In the Sanqing Temple Hall, each of the seven groups draws different Yin and Yang tasks, including going to crematorium factories, graves and other more dangerous places to complete the tasks.

In contrast, it gave me some comfort.

After Hua Xiangyue was rejected by me, she didn't say anything. She stood beside me without saying a word, as if she had something to worry about.

Before we set out to complete the second-level Yin and Yang task, the Sanqing Temple Master asked us to take out all the items we carried with us, including mobile phones, jewelry, etc., and lock them in the cabinet with a specified number.

In other words, this time we went to complete the second-level Yin and Yang task, in addition to a piece of clothing, we could bring magical tools and items we searched for in the wooden house.

After doing all this, the Master of Sanqing Temple asked the Taoist priests under his disciple to send each of us a blank piece of paper and asked us to sign it on it.

I saw a few lines of words clearly written on the paper with a black pen:

"First, this Yin-Yang mission must be completely confidential. You cannot inform anyone outside of this mission, otherwise it will be deemed to be abstention.

Second, if you encounter danger, injury or even death during the mission, you must bear all your responsibility, and it has nothing to do with the Three Pure Landscapes. Giving up in the middle is deemed to be abstention.

Third, each second-level Yin and Yang task must be completed within a limited 24 hours, and if it is outdated, it will be abstention."

I saw this, took out a black pen and signed my name on the paper.

The test mission officially began. Our seven groups were arranged to get into seven vans parked outside the Taoist temple. Hua Xiangyue and I had just gotten in the car. Before we could sit down, the driver who was driving started the car directly and jumped out with a throttle!

Hua Xiangyue didn't stand firmly, and she directly bumped into me. A light fragrance penetrated into my nose. I quickly pushed Hua Xiangyue away from me and helped me stabilize:

"Are you okay?" I asked.

Hua Xiangyue sat down and complained:

"I said, driver, can you drive more steadily? We just got in the car this time and rushed out before we stood firm. Who would it be if we hit it?"

The driver who was driving was a dark middle-aged man. He said to Hua Xiangyue without looking back:

"I drive like this for your own good. I can save a lot of time along the way. Now for you, time is everything. I will send you to the destination earlier, so you will have more time to complete the task, right?"

After hearing this, Hua Xiangyue started to talk to the driver:

"Driver, where is Huanshui Village?"

"It's a bit far behind the inclined hernia reservoir, fifty or sixty kilometers, so I'm anxious to take you away." The driver said to Hua Xiangyue.

After hearing this, Hua Xiangyue continued to ask:

"Do you know what strange things have happened in Huanshui Village recently?"

After hearing this, the driver said with a smile:

"You little clever guy, you have found out that I am the driver. I am a person who is responsible for driving and delivering people. I don't know anything else."

It’s nothing if the driver doesn’t say this. As soon as he says this, I think he should know a lot.

So I changed my question:

"Master, I don't really understand why there are three stars in the danger and difficulty of a small village in an unknown small village?"

The driver immediately spoke after hearing what I said:

"You can't say that, the matter in Huanshui Village is very troublesome..."

"Master, you still know!" Hua Xiangyue said loudly, blinking at me.

The driver then realized, but the words had already come out, and it was impossible to take them back, so the driver had to say to me and Hua Xiangyue:

"I also heard that when the villagers of Huanshui Village were building roads and bridges, they encountered strange things and could not get rid of bridge piles. Later, they found a fortune teller who was proficient in Yin and Yang Feng Shui. The fortune teller said that if he wanted to build roads and bridges, he had to make piles..."

"What is a stake?" I asked.

"The stake is a secret architectural evil technique in ancient times. The process is terrifying and evil! It burys people, especially boys and girls, alive in the stake before the construction project starts. The purpose is to ensure the smoothness of the project. In ancient times, people believed that when the ground was started, they would destroy the Feng Shui in a place and would anger the ghosts and gods in that place. Therefore, they buried the living person on the construction site and sacrificed the living person, hoping to reduce accidents in the building and ensure the smooth completion of the construction period." Hua Xiangyue explained to me.

"This girl is right at all." said the driver.

"This is too cruel. Isn't anyone care?" I asked.

The driver sighed and said:

"Share? The sky is high and the emperor is far away. In such a remote village, there is no way to drive a car before the bridge is built. Who would care??"

Hua Xiangyue also said:

"So I think the most terrifying thing about our mission this time is not the evil spirits who are indifferent after being beaten to death, but the villagers who are obsessed with interests and are feudal superstitious."

The driver nodded:

"That's right, in short, I'll give you a word. When you go to Huanshui Village, don't offend the village chief in their village. Otherwise, even if you have great skills, you will not be able to live without Huanshui Village. Where, the village chief's words are more effective than the law."

Hua Xiangyue looked at the scenery outside the car window and said:

"Thank you, the driver. We went to the village to complete the task and no one would mess with you."

But I am not as optimistic as Hua Xiangyue. If our mission this time is not provoked, it will definitely not be completed.

...

The driver drove the car very fast on the road, but even so, it took nearly two hours to drive more than fifty kilometers.

The time left for us is only 22 hours.

Before getting off the bus, I took a look at the time on the bus. It was four o'clock in the afternoon, which means we were going to complete the second-level Yin and Yang task of sacrificing living people in Huanshui Village before 2 o'clock tomorrow.

Hua Xiangyue and I are now on the only cement bridge leading to Huanshui Village. It can be seen that this cement bridge should have just been built, and there are firecracker debris on the bridge deck, and there are bright red cloth strips tied to the railings on both sides, which are floating in the wind.

This bridge should be built by the driver's words using the cruel and bloody superstitious method of beating a stake.

"Miss Hua, this cement bridge has been built. Why do the villagers in Huanshui Village still have to sacrifice to living people?" I clearly remember that in this second-level yin and yang mission, the first one was to prevent the villagers from offering sacrifice to living people.

"When you go to the village, you may find someone to ask for some clues. Let's go to the ninth day of the year. Let's go to the village first." Hua Xiangyue said as she walked to the cement bridge.

I followed closely and walked up, not sure whether it was a psychological effect or some reason. As soon as I stepped onto the cement bridge, I felt a gust of cold wind blowing from under the bridge, making my spine cold.

We walked across the cement bridge, crossed a dirt road, and came to Huanshui Village.

The village is not big, and roughly speaking, there are only more than 100 households at most. Moreover, most of the elderly in the village are the ones, and young people have already gone out to work and make money.

Hua Xiangyue is so beautiful that she and I were eye-catching. As soon as I entered the village, we were targeted by the elderly sitting at the entrance of the village to enjoy the cool air and chat.

As the "Information Bureau" in the village, Hua Xiangyue felt it was very necessary to inquire about the news from these old people.

"Aunts and grandmas, is this Huanshui Village?" Hua Xiangyue looked at the old men gathered together, squatted down and asked with a smile.
Chapter completed!