Although Sanshan County and Shu County are adjacent, there is a vast no-man's land between the two counties. This desolate area is neither under the jurisdiction of Sanshan County nor Shu County. It is a veritable "vacuum zone".
Seven days later, Bian Yao and Mu Qingge left the boundaries of Sanshan County and entered this flat and open wilderness. At this point, we are still several days away from Shu County.
At Mu Qingge¡¯s insistence, the two of them walked in a hurry, traveling under the stars and at night, with very few stops.
Along the way, rivers and trees can often be seen, but no human habitation can be seen. What is there are only incomplete and indistinguishable house walls and ancient ruins covered with weeds.
In early May, the weather is getting hotter and hotter.
At dusk that day, the gorgeous clouds filled the sky, which was really beautiful.
Suddenly, two fast figures ran out of a small forest, it was Bian Yao and Mu Qingge.
At a glance, they discovered a narrow river outside the forest. The two slowed down their pace, walked to the riverside, squatted down, took the cool river water to wash away the sweat on their faces, and then walked to a nearby wild tree to rest.
Bian sat leaning against a tree and facing west, his face still showing some signs of fatigue. He looked at the clouds in the sky and ate a few spiritual fruits. After a moment of silence, he suddenly raised his hand and pointed forward and said with a smile: "Look at that red cloud. Does it look like a big red dog with three legs?"
Beside, Mu Qingge was meditating with her eyes closed. After hearing this, she slowly opened her eyes, stared at the western sky for a moment, and replied lightly: "Like a two-legged dog."
"You were slow to look. One leg just disappeared, and then it became clear that there were three legs." Bian Yao stared at the sky intently and argued seriously with a face full of seriousness.
Mu Qingge said nothing and looked away from the horizon with an expressionless face, but inadvertently glanced at the river not far away.
In an instant, his expression suddenly changed, he suddenly jumped up and quickly ran towards the river bank.
Bian Yao couldn't help but be stunned. Although he was puzzled by his companion's strange behavior, he knew that something must have happened. Without thinking, he quickly stood up and ran over.
This is a clear narrow stream, and the surface of the river is also very clean. There are no debris such as duckweeds or aquatic plants. If there are any foreign objects on the water surface, they will be very eye-catching.
It was a floating corpse, floating down the river from upstream, and came into clear view of the two of them.
For practitioners, walking in this impermanent world, encountering dead people, and even killing people are all ordinary things. However, since the two of them left Sanshan County and entered this inaccessible wilderness, they had not seen a single figure. Now, they found a body in the river. Naturally, it is hard not to arouse people's curiosity.
??Judging from the appearance, the deceased was a middle-aged man with disheveled hair. His body was floating in the water, and his frontal appearance could not be seen. Judging from his clothing alone, this person is undoubtedly a practitioner. Although the whole body of the corpse could not be clearly seen, from where one looked, there were no obvious wounds on the body of the deceased, and even the clothes were not damaged at all, and there were no signs of a fight.
The two stood quietly on the shore, watching the body go with the current, their expressions gradually becoming serious, because they noticed and were sure of one thing - the man died not long ago!
Encountering this kind of thing, the two of them had no intention of returning to the tree to continue resting. After a brief discussion, the two of them followed the small river upstream with curiosity in mind.
About half an hour later, Mu Qingge suddenly stopped, stared coldly in front of him, and whispered in a deep voice: "There's something going on!"
Bian Yao stopped in a hurry, glanced forward carefully, and saw two figures lying crookedly in the grass more than ten feet away.
The two of them walked forward cautiously and found some shriveled or broken spiritual fruits scattered nearby, as well as an empty wine jar. On the messy grass and slightly moist soil, there is still a faint residual aroma of fruit wine.
After a little exploration, Bian Yao was surprised to find that the two strangers who collapsed on the ground were not dead. They seemed to be in a deep coma and could not be awakened!
What is surprising is that the two strangers were both holding their heads with their arms, their bodies curled up and lying on the ground, their scarlet eyes were wide open, a pair of eyes seemed to be about to pop out of their sockets, and their facial muscles were It's severely distorted, and its expression looks a bit scary!
It is obvious that these two people had a painful and crazy struggle before falling into coma! Apart from this, no other suspicious things were found.
Mu Qingge remained calm, slowly stood up and looked around, but within a few miles, there were only some sparse trees except for lush weeds and a meandering river.
As time goes by, the sunset becomes thinner and thinner, hanging scattered on the horizon and about to disappear.
Suddenly, a bird flew past low in the sky and made a soundLiang's cry drew a speeding shadow and broke the silence at the moment.
"It's Xie Mengxiu!" Bian looked at one of the unconscious cultivators from afar, and suddenly came back to his senses. His expression became particularly solemn, and there was a bit of uneasiness in his tone!
"Huh?" Mu Qingge said in surprise, turning her head to look at Bian Yao, her eyes seemed to be asking.
"These two people should be in the same group as the person in the river before. Judging from the current situation, they may have encountered the evil dream cultivator, and the dream has been swallowed up!" Bian Yao stood up suddenly and glanced around a few times. Again, he looked a little nervous!
"Are you sure?" Mu Qingge's face straightened, with a hint of surprise in her eyes.
"As far as I know, there is no mistake, and the murderer must be an evil cultivator in the dream king realm. These three people should be dream crazy and have no ability to resist!" Bian Yao nodded and answered without hesitation. road.
Mu Qingge thought for a moment and said: "The man left after committing the crime and will probably not come back again. It should be safe here. As far as I know, most of the evil meng cultivators operate at night. We don't need to do that tonight." If we are on our way, we will rest here and wait until dawn before we hit the road again.¡±
Bian Yao understood that he was thinking about himself, because the original purpose and motivation of practicing evil was to quickly improve his own cultivation by devouring other people's dreams. In order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, evil cultivators generally do not attack anyone other than dream cultivators. Therefore, for sword cultivators, the existence of Xie Meng Xiu does not pose any threat to them.
"There is no need to stop. Since you are in a hurry to return to Shu County, we will continue on our way as planned!" Bian Yao said seriously, his expression having returned to calm.
Hearing this, Mu Qingge was surprised. He stared at Bian Yao's face for a long time and said calmly: "You want to die? If we face the King of Dreams, you and I have no chance of winning!"
Bian Yao chuckled and replied: "We chose to go in the direction of Shuxian County. The area of ????this wilderness is so vast. It is not such a coincidence that we will run into that evil cultivator. Even if we did, you Don¡¯t worry about me, my dreams are different from others.¡±
Mu Qingge heard something mysterious and inexplicable from his last sentence, and couldn't help being slightly stunned, but she didn't say anything else. Since their first meeting, the two had experienced many things together. He knew very well that the companion in front of him was not someone who would joke with his life.
Not long after, Bian Yao and Mu Qingge left the bank of the narrow stream, turned to the southwest and ran away.
The twilight is gradually getting thicker, and the dark night is shrouded like a curtain, covering the boundless wilderness.
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The moon has not yet risen, and the stars in the night sky flicker brightly and dimly.
At the top of a certain low barren ridge, a dark figure sat quietly buried in the grass, motionless.
Suddenly, the black shadow let out a soft cry, then opened his eyes and looked down the ridge slope.
But in the night, on the deserted wilderness, two figures were running quickly.
The black shadow let out a strange laugh and said to himself: "Good luck, I caught two more prey!"
After a moment, the black shadow slowly let out a breath, and suddenly jumped up, like a night harrier looking for food, flying down from the ridge, chasing the two figures who were about to disappear.