Out of the territory of a poor country, you have to go through a mountain road to reach the territory of the Great Jin.

This section of the mountain road is not short, and it takes about five or six days to walk down.

Fortunately, there were no more ringing horse bandits and evil demons along the way, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune, and the atmosphere is much better than before, no longer so sluggish and heavy.

What surprised Lu Xuan a little was that he failed to meet refugees who had escaped from poor countries along the way.

If you think about it carefully, I'm afraid that after leaving the city, they all died on the road, maybe they starved to death, or maybe they encountered evil spirits.....

In short, wanting to live in this world is a luxury in itself.

Stopping the ox cart by a stream to rest, Lu Zhaozhao gently shook Lu Xuan's hand and asked in a low voice, "Brother Lu, what are you thinking?" ”

"Nothing, some small things, don't worry so much." As he spoke, Lu Xuan's face changed slightly, and he sniffed hard: "Do you smell anything so stinky?" ”

"Brother Lu, you have some dead meat on your body, of course it will stink if it rots." Alai replied.

"Rotten, stinky?"

Lu Xuan thought about it and walked to the edge of the stream.

The clear water of the river reflected the appearance of his body, and the eyes hidden in the cuffs transmitted all kinds of information into his mind.

I saw that the part of his face that was hooked by the iron hook was still blurred with flesh and blood, but some fresh flesh had grown, which covered the nails well under the flesh, and the flesh that had been rotted before was now black, hanging on his face like dead skin, not only the face of his face, but also the flesh and skin of the rest of his body.

"It seems that I have been injured too many times, and I have changed the flesh and skin all over my body."

"Speaking of which, it's all the credit of the pill."

"They told me to take the pill, did they already know that I would suffer so much?"

"So, what is their purpose, the pill, Zhen Yuanzi, Si Tianjian, Wudou Mi Sect, Heavenly Immortals, these things are like a big net."

Lu Xuan muttered quietly, his brows furrowed tightly, and suddenly he thought of something.

That is, behind these forces, there is a faint shadow of a god.

Langyuan Wonderland corresponds to Taishang Zhenren, Si Tianjian corresponds to Wutong God, and Wudou Mijiao corresponds to Taiyi Rescue Suffering Tianzun.

Although the heavenly immortals are not very clear, but looking at the appearance of the skinless woman, she can use spells, and she may not have paid the price to the gods.

Is the game they laid out to be related to these gods?

Lu Xuan guessed wildly, if this was really the case, then what did his Dao Immortal physique represent, which could make so many forces salivate.

Forget it, guess it yourself, I'm afraid you will never get the truth.

If you want to know everything, I'm afraid you can only wait to see Zhang Daoling again.

But Zhang Daoling is not necessarily trustworthy, although he has helped himself, no one knows if he has other thoughts.

You see, Turbidity was also in the name of helping him at first.

Just thinking about it, Lu Xuan happened to see Lu Zhaozhao who was packing his things and preparing to hurry, and couldn't help but think of another question.

A large part of the dangers they encountered along the way were related to him, if they went forward with Ah Lai and Lu Zhaozhao again, would it affect them?

Soon, Lu Xuan dispelled this idea again.

As the ox cart staggered through the mountains, the sun was setting before you knew it.

Ah Lai stopped on the path outside the mountain forest, opened the map and looked at it, and the joy on his face could not be concealed:

"Brother Lu, we will go to the territory of Dajin tomorrow, we can find a place to rest and rest in the next few days, and then go back."

Lu Xuan picked up dry firewood and made a fire: "We have enough coils on our bodies, when the time comes, you can buy a new set of clothes and eat a few good meals, so that your father and mother will not be sad to see your skinny appearance." ”

"Hehe, it's good to see it, so that they will feel more sorry for me." In the firelight, Alai grinned.

"Okay, let's not talk about that, we should talk about business." After Lu Xuan took out the food and put it in the pot, he sat opposite Ah Lai and said seriously:

"I know you've been away from Dajin for a long time, but I'm always a little uneasy about some things if you ask the locals, so I want to ask if there are any taboos in Dajin, such as a place similar to Langyuan Wonderland."

After all, if you really want to settle down in Dajin in the future, you still have to know more or less about many matters. ”

"Brother Lu, I understand what you mean, you let me think about it." Ah Lai thought for a moment before he spoke: "I was still young at the time, and I can't remember most of them clearly. However, I remember when I was a child, my aunt said that you can't enter the house with an umbrella during the day, and there is a heavenly burial tower, and you can't go when it's not a sacrifice, otherwise it will cause disaster. ”

"Heavenly Burial Tower?"

You can't enter the house with an umbrella during the day, but Lu Xuan can understand the reason, it's just that he's afraid of letting unclean things flow in.

Only this heavenly burial tower, he had never heard of it.

Ah Lai nodded and explained: "The Heavenly Burial Tower, which can be regarded as a unique custom of our Great Jin, is that after the death of the ancestors, the tower will be buried, and a sacrifice will be carried out every year during the lunar month, and it is not allowed to approach during the ordinary time period." ”

Lu Xuan frowned, in this world full of evil, no custom would be set for no reason.

The Heavenly Burial Tower, I'm afraid it's not as simple as Ah said.

Maybe it's not much different from the sacrifice of Daqi.

"I don't know what the other taboos are." Ah Lai shook his head: "Brother Lu, don't worry, our family is fine, as long as you are willing to settle down in Fengyang City, you will definitely be fine." ”

"I'll talk about this later, let's rest first." Lu Xuan got up and sat next to a big tree: "I'll keep vigil tonight, you guys go to bed early." ”

The moon is bright and clean, and the cool breeze is blowing.

Lu Xuan sat under the tree, carefully wiping the dried blood stains on the black sword with the surrounding leaves.

The black sword left by Zhang Daoling didn't know what it was made of, the sword body was as thin as a cicada's wings, the color of a black pill, and there were some red runes carved on it, and he couldn't recognize what it meant.

Whenever Lu Xuan wanted to use it, these runes would emit a faint light, as if they were in contact with him.

"The power of the black sword is much stronger than the Hidden Heart Sutra, but the price to pay is his own longevity, and I don't know how much longevity I have left." Lu Xuan sighed slightly.

Although it is extremely painful when using the Tibetan Heart Sutra, it is only temporary, and it will not take long for the body to recover.

In comparison, the black sword is still far inferior to the "Hidden Heart Sutra"

Unless you encounter an enemy that you can't solve, the black sword can be sacrificed as a hole card.

Lu Xuan tied the black sword behind him again, and was tying the rope, but suddenly he had a cold feeling, raised his head, and saw that in the dim mountain forest on the left, there was a bright light moving slowly.

"How can there be light at night, is it evil again?"

Lu Xuan instantly entered a state of alert, and his eyes stared at the bright light.

The other party was almost a few hundred meters away from them, and the direction of movement was not where they rested.

It doesn't look like it's coming for them.

But after experiencing so many things, Lu Xuan didn't dare to be careless, so he immediately covered the fire with dirt, gently shook Ah Lai and Zhao Zhao to wake up, and without waiting for them to react, he covered their mouths and made a silent gesture.

Ah Lai looked puzzled and nodded vigorously.

Lu Xuan let go of his hand at this time, and said in a low voice: "There is dirty things here, don't make a noise, pack up your things, and leave quickly." ”

Hearing Lu Xuan say that there was something dirty, Ah Lai's expression instantly became nervous, and he looked around, and happened to be able to see the bright light, and then wondered: "Brother Lu, are you talking about that light?" ”

"You know them?"

"Brother Lu, they are not evil." Ah Lai nodded: "They are the umbrella bearers of the Heavenly Burial Tower, they are fine, and they gave me candy when I was a child." “

"Umbrella bearer?" Lu Xuan asked, "What do they do?" “

"I don't know." Ah looked at the bright light, and tried to recall: "It seems that they are presiding over the sacrifice, and only when the Heavenly Burial Tower is opened every year, we ordinary people can see them, and now we can see them here, which is a bit unreasonable." ”

After hearing Ah Lai's story, Lu Xuan's mind changed rapidly, they were not in the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the umbrella bearers would only appear when they were sacrificial, they appeared here, and there was something wrong with Bao Qi.

In any case, this mountain forest cannot be stayed any longer.

Thinking of this, Lu Xuan led the scalper, led Lu Zhaozhao and A Lai, and rushed to the border pass of the Great Jin overnight in the direction indicated on the map.

But after walking a few hundred meters, Lu Xuan could still feel the coolness.

Looking back, the light was very close to them.

It was only at this time that he could fully see what this light was.

It was a man with an umbrella.

The light emanated from the fan, and I could faintly see that there was a pattern on it, but I couldn't see what it was, but what I could clearly see was the fingers extending from the edges, the size of a baby, and the nails that grew out were unusually sharp.

There is only one umbrella, but there are a group of people with umbrellas!

They wore a shiny white cloth together, and the faces of the people were reflected on the white cloth, and their faces were hideous, as if they were struggling to squeeze out the white cloth.

Under the umbrella, there are men and women on the heads, and under the illumination of the light source, they are particularly terrifying.

Lu Xuan's gaze shifted downward, looking under the white cloth, and what caught his eye was some barefoot feet covered in mud.

Ah Lai opened his mouth wide and looked at the light not far away in surprise:

"They...... How they are different from what I saw when I was a kid! ”