Everyone went down the mountain in the white mist, and the cottage behind them, which was originally hiding filth and dirt, had turned into scorched earth.

"Tell me about the mountain trail again..."

Zhang Biao asked as he walked.

Although Zheng Yongxiang didn't know why, he still replied carefully: "That road used to be the plank road of the ancient Yan country, which has always been a place where soldiers must fight, and there is also the former site of the ancient Yan city-state, and most of the ore from Huaizhou enters the Qinglong River from that side and is transported to the capital. ”

"Because Huaizhou is mountainous, in addition to our major families, the horse gang is also not small, the original road was under their control, after something strange, they repeatedly sent masters to investigate, but none of them came out alive."

"The fog disaster came, the horse gang fell apart, and my Zheng family had to be reminded from afar, and no one dared to approach again..."

Listening to what he said, Zhang Biao became more and more sure of his own judgment.

It is not a place where evil things gather at all, after the fog is explored, it can be seen that the building is hidden in the forest, and there is even smoke from the early cooking, which is clearly inhabited.

The Void Daoist lied!

The so-called mist and giant serpent are all monks' methods.

There must be something hidden there...

Although Zhang Biao was curious, he was not in a hurry to go, after all, this kind of arrangement is mostly related to the Xuandu Temple.

In front of everyone's eyes, it is not easy to go to investigate, if the families of Tie and Wang are not found in the nearby cottages, it is not too late to go to explore at night.

He was very fast, and after descending the mountain, he continued along the road, perhaps because many people had died on the road, and many of the dead souls loomed in the thick fog beside the road.

There are also two or three ghosts, all of which were easily eliminated by Zhang Biao.

With Zhang Biao in charge, everyone can be said to be unimpeded, but Zheng Yongxiang's face is full of sadness.

The mountain road is difficult and dangerous, full of ghosts, and the degree of danger is not weaker than the waterway.

He secretly glanced at Zhang Biao, and secretly made up his mind in his heart.

The trail was not short, more than 70 miles winding, and they were so fast that they found a second cottage just after noon.

With the last experience, everyone is more careful.

It's a pity that this cottage has been breached, and all the corpses are gone, looking at the huge cracks in the wall and the cobwebs floating everywhere, everyone can't guess that the corpses here have all been transported to the cottage they saw before.

Seeing this, Wang Xin became more and more anxious.

Zhang Biao didn't waste time, ordered everyone to eat some dry food, and after a short rest, he continued to pursue.

Approaching late at night, under the guidance of Zheng Yongxiang and the investigation of Moon Shadow, the last cottage was finally found.

The topography of this cottage is very special, it is located between the high mountains to form a small basin, and the stone walls of the walled gate together are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

What's more, there are torches lit on the stone wall of the walled gate, and there are still people on the watchtower, carrying bows and guns, obviously on guard.

This stockade has not been poisoned?

Zhang Biao was surprised in his heart, and ordered everyone to extinguish the torches, and then manipulated the Moon Shadow to enter the investigation.

"Meow!"

Accident happened, and as soon as Moon Shadow approached, she exploded all over her body, failed her stealth technique, and appeared in front of the guards with a cloud of black smoke.

"Evil Invasion!"

The doorkeeper was a half-grown teenager who screamed at this, then turned around and ran.

The same was true for the others at the gate, but two of them were relatively calm, removing the gong from their waists and banging as they ran.

"There is evil!"

"Hide!"

The whole village was suddenly boiling, one by one the lights were lit, and many people rushed out with torches and ran to the center of the village.

Zhang Biao didn't expect that Moon Shadow would be discovered.

But he reacted quicker, taking advantage of the fact that the men were fleeing, taking three steps and two steps, and jumped onto the stone wall three feet high in one leap.

Wang Xin was transformed by Shurodan, and his physique was also far beyond ordinary people, and he jumped onto the city wall after him.

Boom!

The two of them cut the rope at the same time, and the wooden door of the towering and heavy suspension bridge fell with a bang, and the dust flew up.

"Rush!"

Zheng Yongxiang roared, and more than 200 soldiers rushed in, armed with knives and guns.

At the same time, hundreds of people also rushed out of the cottage, all of whom were five big and three rough men, wearing animal skins, holding bows and arrows, and looking at them with murderous faces.

The two sides fell into a confrontation, both raising their bows to each other, the night was dark, and the fog was shrouded, and only the opposite side could be seen swaying in the firelight, and the shadows were sufficient.

"What people!"

"Lay down your arms!"

Both sides were extremely nervous and shouting.

They can't see the other side clearly, they can only vaguely guess the number of people, and in this case, any tactic becomes a joke.

"Don't do it!"

Zhang Biao shouted loudly, first held Zheng Yongxiang and the others, and then shouted to the opposite side: "Mr. Yu, the old people of Qinglongdu are visiting, don't mess around!" ”

He saw it clearly with his face, and in the crowd in front of him, Yu Ziqingtang's uncle Yu Kui was standing in front of him, and Tie Yucheng, the son of Tie Shouming, was also among them.

"Don't do it!"

Tie Yucheng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he first shouted to stabilize everyone, and then said in a trembling voice to the thick fog: "Uncle Zhang... Is that you? ”

"It's me."

Zhang Biao took off his face and slowly walked out of the thick fog, seeing that Tie Yucheng was still nervous, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm a human, not a ghost." ”

"It's your own people, put down the bow!"

In the team, an old man was also full of excitement, it was Wang Xin's father.

"Daddy!"

Wang Xin also ran out.

"Son, you're still alive!"

"You, how did you become like this......"

The father and son recognized each other, and they hugged each other and cried.

Zhang Biao's eyes were attracted by a large willow tree in the center of the village, the willow tree was unusually thick, it was two zhang wide, and there were dense scorched black marks on it, and I don't know how many thunderbolts it had experienced.

Thousands of willow branches hang down, densely tied with red ropes...

………………

In the cottage hall, the firelight flickered.

Zhang Biao and the others sat in front of the fire, drinking hot tea while listening to Tie Yucheng's story.

"Thanks to Uncle Zhang's teachings......"

Tie Yucheng sighed and said in a deep voice: "On that day, Brother Yu and I took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the city and came to the Taoist Temple, which has become a ruin, and there are rumors in the city that you were killed by the Yuzhen Mansion, we couldn't find anyone, so we had to leave." ”

"The Qinglong Gang was in civil strife, so we came to Huaizhou with Uncle Yu's cargo ship, stayed in Shanyindu for a few days, and then planned to go to Moyang City along the mountain road."

"Who knew that a sudden fog fell on the road, and Brother Yu and I followed the method you taught us to check the signs of ghosts, plus many of them were harmless souls, so we didn't get lost."

"But there was an accident on the road, there were mountain ghosts and cannibals, chasing us for a long time, Aunt Wang was also unfortunately killed on the road, and then the thing didn't know what happened, suddenly disappeared and left, I waited to escape a catastrophe..."

"Fortunately, the master of Wu Zhai in this Qingfeng Village and Uncle Yu are old acquaintances, so they took us in and settled down."

"The rivers and lakes are in an emergency, and it is a good move."

The lord of Wu Zhai, who was sitting next to him, hurriedly spoke.

This is a man with a stubble face, tall and muscular, and dark, he said a word of self-humility, then glanced at Zheng Yongxiang with slanted eyes, and snorted coldly: "In troubled times, a catastrophe came, I wanted to find a place for my brothers to live, but now it seems that I can't stay here......"

The embarrassment on Zheng Yongxiang's face flashed away, and then he arched his hand and said, "I think about it, Your Excellency, but the Wu gang leader of the Iron Fire Gang?" ”

Seeing Zhang Biao's inquiring eyes, Zheng Yongxiang hurriedly introduced: "The Iron Fire Gang is a blacksmith incense club, and there is some friction with a child of our Zheng family. ”

"Fart!"

This Wu Zhai master is a hot man, and when he heard the words, he got up and shouted angrily: "It's clear that Zheng Yonghui's little bastard wants to rob me of the secret method of smelting, what if Lao Tzu killed him, your Zheng family is too deceitful, don't give us a way to live, just talk with a knife!" ”

"It's all a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!"

Zheng Yongxiang glanced at Zhang Biao, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, "Lord Wu Xiang, don't be angry, don't worry, I will deal with this matter and give you an explanation." ”

The master of Wu Zhai was also a little surprised when he heard this, looked at Zhang Biao thoughtfully, and sat down silently.

He is not a fool, with the domineering temperament of the Zheng family, he can be so soft, most likely because he has seen Zhang Biao's face.

But it's not good to ask too much now, so I can only ask Yu Kui later.

Zhang Biao didn't care, and looked at Tie Yucheng, "What about Yu Ziqing, is there an accident?" ”

Tie Yucheng's face was ugly, "Brother Yu, there's something wrong..."

"Oh?"

Zhang Biao's eyes narrowed slightly, "Take me to see." ”

…………

Contrary to Zhang Biao's expectations, Yu Ziqing was not in the wooden building, but sat cross-legged in the center of the stockade, in the hole of the big willow tree.

The tree hole is not big, it can only accommodate one person, at this time, Yu Ziqing is unkempt, his beard is messy, his eyes are closed, his knees are crossed, and through the messy clothes, he can see the muscles around his body constantly twitching and jumping.

In front of him, there was an incense burner, which was worshipped like a god.

Tie Yucheng looked around and said in a low voice: "This village is a little strange, since I came here, there have been no ghosts. ”

"And after Brother Yu came, he often wandered, saying that someone was talking to him, and then it became more and more serious, and he could even open his mouth, saying where there were wild beasts and wild fruits..."

"Later, he stayed in the tree hole, and the people in the village also worshipped him as a spiritual medium."

"Uncle Zhang, is this..."

"Yes!"

Zhang Biao nodded slightly, looking up at the tall willow tree, "I didn't expect that there was a natural spirit awakening, Ziqing is now being channeled, and he can become a spirit witch after waking up." ”

As he spoke, the Psionic Eye worked, and information poured in:

Liu Ling (Yellow Level 4)

1. The remnants of the ancient willow wood magic weapon, growing in the center of the mountain range, thousands of years of sunshine and moonlight, lightning strikes nine times indestructible, rooted in the four directions of the earth's veins, born of natural spirits, turned into the entrance of the spiritual world, and self-generated enchantment.

2. The natural spirit is peaceful by nature, feel the power of incense, and turn into a secular god to protect one side, and you can use divine arts: imperial planting, dispelling obscurity, cloth fog, and Tibetan wind and qi.

3. Communicating with the spirit witch......

And so it was!

Zhang Biao looked around and exclaimed: "What a good place, with this willow spirit guarding, it is comparable to a peach blossom paradise in the fog disaster." ”

Yu Kui said nervously beside him: "Tai Sui Immortal Master, this ......"

Tie and Wang's families knew that Zhang Biao's identity was sensitive, and they kept concealing it on the road, until Fang Cai, he knew Zhang Biao's identity.

"Don't worry."

Zhang Biao smiled, "Ziqing has a deep fortune, and it will return to normal after waking up." ”

He looked at this valley and already had the intention of seclusion and cultivation......

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(End of chapter)