Chapter 018: Shadows

The excavation and protection of the ancient tomb was carried out smoothly according to the plan, and after another seven working days, all the unearthed ancient cultural relics were safely transferred to the Municipal Museum for collection, and the archaeological team leader Xu Xing announced the successful conclusion of the archaeological research activities of the ancient tomb.

Relevant personnel from the local cultural heritage management department were present, and the two sides made a detailed handover, and then the ancient tomb will be restored with scientific restoration methods, and long-term protection and management will be done.

In accordance with the repeated pleas of the families of the three deceased, Master Wu Leiting was kind and agreed to stay and do the last transcendence for the three deceased souls.

The sun was still shining in the morning, but in the afternoon the sky became dark and dreary, as if it was about to snow at any moment. The primeval forest is densely wooded, and it is shaded all year round, which makes the whole opaque forest even more gloomy.

The weeping and wailing of the families of the three deceased, the mournful cries echoed in the forest. Master Wu Leiting walked in front of him to chant the Sutra of Merit, and Wu Luoyang helped to lay his hands, sprinkling the paper money in his hand into the sky from time to time.

Rustling~

A small voice came from his ears, and in the next second, something quickly passed through the woods behind him.

Wu Luoyang was inexplicably shocked.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a dark shadow......

She snorted and turned her head to look, only to find that there was no small bug in sight behind her.

Odd!

Wu Luoyang read silently.

Ever since she came here, she always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what was wrong, as if something had been watching their every move, and every time she entered the ancient tomb group to participate in the excavation work, the feeling was particularly strong, however, when she looked closely, she didn't find anything unusual.

Wu Luoyang also tried to summon the little mink out to ask for an understanding.

However, since entering the ancient tomb group, the little mink seems to have become a sleepy insect, and she has not responded at all when she summons it.

Wu Luoyang looked around, and finally stopped his gaze on the thousand-year-old banyan tree next to the ancient tomb.

The location of this ancient banyan tree is directly above the main burial chamber of the ancient tomb group, standing in the deep mountains and wild forests for nearly a thousand years, the canopy is huge, and the dark green leaves are a few points darker than the surrounding ones.

A few days ago, Wu Luoyang climbed the top of the main peak of Jiuxian Mountain alone to look here, looking down at the crown of the banyan tree from top to bottom, it was like a person lying on the right side lazily, with his hands on his cheeks, one leg was naturally vertical, and one leg was slightly curled, and he always felt that there was an indescribable feeling.

Could it be that the local rumors are true?

This thousand-year-old banyan tree is inhabited by a ...... Dryads?!

Wu Luoyang frowned slightly.

A cold mountain breeze blew, and the surrounding branches and leaves rustled, like someone hiding somewhere and crying lowly, making the dimly lit forest a little more eerie.

It was getting dark.

In the blink of an eye, goose-feathered snow fell from the sky.

Seeing that Wu Luoyang stopped in place, Wu Leiting frowned slightly, and did not shout his name, but said: "Keep up." ”

Hearing this, Wu Luoyang retracted his gaze.

She threw the paper money in her hand into the sky and quickly followed it.

At this time, the lush branches and leaves of the ancient banyan tree slowly turned into the shape of a big human face, swaying as the wind blew through the treetops, and the two big black eyes cast a cold gaze without any emotion, silently watching the mourning crowd on the side of the ancient tomb......

Suddenly, it turned into a trace of black gas and disappeared into the mayor's wife who was parked on the side of the road and waiting for everyone in the car.

An hour later, the Chaodu Dojo was finished, and everyone packed up their things and left together.

The group returned to the main road, and Wu Luoyang, who came to the back of the crowd, unconsciously turned his head and looked at the thousand-year-old banyan tree, the wind blew through the leaves and swayed gently, as if shaking his hand to say "goodbye" to her, which was very weird.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Wu Luoyang fall behind the team, Master Wu Leiting took two steps back and came to her side.

"Master, I always feel that there is something wrong with it, and I can't say what the problem is."

Wu Luoyang frowned.

Following Wu Luoyang's line of sight, Wu Leiting reached out and stroked his white beard, and slowly opened his mouth to solve her puzzles, "Planting trees in the cemetery to drive away dragons is a tradition, but basically planting pine and cypress trees. This banyan tree loves light and is a yang tree. If the tree is planted behind the tomb, it means that there is a backer, but it is pressed on top of the main tomb chamber, just like a person being pressed by a tree...... It seems that someone wanted to use it to restrain the ghosts in the tomb at that time. ”

I see!

"Master."

Wu Luoyang asked again, "It is rumored that this tree is inhabited by a tree god, but in the past few days, I have explored this big banyan tree, and I have not found anything unusual. ”

"Hmm."

Looking at the thousand-year-old banyan tree with a huge crown, Wu Leiting stroked his white beard all over again, since he fell that day, the town hospital said that he had a slight concussion and he didn't seem to be in good spirits: "It is not impossible to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon for thousands of years and cultivate into refinement." These days, there are many people and heavy yang, and it may also be hidden, as long as you don't do evil and harm the world, it doesn't hurt. ”

After a while, Wu Leiting retracted his gaze, raised his hand and pointed to the team in front of him, and said, "Let's go too."

Wu Luoyang stepped forward and followed.

Coming down from the mountain, it was already past five o'clock in the evening when I returned to the town's homestay.

The mayor had already set up a few tables in a nearby restaurant, saying that it was for them to practice. During the banquet, the mayor took the lady next to him to toast from table to table, and Wu Luoyang's eyes fell on the mayor's wife, and he saw a trace of black evil qi entangled.

A big living person, there is a bad spirit!

The mayor's wife glanced at Wu Luoyang, immediately lowered her head to avoid it, picked up the wine on the table and added a glass, and followed the mayor to the next table to toast.

After the meal, everyone was invited by the mayor to make a cup of tea.

Xu Xing and Wu Leiting and the people of the archaeological team and the mayor of the town greeted each other politely, Wu Luoyang felt bored, so he went to the door alone to breathe, but he didn't expect to hear someone calling her as soon as he went out.

"Your name is Luoyang."

When Wu Luoyang heard the sound, the person who came turned out to be the mayor's wife.

"Madame Mayor, are you looking for me?"

"Dinner to your taste?"

"Thank you for your hospitality."

"Don't be so polite, come and play often when you have time."

Wu Luoyang only served as the mayor's wife is kind words, and he didn't take it to heart.

Over there, the mayor called out to the mayor's wife, and she left first towards Weiwei.

Leave a sentence: "Luoyang, we will meet again." ”

Wu Luoyang squinted, unable to understand the meaning of the mayor's wife's words.

When the mayor's wife approached just now, Wu Luoyang saw that she was a wood attribute Yuan Qi on her body, and the trace of black evil qi on her body turned out to be the same as the evil qi attribute left on the cultural relics unearthed from the ancient tomb.

Thinking of the scene when he got the necklace of the twelve zodiac signs, Wu Luoyang seemed to understand what was going on.

Half an hour later, the bus from the city's research institute arrived.

It was very tiring to stay in the mountain for more than half a month to dig and tidy up, and everyone sat in the car back to the city and suddenly relaxed, and it didn't take long for them to tilt their heads and fall asleep.

Master Wu Leiting is no exception.

The car quickly left Chishui Town and got on the highway.

Wu Luoyang also closed his eyes, holding the necklace of the twelve constellations in his palm, and entered his conscious state of mind.

"Mink, come out."

"Yes."

Wu Luoyang's consciousness state of mind was the place where the fire Yuan Qi shrouded around the black void, and Xiao Mink heard her call and immediately appeared in her consciousness and state of mind.