Six Ways of Fumo

Chapter 1442
Wan Shugao was right. At this moment, Ding Ermiao and Ji Xiaoxiao were indeed standing on a ridge on the west side of Fujuan Mountain.

This place is on the northwest edge of Shiwan Mountain in western Guangdong. A few years ago, Ding Ermiao and Gu Qinglan also set foot in this mountainous area.

On both sides of the mountain ridge, there is a large village.The village seems to be very backward. The houses and buildings remain as they were decades ago, isolated from the world and filled with smoke.

"Er Miao, what should I do now, where do I start?" Ji Xiaoxiao was a little excited, and asked, holding Ding Ermiao's hand.

Ding Ermiao looked around and said: "There is no problem with the mountainous terrain. Let's go to the village at the foot of the mountain to see the situation."

"Okay, left or right?"

"Left blue dragon, right white tiger, let's start from the left."

The two chatted and laughed, walking slowly down the ridge towards the village on the south side of the ridge.

The mountain road was quiet, with birds chirping and flowers fragrant. Ji Xiaoxiao and Ding Ermiao looked at it while walking, and they both envied the unpolluted environment here.

The road underfoot turned, and a villager carrying a bamboo basket walked towards him with his head lowered.The villager's steps were stiff, and he was wearing a bamboo hat on his head. The brim of his hat was so low that only his closed lips could be seen.

After he saw Ding Ermiao and Ji Xiaoxiao, his feet stopped and he seemed to be about to turn around and leave.But in the end he stopped again, pressed the bamboo hat with his hand, and passed by Ding Ermiao.

"Fellow, wait a minute." Ding Ermiao quickly pressed the villager's shoulder.

The villager's body trembled, but without turning his head, he asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?"

His voice was old, he sounded sixty or seventy years old.

Ji Xiaoxiao covered her nose slightly, because she smelled a corpse.

"Uncle, I would like to ask, what is the name of the village here?" Ding Ermiao relaxed his hand and asked.He also knew that this was a villager who was seriously ill and was about to turn into a zombie, so he stopped him and took the opportunity to strike up a conversation.

"Zhangjiazhai." The villager hurriedly explained and left without looking back.

Looking at the retreating figures of the villagers, Ding Ermiao shook his head slightly.

"Er Miao, this person has so much corpse energy." Ji Xiaoxiao said.

"Yes, I just checked through Xiaoyao Dao Qi and found that his body functions are declining, and only his heart has a strong blood supply." Ding Ermiao said in deep thought: "It is completely different from Sister Lan's illness back then. "

"This person can still walk and is still thinking clearly, which means it is not too serious." Ji Xiaoxiao said.

Ding Ermiao nodded and said: "According to this situation, it will only take two or three years at most before he will completely turn into a zombie. He closed his mouth tightly just now, probably to hide the fangs that he has grown."

"It's so scary..." Ji Xiaoxiao shuddered.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Ding Ermiao smiled, took Ji Xiaoxiao's hand, walked towards Zhangjiazhai, and said, "Go to the village to find out more."

Since it is called Zhangjiazhai, it must be Zhang Lei's village.By analogy, the other side of the mountain ridge should be Renjiazhai.

"Er Miao, in fact, you can learn more about many things from Zhang Lei. Why do you want to investigate like this?" Ji Xiaoxiao asked.

"The matter is complicated. I don't want Zhang Lei's views to affect my judgment." Ding Ermiao smiled and said:
"I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, because I am in this mountain. Zhang Lei can't solve the mystery inside, maybe it's because he is too familiar with it. Both the Patriarch and Master Nianxu said that Tao lies in enlightenment, not in Learn. Only what you learn is useful to you."

"It's so profound..." Ji Xiaoxiao smiled.

While they were talking, the two of them had already entered the village from the gravel road on the west.

It was just when breakfast was being made, the morning mist curled up, mixed with the smell of cooking smoke, and the whole village was filled with a layer of green smoke, like a fairyland.

The door of the first house in Xitou was open, and two children were playing in front of it.

"Kid, are your parents at home?" Ji Xiaoxiao bent down and asked.

The two children looked at the two strangers vigilantly, and ran back into the house together.

Then a strong man walked out of the room and asked with a suspicious look on his face: "What do you do?"

"Brother, we are passing by and want to ask for a bowl of water at your house." Ji Xiaoxiao said politely.

The man looked at Ding Ermiao and Ji Xiaoxiao a few more times, let them into the room, turned around and poured two bowls of tea.

Ding Ermiao looked at the family's situation while drinking tea.This is still an old-fashioned wooden structure house. Although it is not bare, there are only a few attractive furniture, which is really poor.

In the wing room on the west side, there was a sudden slight noise.It was the rattling sound of iron chains being pulled, which seemed to come from the ground.Ding Ermiao felt very keenly that there was a heavy corpse aura overflowing from that room.

"Brother, is there a toilet in the yard behind your house?" Ding Ermiao put down the tea bowl and asked.

"Yes, come with me..." The head of the house nodded, took Ding Ermiao to the backyard, and pointed to the toilet.

Ding Ermiao thanked him and walked in. He looked sideways and found that the owner of the house had gone back to the main room.

So Ding Ermiao moved her feet and stood under the rear window of the west wing. With her finger pointed out, she poked a hole in the wooden window frame and peered inside.

Among the spells taught by the ancestor last time, there was originally a magical power of "seeing through walls", but Ding Ermiao hadn't learned it yet. Otherwise, he could see the situation inside the room through the wall without so much trouble.

Unexpectedly, the wing room was empty. The ground in the middle of the house was covered with a steel plate as big as a wellhead. On the steel plate, two stone mills were pressed.

The sound of rattling chains came from under the steel plate.

After a brief analysis, Ding Ermiao already knew that the parents of this family must have turned into zombies.The children and grandchildren could not bear to kill their parents, or were not sure that they were dead, so they dug holes in the ground and hid them.

Walking back into the house, Ding Ermiao asked tentatively: "Brother, I just heard a splashing sound in the west room of your house. What was it?"

"What's the sound? You've finished drinking the water. Let's go!" The head of the household suddenly changed his color and issued an eviction order.

Ding Ermiao smiled and left with Ji Xiaoxiao.

After walking far away, Ding Ermiao looked back and found that the head of the household was still staring at him in front of his house.

The buildings in the village are scattered and scattered, with no rows or columns.

After passing through the doors of several houses, a motorcycle came out.

The rider was a young man. He stopped in front of Ding Ermiao, took off his helmet, and asked, "Excuse me, are you friends with the bad Taoist priest? Is there a Taoist priest named Ding?"

"Yes, my surname is Ding, how did you know?" Ding Ermiao asked.

The driver was overjoyed, jumped off the motorcycle, and said, "It's the bad Taoist priest who called and asked us to pay attention to greeting and hospitality."

"Is there a phone here...?" Ji Xiaoxiao looked around and asked.

"Yes, if you ride a motorcycle ten miles north, there will be a mobile phone signal," the rider said.

(End of this chapter)