Outside Ciyun Villa, in the wilderness.
The moonlight is cold, falling like a spring, and its silver light covers the earth.
Accompanied by a rustling sound, the footsteps of several people stepped over, overwhelming the overgrown weeds on the roadside.
"Hall Master, over here..."
A muffled voice sounded.
Under the moonlight, Li Ao walked to the edge of the village near the river and looked around.
However, the surrounding trees were in a mess and black shadows were dancing around, as if one giant creature after another was squatting in this remote villa.
On the other side of the river is a path that spreads to the nearby valley. It looks particularly lonely amidst the gentle night breeze, the gurgling water, and the rustling of leaves.
Two subordinates from the Demon Suppressing Department gathered around. Xue An and Li Ya saluted with vigilant eyes, and reported: "We went in to take a look before and found signs of people coming and going. In the valley, there were actually some houses. Abandon……"
In some rural areas, in order to take care of fruit trees and mountain treasures, some houses will be built in remote places, but they will not be built too well.
Moreover, there are many wild animals in the mountains, so generally speaking, they would not choose a location that is too remote.
But the layout here seems to be deliberately avoiding people's eyes and ears.
Li Fan pondered and listened as they continued to report: "...We went in and found that there were two to three hundred people imprisoned inside!"
"Two to three hundred people..."
Zhang Jingheng, who followed, was surprised and uncertain, with a look of disbelief on his face.
"Yes, there are indeed two to three hundred people. This is almost the total population of the villa!"
Li Fan said: "Is it possible to determine the identities of those people?"
The subordinate said: "According to the conversation between the guards, it seems that they are the victims who fell here during the disaster a few days ago!"
At this moment, another black shadow quickly shuttled through the grass, like a phantom in the night.
But Li Fan didn't move, and the people next to him didn't run away in shock, but stood there waiting for the other party to arrive.
After a while, the man came to the river, using the sound of the gurgling water to cover up the movement of his walking. He knelt half on the ground, saluted and said: "Master, I just went in to take a look. The guards are not tight. You can go from here." Come on in!"
"let's go."
Li Fan gave the order decisively and everyone followed.
Soon, they were walking over the mountains and ridges along the side path.
After a while, they came to the valley, and sure enough they saw a few simple houses built in a remote place under several mountain cols. There was an orchard near the house, and there was a pond next to the orchard, just like a common house. Farm garden.
There was a faint light from somewhere inside, and from a distance, someone could be seen standing guard on a watchtower several feet high.
Under normal circumstances, this kind of defense can be called strict, but the people here are obviously not professionals, and they don't even have a few hounds.
Everyone walked over very easily and saw the target of their trip under a row of houses at the entrance of the cave.
Li Fan had already been somewhat prepared for the situation after hearing the news, but he was still surprised when he saw the scene in front of him in the moonlight.
Zhang Jingheng, who was dragged over by Li Fan making excuses to avoid acting alone, also looked shocked, as if he was shocked by what he saw in front of him.
Under the moonlight, inside a row of sheds that resembled cattle sheds, victims in ragged clothes were imprisoned like animals.
Each of them was tied with iron chains and locked to the pillar. No matter men, women, old or young, their bodies were covered with dust and blood stains.
There was a faint wailing sound, which did not sound like a human being, but more like the low roar of a wounded beast.
"How did these people become like this? What happened?" Zhang Jingheng was shocked and confused.
A subordinate reported: “We don’t know yet.”
Li Fan didn't listen carefully at all, because at this time, he had already opened his eyes to see the truth and used his own eyes to scan and investigate.
Sure enough, inside the dark shed, pale flames like will-o'-the-wisps lit up.
Those people were all demons.
However, it seems that he is no ordinary demon...
"Alien"......
"It's a technology for making demon soldiers! Those people have been infected by the strange power and transformed into demons!"
Li Fan glanced meaningfully at Zhang Jingheng next to him.
Zhang Jingheng froze in place as if he was electrocuted, and said in disbelief: "How...how could this happen?"
Li Chuan said: "Brother Zhang, you guys came up with something like this. Shouldn't you have expected this? I used to find it strange. How could a small village raise so many prisoners for nothing? They were transformed into demon soldiers." !”
Since ancient times, imperial power has not been sent to the countryside, and bandits may appear in many places with high mountains and far away from the emperor.
It is common to open illegal shops in remote places and seek wealth and death.
In this treacherous and troubled world, it is even easier to see the court's control retreating back to the county town. Strange people, local gentry, local tyrants, monsters and monsters all show their magical powers, forming a new green forest pattern.
Obviously, this villa has become a devil's cave.
However, the head of the village seemed to be a man who didn't want to eat anything close to home, and he actually didn't harm anyone in the village.
Or maybe it’s because the transportation here is convenient and people come and go frequently, so there are a lot of materials available!
If everyone eats the drinks and food they provide, maybe a few of them will fall down and be slaughtered...
Although Zhang Jingheng didn't have much experience in traveling around the world, he quickly came to his senses and couldn't help but feel shocked and angry.
Li Fan looked at him meaningfully again.
Until this time, he was still not sure whether Zhang Jingheng knew about the matter here.
In addition, he had begun to suspect that he was in love with Emperor Delon.
The emperor may also be involved in the plan to refine the magic weapons.
Just think about it, how perfect and useful a demon soldier is in the eyes of a superior, who has lost his humanity, but possesses the strange power of demonization, and can obey orders and work hard without complaint.
If one could really master such a unit, even the Demon Suppressing Division would become dispensable.
In that case, all civil servants, military officers, and pillars of the country would have to step aside.
But this kind of thing is also extremely easy to get rid of, because if you can study it, others can also study it, and if you can master it, others can also master it.
There is a secret work of the Demon Cult lurking around Zhang Jingheng, and he realizes its great value, so he does not hesitate to expose it but wants to break it, or even take away part of it.
By chance, I was able to make it in time and obtained the results of my research.
It is really possible that Jia Xianke is hiding here now, trying to practice the secret method of refining magic weapons.
His mastery progress was far faster than that of Zhenmo Division, and he had actually entered the stage of successful control.
Looking at the forms of the magic soldiers in the shack, they seem to be very "easy to use"!
