Chapter 620 Ghost Substitute

With a "bang", the body fell to the ground, making a sound like a piece of dry wood falling to the ground. With the appearance of the servant's body, the abnormality in the forest did not subside. On the contrary, the chilling feeling increased. He found the body and obviously alarmed the incredible ghost. Now, the other party might be targeting him.

When the lantern in his hand went out, he was attacked.

However, Nalan Shuo had seen big scenes, so the current situation was not enough to make him lose his mind. He cheered up and left the range of the tomb again. He returned to the tree and observed carefully. This time, there was no abnormality near the tomb except the lonely corpse.

Nalan Shuo looked back and saw the shadows of the trees behind him, like monsters hiding in the dark, baring their fangs and claws. He didn't even need to try to get out.

The ghost wall was still there, and the ancestor was hiding in this forest.

But... where was he hidden?

There was still half of the ashes in the paper bag, and he only had one chance left.

Suddenly, he seemed to realize something, and his sight stopped at the crooked tree in front of him. It was here that he discovered the existence of the seventh grave not long ago. In other words, the location where he was now was similar to the center of the array in Feng Shui.

Suppressing the fear in his heart, Nalan Shuo pretended to be fine, turned around and walked out. As expected, he tried many times but couldn't get out, and he noticed that no matter which direction he walked, he would pass by the crooked tree.

His guess was further confirmed. At this moment, the candle in the lantern had burned to the last bit. There was no time. When he walked past the crooked tree for the last time, Nalan Shuo threw the ashes that he had already grasped in his palm out. The moment the smoke and dust raised by the ashes touched the crooked tree, everything changed. The crooked tree disappeared, replaced by a thin and withered body.

The corpse was very tall, with its back to Nalan Shuo, and the exposed skin showed a gloomy purple-brown color. This person was also wearing the clothes of a servant in the mansion.

But now, Nalan Shuo had no time to look at the newly appeared body, because there was a "person" standing behind the body. Unfortunately, because of the existence of the body, the ashes were completely blocked by the body and were not thrown directly behind.

A ghost face squeezed out from the gap on the right side of the body's head. When he saw the ghost face, even Nalan Shuo, who had seen big scenes, couldn't help but be shocked. Fear rose from the ground and rushed straight to the top of his head along his feet. He had never seen such a face.

Nalan Shuo used up his last strength, took out a life-burning incense, and tried to light it under the flame of the lantern, but the flame in the lantern seemed to be blown hard by someone, shaking violently and becoming shaky.

The next second, it went out with a "puff".

The northwest corner of the courtyard was also the first area marked by Xiang Fengchen. At this moment, Lou Huiyang had arrived.

To be precise, when Nalan Shuo was still trapped, he was already on his way. Xiang Fengchen estimated that the remaining incense was almost burned out, which was not much different from the time when the candle in the lantern burned out.

Like Nalan Shuo, after searching the first two areas in the courtyard, he did not find any obvious abnormalities until he stopped at the third area, which was outside the grove where Nalan Shuo was defeated.

This grove gave him a particularly quiet feeling, and the temperature was more suitable than the two areas he had checked before. In short, this place made him feel a long-lost sense of security.

But it was only a moment, he soon realized something, and did not rush into it, but walked around the perimeter of the woods. Not long after, he found a row of clear footprints on the wet land, but unfortunately there were only footprints going in, not coming out.

The uneasiness in Lou Huiyang's heart finally turned into reality, and a senior as strong as Nalan Shuo also fell.

Although he had been mentally prepared before coming, after seeing it with his own eyes, this fear and uneasiness still made people's backs cold.

He couldn't be sure whether Nalan Shuo was hidden by a ghost or dead, but it was useless to say these now. Since he had chosen to come, he had to follow the rules and do what he should do well.

What Nalan Shuo said before was right. If there is a way to survive tonight, then the plan proposed by Xiang Fengchen is the best solution.

Nalan Shuo has already ruled out an area for everyone. After all, there are ashes. In other words, the ancestors will not hide here again in the short term.

In order not to waste time for later people, Lou Huiyang looked around and found two tree branches that fell on the ground.

He found a conspicuous position, drew a big cross on the ground, and then placed the two tree branches crosswise and inserted them on the outermost tree.

In this way, anyone who is not blind can see the mark he left. After doing all this, he rushed to the last area without stopping.

This last area is mainly a small pool of water, about only a few dozen square meters, but now the water in the pool is dry, and the remaining water is scattered in pits. Under the cover of the moonlight, it looks like a cold mirror.

He searched the area first, but found nothing unusual. He had been out for quite some time, and the candle in the lantern had burned halfway. All of this urged him to go into the dry pond to find out what was going on.

The pond was about 1 meter above the ground. Lou Huiyang first found a wooden stick and squatted by the pond to test it.

He poked it down a few times. Fortunately, it was not as muddy as he had imagined, at least he would not sink into it.

He stood up and looked around. Except for the attic, this was the last area in the courtyard. Xiang Fengchen had said that unless these four areas were completely excluded, the ancestors would never be able to return to the attic in such "good" weather.

He didn't believe in Xiang Fengchen's character, but he believed in Xiang Fengchen's ability and judgment, and he also understood that as long as Xiang Fengchen still had some brains, he would not play tricks at this juncture and cause a large number of teammates to be attrited.

This dungeon was the most difficult of all the dungeons he had ever experienced, and even someone as powerful as Xiang Fengchen and Nalan Shuo had to take it seriously.

Not to mention... Lou Huiyang turned to look at the small woods not far away, his face darkened, it was still unclear whether Nalan Shuo was alive or dead.

A real director of the Patrol Department just fell into a trap and fell silently in this place. The fragility of life was fully exposed in the nightmare world.

Shaking his head, he had no time to think about anything else. The most important thing now was to protect himself, and the next step was to complete the task assigned by Xiang Fengchen. With Nalan Shuo's lessons learned, Lou Huiyang decided to adopt a more prudent approach.

Before jumping into the Jishui Pond, he took out a stick of life-burning incense from his arms, lit it and held a lantern in one hand.

Holding the incense in one hand, he carefully descended into the pool.

An incense stick has a lifespan of three years. He is still young and can still afford to burn it, but once he loses the incense to save his life and is attacked by a ghost, he will really die.

Both are light and heavy, and he can carry them clearly.

Even someone as strong as Nalan Shuo failed. He didn't think he could do better than this senior.

When his feet stepped on the mud of Jishuitan, they would sink in a little more every time. When he pulled them out again, there would be a force attracting him. As time went by, he couldn't help but have a strange feeling. He suspected that his ancestors were hiding. It's probably in the mud down here.

If this is the case, how can we find it?

Time passed by, and Lou Huiyang's hanging heart kept tightening. Jishuitan was not a large area, so he quickly completed a large circle, walking close to the edge. He did not dare to rush into the darkness as soon as he came up. The innermost part of Huhu.

But soon he realized one thing. The adsorption force of the mud under his feet was getting stronger and stronger. This had nothing to do with the softness of the mud, but there was a special force pulling him.

This force won't pull him into the mud for the time being, but it won't take long for him to be unable to move even a single step. If that happens, he will be trapped and die here, as the candles and burning candles burn him. The fragrance of life is extinguished, and his life will come to an end.

No, he can't waste it like this, he can't afford it, he must hurry up!

He decisively changed direction and walked toward the center of Jishuitan. The water on both sides reflected light, and Lou Huiyang's reflection was left on every surface of the water.

"Crack."

"Crack."

"Crack."

In the silent night, the sound of footsteps on the muddy ground was extremely clear. Lou Huiyang pricked up his ears, and some terrifying pictures kept flashing in his mind. Sometimes there were people following him, and sometimes there were figures standing silently outside the pool. , looking down at himself.

From time to time, he would stop and look back or outside the pool. The feeling of being followed and spied on became stronger and stronger, following him closely like maggots on the bone. He could now confirm that the ancestor Hiding around here.

Not sure if it was a psychological effect, Lou Yanghui became colder and colder as he walked, and his limbs gradually felt frozen. The previous scene flashed through his mind again. He suspected that his ancestor was gradually getting closer to him, a little closer, and he was right behind him. !

The strong fear suppressed him and he almost breathed out. No longer hesitating, he decided to strike first. He pretended not to feel anything and continued to move forward, but he quietly transferred the life-burning incense to his left hand, freeing it up. He grabbed a handful of ashes in the paper bag with his right hand. He quietly squinted his eyes and looked at the situation behind him through the reflection of the water, but the effect was not optimistic.

The water also seemed to be affected by some strange force. It could only reflect Lou Huiyang's own figure, and behind him, it was gray.

However, it was this discovery that strengthened Lou Huiyang's judgment that the problem was probably behind his back, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence.

As for what Xiang Fengchen had said before, saying that the hidden ancestors would not move easily, Lou Huiyang also felt that it was too far-fetched. The facts were in front of him. If you stick to the rules and don't know how to adapt, you will die.

Thinking of this, Lou Huiyang, who was about to be swallowed by fear, no longer hesitated. He turned around and threw out the ashes, and quickly retreated. But when the ashes slowly scattered in the air, Lou Huiyang couldn't help but frowned.

Nothing happened, there was nothing behind him.

"No?"

"How is that possible?"

After a brief panic, Lou Huiyang quickly forced himself to calm down. At this moment, the more panicked, the faster he would die.

After thinking about it, Lou Huiyang realized the problem. Since the ghost wasn't following him, it didn't look like other places nearby could hide ghosts. The most suspicious places were the large and small puddles around him.

On the way here, he had noticed that these puddles could only reflect his shadow, while the rest of the water looked like muddy water, making it turbid.

But there were too many puddles, and there were dozens of them at a rough count. Some were too small to be suspected for the time being. In line with his mind, there were at least 7 puddles as big as a person could be hidden, and the ancestors were extremely Probably hiding in one of the puddles.

The simplest and crudest way is to reach in and touch it, but this idea was abandoned in a flash. It was too exciting, whether he touched it or not, it was exciting. Lou Huiyang thought of crawling outside the pool, looking for some larger stones, and throwing them into the pool one by one.

It was a good idea, but there was a problem in the implementation stage. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't climb up to the edge of the pool, which was only more than one meter high. The edge was wet and slippery. It was just one reason. The bigger reason was that his feet were firmly attached to the wet mud, as if someone was pulling his feet and preventing him from climbing out of the pool.

Time passed by, Lou Huiyang was anxious, and there was only a small piece of candle left in the lantern. It seemed that he couldn't even hold on for 5 minutes. He made up his mind, picked up the stick he dropped when he jumped down, and came to the first of the seven puddles.

Standing near the edge, leaning back, ready to retreat at any time, Lou Huiyang took a deep breath, picked up the stick and slowly poked it towards the puddle. The speed was not fast. At the moment when the stick broke through the water surface, Lou Huiyang's reflection on the water surface was also broken. Seeing this scene, Lou Huiyang's tense heartstrings could not help but tremble.

He had an ominous premonition, which seemed to foreshadow his own end in the near future.

It was not until half of the stick was inserted into the puddle that he felt a sense of bottoming feedback. He poked it a few more times tentatively and was sure that it was not a person or a corpse, but just the mud at the bottom of the pond that had been sinking for years. After retracting the stick, the black muddy water at the front also confirmed this.

Without hesitation, he immediately headed towards the next puddle. The sticky feeling on the soles of his feet became stronger and stronger on the road. Every step he took consumed several times more strength than before.

Fortunately, the puddle was not very large, and he found a way to break the deadlock and came to the second puddle.

With previous experience, he moved quickly. This time, he felt a resistance as soon as the stick was less than 10 centimeters into the water. Lou Huiyang, who was surprised and happy, tried several times and finally confirmed that there was a person in the pool. Judging from the posture, the person was not standing, but curled up, like hugging his knees, and forced into this not-so-large puddle.

"It's really sinister..." With his eyes fixed on the water, Lou Huiyang took out the last remaining ashes and held them tightly in his hands.