This dense forest with a radius of hundreds of miles covers the entire range of Lingyun Peak, and merchants from various places pass by from time to time on the official road, so there are nearly five or six inns along the way.

In the evening of this day, Xiao Yiqing and Lian'er led the horses to an inn on the side of the road, which occupies a small area, but also has a two-story scale, that is, the accommodation of passing tourists, and a notice printed with the official seal at the door is particularly obvious, which means that it is forbidden to trespass into the dense forest by traders passing by here, and if there is an accident, you will bear the consequences.

This notice made the two of them feel a little uneasy in their hearts.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw an old man with gray hair, sitting in it with a woman, talking about something. As soon as he heard that a guest had entered the door, he hurriedly greeted him.

I saw that the old man looked like he was in his sixties, and he looked a little haggard on the outside, as if he hadn't slept well in the past few days.

"These two guest officers are staying in the hotel, are they going to Zhongzhou? . The old man asked with a strange expression.

"Yes, we are going to Zhongzhou, what's wrong?" asked Lian'er a little strangely.

"The two guest officers don't know, it's not very peaceful around here lately, I'm afraid it's a bit risky for you to go this way," the old man whispered.

"Could it be related to the notice of the government at the door?" Xiao Yiqing remembered that there was a notice from the government posted at the door, which clearly stated that you must not set foot in the dense forest, otherwise you will bear the consequences.

"Yes, it's related to the proclamation. The old man spoke very mysteriously.

"Do you two want to eat something?" As he was talking, a woman walked out of the room, and when she saw Xiao Yiqing and the others, she came to ask, presumably she was the owner of this inn.

Xiao Yiqing and Lian'er each picked a few items according to the menu, and then asked the old man, "What is that?"

The old man whispered: "It is said that the godson of the owner of this inn was sucked dry of blood by a ghost thing that I don't know what it was a few days ago. ”

"Is there such a thing? Will this shop come in?" Lian'er seemed to feel a cold chill coming from behind.

"I don't know about this, I only know that people have disappeared almost every day in the past few days, and the government has also sent people here, but I didn't expect a few to be missing, and I still don't have a clue!" The old man shook his head and said he didn't know.

At this time, an innkeeper who claimed to be Liu Laohan walked out of it, and Xiao Yiqing asked him about it.

When the old man heard this, he sighed, then got up and said, "I adopted a godson more than ten years ago, but I didn't expect to ...... that night a few days ago."

It turned out that the godson adopted by the old man Liu Laohan did not come back when the sun set in the evening when he went into the mountains to chop wood, and he seemed to hear his godson calling at night, so Liu Laohan went to look for it with a torch, but found that the child was sucked alive by an unknown thing.

After burying the godson, there will be people missing in this section of the road for several days, and after the government sent someone to find it, a few people were lost, and they did not dare to take care of this matter anymore, so the government announced a ban on not stepping into the dense forest in the mountains.

Hearing this, Xiao Yiqing and Lian'er glanced at each other, as if they could feel a pair of cold and bloodthirsty eyes staring at them in this dense forest.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yiqing frowned, could it be that there is really such a demon who kills people without blinking an eye in this vicinity.

"Brother Qing, do you think this thing is hiding somewhere to eavesdrop on us. Lian'er seemed to be frightened by what the old man said, and thought a little too much.

"So we'll set off together tomorrow, and we'll have a good look after each other along the way. Only then did the old man tell his ultimate goal.

"Well, as you say, tomorrow we will go together. "Although Xiao Yiqing is not afraid of that thing, Lian'er is afraid, after all, there are many people who can strengthen their courage.

"Okay, that's it, plus the five people upstairs, there will be nine people on tomorrow's trip, and I won't dare to approach that thing easily. The old man seemed confident.

Xiao Yiqing's eyelids jumped, and she always felt that something was wrong.

After eating the meal in a hurry, I picked a room under the arrangement of the owner.

"Brother Qing, do you think that monster is nearby?" Lian'er was obviously scared, she was still too young to withstand the fright.

"It's okay, I can feel it, there's nothing nearby. Xiao Yiqing used his divine sense to envelop the radius of one mile at this time, and he didn't find anything unusual.

"Brother Qing, I'll sleep with you in my arms. Saying that, Lian'er put the whole person tightly on Xiao Yiqing's body, and a warm touch made his heart flutter.

......

Xiao Yiqing spent the whole night in meditation, the two energies in his body were interspersed with each other, if you look closely, you will find that this energy actually has a trace of fusion.

It was very early in the morning, as soon as Lian'er's eyes opened, she looked at Xiao Yiqing who was close on the side, showing a happy smile, and she kissed him on the face.

But at this moment, Xiao Yiqing's originally closed eyes were already wide open, which startled Lian'er.

Xiao Yiqing smiled and hugged Lian'er's head again, and didn't care whether she agreed or not, she closed her eyes and kissed it......

"Brother Qing, if you are good or bad, you know how to play tricks on people. Lian'er's seemingly puffed face was a shy look of fascination.

......

Walking downstairs, I saw an elderly couple from yesterday, and five fellow travelers of different ages in their mouths.

They looked at Xiao Yiqing and the two of them with their eyes brushed together, and when they saw it, they felt that they were ordinary people, so they stopped paying attention and ate breakfast by themselves.

"Brother Xiao, hurry up and eat something, we have a long way to go to Zhongzhou, but we can't get there in a while. It was the old man who said this.

"Okay, the store will give us some steamed buns or something. Xiao Yiqing nodded before saying.

Soon after, a group of nine people set off together.

The morning sun is shining, and everyone walks on the official road without danger, and the mountains and rivers along the way are picturesque, which also makes people gradually forget the haze before that.

And at this moment, Xiao Yiqing suddenly appeared in his consciousness, and a black shadow appeared and was rushing towards them.

"Oh no, it's coming, everyone disperse. Xiao Yiqing jumped off the saddle with Lian'er in her arms and walked to the side.

Those few people hesitated for a moment, only to see that the black shadow swept away one of them in an instant.

Seeing that there was suddenly one less person beside them, they all fell from the saddle, and then they all moved closer to Xiao Yiqing.

Suddenly, almost every one of the other six people had panicked expressions on their faces, looking at something creepy in the depths of the green jungle.

"Xiao, Brother Xiao, you, how did you find out?" A fat man with a big tongue in a yellow robe had palpitations on his face at this time, and after the scene just now, it was easy to guess that Xiao Yiqing was different, so he had the above questions.

"I have a very sensitive ear, so I was able to spot it in advance. Xiao Yiqing naturally won't tell the truth, and even if they do, they may not understand.

"Does anyone see what it looks like? The old man recovered from his confusion, and then began to ask this important question.

Several people in the same group scratched their heads, "I can't see clearly, that black shadow is too fast," one of the short middle-aged men said and looked at Xiao Yiqing.

"I can see it a little clearly. Xiao Yiqing's expression was indifferent, without a trace of panic.

"So, what the hell is that, what is it?" asked the big-tongued fat man again.

"It was a man, covered in a black robe, and the black robe had a picture of a ghost painted on it. Xiao Yiqing clearly remembered that night a year ago, it was also the same person who was dressed up.

"No, I thought it was some kind of monster that specialized in sucking people's blood to survive. One of the young women had a hint of suspicion in her eyes.

"Leave that alone, it wouldn't be good if we didn't leave and wait for it to come looking for us. The old man looked at the sky and said.

"Let's go, as soon as that guy sucks up the blood, he'll definitely come again. Xiao Yiqing said and pulled Lian'er onto the horse, and took the lead in front of everyone.

Walking along the official road, passing by a large bamboo forest, I faintly smelled the faint smell of blood from a long distance.

"Hey, no. One of them, a short middle-aged man, was holding a palm-sized gossip compass in his hand, and his body was constantly changing directions, only to see his face change, and the pointer of the gossip disc in his hand was constantly turning in circles.

"This is a place of yin and evil, and there will be great evil things here, everyone be careful. The man's expression was cold, and he put away the compass, drew his sword, and looked like he was ready for battle.

As soon as Xiao Yiqing heard this, he spread his divine sense to a range of five miles, and suddenly his eyes were certain, and his face became ugly in an instant.

"If that's the case, let's run for our lives, I didn't expect there to be a group of demon cultivators here. In Xiao Yiqing's consciousness at this time, a group of demon cultivators were casting spells around an unknown place, and there was a piece of something engraved with a soul suppression stone in the middle that was flashing with essence light.

"Demon cultivators, it's actually these people. The old man's face turned pale for a moment when he heard this, as if he had heard of these people.

"Let's go back, it's still a little far away, and there may be a glimmer of life if we go back. Xiao Yiqing's originally calm expression was gone, she looked at Lian'er, twisted the horse's head and began to walk back.

A few people hesitated, and then there was no way to turn around and leave, but they didn't dare to stop anymore.

......

"Master, this blood sacrifice is still a little bit short, I'm afraid it will have to expand the scope to catch it. One of the grimacing black-robed men said to a black-robed man who looked like a Taoist priest.

"No need, it's almost enough to catch a few people over there." The place he was referring to was where Xiao Yiqing and the others were.