Ji Que started to go down the stone steps. There was only one stone path here. It stands to reason that as long as he speeds up, sooner or later he will find clues about the Qingqi Department officials who asked for help.

Unfortunately not.

Does that mean they went to the wild forest beyond the steps?

It won't be easy to find, and it can be said to be hopeless.

Ji Que continued walking, but he still didn't understand Li Li's words, because compared with the previous field filled with scarecrows, this place seemed ordinary, neither weird nor scary.

But as he walked, Ji Que felt inexplicably irritable.

Nothing changed or happened around him, but he felt this way.

Immediately afterwards, he discovered something strange.

He couldn't remember how many steps he had gone down, and the scenery was different, but the big locust tree next to his right seemed to have been seen several times.

So he jumped over the long grass and walked over.

This big locust tree is larger than what you saw on the steps, and there is a large tree hole at the bottom.

There seems to be some space down there.

So Ji Que walked into the tree hole.

As expected, the tree hole went straight downwards, and I didn't know where it led.

Ji Que slid down.

The inside of the tree hole was quite damp, with a faint musty smell, but along with it, the frizzy feeling before disappeared, and my mind returned to clarity.

Immediately afterwards, he found himself in a yellowed room.

There is a long table in the center of the room.

The table was at least three feet long. From one end to the other, it was filled with all kinds of fine wines and delicacies, as well as fruits that exuded the fragrance of vegetation.

I have to say, just looking at it makes me want to eat more.

However, foodie Ji Que only focused on eating at this table for a while, and then turned his attention to the other side.

There is an inconspicuous cave in the corner of the house. In the cave, there is a butt trembling there.

Ji Que walked over step by step and took another look at the room. He found that except for the table of delicious food, the rest looked ordinary.

As he got closer to the cave, the butt at the entrance of the cave shook harder.

Suddenly, Ji Que suddenly took action and caught the butt.

Behind the butt was a young woman, wearing Qingqi Secretary's clothes. Seeing Ji Que's handsome face, she turned pale with fright and shouted: "No! No!"

Ji Que put her aside, looked into the cave, and found that there was a butt inside.

So he dug again, like a weasel digging out a chicken coop, and took out two men and a woman.

Without exception, they all wore the clothes of Qingqi Department officials. They were all frightened and had no professional qualities at all.

A middle-aged man who was so frightened that he seemed to be flopping in the water, suddenly stopped and said, "Ji Shaoxia?"

Ji Que looked at him and felt that he looked familiar, but he couldn't pronounce his name.

The middle-aged man immediately said: "The leader and I met you at the meeting to find foreign objects in the Demon-Conquering Tower."

Ji Que went up to shake hands without saying anything.

Seeing that Ji Que was not eating anyone, the remaining colleagues gradually became quiet.

The middle-aged man's eyes turned red for a moment, and he said excitedly: "The reinforcements are coming! The reinforcements are coming!"

Only then did Ji Que ask why they were here.

It turns out that these Qingqi Department officials had the same feeling as Ji Que just now. They were frightened enough when they found the field full of scarecrows, but in order to complete the exploration, they could only bite the bullet and walk down the steps to see if they could

The legendary Wuzhuang Temple cannot be found.

But as they walked, they all had a frizzy feeling, and they always felt like something was following them.

And this feeling quickly spread among several people, and they even felt that they would die in the next moment.

Suddenly, the female Qingqi Department official who just stuck her butt out suddenly said that there was an extra person in the team.

Everyone, everyone was so scared that they pissed themselves and ran away in a hurry.

When they couldn't run any further, one of them found such a tree hole and got in.

When we arrived at the tree hole, the feeling of panic disappeared and the team returned to normal. There was no so-called extra person.

But when they try to get out of the tree hole, that feeling will permeate the air again, as if the extra "person" from before will appear soon and kill them.

The terrifying feeling was so strong that even these professionals lost the courage to explore.

The few signs for help at that moment almost used up all their courage.

It can be said that they were trapped in this tree hole.

Long periods of fear and running naturally bring about hunger and thirst.

In their words, for some reason, people easily feel hungry and thirsty when they come here.

Two of the officials have clearly reached the True Essence Realm of the Three Realms. Logically speaking, there is no problem if they haven't had a drop of water in them for ten and a half months.

But they, like everyone else, want to drink water and eat.

In the past half month, all the food and drink they had brought with them were consumed, so some people stared at the various foods on the long table.

When you go out, you cannot eat food from unknown sources. This is the most important rule of Qingqi Division.

Many of their predecessors had eaten the offerings on the roadside and found only an empty corpse.

But the longer time goes by, the harder it becomes for them to bear the hunger and thirst from the bottom of their hearts.

In addition, this place really seemed like a pure land, which made them feel safe, so a colleague who was always bold couldn't help but eat a grape.

After eating, my colleagues showed no change.

Just when they felt a little relieved, footsteps suddenly came from outside the tree hole.

The footsteps were like a strange drumbeat, causing people great panic.

Before they could react, a person without a face or facial features appeared in the room.

They were naturally frightened at that time and either ran away or fought back.

But the faceless man didn't do anything and just ate the colleague who had eaten the grape.

Yes, the entire faceless man was like a piece of clothing, covering his colleague, and then spit out some bones.

Later, even the bones were eaten.

After that, the faceless man left without even looking at them.

However, everything that had just happened had a strong impact on these Qingqi Department officials, so when they accidentally heard the sound of Ji Que coming down, they were so frightened that they all dug in.

After thinking that it was not the terrifying faceless man, everyone in the Qingqi Division couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

As a result, they suddenly heard the sound of eating grapes and spitting out grape skins.

I saw Ji Que holding a plate of grapes, and while eating, he asked, "Is this how your colleague eats grapes?"

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At this moment, the Qingqi Department official was so frightened that the hair on his body stood on end.
Chapter completed!