Crossing the wilderness to survive, starting with a broken kitchen knife

"�� � Zhang Shi poked his head out from inside the room. It was dark, but Zhang Shi could still vaguely see the appearance of the visitor.

"Xiu Xiu, this is it. Over the years, the black tiger has been guarding the ancestral hall. The center of the spirit gathering array must be here."

Huo Xiu Xiu stopped at the door and looked into the courtyard. Seeing that the courtyard was empty, she took a step and wanted to break into the ancestral hall.

Huo Linjian saw Huo Xiu Xiu's actions and hurriedly stopped her.

"Xiu Xiu, don't be careless. I was attacked by some invisible creature today, which may be related to outsiders. "

Huo Xiuxiu nodded, but she didn't stop moving.

The gate of the courtyard reacted to Huo Xiuxiu's intrusion, and suddenly emitted a green light, blocking her.

Huo Xiuxiu took out a bell from her sleeve and shook it gently. The bell made a pleasant sound, and the green light dissipated into nothingness with the sound of the bell. Huo Xiuxiu and Huo Linjian walked into the courtyard side by side.

Zhang Shi stared at the bell, guessing that this might be the soul-releasing bell required by the task. He immediately walked out of the side room, took out Lao Duan, and wondered whether to rob it directly.

Huo Xiuxiu couldn't see Zhang Shi's existence, ignored Zhang Shi's covetousness, took the bell back into her arms, wandered around the courtyard for a while, stretched out her hand and pointed, and the stone door of the underground palace opened automatically, revealing the underground stairs.

"The black tiger is not nearby. Before it comes back, we should act quickly. "

After that, the two, or two ghosts, walked into the underground palace hand in hand with a smug look on their faces.

Zhang Shi could guess that it might be because of their arrival that the soul-binding bell that was originally used to suppress Huo Xiuxiu was taken away, which allowed her to escape.

"I just don't know what the relationship is between these two ghosts and the spirit-gathering array below."

Looking at the porcelain pot of Master An in the backpack, Zhang Shi sneered and followed the two down to the underground palace.

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Huo Xiuxiu noticed the abnormality of Master An's tablet as soon as she came down, flew to the tablet, and asked with a puzzled look.

"Why is the spirit-gathering jar gone?"

Huo Linjian was also stunned and muttered.

"How is it possible? Could it be that Black Tiger noticed that we were coming and left with the spirit-gathering jar in advance? "

Huo Xiuxiu frowned, took out the soul-releasing bell, and gently shook it at the tablet of Master An.

Zhang Shi saw that the opportunity was rare, so he came to Huo Xiuxiu with Lao Duan, and was about to fall with the kitchen knife.

Suddenly, an old voice came from Zhang Shi's mind.

"If I were you, I would not choose to do it at this time."

Zhang Shi's arm, which was raised in the air, froze, and he looked around and confirmed that there were only him and the two ghosts in the underground palace.

"Ring, ring, ring~"

Huo Xiuxiu shook the bell in her hand lightly, which seemed to cause the resonance of the entire spirit gathering array, and visible ripples appeared in the void.

Zhang Shi didn't know what Huo Xiuxiu was going to do, but he felt that the bell should be the mission item.

Thinking that his teammates were still in danger of life and death, Zhang Shi raised his arm again.

"Hey, hey, don't move! "

The old voice appeared again.

Zhang Shi confirmed that he was not hallucinating. After checking, he finally found that the soul-binding bell in the backpack was emitting a faint light.

"Fuck, Yao Lao?"

Zhang Shi did not expect the plot in the novel to happen to him. He immediately took out the soul-binding bell and observed it carefully.

"My name is not Yao Lao. You can call me Master An."

Zhang Shi's mind moved slightly, and he placed Lao Duan across the soul-binding bell and threatened.

"You have seen what happened to me this day. Tell me, what is your origin and what is your purpose in hiding in the bell."

"Hey, hey, hey, young man, peace is the most precious thing. Don't use swords to avoid hurting me."

"Stop talking nonsense and speak quickly."

"Young man, do you know that after you were injured by the black tiger, I used up the power I had accumulated for many years to save you. How can you threaten me in return? "

Zhang Shi sneered when he heard what Master An said.

"Haha, it turned out that you made me into this state of being neither human nor ghost, then I must repay you well."

After that, Zhang Shi pushed Lao Duan closer to the soul-binding bell.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't do it, don't do it, I'll tell you, isn't it okay?"

Seeing that Master An finally gave in, Zhang Shi let go of Lao Duan.

At this time, Huo Xiuxiu had put away the bell and was searching for something in the underground palace with Huo Linjian.

Master An paused for a moment and showed his figure.

Zhang Shi looked and saw that it was a figure of an old man with golden light and hunched back.

Zhang Shi nodded to Zhang Shi and began to tell the story.

"I was the ancestor of the Huo family, and my soul accidentally lived in this soul-binding bell."

"The Huojia Village was once prosperous, but prosperity must decline. Suddenly one day, black fog descended from the sky, surrounding the entire village, and no sunlight could be seen. No one who went out to explore came back, and for many years, few people could come in. "

Zhang Shi interrupted and asked.

"You said that few people could come in, so it means that someone had come in before?"

An Ye nodded and replied.

"You are not the first group of outsiders."

"Oh? Then what was their final outcome?"

"Some died, and some left."

Zhang Shi became curious about An Ye's words. If what An Ye said was true, then there might be more than one scroll in this village of doubt.

Zhang Shi asked again.

"Okay, I know, old man, where are my friends, and why am I like this now."

Mr. An blew his golden beard and seemed a little dissatisfied with Zhang Shi's attitude, but he continued to talk patiently.

"Your friends are in past karma, and your current state is called present karma."

Zhang Shi was a little confused by An Ye's words.

"I don't understand what you are saying. I just want to know if they are safe and how can we leave this place."

Mr. An stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"I can save you from the black tiger, and I can naturally save your friends. As for whether you can leave smoothly, it depends on you."

Zhang Shi looked at Mr. An's sneaky little eyes and couldn't believe him more and more.

"Stop being careless. What do we mean by looking at ourselves?"

"As far as I know, outsiders like you have your own way. If I really had a way to leave the village, I wouldn't be reduced to a soul-dwelling artifact and watch the village fall."

Seeing what Mr. An said, Zhang Shi turned his attention to Huo Xiuxiu again.

"I see that you are very interested in the soul-relieving bell. I'm afraid the goal of your trip is that bell."

Zhang Shi nodded and asked.

"Why did you stop me when I was about to take action just now?"

Master An pointed at Huo Xiuxiu's figure and replied.

"Xiuxiu is the only being in the village whose three souls are unified. If you come into contact with her, she will ignore the barriers between the past and the present and see clearly your reality. With your current strength, you may be in danger. "

Zhang Shi frowned when he heard this, and was quite confused about the "past and reality" mentioned by An Ye.

"Elaborate!"