It's obviously a life skill, but you developed it into a magical skill

The climate at the border is boring and desolate. From time to time, a touch of yellow sand will be rolled up, rising and moving in the air under the influence of the breeze.

At the border, so-called entertainment is even rarer.

Even the city closest to the border is not as lively as an ordinary prefecture-level city and seems much deserted.

At this time, the border crossing seemed even more solemn.

The soldiers held weapons and stood by with serious faces, preventing outsiders from approaching.

The people passing by would look up from time to time, and then move their eyes elsewhere, as if they hadn't seen it, for fear of being caught if they took one more look.

In front of the soldiers, at this moment, there were corpses lying on the ground.

Above the body, wrapped in white cloth, only a rough outline could be seen.

Although they were wrapped in white cloth, the impact of so many corpses on the ground was extremely powerful.

One of the corpses' arms was uncovered and exposed from the white cloth.

The entire arm is as dry as wood. If you look closely, you will find that there is only a layer of skin covering it, which looks extremely terrifying.

The palms of the hands were held in the shape of chicken claws, and the bones on them were protruding, as if they had suffered great pain during their lifetime.

The soldiers who were waiting in full formation suddenly gave way to a path.

Two young men walked among the soldiers and came to the body.

One of the young men was wearing armor and had a wine bottle hanging on his waist, with the word "lie" written on it.

Another young man held a woman in black with a forbidden beauty in one hand. The other hand was free, and the ring on his middle finger glowed with dark light, which was extremely conspicuous.

"How long did it take for this to happen?" Zhou An opened a white cloth and frowned as he looked at the charred and dried corpse under the white cloth.

As soon as he arrived at the border, the eldest prince hurriedly came over and told him everything.

If something happens at the border, it's still a big deal.

Every day, people die mysteriously, and the appearance of death is extremely terrifying, as if their blood has been sucked dry by a living person.

This is the border, and it is also beyond the reach of the Zhengui.

After something happened, the eldest prince immediately went to investigate on his own, but after a long period of investigation, he still found nothing.

Afterwards, the eldest prince reported the matter to the capital.

The capital has sent word that they will immediately send the Suppressing Officer.

But it would take about ten days to get there from the nearest city. This kind of time was extremely anxious for the eldest prince.

Because every day, people will die, and every death of a person will cause him to fall into pain.

Guarding the border but unable to protect the people, the eldest prince felt a lot of sorrow every day.

And just today, Zhou An arrived, which cheered up the eldest prince.

To say that the most legendary young generation in the Chu Kingdom today is none other than Zhou An.

The eldest prince didn't care about face either, so he came immediately to find Zhou An for help.

If it can be solved, it can be solved a long time ago, saving many people from worrying about their lives.

Therefore, things like face are really not important to the eldest prince.

"About three days ago, I couldn't find any clues and tried many methods, but nothing could be done."

The eldest prince clenched the wine bottle around his waist, and veins appeared on his right hand: "I used many methods, and even strictly guarded every household, but every second day, people would die mysteriously."

At this point, the worry in the eldest prince's eyes deepened.

This situation will occur even if you are guarding day and night, or even watching from the opposite side.

He still remembered that he personally went to one of the people's homes to watch and watch the people sleep.

But he watched helplessly as this common man died in front of his eyes, unable to even save him.

"So strange?" Zhou An touched his chin and continued to examine the body: "Have you ever considered the possibility of nightmares?"

Nightmare, Zhou An has encountered before, this thing is the most outrageous, killing people through dreams.

If the deaths of common people were extremely bizarre, they would be somewhat similar to this nightmare.

The eldest prince smiled bitterly and said: "I have tried the dream-inducing incense. It is not a nightmare, and the people are not dreaming at all."

Zhou An nodded and continued to think.

At the beginning, when dealing with nightmares, I also used the Dream Incense.

Now it seems that nightmares can indeed be ruled out as a possible factor.

"Zhou An, you are Si Jing from Huaixi Jing. I think you should be specifically responsible for this line of work. Maybe you can find a way."

The eldest prince held the wine bottle at his waist and relaxed it slightly.

During this time, my mental state finally eased a bit.

"I'll try." Zhou An nodded.

The eldest prince is a smart man. He must have thought of countless ways, but none of them worked.

Therefore, conventional investigation methods are actually useless, because the eldest prince has already used them once.

But Zhou An was different. The method he used was not conventional.

Thinking about this, Zhou An raised his right hand, circulated the Qi in his body, and pointed slightly towards the void in front of him.

The next moment, Qi surged out, and the Qi in mid-air gradually condensed, and finally turned into a golden Bagua, which appeared in front of him.

After the Golden Bagua appeared, Zhou An immediately used the Golden Bagua as a guide and began to calculate the root cause of the matter based on the clues provided by the eldest prince.

In mid-air, the golden Bagua continued to rotate, and threads that could not be seen by others spread along the golden Bagua and connected to the corpse on the ground.

Subsequently, the golden Bagua rotated faster, and mysterious and mysterious messages were continuously transmitted into Zhou An's mind through the golden Bagua.

After a while, Zhou An waved his hand and completely dispersed the golden gossip in front of him.

"Weird." Zhou An said two words lightly.

Hearing this, the eldest prince asked eagerly: "What kind of weirdness is it? Are there any clues now?"

Zhou An shook his head: "I don't have any clues, I just know it's weird."

Just now, the message conveyed by Golden Bagua told him that this was done by Weirdness.

But there are no more clues, including the source of the strangeness.

"How come I haven't seen this weird thing before?" Zhou An frowned and slowly rubbed the gold ring.

Now, his reserve of knowledge is no longer what it was at the beginning.

He is Si Jing of Huaixi Jing, and his current knowledge is enough to match Si Jing's current position.

Zhou An was already familiar with many types of weirdness, but he had never seen this kind of weirdness that could not be found.

"New variety, or something else?" Zhou An thought to himself.

On the side of the eldest prince, looking at Zhou An, he could not find any clues, and the sorrow appeared in his eyes again.

He knew that if even Zhou An didn't understand, this matter would be absolutely difficult.

At this moment, Zhou An turned his head and looked at the eldest prince.

"Your Highness, I will stay here for a day to observe whether anything strange appears again and see if I can find any clues." Zhou An said.

The Golden Gossip cannot be deduced. Zhou An speculates that it is related to the fact that there are too few clues. If he can take a look at it on the spot, he may gain new insights.

The eldest prince was a little worried at first, but after hearing Zhou An say these words, his eyes immediately lit up.

"It's feasible. If Zhou An takes action, it will definitely be solved!"

With Zhou An's reply, the eldest prince felt that his mood was like a roller coaster, getting better and worse at times.

"Let's go and guard first." Zhou An said.

The eldest prince said no more, and immediately walked with Zhou An towards the city closest to the border...

…

Time gradually passed, and in a blink of an eye, it was already night.

Huangsha Mansion is the place Zhou Anlai passed through before. It was named because of the yellow sand all over the sky.

At this time, it was approaching dusk, and the sunset glow in the sky was like a red cloth, wrapping the yellow sand.

The people returned home after a tiring day, and the smoke from the kitchen smoke rose slowly.

Even though the yellow sand blows from time to time and the climate at the border is not very good, the people here are still as usual, except for a little more fear when walking.

The fear comes from the recent murder case in Huangsha Mansion, which makes people panic, as if there are rats smacking in their hearts.

Chang Daniu is one of them.

Living in Huangsha Mansion, although facing an unpleasant living environment, life is actually very comfortable.

The vast majority of people in Huangsha Mansion make a living by setting up stalls here, and even have a little extra money.

Because in this environment, most of the people who can go abroad through the border are from wealthy families.

When you are near the border, you can buy some border gadgets, regardless of the price, which will benefit the people at the border a lot.

This has become the reason why they have stayed here, even the main reason.

But now, Chang Daniu felt a little worried. When he walked home, he felt like someone was always following him.

"Too many people have died recently."

Chang Daniu opened the door, looked at the dim room, lit the oil lamp, washed his face, and wiped off the dust on his face.

As night went on, the dust became heavier. When he came back and washed his face, Chang Daniu even felt that he was two ounces lighter.

He was the only one in the whole house.

Now, Chang Daniu has reached the age of marriage. Yesterday, he asked the matchmaker to find a girl to marry, who was said to be from a good family not far next door.

He was already looking forward to having a wife, two fat boys, and a happy family.

"Cook some food."

Chang Daniu, who lost his parents since childhood, is very skilled at making fire and cooking.

Like other houses, the smoke from his house was slowly rising.

It was a simple meal, but Chang Daniu felt very comfortable eating it.

After eating, Chang Daniu stretched out and took an early rest.

He has to set up a stall tomorrow, and he must keep his spirit intact. Besides, a single man has no entertainment at the border, so he might as well rest early.

Lying on the bed, Chang Daniu put his hand under the pillow, where there was a hatchet.

Too many lives had happened recently, and he had to be careful.

Holding the hatchet made him feel more comfortable.

In this way, Chang Daniu gradually fell into sleep with exhaustion all over his body...

After falling asleep, Chang Daniu was very quiet, with only slight snoring ringing in the room.

Outside the house, there is an old tree, facing Chang Daniu's room.

On top of the old tree was a crow as black as ink, staring with blood-red eyes.

The crow's mouth opened slightly, and traces of blood that could not be seen by ordinary people were being withdrawn from Chang Daniu's body in an extremely secretive way.

The muscles on Chang Daniu's body are slowly decreasing.

The crow stood on the dark tree, its eyes filled with inhuman bloodthirst and violence, as if it wanted to kill all living beings.

The absorption of blood gas is accelerating.

But at this moment, a hand suddenly stretched out from the side and covered the crow.

The crow's speed of absorbing blood energy slowed down. After being caught by the big hand, it struggled wildly and kept pecking at it with its beak.

But on this hand, a layer of golden light emerged, as holy as a Buddha. People couldn't help but worship.

A steady voice sounded on this dark street.

"So that's it. It's a bird. No wonder you didn't notice it."

Zhou An's whole body was covered with golden light. In the golden light, he looked like an ancient Buddha, with a faint smile, adding a bit of mystery.

The hand exerted a slight force, and the crow immediately turned into a ball of flesh in his hand.

Due to the reason of casting his body, it was not stuck in Zhou An's hands.

Zhou An casually shook his hand and shook off the meat paste, as if it had never happened before.

Next to him stood a group of soldiers and the eldest prince who was leading the team.

The eldest prince was slightly startled: "So that's the case, no wonder we didn't find it."

He knew that despite all his calculations, he really didn't expect that the person who caused these things was a bird!

Who the hell would think that a bird can do things, or that it is an ordinary crow?

"Wait a minute, Zhou An, isn't it weird? Although this crow has a weird aura, it's not weird." The eldest prince asked.

He is also a person in the industry. Although he has been guarding the border all year round, he has still seen a lot of weird things.

What's more, a prince from the Great Chu Kingdom certainly knows more about these things.

Zhou An looked at his right hand and said with a smile: "Of course it's weird. This crow is a weird method."

The eldest prince's brows frowned slightly.

Zhou An continued: "The so-called weird ones are caused by resentment, and it is possible for flowers, grass, trees, heaven, earth, rivers and seas."

"Let's not talk about other things for now. Let's just talk about the weirdness that changes after death. If you are a person in the industry, the weirdness will inherit the methods of the people in the industry."

"For example, if the wielder of the sword dies, Weirdness will make the sword kill."

The eldest prince listened with great interest. After listening, he suddenly understood: "Wei Wei should have been proficient in this type of beast control during his lifetime."

"Um."

Zhou An nodded, then circulated the Qi in his body, facing the void a little.

The next moment, the void changed, and the golden gossip reappeared.

Zhou An narrowed his eyes. This time, with new clues, he could make calculations again.

Thinking about this, the golden Bagua began to rotate continuously. Just a moment later, threads emerged from the golden Bagua, pointing in one direction.

"Found it." Zhou An pointed in a direction: "Let me go and see if anything dares to cause trouble here!"

The eldest prince nodded, then took Zhou An and left quickly in the direction pointed by Golden Bagua.

…

In a desert not far from Huangsha Mansion.

At this time, night has completely fallen, and there is darkness.

In the sky, a bright moon shines, twinkling under the night sky.

The accumulation of yellow sand cast a light grayish-yellow color on the night sky, making it appear dim and dull.

Zhou An held Black Jade in hand and held a long knife in one hand, and slowly walked into the yellow sand.

Everything around him, including the sky full of yellow sand, hung around Zhou An.

A layer of golden light enveloped Zhou An, cutting off all the yellow sand.

Zhou An looked at the golden thread in front of him, and the distance was getting closer and closer.

At this time, he stopped, looked at the yellow sand not far ahead, and narrowed his eyes.

"The land covered with yellow sand is the source of this trip." Zhou An slowly raised his long knife.

Behind him, the eldest prince and others looked excited and pulled out their weapons.

Finally, this matter can be brought to an end. The eldest prince feels that he has been really depressed during this period. Now that he can solve it, it will be much easier.

The dark green sword light emerged in mid-air, expanded instantly, and transformed into a terrifying sword light.

After the sword light appeared, it immediately fell in mid-air and turned into countless sword lights as big as raindrops, falling hard on the yellow sand.

Yellow sand began to splash continuously, the ground began to subside, and deep pits slowly appeared in front of Zhou An's eyes.

When he saw the situation under the yellow sand, Zhou An frowned.

Under the yellow sand is a huge coffin. The lid of the coffin has long been rotten and dilapidated.

The entire coffin was actually made of yellow sand. Zhou An estimated that this thing was condensed by instinct after it was formed strangely.

Under the lid, there was a mummy lying.

The mummy was decayed and had a twisted shape, but it was still preserved after all the years.

In addition, next to the mummies, there are the carcasses of various animals.

The animal carcasses were also as dry as wood, and the blood had long since disappeared.

"It's him!"

At this moment, the eldest prince suddenly shouted in surprise.

Zhou An was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and asked, "Do you know him?"

The eldest prince nodded, his face gradually becoming serious: "A member of the former dynasty, a beast master."

"At the beginning, the armies of the Great Chu State and the previous dynasty were fighting at the border, and this beast master brought us great trouble."

"He alone controlled many beasts and brought horrific killings on the battlefield."

"It took a lot of effort to kill him, but I didn't expect that it would turn out to be weird."

The more Zhou An listened, the more he felt that this time it was not as simple as he thought.

Just as the two of them were communicating like this, the coffin made of yellow sand where it was covered by yellow sand finally appeared abnormal.

The yellow sand coffin is disappearing quickly like fire meeting water.

The elimination speed was extremely fast, and in just the blink of an eye, the huge yellow sand coffin disappeared.

The skinny mummy sat up instantly, and an ancient and terrifying aura continued to emerge from the mummy.

When this momentum appeared, the mummy's eyes immediately glanced at Zhou An.

There was bloodthirsty and coldness in that gaze, as if it wanted to destroy all living creatures.

The yellow sand suddenly stopped, and the next moment, pieces of yellow sand condensed into the appearance of ferocious beasts, with as many as tens of thousands of them.

Even those in the industry will find these beasts condensed in yellow sand shocking.

Zhou An let go of Black Jade's hand and brushed the blade of the long knife with his fingers, inch by inch, slowly.

As Zhou An brushed the long knife, behind Zhou An, the light of the Holy Spirit Demonic Body condensed, and a ten-meter-tall giant appeared.

The giant also brushed the long knife, doing the same action as Zhou An.

"Since it's dead, it's dead."

"Those who come alive are not human after all."

Zhou An took a step forward, dragging the long knife across the desert and splashing yellow sand.

"Let me give you a ride."

The dark green sword light emerged, and under Zhou An's control, it changed from vertical to sweeping. With Zhou An as the center, it spread rapidly like a lake surface stirred up by water waves.

In just a moment, the sword light came in the blink of an eye.

Wherever it passed, the beast formed by the condensation of yellow sand turned into ashes in an instant.

The mummy on the ground jumped up from the yellow sand, and beast-like heads sprouted from various parts of its body, trying to bite Zhou An.

Zhou An took another step forward and stabbed straight away.

This knife swept up all the yellow sand in the sky, passed through the middle, and split the mummy into two.

The separated parts turned into countless ashes and disappeared along with the yellow sand in the sky.

"solved?"

The eldest prince and the soldiers couldn't help but be stunned when they saw Zhou An showing off his power here.

They were still prepared to help, but with the current situation, it seemed that there was no need to help at all.

Because Zhou An alone is worth everything they have, and only Zhou An is enough.

"It's not that simple."

Zhou An inserted the long knife on the yellow sand, looked at the void not far ahead, and said slowly.

The golden gossip continues.

More golden threads stretched out from the golden Bagua and fell into the yellow sand on the ground inch by inch.

"This is just an introduction, maybe more like an appetizer." Zhou An said lightly.

As he finished these words, the yellow sand in front of him changed.

Pieces of yellow sand collapsed in front of Zhou An, and the collapse speed was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, strange shapes made of yellow sand appeared in front of Zhou An.

Every one of them is strange and possesses an extremely tyrannical aura, making people despair at just one glance.

Zhou An narrowed his eyes, looked up and down, and said, "There is something."

He took a rough look and couldn't see the end at a glance, so there was no need to count.

"How could these be them!"

The eldest prince exclaimed again, almost unable to hold the liquor in his waist.

Zhou An turned around and said, "What?"

"These are all the people from the previous dynasty who died!"

The eldest prince said uneasily: "But at the beginning, we have already taken measures to resolve the grievances. How could the dead people from the previous dynasty at the border pass be resurrected!"

Zhou An fell into deep thought after hearing this.

Hearing what the eldest prince meant, he actually had a different idea in his heart.

How did you come back to life?

It seems that this is a very complicated issue, but if you consider the news that Zhou An recently learned, then it is not complicated.

"Perhaps, the more accumulation inside the crack, the dredging of the psychic space will not be able to keep up with the speed."

Zhou An thought to himself: "This has caused such a large-scale strange situation."

"Then... maybe the hunt for ghosts will be brought forward."

The hunt for ghosts was originally to reduce the pressure in the psychic space. Now that the pressure has appeared, it is estimated that the hunt for ghosts will come as scheduled, maybe within three months.

"Now is not the time to think about that."

Zhou An said slowly: "You leave this desert before the real weirdness appears."

Really weird?

When the eldest prince and others heard this statement, they all looked at each other.

Ahead, all the strange things that can't be seen to the end have appeared.

But at this moment, Zhou An suddenly said something really weird, which left them a little confused.

"What is truly weird? Could it be that these are not counted?" the eldest prince asked subconsciously.

Zhou An pointed to the yellow sand below and said, "This desert is weird."

The eldest prince lowered his head suddenly, and then his expression turned extremely ugly.

"withdraw!"

The eldest prince waved his hand decisively without hesitation and led the soldiers to evacuate from the desert.

If it is true as Zhou An said, then this place is really not something they can play around with.

The entire desert became weird and too scary.

After the eldest prince and others retreated, Zhou An turned his head.

Before he could speak, Black Jade obediently entered the shadow and quickly disappeared.

Zhou An used the Flying Dragon Movement Technique, like a swimming dragon, reaching the sky in an instant.

Only when you look down from a high altitude can you see the true nature of this desert and see it more clearly.

Zhou An looked around with serious eyes.

This desert is trembling rapidly in an irregular state.

Looking through Zhou An's perspective, he could see that in the middle of the desert, the weirdness of everything he could see was gradually increasing.

At this time, those weird things condensed from the yellow sand suddenly raised their heads and looked at Zhou An with cold eyes.

"boom!"

There was a roar.

The yellow sand began to spin and flew away from the ground, converging into a huge, terrifying and strange thing in front of Zhou An's eyes.

He was a hundred meters tall, covered in yellow sand, and had no facial features, but Zhou An felt a terrifying and eerie feeling of being watched.

"Qiang!"

Zhou An didn't say anything nonsense, because Wei Wei couldn't understand and he didn't bother to speak.

The long knife was stabbed out by Zhou An in an instant, and there was a crisp sound in the air, and countless black and blue sword lights poured down along with the knife.

The Holy Spirit Demonic Face seemed a bit small when faced with the strange yellow sand that was a hundred meters high, but for Zhou An, height did not represent strength.

The black-green sword light hit the yellow sand, and the yellow sand was cut in half in an instant.

But the next moment, the yellow sand was strangely like invisible water. The part that was cut away rushed towards Zhou An crazily, wrapping Zhou An in an instant.

In just a blink of an eye, Zhou An's figure completely disappeared from sight.

The eldest prince and others, who were far away from the desert, were observing from a distance.

When the yellow sand appeared strangely, the terrifying aura made the eldest prince and the soldiers feel trembling.

Only then did they realize that the strangeness this time was by no means as simple as imagined.

And Zhou An's knife brought life and hope.

But this hope disappeared without a trace as Zhou An was swallowed up.

The eldest prince looked grave, silently pulled out the weapon from his waist, and drank the strong wine in one gulp: "Everyone, follow me."

Zhou An disappeared and was swallowed up by Huangsha Weiyi, who was walking towards Huangsha Mansion.

As the guardian of the border, the eldest prince does not allow Weiyi to step into it, even if there is a huge disparity between us and the enemy.

The soldiers fell into silence, and then they silently took off the wine from their waists and drank a few gulps.

As the wine was poured down, the wine bottle marked with the word "strong" was thrown to the ground by the soldiers. They silently pulled out their long swords and followed behind the eldest prince.

In their opinion, Zhou An was swept away by the yellow sand, which was a disaster.

Well, now they are the only ones left.

If they retreat again, they will have no way to retreat, because behind them is Huangsha Mansion.

The eldest prince pointed at a soldier casually: "Go back and notify Huangsha Mansion to evacuate the people as far away as possible!"

The soldier was stunned for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "Yes!"

Military orders are like mountains, there is no love between children, and there is no so-called insistence to stay here.

As long as the military order is issued, even if you have to die, you must complete the order first.

Soon, the soldiers who received the order disappeared into the yellow sand.

The eldest prince took a deep breath, held his weapon, and led the soldiers towards the yellow sand ahead.

The soldiers behind him also followed without looking back...

…

The closer to the strange yellow sand, the deeper the sense of oppression becomes.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was shrinking.

At this time, there was still no movement from Zhou An. The eldest prince believed that Zhou An was in danger.

"I shouldn't have asked Zhou An to come here in the first place. Now, our country of Chu has lost another pillar."

The eldest prince felt a little uncomfortable.

If he hadn't been called Zhou An, Zhou An would not have fallen into death. The eldest prince believed that all of this was caused by him.

"That's all, it's a wonderful thing to die with Zhou An."

The eldest prince thought in his mind: "If we can stop the weirdness even a little bit, we can also give Huangsha Mansion a chance."

Thinking of this, the eldest prince has arrived at a distance of less than a hundred meters from the yellow sand.

"Come on! You bitch! Your grandpa is here!"

The eldest prince laughed loudly and pointed at the strange yellow sand: "If you want to pass the Huangsha Mansion, you have to pass over Grandpa's corpse!"

At this moment, the eldest prince of the Great Chu Kingdom showed the aura of a border guard.

The soldiers did not speak, but they all expressed their attitude through actions. Everyone held the weapon with a steady hand.

They were ready to die.

But who would have thought that Huangsha stopped strangely, as motionless as a piece of wood.

"What's going on?" The eldest prince was slightly startled.

Logically speaking, this shouldn't be right, because when Wei Wei sees a stranger, it's a life-threatening attack.

It's impossible for them to stop and give them a chance to survive. This is unreliable.

In this thought, the eldest prince had more and more doubts in his heart.

At this moment, an exception occurred.

Cracks suddenly appeared on Huang Sha's strange body, and in the cracks, there was light flashing.

This light, with a hint of dark blue, is particularly conspicuous in the darkness.

An outrageous idea suddenly appeared in the minds of the eldest prince and the soldiers.

"Even if he was trapped by the yellow sand, Zhou An did not die!"

This idea just appeared, and soon it was confirmed.

A voice sounded slowly in the darkness, and even the yellow sand in the sky could not suppress the voice.

"It's really hard to kill, but luckily, I can kill you." (End of Chapter)