Putting aside what Ban Nu's curse was, Song Siyuan was most concerned about Axi's life and death.
Regarding this point, Ban Nu doesn’t seem to be very sure: “It is very complicated to explain things like curses, which are part of the ancient Nuo arts. They require the caster to have strong resentment. The more resentful the curse is, the more powerful it will be. With Ah A small amount of resentment can cause no grass to grow nearby, which shows how powerful the resentment is."
"However, Ah Xi is not necessarily still alive. Once this kind of curse is cast, regardless of whether the caster is alive or not, it will affect the environment until the spell weakens or is lifted by the wizard. The past few decades are probably also because of the spell. Here It has gradually become desolate. This situation is due to human choice and witchcraft is at work."
Miliyang glanced around and took a long breath: "Let's go. Since it is an ominous place, we shouldn't stay so long. I will take you to see the corpses of those albino animals."
Afterwards, he led everyone back to the town and came to the leather goods school in the town.
Walking into the leather goods shop and pushing open the backyard door, Mi Liyang explained: "Naungshen Town is also a town. The Mi family has a leather goods shop here, which is specially used to collect fur goods from nearby hunters and process them. The leather goods are then taken to a trading house in the county for sale, and hunters from all over the place know about this place."
Entering the backyard of the fur shop, there are many white-haired animals that have been hunted lying in the courtyard. Some of them have been skinned and hollowed out, and some still have complete bodies.
Seeing that they were a little curious, Mi Liyang explained: "This is the animal that the hunter originally sold to the Mi family. Knowing that we did not accept white-haired animals, we never sent them again. If the previous animals were not skinned, they would rot and stink." We don’t plan to sell these skinned skins. We plan to send these skins to the mountains when we have time, which can also be regarded as returning the auspicious beasts to the mountain gods."
After that, Yue Guanchao and the others walked near the animal that had not yet been skinned. He lowered his head and looked at the animal at his feet. This was a fox that had been shot in the eye by an arrow. The arrow had been pulled out, and the blood dried around the eye, forming ugly marks.
This fox is as big as an ordinary fox, and its fur is especially snow-white. This kind of white is not ordinary white fur. There is no trace of yellow. It is as if the body is made of translucent silver snowflakes. The other eye is not shot. , showing a strange black and white color, as clear as the human eye.
He looked at other white-haired animals one after another. Most of them had similar hunting wounds. Miliyang did not lie to them.
Ban Nu lowered his head and touched the skins of these animals. His hands kept shaking in front of his head, and his eyes suddenly became solemn: "These animals seemed to be looking for something before they were hunted!"
"What are you looking for?" Yue Guanchao didn't expect that Ban Nu could detect the animal's experience before death, and his eyes widened unconsciously.
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Bannu paused and continued to explain: "These albino animals have owners. They are like white river sturgeons. They are some ghost beasts. They were sent out to look for something. Maybe they were suddenly hunted by hunters at this time. Found it and hunted it back."
"If the sensing is correct, there may be more albino animals appearing." Ban Nu took a breath.
Yue Guanchao's eyes lit up: "They appeared near the Zheng family's house, could they be looking for Ah Xi?"
"It's possible. We have to join them as soon as possible. Let's go back."
Yue Guanchao and the others checked the animals and confirmed that the increase in white-haired animals was a fact. They returned to the Mi family's old house. The Mi family had already tidied up the side yard.
After entering the hanging flower gate of the side courtyard, Sun Qi had already rushed them back: "How is your investigation going?"
Yue Guanchao touched his chin and said: "Through Mr. Mi's words, we found out that there was a ghost girl named Axi who appeared in Nongshen Village before. She was framed by the villagers because of her supernatural powers. We heard that she disappeared in Shennongjia. After the people left, a plague broke out in the Burial Village, and it has declined to this day.”
"You mean, this person may be Ban Shu's biological mother?"
Sun Qi didn't hear Yue Guanchao mention this, so he probably guessed her identity.
Song Siyuan nodded: "It's very possible that the time is right, but I don't know where this ghost girl named Axi went. Maybe, like Mr. Mi, she was taken back by the mountain god. "
She paused and continued to speculate: "If this is the guess, then Banshu was probably not abandoned, but Axi was abandoned. She left Shennongjia and was taken in by the Zheng family decades ago. There may have been Zheng Gan's flesh and blood, as the villagers deported him to Shennongjia, she could not return to that world, so she gave birth to Ban Shu in the real world, and she may have died afterwards."
Xu Xiake pondered Song Siyuan's words and asked: "If this is true, doesn't it mean that a pure-blooded Guifang person may not be able to enter that world?"
Song Siyuan shook her head: "Axi has disappeared. Either he died in Shennongjia, or he was taken back by the mountain god like Mr. Mi. To put it more simply, Axi has returned to the ghost world."
"Mr. Mi said that Bai Huazi is an ominous symbol. He will be taken back by the mountain god after suffering all the hardships until he reaches adulthood. Although this legend has some mythological elements in it, does it also hide some truth, such as the ghosts who were born outside? Fang people, when they reach adulthood, will find a way to enter the other world of ghosts. After they disappear into Shennongjia, to outsiders, it is equivalent to being taken back by the mountain god."
At this point, Song Siyuan's eyes were full of doubts: "If this is the case, did something happen to Axi to be rejected by the ghosts and other worlds, and even Ban Shu could only be born in Shennongjia? Regarding this, we will not find out unless we find out Ah Xi, otherwise there would be no way to know."
Xu Xiake thought about her words and his eyes lit up: "At this point, I am reminded of the legend of Taishan Boy."
Taishan boy refers to the angel boy under Grandma Taishan!
Women near Mount Tai who are infertile all year round will go to the temple of Grandma Taishan to burn incense. After worshiping sincerely, they will be blessed by Grandma Taishan and point out the child to her.
After that, these women will dream of a bear and find that they are pregnant. The children they give birth to are called Taishan boys.
After a boy is born, he is just like a normal child, except that there is one thing he cannot do, and that is climbing Mount Tai.
They are the children of Grandma Taishan. As long as they climb Mount Tai, they will be discovered by Grandma Taishan and leave him directly on Mount Tai. After that, the boy gradually becomes a shell.
In the past, some women did not believe in evil, so they wanted to climb Mount Tai with their children. After coming down the mountain, the children became stupid, as if their souls had been sucked out, and died in a few years.
When everyone listened to the Taoist priest's words, they could clearly feel that the Taishan boy and the albino son of Shennongjia seemed to have the same path. If the mountain god was compared to Taishan's grandma, and the albino boy was compared to the Taishan boy, they were almost different versions of the story.
Xu Xiake paused and explained: "Axi, maybe she really returned to that world, I don't know for sure. Later, wasn't there a plague in the Burial Village? It's hard to guarantee that her tribe wasn't here to seek revenge. Think about it. That’s not true.”
Yue Guanchao nodded: "Maybe, we can only speculate now. Regarding this, only Guifang Zong can tell us that it was Ban Shu who he picked up in Shennongjia. He must know the whereabouts of Axi. I'm afraid, Axi He was killed by Ghost Fang Zong."
"At that time, this ghost old man was in trouble. The first time he saw Ban Shu, he knew that the Guifang family was searching for the orthodox bloodline Guifang. If he was right, this ghost old man would pick up Ban Shu. I probably met Ah Xi when I was here."
"I think it would be better for us to meet up with the Ghost Fang Sect as soon as possible and ask this point clearly. At the same time, we also have to exchange clues with them. Just now, wasn't it senior Ben? These white-haired animals are looking for something. At least we understand part of the reason for the increase in albino animals."
Everyone nodded after listening to Yue Guanchao's words. Now, they already knew the purpose of the white-haired animal, as well as the origin of Nongshen Village and Axi's story. The next step was to go to Shennongjia.
"Brother Tan, when do you think we should set off?"
This time, they came as company guests. Yue Qingshan took a step forward, pushed his nephew back a few steps and looked at Tan Yanqiu.
"Brother Yue, I think these are the only ones. It's just that Boss Hua is not easy to arrange. If there is no one around to protect her, it's not other dangers. Just being so close to Ghost Fang Zong is a bit mysterious."
Tan Yanqiu couldn't bring too many people with him this time, and Hua Yuxiu refused to follow them, so he had to find someone to distract her and protect her.
Sun Qi said: "Let's do this. My Deng Yingying has arrived. Guifangzong probably won't ask us to bring too many helpers. How about I leave them to protect the Mi family and Boss Hua? Just treat them as your helpers to wake up Ban Nu." repay."
This proposal is already the best result. Deng Yingying may not be particularly powerful in martial arts, but Sheng Zai is very experienced in the world, and has many methods of Qimen Dunjia. It is more than enough to protect the Mi family and Hua Yuxiu. It just so happens that it can also be used to protect the Mi family and Hua Yuxiu. Gui Fangzong felt relieved that the old ghost would not become suspicious.
"Okay, thank you all very much. We will set off early tomorrow morning."
Tan Yanqiu came here to fulfill his wish. Of course, he had to discuss the matter of going to Shennongjia with his family. Mr. Mi originally wanted to ask Mi Liyang to take them and act as a guide. Tan Yanqiu thought about the journey along the way. Danger, but he still didn't agree with the old man's plan. He was so old and couldn't let Miliyang be in any danger.
Everyone couldn't resist Mr. Mi's kindness, so they had to compromise and just asked Mi Liyang to send them to Shennong Peak and then return. This was considered as a gesture of help.
