Time flies quickly in two situations, one when you're completely relaxed, and the other when you're in an emergency. Xu Chenglin and the other four were relaxed, and they felt that time flew by. They felt that they had only been chatting for a while in the inn before they heard the rooster announce.

"It's dawn?"

Tang Xiaotian was a little unsatisfied, and said something out of his mind.

"No, it's dawn, and it's time for us to act!"

Answering with a smile, Chen Moheng was about to get up.

"Next!"

As soon as Xu Chenglin raised his hand, a piece of white jade flew towards Chen Moheng. Catching the jade slip with his hand, Chen Moheng's divine sense just swept it, and he knew the content of the jade slip. Giving Xu Chenglin a thumbs up, Chen Moheng said with appreciation.

"It's really you! I didn't see you do it all night, but I didn't know that you had quietly finished the work. ”

Xu Chenglin smiled, then took out the other two pieces of jade slips, stretched out his hand and handed them to Chen Luoxue and Tang Xiaotian.

Taking the jade slip, Tang Xiaotian smiled. Sweeping around the faces of the three men, he pointed in the direction of the door with his chin.

"Let's go out and have a look!"

The three of them nodded knowingly and walked towards the door. This time, they didn't shy away from anything, although the four of them went out together, but the area that the four of them wanted to visit was not the same. Xu Chenglin divided the area recorded in the jade slip into four small areas. By the time they took over the jade slips, they had already selected their own areas of responsibility.

As soon as he walked out of the inn, Tang Xiaotian walked towards the area he was responsible for. But after he walked dozens of steps, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. The monks' senses are extremely acute, and if they sense something unusual, it is most likely that there is something unusual. Subconsciously observing the surroundings, Tang Xiaotian found that no one around him paid attention to him. Frowning slightly, he began to carefully recall what was wrong.

"People! The people on the street are not right!"

Suddenly realizing what was going on, Tang Xiaotian looked at the pedestrians on the street.

Tang Xiaotian and Xu Chenglin have been coming to Ask Sword City for a few days, and they have also seen Ask Sword City in the early morning in the past few days. Although Wenjian City at this time is not the most lively of the day, it should not be so sparsely crowded. Tang Xiaotian felt that there were very few people on the street today. Compared with the past, it can be described by the words "Door and Bird".

Discovering this situation, Tang Xiaotian immediately turned around and wanted to inform the other three. But when he turned around, he happened to see Xu Chenglin walking towards her.

"Third brother, something is wrong!"

Seeing Xu Chenglin, Tang Xiaotian subconsciously said something.

Xu Chenglin put one hand to his mouth and made a shushing gesture. Tang Xiaotian didn't understand what was going on at first, but the next moment the situation around him made him understand.

I saw that as soon as Tang Xiaotian's words fell, the pedestrians around him turned their eyes over. Although there were not many pedestrians on the road, but suddenly being stared at by their eyes, Tang Xiaotian still felt a little uncomfortable, or a little shuddering. Somehow, the gaze of these passers-by is particularly strange. Tang Xiaotian looked at these people, and felt a hairy feeling in his heart. He felt that the gaze of these people did not look like that of living people, and there was a faint layer of death in their eyes.

"They're ......"

Before Tang Xiaotian's words were finished, he was stopped by Xu Chenglin waving his hand.

Xu Chenglin stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the inn, motioning Tang Xiaotian to look there. Tang Xiaotian looked in the direction of his finger, but saw that Chen Moheng and Chen Luoxue were already waiting in front of the inn at this time.

Nodding slightly, Xu Chenglin walked towards the inn. Tang Xiaotian frowned, and also walked over.

The four of them walked into the inn room, and Tang Xiaotian, who walked in last, closed the door with his hand, and thought about it, and you arranged the next soundproof barrier casually. Before Tang Xiaotian could ask what was going on, Xu Chenglin opened his mouth to explain.

"As soon as we separated, Luo Xue noticed that the situation around us was not right. She reminded me, only to realize that the people around me didn't seem to be right. The second brother also found out that the situation around him was wrong, and quickly judged that they were being controlled. ”

Tang Xiaotian nodded, and understood what was going on. But then he looked at a few people in disbelief, and said in surprise.

"The emotion is that I finally found out that the situation was wrong?"

Xu Chenglin frowned, and shook his head helplessly at Tang Xiaotian.

"Your focus is a little off! Investigating your surroundings isn't what you're good at, and you're not as good as your second brother being able to identify improved Mind Control Spells. I was surprised that you could see that something wasn't right. ”

After Xu Chenglin said this, he immediately reacted that this was not what he wanted to express. Waving his hand at Tang Xiaotian, Xu Chenglin laughed helplessly.

"You've led me astray! I was going to tell you what happened last night that we don't know about, otherwise there would be no signs of people walking down the street. When you go out for a while, remember not to attract the attention of passers-by. Also, let's focus on what happened last night. ”

"Third brother, do you suspect that someone is spying on us?"

Thinking carefully about Xu Chenglin's purpose for calling a few people back, Tang Xiaotian suddenly raised his head and asked.

"It shouldn't be possible!"

Xu Chenglin didn't answer, Chen Moheng had already answered first.

Tang Xiaotian frowned and took a breath lightly. He carefully recalled what had happened before, and realized that no one should have discovered the whereabouts of several of them. Not to mention that Tang Xiaotian, Chen Luoxue, and Xu Chenglin have changed their appearance many times, even Chen Moheng didn't use his real appearance when he came over.

"No one should be spying on us!"

Nodding his head slightly, Tang Xiaotian also agreed with Chen Moheng's statement.

"It's not necessarily to spy on us, the controlled pedestrians are walking around the street, and they don't seem to have a fixed target. ”

Recalling the previous scene, Chen Luoxue said softly.

Chen Luoxue's words made the three of them can't help but recall the previous situation. The three of them realized at this time that what Chen Luoxue said should be right.

"The pedestrians walking on the street are controlled people, and there is no fixed goal, so I wonder if there are people in Sword City who are quietly doing something during the day?"

Squinting slightly, Chen Moheng said his conjecture.

What is going on quietly, what is it Chen Moheng did not say. But the three people present all understood that this so-called thing must be something that is not visible, or a component step of a certain thing.

Squinting and nodding, a strange smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Tang Xiaotian's mouth.

"Isn't it a coincidence that you say this is! Ask if the weirdness of Sword City will not appear sooner or later, but it will appear in front of a few of us. A few days ago, there was nothing strange in the early morning when I asked Sword City, but after the second brother came over, there was a strangeness. All the weird things seem to have been delivered to us. ”

Tang Xiaotian's words meant something, Xu Chenglin and the others thought about it for a while, and they knew what he meant. The so-called one chance event is a coincidence, and multiple chance events are inevitable. A strange situation was encountered by four people, which can be said to be a coincidence. But when all kinds of oddities appear to them one by one, it is no longer a coincidence. All kinds of coincidences must be cleverly linked together for some undiscovered reason.

"Don't rush to find the reason yet, let's find out the root of the God Control Spell first. As the saying goes, you can't become fat by eating in one bite, so you can't be in a hurry. Besides, it also needs to be peeled off layer by layer. ”

With a light smile, Chen Moheng persuaded Tang Xiaotian.

Nodding, Tang Xiaotian let out a breath. Immediately, he raised his hand and directly broke the soundproof barrier in the house.

The door didn't open, but Tang Xiaotian squinted his eyes to know the situation outside. Finding an opportune time, Tang Xiaotian disappeared with a flash. And the door was only opened and closed once inexplicably, and the silence was restored. Seeing this, the rest of the people also followed suit and left the room. It only took a few breaths for the room to be clean. If you don't enter the room, no one will find that the room is already empty.

According to Xu Chenglin Yujian's guidance, Tang Xiaotian came to a slightly old courtyard. Seeing that the courtyard door was still closed, he stepped forward and knocked softly. knocked on the door several times, but Tang Xiaotian didn't hear a response. He felt that the owner of the courtyard should be absent, so he planned to go to the next one.

Just as he turned around, he suddenly heard a faint answer from the courtyard.

"Who?"

Hearing this faint and slightly old voice, Tang Xiaotian judged that the person in the room should be an old woman. He smiled lightly and replied.

"Old man, can I open the door, and ask you for directions!"

"Ask for directions, you wait!"

Hearing Tang Xiaotian's purpose for coming here, the old woman in the courtyard responded. Immediately, the sound of tuk tuk, accompanied by the footsteps of the old woman, came into Tang Xiaotian's ears.

"This old woman has a leg disease?"

Through the voice, Tang Xiaotian had already made a judgment about the old woman in the courtyard.

It didn't take long for the courtyard door to open, and Tang Xiaotian looked at the old woman in front of him with an expression that was really like this. The old woman in the courtyard is roughly the same as Tang Xiaotian speculated. I saw that she was about eighty years old, with white hair, plain clothes, and a cane of some age in her hand. The old woman's body looked a little bad, and it was only a few feet away from the door of the house to the courtyard door, but it was this short distance that made her breathless.

"I'm tired of the old man's trip, and the kid is grateful!"

Seeing the situation of the old woman, Tang Xiaotian hurriedly said a word and stepped forward to help. The old woman also knew her own situation, and did not shirk Tang Xiaotian's support.

After taking a few deep breaths, the old woman recovered slightly. She looked at Tang Xiaotian and asked slowly.

"I saw your face in the future, and you said that you came to ask for directions, so you must be a foreigner. ”

Tang Xiaotian smiled and nodded, and then asked a place in Sword City. The old woman nodded, thought for a moment and pointed out the way. Tang Xiaotian didn't give up, but took the opportunity to ask if something happened in Sword City last night.

The old woman frowned slightly, then slowly shook her head. As soon as this person got older, his hearing and eyesight deteriorated severely. The old woman said that she had rested early last night and didn't know what was going on in the city. Tang Xiaotian frowned, and then he was relieved. Not to mention this old woman whose eyesight and ear power have deteriorated a little, even the four of them cultivators didn't notice what happened last night.

If one plan fails, another plan will be born, Tang Xiaotian smiled and asked the old woman about the things in Sword City. The old woman didn't want to answer at first, after all, a stranger asked about the things around her, which seemed a little strange.

Knowing the vigilance in the old woman's heart, Tang Xiaotian's eyes suddenly had an idea.

Taking the time to glance towards the courtyard, Tang Xiaotian asked.

"Old man, why do you live here alone, aren't your children and grandchildren here?"

The old man cared most about his juniors, and when he heard Tang Xiaotian ask this, the old woman immediately smiled and shook her head.

"They're all here! It's just that they've been busy for the past few days, and they can't come back for the time being. ”

Thinking of her children and grandchildren, a smile appeared on the old woman's face. But Tang Xiaotian was keenly aware of this smile and found some lonely shadows.

"The children and grandchildren are here, but they are all busy and not around, leaving the old man alone to guard the empty yard. Empty nesters? That's an apt description. It's just that what exactly causes the emergence of empty nesters. Is people's family affection weakened, or has the world changed?"

With a sigh of emotion in his heart, Tang Xiaotian sighed without a trace. Immediately, he put on a smiling face, and took the old man's juniors as a breakthrough point, and began to talk about things in Sword City.

The old woman felt that she had been with Tang Xiaotian for half a cup of tea, and the whole person seemed to be in a lot of energy. In the past, the body that lacked physical strength seems to have a lot of strength. Even my left leg, which has been in some pain, feels warm. The old woman didn't know that when Tang Xiaotian stepped forward to help her, he had already injected a weak spiritual power into the old woman's body. It is precisely because of this wisp of aura entering the body that the old woman feels ironed.

But unfortunately, Tang Xiaotian's spiritual power can only make the old woman's body feel comfortable for a while, and it can't cure the symptoms. After all, it is a passive spiritual power, and it will always be consumed cleanly. It's not that Tang Xiaotian doesn't want to cure the old woman, but the old woman's body can't bear more spiritual power.

It was time to talk to the old woman in front of the courtyard for half a cup of tea, and Tang Xiaotian planned to leave after getting some useful information. He smiled and sent the old woman back to the house, and then left the courtyard under the kind eyes of the old woman. Recalling some of the things that the old woman told him, Tang Xiaotian felt that he should have roughly found the answer.

"Let's take a look at the next one, if the situation is similar, then the truth may come to the surface!"

Muttering softly, Tang Xiaotian walked towards another normal family recorded in the jade slip.

This time, when Tang Xiaotian knocked on the door of the courtyard, he met a middle-aged man with a broken arm. The middle-aged man seemed to be a little difficult to speak, and just said a few words and blasted Tang Xiaotian away. Without hearing anything, Tang Xiaotian was furious and wanted to use his cultivation methods, but after laughing at himself, he decided to stop and leave. It was a bit disdainful for him to use the means of cultivation at will for ordinary people.

Next, Tang Xiaotian visited several families for various reasons, and he met a frail old man, a thin woman, and a frail woman and child one after another. After some conversation, Tang Xiaotian got a lot of useful news. In return, Tang Xiaotian left a wisp of spiritual power for these people.

Tang Xiaotian summed up the information he had gotten, and he seemed to see a clue that was unusually clear. He felt that he had found the right answer to his question this time.

was rejoicing in finding the truth in his heart, and Tang Xiaotian's pace couldn't help but be much brisker. But as he walked, his pace slowed down, and finally he stopped directly.

"Hmm, why are all those normal families frail and sickly, old and young, women and children?"

Discovering this situation, Tang Xiaotian suddenly felt that his heartbeat had missed a few beats. He frowned deeply and walked towards the next normal family.