Chapter 163: Abnormality Appears in the Village Late at Night (8000)

This was an intuition. He wanted to see if he could find something useful. Anyway, it would be worth a try.

Xu Bai raised his right hand, and a golden compass appeared. He stretched out his finger and pressed it. The true energy in his body surged out, stirring up a gust of wind around him.

The golden compass slowly rotated, blooming a dazzling brilliance in the air, and then the pointer on it suddenly reversed madly.

"There's a chance!"

He knew very well that in this situation, there should be changes, and something could be calculated.

Sure enough, after the golden pointer rotated quickly for a while, it gradually stopped, and then the pointer pointed to a direction, trembling slightly.

Xu Bai narrowed his eyes and looked in this direction. There was the backyard of this mansion.

"Go and have a look. Maybe there is something we want there."

Since the Feng Shui Calculation Sutra pointed to this direction, it must be effective.

Wuhua nodded and rushed to the location Xu Bai said.

Xu Bai did not stop, but followed behind, and soon walked through the spacious front yard and arrived at the backyard.

The backyard was also very large. After all, this was a big family, and the area alone was astonishing. Unfortunately, because no one was there, although it was large, it was empty and filled with a dead silence.

When Xu Bai walked into the backyard with the golden compass, the needle on the compass changed again, pointing to another direction. Xu Bai did not stop, but continued to walk in this direction, and soon came to an old tree.

The tree looked very strong, but the leaves on the branches had fallen off. Although it was still alive, it gave people a feeling of being old.

For some reason, when Xu Bai looked at the tree for the first time, he felt that there was a pair of eyes staring at him, and the source of these eyes was this tree.

It was a very strange feeling. There was only a tree in front of him, but it looked like a living person.

"Have you noticed anything wrong? For example, this tree always gives people a feeling of being alive." Xu Bai asked.

The pointer pointed to this tree. This tree must be related, but the most important thing now is the feeling just now, which is very wrong.

Wuhua heard what Xu Bai said and shook her head and said, "I don't have any other feelings. It looks like a very ordinary tree to me."

As if to confirm her feelings, Wuhua circled the tree several times, looking up and down carefully, but found nothing.

Xu Bai looked at Ye Zi again, meaning can you see it?

Ye Zi imitated Xu Bai and stood beside Xu Bai and looked up and down, but after looking for a long time, he still found nothing. He shook his head gently and said softly, "Sir, there is nothing unusual. This is just an ordinary tree. Sir, do you find anything?"

She also couldn't see the situation. In front of her, the tree was very ordinary and normal. It didn't give people the feeling of being watched as Xu Bai said.

Xu Bai touched his chin and said to himself, "It's really a strange thing."

He obviously had this feeling, including now, and this feeling has not disappeared, and it also makes his back cold. He always feels that someone is watching silently, and the gaze is not concealed, staring straight at him.

But why is it that only he can feel it?

It doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter at all. Someone is watching, and it comes from this tree, so let's start from this tree. It's a very simple thing, and there is no need to beat around the bush.

Xu Bai pulled out the black knife from his waist, waved it lightly, and countless fragments exploded, surrounding the tree.

In just an instant, the towering ancient tree turned into debris all over the sky, disappeared without a trace, and something appeared in the ancient tree.

- Corpse.

In this withered ancient tree, there is a corpse hidden. The corpse is covered with scars and dressed in silk and satin. It looks like a wealthy family.

He was about fifty years old, a man, and there was an aura of a superior between his eyebrows. Even if he died, that aura could still reach people's hearts.

"Is this... the head of the Gao family?" Wuhua reacted quickly. He took out a piece of paper from his arms. There was a portrait on the paper. The person in the portrait was exactly the same as the male corpse.

People in their line of work would definitely collect intelligence in advance, so it was normal for him to have this information.

After the male corpse appeared, he did not fall to the ground, but stood there, as if he was alive. Except for not breathing, he looked no different from a living person. Of course, the scars on his body made people startled.

Wuhua took the portrait in his hand and walked around the male corpse. Finally, he found a fatal scar on the neck of the male corpse.

"His body is covered with small bruises, and the wound on his neck is fatal. It seems that he had a fierce fight with someone before he died, otherwise he would have been killed in one fell swoop."

"But why was his body hidden in the tree? Is there something strange in the tree?"

"There are other bodies, why are they not here?"

Wuhua began to talk to himself, and every sentence was a question, but there was no clue to these questions.

At this time, Ye Zi suddenly spoke.

"Sir, perhaps there is a new discovery at the original location under this tree."

"I have seen this method of hiding people in trees in an ancient book, but the book does not record its purpose."

"It just says that hiding corpses in trees and burying corpses at the bottom of trees is this method."

After hearing what Ye Zi said, Xu Bai turned his head to look at the golden compass in his hand. The pointer still pointed to the previous position. No matter how he changed it, the direction of the pointer would not change, that is, it would still be at the position in front of him in the end.

If it did not change, then this place was the key.

Looking at the male corpse standing in front of him, Xu Bai raised his foot and kicked it. The male corpse rolled and soon rolled to the side, keeping his face facing the loess.

At this time, Xu Bai saw that there was a hole under the tree, and there was a foul smell coming out of the hole.

Corpse odor.

The very strong corpse odor made Xu Bai cover his nose and take a step back.

Although the entrance of the cave is not big, you can see from the outside that there are densely packed pale corpses lying inside. Some of the corpses have rotted, and there are maggots crawling on them.

"Found it, it turns out that they are all dead, not missing." Wuhua said in astonishment.

Even if you can't see the whole picture, you can see from the inside of this cave that these people are wearing the clothes of servants. In addition, the entire Gao family disappeared, and hundreds of people disappeared inexplicably, which can easily be associated together.

"The missing Gao family was buried under the tree, and the tree gave me a feeling of being stared at."

"What do these guys want to do? Could it be that the Gao family knows something and killed people to silence them?"

"Or... similar to the demon masters we met before, wanting to use human lives to open some kind of passage?"

Xu Bai carefully sorted out his thoughts, and after thinking for a while, he looked at Wuhua and said, "Brother Wuhua, it seems that we have to dig this place up."

As he said, he took Ye Zi's hand and silently stepped back a few steps.

It is not clear from this hole, so let's dig it open and see if there are any clues inside.

As for who will dig it, of course it is Wuhua.

This smell is disgusting, not because Xu Bai cannot adapt to it, but because he does not smell it when there is no need to.

It is like going to the toilet. The toilet is smelly, but you can still get used to it. However, habit and liking are two different things.

It is impossible for someone to go to the toilet to sniff when they have nothing to do, right?

Wuhua's mouth twitched slightly, but he also knew that it was said out, so it was difficult to refuse.

Wuhua was an honest man most of the time. Of course, this honest man was also very cunning sometimes.

But at this time, he felt that there was no need to refuse.

Wuhua would certainly not dig it, there was a simpler way.

Rays of light appeared on Wuhua's body, and the light gradually gathered and covered Wuhua's whole body.

This is the wonderful method of Vajra Temple, Vajra Body.

Xu Bai's Vajra Heart Demon Body was formed from this fusion. He had seen Wuhua use it before, but it was not as strong as it is now.

Wuhua now gives people a sense of unity, like an airtight bucket, and looks very resistant to punches.

"Hmm... I wonder if he can withstand my punch." Xu Bai said secretly.

Wuhua originally planned to act immediately, but for some reason, he always felt that Xu Bai's eyes were not right when he looked at him, as if he was itching to punch him.

He did not hesitate, raised his right foot, and stomped on the ground slowly.

"Bang!"

A dull sound rang out, and the next moment, the land in front of him cracked inch by inch and collapsed.

At this time, the scene below was revealed.

There were hundreds of pale corpses, lying horizontally or diagonally, overlapping or scattered, in a huge deep pit.

The deep pit was centered on the location of the ancient tree and surrounded in a circle.

If the old tree had not been destroyed by Xu Bai at the beginning, it would have become the brightest child in this circular pit.

No, to be precise, it was the body of the head of the Gao family.

"Who is so cruel? Sin, sin." Wuhua put his hands together and chanted a Buddhist name.

The Vajra Temple has always been committed to exorcising demons. Most of the monks there are full of evil spirits. After all, people who do this job these days will be more or less stained with it. Of course, they also often practice Buddhism, so the Buddha nature in them is stronger and can cover up the evil spirit.

There are Bodhisattvas with kind eyes and angry Vajra.

But in the end, they are still monks, so seeing this scene in front of him, Wuhua felt compassion.

If it weren't for the wrong occasion, he would even want to recite a scripture for salvation.

Occupational illness is a kind of thing.

Xu Bai didn't feel anything. Born in this world and entering this circle, it is normal to see dead people, even so many dead people.

He took a quick look and found that all the bodies were covered with scars, and the last scar was a fatal wound on the neck.

"Something is wrong. It is definitely not because of a fierce fight between them." Xu Bai turned his head and said, "There must be a deeper reason."

These wounds are the same as those on the head of the Gao family. There are tiny scars all over the body, and the neck is the final fatal wound. Just this point combined, it is absolutely impossible to leave them in a fierce fight.

To make a simple analogy, in the Gao family, the head of the Gao family must be the strongest, there is no doubt about this.

If the other party can kill the head of the Gao family after a fierce fight with him, then this person is definitely stronger than the head of the Gao family.

And such a person who is stronger than the head of the Gao family, to kill other people in the Gao family, does it need to cause so many scars and fierce fighting?

No, not only no, it can be killed with one blow.

So based on the above ideas, Xu Bai thinks that this person should have left such wounds on purpose.

"Is it a special weapon?" Xu Bai touched his chin and thought to himself.

If a special weapon is used, it will cause such wounds, then everything seems to be well explained.

Of course, this is just his guess.

Xu Bai used the Feng Shui Calculation again, and a golden compass appeared on his finger.

This time, he planned to use the corpses in front of him as clues and calculate again.

But before he could start calculating, a huge anomaly appeared the next moment.

There were hundreds of corpses in the deep pit underground, but with his actions, these corpses turned into ashes very quickly.

Not only that, even the corpse of the head of the Gao family on the ground turned into nothingness at the same time.

"What's going on?"

This special situation in front of him made Xu Bai frown.

"Young Master, look at the bottom of the deep pit, it seems that something is about to grow." Ye Zi suddenly pointed at the deep pit on the ground and reminded.

Xu Bai turned his eyes over and found that the soil in the deep pit was bulging.

It was like boiling water, with dense and large bags.

There is only one reason for this situation.

- There is something under the soil.

"Everyone be careful, let's see what kind of stuff is coming out?" Xu Bai narrowed his eyes and said.

Everyone nodded and became alert.

The next moment, the soil that was originally bulging into large bags suddenly broke, and small insects flew out one by one from the large bags.

Each small insect was only the size of a thumb at most, but there were so many of them flying out of so many bags that they were so dense that they could not be counted.

The small insect had wings on its back, its body was shiny black, its triangular mouthparts made people feel disgusted, and it also had a strong corpse odor.

"What the hell is that?" Xu Bai swung out the black knife, and the fragments suddenly exploded, carrying infinite starlight, crushing the insects in front of him.

These small insects looked terrifying and looked very scary, especially the sound of the wings vibrating was extremely harsh in the ears, but their strength was not very good.

The fragments dispersed some of the insects, turning them into ashes. On the other side, Wuhua raised his hand slightly, and a ray of light shot out, and the remaining insects were also turned into ashes.

However, Wuhua's expression was very serious, and he obviously saw something from these insects.

Xu Bai saw that Wuhua was a little bit wrong, and frowned and said, "But what did you find?"

Wuhua nodded, his face was serious, and his tone was slightly low: "If my guess is correct, these insects should be from the Gu Shen Cult."

Gu Shen Cult?

This was the first time Xu Bai heard of this name, and he was a little curious. He looked back at Ye Zi and saw a trace of surprise on Ye Zi's face.

"Have you heard of this name too?" Xu Bai asked.

As his royal knowledge expert, Ye Zi was very sensible. When Xu Bai asked the first question, he already knew what Xu Bai wanted.

Ye Zi told what he knew...

"The Gu God Cult is an extremely evil organization. The doctrine they believe in is to use humans as Gu and raise the best Gu worms in the world."

"They have a characteristic, that is, wherever they pass, no grass grows. As long as they are human, they will be killed by them. Regardless of whether there is hatred or not, they kill people aimlessly."

"After killing people, they inject Gu worms into the corpses and raise Gu with the corpses. The purpose is to cultivate ferocious Gu worms."

"Now it seems that all 100 people in the Gao family have been used as tools for raising Gu."

While talking, Ye Zi shook his head. Obviously, he felt unlucky when he mentioned the so-called Gu God Cult.

Raising Gu?

This thing is understandable. There were related contents circulating on the Internet in the previous life.

However, this is the first time he has heard of raising Gu with corpses.

"Sir, I am afraid that the Gu God Cult is the only one who can deal with you here." Ye Zi said.

"It is said that the Gu God Cult members never associate with other people, because in their eyes, other than their so-called Gu God Cult, no one else is worthy of being with them."

"If I were forced to stay with them, I would have become a tool for them to raise Gu. After all, there have been examples, and there are many examples, almost nine out of ten." Wuhua also added after listening to Ye Zi's explanation. "It is precisely because of this characteristic that they are basically hated by gods and ghosts so far. No matter whether they are good or evil, they are unwilling to have anything to do with them." Xu Bai touched his chin and said, "If this is the case, it would be much simpler. At least it would not involve more forces. Wait, anyone who stays with them, as long as they are not from the Gu God Cult, will become a tool for them to raise Gu?" He looked at the empty pit. The corpse was gone, leaving only some insect debris. "If anyone who stays with them will become a tool for raising Gu, did the Gao family plan to harm me before?" I just said that this group of Gu God Cult killed people just to raise Gu, and they didn't care who the other party was. But now it happened that the Gao family was tricked, and the others were fine. Could it be that the Gao family was preparing to deal with me together with them? Thinking this way, it seems to make sense.

"Whether we deal with Mr. Xu or not, we seem to have lost the clue again." Wuhua smiled bitterly.

All the people are dead, and there is no follow-up result. It doesn't matter what role the Gao family plays now.

"No, there is a clue." Xu Bai smiled slightly.

In his hand, the golden compass appeared again. This time, he used the insect debris in the pit as a basis for divination.

Since the Gao family is gone, there are only the insect debris left, and maybe something can be calculated.

The golden compass slowly rotated in the air, showing a mysterious and weird feeling.

Gradually, the pointer on it moved, and Xu Bai's eyes glowed, which meant it was useful.

After a while, the vibration of the pointer gradually stopped, and then pointed in a direction, as if telling them that this direction was the source of the clue.

"Let's go and take a look." Xu Bai said.

This Feng Shui Calculation is really a good skill. If he didn't have this skill like before, he could only go back home to wait for the opportunity, but now he has the initiative.

With the clue, everyone did not hesitate and left quickly along the direction indicated by the pointer.

The direction indicated by the pointer was a remote street. After they left the abandoned house, they followed the direction indicated by the pointer and went directly out of the scope of Lingyunzhou.

The road ahead was no longer an official road, but a wilderness. There was no one around. Except for the moonlight, it seemed unusually deserted.

"Why did they bring us out? Could they be hiding here?" Xu Bai thought to himself.

Although he felt very confused, Feng Shui Calculation would not lie, so Xu Bai continued to follow.

After the few people walked for about an incense stick of time, something unusual finally appeared in front of them.

A small village appeared in front of everyone. Because it was too dark, the blackness shrouded the village, which seemed unusually strange.

"A village, a small village, why is it here?" Xu Bai's doubts grew heavier.

When they arrived in front of the village, they found that it was already dark, and there was no one in the village, and even the lights were not on.

"Do you want to go in and take a look?" Wuhua asked.

Xu Bai thought about it carefully and nodded in agreement.

It had come to this point, and if he didn't go in and take a look, he would feel particularly at a loss.

Everyone was on high alert and walked into the small village. The surroundings were quiet, except for some cats and dogs barking, and only their footsteps were left.

Ye Zi suddenly whispered: "Sir, I don't know if you have noticed that there is not even snoring here."

The quieter the environment, the more subtle sounds can be heard.

This is just a run-down little village, and the sound insulation of the room is not good. Everyone is a master, but they can't hear snoring when they are asleep.

Xu Bai frowned more and more deeply, and he always felt that this place was like a dead place.

But the clean streets told him that someone had cleaned here.

He stood there and thought for a while, and finally came to a house and knocked gently on the door.

He had no other intention, just wanted to see if there was anyone living in the room.

He thought no one would pay attention, but after he knocked on the door, he heard the sound of dressing in the room, followed by an old voice from the outside.

"Who is it, knocking on the door in the middle of the night?"

The old voice was far away at first, but finally slowly approached, but did not open the door. Obviously, he would not open it rashly without knowing who was outside the door.

"Old man." Xu Bai made his tone gentle: "We are passing merchants. We got lost because we were traveling at night. Can we stay in the village and rest for a while?"

"Squeak..."

Along with Xu Bai's voice, the wooden door made a slight creaking sound. Open from the inside?

At this time, Xu Bai could see the situation behind the door clearly.

Behind the door, an old man with a pale face was leaning on a cane and wearing thin clothes.

"Traveling merchants?" The old man said with a vigilant look: "Don't lie to me, I tell you, the people in the village are here, as long as I shout, they will come. Why do you traveling merchants come here instead of going to the official post?"

Xu Bai smiled, took out the silver from his arms, looked at the old man's hand, and smiled: "There is no way, in order to hurry up, after all, some goods need to be delivered as soon as possible. I didn't expect that we got lost in order to hurry up, and the goods were accidentally dropped on the way. Alas, now I just hope to go back early, not to make money."

After receiving the money, the old man did not let down his vigilance, and still looked at Xu Bai up and down, as if to see if Xu Bai was lying.

In terms of acting, Xu Bai is a master, and there is no flaw on the surface.

The old man looked at Ye Zi and Wu Hua next to him and asked in confusion: "It's normal for you to have a woman with you, but why is there a monk?"

Ye Zi was wearing a veil, and although her appearance could not be seen clearly, she did not arouse suspicion. Only Wu Hua made the old man feel very confused.

A monk, how can a merchant have a monk?

As for the fourth-grade puppet, it was dressed like a human anyway, at least much more ordinary than a monk.

Xu Bai explained: "Alas... This is my unsuccessful younger brother, who doesn't like to study but loves to worship Buddha. He happened to be going to the temple in our area, so he accompanied me."

Wu Hua: "..."

Good guy, he suddenly dropped a generation while communicating.

The old man heard Xu Bai talking, looked at the winnings in his hand, looked around, and finally pointed to a thatched pavilion not far away and said: "The houses in the village are full, and I will not let you in rashly. You can rest in the pavilion. Tomorrow morning, I will ask someone to take you to the nearest city."

Xu Bai: "..."

He didn't expect the other party to be so vigilant, but looking at the open space, he nodded.

"Squeak..."

The door closed, and the surroundings fell into silence.

Xu Bai took Wuhua and the others to the pavilion and found some wooden tables and benches on it.

This pavilion is very rough, just a few pieces of wood and some thatch.

It should be built by some villagers themselves, and I don't know what it is used for.

Xu Bai sat on the wooden bench and looked at the dark night outside.

Wuhua asked: "Master Xu, did you find anything?"

"No, what about you?" Xu Bai asked back.

The old man was very normal, there was nothing wrong, and his performance was also normal.

Ye Zi shook his head.

Wuhua also shook his head.

They also didn't see anything different. On the contrary, they thought it was very ordinary.

"The more normal it is, the more abnormal it is." Xu Bai said, "My calculations won't cheat me. Let's wait and see if there is any difference tonight, or tomorrow morning, when those people get up, we'll see what happens."

Everyone nodded. This was the only way to deal with it.

Xu Bai raised his right hand again, and the golden compass appeared. After entering the village, the pointer kept swinging around, sometimes up, sometimes down, sometimes left, sometimes right.

Xu Bai certainly understood this situation. This meant that he was told that the entire village was his target.

Since he was here, let's see what was going on here.

Xu Bai calmly took out the heavy sword method and continued to work on the progress bar.

The night was long, and the bright moon was his companion.

It was almost the end of autumn, and the temperature at night dropped suddenly. Fortunately, they were unusual people, and this temperature had no effect on them.

Under the moonlight, as the night deepened, even the barking of cats and dogs gradually stopped.

Several people were doing their own things, and did not disturb each other.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the bright moon in the sky gradually disappeared into the clouds.

At this time, Xu Bai's ears suddenly moved and he looked in a direction.

Just now, his soul felt that there was someone in that place.

As Xu Bai looked over, a figure flashed at the end of the street in the distance.

"Let's go!" Xu Bai put the book into the package and walked towards that location.

The figure was not fast, and everyone was following carefully.

Gradually, Xu Bai saw the figure clearly.

It was a person dressed as an ordinary villager, not very old, probably in his thirties, wearing tattered cloth at the moment, and was carefully looking around, as if afraid of causing a commotion.

Xu Bai and others followed while being alert to the surrounding situation.

At this time, a melodious sound suddenly came out.

The sound was not a piece of music, but like the sound of wind blowing through the woods, rustling.

Originally, in such a wilderness, the sound of wind blowing through the woods was normal.

But as this voice appeared, Xu Bai saw the villager in front of him, and his body suddenly froze.

"Hehehehehe..."

A strange laugh came from the villager's mouth.

The villager's steps became stiff, and he walked forward step by step.

"That sound is not right. It can affect people's souls, but it's weak." Xu Bai said.

"I've heard that the Gu God Cult has a kind of Gu, which can affect others through special syllables." Ye Zi said.

Xu Bai nodded: "In short, be careful, and be decisive if there is anything abnormal later."

In front, the villager was still walking. After walking for about half an incense stick, he finally stopped.

The place where the villager stopped was a huge tree with lush branches and leaves, swaying gently. Obviously, the sound just now was probably from this tree.

"I'm coming, beauty, I'm coming, you come out quickly, I can't wait." The villager's voice was anxious, but his movements were very stiff, forming a strong contrast.

At this time, the huge tree was abnormal.

In the center of the trunk, a crack suddenly appeared, and soon, a pale arm covered with corpse spots stretched out from the crack.

The arm was as white as paper, and dense corpse spots appeared on the arm, which looked extremely scary.

As the arm appeared, a naked female corpse came out from inside.

The female corpse was covered with corpse spots, and some parts had begun to rot.

The most important thing was that the female corpse had no eyeballs in its eyes, but two empty holes, which looked full of despair.

There were two strange poisonous insects in the big hole, standing in it, vibrating their wings and making a rustling sound.

Obviously, the sound that could affect the soul just now was made by these two poisonous insects.

"Dinglingling..."

At this time, a crisp bell sounded on the giant tree.

The bell sounded crisp and sounded very nice.

Xu Bai raised his head and looked in the direction of the bell, and saw a woman standing on a dense branch...

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