I have an invisibility charm, so I can walk directly into the village in broad daylight without disturbing others, but I still choose to act at night, because weird things often happen under the cover of night, and I will definitely gain more by going at night than during the day.

Ling Fengpiao, Ouyang Zhenfei and Yuangui were waiting for me on the cliff far away from the village. I repeatedly warned them not to follow them and to wait with peace of mind. I would definitely be back before dawn.

Today is the twelfth month of the ninth lunar month. There should be half of the moon after nine o'clock in the evening, but the sky is covered with dark clouds and there is no light from the stars and the moon. The village is under the Grand Canyon and looks even darker. I walked along the path to the outside of the village, only to see that

You can see small bright spots flickering in a few houses, which feels particularly strange in the night - there are no electric lights in this village, and they use kerosene lamps or candles.

"Be careful of someone in front of you!" Xiaoxue suddenly reminded me.

In fact, I also sensed that there were two people hiding behind rocks on the roadside. The villagers knew that we had not gone far and were afraid that we would come back again, so they sent two people to ambush here, which also made it clearer.

There is something wrong in their minds.

The village is backed by a cliff, but it is not directly under the cliff. It faces the river, but it is not that low. Instead, it hangs alone on a not too high fault. There are huge rock walls more than ten meters high on the east and north sides of the village.

, most of the west and south sides are suspended in the air, and this is the only way to enter the village. In ancient times, in order to prevent bandits and bandits from attacking, remote villages would choose places with dangerous terrain that are easy to defend and difficult to attack. This is not surprising.

I used the invisibility talisman to enter the invisible state, walked over lightly, and the two strong men didn't notice it at all.

When I got closer and took a closer look, I felt a little strange. When I looked at it from a distance during the day, I had a very old and dilapidated feeling, and the style of the houses was also older. But now that I got closer and took a closer look, I found that the houses in the village were not special.

It is dilapidated, the house has no obvious damage, the ground is clean, the stone rollers, water wells, etc. are in order.

Most of the residents here have yards. I approached the first house at the entrance of the village, jumped over the yard wall easily, walked to the gate and looked in through the door gap. I just happened to see an old man in his fifties or sixties sitting on a low stool.

He smoked dry cigarettes. His hair was gray and messy, his face had many deep wrinkles, his brows were furrowed, and the big hand holding the cigarette rod was as rough and cracked as the bark of an old tree, giving him a weather-beaten and miserable look.

An old woman's voice came from inside: "...the harvest is not good, and there is not enough food this year. I will plow the ground tomorrow while the weather is good, and plant more potatoes."

The old man was smoking silently, and a middle-aged man's voice said: "Dad, we have to get some money to buy fertilizer and seeds, and learn from the people outside. Otherwise, we won't have enough to eat every year. When will it end?"

The old man still didn't say anything, and a middle-aged woman inside scolded her husband, saying that he hadn't bought new clothes in several years. Then the old woman asked her son to prepare more firewood for the winter... I listened for a few minutes, and there was always complaining and

Nagging, but the old man never said a word. I had a feeling that there was no emotion when they spoke, just like an actor holding his feet and not getting into the mood when reciting his lines, or they really have nothing to say, which feels very uncomfortable.

nature.

Did they know that I was eavesdropping outside and deliberately put on a show for me? This is unlikely. This is a common poor family. There is no evil spirit inside or out. Perhaps it is the long-term poverty and heavy labor that have made them so miserable.

They become numb.

I was not interested in listening to their complaints, so I walked forward to another house. The window of this house was not closed tightly, and I could see that the bedroom was brightly lit, and a strong young man in his mid-twenties was walking around, sighing.

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"Oh, why do I always stutter in front of her and forget what I meant to say? I'm so useless!"

"Cuihua, Cuihua, if you are willing to say a few words to me, I would be willing to die immediately!"

"Oh, it's all my mother's fault. If only I had proposed marriage to her earlier, she wouldn't be alone in the empty house like this, oh..."

"..."

I was still listening, but Xiaoxue giggled: "It turns out that he is still a passionate person, why don't we help him find a marriage?"

How can I think about being a month old for others now? Although this young man is a bit nagging, it is caused by bitter love, which is normal. Let's listen to another family.

There was only a young mother and a three- or four-year-old daughter in the third house. The mother was coaxing her daughter to sleep, but the daughter was crying for her father. The young mother said in a loving but suppressed voice: "Good boy, go to bed quickly. Your father will be gone soon."

If you make money in a distant place, you will make a lot of money and buy a lot of delicious things when you come back. Maybe he will come back when you wake up."

The daughter asked: "But why haven't you come back after so long?"

"Because that place is very far away and it takes a long time to walk."

"But he doesn't come back every day?"

"I'll definitely come back tomorrow and be obedient..."

The young mother's voice was choked with sobs and I couldn't listen anymore. It was obvious that the girl's father would never come back.

Everyone here is so real and simple, there is no sign of practicing evil arts, and there is no evil and evil atmosphere in the village. It is not like there are monsters and ghosts causing trouble. Where does it come from?

I began to doubt my feelings during the day and what Compass said. Is his unstable "eye of wisdom" really reliable? Even an expert with astonishing cultivation is unlikely to be alive after his life span, let alone a whole person.

Ordinary people in the village? As for Ouyang Zhenfei's whimsical fountain of longevity, it is even more a myth among myths. There can be no secret of longevity here.

I am a little confused about the word "Yang Shou". Master did not teach me any specific observation method, nor was it mentioned in the secret manual left to me by Master Zeng. Judging from what Master said inadvertently during his lifetime, Yang Shou is based on numerology on the one hand.

It can be inferred that on the one hand, it is based on people’s ancestral Qi

To judge. The innate ancestral energy is the innate energy brought by a person when he is born. It gradually disappears with age. Theoretically, ascetics can achieve immortality by retaining it or enhancing it, but this kind of thing cannot be achieved even with magic.

Unable to measure accurately, a compass can see the entire village at a glance?

But then again, if there is no weirdness, why are there two villagers ambushing at the intersection? Why does the village chief have no right to speak and only obey? If it is just based on intuition, I also feel that there is something abnormal here, or it is a secret here.

It's hidden so deep that I haven't touched it yet.

Xiaoxue said: "Young Master, why should you be confused? Go straight to the point and ask the village chief. If he resists and doesn't say anything, I will use magic to make him confused and answer whatever you ask."

Normally I don't agree with using magic on ordinary people, as it would bring harm to the innocent, but this village chief is so suspicious, if he refuses to cooperate, it is really necessary to use some means against him.

The village chief's home is at the back of the village, with a single door and a single courtyard. Compared to this village, it is small and dilapidated. This is what I expected. How can a village chief who has no say in the house reap benefits?

I jumped into the yard lightly and approached the window. I heard a woman talking inside: "Xiao Lan, our family is poor, and everyone pooled money for you to study. You must remember the benefits of the folks!"

"I know." The young village chief Yilan's voice came from inside, a little deep and depressing.

"You have grown up, read a lot of books, and understand the truth. Mom... I won't say more."

"Yes, I know."

"Go to bed. If you have nothing to do, go to bed early and save some lamp oil."

"good."

Yilan left his mother's room and walked to another room. Xiaoxue said to me in surprise: "It's strange. His mother looks about the same age as him. Isn't this too abnormal?"

As Xiaoxue spoke, the image of Yilan's mother appeared in my mind, but she was a woman in her mid-twenties, fairly dignified and delicate. Her facial features were not obviously similar to Yilan's.

"Maybe they were adopted?" I quickly thought of another possibility.

Xiaoxue immediately retorted: "Impossible, there were only two of them in the room. Yilan looked to be in his twenties. When he was born, his mother was only five or six years old at most. It was impossible to adopt him. Even if she adopted a baby, she would only be

A sister and a brother can be symbiotic, but a mother and a son cannot be symbiotic."

This is indeed the case, then the source of all weird things must be their mother and son, so it is necessary to use some means against them! Xiaoxue knew my intention, and immediately began to activate the power of the demon spirit, confusing the two people in the house, and controlling Yilan

Come and open the door.

Before the footsteps inside reached the door, I suddenly felt some kind of powerful spiritual energy fluctuation, and the sky was dazzling with white light. When I looked up, I saw a full moon in the sky, as bright as day, which seemed to engulf all my internal organs.

The light was shining through. At the same time, Xiaoxue also heard a scream: "No, run away!"

In response to Xiaoxue's warnings, I always followed orders and turned around and ran away without hesitation. At that moment, the dogs in the whole village started barking.

I felt that Xiaoxue was very scared, and this fear came from the moonlight in the sky. I looked up, and then I realized something was wrong. The moon seemed to be very close to me, very big, and I only saw the moon, not the sky.

There are no stars either.

It was obviously a cloudy day, how could there be a moon suddenly? Moreover, it was only the twelfth day of the year. Even if the moon appeared, it would not be round. It would never be so round, so it must be an illusion! Xiaoxue said to me in panic: "It's not an illusion, it's

Some immortals are here, they were alerted by me, and they may come to arrest me."

I was shocked. I had heard stories like the Lotus Lantern, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, and the Legend of the White Snake when I was little. Love between immortals and mortals, and love between men and monsters never had good results, and were always destroyed by gods descending from the sky. Could it be that some immortal looked at Xiaoxue and me?

It's not pleasing to the eye, are you here to collect Xiaoxue? If the monsters want to harm me, I may still have the power to resist. If the immortal wants to make trouble with me, I have no ability to resist at all.

I rushed out of the village with a racing heart. Along the way, the villagers had already opened their doors and came out, but no one saw me or had time to stop me. I rushed out of the village entrance.
Chapter completed!