Returning from the abyss

Chapter 679 Tracking
Lu Ping borrowed the magic weapon of the other two to open another altar for Chen Hang, Zhou Shilan and Tang Haiyao, and the result this time was exactly the same as Lu Ning's situation.

"Obviously, everyone who participated in that solitaire had worn this Yin Qi logo." Song Caiwei frowned, "This matter is bigger than I thought."

"That solitaire... I don't know what the origin is." Jin Yuntai also shook his head, and now Chen Hang has shown the content of the previous solitaire to several people, but so what?

Can't quit - this is the unanimous point of view of the three.Before the origin of the rules formulated by the ghosts has not been clarified, it is a very risky thing to arbitrarily break the framework of the rules.

"When it's your turn to create next time, try to give yourself some favorable conditions. Obviously, your encounters have a certain relationship with the development of the story. All the rules are set to force you to continue to add danger to yourself." Song Caiwei said.

"Sister Song, isn't it an advantage for you to be next to us?" Chen Hang asked.

"If we encounter that kind of big monster, we will be invincible. How much do you want to hear about the history of Taoist priests who were good at swimming and drowned in water?" Song Caiwei snorted, "Old Jin, it seems that this time Unlike before, we can't solve the problem by removing the Sha from them."

"That's right." Jin Yuntai pulled out a pendant from his neck, which seemed to be made of wood carving, dark red.He stretched out his hand to stroke it gently, and murmured: "Big ghosts, little ghosts, yin qi attracts ghosts; you have to return, return soon, and return at an auspicious time."

Lu Ning felt that the white ring on her hand became a little more solid, and then it returned to a rather empty appearance.

As the name suggests, Yuguimen is good at making servants of ghosts.However, unlike sorcery such as refining the soul, the Gate of Guiding Ghosts uses a pact with some ghosts who reside in the world. Ghosts use Taoist priests to walk in the yang world to accumulate yin virtues in order to enter reincarnation and obtain a good afterlife. Also got the help of ghosts, which is a win-win situation.As the senior of the Ghost Control Sect, Jin Yuntai has a lot of ghosts in his hands. During the negotiation just now, he has released those ghosts to help him gather information.

The people present couldn't see what happened, and the only feeling was that the surroundings became slightly cooler.

Jin Yuntai stroked the pendant in silence for about 15 minutes, then put the pendant back into his clothes, and said, "Let's go to Zaoyuanzhuang."

"Old Jin, could it be..." Chen Hang was a little surprised.

"The exploration of your Solitaire group will continue, but part of your problem comes from that Bai Li, at least part of it." Jin Yuntai got up, "It's not too late."

"I'll call a taxi." Lu Ning said.

"I'm afraid we'll be on the road for the next few days. I'll just rent a car." Chen Hang frowned. "We need two cars. Which one of you has a driver's license?"

"I can drive." Lu Ning has already learned these basic vehicles at the distribution center, and Li Wenyue has also obtained a driver's license by himself.In addition, Qi Mei and Song Caiwei will also drive.

The advantage of Chen Hang is that he does things neatly. When everyone arrived at the car rental place, the two cars had already been driven to the parking lot outside and waited.

"One week, let's go, come in rotation?" Chen Hang looked at the two cars with three rows of seats with some satisfaction, stretched out his hand to open the door, and sat directly in the driver's seat.

While Lu Ning was driving, Qi Mei, Tang Haiyao, and Teng Xuan started searching for information about Zaoyuanzhuang.

According to the definition of villages and towns that are still holding white ceremonies, Zaoyuanzhuang does not fully meet the requirements.Zaoyuanzhuang, located in the north of Gengwu City, is an area with a fairly prosperous planting industry. Even the place name is named after a jujube garden owned by an old rich man here a long time ago.Of course, these past events can be found on the APP. According to the official statement, there is a large jujube forest here, which is not only a major source of local economy, but also prospers the development of tourism.

Since it is so prosperous, Zaoyuanzhuang is certainly not that kind of remote, backward, and lack of education village. The permanent population alone has seven to eight thousand, and there are many migrant workers. It is a very developed village like Huilongbao. Nice town.

Tang Haiyao first shared the news about Bai Li in Zaoyuanzhuang.

The prosperity of Zaoyuanzhuang was bought by the old rich man in exchange for white gifts.But in a series of events later, the old rich man died and his family fell into ruin. Only the fertile land he exchanged for is still nurturing the people there.The prosperity that Baili can bring in is only limited. As that gift is about to come to an end, Zaoyuanzhuang will also be restored to an ordinary village.Large-scale agriculture and forestry will also be gone forever.

Some people say that the old rich man did not really fall into poverty.Since he knows Bai Li, he must also know some Taoism. He knows that there are some things that cannot be hidden, so it is better to disperse the family wealth in the open and go into the dark.Even after he died, some of his things remained in Zaoyuanzhuang, and his descendants also stayed in Zaoyuanzhuang.

His descendants will not let the land that their ancestors worked so hard to lose its fertility, and the solution is simple... Bai Li again.Since only a small village of about [-] people could afford the loss of a white ceremony back then, it would be easy for Zaoyuan Village, which has grown to a scale of [-] people, to carry out another white ceremony.

"Absurd!" Lu Ping snorted coldly, "If this statement is true, this person must have never asked the opinions of the residents of Zaoyuan Village one by one! Besides, even if there are thousands of reasons, taking people's lives is really an evil, obsessed with obsession!"

"The white ceremony...doesn't everyone need to hold it together? Didn't the old grandfather say that the whole village can perform it together?" Teng Xuan asked.

"Tsk tsk tsk, those ghosts can be eaten by someone, so it's fine if someone holds a ceremony. How can you not have this kind of benefit delivered to your door?" Qi Mei shook his finger, "Don't think of them as being too disciplined."

"Is there any ghost news about Bai Li?" Lu Ning asked again.

"No, Geng Wu Zhiguai has some ghost descriptions about Zaoyuanzhuang, but they are all very accurate descriptions, and they don't seem to correspond to Bai Li." Teng Xuan glanced at Lu Ning's phone, and then said, "Wen Yue, there is an invitation for a video group chat."

"who?"

"The cockroaches that broke through the sky... pulled a group."

"It's Chen Hang, connect."

Soon Chen Hang's voice came from the phone: "Hello everyone."

Before Lu Ning could speak, she heard a steady voice: "What's going on? There's a group suddenly, why isn't Li Wenyue's her own?"

"Driving." Lu Ning replied.

"Okay everyone, I've brought in Laoqian, Yang Cai, Zhang Xinqing and Dandan. That boy Sun Shengxi has a problem, we'll solve it later." Chen Hang said, "Let's discuss it like this first. .”

"What are you discussing?" This time it was a girl's voice, speaking very fast, it was Zhang Xinqing.

"Guys, let me tell you straight away. The few of us really encountered a ghost incident, and now we escaped by chance, and we are all together." Chen Hang said.

"This is not a good joke, Chen Hang." The calm boy said, this is Qian Yipeng, the one who is already in Zaoyuanzhuang.

"Old Qian, we are heading to your place. We just heard what Bai Li is. That place is very dangerous—why are you going there?"

"New Year."

"what?"

Qian Yipeng laughed: "My hometown is Zaoyuanzhuang, and later moved to the urban area following the development of Gengwu City at that time, but I still have to go back during the Chinese New Year, just to collect materials, that Baili...is what it said on the app Like that?"

"Old Qian, don't take it seriously. We only told you that when we met. You haven't encountered anything wrong in the past two days?"

"No...the New Year's Eve atmosphere is very strong, and every house is decorated with lanterns and festoons, which is no different from the past."

"Tsk... Zhang Xinqing, where are you? You will go back to your hometown when you go to Micheng, right?"

"Just to see the situation, I'm also curious about these things. You said you met a ghost? Who met it?" Zhang Xinqing asked.

"Shilan and I, as well as Li Wenyue and Tang Haiyao, have already met. We also have a few priests by our side."

"Well... I was worried that I would scare you if I said it." Zhang Xinqing said, "I have already met you in Micheng."

"What?" Lu Ning heard several voices coming from the phone.

"This is a place full of ghosts and ghosts. When I arrived in Micheng at night, I encountered ghosts floating by outside the window. In the middle of the night, I could hear a woman crying on the ceiling. When I went out to take a car, I had to look at the driver in the mirror first. Is there any shadow?"

"Wait! Are you still Zhang Xinqing? Haven't you been ghosted..."

"Hahaha I lied to you." Zhang Xinqing suddenly laughed, "It's not that serious, it's just that something is wrong. I live in a hotel, but every morning when I walk out, I can see the carpet at the door of the room. It was wet, and this is the case at the door on our floor. I asked the hotel staff, but they didn’t know about it, and there was no display in the surveillance.”

"Sister Song, do you have any clues?" Chen Hang asked loudly.

"In short, move out first. If it is on the first floor, then you are not locked in. Come out first to see if this situation continues to happen. There may be ghost marks, ghost moves, and ghost paths. If you haven't seen it on the spot, we don't know." Can't confirm the situation." Song Caiwei said immediately.

"Huh? Is this the Taoist priest? It sounds very young." Zhang Xinqing didn't look scared at all.

"I said... what you said is true? I suddenly feel that I am not so safe at home." Another boy, Yang Cai, also spoke, "In the story, I accompanied Lu Jiangyang to the Weiye Village. What's the problem?"

"The story itself is problematic. The Taoist figured it out for us, and the ones with problems are those of us who participated in Solitaire." Chen Hang said directly.

"Then why not check Zheng Yunting directly?" Yang Cai raised his voice.

"It will take some time." A slightly soft voice came, it was Yan Zidan, "Although the president has a good relationship with us, who of you knows where he is from Gengwu City? If you want to know, you can only find a way to transfer him from the school." Information, specific address and so on. The president doesn’t seem to have disclosed too detailed personal information.”

"Are you already investigating?" Chen Hang asked.

"That's not true. I'm not detective material. I just think it's a little weird, but there haven't been any ghosts or anything like that happening around me."

"Sister Dandan, you have to trust us. If you don't pay attention to this matter, you may lose your life, not just your own life." Chen Hang said seriously.

"I understand, so are the people in this group the ones you think are more credible?" Yan Zidan asked.

"That's right." Chen Hang said, "The only ones I can screen out are you, and I'm not that familiar with others."

"According to the news we got from the app called Book of Life and Death in the World, someone there is going to hold a white ceremony again." Lu Ning said, "This app is designed to collect some gossip related to the lives of ghosts, and this news currently seems There's a high probability it's true."

"So...someone will hold a white ceremony in Zaoyuanzhuang? That's going to be difficult..." Qian Yipeng also got serious.

"How to say?" Chen Hang asked.

"You may not be able to see it from the map. Zaoyuanzhuang has been developed to the present. Although it looks like a whole from the outside, it is actually divided into four parts according to the river and the terrain. Using our name here, it is the old Garden, Xiaheshao, Dadong Road and Caowazi. There are actually some distances between each other, and the area is much larger than the actual area shown on the map. It is not easy to find out the person who wants to perform the white ceremony secretly. "

"It's okay, Bai Li can't do it secretly." Lu Ning said.

"Yes, Mr. Jin said that no matter what, Bai Li must have a daytime sacrifice, and ten coffins must be prepared. It is impossible to skip some basic requirements." Zhou Shilan also said.

Qian Yipeng sighed: "Usually... If you want to find this kind of thing, you can find it in minutes. But now it is approaching the Chinese New Year, and every family has to worship their ancestors. No matter how bad they are, they will prepare some offerings, spiritual tablets and so on. , this is considered a tradition. How can we find out the family that is actually doing the white ceremony?"

"...Ten coffins? Daoist Lu, this coffin can't be replaced by something like an urn, right? If that company can put ten lunch boxes on the table to replace the coffin, we really have no choice." Lu Ning asked a little worriedly.

This is Jin Yuntai's voice coming from the mobile phone: "Don't worry, the coffin must be able to fit a body, it seems that the Baili ceremony has not yet started, it should be thinking about how to transport the body into the coffin. Of course, Miss Li Wenyue's thinking is not wrong, all she needs is a container that can hold a corpse, it may not be in the form of a normal coffin, so it will not be easy to find."

"Old Jin, let me ask. If that family has dug ten holes in the wall, or hollowed out ten trees..." Lu Ning's thinking is very fast in this regard.

"It should be possible to guarantee the smooth progress of Baili, as long as they can find a way to put the corpses in." Jin Yuntai said, "However, you should pay attention to what you said-all ten coffins for Baili must be prepared in advance, and you cannot die. Each person makes one now, so if they have already prepared, the ten coffins must have been prepared."

(End of this chapter)