The villain's deadly support

"Is this okay?" Shen Qingxian silently put away his sword and stood, the street that was bustling just now had completely fallen silent.

"Don't worry, just leave the rest to me." Ran Ji took out a seemingly ordinary white candle from her backpack, and she turned her head to search in front of the empty shop, as if looking for it. What.

"What are you looking for? I'll help you find it together." Wen Chuchu tilted his head to look at Ran Ji, and was about to step forward to help, but Ran Ji ran out with small steps, "I found it!"

In front of the small shop that Ran Ji ran to, there was a white lantern being abandoned on the ground at this time, and a small piece of the paper covering the lantern was torn, probably it was abandoned on the ground when the crowd collided just now.

Wen Chuchu saw Ranji squatting on the ground and tinkering, looking at the street, it seemed to be almost ruins at this time, there were severed light poles all over the place, although most of them were lying on the road, a few were still smashed The shop next to it was damaged.

"Boss, don't we care if we do this?" Wen Chuchu looked up at Shen Qinglian.

"what?"

"I mean, is it okay to destroy houses and streets?" Wen Chuchu was a little worried, "And we didn't wear masks, in case someone goes to report to the authorities..."

"Afraid of a bird? Please, time is life. The more we procrastinate, the more monks who are ordered to assassinate the city will die. Besides, we are already wanted criminals, okay? The murderer's shit is all head-on Come on, is there still such a crime?" Ran Ji stood up from the ground, holding the slightly damaged white lantern in her hand, she raised her hand at Shen Qing and said, "Hero Shen, please borrow a fire."

I saw Shen Qing holding his fingers together, pinching his ring finger and making a seal, muttering something indistinctly, the white candle in the lantern actually started to burn by itself.

This candle is unusual, and I don't know where Ran Ji got it. It ignited like a will-o'-the-wisp for a moment, and then, the blue smoke began to spread from both ends of the lantern, and the smoke was ethereal, but It looked thick and greasy, sinking to the ground, instead of dissipating, it spread on the road, gradually spreading to the distance.

"What is this?" Wen Chuchu saw the blue smoke spreading towards her feet, she cautiously took two steps back in Shen Qinglian's direction, for fear that this thing would be harmful to her body.

"Gu oil candle, haven't you seen it? As for what it is for, you will know later." Ran Ji carried the lantern and walked towards the shop on the street. She stopped in front of the restaurant that was attacked that day. At that time, there were still scorched marks on the window panels on the second floor of the restaurant, but now, the door of the small restaurant has been tightly locked, just like other shops, it is lifeless.

"Here we are." Shen Qinglian stopped walking, raised her chin, and pointed to the wooden door of the small restaurant, "That masked woman escaped from here that day."

Seeing that Ran Ji nodded, she went to the door and stood quietly, the faint blue mist spread, and soon covered the open space in front of the small restaurant in smoke and dust.

"Yes!" Ran Ji raised the lantern in her hand, and after a short stay, she saw white fluorescent lights flickering under the thick smoke.

Wen Chuchu thought she had misread it, she rubbed her eyes, and saw that there was indeed something flickering in the smoke, it was very fine floating particles, with a texture like quicksand, it was like an illusion.

Wen Chuchu looked at the road ahead that was not covered by the smoke. Just as Ran Ji said, the road was ordinary and there was nothing tricky about it. How could it change in this weird smoke?

"Isn't this amazing?" Wen Chuchu couldn't help sighing, "What the hell is this!"

"It's a kind of Gu insect powder. As long as you put it on the target, it will keep fluttering its wings to shake off the Gu powder from its abdomen. Ordinary people can't see the trick no matter what, only Under the action of the Gu oil candle, the Gu powder will appear."

Ran Ji led Shen Qingxian and Wen Chuchu to search along the traces left by the Gu powder. With the help of Gu insects, it was very convenient for them. If the masked man was hiding in the city, I'm afraid they will find out if they really can't make it through tonight.

However, the sky did not fulfill their wishes, and they searched for the imprint left by the Gu worm powder, from the west of the city all the way to the north of the city, and finally went around several times before the trace went outside the small town.

After the three of them searched hard all night, even though the Gu oil candle was already burning very slowly, but before dawn, the last small piece of Gu oil candle burned to the end, and they couldn't find the masked man after all. whereabouts.

After staying up all night, Wen Chuchu's nerves were always in a state of tension. She thought that this matter would come to an end soon, but instead of finding another chance to plot against them, the masked man fled out of the city. I still don't know where he ran, "It's already dawn, what should we do..."

Ran Ji was also sleepy enough, she opened her mouth and yawned, then shook her head helplessly, "It's dawn, and the white Gu insect powder will be covered by the sunlight, not to mention, the Gu oil candle is burnt out, I can't help it." Thinking of the current situation, it may take half a day to boil the oil, otherwise let's catch up on sleep first, reverse our work and rest, sleep during the day, and hurry on the road at night."

Ran Ji's proposal was very pertinent, but Shen Qing, who had remained silent all this time, opened his mouth, "Actually, I probably already have a direction in my heart."

"What direction?" Ran Ji asked blankly.

"I recognize this section of the road, and I roughly guessed where the masked woman is going. If that woman is Ling Qingcheng, I think my guess should be close to ten." After finishing speaking, Shen Qing pointed The direction of the search all the way said: "Actually, Ran Ji, you should also be familiar with this road, and then go forward..."

"It's not far from the capital any further, I know that." Ran Ji interrupted Shen Qingxian before she could finish speaking.

"No." Shen Qingxian shook his head, "Passing the capital city, continue to march northward, and within about two days, you will arrive at a famous Taoist sect in the north - the important place of Yinshen Sect."

Ran Ji was taken aback, and suddenly she patted herself on the forehead, "That's right! Why didn't I think of that just now!"

"Ye Long is dead, and all the prestige disciples under his command are also dead. It is estimated that there are not many people left. During the battle in the Gu cave, many disciples under his sect died, otherwise Ye Long would have died too." It is not possible to forcefully stand out in the subsequent battles, and then the disciples of the Yinshen Sect fought one after another, or died under lightning strikes, or died in Ling Qingcheng's plot, so now the Yinshen Sect may be leaderless. The outside is strong and the inside is doing it." Unexpectedly, Wen Chuchu could say such logical words.

"That's true." Shen Qingxian nodded, "Do you still remember the group of drunkards who ran into a small town a while ago? At that time, they said that the Hidden God Sect invited heroes from all walks of life to come and receive rewards. After thinking about it, I feel that she is not greedy enough, she wants to take the opportunity to attack us, and is afraid that she will miss the great opportunity to continue to seize other people's elixir, so this is the root cause of her rushing here and fleeing in a hurry."

Inferred like this, it seems that it really makes sense. The promising monks who are disappearing day by day, the inexplicable celebration ceremony of the Yinshen Cult, the truth about the killing on the Star Picking Ridge, and the immortal ambition that Ling Qingcheng inherited from her father, all these Every piece is leading the answer to the mysterious Hidden God.

So the three immediately decided that no matter how the situation would develop, they decided not to stick to the marks left by the Gu worms. Instead of being led by the nose and bumped into, it is better for them to take the initiative to attack.

No matter where Ling Qingcheng is now, the Hidden God Sect, as a very important part of it, cannot be abandoned by Ling Qingcheng, so if they want to find out the truth, raiding the Hidden God Sect is their best choice now.

After reaching such a conclusion, the three decided to continue their journey.

Now that they have a clear goal, they don't have to live a life of black and white every day, so they still walk slowly according to their own pace. When they bypass the capital and arrive at the holy place of cultivating the hidden gods, it coincides with this day. The first snow fell in the new year.

The snow suddenly fell, and the weather turned cooler day by day, but it was not to the point of freezing hands and feet. The sky was gloomy and gray, and it seemed that the world was a little vast and sparse.

"I should have detoured to the imperial city to buy some charcoal if I knew it earlier." Ran Ji rubbed her hands, "As the old saying goes, when it snows, it's cold, and the quilt in my room is damp and wet. It’s even more difficult.”

"Are you cold?" Shen Qinglian pulled up the collar of Wen Chuchu's collar, she held Chuchu's petite and slender hands in her palms and breathed, Wen Chuchu's hands lifted and held Shen Qinglian instead Cold cheeks.

"Your face is so cold." Wen Chuchu saw that Shen Qinglian had suffered a lot in the past two days, and the snow fell so suddenly that they hadn't had time to prepare a smokeless charcoal fire. The smoke from the firewood fire was too heavy. Burning it in the cave, the smoke is so smoky and choking that it is unbearable, but if you set up a bonfire in the wild, there will be biting cold wind and snowflakes falling one after another.

"It's really a pain. The further north you go, the colder the weather is. Before walking, there was still some heat left on your body. Now, you don't feel warm even with three layers of jacket on your body." Ran Ji complained road.

"It doesn't matter, the blessed land of Yinshen Sect is still comfortable, and it might be better to stay in their cultivation land." Shen Qinglian walked forward holding Wen Chuchu's hand.

She looked at the uninhabited forest in front of her. At this time, the branches and leaves were not as lush as in summer, and the canopy was bare. She could even see a few crows standing among the branches and making ugly calls.

"I don't know if you have noticed, but we have passed this road for the third time." Shen Qinglian stopped, and she pointed to a crooked locust tree in the distance. On the thick trunk of the locust tree, there was a The marks Shen Qingxian chiseled with snow abyss when he passed by before,

"I also feel something is wrong." Ran Ji looked around, "Not to mention, ever since I went around this mountain forest, I feel that my sense of direction has failed. Obviously, the road today is not very fast, so I just walked It's either dizzy or dizzy."

After hearing what Ran Ji said, Wen Chuchu immediately agreed, "I feel the same way!"

"The huge Hidden God Sect, I'm afraid there are many formations blocking the way." Shen Qingxian looked around, and suddenly remembered something, "Ranji, do you still have Gu oil candles?"

"Yes, but it doesn't work in broad daylight!"

"It doesn't matter, you just need to point it up, I want to see if we can get this formation today." After finishing speaking, Shen Qingxian had already stepped forward, flew from the bushes, and lightly landed on a towering tree view from the canopy.