In his daze, Yuan Chu checked around carefully and found nothing unusual, except that the food was reduced.
Because of the forced excavation of Dengxian Spring in the past, the aborigines were quite dissatisfied with them. Although the three Jia brothers later showed their power and frightened them, there were still a few of them who were quite unhappy and occasionally came to cause trouble.
Yuan Chu checked the palm world and found nothing missing. He just thought that the aborigines came here to steal food again. He didn't take it too seriously. He just thought that yesterday was because he had too much rest and had hallucinations due to stress. That’s all.
But as time went by, the frequency of missing food became higher and higher, which made him very angry. But even if he reinforced the door, the food would disappear out of thin air, making them more suspicious and feeling that something was wrong.
It was getting late that day. Yuan Chu felt sick in his stomach and was about to find a place to go. However, he saw a white shadow flashing in front of him and disappearing at the mouth of the well with a whoosh, which almost frightened him to the point of incontinence. After being stunned for a while, he felt that this "female ghost" looked familiar. Then he realized that this person was none other than Shi Yurou, whom Wu Fan had a good chat with! Yuan Chu thought that Shi Yurou was seeking suicide, so he quickly rolled up his sleeves to save others.
But before he could take action, he saw a vibration coming from the bottom of the well, and the palm world in his hand expanded as if blown by air. Yuan Chu was afraid that there would be something wrong with the palm world, so he quickly opened it and saw a dark yellow breath pouring into the well, and everything returned to calm.
He breathed a sigh of relief and came to the well, but was blocked by several figures. When he looked up, he didn't expect it to be a group of Jianxingju disciples, and his heart was beating wildly. But when he saw the face of the leader, he was shocked again. He didn't expect that this person was actually Xue Wen from the South Peak of the Yuhu Sect! They originally thought that there would be no survivors in the Yuhu Sect, but they did not expect to see their old friends again today, and they looked excited. But what puzzled him was that not only was this real person Xue Wen not dead, why was she involved with Jian Xingju again?
Fortunately, Shi Yurou came out of the well unscathed, which made Yuan Chu feel relieved. However, if this Jianxingju knew that they were the remnants of the Yuhu Sect, he would certainly not be able to escape death! However, Shi Xuewen did not mention this matter and left suddenly for unknown reasons. After surviving the disaster, he breathed a sigh of relief, returned to the room and placed the Palm Realm on the table tremblingly.
After experiencing this kind of thing, it was naturally difficult for them to fall asleep, but when he and Huo Fu were chatting passionately, they suddenly felt a fragrance coming from their noses, and then they knew nothing. At dawn the next day, Yuan Chu woke up in a daze, only to find that Zhao Xiaozhong on the bed had disappeared out of thin air. However, what surprised him was that there were no traces left around him. Since the person deliberately took him away, he should be dead. worry.
Yuan Chu groped around on his body, but found no trace of the palm world. He hurriedly searched around anxiously, but when he lowered his head and found that it had fallen to the ground unharmed, he breathed a sigh of relief. But when he carefully looked at the items in the palm world, he found that the bead Wu Fan had entrusted to him had disappeared, and his head was buzzing.
Because the group of people from Jianxingju had been aggressive and attracted a lot of attention. Yuan Chu heard that someone saw two black figures leaving westward one after another that night, and he had a general direction. He hurriedly left the letter and package, and left Dengxian City with Huo Fu, searching all the way. Clues.
Yuan Chu knew that their search was like looking for a needle in a haystack, but he still had a sense of luck and kept running day and night for more than a year.
Putting aside all the complications on the road, that day, they took a short break and were about to continue on the road, but Huo Fu suddenly felt a faint itching in his chest. He pulled open his clothes and took a look, only to see that the sand poison wound that had been healed before turned faintly yellow. There are signs of another attack.
At first, the wound was just like an ant bite, but Huo Fu could bear it. As the two of them continued to move forward, the sand poison felt like needle pricks, occasionally accompanied by severe pain that came and went, and even caused them to faint. And every time they move in a certain direction, this feeling will become stronger, and they will become more convinced that they are close to their goal.
On this day, the two came to a village and heard a noise in the distance. It seemed like there was some dispute. Yuan Chu and Huo Fu couldn't get involved, so they could only go around and hide behind a tree to observe the situation. They saw a group of people with evil faces and various farm tools surrounding a short man, trying to drive him out of the village. .
Yuan Chu saw that this man looked very familiar, and he was even more excited when he got closer. This man was Zhao Xiaozhong who they had been looking for for more than a year! Seeing that Zhao Xiaozhong was in trouble, the two people hurriedly showed up and stopped in front of the villagers. Zhao Xiaozhong looked a little unnatural when he saw the two people, smiled with an ugly face, and said hello. When the villagers saw that this man had helpers, they started to move their hands without saying a word, and directly hit them with hoes and shovels.
But no matter how powerful these ordinary villagers are, they are no match for Yuan Chu and Yuan Chu. They were disarmed as soon as they met, and they no longer have the power to fight. The two of them are not weak in strength, but they do not want to attack ordinary people, so they attack very lightly. When an older man in the crowd saw that they were holding back, he sighed deeply, persuaded the villagers to go back, and called the two of them to follow them.
Yuan Chu followed the old man into a newly built house in confusion, but frowned. I saw five or six villagers with withered faces lying side by side on the floor of this room, and their skin was also very rough, like loess, which was obviously a sign of being poisoned by sand poison.
Listen to the old man explain that he is the village chief of this village. This village was originally disease-free and disaster-free, but since this man came, this situation has appeared one after another. At first, they thought it was a coincidence and had no doubts about this cowardly-looking man. But his son felt that there was something evil in this man and wanted to drive him out of the village, but the old man didn't take it to heart.
But just yesterday, when his son went to argue with this man, someone saw them arguing. The man opened his mouth and sucked, and his son swayed and fell unconscious, and then he ended up like this today. This made the villagers feel something was wrong, and the scene just happened.
After listening to the old man's explanation, Yuan Chu naturally couldn't believe it. Just as he was about to say something, Huo Fu beside him suddenly softened and fell to the ground. Yuan Chu pulled off Huo Fu's clothes, only to see that the skin on Huo Fu's chest had turned into sand, which was shocking.
In desperation, Yuan Chu told the village chief about the sand poisoning and asked to stay with them for one night until Huofu's condition improved the next day and he could leave naturally. The village chief was hesitant when he heard this, but out of sympathy for the same fate, he agreed to stay for one night. After Yuan Chu made many requests, he allowed the village chief to let Zhao Xiaozhong stay temporarily, but they could only stay outside. In the hayloft.
Huo Fu's symptoms have been like this in recent days, and Yuan Chu has gotten used to it, but there is nowhere to seek medical treatment on the road, and Huo Fu can't bear to delay his business for himself, so he has been struggling. Fortunately, the symptoms have remained in this state and have not worsened. , which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.
Although it is just a hut, it is fortunate that it avoids the pain of sleeping in the wilderness under the stars and the moon. Yuan Chu originally wanted to take this opportunity to inquire about what happened to Zhao Xiaozhong and where he had been in the past year or so, but Zhao Xiaozhong's eyes flashed and he hesitated and couldn't explain why. He just thought that Zhao Xiaozhong was frightened and uneasy during the day, and didn't ask any more questions. After all, they had already gotten together, so they were not in a hurry, so he went to sleep peacefully...
But he hadn't slept for long when he was suddenly awakened by a moaning sound. When he looked up, he saw Huo Fu sweating profusely, with a painful expression on his face, and begging for water hoarsely. It must have been the impact of the sand poison wound again. He was about to ask Zhao Xiaozhong to take care of Huo Fu. When he went to fetch water, he saw that Zhao Xiaozhong, who was lying down, disappeared again.
However, Huo Fu's condition was not good at this time. He didn't have time to think too much. He took out the water bag and walked out of the hut to look for water. But when he came back from fetching water and fed Huo Fu, he suddenly heard a strange sound. Rustling sound. Before going out, he thought it was a rat, but didn't pay much attention. Now that Huo Fu's matter has been resolved, he couldn't help but feel a little curious and followed the direction of the sound.
Yuan Chu walked slowly along the courtyard wall, and suddenly heard a faint sound of footsteps, and he quickly leaned down. He didn't poke his head out until the sound passed by, and happened to see a figure sneaking into the village chief's home.
He remembered that there were only two fathers and sons in the village chief's family, and the village chief's son had been infected with sand poisoning. Now in the newly built house, the village chief should be the only one in the house. But he saw that the figure of this man did not look like a villager, so he climbed over the wall gently, climbed to the corner of the window and looked inside.
The light in the room was very dim. Although the village chief could be seen lying on the bed, half of his upper body was submerged in the darkness. What made him feel horrified was that the sneaky figure just now was actually standing in front of the village chief. A faint aura appeared from the black shadow in the palm and wrapped around the village chief. And as this aura spread in the shadows, it finally revealed its true face, showing a light yellow luster under the moonlight.
Feeling the same aura as Huo Fu's, Yuan Chu immediately shouted angrily and broke out the window to capture this person alive. However, he did not expect that the people in the house were also frightened and rushed out of the door and climbed over the wall. escape.
How could Yuan Chu let the culprit go away? He fell from the sky as soon as he stepped on the courtyard wall, and knocked the man away with a palm. Then he turned over and landed in front of the man. But before he could take action again, he saw clearly The man's face suddenly froze on the spot. He didn't expect that the culprit was actually Zhao Xiaozhong!
Zhao Xiaozhong knew that he was unable to defeat him, so he whispered to Yuan Chu to let him go. Yuan Chu was also very complicated in his heart. Seeing that Zhao Xiaozhong was about to turn around and run away, he didn't know what to do...
At this moment, the villagers who were awakened by this movement suddenly appeared and blocked Zhao Xiaozhong's way...
