After a while, Carrot came in wearing a quilt.
"Carrot, what's wrong with you?" Qianqiu poured a bowl of water for her, handed it to her, and then asked.
Carrot only took a small sip and said: "Brother Qianqiu, I have been dreaming. I dreamed that the smelly snake came back to seek revenge on you, and it bit off your head in one bite!"
"Don't worry, its cultivation is so bad, I won't let it bite my head." Qianqiu said casually while reading the book.
"Brother Qianqiu, I really dreamed that he became the person closest to you and took the opportunity to kill you!" Carrot said seriously.
Qianqiu raised his eyes and said: "What do you mean, the green flower snake demon has already mastered the art of transformation? Carrot, that can only be done by monsters above the tribulation demon stage. Wait until the green flower snake has mastered the art of soul-eating demon Period, how many years will it be?"
"Brother Qianqiu, you listened to me anyway. If you didn't stay in the Oriental Pavilion in my dream, you wouldn't die. Run away, Brother Qianqiu, the Oriental Pavilion is not the place you should stay." Carrot said seriously She was talking, but it was obvious that she was tired.
When Qianqiu heard this, he felt that these words sounded familiar. But he didn't think much about it. He looked at the dark night outside and said, "I know, Carrot, go to sleep."
After saying that, he wanted to coax Carrot to sleep.
"Brother Qianqiu...I'm really worried about you..." Carrot may have been a little over-excited and spoke too much and too hastily. But now he was a little tired and his voice gradually became softer.
Qianqiu smiled slightly and said softly: "You finally said you were tired."
Carrot talked nonsense for a while before lying down and falling asleep.
Qianqiu stood up, picked up Carrot, walked to the side room, put her down, covered her with a quilt, gently stroked Carrot's head a few times, and said: "Go to sleep, you won't wake up." It’s a nightmare.”
After a while, Qianqiu suddenly recalled the situation just now.
"What Luobo said just now is so similar to what Black Wind Hongzhu said... Could it be..." Qianqiu thought as he looked at the sleeping carrot, but he quickly The ground shook his head and said to himself: "What am I thinking about? Can these two carrots command those two fox demons at once?"
He tucked Carrot into bed and returned to the house.
[Ghost State·Qingshui County]
You Buyu and Peng Qi arrived in Qingshui County before dawn.
The entrance gate to Qingshui County is closed.
"It's already Mao hour, why haven't you opened the city gate yet?" You Buyu said to Peng Qi, and then yawned.
Peng Qi took a look and said, "Buyu, you must be very tired."
"Well, I'm a little sleepy. After entering the city, senior brother Peng Qi, why don't we find an inn to rest for a while." The dark circles under You Buyu's eyes were looming, and she herself kept yawning.
Peng Qi looked at You Buyu's appearance and couldn't help but smile, thinking to himself: "She's obviously a little girl who can't stay up late, so why bother holding on?"
"Okay, let's take a rest and eat something when the city gate opens." Peng Qi nodded.
Another half hour passed, and the city gate was still closed.
Peng Qixin said: "This is too wrong. According to the time of day, the people of Qingshui County should also come out to farm." He looked at You Buyu beside him, and then walked towards the city gate.
"Is anyone there?" Peng Qi slammed the door knocker several times.
No one answered.
"Bang bang bang!" Peng Qi slammed the door a few more times.
There was still no answer behind the door.
"This is weird!" Peng Qi thought to himself, his face changing slightly.
At this time, You Buyu, who was standing behind, stepped forward and said, "Senior brother, it stands to reason that even if the city gate is not opened, there should be some reaction inside, but from what I hear, Qingshui County seems to be an empty city. .”
"Let's just go in and take a look." Peng Qi suggested.
"Yeah." You Buyu nodded.
The two of them jumped onto the county wall. When they stood on top of the wall, they found that there was no one in the county town.
There was no one on the street or on the roadside bridge.
All restaurants and shops on the roadside are closed.
Qingshui County has indeed become an empty city.
You Buyu was confused and said with a surprised look on his face: "Senior Brother Peng Qi, this..."
Peng Qi's face was solemn, he observed again for a while, and said: "I didn't smell the breath of any common people. If they were massacred by monsters, or if there was some accident that destroyed the city, they wouldn't be so clean and tidy. Locusts!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he activated the contract talisman and summoned a bunch of migratory locusts.
"Brothers, go take a look around." As soon as Peng Qi finished speaking, the locusts immediately flew away.
After waiting for half an hour, many migratory locusts flew back and stopped in front of Peng Qi, chirping "buzzing".
After hearing this, Peng Qi nodded and said to You Buyu, "Buyu, the whole county is here at Sanchuan Lake!"
"Sanchuan Lake?" You Buyu had never heard of this place.
Peng Qi said: "Not far from here, Locust told me that they are trapped under Sanchuan Lake."
"Are tens of thousands of people in the county trapped under a lake?" You Buyu asked in surprise.
"I don't know either. Let's go and take a look. There must be something fishy here." Peng Qi said.
After saying that, he led the way towards Sanchuan Lake not far away, and You Buyu followed closely.
[Ghost State·Sanchuan Lake]
The two of them were stunned when they looked at Sanchuan Lake with its large and small puddles.
"Where are they?" You Buyu looked around but found no trace of anyone.
"Under our feet." Peng Qi said solemnly.
You Buyu was shocked, raised his feet hurriedly, and asked: "Peng Qi...senior brother...you mean they are all underground?"
"That's what Migratory Locust said. He also said that they all lost consciousness, but their lives were not lost." Peng Qi said.
You Buyu nodded, frowned, and asked: "Senior Brother Peng Qi, how did so many people go underground? And if there are no injuries on their bodies, are they voluntary?"
Peng Qi shook his head and said, "I don't know either. This thing is too strange. If the locusts hadn't helped us, we wouldn't even know where the entire county had gone."
"Senior brother, what should we do now?" You Buyu asked, "If they went underground voluntarily, was it done by demons or man? There are so many people, where is the entrance?"
Peng Qi thought for a while and said: "This matter is too strange. The real culprit seems to have the ability to move mountains and seas, or to confuse people's hearts."
"Senior Brother Peng Qi, don't worry about it for now. No matter who did it, let's save people first." You Buyu suggested.
Peng Qi stopped You Buyu and said, "It can't be saved. The ground is suspended in the air. No matter whether we break in or dig out, the sand and soil will be lifted up in an instant, and then the people below will be crushed to death."
"Then what should we do?" You Buyu was so anxious that he was sweating.
Peng Qi said: "We can either find the real culprit or find the entrance. It's not a bad idea to find the intersection, but there are too many small lakes and pits in Sanchuan Lake. If we just search like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to find it for three days and three nights." over."
You Buyu thought to himself: "It would be great if I had chosen earth spells... Hey, isn't Peng Qi a master of earth spells?"
"Senior Brother Peng Qi, aren't you a master of earth magic? Can you try to control the earth to only rise up and not fall down?"
Peng Qi replied awkwardly: "Speechless, it's not that I haven't thought about it. But my magic can only control part of the soil, but what the locusts just told me is that tens of thousands of people are buried together, and the upper layer of sand is covered with soil." It goes on for miles and miles and I can’t control it all.”
Upon hearing this, You Buyu nodded one after another, and then said: "Then let's find out who did it first. What did the murderer want to do? Bury the person but not kill him."
At this moment, several migratory locusts flew back and screamed at Peng Qi.
Peng Qi's expression changed a bit and he nodded repeatedly.
"Speechless, the murderer should have been found! There is a group of suspicious people in the Ten Thousand Flowers Valley behind Sanchuan Lake!" Peng Qi said excitedly.
You Buyu hurriedly urged: "Senior Brother Peng Qi, let's go and take a look. Maybe they are the murderers. The air underground is scarce. I'm afraid these tens of thousands of people may suffocate to death at any time."
She hurriedly asked Peng Qi to lead the way to find those people.
"Suffocated to death?" Peng Qi seemed to have thought of something and said, "Speechless, I may know who did it. On our way, Wanhua Valley is also very close to here."
【Ten Thousand Flowers Valley】
Wanhua Valley is not far from Sanchuan Lake, and there are all kinds of flowers growing in the valley. Due to the watering of Sanchuan Lake and the suitable temperature of the location, the Valley of Flowers is filled with the fragrance of flowers all year round, and all kinds of exotic flowers compete in beauty and never wither.
You Buyu and Peng Qi lay down in a small flower field and carefully observed a group of people standing not far away.
You Buyu glanced around and saw that there were about a dozen people standing, each wearing a dark gown and holding a wooden sword.
Although the styles of these people's gowns were different, each of them had many strange talismans affixed to their gowns, and they all wore tattered hats on their heads.
"Senior brother, are they humans or monsters? Or beggars?" You Buyu had never seen such strangely dressed people before and couldn't help but ask.
Peng Qi carefully looked at the group of people standing in front of him and said slowly: "It seems that I guessed right, it is indeed them."
