Zhou Qiao and Yang Qian were escorted by Wu Miao's men to the center of the village, where a black-robed old man had a small black snake wrapped around his arm. That was one of Wu Miao's unique totems: the Gu Viper.

"Patriarch!" Two strong men next to the black-robed old man knelt on one knee. These two people are members of the Wu and Miao tribes, and they usually guard the four corners of the village. They speak strange Wu Miao language,

The black-robed old man turned out to be the patriarch of this witch seedling, his eyes were gloomy and cold, and his face was expressionless to look at Yang Qian and Zhou Qiao, and said, "Who are you two and what are you doing here?" ”

Zhou Qiao heard the other party's inquiry, but he didn't understand the language he spoke, and it wasn't until the other party said it twice that he roughly understood the meaning, and replied in Miao dialect The approximate meaning is

"We came specifically to find a book on the secret methods of witchcraft, because a friend we know was given a curse, and I heard that the method of solving the spell is very similar to the blood spell in the witchcraft book, and we are here to ask for help, and there is no malice"

Zhou Qiao said it twice, and he didn't know if the Wu Miao people in front of him understood it, so he could only wait patiently for the other party to ask.

Sure enough, the black-robed old man frowned when he heard this, and asked in a broken Miao language that Zhou Qiao and the others could understand, "Do you know the witch book?" ”

"Yes!" Zhou Qiao nodded hurriedly, and told the Wu Miao man in front of him everything he knew about the 'Blood Curse'. The other party is obviously not good, he doesn't dare to hide anything and cause misunderstanding, otherwise it will be difficult for the two of them to leave safely.

The black-robed old man was silent for a long time after listening to Zhou Qiao's words, he looked at Yang Qian and Zhou Qiao and said, "Since that's the case, I'll believe you first!" But if you find out that you have deceived me in the slightest, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"Don't worry, I promise I won't deceive you," Zhou Qiao said with an oath

"We haven't had anyone from the outside here, how did you find this?" The black-robed old man suddenly asked again, looking very puzzled.

Yang Qian and Zhou Qiao were stunned. The two looked at each other. Zhou Qiao replied: "That's right, we found an old man of the Miao tribe, he mentioned that there may be witches and Miao in this area, and we also ran to many places and came here by accident."

"Oh? So that's the case" The black-robed old man showed a sudden expression, and then waved his hand to signal his subordinates to loosen Zhou Qiao and the others, and led them towards the witch temple in the village.

The Witch Temple is the main building on this land, covering an extremely large area and being very tall. It has four floors, each of which is about three times larger than a normal house, and is divided into nine floors. The interior layout is simple and simple, but it reveals a strong classical charm, showing a sense of historical heaviness everywhere, which is completely different from the modern buildings seen by Zhou Qiao.

There are several huge stone statues at the entrance of the Witch Temple, which were deliberately carved into the appearance of various creatures when they were built, and the form is realistic and lifelike, which is impressive. These creatures were standing or lying cross-legged, as if they were alive.

"Patriarch"

Dozens of Wu Miao people in black robes had gathered at the entrance of the Wu Temple, and when they saw the old man in black robes approaching, they all saluted respectfully, calling him 'patriarch'

The black-robed old man waved his hand lightly and motioned for everyone to be excused. Then led Zhou Qiao and the others inside.

As soon as he stepped into the hall of the wizard temple, he saw an elderly Miao man sitting on a chair with his eyes closed, his cheeks thin, his skin dark and chapped, and his cloudy eyes exuded the breath of vicissitudes.

The black-robed old man introduced: "This is the high priest of our wizard temple, his surname is Miao!" ”

Seeing this, Zhou Qiao and Yang Qian hurriedly bowed and saluted.

The Wu clan patriarch and the high priest were on the seats above, and they were communicating with Zhou Qiao in Wu Miao language about the intention of the two of them, and they were talking too fast Zhou Qiao didn't hear any useful information, and then the Wu clan patriarch spoke

"What you want is my witch forbidden art, it is impossible to give it to you, but in order to save people, I discussed with the high priest and decided to give you a chance, as for whether you can take it away, it all depends on whether you have the ability to do it yourself, only one of you can participate in the test, and the other person must not help, can you do it?"

Zhou Qiao and Yang Qian glanced at each other. Zhou Qiao said: "I am willing to take the risk and give it a try"

Yang Qian also nodded in agreement

"First, my Wu clan has a forbidden place, which is full of dangers and dangers, and the slightest mistake will kill you; You go in and find a "dragon grass" inside, and if you can take it out, you will be able to pass the level.

Second, my Gu snake is carefully raised for me, don't look at its petite size, but it is very violent, you let it bite and not die.

Third, the high priest planted a blood spell for you, and we will provide you with a way to solve the curse, and you can understand and solve the spell to count you as passing.

After these three levels, you will be given three days to watch the witchcraft books you want, and you can take as many as you can learn in three days.

The black-robed old man turned his head to look at the high priest

The high priest bowed slightly, then raised his old withered hands and made strange handprints on his chest, and muttered a strange string of Sanskrit words in his mouth.

"Roar" Suddenly, a roar resounded throughout the Witch Temple.

Zhou Qiao and Yang Qian were startled, only to see the high priest clasp his hands together, pinching some kind of strange finger trick, and then slashed into the air, a ray of red light flashed out, and then disappeared into the void of the main hall.

"Alright, now you get ready and get into it"

"Yes!" Zhou Qiao took a step back in response, then pulled Yang Gan and told Yang Gan to wait for him outside, if he didn't come out, hurry up and leave this place without any hesitation.

Yang Qian nodded, he believed that Zhou Qiao would not do something that he was not sure of!

"Good luck, lad!" The High Priest said with a smile, his eyes full of wisdom and wisdom.

Yang Qian stood in the main hall and waited anxiously, even though he was very confident in Zhou Qiao, he was still a little worried in his heart.

………

Zhou Qiao took a deep breath, adjusted his disordered breathing, and then walked towards a bronze wooden door in the hall of the Witch Temple.

"Click"

Zhou Qiao pushed open the bronze door, and there was a long corridor inside that was bottomless.

He slowly descended the stairs, all in the darkness of the surroundings, except for a faint candle flame that illuminated the way ahead, allowing him to clearly identify the direction of the steps under his feet.

After walking more than 100 meters away, Zhou Qiao stopped, and he found that the more he walked here, the thinner the air became, but there were no traces of snakes, insects, rats and ants climbing along the way, which was clean and abnormal.

There is a particularly faint fragrance in the air, which cannot be detected at all without careful smell, and can only be smelled by people with an extremely keen sense of smell.

Zhou Qiao walked along with this special fragrance, and the closer he got to this fragrance, the more intense it became.

Zhou Qiao was secretly vigilant in his heart, and cautiously approached the source of the fragrance, and what caught his eye was the straight branches of a plant swaying, with a few green fruits hanging on it, exuding bursts of fragrance. The fruits are translucent and glow green. And this green light is where the fragrance comes from.