Xiao Chen and Wang Changlai moved at a much slower pace. They were wary of Murong Longyue's sudden attack along the way. Fortunately, the bamboo forest was very quiet and there was no danger.
Passing through the dense bamboo forest, a scene of a mountain village with smoke curling from cooking stoves appeared in front of Xiaochen and Wang Changlai. Under the flowing stream, the villagers on both sides of the bank were busy at this time, either peasant women washing clothes or children playing. It looked like It was peaceful, but the houses in the village seemed to be a little broken, and many young and strong laborers were shouting to repair the houses.
"The village...the village is alive!" Wang Changlai said in shock at this time, but he quickly calmed down.
Xiao Chen was thinking: "It seems that his guess is correct. He is in an illusion array. The eye of the previous illusion array is on the blue stone, so it is teleported out as soon as it touches it. Moreover, this is a series of illusions." Formation."
"Brother Wang, don't you feel that the village in front of you has changed a lot, it seems like it has become younger." Xiaochen said calmly, calming down the thoughts in his eyes.
Hearing what Xiao Chen said, Wang Changlai also came to his senses and responded immediately: "Brother Xiao, you mean we came before the village was abandoned? We went back to the past?"
Xiao Chen nodded lightly and then walked towards the village. Even if the phantom formation was illusory, one should not underestimate the phantom characters in it. In the phantom formation, it would be fine if they thought they were human beings. If they were to wake them up deliberately, they would Unforeseen circumstances arise.
This is also the basic common sense of survival in the phantom array, and the way to crack the phantom array is to find the eye of the phantom array. The eye of the previous phantom array was on Qingshi, but the eye of the phantom array in front of him is nowhere to be found.
Then Xiaochen's thoughts changed: "Murong Longyue should know, now we should pay attention to the surroundings first, and then look for her traces."
"Brother Wang, here comes your strength!" Xiaochen looked at the woman washing clothes in the river in front of him and said to Wang Changlai.
"My...strength?" Wang Changlai was stunned for a moment, then realized and said, "Brother Xiao, are you asking me to find out information?"
"yes!"
"Brother Xiao, why don't you go by yourself!" Wang Changlai was obviously resisting.
"I just saved Brother Wang's life." Xiao Chen replied quite calmly. He didn't know whether the illusory creature in front of him was good or bad. He naturally let others test it.
Wang Changlai's mouth twitched, and then he looked at Xiaochen and walked towards the village woman as if he was choked on his words.
Opening the paper fan in his hand, Wang Changlai asked with his standard smile: "May I ask where this is? My friend and I accidentally got lost in the bamboo forest."
The peasant woman looked at Wang Changlai with fear, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Master Immortal, this is called Xiaozhu Village, and the peasant woman is just a woman from an ordinary family."
Wang Changlai immediately asked: "What strange things happened in Xiaozhu Village before?"
The moment Wang Changlai asked about the exit, Xiao Chen felt horrified. In this kind of serial fantasy realm, you can't ask about things after or before, you can only ask about the present. Otherwise, the life in the fantasy realm will question its own existence, and unpredictable things will happen. Xiaochen thought he knew about it, so he didn't remind him.
Then Xiaochen quickly shouted: "Brother Wang, come back quickly!"
"Ah?" Wang Changlai looked at Xiaochen who asked him to go back with some doubts, but he still walked back obediently, muttering: "I still have many questions to ask?"
The peasant woman behind Wang Changlai seemed to be stunned at this time, and then began to mutter to herself, constantly saying: "What happened before? What happened before?"
Wang Changlai also noticed this strange situation, and instantly felt that the soul of the dead was coming out, and hurriedly hid behind Xiaochen.
Xiao Chen glanced at the peasant woman and saw that the woman was just questioning and did not immediately turn into a nightmare, so he put down the long sword in his hand.
"Fortunately, it's not a big problem. It would be troublesome if it turned into a nightmare..."
Xiaochen also rubbed his eyebrows, and then quickly left here towards the center of the village. Wang Changlai followed step by step, confused. He just asked a question, how could it become like this.
"Brother Wang, remember, in this space, don't ask about the past or future, only the present!" Xiaochen said in a deep voice.
Although Wang Changlai was a little confused, he still responded and said: "Okay, okay, Brother Xiao, Wang will remember it."
After walking around the small mountain col, I saw the huge bluestone again. At this time, the bluestone seemed to have many cracks on it, as if it had been cracked open by a blow. The cracks are constantly moving and shrinking, absorbing the scent of the incense in front of them, and then slowly healing.
Xiaochen looked carefully at the crack, and found that no purple fire appeared at this time. So the purple fire appeared in the following period.
Wang Changlai also said curiously: "Brother Xiao, that big blue stone seems to be close and auspicious at the moment."
"Be careful with your words and actions, Brother Wang, remember what I just said, don't mention those two things." Xiao Chen repeated it again seriously, and did not look away until Wang Changlai nodded.
In front of the blue stone, a group of people were kneeling and worshiping, and the cauldron was filled with incense. In the constant prayers of those people, one could detect their fear and uneasiness.
The leader, an old man, was wearing linen clothes and a white scarf, kneeling on the ground and shouting: "Shi Xian is here, where should my Xiaozhu Village go now!"
Along with the sound of kowtowing one after another, Shi Ling did not give any response.
After a while, the village chief Zhu Zhong stood up and gathered everyone to leave. He met Xiao Chen and the others. He stopped immediately and realized that the two people in front of him were immortal cultivators. The old man knelt down again and said: "Your Majesty, Immortal Master, I wonder what important matters the Immortal Master has come to visit this time?"
Even the more than a hundred people behind him immediately knelt down and kept chanting the Immortal Master's forgiveness.
Xiao Chen and Wang Changlai looked at each other. The people in this village seemed to be very afraid of the coming monks, and they knelt down motionless. Moreover, since entering the village, the two of them had not seen a single monk, they were all mortals.
There is something wrong here, because since monks began to become popular in cultivating their own way, some basic cultivation methods have gradually leaked out. If ordinary people have obtained freedom, they can try practicing. If they are lucky, they can embark on the path of cultivating immortals. No matter how bad it is, there are still some among a hundred people. A few of them will have one or two levels of Qi Condensation cultivation.
And this village seems to be isolated from the rest of the world.
This time Wang Changlai stopped talking and looked at Xiaochen. Seeing this, Xiaochen stepped forward and said, "Old man, you get up first. We just stumbled into this place by mistake, and there is no harm."
Zhuzhong stood up after hearing this, his eyes were extremely humble, and he didn't even dare to raise his head.
"But passing by here is considered fate. Old man, I just saw you kneeling down and praying. You should be praying for something. Why don't you tell me and wait for me to listen." Xiaochen thought for a moment and said.
Zhuzhong was quite tangled, but he did not dare to go against the Immortal Master's wishes and said: "Your Majesty, the Immortal Master, there are currently heavy casualties in Xiaozhu Village. We have gathered here to discuss what to do in the future. I wonder if the Immortal Master has any ideas?" Good advice?"
"from now on?"
Xiaochen's eyes froze after hearing Zhu Zhong's words. His words asked about this trap in the future, so he couldn't follow his words.
Then Xiaochen answered the question and said, "The old man just saw a woman wearing black gauze and holding a long sword. She was our companion and was lost here."
Zhu Zhong was a little confused by Xiao Chen's words. After a while of silence, he still replied: "Tell the immortal master that I didn't see it."
"The old man is obviously a highly respected person in the village. The information he gave is that the villagers suffered heavy casualties. As for why there were heavy casualties, you cannot directly ask, but you can also speculate. Looking at the situation in the village and the appearance of Qingshi, The village was obviously invaded by a powerful enemy. If this is deduced, then in the end the villagers left because the bluestone could no longer protect the villagers?" Xiaochen lowered his head and pondered.
Wang Changlai on the side was somewhat aware of it, and hurriedly pulled Xiaochen's sleeve. Now he didn't dare to say a word in public.
After Xiaochen looked at each other, the two quickly left.
Hiding behind a stone, Wang Changlai said after confirming safety, "Brother Xiao, have you seen that cauldron?"
Xiaochen nodded, and the incense lingered on the cauldron.
Having said this, Wang Changlai said with a somewhat frightened expression: "The cauldron is filled with blood, Brother Xiao. The incense is as if it were inserted into a pool of blood. The smell of the incense covers up the smell of blood."
"What!"
Hearing this, Xiaochen's expression also changed. Blood is a sacrificial item, but it is originally an evil thing. It must not be directly put into incense sacrifices. In sacrificial activities, most demons only advocate blood sacrifices.
"So these villagers poured blood into the incense cauldron on purpose!"
After frowning and thinking for a long time, Xiaochen said, "What kind of blood do you think that is? Or what do you think the villagers' actions mean?"
Wang Changlai shook his head. He told Xiaochen just because he didn't know. If he knew, he wouldn't tell it. Besides, he felt quite strange after entering this place.
Murong Longyue huddled in a shadow, looking down at Xiaochen and Wang Changlai, muttering: "It's almost here, it should be soon!"
On the other side, Commander Zhang was running wildly for his life, and behind him were dozens of mortals. At this time, their faces were frightened, everyone was worried, and they were already at the end of their rope.
"Commander Zhang, help me!" A mortal behind him shouted. He looked at the purple flame bluestone getting closer and closer behind him, his eyes became more and more frightened, and he tried to escape with his hands and feet.
Commander Zhang just glanced back and turned back coldly. He was currently running for his life, so he still wanted him to save others? These mortals can be used as stepping stones at this time.
Then Commander Zhang looked at the mountain col in front of him, and a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes. From what the despicable Murong Longyue said, he could survive after passing this mountain col. Yes, that should be the case, otherwise she would not have said it deliberately. So a word.
Commander Zhang looked at the people behind him who were swallowed up by the flames. He felt his scalp numb and rushed forward quickly.
"It's close! It's almost close!" It seemed that the mountain col could be jumped in one step. Commander Zhang also relaxed a little at this time, and finally took a look behind him.
"Where's that monster?" Just as Commander Zhang turned his head in confusion, the purple flame bluestone in front of him was punched down.
"No!!!"
