Birds were singing and flowers were fragrant in the village, and people seemed to be plowing at sunrise, which was very different from the lifeless look Xu Nuo had seen before.
Several children saw unknown people coming to the village and gathered together to watch from a distance.
"Look, outsiders have come to the village. When was the last time anyone came to our mountain valley? It was decades ago, right?"
"I know how to brag. I guess your father wasn't born even a few decades ago as you mentioned."
At this time, a little girl tugged on Bai Jiaren's sleeve:
"Sister Jiaren, you are here from outside. Do you recognize that person? Is he here to find you?"
Bai Jiaren's childish face showed some doubts. She scratched her head and then said carelessly: "I don't know you. That pretty boy probably got lost here. Which one of you will go up and tease him?"
"I don't dare..." The little girl was a little shy and subconsciously swayed Bai Jiaren's arm.
Xunuo frowned. He always felt that something was wrong here, but he had an indescribable feeling.
He pressed his Dantian, and he could feel from there that the golden beads inside were beating slowly like a heart.
Is this the trick?
Just when Xu Nuo was lost in thought, there was a sound of footsteps not far away from him. He looked in the direction of the footsteps and found an old man walking towards him step by step.
"Young man, how did you get here?"
"..."
Xu Nuo did not answer, but stared at the old man in front of him.
He had been inciting his true energy before, letting it flow out, and he could observe the happenings around him anytime and anywhere, but when the old man came over, he didn't notice it at all.
But now when he observed again, he really noticed the old man's existence from his Qi perception.
Seeing the old man looking at him doubtfully, Xu Nuo laughed and replied: "I prefer to travel around the mountains and rivers, but it was dark at night and I lost my way, so I got here. I didn't expect that the scenery here is also very beautiful. , Jean lost his mind the next moment."
The old man had a knowing expression and happily introduced the village to Xu Nuo.
"No one has been to our small village for a long time. Someone coming from outside makes me feel like I am still alive."
Xu Nuo was a little embarrassed after hearing this.
After all, among the many corpses he had seen before, this old man's face seemed to be among them.
I heard this old man say that he is the mayor of this village. Most of the people in the village have no names. If you want to call someone, you can only use "the old man at the west end, the old woman in the house at the north" instead.
Most of them have no names, but one person is an exception.
When the children were playing around, Xu Nuo clearly heard the little girl next to Bai Jiaren call her sister Jiaren.
The village chief was always cheerful and not wary of what he thought were promises from outsiders. He enthusiastically introduced every plant, tree, and household in the village to him.
But until the end, Xu Nuo never heard the village chief mention Bai Jiaren.
So, he asked his doubts directly: "Village Chief, is there a child named Bai Jiaren in your village?"
This was obviously just an extremely ordinary conversation. The expression of the village chief, who had been so kind just now, instantly froze. Although his back was turned to Xu Nuo, his expression could not be seen from Xu Nuo's point of view.
However, Xu Nuo kept releasing his Qi, and even though it was only for a moment, he could clearly see the face of the village chief who was carrying his back and showing a strange expression.
"It seems that this village is not as simple as it seems." Xu Nuo said to himself.
He followed the village chief, who was still very enthusiastic and walked around the village with promises.
Knowing the last place, the village chief stopped in front of a wooden house, smiled and said to Xu Nuo:
"If you don't mind it, there is an unoccupied house here. You can live here for a while and then slowly think about leaving."
"Oh?" Xunuo glanced at the wooden house and clicked his tongue.
He had just entered this wooden house not long ago.
Obviously, this is where Xu Nuo met Bai Jiaren for the first time after coming to this fantasy-like place.
At that time, there were corpses everywhere outside the house, while Bai Jiaren was curled up in a corner of the wooden house and sobbing.
"What was this house used for before?" Xu Nuo looked at the village chief and asked, "Since no outsiders have come to the village for a long time, there seems to be no use in keeping such a house."
The village chief smiled, but his smile seemed inexplicably incongruous to Xu Nuo.
"This house was used to store some sundries. Of course, as long as it is tidied up, it will be a good house for people to live in."
Xu Nuo's heart moved. He felt that this house might be the secret of this village. Maybe there were some clues in it that could help him understand what this place was.
He nodded pretending to be careless and said, "Thank you very much, village chief. I will stay here for one night and then find a way to leave tomorrow."
The village chief smiled and said, "You're welcome, you're welcome. Just stay here. If you need anything, just come to me. I'll live in the house opposite."
After saying that, he turned and left, leaving Xu Nuo standing alone at the door.
Xu Nuo waited for a while, and after confirming that the village chief had gone far, he opened the door and walked in.
He looked at the layout of the room and found that there were indeed some sundries inside, some shabby clothes, some rusty tools, and some farm tools that he could not recognize.
"There is nothing strange, but what if I use my spiritual sense to detect it?"
While thinking this, Xu Nuo released his Qi machine, and the spirit villain came out of his body, and then he scanned every corner of the room.
But as soon as he saw it, Xu Nuo almost screamed out in surprise.
From the perspective of the soul, the entire room is filled with arrays of formations painted in blood. The text used to write the core of the formations is not even the current text of this world, but a more... ancient texts.
He didn't know too much about this kind of written promise, but even so, he recognized one of the words on the formation.
"The word "forbidden" means that this is some kind of taboo formation," Xu Nuo frowned slightly, "it is better to say that the formation is made entirely of blood, which itself has quite a problem."
Xu Nuo walked towards the door, and sure enough, just as he expected, the door was locked.
He walked around the room and found nothing unusual, so he walked to the corner where Bai Jiaren was huddled to see if there was anything special there.
He bent down and reached out to lift a piece of cloth, but suddenly he felt a cold air coming from under the cloth, making his fingers numb.
He was shocked and quickly retracted his hand and looked up, only to see a body hidden under the piece of cloth.
