"Qing Qing?" Fei Bailing stood up and looked around. She didn't see her little sister.
"Why did she run so fast?" She was confused.
She stretched her body and slowly walked toward the place her little sister usually hid.
Lately, she felt like something was wrong in the house. Her clansmen had become quiet, and when they went out to work, they were silent. They only completed their tasks step by step. The atmosphere in the house was a bit heavy, and there was an indescribable feeling of drowsiness.
Just like today. It was a sunny day outside, but the house seemed to be shrouded in a layer of fog, making people feel dizzy.
"Qing Qing?" Fei Bailing walked to a corner and poked her head out from behind a large water tank.
There was no one behind the tank.
"She's not here?" She walked slowly again and soon arrived in front of a white stone statue.
"Qing Qing!?" Fei Bailing suddenly poked her head out and looked behind the statue.
Still no one.
"She's not here either." She raised her eyebrows. Her little sister was hiding pretty well today.
Creak … creak … creak …
Suddenly, a piercing metallic sound came from the depths of the garden.
Fei Bailing narrowed her eyes and slowly walked in the direction of the sound. After making a few turns in the garden, a rusty black swing appeared in front of her.
Fei Qingqing was sitting on the swing, her little feet swinging back and forth.
"Big sister, you found me!" Fei Qingqing smiled sweetly. Her soft long hair swayed in the wind, and her body emitted a faint flower-like fragrance.
Fei Bailing walked over with a smile.
"Qing Qing, did you secretly buy some perfume or something? You smell so good."
"Did I?" Fei Qingqing smiled. "Qing Qing didn't buy anything, and I don't smell anything."
"Really?" Fei Bailing reached out. Qing Qing wanted to stroke her little sister's long hair.
Unexpectedly, his sister jumped off the swing and disappeared into the bushes of flowers in a few steps.
"Big sister, come find me!" Her voice quickly faded away along with the sound of her little leather boots.
Fei Bailing shook her head helplessly and followed.
After passing through the flowers, she heard hurried footsteps coming out of the garden gate. She hurriedly followed them out of the garden.
"Sister, I'm going to the kitchen to get something to drink. Come find me." Fei Qingqing's white dress flashed in the corner of the wall in the distance.
Fei Bailing hurriedly followed.
"Don't run around, Qing Qing." She felt that something was wrong. There seemed to be very few people in the house today. Although he had heard his cousin mention that everyone had to be in charge of the selection test for the new disciples of the various sects.
However, it seemed like there were even a few servants and maids, which was somewhat abnormal.
She felt vaguely uneasy. Following the direction of the sound, she passed through the main residence's courtyard and arrived at the kitchen area.
"Qing Qing?" she called out.
The kitchen area inside the wall was empty, and there was a faint smell of firewood in the air.
Fei Bailing walked slowly on the oily grass and looked around, trying to find her little sister. But there was no response. Fei Qingqing was nowhere to be found.
Suddenly, she heard a soft and noisy child's voice. Following the sound, she slowly passed through a courtyard wall and entered a very unfamiliar courtyard.
She had never been to this courtyard before. It seemed to be an area where other family branches lived. In a large family like the Fei Family, there were over a thousand clansmen that she had never seen before. Fei Bailing had always lived in one of the nine major districts. She couldn't even recognize all of her family members in her own district, let alone the districts outside.
The house became more and more empty. As she walked, she couldn't even hear insects or birds, let alone servants. This made Fei Bailing a little nervous.
She walked a few steps along the courtyard wall and quickly saw a few children squatting in the corner of the courtyard. They were laughing and whispering to each other.
She let out a sigh of relief and involuntarily moved closer to the children. The more people there were, the more yang energy there was, and the safer it was.
"Hello, what are you guys playing? May I ask if any of you have seen a little girl of this age pass by here? " Fei Bailing moved closer and asked the children loudly. At the same time, she used her hand to measure her little sister's height.
"Little girl?"
"Little girl?"
"Little girl?"
"Little girl?"
The children came closer together. They all had happy smiles on their faces as they looked at Fei Bailing in unison. They kept calling out to her.
"Little girl?"
"Little girl?"
"Little girl?"
Again and again, the smiles on their faces didn't change, and their voices didn't change either. It was like a recording that kept replaying.
The children walked closer and closer. The smiles on their faces seemed fixed. At first glance, they looked bright and natural, but after a while, one would realize that their expressions did not change at all. Their eyes were curved, and the corners of their mouths were curved. They did not move at all, as if they were completely frozen.
Fei Bailing was a little scared. She backed away. Her face was a little pale.
Thud.
Suddenly, she heard the crisp sound of leather boots stepping on the ground not far away.
Immediately, the voices of the children in front of her began to change.
"Little girl …"
"Little girl …"
"Little …"
Their voices became more and more chaotic, distorted, and hazy. Most of the time, it sounded more like some kind of strange noise, or like a stuck tape recorder that was being distorted and disturbed.
Fei Bailing's eyes widened. She gradually couldn't hear what they were saying anymore. She felt like her ears were covered by a thick membrane, and she couldn't hear anything clearly. The children's voices were distorted, sometimes sharp, and sometimes deep.
Suddenly, she saw a black-haired little girl in a white dress standing quietly behind one of the children.
The girl stood there quietly, her long black hair covering her face. Fei Bailing could only vaguely feel that she was looking at her.
"Qing Qing!" She recognized the dress as her little sister Qing Qing's. She rushed up and tried to grab her.
But Qing Qing turned around faster than her and walked toward the exit of the courtyard, disappearing into the hazy darkness in a few steps.
Fei Bailing couldn't catch up in time. Her path was blocked by the children's bodies.
"Excuse me!" She became anxious and reached out to push the child in front of her.
But strangely, her hand passed through the child's shoulder. All the children's voices quickly faded and then disappeared.
Fei Bailing looked around her again. There was nothing around her. There were no children, only fallen leaves on the ground.
She was shocked and took a few steps back. Only then did she realize that the sky had darkened. Most of the cold moonlight was covered by the clouds, and only a little was visible.
The entire courtyard was empty except for her.
"Qing Qing!!" She was anxious. Something was clearly wrong with the house, but Qing Qing was still playing hide-and-seek with her. What if she was in danger?
She became more and more anxious and chased in the direction Qing Qing had run in.
She passed through a few courtyards, a few gardens, and a pond. There was no one in the house. Sometimes, she could hear voices coming from the other side of the wall. It was the sound of people talking, but when she walked over, it was empty, as if everyone had just left.
This feeling made her even more afraid. After searching for a long time, Fei Bailing looked left and right and ran back to her house.
She wanted to find her father and ask him to send people to find her little sister. She also wanted to know what happened at home and why they were suddenly so short of people.
… …
"There's an unusual aura rising …"
Beside the well, Lu Sheng poured a bucket of cold water over his head.
"Splash!"
The bone-chilling well water rushed over his body, and under the moonlight, his strong muscles twisted like tree roots could be seen.
The outline of his muscles was like steel, and the surface was covered with countless fine, red net-like patterns, which made people feel intimidated at first glance.
Lu Sheng touched his shoulder in Yin Extreme Mode and looked in the direction of the county capital.
His extremely sharp five senses faintly sensed that something was circling above the city. It wasn't Devil Qi or Yin Qi. In other words, it wasn't made by ghosts or demons.
After the test in the day, the elder of the Thousand Sun Sect arranged for him to stay in this independent courtyard.
The next day, he would enter the secret realm of the sect for the second round of tests.
Lu Sheng put down the bucket of water. He was now playing the role of a normal bloodline disciple who came out of the mountains and learned some basic True Qi. Perhaps he was the descendant of a secluded family, or the descendant of a noble family, or an ordinary person who was accidentally exposed to the radiation of a Divine Weapon or Devil Blade.
No matter what, he shouldn't know too much. On the surface, his overall strength was One-Vein of the Bind level, which was based on his Bind level talent.
So when he fought, he tried to use the most basic techniques. Because he shouldn't be proficient in other techniques.
But that aura just now really made Lu Sheng raise his eyebrows.
For some reason, that aura reminded him of the tree root door he saw in the Golden Square.
After showering, Lu Sheng put on his clothes and went into the silent room to rest. But he remembered the location of the aura.
The night passed uneventfully. The next day, he was woken up early in the morning.
A servant girl prepared a brand new white Thousand Sun Sect uniform for him and dressed him carefully. Then, someone prepared a special bathtub with some medicinal liquid for Lu Sheng to bathe in.
Then, an elder of the Thousand Sun Sect, an old man named Zhang Shilong, personally came and led him into a carriage to the Incense Temple in the depths of the county capital.
There were five carriages, and Lu Sheng's was the first. Through the translucent curtains, he could see many people waiting on both sides of the street.
Most of them were here to watch the show, and some were whispering among themselves. They seemed to know something, and all looked at the procession with respect.
"Our carriage is like a court official, forcing people to stay away from us. This extravagance is not bad. "
Lu Sheng carefully sensed the carriages behind him. They were all the same, with an elder and a young man.
Elder Zhang Shilong smiled.
"This is our privilege, but also our responsibility. The Autumn Moon County Sub-Sect is not only responsible for selecting the elites to send to the sect, but also for the safety of the county capital. "
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