I have an eternal eye

Everyone descended the mountain in the white mist, and the mountain village behind them that originally harbored dirt and evil had turned into scorched earth.

"Tell me more about that mountain road..."

Zhang Biao asked as he walked.

Although Zheng Yongxiang didn't know the reason, he still answered carefully: "That road was once the plank road of the ancient Yan State. It has always been a battleground for military strategists. It also contains the old site of the ancient Yan City State. Most of the Huaizhou ores enter the Qinglong River from that way. Transported to the capital."

"Because Huaizhou is very mountainous, except for our big families, the caravan is also very powerful. Originally, the road was under their control. After something strange happened, they repeatedly sent experts to investigate, but no one came out alive."

"The fog disaster came and the caravan fell apart. I, the Zheng family, had to be reminded by Taoist Master Xuyuan that no one dared to approach again..."

Listening to what he said, Zhang Biao became more and more sure of his own judgment.

It was not a place where evil things gathered at all. After looking through the fog, we could see that the towers were hidden in the forest, and there was even smoke from early cooking, so it was clear that someone was living there.

Taoist Xuyuan lied!

The so-called fog and giant snakes are all monks' methods.

There must be something hidden there...

Although Zhang Biao was curious, he was not in a hurry to go there. After all, this arrangement was probably related to Xuandu Temple.

It's not a good idea to go and investigate in front of everyone. If you can't find Tie and Wang's family in the nearby village, it's not too late to go and investigate at night.

He was very fast and continued walking along the road after descending the mountain. Perhaps many people died on this road, and many dead souls loomed in the thick fog beside the road.

There were also two or three fierce ghosts, but Zhang Biao got rid of them all easily.

With Zhang Biao in charge, everyone could flow freely, but Zheng Yongxiang's face was full of sadness.

The mountain road is difficult and dangerous, and is full of ghosts and ghosts. In terms of danger, it is no less dangerous than the waterway. It looks like even if it is opened, the transportation of goods will not be so smooth.

He secretly glanced at Zhang Biao and made up his mind secretly.

This mountain road was not short, with more than 70 miles of twists and turns. They were very fast and found the second mountain village just after noon.

After the last experience, everyone is more careful.

It is a pity that this cottage has been breached and all the corpses have disappeared. Looking at the huge cracks in the wall and the spider webs floating everywhere, no one can guess that all the corpses here have been transported to the cottage they saw before. .

Wang Xin became more and more anxious when he saw this.

Zhang Biao did not waste time and ordered everyone to eat some dry food and take a short rest before continuing the pursuit.

Nearing midnight, with Zheng Yongxiang's guidance and Yueying's exploration, we finally found the last cottage.

The terrain of this village is very special. It is located between the mountains, forming a small basin. The village gate and stone wall together make it an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack place.

More importantly, there were torches burning on the stone wall of the village gate, and there were people moving around on the watchtower, holding guns hunched over their backs, obviously on guard.

This village has not been attacked?

Zhang Biao was surprised and ordered everyone to extinguish the torches, and then controlled Yueying to enter and investigate.

"Meow!"

An accident happened. As soon as Yueying approached, he was covered in hair. His invisibility failed and he appeared in front of the guards with a cloud of black smoke.

"The evil spirits invade!"

The gatekeeper was a half-grown boy. When he saw this, he screamed, then turned around and ran away.

The same goes for other people at the village gate, but two people were relatively calm. They took off the gongs from their waists and started beating them while running.

"There is something evil!"

"Hide quickly!"

The whole village suddenly boiled, lights lit up, and many people rushed out holding torches and ran towards the center of the village.

Zhang Biao did not expect that Yueying would be discovered.

But he reacted faster, and while those people were running away, he took three steps and two steps at a time, and jumped onto the three-foot-high stone wall.

Wang Xin was transformed by the Shura Pill, and his physique was also far beyond that of ordinary people. He followed closely and jumped onto the city wall.

Bang!

The two men cut the rope at the same time, and the tall and heavy wooden door of the suspension bridge fell with a crash, sending dust flying into the sky.

"rush!"

Zheng Yongxiang roared, and more than 200 soldiers swarmed in with knives and guns.

At the same time, hundreds of people rushed out of the village. They were all tall and thick men, wearing animal skins, holding bows and arrows, and looking at them with murderous looks on their faces.

The two sides fell into a confrontation, both raising their bows and facing each other. The night was dark and the thick fog shrouded them. Only the flickering firelight and shadows could be seen on the opposite side.

"who!"

"lay down your weapon!"

Both sides were extremely nervous and shouting.

They couldn't see the other side clearly and could only vaguely guess the number of people. In this case, any tactics became a joke.

"Don't do it!"

Zhang Biao gave a sharp shout, first held down Zheng Yongxiang and others, and then shouted to the opposite side: "Mr. Yu, the old people from Qinglongdu are here to visit, please don't mess around!"

He could see clearly with his Nuo face. In the crowd in front of him, Yu Ziqingtang's uncle Yu Kui was standing in front of him. Tie Yucheng, the son of Tie Shouming, was also among them.

"Don't even make a move!"

Tie Yucheng's eyes lit up when he heard this. He first shouted to calm everyone down, and then said tremblingly to the thick fog: "Uncle Zhang... is that you?"

"it's me."

Zhang Biao took off his Nuo mask and slowly walked out of the thick fog. Seeing that Tie Yucheng still looked nervous, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm a human, not a ghost."

"It's one of our own, put down your bow quickly!"

In the team, an old man also looked excited. He was Wang Xin's father.

"father!"

Wang Xin also ran out.

"Son, you are still alive!"

"You, how did you become like this..."

When father and son recognized each other, they hugged each other and cried.

Zhang Biao's eyes were drawn to a large willow tree in the center of the village. The willow tree was unusually thick, two feet wide, and had dense black marks on it. It was unknown how many lightning strikes it had experienced.

Thousands of willow branches hang down, densely packed with red ropes...

………………

In the cottage hall, the firelight flickered.

Zhang Biao and others sat in front of the fire, drinking hot tea and listening to Tie Yucheng's story.

"Thanks to the method taught by Uncle Zhang..."

Tie Yucheng sighed and said in a deep voice: "That day, Brother Yu and I took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the city and came to the Taoist temple. The place was in ruins. There were also rumors in the city that you were killed by Yuzhenfu. We couldn't find anyone. Had to leave.”

"There was civil strife in the Qinglong Gang, so we followed Uncle Yu's cargo ship to Huaizhou. After staying at Shanyin Ferry for a few days, we planned to go to Moyang City along the mountain road."

"Unexpectedly, heavy fog suddenly came on the road. Brother Yu and I followed the method you taught us to check for signs before ghosts appeared. In addition, many of them were harmless souls, so we didn't get lost."

"But there was an accident on the way. There was a mountain ghost that cannibalized people and chased us for a long time. Aunt Wang was also killed on the road. Then the thing suddenly disappeared and left without knowing what happened. We were able to escape the disaster. …”

"Fortunately, the leader of Qingfeng Village, Wu Village, is an old acquaintance with Uncle Yu, so he took us in and settled down."

"Jianghu rescues people in emergencies, and it's their duty to do so."

Leader Wu, who was sitting next to him, spoke quickly.

This was a man with a stubble on his face. He was tall, muscular and dark. He said something modest, then glanced sideways at Zheng Yongxiang and snorted coldly: "In troubled times and disaster strikes, I originally wanted to give my brothers Find a place to stay, it seems like we can’t stay here anymore..."

The embarrassment on Zheng Yongxiang's face flashed away, and then he raised his hands and said, "I just remembered, sir, are you the leader of the Iron Fire Gang, Wu?"

Seeing the questioning look in Zhang Biao's eyes, Zheng Yongxiang quickly introduced: "The Iron Fire Gang is a blacksmith incense society, and there was some friction with a member of our Zheng family."

"fart!"

The leader of Wu Village was a hot-tempered man. When he heard this, he got up and shouted angrily: "It's obviously that little bastard Zheng Yonghui who wants to steal my secret smelting method. So what if I kill him? Your Zheng family has gone too far to bully others and won't give us a way to survive. Speak with a knife!"

"It's all a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!"

Zheng Yongxiang glanced at Zhang Biao, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, "Master Wu Xiang, don't be angry, don't worry, I will deal with this matter and give you an explanation."

The leader of Wu Village was also a little surprised when he heard this. He looked at Zhang Biao thoughtfully and sat down in silence.

He was not a fool. With the domineering temperament of the Zheng family, he was able to be so submissive, probably because he was looking at Zhang Biao's face.

But it's hard to ask more questions now, so I can only ask Yu Kui later.

Zhang Biao didn't care, and looked at Tie Yucheng, "Where's Yu Ziqing, is there an accident?"

Tie Yucheng's face turned ugly, "Brother Yu, there's something wrong with him..."

"oh?"

Zhang Biao narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Take me to have a look."

…………

Contrary to Zhang Biao's expectation, Yu Ziqing was not in the wooden building, but sitting cross-legged in the hole of the big willow tree in the center of the village.

The tree hole was not big and could only accommodate one person. At this time, Yu Zi had an unkempt appearance and a messy beard. He had his eyes closed and his legs crossed. Through his messy clothes, he could see the muscles all over his body twitching and jumping.

In front of him, there was an incense burner, worshiped like a god.

Tie Yucheng looked around and whispered: "This village is a bit weird. Since coming here, there have been no ghosts."

"After Brother Yu came, he often became distracted and said that someone was talking to him. Later, it became more and more serious. He could even speak and tell where there were wild beasts and wild fruits..."

"After that, he stayed in the tree cave all the time, and the people in the village also worshiped him as a spiritual medium."

"Uncle Zhang, is this..."

"yes!"

Zhang Biao nodded slightly and looked up at the tall willow tree, "Unexpectedly, there is a natural spirit awakening here. Ziqing is being channeled right now, and he will become a spirit shaman when he wakes up."

As he spoke, his spiritual eyes moved, and information came flooding in:

Liu Ling (Yellow Level 4)

1. The remnants of the ancient willow magic weapon grew in the center of the earth's atmosphere in the mountains. It has been immortalized by the sunshine, moonlight and nine lightning strikes for thousands of years. It has taken root in the earth's veins in all directions, giving birth to natural spirits, turning into the entrance to the spiritual world, and creating a self-generated barrier.

2. The natural spirit is peaceful in nature, feels the power of incense and wishes, and turns into a secular god to protect one party. It can use magic: to control plants, drive away darkness, spread fog, hide wind and absorb energy.

3. Communicating with the spirit witch...

Sure enough!

Zhang Biao looked around and praised: "What a wonderful place. With this willow spirit guarding it, it can be compared to a peach blossom garden in a fog disaster."

Yu Kui said nervously: "Master Taisui, this..."

Tie and Wang's families knew that Zhang Biao's identity was sensitive and kept it secret on the road. It was not until just now that he knew Zhang Biao's identity.

"rest assured."

Zhang Biao smiled and said, "Ziqing has a profound blessing and will return to normal after waking up."

Looking at this valley, he already wanted to live in seclusion and cultivate...

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