Chapter 142
The good news is that although Shuyou Lin is being held hostage by the exorcists, he can open his eyes and seems to retain a certain degree of self-awareness.
This means that he may not have been "picked up" but joined the team on his own initiative.
But the problem is that although Shuyou Lin occasionally suffers from brain short-circuit, he is still very obedient without showing any mercy, especially since he arranged for him to team up with Yin Meng.
Under normal circumstances, the two of them would never sneak into an existing mission and do something free.
In my own team, the most important thing is team discipline.
So, something happened midway, some kind of accident, that forced the two of them to get involved?
The bad news is, they are entering the water.
The sound of the bell in the hand of the yellow-robed Taoist priest who was walking at the front gradually subsided, and the sound of water began to rise. Li Zhuiyuan had good hearing and could hear them walking into the lake one by one.
Li Zhuiyuan pursed his lips and began to think quickly.
Because... time is running out.
At the moment, Shuyou Lin retains a certain degree of self-awareness. Although Yin Meng failed to observe it, there is a high probability that it will not be in the worst state.
But now is the present, what about one day from now?
Tomorrow, eight teams will leave the lake and set off again, but at that time, each team should be in a standard three-person formation of "two people carrying one person."
The eight teams will return at about this time tomorrow, which is twenty-four hours from now.
During this day and night, can Yin Meng and Lin Shuyou be safe under the lake?
Therefore, if they choose to wait another twenty-four hours, it is almost equivalent to giving up the rescue and hoping that they can create a miracle and come out alive.
And if you want to do something, the only chance is that a dark shadow has appeared in front of you, and the eighth team is about to come.
Sneak into the eighth team and get into the water!
Li Zhuiyuan made up his mind.
In the young man's dictionary, the option of lighting up the lanterns twice and surrendering by walking into the river does not exist.
Therefore, he will have to pour this water sooner or later.
So on this basis, instead of going to join forces for rescue while Yin Meng and Lin Shuyou still retain their sense of self, do we have to wait until they are cold?
Li Zhuiyuan turned his head and looked at Xiong Shan.
Xiong Shan has been there before, he has experience.
No matter from the perspective of guidance or teamwork, if Xiong Shan can go down together, he will undoubtedly increase his success rate in rescuing people.
Xiong Shan now showed struggle in his eyes.
Li Zhuiyuan could not specifically measure the relationship between Xiong Shan and his brothers, but Xiong Shan had previously expressed his intention to light the lamp again and stop.
When a person takes the initiative to reveal this kind of emotion, it means that his inner dam is actually full of holes.
Moreover, it was his brother who went down, and he and his wife and children stayed on top. If this configuration were changed, his struggle might not be so intense.
The development of the situation seems to be out of control. Xiong Shan can now light the lanterns for the second time, admit defeat directly, and then spend the rest of his life with his wife and children. At most, when he dreams back at midnight, he will think of the two brothers he left behind without saving him. , bear a little inner condemnation.
“Dingle bell…Dingle bell…Dingle bell…”
The bell for the eighth team approaches.
Xiong Shan closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the struggle in his eyes had disappeared.
He looked at Li Zhuiyuan, but stretched out his hand to pat his wife, and said: "Let's save the second and third children."
Lihua breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on her face. She lowered her head and kissed her son, then hung the swaddling clothes on herself and tightened the child against her body, thus completely freeing her hands.
Facing Xiong Shan's gaze, Li Zhuiyuan replied calmly:
"Together."
Xiong Shan smiled: "If I let you compete with me, little brother, you are still more emotional."
Li Zhuiyuan: "What should we do next?"
Xiong Shan had previously talked about how to sneak into the team, but he didn't talk about the actual details of the operation, just to hide his secret.
"When they are about to enter or leave the 'inn', quickly blend into the team and throw away the paper money at the same time, so that you can successfully blend in without alerting them.
After entering there, when the bamboo pole starts to turn, let go, stand still, and pretend to be dead.
There is an eye there. Don't move when it is open. Wait until it closes before looking for an opportunity. ”
"Did you do it all at once last time?"
"I'm half a local. After I killed that evil cultivator, I also learned the Chenzhou Talisman he left behind. I know a little bit about the taboos and techniques of corpse exorcists.
If you are interested, little brother, I have some fragments of the Chenzhou Talisman in my hand. If we all come out alive this time, I can lend it to you to look at. ”
"I'm not interested in this."
"Yes, you are worried that this will contaminate my Jianghu Karma."
Li Zhuiyuan didn't explain anymore.
The eighth team has only three people, which means that this team did not receive anyone.
Xiong Shan: "The three of us here will go up first, and the three of you will go up last."
In his words, he obviously counted his son as one.
Li Zhuiyuan: "Okay."
The young man turned his attention to Runsheng and Tan Wenbin, and they nodded back.
The eighth team came, and everyone bowed their heads collectively.
When the team adjusted their angle and began to circle around the "Yin Yang Road Inn", which was also called "entering the inn", Xiong Shan and Lihua stood up quickly, one on each side, grabbing the bamboo pole with one hand and raising their shoulders.
Three pieces of paper money fell from them.
When the team was about to "exit", Li Zhuiyuan and the other two quickly stood up.
Runsheng and Tan Wenbin imitated Xiong Shan's movements, while Li Zhuiyuan grabbed Runsheng's clothes.
Three pieces of paper money, quickly throw them away.
In an instant, I felt that my entire perspective had changed.
The surrounding environment became blurry, except for the shadow of a lit inn behind him.
Although he was walking step by step, the speed he was traveling at was a bit exaggerated, giving him a strange sense of spatial dislocation.
Previously, Shuyou Lin must have sensed something, so he opened his eyes to look for him. However, he was in the corpse exorcism team, while Li Zhuiyuan and others were holding paper money in the inn, which was equivalent to being in another enchantment, so Shuyou Lin could not find the person. A very normal thing.
It is better to be at the back of the team than to be at the front of the team.
Because the one in the middle whose feet do not touch the ground, you have to avoid it and cannot look at it.
Therefore, Xiong Shan and the others who were walking in front could look forward more freely, while Li Zhuiyuan and the others behind them could only look left and right.
But for those who are experienced, the tour guide walks in front and really has nothing to say.
There was a sound of splashing water underfoot.
About to enter the water.
Those at the front end enter first, then those at the back end.
The water is a little cold, but after being completely immersed in it, there is a suffocating feeling of being unable to breathe, but this is more of a psychological feeling, and there is no real strong physical suffocation.
It was very painful and uncomfortable, but I couldn't drown.
This should be another characteristic of this corpse exorcism team.
It turns out that this is how Brother Liangliang feels every time he goes to see Madam Bai.
Even if he has to experience this kind of pain twice each time, it can't stop him from frequently traveling to and from Nantong.
The team marched at the bottom of the lake. The two bamboo poles were like a boat, holding them very firmly.
While walking, Li Zhuiyuan saw an underwater village, which was submerged under the water. This should be Taohua Village.
The underwater Peach Blossom Village still retains most of its original features, and the team also walked through it in the middle of the village road.
After leaving the village, the team continued to move downwards, and this should be the real Yinma Lake.
Down, down, and down again, this should be heading towards the center of the lake.
Finally, Li Zhuiyuan felt that his feet were missing, and the entire team began to fall vertically.
But even so, the feet of the "corpse chaser" behind him continued to swing back and forth at the original frequency, and everyone followed its rhythm and continued to swing their legs.
Sinking, sinking, sinking again...
"Wow!"
For the first time, you experience the feeling of rising to the surface after sinking. The dirty but real air flows into the nasal cavity and begins to soothe your heart and lungs.
Here is an underwater pool.
In front of the pool, there were many people standing.
Everyone stood with their lower bodies in the water, eyes closed, steady and motionless.
At this time, the bamboo pole began to turn.
Xiong Shan and Lihua let go of their hands and stood there, while Runsheng and Tan Wenbin also let go of their hands and stood there.
The standard three-person corpse exorcism team seemed to have finished unloading here and then moved on.
There is an ancient and heavy stone gate on the pool. Only half of the stone gate on the left is left, and the stone gate on the right is full of cracks. On the steps leading to the stone gate, there is a large pit with four thick concave edges. The marks looked like they had been punched out with fists.
The surrounding rock walls should have been carefully painted murals, similar to the pattern of arc domes, but now these murals are densely covered with black stains of different shades, which should be blood spattered on them.
There was a big war here and many people died.
Suddenly, "day" dawned.
Above his head, a red will-o'-the-wisp appeared.
Will-o'-the-wisps are usually not this color, but in this flame, it really seems like there is an eye scanning the bottom, bringing tremendous pressure.
These "eyes" gave Li Zhuiyuan a strong sense of familiarity.
The corpse removal team unloading people began to enter the stone gate. As they marched, there were faint flames rubbing around them, but they were suppressed and extinguished by another force.
They shouldn't have moved. Under the eyes of the ghost, any unnecessary movement will be regarded as heresy and will be burned at the stake.
But either the ghost eye has been destroyed, or it has been artificially modified, or both. In short, this ghost eye has no effect on the corpse exorcist.
The corpse chasers can come and go here freely, but other people cannot enjoy this treatment.
Even if there was no warning from Xiong Shan on the shore, no one would move around at this moment. The warning from Ghost Eye was so strong that it was almost substantial.
There were many rows of people standing in front of them. Li Zhuiyuan was short, and he could see some details of the front row through the gaps between the legs of the people below.
He found that he could see the backs of people's heads in the first two rows. Judging from their heads, they are all adults.
And from the front row to the back, the overall height obviously shows a gradually increasing trend.
This means that it's not that the first two rows are filled with dwarfism plus macrocephaly, it's that they're melted.
This pool is like a candlestick. The "people" who are taken here will melt here and become wax oil, which is used to maintain the existence of the ghost eye.
But the problem is, although this method is clever, but when put together with this majestic ghost eye, it seems a bit out of place.
Wei Zhengdao once carefully and severely criticized the evil formation.
The young man was convinced.
Therefore, Li Zhuiyuan knew that ordinary evil formations can indeed disguise their upright aura to deceive people into entering, but the more sophisticated the evil formations, the harder it is to conceal their true aura. Moreover, there is no need to do this, because it is worth your while. It is impossible for a person who is so ready to make arrangements, not to notice this simple deception, and look like he is taking off his pants and farting.
Moreover, in order to keep the ghost eyes alive, it is really too troublesome to rely on a team of exorcists to pick up people outside to use as lamp oil. It feels like relying on horses to pull the locomotive.
If you let yourself decorate this ghost eye... isn't there a lake above? You can directly use the tide of the lake to connect with the ghost eye. As long as the lake water does not dry up, the ghost eye can exist endlessly.
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Suddenly, Li Zhuiyuan's eyes lit up.
No wonder I have such a strong sense of familiarity. After putting my own thoughts into it, isn't the operating principle of the ghost eye the same as "Qin's Jiao Observation Method"? And this formation itself, isn't it the Qin family's "Dragon Eye Locking Formation"?
It's just that the way of maintaining existence has been changed, and there was originally a pair of ghost eyes, but now there is only one left.
This formation would be arranged in the retreat area of the Qin family's former residence to prevent the outside world from being disturbed during the retreat. This formation would also be arranged in some special forbidden areas. Anyone who came here without opening their eyes would be burned. Not unfair at all.
It seems that this is the work of a Dragon King of the Qin family.
It was he who gathered the four old Tianmen families and suppressed the general here.
Some people say that this is Li Zhuiyuan's first time visiting the "ancestral ruins".
Although the ruins have been destroyed and modified beyond recognition.
At this moment, the ghost eyes gradually became dim.
This should be what Xiong Shan said before, wait for it to close its eyes.
Li Zhuiyuan's breathing became heavier. You can just change it, and the level of this formation has been reduced to such a low level.
Whose formation is in a forbidden area and someone can doze off with their eyes closed?
Finally, the ghost eyes were completely extinguished.
Xiong Shan moved, and Lihua followed suit. The two left the spot and began to search for the second and third oldest members of their team.
"Find!"
Li Zhuiyuan, Runsheng and Tan Wenbin also moved and began to search for Yin Meng and Lin Shuyou.
There were many people in the pool and there was not enough light, so it was really troublesome to search for them.
Fortunately, you can start with the height first, and just search in the last two rows. After all, they are the ones who were just brought in, so they won’t melt and become shorter.
But at this time, Li Zhuiyuan had doubts in his heart. He didn't know Yinmeng's condition, but Shuyou Lin should be able to move freely. He didn't dare to move when the ghost eyes were open before, so he couldn't understand. Now that the ghost eyes are closed, what happened to Shuyou Lin? Not moving yet?
In the pool, there were only five sounds of movement, not including the child on Lihua's chest.
Secondly, if it was just a simple "open eyes and close eyes" taboo, then the difficulty here would undoubtedly be too low, and Xiong Shan would not say that he almost confessed it when he came in last time.
So, entering and exiting this place are not at the same location?
If you want to get out from here, you have to enter that stone door?
The young man knows that even if you ask Xiong Shan now, he will not tell you clearly that their internal brotherhood is brotherhood, and they will not be unclear or ambiguous in the outside world.
"Stop!"
Li Zhuiyuan reminded him loudly.
Runsheng and Tan Wenbin immediately stopped moving.
Xiong Shan and Lihua continued to search. Lihua heard the reminder from Li Zhuiyuan, but saw that her husband did not respond, so she did not stop.
The ghost eye had indeed not lit up yet. It took a while before new light appeared. Only then did Xiong Shan take his wife's hand, and the two stopped motionless.
Li Zhuiyuan predicted half a minute earlier and asked Tan Wenbin and Runsheng to accompany him to act as wooden figures for a while longer.
This was Li Zhuiyuan's mistake because he substituted the correct running rhythm into an incorrect formation.
After another period of waiting, when the ghost eyes went out again, the five people started moving at the same time.
Li Zhuiyuan still couldn't find Shuyou Lin and Yin Meng. Not only that, he didn't even see Brother Hu.
However, Tan Wenbin found the second and third eldest children, who were standing in the center of the second-to-last row, eyes closed, motionless.
Tan Wenbin looked at Li Zhuiyuan.
Find their people first. What if they don’t help you find someone after picking them up? Maybe they even left first.
Li Zhuiyuan took the initiative to shout: "Found it!"
The difficulty is not to find people, but how to bring such a group of people out safely, and Xiong Shan should still be thinking about sealing the general.
People, don't be so short-sighted.
Xiong Shan and Lihua immediately waded over.
Lihua: "Second child, third child!"
Faced with the call, the second and third children still closed their eyes and showed no response, as if they were already dead.
Li Zhuiyuan was about to try to wake him up, but when he saw that Xiong Shan was already taking the talisman and forming seals, he didn't do anything.
After making the seal, Xiong Shan pasted a Chenzhou Talisman on Lao Er's forehead and slid his thumb down along the paper.
A black mist overflowed from the second child's nostrils, and his eyes slowly opened. However, he could only open his eyes and move his eyes, but he could not speak or move.
Li Zhuiyuan's eyes instantly focused: He has been restrained!
Xiong Shan: "Hahaha, second brother, fortunately, you are not dead. Just wait and I will help you lift the restriction..."
Xiong Shan's voice stopped, and he also discovered the problem. Who placed the ban on the second child, and what was the purpose of the ban?
The eyes of the second child began to move quickly to the side, which happened to be the position of the third child.
Xiong Shan: "Lao San, what happened to him?"
Li Zhuiyuan: "He's telling you to run!"
The second child had kept his eyes closed before, how did he know that the third child was standing next to him. And even after opening his eyes, he couldn't see where the third child was without turning his head.
This happened to be a coincidence. When making a gesture with his eyes, he happened to glance in the direction of Lao San, which attracted the attention of the authorities.
"Brother Runsheng!"
The young man reached out and grabbed Runsheng's arm. Runsheng gave Li Zhuiyuan a habitual swing and threw him on his back. Then he grabbed Tan Wenbin's arm with the other hand and opened the valve. Runsheng opened the valve under the guidance of the young man. Running wildly.
After Xiong Shanjing reminded him, he finally came to his senses, hugged his wife and ran back.
A blue light shone from Lao Er's clothes, and there seemed to be talismans hanging inside, and chains wrapped around them. The chains were filled with black energy, and they were violently rubbing against the power of the talismans. All of this was... It officially begins with the host's eyes opening.
"Crack! Crack!"
Electric snakes were scurrying around Lao Er's body, and black flames were spurting out from his eyes, ears, mouth and nose.
Not only the outside, he was also filled with stuff inside.
This was definitely not done by the "corpse chasers". It could only be the person who placed the ban on the two of them, and gave them the handwriting reserved for them. They were allowed to take these and were connected here by the corpse chasers.
The eruption of black flames around the second child ignited the third child. A blue light appeared on the third child's body first, and then black flames spurted out of his mouth.
These black flames are corpse fire. Corpse oil is refined using a special method. When ignited, it can easily induce corpse energy and ignite the surrounding corpses.
"Ah!!!"
"Ah!!!"
As the corpse fire in the second and third oldest children's bodies further erupted, the restrictions on their bodies were also erased. However, the two of them only had time to turn around and glance at the boss before their heads fell off, their bodies melted rapidly, the container shattered, and the corpse fire poured out. came out and began to spread over a large area.
After other people were infected with the corpse fire, even the dead began to twist and shake, just like the corpse would deform and make some movements after the corpse cremator was lit.
For a time, most of the pool area was like a group of demons dancing wildly.
"Second child, third child!"
Xiong Shan called to them with tears in his eyes, while pulling his wife and running towards the stone gate.
As for Li Zhuiyuan, he didn't look back at all.
After the Run Qi Gate opened, the force and speed were too terrifying. Tan Wenbin had an ordinary body after all, and there was no chance for him to be possessed by a ghost at this moment. After following him for a while with all his strength, Tan Wenbin finally couldn't hold on and fell down.
However, Runsheng still pulled him to continue running. Tan Wenbin's body was like floating on the river, "Pap! Pap! Pah!" as he was being carried forward.
Binbin started sliding on his hands and knees, trying to help as much as possible, and at the same time, he closed his mouth tightly to prevent dirty water from being poured into him.
But just closing the mouth tightly is useless, because the nose and ears cannot be closed, especially the nose, which is facing the direction of sprinting. The strong impact brings water pressure and drives the water into the nasal cavity.
But even so, he still couldn't stop.
If you don't run, it will be too late.
Because the ghost eyes are about to open.
Finally, Li Zhuiyuan and the others arrived on the shore first. Tan Wenbin knelt down on the ground. His stomach was churning and at the same time, there was a sense of heat flowing from his nostrils. He must have had a nosebleed.
At this time, the ghost eyes are gradually opening.
Xiong Shan placed two Chenzhou talismans on himself and his wife respectively, and their speed was blessed.
But it was delayed by various factors, and Xiong Shan was already injured, and Lihua also had a child, so the two of them were still a little far away from the shore, so they should be able to catch up, but there was still some danger.
On the shore, Li Zhuiyuan said: "Help them."
Upon hearing this, Tan Wenbin immediately took out the seven-star hook from his backpack, swung it forward, the hook quickly extended, and then quickly handed it to Runsheng.
Xiong Shan and Lihua grabbed the hooks, and Runsheng, who was standing on the shore, used his strength to pull the couple up like fishing.
I have to say that the two of them were really good at it, and they were both stable when they landed.
Lihua started to sob and turned around, facing away from the pool.
Xiong Shan's eyes turned red and he first looked at Li Zhuiyuan, nodded to him, and then growled in his throat: "Xie family, Bu family!"
The ghost eyes opened.
The corpses below were all "dancing" under the corpse fire.
Lines of flames descended from above and hit all the corpses,
For a moment, the entire pool was ignited with raging fire, and the pool began to boil violently, like purgatory on earth.
The people standing on the shore were motionless, but even so, they could feel the terrifying heat waves constantly hitting them.
Finally, the fire burned out, the pool was almost dry, and all the bodies were turned into ashes.
The ghost eyes became a little fainter, and then when they closed their eyes, they gradually closed.
Xiong Shan: "I'm sorry, your people are also buried..."
Li Zhuiyuan: "Sorry, my people are not here."
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I have been weakened by the flu, and my coding status has deteriorated. As per the old rule, I will post half of it first, and I will continue coding. There will be another chapter during the day tomorrow.
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