Chapter 176 Dan Lingzi’s Secret

After the cold glow of the gem disappeared, the entire space became dark.

Ji Que and Ning Hongyu held their breath at the same time, as if two stones were not causing any movement.

The surroundings suddenly became extremely quiet. From here, you can hear the sound of footsteps that were indeed a bit shattered outside.

There should be someone outside in that room.

Ji Que and Ning Hongyu were not sure whether they were exposed, so they were already prepared to attack and escape at any time.

For example, Ning Hongyu in front of him, the demon sword in his left hand and a thick stack of water talismans in his right hand.

She didn't mind catching the other person off guard from the beginning.

On this side, Ji Que took out a stack of fire talismans.

Anyway, the talisman cannot be sold now, so he doesn't mind cooperating with the girl to go up the peak and giving the other party a double-level world of water and fire.

But I have to admit that even though the two of them had experienced many battles and were considered old-fashioned, they still couldn't help but become nervous after seeing the evil nature of this Taoist temple.

At this time, the footsteps approached the direction of the cave, and you could vaguely see the changing light and shadow at the entrance of the cave.

But the steps stopped in front of the cave, stood for a while, and left.

It was not until a while before Ji Que and Ning Hongyu breathed out a long breath.

They couldn't help but look at the stone tripod again, and they felt more and more that the texture on the tripod looked like wrinkles on the faces of elderly people, with an ominous meaning.

But they couldn't see anything, so they returned to the ground the same way.

The dilapidated house still looked completely visible.

But unlike before, there was a very small bales in the corner of the house.

The soil bun is only the size of a palm, with fingerprints on it, and it looks like a small grave.

That man just dug a small piece of land here?

Ji Que and Ning Hongyu guessed that the one who just stood here was probably Dan Lingzi.

He and Chen Li have always been the only ones in Changxu Temple. Chen Li usually swept the floor after dinner and should not come here.

Did Dan Lingzi come here just to pile up this earth bundle?

But what's the point?

However, Ji Que and Ning Hongyu knew that the things here could not be inferred based on common sense.

It’s getting late, and standing here always feels unsafe.

Ji Que and Ning Hongyu knew that they could not stay here like this anymore.

The two of them quickly climbed over the wall.

In the pit below, they forgot the passage of time, and at this time they realized that night was coming.

The sky became dimmer and darker, and the sound of the wind whimpered across the wild forest, making it look a little hideous. Sometimes the sound of a big bird flapping its wings came, which looked deep and weird.

It's like something terrible will come out in this dense forest.

Ji Que and Ning Hongyu no longer hesitated and turned back to the mezzanine of the room.

This place is like their safe house. Only when you get here will you feel a little relieved.

But this peace of mind is only relative. Thinking of the lonely stone tripod I saw in the empty room and cave before, they always feel cold.

There is nothing, but it looks even more weird than the room full of big belly elk.

After such a whole day, Ji Que and Ning Hongyu have realized that tonight's owner Chen Li is very likely to have similar evil changes last night.

Everything is weird, as if it starts with Chen Li’s meal.

Everything became gloomy from the beginning of his meal.

They have been peeping here for almost two days. They seem to have found some clues, but in fact they are still a little far from the truth.

The elk with a big belly seemed to grow out of a cauldron. Every time Dan Lingzi led them to feed Chen Li, it was not like his disciples serving his master, but rather more like sacrificing?

So what is Chen Li’s identity, god, monster, evil spirit?

Everything in this long and empty view is like a layer of fog that makes people unable to see clearly. Occasionally, a phantom is revealed, which gives people creepy horror.

Maybe they need more clues to get closer to the truth.

For example, where did Dan Lingzi go last night? What is the significance of the oil lamp he carefully protected?

Ji Que communicated with Ning Hongyu and made a decision, that is, if a similar situation happens tonight, they will follow Dan Lingzi to see what is going on.

They felt that they were not far from the truth. This feeling was like a pearl looking for the truth on a beach. They had found a few beads, but they were still missing a line to connect them.

But for some reason, the more they were about to get closer to the truth, the more uneasy they became.

In the courtyard, the Chen Li, who was covered in beard and blood, was still sweeping the ground slowly, but Dan Lingzi should be in the hall.

Tonight is no different from last night, but this similarity makes people feel absurd.

If they hadn't gone to the cave in person today and saw the cauldron and came back from outside, they would probably have thought they were trapped yesterday.

That feeling, no matter how you say, they are like the only change in this Taoist temple.

The night became darker and darker, and the strange sounds in the night appeared around again.

Suddenly, Ning Hongyu stopped moving and restrained his breathing. Ji Que, who noticed this, quickly held his breath.

Compared to last night, there was a cold moon tonight, and the entire Taoist temple would not be pitch black.

And it is also because of this that Ning Hongyu, who had just one eye but had super vision, saw Chen Li's changes.

Moss appeared on his neck, tangling like a twisted snake. I don’t know if it was because he kept sweeping the floor or why, Ning Hongyu even felt that the moss was alive.

Just like countless tiny earthworms, attached to Chen Li, they moved gently.

What made her even more alert was that she noticed Chen Li's gaze.

Although he had been sweeping the floor there, as if he had been immersed in this matter as before, what was the truth?

Ning Hongyu felt that he was secretly glancing around from time to time, and even glanced at them several times, with a sinister smell under the cold moonlight.

This guy glanced at him like this yesterday?

So, Ji Que and Ning Hongyu had to be more cautious.

Halfway through, he knew that there were only Dan Lingzi and Chen Li, except for them, but they still looked back from time to time.

It seemed as if a third person would emerge from this hidden mezzanine.

This feeling is very bad, because this mezzanine can be regarded as a "safe house" in Ji Que's heart.

The safe house is no longer safe, it is indeed a disaster.

In the middle of the night, the light appeared again.

You don’t have to think about it and know that it is Dan Lingzi.

Dan Lingzi was wearing a green Taoist robe, holding an oil lamp in his hand, and carefully protecting it. He glanced at Chen Li, who was sweeping the floor from time to time, and looked like a thief.

Or, like a mouse secretly passing by in front of a cat.

The smell of mud in the air became stronger and stronger. In Ning Hongyu's eyes, Chen Li was sweeping the floor became more and more sinister.

She even saw him smiling there.

With a creak, Dan Lingzi came to the house again and hid in the same place as last night.

The sound of sweeping the floor had already stopped, and Ji Que even felt that it stopped a little earlier than last night.

The strong smell of mud came along the plywood. Ji Que didn't have to look at it and knew that Chen Li was here.

With a bang, the wooden door was pushed open this time.

Ye Feng crawled in and made a whimpering sound, like a ghost crying.

Ji Que and Ning Hongyu only felt that the air here became much heavier and were very depressing.

This change is not just psychological.

This only shows that Chen Li has a strong aura.

This time, Chen Li was obviously deeper than last night, and it was easier to find Dan Lingzi and them hiding in the mezzanine.

The three of them were so arrogant that they didn't dare to let out a word.

"Squeak!"

A black mouse climbed over along the splint and climbed to Ji Que's neck, but Ji Que didn't move at all.

What's even more excessive about this mouse was that it actually jumped near Ji Que's belt and picked up a silver note with a click.

Ji Que continued to endure, motionless.

After the mouse chewed the silver notes, he spitted them aside, jumped to Ji Que's head, and chewed his hair.

Ji Que still didn't move, even though he had always had prejudice against mice.

When Ning Hongyu looked at him worriedly, he even showed a very stiff smile.

In some ways he is professional, unless he can't help it.

Afterwards, the mouse seemed to feel bored and jumped off Ji Que's head and drilled down.

The moment the mouse landed from the interlayer, it seemed to suddenly sense a huge danger and wanted to escape, but its sound came to an abrupt end.

The next moment, Ji Que saw Chen Li walking back, and the mouse he wished he could peel and cramp and roast it stuck to Chen Li's body.

The moss covering him quickly twisted like an earthworm and penetrated into the mouse's eyes and mouth.

Within a few breaths, it became part of Chen Li's "moss".

This is a quite terrifying scene, which at least proves that Chen Li has the ability to "infect others".

But Ji Que's impression of him changed a little.

Anyone or thing who can kill rats is a plus for him.

The crueler the better.

Afterwards, there was a little bit of fire below.

Like last night, Dan Lingzi quietly opened the window and left the room.

Ji Que and Ning Hongyu winked. They slid out the plyboard like two fish, and jumped out along the window.

The wind is always strong here at night, and the trees in the wild forest are shaking violently, which seems very lively for a while.

After coming out, the sound of the big bird flapping its wings and crying like a child becoming more and more obvious.

Ji Que and Ning Hongyu each held weapons in their hands and looked around, fearing that something would approach.

And ahead of them, a little light shaking in the wind.

The fire seemed to be extinguished at any time, but it was shaking but never extinguished.

Dan Lingzi walked with the light of fire, walking very quickly.

But he didn't leave very fast.

Ji Que and Ning Hongyu followed behind, and the two quickly left the range of Changxuguan and entered the forest outside.

The forest is full of weeds and lush trees, and the moon cannot penetrate.

When Ji Que came for the first time, Dan Lingzi told him that he had to leave this forest before dark, and probably there must be something terrible hidden in this forest.

The forest was very dark and there was still white mist floating. Even Ning Hongyu's eyes could only see about three feet away in front of him.

In the white mist, the sound of children crying and big birds flapping their wings came from, sometimes very close and sometimes far away.

In order to avoid exposure, Ji Que and Ning Hongyu both adopted a swimming posture.

As the wind blows the weeds, they hide their bodies and can always catch the traces of Dan Lingzi.

Although the fire light is weak, it is also the only light source here.

Suddenly, Ji Que and Ning Hongyu were swimming suddenly stagnant, and a feathered bone hand suddenly emerged from the fog in front of him.

It stretched forward and was about to grab Dan Lingzi's neck.

Dan Lingzi suddenly noticed something and looked back.

The moment the oil lamp in his hand was cast, the hand suddenly shrank back.

Under the reflection of the oil lamp, Dan Lingzi's face turned yellow, as if she was coated with a layer of wax.

In other words, it seems like it is a layer of wax, and the sweat on the face is wax oil.

At this moment, Ji Que and Ning Hongyu could no longer tell whether the other party was a human or a ghost.

What makes them even more wary of is that there are indeed dirt in the forest.

They couldn't help but press their bodies down and kept up again in a swimming position.

This time, they were even a little closer to Dan Lingzi.

And at this moment, Dan Lingzi suddenly stopped, then walked to the right and hid behind a tree.

Ning Hongyu and Ji Que were about to catch up, but they found that the fog in front of them suddenly moved.

They stopped immediately, as if they merged with the weeds on the ground.

After that, the two saw many people and many voices.

These people are very thin, with bones wrapped around their skin, their mouths wide open, and they keep saying something, with an unspeakable sense of horror.

But what makes the scalp tingles the most is how they travel.

They are wrapped together.

Yes, that was a huge ball of meat composed of many of these skinny people.

The meat ball is at least as high as a few floors. These people merged together as if they were poured, and some of their bodies were still twisting on the surface, like strange earthworms.

If all the meat balls in front of you are composed of human bodies, then at least thousands of people will have to be said to be.

The meat ball rolled and passed by Ji Que and Ning Hongyu.

At this moment, a man of earthworms should have noticed them and made a scream, but soon his voice was drowned out by his companions' voice.

The huge human body ball left and disappeared into the fog. Ji Que and Ning Hongyu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

If this thing is encountered head-on, it may be really not easy to deal with.

And the most important thing is that they do not know how many unheard evil spirits there are in this forest.

Soon, the light of fire in front moved again, and Ji Que and Ning Hongyu hurriedly followed.

It can be seen that the lights have become dimmer and dimmer.

Finally, the two saw the single-plank bridge.

There was fog floating on the single-plank bridge in the night, and the water below could not be seen clearly, as if something was swimming.

From here, it looks like a Naihe Bridge with a terrifying spirit.

However, Dan Lingzi crossed the bridge without any danger, and Ji Que and Ning Hongyu quickly followed.

But just as he swam to the middle of the bridge, Ji Que suddenly heard someone calling him his name.

"Aji, why are you here?"

The sound came from under the bridge, and it looked like Tang Yi's voice.

Ji Que couldn't help but look down, but at this time, his chin was suddenly held by a beautiful hand.

Ning Hongyu held his chin and gestured with his eyes: "Don't look, just go!"

The single-plank bridge finally came to its end.

Ji Que looked back at this time and found that the single-plank bridge was ordinary, and the same was true for the water seed below, which was completely different from the feeling I gave me just now.

At this moment, Ji Quezhen had the illusion of walking from the ghost realm to the human world.

In front, Dan Lingzi was still walking.

Ji Que soon discovered that they had arrived near Dan Lingzi's grave.

Dan Lingzi walked towards Dan Lingzi's grave, and she felt creepy no matter how she thought about it.

In the sight of the two, Dan Lingzi passed by the tombstone with the tombstone written by "Dan Lingzi Chen Yu's Tomb".

He went deep into the weeds.

Afterwards, Ji Que and Ning Hongyu only felt like they fell into an absurd nightmare.

There are many graves behind this.

The tombstones in front of the tombs all contain words such as "The Tomb of Dan Lingzi Chen Yu".

Even though these graves were not dug open, Ji Que knew that the burials might be Dan Lingzi inside.

The same Dan Lingzi.

At this moment, Dan Lingzi was holding the oil lamp in his hand and walking among his tombs, with no emotion on his face.

The sky was covered with white fish belly.

The Dan Lingzi in front of him stopped moving.

Immediately afterwards, he suddenly knelt there, in front of his grave.

The next moment, the oil lamp in his hand went out, and he was completely silent.

Ji Que saw it, and only had one thought in his heart - "He is dead."

He looked at Ning Hongyu, who nodded and confirmed his thoughts.

Dan Lingzi is dead.

Dan Lingzi came here from Changxuguan with an oil lamp, and came to his grave and died.

Then what?

For a moment, it was difficult for Ji Que to describe his feelings. He felt like he was trapped in a ridiculous nightmare and did not wake up.

But Dan Lingzi was indeed dead. He knelt there motionlessly, and his eyes had lost their spirit.

And the direction of his eyes before his death was to look at them.

He noticed them?

But what afterwards?

For a moment, Ji Que and Ning Hongyu looked at each other and were creepy.

They thought they would find some key clues when they came here, but now the line is broken.

At this time, the two of them had time to observe these graves.

Yes, the characters engraved on them are the same, and you can even feel the writing of a person.

But the tombstones are not consistent, some are larger and some are smaller.

Suddenly, the two of them lay in the weed almost at the same time, holding their breath and concentrating.

A tiny sound of footsteps came from the weeds.

Someone is here!

The sky was covered with white fish belly, and the weeds were dark among the tombstones.

Ning Hongyu and Ji Que held their breath and concentrated, crawled on the ground, silently observing everything.

Then, they saw a person.

Dan Lingzi.

Dan Lingzi walked from the weeds and stood in front of the dead Dan Lingzi
Chapter completed!