In the end, no matter what she said, coaxed, induced, and provoked, the other party showed no signs of showing up.
Instead, Yin Kejing gently pulled her sleeve, attracting Qingyan's attention. Looking at the lines on his rough fingers, they didn't look like a soul in a fantasy world.
"What's wrong?" she asked softly.
Yin Kejing said nothing, but quietly pointed to his right under the cover of his sleeves.
Qingyan didn't move her head and looked sideways in the direction he pointed.
There is a small recessed area on the wall over there, and inside is a carved shrine. However, it is not a statue or a spiritual tablet, but a specimen of a bird.
It's dark, somewhat like a crow. I don't know what kind of hobby this is. Generally speaking, the bird specimens made into ornaments are usually eagles, and crows are really rare.
Maybe it was because of the light that I saw it wrong. It might be a more realistic black bird.
In this palace, traces of black birds can be seen everywhere, such as the carvings on the throne, the feather decorations in the copper pots on the front table, as well as the incense burners and lampstands.
Therefore, the presence of a black bird in this shrine is not so out of the ordinary, it is just very realistic.
Qingyan looked at it for a while, but didn't find anything strange about the ornaments. She looked back at Yin Kejing with some confusion.
Yin Kejing looked around and didn't know what to say, so he simply took her sleeves and led her outside.
Qingyan did not resist, and followed his strength to walk out, directly following him to the outside of the palace, knowing that the other party must have discovered something and wanted to tell her.
She did not tell the other party that if the so-called ancestor had spiritual consciousness, the other party would be able to hear them wherever they hid and spoke as long as they were within the range of the other party's spiritual consciousness.
It was useless to talk about it anyway. She also wanted to hear what Yin Kejing had discovered. Anyway, they were already here, so they could know more now.
When they reached the outskirts of the palace and were close to the steps, they stopped. Yin Kejing turned his back to the direction of the palace and said to Qingyan in an almost breathy voice: "Miss Yang, when you were talking just now, I accidentally discovered , every time you finish speaking, the beak of the bird over there will move, as if it is talking..."
Qingyan narrowed her eyes and instantly seemed to have caught some key clue.
Every time she finished speaking, it was the so-called ancestor who answered. If the voice came from there, could it be that the spirit of that ancestor was attached to a bird specimen?
Before she could figure it out, Yin Kejing continued: "I just listened to what you said. Although I didn't understand many parts, I still heard some of them.
What do you mean when you say that the people in the village now are dead people and souls? Does it mean that we are not human? Are we all dead, so we can't leave the village and will disappear if we get far away from the village? "
Seeing that he could think of so much, Qingyan didn't hide it from him and directly told him her guesses, including the conversation she had just had with the ancestor.
Yin Keqin: "So, you have been talking to the ancestor just now, but I don't know why I can't hear his voice?"
Qingyan nodded, "Maybe 'he' has some different means to control his voice so that only I can hear it.
You should have heard what I said just now. "He" said it was five years ago. In other words, he took my soul back to the time period five years ago.
I passed by here before and entered the village to avoid bandits. But at that time, the village disappeared and I left for Yunling County. I was picked up while I was resting in the inn. That was five years later. Now It was five years ago.
"He" said that Yin Keqin's mother and son, as well as the clan leader and clan elder, are all souls and died in this year. You were sent in as a sacrifice this year. You were very popular with "him", so you were left here. Serve by your side.
Later, you tried to escape, but "he" discovered you, and trapped you in the illusion, letting you cycle through the process of being sacrificed, allowing you to constantly experience the panic of being selected as a sacrifice. pain. "
Yin Kejing couldn't react for a moment after hearing this. He stretched out his hand, looked at his palm, and clenched his fist hard.
She raised her head and faced Qingyan and said, "How could I be illusory? This is obviously real. I still remember following Brother Keqin and the others to sell prey in the town three days ago. I also knew everyone I met in the town. Remember it clearly."
Qingyan is actually a little confused about this. Although she has never seen what a real soul body looks like, she has seen it many times on TV and read it in books. It is said that if a soul is born, it cannot be separated from it. If the body is too long and too far away, otherwise it will not be able to go back and the body will die.
The dead soul is like a ghost. It is afraid of the sun, the crowing of chickens and dogs, and everything that is positive. It is also in a translucent and illusory state, and it is impossible to have this kind of physical feeling.
In addition, whether she was eating, drinking or washing in the past two days, the touch was extremely real, so she felt that what "he" said was not necessarily true.
After hearing what Yin Kejing said about the bird that seemed to be an ornament, she thought that she could take a closer look and maybe she would find something.
"I'll go in and take a look at that thing. Maybe there is a breakthrough. You wait for me outside and I can go in by myself."
After saying that, Qingyan looked around. They all spoke like this. They didn't lower their voices deliberately just now and afterwards. I believe that the ancestor should be able to hear it, but the other party didn't make a sound. Could it be that she guessed wrong? Does the other party have no consciousness?
No matter, let’s go in and take a look first.
Qingyan stepped forward to walk inside.
Yin Kejing quickly followed and whispered: "I'll go in with you. After all, I'm a man. How can I hide behind you, a little girl? I'll go in with you, and I can help you look around. If anything happens, It can also give you a heads up.”
Qingyan nodded in agreement. One more person does give her more strength. Like just now, she was only talking to that guy and didn't take into account the surroundings. If Yin Kejing hadn't discovered the abnormality of the bird, she wouldn't have discovered it herself. No.
The two people stepped into the palace again, without hiding anything, and headed directly towards the shrine with a clear goal.
As she walked, Qingyan raised her head and shouted to the surroundings: "Ancestor of the Yin family, are you still there? If you are, call back. I have something else to ask you."
The other party didn't answer, and the surroundings were silent except for their footsteps.
Qingyan frowned, glanced around, and then fixed her eyes firmly on the shrine.
When they were only four or five steps away from the shrine, the black bird suddenly came to life and flew up!
This incident shocked both Qingyan and Yin Kejing. They didn't expect it to be a living bird!
Looking at the bird that flew out, it was indeed all black. Its upper body was almost exactly the same as a crow, and its beak and feathers were all black. However, the tail feathers at the back were slightly different. They were much longer than the crow's tail and longer than those in the front. The body is even longer.
Of course, the overall body is larger than a crow, and its tail is almost three feet long. I don’t know what kind of bird it is.
The two looked up and watched the bird flying higher and higher, and finally landed on the high wooden beams on the top of the palace.
"Did you just talk to me? What kind of spirit are you? A crow spirit?"
Qingyan said deliberately, trying to provoke the other party to open her mouth again.
The result was no answer.
Qingyan had no choice but to look at the shrine to see if there was anything else inside.
I saw that the shrine was a horizontal rectangle and made of wood. It was carved with auspicious patterns, emperors and generals, heroes, Taoist gods, and splendor.
This looks like a shrine for gods and Buddhas. If it is an ancestral niche, it should be a vertical rectangle with a niche door.
Could this be the mysterious bird that the Yin and Shang royal families believed in? Didn’t it mean that the black bird is actually the black phoenix? Although this bird has a long tail, it is still very different from the phoenix. At least the legendary phoenix should have a crown, the feathers on its back are like fish scales, and its tail is even longer.
This bird has nothing in common except that it is completely black.
Of course, the theory of the black phoenix is just a rumor. Maybe people believe in this kind of bird.
I don’t know what kind of wood the shrine is made of. It is also completely black, but it can be seen that it is made of wood and will not be mistaken for other materials.
The figures carved on it are also lifelike and even very agile, which shows that the sculptor is very skilled and not an ordinary person.
There was also a small base inside the shrine. Qingyan looked a little awkward. The bird was a little cramped when it first stood in it. This base was completely redundant.
After thinking about it again, this redundant setting might be an important clue.
Qingyan reached in and touched it, and then a sharp cry suddenly appeared in her head, "What are you going to do!"
Qingyan was startled again by the scream that almost pierced her eardrums. Not only did her eardrums sting, but her head was also buzzing.
Shaking his head, he turned to the bird and shouted, "Are you talking? Who are you? Are you really a crow spirit?"
She said this on purpose, just to anger the other person. If it was really this guy, she would pluck all of its hair when it came down!
The bird finally couldn't help it, and jumped on the beam and shouted: "You are so impudent! I am a mysterious bird, how can you compare that kind of mortal bird with me! I am a divine bird, a divine bird!"
Looking at the jumping little black bird, Qingyan sneered and said, "What? Don't you pretend to be an ancestor? Don't tell me that the Yin Shang are really your descendants. How can you give birth to a human being just by laying an egg?" Learn about reproductive isolation.”
Black Bird ignored her words and still jumped, "What is your attitude? Is this the attitude you have when meeting Lord Divine Bird? You must bow to me to show your loyalty, otherwise I will punish you!"
Qingyan smiled and said: "You'd better stop bragging and showing loyalty to you. You don't really think that you are a black bird because you are dressed in black, do you? Look at your appearance. Except for the same color and a longer tail, what's wrong with you? Is it similar to the black bird on the totem? You don’t think that you can pretend to be a black bird just because you are dressed in black, do you?
Since you are a divine bird, you must have divine power. Then let us see if you use your divine power. What's the use of just shouting? Do you think that the louder voice is real? "
Blackbird was speechless for a while and became even more angry.
"If I hadn't been sealed here, how could I have allowed a little girl like you to be so arrogant here? I could turn you into ashes with just a flap of my wings!"
Qingyan raised her eyebrows, oh haha! It turns out that he was sealed if he stayed here. It seems that this guy was suppressed here by someone so he couldn't leave.
That's not right. Since its divine power is sealed, how did it get her from Yunling County?
This is not something that the incompetent can do. This place is more than 20 miles away from Yunling County, and it takes half a day to get there, let alone getting her here.
So, if it wasn't lying, then it was being controlled. Regardless of whether it was true as it said, it could turn her into ashes with a wave of its wings. Anyway, Qingyan didn't really believe it.
Even if it is really possible, it can't be used now anyway, so just treat it as if it doesn't exist.
The question now is, how did the other party get him here? Whether it's this phantom formation or that formation that can hide a village, with such strength, it's not doing anything now. What's going on?
Or is there a bigger boss behind? This bird is just a little minion, and the really powerful one hasn’t appeared yet?
However, Qingyan continued to test for a long time, and the other party kept repeating these words, either talking about her past great achievements, or telling her current frustrations, or asking her if she would agree to exchange souls with it.
Of course, Qingyan couldn't give the other party a satisfactory answer. As a result, the other party became angry and flapped her wings angrily and shouted: "Didn't you just say that you would consider it if I answered your question? How can you keep your words!" "
Qingyan said matter-of-factly: "Yes, I said I would consider it, but I didn't say I would definitely agree. I have considered it, but I didn't agree. Is there any problem with this?"
"You... humans are really cunning!"
Perhaps it was the first time he encountered such a rogue. Blackbird was so angry that he almost fell off the beam, but he still waved his wings to steady himself.
"Forget it, I won't talk nonsense with you. Now let me tell you, since you are here now, you can't leave even if you don't agree. If you change with me, there is still a way to survive, otherwise I will trap you here to death! Even so! The outside world is slower than the time inside, and if time gets longer, you will also die!"
Qingyan saw that the other party was already anxious, but still didn't do anything to her, so she was sure that the other party had no way to force her, only with her consent.
It seems that there is something about him that makes the other party afraid. At least for now, safety is safe.
Qingyan rolled her eyes, and with lightning speed, she reached out and clasped the base of the shrine!
When the sharp screams in her ears started again, she already had a flat box as big as a palm in her hand...
