different paths

In the middle of the crowd, lay a torn corpse. It is more appropriate to say that it is a corpse rather than a corpse.The whole body of the deceased seemed to have been gnawed by wild animals, it was broken into pieces, and no piece was complete.The limbs were separated from the body one after another, broken into several pieces, and the head rolled aside by itself, watching the parts that were closely connected with him in the past with cold eyes.

Even when the head was separated from the mangled torso, it didn't look good.Half of the head was sunken in, and it was a mark of being hit by a heavy object. A strange mark hung on the forehead of the severed head, like a bull's head or a crocodile's head.

Beside the corpse, Wudang and his party looked blue, especially Xi Sheng, the leader, with his lips tightly pressed, his sharp eyes flashing across everyone's faces from time to time, full of vigilance and anger.

"What happened?"

Everyone turned their eyes and saw Yue Chentan and the three walking slowly.Someone immediately went up to greet him and said: "Oh, Shaoxia Yue, you guys are here. Yesterday everyone finally crawled out of the cave, thinking about spending the night before going on the road. I didn't expect to get up this early in the morning and die again." As he spoke, his voice lowered After a while, "The one who died this time was from Wudang."

Yue Chentan came to Xisheng's side: "Master Xisheng, my condolences."

Xi Sheng nodded coldly, and said in a bad tone: "Yesterday, the two teams of Shaolin and Taichong were already one step ahead. I don't know why the three of you came so late."

The implication is that the three of them are already regarded as suspects.

Just as Yue Chentan was about to speak, Jia Wujue pressed his shoulder, stepped forward a few steps with his belly shy, and said with a smile: "I said Master Xi Sheng, it's not like you don't know that yesterday's situation was dangerous, you have to get out of that cave Escaping will naturally take a lot of work. You are very skilled in martial arts, so getting out of that hole is naturally a trivial matter, but look at my body, it is really not easy to climb out of such a high cave roof." He said, He also showed his bulky body to everyone, then pointed to Yue Chentan and said, "I was able to escape from there, thanks to Brother Yue and Brother Xue, otherwise you might not be able to see me today. After the two of them helped me escape yesterday, it was getting late, and I was afraid that I would encounter some ferocious beasts on the road. Wouldn’t it be more difficult to fight in the dark? So I persuaded them to find a place to stay with me. Let’s make do with the night first, and wait until dawn before setting out on the road.”

After he finished speaking, he saw a sick man who was coughing uncontrollably squeezed in from the crowd, it was Gu Yiming.This person's eyes are blue and black, and he looks weak, which makes it easy for people to let go of their guard.He saluted Xi Sheng briefly, and said: "Brother Wu's words are true, Xiao Keben entered the cave with Brother Wu, but the cave collapsed suddenly, and the two of us were dispersed by the crowd. We entered the cave late, The roof of the cave was still around the entrance of the cave when it collapsed, the Taoist leader and his party must have gone deep into the cave at that time, it is only natural that they did not see them after getting out of the cave. Thanks to the help of my brothers, I managed to catch up with the large army."

Everyone didn't have any doubts about Yue Chentan and the three of them at first, but Xi Sheng, who had been alone for a long time, regarded the three who hadn't shown up for a long time as objects of suspicion. The three people who came were innocent.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Xi Sheng also knew that his suspicion was untenable, so he snorted coldly, and said to Yue Chentan: "I have heard that Brother Yue helped the public to solve a major case, and his ability to solve a case must be extraordinary. I The brother who died in the middle of the school will rely on Brother Yue to pay him justice."

These words were very rude, Yue Chentan's expression remained unchanged, he just quietly drove to the corpse, looked at it for a moment and said: "Has anyone moved the corpse?"

"We have moved." A young Taoist priest responded, "I just waited to see Senior Brother Xuancheng's tragic death and put his bones together."

"The skull was crushed by a heavy object. The mark on the forehead," Yue Chentan's eyes narrowed, "is the dragon pattern."

"Dragon Mark?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone started talking about it.As a Wudang disciple, his face must be clean and clean, and no strange patterns can be engraved on it. The lines that appear on the corpse now are most likely traces left by the murder weapon.Weapons that can crush skulls and leave dragon patterns are rare in this Jianghu.

"I figured it out, it's a dragon head crutch!" Someone shouted.

"It's not an ordinary dragon head crutch." Gu Yiming took over the conversation and said leisurely, "Ordinary dragon head crutches, the dragon head is very small, or it's just an ordinary crutch with Kui dragon patterns engraved on the head. This dragon head crutches, the dragon head is not only not small, but also carved The craftsmanship is so fine that even though it is a mark, the dragon's whiskers are distinct and can be seen clearly. Moreover, judging from the damage to the skull, the murderer completely smashed half of the skull with just one blow. With such a strong internal force, It also makes it seem that there are not many people in the Jianghu who are so abducted by a leader."

He didn't immediately identify the murderer, but that was enough.In the past, he traveled the rivers and lakes with a pair of sharp eyes and a fine copper dragon head abduction, and won the praise of many martial arts heroes. His surname is Mu and his name is Qianli.

It was Mu Qianli, the old man in brocade clothes known as the "God's Eye" who died in Yu Zhenyuan's bodyguard.

But Mu Qianli was already dead, how could a dead person kill again?Everyone who wanted to call out Mu Qianli's name swallowed the name silently when they spoke.

It's a pity that not everyone has brains, such as the fat man from the Iron Shark Gang who came late.

"Brother Le said, isn't it Mu Qianli who is called 'God's Eye' by people in the Jianghu?" Jia Wu pretended to suddenly realize, "This is strange, before that Shaolin brother died under Fang Pojia's silver shuttle, now this A Wudang brother died under Mu Qianli's dragon-headed crutch again, could it be that there are really ghosts in this Liufan Mountain?" He said scratching his head, "But this doesn't make sense, it stands to reason that the holy land of Buddhism is clean and dust-free. How could there be ghosts coming out?"

"If there isn't a real ghost, then someone is pretending to be a ghost." Xi Sheng stood aside and said coldly, "I'd like to see what else is weird in this Liufan Mountain."

"The Taoist priest is so courageous!" Jia Wujue clapped his hands, but Xisheng gave him a blank look and ignored him.

"The head of the Taoist priest should be more careful." Xue Zhanyi stood beside Yue Chentan, and said indifferently, "Something is wrong, don't you know that it's not pretending to be a ghost, but the punishment of gods and demons?"

There are not many people in the rivers and lakes who are clean. Who hasn't got a few drops of blood on their hands?As soon as Xue Zhanyi said this, many people recalled the scenes that happened since they went up the mountain, and they all felt a chill behind their backs and broke out in cold sweat.For a moment, people were panicked, and no one dared to speak out.

Seeing everyone's timid and timid expressions, Xi Sheng's face turned blue and white, he snorted heavily, and walked away.Jia Wujue and Gu Yiming met their gazes and winked at each other, but unexpectedly they were stared at indifferently by the other party.

Jia Wuchai rolled his eyes, when did he offend his senior brother again?

Looking at the back of Gu Yiming turning away, a cool voice sounded from his side: "What are you looking at?"

Jia Wukai glanced sideways, and Yue Chentan had come to him at some point.

"It's nothing, just looking at Daoist Xi Sheng's appearance, he seems to be still angry." Jia Wu bullied.

"He's angry, so it's none of your business." Yue Chentan's face was cold and serious, and his tone was light, "Why bother to trouble yourself."

"Brother Yue said so." Jia Wujue followed the team, pushing Yue Chentan's wheelchair, and asked in a low voice as he walked, "Brother Yue, how much do you know about your junior brother?"

Yue Chentan paused slightly: "It's not much less than you."

This means, do you know yourself better than you know Xue Zhanyi, or not as much as you know Xue Zhanyi?Either way, it made Jia Wuhai feel better.

He was smiling secretly at the back of Yue Chentan's head, and then said seriously: "Brother Yue, do you know if he respects heaven, earth, ghosts and gods?"

In his opinion, that Xue Zhanyi is a fool who is not stingy. He doesn't care about the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth.

Hearing his question, Yue Chentan frowned slightly, then relaxed after a while, and said calmly: "As far as I know, not yet."

"Oh..." Jia Wujue nodded thoughtfully.

Flying sand and rocks, bones everywhere.

After turning over a mountain, Jia Wukai and his party saw this scene.

The lush water and grass, the scenery of singing birds and fragrant flowers all disappeared, replaced by a Gobi wasteland.The strong wind swept the hot sand and stones and blew them down unceremoniously on everyone's heads and faces. Rows of long-burning incense sticks stood proudly and hummed one after another in the hot wind.Under the sun-drenched copper pipes, there are corpses that have begun to rot, exuding an unbearable stench.

Among these corpses were birds, animals, and humans.Those who died first had only white bones left, while the flesh and blood of those who died later remained.

The people walking in front of the line leaned in front of a long row of burning incense to check, and suddenly let out an uncontrollable scream.On the wasteland full of death, such a sudden scream made the whole atmosphere even more terrifying.

"What's going on?" Suo Luzheng heard the call, walked a few steps quickly, and came to the front of Changburning Incense.Seeing the scene in front of him, he paused and was speechless for a while.

The ordinary corpse naturally did not surprise Suo Luzheng.

Ordinary corpses would not make these people in the arena, who are used to strong winds and waves, cry out in astonishment.

The corpse at Chang Ranxiang's feet was not terrible.What is really scary is their faces.Those are faces that everyone is very familiar with, and they are the same faces as the living people in the team.

Lying at the feet of Chang Ranxiang, the half-decomposed corpses all bore familiar faces—there were Suo Luzheng, Li Tuntao, Xingzheng, Xisheng, and Tie who was still fighting in the team. There are disciples of the Shark Gang, and there are Wudang Taoist priests with livid faces... The faces of these corpses are no different from my own, the only difference may be that they are dead, but I am still alive.

No matter who it is, seeing a corpse with the same face as oneself will not feel very good.

It was an accident for Jia Wukai, he looked around, looking for the corpse with his own face on it, with an expression of excitement on his face.If he sees the "dead body" of an acquaintance, he will kindly inform the other party, such as this: "Hey, brother, I just saw you died there."

Everyone he notified would give him a supercilious look, except for this——

"Thank you for letting me know." Yue Chentan's eyes were calm, and his thanks were solemn and sincere.

"What are you being polite about?" Jia Wuhai and his brothers patted Yue Chentan's shoulders nicely.

"Brother Wu seems to be very interested in these corpses?" Yue Chentan said casually.

"I'm very interested in their faces." Jia Wujue rubbed his hands, "The craftsmanship on this face is really good."

"Oh?" Yue Chentan frowned, "Brother Wu, what do you mean, their faces have been tampered with?"

Jia Wuhai chuckled, glanced at Yue Chentan and said, "Brother Yue, it's not kind of you to act like this."

"How do you say that?" Yue Chentan asked leisurely.

"I have always told Brother Yue that I can talk all kinds of things, but Brother Yue doesn't seem to be like that to me. Anyone who understands knows that there is no way in the world that there are two people who look exactly the same. If these corpses were not in the How could he bump into everyone's face after doing something on his face? I don't believe that Brother Yue didn't even think of such a simple thing. Did Brother Yue want to test me if he asked so deliberately?" Jia Wujue squinted at Yue Shentan.

"I didn't intend to test it." Yue Chentan's face was not happy, "I just asked, but I just wanted to attract others."

"Brother Yue really thinks highly of me." Jia Wu smiled lazily, "I'm just talking nonsense, I can't be worthy of the words of pearls and jade."

Yue Chentan just took a deep look at him, said nothing more, and drove towards the corpse under the long burning incense.Some of the corpses of the disciples of various gangs and factions have been torn off the masks on their faces by the eager gang members, revealing their true faces-they are strange faces, not to mention knowing each other. No one has even seen it.

The clues on the faces were seen through, and it was soon discovered that these corpses also had problems with their attire.The hair of these corpses was grabbed by someone, and ring scars were exposed on the top of their bald heads.

"Are these people all—monks?!"

As soon as this remark came out, many people were shocked, and hurriedly opened the hair of the corpses at hand to check. As expected, the hair on the top of the heads of these corpses did not belong to them. Their real identities were monks with ring scars on them.

"Where did the monks come from in this wild country?" Everyone asked in confusion.

"It may be a monk from Liufan Temple." Suo Luzheng said in a deep voice, "All the strange things in this mountain are inseparable from Liufan Temple. But the abbot of Liufan Temple, Master Wuyou, has great virtue. If he sits in the temple , will not allow such a thing to happen.”

"Lord Suolu means..." Li Tuntao approached him and said, "An accident happened in this Liufan Temple?"

"Very likely." Suo Luzheng said, took a mask from the guard beside him, glanced at the sun and said, "What's more, this mask is well-made, and it must have been made by everyone. Now the person behind the scenes Deliberately exposing these masks in front of us is really puzzling."

"Can you lend me the mask?" Yue Chentan asked.

"nature."

Suo Luzheng handed the mask to Yue Chentan, and Yue Chentan handed it to Jia Wuchai after changing hands: "Take it."

Jia Wujue took the mask and stuffed it into his bosom, without saying thanks, he just smiled and said: "Brother Yue also knows me."

"Is that so?" Yue Chentan slightly parted his thin lips, and softly uttered two words, which no one else could hear except himself.

The people walked for several miles on the desert, the hot wind was blowing more and more violently, and the long burning incense was like a pan flute, making bursts of roars, which kept ringing in people's ears.Those with weak internal strength already feel a little dizzy at this moment, and it is not known whether it is because the temperature is too high or the body is too tired.

On the deserted wasteland, a huge stone wall took root in the gravel and appeared in front of everyone.And on the stone wall, there are naturally gorgeous Buddhist paintings that everyone is familiar with.

The Buddhist paintings are colorful and delicate, but the contents of the paintings are creepy and chilling.

On the stone wall, evil spirits of various shapes are densely painted.Some have a belly as big as a bucket, but their limbs are as thin as a stick, and some have pus oozing from their throats and heads.Some are hungry but unable to eat, and some are naked but in the cold.Some are gnawing their own flesh, and some are sucking pyuria and feces.

In Buddhist paintings, these evil spirits are suffering from cold, heat, hunger, thirst, exhaustion and other pains, struggling and suffering, unable to escape.This is the realm of hungry ghosts among the six realms.

However, what makes the hair stand on end is not the tragic scene of the hungry ghost realm.

Yue Chentan drove up to the stone wall and flicked lightly on several places on the Buddhist painting. Only then did everyone discover that the painful evil ghosts in the Buddhist painting had another face—some of them grinned when they were on the verge of freezing to death. Laughing wildly, some were dying but salivating, some crouched in the mud and smiled, and some gnawed on their fingers with relish.

Living in the realm of hungry ghosts, there is no look of pain and hideousness, on the contrary, he is very happy.Such a strange situation, I am afraid it is the real evil spirit.