The villain is respected

After a busy day, the bustling slaughtering of pigs finally came to an end. The sky was getting dark, the sun was half-closed, and the sky was glowing reddish, like the rouge blooming on the cheeks of a daughter in a boudoir.

Every household began to move back the tables, chairs and benches one by one. The villagers cleaned the ashes and tidied the pots and pans... But Xie Chi naturally didn't know what to do, and Yu Jianhan had never done farm work before, so the two of them went It looked out of place.

In the end, it was the second sister-in-law Lin who shooed them aside as if she were chasing greedy birds: "It's alright, alright, you guys, just stay here honestly... just add to the chaos."

Yu Jianzun put down the chipped porcelain bowl obediently, but the devil who thought he was a "powerful man" had something to say, and he was about to make a theory, but another voice stopped him.

"Erniang, let me take brother Xie and the others to go outside."

At the critical moment, Zhao Zhao came to the rescue.He took the old rag from Xie Chi's hand, put it on the table, tugged at the man's sleeve, and stared at Xie Chi quietly with black and white eyes.

"Cough." Xie Chi coughed feignedly, took the opportunity and went down the steps, "Then let's go shopping with Zhaozhao."

They turned around and walked out of the village, but a slightly raised voice came from behind them.

"Ah Xie, Xiao Yu, remember to come back early."

Xie Chi turned his head in response. In the dim sunset shadow, he saw the smile on Lin's second sister-in-law's face, but after all, he missed the watery light hidden in her eyes.

"I left soup for you." Second Aunt Lin said loudly, and she waved her hand.

A woman in an old coat stood in the open space, with the gentle expressions of all the elders on her face. In front of her was the wild path leading to the dark mountain peaks, and behind her was the village full of fireworks.

Remember to go home.

She said so.

"Understood." Xie Chi raised a smile, and he waved his hand as well.

Yu Jianhan slightly nodded at Lin Ersao, he turned his head and followed Xie Chi up the mountain.

They finally embarked on the destined path, as before.

The three of them walked in the forest in silence, Xiao Zhao Zhao, who proposed to stroll around, remained silent, while Xie Chi seemed to be thinking about something, and remained silent.

Finally, the twigs twisted and criss-crossed, and the sky was drooping, and it seemed that they were going to reach the peak. Xie Chi broke the silence——

"You are, why..."

How did he become a ghost, and what happened in Zhaojia Village.

Xie Chi had a feeling that he could get the truth of the matter from Zhao Zhao.

Although it was cruel, he had to know the truth of the matter. After all, it was not only the passing travelers who were besieged by the resentful ghosts, but also the undead among them.Life after life, there is no liberation.

If one day the Wraith Ghost Siege is destroyed, everyone in it will be wiped out and will not enter reincarnation.

The child was taken aback for a moment, he heard Xie Chi's unspoken meaning, and then he smiled with eyebrows and eyes crooked, and answered the question like a normal chat.

"We were eaten." He turned his head and looked forward, his words were still childish, "Everyone was eaten."

The boy wrapped in an old cotton coat was half a step behind. He stopped and said slowly, "That's it."

"Brother Xie Chi, I will send you here."

Xie Chi looked back puzzled, only to see the child bent over and put the dilapidated book on the ground. When he looked up again, the blood had faded from his face, turning into a weak paleness.

Zhaozhao's pupils became extremely dark, like an abyss where no sunlight could penetrate, he looked directly into Xie Chi's eyes and smiled, "Brother Xie, you are a good person, a good person should live..."

"Go forward, and never look back." He looked at Xie Chi, pointed in the direction in front of him, and explained seriously.

Xie Chi looked in the direction he pointed, but saw that the mist had long since dissipated, and an inconspicuous dividing line appeared on the frost-covered grass blades, as if the two seasons were drawn in the short distance of a few steps in autumn and winter. Rule by place.

He turned around, but saw that there was no one behind him.

"Zhao Zhao..." He looked behind blankly, only to see that the end of the road had disappeared into the dense forest, and the child who was supposed to be in front of him disappeared without a trace.

Yu Jianhan also frowned slightly: "Is he letting us go?"

Xie Chi took two steps forward. The moment he crossed the dividing line, the dusty clothes on his body changed into red clothes with wide sleeves again: "No, they are the ones letting us go."

The uneasiness in his heart is rapidly expanding, like an abyss in quicksand that collapses in an instant, as if something uncontrollable is happening.In a trance, he felt an extremely familiar and extremely sad feeling—as if he had experienced the same thing in the same place.

"I want to go back..." He opened his lips slightly, a little at a loss.

"Then we'll go back." Yu Jianhan looked at him and said seriously.

But there have always been some things that people can only watch helplessly, and there is nothing they can do about it, let alone man can conquer the sky.

When they rushed back, Zhaojia Village was no longer what it used to be.

The flames burned half of the sky red, and apart from the sound of crackling bricks and tiles collapsing, the whole village was silent.

There was no shouting or calling for help. The small village was burning quietly in the depths of the mountains, like a flickering candle, silently waiting for the moment to burn out.

Xie Chi's heartbeat stopped for an instant, and his footsteps also slowed down. Tears fell unconsciously in his eyes.

Through the dim eyes of tears, he saw the long bloodstain at the entrance of the village, which stretched all the way to the village.

The great panic made Xie Chi almost out of breath. He gritted his teeth and rushed over, but saw a bloody figure lying on the ground in the middle of the road in the village, still struggling to move forward.

Under the man was the blood-soaked ground, dragging out shocking bloodstains.

Xie Chi knelt down and helped the man up. The moment he saw the man clearly, his hands trembled violently, almost speechless.

"Second Sister Lin..." He opened his mouth, as if a knife had sliced ​​through his heart and finally came out of his throat, his words were bloody.

Second Aunt Lin looked at him, big tears rolled down her eyes, she desperately opened her mouth to speak, but only bright red blood gushed out of her mouth in vain: "Ah... ah..."

Only then did Xie Chi see that the woman's tongue had already been gouged out, and her tendons in her hands and hamstrings had been severed. His eyes were red, and he tried to cover those bleeding wounds with trembling hands.

But there are too many wounds...

How come there are so many...

Why, the blood won't stop.

But Second Aunt Lin's eyes had been looking at him sadly and pleadingly. She whimpered and tried to point in the direction of the village with her hands covered in blood and mud, tears of blood almost fell from her eyes.

"Yu Jianhan, hurry up, go inside!"

Xie Chi understood Mrs. Lin's instructions, and his voice was already trembling.

Lin Ersao glanced at him gratefully, then turned her head slightly, and stubbornly looked in the direction Yu Jianhan was rushing to.

Xie Chi wanted to use healing techniques, but he suddenly discovered that he couldn't use any magic tricks at all here.His mind went blank, he gritted his teeth and made another formula.

how so!

The trembling fingertips couldn't gather a trace of spiritual energy at all, Xie Chi almost gritted his teeth, he finally gave up the needless struggle, and instead pressed his hands on the deep wound.

But he could only feel that the blood was still gurgling, and the vitality of Mrs. Lin's second wife was passing away bit by bit in his palm.

Please, hold on a little longer.

Suddenly, the woman struggled slightly again, Xie Chi followed her gaze and saw Yu Jianhan rushing over.

Sword Master was stained with blood, his eyes were reddish, he knelt down beside Lin Ersao in silence, and held her callused hand.

This kind of meaning was too clear, Xie Chi's voice was instantly hoarse, and he only heard the simple syllables from the throat of the dying woman.

"Ah, ah." She choked up and repeated it again with difficulty.

"Ah, ah."

Although it sounded like a meaningless pronunciation, Yu Jianhan understood it.

she's calling-

Zhaozhao.

Unable to bear to see the light in Mrs. Lin's eyes slowly go out, he lowered his eyes and finally said in a trembling voice, "I'm sorry."

Lin Ersao let out a mournful cry from her throat, like a mother animal who had lost her mother and child, wailing desperately and pitifully.

This kind of grief completely exhausted her last vitality, she gasped for breath, hated, her tear-filled eyes stared blankly at the sky illuminated by the fire.

But the light inside finally dimmed.

After all, the woman lost her last sliver of vitality. Even in the end, she couldn't see the child.

Xie Chi sat blankly for a long time, and finally, as if he had come to his senses, he carefully placed her down, followed Yu Jianhan silently, and walked towards the village.

He finally lost his voice until he reached the sacrificial wooden platform in the village.

It was supposed to be a sacrificial platform to pray for God's blessing, but it was soaked in layers of blood.

On the stage, the young bodies fell sideways, Xiao Miao, Zhao Zhao, Qing Lin...the blood has faded from the immature faces.Their bodies were clean, and they closed their eyes quietly, as if they were tired from playing and rested unintentionally on the sacrificial altar.

And the audience is a purgatory on earth.Almost all the people in the village fell under the stage, their bodies were covered with criss-cross wounds, and the ground was splashed and fainted with blood.

Everyone's necks were tied with iron ropes and hemp ropes. One end of the ropes left deep bruises on the fragile necks of humans, and the other end was tied to a wooden post, like locking livestock.

All of them fell in the direction of the sacrificial altar.

Like desperate believers kneeling at the feet of the gods, they yearn for hope, but they are greeted with the butcher knife of despair.The sacrificial altar with good weather and good weather, after all, everyone on and off the stage will be killed.

Xie Chi's eyes were red, and he could almost easily imagine what happened at that time.

The group of beasts first met Ersao Lin at the entrance of the village. They broke the woman's hands and feet, cut off her tongue, and watched her struggling to report back to the village for fun.

Having had enough fun, they hijacked all the children on the sacrificial altar. While killing innocent children, they chained the villagers under the altar like livestock, and let them watch their relatives being killed, struggle desperately, and howl in pain .

Finally, cut the weeds and root them out.

Zhaojia Village has finally become an uninhabited village.

But the truth is far more than that. At this moment, Xie Chi was finally able to connect everything together.

Silently, he walked slowly towards the sacrificial altar, reaching out to Zhao Zhao's pale hand, but the moment his fingertips were about to touch him, that young body collapsed suddenly.

In an instant, all the bodies and bloodstains turned into dust and smoke, completely disappeared, so clean that it looked like the tragic scene just now, it was just a dream.

When I woke up from the dream, there was no trace.

Sure enough.Xie Chi looked at the empty palm and laughed.He got up slowly, and suddenly talked about an irrelevant topic.

"Resentful ghost circle is the domain of evil spirits. Among them, the power of resentful spirits is the strongest. It is impossible for them to take the initiative to repeat the tragedy of that year."

"And... Yu Jianhan, have you ever thought about why we gave up Yujian and walked instead when we were still a mountain away from Zixun Mountain?"

Yu Jianhan was silent for a moment with drooping eyes, he finally realized the problem, he frowned and said in a hoarse voice: "You mean..."

If they really came straight to Zixun Mountain at the beginning, they would only go straight to the gate of the mountain with their swords, and it is impossible to choose to come on foot.

The only explanation is——

"The murder case in Zhaojia Village is a fact, but this is not the Siege of Ghosts, but the Realm of Ten Kills. This is not just Zhaojia Village..."

Xie Chi closed his eyes, and he spoke the final answer.

"It should have another name, Zixun Mountain."