Daming's Bizarre Story: Painted Skin

The rest of the students searched the dormitory all over, but they couldn't find Yan Dan's whereabouts.

Just like Gu Kuan, there was no body, no trace, Yan Dan seemed to have never appeared.

There was silence in the dormitory, and finally said with a good face: "Little saint, did Yan Dan abscond in fear of crime with Gu Kuan's body?"

"Yes, yes!" Someone immediately responded, "Now that I think about it, Yan Dan is the most suspicious of who killed Gu Kuan. Why did Gu Kuan have a knife wound on his back? Gu Kuan's body suddenly disappeared. Perhaps Yan Dan is simply directing and acting in a play!"

Everyone seemed to have found a reasonable explanation, and they breathed a sigh of relief.

People are always like this, afraid of things that cannot be explained, and constantly looking for a sense of security by justifying themselves.

He clearly knew that Yan Dan could not be the murderer of Gu Kuan, otherwise he would have many reasons to explain Gu Kuan's disappearance, and would not use such a clumsy and incredible excuse.

To justify it, if you look down along the path of Bailu Mountain, you can see that there is a heavy fog on Bailu Mountain. Before you go far towards the mountain, the mountain fog will envelop you, and gradually diffuse up along the narrow and long steps.

Jia Chen lowered his head and squeezed his sweaty palm tightly.

Yan Dan came to find Mr. based on his own information, but he disappeared strangely. During this process, Gu Yanming had never left his sight. Does that mean that among the remaining students, there are still Fellow of the demon tree.

As long as he raises his head quietly, and his gaze stealthily flicks from the rest of the people, who can he trust now?

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The students moved forward to the temple again, because two bizarre incidents happened in a row. Many students dismantled the tables and chairs, made wooden sticks by themselves, and brought self-defense. The tall He Panying became popular.

He Panying was born in a family of military generals. Now in the peaceful and prosperous age, martial arts practice has no future and is looked down upon by others, so the He family simply let the juniors abandon martial arts and study literature, and sent He Panying to Bailu Academy.

Perhaps because of heredity, He Panying's character has never been as good as his stick. His classmates look down on him, and Jia Chen, who is unruly and mean, even nicknamed him Monkey (He) Climbing Ying. It means that monkeys climb cherry trees, and rough people eat fine grains.

Now many classmates are surrounded by him, and He Panying, who has a strong physique, only needs to hold a stick in his hand, which gives people a sense of security.

He Panying actively taught the students how to disassemble the tables and chairs and make them into self-defense weapons. He also took the time to teach them a few simple stick techniques, and even simply reorganized them according to the art of war.

The usually stupid big guy turned into a leader who can stand alone, which made many students feel that they were wrong in their usual eyes.

He Panying trotted a few steps and jumped over several students to catch up with Jiuru who was walking in the front: "Little saint, why don't I take two students to the front temple to check first."

He got Jiuru's consent, turned his head and said, "Sun Qi, Jia Chen, you guys go up with me to have a look first!"

When Jia Chen heard his name, he looked up. He Panying looked tall and oppressive, which made him think of tall trees involuntarily.

Could He Panying also be disguised as a demon tree? He is the one who has changed the most today. He is usually a clumsy person, but suddenly he becomes so determined and orderly. No one feels something is wrong?

"Hurry up, Jia Chen!" He Panying waved his hand.

Zhao Ran raised his hand and said, "Let me go with you!"

He Panying looked down at Zhao Ran and couldn't help asking: "You?"

Zhao Ran stretched out his slender arms and legs: "I run fast!"

Jia Chen subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, but when he looked down and saw Zhao Ran who was just above the knee height, he felt guilty again, and said, "I'll go too."

He Panying glanced at Jia Chen strangely, thinking what's wrong with classmate Jia, isn't he usually a very active person who likes to join in the fun? Why did he suddenly become hesitant?

Jiu Ru looked at Zhao Ran and said cautiously: "You have to be careful. Don't panic if you encounter danger, I will be there soon."

"Okay, if you are in danger, I will call you by my name." Zhao Ran nodded and looked up at Jiu Ru, thinking that your name is... Feng Liujing. "

Jiu Ru nodded and said: "Okay, my name is rarely mentioned, you may not have heard of it, my name is... Feng Jing."

"Hey... It turned out that Jiuru was not called "Fengliujing" 20 years ago, so he blinked his eyes clearly.

"Zhaoxian, hurry up a little bit." He Panying urged, "We have finished checking, and we have to meet Master Fu."

Zhaoran left Jiuru, followed He Panying and the others, and then he turned his head to look at Jiuru at the bottom of the steps. His clothes were fluttering in the mountain wind, and the silk sash around his waist was half fluttering. Obviously, what impresses me most is not his figure, but Jiuru's eyebrows, black like a crow's feather, sharp like a lancet cut.

It turns out that Jiuru looks very heroic, Zhao Ran thought in his heart that he always felt that Jiuru was like a piece of jade, warm and lustrous.

Perhaps the Buddha sitting in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda has two sides, slaying demons and exterminating demons, or being compassionate, clearly thinking to himself.

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It was indeed a half-repaired temple, with only one main hall, and nothing enshrined, no past Buddhas, not even a statue of Confucius standing in the academy, only a half-repaired clay altar in the main hall, made of gold bricks Well, tung oil was added.

"Is there no one to take care of this place?" Zhao Ran gently wiped the clay altar with his hand, and a layer of dust was stained between his fingers.

"Of course someone should clean it. Chief Fan She is very firm in this regard." He Panying also felt a little strange and touched the clay jar with his hand.

Zhao Ran pondered for a while, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't remember what was wrong, Jia Chen who was next to him suddenly said: "There are too many things that are wrong!"

He Panying looked at the dust between his fingers: "Egret Book City is a sacred place for reading in the world. It is indeed abnormal that there are ghosts haunting it. It seems that the world is about to fall into chaos."

Zhao Ran turned his head. He subconsciously felt that this was not what Jia Chen was referring to. This usually arrogant classmate was uncharacteristically restrained. This was a problem in itself. I’ve read it all, there’s nothing wrong with it, why don’t I go down and call the little sage up.”

He Panying said: "Don't worry, let's check carefully. This demon tree has been hanging under the academy for many years. If there is something else, our entire army will be wiped out here!"

Sun Qi could only reluctantly nod his head.

He Panying inspected it inside and out with a stick. The main hall is not small, but the furnishings inside are actually very simple. Except for a few pieces of cloth curtains, everything else is clear at a glance.

Zhao Ran pointed to the clay altar and said, "Do you know what was originally offered on this altar?"

He Panying stood up and shook her head: "I've never heard that this temple existed when I came here, and we used to rest here when we were visiting Bailu Mountain. The little sage may know, If senior Yan Dan was here, maybe..."

He stopped talking here, the name Yan Dan really sounds a little uncomfortable now.

The sky outside was getting dark gradually, and it seemed that the shower was coming again. Looking at the sky clearly, none of the toucans he let out came back. Where was Lu Tian trapped?

A flash of light lit up, and Sun Qi pointed at something and screamed: "There are people, there are others here!"

He Panying immediately picked up the stick in his hand, and carefully approached where his fingers were. When he got around the pillar, he straightened up, turned around and said with a smile: "It's a piece of rag, I don't know who accidentally put it on." My clothes were scratched on the cross nails of the pillars."

The expressions of the people in the temple relaxed, even Zhaoran heaved a sigh of relief.

The last time they met Yin Pomfret, the patriarch Long reminded them what to do. Now that they met the Human Head Tree, he was really at a loss.

"I don't think there's anything else. It looks like it's going to rain outside. Go down and ask the little saints to come up and hide from the rain." He Panying put away the stick and said to Sun Qi.

Sun Qiyu was slightly annoyed and said, "I just said that I read it all. There is no problem here. You have to check it carefully!"

As he spoke, he flicked his sleeves and rushed out in the heavy rain. He obviously felt that Sun Qi's anger was a bit inexplicable, and even Jia Chen, who had been wandering, said, "It's weird."

He Panying, who was scolded, stood at the door, looking at the back of Sun Qi running down the mountain. The rain was heavy and splashed all over him.

Zhaoran ran over to look at Sun Qi's back. From this point of view, he was already close to the students in the middle of the mountain. Then He Panying seemed relieved and closed the door to find a clean place to sit and wipe the rain.

"Are you worried that he will disappear for no reason like Yan Dan?" Clearly understood what he meant.

He Panying nodded slightly, and sighed: "Now you have to be careful about everything."

Clearly said: "Senior He is sincere and kind."

He Panying was praised, but instead she became shy: "It should be, my family is a military commander, and protecting others is our bounden duty. Besides, I am a crude person, thanks to the support of my classmates and friends." Support." He turned to look at Jia Chen, and suddenly his face changed, "Where's Jia Chen?"

Zhao Ran turned around quickly, Jia Chen disappeared without a trace in the empty main hall.

Even though it was clear, his heart twitched violently a few times, this was really too weird.

He Panying's simple and honest face also turned pale: "Impossible, he was standing there just now!"

At this moment, there were already many footsteps outside the door. Obviously, the heavy rain made the students run desperately into the main hall.

"I'm going to stop them!" He Panying jumped up, the door had already been opened, and outside was the dark sky, a row of students in white scholar uniforms poured in along the hall door like soaked rats.

Jiuru stepped into the threshold, glanced at Zhaoran and He Panying's faces and asked, "What happened?"

He Panying pointed at the place where Jia Chen was standing just now with a trembling hand and said, "Jia Chen is missing, he was still here just now, he, he just disappeared under our noses."

The students couldn't help but burst into an uproar of panic.

"I'm here." Just after he finished speaking, someone interjected outside the hall.

When everyone turned their heads, they saw Jia Chen walking in from outside the hall. Half of his body was drenched, his black hair covered his face, his face was gloomy, and he looked like water that had just been salvaged from the underworld. ghost.

He Panying's tense face suddenly relaxed, and complained: "Jia Chen, what's the matter with you, where have you been, and how did you get out."

Jia Chen didn't speak, but pointed to the window beside the hall.

"Jia Chen, it's raining so hard, why are you going out?"

"That's right, don't you intend to scare people?"

"It's fine for you to be self-willed in vain, but now you are still self-willed, you want to scare us to death!"

The students were frightened, and they couldn't help complaining about Jia Chen.

He Panying raised his hands to comfort him: "Forget it, forget it! Jia Chen must be worried about Sun Qi, so he ran out to have a look."

Jia Chen didn't speak, just went to the side and sat down alone. He Panying directed a few students to find out the charcoal stove in the temple. After all, it was the property of the academy, and all these things were complete.

The charcoal stove rose, probably because everyone's emotions were soothed by the sight of the fire, so they calmed down, took off their wet clothes and grilled around the stove.

Everyone was chatting by the fire, but no one paid attention to Jia Chen who was sitting in the corner.

"What did you find?" Zhao Ran walked over and sat next to Jia Chen who was wrapped in wet clothes.

Jia Chen said dryly, "What did you find?"

"You have always been pampered and pampered. It's not like your style to send Sun Qi off in such heavy rain, let alone through the window." Zhao Ran looked at Jia Chen and said, "You don't want to say it because you can't believe it." Are the people here right?"

Jia Chen pursed his lips, and continued clearly: "You don't believe in Gu Yan, but you have talked with Yan Dan, so when Yan Dan disappeared, you will appear panicked."

"Shouldn't I panic when someone disappears for no reason?"

"Gu Kuan not only disappeared, but also died. You were not so panicked at that time." Zhao Ran said, "There is only one possibility, Yan Dan got some kind of hint from you, so he left the gate in a hurry to find Mr. The first object of suspicion is either Ju Yan or Sun Qi, after Yan Dan disappeared, you began to suspect that they still have accomplices, so you will be shocked."

Jia Chen was slightly shocked, turned his head and looked at Zhao Ran for a while before saying, "If I were you, I wouldn't ask so many questions, but would find a way to get out of here as soon as possible."

"But the matter is not clear, maybe no one can leave here." Zhao Ran grinned.

Jia Chen stared at him for a long time before lowering his voice and said: "Did you find that there is something wrong here?"

"for example……"

Jia Chen said in a low voice: "The dull ones become smarter, the reckless ones become cautious, and the cowardly ones become braver."

"After going through a lot of catastrophe, everyone will change more or less. This is growth."

"Maybe..." Jia Chen nodded stiffly, "Everyone has become better."

Zhao Ran crossed his legs and said, "Isn't it good to be better?"

Jia Chen's thin lips were slightly pursed, and his brows were lightly raised: "It's not bad, I just think they are weird, as if they are wearing a human skin mask, a little pretentious."

Zhaoran thought "Hey", and changed the subject: "You haven't said why you turned out of the window." Zhaoran turned to the topic again.

Jia Chen then said: "Believe it or not, I actually saw Sun Qi walk by the window, and then his expression was a little bit wrong, so I want to see what's there?"

"Sun Qi." Zhao Ran turned his head, but Sun Qi was blocked by many people, so he couldn't see his expression clearly.

"Jia Chen, hurry up and dry your wet clothes, there is an empty seat there." He Panying came over and called Jia Chen.

"Yeah, come here!"

"Careful to catch a cold."

Everyone shouted Jia Chen.

Jia Chen stood up expressionlessly and said, "Okay."

Zhaoran watched him stand up and walk towards the crowd, but in an instant he heard Jia Chen's voice very soft and authentic: "Zhaoxian, have you seen the wetland under your feet!"

After he finished speaking, he never looked back, walked to the middle of the students, took off his clothes and baked them.

The wetland under his feet, Zhao Ran looked back at the already dark sky outside.

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Sun Qi leaned against the pillar behind him. Even though he was very close to the charcoal stove, he still felt chills. In fact, he did find something outside the window, to be precise, it was a piece of paper, a list.

A list recorded with charcoal, his eyes slowly scanned the people in the hall, although some parts of the list were wet, but there is no doubt that most of the people in this hall are on that list.

They all met by chance, why was it such a coincidence, why did their names appear on the same piece of paper.

Unless...unless... Sun Qi held his arms tightly. It wasn't the first time that this group of people came to this hall, and he was almost overwhelmed by great fear.

He cast his eyes on Jiuru, thinking in his heart, should he give this piece of paper to the little sage?

But this piece of paper also had his own name on it, would it be a hindrance to him? Sun Qi poked out his hand in his sleeve again.

He Panying over there took out a piece of paper and said, "Please write down your names on the paper now. We need a list to arrange people to patrol. The rest of the people will take a rest in the hall for the time being. When the heavy rain passes, we will Just get out of here."

When the paper was passed to Sun Qi, looking at the charcoal-black names on it, he couldn't help but feel the desire to vomit. There was a knock on the door outside, and two Jin Yiwei walked in: "You are really here! , Mr. Fu sees the sky changing, let us come over and tell you to stay where you are for the time being, so as not to be taken advantage of by the demon tree."

When everyone saw Jin Yiwei, they felt more relaxed, but Sun Qi was not included.

To escape, we must leave here, Sun Qi only had this thought in his mind.