The next day, Bu Zheng entered the mountains and forests early in the morning. An hour later, under the reverent gaze of all, he dragged a man-tall fat boar back to the camp.

This kind of rough skin and thick flesh and fierce beast is not even willing to provoke tigers and leopards on weekdays, and the big reason why the little monkeys dare not go to the forest to find food is that they are afraid of meeting it, and the only prime-aged man in the clan is eaten by it.

Now, looking at the fierce thing that he feared in the past being easily slaughtered by Bu Zheng, the two broken fangs seemed to be pouring out how miserable it was before it died, the little monkey looked at Bu Zheng's eyes and couldn't help but change from resentment to some admiration.

When a pot of fragrant broth was stewed, everyone gathered around the fire, smelling the meat, and finally showed a smile on their faces that they hadn't shown for a long time.

"Big brother is amazing!"

Bu Zheng stuffed a piece of stewed soft glutinous meat into the mouth of the little girl Xia'er, and saw that she chewed the meat very hard, as if she had never eaten such a delicious thing, and couldn't help laughing: "Big brother is still not a bad person?"

Xia'er's young arms wrapped around Bu Zheng's neck, blinked her big eyes and said seriously: "Big brother is not a bad person, he is a good person, Xia'er likes big brother." After speaking, she pecked Bu Zheng's face with a chirp and printed a small greasy mouth.

After eating, Bu Zheng talked to the old patriarch about his thoughts in detail, and the old patriarch was silent for a long time before coughing lightly twice and saying his request.

"Bu Shaoxia, you are chivalrous, seeing that we hard-working people have fallen here and want to help us, the old man is here to thank you first. It is enough for our group of old, weak, sick and disabled people to have a full meal. Just thinking of the tragic deaths of the good sons and daughters of my clan, and no one has collected their corpses so far, my old man's heart is extremely uncomfortable!" At this, the old patriarch burst into tears, and the rest of the people were sad.

Bu Zheng nodded and said, "That's right, the dead should not be exposed to the wilderness. Don't worry, I'll leave this matter to me when I go to your village. ”

In the thanks of everyone, Bu Zheng took the little monkey as a guide into the dense forest.

Beyond the Sunset Mountains to the east is a vast plain where the Lieyang clan lives. The folded terrain here seems to have been smoothed by the hand of the heavens, from high to far.

The little monkey runs through the mountains and forests as nimble and swift as a real monkey. He walked through the jungle with Bu Zheng for most of the day before he came to the side of a ruined and scattered village.

Bu Zheng smelled a strong smell of blood wafting in the air from afar, and when he walked into the village, Bu Zheng only felt a chill down his spine, and the scene in front of him was like hell. The corpses of hundreds of people were strewn all over the ground, and their deaths were tragic, and their faces even retained their expressions before death. There was a frightened expression, distorted like a ghost. There are angry eyes that are staring at the living, as if they are about to burst out. ......

Bu Zheng swallowed and spit, closed his eyes and calmed down, he had never seen such a Shura field, and he couldn't help but be shocked and angry in his heart.

The little monkey had not stopped crying since he entered the village, and these cold corpses lying on the ground that could never stand up and laugh with him were his dearest friends and family. He choked up and said to Bu Zheng: "The people in our village must burn their bodies after they die, and the old patriarch said that in this way the souls of the dead can rest in peace, which is our belief." ”

Bu Zheng nodded in understanding, and the two of them cut down trees and picked up branches to build several huge incineration platforms, and then gathered everyone's bodies one by one and put them on the wooden platform. After lighting the firewood, Bu Zheng used his true qi to ignite the fire, and the flames rose into the sky, and the raging flames seemed to swallow everything, burning out the last trace of resentment of the deceased towards this world, so that their souls could leave purely.

The little monkey knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing, while Bu Zheng looked at the dancing flames and sighed.

Long

A sparkling golden light attracted Bu Zheng's attention, and then, a second golden light floated out, followed by a third and a fourth、...... In the end, hundreds of golden rays flew into the air from the flames. The wisps of golden light were like golden threads, intertwined and entangled in mid-air. Faintly converging into an inexplicable imprint, emitting a brilliant light.

"What is this?" Bu Zheng turned his head to look at the little monkey.

The little monkey explained, "This is a soul mark, and everyone in our village has a soul mark. Every villager will have a soul mark when they are cremated after death, I have seen it before, I have seen a person's soul mark very dim and blurred. ”

"Really?" Bu Zheng nodded suspiciously, looking at the little monkey's gaze thoughtfully. A treasure that attracts people to snatch, and a body with a strange soul mark. Is this really just an ordinary group of mountain people? Could it be that there are some hidden secrets in it?

As the fire gradually weakened, the soul mark suspended in the air, which fused with hundreds of people, finally became clear, it was like an ancient text, and like an eternal flame, just looking at it made Bu Zheng feel warm and comfortable.

When the soul sigil was fully formed, it suddenly floated away in the air with the wind. Bu Zheng was taken aback, and immediately took out an egg-sized jade pendant from his arms and threw it towards the soul seal. The jade pendant, the soul seal collided with each other, and Bu Zheng deeply branded the soul mark on the jade pendant with his true qi. He felt a mysterious power from this soul seal, like a strange power from the eternal, with a mystery that no one could understand.

Put away the jade pendant, and after the corpses of the villagers were incinerated, Bu Zheng and the little monkey dug a big pit and buried the ashes in it.

When everything was cleaned up, Bu Zheng asked the little monkey, "Is there a market nearby?"

The little monkey nodded and replied, "Yes, further east there is a big city, where there are many people and many people who buy things." ”

"Okay, let's go around town. Their clothes were torn and wounded. We went to buy some food, clothing, and herbs for everyone. ”

The little monkey's eyes flashed with excitement when he heard this, and he nodded heavily. And in the depths of the dense forest outside the village, a pair of eerie eyes closely watched the every move of Bu Zheng and the others.

Jinyang City is a large city with tens of thousands of people, the city is ten feet high, the city wall is black and shiny with metallic luster, like a fierce beast lying on the plain.

The lord of the city here rules over a land radius of nearly 1,000 miles, and is a veritable overlord of one side.

The two of them stood in front of the magnificent and wide city gate, looked up and saw the three big characters of Jinyang City embossed on the head of the city, and couldn't help but sigh. Each of these words is the size of a person, simple and atmospheric, and shocking.

The streets of the city are full of pedestrians, and the shops on both sides are full of shouts and shouts.

Bu Zheng has followed his master to practice on the mountain since he was a child, and he has hardly ever descended the mountain. Little Monkey is also rarely taken into the city. At this time, the two of them behaved like two hillbillies, they were curious about everything they saw, they wanted to touch it and take a look, and the exclamations almost never stopped.

The two of them bought a lot of clothes and medicinal materials, strolled from East Street to West Street, and stopped in front of a richly decorated attic.

"Chunlu Pavilion. Bu Zheng glanced at the dazzling gold-lettered signboard, and then looked at the crowd gathered together, and walked over curiously.

He squeezed to the front of the crowd, only to see a stone platform placed in the square in front of the Chunlu Pavilion, an old man with hair and chest hanging down sat in front of the stone platform with his eyes closed, and two villains on the stone platform stood on the edge of the cliff, in front of him was a fierce beast with teeth and claws, wanting to choose people and devour. Behind him is a dangling wooden bridge hanging from the cliff. The carvings of people and beasts are lifelike, and the atmosphere of the scene is tense and dangerous, forming a world of its own on this square inch stone platform.

"It turned out to be a puzzle," Bu Zheng knew in his heart. This is a kind of illusion, the layout sculpts a specific scene on it in advance, and then sets up a formation to form an illusion. After the formation starts, everything is the same as the reality, and the participants need to meet the conditions set by the players in advance to break the situation. It is not only a phantom array, but also a kind of examination question, when in the sect, the elders often use this kind of square inch to test the disciples.

"May I ask what is the exam question for this puzzle?" Bu Zheng patted the man next to him and asked:

The man smiled slightly and replied, "The person who entered the game needs to help those two people who are about to be eaten by the beast to survive and solve the puzzle." ”

Someone on the other side answered: "Solving the mystery will become Miss Chu's guest of the scene!"

"Miss Chu?" Bu Zheng was puzzled

The man was surprised and said, "You don't even know Miss Chu, do you?" That's the Oiran of the Spring Dew Pavilion, with a gorgeous crown and a brilliant talent, and it is by no means comparable to ordinary vulgar fans. Since she came to Jinyangcheng a year ago to show up at the Hundred Flowers Festival, I don't know how many young talents want to kiss Fangze. It's a pity that Chunlu Pavilion has set the rules, and only those who have passed the test of this square inch can see Miss Chu. ”

"I see. Bu Zheng nodded slightly, he was not interested in this mysterious Chu girl, but he felt quite interesting about the mystery in front of him.

At this time, a graceful boy walked out of the crowd, he shook the folding fan, slowly moved to the front of the stone platform, and bowed to the old man who closed his eyes on the side of the stone platform and said, "Xiaosheng Xiao Zhuyu, I want to try Miss Chu's exam questions." ”