The Deserted Village

Thick fog enveloped everything, obscuring visibility beyond a dozen meters.

Di Feng couldn't help but swallow.

Something's not right!

Qin Yan's expression was solemn, and the hairs on his body stood on end as he stepped into the mist.

An ominous feeling pervaded this place.

"Something's not just wrong here, I feel like there's something dirty here!"

Qin Yan said in a deep voice.

"Master Qin, don't joke around at a time like this." Di Feng was so frightened that he trembled.

She moved a little closer to Qin Yan.

Daoist Chen had already taken out his compass. After examining it for a while, he frowned and said, "I didn't find anything unusual on the compass, Brother Qin. Could it be that you've misjudged it?"

"There's absolutely no mistake. My senses are extremely sharp; this place gives me a strong feeling of unease."

Qin Yan's expression was more serious than ever before. Both the abnormality of the tomb raider and the corpse monster gave him a strong sense of unease and disgust.

The same applies here.

Seeing that Qin Yan was not going to joke, Daoist Chen immediately drew his silver sword, which was engraved with profound Daoist inscriptions, and held a stack of talismans in his left hand.

"No way, are you serious?!"

Di Feng became even more nervous and quickly clung to Qin Yan was acting like a powerful figure.

"Master Qin, my life is in your hands now, you must protect me!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Yan rolled his eyes. "Get lost, I can't even protect myself right now."

"No!"

"The situation here has changed; let's retreat!"

Daoist Chen dared not gamble with the lives of these people, so he immediately led the two back along the road.

The fog was thick, and all they could see was a muddy path that seemed to have no end, no matter which way they went.

"Something's not right. They've been walking for almost half an hour, but it feels like we're still in the same place?"

Di Feng's face was extremely grim.

Daoist Chen looked at the compass in his hand, put it away, and still had three copper coins left in his hand.

Please wait a moment.

As he spoke, Daoist Chen threw the toss six times in a row, his expression growing increasingly grim with each throw.

"Daoist Chen, what does the divination result indicate?"

Di Feng asked nervously in a low voice.

"An ominous sign! A situation where nine out of ten will die!"

Daoist Chen said solemnly, "We are trapped in Ghost Wall. I am ashamed to say that I cannot find a way to break this."

There's a mastermind pulling the strings behind the scenes!

"What do we do then? Are we just going to wait here to die?"

Di Feng was immediately dumbfounded upon hearing this.

"You can only enter this place, but you can't leave. If you want to get out, you must find the person behind you."

It seems we have no choice but to go to Guiliu Village.

Daoist Chen took a deep breath!

After a moment of silence, Qin Yan nodded. At this point, he had no choice but to venture into this dangerous place.

The three of them walked towards the village, surrounded by utter silence.

Only the sound of footsteps echoed in this desolate place.

The surrounding temperature was dropping rapidly, and I could already exhale warm breath.

The village in the distance is faintly visible, dotted with deep green vegetation.

This is a typical fishing village near a river, with a stream flowing under a stone bridge into a circular deep pool not far away.

On the other side of the deep pool lies the Cypress Water River!

As soon as they arrived, the compass needle in Daoist Chen's hand started spinning non-stop.

Seeing this, Daoist Chen frowned even more deeply.

"This place is fraught with danger; you two must be extremely careful."

As Qin Yan entered the village, he found it still quiet. He frowned and came to a mud-walled, thatched-roof house.

Is anyone home?

Qin Yan knocked on the wooden door!

Squeak!

The wooden door was not locked, and a sharp creaking sound came from it. The half-open wooden door was able to be opened a crack.

Qin Yan peeked out slightly!

"Brother Qin, is anyone here?"

"No!" Qin Yan frowned, his gaze involuntarily turning to Di Feng: "When was the last time you were here?"

Di Feng was taken aback. "Yesterday morning, I think!"

Qin Yan nodded. "Let's look elsewhere first."

As he spoke, he walked toward the next house, and just like before, the door was wide open.

The residents who lived there have disappeared.

"That's strange, everyone in the village has disappeared."

The three of them searched the entire village, but all the villagers had mysteriously disappeared.

"The people are gone, and all the poultry the villagers raised have died!"

Qin Yan squatted beside the chicken coop. All the chickens had died mysteriously, without a single scratch on their bodies.

Only a thin layer of water mist covered her body.

Seeing this, Daoist Chen took out an Evil-Repelling Talisman from his pocket and placed it on the dead chicken.

As soon as it was placed on the ground, the yellow talisman spontaneously combusted without fire, and a wisp of black smoke drifted out from the dead chicken before quickly disappearing into the world.

"This place has indeed attracted evil spirits!"

Daoist Chen said in a low voice, "I'm afraid the entire village is in grave danger."

"Who on earth would do such a heinous thing?"

The more he spoke, the uglier Daoist Chen's expression became.

"Gentlemen, if this is true, then all the villagers have been murdered."

Di Feng swallowed hard and said in a trembling voice, "Then... could the female corpse in the pool be absorbing the yang energy of all the villagers?"

These words sent a shiver down their spines.

My throat bobbed involuntarily.

"Can you please shut your mouth, you jinx!"

Qin Yan glared at Di Feng with annoyance, then suddenly fixed his gaze on the corner of the wall.

There was nothing there, but he felt as if something was watching him.

"They're gone!"

Qin Yan said in a low voice.

"What?"

Daoist Chen looked at Qin Yan with a puzzled expression.

"There was something dirty there just now." Qin Yan pointed to a corner of the wall not far away. "Although I couldn't see it, I could clearly feel its presence."

Daoist Chen looked at Qin Yan in surprise. "I didn't expect Brother Qin to be so incredibly perceptive, in addition to his innate superhuman strength."

As he spoke, he took out a talisman from his Bainada Bag and quickly Daoist Chen it into a paper crane.

She bit her index finger, and a drop of blood, shimmering with a faint glow, fell onto Zihe's body.

"Draw upon the Qi of the Nine Heavens, dispel evil and seek its traces!"

Daoist Chen formed a hand seal, and a wisp of spiritual light burst forth from his fingertips, quickly disappearing into the paper crane.

Driven by this spiritual energy, the paper crane Qin Yan felt seemed to gain a new life, its vibrating wings slowly rising into the air.

It circled around the three of them!

Daoist Chen made the hand seals again!

"Go!"

Pointing to the corner Qin Yan mentioned, the paper crane quickly flew over and circled that spot once.

A red halo appeared on the paper crane.

"Brother Qin's perception is correct; there are indeed evil spirits causing trouble here!"

Daoist Chen said in a low voice, "With this paper crane for finding evil spirits, we can track down the traces of those evil spirits."

Everyone, keep up!

He then followed the trail of the paper crane, keeping close at hand!

"Master Qin, you absolutely must protect me!"

Di Feng's face turned pale, and he tremblingly gripped Qin Yan's clothes.

"Chase after them!"

Qin Yan's deep voice echoed as three figures, guided by a paper crane emitting a red glow, moved swiftly through the quiet village.

Hehe! Are you looking for me?

A child's innocent voice rang out from the mist ahead, and a wisp of mist swirled around the paper crane!

There was a loud cracking sound.

The paper crane instantly burst into a pile of fragments!