The city of Shuntian in Luzhou was quiet, but it was too quiet. There was no one on the streets, which was really strange.
Under the dark night, a figure quietly came to the door of a house and knocked on the door.
"who?"
Someone inside the house asked, but no one outside the door answered, so they knocked on the door again.
Not long after, an old man in the house opened the door. The man immediately stepped in and closed the door with his backhand.
Through the candlelight, the person who was just identified was Ji Changfeng.
The old man and the old woman hurriedly knelt down and said, "We are the only two old men at home. Please find another place to go!"
Obviously, the two elders regarded Ji Changfeng as a robber and they kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Ji Changfeng said quickly: "Please get up quickly. I am not a thief who robs people's homes. I am just passing by here. I am hungry and want to ask for food."
"this……"
The two old men looked at each other, and the old man said bitterly: "To be honest, strong man, we have nothing to honor you, and there will be no food to eat tonight!"
"Oh?" Ji Changfeng's face changed slightly. It seemed that it was exactly what he was thinking, so he quickly asked: "Old man, please tell me, what is going on?"
The old man seemed to have some scruples, and sighed: "Strong man, you'd better stop asking and run away for your life. If it's too late, I'm afraid they will catch you too!"
After Ji Changfeng heard this, he was even more reluctant to leave. He thought that the reason why I followed you was because of Luzhou's affairs. If I left without knowing anything, how could I be a man?
Therefore, the more the old man declined, the more Ji Changfeng wanted to get to the bottom of it.
"Strong man!" The old woman on the side said helplessly: "There are no natural disasters in Luzhou at all, they are all... all man-made disasters!"
As soon as these words came out, Ji Changfeng's expression tightened and he hurriedly asked: "Old man, what's going on? Don't be anxious and tell me slowly!"
The old man's face was filled with fear. He kept winking at the old woman and whispered: "Old woman, don't dare to talk nonsense!"
"I just want to say it!" The old woman burst into tears and said bitterly: "Everyone in the family has been taken away, leaving us two old coffin corpses, what's the point of living!"
After hearing this, the old man sighed repeatedly, then gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, I'll tell you everything!"
Ji Changfeng nodded and listened to the old man's story:
"Since the current governor Liang Yuan took office, children have disappeared frequently in Luzhou, tens of thousands of them. After that, adults, including our sons, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren, have also disappeared. Gone!"
The old woman beside her cried even harder, and the old man burst into tears too:
"Not only did Liang Yuan ignore it, he lied about it and claimed that there was a disaster in Luzhou in order to offend the court. Unexpectedly, those merchants and landlords hoarded food, causing famine in Luzhou. Many people fled, so that the whole world knew about Luzhou. There was a disaster. But in fact, it was all Liang Yuan’s fault!"
Ji Changfeng frowned, and after thinking about it secretly, he asked again: "No wonder when I entered the city yesterday, all I saw were old people and not a single young person. Do you know where these young people have gone?"
The old man said: "Fool Qin in the city came back and said that all the missing young people in Luzhou were captured by Zhou Mu and sent to a teleportation formation. As for where the formation is sent, I really don't know."
"Fool Qin?"
"That's right," the old woman nodded and said, "It's Fool Qin. He was originally captured, but later escaped death and became a fool when he came back!"
Ji Changfeng asked: "Where is this idiot Qin now?"
"It's in the ruined temple in the south of the city!"
…
There is a ruined temple in the south of the city, which houses the statue of the King of Heaven, but it is already covered with dust. On the withered grass under the altar table, a young man in ragged clothes and disheveled hair slept.
The young man closed his eyes, his face full of fear, and kept talking in his sleep: "Don't catch me, don't catch me, I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"
The last sentence shouted out, causing him to wake up from his dream. A bolt of lightning exploded from the clouds. Under the lightning, he could see a person standing quietly at the door.
The young man's face turned pale, and he hid under the altar table and trembled: "Don't catch me, don't catch me!"
Ji Changfeng walked in slowly from the door and stood in front of the altar table: "Are you Fool Qin?"
Silly Qin didn't answer, but kept chanting, "Don't catch me, don't catch me."
Ji Changfeng pulled him out and said in a deep voice: "Tell me, who took you away and where did they take you?"
Qin Fool's eyes were empty and frightened, and then he started to giggle again. He was already unconscious and couldn't ask why.
Ji Changfeng was disappointed, put him down and prepared to leave. But as soon as he turned around, he heard Qin Fool say: "They are all corpses, Xishan is full of corpses!"
"Corpse?"
Ji Changfeng looked back, but Qin Fool started to giggle again and was unable to ask further questions.
Ji Changfeng had no choice but to leave.
After he left, Qin Fool's eyes flashed with clarity, and then he lay down and fell asleep with a silly smile.
The western mountains outside the city are shrouded in clouds and fog all day long, making it impossible to see the scenery in the distance. Originally, only hunters occasionally walked into the mountains. But a few years ago, Liang Yuan suddenly ordered the closure of Xishan, so no one could find out what happened.
Ji Changfeng stood above the clouds and looked at Mount Moses carefully, only to find that the place was shrouded by a large formation, isolating the inside and outside, and shielding the heavens. If he hadn't been very close at this time, he wouldn't have noticed anything strange.
"There is indeed something fishy about this Xishan!"
Thinking of this, Ji Changfeng searched around the Western Mountain, looking for a way to enter. Although this formation is not entirely offensive, it can create illusions and make people feel lost. If you break in rashly, it will be difficult to escape.
The monsoon wind turns over the mountain scenery and comes to the back. Stretching past are the continuous mountains and ancient forests. Only the chirping of birds and animals can be heard in the ears, and no trace of human beings can be seen.
Just when Ji Changfeng was at his wits end, two people walked out of the thick fog at the foot of the mountain in the distance.
When Ji Changfeng saw An Xi, he quietly approached and hid aside to watch.
These two people are also monks, but they are only in the Qingyou realm. They look middle-aged, one is fat and the other is thin. They are wearing Taoist robes from an unknown sect.
The fat one said to the thin one: "Is this feasible if you just come out without receiving an order?"
He was so thin that he didn't take it seriously: "Don't worry, Luzhou ground, who dares to come to Xishan? These days are suffocating me. All the people here are men. I'm not good at Long Yang. I have to find a little girl quickly." Just vent your anger!"
The fat man added: "It's better to be careful. If something happens, we can't afford it."
The thin face had a lewd smile: "When you lie on the woman's belly later, you won't think so. Hurry up, go back as soon as possible!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a cold light flashed, and the thin face widened in disbelief. Immediately, the body and head were separated, and blood flowed.
The fat man was so frightened that his face turned pale. Before he could use his spiritual power, a hand pressed down on his shoulder, and then a strong force locked him tightly, making him unable to move.
Ji Changfeng sheathed his sword at his side and said to the fat man: "If you want to survive, first, don't scream, second, don't run, and third, be obedient. I don't have to kill you!"
The fat man was timid and greedy for life, so naturally he did not dare to resist at all, so he quickly begged for mercy: "If you have something to say, I promise to obey it."
Ji Changfeng took him to the edge of the forest and asked, "What do you do? What's going on in Xishan?"
The fat man quickly replied: "My brother and I are disciples of a small sect in Luzhou. We are employed by the Prefectural Mufu to guard a teleportation formation in the Western Mountains. We don't know anything else!"
Ji Changfeng asked again: "What's in the Western Mountains?"
The fat man hesitated a little when he heard the words, but saw a long sword at his throat, ready to kill him at any time.
"No, no, I said, I said," the fat man's face turned pale, and he hurriedly replied: "There are several teleportation formations in this Xishan Formation, which are guarded by the disciples of our sect, and there are also some teleportation formations sent from all over Luzhou. people."
"Who sent it?"
"Men!" The fat man followed suit this time, and without waiting for Ji Changfeng to ask, he continued to explain: "They are all young and middle-aged men, including mortals and monks. They were sent here, and then sent to the large formation in batches for teleportation If you go out, I don’t know where you went.”
When Ji Changfeng heard this, he nodded secretly. So far, it was just like what the two old men and Qin Fool said.
The fat man begged: "Senior, I have told you everything I know. Please spare my life. I will never tell anyone!"
Naturally, he didn't dare to tell anyone. Going out without permission was already a grave sin. How could he not find happiness on his own?
Ji Changfeng hadn't seen the truth yet, so naturally he wouldn't let him go, so he said: "Take me in!"
"What?" The fat man's face turned pale and he trembled as he said, "Senior, this is no joke. You might as well kill me if you do this!"
Ji Changfeng glanced at the dead body on the ground. The sword in his hand was a few millimeters closer to the fat man. He threatened in a cold voice: "Find me a piece of clothing from your sect and take me in. Otherwise, you will die immediately or later." Choose for yourself!”
The fat man looked sad and nodded helplessly.
Afterwards, Ji Changfeng put on his Taoist uniform and followed the fat man into the thick fog.
A spiritual talisman appeared in the fat man's hand and floated in front of him. When the mist encountered the spiritual talisman, it retreated to both sides. After only a few dozen steps, it came within the formation.
Ji Changfeng looked up and saw that the originally towering Xishan Mountain had long since become flat ground. There were various formations and patterns on the ground, trapping the young and strong men who had been captured. There were also several Bagua-shaped formation altars in the middle. For transmission purposes.
There was a wooden palace in the center, and Ji Changfeng sensed from the Taoist energy flowing out of it that there must be a powerful person with a cultivation level no lower than the Immortal Realm sitting in it.
Ji Changfeng followed the fat man and passed by these young and strong men lying on the ground. Ji Changfeng was puzzled as to why Liang Yuan wanted to arrest them and where he wanted to send them?
Not long after, the two came to an array altar with two huts set up for them to practice and live in.
The fat man looked around and then whispered: "This is where we usually stay. All we have to do is obey the order, activate the teleportation formation, and send away the people locked up here."
Ji Changfeng raised his eyes and looked around. There were ten teleportation formations in total, and there were two disciples guarding each teleportation formation altar.
"It seems that we still need to find out where these people will be sent."
Just when he thought of this, Ji Changfeng's expression suddenly tightened, because a monk from a distance came over with a smile and said to the fat man: "Why are you back so soon? Who is next to you?"
