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Bright lights danced in the stilted buildings shrouded in the night, and the sparsely populated village was so quiet that even the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves was extremely noisy.Outside the window, the thick white mist approached the village, and the black figures in it were about to move. They seemed to be wrapped in the white mist, unable to take a step forward into the village. They either raised their dry hands, or poked their heads forward, thinking To look into it.There were many ghosts, and the surviving households closed their doors and windows tightly, for fear that these ghosts of white mist would rush out of the forest and break into the village.

Everything is silent, only the sound of the wind remains.Inside the window, the three of them were sitting around the table, the bean-sized flame of the oil lamp was reflected on a dilapidated map in the middle, and a little gold was also dotted in the eyes of the three pairs of eyes staring at the map.The map was dilapidated, stained with stains, and even eaten away by mold and insects, exuding a disgusting decaying smell.A slender finger stretched out from the wide sleeve, and clicked on the position where the butterfly was marked.

"This pattern is also found on this side of the village." A clear voice sounded slowly, and then the finger moved to the building in the center of the village, "Look, this is the place that Miracle Doctor Tang won't let you go."

Decorated with colorful cloth strips, the tall house located in the center of the whole village looks like a big butterfly about to fly from a distance.

This map is completely different from the map of the Central Plains. Instead, it looks like a mysterious picture scroll. Not only is the village named "Bangliu Village" and the altar marked with butterflies, but the lakes and rivers in the forest are all represented by various symbols. The animal metaphor, which looks quite weird, especially in the deep forest, draws a strange reptile in a relatively new handwriting.It looks like a centipede, but it has fangs like a snake, and it is entrenched between the river and the altar with its fangs and claws.

"It's really unexpected that Miss Asha would give us such a thing..." Bai Wangyan couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, his eyes turned to the Master of the Excalibur Shaogu standing opposite him on the old map.

Tan Taiying felt a little guilty when he saw him, quickly scratched her hair, and said with a forced smile: "When she gave it to me, I was taken aback for a moment."

Recalling that in the evening, the girl Asha hurriedly knocked on the door with a roll of things in her arms. She looked into the room, called Tan Taiying out alone, solemnly handed over the things to him, and ordered Don't let the people in the village know.Tantaiying hurriedly grabbed Asha to question, but the girl just shook her head helplessly, her red lips parted slightly, and she opened her mouth firmly.

"I will let them agree to hold a sacrifice! If there is no further action, this village is not far from death!"

After that, she stared at Tantai Ying with her beautiful eyes, and asked firmly, "You will help me, won't you?"

Tan Taiying didn't know why she insisted so much, but since it was something the girl believed to be effective, he could only nod his head and carefully put away the map.Asha smiled in satisfaction, stretched out her hand to pat his hand, turned and left, and the pretty figure with the butterfly hairpin inserted obliquely disappeared into the afterglow of the setting sun.Immediately after, the daylight receded and night fell.

White mist came quietly and enveloped the village.

When Tan Taiying took the map back, he was really taken aback, he had never seen such a strange pattern, all kinds of monsters crowded into a mess, if Bai Wangyan hadn't come over quietly to answer, maybe he thought Asha was teasing herself.

"So... Miss Asha insists on holding a sacrifice?" Bai Wangyan asked.

"That's right," Tan Taiying pulled his thoughts out of the memories, he sighed, and shook his head: "She said that the priests can remove the white mist, but the big witch and the others disagree."

"Why can the priest remove the white mist?" Could it be that she knows what the white mist is?Or some other reason?Tao Mo, who had been silent all this time, just sat in front of the lamp in front of the table, looking out of the window again.At this time, the white mist outside the window became thicker for some reason, as if the forest was soaked in milk and blurred.

Bai Wangyan patted the folding fan in his hand, thought for a moment, and said, "Witch Gu belief in Miaojiang is quite mysterious. We also saw it when we went to the abandoned altar before. The white mist gushed out from under the altar. I don't know what she called it." Is the 'sacrifice' held in the village, or is it going there. Or...maybe some things will be used in the sacrifice, and maybe it can eliminate the white mist."

"Mr. Bai, do you think it's feasible?" Tantai Ying asked in surprise.

And Bai Wangyan just glanced at him indifferently: "It's just a guess, but since the great witch doesn't want to hold a sacrifice, there must be a reason."

Tan Taiying nodded solemnly, he hesitated for a moment, and said: "Actually, there is one more thing that really concerns me."

"But it doesn't matter."

Tantaiying's eyes suddenly sank and fell into Bai Wangyan's deep peach eyes. He hesitated again, and said in a soft voice: "Miss Asha said, it's probably because you look like a person, that's why you are so beautiful. Let's get involved in this."

like a person.

Bai Wangyan just shook his fan and smiled: "Miss Asha really knows how to tell jokes, Master Shaogu, don't you believe it too?"

The expression on Tantaiying's face became relaxed now, he smiled heartily: "Yes, I said yes, how is it possible!"

But Tao Mo, who was sitting on the side, suddenly turned pale. He glanced out of the window again, and then turned his eyes back to Bai Wangyan.The candlelight flickered, reflecting on the side face of the white-clothed scholar, coating the white jade-like face with a layer of gold, the extremely delicate face at this moment actually caused Tao Mo to feel a little cold in his heart.Suddenly, those gazes suddenly fell on him, and there was a little gold in the peach blossom eyes, revealing a gentle light.

"A Mo, what's the matter?"

Caught off guard by Bai Wangyan, Tao Mo withdrew his body abruptly, and the chair rubbed against the ground with a sharp sound. He quickly adjusted his sitting posture, but waved his hands without saying anything.

"Hey, Brother Tao, did you think of something?" Tantai Ying saw a flustered look on his face, and a "thud" sounded in her heart.This black-clothed swordsman is usually reticent, and although the expression on his face has changed a lot recently, with his martial arts, it is really rare to be able to show such an expression, and he must know what is going on.

Seeing that the eyes of these two people were on him, Tao Mo suddenly felt that he had nowhere to hide. He sighed, and said slowly, "I... I saw someone outside the window today, maybe it was because I was dazzled. Alright."

"Who?" Bai Wangyan and Tantai Ying asked in unison.

Tao Mo wiped the tip of his nose with his hand, and glanced at Bai Wangyan: "A person who... looks very similar to you."

His breath seemed to be choking on his chest, Bai Wangyan's eyes looked out of the window like lightning, but he still calmed down secretly, shook the folding fan in his hand, and looked back again, he seemed a little affectionate Looking at the black-clothed swordsman: "There is a lot of fog in the woods, Ah Mo, did you read it wrong?"

Although Bai Wangyan's tone was gentle and soothing, there was a hint of toughness in it.Tao Mo stared at him, then looked at Tantai Ying at the side, his tone became quite firm.

"I saw that person who looks very similar to you, standing in the woods outside the window, holding a hook knife in his hand, the same as the one who attacked us that day!"

"Ah, I remembered," Tan Taiying suddenly said "Oh", he shook his fingers and said, "It is indeed possible! Have you forgotten, those women called you 'King Gu' that day." He scratched his hair suddenly, "Is this 'Gu King' a person? I thought it was some kind of bug..."

While speaking, Tao Mo suddenly stood up, and suddenly poked his finger at the poisonous insect that looked like a centipede, entrenched between the river and the altar. He stared at Bai Wangyan, and asked slowly: "Well, I think It's Gu King."

Tantai Ying looked at the poisonous insect in surprise: "Is this a person or something... It feels like a new addition."

As the two of them spoke, the smile on Bai Wangyan's face became weaker and weaker, until finally, the corner of his mouth forced a curve, and he showed a non-smiling smile to the two of them.

"It seems that there is indeed such a thing, then let's follow the map to find out."