The bright moon sits on the ground

Nie Qiu picked up a few scattered tassels and put them under the warm and dazzling sunlight.

The dark green that exudes a cold fragrance like moss is coated with a layer of orange by the sun, making it less unkind.

Fang Qisheng's Chi Lian Sword, the sword frame is made into the shape of a lotus flower, and the hilt is made into a rhizome. The color fits pretty well.

He looked at it for a while, and when he was about to show it to Fang Qisheng, he keenly felt the copper bell in his sleeve tremble slightly.

Nie Qiu immediately stopped what he was doing, and turned his head to look around.

There are already too many people in the market, so people often look at him. After Nie Qiu came to Xiayan City, he has long been used to this kind of vague sight, but the feeling just now is not quite the same as before. .

This feeling... as if the person is not looking at him,? but something in him.

The copper bell gradually shook, and the two ghosts locked in the bell were restless, especially the red ghost, who was about to show up.

Familiar and unfamiliar, it seems that this kind of thing happened a few days ago.

Nie Qiu lowered his arms, pinched the copper bell in his sleeve, and touched the cold and hard surface with his fingertips suggestively.

The huge chain stirred rapidly in the silence, making a rattling sound.

What's wrong?Nie Qiu asked in his heart.

The two ghosts in the copper bell did not respond for a long time, and Nie Qiu looked around again, but the sight had disappeared.

"How about this?" Fang Qisheng by his side picked up a bunch of short light gray tassels and looked at Nie Qiu.

Nie Qiu suppressed the doubts in his heart, and handed the dark green one in his hand to Fang Qisheng, "I think this color is more similar."

He remembered that when he first met Xu Lang in Xiayan City, the red ghost also appeared by himself without being summoned by him.

When this happened last time, Nie Qiu didn't know anything about it, but now he has to pay attention to it.

It wasn't because of Xu Lang, because the red ghost retreated quickly after seeing Xu Lang, and never appeared again when Xu Lang was around... Then what could be the reason?Did they also notice something?

Seeing Fang Qisheng turn around for comparison, Nie Qiu gently shook the copper bell in his sleeve, and called the two ghosts in the bell again.

Lian Gui responded half surprised and half puzzled: "Strange, I haven't felt this way for a long time."

"Where's the red ghost?"

This time, after waiting for a while, Nie Qiu heard Lian Gui say, "I was dragged back by chains."

A strange picture suddenly appeared in Nie Qiu's mind: in the low building on the third and fourth floors, the lotus ghost on the third floor listened carefully to the movement on the second floor before answering his words...

Immediately afterwards, the red ghost responded.

Its voice was very hoarse, similar to those ghosts when they were in a frenzy, "something-something makes me crazy."

Lian Gui seemed to understand something, "Yes, I used to feel this way when I lost control."

"I want to tear apart the warm body, cut open the stomach, drink the scalding blood, and swallow the soul of the living."

Its tone was very flat, but it still made Nie Qiu feel a chill down his spine.

It seems that they can no longer be recruited until the reason is figured out.

The matter of suppressing Lingyan Lake can only be postponed.

Nie Qiu took a light breath and stopped thinking about the copper bell, "Have you chosen?"

"Yeah." Fang Qisheng still bought the bunch of loose dark green tassels that Nie Qiu said, as well as a small black bead that he bought at another stall before, and some ribbons of similar colors. Wrap it up and give it to him.

After Nie Qiu took it, he put it in his arms.

They wandered around the market for a few more times, and then met An Pi at the restaurant as promised.

As for how Huang Sheng tried his best to pretend to be close and friendly with Fang Qisheng in front of his uncle at the dinner table, and how he gave up on himself and refused to talk to Fang Qisheng in the end, let's not mention it for the time being.

After eating, Nie Qiu and Fang Qisheng went to Lingyan Lake.

Originally, the restaurant was close to Lingyan Lake, so they quickly saw the lake with countless water corpses hidden, and the very conspicuous lotus-like Guilian boat on the lake.

The other boats have been sent away by Qin Rongchong.

It is estimated that the things to be discussed cannot be finished in a few words... Nie Qiu thought that maybe he would be asked to directly suppress the water corpses in the lake, but now neither the red ghost nor the lotus ghost can be summoned. I don't know how to explain it to Qin Rongchong.

On the boat moored by the lake, a big man with an unknown pattern tattooed on his arm is still weaving wicker in his hand.

Nie Qiu called out, "Lu Huairan."

Only then did Lu Huairan see them, put down the half-woven wicker in his hand, jumped off the boat, waited until Nie Qiu and Fang Qisheng boarded the boat, and quietly found a seat far away from Fang Qisheng, and then picked it up. oars.

The boat drew a slender arc on the water, and sailed quickly towards Guilianfang.

Stepping on the Guilian boat after a few days' absence, the boat swayed slightly, and the gorgeously dressed Qin Rongchong opened the curtain to welcome her out.

Shen Chuping who was waiting on the side clasped his fists and called out: "Mr. Nie, Mr. Fang."

After not exchanging pleasantries for too long, Tan Rongchong greeted eagerly and politely: "Please come in."

After Nie Qiu and Fang Qisheng sat down, their attention was drawn to the black wooden box half the height of a person beside them.

There are many small drawers on the box, densely packed, roughly counting, there are about forty or fifty.

Seeing that they had noticed the box, Tan Rongchong stepped forward and stretched out his hand to open a small drawer. Then, he stretched his hand in without hesitation, and took out a crimson Gu worm that was uneven all over.

It is the Dabi Wanyan Gu.

Tan Rongchong turned back and sat on the couch, gently stroking Gu Chong's back with his hands, and said: "I have been staying at home for the past few days to figure out what is the meaning of the phrase you said at that time, 'Use it for others before using it yourself'. What do you mean? After re-observing Juyu Qiangming Gu, I found that the sentence I said 'it can only be used by one person, and it will die slowly when it comes out of the body' is not wrong, but I did miss a key point .”

He paused, and said, "I've only tried it on living things, not on dead things."

Nie Qiu suddenly understood, "That is to say..."

"That's right, that Bu family member is no longer a 'human' from the moment he tempers half of his body into a living dead." Tan Rongchong said, "Qiyu Qiangming Gu has no limit on the number of dead objects."

As Tan Rongchong spoke, his expression gradually became serious.

"Since only the copper bell of the Patriarch of the Bu family can't completely wipe out the water corpses in Lingyan Lake, but after using the Juyu Qiangming Gu, the strength will increase greatly, so as long as you put the Gu insects in your body, you should be able to do it." It's here." He seemed to be hesitant, but his eyes were firm, "I have refined a special kind of Gu worm in the past two days. When I use this kind of Gu worm, my whole body is paralyzed and I can't feel anything. , no sense of touch, no pain. In fact, this Gu worm just hides from your body, making it think that your limbs and bones are exhausted, as long as you take out the Gu worm, everything will return to normal."

"Are you trying to put two kinds of Gu worms into my body at the same time?" Nie Qiu understood what he meant.

Fang Qisheng seemingly unintentionally touched the four protruding hilts of the sword case with his fingertips.

Seeing Fang Qisheng's actions, Tan Rongchong smiled wryly in his heart. He didn't know how much this incident offended the Demon Cult.

But he finally found a way to deal with the water corpse in Lingyan Lake, Tan Rongchong thought, he couldn't let this first and perhaps only opportunity slip away from his hands for nothing in decades.

"Yes, Mr. Nie, if you are willing. Although you have said before that you will help me completely solve the water corpses in the lake, I still feel that what I offer you is far from what you can bring me." He said very sincerely, "If you have any other requirements, just ask me."

Nie Qiu pondered for a moment, "Anything is fine?"

"I will try my best to satisfy any request you have." Tan Rongchong said, "However, I still have someone I must meet. If you want my life, I can only give it to you after that."

Having said that, I don't know if this old and cunning person still has many ways to escape.

However, it can be seen that Tan Rongchong is determined to ask him for help.

Nie Qiu raised his head, "I need to think about it—actually, this is not the most important thing right now."

"I can't recruit ghosts now."

Qin Rongchong was taken aback.

After Nie Qiuyan made it clear in a concise manner, he explained it to him.

After listening, Tan Rongchong put his hands on his forehead with a complex expression, lowered his eyes, as if he was thinking, but also seemed to let himself go.

The air suddenly became dry and sticky, and every moment was stretched very long.

Like a swamp in a dark forest, it pulls people into a twisted abyss.

After a while, he let out a breath of foul breath, shook his head, his eyes couldn't see the emotion clearly, "I'm impatient."

Seeing him regain his composure, Nie Qiu said: "I will find out the reason as soon as possible. Before that, Mr. Tan, you should tell me something else, about Lingyan Lake... You said, Lingyan The lake was dug out by people, when Lingyan Lake was completed decades ago, what happened to make it difficult to dissipate the resentment in the lake?"

"Let me think about it, where should I start." Tan Rongchong put the Dabi Wan Yan Gu back in the drawer, recalling.

That year, Qin Rongchong was eight years old.

And the most famous genius in Xiayan City, named Xie Mu, happened to be eight years old.

The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and Xiayan City is in relative decline. The officials are all free food, but the Qin family is covering the sky with one hand.

At first, it was the Tan family who proposed to dig out a lake and make it a symbol of Xiayan City.

The residents in Xiayan City naturally thought it was a good thing. Not only did no one object, but they also respected the Qin family even more.

The Qin family didn't think too much about it at first. After all, digging soil to fill the lake is just a little troublesome, and it consumes too much money and manpower, and these are trivial matters for the wealthy Qin family.Benefit yourself and benefit others, why not do it?

"I don't know exactly what happened, after all, I was only eight years old at the time." Tan Rongchong smiled wryly, "Although I am in the Tan family, I don't know everything, I just vaguely heard that a lake was going to be dug out. things."

Lingyan Lake is being dug step by step, and the common people will take a look at it when they have nothing to do, to see what progress has been made.

Originally, nothing happened.

It was evening, and Tan Rongchong was learning Gu refining with his elders as usual. He listened attentively to what the elders said. Several Gu worms of different colors in the cup wriggled around, intertwined, biting and fighting each other. Wounds and festering marks gradually appeared on the body.

He was watching seriously, but suddenly there was a hasty knock on the door.

After agreeing to push open the door, Tan Rongchong found his cousin outside the door, with a panic-to-fear expression on his face.

My cousin has always been calm, and I don't know what happened to make him show this expression.

The hale and hearty old man turned his head and looked at the young man who entered the door in a hurry. The deep grooves carved on his face became more obvious. He frowned and asked, "What the hell is going on?"

The cousin breathed calmly almost in pain, and glanced at the bewildered Tan Rongchong.

"Is there anything inconvenient to say in front of your cousin?"

"Elder!" The cousin shouted eagerly, "This matter is different from the past...Rong Chong shouldn't know about it."

Only then did the elders of Qin's family realize the seriousness of the situation.

For a hundred years, the Qin family lived in Xiayan City, and never encountered any serious incidents, and they have long been worn out and tired.

"You stay here." The old man turned around immediately, pressed his skinny five fingers on Tan Rongchong's shoulder, and gave a command, then quickly left with his cousin, and strode into the darkness outside the door.

The young Tan Rongchong shook his head, and also vaguely sensed something, with a little ominous premonition.

He turned his gaze to the porcelain-fired Gu cup again, only to find that a dozen or so Gu worms in the small cup were motionless.

The Gu worms fought each other, but none remained.

That whole night, neither the cousin nor the elder came back, and Tan Rongchong never saw them again after that.

And so, step into the night, and dissolve in the night.