The shattered pictures fell into pieces, but they quickly formed a new picture.
But in this brand-new scene, only the father and daughter were left in the warm and harmonious family just now.
The father, who has a downbeat temperament and is slightly weathered, is worshiping at the tomb with his daughter.
The tombstone clearly says the tomb of his beloved wife Fang Yuehua.
The two of them were silent, with a look of deep nostalgia on their faces.
When the worship was over, the father held his daughter's little hand and left slowly.
Vaguely, it seemed that an illusory and graceful figure could be seen watching them leave.
Step forward again, and after the screen collapses, the scene changes again.
At this moment, the seven or eight-year-old girl has grown into a twelve- or thirteen-year-old girl.
She and her companions were chatting in the school, looking very unhappy.
She has a completely youthful, lively and lovely appearance.
However, in the midst of each other's laughter, she suddenly fell down and fell unconscious, causing a moment of chaos.
Keep moving forward.
The slightly older girl was half leaning on the head of the bed, covered with a thin quilt, and had a slightly sick look on her face.
Next to him, a middle-aged father wearing a green robe and a short beard was chattering some jokes that were not funny.
The girl smiled cooperatively, but could not hide the lingering sadness in her brows.
Not long after, there was a knock on the door.
The middle-aged man smiled apologetically, and then left the room.
In the outside world, when he heard some news whispered by his subordinates, his expression suddenly became furious, and the muscles on his face were beating uncontrollably.
But in the end, he did not have an attack on the spot. He just glanced at the room next to him and led the people away with a cold look, as if he was about to launch an attack to investigate.
And in the next scene.
The girl, who was recovering from her illness, was sitting on a wooden wheelchair, and her father was pushing the wheelchair forward behind her.
Behind him, there were eight samurai with swords in fine attire and expressions of indifference.
Just looking at the expressions on the faces of those warriors, they were not guards, but had a hint of surveillance.
Finally they came to a small colorful garden.
There is a raised rockery in the middle of the garden.
Sitting next to the rockery were two old men with white beards and hair, their eyes half-closed, as if they were sleeping.
Seeing the middle-aged man pushing a wheelchair, the old man with white hair and orange skin on the left opened his dim eyes slightly.
He didn't say anything more. With a casual wave of his right hand, the heavy and huge rockery was moved aside.
A black well under the rockery was revealed, with countless twisted red runes carved on the side of the well.
Looking at the black well, the middle-aged man's whole body could not stop trembling, and his face was extremely painful.
Instead, the girl in the wheelchair reached out to hold his arm, with a soothing smile on her face.
Then, she struggled to get out of the wheelchair and fell down by the well.
The middle-aged man exclaimed and wanted to step forward to help, but was stopped on the spot by the warrior following him.
The girl looked back at her, said something with a smile, and then plunged into the well.
There was a dull popping sound from the bottom of the well.
The white-haired old man waved his hand, and the rockery moved back to seal the wellhead.
The only thing left on the field was the heart-rending cry of the middle-aged man.
The scene ends abruptly.
The surroundings returned to bottomless darkness.
There are endless negative emotions floating in the darkness.
Not to mention ordinary people, even 4th and 5th level practitioners who come here will be instantly overwhelmed by the negative emotions here and become completely idiots.
Su Mo flicked his fingers, and the red light completely tore open the night-like emotional field.
When he came out, he was already at the entrance of the small courtyard.
It was as if those few steps before had passed through the entire alley.
Standing at the door, Su Mo raised his eyes and looked into the small courtyard.
I saw fields of flowers that had long since withered and fallen everywhere.
Two broken bones lay faintly in the flower field.
Based on the size and structure of the bones, Su Mo immediately thought of the two white-haired old men he had seen in the picture.
If nothing else, those two people should have been guarding here, guarding the dark well.
Based on the power shown in the picture, we can guess that they have at least level 7 strength.
As a result, everyone died on the spot.
The cause of death is obvious at a glance.
One skull was shattered and one had a sternum penetrated.
It was obvious that not a single move was passed, which shows the strength of the person who made the move.
Su Mo couldn't help but look at the headless halfling sitting by the well.
He was sitting exactly where the white-haired old man on the left in the previous picture was.
At this moment, it seemed that Su Mo was aware of the outsider.
The headless halfling turned towards the door, as if he could feel his invisible gaze.
Immediately afterwards, the halfling stood up from the edge of the well, holding the Holy Lord with his remaining right hand, extremely alert.
Su Mo couldn't help but feel slightly happy when he saw the bronze wine baron.
The majestic spiritual power suddenly surged out of his body, instantly restraining the headless halfling on the spot.
With a slight move of his right hand, the bronze wine baron held by the other party fell into his hands.
Feeling the powerful material of the top-level magic weapon, Su Mo finally let go of a big stone in his heart:
"It is indeed the Holy Lord!"
Obtaining the Holy Lord means that the third step of the ceremony has been half successful.
All it takes is for Song Ruyuan and others to go to Chen's house with the twelve-person talisman for a formality, and then the highlight of the ceremony can begin.
But before that, Su Mo decided to investigate the small courtyard in front of him.
If you guessed correctly, the headless halfling in front of you should be the high priest of the Chen family, Chen Chuyan.
He must have experienced some kind of battle during the ceremony, so that half of his body was cut off.
But the problem is that the aura he showed previously has already approached level 9.
Being able to kill him with one sword means that a strong man in the mage realm may have appeared in the festival.
However, these all need to rely on subsequent investigations.
Su Mo turned to look at Chen Chuyan in front of him.
After the other party died, he did not stay at the temple, but came to this place.
Presumably his deepest obsession must remain here.
Through the scene seen earlier on the flower path.
Su Mo could vaguely guess what the other party's obsession was.
He couldn't help but look at the black well next to Chen Chuyan.
However, when he stepped closer, the headless halfling who had been suppressed began to struggle violently.
His struggle was even more intense than when he snatched the Holy Lord before.
Dark blood burst out from the wounds, and the bones inside the body made an overwhelmed creaking sound.
It seemed like it would break apart at any moment.
"So, is this the place you miss most?"
Su Mo came closer and lowered his head to look down.
There is not a drop of well water in the black well with a diameter of 1.5 meters.
The bottom of the well has long since dried up, leaving only black and gray sand.
And many pale skeletons hidden in the sand.
"Are there thirty-six bodies in total? The Chen family is really guilty."
Su Mo sighed.
He could probably guess that the thirty-six skeletons at the bottom of the well must include the girl he saw in the picture before, which was Chen Chuyan's daughter.
In fact, Su Mo was very surprised. Given Chen Chuyan's position as high priest, why was his daughter still asked to throw herself into this well?
Judging from the situation revealed in the picture, perhaps there are rules in the Chen family that are superior to the high priest, or there is something special about his daughter that must be thrown into the well.
Of course, throwing oneself into the well is by no means a simple suicide. This black well, which is engraved with many strange runes, is definitely not as simple as imagined, otherwise the Chen family would not send two 7th-level experts to guard it.
Even the authority of the high priest cannot violate this black well, which shows that the Chen family values it.
So what exactly were they doing by throwing people into the well?
Su Mo couldn't understand for a moment.
He looked at the headless halfling next to him.
After the previous fierce struggle, the other party was about to collapse and dissipate.
But since there was only half a corpse left, Su Mo did not gain any useful memories from his disappearance.
"It seems that all these mysteries may not be completely solved until the Chen family."
…
The sky is dim.
Su Mo led Xue Lansu to the door of Liu's house.
When the two parties meet, they are extremely happy.
Especially when the people who stayed behind saw the Holy Lord that Su Mo took out.
He almost cheered.
With the Holy Lord, the third step is completely stable!
However, considering the content of the ceremony, we still have to go to the Chen family next.
Wait until everyone invites the saint Liu Huayu out.
Xue Lansu's expression couldn't help but stiffen slightly:
"Is this the saint you prepared?"
At this moment, Liu Huayu was wearing a white sacrificial dress.
There are many crooked traces of sewing and splicing on the sacrificial robe.
Even Liu Huayu himself, who was wearing sacrificial robes, had many repaired wounds on his body.
Zhuo Ningning, who was performing the sewing work, said with embarrassment:
“I only know a little bit about knitting, that’s all I can do.
However, Director Song and others said that it is better to make up for it than not to make up for it. "
Xue Lansu was quite speechless as he listened.
But she also knew that she could no longer demand too much.
It would be good to find a candidate saint, as long as the clothes and style are adequate.
Skipping this section, everyone followed the rules of the ceremony and walked forward with the twelve figures guarding the saint.
At the front was Su Mo, shaking the god-worshiping bell as he walked.
As for Xue Lansu, Song Ruyuan and others, they followed behind, playing the role of villagers participating in the ceremony.
It was daytime now, and there were no more weird monsters around. The long street looked extremely desolate, with a sense of dilapidation and desolation.
Seeing this scene, everyone felt a little relieved.
At least this way, you'll save yourself a lot of trouble along the way.
Following the established route, everyone walked for almost half an hour and finally arrived at Chen's house.
The Chen family's building is grand and vast. At first glance, it looks like a villa. It stands alone at the edge of the village and occupies a large area. It is incompatible with other surrounding residents. The domineering power of a local snake can be seen at a glance.
And everyone also discovered that there were many figures wandering around in Chen's house.
Apparently there are a lot of weirdos left here.
Song Ruyuan and others were ready to move, and they were quite excited to step forward to clean up.
However, before they could say anything, Su Mo, who was walking at the front, slowly shook the god-worshiping bell in his hand.
Invisible sound waves suddenly swept forward, surging and bouncing between buildings.
All the monsters who heard the sound waves suddenly stiffened.
Then their spirituality quickly dissipated like snow under the blazing sun.
Sora left some bones and parasites falling to the ground.
Suddenly there was a dense popping sound.
After breaking into Chen's house, everyone divided into three groups and searched in all directions.
Although the Chen family has long been destroyed, there must be some treasures left in such a large family.
Magical weapons, elixirs and the like may be hidden somewhere.
This is a rare gain.
Su Mo naturally swept forward like smoke.
But he didn't search any family secret treasury. Instead, he raided the residence of the high priest Chen Chuyan from the beginning.
From the memory scene in that alley, he had a certain understanding of the internal layout of the Chen family, so he quickly arrived at his destination.
He stretched out his hand to open the door of his residence and stepped inside.
I saw that the furnishings inside were all very neat, and all kinds of utensils were placed neatly.
It can be seen from this that Chen Chuyan is a strict guy who doesn't like messiness.
Then, his important documents must be stored somewhere.
Su Mo's mental power swept across the entire residence.
Two anomalies were immediately found.
He came to the bed and casually broke off one of the left bed legs.
I saw that the bed leg was hollow, with several objects stored inside.
Su Mo raised his hand and took a jade slip into his hand.
After investing his mental power into the investigation, he discovered that it was a third-grade elixir recipe.
The function of elixirs is mainly to detoxify and treat injuries.
It looks like it should be an advanced version of Qingmu Dan, with stronger effects and a wider range of targets.
Then Su Mo picked up several more jade slips.
These jade slips basically record many prescriptions for elixirs.
There are incomplete versions and complete versions.
The levels are basically two or three.
Chen Chuyan no longer takes the first-grade elixir in his eyes.
Or maybe the first-grade elixir has no effect at all on what he wants to do.
The only fourth-grade elixir recipe on the field was incomplete.
But what is surprising is that these elixirs are basically used to heal injuries and restore vitality.
It looks like the treasure of an alchemist who is good at refining healing elixirs.
However, Su Mo knew that Chen Chuyan's preparation of these pills must have a lot to do with his daughter who was in a wheelchair and unable to walk.
The purpose of the other party's alchemy should be to find a way to cure his daughter.
Unfortunately, Chen Chuyan never found a solution until she took the initiative to jump into the dark well.
Then, Su Mo looked at the remaining three jade stones and a jade plate.
Both the jade stone and the jade plate are engraved with extremely mysterious runes.
Su Mo picked up one of the orange-yellow jade stones and held it cold, filled with inspiration.
Looking at the runes and seals showing light from time to time.
There was a rare look of surprise in Su Mo's eyes:
"This is...Fuyu?!"
(End of chapter)
