Early the next morning, Li Chuan and the three of them had breakfast and left for Xialin Village.

Xialin Village is not far away, take a small carriage over, half an hour to the foot of the mountain, in order not to miss the clue, they get off the car and walk up.

Fortunately, he brought the third side with him, and Li Chuan sat on the crab shell, rejoicing.

Gong Er was very excited, he didn't sit on the crab shell, he walked in front of Li Chuan, seriously looking for clues. Look to the left, look to the west, and from time to time fly to the trees and look down on the surroundings.

His harvest was also quite rich.

got into a fight with an owl; took out the squirrel's stockpile; I was almost bitten by a blind snake; Got a litter of bobcats......

Wen Guying and Jin Rong were discussing how to do it next all the way, they were all professionals, and from time to time some words would pop up that Li Chuan didn't understand, and after listening to it for a while, Li Chuan felt that when he needed to go on anyway, they would say it, so he also let go of his mood and enjoyed the scenery around him.

It may have rained at night, so the ground was a little wet, and the puddles that could be seen everywhere were glowing with colorful light; The air is also moist, with some earthy smell and a hint of grass.

After walking halfway up the mountain, Wen Guying stopped and said, "The front is Xialin Village." ”

Li Chuan looked in the direction that Wen Guying pointed out, and saw a path interspersed among the grass and shrubs in front of him, obviously a person walked out.

They walked along the path, and soon after, they saw sparse and unbroken houses. Entering the village, the utensils were still the same as before, hoes on the haystacks, bowls and basins on wooden tables, and some live chickens and ducks, walking around in the clearing.

Wen Guying and Jin Rong searched the entire village, and Wen Guying returned the sword to the sky and looked down from the height.

Wen Guying was not discouraged, if he came once, he could find the problem, and his junior brother would not need to kill people to determine the existence of strange ghosts.

"There are two directions to look for. If, as I had speculated before, the short-lived cascading of realms during the ascension had continued for some reason, then there must have been a place here that was particularly full of aura, and it would be enough to find this place. The other direction is that in what way the strange ghosts occupied the bodies of the villagers of Xialin Village, there must be some kind of ritual, but there are no living people in Xialin Village now. ”

"Can you summon spirits?" Li Chuan put forward the idea, "According to the crown monk, at the age of twenty, they will become strange ghosts, if there is a ceremony, it must be at the age of twenty, everyone lives in the same village, and they meet sooner or later, this kind of thing cannot be hidden, so we recruit eighteen or nineteen-year-old souls and ask carefully, for example, if they have any special behaviors on their twentieth birthday." Isn't that just the idea? ”

Wen Guying nodded, "I thought so too, I already tried it just now, but there was no response." ”

"...... like this" Li Chuan was not very discouraged when he heard this, and he said again: "That's not in a hurry, Liu Senjun didn't go back to check the county records last night, you say, people in Xialin Village can't all marry wives after they are twenty years old, right?" If there is a person who is married outside and is under the age of twenty, ask her husband's family, did anything strange happen when she was twenty years old, maybe there will be a clue? ”

"This is indeed a solution," Wen Ying listened to it, praised Li Chuan and said, "Brother Li always has a lot of wonderful ideas. ”

Li Chuan felt that he didn't have a lot of ideas, but that he dared to say what he thought, whether it was useful or not.

So he had another idea and said, "Can we go to the local city god to find the soul reincarnation record of Xia Lin Village?" Strange ghosts can't always be reincarnated like people, if you can find a record, when did Xialin Village start to have no soul reincarnation, is that the time point when strange ghosts appeared? With the county chronicles that Liu Shenjun is looking for, maybe you can find clues? ”

This time, Wen Guying showed a thoughtful expression and said, "It's indeed a method, but the relationship between the Four Divine Palaces and the underworld is average, and Chenghuang probably won't see me." ”

This sounds like it's not ordinary, but it's a grudge.

Jin Rong also said: "The reincarnation of the underworld is a system of its own, and it has never dealt with the monks of Xuanmen. ”

This path is also broken.

Li Chuan thought about it again and said, "Is there a magic weapon that can detect changes in aura?" ”

"There are a lot of these, and Brother Jin and I can both sense the changes in spiritual power, so we plan to explore it carefully around," Wen Guying said the next plan, and said: "It may take a long time and be relatively boring, Brother Li can find a place to rest first, and when we find a clue, we will ask Brother Li to come out." ”

Li Chuan also wanted to take a break, so he immediately responded.

But he didn't want to be in the village, he always felt cold and unlucky.

When he happened to go up the mountain, he saw a stream at the edge of the village, so after he talked to Wen Jin, he asked Pan San to take him to the stream and find a stone to sit down.

The sound of the water murmuring.

Li Chuan took out a fishing rod and a fishing basket from the blue water ring, sent Gonger to peck a few earthworms, and then began fishing.

The next three put half of their bodies in the water, which was very comfortable.

Gong Er looked east and west, and suddenly said, "Big brother, I think there is something wrong with this place." ”

"What's the problem?"

"With such a large mountain forest, it stands to reason that there should be many spirits, but we haven't encountered a single monster along the way, isn't it strange?" Gongji replied.

It's weird.

Li Chuan took out the Ming Xianpei, tapped it with his fingers, a burst of white light, there was no evil demon within a hundred miles, he looked at the second and third sides, and said, "You sit in the carriage, open the third gear, go to stay a hundred miles away, and come back after a tea time." ”

Pan San felt that something was wrong: "Big brother, there are strange ghosts here, and it is not safe for you to be here alone." ”

Li Chuan felt that what Pan San said was very right, so he said to Gong Er: "Fly to the tree, see where they are now, and then find one of them." ”

Gongji did what he said.

After a short time, Gonger brought Wen Shuying over.

Wen Guying took Ming Xianpei in his hand and looked at it, "This magic weapon is not bad, but there is a ban on it, so you can only respond passively." Remove the prohibition and use the divine mind to drive, maybe you can directly lock the location of the monster. But this prohibition is a good thing for you, and it can be done by tapping. ”

Li Chuan understood that this prohibition might have been set up for him by Gong Wuguang.

Wen Guying said: "Although my divine thoughts can also cover the entire mountain range, but I also have to explore the past inch by inch, at this time, it is better to use this Ming Immortal Pei," he returned the jade pendant to Li Chuan, and then said to Gong Er and San: "Now I have to work hard for Gong Junior Brother, and I will go on a trip." Don't worry, I'll lock your spot. ”

Gong Er replied three times in a row that it was not hard, and then got into the carriage, opened the third gear, and disappeared in one fell swoop.

After disappearing, Li Chuan counted ten times in his heart, and then tapped his finger on Ming Xianpei.

There is no light.

There are no demons.

"Can Daoist Wen sense the location of the second and third brothers?" Li Chuan asked.

"Yes," Wen Guying's divine thoughts locked on Gong Er and Biansan, "They are in the southeast direction, landing smoothly, and they are not injured." He also said: "This place is full of spiritual energy, and it was once the place where the immortals ascended, and it was a blessed land......

"It's an anomaly, isn't it?" Li Chuan asked.

"Of course," replied the refresher, "I will look through it with my mind, and I may be able to find a clue." ”

After a while, Jin Rong also came to him.

Li Chuan asked, "Did Brother Jin find anything?" ”

Jin Rong shook his head.

"I haven't found anything either," Wen Guying opened his eyes and said, "But just as Brother Li discovered, I searched for a long time with my divine thoughts, and there are no enlightened animals or plants here. ”

"That's not right." Jin Rong said.

Then Jin Rong and Wen should start discussing why this is the case.

Li Chuan listened for a while, but he couldn't understand it again, so he threw up his fishing rod and concentrated on catching fish.

The sun is getting brighter and brighter, and the stream is sparkling.

Li Chuan felt that the fishing rod moved, and he took the bait, it must be a big fish, raise the rod, and make a noise...... The plump mandarin fish jumped out of a perfect semicircle and returned to the stream.

Li Chuan looked down at the fishing rod, and the bait was gone.

Coo, the sound of wheels came, and then I heard the voice of Gongji, "Big brother, how is it, is there no monster?" ”

As soon as he turned his head, he saw Gongji standing on the carriage, very angry.

"Yes, there are no youkai." Li Chuan said immediately.

"Is this a clue?" Gong Er asked.

"It's a clue." The review should also confirm Gonger's speculation.

"I'll just say," Gongji jumped down, "I originally wanted to ask the local monsters, it must have been the strange ghost who ate all the monsters," Thinking of this, he told the third side again, "Third brother, remember not to be alone, the strange ghost will eat the monster." ”

Then Gong Er and Pan San began to discuss how to fight if they met a strange ghost.

"I don't know if our magic weapon is useful against strange ghosts."

"Do strangers sleep?"

"Open the defensive ...... first"

Li Chuan listened, he put the bait again and got off the rod.

While waiting for the fish to take the bait, something suddenly occurred to him, and he asked, "Will the strange ghost take the animal's body?" The monster's body is occupied by strange ghosts, so it's not a monster, and it can't be detected? ”

His thoughts gradually drifted away, "or preempt animals, such as humans eat fish, fish eat grass, grass eats ......"

The rod moved again.

It must be a big fish.

Raise the pole!

A palm-sized toad.

Sigh.

"Brother Li is very reasonable," Wen Guying said with a smile in his voice, "Then Brother Jin and I, let's go catch some animals and show Brother Li." ”

"Let's look at this toad first, it's so ugly, it must be a strange ghost." Li Chuan took one of the hind legs of the toad, took out the demon mirror, and looked at the sun.

It's blank, it doesn't seem to have a soul.

The brain volume is too small, so there is no soul? Something seemed to move in the mirror, and when I looked closely, it was a thin feather-like bug.

Li Chuan grabbed the toad's legs, his arms stretched out straight, and tried to stay away from his body, "This is a strange ghost." ”

(End of chapter)