Nan Yuanman and Feng Congqian exchanged a glance and said in unison, "A ghost village?"
“Yes.” The driver nodded, lowering his voice slightly, “Boss, you don’t come to X province often, so you don’t know the rumors about Panlong Village. We locals grew up hearing stories about Panlong Village…”
To prevent Nanmanyuan from going astray, Feng Zining went to great lengths and hired a driver from a village next to Panlong Village.
According to the driver, he had heard many rumors about Panlong Village since he was a child, the most famous of which was about his uncle's experiences when he was young.
“My uncle was sixteen years old at the time. He got a job in town through family connections. The job was great in every way, except that he had to come home a little late.”
The driver said while driving carefully, "It was probably around 1993 or 1995. My uncle had a few drinks in town and was late on his way home, so he thought he would take a shortcut home."
"If we want to take a shortcut, we have to go straight through Panlong Village. However, the people in Panlong Village are a bit old-fashioned. They don't intermarry with outsiders, nor do they often communicate with the outside world. People from our village rarely go to Panlong Village either."
"I guess it was because he'd been drinking that my uncle got a bit too bold and actually went to Panlong Village in the dark! He'd just gotten to the village entrance when he heard people shouting for help!"
"My uncle thought someone had fallen into a deep pit dug by the hunters, so he rushed over to check. What he saw there was the most terrifying scene of his life! A hairy thing was eating people!"
"The person who was eaten by that thing was still struggling and calling for help. My uncle was terrified and ran away as fast as he could. When he finally got out, he saw the person who had been eaten by the hairy thing standing at the village entrance waving at him! Isn't that scary?"
As the driver spoke, he patted his chest with one hand, still feeling quite shaken. Before he could finish, he paused for a moment and continued, "And my mother also said that the people in Panlong Village are a bit eerie."
"She met an older woman by chance when she was a child, and twenty years later, she still looks the same!"
"Boss, you really need to think carefully about going to Panlong Village!"
Nan Yuanman's eyes lit up as he listened, and he patted the back of the driver's seat, saying, "Uncle, don't worry! We've thought it through very carefully! Don't worry, no matter what comes, it can't beat me!"
She clenched her chubby little fists: "I'm really awesome!"
Having something with fur = a great act of merit.
The little dumpling was not afraid at all; in fact, it was eager to try.
The driver glanced at her soft, harmless little fists in the rearview mirror: "..."
"Haha." He chuckled dryly, and said in a dry tone, "It is very impressive."
Since the big boss has already made up his mind, the driver, who was hired, has done his duty. If he can't persuade him, there's nothing he can do.
The driver silently prayed that the big boss wouldn't take him into the village too. With his old arms and legs, he wouldn't be able to run fast if he encountered something evil!
While the driver was on tenterhooks, the car drove through the dilapidated muddy road and stopped in front of a narrow path that was overgrown with weeds and winding upwards.
Driver: "Boss, miss, go up from here, then turn right and walk for ten minutes to reach Panlong Village. This road is too narrow, the car can't go up..."
Nan Yuanman opened the car door and jumped out. Following the path the driver pointed to, he looked up and saw that it wasn't anything dark.
Instead, it was a semi-transparent, inverted dome-shaped cover, resembling a large bowl, with a pale gold hue.
Wisps of black energy swirled around the cover, seemingly possessing their own life, silently attacking it and occasionally seeking an opportunity to slip inside through the cracks.
Nan Yuanman blinked, and the large dome he had just seen vanished without a trace, leaving only weeds swaying gently in the breeze.
She sniffed again, detecting a faint smell of blood, a putrid stench, and an unusually strong earthy odor. Apart from these, she couldn't smell anything else.
However... there are indeed evil things in Panlong Village.
Feng Congqian came up behind Nan Yuanman without disturbing her, and said to the driver, "Go back first, we'll call you after we've finished dealing with things, and then you can come pick us up."
The driver's eyes lit up, he cheerfully agreed, and quickly reversed and drove away.
It was as if he was afraid that if he delayed even a second longer, Feng Congqian would change his mind.
After the driver left, Nan Yuanman took Feng Congqian's hand and strode onto the path with her short legs, looking exceptionally spirited: "Let's go! Let's catch ghosts!"
Feng Congqian grabbed her and, looking at the weeds that were taller than Nan Yuanman, bent down slightly, lifted her up and placed her on his shoulder. With his other hand, he picked up a stick that was readily available and walked forward while beating the weeds: "The weeds are too tall, Daddy will carry you."
Nan Yuanman excitedly hugged Feng Congqian's head, her short legs kicking twice: "Okay!"
Following the driver's directions, after about twenty minutes, Feng Congqian finally saw in the distance a few ancient, gray buildings nestled in the valley ahead.
Twenty meters ahead of him was a stone wall made of rubble, and an archway cut into the wall.
Outside the archway stands a stone tablet with three strange, crooked characters carved on it.
A golden light flashed in Nan Yuanman's eyes, and the previously disappeared dome reappeared. Only then did she realize that this large golden dome was enveloping the entire Panlong Village.
It's like... protecting the people inside?
Can……
Nan Yuanman frowned slightly as she looked at the soaring blood aura that she could only see when she got closer.
Bored out of her mind, Zhou Jingchuan, who had already climbed out of the small coffin and was wandering around her, gasped: "My god, how many people must have died to have such a powerful aura of blood?"
Yes, too many people have died in this village.
So is this cover really protecting the villagers?
Nan Yuanman scratched Feng Congqian's hair: "Dad, this is Panlong Village. Let's go in."
Feng Congqian removed the black cloth from the long, stick-like object he was carrying, revealing a sharpened, incredibly razor-sharp Mo Dao (a type of long-handled sword). Only then did he cautiously carry Nan Yuanman slowly toward the entrance of Panlong Village.
The expected scene of being blocked by that strange cover did not occur, and Nan Yuanman and Feng Congqian entered Panlong Village without any problems.
The moment they stepped inside, ripples spread across the barrier, a soft 'crack' sounded, and a tiny crack appeared on the barrier…
At that moment, Nan Yuanman and Feng Congqian stood on the edge of the field, father and daughter both showing the same astonished expression as they looked at the village in front of them, where smoke was rising from the chimneys and the village was full of life.
this……
How could the village have changed so much just by a door?
"Hey?" A little boy with a topknot hairstyle ran up to them and asked curiously, "Outsiders, where are you from?"
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