"Fellow Daoist Lu, I've gathered some information before I left the mountain. I'll share it with you now."
Chen Rong said in a low voice, "Every full moon night in Ancient Scholar Town, there will be strange cases of disappearances. However, the number of people who go missing each time is small, usually no more than ten. Therefore, based on the rumors of ghosts, I speculate that the demons occupying this place should be weak in magic power, so they don't have a big appetite. It's all small skirmishes. "
Bai Xiaowen cursed inwardly. What small skirmishes? In Hua Xia, this would already be a shocking case. More importantly, it happened every month.
Sure enough, it was a place where demons ran rampant and the people had no way of making a living.
Bai Xiaowen asked, "Fellow Daoist Chen, have you investigated the identities of the missing people?"
Chen Rong had indeed done her homework. "There are scholars who are going to take the exam, merchants who are traveling, and artists who are selling their wares in the pugilistic world."
Bai Xiaowen had an idea. It sounded like these three types of people weren't very strong. At most, they were low-level evolvers.
However, Bai Xiaowen quickly discovered something amiss. "Fellow Daoist Chen, have you noticed that the missing people are all outsiders? The locals of Ancient Scholar Town don't seem to be among them. "
Chen Rong nodded. "I know that too. The demons seem to understand that rabbits don't eat the grass near their burrows. They're only harming passersby. Therefore, this time, I had my family's caravan give up on the planned route and take a shortcut through Ancient Scholar Town. It's all to lure the demons out and eliminate them in one fell swoop. "
Bai Xiaowen praised, "Fellow Daoist Chen is really smart."
Actually, there was another possibility, and that was that there was something wrong with the residents of Ancient Scholar Town. However, Bai Xiaowen wouldn't point it out. To be honest, he was somewhat wary of this Chen Rong in front of him.
A smile appeared on Chen Rong's pretty face. If she was praised by an ordinary person, she wouldn't be so smug. However, the young man in front of her was too handsome. Just like how men liked to be flattered by beautiful women, so did women.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, I'm guessing that the demons won't commit crimes in the town to avoid causing panic. Therefore, the demons would definitely use soul-stealing methods to lure the foreign merchants out. After you return to your room, you will quietly wait for the demon to take your soul. Together with the ordinary people who have been bewitched, you will pretend to be seduced. My butler, Chen Meng, and I will follow behind quietly. "
After a pause, Chen Rong said, "Leave the task of slaying the demons to me. Fellow Daoist Lu, you only need to protect those bewitched mortals and don't let them be affected by the aftermath of the battle."
Bai Xiaowen praised, "Fellow Daoist Chen, you are kind and benevolent. You will definitely be blessed with merit."
Chen Rong smiled and said, "I'm just going down the mountain to gain experience. Fellow Daoist, please return to your room to prepare. "
…
Bai Xiaowen returned to the guest room. Not long after, a waiter came to deliver dinner.
The food was really coarse. There was sand in the rice, making it hard to swallow. The meat was fresh, but Bai Xiaowen was suspicious of the source of the meat, so he didn't dare to rashly eat it. Instead, he took out some dried beast meat and water from his storage space to fill his stomach.
Actually, with the physique of an evolver, not eating for a month wasn't a big deal. At least, it wouldn't affect his fighting strength.
Before the waiter left, he glanced at Bai Xiaowen and said, "Sir, I'll say something. Spend the night in Old Scholar Town. Lock your doors and windows at night."
Bai Xiaowen deliberately asked, "Why is that?"
The waiter whispered, "It's haunted! Also, no matter what you hear at night, don't open the door. It's best if you plug your ears. "
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said, "I know. Thank you, Little Second Brother."
…
The moon was high in the sky.
Bai Xiaowen caught a glimpse of it through the window and muttered to himself, "What a bright moon." He then closed the window and closed the door.
If he was going to act, he had to go all out.
Suddenly, the faint sound of a zither could be heard.
Bai Xiaowen's heart skipped a beat. "It's here."
The faint sound of the zither was played for a while, followed by the accompaniment of a flute. It was tender and affectionate.
Bai Xiaowen seemed to see a gentle and graceful beauty waving at him from afar, calling him over.
There was a strange feeling coming from his left eye, and the illusion immediately disappeared. Bai Xiaowen even felt that the ball of True Inner Force in his dantian was spinning faster, as if it was showing signs of rushing towards the location of the Eye of Evolution.
If I let my True Inner Force rush towards the Eye of Evolution, it will definitely cause a backlash to the demon who cast the spell!
A trace of understanding welled up in Bai Xiaowen's heart. This was the Eye of Evolution's resistance to Charm, Mental Suggestion, and other evil spells. It had helped him many times when he was an Awakened.
At that time, what he needed to consume was spiritual energy points. Now that Bai Xiaowen had True Inner Force, it became a matter of consuming True Inner Force.
Bai Xiaowen restrained the restlessness of his True Inner Force. Now was not the time to act rashly and alert the enemy.
He paid attention to the movements in the side room.
With a creak, the door of the side room opened, followed by the sound of mechanical and dull footsteps. It seemed that someone had stepped out of the door uncontrollably.
"It's about time."
Bai Xiaowen also pretended to be bewitched and pushed the door open.
In the inn's courtyard, seven or eight guests and pedestrians were scattered. They followed the sound of the zither and flute and walked towards the entrance of the inn. No one spoke. The scene was quiet and strange to the extreme.
As for the residents of Oldenwood Town, the shopkeeper, the waiters, and so on, they did not show up. No one knew where they were hiding.
Bai Xiaowen imitated the mechanical footsteps of the people in front of him. Step by step, he walked out of the inn's door and then walked forward on the empty street.
On the street, several bewitched pedestrians came out from other places. They should be outsiders who did not stay in the inn. They all followed him forward. Including Bai Xiaowen, there were a total of thirteen people.
There were more than ten of them.
However, there was a reason for this. The caravan led by Chen Rong was used as bait. The extra people were all the waiters of the caravan.
The group of people walked towards the western suburbs of Oldenwood Town.
After walking for more than an hour, they had already reached the western wilderness.
The cold wind was chilly and the rain was continuous. Even the full moon was covered by dark clouds. In the dark wilderness, the low cries of crows could be heard from time to time.
Crack!
A thunderclap illuminated the gate of the dilapidated building in front of them. Three words were engraved on it: Ancient Buddha Temple.
This Ancient Buddha Temple had obviously been abandoned for a long time. There were no incense offerings. Even the guardian of the gate was missing an arm or a leg.
"Hehehe …"
A woman's crisp laughter echoed in the wilderness.
Immediately after, four gray ghosts appeared in front of the gate of the Ancient Buddha Temple.
These ghosts were barely humanoid. They all had three-foot-long tongues that hung down to their chests and abdomens. They looked like hanged ghosts, chilling people's hearts.
It was one thing for these ghosts to look bad, but they also thought themselves to be peerless beauties. They all stroked their hair coquettishly.
"Sir, come on ~"
"Hehehehe …"
Bai Xiaowen almost vomited. It was not your fault to be ugly, but it was your fault to come out and scare people.
However, the bewitched pedestrians and waiters all quickened their pace as if they had seen a peerless beauty.
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