After being dressed as the evil god

The gray-yellow cloud rose silently, gathered and scattered, and fell into the grass again.

It flows in the deep forest made of grass stalks, like the fog that submerges from afar in the morning, until it reaches people's feet, and then slows down, chasing people forward like a shadow.

The grass where the python swam was overwhelmed, and a light-colored path was opened in the endless green field.And this kind of tough and tall weed will slowly recover by itself after the python frees.The flattened traces closed up again behind the group of people, as if they were walking on a road from which they could not turn back.

The overwhelmed grass couldn't hide anything, and the gray-yellow smoke flowed silently. The boa constrictor seemed to sense something, and its swimming posture became more and more restless.

The thin man suddenly called to stop, the grass pond was quiet, except for the whirling green grass being blown by the wind, there was no other movement.

At the same time that the group of people stopped, the gray-yellow cloud also stood still for an instant, like a shadow.

The thin man vigilantly observes his surroundings, his ears, eyes, nose, and even his skin receive all the information of the environment, and his spiritual consciousness has already enveloped his surroundings.But apart from the instinctive anxiety, everything told him that everything was normal.

The thin man frowned.They have lived in this valley for generations, so they naturally have ways to protect themselves, even if sometimes they don't know where the danger comes from.There are many strange existences in the valley. Although monsters like the iron-clad crocodile are dangerous, there are obvious solutions. However, there are still some existences in the valley, which are dangers that people can't think of and can't solve at all.

Every villager wears bells, or animal horns, or animal teeth. These bells contain the power of totems. Although they cannot help them resist monsters, they can protect them from other strange beings.Some dangers may have been avoided by the power of the bell without them even being aware of it. Only when they hear a bell ring do they know that they have encountered something.

"Growa's bell, take it out and put it on." The thin man said to Ding Qin, then looked at Bai Hong, "You...be careful."

He took this road, partly to avoid other people in the village, and partly to test Baihong's strength.Passing through the grassy pond with unopened roads will inevitably encounter danger. Although Bai Hong's medicinal mana is not working smoothly due to Shen Guanglian's medicinal properties, he is by no means without energy.Just by watching her response, you can test out her strength and give them a reference for their future plans.

But he didn't want anything to happen to the two of them, they surrounded Ding Qin and Bai Hong in the middle, partly for monitoring and partly for protection.The protection range of several bells was enough to envelop the two of them, but the problem was that the big python he controlled was always within the protection range of the bells.

The bell didn't ring, and he didn't notice any abnormality, but the big python became restless, and the alarm bell kept ringing in his instinct.

The thin man made a gesture, and the speed of the team that started to move forward suddenly accelerated.

The moment the team moved, the grayish-yellow cloud hidden in the grass under their feet also moved at the same time, following closely like a shadow.A wisp of smoke clings to a bit of grass root exposed on the ground, and slowly retracts into the distance from the python...

After walking for a while, the stockade was still far away. I don't know when the python stopped being restless, and seemed to have returned to normal, moving regularly and steadily on the grass.Ding Qin's eyes seemed to fall on the big python, she didn't say anything, she still leaned on Baihong's body timidly and weakly.

The grayish-yellow cloud of smoke gathered inside the statue under the meadow, gradually approaching and approaching the group of people...

They finally moved to the feet of Bai Hong in the team, and quietly climbed up the grass stalks, but when they were about to touch the soles of their shoes, they suddenly bumped into a gust of cold wind.The grass stalks are soft and tough, and the stems are square inches. The wind entangles the smoke, like the sharpest and most delicate knife, tearing the gray-yellow smoke cloud into pieces, but those soft and changeable grass stalks don't even tremble at all.

Baihong's steps were light and his expression was indifferent. Between the grass under his feet, a delicate fight was going on.

The villagers didn't realize it, Baihong watched indifferently.

It took a while for the grayish-yellow cloud of smoke to gather again, this one was untouchable, so it had to retreat to the outer circle, and chose another person...

Just as he was about to touch the trousers of a person in the team, the ear-piercing bell rang suddenly!

The sound of the horn bell was heavy and muffled, and the urgent sound made people's scalp numb.The thin man stopped suddenly, and looked around the people in the team with sharp eyes.

Nothing at all.

The gray-yellow cloud of smoke receded the moment the bell rang.

The thin man inspected the surroundings, and he estimated in his mind the changes in the protection range of each person's bell.To deal with different things, the range that the bell can alert is also different. The positions of the people in the team are not random, it is the experience accumulated in the village. Everyone's position is different, and they can draw large and small pictures. Circle, as long as someone's bell rings, a lot can be deduced.

The man whose bell just rang is near the center of the line, and if his bell rang...

The thin man's face suddenly changed, and he looked at the big python beside him.

If that thing can touch the bells of the people in the team, it must also be able to touch the area where the big python is!

The boa constrictor wagged its tail in the meadow in a daze, as if it was still obeying his orders. It didn't understand why it stopped suddenly, so it could only wag its tail boredly.

But after having doubts in his heart, the thin man looked at the python's movements, and always felt that they were unnaturally stiff and weird.

He decisively slashed over, and the blade sliced ​​through the side of the boa constrictor.The incision was not deep, it was just a trial, if he thought too much, it would be fine to heal this little injury.

But after the blade broke through the python skin, there was no flesh and blood on the wound, but a cloud of grayish-yellow smoke suddenly gushed out and hit the thin man, causing a ringing of bells three inches away from him, which made him unable to approach , suddenly descended and disappeared into the meadow.

The original boa constrictor has already been flattened in the grass, leaving only a piece of skin.

No need to remind the thin man, this experienced team has shrunk to the extreme.But……

three inches.This thing can actually press down the horn bell shield on his body to three inches!Such a range... can't hold Ding Qin and Bai Hong in the middle of the team, but the little girl has Growa's animal tooth bell on her body, she is next to Bai Hong, and the horn bell has not rang, indicating that Bai Hong has not yet Annoyed by that grayish-yellow cloud of smoke, but not necessarily after that...

The thin man gritted his teeth, and suddenly took off the horn bell around his neck and handed it to Bai Hong: "Put it on! Let's go fast!"

With a hook of his fingertips, Bai Hong caught his horn bell and played with it, raised his eyebrows and raised his eyebrows: "In this case, I will save you."

"What..." The thin Chinese was unfinished.

Bai Hong stretched out his hand and pointed at his feet, a cloud of grayish-yellow smoke burst out of the grass in an instant, causing a bell to ring.The thin man's eyes widened in shock, but the cloud of smoke dissipated so much that he couldn't avoid it.But when those small clouds of smoke were about to hit him, they collapsed as if hitting an invisible barrier.

...is the wind.

The grayish-yellow cloud of smoke was torn by the wind until it was about to disperse, it could not jump on the person, nor could it leave the vicinity, and finally it was rolled into a ball by the wind like a snowball and fell in front of Baihong.

"You should keep your things yourself." Bai Hong casually threw the bell back to the thin man, ignored him, and motioned to Ding Qin, "Come on."

Ding Qin stared at the grey-yellow ball, and couldn't help but straighten the corners of her mouth.This thing was only forced to gather due to the suppression of the wind, and it has been struggling. With Ding Qin's eyesight, it is natural to see that this thing is not a cloud of dust or water vapor, but a very small cloud. of flying insects.Now, these flying insects are wriggling on the surface...

This sight is truly dizzying.Ding Qin couldn't help looking away: "What is this?"

"This thing is called Wind Drilling Dust," Bai Hong said. "It looks like a group of flying insects, but it can be said to be a whole. It can be said to be alive, but it can also be said to be dead. It is said that it was born out of resentment." Stuff. It’s a bit like an ant colony, but it doesn’t have an ant queen, so it doesn’t have a weakness. It’s as fine as dust, and it moves silently. If it penetrates into the flesh and blood…”

Bai Hong glanced at the python skin next to him.

"If it is transformed by resentment, can it be purified?" Ding Qin asked.

"Give it a try, I haven't seen this kind of thing a few times before." Bai Hong was also a little curious.

Ding Qin performed a magic spell, and the wind drilling dust showed signs of dissipating, but it didn't really dissipate. Apart from resentment, there seemed to be another force maintaining its existence.After a few magical spells to purify the resentment, Feng Zhuanchen no longer struggled, and lay there drowsily, the grayish yellow color on his body also faded, and gradually turned into an amber-like appearance, no longer as impressive as before. Scalp tingling.

The resentment is like the driving force of wind drilling dust, now that the resentment has been purified, the remaining mass cannot be distinguished for a while.Ding Qin had a sudden thought: "Since it can absorb resentment energy and turn it into wind drill dust and eat the flesh and blood of living beings, can it also absorb other energy and become something else?"

"Maybe." Bai Hong said, "Then put it away, and you can try it later when you find other Qi."

With a pocket of five fingers, Baihong sealed the lump and put it away like an amber pendant.

No matter how stupid the thin man was, he had realized at this moment that the Shen Guanglian they had arranged probably didn't work at all.Looking at the little girl's appearance, where is the panic before?

He couldn't help but sighed bitterly, and said: "Thank you, I'm sorry. I have nothing to say, but I still ask you, please don't leave, follow me to meet someone."

"Let's explain what's going on first." Bai Hong couldn't deny it.

The thin man wanted to use this to test the strength of the two, but why didn't they want to use this to see the strength of the village?Now that timidity has been missed, no wonder people come to control the rhythm.

"This matter..." The thin man looked at his horn bell with helpless sadness in his eyes.

The "feeler" people have lived in the valley for generations, but they do not stick to it.Before the catastrophe, they did not have many exchanges with the outside world, which can be seen from the fact that most of them can speak Mandarin.

The valley here has strange landforms and many dangerous places in the valley, which has become the best barrier for the "feeler" people. When they are excited, they can go to the outside world to live, and when they are tired, they can return to the valley to rest.It is peaceful and simple here, and there is no need to worry about intrigues or endless battles. The stockade is everyone's home.But the premise of enjoying such a peaceful and peaceful place in the world is that they have the ability to survive these weird dangers in the valley.

Besides the roads that have been developed and maintained over the years, the most important thing is the bell that everyone wears, either tusk or horn.In the bell, there is the power of totem.

"The bell sounds like a ring. With it, those weird things can't get close. However, after the catastrophe started, the power of the totem has become weaker and weaker." The thin man said in a low voice.It has never happened before that the protective range of the horn bell is pressed to the side by three inches.

"Our totem...is about to die." The thin man said sadly.

When they were talking, they didn't stop, and they reached the edge of the village in a short while.There were no entrances and exits left on the high plank wall, but there was someone patrolling all the time. When the man saw them from a distance, he hung a large bamboo basket from outside the plank wall.

Bai Hong glanced at it, didn't say anything, and took Ding Qin to sit on it.The thin man also had a serious face, as if he didn't know that they were no longer affected by Shen Guanglian, he rolled into the village in a bamboo basket.

The other people left separately, leaving only the thin man. He led them around three times and twice, avoiding the sight of other people in the village, all the way to the high house near the lake.

The person they had met before coming here with Dawu opened the door for them.

"You guys wait here for a moment." The thin man wanted to leave the two of them on the first floor, so he went up to say something first.

Bai Hong glanced lightly: "Is this necessary?"

The person who opened the door frowned, revealing a ferocious aura.The thin man stopped him, and said seriously to Bai Hong: "The inspector is responsible for guiding the sacrificial totem, it is a very important person, just like the old grandmother. You must first inform me before we meet again."

Bai Hong laughed: "Before and after your report, what we saw was not the same person."

Now the inspector thinks that the two of them are under the control of Shen Guanglian, but after the thin man's report, it will be different.

Although the person who opened the door didn't know what happened, he also noticed that it was unusual. He flicked his lowered fingers and was about to ring the bell on his wrist when he suddenly felt a tingling pain in his fingertips, and the force was released involuntarily.

"Don't mess around." Ding Qin said gently.

The thin man shook his head to stop the man, and led Ding Qin and Bai Hong up to the second floor.

Sitting in the middle of the three open fire incense burners, Zha was surrounded by smoke and couldn't see clearly. He was thin and thin, and he looked like smoked bacon when he sat there. When he opened his mouth, his voice was hoarse as if smoked: "I'm sorry , Invite the two of you here with this method."

Bai Hong sat opposite him unceremoniously, and said: "Then tell me why you want us to come to see you."

Ding Qin timidly sat down next to her, half-closed her eyes, but looked through the smoke, looking at the three incense burners one by one.

The inspector didn't care about Bai Hong's impoliteness, it was normal to be unhappy when he was forcibly invited over.

"The two of you may know the totem." Seeing Baihong nodded, Cha Cha continued, "Then I won't explain too much. After the catastrophe began, the power of the totem protected us from the catastrophe, and we were able to recuperate in this valley." , to avoid the catastrophe. However, the totem has not been able to avoid the catastrophe.

"Our totem is dying."

Speaking of this, it was already obvious what the police were looking for, but Bai Hong didn't talk to him, and just looked at him indifferently.

If it is just to save the totem, there is no need to go through so much trouble, just visit and ask sincerely.

The inspector sighed, and continued: "After discovering this trend, we tried everything we could to save the totem, but nothing worked. Until one day, we met a person.

"That man passed through the swamp outside the valley easily just like you. After he knew about the totem problem, he taught us a method. That is not an acceptable method, but we have no choice."

Xun Cha sat in a daze for a long while, no one knew what he was thinking about during this period of time, but when he spoke again, it seemed that he had already made up his mind.

"The method that man taught us is the evil method of sacrificing with flesh and blood. We don't want to do such a thing, but the situation no longer allows us to hesitate." Cha Cha stretched out his hand, and the smoke in the room was covered by him like a curtain. Push it away to reveal your own appearance.

He rolled up the sleeve of his left arm, revealing his forearm wrapped in fine cotton.Although it was wrapped with a thick layer of fine cotton yarn, this arm looked about the same thickness as an ordinary person's arm.Coupled with the little seams oozing from the surface of the cotton yarn, one can imagine what the arm under the cotton yarn looks like.

"We have never used the flesh and blood of any innocent person. Sacrifice for the totem has always come from willing people in the village. Every adult person in the village knows about it, and everyone does it voluntarily, even if It is to sacrifice life for the totem, and no one will hesitate.

"But I can't let my people die for this."

He put down his sleeves again and took a deep breath. There was no expression on his face and no ups and downs in his tone, but it was inexplicably sad: "Blood sacrifice is like quenching your thirst with salt water. It will only get worse and worse." Thirst. If you can't think of another way, the next sacrifice will probably take someone's life.

"So, I beg you, if there is another way to save the totem, I am willing to pay any price for it."

"That's all you want to say?" Bai Hong raised his eyebrows and asked.

"That's all." The inspector said calmly.

Bai Hong smiled, and said: "Then that's what the bento is for. How about your totems, I'll talk about them after I see them."

As if he didn't hear the meaning in her tone, the inspector continued to say with plain sadness: "Tonight, there will be a sacrifice, and I will take you to have a look at that time. But if you two If you want to leave, you can do so at any time."

"I still have a little question." Ding Qin has sat up straight, no longer pretending to be timid before, Qing Lingling's eyes are looking straight at the inspector, "The flames under the three incense burners are used to make smoked spices. Is it for use, or for lamps?"

Zha was taken aback for a moment: "You mean..."

Ding Qin shook her head: "I only have one suggestion. If you don't believe the person who taught you blood sacrifice, then it's best not to believe anything about him."

The two came down from the second floor, and when they left, they saw the dark-skinned and strong-bodied villager. The thin man disappeared, but he seemed to have heard something from the thin man, so when he saw the two leaving, Although he frowned, he didn't stop him.

"Do you believe what he said?" Bai Hong asked.

Ding Qin shook her head.

Bai Hong snorted lightly: "He's sharp enough."

The thin man withdrew after leading them into the room, in such a short time, with Bai Hong intimidated, he couldn't do any tricks.But the investigation is to perceive the abnormality from it, and infer that the situation is different, so I also changed the coping strategy for them.

Just ask them for help?Then why did the thin man make the previous arrangements?Even if it was to cover up their blood sacrifice totem, there was no need to choose such a laborious method.

He wanted to use Shen Guanglian to restrain the two of them first. Although he changed his behavior later, he could guess exactly what he was planning.

It's not enough just relying on the blood sacrifice of the totems by the villagers... It may not be true that the police want to ask them for advice on how to save the totems, but he doesn't know whether the two of them really have a way to save the totems.

If not, would the police want to use the two of them to make up for what the villagers couldn't afford?

……

In the tall house, the inspector sat alone in the room, the smoke of spices and herbs around him almost drowned him, he was thinking quietly with his eyes down.

After Bai Hong and Ding Qin left, the inspector learned what happened from the thin man's report.There are some things that the thin man couldn't see in it, but he has guessed.

He expected that the two female cultivators who came to the village by chance would have strong abilities, otherwise they wouldn't be traveling at this time, and dared to come in after seeing the danger in the valley.He was cautious enough, he didn't decide to act until he was almost certain of Bai Hong's origin.Although a big monster who cultivated the divine way was powerful, Shen Guanglian's medicinal properties were enough to deal with her.

But he didn't expect that the change came from that unremarkable little girl.He originally thought that Ding Qin was Bai Hong's envoy, if he could solve Bai Hong, then Ding Qin would naturally have nothing to worry about.But now it seems that the origin of this little girl is not simple.

This is a good thing and a bad thing.

Bai Hongxiu is superb and Ding Qin has an extraordinary background, so it is more likely that they will know how to save the totem, but it also completely disrupts his plan.

He didn't know these two nuns well, and he didn't know if they were really trustworthy.If they are controlled by Shen Guanglian's medicinal properties, he can threaten them.If the totems can be saved, there is no need to worry about it. If not, they have to borrow their flesh and blood.For this reason, if the two of them know the way to save the totem, they will not hide it for their own sake.But without this level of guarantee, even if the two of them gave a way to save the totem, he would not dare to believe it.

The inspector stared at the three incense burners in the room.These three incense burners have been burned with open flames since they started to be used. The fire is just a fire. This is a method that has been passed down for a long time in the village.

However, these three furnace fires were indeed lit by him as lamps—since the person who taught them the method of blood sacrifice came.

The little girl has sharp eyes.

Blood sacrifice is not a righteous method, of course they know it, but they chose to do it in the end, not only because they were desperate, but also because of the person who taught them this method...

It wasn't an accident that Bie came to the village in the early years. He knew about the existence of this valley and had contact with the people in the village. It's just that he had never been to the valley before the catastrophe.

Before the catastrophe, although the village was naturally closed due to the terrain, the villagers were not prohibited from going out, and they occasionally left the valley to live outside.They exchange items and learn skills from outside, and they will bring them back to the valley.

The middle-aged woman who treated the villagers in Xinglinyuan inherited medical skills from outside. She had lived outside the valley for many years, and planting apricot trees in the yard was also a habit she brought back.She met a teacher outside, learned a lot from him, and admired him very much.

This teacher is Bie Chunian.

Before he came to the village, the people in the village had already known him through the words of his companions and his medical skills. Therefore, when Bie Chunian came to the village, although he was equally eye-catching, the villagers did not appreciate him. Be vigilant but not heavy.

Cha Cha still remembers the first time he saw Bie Chunian.That is a person who makes people trust at the first sight. He has black hair with only two gray temples.If you only look at his appearance, he is probably in his prime, but if you look at his eyes, you can't tell his age.He seems to have both the innocence of a child and the gentle wisdom of an old man.

He didn't live in the village for long, and he was liked by almost everyone.The totem has brought them innate supernatural powers, and they can see part of the truth. Even the dolls in the village who can only go to the ground can vaguely feel a person's goodwill and malice, but they can't feel anything in Bie Chunian.

In the village, the inspector is responsible for everything related to the totem ceremony, and the old grandmother uses her wisdom to take care of other affairs in the village. They were wary, but it didn't take long to instill trust in them.

This process is also simple to say, don't teach them a practice method in the early years, and light a bright lamp with a little kindness in their hearts as a guide.This kind of practice method, if the mind does not meet the requirements, it is impossible to go further, and they have all seen the heart lamp of Bie Chunian.

Because of this reason, and the situation of the totem at that time was already very bad, so, although they really contacted Bie Chunian for a short time, after the inspector talked with the old grandmother, they decided to ask Bie Chunian for advice. .

None of them thought that Bie Chunian would give such a solution.

Blood sacrifice, simple and crude, but effective.

Later, Bie Chunian left Yanzhong very quickly.Although the police and the old grandmother were reluctant, but the totem was dying, they had to try the blood sacrifice for the first time.The totem, which had been dormant for a long time, woke up during that sacrifice and showed a tendency to recover.If calculated according to this situation, as long as they can offer enough sacrifices, the totem can be completely restored.

Ever since the method of blood sacrifice was proposed in the early years of Biechu, he and his grandmother had doubts about this life again.After Bie Chunian revealed the practice method of the Bright Lantern Sect, they originally guessed that it was because of the existence of the heart lamp that their supernatural powers could not see whether there was a problem with Bie Chunian, but although they couldn't see it, the totem could see it. from.

They took Bie Chunian to meet the totem, but at that time the totem had fallen into a deep sleep and could not respond.

In addition to the practice method taught by Mingdeng, Bie Chunian also taught them the method of lighting lamps for beginners.This kind of lighting method can only be ignited with kind thoughts, and the effect is convenient to use. If you find out that you can't practice the practice method of the Bright Lantern Teaching, you will use this kind of lighting method for beginners.Although there may be differences in the early years of Biechu, this technique has no distinction between good and evil, just like the knives in people's hands.The inspector originally thought so, but after Ding Qin mentioned it, he couldn't believe it anymore.

Looking at the three flames under the incense burner, Zha suddenly sighed, extinguished them all, and then lit them up again.

This time, they were just ordinary flames.

He can't practice the practice method taught by Mingdeng.But if these two people can bring a real way to save the totem, it would be the best if the people in the village don't have to perform blood sacrifices.He was sincerely looking forward to this result and was willing to pay any price for it.

……

It will be dusk.

The children in the village were sent home early and urged to sleep.Gemawa has already returned home, and Grova was very pleasantly surprised. After reuniting with his sister, he came to Ding Qin and Bai Hong to thank him. Ding Qin returned his animal tooth bell to him, and watched him go home happily went.

The stockade gradually sinks into the dark purple night in the soft twilight, the lights gradually go out, the voices of people gradually become silent, the autumn insects chirp softly in the grass, and occasionally the disturbed domestic dogs bark a few times, the surroundings are quiet, just like the quiet night. sea ​​surface.

Under the sea surface, undercurrents gather.

It only needs a little spell and a little sleep-promoting medicine, and the children who have been playing for a day can fall into a dark and sweet dreamland.When the bright moon was approaching the zenith, rustling noises sounded again in the quiet village.

The black and strong man whom he had seen in the tall house during the day quietly came to a house near the edge of the village.

There is no need to knock on the door, the people in the room have already heard the movement.

Bai Hong opened the door: "The sacrifice is about to start?"

The strong black man nodded: "Please follow me, don't be discovered."

They followed the man towards the lake in the middle of the valley in the dark, and Ding Qin looked up at the night sky.

The clear brilliance of the moon and the stars cast down, stained with an ominous dark red in the increasingly restless blood.

The sacrifice in the village is about to begin.