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Chapter 25 Close the Door and Release the Villains (25): Trapped

In the early morning of the second day, the bosses of the Laiju Inn knocked on the door one by one, waking up the Lingyun Sect disciples in the room.

One after another, the disciples in Tsing Yi came out yawning, and the boss stood aside with a smile and gave way to the aisle.

When He Jinchuan passed by him, the old man subconsciously took a few glances, then shook his head as if denying some idea.

Downstairs, the boss prepared vegetable porridge, steamed buns, and some pickled spicy dishes.

Sitting down on the wooden bench, listening to the noisy sounds on the street, He Jinchuan picked up the chopsticks to stir the porridge, and then put down the chopsticks again.

Seeing that He Jinchuan didn't move his chopsticks, the disciples on the side asked casually, "Aren't you hungry? We have to go on our way later."

"I caught a cold last night, so I didn't feel very comfortable." The young man rubbed the white fox's chin and replied, even the white fox, who usually eats nothing but food, was not interested in the things on the table.

"That's it." A trace of surprise flashed in the disciple's eyes. It's not easy for a cultivator to get sick. I didn't expect that this person would catch a cold even though he looked strong.

When Ling Yunzong's disciples were eating, He Jinchuan lowered his head to tickle the white fox, but secretly observed the boss's reaction from the corner of his eye.

According to what I saw last night, none of the people in Xinghe Town existed, but during the day these people had flesh and blood, and they even had breathing and heartbeats. So where did the people in Xinghe Town go at night?
While thinking about it, He Jinchuan saw a familiar figure, a disciple in Tsing Yi who had been killed by a ghost last night and was eaten with only one leg left.

He sat at the wooden table by the door, lowered his head and sipped the vegetable porridge seriously, holding a bun in his hand, his face was ruddy, and there was a trace of aura around him that only a cultivator could have.

It's a living person, but this person must have died last night.

Thinking about it, He Jinchuan's eyes fell on those people on the street, maybe...

The people in the entire Xinghe Town have been killed by the ghosts, but I don't know what method was used to make these people appear here again. Do these people know that they are dead?
Or rather, they are not human at all.

"What are you thinking about?" The disciple in Tsing Yi next to him finished his porridge and asked with concern when he saw He Jinchuan was distracted, "Aren't you used to going down the mountain for the first time? Everyone is the same."

"By the way, my name is Pan Yi, and your name is Li Xin, right?" The disciple in Tsing Yi smiled, his long and narrow eyes bent into two crescent moons.

Although He Jinchuan lived alone in Zuofeng Mountain all year round, the incident of cutting off Tang Wanshuang's right arm in the cultivation conference ten years ago left a lot of impressions on the inner disciples of Zuofeng Mountain.

The young man looked at Pan Yi and moved his lips. Before he could speak, the senior brother Yuan Shou had already stood up from his seat: "Have you finished eating? It's time for us to go."

On the way out of Xinghe Town, everyone passed by the noodle stall yesterday, and He Jinchuan paid special attention.

Everything in Xinghe Town seems to be normal, but it is revealed that it is contrary to common sense.

At the entrance of the town, everyone saw the mother and son who were begging yesterday. They were begging the owner of a tavern for money.

Just looking at the surface of Xinghe Town, it is no surprise that this is a paradise.

After walking out of the town and stepping on the muddy path uphill, He Jinchuan breathed a sigh of relief.

There is a problem in Xinghe Town, but that's it, it has nothing to do with them.

only--

Taking two quick steps forward, the young man leaned over to a disciple and asked, seemingly unintentionally, "Why didn't I see you wearing the bracelet that Junior Sister Lin gave you?"

"What bracelet?" The disciple blinked blankly, "Who is Junior Sister Lin?"

This person has the memory of Zuo Fengshan?Is he not dead?Was last night's illusion aimed at him?

He Jinchuan's pupils shrank, and he shook his head under the gaze of the disciple: "I made a mistake, don't blame me."

The disciple in Tsing Yi looked at He Jinchuan strangely: "It's okay, my name is Du Wei, what's your name?"

"Li Xin." He quickened his pace, throwing away the disciple in Tsing Yi, "I'm going first, I'm looking for someone."

"okay."

Those doubts didn't stay in He Jinchuan's heart for long, and the strangeness before Xinghe Town gradually became unimportant as Xinghe Town got farther and farther away.

We crossed four or five mountains in the middle. After dark, because we could always hear wolves howling, we couldn't find a good foothold.

In the darkness, descending the hillside, the Tsing Yi disciple saw the light of the fire.

The fire light in the dark represents someone, and everyone walked towards the fire light quickly.

The bright moon hung high, and the breeze rustled the grass beside the road.

Zuo Fengshan's disciples stood in front of the stele, showing surprise, and then guarded.

They were clearly walking westward in the direction of the sunrise, so why did they return to Xinghe Town?
Obviously, it was not only He Jinchuan who found something abnormal this time.

Standing in the crowd, He Jinchuan glanced at the disciple named Du Wei, who was as surprised as the others.

Yuan Shou, as the innermost disciple of Zuofeng Mountain, is as strong as the three direct disciples. He was the first to calm down: "Let's go into the town to have a look."

Since they walked for a day and finally returned to Xinghe Town, the problem must be Xinghe Town.

In the town, some shops have turned off the lights, and it is dark, and some shops are still lit with candles, and the figures in the houses are reflected on the sandpaper.

The only strange thing is that the doors of every house are closed, the streets are empty, and the voices of voices come from the houses on both sides, as if from another world, which is extremely frightening.

Finally, everyone returned to the Laiju Inn.

Yuan Shou lightly knocked on the wooden door, there was a sound behind the door, followed by the sound of walking, and then the wooden door opened from inside, the old man poked his head out full of surprise: "Have the elders left Xinghe Town yet?"

"I originally left, but lost my way and went back to the town again, and I'm going to bother the boss all night."

"It's okay, everyone, please come in." The creases on the old man's face moved, and he stepped aside with a smile, "Does the fairy want something to eat?"

"Well, take whatever you want."

"Okay, then wait for me for a while."

The old man went to the kitchen, the first floor was instantly quiet, the disciples of Zuo Fengshan did not sit still, they got up and looked around, Yuan Shou even opened the store door and stood at the door staring at the street in thought.

Yuan Shou stood outside the door for a while, then turned to enter the door, at the moment of turning around, a black shadow rushed past him and entered the room.

Concentrated in his heart, Yuan Shou quickly stepped across the threshold to look at the thing that entered the house, and saw a curled up dirty child in the shadow of the stairs.

It was a girl, the child who begged with the beggar before.

Yuan Shou's expression softened: "Where's your mother?"

The girl didn't answer, but just raised her hand to cover her head. As soon as she raised her hand, her bruised wrist was exposed under the tattered linen.

The injury on the girl's wrist did not arouse Yuan Shou's sympathy. Now that the situation in Xinghe Town is unknown, no one wants to meddle in other people's business.

Staring at the girl suspiciously for a moment, Yuan Shou returned to the table and sat down.

Half an hour later, the boss came out of the kitchen with the dishes prepared on a wooden tray. His face changed obviously when he saw the door was open, and he went forward with the wooden tray and quickly closed the door before serving the dishes.

While putting the dishes on the wooden tray on the table one by one, he warned solemnly: "The door of the room cannot be opened at night, it must be closed tightly. There are wolves on the mountain behind here, and they will eat people."

There are indeed wolves near Xinghe Town, and they heard a lot of wolves howling when they came back, but a town shouldn't be so afraid of wolves, right?
Yuan Shou responded to the old man's words without saying anything.

After putting down all the dishes in the wooden basin, when the boss turned around and was about to go to the kitchen to get the rest of the dishes, he let out a sharp scream and stared at the girl at the stairs, his face full of fear.

"Why is she here! Who let her in!!!"

(End of this chapter)