Jia Mo

"Master Wolf, come with us." Yun Zhi sat cross-legged on the sword and said with his sleeves in his hands.

Qi Yin decided to go to Yunmeng Guze, even if the god Laoshizi said something unclear, he didn't know if it was a trap.But after thinking about it, there is only such a clue at present, and we still have to explore it.

The wolf king shook his head and refused, Yun Zhi scratched his forehead and said, "The world is not peaceful now, my good uncle is spreading demon moths everywhere, and there are walking corpses outside, you really don't want to come with us?"

The Wolf King chuckled a few times in his throat, "When I saw your uncle earlier, I knew he was not a good guy. A big man who looks white and tender, what kind of fun can he be? Thanks to you secretly following him when you were young. Lao Tzu said that when he grows up, he will marry him as his bride."

"Huh?" Yun Zhi was dumbfounded, "Did I say that?"

"When you first came here, you thought he was a little bitch, and you were so fascinated, you got into her arms when you saw the sky. After helping you heal your broken arm for two months, you didn't know that he was a man with handles, so he ran to me. The wind blew all night, saying that the first joy in your life ended without a problem, and since then you have determined to be pure-hearted and ascetic, and devote yourself to the Tao. Little thief, you were only seven or eight years old at that time, and you were just a little pervert. style."

Let him go on talking, Yun Zhi's underwear will have to be cleaned.Looking back at Qi Lingshu and Qi Yin in embarrassment, Qi Yin wrapped the black cat in his bag and carried it on his back, but he didn't respond. This guy now looks like a haggard wood, and he is about to fly up immediately.Qi Lingshu's face was shrouded under the shade of trees, looking inexplicably gloomy.For some reason, his heart skipped a beat, Yun Zhi hurriedly stopped the wolf king, and said, "Are you really not thinking about it anymore?"

"Come on." The wolf king rested his chin on the rock, and closed his eyes wearily, "I'm getting old, and I won't live long, so I won't be tossing around with you young boys. It can shield demons, this is probably the last pure land in the world. You go, I will just watch you from a distance." He opened his eyelids again, looked at Qi Yin, and said, "Boy Qi Yin, I will go to the spring someday. Now, I see your bull-nosed father, what do you want me to say?"

Qi Yin looked at the mountains and forests in the distance, and said: "Just say that I am safe and happy, and my children and grandchildren are full, so don't worry about it."

The three of them bid farewell to the wolf king, their swords soared to the sky, and Nvluo waited outside to guide them.As the sun sets, the red glow is like a billowing fire in the sky, burning down half the sky.Looking at the phoenix from a distance, the nine undulating mountains are hidden at the end of the white clouds, gradually fainting into a scribbled ink.Yun Zhi looked back for a while, feeling a faint sense of confusion in his heart.

People go to the mountains and empty, and everything stops.

All the way westward, looking down at the sword, the towns are dilapidated, and walking corpses gather in groups to cruise the mountain road.The remaining sects of the Immortal Mountain built an enchantment along the natural barrier of the valley in the north of Jingchu. The glistening wall stretched across the ground, and the humming demon moths and walking corpses lingered below it. Visible bony scars.Qi Lingshu's face was gloomy, and he pursed his lips all the way without speaking.

"Little uncle, what are you thinking?" Yun Zhi asked.

Qi Lingshu's eyes had a deep pain that couldn't be resolved, "You know, sometimes I always feel that no matter how I go, it's a mistake. Every step I take is a dilemma. I walk back and forth, and I always circle between prisons, and I can't escape."

Yun Zhi laughed and said, "After all, isn't the human world just a big prison? If we can escape, we won't be immortals long ago?" He glanced at Qi Yin in front of him, "Even those who are immortals, It seems that I am still trapped in the prison. Some things we can do, we can do it, we can’t do it, there is no need to carry it on our shoulders, it’s so tiring.”

Qi Lingshu was silent for a while, and said, "You've always thought about it."

Ever since he was a child, he was pestered by those crying siblings. Yun Zhi heard Sang Ya Liubai and the others yelling every day from the moment he opened his eyes, "Brother, Sang Ya knocked my bed down!" "Master brother, the fourth junior brother burned a hole in my pants!", if I can't think about it, I'm dead.

Yun Zhi folded his arms, sighed and said: "Little uncle, there are so many people in the world, it's not easy to save them if you want to. What's more, some people can't even save themselves. Sometimes it's not their lives that kill them the most." Miserable, life is still there, everything else is gone, it is the most miserable."

After he finished speaking, both of them fell silent.In front of the two of them, Qi Yin was flying with a bone-chopping knife, and the flying white hair was dazzling.He faced the sunset all the way, his silent and lonely black back was like a knife piercing into the hot karmic fire.When the sun set and the stars hung all over the sky like frozen ice balls, they came to the sky above Mufu Mountain. There was a vast lake in the bend of the mountain, like a silver moon inlaid on the edge of the mountain.In ancient times, this Daze was far bigger than it is today. It bordered the Yangtze River in the south and went straight to Suizhou in the north, occupying almost half of the land of Jingchu.

"The following is Yunmeng," Nvluo said, "my god's guidance to me is here, and I have never entered it. "Hai Nei Zhongzhou Zhi" records that in the past, the people of Jingchu built temples on the water and went boating. Go to the center of Daze, dance and entertain the gods to pray for blessings. Every year, hundreds of human animals are sacrificed to the center of Daze to pray for good weather. If the remains of human animals are found, it must not be far from the temple.”

Qi Yin said: "This kind of place is always weird, I'll go down first, you wait here for me."

"Go together, don't leave anyone behind. How do you say that, life is the same quilt, death is the same hole." Yun Zhi said.

This guy is used to saying strange things, Qi Lingshu silently glanced at him, pretending he didn't hear.

"Follow you." The bone-chopping knife slowly lowered, and Qi Yin approached the water, "In this case, I will lead, and the little uncle will be in the rear. Dog thief, you and Nuluo walk in the middle."

He glanced at Yun Zhi calmly, and Yun Zhi instantly understood.After all these years, brothers and sisters, there is still some tacit understanding.Qi Yin probably doesn't trust the God of Raoshizi named Baiyu, nor does he trust this banshee named Nvluo.Arranged in this formation, on the surface it seems to be protection, but in fact it is to surround the girl.In case of any accident, the two sides can support each other.

Qi Yin took the lead in diving, and the dark green water flooded his eyes, and the quiet underwater seemed to be another world.Gu Zeyuan is deeper than expected, almost reaching the depth of the ice sea and sky.A group of people dived silently, no one spoke, as if they were afraid of disturbing the ancient souls.

Dive to the deepest point, the dark green becomes thicker and thicker, and it is almost impossible to see each other clearly.Yun Zhi lit the lamp talisman, and the gleam of the talisman shone brightly. The light was like golden dust, scattered zigzagging in the water.They had already dived very deep, and their eardrums seemed to be covered with something, making them feel stuffy and uncomfortable.With the black cat on his back, Qi Yin swam in the forefront, and there was no sound around, as if he had come to the realm of death.

After walking three zhang away, Qi Yin waved his hand and made a pause gesture.Everyone quietly stopped behind him, looked forward, and couldn't help but gasp in their hearts.

People, all people.

In the dark green water, in the muddy mud, there are countless people kneeling.Looking at the past, it is full of black heads.Everyone prostrated themselves on the ground, folded their hands under their foreheads, and kowtowed devoutly to the front.Not far ahead, there was a decaying large ship with a broken mast, and half of the hull was buried in the sand. The keel was engraved with fine and dense spells, which had dimmed its brilliance and was almost worn out.This rotten ancient ship is tall and old, and I don't know how many years it has spent in this quiet water.

"Building a temple on the water, does it mean that the temple is built on a boat?" Yun Zhi whispered.

Nvluo nodded, "It should be like this."

Qi Yin wanted to move forward, Qi Lingshu pressed his shoulder.Qi Yin brushed his hand away and said, "There is no one alive."

Indeed, there is no heartbeat in this water, only the faint sound of the faint water waves rubbing against the rocks.Qi Yin stepped into the group of kneeling corpses, and the skin of all the corpses showed a strange iron-blue color, making them look like bronze statues.

"Their bodies are filled with lead," Yun Zhi raised the hand of a dead body, "Look, it's very heavy. They should have been filled with lead while they were alive. Although the lead water is hot, it will not burn their bodies." The internal organs were burned, but they were instantly frozen to keep them in this kneeling posture. Then they sank to the bottom of the river, and the lead water became very heavy after solidification, and no matter how strong the wind and waves were, they would not be able to float up."

"They're all men." Qi Lingshu looked at these kneeling corpses and said with frowned.

Nvluo blinked her eyes and said with a smile: "When descending from the land of Chu, male wizards often descend to goddesses, and witches descend to male gods. God Baiyu is the goddess of Yunmeng. You can dedicate these people as the ancestors of Yunmeng to the great god. face."

Yun Zhi raised his lips and smiled, "Hei Zai, what if God asks us to have a face-to-face?"

"Then I'll keep you here." Qi Yin said expressionlessly, "You should be a godly man, you've got enough money in this life."

"There's more there." Qi Lingshu pointed to a place five steps ahead with his sword.

There was a piece of white bone arm protruding there. They went over and planed and dug out a white skeleton.

Judging by the appearance of the skeleton, he is a mortal. "The sacrifice?" Qi Lingshu frowned, "Why is he the only bone?"

"There is only one possibility, he is not a human sacrifice." Yun Zhi tapped the bones with the hilt of his sword, and there was a crisp sound, "The bones of mortals have been soaked in water for thousands of years, and they have rotted into slag long ago. Even if you are a demon and a Taoist Even the remains of a successful senior cannot survive for so long. This senior must have died recently, at most no more than 500 years ago."

Yun Zhi bowed, and just walked a few steps with the sword in his hand, suddenly his foot sank into the mud.

His expression changed, and he said, "Master, something is grabbing my foot!"

Everyone was startled, Qi Yin quickly drew out his sword, Gui Mo turned into a stream of desolate light, and plunged into the mud.Qi Lingshu's devilish energy exploded, divided into three strands and wrapped around Yunzhi's body, dragging him out forcefully.Yun Zhi staggered and fell to the ground, a severed bone arm protruded from his ankle, and sharp bone spurs pierced into the sole of his shoe.Yunzhi pulled out the bone and threw it on the ground.It wasn't something grabbing him, but the bone spur he stepped into the bone.

Qi Yin was speechless, retracted his ignorance, and said: "You dog thief, you are too brave."

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, it must be that senior sees that I'm too handsome, so he doesn't want me to leave." Yun Zhi said.

As soon as he finished speaking, the ground in front of him suddenly collapsed, and the mud shells several feet square were completely collapsed, revealing a large black pit.Yun Zhi sat on the edge, almost slipping down.Qi Yin and Qi Lingshu hooked his arms and pulled him up.The water waves dispersed, and the scene below was unobstructed, and everyone was dumbfounded.

The bottom is full of bones, piled together in a mess.His dark eye holes were filled with mud, and he stared blankly at the dark green water waves.

Without saying a word, Qi Yin stretched out his hand, and a pale head rose up slowly and flew into his palm.

"The breath has been soaked in water." Qi Yin said.

"Who are they, and why did they die here?" Yun Zhi knelt down and looked at them, "Are they fishermen who fell into the water and died? There is a custom on rivers to marry girls to the river gods. Are these virgin girls dedicated to the river?"

"Impossible, they don't have lead on them, and they won't sink to the bottom like these kneeling corpses. If they are virgins married to the river god, they should float along the water and not gather in one place." Qi Yin slowly drew out the knife, and the light of the knife was covered by the water. It folded meanderingly, as if wandering mercury, "The bones are buried in the pit like this, it can only be done deliberately by someone."

Yun Zhi understood something and took a deep breath.

Qi Yin whispered: "Nv Luo, does your god eat people?"

No one answered, Qi Yin turned her head, but there was no sign of the banshee.She didn't know when she disappeared, and Qi Yin didn't notice it.This woman is tricky, Qi Yin thought so, and turned around again, only to find that Yun Zhi and Qi Lingshu were gone.It was empty everywhere, only him and this group of bones piled up in the empty Daze.He lowered his head and silently looked at the silent skeletons, one head was obliquely facing him, with black eyes looking over, as if it was looking at him.

It was extremely quiet all around, you couldn't even hear your heartbeat, everyone disappeared, and he was the only one left.

Qi Yin sighed slowly, looked up at the dark green water waves, the skylight leaked into the lake surface, dizzy into a dim light, far away from him.It was a familiar feeling, suffocatingly cold.It seemed as though he had traveled thousands of miles all the way, with fellow travelers coming and going, and finally he realized that he would walk into the dark alone, with no one to accompany him.

He touched the burden behind him, and Master Cat's breathing could be heard beside his ears.

Fortunately, Master Cat is still there.

"What is this, a trap? Great God Baiyu, what else do you want on me, Qi Yin?"

Qi Yin slashed at the kneeling corpse behind him.The light of the knife swept away the waves of water, and the kneeling male corpse was caught in the light of the knife and smashed into pieces.The light of the knife disappeared into the darkness at the end, and the water waves became quiet again.

"Go to the boat, child." A soft female voice sounded from behind, Qi Yin turned his face, and three pairs of giant firefly eyes faced him.

"Where's my friend?"

"They will not be in danger. These bones you see are just ignorant people who trespassed on miracles and were killed by us." God said, "Your friends are not qualified to see us, we only allow you to step into us." territory."

Qi Yin looked at the void around him, separated by a layer of enchantment, everything looked gloomy and bewildered, "From just now to now, I clearly haven't moved half a step, but my companion disappeared out of thin air. Either you played some tricks Take them away, or you have confused my eyes. It is not easy to take away the people around me from under my nose now, so I am more inclined to the latter. Western nightmares can weave dreams to confuse people. It is indeed difficult to tell the truth from the falsehood after living a nightmare. But your methods are superior to them, and your illusion and reality are blended together without distinction. Am I right?"

"Yes, your friend is still by your side." The god said quietly.

"Very good," Qi Yin said, "Either you put away these boring spells and come out to see me, or I'll chop this place up."

The Gui Mei sword slowly slid out of the scabbard, and the frosty sword light reflected on Qi Yin's face, illuminating his silver-gray eyes.This man held a knife and a sword in his hand, as calm as a piece of pig iron. There was no anger or resentment on his body, but the murderous intent had fermented silently in the water waves.

"Are you threatening the gods, child."

Qi Yin smiled silently, her eyes were colder than the water waves.He said: "I am no longer the Qi Yin who was played around in your hands in the past. I respect you three points and call you gods. But gods, the decision is mine, not you."