Travel through the long dream millennium

The first stop of Gu Changli and his party was the city where the last missing case happened.

According to the information reported to Bai Yujing from various places, the perpetrator usually stays in one place for a few weeks, and then quickly goes to another place.Due to the long time in the previous rural towns, there are probably very few clues.To find clues and trace the source, the best way is to visit Jinshui City.

In order not to startle the enemy, after some discussions, the four decided not to reveal their identities as cultivators for the time being, and pretended to be two elder brothers and took their younger siblings out to play, passing by Jinshui City by chance.

After handing over the identity documents to the guards stationed at the gate of the city for inspection, and after confirming that they were correct, one of the younger guards casually asked what they, the youngest young men who were only crowned, came to Jinshui Town.Li Chengji, who is now the "big brother" on the surface, is obviously ready to be interrogated, and replied calmly and naturally, "It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. The goal of my trip is to be in the north. It’s just passing through Jinshui City, and I want to stop here and take a rest.”

"Then you really know how to choose, but here comes a haunted broken city—" The young guard thought that his muttering was extremely low, but he didn't expect that all the monks standing in front of him were monks who had already cultivated their five senses. Can't escape its eyes and ears.

On the other side, the guard who was a little older and more mature and prudent quickly pulled the opponent's cuff, gave him a vicious look, then put the spy back in Li Chengji's hand, waved and said, "Wen The spies are correct, and you can pass as much as possible. When you are new here, I will say a word. The curfew time in Jinshui City is much earlier than other places, and you are not allowed to see people on the street at Youshi (six o'clock in the evening). Don't make taboos, otherwise serious problems will occur. Imprisonment is light and expulsion from the city is not a good end."

After thanking the guards for their reminder, Gu Changli and his party entered the city in a carriage.First, he entrusted the coachman to find a tidy and clean inn for them in Jinshui City, and then Li Chengji got into the carriage. Compared with his gentle and bookish appearance when he talked with the guards before, his expression at this time seemed a bit strange. dignified.

"Even the guards guarding the guards can't help worrying and fearing the word "haunted", which shows that the incident has spread widely and affected deeply. Now most of the elite of the sect go to the gap between the two worlds to fight the blood demon. The remaining people You should also be responsible for staying behind and defending the foundation. It happened when Bai Yujing was weakest that this kind of trouble happened, maybe the mastermind behind the scenes had already figured it out, so don't let your guard down."

Gu Changli opened the corner of the window curtain, poked out half of his face to look at this famous and prosperous city in the mortal world with a large population.Right now, the sun is rising, which is suitable for shopping, but there are only a few pedestrians on the street. Even if they appear occasionally, they are all in a hurry, as if they are being chased by something, walking like a gust of wind; both sides of the street should be crowded , The peddlers who shouted loudly also disappeared.The breeze blew, and the rattan ball that was too late to clean up at the corner of the alley was blown and turned around, and a sense of desolation and dilapidation emerged spontaneously. It was hard to imagine that this is a country famous for its convenient water transportation and shipping trade. It can be called a national commercial center. of the city.

The general situation was already familiar to him, Gu Changli put down the curtain, and was about to withdraw his energy to listen to Li Chengji's arrangement, when suddenly a series of ethereal and melodious bells sounded in his ears, mixed with the same alluring The woman smiled delicately.He subconsciously blinked his eyes, and raised the curtain again with the hand he had just put down. The streets were still deserted and desolate, and he had never seen a beautiful woman wearing a bell.

"Little Leaf, Little Leaf—"

Ye Tian saw that Gu Zhang had withdrawn his gaze from the car window, and he had been in a daze with a dazed expression. Feeling a little strange in his heart, he yelled a few times, but the other party did not recover. Just as he was about to pat him on the shoulder, the young man in front of him suddenly frowned. With a frown, some dull and dazed eyes suddenly lit up, then turned to him, and asked sideways, "What's the matter?"

"...It's nothing, it's just that I was in a daze before I saw you, didn't respond, and I was a little worried." Ye Tian touched his nose and said angrily, "Maybe it's my illusion."

As if he was reminded of something by Ye Tian's words, Gu Changli recalled the ringing of bells and laughter that almost fascinated him, and suddenly he had a bad premonition, "Did anyone of you hear the sound of bells before?" , or a woman's laughter?"

The other three people in the carriage looked at each other with puzzled expressions on their faces, and then shook their heads neatly.

"Never."

"........."

The bad premonition in his heart seemed to have become a reality. Gu Changli dug out the jade pendant that was originally hung around his neck as a mascot—it was the eye of the Ning Xin Qi Gathering Formation that he successfully arranged for the first time when he was learning the formation. , because it is quite commemorative, so it stayed.The suet white jade, which was originally warm and creamy to the touch, is now covered with a faint gray-black color, as if it has inadvertently stirred up dirt, but it can't be wiped off no matter what.

The endless question Gu Changli raised had already made Ye Tian and the others suspicious, and the fact that the jade pendant he was wearing showed such a state, and if they didn't notice anything different, it was a testament to their IQ. despised.

"What happened just now, what bell sound? And laughter?" As the leader of this experience, Li Chengji, who is also a senior brother, naturally wouldn't let the junior brother, who was obviously being targeted by evil spirits, conceal the situation. He immediately opened his mouth to ask questions, wanting to obtain clearer information.

However, Gu Changli was also at a loss about this sudden accident, and only felt that he was lying on the ground for no reason.

Looking at the surrounding environment, looking back, hearing the ringtone, in a trance, and then being awakened by the warm feeling from the chest—now I think it should be the effect of the jade pendant—narrate the experience of awakening in detail, the four of them After a while, no reliable conclusions were drawn.

But it is obvious that the ringtone should be a medium that can confuse people's minds; as for the laughter, maybe it is the joy of finding the target again, or the way to deepen the control of the ringtone - this is still unknown .But since it was possible to completely hide it from the eyes and ears of the three of Li Chengji, and it was just a means to let Gu Changli fall without warning, the strength of the other party was obviously superior to the four of them.I just don't know if there is any connection between this assassin and the disappearance incident; and the reason why she took action on their side as soon as they entered the city was because of a coincidence or because they had already seen through their identities.

Even though he knew that the possibility of this series of events being just a coincidence was extremely low, Gu Changli still felt somewhat lucky in his heart.After all, if the latter possibility is really the case, it means that the plan of "not attacking grass and scaring snakes" that they hoped for is completely a joke, and the enemy has seen through it from the very beginning.At the same time, this also means another fact that is even more creepy: there may be a traitor inside the sect.

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Leaving from the sad Xu Mansion, this is already the No. 12 family that Gu Changli and his party went to visit with missing relatives, and the only child who was old enough to have a child, Xu's mother almost didn't follow him after she lost her child went together.According to the two of them, the child also said that he heard the sound of the bell, but he never laughed. As a result, the child disappeared that night, and there was no news from him, and his life and death were unknown.

So far, except for three families who did not communicate with each other that day and therefore did not get the news of the "bell", the other nine households have all mentioned this matter, and those people all lost the news on the night they heard the bell.

But the laughter was not mentioned at all, only Gu Changli heard it.

"The bell should be a magic weapon that can charm the mind. After the missing person heard about it, he planted a hint in his heart. Naturally, it is easy for the bad guys to succeed."

"At the moment, I don't know the information, and I don't know how high the level of the opponent's magic weapon is. In addition, the whereabouts have been exposed, and it is meaningless to hide the identity. Contact Bai Yujing's outer disciple as soon as possible, and check whether the junior brother is What kind of secret hands were left by the other party."

Without further ado, Ye Tian and Feng Xueyao, who were also worried about Gu Changli's comfort, naturally agreed with Li Chengji's plan, while Gu Changli, who was on the cusp of the storm, had a little confidence in self-protection, but also There is no need to resist other people's kindness to him, not to mention that if the flag is set too early, it may lead to the end of the street, so he has never objected.

Unexpectedly, before they got close to the gate of Jinshui City, they suddenly heard a burst of heart-piercing cries from the East Street very close to them-the disappearance happened again, and this time the victim was A little girl less than six years old.

"...We must find a large army to meet up first. We are clearly not the opponents of the other party, and even if we attack, it will not help." It is about Gu Changli's safety. Although he is very sympathetic to the poor child, Ye Tian's attitude at this time is extremely firm. .

Feng Xueyao's eyes flickered a few times, sometimes falling on the weeping mother, sometimes turning around on Gu Changli, and finally nodded along with Ye Tian, ​​"Little brother's matter is important."

"........."

Because of his inexplicable fall, Gu Changli's expression had always been gloomy, but at this moment, he couldn't help feeling warm in his heart, and there were a lot of ironies.

"That's the one, that's the one who stole my child!!"

After the woman who almost didn't have a nervous breakdown because of the missing child cried hysterically, she suddenly saw the man who had talked to her daughter in the crowd—he even reached out and touched her daughter's head— —At that time, I didn't feel anything strange, but now, it seems that his behavior is full of ghosts, clearly premeditated.

The woman made a lot of noise, and the habit of human beings to watch the excitement can almost be said to be a kind of nature. A small group of people around the woman looked in the direction of her finger, and there stood a handsome man with an expressionless face. The expression looks very gloomy, brother.

For a while, there was a lot of discussion.

As if he was overwhelmed by the hustle and bustle around him, the young master took a few steps back to avoid the crowd, his face became more gloomy, and he turned his head sideways with a disdainful attitude, and then separated from Gu Chang, who was secretly sizing him up. People collided with the line of sight, and for a while, it seemed as if sparks hit the earth, and the four eyes met each other, and there was almost no spark.

Rubbing his eyes, Gu Changli wondered if he had an illusion—why did this strange young man who was accused of being a kidnapper suddenly stare at him with eyes that were extremely focused and hot, and he wanted to eat himself alive—could it be possible? They actually know each other well?