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Chapter 15
Xia Yun didn't let out a deep breath until he was riding safely on the horse, and said with lingering fear: "It's dangerous, it's dangerous, but luckily the fog is fading all the way out, or maybe we're still here It's spinning in the fog."

Ran'er turned his head and looked towards the dense forest, the mountain god was still standing outside the dense forest watching them off.

Seeing Ran'er turning her head, she still smiled and waved to her.

The thin body of the mountain god was wrapped in a blue robe, but Ran'er felt that his figure was extremely tall.

"Miss Yang, what are you looking at?" Uncle Zhang also looked at Ran'er's eyes, there was still nothing unusual, but Ran'er's eyes made him obviously feel that there must be something that he didn't notice.

Ran'er quickly turned around, and replied with a guilty conscience: "It's nothing, I remember Yunyun said that the last time you were able to walk out smoothly, it was because the thick fog became thinner that you could see things. I'm curious why the fog changes!"

"Really?" Obviously Uncle Zhang didn't quite believe this reason.

"That's right, Uncle Zhang, it's happened twice. Do you think it's because the spirit of our father in heaven is protecting us, or how can we come out?" Xia Yun couldn't help but interject when she heard the conversation between Ran'er and Uncle Zhang. But I really saw my father who I missed for a year.

"Impossible!" The spirit of the deceased Patriarch?Uncle Zhang shook his head, he really didn't believe it.

"But I really saw my father very clearly, and he told me that I must go to Zhizi Pagoda in order to pass Yuanbi Mountain!" Xia Yun said firmly.

Seeing the opportunity, Ran'er took advantage of the situation and asked, "What the hell is Zhizi Tower?"

"Yes, yes, what is Zhizi Tower? Where is it?" Xia Yun asked in agreement. She was also curious about what it was, and had never heard of it.

At this time, Chen Sheng, who had been wondering why he was injured all over his body, couldn't help but said: "Miss never knew Zhizita, could it be that the old Patriarch really appeared to help us?"

"What the hell is that Zhizi Tower?" Xia Yun asked again anxiously.

"On the edge of the desert, the lives of the people are quite miserable. If a child is born with a congenital deficiency, or develops an incurable disease while growing up, they will be sent to the child tower, where they are left to fend for themselves." Uncle Zhang The explanation is exactly the same as that of the mountain god.

"What? How could it be like this! What's the difference between this and murder!" Xia Yun exclaimed when he heard about it.

Xia He said indifferently: "I know your reaction, but this Zhizi Tower has existed for more than a hundred years. Sometimes in order to survive, there are many things that can't be done. Who doesn't want to live without worrying about food and clothing."

"Is there really such a cruel thing in this world?" Ran'er has never been able to accept such a cruel existence in the world.

But since it can exist for such a long time, it means that there is a reason for its existence, maybe it is just like what the old mountain god said!

People's life is too hard, many people open their mouths...

It's just that Ran'er really couldn't understand such suffering.

"Actually, the point now is, do you really want to go to the Zhizi Tower?" Uncle Zhang obviously didn't want to discuss whether the existence of the Zhizi Tower was reasonable. He just wanted to solve the doubts in his heart. , to this place that she didn't even know what it was before.

"I must go!" Xia Yun replied solemnly, this was what her father told her.

"What does Miss Yang think?" Uncle Zhang looked at Ran'er with a deep expression on his face, and actually bypassed Xia He to ask for her opinion directly.

"I...?" Ran'er felt guilty for a while when Uncle Zhang looked at her, thinking that of course she had to go, but she didn't dare to say it directly under Uncle Zhang's sharp eyes, she looked at Xia He helplessly.

Xia He also wondered why Uncle Zhang asked Ran'er directly, and seeing Ran'er's eyes begging for help, he said, "In my opinion, even though I don't know what the connection is, let's go there!"

But Uncle Zhang looked at Ran'er and pondered for a while, and said, "Miss Yang must also think that she should go there!" Before Ran'er could answer, he seemed to be talking to himself or asking questions.

"Even if Zhizi Pagoda is really related to the thick fog on the Ape Arm Mountain, can the thick fog be broken by just looking at it?"

"Let's go and see, maybe you'll understand when you get to Zhizi Tower." Xia He looked at Ran'er as he spoke, wondering why Uncle Zhang always asked Ran'er, did Ran'er really know something.

Seeing that both of them were looking at him, Ran'er could only bite the bullet and said: "In my opinion, this Zhizi Tower is a cruel existence. Regardless of whether it has anything to do with the thick fog on the Yuanbi Mountain, I think we should go to see it." Push down!"

But I thought in my heart, if it can be overthrown, will the soul-suppressing talisman still work, will Haoer follow him, and the souls of those poor children trapped inside, can they be reborn and reincarnated.

"Yes, I also think that the broken tower should be pushed!" Xia Yun agreed.

"You two are messing around, this is not something you can just push!" Although Xia He said this, he was also thinking in his heart, if he really pushed this place where the children are left to fend for themselves, can they save some children's lives? What about life?
Uncle Zhang changed the subject again, and said calmly: "It's getting dark today, Chen Sheng and Xu Huwei are still injured, we'll go to Zhizi Tower tomorrow."

"Okay, we will go to Zhizi Tower tomorrow morning." Xia Yun said.

"You can't go!" Uncle Zhang and Xia He said at the same time.

Xia Yun said displeasedly: "Why can't I go!"

"I think Yunyun should go." Ran'er said: "We only know about Zhizita because of her, we should go together!" Ran'er was worried that if Xia Yun really refused to go with her, she would not let herself go in the end. It will be more troublesome.

Uncle Zhang said thoughtfully: "Forget it, let's go together, today the forest shrouded in thick fog has broken out, and the Zhizi Tower should not be able to handle it."

Until now, Uncle Zhang has not recalled what happened in the dense fog before Xia Yun called out, he only remembered that he and Xu Huwei went to chase Xia Yun and Ran Er, and then...

He sighed meaningfully: "The old man also wants to find out what is going on."

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"This is Zhizi Tower!" Xia Yun shouted as he stared at Zhizi Tower in front of him, dumbfounded.

This juvenile tower is completely different from what I imagined.

Xia Yun always thought it was the common white tower.

In fact, not only Xia Yun, Ran Er also thought it was at least a tall tower.

It is said that this Zhizi Tower is also in the shape of a tower, which is hexagonal in shape, but it is not high, and the entire tower body is piled up with bricks and stones.

On one wall of the tower, there is a hole, just enough to allow a child to go in. It should be a place to discard children.

This Zhizi Pagoda is located at the edge of the Yuanbi Mountain where it meets the desert, and it is desolate as far as the eye can see. The small pagoda stands there, so it is called a pagoda, but it is actually more like a larger tomb.

"It's really nice to say that self-survival is self-defeating. It's clear that there is no exit." Xia Yun just couldn't figure out why such a thing exists in the world. Shouldn't his children try their best to heal them? Throw it here.

"Yeah, it's better to kill him directly than this. I really can't imagine how frightened the child was when he was thrown into such a place." Ran'er choked up with tears in her eyes.

I used to think it was cruel just by hearing about it, but now that I saw it with my own eyes, it can be summed up as more than just cruelty.

This juvenile tower shouldn't exist in the world at all.Now Ran'er has only one thought in her mind, which is to completely destroy this childish pagoda.

Or find a way to push it down directly!
Hearing that the two girls had been discussing indignantly, the stewards of the other courtyard could not figure out why the young master and Uncle Zhang asked him to lead the way to this place.

They didn't explain, and he didn't dare to ask.

Seeing that he was about to reach the pagoda, the steward said: "Master, Patriarch, if there is nothing special, we should not go forward."

"Oh?" Xia He heard the words and pulled the rein to stop the horse.

Chen Sheng, who was following behind, also stopped his horse, but he was puzzled and said, "Why don't you go forward!"

Originally, Chen Sheng and Xu Huwei were injured in the dense forest for no reason, Xia He didn't want them to follow.

Firstly, the two were determined to go together, and secondly, after Uncle Zhang's inspection, they were all skin wounds, and they were not in the way, so they were allowed to go together.

After all, there are many strange things about this matter, and it is not appropriate for too many people to know about it.

It's just that although they have heard about the origin of Zhizi Pagoda on Yuanbi Mountain, they don't know exactly where it is, so they asked the stewards of other courtyards to lead the way and come here together.

"This pagoda is filled with the bones of children who died in the past hundred years. It's too dark, so it's best not to get too close." The steward explained.

"If you don't get close, you won't be able to see why!" Chen Sheng said and got off his horse.Then he cupped his hands and said to Xia He: "Young master, you wait here for a while, and wait for your subordinates to go and see the situation first."

Xia He observed around the Zhizi Tower and found nothing unusual, so he nodded in agreement and said, "Forget it, pay attention to safety!"

"Yes!"

Chen Sheng took the order and was about to go there when he heard Uncle Zhang shout: "Wait a minute, let Guard Xu go with you!"

Xu Huwei wanted to go at first, but he didn't expect Uncle Zhang to order him before he could speak, so he jumped off his horse in a hurry and walked towards Zhizi Tower with Chen Sheng.

Looking at the backs of the two, Ran'er couldn't help but think of the scene where they fought together in the fog yesterday, and frowned slightly, the two of them won't fight again in a while!

After a second thought, I felt that I was being overwhelmed. There was no Xueying or phantoms here, only the bones and ghosts of those poor children.

"What is Miss Yang thinking about?" Uncle Zhang looked at Ran'er's thoughtful expression and asked.

Uncle Zhang always felt that Ran'er seemed to know something, but whenever Ran'er looked at him with her clear eyes, Uncle Zhang would doubt his intuition again.

But after observing all the way, one thing that makes Uncle Zhang firm is that Ran'er has no ill intentions towards them, that's enough, isn't it?

"I was just wondering, would it be... Well, Yunyun's father wants us to do some good deeds, bury the bones of the children in this childish tower, and let them rest in peace." Ran'er replied on a whim .

"What?" The steward was really stunned this time.The wishes of the old Patriarch! ! !

"Maybe it's like this!" Xia Yun also made do with it.

"It's absolutely impossible!" The old steward stopped repeatedly: "Not to mention anything else, we can't transport these bones out. There is only such a small opening in the body of the tower. Except for children, adults can't get in."

"Then push it away!" Xia Yun said without thinking.

The caretaker Xia He was stunned, not only smiled, but comforted him: "Don't listen to their nonsense."

Then he got off his horse and said to everyone: "Let's go, let's go and have a look together."

"Master, let's wait a little longer!" The steward saw that there was nothing wrong with Chen Sheng and Xu Huwei walking down the tower, but he still didn't want everyone to get too close.

He has never dared to say that this childish pagoda is a place with the most evil spirits in a radius of a hundred miles, and the little ghosts are difficult to deal with, let alone the little ghosts who died in vain.

Anyone who wants to pass by doesn't always take a detour, but the young master's party still has to wander around the bottom of the tower.

Seeing the steward's timid look, Xia Yun couldn't help laughing and said: "Steward, it's not yet noon, look at the blue sky and white sun, it's possible that there are still little ghosts who dare to come and get on their bodies."

After finishing speaking, he pulled Ran'er who had just dismounted and walked towards Zhizi Tower.

Uncle Zhang looked helpless and didn't say anything. He just patted him on the shoulder and said, "Let's go!"

"Yes!" The steward was reluctant and had no choice but to follow.

Before reaching the tower, it was sunny and windless, but suddenly a gust of wind came from nowhere, Xia Yun couldn't help shivering, and suddenly became a little scared.

Ran'er didn't pay much attention, her eyes kept on the top of the tower.

The old mountain god said that the soul-suppressing talisman was on the top of the tower, but it was just a piece of yellow talisman, after five or sixty years of wind, rain and sun, could it still exist intact?
After observing for a long time, Ran'er didn't find anything.

Before he knew it, he had already come to the side of the tower, and the opening of the child tower happened to be facing Ran'er's face.

Xia Yun, who had been holding Ran'er all the time, saw the pitch-black hole, and was so frightened that he let go of his hand and hid behind Uncle Zhang and Xia He.

Ran'er moved her face closer curiously, wanting to see what's inside.

The moment Ran'er's face moved closer, a gust of extremely cold wind gushed out from the hole.

Xia He hurriedly rushed to Ran Er's side, hugged Ran Er's waist, and flew back.

The people present backed up again and again, only to feel that they seemed to have a violent aura like a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, and rushed towards Ran'er and Xia He crazily.

Xia He made a decisive decision, and while flying back with his arms around Ran'er, he drew out the sharp sword at his waist and slashed across the air at the mad rushing hostility, and then stabbed with his backhand.

At the same time, Chen Sheng leaped out holding the single sword in his hand, facing the opening of the Zhizi Tower, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Here!"

At the moment of this drink, it was as if a blood mist spread wildly on Chen Sheng's knife, and it was even more terrifying than the sinister wind and hostility just now, wrapping around Chen Sheng countless times.

"Ah...!" Xia Yun screamed in shock.

Accompanied by Xia Yun's scream, the whole Zhizi Pagoda was surrounded by a sinister wind, and the whistling sound seemed like countless terrified shouts.

"Ah...!" "Ah...!", these shouts were immature and sharp, and carried a terrifying breath of death.

Xia He brought Ran'er behind Uncle Zhang, and only had time to say: "You all go back quickly!" Then he flew to the entrance of Zhizi Pagoda with his sword in hand.

When Xu Huwei saw this, he drew out his sword without hesitation, and came to Chen Sheng like a whirlwind, and the evil wind and hostility also wrapped around Xu Huwei in an instant.

Xia He's sword swept away along the sinister wind that entangled the two of them like a gust of wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

The wind was stronger, and the blood mist was stronger, as if the three of them would be swallowed up before they would stop.

What to do, Ran'er anxiously looked around the tower, probably disturbing the souls of the children without knowing it, it seems that Xia He and the three have been entangled and unable to escape.

The wind around Zhizi Pagoda became more and more fierce, rolling sand and rocks around the tower body, Ran Er struggled to look towards the top of the tower, just in time to see a stone hit the top of the tower, and a piece of the wall was missing. Something yellow was revealed.

Soul talisman!That must be the soul talisman.

Ran'er didn't care about that much, and directly grabbed Uncle Zhang in front of him and shouted: "Uncle Zhang, quickly look at what that yellow thing on the top of the tower is."

Uncle Zhang understood, Ran'er wanted to get the yellow thing off by himself.

It's just that Uncle Zhang's fist and kick skills are good, but his internal strength is not much, so he can't jump to the top of the tower.

Seeing that Xiahe's three people were exhausted more and more, and they couldn't escape, something would happen.

Uncle Zhang didn't think about it anymore, he rushed to the side of the tower against the strong wind and climbed to the top of the tower.

Fortunately, the Zhizi Tower is not high, and Uncle Zhang can get the soul-suppressing talisman without climbing a few times.
But the soul-suppressing talisman was buried quite firmly, Uncle Zhang pulled it hard a few times but failed to pull it out. It was not easy to use force against the strong wind, so Uncle Zhang gritted his teeth and pulled it harder, and finally the soul-suppressing talisman was peeled off.

However, Ran'er saw the flying sand walking between the rocks, and Uncle Zhang fell from the tower with the soul-suppressing talisman in his hand...

(End of this chapter)