Mentioning the matter of Jingren Village, Xiao Tianhe couldn't help but panic in his heart, because the murderer of the villagers back then was his mother-in-law Ye Congyun.

"No, there are differences. Isn't there a survivor here?" He Tianyao turned his gaze back to the hunchbacked old man who was silently smoking a dry cigarette.

"Alas, Guyang Town...... The people also disappeared overnight...... "The old man knocked the cigarette stick on the edge of the table a few times, and his tone was extremely melancholy.

"Uncle, I would like to hear about it. Jin Chanyu said.

After the old man's slow and lengthy narration, everyone roughly sorted out the whole thing.

Guyang Town is a lively place. As the saying goes, "the south of the mountain and the north of the water are called yang", and this town located at the south entrance of the Luoyan Valley is named after it. The Falling Goose Valley is a long and narrow deep valley in the majestic mountains, and the word "Falling Goose" means "even the geese flying through the sky look down, and they will feel dizzy and fall to the deep valley". This deep valley is famous for its abundance of certain alchemy grasses. It's just that it takes chance to collect medicine, and people who come to Luoyan Valley to seek medicine rarely spend a lot of time trying their luck in the valley, and they basically buy it directly from the market in Guyang Town. The people of Guyang Town make a living by collecting medicine, and they are quite prosperous.

Just over a week ago, late one night, disaster suddenly and silently befell this peaceful town. All the villagers disappeared overnight!

The old man's surname was Wei, and he happened to be visiting relatives on the night of the accident, so he was not in town. When I returned two days later, I found that the people had disappeared without a trace, leaving only the traces of the messy fighting in the houses. At first, Old Man Wei also thought that the bandits had attacked and abducted the townspeople, but after careful investigation, he found that the money, treasures, etc. had not been taken. The old man Wei, who was puzzled, probed into the secluded Luoyan Valley, and finally found some clues a few miles away from the mouth of the valley - scattered fragments of clothing on the ground. Further down, there were more and more fragments of clothing, as well as shocking bloody objects such as severed limbs, broken bones, and rotten flesh.

Old man Wei was so frightened that he fled back to Guyang Town. In his mind, the terrible things that would tear people apart were either ghosts or monsters. From that day on, he didn't dare to light the lamp at night, for fear that the murderous demons in the valley would be attracted by the light. He didn't dare to go out easily during the day, and almost finally curled up in the room, living in a daze. Today, he heard someone outside by chance, so he quietly hid at the end of the street and peeked.

The stammering words were finally finished, and Old Man Wei gently wiped the sweat from his forehead, let out a long breath, and continued to smoke a dry cigarette "let's go" - this was the third bag after entering the house.

The room was silent, except for the red light of the pipe, which flickered in the darkness.

After a long time, Zhao Xianglin broke the silence: "What should I do?"

"Of course, we have to go to Yanaka to find out. He Tianyao said.

"I'm in favor. "Hua Qingyu said.

Xiao Tianhe also nodded in agreement, and then looked at Jin Chanyu.

"Let's rest for the night, and enter the valley early tomorrow morning. Jin Chanyu said.

This night, except for Zhao Xianglin, who was disturbed by Old Man Wei's words, several people meditated quietly. And after Old Man Wei told everyone: "Don't open the window, don't go out, don't light the lamp", he went into the back room and never came out again.

The long night was a long night, and it rained coldly. In the early morning, the rain stopped, and Guyang Town ushered in the dawn of dawn together with Luoyan Valley.

After bidding farewell to Old Man Wei, the group embarked on a journey into the valley.

After going north out of Guyang Town, you can see a fairly wide dirt road leading directly to Luoyan Valley. The mountains on both sides of the valley are full of thistles, and in the high places, there are also crickly thorns and pine trees growing from the rock crevices. On both sides of the valley entrance, there are a cypress and a Zhe, which are like two door gods guarding the entrance of the valley. There are many small roads that branch off on this big road, some winding up the mountain, some going around the mountain, after the soaking of the autumn rain, not only is it very muddy, but also accumulates a lot of puddles. Looking at this situation, the road in the valley of the wild goose must not be too easy to walk.

The road in the valley is a downward slope, and the deeper you go, the darker the light becomes. Looking up, only a line can be seen in the blue sky. The rocks at your feet were wet and covered with moss. With the breeze blowing through the valley from time to time, there is a faint sound of running water in both ears. Occasionally, crows chirp and echo through the valley. Everything in the valley seems so quiet and peaceful, if it weren't for the "ghost catch", the beauty of the deep valley in autumn would definitely add to the pleasure of the trip.

Zhao Xianglin had no intention of watching the scenery, and her expression was more dignified than the others. Jin Chanyu is not elegant at any time, and Xiao Tianhe is calm as usual. As we continued deeper into the valley, the light became darker and darker, and it was clear that it was daylight outside, but it was dusk in the valley. The strings in Zhao Xianglin's heart became tighter and tighter, and she carefully looked at the surrounding situation uneasily, fearing that if she was not careful, the "evil ghost" who kidnapped the villagers in the whole town would come out.

Not to mention, there is something really coming out. Everyone walked and walked, and suddenly a gray thing jumped out from behind a rock on the side of the hillside, arching under the weeds and rushing towards a few people, which startled Zhao Xianglin, and jumped back with a loud cry.

Everyone looked fixedly, and a hare had jumped on a nearby rock, raising its front legs to look at several people.

"Ha, Sister Zhao, don't be afraid, I'll clean it up for you!" He Tianyao pretended to go over to chop, and deliberately slashed on the rock, and the hare fled a few steps back, turned around and continued to look at this group of "uninvited guests".

"This damn rabbit ......," Zhao Xianglin clutched her chest.

"Sister Zhao, I found that after your strength declined, your courage seems to have become smaller!" Xiao Tianhe said with a smile, "Is this still the sassy leader of the Five Elements Level Eight Kings Camp at the beginning?"

"When have I ever been timid when I have been asked to fight the enemy......? Our girl's family is not bigger than your man's heart. Isn't it, Sister Qingyu?"

Zhao Xianglin thought that Hua Qingyu would agree, but she didn't want Hua Qingyu to respond like this: "This time it's just that someone is 'making ghosts', why be afraid?"

"How do you say this?" Zhao Xianglin was puzzled.

"Sister Xianglin, have you forgotten what happened to Wei Lingming before, don't be fooled by that old man Wei's weak appearance!" Hua Qingyu said.

"Huh, you mean, Uncle Wei is lying to us?"

At this time, Jin Chanyu also spoke: "His story is made up vividly, but unfortunately it is full of loopholes, and it is really lame." ”

"Yes. The old man looked like a good guy at first glance. "Xiao Tian Dao.

"Most of them even pretend to stutter!" He Tianyao said disdainfully, "I guess I deliberately spoke slowly, but I was thinking about how to make the lie more like the truth." ”

Zhao Xianglin was dumbfounded: "Why, what, have you all found out? Why didn't I hear that there was a loophole?"

"Old man Wei is not sharp in his legs and feet, and he is still on crutches. Do you think a person like him can really walk down this big slope in the valley of the wild goose? Even if the descent is easy, he will have to go uphill when he returns to Guyang Town, right? Anyway, I don't believe what he said about 'going into the valley alone'. He Tianyao said, "So either his legs and feet are inconvenient to pretend, or it is unwarranted to go into the valley to investigate." ”

Hua Qingyu continued: "That's right. For an old man like him, the whole town has disappeared without a trace, and when he immediately goes elsewhere to ask for help, how can he go into the valley alone? In addition, on the night of the accident, he happened to go to visit his relatives, which means that he has other places to go, even if he really has nowhere to go, he can also go to the neighboring state city, so that he will not continue to stay in the deserted Guyang Town after discovering the broken bones and stumps of the townspeople?

"Also, the situation in Guyang Town is also very suspicious. There is a mess in every room, but all the doors and windows are tightly closed, when have you ever heard of the kidnapping and bringing the doors and windows to close after being taken away? I think most of the people who close the doors and windows are Old Man Wei himself. The disappearance of the townspeople was only a matter of last week, but now the street and the door signs at the entrance of the town are in tatters, how can it be so fast? If the town was so dilapidated before, then it is not right, Old Man Wei himself said that Guyang Town used to be a lively and prosperous place. In short, either Old Man Wei is lying, or someone deliberately made Guyang Town what it is now. Xiao Tianhe found a lot of problems.

"There are two more suspicious points. Even Jin Chanyu couldn't help but add, which shows how absurd Old Man Wei's lies are, "First, Old Man Wei's room was obviously close to the entrance of the town, but he said that 'he heard someone outside by chance, so he quietly hid at the end of the street and peeked'." He wanted to sneak out of the house and hide in the back of the street under our noses, with his inconvenient legs, and secondly, he said, 'When I came back two days later, I found that the people had disappeared.' I almost laughed out loud when I heard this, since he had been gone for two days, how did he know that the townspeople had disappeared 'overnight'? ”

The things that Old Man Wei said the night before were said by a few people, and it was like a sieve covering a bamboo basket - there were holes inside and out.

Zhao Xianglin was stunned when she heard this, and the pitiful impression of Old Man Wei in her heart was instantly shattered. She swallowed hard and summarized the suspicions pointed out by several people: "That is to say, Old Man Wei should have witnessed the robbery of the townspeople that night, and then closed the doors and windows of the houses in the town, and deliberately arranged the streets and entrances of the town into dilapidated appearances, hid them in the dark to peep, deliberately discovered by us, and then pretended to have inconvenient legs and feet and stuttered to win sympathy, and finally made up a story that was not very clever to deceive us?"

"That's right!" replied in unison.

"What does that stinky old man want, what does he!" Zhao Xianglin couldn't cry or laugh.

"Obviously, it is to lure us into the valley of the wild goose. Jin Chanyu said.

Xiao Tianhe agreed: "Indeed, Luoyan Valley is rich in some kind of alchemy and good grass, and the people who come to the town must be some cultivators with a certain strength. Hearing the news of 'ghosts' and 'monsters' eating people, anyone with a sense of justice will definitely enter the valley with the idea of 'eliminating harm for the people'. ”

"Then he didn't just target us, but tried to lure everyone who came to Guyang Town?" Zhao Xianglin was very surprised.

Xiao Tianhe nodded.

"No wonder you've never been as restless as I am......," Zhao Xianglin lamented that her thinking was not sharp enough, "Since you have already seen through it, why do you still want to quietly enter the valley?

"Anyway, the disappearance of the townsfolk is a fact. Deliberately jumping into the trap dug by Old Man Wei will be able to figure everything out. I'd like to see what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd. Besides, the direction of Luoyan Valley is gradually turning westward, which is a shortcut for us to continue to march towards the Gongqing Realm. Jin Chanyu said with a smile. With her strength, no matter what kind of trap it is, I'm afraid she can't help it.

"Alas...... I didn't expect that after being deceived by the 'child' in the Huangya Realm and almost losing his life, he almost fell victim to the old man's way here, it's really sinister!" The uneasiness in Zhao Xianglin's heart has been replaced by melancholy.

"I hope the townspeople aren't all killed by Old Man Wei. Hua Qingyu remembered the matter of Jingren Village again.

"Although that old man Wei is sneaky, he doesn't look like a powerful person, so he shouldn't. "Xiao Tian Dao.

Hua Qingyu said: "If he is not the initiator of this matter, then there must be another person hidden behind him." ”

"I believe that the truth of the matter will not be revealed in a long time. He Tianyao looked back, the valley mouth was long gone, and the Luoyan Valley had turned to the west after slowly turning a big bend.

The road ahead was getting darker and darker, and the valley was very humid and muggy, and the vines were dripping with water drops in the sky. In such a cramped and claustrophobic environment, it was hard to breathe. When you get here, there is no road, and the dirt under your feet has gradually disappeared, replaced by endless rocks and gravel. The rocks are edgeless and have a smooth surface, as if this was once a vein of water. The cliffs above the head seem to be closing, and only a little bit of the blue sky outside the mountain can be faintly seen.

The closed environment also depresses people's moods. After discussing Old Man Wei, several people didn't speak much, just walked forward and paid attention to the situation around them. The humid air soaked the outer layer of clothing, and the stuffiness made several people sweat and soak the inner layer of clothing. It seems that the valley of the wild goose has changed a season, and there is no refreshing autumn feeling at all.

He Tianyao was very tired of this feeling of being in a steamer, and couldn't help but complain: "Hey, let's talk about it, will Old Man Wei just want to take us away before he goes to Luoyan Valley? We have been in the valley for a long time, why haven't we found anything unusual?"

Xiao Tianhe wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked, "Take us away, what can he do if he stays alone in the empty Guyang Town?"

Several girls took the hats in their hands and fanned them "whirring", but the wind from the fans was damp and hot, not cool at all. Although her hair was stuck to her neck and her clothes felt uncomfortable on her body, Jin Chanyu always had an elegant and charming smile on her face, and she took He Tianyao's words: "Actually, it's not unusual, look at the rock in front of you." ”

A few people looked at it in shock, but they still didn't find anything, it was just a large rock half a person high. Everyone turned back one after another, waiting for Jin Chanyu's explanation.

"You can't see anything from this angle, so go to the rocks and take a look. ”

He Tianyao, who was closest to the rock, took a few steps forward, turned around and carefully examined every detail of the rock. An unnatural white mark caught his attention, and he couldn't help but frown, this neat mark was by no means natural. In other words, someone had chopped the rock with a sharp weapon, and judging from the depth of the marks, the man did not use much force. Suddenly, he exclaimed, "Ah!" and he finally reacted: "Isn't this the same mark I left when I drove the hares before?"

This is really strange, obviously far away, how can that mark appear here?

Several people came up to take a closer look when they heard the voice, and Hua Qingyu asked suspiciously: "Tianyao, are you sure?"

"I split it with my own hands, how could I be mistaken?" He Tianyao was very sure that he was not mistaken, "Besides, from this angle, it is obvious, this is the rock!

"That's right, it's this stone, I have an impression. Zhao Xianglin also said.

He Tianyao was incredulous: "It's strange, can't the stone have long legs? A few hours have passed, and we have walked dozens of miles, to say the least!"

"Could it be that we have been going around in circles?" Hua Qingyu looked around, the environment here was obviously very different from when she met the hare, so she was not very sure about her guess.

"If we're going around in circles, we won't be unaware. Just look at the ground, I remember it was dirt, but now it's all stone. "Xiao Tian Dao.

"That's when the stone moved here on its own?" He Tianyao was amused by his words.

Zhao Xianglin said: "The stone can't move itself, but people can move it...... Hey, but who would do such a boring thing?"

This stone is half a man's height, and the widest part is a foot long, which can be described as large and heavy, and if someone really moves it for dozens of miles, it is really full of food.

"Maybe you haven't noticed. The rock appeared beside us at least four times during our long journey. It's just that the angle is different each time, so it's hard to identify. Jin Chanyu said.

"If you don't say it, we haven't noticed it!" Xiao Tianhe circled around the rock, "It doesn't make sense if it's not man-made, if it's man-made, what's the point? And there is only one passage in the valley, and we haven't found anyone carrying the rock past us at all." ”

"Is this the only one rock like this?" Jin Chanyu said in surprise again, "The other stones have not left their marks, and we can't tell if we have seen them before." After a slight pause, her next sentence woke everyone up, "Although the surroundings seem to be changing, objects reappear after changing positions. You say, 'What could be the reason for that?'

After she reminded her like this, a word poured into the lips of several people at the same time: "Formation!"

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