Chapter 33 Octagonal Building

At that time, he had already investigated these three graves and confirmed his thoughts - those who were killed for abuse of their parents were all infected with a kind of Gu that was refined by synthesis of plants and animals. This Gu was extremely strange and evil, and the "raw materials" were probably black cats and poppy.

So those who die in the city all seem to be taking drugs overdoses and digging out one of their own eyes under hallucinations or the temptation of black cats.

For people in the mountains and forests, the Gu people seem to be quite familiar with the situation here and know that they will not be subject to strict investigation and investigation. Therefore, the Gu they imposed is more fierce and simpler. The fatal injuries of these three brothers are all caused by the abdomen, which can be inferred as a sudden growth of plants from the abdominal cavity.

If this is true, it is often heard about witchcraft, which is not strange. His most cleverness is how to make the Gu play the role of a drug. After the person who was infected with the Gu died, the seeds laid as Gu will still move, grow, and their vitality will be tenacious enough to understand.

Also, why did he use poppy to make a Gu? Poppy is a drug. What does this have to do with Huang Boheng's miraculous overnight wealth?

In order to find the roots of the plants and completely destroy them, he dug up the graves of the three brothers very much, ignoring the whispers of the surrounding "residents". He was surprised that the witchcraft was so powerful that he actually swallowed the souls of the three unfilial sons disappeared, and their father, the fragile and thin soul body, kept looking at him begging, and he was afraid of his ability and dared not approach and talk.

If you raise a child for a hundred years, you will always worry about ninety-nine years.

He had heard this, but from this poor father, his parents' love could transcend life and death. Although the old man's soul seemed to know the details of the matter, he was afraid and respectful to Ruan Zhan's ability, so he wanted to pray to Ruan Zhan to save the souls of the three bastards.

Ruan Zhan could not refuse this. Although he did not sympathize with these three guys who should go to hell at all, he always felt a little unbearable and grateful to the kind ghost. After all, he was a life abandoned by humans but saved by a ghost!

When he buried two graves again and was about to restore the last one to its original state, the uneasy palpitations suddenly came, making him feel that Xiao Xia was in danger. So he immediately put down everything in his hand and stepped back with the time and space twisting technique, but found that Xiao Xia was gone, and there was only a mess left in the wooden building of the village chief's house, the village chief's family who was living by nightmares and the unconscious Wanli.

He guessed that Xiao Xia must have run into the woods. When he was so anxious that he didn't know where to find her, the sense of danger she conveyed to him disappeared again, as if she had been saved by someone.

This gave him time to think for a few minutes, then quickly cleaned up the room, stabbed a little blood from himself and Wanli and mixed it, and wiped it under the eyes of the two of them.

This is because he is now unconscious and fragile, and can be hurt by any weak thing at any time. He can't stay here and guard him, nor can he expect the formation that can prevent ghosts but cannot guard against people and demons, so he had to use the blood spell to strengthen the connection.

Although he and Wanli are friends who share life and death, he has never missed him strongly, so he has not had the same spiritual connection as Xiaoxia.

After arranging all this, he entered the deep forest, but he could not find Xiao Xia. Tracing has never been his main character, not to mention that the spiritual connection that came from Xiao Xia was strong and weak, which proved that she had been encountering danger, but she was always successfully getting rid of it at the last moment.

This recognition made him feel anxious and relieved throughout the time before dawn. It was not until Xiao Xia felt a strong yin energy in the telepathy that he heard again that the place with the heaviest yin energy in the entire Shanyin energy was this cemetery, and then he took a step in time.

"Ruan Zhan! Ruan Zhan!" Xiaoxia woke up in a coma screaming.

"Here." Ruan Zhan handed over.

Xiao Xia caught it without hesitation, and then she realized that the sky was already dark, and she was between the tombs, leaning in Ruan Zhan's arms. The blood-wood sword she threw at the edge of the grave was lying quietly on the ground beside Ruan Zhan's legs.

For a moment, she felt that she was dreaming because Ruan Zhan was rarely so close to her, and she hoped that everything that had not long ago would not exist.

However, from the powerful heartbeat coming from Ruan Zhan's strong chest and the body that would hurt when she moved, she knew that what she was experiencing was a fact and escaping was useless.

"We want to go back soon, Wanli-Wanli-He-"

"I understand. Don't panic, I will save him."

"Do you know?" Xiao Xia asked in confusion.

As he looked up, in the clear gray morning light, Ruan Zhan's resolute side face inadvertently came into Xiao Xia's eyes. Although his face was calm, his eyebrows were frowning, his lips were pursed tightly, and his whole face was covered with indescribable pressure and loneliness, which made Xiao Xia feel a little distressed.

How tired he lives, there are so many secrets buried in his heart, and he keeps everything in his heart and doesn't say it out loud. He faces everything alone and always suppresses himself when encountering things. He adds a layer of cold and ruthless coat to his heart, and adds a layer of gentle and elegant fake face in front of strangers. No one has had more harder survival than him!

She wanted to help him, to warm his heart bit by bit, hug him and give him peace, but he always kept people from thousands of miles away intentionally or unintentionally, making her ambitious "surrounding the city in the countryside" plan reluctant to implement, for fear that he would go away as soon as he approached.

"I made arrangements." Ruan Zhan replied, looking at Xiaoxia at the same time.

Although her little face was mud, dirt and cried, she could no longer see her true face. However, this made her half-cry eyes look charming and gentle, which made his heart beat wildly, and quickly pulled Xiaoxia who was snuggling in his arms, for fear of revealing the secrets in his heart.

"Since you are awake, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time. Let's go back quickly!" He said, raising his hand and drew a talisman in the air. Then, before the time and space twist were over, he leaned over and picked up Xiao Xia, who was injured on many parts of his body, picked up the Blood Wood Sword, and stepped back in one step.

When Xiao Xia was in a coma, he did not dare to hold her and use this technique, for fear that the technique would cause any harm to the temporarily unconscious person. This made him understand how careful he cared for her.

"Where is this?" Xiao Xia was carried onto the bamboo bed by Ruan Zhan. She felt that the environment was wrong and thought that it wasn't his operational mistake, so she ran to someone else's house, right?

"In order not to make the villagers suspicious, I found a new place. It is very remote and no one comes, so it is easier to move." Ruan Zhan explained, "I will carry Wanli over now and then explain it carefully to you."

"But what do you say to the village chief's family?"

"I would say that Wanli was sick in the middle of the night, and I sent you down the mountain early in the morning. Anyway, his half-dead appearance has become deeply rooted in people's hearts." Ruan Zhan said relaxedly.

In fact, it was the man who was indifferent to the evil spirit who helped him invisibly. You should know that the people in the mountains worked hard and would get up as soon as the sky was dawn. The opponent used evil magic to make it easier for the village chief and his family did not wake up for the time being, so that he could hurry up and "moving".

He accidentally discovered the new place of land. The environment was very good, but just in case, he pretended to chat and asked the villagers about the situation there.

It was a bamboo building with a unique style, located alone on the hillside far away from the village. The villagers called it the Octagonal Tower. It is said that it was the residence of Yajin (also known as the Forbidden Po, Dao Po or Witch) with a very profound magical power before the liberation. Later, Na Yajin was mysteriously missing, and no one lived in this building again because most villagers were superstitious and believed that the place could cross the yin and yang, so they were reluctant to even get close.

During the Cultural Revolution, a group of Red Guards who broke into the four olds came here for a while, but later everyone was mysteriously caught in the Gu and had to leave in a hurry. Although they were ordinary Gu, they were tortured to death. Fortunately, a very expert Taoist prescribed a prescription for them, which allowed these people to get rid of the Gu control.

This incident further added the mystery of the Octagonal Tower, so it was even more rarely visited. Ruan Zhan was deliberately trying to find the secrets in the mountains and forests, but was unwilling to involve innocent people. He was about to find a place where no one would pay attention to, so he chose this place. There was nothing he was afraid of in the Yin and Yang realms. Moreover, after entering the small building, he found that it was very clean, not only the environment, but also the aura.

This shows that there are no gods and monsters here, but because they are in the deep mountains and have no one to live in for many years, they are very yin. It also shows that an unknown person often comes to clean up secretly. If you want to be careful, you are just a person.

Although it is more dangerous to let Xiaoxia and Wanli stay here alone, in fact, no matter where they are, they will not encounter less dangers. It is better to use it yourself in this uninhabited place and no longer have to worry about it. Maybe he should consider it. In the future, he should teach Wanli and Xiaoxia some small spells so that they can protect themselves when they are in danger. Of course, this must be based on their ability to leave this place safely and smoothly.

And he swore in his heart that he would let the two of them return to the city safely, even if they sacrificed their lives!

After carrying Wanli to the Octagonal Tower, he explained to Xiaoxia the reason for moving here, and immediately returned to the village chief's house to deal with the aftermath. Although he used the time and space distortion technique, this was a spell after all. Such frequent use made him so tired that he almost vomited blood, but he could only endure it.

Fortunately, things went smoothly. People in the real mountains were very simple, which made Ruan Zhan feel that lying was a sin, even a kind lie. Moreover, because he had to walk around the village and investigate, he claimed that he would also learn about the customs and culture nearby and continue to disturb the village chief for a while. Of course, the village chief appreciated and agreed.

On this busy morning, his biggest gain was that he deliberately or unintentionally told the village chief about meeting strange people in the dense forest. The village chief's behavior was a bit strange, as if he knew that there was such a number of people. However, he did not immediately ask, and he wanted to investigate first and then talk to the village chief.

Then he returned to the Octagonal Building, and while helping Xiaoxia treat her wounds, he asked Xiaoxia to tell her what she had happened last night in detail.

After washing the mud, Xiao Xia's delicate face showed a red mark that was beaten by a branch, which was shockingly slanted there. The skin exposed outside the clothes was covered with scratches, and the sprained right ankle was also red and swollen. Ruan Zhan held her delicate and fair ankle for her to give her a reset massage, and she felt so distressed that she was squeezing.

"Have I been in trouble again?" Xiao Xia looked at Ruan Zhan's frowning brows and asked worriedly.

"No."

"Don't you comfort me?"

"Believe me, no." Ruan Zhan answered Xiao Xia very seriously.

Sometimes it is like this to solve the problem. There must be someone who doesn’t follow the rules, mess up the game, get some accidents, and go forward bravely to collect evidence, and stimulate new clues in danger. Xiaoxia is such a person. Through her chasing the black cat last night, she found that many problems were involved.

For example: the weirdo is a woman, and she always mentions the "bride", which is related to the straw raincoat ghost; from the black cat's attitude towards Xiaoxia, you will find that the people behind the scenes are very interested in Xiaoxia, and Huang Boheng is Xiaoxia's suitor; the weirdo says that "that person" is very powerful, proving that she is familiar with him. If that person is Huang Boheng, it can prove that he is indeed from here; and the black cat who can make words, the unseen footprints, can prove that the enemy has come to them!

It's close to the truth! Although the answer to the mystery is still like being in the center of a thick fog, Ruan Zhan knows that the fog is about to dissipate. Who will appear in the end? Huang Boheng? Yang Muyou? Or is there someone else?

"Who is the footprint that chases me?" Xiao Xia asked.

"He is a human, but he is very strong and can be invisible, so you only see footprints."

"I said why doesn't the Blood Wood Sword shine?" Xiao Xia sighed, "I thought it was in my hands, so it disdained me!"

"How could it be? It will definitely react when it encounters evil. However, witchcraft is popular here, not just because of the appearance of soul bodies, so its light is not so bright." Ruan Zhan explained patiently.

"But when the 'old man' that caused me to fall into the pit appeared, it didn't shine?"

"Miss, you were sitting at someone's doorstep. You felt someone patting your shoulder and a shadow appeared. It might be just an illusion that you saw, not the real soul body ran out. It was almost dawn. Besides, he was kind-hearted, but he didn't want to harm you." Ruan Zhan knew in his heart that it was the old father of the three brothers Amu. Because he wanted him to help, he saved Xiaoxia at the risk of being hurt by the invisible person.

The invisible man was probably Huang Boheng, who had a special interest in Xiao Xia, the owner of the black cat. When Xiao Xia accidentally escaped to the cemetery and was guided by Amu's father to Amu's grave, he might have felt that Ruan Zhan was nearby from the dug grave, and even suspected that Ruan Zhan was ambushed behind the grave and waited to attack him. Therefore, for his own safety, he chose to leave, and his suspicion saved Xiao Xia.

"Is that person Huang Boheng?" Xiao Xia asked. When he thought of his unbearable purpose, he followed her in the middle of the night, and even forced himself to take off his clothes to please him, Xiao Xia felt ashamed and angry.

Ji Zhan nodded.

"Then I understand why he hates Wanli so much." Xiaoxia said disgustedly, "You said that the heavy Gu must be done under a strong mood."

"Then why?"

"Because--the last time at Guan Zheng's memorial service, he pestered me and Wanli came to pretend to be my boyfriend."

"So that's it." Ruan Zhan whispered. He realized now that the Gu was targeted by Wanli. The other party must have learned that Wanli was more curious about his personality, so everything was a clever trap. Even if he didn't succeed that day, he would have thought of other ways to harm Wanli.

But how did the Gu be so evil? Did he encounter a genius who uses Gu this time?

Thinking of this, he turned around and looked at Wanli. He still lay unconsciously on the bed, his face still dark.

"What should he do?" Xiao Xia was also worried.
Chapter completed!