The conversation between the four people in the mourning hall was heard by the middle-aged housekeeper who was hiding nearby. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info heard that the conversation gradually subsided, he cautiously walked out, leaned out to look, and found that the monster was nowhere to be seen, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed!

"The three of them are really powerful, and their magic power is boundless!" The middle-aged housekeeper said excitedly: "The master said that there are many rewards, and the little one will go to tell you overnight!"

"No need. Jiang Ling said.

"What?" the middle-aged butler was quite surprised, "The three of you have worked hard to help eliminate the demon, don't you even want a bounty?"

Niu Zhu said embarrassedly: "I didn't do anything just now, so I can't talk about hard work." ”

Jiang Ling walked up to the middle-aged butler and said sharply: "You remember! A true sect expounder will not die for the bounty!"

The middle-aged housekeeper was stunned suddenly, he couldn't imagine that talking about the bounty could make people angry, and he smiled helplessly: "Okay, it's all up to the girl." What do the three ask for, albeit commanding the lesser. ”

Jiang Ling said: "I want to ask you a few things, and you have to answer truthfully." If you say half a lie, I'll let you fly out like those Taoist priests just now!"

The middle-aged butler nodded vigorously.

Su Ji asked, "When did that monster hide in the mourning hall?"

The middle-aged butler replied, "About a week or two ago." ”

Jiang Ling said unhappily: "Was it a week ago, or two weeks ago?"

"A week ago!" the middle-aged butler confirmed, then lowered his head and thought for a while, and suddenly said, "However, that youkai is not only here this year, but also came here for a while about two years ago, and I didn't expect it to come back this year." ”

Su Ji remembered that the shopkeeper said that the affairs of the Wang family's evil sect had not been broken, and it turned out that there were monsters in the palace, and it was not the first time.

Jiang Ling looked puzzled, and said to himself, "What did the dog-headed boy do when he came to the palace two years ago?"

After a little hesitation, Su Ji asked, "The monster three years ago was also hiding in the mourning hall?"

The middle-aged butler nodded repeatedly, "That's right." The youkai was also crouching in that position, exactly like just now. ”

Su Ji was slightly stunned, "Are you sure that monster from three years ago is the same as the monster just now?"

The middle-aged housekeeper thought for a while, and said with an embarrassed face: "I'm not sure about this." That monster is so terrifying that I don't even dare to look at it, how can I look so closely? Those horsemen are bolder than me, and must have looked more carefully than I did. ”

As he spoke, the middle-aged housekeeper found three family members who were in charge of standing guard outside the mourning hall at night, and asked them to stand in a row to recall the question raised by Su Ji, and carefully think about whether the two monsters were the same one.

The first one said, "I don't think it's the same youkai." I secretly looked at it, and those two monsters looked different, this year's monster looked like a dog, and two years ago, it looked like a wolf!"

Su Ji was both surprised and wondered, since even a family member could see the difference between a dog and a wolf, why didn't the kobold boy disguise himself more like a wolf?

The second said, "I feel like it's the same one." Both youkai are about the same color. However, the monster that came two years ago was covered in blood and mottled, and I was so scared that I had nightmares for half a month. I feel the ...... on that monster It's human blood!"

Jiang Ling hurriedly asked, "Why do you think it's human blood?"

"Because my father is a butcher, I have been able to smell the blood of beasts since I was a child, but there is no blood on that monster, and the blood of beasts is thicker and darker than human blood. ”

At this moment, the third family said coldly: "It's not the same monster." ”

"Are you sure?" Jiang Ling asked.

The third family member said without hesitation: "Sure." ”

Su Ji was slightly stunned, and when he heard his tone, he was very confident, and couldn't help asking, "Why are you so sure?"

The third family said: "Two years ago, the night that the monster left the palace, it was my turn to stand guard. That night, I saw a white-clothed Taoist who rode a black-spotted tiger and personally picked up the monster. Before leaving, I heard the monster crying, crying very sadly. I heard the cry clearly a child, just like the boy in my neighbor's house next door. But this year, this monster, his voice is completely different from the previous one. ”

Su Ji groaned: "Wolf, it must be him." Two years ago, the wolf came here and was covered in blood, but why did he cry?"

Jiang Ling said: "The Taoist who rode the black-spotted tiger must be Chai Song." Why did Chai Song pick up your apprentice, and what happened?"

Niu Zhu said: "In the three years we have been in retreat, there must have been many things that we didn't know. ”

Su Ji said: "I think Chai Song asked us to break into the Twelve Spirit Formation, it must be related to the matter of the wolf, as long as we continue to break into the formation, sooner or later we will understand." ”

As he spoke, Su Ji picked up the copper plate engraved with the twelve zodiac signs, and saw that the colors of the two totems of "Rooster" and "Dog" on it were already dim. He held his breath and contemplated, urging the aura of the Xuan Ming to pour it into the copper plate, and found that the copper plate turned slightly, but it quickly stopped again.

Niu Zhu followed Su Ji's example and pressed his hand on the copper plate, and found that the speed of the copper plate was slightly faster.

Jiang Ling also put his hand up, and the copper plate began to rotate non-stop, emitting a dazzling golden light, getting brighter and brighter.

In the stunned gazes of the three of them, the surrounding scenery fell into a white bright light. The light was so dazzling that the three of them were so shaken that they couldn't open their eyes.

I don't know how long it took, but the dazzling light gradually dimmed.

The three of them slowly opened their eyes, looked around, and found that the scenery around them was completely new. The palace disappeared without a trace, and in its place was a beautiful scenery surrounded by mountains and rivers.

There was a refreshing fragrance of plants and trees floating in the air, and Jiang Ling couldn't help but take a few more sips.

Su Ji couldn't help but think of the last words that Ji You had left: "Although you have passed my level, but then, it will not be so easy." ”

However, the time when the kobold boy was just now, although it was not effortless, it was undoubtedly very simple. Su Ji couldn't figure it out, was it Ji You's bluffing, or did the dog-headed boy have another conspiracy to make people take it lightly? Or was it some other reason?

When the three of them reached the water's edge, the mist was shrouded in the blue waves. On the other side of the river, large and small buildings can be seen, and it seems to be a small village. Looking from afar, the stone tablet on the opposite bank is engraved with the words "Yinjia Village".

"This is the village where I used to live!" Niu Zhu's eyes widened suddenly, and he shouted excitedly: "I'm home!

Su Ji couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw large and small ships moored along the shore, but there was no one in sight.

Niu Zhu beckoned Su Ji and Jiang Ling to get on the boat, jumped directly onto a wooden boat, paddled desperately to the opposite shore, and muttered to himself: "Dad, mother, the child is back, the child has apprenticed, and I will never let you bother about me again." ”

Su Ji can understand Niu Zhu's excitement, a child who came out of such a remote village, and now returns to his hometown after cultivating immortals, it is undoubtedly an honor to return to his hometown.

Jiang Ling's face was solemn, and he lowered his voice and asked, "Is this an illusion, or is it a real village?"

Su Ji shook his head, "I don't know now. ”

Seeing the large and small houses all over the coast, Niu Zhu was ecstatic, and the speed of the paddle instantly increased tenfold!

However, when the ship docked, there was a dead silence all around. The three of them still didn't even see a single figure, which felt a little weird.

Niu Zhu said to Jiang Ling excitedly: "Senior sister, my father and mother will definitely like you very much when they see you, I can guarantee it!"

Jiang Ling was noncommittal, and barely squeezed out a smile.

Su Ji had all kinds of doubts in his heart, but for now, he could only do and watch, and followed Niu Zhu towards Yinjia Village.

When he walked to the field, Niu Zhu also began to realize that something was not quite right, usually at this time, the villagers should be busy with farm work, but today there was not even a single person on the road.

The arid fields are covered with net-like cracks, and the farmers who have been eaten by locusts along the way are swaying in the wind like a flocculent.

Su Ji and Jiang Ling glanced at each other, and when they saw each other's solemn expressions, they couldn't help but speed up their pace.

Niu Zhu felt a sense of foreboding, cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and he quickly ran towards the village.

When he arrived at the entrance of the village, Niu Zhu looked towards the main road in the center of the village and was stunned.

On a straight yellow mud road ahead, rats are scurrying across the street.

The road was littered with white bones. The broken shape of those white bones was as if they had been bitten alive by a hungry wolf.

Flies flew around, and a frightened centipede crawled out of a skull.

Witnessing the bleak scene, Jiang Ling and Su Ji's eyes lowered, and their expressions darkened. After some searching, Su Ji could basically conclude that Yinjia Village had experienced a catastrophe a few years ago. More than 80 families were killed, and none of them were spared.

Niu Zhu knelt in front of the two white bones in front of his house, his whole body was stiff, his eyes were about to split, and he suddenly screamed and fainted.