Not long after returning home from hotpot, just as Chu Mo was about to get cozy with his wife, Ji Nanshu's phone rang. He looked at it and saw it was Shu Cheng.
Huh? Why is his second sister-in-law calling him at this hour? Has something happened?
" An'an! Xingyu... Xingyu and the others are in trouble! Cough cough cough..."
Ji Nanshu frowned. " Brother Cheng, don't rush, tell me slowly, where are you now?"
"Cough cough cough... I... I'm in Yangshui Village Fu County, G Province... I can't... I can't come alone. I need to go to the Celestial Masters Association to find someone..."
Ji Nanshu: "I understand. Send me your current location first, and I'll go to the Celestial Masters Association."
" An'an, listen to me, they've set up an evil formation in Fu County... I've only ever seen it in books, cough cough cough... it's called the Soul Sacrifice Array."
Shu Cheng lay on the bed, his face pale, coughing up blood from time to time, looking like he was on his deathbed.
Soul Sacrifice Array... Isn't this a kind of sacrificial array created by that lousy leader of the Blood God Cult? This array is the prelude to the Blood God Sacrifice, and a total of forty-nine identical Soul Sacrifice Array need to be set up before the Blood God Sacrifice can be activated.
"You... you have to hurry! Xingyu... Xingyu went into the center of that formation to save me... and Chunlu and Pei Huai are also missing."
Ji Nanshu's face darkened. "I understand, Brother Cheng, don't get agitated. Second Brother will be fine. Trust me."
"Um, you guys cough cough cough... hurry up!"
After hanging up the phone, Ji Nanshu said:
" A-Mo, my second brother and the others got into trouble in Yangshui Village Fu County. They told us to go to the Celestial Masters Association. I know you can contact the relevant departments, right?"
Chu Mo: "What happened?"
" The Blood God Cult set up Soul Sacrifice Array. To save Brother Cheng and the others, Second Brother entered the center of the Soul Sacrifice Array himself. Once the Soul Sacrifice Array was set up and activated, not a single blade of grass would grow within a radius of five hundred miles."
"Find someone to take me to Yangshui Village in Fu County first; my second brother can't wait. Also, we need to evacuate the crowd."
"Okay, I'll have Yun Sheng take you there first. I'll contact the Celestial Masters Association and the military."
Chu Mo stared intently at Ji Nanshu and said, "Be careful."
In times like these, he always felt helpless and unable to offer any assistance; this sense of powerlessness... truly saddened him.
Ji Nanshu seemed to sense Chu Mo's emotions and took the initiative to kiss him. After whispering a few words in his ear, Chu Mo's eyes lit up. "Really?"
"Um."
"I'll go now. Remember, make sure you stay safe."
Under Yun Sheng's escort, Ji Nanshu quickly arrived in Fu County and found Shu Cheng, who was staying at the village chief's house at the east end of Yangshui Village Fu County.
Shu Cheng was running a high fever, his face flushed red. Upon seeing Ji Nanshu, he struggled to sit up in bed. " An'an..."
Ji Nanshu pressed Shu Cheng down. " Brother Cheng, tell me what happened first."
Shu Cheng nodded and began to recount what had happened.
Shu Cheng received a task from the relevant authorities, saying that people had been going missing recently in Yangshui Village Fu County. Some disappeared on their way home, while others vanished into thin air while sleeping at home.
At first, it was thought to be human trafficking, but after investigation, it was found that the person had simply disappeared into thin air, so it was reported to the relevant authorities.
When Shu Cheng, Ji Xingyu, Chunlu, and Pei Huai came to investigate after accepting the mission, they discovered that a formation had been set up here. After several twists and turns, Shu Cheng and the others finally determined that it was an evil formation called the Soul Sacrifice Array Formation.
Just as the group was preparing to try to break the formation, a limping man wearing sunglasses and with a mole on his chin suddenly appeared.
The lame man was followed by two creatures that appeared to be either zombies or puppets. Upon seeing them, the lame man launched an attack, injuring Chunlu and Pei Huai, who were then thrown into the center of the formation by the lame man.
Originally, Ji Xingyu and Shu Cheng were both going to be thrown in, but at the last second, Ji Shu Cheng pushed Ji Xingyu out, telling him to go out and contact Ji Nanshu while he fought with the lame man and the two inhuman creatures. Shu Cheng managed to escape and contact Ji Nanshu, but he was also seriously injured.
Ji Nanshu nodded. "I understand. I'll have Yun Sheng take you back for treatment first. Leave the rest to me. The Celestial Masters Association and relevant departments should be arriving soon."
Shu Cheng quickly grabbed Ji Nanshu: "I'm going to wait for A-Yu here!"
Ji Nanshu looked at Shu Cheng for a long while, and finally sighed, "I understand."
He then handed Shu Cheng a Safety Talisman, told Yun Sheng to take good care of himself, and prepared to set off.
Ji Nanshu summoned the village chief. " Village Chief Jiang, find someone to show me the way."
Village Chief Jiang: "Little child, that place is very dangerous. You can't go alone."
He had no idea what this kid was capable of. He was so young and didn't seem very reliable. If this kid went, wouldn't he just be throwing his life away?!
He couldn't let the little one die.
"Danger? What do you mean?"
Village Chief Jiang: "After this little kid came back last night, there were constant ghostly wails and howls on the back mountain. Two people who didn't believe in ghosts couldn't resist going to check, and they came back dead!"
"Where are the bodies of those two? Can I see them?"
Village Chief Jiang sighed, "They're still parked at their respective homes. I'll take you to see them. After that, don't go anywhere else; let's wait for the professionals to arrive!"
Under the guidance and persuasion of Village Chief Jiang, the two families allowed Ji Nanshu to see the body.
After the two corpses came together, Ji Nanshu narrowed his eyes slightly, golden light flowed from his fingers, and a talisman was cast into one of the two corpses.
The corpse's heart was throbbing, and less than two minutes later, a small, snake-like thing, about the thickness of a little finger, emerged from the chest.
One of the victims' fathers asked in a trembling voice, "What... what is this?! Could it be... could it be that my son was killed by this thing?!"
"Yes, it's Snake Gu."
As he spoke, Ji Nanshu cast a fire talisman, instantly burning two Snake Gu.
"It's fortunate you didn't rush into the burial."
Village Chief Jiang swallowed hard. "Little kid, this..."
" The Snake Gu is gone; we can proceed with the burial," Ji Nanshu said. "Village Chief, you must find someone to take me to the back mountain."
Before the village chief could speak, the father of one of the deceased said, "I'll take you there! Please, Master, avenge my son!"
"Can."
Village Chief Jiang sighed, "Sigh... I know I can't persuade you... please be careful."
"Yes, thank you, Village Chief."
Ji Nanshu his gratitude.
The center of the formation that Shu Cheng mentioned is located in a cave on the mountainside behind Yangshui Village.
The closer you get to the cave, the stronger the smell of blood becomes.
Ji Nanshu stopped and said to the man who had led the way, "Uncle Lu, we should be there soon. I'll go by myself. You go back first."
Lu Damin glanced in the direction of the cave. "Then... please be careful."
After saying that, Lu Damin turned and left.