During the time I was with Zhang Mingyu, I already knew him very well.

He belongs to the kind of person who says he will do it.

Even sometimes, there are indeed a lot of scruples, but most of the time in his eyes, promises are far more important than scruples, otherwise he wouldn't follow me to Zhongdong Gu Village.

Seeing Zhang Mingyu say this, I didn't say any more nonsense, leaned back in my chair, and looked at the fading holy village through the mirror on the iron bump, until the outline of the holy village disappeared in front of my eyes, and I took out the two books I hadn't read for a long time.

One was given to me by Li Bowen.

The other is "Tongshen".

But after thinking about it for a while, I put it away, leaving only the book that Li Bowen gave me to read again.

I've already read this book once, but because I didn't read a lot of things in detail in a hurry, this trip to Zhongdong Gu Village gave me a clear understanding of myself.

There are all kinds of introductions in this book, and they contain almost the entire strange human world, which is what I need now.

Seeing that I was reading, Liu Shan and Zhang Mingyu didn't bother me.

Liu Shan was quietly opening the iron bump, and Zhang Mingyu was always silently looking out the window, still not knowing what he was thinking.

That's it.

The three of us set out on the road to Hachitong Village.

Batong Village is far away in the northeast, this road is destined not to be so peaceful, even if Li Bowen explained that Liu Shan met me this time, what I saw, whether I interfered or not depends on myself, but I also know in my heart that since he has already explained this, then I will definitely not be able to escape.

The first two days were peaceful.

Nothing happened.

I don't know if Liu Shan deliberately avoided it, or if there was no village on the way to Batong Village, and we spent the night in the wild for the past two days.

If there are iron bumps, it is not considered to be sleeping in the open.

In addition, Liu Shan brought some dry food, so he coped with it.

It wasn't until the third day that we were stopped.

It wasn't people who stopped us.

Of course, it's not a walking ghoul.

Rather, it was an empty village, a fog.

When I saw the empty village in front of me, I was actually a little surprised, because the empty silence of this village is actually very similar to the Niang'er village where I have lived for 18 years, and there are even a few wild dogs jumping at the entrance of the village.

The difference is that there is not a single fool at the entrance of the village.

It's a real empty village.

After getting off the iron bump, Liu Shan wondered: "It's strange, according to the map, there is no such village here, how did this village come out." ”

Zhang Mingyu stared at the village and frowned: "This village is strange. ”

"Those fogs shouldn't be simple, a bit like the miasma in the Zhongdong Gu Village."

As he spoke, he looked at Liu Shan, "Is this the only way to go?" ”

In the past two days, Zhang Mingyu and Liu Shan have also become acquainted.

Liu Shan glanced at the map in his hand, and then nodded: "This road is indeed the only way for us to go to the Northeast, if we don't take this one, we will have to spare three mountains and a river, and the time will take at least three or four more days." ”

"But this village does have oddities, or we should take a detour, shall we?"

I heard the conversation between the two, and I have been staring at the village in front of me since the iron bump, according to Liu Shan, there should be no such village here, that is, either Liu Shan's map is not accurate, or this village appeared out of thin air.

Two possibilities, I prefer to believe the latter.

So...... Why does a village appear out of thin air?

Just as I was thinking about whether to take a detour or go in, I suddenly heard a bell.

I followed the sound and saw a middle-aged man in a straw hat with a bell in his hand, followed by several bouncing people.

They all had a talisman on their foreheads.

Corpse?

My brow furrowed.

"Chase out the corpse?" Zhang Mingyu was a little surprised.

"Chase out corpses?" Liu Shan swallowed his saliva and his eyes widened, "Is there really such a thing in this world?" ”

"The living are avoided!" The middle-aged man shouted as he walked towards us.

We got out of the way at the same time, but the middle-aged man didn't look at us more, but walked straight into the village in front of us, as if he didn't see anything strange in the village in front of him.

But that's not the main thing.

The main thing is that it's not yet night.

"Strange." It wasn't until people entered the village that I frowned and said: "The people in Xiangxi who drive corpses generally go out day and night, and even if they drive corpses, they do it at night." ”

"It's not night yet...... Why is he chasing corpses? ”

Naturally, I read this information from the book that Li Bowen gave me, and I read that book over and over again in two days, and I now have a general understanding of many things that I didn't know before.

This includes the corpse chase.

Hearing me say this, Zhang Mingyu spoke: "It seems that there is indeed a problem in this village, and the corpse chaser is also a little weird, so don't go into this village." ”

"We still have a long way to go to Batong Village, and it won't be a delay to walk for another four or five days."

Zhang Mingyu looked at me, as if asking for my opinion.

I thought about it for a moment, but nodded.

I don't like to be nosy.

My goal has always been only the Earth Immortal Bone, as for the rest, as long as it is not a last resort, I can naturally ignore it, after all, Li Bowen did not let Liu Shan have to let me get involved in these incomprehensible things this time.

In the end, with the unanimous decision of the three of us, we chose to take a detour.

Although it will take a few more days, Liu Shan is still happy.

However, there are times when you can't avoid things even if you want to.

In the evening, we were stopped again.

In front of us there was another village.

It's still that quirky village.

But the fog had lifted, and we could already see the whole village in the dark night, and the wild dogs were still lying at the entrance of the village, and when we stopped the iron bumps, the green eyes of the wild dogs were also on us.

"Why did you come back again?" Liu Shan, as always, played the reaction that ordinary people should have.

Zhang Mingyu and I glanced at each other, and we both saw some uneasiness in each other's eyes.

"It seems that if we don't enter the village, we may not be able to get out." I smiled wryly and said, "If I'm not mistaken, we may have accidentally entered some kind of magic circle." ”

Zhang Mingyu nodded.

"I just don't know who laid it down."

"I just hope there is no ill will towards us."

It's hard to say......

I never thought it would happen for no reason.

There must be a reason for this.

But that's to be expected.

So many things have happened along the way, I have seen many people, and I have offended some people, the most important of which is the legendary Taishan Mansion.

Maybe it's aimed at me.

Of course, that's just my guess.

Whether it is or not, you have to enter the village to know.

Liu Shan was reluctant, but he also knew that if we had spared the circle or not avoided this village, it meant that we had no other choice.

"Let's go in and have a look."

I say.