Chapter 216: The Estrangement Scheme, Qingcheng's Heart-Eroding Poison Ivy

Xu Taiping stretched out his hand and gently touched the bubble, and then a voice came from the jade dish——

"It's already dark. According to the previously agreed plan, we disguised ourselves as ghosts and let the refugees spend the night in the maple forest."

Hearing this, Xu Taiping immediately raised his head, looked at the crowd with a serious face and said:

"They're coming."

…

"ah!--"

After lighting an incense stick, in the dim maple forest, a refugee who was exploring the way ahead with a torch saw a corpse hanging on the tree in front of him. He screamed in fear and backed away repeatedly.

"What's wrong?"

A group of refugees behind him came forward to ask.

"You...see for yourselves!"

The refugee exploring the road pointed at the body on the tree.

Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and their expressions changed greatly.

"Then...isn't that...isn't that Lao Li? Lao Li was behind me just now, why...how was he hanged on the tree!"

Someone recognized the body.

After recognizing the body, even some of the refugees who were calm at first started to panic.

"We... let's go back to the abandoned house we just passed by, and wait until dawn to find a way out!"

In panic, one of the refugees suggested.

"Wait a minute, look, there's blood here!"

Just when everyone was about to retreat, a refugee standing under the tree where the man was hanged suddenly pointed at the trunk of the big tree with its skin peeled off and shouted.

After everyone heard this, they plucked up the courage to look back and found that there was indeed a line of blood written on the tree.

"My family is happy. The mountain will be closed for a day. Anyone who intrudes... will die!"

Someone read out the bloody words written on the tree.

"ah!……"

Before the refugees could react, another scream rang out.

Later, the horrified refugees discovered that another companion had been hanged on a big tree, and the peeled-off tree trunk also had a line of large characters written in blood -

"My family is happy. The mountain will be closed for a day, and any trespassers will die."

The refugees, who were already filled with fear, were suddenly frightened out of their wits. None of them dared to move forward or retreat.

At this moment, a little green will-o'-the-wisp lighted up on the outside of the maple forest.

With that little bit of will-o'-the-wisp, everyone saw with horror on their faces that a wedding procession full of evil spirits was moving around the maple forest.

"Don't panic, don't panic! Don't panic!"

Just when the refugees were scared to death, a young man dressed as a scholar from Ning Yuan Kingdom raised his hand to signal everyone to calm down.

When everyone looked at him with puzzled expressions, the young man said loudly:

"Everyone, I once heard a strange story about ghosts. It said that if you encounter an evil ghost welcoming a bride at night, you must stop immediately, otherwise you will be harmed by the evil ghost."

"As long as we don't move around, we can continue to move forward after daybreak."

Upon hearing this, a group of refugees seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and they all approached the young man to ask him about specific measures.

…

"I believe it so easily. It's really like what my brother said. The people of Ningyuan Kingdom are all extremely stupid."

"Brother Helian, please don't forget our rules. You must not reveal your identity when killing people."

"You don't need to remind me."

In the bushes next to the maple forest.

After nearly a hundred refugees were tricked into setting up camp on the spot, several ghost hunters once again communicated with each other, and all these sounds were heard by Xu Taiping and the others.

"Sir, I just used the wind-listening technique to identify them carefully, and I can generally identify the six ghost hunters."

Gongshu Nanxing, who was listening to the movement in the maple forest, turned to look at Xu Taiping.

"Don't be anxious, they should take action soon."

Xu Taiping nodded, his eyes still fixed on the fish-finding dish in front of him.

Not long after, the fish-finding dish buzzed and trembled again, and then a conversation was heard from two black fish inside -

"Chen Dan, this time we will use the technique of beating the fou to pass the head to send those refugees on their way."

"Yes, Lord Helian!"

After hearing this, Xu Taiping immediately raised his head and looked at Gu Qingcheng and said:

"Girl Qingcheng, they are going to take action."

At this time, Gu Qingcheng was pressing one hand on the ground and condensing a ball of green light with the other.

After noticing Xu Taiping's gaze, Gu Qingcheng retracted his gaze from the green light, turned to Xu Taiping and Gongshu Nanxing and said:

"Miss Nanxing, tell me the current location of Helian's subordinate Dan Dan."

Gongshu Nanxing nodded immediately, then looked out through the gaps in the bushes and said:

"Then Dan Dan is right in front of me, under the seventh maple tree, sitting with his back against the tree."

"Thank you."

Gu Qingcheng thanked him, and then saw him carefully turning his hand over, and then gently pressing the green light on the ground.

At the same time, she explained to Xu Taiping and others in a low voice:

"Mr. Rusty Lion, what I am planting in the ground right now is a poisonous ivy called 'Corroding Heart'. When this poisonous ivy blooms, a drop of venom will drop from its stamens, which will make the chest of the poisoned person feel extremely itchy. I can’t help but dig out my heart.”

After hearing Gu Qingcheng's explanation, Xu Taiping couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

While a few people were talking, the green light that Gu Qingcheng pressed into the ground had turned into a vine and penetrated into the ground, like a poisonous snake, burrowing bit by bit towards the direction of the sky.

Finally, the vine broke through the soil and silently wrapped around the maple tree that Zhudan was leaning against.

At this time, Zhudan was making the final preparations for the "beating the drum to pass the head" technique, and did not notice the vine behind him that had begun to produce flower buds.