After learning about the general situation in Fengcheng from Zheng Ruyu, Gu Zhisang agreed to join the investigation team and go to Fengcheng to handle related cases.

She had just accepted the task assignment in the mini program, and soon the team members who were following the case discovered the changes in the investigation team's list.

Within half an hour, the news that "Gu Zhisang joined the Fengcheng Investigation Team" spread throughout the Spirit Group.

The next morning, Gu Zhisang flew directly to Fengcheng under the arrangement of the Spirit Group Headquarters.

After getting off the plane, members of the Spirit Team stationed in Wind City came to pick her up and took her to her temporary residence.

"Coach Gu, now that you're here, there's hope for this!"

Although she had never met the master who was responsible for picking up Gu Zhisang, the other party seemed to know her very well and had extraordinary trust in her.

What she didn't know was that because she had solved several difficult and major cases and brought great disrespect to the Xuanmen, many young Xuanists in the spiritual group now regarded her as an idol and a senior, and she followed every issue of "Spiritual Affairs" without missing a single one.

Gu Zhisang coughed lightly and said, "Let me tell you about the current situation first."

"Okay." The responding team member nodded.

He knew that Gu Zhisang's first priority in coming to Fengcheng was to go to Tianyun Village to look for the missing team members and the abducted Yan Cheng from the Yan family, so he picked the Tianyun Village case first.

The team member said: "When we first arrived in Windy City and started investigating, the local people in Windy City were discussing a number of strange deaths - which is another case our people are currently investigating.

The Windy City's local internet also reported and discussed this incident extensively, and it attracted a lot of attention."

"But what surprised us was that such a bizarre and high-profile case had not attracted much attention from people outside the Windy City, and there were no related terms on the trending searches."

This unreasonable phenomenon attracted the attention of the investigation team.

After some investigation, they determined that there was an unnatural force behind the case.

In order to quickly investigate the secrets hidden in the Windy City and calm the fears of netizens and ordinary people, the investigation team launched an investigation based on this case that attracted the attention of the entire network.

Unfortunately, they received little useful information and the case came to a standstill.

At this time, members of the investigation team who were searching for clues online found a missing person notice in a local forum in Fengcheng.

The poster claimed that she was a domestic worker and had been working as a live-in nanny for a family of three for more than five years. She had a very good relationship with the host family and treated them like a family member.

According to her understanding, this middle-aged couple worked hard in the main urban area of ​​Fengcheng. The elderly in their family were not used to living in the city's tube-shaped buildings, so they returned to their hometown village and built a bungalow by themselves.

Normally, the older generation and their children would only call each other once in a while.

The reason why she went to the local forum for help was that two days ago, the middle-aged couple of the host family called their elderly parents as usual to discuss the previously agreed matter of renovating the ancestral tomb at home. Who would have thought that they couldn't get through after several calls.

At first, the host couple thought that the old man's phone was out of battery or that his phone was not with him, so they didn't think much about it.

They called their neighbors in the same village and the village chief, but no one answered.

Either the phone is turned off or no one answers.

Early the next morning, the worried couple called again and the situation was the same as last night.

The two of them could no longer sit still, so they took leave early that afternoon and prepared to go back to their hometown to visit their parents. They asked the live-in nanny who had been responsible for taking care of the child, cooking and cleaning the house - the person who posted the message - to pick up the child and take care of him.

The live-in nanny followed the couple's instructions and took the child, who had just started elementary school, home.

The couple didn't come back until evening, and calls to them were unsuccessful.

Until the evening of the next day, which was the day the post was published, the couple completely disappeared.

The live-in nanny was also stunned and completely panicked.

She first called the police and explained the situation, and then posted this message on the local forum, wanting to ask if there were any netizens who lived close to the host couple's hometown, or if there were any people from this village.

When the members of the investigation team saw it, the post already had two or three hundred replies.

Many netizens did not believe this was true and thought the poster was telling a story.

The reason is that the poster said that she heard from the host family that the address of her hometown is called "Tianyun Village", but most local people have never heard of such a village in Fengcheng.

But soon, things took a turn.

Some local netizens said that there is indeed such a village in Fengcheng, but it is too remote and is a local poor village, dozens of kilometers away from the county seat, so not many people know about it.

Netizens did see the mark of "Tianyun Village" on the map.

This increases the credibility of the story by three points.

At this time, the live-in nanny who posted the message took a screenshot of her own police call record and took a photo of the child crying in the room looking for his parents... The popularity of this post continued to rise.

Shortly after seeing the post, members of the investigation team received calls from the local police station and the spiritual group branch.

It turned out that after receiving the report, the local police went to the house to collect evidence and basically confirmed that the identity information of the reporter was true, and then drove to "Tianyun Village".

However, when they arrived near the landmark shown on the map, they saw only an empty wasteland and fields on both sides of the road.

There is no village.

There were no houses or people.

The police officers were dumbfounded after walking around the area for several times without seeing a single figure. They repeatedly confirmed the accuracy of the map and navigation.

Eventually they had to guess that this strange scene was a metaphysical event and contacted the spirit group.

Unfortunately, by the time the Spirit Group received the news, the people from Xuanmen had already gotten there first.

Bringing the information they got from the sect's spies, the investigation team of the Xianling Group came to the vicinity of the disappeared Tianyun Village and announced that the matter was under their jurisdiction.

Among the traveling team was Yan Cheng, who was abducted by the deputy leader of the Qianqing Sect.

The members of the investigation team had no choice but to send a small team to protect Yan Cheng.

The responding team member continued, "When the Xuanmen people were performing a ritual near Tianyun Village, they said that this place was covered by Yin Qi. They placed Yan Cheng, who was carrying the magic weapon jade finger bone, in the center of the formation, and it seemed that they were using the jade finger bone on his body to absorb the surrounding Yin Qi."

"Soon, a thick fog rose in the area. It was very strange. The outline of Tianyun Village and the entrance of the village were vague in the fog. The group of people entered the village in the fog. Until now, there has been no contact and no one has left."

Gu Zhisang frowned when he heard this.

Others may not know, but she knows very well that the bone in Yan Cheng's body does have some ability to absorb evil spirits, but it is not as magical as the rumors say.

Putting him at the center of the formation attracted evil spirits, but probably not much of it was absorbed by the jade finger bones. Most of it was absorbed by his 'bad omen' of physique that gathered yin and evil spirits!

The negative energy that she had purified with great difficulty and the stable situation under control were completely destroyed by the actions of the Ganqing Sect. At the same time, Yan Cheng must have been deeply trapped in the pain of being haunted by the negative energy.

Gu Zhisang pondered for a moment and said, "Take me directly to the location of 'Tianyun Village'."

The responding team member didn't expect her to be so active. After a moment's pause, he asked:

"Are we going now? Coach Gu, do you want to wait for a while while I gather some team members to go with us?"

Gu Zhisang shook his head and said, "No, I'll go take a look first."

"Okay, I'll take you there now."

The receiving team drove for nearly two hours from their stop before arriving at the location of "Tianyun Village".

During this time, Gu Zhisang sat in the passenger seat, looking at the map on the device in his hand and the increasingly desolate rural scenery passing by outside the window.

When the car slowed down, she stared out the window with her eyes slightly narrowed and her expression somewhat serious.

In her eyes, this area is not as simple as netizens and team members say, just an empty space.

There was a gray dome upside down above the sky, covering the entire suburbs.

The evil energy that is invisible to the naked eye is continuously spreading to the surrounding areas and the urban area of ​​​​Fengcheng.

This strange scene reminded her of the last time she went to Southern Province to investigate the disappearance of the Zheng family's youngest daughter, which led to a major cross-provincial and cross-border trafficking case.

At that time, the sky above the border of Southern Province was also covered with a similar gray cloud.

It's not even as large or as gloomy as the area above Wind City.

It is conceivable that under such a dome shrouded in darkness, there must be more tragic and bizarre secrets hidden.

Gu Zhisang got out of the car and took out a golden-bronze, palm-sized compass from somewhere. He found a relatively high point and began to observe the air and listen to the wind to deduce the advantages and disadvantages of the feng shui of this place.

After a while, she slowly lowered her elbow. Seeing this, the team member who had been holding his breath and not daring to disturb her asked cautiously:

"Coach Gu, how is it?"

Gu Zhisang said coldly: "Tianyun Village is right here, in front of us, but we can't see it now. The yin and yang realms here are reversed."

The team members were confused, "What do you mean?"

Gu Zhisang explained: "Do you remember what Wind City is also known as? Ghost City."

Thousands of years ago, Fengcheng was called Bazibiedu, also known as Fengdu.

Fengdu is located in the underworld, and is also known as Fengdu Luoshan, which is the hell passed down orally in the past.

As the saying goes: "There is Luofeng Mountain, in the northern Gui land, with a circumference of 30,000 miles and a height of 2,600 miles. There are six palaces in the cave heaven, with a circumference of 10,000 miles and a height of 2,600 miles. These are the palaces of the six heavenly ghosts and gods... All dead people go there.①"

The reason why Fengcheng is called the "Ghost Town" is because the legendary Fengdu Luoshan Mountain and the Eighteen Levels of Hell are located at the foot of Fengcheng.

In the same location, the world of the living is filled with pedestrians and skyscrapers, while the underworld is a purgatory where thousands of ghosts wail and are tortured and punished.

In fact, this statement is not accurate.

The underworld is extremely vast, and the hells, big and small, are boundless, imprisoning billions of evil spirits who did evil things during their lifetime and after their death. How could it be possible that it is located under a small city?

But the geographical hole at the same location in Fengcheng is indeed the entrance to one of the purgatory in the underworld.

The number of Xuanshi guarding this city is far greater than other places, and there are many folk customs. You can often see some yellowed talismans and small door gods on the streets...

All of this is to suppress the negative energy that continuously overflows from the entrance to the underworld, and also to suppress and capture the evil spirits that try to rush into the world of the living and cause harm to the human world.

To some extent, Wind City can also be seen as a connecting point between the Yin and Yang worlds, and accidents can easily happen if one is not careful.

The location of Tianyun Village was shrouded in an unknown evil that almost submerged the entire area.

The overly dense evil energy has changed the flow and direction of the Feng Shui here, causing the originally forward-flowing 'energy' to begin to flow in the reverse direction;

In addition, this place is above the underworld and is an acupoint between the yin and yang worlds.

The retrograde movement of 'Qi' will naturally reverse the Yin and Yang and cause chaos in Feng Shui.

The world of the living is similar to the underworld, and the underworld is analogous to the human world.

This is also an extremely rare and difficult to form yin and yang formation in Feng Shui:

'Hanging upside down in the underworld.'

Tianyun Village is still in its original location, but the land is extremely yin and surrounded by dense evil spirits, making it invisible to the naked eye of living people in the world of the living.

It is actually better to avoid entering at this time, because the formation of the 'upside-down underworld' will cause the ghosts that were originally lurking under the hole and near the entrance of the underworld to briefly appear in the village. In the seemingly endless wasteland, the other end of the barrier may be where thousands of ghosts are walking!

The conceited deputy leader of the Qianqing Sect, who thought he could do whatever he wanted just because he had some ghost-catching skills, was probably not well versed in Feng Shui and did not realize that Tianyun Village was an "inverted underworld".

He directly activated the formation and let Yan Cheng in the formation absorb the negative energy around him.

As the negative energy surrounding the 'Underworld' was reduced, the Tianyun Village that was originally invisible to the naked eye indeed appeared vaguely in front of everyone, allowing them to successfully enter the village.

But the deputy leader had no idea that the place he led the spirit group team, his disciples, and Yan Cheng into was actually a human 'hell' where yin and yang were reversed!

He absorbed the negative energy, which naturally attracted the attention of the evil ghosts and spirits rampant in the village.

I'm afraid that this group of people will be discovered and targeted by thousands of ghosts before they even set foot in the village!

In this situation, not to mention losing contact, it is also very normal that the group of people have already died.

This stupid and evil deputy leader of the Qianqing Sect is likely to cause great harm to anyone who enters the village!

After seeing the situation in the village clearly, Gu Zhisang could not suppress the speechlessness and anger in his heart.

The stunned team members were speechless for a long time. They turned their heads and looked at the wasteland around them repeatedly. They inexplicably felt a chill on their backs, as if there were countless pairs of eerie eyes staring at them.

"Gu, Coach Gu, what about us now...?"

Gu Zhisang knew what the other party was afraid of and said:

"You don't have to be afraid. The 'Hanging Hell' has a natural barrier. It is the underworld that exists in the human world. We can't see the ghosts that are reversed and exist in the village. They can't see us either, and they can't come out of the barrier. Otherwise, the human world will be completely messed up."

After all, there is yin energy inside the barrier, but there is sunlight and yang energy from the human world outside the barrier, so ghosts cannot step out.

The situations encountered by the Qianqing Sect and the Lingzu team were different.

They actively absorbed the evil spirits, allowing the ghosts in the 'Upside Down Underworld' to discover their existence, and then they stepped into the barrier headlong, simply going to get their food delivered.

How could such behavior not make Gu Zhisang speechless?

After understanding Gu Zhisang's explanation and knowing that the ghosts in the 'Upside Down Underworld' could not break through the barrier to wreak havoc on the world, the accompanying team members breathed a sigh of relief.

But then he realized something and asked:

"Coach Gu, our people have been inside for almost three days, and the original villagers of Tianyun Village..."

Gu Zhisang pursed his lips and said, "I don't know what's going on in the village now, but the conditions and opportunities for the formation of the 'Upside Down Underworld' are very harsh. There must be a very evil thing born in the village. The only way to find out is to go in."

"But didn't you say that if we barge in rashly, we would attract ghosts?"

Gu Zhisang: "That's right, so we have to wait until the yin and yang are reversed before we can enter. That is when the yin energy in the 'Upside Down Underworld' is the weakest and the ghosts are the rarest."

“Explain the situation here to others quickly and ask them to set up a protective formation around the village in advance.

Although the barrier exists, this is the intersection of the Yin and Yang worlds. If something happens in the village, we cannot let the ghosts that escape out go uncontrolled."

Listening to Gu Zhisang's explanation, the casual team member had a vague guess, and as expected, she continued:

"Today, when the yin and yang are reversed and the yin energy in the Upside Down Underworld is at its thinnest, I will enter to search for the missing people."

The team member said anxiously: "Coach Gu, how can we let you go in alone? This is too dangerous!"

Gu Zhisang: "Every time a living person falls into the underworld, the Yang energy in his body is lost. We can't delay any longer."

Naturally, she was not in the mood to care about the life or death of the old man from the Ganqing Sect.

But the other members of the Keling Group, especially Yan Cheng who suffered an unexpected disaster, would find it difficult to last long in Tianyun Village which is filled with negative energy.

Seeing that the accompanying team members were still worried, Gu Zhisang said bluntly:

"It would be more efficient for me to go in alone. If I have others follow me, it will only hinder me. Not only will I have to get the people trapped inside out, but I will also have to distract myself to protect you."

"Besides, if I can't solve the barrier formed here and the evil creatures in the village, then you will be even less able to do it."

Although these words are a bit arrogant, they are all true.

That night, the members of the investigation team, who also learned for the first time that there were ten thousand ghosts in Tianyun Village, were frightened and broke out in cold sweats, becoming extremely nervous.

Under Gu Zhisang's arrangement and deployment, layers of protective formations and ghost-killing formations were quickly set up around the area.

As for Gu Zhisang himself, he had been preparing to enter Tianyun Village to search for the missing team members.

Late at night, the suburbs of the Windy City were silent and dark.

Gu Zhisang asked everyone to retreat a thousand meters away. She stood alone in the wasteland with her hands in the Taoist seal.

As the words of the numerology spell were clearly recited, she put her fingers together to form a sword, with a 'Thunder Talisman' pinched between her fingertips.

With a flick of the sword, the yellow talisman was like a piece of card paper blown up by no wind. It suddenly exploded in mid-air from bottom to top, creating a thunder that drove away evil and purified the bad spirit.

The lightning illuminated the ground in front of Gu Zhisang. She clearly felt that the negative energy around her had dissipated a lot, but at the same time, a series of sinister gazes that seemed to have substance suddenly fell on her.

She looked calm, quietly watching the village entrance gradually becoming visible in the night fog.

On an archway hangs a village plaque with the words "Tianyun Village" inscribed on it.

The road leading to the gate was pitch black, but Gu Zhisang clearly saw a white shadow floating by not far away.

She lifted her feet and stepped through the archway.

As the saying goes, 'When the night watch is struck at midnight, hundreds of ghosts roam the night.'

It is just past midnight, the beginning of a new day, and also the time when the yin energy is the heaviest.

Generally speaking, this time is when the ghost gate opens and it is most likely to bump into dirty things.

For those whose horoscopes indicate weak yang energy, the master would advise them to avoid going out at this time.

The place where Tianyun Village is located now has reversed yin and yang, forming an 'upside-down underworld';

The midnight hour, which is originally the time when yin energy is the heaviest, is actually the safest time in the village when yin energy is the lightest and ghosts are the fewest and weakest.

With the timing just right, Gu Zhisang directly broke through the evil spirits all around, allowing the Tianyun Village shrouded in yin energy to briefly appear, and he entered it smoothly.

Walking along the gloomy village road, Gu Zhisang discovered that there were many small buildings standing on the ground which was originally a vast open space.

The village has not disappeared, it is indeed here. Everywhere you look, you can see the villagers’ self-built houses.

The convenience store near the village road had its doors and lights on, but there was no one inside.

The whole village was eerily quiet; even the sound of breathing could be heard clearly.

This is an empty village.

There is not a single person in sight!

Gu Zhisang looked around and found that every door had red wedding paper pasted on it, red carpets spread in front of the door, and red lanterns hung...

The whole Tianyun Village was filled with a strange festive atmosphere.

As the red paper spread out on the ground, Gu Zhisang went deeper and deeper, and finally stopped in front of a small building.

The walls and gate of this private house are covered with big red "囍" characters. When the wind blows, the lanterns hanging in front of the gate flutter crookedly.

Gu Zhisang stretched out his hand and pushed open the gate. With a creaky sound, the crack in the door slowly revealed the scene in the yard.

As the courtyard door was pushed open, a cool night breeze blew in, bringing with it a murderous aura.

Gu Zhisang, who was well prepared, took off the peach wood sword on his back at some point, and with a backhand twist, the seemingly blunt wooden sword crossed in front of him, making a sound of breaking wind.

A sharp scream sounded along with the peach wood sword. The evil ghost hiding in the yard and preparing to attack her was directly killed by the wooden sword. The last bit of cold soul energy also dissipated in the air.

This scene immediately stunned the other evil spirits hiding in the yard.

They looked at each other in bewilderment; none of them had expected that the person who had just entered the barrier would be so swift and decisive, and so powerful!

Before the evil ghosts could think about whether to continue charging, Gu Zhisang picked up the peach wood sword and took the initiative to use the power of Taoism to slay the evil. Before the evil ghosts could react, he chopped them to pieces.

Seeing this, some evil spirits who were temporarily captured to serve as "strong men" or who bullied the weak and feared the strong scattered and escaped under the cover of night.

After the many ghosts gathered in the yard dispersed, the yin energy here also weakened a lot.

The deception that had existed since entering Tianyun Village disappeared.

Gu Zhisang looked around and found that the courtyard, which was already a dark place, and the scene in the village were even more bizarre.

The wedding carpet spread in front of the courtyard gate to welcome guests was solidified and smelly blood plasma.

The big red "囍" characters in front of the gate and on the walls were all hung upside down, not a single one was pasted upright.

The air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

The village was still deserted and silent, but all that could be seen with the naked eye was the blood-stained and crushed paper money on the ground.

Seeing this scene, Gu Zhisang lowered his eyes slightly, knowing in his heart that many people in this village might be in danger.

At this moment, her ears moved slightly, and she suddenly looked up at the main house in the yard.

After a while, she walked over with the sword in her hand and kicked the closed door open.

The living room was pitch black and filled with a gloomy atmosphere. Only the bedroom further inside was lit with a faint yellow light that leaked out from the crack of the door.

Gu Zhisang continued to walk in, feeling the increasingly strong yin energy, and tightened the peach wood sword in his hand.

After kicking open the bedroom door and seeing the scene inside, her gaze paused slightly.

On the innermost bed, there was a figure wearing wedding clothes and a red veil...

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