The moon is like water, flowing in the quiet mountain village.

Mo Yan borrowed an office from the village committee, but he never went out and didn't even eat dinner. At his level, although he could not completely fast, he still had no problem not sleeping for several nights and not eating for several days.

After nightfall, he pulled up the curtains in his office and practiced quietly.

It was not until the moon was in the sky that he walked out of the door, jumped to the roof, and looked at the endless Hulu Mountain...

During the day, he found that the entire Hulu Mountain was filled with a faint layer of yin energy. However, due to the strong sunlight, these yin energy were suppressed tightly under the tree canopy.

There is yin and yang in the world. Yin Qi is prone to appear in any place without sunlight for a long time. There is nothing strange about this book. For example, places such as manholes, caves, tombs, etc. often have Yin Qi accumulation. If ordinary people stay in it for a long time, they will have various discomfort symptoms in their bodies, and if they are more serious, they may even die suddenly.

Mo Yan lives at the foot of Hulu Mountain, and at night, he occasionally observes it with his heart.

At this time, he could see from the perspective of his mind that the yin energy of Hulu Mountain in the night is much richer than other places. But the saying goes, the world has yin and yang. It is normal for a forest park like Hulu Mountain that has almost never been cut down. If the yin energy is sparse or there is no yin energy, it is the biggest abnormality. Because this means that the yin and yang in the world have been out of order, and the world will undergo drastic changes.

In short, the balance of yin and yang is the norm in this world.

However, in Hulu Mountain during the day, such a large area of ​​yin energy can still appear in direct sunlight, which is extremely abnormal.

Mo Yan stood on the roof, opened his mind and looked at Hulu Mountain in the night...

Compared to the daytime, the yin energy in Hulu Mountain is more intense, without the suppression of sunlight. The yin energy that emerges from the ground has risen above the tree crown, rolling in mist, wrapping the entire Hulu Mountain!

If a person with a slightly weaker blood energy stays in the woods for two or three hours, he will inevitably get seriously ill. Even a young man with strong energy stays too long, he will inevitably suffer from colds and fevers. If he is more serious, he may even cause some chronic diseases, such as rheumatism, cold stomach, etc.

"What exactly caused such a large area of ​​Yin Qi?"

Mo Yan frowned slightly, then remembered something, and immediately turned around and looked towards Wanling city.

Wanling City under the night seems very normal. Although there is also yin energy, it is within a normal range...

Generally speaking, there is only one possibility for the large-scale spread of Yin Qi. That is, the changes in the terrain, causing the Yin Qi accumulated underground to burst out from the fission cracks.

In other words, the large-scale yin energy spreads is actually a sign before an earthquake.

But the situation in front of us is obviously not the same. Hulushan and Wanling City are basically the same area. If an earthquake really happens, the yin energy above Wanling City cannot be so thin.

"It seems that Hulushan's own problem..." Mo Yan felt a little relieved. No matter how cold he was, he didn't want to see the place where he lived turned into ruins.

"Is it related to Yunluo Dao Palace? According to Ma Tianxing, this Dao Palace had sank into the ground thousands of years ago. Could it be... this is a sign before the Dao Palace appeared?"

Mo Yan didn't know much about Yunluo Dao Palace, so he could only speculate slightly, but could not draw a definite conclusion.

After seeing the weather in Hulu Mountain, he focused on Du Que...

It was already past midnight. In the evening, after Du Que moved into the hotel, he stayed in the room and did not go out.

However, Mo Yan believes that since this old man chose to stay in Baishui Village, he must have his intentions.

"No matter what his plan is, I just keep an eye on him..." Mo Yan sat cross-legged on the roof, paying attention to Du Que's whereabouts while practicing.

After about half an hour, Du Que quietly left the hotel and walked towards Jiang Dayong's yard.

Mo Yan smiled slightly, immediately jumped off the roof and put it on...

In the night, Jiang Dayong's yard was pitch black.

But at this time, if someone climbs over the courtyard wall, he will find that a trace of light flows out from the window of the bedroom on the left side of the courtyard...

In the bedroom, Jiang Changshui had a strange smile on his face, moved the bed close to the wall away, and was digging hard in the corner with a small shovel.

It can be seen from the cement slurry that has not been completely dried in the corner of the wall that has been emptied.

Soon, Jiang Changshui chiseled the cement on the corner of the wall and then pulled out the bricks one by one.

The next moment, he sighed happily, with an excited smile on his face, and he reached into the hole in the wall...

After taking a while in the hole in the wall, Jiang Changshui took out a few inconspicuous black stones, held them in his palm like a treasure, and said in a trembling voice: "Gold, gold, what a beautiful gold... Uncle Dayong, you died really time. Now, your house and gold are mine!"

"No, no, not only these...and that golden cave, it's mine now!"

"Uncle Dayong, how do you say I should thank you!"

"Good death, Uncle Dayong, you died so well, too timely. To be honest, even if you are not dead now, I will kill you in a few days! The golden cave was discovered by both of us, but you insisted on hiding all the gold in your place, saying that you would save it and marry me in the future! Oh, that's a golden cave. You can just dig a few pieces of gold for money. What kind of wife can't be married? Uncle Dayong, you obviously want to take it alone, you black-hearted dead ghost!"

Jiang Changshui held a few black stones and muttered to himself, the smile on his face was extremely strange!

At this time, even a three-year-old child here could recognize that the few ordinary stones he was holding were simply some ordinary stones, and there was no gold!

...Outside the window, Du Que lay on the windowsill like a raccoon cat. He looked through the gaps in the curtains at Jiang Changshui, who was already in a nervous state in the house. His face looked quite ugly.

During the day, he found that Jiang Changshui had resentment, and he suspected that this young man, like Jiang Dayong, was possessed by some evil thing.

Now it seems that Jiang Changshui is not only possessed by resentment, but even his consciousness has been eroded by this resentment.

If you stand by and ignore it, this young man will follow Jiang Dayong's footsteps and die miserably!

Generally speaking, as a descendant of the Taoist sect, it is naturally opposite to the evil things. In normal times, Du Que would probably take action to drive away the evil things on Jiang Changshui. This has nothing to do with good and evil. It is just a conceptual necessity. Just like when a house is dirty, people will pick up a broom and clean it up. For the descendants of the Taoist sect, this evil spirit is a kind of filth. If you ignore it, the world where the spiritual energy is exhausted will become even more dirty, which is something they can't stand.

But at this moment, he had no idea of ​​taking action.

For Du Que, whether Jiang Changshui dies or lives is actually not important at all. What is important is to figure out where the source of resentment and evil spirits is? Because this is related to whether he can enter the Yunluo Dao Palace and whether he can get the coveted alchemy book!

In the bedroom, Jiang Changshui held the 'gold' and smirked for more than ten minutes, but then he was shocked and murmured to himself: "No. The golden cave is too close to the village, and maybe someone will find it. I have to dig out all the gold as soon as possible... Yes, go now, and after digging out all the gold, I will sell it here. Then go far away and go to the big city to enjoy the happiness! Hehe, Uncle Dayong, you are so good, you die in time!"

He giggled, then stuffed the 'gold' into the hole in the wall and blocked it with bricks.

...Twenty minutes later, Jiang Changshui sneaked away from Baishui Village with a large leather bag containing a shovel and other tools.

Du Que then followed. With his cultivation level, even if he was attached to Jiang Changshui's neck, he didn't have to worry about being discovered.

What's more, Jiang Changshui's mind had been eroded at this time, and his alertness and mentality had dropped to the lowest point...

The so-called mantis stalks the cicada, and the oriole is behind. When Du Que followed Jiang Changshui to Hulu Mountain, he didn't know that someone was also tightly adorned about a hundred meters behind him.

Mo Yan also "sees" the scene that happened in the bedroom.

He was also quite curious about this.

It can be said that even without the factor of Du Que, he would choose to follow Jiang Changshui and find out the truth about this matter.

In the night, three people walked towards the depths of Hulu Mountain, one in front, one in the middle, one behind.

Jiang Changshui is just an ordinary person, walking through the mountains and dense forests, and it is dark night. The difficulties can be imagined.

But he was already fascinated by the heart. He kept walking forward with a flashlight, allowing branches and shrubs to cut their clothes, and even cut bloody mouths, but he did not know the pain or fatigue at all.

About an hour later, Jiang Changshui left the mountain road and walked along the slope towards a valley.

There was no path here at all. He rolled down the slope, but accidentally sprained his ankle, but he had no intention of giving up and limped into the valley.

There are gravels everywhere in the valley, and occasionally you can see some broken bricks and tiles of unknown age. From this we can see that this place is likely to be a ruined site in the long river of history...

However, as the history professor who was chatting with Mo Yan in the day said, Hulushan was not an unknown place. Thousands of years ago, the cultural scenery here was extremely prosperous. If it weren't for the major earthquake more than 700 years ago, this place would have been an ancient cultural destination.

Jiang Changshui walked tirelessly, and after traveling through most of the valley, he finally stopped.

He stood there, gasping for breath, looking at the hole in front of him covered by weeds and vines, and a strange smirk appeared on his face!

In fact, this place is quite long from Baishui Village, and it is also very concealed, so the possibility of being discovered is not high. However, Jiang Changshui's mind has been eroded, and his mind is filled with fictitious "gold". It is necessary to dig all the gold here before he can finish it...

After a few breaths, he reached out to push the weeds and vines in front of the hole, bent over and walked in.

Du Que couldn't help but hesitate when he watched Jiang Changshui walk into the cave...

He followed Jiang Changshui to verify a guess in his heart, but when the answer seemed to be in time, a new question was placed in front of him.

If this so-called answer does not match your guess, it is naturally the best.

But if the answer is exactly what you are worried about, wouldn’t this be like falling into the trap?

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get a tiger's son..."

After hesitating for a moment, Du Que finally made up his mind and murmured: "This place is twenty or thirty miles away from Yunluodao Palace, so there should be no involvement..."

As he said that, he gritted his teeth, pulled away the weeds and vines, bent down and drilled into the hole.

A minute later, Mo Yan walked away slowly.

Du Que's words just now were all heard in his ears...

"Is Yunluo Dao Palace still twenty or thirty miles away? Haha, old man, you not only come for the Danshu, but also know the specific location of the Dao Palace. It's worth my attention to you for so long."

The cave hidden in the valley is naturally generated. The entrance is slightly smaller, but the interior looks very spacious enough for three or four people to walk side by side.

Jiang Changshui used a flashlight and couldn't wait to walk deep into the cave.

The more you go in, the lower the temperature will be. Soon, the breath that Jiang Changshui exhaled condenses into white mist.

But he still didn't know that he didn't feel cold at all, and just kept walking forward.

Du Que followed him, and the more he walked in, the ugly his face became.

For him, the sudden drop in temperature was nothing. What really worried him was that the deeper he walked into the cave, the more intense the yin energy became. Compared with the yin energy outside the cave, the concentration here was at least ten times higher, and as the steps deepened, the concentration continued to rise...

What's even more terrible is that the yin energy here is not pure, but is mixed with a hint of evil.

At this time, he no longer dared to follow too tightly, but deliberately slowed down.

It was not until the sound of chiseling and hitting the stone wall came from the front and the silly laughter made by Jiang Changshui that he slowly walked over...

The place where Jiang Changshui stayed was already the end of the cave.

He lay on the ground, holding a chisel and a hammer, and chiseled and struck the stone wall desperately.
To be continued...