Chapter 186: Apprentice vs. Immortal (63)
What is the reason?
Qin Yun'er fell into confusion and was disconnected at this point. She frowned with a headache.
Looking back at the key figures before, the two people who had coveted Yu He before are all dead. Lin Yu is obviously not right. The county magistrate's wife hates Yu He very much, and she may have hurt her before.
Then...how is she still alive?
Qin Yun'er's eyes were full of confusion, and she couldn't figure out what was going on for a moment.
Suddenly she felt a thick fog surrounding her and she couldn't see the road ahead clearly.
Yu Ying followed her and accidentally saw the gray fog outside the village. He frowned and said in surprise:
"Junior Sister, this gray fog seems to have become even grayer."
Qin Yun'er also looked over when she heard that, and it was indeed a little deeper than in the morning.
However, both of them had an ominous premonition that this gray fog was transformed by evil spirits, and now it suddenly became darker, it was very likely that its power had grown stronger.
The two looked at each other and hurried back to the village chief's house. As soon as they entered the door, they saw that everyone in the courtyard had pale faces, especially the disciples of their sect.
Seeing them coming back, their eyes lit up, and one of them quickly stood up and walked towards them.
"Brother Yu and Junior Sister, you are finally back."
Qin Yun'er looked at him nervously, "What happened?"
Could it be that... one of their sect’s disciples died?
"Someone died, and he came out to use the restroom, but he didn't expect..."
"who?"
Yu Ying suddenly held his shoulders tightly. If he was from the Wumian Sect, he would definitely not be able to escape punishment when he returned.
"He's not from our sect, he's one of their disciples."
The disciple was pinched and grimaced, "Brother Yu, stay calm."
"Damn! You scared me."
Yu Ying breathed a sigh of relief, then slapped him hard on the head, "Why do you look more desperate than them?"
"I...thought something had happened to you too."
The disciple took a step back in embarrassment.
Yu Ying rolled his eyes speechlessly. If something unexpected happened to the two of them, wouldn’t they all be wiped out immediately?
Qin Yun'er walked towards the village chief and asked, "Didn't he come out to eat people at night before? Why did he come out at noon today?"
The village chief looked at her in a daze, "I don't know either. It's always been like this before..."
Qin Yun'er looked at the empty streets outside and asked curiously, "How do you exchange information if you don't go out?"
The village chief's cloudy eyes rolled. "Every family has a mountain god statue. Inside the statue is a cave with mice in it. We can use it to pass messages."
Qin Yun'er's eyes lit up, "Can you let me see the previous news?"
"Yes, come with me, Immortal."
He got up with difficulty and walked into the house, with Qin Yun'er following behind him.
Yu Ying took a step forward, then hesitated and took it back.
He had to keep an eye on these disciples, otherwise if one of them died accidentally, he would be finished.
He glanced at everyone and was still a little worried, so he gave each person an amulet that could withstand one attack from evil spirits, and also gave one to the other two.
Qin Yun'er followed the village chief to a utility room, then pressed a switch on the wall, and a dark corridor appeared in front of her.
The village chief took out a torch from somewhere and lit it quickly, and the torch was lit.
Then he walked in with a torch, and Qin Yun'er followed him, only then did they realize it was a staircase.
The dark and damp smell of the basement hit me in the face, and the torch could only illuminate a small area around it.
The only sound in the silent basement was their footsteps. The stairs were quite long, and it took the two of them a long time to reach the ground.
The village chief walked to the wall with a torch, held it high, and lit the oil lamp embedded in the wall. Suddenly, a corner of the basement became bright.
Then he walked to the other walls and lit all the oil lamps.
Under the bright candlelight, a three-meter-high statue appeared before the eyes, with its lowered brows as if looking down with compassion.
Qin Yun'er took a look and stood quietly there waiting for the village chief to find the note.
He quickly took out a pile of notes from a drawer and handed them all to Qin Yun'er.
Qin Yun'er quickly scanned all the notes and read through all the messages on them.
They would send a message whenever a monk arrived. Strangely, one person kept asking about the monk's specific location.
Qin Yun'er looked at the note quietly. This trip was not in vain, as she made a discovery.
Why would a villager like him ask this? There must be something wrong.
Considering the previous incident of the evil spirit devouring the monk, she had roughly guessed who this person was.
She held the note in her hand, surprise flashing in her eyes. She didn't expect that he not only knew the whereabouts of the evil spirit, but was also bold enough to associate with it.
It was beyond her expectation.
Since he has fallen to this level, she doesn't need to show mercy.
She quickly got up and hurried upstairs.
Yu Ying saw her rushing out and hurried out again, shouting anxiously: "Little Junior Sister, what are you doing?"
He wanted to follow them out, but when he looked at the disciples around him, a look of struggle flashed in his eyes. He quickly took a deep breath and chased after them.
"Don't run around. Stay here quietly and wait for me to come back."
After running a few steps, he turned back and reminded her worriedly.
Although Yu Ying didn't know why Qin Yun'er ran out, he still followed her out.
He was almost moved. He wiped away his non-existent tears and caught up with Qin Yuner.
Qin Yun'er went straight to the county magistrate's house, came to Lin Yu's door, swung open the wooden door, and strode in.
What she didn't expect was that he was gone.
He actually ran away so quickly? He was quite smart.
Her beautiful eyes were as calm as the sea. It would be fine if she found Yu He's body. The evil corpse would be of great use.
She began to search through all the boxes and mobilized Yu Ying to join her.
However, they searched the whole house but couldn't find it. Unwilling to believe it, they decided to go out and continue searching, but unexpectedly they ran into the woman who had arrived.
She walked in and looked at the empty room, her eyes showing panic and heartache, and she covered her mouth with her hands, "Why is Yu'er gone? Yu'er?"
Qin Yuner remained silent upon seeing this and was anxious to leave, but she did not expect Yu Ying to be grabbed by the sleeve by the woman.
"Is it you? You lost my Yu'er!"
The woman grabbed Yu Ying tightly, glaring at him fiercely, as if she would not give up.
Yu Ying looked back at her calmly, a mocking smile on his face, "You already knew whether he would get into trouble, right?"
After saying that, he brushed away the woman's hand and strode away.
The woman was speechless for a long time, and finally covered her face and cried.
What he said was indeed true. She had long noticed that something was wrong with Lin Yu, and he always sneaked out in the middle of the night. At such a dangerous time, he could come and go freely in the village and had not been captured and eaten by the evil spirits.
Considering the fact that Yu He had not been seen for a long time and the silent room, she should have guessed it long ago...but now it was too late.
Although we don’t know what Yu He experienced, it must be a terrifying thing that she turned into an evil spirit after her death.
Yu'er would never hurt her, so she must have been brutally murdered by someone else.
As she cried, she actually began to recall that finding Yu'er was the most important thing now. She had to find Yu'er and stop him from doing stupid things.
Thinking of this, she tried to stand up, suppressed the grief in her heart, walked out the door and looked in the yard.
However, she couldn't find it after searching the entire yard. She looked outside the yard in despair, taking trembling steps, as if she wanted to go out.
At this moment, a pair of hands pressed on her shoulders. She turned back suddenly and met a pair of beautiful eyes.
"Madam, just wait patiently. We will find him."
Qin Yun'er smiled and comforted her gently.
The woman nodded with tears in her eyes, her body trembling, and her face seemed to have aged ten years in an instant.
Qin Yun'er and Yu Ying left together. Yu He's body was not found in the yard. So where could it be?
Qin Yun'er was hit hard. She was one step slower every time and gained nothing.
The answer is about to come out, but it is still missed.
Yu Ying saw her distress and patted her shoulder gently.
"Don't worry, Junior Sister, we'll find it eventually."
Qin Yun'er's eyes moved, and she tilted her head and gave him a grateful smile.
The two returned to the village chief's house. Yu Ying prepared for tonight's arrangements. He sighed deeply.
"The situation here is too dangerous, so everyone should stay indoors tonight and wait for Senior Brother to handle it tomorrow night."
He sat on the stool, propping up his chin and looking out at the courtyard. He and his junior sister were there, so even if evil spirits came, they would basically not lose.
Now we just need to protect our fellow disciples, we can’t save the villagers.
Helplessness flashed in his eyes. If he had become stronger, he would not have encountered such a predicament.
Qin Yun'er sat on a chair in the room, staring blankly at one place, recalling all the information she had received.
Soon, she remembered what the village chief said. After the first victim appeared, several villagers strongly demanded that they find a Taoist priest to solve the problem.
She realized something was wrong and went to the village chief to find out more.
The village chief recalled, "At first, their reaction was very strong, and they even offered to recommend a Taoist priest, but later they gave up when they saw that I disagreed."
Qin Yun'er took the initiative to ask about each of their situations and specific locations, and rushed out again. This time, Yu Ying took a breath and grabbed a handful of hair, but still followed her out.
The two came to a house, opened the door and walked in.
A corpse was lying quietly on the bed. Qin Yun'er didn't waste any time and left without any expression.
Soon they searched through several people, and without exception, they had all been drained of their blood and died.
Yu Ying was in a dilemma. He really wanted to persuade his junior sister to give up, but she seemed very interested.
Forget it, just let her be. The senior brother will be here tomorrow anyway.
Qin Yun'er looked at the shriveled corpse on the bed, and an idea suddenly came to her mind. She hurried back to the village chief's house and brought the village chief out with her.
The village chief was so frightened that his face turned pale and he was trembling so hard that he couldn't even finish a sentence.
Qin Yuner took him to one of the men's homes, went straight to the corpse, and said to the village chief:
"See if he's the real Zhao Wu."
The village chief was confused. What does that mean?
But he still suppressed his fear, looked over cooperatively, and then nodded.
Although the body was shriveled, he could still easily tell that it was indeed Zhao Wu. No one else had the big mole between his eyebrows.
Qin Yun'er then took him to the homes of several other people. When they arrived at Wu Xing's home, the village chief stared at him for a long time.
Qin Yun'er's eyes widened. Did she finally discover something?
She suppressed her excitement and asked, "Village Chief, have you found anything?"
The village chief ripped open his clothes, revealing a red birthmark on his shoulder that was particularly conspicuous.
The village chief was stunned. "I can now confirm that this is Wu Da. He and Wu Xing are twin brothers. They look almost identical, but I've seen them so many times that I can tell them apart."
"I just confirmed it again. I went to see them when they were born. Wu Da had a birthmark, but Wu Xing didn't. This is definitely Wu Xing."
"The two brothers' personalities and character are completely different. Wu Da is honest and kind, and he got married early."
"Wu Xing, on the other hand, wandered about all day, acting in a careless and unruly manner, but despite this, he never did anything out of the ordinary."
Qin Yun'er's eyes lit up, there was a fish that had slipped through the net!
"Where is Wu Da's home?"
As soon as the village chief finished speaking, he was picked up by Yu Ying, and the three of them rushed to the Wu family's house.
Qin Yun'er pushed the door open, and the two people inside were startled. Then Qin Yun'er looked at the man, and a stream of spiritual power flew out, binding him tightly.
"Who are you? What are you doing? This is my home!"
Wu Xing lost his balance and fell to the ground due to being tied up. When he came to his senses, he asked angrily.
Qin Yun'er strode over, looked at him coldly and asked, "Are you Wu Xing?"
Panic flashed across Wu Xing's face, and he continued to roar, "I, I don't know what you are talking about, get out of here, this is my house!"
Qin Yun'er didn't waste any words with him. She drew out the magic sword from her waist and thrust it forward, almost touching his forehead.
"Yu He was killed by you, right?"
"You, you...you all know everything?"
His pupils shrank suddenly and he finally became panicked.
Qin Yun'er brought the tip of her sword closer and threatened, "Where is her body?"
The corpse of the evil spirit is extremely important. Only by destroying the corpse can the evil spirit be eliminated at the same time.
Considering their previous search for the Taoist priest, she already knew the reason why Yu He was madly devouring flesh and blood.
It is likely that they were looking for the Taoist priest, sealed Yu He's body, and even wanted to kill Yu He's soul, but Yu He still escaped.
Wu Xing backed away in fear and said timidly, "In the woods outside the village."
As soon as he finished speaking, the room fell into an eerie silence.
Outside the village? I didn't expect this to happen.
Now they all can't get out, it seems they can only wait for Xu Jinxiao to come for support.
Qin Yun'er pursed her lips helplessly and slowly retracted the magic sword.
"Junior Sister, in this case, let's go back."
Yu Ying picked up Wu Xing from the ground and said, "Take him back with you."
"Wu Da was framed by you, so Yu He accidentally killed him, right?"
Qin Yun'er glanced at him coldly.
Wu Xing wanted to quibble, but he opened his mouth and then closed it again.
Qin Yun'er quickly rushed back to the village chief's house, and Yu Ying followed her, carrying one person in each hand.
At this time, the sky was already dark and the light was dim, making the already desolate village seem even more deserted and gloomy.
The anxiously waiting disciples were still standing in the yard, looking outside from time to time.
After seeing the two of them, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Everyone returned to the house and lit candles. This was the only way now.
Yu He has devoured many cultivators, so her strength should not be underestimated. She also likes to devour cultivators, so Yu Ying and the others can only watch their fellow disciples here.
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