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"But..." Leng Can was still unhappy. He took her hand, his eyes filled with tears, as pitiful as a drowned puppy. "What should we do if you get hurt? I... can't bear to let you get hurt."
Leng Can's eyes were as clear as a spring, and she was reflected in them.
"I..." Cong Mo's words got stuck in his throat and he instantly lost control. He only felt his heart beating fast, but he didn't react and let go of his hand.
"We're all friends anyway, so let's go together!" He wasn't worried at all. He was incredibly happy. Strength lies in numbers. With so many companions, there's nothing to be afraid of on the road. He was thrilled to be encountering the adventure stories in the storybooks. "Let's just treat this as an adventure and form a team."
"Whatever..." Leng Can was now holding Cong Mo's hand, half of his body leaning on her. Having succeeded in everything else, he no longer cared about these things, nor did he have the fear he had just felt, and he became very lazy.
"It's pointless." Cong Mo said this, completely severing their thoughts. "If we had the time, we would have already entered the village. There's no point in lingering here."
"Brother, come here."
He looked around and trotted over to her side. Cong Mo grabbed his wrist and held Leng Can's hand with his other hand. They strode forward, one on each side, but stopped after a few steps and looked back. "Hurry up and catch up."
The three people behind him looked at each other and immediately followed.
"Wait for us!"
"Leng Can, you have no conscience!"
"Is Ah Mo considered as saying one thing and thinking another?"
Several people were in a mess, and everyone was trying to get rid of them. Although Cong Mo didn't say much, he didn't scold them for making any noise.
After walking a short distance, we saw a village sign that read "Qihuan Village".
"What a weird name!" Xi Chengming shuddered, feeling uncomfortable all over, as if a chilling wind was blowing.
"I seem to have seen this village in storybooks," Yin Yi said mysteriously. "Yes! Abandoned Village, as the name suggests, is a place where people pray to the heavens and give away an item. In return, they receive a corresponding gift based on its value. So, during the great disaster, people were starving and emaciated, so they resorted to this myth. Until an old farmer came to Abandoned Village and exchanged his newborn grandson for a bag of grain, saving an entire family. More and more people began to come, realizing that only the most innocent newborn babies could be exchanged for the most valuable things. So, that year, all humanity was gone, and all newborns were sent here. Countless babies died here, and the resentment was at its peak."
"Who are you trying to scare?" Leng Can hid behind Cong Mo in fear.
"It's not entirely a legend." Ji Shufeng said, "I've also heard about this from my elders."
Xi Chengming grabbed Yi who was standing beside him and said, "Brother Yi, what do you think? I think it's all fake."
He blinked, "This story is very interesting. I haven't read it in a storybook yet."
Xi Chengming: “…”
Those who can climb Wuqing Mountain really have something to say.
"Abandon, return." Cong Mo was different from them. She could smell the scent of demonic energy. The stench at the tip of her nose was so strong that she couldn't breathe. Her heart felt stuffy and uncomfortable, and she felt like she was going to explode. She hadn't felt such a strong feeling when she landed on the outskirts of the village just now.
The sky above and inside the village were filled with the unpleasant smell of demonic energy. As long as one took a step forward, the demonic energy would instantly infect and submerge them.
"Xiao Mo." Leng Can held her hand tightly. "What's wrong? You've been acting strangely since you entered this village."
Yu was a little shocked, "Junior brother, how did you know that Junior Sister was uncomfortable?"
"Of course I usually observe Xiaomo carefully." Leng Can smiled.
But this smile contained three parts of falsehood, five parts of performance and two parts of calmness.
He couldn't say that it was because Cong Mo always had a dead fish face with no expression on his face, so he was not good at hiding things, and any emotions would be easily revealed on his face.
"This place is almost entirely filled with demonic energy fueled by resentment. We've already been infected. This demonic energy is invisible and invisible, but once it touches a person, it will continuously amplify their desires and greed, causing them to become irritable and easily angered." Cong Mo glanced at the crowd. "This can lead to emotional outbursts, shortness of breath, and sudden death. We need to stimulate the spiritual power within our bodies to suppress it and achieve balance."
"But the fewer desires one has in their heart, the less room the demonic energy has to exert its influence."
The other five people swallowed their saliva in fear when they heard it.
"Let's go in." Cong Mo took a deep breath and mobilized all her spiritual power to suppress the discomfort. She would not be disturbed by the devil's energy, so she knew clearly that there was something in this village that could suppress her, something above the devil's energy. She straightened up and said, "Let's go in and find out what's going on."
Cong Mo pulled Leng Can tightly, "Follow me closely. Your spiritual power is weak. If you are disturbed by the evil spirit, it will be a big trouble."
"Yeah." Leng Can hugged her arms and stuck close to her.
If he had known this earlier, he would not have skipped classes. Now he has come to this damn place. Even though he is fine physically, he must be scared mentally.
As soon as I stepped half a foot into the village, a strong gust of wind swept over and made me squint my eyes.
When I opened my eyes again, several old people appeared quietly in front of me.
"What's going on?" Although Xi Chengming was a big guy, he was still very afraid of such ghost stories. He hurriedly grabbed the hand of the person next to him and rubbed it twice. He felt that the touch was not right, but he didn't think much about it. "Brother Xi, you..."
"Ahem..."
An old cough interrupted him. Xi Chengming shuddered and turned his head subconsciously, looking from bottom to top. When he saw who he was holding his hand, he was half scared out of his wits.
"Ahhh..."
He screamed and suddenly jumped on Yin Yi. Yin Yi couldn't hold him up with his hands and was directly crushed by him. They both fell down. Xi Chengming was still howling, "Ghost, there is a ghost, and it's an old ghost!"
"Child, this is very unpleasant to say. I am a human being, just a little older. Why should you be so scared?" After saying this, the old man walked towards Xi Chengming.
Xi Chengming was so frightened that his legs were shaking and he couldn't even run away.
"Brother, brother." Yin Yi held his arm, trying to soothe his frightened heart, "He's just an old man, brother..."
"Wow..." Xi Chengming lowered his head, not daring to look.
Just before the old man was about to touch Xi Chengming, Cong Mo intervened and stopped him. "Old man, you are indeed a human being, but our friend was startled and it's normal for him to be afraid. I hope you won't scare him again."
"You little girl, when did I ever scare him?"
"Your quiet presence beside him was meant to scare him." Cong Mo refused to give in. "Let's not hold this against each other. Old man, please stop focusing on him."
The remaining few people hurriedly helped Xi Chengming up, stood behind Cong Mo, and confronted the old man.
"Hey young newcomers, you idiot, you're always cracking jokes." An old lady stepped forward and patted the old man, then gave Cong Mo and the others a kind smile. "That's just how he is, don't mind him."
"I don't mind, grandma." Leng Can took two steps forward and asked politely, "Grandma, we're new here, and you look so friendly. Seeing you makes us happy."
"Haha... you kid." The old lady laughed heartily. "Come on, stop complimenting me. What are you doing coming all the way to this remote village?"
"Grandma, we stumbled here by mistake," Leng Can lied. "A few of us were traveling together to Beijing to take the imperial examination, but we got lost in the fog and ended up here. We just saw the name of the village: 'Qihuan Village.'"
They came here in changed into their regular clothes and no longer wore the uniform fairy mountain attire, so this was not a flaw.
The old lady was a little shocked, "A woman also went to Beijing to take the exam"
Leng Can said proudly, "Of course, the new emperor advocates equality between men and women. Women can achieve great things just like men. That's why we desperately want to leave, but the village is shrouded in fog and we can't find the way."
"Is that so?" the old lady said with regret. "Once you're here, I'm afraid it'll be hard to leave. Your exams will probably be delayed."
"What does this mean?" Leng Can asked.
"Alas!" the old woman shook her head. "Our village is cursed! Once you enter, you can never leave. Many young and middle-aged people, unable to bear the thought of being trapped here for a lifetime, have hanged themselves. And... alas... for who knows how many years now, the young people still alive here have been dying suddenly and inexplicably. Only those over fifty survive, enduring the pain of losing their loved ones and children. You who come here... can only accept nature's fate."
The old man next to the grandmother also said, "The rest of us have thought about finding a way out, but as soon as we think about it, the village will punish us. The crops will fail, and the long period of no rain will cause drought. We will starve to death before we find a way out. The remaining elderly people in the village also gave up the idea and never left. You are the only new faces we have seen in all these years."
The elderly people not far away reminded them, "It's getting dark, go home early."
The old woman said kindly, "It's getting dark. You came with me and hid in my place. There are monsters here at night that may come and eat people. We can't handle them."
The six of them looked at each other. The old lady looked sincere, and her words didn't sound fake. Yin Yi patted Cong Mo's shoulder and said, "Amo, let's go with them. We can't find out anything meaningful here anyway."
"Yeah." Cong Mo nodded.
Several people followed the old lady into the village.
Cong Mo walked slowly and fell behind, observing the surrounding scenery with a suspicious look.
The whole village looked desolate and dilapidated.
The smell on the old man was not the stench of demonic energy, but it still had a strange smell different from that of ordinary people. After all, he was not an ordinary human being.
She didn't know what it was.
It was strange that there were things in this world that she didn't know. Cong Mo was unhappy. She had read less books and traveled less.
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