Chapter 212: Lost, Return, Unresolved Issues

The fourth day after leaving Yanjia Village.

The road became slightly smoother.

This road was indeed a peaceful one. Apart from being a little difficult to walk, we encountered no major dangers. If Yanjia Village wants to connect with the outside world, it only needs to remove the weeds and trees along the way, pave it with gravel and mature soil, and open a post road directly to the outside world.

At noon.

The group stopped under a natural waterfall.

Gu Nu, Cai Wei, the magician, and the swordsman took off their clothes and swam in the pool at the bottom of the waterfall.

Very enjoyable.

Although men and women are different.

At the beginning, the two girls would definitely have refused, but now... I can only say that they are used to it. When a group of seven people are walking in the forest, they always have to go out and wash up. The beauty that should be released has long been released. Although they still care about it, But if you are always on guard, it will be too tiring, so you will simply let go.

The children of Jianghu do not stick to trivial matters.

"Brother Changxiao, why don't you come down and play?"

The knife-shooter looked at Li Changxiao who was sitting on the bank and said hello.

Li Chang smiled and shook his head.

The sun was blazing.

The old Taoist priest took out the yellow paper he carried with him, added water to the ink stick to grind the ink, dipped the brush in ink, and wrote something on the paper.

Li Changxiao knew that the old Taoist priest wrote down everything he saw and heard in Yanjia Village and made it into a book. The old Taoist priest said that people will die eventually, and he was not young anymore, so he wanted to leave something behind.

Li Changxiao lay flat on the ground, enjoying a moment of peace, then walked over and patted the old Taoist priest on the shoulder, then turned and left, leaving only a trace of his back.

The old Taoist priest realized it later and looked back. The bit of white clothes had been obscured by leaves and weeds.

At this time.

Cai Wei swam ashore, her proud figure not covered up at all. The magician didn't dare to look at her openly, so he dived under the water to take a peek.

The same goes for knife shooters.

The Gu girl sneered and sneered, and swam ashore, putting on her clothes and socks in front of several people.

Cai Wei looked around, was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Where is he?"

"Let's go." The old Taoist priest replied.

Cai Wei's expression changed, not much surprise in her heart, but also a little regretful.

She has a cold and arrogant personality, but she was the one who paid the most attention to Li Changxiao along the way, starting from that time when he killed the dragon.

She realized that the swordsman was mysterious and powerful... At first, she secretly competed in her mind, trying to guess the opponent's level of swordsmanship by observing his clues.

But the more you observe, the less you see through it, and the less you see through it, the more you observe it. Therefore... when the swordsman left without saying a word, an unspeakable emotion arose in his heart.

But it was quickly suppressed.

After the rest.

They continued to go north, trying to leave this area as soon as possible.

But Li Changxiao was alone, heading back south along the same route.

…

Yanjia Village.

The village chief Yan Laiyu personally gave birth to Na Yan and arranged the funeral. He secretly gathered the villagers at night and told them one by one that this incident was not the fault of Grant and everyone should not alienate him from him.

Everyone praised the village chief for being sensible and knowing right from wrong. He was a good village chief.

When the village chief heard this, he laughed and felt very useful.

He asked several young men in the village to help prepare the feast.

Yanjia Village practices well burial. The body is thrown into the well. The well is cold and quiet. Every year in autumn and winter, the water from the ground flows in, taking people to a blissful death.

After Yan Cisheng buried his old mother, he wore sackcloth and mourning, and stood by the well alone. He refused to leave for a long time, making the people passing by nod secretly.

that's all.

Except there is one more man crying in the well.

Everything in Yanjia Village is as usual.

only…

One night.

It's late at night, it's so quiet that every household has gone to bed.

Several men from several houses opened the door, walked briskly and silently through the Yanjia Village.

Finally, they climbed in through the window of the village chief's house.

The village chief was sitting on the wooden bed, with his legs spread apart, his hands on his knees, and his back straight, as if he had known someone would come.

He didn't turn on the light.

There were only a few thin rays of moonlight shining into the room through the window, and his plain but slightly majestic face could be vaguely seen.

There were seven men in front of him, some old and some young. The young one looked like he was only in his twenties, and the old one looked like he was forty or fifty years old.

They were all kneeling on one knee, and their expressions were not illuminated by the moon, shrouded in shadow.

"Village chief, they have arrived at Lianhe Mountain." said the young-looking man.

Another person said: "Village Chief, if you don't take action, they will go far away. When the time comes..."

Village chief Yan Laiyu waved his hand and said coldly: "It doesn't matter, they can't escape. Do they really think that the three strange beasts that trapped Yanjia Village are just three?"

"The mountains are connected, with no entrance or exit. The situation of siege is not just talk. If they walk for a few more days, they will probably find that they are lost. The road to the north looks flat, but in fact it is the easiest place. get lost."

"You don't have to search along the north road. You may encounter them if you go east, west, south, etc. Then just kill them."

A man who looked about fifty years old thought for a while and said, "How about sixteen..."

"Kill them all together." The village chief said coldly.

The man's pupils shrank and he replied solemnly: "Yes!"

The village chief seemed to have thought of something, "By the way, are there any monks among them?"

One person shook his head, "It doesn't seem so, but my subordinates can't guarantee it."

The village chief nodded after hearing this.

A man who looked to be about thirty years old asked, "Village chief, they didn't touch the real secret, why... still want..."

The village chief Yan Laiyu heard this and sneered, "They didn't touch it, but they wanted to touch it. From that moment on, the ending was doomed."

The village chief got off the bed and walked slowly around the seven people.

He thought for a while and said, "Do this well, don't let me down. If you do it well..."

The village chief's voice was like a devil's whisper, "You... can go to Zhaozi Tower and take a girl home."

As soon as the voice fell.

The pupils of the seven people shrank.

They lowered their voices and replied in unison: "Yes!"

...

At the same time.

In the mountains.

The thin old Taoist suddenly stopped and frowned.

He took out the compass from the cloth bag behind him, and the needle on it was spinning.

He was horrified and immediately stepped on the Gang Step, looking up at the sky, down at the earth, horizontally at the mountains, and vertically at the peaks.

"We..."

"We are lost!"

His frown gradually relaxed and he accepted the reality.

After the swordsman in white left, they continued to move forward for another day.

They came to a place with mountains.

The first step was fine.

The next step...they were lost.

It was weird and scary...If it weren't for the skinny old Taoist priest who had learned a lot of skills in exploring the terrain and feng shui, he wouldn't even notice it.

"Old Taoist priest, what are you talking about? Aren't we walking well? Look, the road ahead is quite flat, how come we are lost?" The Gu woman retorted.

Everyone looked at them.

There was a bit of suspicion on their faces.

The old Taoist shook his head solemnly, "Whether you are lost or not, you will know as you walk. The mountain terrain here is much more complicated than I imagined. If we are unlucky..."

"I am afraid we will be trapped here to death... If it really comes to this..."

The old Taoist said no more. If we really can't get out, we may be a wild man in the mountains for the rest of our lives, or even worse.

Cai Wei frowned slightly, realizing that the old Taoist was not joking, and her heart sank slightly.

She thought for a moment and asked, "If what you said is true, what will happen to the swordsman who left yesterday?"

The old Taoist thought for a moment and replied, "If he goes forward, his situation should be similar to ours, but if he goes back... he won't get lost."

"The step we took just now is like stepping into a maze. If we want to get out of the maze... it's useless to retreat. The only way is to find another exit of the maze!"

Yan Shiliu was a little skeptical when he heard this, "Old Taoist, how did I go out before? Why didn't I get lost?"

The old Taoist looked at Yan Shiliu and said, "Have you ever heard of a fish that slipped through the net? At first I was confused, but now I have figured it out a little."

"Do you remember the turbulent river when we came here?"

"I remember." Yan Shiliu nodded.

The magician and the swordsman also looked over.

The old Taoist said, "When I crossed the river that day, I was looking at the river and the mountains. I was surprised at the beginning. The river and the mountains were a little inconsistent."

"I just figured it out. It turns out that the mountains and rivers here are integrated. It is a situation with no entry and no exit."

"But... the rivers in the world are under the control of the river mother. If it is a remote small river, it would be fine, but the turbulent Yangtze River runs through three counties and cities, supporting millions of people."

"Because the river belongs to the river mother, the mountain terrain with no entry and no exit here has a little loophole, so... you, Sixteen, can go out."

Hearing this.

Yan Sixteen was shocked and felt ominous in his heart. Cai Wei, the Gu girl, the magic refiner, and the four people who beat the sword were also like this. Listening to the old Taoist's reasonable and well-founded words, it seems to be true.

The surging mountains and rivers here are like an ant watching the sky for anyone. You can't see one or two or three from the outside. Only by entering the game in person can you understand one or two.

All of this was also understood by the old Taoist priest in an instant after he took that step just now.

Before, they were also fish that slipped through the net and were not covered by the mountain, but not now.

…

At the same time.

What happened to Yan Shiliu and others.

Li Changxiao didn't know. The reason why he accompanied them and walked along the north road for several days was to send them out of the place of trouble and away from Yanjia Village.

Then, he walked back alone.

Talk about some things that should be solved.

Solved them all at once.

At nightfall.

There were monkey calls in the distance and cicada sounds nearby, interweaving and playing.

It was hot.

Li Changxiao took a sip.

Fell asleep.

Snoring gradually rose.

Added a little different rhyme to the noisy nocturne.

He already knew all the truth about Yanjia Village.

Only the last bit of evidence was missing.

(This chapter is nearly 3,000 words long. Tomorrow, the truth about Yanjia Village should be revealed. Please give me some small gifts. I love you (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡.)