Five days later.
The east gate of Blackstone City.
Thirty warriors in powerful attire and weapons gathered outside the moat, next to three carriages loaded with goods.
Five of them stood in front of everyone, their status was obviously higher than the others, and they were talking together.
When other people looked at these five people, they unconsciously showed expressions of awe or envy.
Because these five people are all quasi-martial arts masters in the blood training realm, they are famous figures in the entire Black Rock City.
The five people are from the Zhang family, the Su family and the Xu family, which are big families in the inner city.
At this time, a young man dressed in Chinese clothes, holding a folding fan, and dressed like a young man walked towards the five people, fanning himself as he walked and said: "What is the third sister doing? Why is it so slow? I don't know that everyone is waiting. ?"
This person is Xu Jin.
After receiving the notice from Xu Ling, he immediately visited Zhang Wu.
Before the departure time this morning, he rushed to the east city gate in advance with Sun Yuan, the worshiper of the Xu family who supported him.
"I really don't know the etiquette." Sun Yuan said calmly.
The other four blood training realm priests heard this and did not say anything. They did not want to get involved in the internal fighting of the Xu family.
Seeing that no one was following, Xu Jin couldn't use the topic any more, so he smiled and then chatted attentively with the four blood training realm priests.
...
"coming!"
I don’t know who spoke first. Everyone followed the sound and looked towards the city gate.
I saw an old man wearing a purple robe, chicken skin and white hair walking out of the east city gate.
Behind him were a man and a woman.
The boy on the left has a handsome appearance and is dressed in a lake blue outfit. The girl on the right has beautiful features and picturesque eyebrows and is dressed in an aqua outfit.
The young man has a strong back and strong waist, and a tall and straight figure, which makes the girl more petite and exquisite. Her slender waist can only be hugged, which makes people feel pity for her.
The two stood together like a beautiful couple.
The visitors were none other than Han Zhao and Xu Ling.
The old man in purple robe is Feng Xiao, the worshiper of the Xu family.
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long." Feng Xiao raised his hands to the five Blood Training Realm worshipers.
"Mr. Feng, you're welcome."
"It's not time to set off yet, it's because we came early."
The five people clasped their fists in return and were very polite.
Although Feng Xiao is old and has long passed the peak period of Qi and blood, and has no possibility of gaining strength, as a quasi-martial artist who has achieved three Qi-blood breakthroughs in the Blood Training Realm, he is the highest-level martial artist in the entire team, so no one trusts him. big.
At this time, one of the blood training realm priests in purple robes came to the front of the team, waved to the warriors behind, and said loudly: "Since everyone is here, let's set off!"
This person's name is Zhang Linlu, and he is the leader of this mission.
"Yes!" The warriors lined up in an orderly manner and divided into three people to drive.
Xu Jin walked forward with a fake smile on his face, "Third sister, I wish you a safe journey and leave early and come back early."
Seeing this, Xu Ling could only smile and deal with it.
"Brother Xu, won't you go with the team?" Han Zhao said suddenly. If Xu Jin could be allowed to accompany him, he could join him at the destination and solve Xu Ling's troubles.
Xu Jin was stunned when he heard this, and then shook his head: "It's such a long journey, and it's a tiring journey, so I won't go and say goodbye."
As he spoke, he waved his folding fan and walked slowly towards the city.
Han Zhao raised his eyebrows and said, "Let you live a few more days first." '
...
From Black Rock City to Jade Wind City, the first half is basically a flat official road, which is relatively safe.
The second half of the journey has to go over mountains and ridges, but it’s not difficult to walk.
But for some unknown reason, Zhang Linlu, who led the team, always chose the most remote path from the moment he left Blackstone City and entered the second half of the journey.
In Han Zhao's opinion, the road that originally only took ten days to complete was not completed even after fifteen days.
This evening.
The sun was setting in the west, and the sunset dyed the entire sky red.
Zhang Linlu stood at the fork in the forest, took out a map made of something like parchment and looked at it.
Soon, he pointed to the road to the east and said to the warriors behind him: "Five miles further that way, there is a small village."
"Very good!"
"Finally no need to sleep in the wild!"
"You can have a peaceful sleep!"
The warriors cheered.
They have been sleeping in the wild in the past few days, and wild wolves howled at every turn. Last night, they were attacked by wild boars, and the group could not sleep well.
In this world, wandering outside is a scary thing.
Wild beasts in the wild and bandits hiding in the mountains and forests are all potentially fatal factors.
After traveling all day today, it would be great to find a place to stay and rest for the night.
At this time, Han Zhao came forward and said, "Mr. Zhang, have you been to that village before?"
"I haven't been there, but since it's marked on the map, someone should have been there." Zhang Linlu explained. Seeing Han Zhao frowning slightly, he asked, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Han Zhao was someone Zhang Wu valued, so Zhang Linlu was very polite to him.
"No, I'm just asking." Han Zhao shook his head and continued: "I don't feel safe in a place like this that I have never been to before. How about we continue on our way?"
He thought about it, and if possible, asked the team to bypass the village. After the mission was completed, he would go alone.
This is safer and you don't need to worry about anyone.
At the same time, these people in the team don’t have to die in vain.
"There should be no problem." Zhang Linlu responded, and then pondered for a moment, "But what you said makes sense."
"What's the problem? Living in the wild is dangerous! We encountered wild wolves at night before. At least we have a shelter from the wind and rain in the village."
"That's right! What danger could there be?"
"There are so many of us, even if we encounter dozens of bad guys, we are not afraid of them."
"Han Zhao, you are too timid! If you like to live outdoors, just sleep outside alone!"
Seeing that Zhang Linlu was about to be persuaded by Han Zhao, the warriors immediately became anxious, and some even spoke rudely.
It's really uncomfortable to sleep outdoors in the late autumn night.
What's more, in the eyes of many people, Han Zhao just wanted to establish his position in the team in this way.
"With us here, when will it be your turn to worry! What a meddling in other people's business!" Sun Yuan sneered. Facing Han Zhao, a 'minion' from the 'hostile camp', what he said was very unpleasant. .
"Sun Gongfeng! What you said is too true..." When Xu Ling heard this, he immediately became unhappy and wanted to step forward to argue.
Han Zhao quickly grabbed her and whispered: "Forget it."
"Hmph!" Sun Yuan snorted coldly.
Seeing that the warriors in the team denounced Han Zhao, and the worshipers of the Xu family even directly scolded him, Zhang Linlu naturally listened to the opinions of the majority.
"In this case, let's go to the village to stay. Remember! No one is allowed to act privately, and we will stay on duty at night as usual."
The warriors cheered.
Han Zhao's expression remained as usual.
If he hadn't known the outcome, he would have felt that it was safer to stay in the village than to sleep in the wild.
It's just now... life and death are determined by fate and ability.
Anyway, these people were not familiar with him, so it would be the best thing to do to persuade them.
Even if he said that there was a ghost in the village and his life would be at risk if he went there, who would believe him?
He didn't care at all about everyone's ridicule just now.
Why compete with the dead?
...
After determining the target, everyone speeded up and rushed towards the village.
Soon, the group came to a hillside.
Smoke curled up, and small villages came into view.
Low-rise residential buildings are scattered haphazardly, most of them are adobe houses, old and slightly messy.
On the bumpy dirt road, a few hens ran past from time to time, as well as puppies running behind and children chasing each other.
From time to time, the voices of adults scolding sounded, which was full of anger.
There is only a simple wooden fence surrounding the village, and many holes have been patched up with bamboo.
There is a small river at the entrance of the village. Several young women are squatting in front of the rocks, holding wooden mallets and beating their clothes.
While they were chatting and having fun, they skillfully turned their clothes inside out, poured them with plant ash water, and continued to beat them.
Han Zhao was stunned when he saw this scene. This was clearly a small village full of life.
Is this really here?
Although there is no specific location in the simulation, it is indeed the village where I stayed at this point in time.
The women washing clothes were the first to notice Han Zhao and the others. When they saw the weapons they were wearing, they immediately stopped washing.
Zhang Linlu walked forward, a smile on his fierce face, and when he was about to speak, the young women all showed timidity.
He looked stunned, took a few steps back, glanced at Han Zhao not far away, and then waved to him.
Han Zhao walked over and Zhang Linlu patted him on the shoulder, "Go up and explain to them."
"Uh... Okay." Han Zhao was startled, then stepped forward and made a scholar's hand gesture.
"Girls, please be polite. We are a caravan from Black Rock City. It's getting late, so I want to stay in your village for the night. I wonder if that's possible."
Seeing Han Zhao's tall and handsome figure, the young women who looked timid just now suddenly started to smile.
"Brother Jun is really good at talking. Our children will run away, but we are still girls."
As she said that, one of the women pointed to the gentle-looking young woman behind her and said, "If Brother Jun wants to stay overnight, he has to ask Aunt Tao. Her father is the head of our Taoyuan Village."
The gentle young woman stepped forward and gave her a blessing.
"Ms. Li, everyone in the village calls me Tao Gu. We occasionally have merchants and rangers come to stay here, but we haven't had so many people here before. We have to get my father's permission." Tao Gu behaved dignifiedly and spoke. Proper and courteous, as if he had gone to a private school.
Han Zhao smiled and said, "That's right. Sorry for bothering you."
"Master, please come with me." Aunt Tao put the clothes and mallet into the basin, picked it up, and was about to take Han Zhao into the village and go home.
Han Zhao asked her to wait, ran back and explained to Zhang Linlu, and then followed Aunt Tao towards the village.
As soon as he stepped into the village, Han Zhao felt a coldness in the Yuanso Pearl in his arms, and Yin Qi began to gather inside.
Han Zhao began to absorb the evil spirit inside the Yuanso Pearl.
Soon, a prompt appears.
[The evil energy gathers and reaches the most evil place]
【Dangerous at night! 】
...
【Dangerous at night! 】
No matter which direction Han Zhao looked in the village, the same prompt appeared.
[Collect 20 reminder fragments to synthesize the entry? 】
【Collect 30 times...】
【Collect 40 times...】
Soon, the number of reminder fragments reached 45.
The Yin evil energy absorbed in the Yuan Soul Pearl has been basically consumed and will no longer increase.
Han Zhao still had some evil spirit left in his body.
But when he looked at Aunt Tao, the prompt showed that she was a normal person.
How strange!
