When Xiao Jingchen heard this, he thought about what the thin man said. It was somewhat true. He couldn't help but sneered: "What does a wizard in your village have to do with you two's robbery? Don't change the topic and get to the point. I have a lot of patience."
limited."
Xiao Jingchen spoke while rubbing his hands together. The bones of his hands made a rattling sound, which made the two of them panic. The thin man said hurriedly with runny nose and tears: "Uncle, what I said is true. When the wizard comes,
"Children were often lost in the middle of the night in the village, which made people panic. The village chief ordered the strong men in the village to take turns to keep vigil at midnight every day. The first two days were quiet and nothing happened. As a result, the men on vigil relaxed their vigilance."
"Unexpectedly, something happened on the third night. The men on guard were all drowsy when they heard a child crying. Then the sound became louder and louder, and the miserable screams spread over the entire village.
The situation was extremely urgent, and the men were also shocked by the sound. When they heard the piercing screams, they did not dare to move to check."
"In the end, someone ran over to check, and the strong man behind him also ran to the source of the sound to check what happened." The thin man said a lot in one breath, and looked at Xiao Jingchen carefully, seeing that the latter was slightly thoughtful.
expression, slightly relieved.
"What happened to the child?" Murong Yu'er, who was standing next to Xiao Jingchen, suddenly asked, with an unnatural look on her face and a hint of anger in her tone.
"The child is dead. He was drained of all the blood in his body and turned into a mummy." When the thin man said this, he felt very painful in his heart and his body was shaking violently. I don't know whether it was because he was afraid of the content of the previous words or because he was filled with unwillingness.
The fat man next to him was paralyzed on the ground at this time, his whole body was trembling, his face was yellow, his lips were white, his sunken eyes were full of tears, his expression was very painful, and he used his fertile hands to
He hit himself on the head hard.
"Who did this?" At this moment, Xiao Jingchen was so angry that he gritted his teeth. There was an uncontrollable anger in his eyes. The words came out one by one from between his teeth. His voice was very low and stiff.
A voice that seemed not to belong to a human being.
"Hurry up and tell me who did it." Murong Yu'er was also very angry at the moment, clenching her little hands tightly, frowning tightly, and her red face was very cold.
"It was the wizard who did it. When we arrived, we happened to see the wizard's mouth leaving the child's neck, and the mouth was full of blood and flesh."
"That bastard, I want to kill him, I want to avenge Nono. He is only two years old. He was so cute when he was alive. Every time I dream about Nono, he is covered in blood. His pitiful eyes are...
So helpless." The fat man's roar echoed through the silent forest, his eyes turned scarlet, his whole body trembled violently, and his words no longer stuttered.
Xiao Jingchen looked at Murong Yu'er. Both of them were shocked by what the thin man said before, and by the fat man's roar later, and they became silent.
"Brother Xiao" Murong Yu'er looked at Xiao Jingchen.
Xiao Jingchen calmed down, pondered for a moment, then stared at the two of them and said: "You two, get up and take me to your village."
"Brother Xiao, I want to go too." Murong Yu'er suddenly said with an anxious look.
Xiao Jingchen hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said: "No, I'm not too relieved right now. After all, we don't know the wizard's strength yet. I can't tell whether it will be dangerous if we go with him rashly. You'd better wait here."
I'll come back."
"No, I don't want to stay here alone, I want to go with you." Murong Yu'er said excitedly with a very dissatisfied look.
"Auntie, you should listen to the uncle and stay. The wizard has a hobby, he likes beautiful women. He has harmed half of the girls in the village. In the end, he hid, hid, and the whole village
There are not many women left now." The thin man explained hurriedly, fearing that the aunt would pop out in a hurry and ruin things.
"snort"
"I will let him taste life worse than death." Murong Yu'er ignored the thin man's words, her eyes were burning with coldness, and she sneered at the corner of her mouth.
Xiao Jingchen suddenly felt agitated, his whole body was chilled, and he silently mourned for the wizard he had never met before. He had done something wrong for himself.
"Haha, that" Xiao Jingchen squeezed out a smile awkwardly, looked at Murong Yu'er and said unnaturally: "Yu'er, you can go, but you have to hide in the dark, and don't expose yourself when you have to. I'll deal with him first.
, if you lose, it’s not too late for you to come out.”
"Okay, I'll give you this opportunity to show off your talents." Murong Yu'er said with a smile.
In this way, Xiao Jingchen walked behind the thin man and the fat man. This direction was also the direction out of the forest, and they did not go far. At this time, the sky was getting darker and darker, and not a single sound could be heard around them. The silence was terrifying, maybe
This is the darkness before dawn.
There were wisps of red clouds on the eastern horizon, and a bit of purple slowly peeked out, and the sky gradually turned white. The four of them walked for most of the night, and the clear line of sight in front of them was clear. There were no mountains and forests on the plain road, and they also found something not far away.
We came to a village. It didn’t look very big from a distance. It looked ancient and simple. The thatched houses in the village were filled with thick smoke. It was probably the villagers who got up early and were cooking breakfast. The surrounding scenery was peaceful.
The two looked at each other, and both saw doubts in each other's eyes, how could such a peaceful and simple village be like what the thin man said before.
The thin man felt two eyes looking at him and hurriedly explained: "The wizard lives not far from the village. The village is usually very quiet. He only comes to the village on the 15th of every month."
"So that's it, Brother Xiao, then I'll go look around first." Murong Yu'er said softly.
"Okay, be careful." Xiao Jingchen warned worriedly.
Seeing Murong Yu'er disappear into the forest, Xiao Jingchen turned around and followed the two of them into the village.
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Chiyan Village is located on the edge of the forest in the Chiyan Mountains. It is relatively remote. It is surrounded by forests on three sides and leads to the nearest Qingyuan Town on one side. It is sparsely populated and has existed here since ancient times.
In the early morning, before the fog has completely dissipated, the sun rises slowly. The weak sunlight shines on the earth. The mountains and rivers are bathed in the golden morning light. The surrounding green leaves are swaying in the breeze, exuding fragrance. From time to time, there are waves in the village.
There was the sound of roosters crowing, and several large wolfdogs were chained to tree stumps outside the village and were lazily coiled on the ground.
The three of them walked into the village gate, and what they saw were more than thirty thatched houses standing in two rows. The doors were all closed tightly. No one came out. It was a dead atmosphere. Except for the two empty houses in the east of the city, everything was empty.
No, there is a sandalwood box at the door of every other house.
"What is this?" Xiao Jingchen glanced at the surrounding situation, turned around and asked.
"Hey, today is the fifteenth day, the day when the wizard comes back. Everyone put all the most valuable things in the house in sandalwood boxes in advance last night, and because we have nothing to prepare, we have no choice but to go out and rob
, I didn’t expect to meet you on my first robbery.” The thin man looked very annoyed, it was really a bad start.
"We've been together for a while, and I still don't know your names." Xiao Jingchen asked calmly.
"My name is Zhang Shan and his name is Liu Si." said the thin man.
"Don't call me uncle, I'm not used to it. My name is Xiao Jingchen. You can just call me Brother Xiao." There was a slight smile on Xiao Jingchen's face, without the cold expression before.
"Okay, then... let's... just call... you... little brother..." The fat man stuttered again.
"Okay." Xiao Jingchen didn't care about it and walked towards the center of the village.
The two of them saw Xiao Jingchen walking forward alone, and followed him all the way. When they reached the center, they saw Xiao Jingchen stop, and at the same time they stopped and looked forward.
There is a large Eight Immortals table parked in the open space in front, with three bloody pig heads placed on it, and there are some tributes underneath. There is a black cloth covering the bottom of the table, and the sound of crying can be heard from inside.
Xiao Jingchen knelt down and raised his hand to pull open the black robe, wanting to see what was inside.
"Ah, don't come here, I don't want to die, don't eat me." A sharp voice came from inside, with trembling and panic in the voice, and he looked at Xiao Jingchen helplessly and pitifully.
"Child, don't be afraid, my brother is a good person." Xiao Jingchen saw an iron cage with a child curled up inside, his swollen hair covering his dirty little face, and his bright eyes shouting with tears and helplessness.
He looked so helpless, his heart couldn't help but tighten, his fists were clenched tightly, and his eyes were full of anger.
"Tell me why they locked the child in an iron cage." Xiao Jingchen was extremely angry at this time and could not suppress the impulse in his body. Golden spiritual power instantly surged out and he shouted loudly.
"Who are you? This is a matter in the village. It's not your turn to take care of it. Leave here immediately." From one side of the thatched house, an old man walked out. He had white hair, sunken eyes, and a pointed chin.
, tall with a goatee beard floating around, slowly walked up to Xiao Jingchen with a wooden stick in his hand, and warned with a slightly unkind tone.
"Village chief, this is..."
"Shut up!" Before the thin man could finish speaking, the white-haired old man hurriedly shouted.
Xiao Jingchen squinted at the old man and found that there was a faint spiritual power fluctuation in the man's body, but it was not very strong. He probably had no cultivation experience, so he said angrily: "The child is innocent, but you actually ignore it for your own selfishness.
The life of the child, are you still human?"
"Young man, you can't say this. Sacrificing a child can bring peace to the village for half a year. This is definitely a good deal. At worst, the woman will have another baby next year." The old man blushed at Xiao Jingchen's words and said with a sullen expression.
"Okay, okay," after saying three good words in a row, Xiao Jingchen's face turned gloomy and he punched the wooden pillar next to him to relieve the disgust in his heart.
"Bang bang"
A wooden pillar as thick as a bucket was broken by Xiao Jingchen's punch. The wooden pillar separated from the main body fell down with a sound, bringing up a puff of dust and smoke, and splatters of wood and saltpeter hit the old man's face in mid-air.
"Expose your spiritual power, you." The yellow spiritual power flashed out of the old man's eyes, and he said stiffly with a look of shock on his wrinkled old face.
"snort"
"You also know that it's not easy to release spiritual power." Xiao Jingchen snorted coldly, squatted down again, and grabbed the iron cage with his hands.