was no news from the young men and women who had fled.

However, the elderly and children left behind in the village simply do not have the physical strength to plant many fields, and coupled with the drought for several consecutive years, there is a serious shortage of food...... More and more elderly people and children in the village are starving to death.

At this time, the Immortal Dao sect members came here and gave them immortal medicine.

At first, the villagers were reluctant to use this potion, and their belief in Xuanyuan Daozun supported them, allowing them to fight against the temptation of paganism in their hearts.

But when the first villager administers immortality medicine to his grandson, who is dying of starvation, a strange atmosphere begins to spread throughout the village.

Zheng Sanshui muttered: "We have lived for a long time, and we will die when we die, but these children are so old, I really can't bear to see them starved to death like this......"

So the old people died one by one, and the children were fed immortal medicine before they died, and then turned into living corpses, and were kept under the cellar of the ancestral hall.

However, the living corpses cannot survive forever and unconditionally, and although they are unconscious, they still need to supplement their consumption by eating.

It's just that they can eat a lot of things, not only flesh and blood, but also bark, grass roots, and wood chips that can keep them running.

The Immortal Dao sect members told them that if they wanted to cultivate into immortals, they had to go through autopsy, and as long as these living corpses were well maintained, they would one day be able to recover their spiritual wisdom and transform into immortals.