After returning to her room, Lu Ning lay on the bed and couldn't sleep for a while.
The white ring on the hand is on the one hand, and on the other hand is today's harvest - regarding the gathering of Taoists mentioned by Lu Ping before.
"According to legend, a 'White Ceremony' that is about to be held in this place will give birth to a rare treasure, which will be of great benefit to those who practice Taoism. After the news spread, it attracted many people who were interested in it. "
This sounds like something that would appear in some Xianxia novels, but it doesn’t seem too inconsistent now, especially since Lu Ning’s mission clearly mentioned “Bai Li”, which shows that this news should have a certain degree of accuracy. .
It's just...this shouldn't be the root problem. Lu Ning believed that this was some kind of excuse to gather these helpers around. After all, the upgrade scene in the distribution center was never that simple. Thinking about the past two upgrades, the blood disaster of multiple reincarnations, the misplaced Rubik's Cube with split space and personality, the real fatal factors are not these ordinary encounters - of course it does not mean that these are not fatal.
Of course, there is also an obvious idea. The distribution center never lies, but only vaguely and misleads. If she could have noticed the name of the scene from the beginning, the blood disaster - the disaster caused by "blood", the dislocated Rubik's Cube - the staggered space, then maybe this scene should be the same.
"If you want to solve the problem from the root, the first thing you need to know is what is the root of the scene. Naming distribution centers is never aimless. A name can most intuitively summarize the scene." Cheng Wuling said this in "Teaching" .
Therefore, the source of Lu Ning's search has never changed, the game of Solitaire.
It doesn't matter whether this Solitaire caused a disaster or released a disaster. What is important is that she must continue to participate in this Solitaire to continue to get more relevant information from it.
There is a lot of information in the chat group on the mobile phone. This group of people can find many topics even if they are not talking about Solitaire, but the main ones are those energetic guys.
Lu Ning flipped back two pages and didn't see any useful information, so she sent a letter and asked, "Why was the previous paragraph written so slowly?"
This time is just before going to bed at night. When most people check their mobile phones, they will have an answer quickly.
[Tingyuqiaoyi]: If you have other things, you just need to complete them within the specified time, right? It can be done early or late.
[Spend a Lot of Money]: Oh, but I wrote quite slowly this time. I thought I could read it before going to bed.
【11th Road Supercar】: I guess it’s because of the car crash, hahaha!
[Yongchao]: Indeed, the word count set by the president is quite loose. Five hundred words is about the level of a primary school composition, right? Just writing it down is probably enough. Why did it take you so long, Deng Changjun? That part of yours was actually pretty watery.
[I am a sister]: Hahaha, it took him three hours just to think of how to write it!
[I am an older brother]: I’m not very good at writing, and I don’t read many horror stories – you’ll know how hard it is to keep the word count down when it’s your turn!
[Koco]: Speaking of which, how many people went out to investigate? If there are many people, I would also like to go out and play. There is nothing much to do before the New Year, and visiting relatives will only happen after the New Year.
[The Cockroach Breaking Through the Sky]: Isn’t it? Your family doesn’t prepare any New Year’s goods?
【Koco】: This is enough gift for my parents...
The conversation quickly went in another direction. At this time, Teng Xuan also came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, lay down on the bed, and let out a sigh of relief.
"Much more comfortable?"
"Ha, I haven't taken a shower for a long time. But if it weren't for this situation, I might be more comfortable." Teng Xuan turned his head.
"Well... you have also seen that these things are true." Lu Ning thought for a while and said, "And I have also met a relatively reliable person like Taoist Master Lu Ping. I think I shouldn't let you continue to be involved. , after all, you are just an ordinary person."
"Wen Yue, I'm quite scared. To be honest, when I was taking a shower, I was thinking about whether I should get into such a weird thing because of a friendship that has lasted for several years, and whether I should say goodbye to you. "Teng Xuan rubbed her nose, "If I really want to come out, I'll tell you that I'll leave tomorrow."
"It seems there is a but."
"Yeah, but when I finally came out to wipe my face, I took a look in the mirror, and I remembered the ghost in the car." Teng Xuan propped up her hands and sat up, "It's not just coming towards you, it's also coming towards you. It came towards me. Even everyone in the car must have been involved in this ghost, right? And from the photos and discussions in the forum on your phone that I saw, the ghost will not stop just because I left you. No longer exists.”
"This is a reason." Lu Ning nodded.
"Then it will be safe for me to go back? At least Daochang Lu is here. Although Qi Mei doesn't have much ability, he still knows a little. At least here I can know exactly what is attacking me, so I won't shrink back with ignorant fear. Waiting to die in the quilt." Teng Xuan said seriously, "It's not for you, Wen Yue, I'll tell you the truth, for the sake of my own life, I have to stay here instead of going back."
"I have to make it clear to you that the chance of you encountering this kind of thing is much higher when you are with me than when you go back, and neither I nor Master Lu Ping can guarantee that we can take care of everyone all the time. You I also heard what he said that it would be difficult for him to solve my problems.”
"If the time comes, I will run." Teng Xuan grinned, "Although I may not be able to run away, I will run as much as possible. Wen Yue, you are more courageous than me. I saw those people today who have almost no brains. If you know how to think, you can even notice what the ghost dropped."
Lu Ning would not say that she had seen anything more ridiculous than this. In comparison, a human-like baby was really not that scary.
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Ever since that strange solitaire started, Min Feng felt that things around him had become a lot weirder. Sensitive and suspicious by nature, she was unsure whether there was really a ghost, so she called her uncle.
Min Feng's uncle is a Taoist priest. He is not a Taoist priest who practices Taoism and physical training, but a Taoist priest who has truly learned to subjugate and catch monsters. She still vaguely remembered that her uncle used a talisman to cure her father's sudden headache when she was a child, but that was just a memory from her childhood. Now she is not sure whether it was the confusion of her own memory.
Fortunately, the uncle was still an uncle. Although there was little contact between the two parties, he immediately agreed to come over after hearing what Min Feng said.
Today, uncle should be arriving. It was my father who drove to pick him up.
Min Feng waited at home in a panic. She had read many ghost stories and knew that the plot of many stories was that the ghost succeeded and killed the victim at the last moment before the savior arrived - this kind of victim is usually used as a foil. The ghosts are so fierce that it is difficult to save them except the protagonist.
But is she really the protagonist?
In her wild thoughts, Min Feng heard footsteps coming from the corridor. She hurried to the door, but she didn't dare to look at the cat's eyes for a moment. Various horrific scenes were running through her mind, making her hesitate for a moment.
"Xiao Feng, open the door." The person outside knocked on the door.
"dad?"
"Well, I'm back, open the door."
Min Feng did not reach for the door handle.
"Dad...you have the key, right?"
"I bought some things, but I can't spare any time now. Please help dad open the door."
"But...but didn't you pick up uncle? Why did you buy a lot of things? I only heard the footsteps of one person. Where is uncle? Have you picked up uncle?"
"Your uncle is right behind. We bought a lot of things...Isn't this the Chinese New Year? My hands are sore."
"You can put things on the ground." Min Feng still hesitated and said, "I...I..."
"Why are you so crazy, kid? Alas, as a father, I can't even ask my daughter to open the door. You..."
"You're fake." Min Feng's voice trembled.
"What?" asked the voice outside the door.
Min Feng lowered her hand. The cell phone in her hand was connected, but there was still no response from the door. Her call to her father was not received by the "person" outside the door.
"You can't come in, right?" When things came to a close, Min Feng became more courageous, "If you could come in, you wouldn't let me open the door... By the way, our family changes the peach charms on the door every year. Dad is asking for it from your uncle. You can’t get in. Someone has to open the door for you! What are you! You—"
"Hello?"
At this time, a voice came from the mobile phone, and Min Feng hurriedly picked up the mobile phone: "Dad! I heard someone pretending to be your voice outside the door -"
"Xiaofeng, it's me, uncle. Your dad is driving. You said there is someone outside the door? Is it a person or something else?"
"Uncle...Uncle, please help!" Min Feng finally started to cry, "There is a ghost! There really is a ghost! It's just outside the door! It wants to trick me into opening the door for it, and it wants to kill me!"
"Don't panic, Xiaofeng. If it can touch you, it won't use such deceptive tactics. Ignore it. We will be home in five minutes. I want to see if it dares to wait at the door. "The uncle's voice was very confident, and Min Feng calmed down a little.
She hung up the phone, heard that there was no sound at the door, and immediately sat back on the sofa without touching anything. She took her mobile phone and recounted the experience just now in her group chat.
There really are ghosts in this world, it’s not just a horror story.
——[Uploader, Sprinter]
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Although Min Feng said in the group that because he was writing his own story, he was scared several times and did not dare to continue writing, but Lu Ning did not see it that way.
Compared with the previous descriptions that were completely supernatural, Min Feng's chapter has two biggest differences. First, she clearly wrote that the news of the existence of ghosts was announced to everyone in the group, and second, she introduced the Taoist priests as an antagonistic force in the story.
The two are well integrated into the story, but it can still be seen that the cut-in part is almost forcibly introducing a "Taoist uncle" setting, and it looks very strong. Lu Ning thought of Lu Ping. Taoist priests appeared around Gengwu City and wondered if it was related to this.
But no matter what, one thing is already questionable, that is... Min Feng may be a tourist. When everything is not yet clear, it is not a bad thing to use this solitaire to lay out possible back-ups for yourself.
So were there any tourists among the previous people? This is difficult to determine.
Lu Ning went into the bathroom to wash up after reading the morning update. It was not her turn in this round of Solitaire, but she already had some ideas, and she could try them out whenever it was her turn.
After finishing sorting things out with Teng Xuan, the two went to visit Lu Ping.
"I already called a few friends I know last night." Lu Ping got straight to the point, "They promised to come over to check on the situation, but..."
"need money?"
Lu Ping shook his head: "Miss Li Wenyue, the money you can give is not what they need. For us cultivators, it is very easy to get gold and silk. What is difficult is a truly useful magic weapon. . I also said that most of the people gathered around Gengwu City are people who are interested in that magic weapon. Before this temptation, it would be difficult to impress them with what you have done."
"Not even this one?" Lu Ning raised her hand and gestured with the white ring on her finger, "If anyone can figure it out, I can give this to them."
"It's hard to be sure. After all, I have no way of knowing where this thing comes from and what its function is. Compared to a treasured magic weapon, I don't know if it is attractive enough."
"Got to try."
One thing is still unconfirmed. Lu Ning is still in an "outsider" state. She has no channeling skills and does not understand the rules of ghosts and monsters in this world. She only has some prophetic visions - how effective can the prophetic visions given by the distribution center be? unknown.
Moreover, she was unable to learn Taoist techniques that could protect herself. Although Lu Ping didn't say it explicitly, there was a hint that she would not teach what she had learned casually. The Taoist environment here still remains closed, and it is very difficult for an outsider to learn from them.
At this moment, the phone vibrated several times in succession. Lu Ning took out the phone and took a look and found that Tang Haiyao had sent him several text messages in a row.
[Wen Yue, I feel something is wrong! 】
[My sister said she saw red water coming out of the water pipe today! 】
[I don’t dare to let them go to school. They are no longer in the store now. 】
[Someone is following me, no, I’m not sure if it’s a person! 】
【I feel very cold now. 】
Lu Ning hurriedly called Tang Haiyao, but couldn't get through.
When the people in the story began to tell everyone that ghosts really existed, did real people also begin to discover the existence of these ghosts? Or are you ready to go? But if you count the time, it's almost time. She has even seen the Nine-faced Baby, and others should have experienced it more or less.
She tried texting again.
[The phone is out of service, what happened. 】
[I can’t get through your phone either! Can you receive text messages? I am in Gengwu City with my younger brothers and sisters. I have to get out of here. 】
[Give me your position, I know someone who can handle this kind of thing, and I'll find you. 】
