Horse hooves flew on the bumpy dirt ground. The further we went, the more desolate it became. Only a few escorts dared to take the deserted road outside the city like them.
They were riding horses at a gallop when they were suddenly stopped by a group of escorts.
"Oh, don't go any further. If you go any further, you will enter the dark forest."
"Hello~" Jun Lingyun pulled the horse's rope, and the white horse immediately neighed and paced to a stop.
"May I ask this brother, what's the point of the black forest?"
When you are away from home, if you don't overwhelm the local cowards, and ask for advice with an open mind, you will always be able to suffer less.
The strong man didn't hide it either.
"Are you from out of town? That dark forest has been very haunted recently. Don't stay there overnight, otherwise you won't know how you died."
"It's haunted? Do you believe in such a thing?"
Bai Xiao felt that everything was not going well today, and few of the people he met were normal. Is it worth calling them out because of such rumors?
The strong man was a little anxious.
"I don't believe it if you hear it from hearsay, but that's what I saw with my own eyes. Let me tell you, so many people died in the disaster in Li City, and all the guilty souls gathered in the dark woods. If I hadn't escaped last time
Hurry, he will die in there a long time ago."
The strong man looked frightened and earnestly tried to persuade Jun Lingyun and others.
"Look at the sun, it's going to set soon. How about we go together, sleep outside the forest, and go through the dark forest together tomorrow morning?"
Jun Lingyun looked at the dark woods in front of him. Compared with ghosts, the human heart was a hundred times scarier.
"Thank you for reminding me, brother. However, if it is really the ghost of the victims of the Li City disaster, I would be interested in meeting him."
"If you don't listen to good people's advice, you will suffer the consequences. Don't you want to lose your life?"
The strong man looked at the group of people running away and shook his head helplessly. He was young and energetic, and would suffer. It's a pity, it's a pity.
The sky was getting dark, and Jun Lingyun and others had entered the dark forest that the strong man said was haunted.
Only the moonlight shines through the shadows of the trees, changing shapes from time to time.
From time to time, whimpering sounds came from the forest, which was creepy. I couldn't tell whether it was the sound of wind, birdsong, or something else.
In order to avoid the irregular branches, Jun Lingyun and others also slowed down.
They carefully distinguished the various eerie sounds in the forest and walked forward for a while.
There was a sudden creak under the horse's hoofs. Jun Lingyun lowered his head and saw that they were several pieces of human bones.
Naturally, the attendants also saw it.
"Master, there is indeed something evil in this forest. When you hear the sound, it sounds like it is mixed with human cries."
"Is there really a ghost?"
"Why, are you still afraid of ghosts?" Bai Xiao teased the two attendants.
"We have already passed through the mountains of corpses and seas of people on the battlefield, so why are we afraid of ghosts? It's better for that ghost to fly in front of me and see if I don't let his soul fly away."
As soon as the waiter finished his big words, the next moment he felt a chill running down his spine, the hairs all over his body stood up, and he was speechless. He only felt something slowly crawling onto his shoulders.
He saw everyone staring at his back again. The darkness made his hair stand on end, and he could only dare to turn his eyes.
He is not afraid of enemies fighting on the battlefield, but he is really afraid of ghosts.
Before he could see clearly what was on his body, Bai Xiao's sword had already flown past his ear with a whoosh, and went straight into the tree behind him.
He realized that the rest of his life was going to be ruined. He exhaled a stiff breath and muttered something.
"Amitabha, evil spirits will not invade, evil spirits will not invade."
"Hahaha, look at how cowardly he is."
"Let me tell you, Lao Shi, how did you become the master's valet? You couldn't have done it by playing tricks, right?"
"Hahaha." There was another burst of laughter.
The attendant, named Lao Shi, realized that the situation seemed different from what he thought. He turned around and saw a snake, nailed to a tree.
His face was red and blue, but fortunately it was too dark and no one noticed the wonderful color on his face.
Lao Shi stepped forward in annoyance, pulled Bai Xiao's sword out of the tree with all his strength, and threw it to Bai Xiao again.
"I came to the master's side only because of my meritorious service on the battlefield. It's all because of the nonsense that the big man escorting the bodyguard just said."
He kicked away the dead snake on the ground in disgust and was looked down upon by his companions. He was very upset in his heart. It would be better not to be looked down upon by his master.
But Jun Lingyun didn't look at the excitement on their side at all. Instead, he looked around cautiously.
Lao Shi cursed, what is the master looking at? Could it be that the master is also afraid of ghosts? He is just holding on and not showing it.
Jun Lingyun's gaze suddenly froze, and Lao Shi's gaze also froze, and the hair on his head stood up again.
He didn't dare to blink, suppressed his breathing, and looked straight ahead, and everyone else followed suit.
Then he saw a figure in white clothes, whether he was a human or a ghost, floating in the air in the wind, appearing and disappearing under the moonlight.
"Go and see, alive and dead."
Jun Lingyun gave an order, and everyone looked at Lao Shi, "Brother, it's time for you to avenge your shame."
Lao Shi moved his neck to strengthen his courage. He would not let his brothers look down upon him until he died.
Lao Shi plucked up the courage and rode forward. When he got closer, he saw clearly that the man in white was a human and not a ghost. He was just hanging on a tree by a rope. It was obviously hung by someone else.
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His hair was disheveled and his face could not be seen. Only his exposed hands and feet could be seen, which had long since dried up.
Who would do such a thing, hanging someone else's body? Could it be that this person was murdered?
Lao Shi was wandering around the corpse, trying to get some useful clues.
"Wow~wow~" Suddenly two shrill cries of crows came from the corpse, which scared Lao Shi and almost fell off his horse.
"Master, what is dead is dead."
He quickly returned to Jun Lingyun to report.
"It was hung up manually."
Were they hung up artificially? Everyone felt a little solemn in their hearts. What had happened to the people of Li city? It was so chaotic that they regarded human life as child's play.
Jun Lingyun had a cold face, reality was always a hundred times crueler than imagined. He had seen with his own eyes the suffering of the people in war-torn places.
But I don't expect that in places where there is no war, the people are still living as mermaids.
"Go take a look at the front."
Several people followed Jun Lingyun, and the further they walked, the more frightened they became. Every so often, a dry and hanging corpse would appear. There were even some of children, less than one meter in length.
Jun Lingyun's eyes were filled with moisture. These were the people of his Yunxiao Kingdom. They were supposed to live a peaceful life with loving mothers and filial sons, but because of the selfish greed of those beasts, they have now become mummies floating in the wind.
Instead of avoiding it, Jun Lingyun turned around and followed the flickering will-o'-the-wisp.
After walking a few steps, they saw a mass of graves.
Several people were silent. This scene was really heartbreaking. They were all people who had seen life and death, but they deserved their death. How could people not feel resentful for such an innocent and wasted death.