Onmyoji's Secret

Chapter 315 Qu Shang
"do not want!"

Cai Yawen's voice was sharp and ear-piercing, and I couldn't help but pause for a while. Because of this pause, Cai Zhongyong twisted his body to avoid the sword, retreated a few meters away and stared at us with red eyes.

I saw several big men in black standing beside Cai Yawen. They were holding black donkey hooves, ink fountain thread, or even a pot of glutinous rice in their hands.What caught my attention the most was a one-armed old man standing in front of him. He looked thin, his left arm disappeared from the joint, and the remaining right hand held a mahogany sword blessed with magic spells. He looked a little energetic.

"Cai Yawen, is this person your father? How could he look like this?" I stared at Cai Zhongyong and asked the question in my heart.

After Cai Yawen saw Cai Zhongyong's appearance at this moment, she was also inexplicably horrified, and shouted one after another: "This... how is this possible, this is what my father looked like more than ten years ago!"

The one-armed old man also screamed: "What the hell is going on? Is it rejuvenation? Brother, what happened to you, my God!"

My heart moved, this old man actually called Cai Zhongyong the eldest brother, could they be brothers?

"Roar!"

Cai Zhongyong growled in a low voice, glanced at the things in our hands with some trepidation, turned around and ran deep into the basement.

"No, don't let him run away!"

I roared, moved my legs, and followed him to catch up.Because this basement was originally used as the place where the Cai family detained people, it was built like a prison, with small rooms separated on both sides and iron fences installed.

I followed Cai Zhongyong into the deepest part of the basement and forced him to confront me in a corner.When I saw something on the ground, I couldn't help but get chills.A pile of human body fragments were scattered on the ground. All that was eaten was the torso of bones, the torn thighs and arms. This scene was like the wreckage left after being eaten by a ferocious beast.

Zombies also eat human flesh?
I feel that this world has become absurd. We all know that zombies are a kind of existence that gathers the grievances of the world. They are not normal life forms. They will suck the essence of blood to grow themselves, but I have never heard of it. The fact that zombies can eat meat, what happened to Cai Zhongyong is extremely bizarre.

Cai Zhongyong was unavoidable this time, and he rushed to strike with a howl, but I was prepared, I walked around him flexibly, kicked him to the ground, and Xiaobai also flew over He grabbed it hard.

"Don't kill him!"

Cai Yawen caught up from behind and stopped me from doing it. At the same time, several men behind her cooperated and splashed glutinous rice on Cai Zhongyong. The black air immediately dispersed, and Cai Zhongyong screamed in pain.The others teamed up to tie Cai Zhongyong up with ink fountain strings, and finally the one-armed old man took out a talisman from his body and pasted it on Cai Zhongyong's forehead, subduing him.

"Dad..." Cai Yawen looked at Cai Zhongyong, who was lying motionless on the ground, with tears in her eyes, and wailed in a low voice.

"Miss, the fourth child... oh..."

The third child said to Cai Yawen in the crowd, he looked at the fourth child on the ground who had been shattered into pieces of meat, with a trace of sadness on his face, and the other men also looked at each other, looking uncomfortable.

Cai Yawen raised her head and said, "I will make good compensation to his family, and I will never let him die in vain."

The third child knelt on the ground and begged Cai Yawen: "But, miss, the master has become like this now, this is a complete monster, the old lady was also..."

"That's enough, don't judge me about our Cai family's affairs. He is my father! Even if you become a zombie now, you will never be allowed to gossip about me!" Cai Yawen's expression became ferocious, Yelled at the third child.

I frowned when I heard that, Cai Yawen's current performance is really unreasonable.

"Yawen, forget it. Let's reinstall the big brother first. I have asked someone to invite some Taoist masters. I hope to be able to..." Cai Zhongtang, a one-armed old man, sighed, and he was not concerned about the matter of Cai Zhongyong's recovery. Not optimistic, just don't want to hurt Cai Yawen, so I don't want to say more.

"Second Uncle is worried."

Cai Yawen responded to Cai Zhongtang, then turned to me and said, "Chen Zixuan, I heard that your lineage has the most research on zombies and ghosts. I wonder if you can see the problem with my dad?"

"let me try."

I waved my hand to make the men of the Cai family retreat, then walked in front of Cai Zhongyong, and looked carefully at them.I raised my hand and tapped on Cai Zhongyong's skin, and there was a metallic sound. This guy's skin was indeed like steel, and it was harder than ordinary zombies. At least just now, even Xiaobai's dragon claws couldn't penetrate it.

"Yawen, this kid is Jiang Chengdao's apprentice you mentioned. I think he is younger than you. Is he okay?"

When I heard Cai Zhongtang whispering to Cai Yawen, I felt a little uncomfortable. This guy really judges people by their appearance.However, Cai Yawen still believed in me, and explained to Cai Zhongtang that this one-armed old man still looked at me with a trace of suspicion.

I looked back and asked, "Is your dad's skin like this when he first came back? Or did it start to change later?"

Cai Yawen thought for a while, and replied: "I remember that when I first came back, the doctor at home even gave my dad an infusion. At that time, it should be similar to ordinary people."

"That's right, my brother was unconscious at the time, and I also checked his body. It's just that his body began to shed his skin strangely. The skin on his body fell off layer by layer, and new skin grew again inside. Every time the skin is molted, the strength of the body will become stronger, and even the needle of the infusion can't get in. We didn't understand what was going on, so we asked some warlocks to help, and it turned out that the tortoise in Liu Sanshou My son actually asked us to feed human blood, damn it, I must let him not live, not die." Cai Zhongtang interjected, and his mouth was full of hatred for Liu Sanshou.

I couldn't help but mourn Liu Sanshou in my heart. This guy must have fallen into the hands of the Cai family, and his future is bleak!

"molt……"

Xueer's voice suddenly came to my mind, her voice became agitated, and she said loudly: "Boy Chen, quickly ask where their cemetery is?"

I was taken aback, although I felt that Xueer was acting weird, but I didn't think too much about opening my mouth to ask: "Cai Yawen, do you know the exact location of that ancient tomb?"

Cai Yawen opened her mouth and said, "On the side of Shuangliu, the specific location should be near Qu Shangxiang."

"Qu Shangxiang...as expected..."

Xueer said in my head, her voice changed.

I noticed something strange about her, and quickly asked, "Xue'er, what's going on? Do you know what happened to Cai Zhongyong?"

Xue'er responded: "I'm not sure about the changes in Cai Zhongyong, but it should have something to do with that old man. Hehe, the ancient tomb? What the Cai family discovered is probably not a cemetery at all, but an ancient Shu Kingdom's royal city... Qushang City!"

"What? Qu Shangcheng!"

I was shocked. After being in contact with the ancient Shu Kingdom and the Qingyi Qiang people for so long, I also have some understanding of some of their history.Qu Shangcheng is a well-known place name in the study of the ancient Shu Kingdom, and it was the capital of the ancient Shu Kingdom.

In Luo Mi's "Road History" in the Song Dynasty, it was recorded that "Shushan clan, its ancestor Cancong, Zongmu, Wang Qushang." Later, Luo Mi's son Luo Ping explained in a note: "Qushang City is in Shuangliu County. Eighteen miles to the east, the capital of the Cancong clan."

All this shows that after the Cancong family established the ancient Shu Kingdom, they built a magnificent city in the current Shuangliu County. As the capital of the ancient Shu Kingdom, it inherited the most brilliant civilization in the entire Shu region.But later, with the demise of the ancient Shu Kingdom and the changes of the times, the traces of Qushang City gradually disappeared in the long river of history. Except for relevant researchers, most people basically have no impression of this city.

Listening to Xue'er's explanation now, I immediately feel that it is very reasonable. What the Cai family discovered is probably the relics left by Qu Shangcheng back then. It is just because the changes of thousands of years have been buried by time. It will be discovered by them.

There are many thoughts in my heart. When I think of the ancient Shu Kingdom, the image of a middle-aged man involuntarily pops up in my mind. He usurped the throne of Wangdi Du Yu, made the descendants of silkworms into artificial dragon veins, and made himself more powerful. It is very likely that he is the strongest among zombies.

Cong Emperor Turtle Spirit!

I bit my lip, and the phantoms I saw in the ancient Shu altar in Qingcheng Mountain appeared in front of my eyes one after another.

"Chen Zixuan, what's the matter? Do you know something, tell me quickly!" Seeing that I behaved strangely, Cai Yawen hurriedly asked.

After thinking about it, I still told her about Qu Shangcheng.

"No wonder, I felt that the place was not quite right at the time. How can someone bury the cemetery hundreds of meters underground, and the detection range is quite large. But my brother said that it might be the cemetery of the King Shu of the ancient Shu Kingdom , was buried in the ground because of the changes in the landform, and I didn’t follow because of something in the family, and now that I think about it, it’s very likely that the place is Qu Shangcheng!” Cai Zhongtang immediately echoed, with a look of sudden realization .

"Your Cai family was born in Daodou, so you must have been in contact with zombies and the like. Do you think the changes in Mr. Cai's body are the same as those of ordinary zombies? The body sheds its skin, rejuvenates, and devours flesh and blood. This situation is almost unprecedented. I have never heard of it. These changes must be related to what he encountered in the ruins of Qushangcheng. If you want to find a solution to Mr. Cai’s problems, I’m afraid you have to go to Qushangcheng again to find the root of the matter. where."

I looked at Cai Yawen with burning eyes. Just now, Xueer urged me to go to the ruins of Qu Shangcheng, and asked her what the matter was, but she didn't say anything, just kept urging.Based on my trust in her and my curiosity about Qu Shangcheng, I decided that it was okay to go on a journey.

Cai Yawen was stunned for a moment, then as if she had made up her mind, she solemnly said to me: "Okay! Then I will take someone down once, no matter what is inside, I will save my dad!"

Cai Yawen's voice is decisive and full of unquestionable firmness, which made me admire her with admiration. This woman has really deep feelings for Cai Zhongyong.

"Yawen, it must be very dangerous down there. What are you going to do? Well, let me go there, old man. I'm old, so it's no pity even if I get stuck in it, but you are different. You are our Cai. This time, you are not allowed to go!" Cai Zhongtang said loudly, dismissing Cai Yawen's words.

"Second Uncle! I have to go, I have to find out what made my dad like this!" Cai Yawen covered her face with frost and retorted.

I watched the two uncles and nephews start arguing, and I was speechless.

At this moment, Longzhu suddenly came to me and pulled my sleeve and said: "Master, there is someone watching you over there."

Is someone looking at me?

I froze for a moment, then turned my head and looked in the direction Long Zhu was pointing at. There was a pair of eyes looking at me quietly in the darkness of the basement...

(End of this chapter)