Doe

On the other side, Baili Jueming Maoyao crawled forward in the grass, approaching the ghost mother from the side.The ghost mother was still standing behind the pole vine ten feet away, staring at the direction of the campfire, motionless.Baili Jueming held his breath, approaching quietly like a cat.When he was five feet away, he could already see the outline of the ghost mother.She seemed a little different, but couldn't tell the difference.

Baili Cassia felt something was wrong and stopped moving forward.

He remembered that Pei Zhen had bought several binoculars. He had always had bad eyesight, so he asked Pei Zhen for one, which happened to be in his pocket.Unexpectedly, it would come in handy at this time, so I took out the binoculars, aimed at the direction of the ghost mother, and took a closer look.He finally knew what was wrong, the ghost mother was tall and thin and almost deformed, her limbs seemed to be held together by bamboo poles.This thing is quite tall, not a ghost mother at all.The telescope moved up, and the profile of the ghost slowly came into view.The moment he saw the face of this thing clearly, Baili Jueming froze on the spot.

It was a dark and haggard face, with cloudy gray eyes, which at first glance seemed to be rolling their eyes.

Baili Jueming recognized this face, it was like this when Wudu died.

He walked in an extremely uneasy manner, his aging body was tormented by Yin Qi, and his death was particularly grim.Because of this, Baili Jueming didn't let the people from Xianmen pay their respects to his remains.Old man Wudu is a very decent person. When he goes to bed, the clothes he will wear tomorrow must be meticulously folded at the head of the bed, and his shoes must be neatly placed at the end of the bed.Even if he is old, he still wants to be a pretty old man, and he will never want his appearance to be exposed in front of others.

How could it be Wudu?Baili Jueming couldn't comprehend what he saw.

In the circular field of view of the telescope, the ghost seemed to have noticed something, and turned his face suddenly.The magnification effect of the telescope was too obvious, and when he turned his face, it was as if he was face to face with Baili Cassia.The dots of moonlight leaked through the gaps in the leaves, and through the faint light, Baili Jueming could even clearly see his rotten lips and chin, with several white maggots crawling in and out of his cheeks.

Baili Jueming was startled, and the telescope took off his hand. In just the time of breathing, the place where the ghost was originally standing was empty.What about people?No, what about ghosts?Baili Jueming got up and walked over. There were only two lonely footprints and a puddle of stinky water behind the pole vine.

He was in a mixed mood and went back to the camp along the way.The night is too dark, maybe he has misread it or maybe it is.After the old man died, he looked generally haggard, shouldn't it be the same?Maybe it was some other old ghost.

Back at the camp, the extinguished fire lay across the center, and small tents were still standing, but no one was seen.Baili Jueming's heart skipped a beat, and his hands and feet felt cold.

Pei Zhen and the others are gone.

I searched tent by tent, but there was no one there.The camp was silent, and the people who were still sitting together before leaving seemed to have disappeared from the world.Baili Jueming panicked, what about Pei Zhen?Where did that kid go?

Calm, calm.Baili Jueming took a deep breath and checked the fire. It was still burning, which proved that the fire had been extinguished not long ago and the person had just left.There are quite a few tents, all in place, with golden arrows piled inside.The grass on the west side has scorched marks, and the fire here has been extinguished.There is still a puddle of black water on the ground, what is it?Baili Jueming leaned closer to smell it, and a stench hit his face, Baili Jueming almost vomited his intestines out.

Move away from the black water and check the camp again.All that was missing were dry food and water bottles, and they left in a hurry, only having time to bring the most important things.They must have encountered something, couldn't deal with it, and had no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation, so they made the decision to abandon Baili Jueming and retreat urgently.

Baili Jueming left within half a stick of incense, and he didn't go far, so he didn't hear the sound of fighting at all.This at least shows that they have all retreated safely, probably because they discovered the danger in advance and fled quickly.

What kind of danger would make Pei Zhen so afraid?

Is that "danger" still in the camp?

There was silence all around, and the darkness was like a dull tide, submerging Baili Cassia little by little.

At this moment, a stone hit the top of the head, Baili Jueming raised his head, and the face of the first year of junior high school was poked out from the gap between the leaves. He was expressionless and mouthed "come up" to Baili Jueming.

Baili Jueming: "..."

Grandma, it turns out that these bastards are staying up there.

Baili Cassia climbed up the tree, Pei Zhen and the others gathered on a high place.Several ghost servants were scattered around the vines, with knives in their hands.Mu Zhishen knelt on a thick branch with one knee, and looked down with a binoculars.Yu Tingqiu held the sword with a serious expression on his face.

The atmosphere was very tense, as if facing an enemy.

First glance at Pei Zhen, there is no missing arm or leg, all beard and tail.

As long as it's okay, Baili Jueming put on a mocking tone, "What scares you so much?"

Pei Zhen shook his head and smiled wryly, "Senior, we were all wrong."

"Wrong?" Baili Jueming was puzzled, "What's wrong?"

Pei Zhen looked down into the unfathomable darkness. The bushes were densely layered, and vines as thick as buckets climbed to the giant trees that covered the sky, like a python looming in the forest.Tree shadows covered his cheeks, and there seemed to be a dark cloud between his brows.

"We have already entered West Nanda. According to the map marks and the experience of Xie Cenguan, we have stayed in West Nanda for at least three days." Pei Zhen said in a low voice, "But because we didn't find out about it, we A fatal mistake was made that would wipe out our entire army."

"What's wrong, you should explain it clearly."

Just as Baili Jueming finished speaking, he suddenly remembered the three most prominent warnings on the map:

[-]. Do not enter the tower during the day.

[-]. Do not sleep in the dark at night.

[-]. Hearing may be false, and seeing may be false.

If this is West Nanda, they have violated the second warning.

Just then, there was a rustling sound from the bushes below.The sound became louder and denser, as if there were many things crawling underneath.

Mu Zhishen at the other end said: "They are here."

"It's too late to go into details," Pei Zhen squatted down, and put a fast-moving talisman on Baili Jueming's legs, "Everyone obeys the order, stay behind on the fourth and fifth day of the lunar new year, and everyone else rushes with their talismans and retreats three miles. Walk separately, one by one Meet at the last fluorescent cinnabar after hours, and set off!"

As soon as the voice fell, everyone set off separately.Baili Jueming and Pei Zhen ran quickly on the vines.The bushes and ferns below vibrated, and countless black shadows loomed inside.On the fourth and fifth day of the lunar new year, a torch was raised on the Wangtian tree, and a roar that shook the mountains and forests.If they exhausted their eyesight, they would see countless grotesque and dark ghosts in the jungle twisting and standing up, their joints making a crisp sound.Their postures are extremely strange, bending backwards, with their heads upside down, looking in the direction of howling ghost servants.There was a moment of silence, and after a while, all the ghosts howled and ran towards the Wangtian tree with the torches on.

Baili Jueming understood Pei Zhen's intentions, and the left-behind fourth and fifth days were the targets to attract these ghosts and win the chance for others to escape.They are ghost servants, as long as the ghosts leave their bodies at the last moment, nothing will happen.The bushes below shook wildly, and the ghosts crawling inside swished by, the number was beyond count.

Baili Jueming clicked his tongue when he saw it, and sent a voice transmission to Pei Zhen on another vine: "What the hell are these? Dead Masang people?"

"I don't think so." Pei Zhen grabbed a thin vine and walked beside him silently.

The two walked as high as they could, and the ghosts seemed unwilling to climb the tree.

"Senior, have you discovered that so far, apart from saying the same sentence repeatedly, these ghosts have one common characteristic." Pei Zhen said, "The ghost in the bronze mirror is called 'Elder Jueming', and the person it pretends to be must have been A disciple of Baochen Mountain. Jiang Tianshi said that the little person in Yu Lianhai's body is very familiar, and he must have been familiar with Jiang Tianshi. When the senior left the team just now, a ghost appeared in your appearance, which confirmed my guess."

"Is there a ghost pretending to be me?" Baili Jueming was startled.

"It's okay, I figured it out. No wonder the map says 'no sleeping in the dark'. It's because these ghosts are afraid of light. They are not very skilled, and when they come into contact with a light source, they immediately turn into a puddle of stinky water." Pei Zhen paused , replied, "What I want to say is that these ghosts probably have the ability to spy on people's hearts, and they pretend to be people we are familiar with. Not only do they pretend to be appearances, they also disguise their voices, so they can pretend to be fake."

I see.That's what the map warned them about.It makes sense, this way it can explain the "Wudu" that Baili Jueming saw.I still feel a little uncomfortable in my heart, and I can't tell what's wrong.Baili Jueming thought while running, although Pei Zhen's analysis made sense, Baili Jueming always felt that there was a flaw.

"What about Xie Cenguan? How do you explain the two hundred and five, ghosts pretending to be him with a heart lock? They can't even say a few words, they shouldn't be so smart."

"No." Pei Zhen's expression became serious in an instant, "Xie Cenguan's symptoms may be related to the source of these ghosts. I have an incomplete guess, and I need more evidence to confirm it."

"How to prove it?"

"Find the bones of the Masang people. Of course, it would be even better if there were living Masang people, but I'm afraid..." Pei Zhen said quietly, "There is no one left of them, and they all died in Xianda."

On the other side, Yu Tingqiu, Mu Zhishen and Chuyi covered their bodies with banana leaves and looked at the sky-watching tree in the distance.In the night, the huge shadow of Tianwangshu swelled in a circle, and the outline of the shadow was still undulating, forming a triangular shape with a larger bottom and a smaller top.There are countless ghosts climbing on the sky-watching tree, and more ghosts stepping on the shoulders and heads of their companions to climb upwards. They are chasing the topmost firelight—the fourth and fifth days left behind.Even though these ghosts are afraid of light, hunger keeps them going.The torches have limited light and are quickly overwhelmed by desperate ghosts.Sure enough, after a breath, the torch was extinguished, probably by the ghost that turned into black water.

It has to be said that Pei Zhen had a clever plan, losing two ghost servants' bodies, allowing everyone to escape safely, and even making these ghosts hiding in the dark show their true colors.The surroundings became quiet, and the roaring sound came from a distance, separated by trees, it seemed a little unreal.The three of them got up slowly, took out the compass on the first day of the lunar new year, corrected the direction, and the three of them walked to the last place with fluorescent cinnabar.

"There is only half an hour left to the time agreed by Mr. Lang, we need to hurry up." Chu Yi whispered.

"Why did Xie Xunwei set an hour?" Yu Tingqiu asked.

"Because it's almost daytime."

Mu Zhishen took out the Tianji sundial and handed it to Yu Tingqiu. Yu Tingqiu looked down, and the pointer of the sundial was already close to the daytime line.

Yu Tingqiu suddenly realized: "Yes, if we have entered West Nanda, according to the records on the map, we should be able to see the daytime. But from the beginning to the end, we have never seen the daylight."

This situation is too weird. If the sun really rises in West Nanda, it means that they have lost the memory of the day inexplicably.Where they were and what they did when the sun rose no one remembers.

Yu Tingqiu frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Is this possible? Baili Jueming only called the time after the sundial pointer entered the day line as 'day', although it is actually 'day', Xiandao Still not seeing the light of day."

Mu Zhishen immediately denied her guess, "Impossible."

"why?"

Mu Zhishen looked at her indifferently, "Those ghosts are afraid of light, 'You can't enter the tower during the daytime'."

With this enlightenment, Yu Tingqiu instantly understood, "You can't enter the tower during the daytime" because these ghosts all hid in the tower in order to avoid sunlight.Where is that "tower"?The sky-watching tree covered the sky and blocked the sun, blocking their vision, so they couldn't see it.

The three of them arrived at the place where the fluorescent cinnabar was, and there was silence around them. The three of them were the first to arrive.There was still some time before the time agreed by Xie Xunwei, the three of them climbed up a tall tree and decided to wait on a high place.There are ghosts everywhere, it's not safe.On the first day of the new year, he wore a crown made of lantern grass and rode on a branch.According to him, this is good for concealment, and Yu Tingqiu also planted many ferns on his body.

On the first day of junior high school, I used binoculars to look into the distance to see if Xie Xunwei and the others had arrived.After watching for a while, he suddenly sent a voice transmission to the two people below: "You two, there is something up there."

The two climbed to the position of the first grader and looked up in the direction he pointed.

It was pitch black, and nothing could be seen clearly.

Chu Yidao: "Look carefully."

Yu Tingqiu gasped when he heard Mu Zhishen.

It must be something extraordinary that can surprise Mu Zhishen. Yu Tingqiu took the binoculars from the first year of junior high school and looked into the distance.Seeing this, she also took a long breath.

At a high place, standing under the tree and looking up at a place that is completely invisible, countless densely packed tree houses are built under the canopy of the Wangtian tree, like fruits that are about to fall.Those wooden houses stand next to the trees, with wooden frames underneath, like walking on stilts.Many of the huts are dilapidated, leaning on one side and appearing to be on the verge of collapsing.Epiphytic hair ferns hang all over these wooden houses, covering the doors and windows in strands.The tree house stretches on and on, extending into the darkness.

The Masang people moved westward and settled in West Nanda.Presumably this is the old residence of the Masang people. They lived in trees, close to the sky, so as to avoid ghosts hiding in the dark.

All the wooden houses are decayed and dilapidated, and the steps built by the vines have long been broken, and they don't look like they are inhabited.

Chuyi patted her and told her to look in another direction.

Yu Tingqiu looked over according to his words, and immediately his hands and feet were cold.

One treehouse was lit, and its square panes glowed yellow, like a square honey cake.There is a half shadow of a person there, whose face cannot be seen clearly, and the shadow is reflected on the window screen, which is a vague outline.Yu Tingqiu was about to take a closer look when the lights suddenly went out and everything was in darkness.