Li Deren was leaning on crutches, with a melancholy expression on his face, and said to Mo Guyuan in a low voice, "Decades ago, all the strange phenomena did not happen in our Zhenhun Village. The villagers worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. But then one day, above our village, something happened Many immortals appeared inexplicably in the clouds and mist, flying towards the eastern sea like floods bursting their banks."
Mo Guyuan felt curious after hearing this, and secretly thought in his heart, "Could it be that people from the immortal world go to the sea to control their objects?"
Just when he was thinking about this, Li Deren said again, "But as the group of immortals arrived before, a large group of people flew over from behind. The two immortals just hovered above our village for a while, and they didn't know what happened. Something happened, and the fight started. This fight between gods was still in the sky. We villagers had never seen such a spectacle before, so we all came out to watch. Unexpectedly, the fighting scenes were too fierce, and the territory in our area was unstable and there were landslides. There were signs of ground cracking, so we didn't dare to stay for long, so we had to hide in the distance. Fortunately, those immortals were fighting while walking, otherwise we would have suffered."
Seeing the sighing expression on Li Deren's face, Mo Guyuan felt a surge of emotion in his heart. The immortal cultivator's fight was so powerful that it would be difficult for ordinary people to resist if they accidentally affected it.
"But just as an immortal was flying away, a woman fell from the sky and happened to land in our Zhenhun Village." Li Deren said this, and several people were stunned.
"This...this woman fell into your Zhenhun Village?" Yu Qinggong on the side exclaimed.
"Yes, the woman must have been fighting with someone at that time. She was accidentally seriously injured and was beaten down. We didn't dare to act rashly at that time. We only waited for a long time to make sure that the group of immortals would not come back, and then we had the courage to go to the village. Let’s go.”
"When we returned to the entrance of the village, we saw a woman in white lying there, covered in blood and unconscious." Li Deren said slowly.
Several people were shocked when they heard this. They didn't expect that such secrets existed in Zhenhun Village back then.
"Later, several young people in the village worked together to carry the woman back. At that time, the woman suffered unknown injuries and was bleeding non-stop. No matter how I tried to stop her bleeding, she could not control it. As a last resort, I called someone to the west of the village. Doctor Li, but Doctor Li couldn't stop the girl's bleeding after looking at it for a long time. Until the woman's own bleeding clotted, we didn't know whether she was dead or in a coma."
"When Dr. Li saw this, he didn't want everyone to be worried, so he took her back. He said he wanted to see the secret recipe at home and think of a way to cure this woman. At that time, the villagers were curious and would go to Dr. Li if anything happened. We took a look at home, but the woman was still unconscious. After a long time, we put the matter aside and went back to business as usual."
"It wasn't until a month later that Dr. Li suddenly informed everyone that the woman had expired. During this period, Dr. Li studied various ancient books, but failed to find any panacea about the immortal family in the books. The woman did not know the specific injury. , over time, the wound worsened, and his life was lost in vain." Speaking of this, Li Deren's face looked a little helpless.
Mo Guyuan nodded and said, "If people who cultivate immortals are fighting, unless they are exchanging ideas, as you just said, old man, it means that the two parties are fighting on a large scale. They are either old enemies or vendettas. Naturally, there will be no room for recruitment. If not, Be careful of being seriously injured, unless your body is able to withstand it, otherwise the secret herbs in the world cannot be used to treat the case, and the effect will be minimal."
Li Deren deeply agreed, nodded to Mo Guyuan, and continued, "Since the woman is unable to recover, and we don't know where the woman's immortal sect is, we and other common people really have no choice. So together with us, After everyone discussed it, it was decided to bury the woman in the locust forest to the north."
"Ah! Is this the forest we passed through when we came here?" Yu Qinggong said in disbelief.
Li Deren smiled bitterly and nodded, saying, "That is to say, the woman was buried inside. Within a few years, various strange signs began to occur in the village. First there were dark clouds overhead, then a severe drought began, and then there were two roads heading to the seaside. The ancient road was abnormal. The villagers had no choice but to walk through the woods to get water. But as time went by, some villagers actually said that they had met a female ghost in white in the forest, who specialized in grabbing the yang energy of passers-by, but it made us miserable. It’s miserable.”
"So it turns out that because you buried that woman in the woods, you concluded that she was the ghost of the dead woman earlier." Mo Guyuan said slowly.
"Yes, that woman is a cultivator on Xianjia Mountain. Everyone is worried about not being able to find the way back, so she turned into a ghost and was unwilling to do so. But what can we do? We have saved and searched. , you can't blame us if you have no choice." Li Deren shook his head and said helplessly.
"Dare I ask this old man, have the villagers seen it with their own eyes that the woods in the north are haunted?" Mo Guyuan continued to ask.
"Of course, the villagers need water, and the two ancient roads can't pass, so they can only walk through the woods. More than one person has said this. I walked through it once. Although I couldn't see it, the gloomy atmosphere inside it made me I even shudder." Li Deren affirmed.
"Then according to what you said, the female ghost is hiding there. If the villagers pass by, will anyone be harmed?"
Li Deren was stunned, his eyes rolled for a long time, and after thinking carefully, he said, "That's not true. The villagers walked through the woods and went around to the seaside. In those years, they only said that there were ghosts in the woods, but people were fine."
Mo Guyuan looked at Yu Qinggong, who was also looking at each other. There was a questioning look in their eyes, and they didn't know what they were talking about.
Li Deren continued, "Even if the female ghost is not harmful to anyone, she is still afraid of the big guy if she keeps hiding it. Every time she passes by, she will be on tenterhooks. Who can bear it? Every time I go back and forth, some villagers are clamoring to relocate. At that time, many young people and children in our village migrated away, leaving only us old men and old women."
Mo Guyuan felt something in his heart and immediately asked, "Are the villagers relocating to the west?"
"That's for sure. There is the sea to the east, the woods to the north, and the mountains and cliffs to the south. Only by going west can we go to the depths of the mainland." Li Deren said.
Mo Guyuan nodded and fell into deep thought for a moment.
Seeing that this upright young man was very concerned about this matter, Li Deren couldn't help but feel a little hopeful in his heart, hoping that the few people arriving in front of him could solve the weird things in Zhenhun Village.
"Brother Deren, don't be anxious. My friends from the mountain are here today to help us solve the problem. Don't worry, once this matter is investigated and the female ghost is found out, our village will be fine." Hu Baxian patted Li Deren on the shoulder and said familiarly.
"If we can really solve the problem, I won't evict you from your stall at the entrance of the village."
"No, that location is my feng shui treasure. There is nothing I can't catch. The place I sit is the sign of Zhenhun Village. Don't talk nonsense." Hu Baxian winked and signaled to Li Deren to save some time. feelings.
"Okay, okay, as long as the matter can be resolved, you have the final say on the rest." Li Deren knew Hu Baxian's face, so he would not waste words with him.
"Brother Deren is very kind. I don't have any demands. When these friends of mine find out the truth, I wonder if you can bring out some of the old wine brewed in your cellar to say hello? My brother in white is a nice guy. This is a bite." Hu Baxian rubbed his hands and approached Li Deren and said.
Li Deren was furious. After laughing and cursing "virtue", he nodded heavily.
Just when several people were thinking about it, a figure suddenly stood in front of the courtyard of Hu Baxian's house. A man raised his hand to signal and said with a smile, "Village chief, I heard that an immortal on the mountain repaired the ancient road to the east. Now You can go fetch water. I just brought a few ladles and wooden poles from home to get water. Could the village chief bring some with me?"
Everyone looked up and saw a middle-aged man in a gray shirt and robe coming into view, greeting him politely.
"It's Doctor Li. Your hands are full, so don't bother. You can just get your own. My old man can't use any water." Li Deren stepped forward with a kind expression on his face.
"It's not troublesome. I just have to go, but there are not many water containers at home. If the village chief doesn't mind the trouble, I can go there with you and bring it back later." The man in gray said with a smile.
"It's hard for you to be concerned, but someone has already gone ahead. I have asked Aunt Wang to ask her old man to bring some for me. You don't have to work so hard. This leg still has an old injury, so you can't be exhausted." Li Deren also said He said with a smile.
Hearing this, the man in gray clothes nodded in relief, and happened to see a few people behind Li Deren looking at him. He didn't say anything more, and glanced at everyone one by one, with a smile in his eyes, and everyone gestured.
The latter returned the same greeting.
"Then I'll go over first. If you need it, village chief, you can come over at any time." After saying that, the man in gray walked away.
Mo Guyuan and others followed him and looked at the back of the man in gray as he walked away. They saw that he was walking with a limp and a little bumpy, which seemed a bit desolate.
"Old man, is this the Doctor Li you were talking about earlier?" Mo Guyuan asked softly.
Li Deren nodded and said, "Yes, he is the only doctor in our village. Several generations of his family have been practicing medicine. When his generation comes, he has become a living Bodhisattva in our village. What are the major and minor illnesses of the villagers?" , they all go to the west of the village to find Dr. Li. Dr. Li is a humble and kind-hearted person. He also read a lot of books in the early years and is very educated. "
"What's wrong with his legs? I think he seemed to have some trouble walking just now." Yu Qinggong asked from the side.
"Hey, it wasn't caused by treating that woman's injuries earlier. In order to collect a few herbs, Dr. Li went up the mountain alone to find the medicine, but he accidentally rolled down the mountain and injured one of his legs. It's an old disease. Fortunately, the villagers who went out to work discovered it in time, otherwise it would have been serious." Li Deren said with some emotion.
"I see, this Doctor Li is really a kind-hearted doctor." Mo Guyuan couldn't help but admire.
"Yes, after weird things happened in the village, half of the villagers left, but Doctor Li still insisted on staying here. We old men usually have coughs, gout, etc., and Doctor Li helps take care of them. Now that's all, it's us The village is blessed." Li Deren looked at the retreating figure with some emotion.
Behind a few people, the dumplings suddenly flipped over, picked up the black feathers that had just blown off, and ran swaying out of the courtyard.
Mo Guyuan looked curiously and saw Dumpling holding up the feather in his hand and waving towards the distance.
When Yu Qinggong and Mo Guyuan looked at it, their faces instantly became horrified.
