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"Huh? Where is it?" Fang Xia got closer to the shouting bodyguard. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and ran over.

Just as Fu Jin took out the water bottle from his bag, he turned around and saw Fang Xia running away, so he had to follow with the water bottle.

Fang Xia held up the binoculars given to him by the bodyguard and looked towards the opposite side.The mountain on the opposite side that the bodyguard mentioned did not refer to the top of the mountain, but a cliff that was about the same height as them and separated by nearly a hundred meters.

Fang Xia quickly found the target. Although the sky was gloomy, the high-power telescope in his hand allowed him to easily see the face of the person standing on the cliff.

"Wang Tonglin?!" Fang Xia was surprised.

Didn't Wang Tonglin run away?How could it appear in this Yanhui Mountain?Could it be that he ran away just to come back to the mountain?What did he come to Yanhui Mountain for?

With the binoculars in Fang Xia's hands, the field of vision moved down slightly, and then he saw a familiar wooden box—it was the wooden box that Wang Tonglin got from the couple in City B.

Wang Tonglin squatted down holding the box, and opened the wooden box.The red silk cloth was exposed first, and what was wrapped in the red silk was a delicate bronze mirror.Wang Tonglin hugged the bronze mirror with both hands, got up and stood facing the wind, muttering something.

Fang Xia's eyes twitched, feeling a bad premonition.

Sure enough, in the next instant, evil spirits shot up into the sky, and at the same time, a group of dark ghosts spewed out from the surface of the bronze mirror, swooping towards them—Wang Tonglin turned out to be the ghosts in the bronze mirror. Let it out!

Fang Xia took two steps back and was supported by Fu Jin. He put down the binoculars in his hand, and a group of dark ghosts was right in front of him.He was already able to tell with his eyes that the fierce ghosts rushing forward were wearing costumes that did not belong to this era.

"Run!"

Fang Xia grabbed the bodyguard beside him who was still in a daze, and at the same time turned around and passed Fu Jin.Fu Jin stood behind Fang Xia, raised his hand, and the fierce wind turned the small group of ghosts rushing in the front into green smoke.However, the group of ghosts that followed quickly dispersed, bypassing Fu Jin and gathering towards the others.

The Geng family stood up vigilantly when the evil spirit rose into the sky, and they had already warned the others to leave before the ghost rushed up.When Fu Jin stopped at the edge of the cliff, everyone had already followed Ding Ming and ran into the woods.

They fell into the predicament of being chased and besieged by ghosts again. The difference from before is that after running for a period of time, many people have reached the limit of their physical strength, and their movements are much slower. They run away and dodge at the same time, looking dangerous .

Fang Xia followed at the end of the team. Under the cover of Fu Jin, he suppressed two ghosts and ordered them to help stop other ghosts.However, as expected, the two ghosts driven by him were quickly torn apart by several ghosts chasing them, and turned into green smoke and dissipated.The Geng family's ghost-controlling technique, if used routinely, is like a mantis arm against a cart with such a large number of ghosts.

"These ghosts were released by Wang Tonglin from the bronze mirror. If Wang Tonglin is captured and the bronze mirror is taken away, can these ghosts be controlled?" Fang Xia glanced back at the direction where Wang Tonglin was, and asked Fu Jin very quickly. .

"It's useless. Now that Wang Tonglin appeared here with the unsealed bronze mirror, it means that when Geng Zhongzhi went to see Wang Tonglin, he didn't notice the evil spirit. It wasn't that the bronze mirror was sent away or was re-sealed, but It was Wang Tonglin who made a contract with the bronze mirror and became the owner of the bronze mirror. He controlled the evil spirit of the bronze mirror from leaking out. There is only one way to use the bronze mirror to control these ghosts—”

"what way?"

"Kill the current owner, Wang Tonglin, and renew the contract with the bronze mirror, becoming its new owner." Fu Jin ran beside Fang Xia, but it didn't affect him from speaking clearly.

Fang Xia opened his mouth and closed it again.

To kill someone by oneself, or to instigate others to kill, is to cross the bottom line of human nature.Once the bottom line is crossed, it will be difficult to turn back and be a human being.

"That bronze mirror is not an ordinary horcrux, and there is a price to pay for using it." Fu Jin continued, "Look at the number of these ghosts, even with a lifetime of hard work by a warlock, it is impossible to suppress them. There are a lot of ghosts. Most of the ghosts sealed inside are not found, but made."

"Produced?" Fang Xia looked sideways at Fu Jin, "You mean all these ghosts were refined? How many people do you have to kill?"

"That bronze mirror looks old, obviously not from this era. In the era of imperial power, it was not too difficult to make a horcrux that sealed thousands of ghosts. With the power of the emperor, the gathering Tens of thousands of living people are sacrificed and refined, and then thousands of ghosts will be obtained." Fu Jin's eyes showed a cold dark color, "The sin of sacrificing thousands of living people will continue forever. Using this kind of Horcrux , the user will eventually become a sacrifice of the soul."

Fang Xia felt chills all over the place when he heard it, and at the same time was puzzled, "If this is the case, why did Wang Tonglin choose to do this? Does he have any vendetta with any of us here?"

"He may have been deceived by someone, and he doesn't know the price to pay for using that Horcrux."

Today's horcruxes are just magical instruments that simply seal up ghosts, and there is no such thing as users needing to pay a price.Few people knew about the murderous Horcruxes in ancient times, so it's not surprising that Wang Tonglin didn't know about them.

Who was Wang Tonglin deceived by?Su Wen?Min Xiao?Or...the Wang family?Fang Xia doesn't know, these are not the point now.The point is that more and more ghosts gather, and Ding Ming's feng shui scheme that can confuse ghosts seems to have lost its effect.

Fang Xia looked ahead while running, and soon found Ding Ming.I saw Ding Ming dragging Xu Meng, narrowly dodging the ghost, and scrambling to determine the direction, and Xu Meng, who he was dragging, could hardly run anymore.The Geng family, who were originally in charge of following Ding Ming, obviously couldn't keep up physically and fell behind, unable to protect Ding Ming and the others.Seeing this, Fang Xia quickly ran towards Ding Ming.

Fang Xia ran towards Ding Ming, and Fu Jin naturally followed.As soon as Fu Jin approached, more than half of the ghosts pounced towards them, and Ding Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ding Ming, your feng shui bureau didn't work at all!" Fang Xia helped to support Xu Meng. Xu Meng's physical strength had reached its limit. .His face was also a little pale, and he was completely relying on willpower to hold on.

"There are too many ghosts." Ding Ming was also panting heavily, and he explained as briefly as possible, "Xu Meng can't fill the seat, you guys find a way to get rid of the ghosts."

Fang Xia frowned, it wasn't his illusion, the ghosts he met this time were indeed much denser than before.

"Maybe the ancient horcrux in Wang Tonglin's hands is not the only one that goes back to the mountain." Fu Jin pointed to a bodyguard who ran over while talking to Fang Xia, signaling Fang Xia to hand over Xu Meng to that bodyguard.

"You're saying that the group of ghosts we met just now and the group of ghosts we're encountering now don't come from the same Horcrux."

Fang Xia stepped aside, and the bodyguard carried Xu Meng on his back while running.

"That's right. We should be some distance away from the horcrux users for those ghosts before, but this time we are in the center of the horcrux." Fu Jin listened to Fang Xia's rapid panting, and looked at it. "I'll carry you on my back."

"It's okay, I can still run." Fang Xia waved his hand, "I have to find a way to deal with these ghosts."

Fu Jin lowered her eyes.

Whether these ghosts or the feng shui bureau that traps them, he can solve them all in one fell swoop, but after solving them, it will no longer be a secret that he is the soul of Tiansha.

The soul of Tiansha will harm the common people and the world.

Fang Xia...would be scared?Unless it was a last resort, he didn't want Fang Xia to know.

At this moment, someone in the middle of the team was pierced by Li Gui and fell to the ground.Being pierced by a fierce ghost will not cause death, but the evil spirit of the ghost will affect the stability of the soul and cause symptoms similar to illness.

Relying on Ding Ming's Feng Shui Bureau before, the Geng family cooperated to repel the ghosts, and no one was actually hit by the ghosts all the way here.But now, Ding Ming's Feng Shui Bureau has lost Xu Meng's replacement, and the Geng family's physical strength has been almost exhausted, and the team has finally made a mistake.

"Young people from the Geng family, help clear the vacant lot!" Gu Zhen shouted loudly.

Geng Lijie and Geng Chaolin moved first, and Fang Xia quickly followed.The two brothers of the Geng family took out more than a dozen talismans in one go. Fang Xia had no more paper talismans, so he had to draw the talismans in the air.

"May the Qi of the heavens and the earth bring the five elements back into one, and all the evils will recede!" Gu Zhen shouted, and threw five Buddhist beads into the open space.

The five beads seemed to be alive, paused in the air, and then spontaneously flew in five directions.It happened to surround the open space where the ghosts were driven away, drilled into the soil, and then drew a big circle in one direction.

"Go into battle."

Gu Zhen greeted, and the rest immediately ran towards the formation.

Everyone entered the formation, but Li Gui was isolated from the formation.

The circular formation, which was half the size of a basketball court, accommodated more than 30 people, which seemed a little crowded.One end of the circle was deliberately left open for the archaeologist who was passed by the ghost to lie down, so that the Geng family could help drive away the evil spirits.

"Fu Jin, aren't you coming in?" Fang Xia stood on the sidelines, looking at Fu Jin outside the formation.

"This is the evil-proof formation. If I go in, the formation will be broken." Fu Jin said, looking at Gu Zhen in the center of the formation, "This evil-proof formation can't hold on for too long, it's just a tactic to delay the attack."

Fang Xia turned her head and followed Fu Jin's gaze towards Gu Zhen.Sure enough, Gu Zhen was telling Geng Zhongzhi that the evil-proof formation would be broken soon, and he didn't have a second evil-proof formation on him, so he needed to find a solution quickly.

Geng Chongzhi looked around, found Ding Ming's position, walked through the crowd, and walked towards Ding Ming.

Ding Ming was not far from Fang Xia. He was sitting on the ground with his hands behind his back, and he was panting with his head up.

Geng Zhongzhi stood beside Ding Ming, and Ding Ming looked at him sideways.

"Unless you find a way to get rid of the ghosts, my Feng Shui Bureau won't be able to keep going out of the mountains." Ding Ming knew what Geng Zhongzhi wanted to ask, and gave the answer straightforwardly.

"To deal with so many ghosts, we need a lot of preliminary preparations. We can't deal with the current situation." Geng Zhongzhi sighed.

"Then there is only one way." Ding Ming stood up from the ground and patted his buttocks, "There is no Xu Meng to help fill the seat in the game, and there are so many ghosts, I can't go on. Then I can only break this by force." Feng Shui Bureau."

"Are you sure you can break this feng shui situation?" Geng Zhongzhi's eyes lit up.

"It's not a real crack, just forcefully open a passage leading to the outside in this feng shui bureau, and it won't last long. After the other party notices it, it will close the passage soon." Ding Ming said, "This place is far away from where we came in. The entrance is not too far away. After the passage is opened, everyone needs to run desperately to the exit. Whether you can run out depends on your luck—and I am the same. If you can’t run out, you can only be trapped in the mountains. Patriarch Geng, you What do you think?"

Geng Zhongzhi was silent for a while, then nodded slowly, agreeing to Ding Ming's gamble plan.He couldn't think of any other feasible way, and the sky was about to darken. After nightfall, the mountains and forests were full of ghosts, so he couldn't escape even if he put all his eggs in one basket.

Geng Zhongzhi went to tell others the news, Ding Ming tidied up his clothes and ran to find Fu Jin.

"Cough! Mr. Fu Jin, help me." Ding Ming stood beside Fang Xia, looking at Fu Jin outside the formation.

"What's busy?" Fu Jin asked.

"Please help to open the way, among this group of fierce ghosts." Ding Ming briefly explained to Fu Jin what he planned to do.

Fu Jin frowned, subconsciously looking at Fang Xia.This forest is already full of ghosts. If he helps clear the way, he will have to leave Fang Xia's side temporarily, which makes him not very relieved.

"Don't worry, I can protect myself." Fang Xia said, "Look at Geng Lijie is alive and kicking, I'm much better than him, it's fine."

"Don't worry, I will definitely let my junior brother run first." Ding Ming added.

"No need, I can be the first to run out as the last one." Fang Xia snorted softly.

"Follow the team and don't run around, I'll be right back to pick you up." Fu Jin told Fang Xia.

Ding Ming glanced at Fu Jin, and he agreed to help.

After Fu Jin had finished admonishing Fang Xia, Ding Ming took the time to explain to him where he needed to clear the way.

Soon everything was ready, and everyone got ready, waiting for Ding Ming to open a way out of the mountain.

"Chu Ji, run straight ahead in a while, don't look back." Geng Shudan sat on the ground, pressed the shoulder of Chu Ji who was squatting in front of him, and whispered, "The passages that are forcibly opened are all in a straight line. There is no fork in the road."

"I know, Patriarch Geng has already said it just now." Chu Ji said, turning around, with his back to Geng Shudan, "Come on."

Geng Shudan didn't move.

Chu Ji suddenly thought of something, and suddenly turned to look at Geng Shudan.

"What do you mean?" Chu Ji asked through gritted teeth.

"You can't run fast with me on your back." Geng Shudan looked at Chu Ji, and replied in a calm voice, "I'll go by myself."

"You have a broken leg, how can you walk by yourself?"

"Leave me alone." Geng Shudan lowered his eyes, "We have already broken up, you can't care about me."

"You want to stay here, don't you?" Chu Ji turned around and sat on the ground facing Geng Shudan, "If you want to stay, then I will stay with you."

"Chu Ji, are you crazy?" Geng Shudan raised his eyes and stared at the person in front of him.

"Yes! I've gone crazy! Crazy because of you! Are you responsible?"

"you……"

"Cough!" Professor Zheng, who was being carried by the bodyguard, coughed dryly from the side, "What's the trouble? If he wants to carry it, let him carry it. You make me, an old bone who also needs to be carried, very embarrassed. ah!"

"Teacher..." Geng Shudan raised his head and shouted loudly.

Professor Zheng ignored him and patted the bodyguard on the shoulder, "Let's go, ignore them."

Bodyguard: "Okay, Professor Zheng."

Professor Zheng: "If I can't run on the road, I will leave my old man behind. It's okay. I won't blame you. Don't learn from those two worthless people. They are young and have no desire to survive."

Bodyguard: "Don't worry, I'm in good physical condition! I can run, and I won't leave you behind."

The bodyguard carried Professor Zheng on his back and walked a little further away. The two people left behind looked at each other in silence for a while. Chu Ji got up from the ground and squatted down again with his back to Geng Shudan.

"I'm serious. If you want to stay, I will stay with you." Chu Ji whispered.

Geng Shudan moved his fingers by his side, and then put his wrist around Chu Ji's neck.

The author has something to say:

Teacher Zheng: I don't know how to cherish my own life, I owe you a lot of scolding.

Chu Ji: Thank you, Professor Zheng.

Teacher Zheng: Thank you for what?the same as you.

Chu Ji: ...