New and dark light years

Chapter 25 Night Ghost
A large ball of red light moved quickly in the darkness.

Sixteen spirit hunters rode on their horses, enveloped in this ball of red light.

At this time, everyone could hear some strange whispers faintly in their ears. Although those weird creatures did not dare to approach the range of the red light, they could still make phantom sounds from a distance to disturb the spirit hunters' minds.

However, most of them have experience in facing strange things at night, including the newcomer Li Lin.

They all had solemn expressions, controlling their own sea of ​​consciousness and not allowing themselves to respond to those strange whispers.

But... Bai Bufan seemed a little excited.

He rode on the horse, looking left and right, with the mentality of a young master going out for an outing.

Bai Liwei rode closer and patted Bai Bufan on the head: "Don't be so excited, and don't respond to those voices."

After saying that, he took out a piece of talisman paper from his waist bag and stuck it on Bai Bufan's back.

Now Bai Bufan was not so excited anymore.

"What kind of talisman is this?" Li Lin asked curiously.

"Pure Heart Talisman."

"Oh, great stuff." Li Lin asked with some anticipation, "Can you sell me two?"

He wondered if he could learn the art of making talismans by observing these talisman papers.

Bai Liwei shook his head and said, "There are only two. I have to keep one as a backup."

"pity."

After these few words, they stopped communicating and continued on their way.

Just as Huang Yan said, with more than a dozen spirit hunters riding on their horses and moving quickly, those wild monsters could not get close to them or catch up, so there was no way for them to gather in large numbers.

They can then move safely.

After running all night, everyone's expressions relaxed when the sun rose the next day.

"Get off your horses and rest." After arriving at a flat area, Xu Saifeng shouted.

Everyone dismounted, pulled the horses to the side of the road, took out the beans that had been prepared earlier from the saddlebags on the horses' backs, and fed them to the horses.

Li Lin looked around and said to Xu Saifeng, "Xu Xunshu, this place is very close to Shangtikou Village where I live. I want to go back and get some things."

"Okay, go quickly and come back quickly." Xu Saifeng nodded.

He was not worried that Li Lin would desert, because if he did so, he would never be able to gain a foothold in Jincheng or even the Great Qi Kingdom.

The government was very generous to the spirit hunters, distributing large amounts of precious supplies such as red rice, but at the same time... there were also very strict requirements on the "ethics" of the spirit hunters.

Li Lin patted his horse and quickly returned to Shangtikou Village. He took the red tassel spear and life-promoting pills from home. He didn't even have time to greet the Tree Fairy Goddess, so he hurried back to the rest stop.

His main purpose was to obtain the Shengxi Pills.

Because he could feel that this was a very dangerous mission, and bringing the Shengxi Pills might be helpful at a critical moment.

The spirit hunters were all wrapped in blankets, half lying against a big tree and resting with their eyes closed. When they heard the sound of horse hooves, they opened their eyes slightly and saw that it was Li Lin coming back, then they closed their eyes again to rest.

After Li Lin came back, he first fed some beans to the warhorse, and then lay down with a blanket wrapped around him.

Now we are all trying to find time to rest.

Around noon, Xu Saifeng sat up first. He shouted, "Everyone, get up. First, feed the horses, then eat something, and then we'll continue our journey."

About half an hour later, the sixteen people set off again.

The further south you go, the more desolate it becomes and the fewer people there are.

At first, we could still encounter some caravans, but after two days, grass started to grow on the official road, and there was no one in sight, only eerie shadows everywhere.

"It seems like no one has been here for a long time." Xu Saifeng slowed down her horse. "Why did we only just discover what happened in Bobai Town now? Who are the spirit hunters in Bobai Town?"

"An Zhijian... An Xunshu," someone replied. "He really hasn't been to the county town for a long time. But Bobai Town is quite far from the county town, so he rarely came before. He usually only came to collect blood rice after accumulating it for about half a year."

"I remember, it's that young man." Xu Saifeng nodded to show that she understood.

The group continued to move forward. Before long, they arrived at an open area with a rammed earth fortress in front.

At this time, the fortress gate was closed, and the tower was quiet, with no soldiers on duty.

Sixteen horses arrived at the city gate.

When everyone looked over, they found that the copper nails of the city gate were covered with a noticeable layer of dust.

"Is there anyone up there? We are spirit hunters from Yulin County, and we're here to investigate." Xu Saifeng, despite her age, had a loud voice. "Is An Zhijian here... I'm Xu Saifeng, please come out and meet me!"

The echoes came in waves, then became weaker.

It startled flocks of birds in the fortress.

"It looks like there's no one inside." Xu Saifeng whispered, "Old Hou, it's time for you to play your role. Go in and open the city gate."

"Ok."

A short and thin middle-aged man jumped off the horse and took out a pair of iron hooks tied with a long rope from his saddlebag.

The iron hook was swung, thrown out, and hooked on the edge of the city wall.

Then the 'old man' quickly climbed up the city wall, pulling the rope like a real monkey.

After a while, the capstan on the city wall turned and the city gate slowly opened.

When they rode through the city gate, they saw the square open space inside the fortress littered with bones dressed in soldiers' clothes.

The altar in the center has been shattered.

Seeing this situation, everyone's expressions were not very good.

Xu Saifeng waved his hand and said, "Spread out. Everyone, go and look for any clues you can find."

Everyone took action.

About two hours later, everyone gathered together again.

"I checked the wells in the fortress, and they weren't poisoned."

"Everyone was eaten by Huang Gui. Their flesh and blood disappeared completely."

"Everyone's military pay is there and has not been robbed."

"I found An Zhijian's remains. He was different from the others. His skull was severely shattered. It seems that he was already dead before being eaten by Huang Gui. Someone must have killed him by surprise."

Then everyone looked at Bai Bufan.

Bai Bufan said embarrassedly: "I didn't find anything. I don't really understand these things yet."

Everyone thought it was reasonable, so they ignored him and looked at Li Lin.

Li Lin said, "I found the roster and counted the skulls... Including An Zhijian, there were a total of 137 soldiers in the Bobai Military Town, but only 136 skulls were found here, one less!"

At the same time, he took out the roster and gestured to everyone.

"But I checked. Before we came, there was no sign of anyone leaving this military town, otherwise the city gate would not be able to be closed!" Lao Hou said coldly.

Everyone's nerves immediately became tense.

In other words... there might be another person hiding in the dark inside this fortress.

But they searched almost everywhere and didn't see any suspicious signs.

Xu Saifeng's face was icy cold. "Keep looking. Even if you have to turn the whole place upside down, you have to find that person before night falls."

The altar in the fortress has been destroyed and is located in the wilderness. At night, it becomes a paradise for evil.

But there is such a person who may be hiding here alive!

Then, he might be even scarier than Gui!
Everyone took action.

(End of this chapter)