Act 17: The Disaster of the Ancient Village

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Eighty kilometers southwest of Linping City, there is a small village called the burial bones, the road is thousands of ravines, rugged and abnormal, the founder is the warlord melee period to avoid the war of the toiling people. The village was originally backward and isolated, but more than 20 years ago, a major earthquake completely changed its fate.

The village was almost leveled overnight, the houses were damaged, the roads were blocked, the water and electricity were cut off, and the villagers suffered more than 100 casualties, which was unbearable. This tragedy attracted the attention of the whole country, and the post-disaster reconstruction work was in full swing, and soon a new village sprang up ten miles away and was renamed Zangnan Village.

Twilight and his party were still a little distance away from southern Tibet, and they saw clouds and mist in the mountains, and dark clouds were thick. As soon as you enter the mountain, the car is covered by water mist, visibility plummets, and the road becomes narrower and steeper.

Twilight couldn't help but get nervous: "Eh, can anyone explain why the weather has become gloomy here, even though the weather is so fine." ”

The madman explained as he drove: "This is a big mountain, and it is also a place where mountains and rivers meet, and it is very humid, and I am afraid that there are not many opportunities to see the sun in a year." ”

"Oh my God, look!" Lin Qi screamed and pointed out the window, and Twilight jumped at the sound, tensing her nerves and preparing for a fight.

"Is that a waterfall!"

A column of water several meters wide on the mountainside is condescendingly pouring down, because the mist seems to come out of thin air, and the scenery is very beautiful and spectacular.

Twilight was nervous, but it turned out to be a landscape, "You're so scared, the scenery is the scenery, can't you 'wow' or 'um' or something! ”

Lin Qi laughed at Twilight in turn: "Why are you so cowardly as a big man, and I don't have a 'ah!' or 'help', can just a 'god' scare you to death!"

Twilight loses her temper and remains silent. The madman laughed, "Don't be too nervous just yet, wait for something that you want to excite." ”

Driving for five miles, I suddenly encountered a moat, opposite the cliff, the fog was filled, and it was eerie and terrifying. Twilight, who had been nervous all the way, was now relieved, and he no longer had to guess when a strong enemy would attack, because the entire mountain on the other side of the cliff exuded a domineering spiritual power.

The madman drove the car into an open area, took out a knife, cut the ginseng and deer antler velvet in the trunk into 12 pieces, took out the mortar and mashed it, and kneaded it into a ball with flower juice. Later, the "Kaimaru", which stores spiritual power, is used as a mold to make a pill. Finally, refresh your luck and fuse the spiritual power in the herb.

The madman handed the 12 pills he had refined to the three of them: "Each of you has 4 pills, you are delirious, evil qi enters the body, and you can take it when your spiritual power is exhausted." ”

After handing over the pills, the madman sat upright, looked at him cautiously, waved his hand, and motioned to step forward.

"Be careful, you are the most calm and composed, now you are in charge of commanding, remember to think twice about everything. ”

The madman turned to Twilight.

"Twilight, you're a commendable courage, you're sharp-minded, but you're acting too impulsively. At the moment of the great enemy, I ask you to put away your 'benevolence and morality', I don't care what happens to others, I just want you all to come back safely!"

In the end, the madman called Lin Qi.

"Lin Qi, you are also my apprentice, a person I trust, as long as you are confident, you have the ability not to lose to others. This time, I have to give you a difficult task - to protect your heart throughout the process. ”

After the madman finished speaking, he checked the props on Lin Qi's body one by one and re-injected them.

"Okay, this mission is special, I just said a few more words, you don't have to be nervous, I have everything with me. From now on, turn on the positive sunflower, you go to find the way, I will go first to explore, don't act rashly. ”

After the madman finished speaking, he put his hands on his back, closed his eyes and thought lightly, and with a stroke of luck, the aura surged, and the whole person actually rose into the air and flew to the opposite side of the cliff easily.

As soon as the madman invaded, suddenly the storm surged, and the dark clouds covered the sun, and countless spirit groups rushed towards the madman.

The madman Yun was indifferent and smiled disdainfully: "I Zhou Qi slashed tens of millions of souls, and persuaded you to retreat in the face of difficulties, and keep the soul source to enter the path of reincarnation." No matter who there is, but there are stubborn people, they will be wiped out, and they will not be tolerated. ”

The madman aside, Twilight and his party follow the madman's advice and begin to find their way across the cliff. But the deeper you walk, the shallower it becomes, and when you reach a hundred meters, you are surrounded by weeds and no road.

Unable to move on, the trio retreated and sought help from the villagers. The nearest resident is an old woman, in her eighties, who lives alone in a small bungalow.

The three of them asked the old grandmother about the way to cross the cliff, but the old woman suddenly became excited.

"No, no," the old woman kept emphasizing in the local dialect, and she cried as she spoke. "My old man went to the top of the mountain to collect medicine for me, but no one came back, and no one found it on the other side of the bridge, and everyone was out of breath. There are no people going to that place now, you can't go, you can't go. ”

No matter how much communication, the grandmother didn't say a word about the problems on the other side of the cliff.

The three of them had no choice but to leave, and Twilight suddenly had an idea, "Before, the old woman said that his wife went up the mountain to collect medicine, and found it on the other side of the bridge, so it is likely that the bridge is the passage of the two cliffs, and the top of the mountain is the location of the bridge. ”

Jin Xin also added: "It is very likely that an octogenarian, even if his body is strong, will not go far. The road is deserted, and there is no trace of anyone passing by, and I guess there may be a road behind the family. ”

Lin Qi's face was embarrassed: "But we've been grinding and soaking for half an hour, I'm afraid she won't say it." ”

"So, I think Sister Lin Qi can go and borrow the toilet. "I was happy.

"Why me, someone is more suitable for this kind of thing now. Lin Qi glanced at Twilight.

Twilight pouted, "I know, I'll go, I'll go, or I'll be told what's wrong with the 'big man'." ”

Twilight returns three minutes later, shaking her head in disappointment.

Lin Qi continued to taunt: "You are a big man, why can't you do anything, what's the use of asking you." ”

"Eldest sister, how big can I be when I'm 16 this year? Besides, this time the big man is really not good, I went to borrow the toilet, she pointed directly to the big tree on the side of the road, and I was suffocated back with some urine. ”

The two sisters smiled secretly after hearing this, and with Twilight at the bottom, Lin Qi confidently stepped out, and three minutes later, Lin Qi beckoned to the two of them in the corner.

Jin Xin sighed deliberately: "Hey, what if there is no Sister Lin Qi?"

Twilight was right, "What do you girls usually play? ”

Lin Qi was arrogant: "You want to, hurry up and kneel down and call the eldest sister." ”

"Don't make a fuss, wait to bring the old lady here, don't think about doing things today. Twilight urged forward, quickly diverting the topic.

There was indeed a path outside the room, and the traces were still clear. The three of them followed the road through two deserted fields, and soon reached the top of the mountain. An inconspicuous place has been sorted out into a small pavilion of about 5 square meters. Two severed stumps were joined to make chairs into wooden planks, and a large tree behind them was transformed into a pavilion, and the surrounding barrenness contrasted with the pleasantness of the place.

Suddenly unable to walk, Twilight quickly found a drawbridge connecting the cliffs at the bottom of a small slope not far from the pavilion.

Twilight asks worriedly if she is exhausted, and she shakes her sadly before she moves on from her frustration.

When the three of them came to the suspension bridge, the wooden sign read: "The suspension bridge is in disrepair and pass carefully." ”。

Twilight held on to the pillar and tried a few feet, but it felt sturdy. He took a few more steps forward, and in an instant the mountain wind howled and the black mist surged, causing Twilight to retreat quickly. "What's going on, is this a natural phenomenon, I don't feel spiritual power!"

Jin Xin looked puzzled: "What's wrong." ”

"Don't you see, as soon as I walk up, there is a strong wind, a black fog. ”

Cautious, Lin Qi looked at each other suspiciously, obviously they didn't see anything abnormal.

"Don't use that look, I'm going to get nervous. ”

"You've been nervous all the way. After Jinxin finished speaking, he walked up to the bridge, and Lin Qi followed closely, but was rejected by Jinxin. "Sister Lin Qi, I won't go far, just give it a try here. ”

I saw that Jin Xin stayed on the bridge deck for a few minutes, and slowly walked back. "It's ...... Illusion!"

Twilight listens to the image of herself being trapped by Zhang Yuan. "Illusion, is this the same as Zhang Yuan, can it be cracked with spiritual power. ”

Jinxin's face was solemn: "The strange thing is that this illusion, I can't detect the existence of spiritual power." ”

"How is this possible, it's obviously an illusion, but there is no spiritual power, how can it be done. Lin Qi couldn't help but walk up the bridge, but nothing happened.

"It's even more troublesome now, let's ask the master first" I was even more nervous when I learned that Lin Qi didn't react.

Jing Xin called the madman through the Zhengyang flower, and the madman was killing all directions.

"Master, how is it over there. ”

"These minions, endlessly, must have a powerful spirit behind them controlling them. ”

Be careful to tell the madman about the drawbridge.

When the madman heard this, he knew what was going on: "It's still an old fellow! No wonder there is no end to these little scraps." Be careful, Twilight, this spirit is a master-level, it will atomize the spiritual power so that people can't detect it, if you can't hold it, take the pill. I still have to go to the depths to take a look, when the power of Zhengyang may be blocked, you should stay where you are first. ”

After listening carefully, he approached the suspension bridge again, and took a closer look, the spiritual power around the bridge was extremely weak, like water vapor, which was usually not noticeable at all, and when a spirit approached, it slowly converged and gradually had an impact.

"It's really interesting, I can control the spiritual power so much, I really want to meet the deity. "Heartfelt admiration.

"Ah, yes, are you really sure, the madman is putting us where we are. "Twilight, who usually disobeys the words of a madman, is now the most obedient.

Jinxin's eyes were full of longing, but his mouth said, "Don't worry, I'm just talking." ”

The three of them waited tormentedly, when suddenly there was a call behind them.

"Oh, I'm tired, why don't you three dolls shout and listen to it, talk tired, and go if you can't go. When he looked back, the old woman was standing at the pavilion and approaching the group.

Seeing this, Twilight hurriedly hid behind Lin Qi, not daring to look at it.

"You dolls, why are you ......" The old grandmother chased after the three of them to stop Twilight, but suddenly stopped talking.

Lin Qi was afraid that her heart would be uncomfortable, so she hurriedly calmed her chest. "Grandma, don't get excited, let's come and see, no, we know, we can't go there." ”

The old grandmother looked at the suspension bridge with straight eyes, ignoring Lin Qi at all.

"Old, old man!" the old woman suddenly rushed to the suspension bridge desperately, the three of them couldn't react at all, and before they could stop it, the old woman had already run to the middle of the bridge.

"No, Grandma, come back quickly. He ran two steps to catch up, but immediately felt the wind howling and black clouds covering the sun. She quickly took out the pill and swallowed it in one gulp, and immediately felt clear-headed, her limbs were light, and her body was full of strength.

With the help of this momentum, he suddenly exploded after accumulating spiritual power, and the huge spiritual power formed a wave that washed away the surrounding spiritual mist. After the line of sight was clear, she found that the old grandmother had already walked past the end of the bridge, and Lin Qi had already passed two steps away from her.

I was about to chase after him, but when I looked at my feet, I had knocked down a lot of the rotten planks on the bridge deck by running just now, and now I had nowhere to put my feet. Seeing that they had gone away, the heart jumped boldly, and the plank really broke in response, and when it was in danger, a force pulled the heart back.

It turned out that the spiritual power that had just burst out of his mind opened his vision, allowing Twilight to move normally.

Without saying a word, Twilight took her into her arms, letting her hold her back against her and her hands pass under her armpits to hold her up, while she crawled on both sides of the drawbridge with her hands and feet.

It was the first time that Jinxin had been so close to a boy, and she knew that Twilight was just protecting herself, but the ignorance of her youth made her unable to suppress her excitement, and her face flushed, and her heart was bumping into a deer.

Twilight hurriedly urged, "You should move a little, you don't plan to ask me to carry you over." ”

My mind went blank: "How to move!"

"Eldest sister, you tease me, I can't tell you to move your mouth. ”

"Move, move, what do you want to do......"

Twilight yelled, "Oh, Wei Jinxin, Lin Qi and the others are going to go away! ”

A word woke her mind up, and she quietly followed Twilight's footsteps.

The two came to the opposite bank, and the dissipated spiritual mist began to slowly gather again. Twilight swallowed a pill and burst out of spiritual power and guided it to strafe forward, slowly twisting the angle like an electric fan to blow away the spiritual mist.

After about 45 degrees of deflection, she found Lin Qi under a tree, and she knelt on the ground and hugged the old woman tightly.

When he got closer, Lin Qi's face was dull, and he didn't respond to any call.

Jin Xin immediately took out another pill and stuffed it into Lin Qi's mouth. Lin Qi slowly blinked, shook his head, and regained consciousness.

"Sincerely, what's going on? ”

"Sister Lin Qi, are you feeling better, is there anything uncomfortable?"

"I didn't know it, but suddenly I was getting sleepier and sleepy, and I couldn't open my eyes. ”

"Sure enough, this spiritual power is not ineffective for you, but slowly penetrates, you don't have spiritual energy to protect you, it will be very dangerous, hurry up and go first. ”

"So, granny?"

Feed her a pill and tell Twilight to carry him back. ”

Lin Qi stuffed the pill into the old grandmother's mouth, and the old grandmother hummed a few words and was still not sober.

Jing Xin looked around, the spiritual mist was gathering again, and hurriedly urged: "Hurry up, it's not a way to go on like this, send the old lady to a safe place first." ”

Twilight carried the old woman on her back, Lin Qi by her side, and walked across the suspension bridge in three steps and two steps before the fog completely filled.

Twilight put the old woman on the ground, gasping for air, and when she turned around, her heart tightened, and he didn't see Prudence.

Twilight's eyes widened as he stared at the completely unguarded figure of the drawbridge, and he used the sunflower to feel that she was not far away, but he never responded.

Lin Qi was also very nervous: "Where's the heart, where is she?"

"Not far away, but she didn't answer me. ”

"No, no, go back to her, she'll be in danger alone. ”

Twilight immediately got up and hesitated for a moment, and said to Lin Qi tactfully, "Otherwise, I'll go, I can sense her with the positive yang flower, and I can also dispel the spiritual mist with pills." If you go, you don't know what will be affected, and I'm afraid that there won't be enough pills. ”

Lin Qi was very anxious, and even more sad at this time, he still became a drag on everyone after all. She took out 2 pills and handed them to Twilight, looking at Twilight's departing figure, her heart was full of mixed feelings, and tears quietly fell.