Chapter 332 This Child Was Hidden

The whole forest was silent for a moment.

Someone exclaimed softly, "Is there really someone here who was killed by the demons?!"

Everyone entered a state of martial law. Jian Yue frowned slightly. Although these young disciples usually shouted about eliminating demons and defending the Way every day, in fact, they had never seen any big scenes.

Jian Yue did not step back. Instead, he took a step forward and half squatted. He felt the blood on the stone behind him to see how dry it was, and then checked the degree of drying of the corpses. The humidity in this forest was very high, and the corpses were already badly decomposed. According to the speed of the insects in the forest, they should turn into a pile of bones within three or four days.

But no.

"He has been dead for at least five or six days." Jian Yue said: "The flesh and skin have decayed normally, there are no signs of being bitten. The cause of death..."

He was a little hesitant.

But someone acted before him. Jiang Yu was standing next to him. Just as Jian Yue was about to lift up the body for a more careful examination, someone else had already taken action. The boy walked in front of him, reached out and lifted up the body that was lying on the ground, and placed it on the ground to make it easier for Jian Yue to see. He didn't care about the dirt and dust on the ground at all, but was careful to keep them away from Jian Yue.

After finishing it, Jiang Yu turned back and said to Jian Yue: "Take a look."

Jian Yue: “…Okay.”

In fact, he didn't care about the environment or whether the people were dirty or not. It was because he had no cultivation and didn't have much strength. The human body was very heavy and he couldn't move it by himself.

A young disciple ran over and said, "Don't move. This is a person who has been devoured by the demons. He has demonic energy!"

Jian Yue saw bite marks on the man's neck. The man said, "Look, this is caused by the demons. Damn demons, they are such beasts! They should still be in the forest. We have to find them!"

The wound on the neck looked like it had been bitten by a wild beast, leaving only a bloody hole.

When everyone else started looking for the demons, Jian Yue paid attention to the man's hair and ears. He reached out and saw a small silver needle in a hidden corner.

"There should be more than just these two people here." Jian Yue said, "I think there may be someone else nearby."

Only Jiang Yu was still standing beside him. After hearing what Jian Yue said, he said, "There may be someone under this stone."

Jian Yue was a little surprised: "How did you know?"

Is there any special method?

Jiang Yu replied, "In the village where I used to live, the villagers would build shelters on the mountain to prevent wild animals or natural disasters. These shelters were usually very hidden. They would dig tunnels behind large rocks, and then villagers would take turns to guard them. The two who died were most likely the people in charge of guarding them."

When Jian Yue heard this, he stood up and said, "Under this huge rock?"

The location of this stone can be said to be extremely unique. Behind it is a rock that happens to form a very small gap with the mountain wall. Jian Yue tried it and found that it was almost impossible for anyone to get in here, and there were thick leaves and vines all around blocking the view. However, it must be said that this would be an impeccable shelter.

Jiang Yu said: "It's behind here."

The movement of the two of them attracted many other disciples. One disciple came over and asked, "What are you doing if you don't look for the demons?"

Jian Yue said: "There may be someone behind this."

The disciple asked, "How could there be someone else?"

Jiang Yu, who was standing next to Jian Yue, had already drawn his sword. His swordsmanship was extremely fast, without any skill or spiritual power. He relied purely on swordsmanship to cut through the vines outside, finally revealing the pieces of stone that were blocking the entrance to the cave.

Everyone was a little surprised. They didn't expect it really existed here.

One disciple said impatiently: "There are still people suffering inside. Push the door open and see!"

They used their spiritual power to break open the mountain wall. The rocks fell down, and everyone could finally see the scene behind the mountain wall clearly. It was a long tunnel. When they walked inside, there was no light. Only when the disciples took out the magic weapon for lighting could they see clearly. When they were halfway there, Jian Yue had already smelled something.

Jian Yue's eyes darkened.

The people in front were still discussing: "This place is so secluded, and there are no signs of fighting, so he should still be alive."

They only walked forward five or six meters when they came across a large sinkhole. Inside it were four or five corpses lying in a disorderly manner. Each corpse had died in a horrific manner, just like the two villagers outside.

Everyone stopped and stood there. The firelight revealed the faces of the villagers, all of whom had bite marks on their necks.

"These damn demons!" The disciple holding the magic weapon said angrily, "How can they be so hateful!"

Jian Yue looked at him.

In fact, he didn't notice it at first, but after a closer look, he was a little surprised because the disciple had white hair, so he didn't recognize him. Isn't this Jiang Chengqi? ! This is the main mission target of this time, Jiang Chengqi who is going to find out the cause of Jiang Chengqi's death! But how come his hair has turned so white after just ten days?

Jiang Chengqi said angrily: "I will never forgive these damn demons!"

Jian Yue walked closer. He wanted to look for the wounds on these people's bodies, but just as he was looking, someone not far away suddenly said, "There's something coming from behind!"

At the entrance of the tunnel, there was a rustling sound.

In the dim light, a dark figure appeared at the entrance of the cave. It was a vengeful spirit, the vengeful spirit of the demon clan. Their bodies were dark and they floated in the air. The vengeful spirits came to seek the vitality of the living and pounced straight over to kill them!

There were only four or five disciples here. The two standing on the outermost side were knocked to the ground by the vengeful spirits before they could react. The vengeful spirits came at them so aggressively that they could not react at all. When they were about to be bitten, someone rushed over. His sword was very fast and directly cut the arms of the vengeful spirits. Although the bodies of the vengeful spirits were formed by the resentment of the demons, the sharp sword energy would disperse their bodies for a moment.

In just a short while, the two disciples finally ran towards the back of the mountain wall in a panic.

The vengeful spirit was only controlled temporarily. After it recovered its body, it was about to rush towards the two disciples with vicious eyes. The two disciples wailed, "Why are they only rushing towards the two of us? Help! You two, Wang Yue, Jiang Yu, save us!!!"

The audience in the live broadcast room exclaimed:

"Why are there so many evil spirits? Can they handle them?"

“I think it’s difficult!”

"How can we save them? These little disciples are just snacks for drinking!"

Jian Yue was stunned for a moment, and then the next second, in the eyes of the two disciples who were terrified and begging for help, only Jiang Chengqi was not afraid. He rushed over to fight with the evil spirits, but it seemed that he was gradually losing the upper hand.

In a critical moment.

Just when everyone thought there was no hope.

Jian Yue said: "There is a way, why don't you just give it a try."

When everyone was looking at him, Jian Yue actually squatted down, then quickly scraped off the dirt and clothes of the dead villagers on the ground and distributed them to others, saying: "The vengeful spirits of the demons feed on life. These clothes are heavy with dead air. Put them on, hold your breath, sink the energy into your dantian, and see how they seal it!"

Jiang Chengqi shouted: "Only cowards would use such methods. I will kill them!"

Jian Yue: "If you keep yelling, you'll die, and then there will be no one left to take care of your brother."

Jiang Chengqi immediately said, "Find me a larger size! The one you have is too small!"

Jian Yue: “…Okay.”

He was about to look for it, but Jiang Yu beside him did not let him touch it. Instead, he had already prepared other clothes and handed them to Jiang Chengqi. Everyone put on their clothes, and then used their skills to sink their qi into their dantian and hold their breath. The smell of their clothes covered up their living breath. As expected, the evil spirits of the demons could not find their target, and they just lingered there for a while before leaving.

Silence returned to the cave.

Jian Yue and the others breathed a sigh of relief. After the melee just now, the whole cave was in a mess, and the light here had become dimmer. Unfortunately, there was even a roar of thunder and lightning outside, and a heavy rain was about to fall on the mountain.

"It's getting dark outside." Jiang Yu walked to the cave entrance and came back and said, "It's not suitable to travel tonight."

There are five disciples here, and they are all so scared after what happened just now that their legs are weak. Jian Yue said, "Let's stay here for one night. First of all, we don't know the way down the mountain. It's easy to get lost if we go out now, which is even worse. And we don't know how many vengeful demon spirits there are."

Jiang Chengqi and others had no objection. Even though the relationship between everyone was a little plastic at the beginning, after this incident, there was some affection between them.

However, some obese disciples said worriedly: "What about the other dozen people? Have they come down the mountain? It's suddenly raining now."

Jian Yue also frowned slightly. To be honest, he felt that this mountain was not that simple at all.

Jiang Chengqi said angrily, "It's all the fault of those evil spirits of the demon clan. I must contact the sect after I get out and tell the world about their evil deeds! Even if we can't kill them, other brothers in Lingyun Sect will kill them!"

Jian Yue thought of the silver needle in his hand and said, "I think these people may not have been killed by evil spirits."

Jiang Chengqi said angrily: "Do you know what you are talking about? If not them, who else could it be?!"

Jian Yue spoke very calmly. If this person was not the target of his mission, he would not bother to say more to him. But since this person was, he did not want this person to die meaninglessly in the future. So when the heavy rain had not yet come, with lightning and thunder outside, he walked to the entrance of the cave and half squatted down to check the stones blocking the entrance.

"There are traces of soil that seals the aura on the stone wall outside the cave, which means that the villagers had already made preparations. But how did the vengeful spirit get in? And there are no signs of fighting at the entrance of the cave." Jian Yue said: "What do you think this means?"

Everyone fell silent.

Only Jiang Yu, who was standing next to Jian Yue, leaned against the stone wall for a moment and then spoke: "Someone killed people from the inside, then opened the stone wall from the inside, and then the people outside sealed it again."

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Jian Yue nodded and said, "That's right."

The other disciples were all shocked. The mountain breeze made them feel cold, but it was not as cold as the chill that spread from their bones.

Jiang Chengqi stood there for a long time, and then he said slowly: "You, what do you mean? Why did these villagers kill each other? How do you explain these wounds? This explanation doesn't make sense."

This is where the problem lies.

Jian Yue returned to the cave again. In fact, he had noticed it just now. This was a skill he learned from Gao Fei in the underground palace of the palace copy. Sometimes he was really grateful for the copies he had experienced in the past, which allowed him to have these practical experiences. Gao Fei once said that if there was a cave with a secret door, there must be no moss on the stones outside. He returned to the cave and tried to move the stones one by one.

Finally, after the last stone was moved, everyone heard a low humming sound from the stone door.

As the stone door slowly opened.

Inside the stone gate, in a small space, lay a little girl, curled up inside. When the stone gate slowly opened, her frightened and trembling body was revealed. She was wearing the villagers' clothes and leaning against the stone wall with tears in her eyes.

She is still alive.

Not far from the stone gate, there were two dead bodies lying. It was a woman and her young husband who was protecting the woman. They used their bodies to block this remote gap, and the child was hidden.

He was the only eyewitness to the massacre.