Late at night, in the small courtyard of the village, Zou Heng sat quietly cross-legged next to the fire, practicing the resting method, listening to the snoring coming one after another and the sound of flames jumping in the fire next to him.

The very slight sound of insects in the wilderness makes everything around you feel quiet and noisy.

Suddenly, Zou Heng opened his eyes, stood up, and walked into the room behind him. He looked at Zhang Xiaonian, who was sitting on a small wooden stool and had obviously begun to doze off, and nodded to him,

Then he said in a very soft voice.

"It's almost time. You go back and take a rest. I'll guard you next!"

After hearing Zou Heng's words, Zhang Xiaonian stood up, nodded slightly, and walked out without saying a word.

Zou Heng waited until he went out, then went to where Zhang Xiaonian was just now, and looked at the three Renwangs who were sleeping on an earthen bed in the room.

He had vaguely heard that King Ni's breathing had become a little heavy, and even the princess beside him was doing the same. It was obvious that the two of them were sleeping very lightly. Even though he had tried to make as little noise as possible, they still seemed to be disturbed by him.

I woke up, but after knowing that the person who came was me, I continued to close my eyes due to sleepiness.

Zhang Xiaonian walked out of the room, looked at the fire still burning in the yard, and then looked at the few houses. Hearing the faint snoring coming from inside, he felt a little sleepy and gave up going in.

plan.

In this kind of farmhouse courtyard, even if the two courtyards are connected, there are only a few houses in total. It can accommodate so many people to rest, and the place is almost full. Zhang Xiaonian is not very used to being crowded with people like this. He had been on the road before.

While huddled in the cave, he didn't get a good rest that night.

He sat down by the fire, opened his mouth and yawned. Just as he was about to pick up a piece of wood and add another firewood to the fire, suddenly, a gust of cold wind came, which made Zhang Xiaonian suddenly tremble.

With a shiver, the flames of the fire in front of him suddenly weakened a lot.

The soldiers on duty nearby were also shivering from the cold at this time. They couldn't help tightening their tight clothes and shrinking their necks.

"It's strange that this village is not in a ravine, and the wind at night is so cold!" After Zhang Xiaonian shivered, he continued to put the firewood in his hand into the fire, and then spoke as if he was underestimating in a low voice, and like

He was talking to a few soldiers on duty beside him.

By the time he finished speaking, the sudden cold wind had stopped, but Zhang Xiaonian still felt that the surrounding temperature seemed to be slightly lower than before.

As the temperature dropped, his original plan to sit by the fire and stay up all night was shaken. He also wanted to go inside. Even if he couldn't rest well, at least it wouldn't be as cold as outside.

Turning his head and taking a look at the rooms in the yard, Zhang Xiaonian was thinking about which room he wanted to rest in, except for the one belonging to King Ren.

But just when he turned his attention to these rooms, suddenly, from the corner of his sight, he seemed to see a fleeting black figure at the door of a room, entering the house, but waiting for him

Taking a closer look, the black shadow disappeared again, as if he had been temporarily dazzled just now.

However, Zhang Xiaonian does not think that he is really dazzled for a moment. Now he has some understanding of Niwang's situation. In addition, Zou Heng specifically explained today that something bad may happen, so he will not be concerned about such a thing.

Take it lightly.

At that moment, Zhang Xiaonian immediately stood up and ran back to the room in a few steps. He did not care that his actions would wake up King Ni, and spoke directly to Zou Heng, who had just sat down.

"I just seemed to see a dark shadow in the yard. It flashed at the door of a house and then disappeared!"

When Zou Heng heard Zhang Xiaonian's words, he stood up immediately. After walking to the door in two steps, Zou Heng raised his hands at the same time, pointing his fingers into swords, and drew them in front of his eyes, and then his eyes

In the middle, two green lights appeared, becoming like the pupils of wild beasts.

Zou Heng, who had used the Eye-Opening Technique, glanced towards the courtyard. Wherever he looked, he did not find any abnormalities. However, soon, Zou Heng felt that something was wrong with the surrounding temperature. Compared with the temperature he had just entered,

At that time, the temperature was obviously much lower, which is a bit unreasonable.

Zou Heng originally wanted to go out to check, but after taking a look at the three Ren Wang people on the Tukang, Zou Heng did not act rashly, but turned to Zhang Xiaonian and asked.

"You should also be able to open eyes, cast the spell, and then take two soldiers to look at each room, and wake up the soldiers by the way!"

Hearing Zou Heng's words, Zhang Xiaonian hesitated for a moment, then nodded, and then raised his hands, pointing his fingers at the sword. Instead of crossing his eyes like Zou Heng did, he pointed his fingers towards

His temples and eyes also glowed with green light.

He also performed the Eye-Opening Technique, and his movements were slightly different from Zou Heng's, but the effect was no different. If anything, it was that the two had different levels of mastery of this technique. Zou Heng had already mastered it.

, Zhang Xiaonian is still in the introductory stage.

Looking at Zhang Xiaonian who had used the Eye-Opening Technique and then led two soldiers and a lit candle to explore the rooms, Zou Heng stood at the door of the room and watched him walk in from a short distance away.

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At the same time, the king and the princess who were sleeping on the earthen bed had already sat up. Before anything happened, they could close their eyes and rest as much as possible, but now that something had happened, they naturally could not continue sleeping.

Go down.

Because someone was watching over them, the two of them slept together in the same clothes that night, so they were able to get out of bed immediately after sitting up.

Zou Heng looked back at King Ni, nodded to him to express comfort, and then looked in the direction of the house over there.

In the room over there, Zhang Xiaonian took a candle and walked in with two soldiers. There was light in the room, and some soldiers woke up immediately. But then, Zou Heng saw that the light in the room went out.

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Then, Zhang Xiaolong suddenly jumped out of the room, followed by the soldiers in the room who also ran out, each and every one of them even drew their weapons. If they hadn't been well-trained on weekdays, maybe a few of them would have already

If you get messed up and swing your weapon around, you may injure the people next to you.

At this time, Zou Heng suddenly rushed out of the room and rushed into the house. At the same time, he took out the magic weapon oil lamp from his bag and lit the flame of the oil lamp.

Under the influence of the flame of the oil lamp and the eye-opening technique, Zou Heng saw a black shadow moving in one of the walls of the room. However, before he could do anything, the black shadow seemed to be affected.

Frightened, he instantly disappeared into the wall.

Zou Heng glanced around the room again and found nothing else, then stepped back in two steps and came to the courtyard.

Glancing at Zhang Xiaonian standing there, Zou Heng walked to him and asked directly: "What did you see in the room just now?"

Hearing this, Zhang Xiaonian's expression suddenly showed a hint of embarrassment, and then he said in a weak tone: "Well, I actually didn't see anything clearly, but as soon as I entered, there was a strange wind blowing, and it blew out the paper in my hand.

candle, and then I felt as if someone was behind me, blowing air on my neck, and I quickly backed away!"

When Zou Heng heard this, he didn't say anything. However, when the soldiers around him heard Zhang Xiaonian's words, they all felt very depressed. They had just been frightened by Zhang Xiaonian and thought there was some danger, so they hurriedly ran out of the room.

came out.

After such a fuss, almost everyone in the team was awake now. Everyone stood in the yard. After explaining the situation to each other, they all turned their attention to Zou Heng, and Zou Heng was lost in thought at this time.

middle.

Based on Zhang Xiaonian's description and what he saw before, Zou Heng could roughly judge that the black shadow in the wall just now was probably a ghost.

There is no such thing as the theory of six paths of reincarnation in this world. When a person dies, his lamp goes out and his soul disappears. This is a common understanding among everyone. However, due to various reasons, some people's souls do not dissipate immediately after death.

It will remain.

The souls that remain and have not dissipated will almost always turn into evil spirits, which is slightly different from the evil spirits that people encountered in the border areas due to resentment.

The vast majority of evil beings have no sanity. Just like the evil beings encountered in the wilderness, they also have no sanity. But if there are warlocks who know how to raise ghosts to raise such evil beings in captivity, then these dead ones will

If there is still a soul in the end, it is possible to keep one's own thinking and memory. Such a being is called a ghost.

Among the sorcerers' spells, there is a special technique for raising ghosts, which is said to be very powerful. However, it is very dangerous to practice this kind of spells, because ghosts are also evil, but compared to some ordinary evil spirits.

Strangely enough, ghosts still retain their thoughts and memories from their lifetimes.

As time goes by, thoughts and memories during life will gradually be distorted and become more and more dangerous.

Zou Heng heard a story told by his former master, saying that there was once a small country, located in today's Qi State, where a ghost raised by a warlock who practiced the art of raising ghosts escaped from his control, and then overnight, not only

He killed the warlock who raised ghosts and completely destroyed the country in that little pot.

It can be seen that practicing the art of raising ghosts and driving away evil spirits is indeed a very dangerous thing. However, since raising ghosts is indeed very convenient for warlocks, even though this method is dangerous, there are still warlocks who continue to do it.

The inheritance of learning such techniques will never end.
Chapter completed!