Chapter 34: The Mysterious Village and the Mystery

Devil’s Village? Death’s Village?

These two adjectives make my heart race, but at the same time I wonder if it is such an evil village, the relevant departments would have already taken action, why have they delayed until today? Instead, they are waiting for a few of us young people and an ordinary person who seems to have nothing to do, Gao Ning, to solve this problem?

This is a huge loophole!

As if he had read my mind, Gao Ning sneered and said, “No one knows what they’re up to except my grandmother, who escaped by chance. The state doesn’t even know this village exists, so who cares about such a small village? There are too many uninhabited areas in China, and too many remote places. Some villages are almost completely cut off from the world, not to mention some of the Miao people who are almost deliberately isolated from the world. I haven’t thought about telling everything, but everything is too unbelievable. I have no proof, so who will believe me? Besides, I only heard it from my grandmother. In short, there are too many mysteries about this village, and I don’t know. My grandmother said that there are some things that don’t need to be known too much.

I didn’t say anything. I was just wondering why his grandmother, who had met my master, didn’t tell me everything. Since she also thought my master was a very capable person, what had happened in between?

I looked at Gao Ning carefully. His eyes were honest and he wasn’t lying, otherwise I would have to say that he was a great actor. Or, did he also not know a lot of things? For example, why did those Hmong people pay so much attention to me?

Everything was shrouded in mystery. I didn’t say anything, but Chengxin said, “Why is that village so evil? Why is it a village of death?”

“Oh, it’s very simple. Because the people who live there are all dead. Let me put it this way: they are all people who should have died! They can’t stay in this world without paying a price. Do you understand now?” Gao Ning’s face was trembling as he said this, so you can see how excited he was!

I understood what he was saying, of course I did, because as soon as he said it, I remembered my experience in Tianjin, the man who sold talismans, who wanted to keep his dying daughter alive.

But when I think about it, I feel a chill down my spine. Who was that man selling charms? He was a descendant of the Mountain School, and his skills were unquestionable. At least my master would have gone to him. But even so, he had to pay a great price to keep his daughter. The fact that he himself was described as withered was the greatest proof.

If an entire village is like this, I took a deep breath and looked at Gao Ning, suddenly feeling that this kid was talking about a fairy tale.

“Don’t doubt what I’m saying, this is the truth. Maybe this is only part of the truth, there are even more terrifying and unbelievable things happening in this village, I swear! Seeing is believing, let’s go there together.” Gao Ning said.

“Why should we go with you?” Cheng Xin suddenly spoke up. He said very seriously, “We are Taoist priests, but we are also ordinary people. We are not people with a love of humanity. We live to uphold justice in the world. We are also afraid of danger and cherish our lives. This kind of thing is not something that we younger people can get involved in. If what you say is true, we can help you notify the relevant authorities, and they will naturally investigate. We are not going to be a part of this!”

Cheng Xin suddenly interrupted, his attitude was so strong, which I did not expect, and he left Gao Ning no room for maneuver.

Gao Ning was dumbfounded. He didn’t expect Cheng Xin Ge to reject him so decisively, and he couldn’t help but say, “Aren’t you worried about his mark? Aren’t you worried that he’s been poisoned?”

Cheng Xin Ge said, “I was worried and wanted to go to the place to see if there was a solution. But now I’ve decided, I’ll find a way. We’re not going, you can go.”

Su Rou looked at Cheng Xin Ge with some anxiety, and I was also a little puzzled as to why Cheng Xin Ge would refuse Gao Ning so resolutely. However, out of a kind of instinctive trust, I did not speak up. Seeing that I did not say anything, Su Rou did not dare to ask anything either, and everyone was silent for a while.

Gao Ning stared at Cheng Xin Ge for a long time and finally said, “I understand. It turns out that I jumped into your trap. You were waiting for me to appear and then ask me questions, right? Well, I’m leaving, but I want to say that the methods used to put the curse in that village are very strange and you can’t solve them. Or you can still come to me. I’ll be waiting for you in XX Township, Guzhang County. No one can find that village except me! No one!”

After saying that, Gao Ning turned and left, not even looking back. Cheng Xin looked at his back calmly until he was sure he had really left. Cheng Xin almost ran to close the door, then pulled me into the room and started to apply medicine to me without saying anything.

“Everything will be explained by Uncle Li. We came here to lure Gao Ning. The incident at the village was real, but it was a tough nut for us to crack.” After applying the medicine, Brother Chengxin quickly told me.

I was very surprised and asked him, “Brother Chengxin, what are you so worried about?”

In my mind, my second senior brother has always been a person of grace, with a smile on his lips and a calm demeanor. Why is he suddenly so flustered?

Chengxin took a deep breath and said, “I’ve been very anxious these days. Do you believe it?”

I was stunned.

No one told me the answer. After getting the medicine, Brother Chengxin took the three of us to the town entrance of Fenghuang. It was very strange that there was a car to pick us up. As soon as we got in, the car started up quickly. We traveled at almost the allowable speed all the way to Chongqing.

No one spoke in the car, and the atmosphere was a bit depressing. I was very curious why we were going to Chongqing instead of Changsha.

Chengxin just explained to me, “Chongqing is not far away, and it’s a surprise.”

Once in Chongqing, I barely had time to linger in this beautiful mountain city before being pulled non-stop to the airport. Chengxin had already booked the tickets at some point, and by the time I finally recovered from the rush, we were already on the plane to Beijing.

On the plane, Chengxin finally let out a sigh of relief. I wanted to say something, but Chengxin just waved his hand wearily and replied, “You really are an expert at getting into trouble, and you’re also the heir to the important Shan family. I don’t know how heavy the burden is on this trip. I’ll talk about it when I get back.”

After that, Brother Chengxin leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes. After a while, I could hear a slight snore. I was speechless. How tired and nervous was he that even this “gentleman scum” could snore after relaxing and falling asleep?Taoist priest

After a few hours of flying, the plane landed at Beijing Airport. As soon as I got off the plane, I saw several people waiting to greet me. These people were all big shots in my heart.

Well, the people who came to pick me up were actually my three uncles.

As soon as we got off the plane, Uncle Li-pu, who had a sharp eye, saw me and called out to us. Then he was glared at by Uncle Li, who shrunk back, pursed his lips, and in the end, he didn’t dare to make a sound.

But his shout finally let us see them. Seeing them, Chengxin let out a sigh of relief. I could tell he was truly relieved.

Uncle Li and his two uncles walked quickly towards us, and Brother Chengxin also led us quickly towards Uncle Li.

When we were about to meet up, Uncle Li Ren suddenly shouted at me to be careful, and then I heard Uncle Li snort and throw something out, almost flying past my scalp.

Then I heard a crisp sound.

This noise caused the people at the airport to turn their heads. My two uncles were obviously not good at explaining things, so only Uncle Wang shouted, “How could there be moths in this airport? You’re the one who’s afraid of moths.”

As he spoke, he casually picked up two things from the ground. When I saw these two things, my eyes widened. One of them was a bunch of ordinary keys, and the other was in a terrible state. I would never forget it in my dreams. It made me a vegetable for a few days. It was the bloodline moth that Gao Ning had mentioned.

Chengxin’s face changed immediately, and he ran to the several uncles and said with a very guilty and sad voice, “Master, uncles, I really was very careful and tried my best.”