Chapter 62 Shanyin Village
"Blood! There's blood on his shoes!"
"No body found, no body found."
Feng Bo's words were like a heavy stone, weighing on everyone's heart.
The way down the mountain was unusually quiet. Although the previous haunted situation was no longer there, no one dared to speak, as if they were afraid of disturbing something and ending up like Hetian Sheng.
The villagers were terrified by the sight of the fleshy mess on the ground. Only Uncle Feng walked in front, holding a dim lamp. The others were protected by the psychic in the middle. This incident made the villagers less repulsive to the psychic, and they no longer had their previous vigilance.
Gu Nian glanced ahead. The thick fog was still there, and Uncle Feng's figure was looming. After saying that just now, the other party had not spoken again.
There was obviously something strange about this place, but now was not the time to ask. Gu Nian suppressed the doubts in his heart and just followed the team quietly.
The descent was much smoother than the ascent, and took much less time. Soon, the road became flat. After walking for an unknown amount of time, the thick fog thinned, and a small path appeared before our eyes.
In the dim morning light, at the end of the road is a village surrounded by mountains.
Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief. As if some kind of barrier had been broken, a villager's cry of "Ouch" shattered the silence. His legs limp, he collapsed to the ground, his strength gone. The other villagers weren't much better off.
Gu Nian turned and looked behind him. The direction they had come from was still thick with fog. Even though the sky had brightened, it showed no sign of dissipating. Furthermore, the entire village at the foot of the mountain was shrouded in this thick fog. No matter which direction you looked, it was a vast expanse of white.
The fog covered a much larger area than she had imagined, as if it had intentionally trapped the entire village. This also meant that their guess was correct. The core of the pollution was most likely related to this village. They had found the right place.
The villagers didn't dare rest for too long. Once they had recovered, they prepared to rush back to the village. Scarface found Gu Nian and Lu Yan and asked, "Healer Gu, Healer Lu, should we go in and look for someone?"
To prevent any accidents, they had followed the villagers and had not ventured into the dense fog on their own, hoping to encounter colleagues lost in the fog as they had before. But they encountered no one.
Before them, thirteen psychics had already come in. After they came in, they got lost with the captain and four others. Excluding the one who was rescued from the pit later, there are still sixteen psychics trapped in the fog, and no one knows what the situation is.
Before Gu Nian and Lu Yan could say anything, Feng Bo's voice came from the front, saying coldly: "I advise you not to waste your time. They can't get out without the permission of the mountain god." After that, he led the villagers straight towards the village, seemingly not caring what they would do.
After the people left, Wei Chuan muttered quietly: "This old man has a really weird temper. We protected them all the way, so why doesn't he even give us a good face?" He was still talking nonsense.
But he didn't dare to say the last sentence, because the pool of meat paste just now really scared him.
Gu Nian shook his head: "Maybe what the other party said is true."
Wei Chuan exclaimed, "Ah!" and asked, "Then why don't we look for the captain and the others?"
Several other psychics also looked over.
Gu Nian could tell they weren't willing to give up easily. She didn't offer her opinion, but instead pointed to the fog-shrouded village and pointed out the real problem. "The area is too large. Even without the ghost wall, it would be difficult to find them quickly. Actually, the faster way is to find the core of the contamination."
But she could understand it, after all, she was an outsider, and the people trapped inside were their former companions. Knowing something is one thing, and doing it is another.
After thinking for a moment, Gu Nian said, "There are two options right now. We must find the core of the contamination and cannot give up. Either everyone goes into the village and finds the core of the contamination as soon as possible, or we split up into two groups. One group goes back to look for people, while the other group goes into the village to look for clues."
No matter what, she must go to Shanyin Village by herself. The most important purpose of her coming here this time is to find the Taoist priest who can cure Xie Han.
Although Gu Nian had his own agenda, the solutions he offered were based on the actual situation and well-reasoned. Scarface, the strongest of the remaining group, made a decisive move: "We all need to enter the village and find the core of the contamination as quickly as possible."
In addition to solving the contaminated core, their most important task was to protect the healer. There were not many people left, so dispersing at this time was obviously not a good decision.
Gu Nian nodded. "Okay. I left a message at the mountain temple, writing down the way down the mountain. If anyone can find it, they might be able to find a way out."
This was a comfort to everyone, and everyone nodded.
After Gu Nian finished speaking, she noticed that Lu Yan had remained silent, so she decided to ask him if he had any different opinions. To be honest, he was not only an S-class purifier, but also a purifier who frequently entered contaminated areas and had dealt with A-class contaminated cores. He should be more experienced than her.
When I turned my head, I met the other person's gaze, and it seemed like they had been staring at each other for a long time.
Gu Nian frowned, "Healer Lu?"
Lu Yan had no intention of dodging, "Sorry, I was just listening intently. What you said makes a lot of sense. According to the situation when Hodge was found, the trapped people could only hold on for two days at most, otherwise they would become mutated." Hodge was the psychic who fell into the pit before.
Lu Yan spoke seriously, his eyes were very calm.
Gu Nian nodded and looked away.
Because of Lu Yan's words, everyone suddenly became anxious. They had to find the core of the pollution and solve it within two days at most.
The group hurriedly caught up with the villagers who were leaving ahead.
When Gu Nian and the others arrived, a group of people had already gathered at the village entrance. Not only were there the villagers they had met before, but there were also some they had never seen before. They must have been guarding here before.
Everyone looked very unhappy, obviously knowing what happened in the mountain temple.
The leading man, who looked about the same age as Uncle Feng, frowned and asked Uncle Feng again for confirmation: "Is it really not possible? Didn't they say that the bride has already been 'taken' there? Is this not possible?"
Uncle Feng frowned and said nothing.
The man sighed, knowing he was comforting himself. If it had really worked out, the fourth son of the Tian family wouldn't have died, much less turned into a pile of pulp.
At this moment, a miserable cry came from far away. A middle-aged woman with disheveled hair stumbled from a distance, followed by two children. The older girl looked to be in her teens, and the younger boy was only four or five years old, crying and calling for his mother.
However, the middle-aged woman acted as if she hadn't heard the shouts. She hurried over, her red eyes scanning everyone. Then she pounced in front of Uncle Feng, grabbed his sleeve tightly, and asked hoarsely, "Where's our Lao Tian? Where is he?"
Several younger villagers stepped forward to pull the man away, but the woman was extremely strong and tugged at Feng Bo's sleeve, refusing to let go. Her voice became louder and louder: "You said it, you said it! It was you who said that everything would be fine, that the mountain god would definitely protect us, but the mountain god didn't..."
With a "pop", the hysterical voice was interrupted by a slap.
Uncle Feng looked sullenly at the villagers who had come to arrest them. "The Tian family's wife has gone mad. Find a few people to keep an eye on her and stop her from saying anything." Then he looked at the middle-aged woman and said gravely, "You've lost your husband, but you still have two children. You can decide for yourself what to do."
The middle-aged woman finally let go and was carried away by several villagers.
At this time, Gu Nian and his companions were also noticed by the villagers. The villagers who met them for the first time had obvious wariness on their faces, just like the previous villagers.
The leading man's expression was relatively calm. He quickly realized from the faces of the villagers who had left that Gu Nian and the others had followed them. He asked Feng Bo, "Who are they?"
Feng Bo's introduction was just one sentence: "They are people sent by the country."
Scar, as the representative, took the initiative to show his ID.
Unlike the villagers' vigilance and Feng Bo's obvious displeasure, the man seemed to have some understanding of the outside world. Upon learning that the people who came were all people with special abilities, a look of joy quickly appeared on his face. He hurriedly said, "Hello, I am the village chief of Shanyin Village. It's great to have you here to help."
Gu Nian raised his eyebrows imperceptibly.
Wei Chuan, who was standing by, muttered quietly, "No wonder he's the village chief. He's got a big vision."
Gu Nian remained noncommittal.
With the village chief's consent, the entry of the supernatural beings into the village became legitimate. The village chief looked apologetic and said, "We are quite isolated here. We rarely communicate with the outside world and are not used to getting along with outsiders. I hope you don't mind."
Wei Chuan waved his hands enthusiastically: "It's okay, it's okay, I understand."
The village chief smiled and prepared to lead everyone into the village.
At this time, Feng Bo came over and pointed at Gu Nian and the others and said, "They have burned incense in the temple, and the mountain god has received offerings. We must go to the ancestral hall to pay our respects together."
The village chief seemed a little surprised, then nodded: "Of course we have to pay our respects." He then turned to the psychics and said, "This is an old custom passed down from our ancestors. After receiving the blessing of the mountain god, we must go to the ancestral hall to pay our respects when we return to the village. I don't know how you..."
He looked embarrassed, as if he was having trouble speaking.
Uncle Feng said sternly, "Wherever you go, you must abide by the rules there and don't cause trouble for others."
At this point, the psychics all agreed that there was no problem. They had already visited the strange mountain temple on the mountain, so this time wouldn't be a big deal. Besides, they were here to search for clues, so of course they wanted to visit as many places as possible. The ancestral hall sounded very important.
Led by the village chief, all those who had worshipped at the mountain god temple came to the ancestral hall.
Perhaps because they were in a familiar place, there was no need for the psychic to arrive first this time. The frightened villagers were eager to finish their worship and go home, so they all walked ahead.
The psychics were not in a hurry, as they had time to observe the surrounding situation.
Gu Nian was also looking around.
In front of the ancestral hall was an open space, with a wooden platform in the center. From the outside, the wooden platform bore obvious signs of age, evidently having existed for a long time. Gu Nian's gaze didn't linger on the platform for long, quickly shifting to the river in front of the open space.
The dummy in He Wenyu's video was thrown in there.
The sacrifice that was secretly filmed was held here.
Sacrificial offerings, mannequins, weddings, paper figurines, and all those strange, apparently feudal, superstitious rules that the villagers believed in without a doubt. Gu Nian pondered the connections between these things, and a thread gradually formed in his mind.
Just as I was about to think about it, I was interrupted by a scream.
She raised her head and saw that the voice came from the ancestral hall.
A dark-skinned man ran out of the ancestral hall in a panic. He was only wearing one shoe and holding the other in his hand. As soon as he came out, he frantically scraped the sole of the shoe in his hand on the ground, as if he wanted to get rid of something dirty.
Gu Nian walked over and just heard the other person mumbling to himself: "Why is there blood? Why is there blood on the soles of my shoes?" Then he suddenly threw down his shoes and checked his body from head to toe.
Gu Nian looked down at the dark brown dirt scraped off the ground, then looked at the man who was still checking around to see if he was injured, without saying a word.
The other villagers were also attracted by the screams. One of them went to check the shoes thrown away by the man, then stepped back quickly with a pale face: "Blood, there is blood on his shoes!"
Soon someone shouted in panic: "Tian Sheng, it's Tian Sheng's blood!"
All the villagers' faces changed, and they immediately recalled the meat paste all over the ground. They suppressed their nausea and began to check their shoes, worried that they had stepped on something they shouldn't have.
The man who was checking whether he was injured paused, slowly turned his head to look at the dirt scraped off the ground. For some reason, he bent down, reached out and picked up the dirt, using his thumb and index finger to apply force, and it felt sticky.
Without waiting for the other person to react, Gu Nian swiftly slashed with his knife. If he waited any longer, before anything could really happen, he would be frightened to death.
The person fainted and was taken over by the psychic next to him and placed on the open space nearby.
Gu Nian glanced at the village chief, who had a very ugly expression on his face.
After a commotion, it was discovered that only the unconscious man had the misfortune of stepping into the meat paste, while the soles of everyone else's shoes were clean. Despite this, the villagers still didn't dare put their shoes back on. If it weren't for the wrong place, they would have even taken off their clothes.
Finally, the village chief asked someone to bring a basket, and everyone except the people with special abilities threw their shoes into it, and then burned it cleanly with fire.
The relaxation they felt when they first arrived in the village was gone. The villagers looked frightened. After quickly paying their respects, they hurriedly left the ancestral hall, probably to go home and change their clothes.
Next it was the turn of the psychics.
As soon as he entered, Gu Nian noticed a shrine placed in front of him. The statues in the shrine were exactly the same as the stone and bronze statues in the mountain temple.
The village's belief in the mountain god has almost reached the level of obsession.
Gu Nian bowed to the statue, thinking that it seemed that compulsory education was still not universal enough, and everyone seemed to be very feudal and superstitious.
After the worship, it is time to arrange accommodation for them.
Because of the accident just now, the villagers had already left, and the village chief took them directly to the village.
There were nine people with special abilities in total. The village was mostly ordinary housing, with few large villas or many empty rooms. It was definitely not enough to accommodate one or two families. The village chief could accommodate a few people in his own home, but when he asked other families, he was rejected.
After being rejected again, the village chief's face turned cold and he said to the villagers who were about to close the door: "We are here to help us. We just want you to provide us with a place to stay. Is it so difficult?"
The villager glanced at the psychics, his face showing embarrassment. After hesitating for a moment, he whispered, "Village Chief, they were the ones who cleaned up the body of the fourth son of the Tian family!"
If some villagers had initially thought about it when they first knew that these people were people with special abilities, but after hearing about the incident at the ancestral hall, no one dared to do so anymore.
Who knows what will happen if you get close to these people.
After the villager finished speaking, he quickly closed the door.
The village chief apologized to Gu Nian and the others and said, "You are here to help, you can't be left without a place to live. How about this, we move out and live with others, and you all..."
Before he finished speaking, Gu Nian suddenly said, "We can go live at the Tian family."
The village chief looked at her.
Since entering the village, Scar has always been the representative of the superpowers in talking to the villagers. Gu Nian rarely speaks. The village chief was stunned at first, then remembered something and said to Gu Nian: "Miss, it was you who saved Yang Qing just now. He is the only child in their family. It is really thanks to you. But the Tian family,"
The village chief sighed and said, "Their family's situation..."
Gu Nian said seriously, "It was precisely because of their family's situation that we wanted to go over and help take care of them." She looked ashamed, "We were all there at the time, but we couldn't stop it."
The village chief thought about it and nodded: "Okay, then go ask the Tian family."
The group went to Tian's house.
The Tian family lived on the east side of the village, somewhat close to the edge. On the way, the village chief introduced them: "The Tian family has four brothers. Their parents died early, and the brothers also separated from their families. In the early years, they were a bit idle. Later, they got married, had children, and settled down. I didn't expect it, alas."
The village chief's eyes were red, "I'm so lucky to meet such kind people like you."
As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something and turned to Gu Nian and asked, "Miss, we villagers don't understand either. How can we find the pollution core you mentioned?"
Gu Nian met the village chief's gaze and said seriously, "This is difficult to say, but it's actually simple. The most unfortunate person in your village should be the core of the pollution."
She asked, "Village Chief, who is the most unfortunate person in your village?"
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