Chapter 71 That was a close call!
The next afternoon, Duan Anluo took his family to go fishing at the address recommended by Assistant Fang.
The place is too remote, and I don’t know how Assistant Fang found it. Even the taxi driver was unwilling to go.
But Duan Anluo couldn't resist asking for more money. Fifty kilometers, one thousand yuan, the driver immediately agreed. He also left Duan Anluo his phone number, saying taxis wouldn't come to this place. After they finished fishing, they could call him and he would pick them up.
Duan Anluo paid the money happily. Qi You covered his heart with his hands when he saw his quick action. His master spent money as if it was like drinking boiled water, so fast!
After getting off the car, Duan Anluo looked around and was very satisfied with the environment. "It's indeed a good place for fishing. Xiaoqi, take out my fishing rod."
The two mountains are close together, forming a 30-degree angle. There is a large pond in the angle. There are no houses within a few miles. The mountains are lush with green trees and wild grass grows to more than half a meter high. It is impossible to see what is hidden in the mountains.
There were two trees in the corner of the pond, and a flat area beneath them that looked like it had been cleaned up. Beside the trees lay a few discarded small fish, dried in the sun, suggesting someone had fished there before.
Qi You silently opened the fishing rod bag. It was obvious that his master's purpose today was not to fish, and he didn't know what he wanted to do. It always felt weird.
Jiang Yuan spread out his picnic mat under a tree. With plenty of greenery and water nearby, it didn't feel too hot. Jiang Yuan happily poured out all the snacks he'd bought and piled them on the mat. "Uncle Master, do you think there are any wild boars in this mountain?"
"Maybe, probably, there is." Qi You didn't want to tell him, worried that he would be afraid and ruin his master's plan. It doesn't matter if there is a wild boar hiding in the mountains, but the scary thing is that it can hide people, even hundreds of them, and no one can see them.
After Jiang Yuan finished paving the ground, he started digging the hole. I don’t know when he bought the small shovel, but it looked quite sharp.
Qi You asked, "What are you doing?"
"Grilled fish," Jiang Yuan said matter-of-factly. "I looked up the guide. Even if we dig a deep pit and light a fire, it won't cause a fire. If a spark comes out, we can just push all the soil in and put it out immediately."
It can be seen that he really came out to have fun.
Qi You was at a loss for words. How could he light a fire in such damp weather? And fish shouldn't be grilled with firewood, but charcoal. Most importantly, if you set up the rack, wouldn't you be lifting Master up? What if Master didn't catch any fish? How embarrassing!
Duan Anluo glanced at them and ignored them. As long as the child didn't eat shit, he didn't bother to care.
Qi You saw Duan Anluo slowly fiddling with the fishhook, walked over and squatted beside Duan Anluo, and asked in a low voice: "Master, what can I do?"
Duan Anluo pinched his cheek and said, "You're worrying too much. Learn more from Yuan'er and play when it's time to play. Don't worry, Master is here."
"I understand, Master."
"Be good, go play." What Duan Anluo was thinking now was: should he cooperate and let them catch him, or should he catch them himself?
If he was captured, he could find out the other party's background, but the situation was unclear now and he didn't know how many people were on the other side.
He knows his own abilities, and once someone gets close to him, he has no advantage.
Forget it, let’s not take the risk.
Duan Anluo put down his fishing rod and walked around, as if looking for a place to fish.
Qi You saw that Duan Anluo left a mark under his feet every few steps. It seemed messy, but also seemed to have a pattern. He couldn't understand it for a moment, so he could only remember it in his mind. He planned to go back and draw it down and ask his master.
Duan Anluo walked to the foot of the mountain and stopped, returning to go fishing.
Duan Anluo hadn't baited the fish beforehand, so he sat there for a while, but the fish wouldn't bite. Jiang Yuan had already dug a pit and gathered dry branches, just waiting for Duan Anluo's fish to be caught.
Seeing that both bags of potato chips were finished and Duan Anluo still hadn't caught his fish, Jiang Yuan leaned over and asked, "Master, where's the fish? Why are there still no fish?"
Duan Anluo looked at him with a smile: "If you can't catch anything in three minutes, I will throw you down to make a nest."
Xiaobai quietly went into the water, walked around the pond, and caught a big grass carp. Under Duan Anluo's gaze, he scared the fish so much that it took the bait and got itself hooked.
Duan Anluo happily pulled up the fishing rod. It was Xiaobai who made sure that all the meat was not eaten in vain. He was really capable.
Xiaobai shook his tail and went into the water again. This family would fall apart without him.
Jiang Yuan had no idea how the fish got hooked and clapped his hands happily, "Master is amazing! Such a big fish, more than enough for us to eat!"
I don’t know if it was because Jiang Yuan’s cheers were too loud or what, but the chirping of cicadas in the mountains became weaker, and the surroundings became dead silent since I don’t know when.
Jiang Yuan suddenly stopped and asked Qi You in a low voice, "Master Uncle, do you feel that the atmosphere at the foot of the mountain has changed?"
Duan Anluo smiled and said, "Don't look, there are wild boars."
Qi You said seriously: "Yes, it might be a wild boar. Don't look at it carelessly. If you look directly at an animal in the wild, it will be regarded as a provocation. Be careful that the wild boar will rush out and knock you away."
Jiang Yuan stopped watching and turned his attention to the fish. It was so big, he didn't dare to kill it. What should he do? "Master, how about we not eat fish, but canned food instead?"
Duan Anluo's lips curled up, "I'll do as you say."
At this time, the people chasing after him were not so comfortable.
After getting off the car, they walked through the dense forest. It was hot and stuffy, full of mosquitoes, humid, and there were snakes. But that was nothing. The key point was that as soon as the dozen or so people reached the foot of the mountain and locked onto Duan Anluo, preparing to sneak around and capture him, the scene before them changed.
The sky was murky, with a strange scarlet mixed in with the rich black, like a sky that had been soaked in blood and rotted for a long time.
Under the sky, thick black evil spirit, mixed with countless grievances, kept rolling, forming countless whirlpools of different sizes, as if to suck people's souls in.
The residual light leaking through the gaps in the sky outlined the thick white bones under his feet. A light step would cause a chilling creaking sound, countless bones breaking, and ghost fire rising.
On one side of me was endless darkness, as if it was the end of hell.
On the other side was a vast black river stretching as far as the eye could see. On the bank stood a huge stone tablet with three large characters engraved on it: Forgotten River.
The river water resembled thick asphalt, or the black blood formed by the sedimentation of countless blood over thousands of years. It churned silently, and countless wronged souls struggled and screamed within it, only to be melted by the waters of the Forgotten River in the next second, their souls scattering.
Above the water, there was a thick bloody fog, and the pungent smell of blood made standing there feel like torturing one's nose.
There were unfamiliar ghosts in front and behind him. He could hear the sound of the ghost catcher waving his whip and rude curses... The most piercing thing were the screams of the ghosts, which came one after another, as if they could pierce through the soul and make people deeply feel their despair.
Looking around, there was no teammate but myself.
These dozen people encountered the same situation and they were all panicked.
The scene was so real, so real that they suspected they were already dead! They had already reached the banks of the Forgotten River!
There is a man here who is knowledgeable in metaphysics and has been exposed to formations, his name is Yuan Gan.
He was the calmest person among the dozen or so people and was also the person in charge of this operation.
He observed his surroundings carefully. A highly skilled formation master could make people see everything he wanted them to see. He sat down, concentrating and calming his mind, trying to break this illusion.
Unfortunately, even though he used all his abilities, there was still no change around him.
Yuan Gan was anxious. If he was like this, what about the others who didn’t know how to set up formations?
This time, the target was completely defenseless, otherwise he wouldn't have brought two young boys out to fish. Where was the formation master hiding?
At this moment, a ghost came over from behind. Seeing Yuan Gan sitting there motionless, he immediately raised the soul-locking chain angrily and slapped Yuan Gan hard in the face.
The whip ripped Yuan Gan's skin and flesh apart, sending him flying several meters away. Yuan Gan screamed in agony, writhing on the bones. He didn't dare touch his face, even though he could see the shredded flesh. His face was completely destroyed.
The ghost yelled angrily, "What are you doing sitting here? Get out of here!"
There were many ghosts around who looked over with gloating eyes, while some were timid and hid away with fear on their faces.
At this point, Yuan Gan could no longer tell whether it was an illusion or reality. He rolled and crawled forward, trying to stay away from the ghost.
How could a master create such a realistic and grand illusion?
Is he really dead?
The whirlpool above his head and the water of the Forgetful River seemed to have the power to suck away the soul. Yuan Gan felt as if his strength was being sucked away.
Gradually, he felt his body getting heavier and heavier, and his body involuntarily moved closer to the bank of the Forgotten River. If he fell in, he would suffer the same fate as those melted ghosts.
He retreated in fear and tried his best to be alert, but even so, he still felt tired, and like the ghosts around him, he began to stagger.
The pain on his face was still piercing his soul, and the ghost behind him kept whipping him with a whip, and each whip would drain some of his strength. This situation was like a wounded ghost, losing its ghost energy.
Dead? Is he really dead?
Yuan Gan collapsed. He didn't even know how he died!
Who can do it?
The person who did it asked the young disciple curiously, "Yuan'er, are the peanuts delicious?"
"It's delicious. Master, please try it." Jiang Yuan peeled the shell and handed it to Duan Anluo's mouth. Duan Anluo ate one, and he ate one.
Duan Anluo praised: "Yuan'er buys delicious food with his own money, and it's even better with wine."
Jiang Yuan happily took the drink, "Master, is soda okay?"
Duan Anluo took a sip and said, "It tastes better when it's iced. Xiaoqi, go catch two ghosts and have them kneel here with drinks in their hands to cool me down."
Qi You asked: "Master, where is the ghost?"
"Two people just died in the illusion array at the foot of the mountain." Duan Anluo looked disgusted. He wanted to catch him with such a scumbag? How much filth had he eaten to make his eyes look like this?
"Master, how do I get in?"
"The formation recognizes the spiritual power of our Xuanmen."
"Okay." Qi You trotted away.
Assistant Fang saw everything that happened here. He couldn't bear it any longer and sent a voice message to Duan Anluo: "You really know how to enjoy yourself. How is it going? How many fish did you catch?"
Duan Anluo smiled and said, "More than ten, maybe. I'm going to let one go, and you send someone to follow."
"If I don't speak, are you going to summon something to follow you?"
"Impossible," Duan Anluo said innocently, "How could I have that ability? I was just about to contact you when you came looking for me, Fang Fang. You're indeed you, the divine fortune teller Fang Fang!"
Assistant Fang knew he wasn't telling the truth, and there was no way to argue with him now. "Let him go. If you let him go, someone will follow him."
Qi You ran to the foot of the mountain. The spiritual energy in the formation automatically bypassed him when it encountered him. Qi You saw several people lying there. Two of them could not withstand the pressure and had died.
Qi You grabbed a new soul in one hand and ran back quickly. When he encountered them struggling, he fell to the ground several times.
Just as Qi You entered, a large hole appeared in the formation, revealing the mountain scenery outside. Yuan Gan happened to see this scene, and a huge wave of emotion instantly surged in his heart: This is actually an illusion formation!
The dying man saw a chance of survival. Yuan Gan rushed towards Qi You desperately. This was his only chance of survival! If the underworld was so terrible, he wanted to live, he didn't want to die!
When he opened his eyes again, Yuan Gan had returned to his body and was still at the foot of the mountain. He saw Qi You return to Duan Anluo, still holding his teammate in his hand.
Yuan didn't have time to think about anything and ran back along the way he came as if he was escaping for his life!
There were several cars parked on the path, and he drove away without even thinking about whether his teammates could still be saved.
Yuan Gan understood that Duan Anluo was a powerful formation master! Even that child could enter the formation and capture his teammates. He must tell the boss this news!
He didn't even dare to call his boss to tell him. He was afraid that if he told his boss, he wouldn't let him go back! He didn't want to die, he didn't want to go to hell. It was too scary!
Yuan Gan didn't know that when he ran out, a black shadow followed him and was now sticking to the bottom of his car.
The man Yuan Gan called the boss found out that the people he sent out not only failed to capture Duan Anluo, but also dared to come back to find him after failing the mission. At that moment, he wanted to strangle Yuan Gan to death, "Are you fucking crazy? Hide after failure! How dare you come to me! You think your life is too long, and you want to kill me!"
This person was exactly the young man who proposed to kill Si Cang in the scene that Duan Anluo saw.
Yuan Gan was so frightened by the illusion of the underworld that he collapsed. The pain on his face never stopped. It was like scraping off a piece of flesh. The pain was so severe that he had lost his mind. "I don't want to die! I don't want to go to the underworld! Boss, that Duan Anluo is not an ordinary person, he is a master of formations! I'm here to give you a message!"
"I don't need you to tell me?" The young man kicked him hard. "I'll know after you're all dead!"
A strange shadow silently approached and punched one of them. After knocking them unconscious, he checked their souls and found no restrictions. Then he expertly removed their jaws and limbs, and uttered two words in a cold voice: "Alright."
Assistant Fang curled his lips. It was no wonder that Bai Ziyue complained that Ling Feng was a boring guy. He was really boring!
During this time, Assistant Fang found Duan Anluo, who sat on a small stool, holding his chin with both hands and watching Xiaobai swim into the water. The fish hung itself on Duan Anluo's hook, and Duan Anluo happily kept pulling the fishing rod, catching one fish after another.
"I originally planned to let Ling Feng sneak in..."
Duan Anluo smiled and said, "In the end, he didn't listen to you, he only listened to Si Cang."
Assistant Fang clutched his chest in frustration, "Right! Not a single one of them listened."
If the person to be protected was not Duan Anluo, Ling Feng would not come out to help!
Assistant Fang snatched the snacks from Jiang Yuan's hand with a gruff expression, chewing on them with a loud crunch. Without Captain Si, none of these freaks would obey. But the fact that Duan Anluo was used to lure Ling Feng out proved one thing: these freaks were protecting their sister-in-law...
Duan Anluo looked at him coldly: "Fang Fang, what are you planning? I think you want to use me to make a nest."
Assistant Fang smiled and said, "How could I possibly do that? How could I dare to do that?"
Duan Anluo also smiled, "You really don't dare, otherwise I will drag you down with me, then step on you to climb up, and then throw stones on your head."
Assistant Fang was at a loss for words. If the two of them applied for the Guinness World Record for "Bad Friends", would they be on the list?
Duan Anluo stopped messing around with him and said seriously, "Ling Feng is not suitable for lurking. His features are too obvious."
If Duan Anluo hadn't seen it wrong that time, Ling Feng shouldn't be a pure human. Does he have ears on his head, or maybe horns? He didn't see clearly, and he couldn't lift his hat to pry into his privacy.
Assistant Fang sighed, "Isn't there no one using them? There's this guy who's good at hiding, and his expression changes every now and then. Aside from Captain Si, I don't know where he's gone. By the way, how long do you plan to keep these people under control?"
Duan Anluo said, "Detain them until they have no ability to resist, and make them think they are dead. Do you want to try them now, or take them back for trial?"
"How can we conduct a trial here?"
"They all thought they went to hell after death. You pretended to be the judge of the underworld, and they answered whatever you asked. By the way," Duan Anluo glanced at the two new souls kneeling behind him, holding drinks in their hands and automatically cooling themselves with their own Yin Qi, "deal with these two too."
Assistant Fang's eyes changed when he looked at Duan Anluo. It was too scary. As long as he wanted, he could trap people in there until they died with this illusion.
Looking at it from another perspective, how much mental strength and control ability does such a large illusion array require? It's such a pity that he is so capable, but so lazy.
Duan Anluo looked at his bucket and found it was full, enough for him to eat.
He suddenly threw down his fishing rod, held his head and said, "No, this formation is too mentally draining. My body can't handle it."
Assistant Fang blinked and said, "No, you suddenly became unable to do it?"
Jiang Yuan asked worriedly, "Master, what's wrong with you? Where do you feel uncomfortable?"
Duan Anluo's face turned pale. "I don't know if it's because I'm mentally exhausted or I have a heat stroke, but I feel dizzy."
Jiang Yuan only remembered that when Duan Anluo first arrived, his health was so poor. It had only been a short time, so he definitely hadn't recovered yet. He said anxiously, "Master, you're not well yet. You can't waste your energy on it. Let's go back."
Assistant Fang reached out his hand in confusion and helped Duan Anluo. He was fine just now, how could it suddenly become so serious?
Duan Anluo used the force to stand up, his fingertips cold. "Fang Fang, I need to go back and rest. You've arrested so many people, you can't possibly find out anything from them, right?"
Assistant Fang asked arrogantly, "Who do you look down on?"
It has come to this point, but he still can't get anything out of me. He is such a loser!
Duan Anluo's hand was very cold and he looked unwell. Assistant Fang said worriedly, "If you're not feeling well, go back quickly. I'll have someone take you to the hospital."
Duan Anluo thought to himself: Since you said so, then I can feel relieved.
The next second, Duan Anluo's soul squeezed into Jiang Yuan's body and fell down. Then he began the "Yuan" style performance!
"Master!" Duan Anluo imitated Jiang Yuan's tone and shouted nervously, then hugged himself tightly. It wasn't easy for him to have this face, he couldn't let it get broken.
Qi You was stunned for a moment. The feeling on Jiang Yuan...could it be like this?!
Then he saw Jiang Yuan winking at him. Qi You subconsciously pushed Assistant Fang aside and, together with Jiang Yuan, helped Duan Anluo up. Together, they helped Duan Anluo into the car. He had just said "Master" when Jiang Yuan covered his mouth.
Xiaobai grew a little bigger, holding the fish bucket in his mouth, and climbed onto the car.
Jiang Yuan urged the driver: "Take us back quickly, my master needs to rest."
The driver asked Assistant Fang for instructions, and Assistant Fang nodded, "Hurry and take him to the hospital! Be careful on the road!"
Duan Anluo came out of Jiang Yuan's body and returned to his own body. He patted his chest and thought it was too dangerous. He was almost caught by the villain and forced to work as a soldier.
Assistant Fang scratched his head, feeling something was wrong, but he had no evidence.
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