In the darkness, the eyes that appeared silently emitted a light that seemed to return to the light, adding a very terrifying horror.

Yue Chen's heart was unsettled, he was frightened, his body began to tremble, the beads of sweat in his palms were like raindrops, and waves of coolness came from his body. Suddenly, the light in those eyes vanished, and the corner was swallowed up by darkness again, just like before.

The whole village was in a dead silence. Yue Chen could only hear the ethereal sound of his heartbeat and beads of sweat dripping, but other than that, there was no sound at all. Yue Chen felt that it had been a long, long time before the hand holding the gourd moved, and he subconsciously woke up from extreme fright. As soon as I raised my arm slightly, a sour and numb feeling penetrated into my body, and I tried to twist my body slightly for a while, and gradually felt better. After calming down a little, he slowly tied the wine gourd around his waist and stared at the corner.

"One moment, two quarters、...!" When Yue Chen's heart counted to the third moment, he saw that the corner was still extremely quiet, and nothing appeared. Looked away a little, glanced at the courtyard with the corner of his eye, and said, "Where is Senior Brother Ouyang now? Why hasn't he shown up yet!" Gradually, I realized that for the current situation, everything was clear, and there was no benefit in thinking too much, which only increased the frightening and tense atmosphere. After thinking about it, he took out a spirit pill bottle from the Ruyi bag and quickly swallowed a dark red spirit pill. Get up decisively and walk towards that corner, always pressing your right hand on the Ruyi bag, not leaving the inch.

As he approached, Yue Chen couldn't help but glance at the new grave he had buried with his own hands, and a chill began to run in his heart again. When approaching the corner, with the help of the faint light of the wind lamp, it was determined that this was a very common corner house in a small farm yard, the door was smashed and the roof was torn down. For a time, it was difficult to determine where this dying man appeared. After thinking for a while, Yue Chen chose to save people first, because he knew very well that Ouyang Xiu must be watching his every move in a corner. If it's dangerous, at least be alert.

So, Yue Chen turned around and retrieved the two wooden sticks, and regardless of bad luck, he lifted the man from between his knees and his back, brought him to the main court, and straightened it on his back. I saw that this person's face was covered with black mud, and his hands were clenched with a delicate and small Xuanhua axe, and his breath was so weak that he couldn't feel it. Yue Chen picked it out in his Ruyi bag for a while, took out a dark green bottle, poured out a dark green elixir, and when he wanted to give it to this person, he began to make trouble.

Looking at this disgusting black mud, he mused: "If you touch the corpse directly with your hands, you may be hit by the corpse, and even worse, it is difficult to say whether it will be poisoned." Helpless for a moment, he turned around and went out to fold a few pine branches back, and used the pine branches to open the person's mouth, and accurately dropped the elixir in his mouth. This third-grade Condensing Pill melted in the mouth, and a circle of green mangs quickly rose from this person's head, and only disappeared after it was scattered all over the body.

A moment later, the person's breathing began to become stronger, and Yue Chen took out another Zengyuan Pill and put it into his mouth. Seeing that the man's throat moved, he knew that the elixir had been swallowed, so he also breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead. Inadvertently, I looked up outside, but saw that the sky was getting white. Xin said: "Why hasn't Senior Brother shown up yet?"

Glancing at the man lying on the ground, knowing that his life had been saved, and seeing that the sky was already light, the fear in his heart had subsided for the most part, so he stepped out of the door, ready to breathe outside. As soon as he went out, Yue Chen, who was originally more relaxed, was stunned at the door again. He couldn't believe that the corpse he had spent so long and so much effort to bury had been dug up again, and it was still neatly arranged.

At this moment, Yue Chen really didn't want to believe his eyes, but because the sky was already clear, the timidity in his heart did not continue to increase. With a talisman in his hand, he walked out of the door, and stood on the steps to stare at everything in the courtyard. Suddenly, a person behind him said, "This morning, after you rescued me back to the court, someone who came with you dug up the body." His speed is tens of thousands of times faster than yours, so he can put the body in such a short time. ”

Yue Chen turned his head violently and saw a pale young man standing behind him, about the same age as himself, holding an axe in one hand and a string of black things in the other. I can't help asking, "Are you ......?"

The young man said, "I'm thirsty, can you give me a drink of your wine?" Yue Chen nodded slightly, untied the gourd and handed it over, the young man didn't say much, and drank it directly like a cow. There was not much gourd wine, and he drank it all. The young man handed over the gourd and asked, "Just now, did you look for your companion again?"

Yue Chen still nodded, but his heart began to feel uneasy, and he said in his heart: "How can he wake up so quickly? The amount of alcohol is so good, and there is no sign of confusion in his thinking, there should be no fraud!"

"You can rest assured! First, you are much higher than me, second, you are a good person, I am not a wicked person, and third, you save my life, no matter what, I will not be mad and kill you. The young man seemed to see through Yue Chen's thoughts, and after finishing speaking, he looked towards a corner. Yue Chen didn't follow, but paid full attention to the person in front of him, but by his senses, he concluded that the direction he was looking was the corner house where he was hiding.

The boy continued, "Come with me, save which of your companions!"

Yue Chen's heart was shocked, his right hand quickly reached into the Ruyi bag, held the hilt of the sword tightly, and his footsteps did not move half a step. His gaze grew cold, staring at the back of the nameless boy. The young man also seemed to notice the abnormality, and turned around and said, "Don't worry, he doesn't have to worry about his life, he is just trapped." Yue Chen thought that his senior brother was trapped, so he couldn't worry about it anymore, kept his distance from the young man, and came to the corner house.

I saw Ouyang Xiu's expression sluggish, his eyes were cloudy, his arms hung down stiffly, and the sword in his hand fell to the ground. The boy said: "This is a curse forbidden in my family, and those who are not careful will lose their minds and enter endless nightmares. Just like your companion. If you want to save him, you have to find a way to remove the layer of dark obstacles on the yellow line. I am lowly and have no quick way, only know the ancient method handed down by my ancestors, and bake it with a blazing fire for forty-nine days before it can be lifted. Or, you can only wait for a thunderstorm to lead the thunder to lift. However, this method is dangerous, and you need to think it through. ”

Hearing the law of heavenly thunder, Yue Chen was secretly happy in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Since this is the case, please let my brother get out of the way!" The young man also seemed a little surprised, but seeing Yue Chen's serious face, he had no choice but to step back, and the two stood side by side.

Yue Chen took out a piece of green rune paper, the clear and strange rune pattern fluctuated slightly, only to see Yue Chen lightly reciting the mantra, guided by divine sense, and the spiritual power gathered in the right palm and slowly injected into the talisman. With a flick of his wrist, a talisman shot out and struck a foot above Ouyang Xiu's head.

In an instant, there was a loud "boom", and the force of the talisman was like hitting the wall of gold powder, the gold dust was fluttering, the snowflakes were dancing, and the sound of dark thunder was transmitted to the distance. It's just that before the two people outside could react, Ouyang Xiu was like lightning, picked up the spirit sword on the ground, pounced violently, his eyes showed a fierce light, and said coldly: "Give me a reason not to kill you?" Before he finished speaking, the sword was unsheathed by an inch, and Ouyang Xiu's killing machine filled the courtyard. At this moment, Yue Chen felt that the corpses in the courtyard were not very scary, but it was this senior brother, which was even more terrifying.

"Senior brother, are you okay!" Yue Chen first cared about Senior Brother, but he also knew that he was indeed fine, so he said again: "Senior Brother, what's the matter with these corpses?"

Seeing that Yue Chen had relieved the siege in time, the young man couldn't help but glance back, and then he still bowed his head and said nothing, his hands just clutched the handle of the axe tightly, and said slowly: "You are on the way, it's not my fault." Last night, I was no longer able to warn. ”

Ouyang Xiu was angry, but he glared at Yue Chen fiercely, and said as if to himself: "Is it really that I am too greedy?" After a pause, he said: "Old Thirteen, your performance last night was very good, far exceeding my expectations. Especially in this ghost courtyard, when a living person suddenly appears, you can still adjust yourself and stand up bravely. Honestly, if it were me, I'm afraid there would be one more corpse. He turned to the boy and said, "Boy, count yourself as a kind." In this case, he could stay in that Void Illusion Array for seven days. I think if it weren't for the strong faith that backs you up, you'd have died 10,000 times. ”

After speaking, Ouyang Xiu put away his sword, stepped over to the six headless corpses, and asked, "What is the matter with these six corpses and six heads?" If I guess correctly, these corpses are not your family, but the people of the Iron Scale Hall. ”

The young man let out a "hmm", and the whole person seemed to be even more nervous, and he couldn't help but get a little closer to Yue Chen. Yue Chen was also stunned, looking at the young man whose body trembled slightly, he always had a feeling that he was in the same situation, and poured out another spirit pill, and said, "This is a first-grade spirit pill jade liquid pill, you take it first." The young man hesitated for a moment, but still took the elixir and took it.

"I'm useless. However, I really didn't have the courage to look at the body last night. Yue Chen defended himself, "If the abnormality was discovered earlier, it would have saved a waste of effort!"

"It's all your credit, and I can't snatch it without skin or face. Ouyang Xiu laughed and analyzed: "If you hadn't buried these corpses, I'm afraid this stinky boy wouldn't have appeared; ”

The boy suddenly interjected, "It's also possible that you both have been hit!"

Ouyang Xiu gave a thumbs up and said, "Little brother, you're right! I see that you have taken the three elixirs of this sect in a row, and your strength has almost recovered, please step forward and identify these corpses one by one, and see what you can find." He said to Yue Chen again: "Old Thirteen, see clearly, this is another trick: corpses can also speak." ”

"The two dogs, the three pockmarks, the four slippers, and the small pickpockets of the Iron Scale Hall、...... , well, this should be their hall master's iron rod. After the young man pointed out the people in the Iron Scale Hall one by one, he pointed to a head and said, "This should be the head of the seventh master in the village." He was a lonely old man in his last years, how could he be killed! I had never seen the other five heads. ”

Yue Chen asked, "Your family is so familiar with the Iron Scale Hall?"

"Well, these ruffians, for a family like mine, are simply Yama alive. On weekdays, he is a blessing, eating and drinking. But it is also true that these people never kill local people. Therefore, although everyone is not used to it, they don't have to worry about their lives, so they have been swallowing their anger and being safe. ”

Ouyang Xiu stared at the five heads, his eyes rolled slightly, and he had an extra spirit blade in his hand, and quickly dissected the five heads. His speed made Yue Chen and the young man have no time to react, and they have already done what he wants to do. Ouyang Xiu looked at the cut head and said, "That's right!"

Yue Chen asked timidly, "Senior brother, what new discoveries have you made?"

"Come and take a look, you'll naturally know!" After Yue Chen and the young man walked over, Ouyang Xiu continued: "The brain marrow of these five heads has been sucked clean by a demonic method, and the heavenly spirit seems to be intact, but in fact, it has been shaken into a broken foam, and only a layer of scalp is used to adhesion. Because the path of the murderer is too high, the head will remain intact without a great gravitational blow. This kind of Taoism is definitely not possible if it is not above the sixth level of the Divine Derivation Realm, and the cultivation of these five people is at least above the second level of the Guanqing Realm. ”

The young man suddenly interrupted Ouyang Xiu and interjected: "In the territory of Tuozhou, there are only three families with such forces, and they are all in Xiangsha City, which is separated from Luocheng. And among the three, the one that has done the most evil is the Ai family. ”

Ouyang Xiu said "oh" and said, "This is a bit interesting! Old Thirteen, I will rest in this city for a night today, and go to Xiangsha City tomorrow." Yue Chen didn't answer, just stared at the young man quietly, he always felt that this young man was not quite right, it seemed that he was too calm and calm, and his mind was clear.

The young man shook his head and said, "My name is Zhong Zhen! I know you're wondering why I'm so calm and calm." Ouyang Xiu took over and said, "That's because you're pretty sure that your relatives aren't dead." When Yue Chen found that Ouyang Xiu said this, a trace of strangeness flashed in his eyes, and it was fleeting.

Zhong Zhen nodded and said, "I don't know if the three old servants of my family are alive, but my father and sister are definitely alive." ”

Yue Chen asked, "Why?" Ouyang Xiu said, "Your family has long expected a disaster?"

Zhong Zhen glanced at Ouyang Xiu, his eyes were full of uneasiness, and he nodded: "Yes! After several families were wiped out before our family, my father expected the result of our family. So, he hid me in a corner house and sent my sister to a friend in Lingzhou for refuge. Then, eight days ago, at the end of the day, I went out alone with my mother and three old servants. And these corpses were thrown in from outside the wall. ”

Yue Chen glanced at Ouyang Xiu, then at Zhong Zhen, and said in his heart: "This is really strange! What is the reason?" I only heard Ouyang Xiu ask: "How many of you, aren't you the people who refine medicine in Fenglin Continent!" The medicine refiners mentioned in Ouyang Xiu's mouth originally referred to the people who specialized in refining and killing demon beast poisons, but later, these people began to harm people. Yue Chen didn't know what was going on, so he asked, "Senior brother, what is a medicine refiner?"

Ouyang Xiu hung the gourd on his waist heavily, and said in a deep voice: "You just need to remember that such people are all people who have lost their conscience, and it is not a pity to die." This kid can't keep him, little thirteen, you go outside and wait for me. As he spoke, his hand moved, and with a "Zheng" sound, the sword in the sheath was already half cut off. Yue Chen flashed, pressed Ouyang Xiu's hand holding the sword, and asked in a deep voice, "Senior brother, why did you kill him? What does the medicine refiner do, why do you say that?"

"Even if we don't kill him, we will be dragged to death by him!" Ouyang Xiu said angrily: "Old Thirteen, you have too little experience, and you are easy to be deceived." In the future, you will seriously find that for most of this life, it is much better to be a wicked person than to be a good person. Don't abuse your good heart easily. ”

Zhong Zhen said: "What the medicine refiner has done is indeed to bury the conscience of the heavens, and the heavens and the earth will not tolerate it. But the few families that were destroyed in Luocheng all began to be incognito in the generation of their great-grandfathers and no longer practiced medicine. Come to think of it, this is also the direct reason why these families were wiped out. ”

Yue Chen reacted and asked, "In other words, the person who killed the murderer knows that although a hidden family like you no longer refines medicine, the recipe for refining medicine has still been passed down?"

"Well, coupled with the instinct of refining medicine that has been passed down from generation to generation, they also believe that with a little time, my father and they can refine the medicine powder they want. It's just that I don't know if my father has fallen into the hands of others, whether he will succumb to obscenity and abuse. ”

Ouyang Xiu glared at Yue Chen angrily and said, "You two go out first, and I'll come later!"

Only then did Yue Chen realize that he had actually pressed Ouyang Xiu to death, his face was embarrassed, and he let go in a daze. Ouyang Xiu said: "Senior brother, your Dao is moving too fast. It's a great thing for people like us, but it's the opposite for you. You have to be prepared!" Yue Chen just nodded heavily, a helpless look flashed in his eyes, and Zhong Zhen still walked out of the back door.

In a few moments, a fire broke out in the courtyard, and the flames rushed out. Ouyang Xiu walked out quickly and said, "Go back to the inn first!"