During the time I have been traveling with Zhang Mingyu, I have gotten to know him quite well.
He is the type of person who does what he says he will do.
Even though sometimes he does have many scruples, most of the time, commitment is far more important than scruples in his eyes, otherwise he would not have followed me to Zhongdong Gu Village.
Seeing what Zhang Mingyu said, I didn't say any more nonsense. I leaned on the seat and looked at the distant holy village through the mirror on the iron bump until the outline of the holy village disappeared before my eyes.
, I took out the two books from my body that I had not read for a long time.
One was given to me by Li Bowen.
The other one is "The Gods".
However, after thinking for a while, I put away "Tongshen", leaving only the book Li Bowen gave me and started reading it again.
I have read this book once, but due to my haste, I have not actually read many things in it in detail. This trip to Zhongdong Gu Village gave me a clear understanding of myself.
The introductions in this book are various and cover almost everything in the world of strange people, which is what I need now.
Seeing me reading, Liu Shan and Zhang Mingyu did not disturb me.
Liu Shan drove his car quietly, while Zhang Mingyu looked out the window in silence, still not knowing what he was thinking.
that's all.
The three of us set out on the road to Badong Village.
Badong Village is far away in the northeast, and this road is destined to not be so peaceful. Even if Li Bowen told Liu Shan what I met and saw this time, it was up to me whether I would interfere or not, but I also understood in my heart that since he has been like this
If I confess, then I will definitely not be able to escape.
The first two days were fairly peaceful.
Nothing happened.
I don’t know whether Liu Shan deliberately avoided it or whether there were no villages on the way to Badong Village. We spent the night in the wild for the past two days.
It doesn't count as sleeping in the open if you have iron bumps.
In addition, Liu Shan brought some dry food and was able to cope with it.
It wasn't until the third day that we were stopped.
The person who stopped us was not a human being.
Of course, it's not a zombie.
It was an empty village and a heavy fog.
When I saw the empty village in front of me, I was actually a little surprised, because the emptiness and silence of this village was actually very similar to the Niang'er Village where I lived for eighteen years. There were a few wild dogs jumping around even at the entrance of the village.
The difference is that there is no fool at the entrance of the village.
It is a real empty village.
After falling into the iron knot, Liu Shan wondered: "It's strange. According to the map, there is no such a village here. How did this village appear?"
Zhang Mingyu stared at the village, frowned and said: "There is something weird in this village."
"Those mists shouldn't be simple, they're a bit like the miasma in Zhongdong Gu Village."
As he spoke, he looked at Liu Shan, "Is this the only way to go?"
Zhang Mingyu and Liu Shan have become familiar with each other in the past two days.
Liu Shan glanced at the map in his hand, then nodded and said: "This road is indeed the only way for us to go to the Northeast. If we don't take this road, we will have to spare three mountains and a river, and it will take at least a long time.
Spend an extra three or four days.”
"But there is indeed something strange about this village. Otherwise, let's take a detour, right?"
I heard the conversation between the two, and I have been staring at the village in front of me since I got off the iron knot. According to Liu Shan, there should be no such village here. In other words, either Liu Shan's map is inaccurate, or it is.
This village appeared out of thin air.
There are two possibilities, I prefer to believe the latter.
So...why did a village appear out of thin air?
Just when I was thinking whether to take a detour or go in, I suddenly heard a bell ringing.
I followed the sound and saw a middle-aged man wearing a straw hat ringing a bell in his hand, and behind him were a few jumping people.
Those people all had a talisman stuck on their foreheads.
Zombies?
I frowned.
"The corpse-killing lineage?" Zhang Mingyu was a little surprised.
"Expelling corpses?" Liu Shan swallowed his saliva and widened his eyes, "Is there really such a thing in this world?"
"Stay away from strangers!" the middle-aged man shouted as he walked towards us.
We got out of the way at the same time, but the middle-aged man didn't look at us twice, and walked directly into the village in front of him, as if he didn't see anything weird about the village in front of him.
But that's not the most important thing.
The most important thing is that it's not night yet.
"It's strange." It wasn't until people entered the village that I frowned and said, "People who drive corpses in western Hunan generally stay in the day and night. Even if they drive corpses, they only do it at night."
"It's not yet night...why is he chasing corpses already?"
Naturally, I read this information from the book Li Bowen gave me. I read the book over and over again in two days, and now I have a general understanding of many things that I didn't understand before.
Among them is the corpse exorcism lineage.
After hearing what I said, Zhang Mingyu said: "It seems that there is indeed a problem in this village, and the corpse exorcist is also a bit weird. It is better not to enter this village."
"We still have a long way to go to Badong Village. It won't be a waste if we walk for four or five more days."
Zhang Mingyu looked at me as if asking for my opinion.
I thought for a moment and nodded.
I don't like to meddle in other people's business.
My goal from beginning to end has only been the Earthly Immortal Bones. As for the other things, I can ignore them as long as I am not forced to do so. After all, Li Bowen did not ask Liu Shan to let me get involved in these incomprehensible things this time.
In the end, with the unanimous decision of the three of us, we chose to take a detour.
Although it would take a few more days, Liu Shan was still very happy.
However, sometimes, some things cannot be avoided even if you want to.
In the evening, we were stopped again.
Another village appeared in front of us.
It's still that weird village.
But the fog dissipated, and the whole village could be seen faintly in the dark night, while those wild dogs were still lying at the entrance of the village. When we stopped at Tiebiao, the green eyes of those wild dogs also turned their gaze.
Put it on us.
"Why are you back?" Liu Shan acted like an ordinary person as always.
Zhang Mingyu and I looked at each other, and we both saw some uneasiness in each other's eyes.
"It seems that we may not be able to get out without entering the village." I smiled bitterly and said, "If I guessed correctly, we may have accidentally entered some magic circle."
Zhang Mingyu nodded.
"I just don't know who could have set it up."
"I just hope you don't mean any harm to us."
It's hard to say...
I never think things happen for no reason.
There must be a reason for this happening.
But this is also to be expected.
So many things happened along the way, I met a lot of people, and offended some people, the most important of which was the legendary Lord Taishan.
Maybe this is aimed at me.
Of course, this is just my guess.
Whether it is true or not, we have to go into the village to find out.
Liu Shan was very reluctant, but he also knew that the fact that we still didn't avoid this village after we had spared it meant that we had no other choice.