Starting from the recovery of Shanhaijing

Chapter 171 Stone Statue
The evolved torch gives Ember Apostle more freedom in otherworldly events.

This undoubtedly means greater benefits, but also has more requirements for the Ember Apostle.

The clues to the mission are no longer on the surface.

Like Shangqingdao in the [Ghost Gate] incident, and the research ship in [Sand Sea Rafting], at least they all have a way to follow the vines, and now Yan Jing has to spend his time collecting information by himself.

The information given by the coaching staff is obviously not enough to satisfy Yan Jing.

Curse of ghosts is only the first main task, and these people know nothing about holy relics and general monsters.

Not to mention that Yan Jing specially used the search opportunity to come to this otherworld's ultimate goal, the leftover foreign object.

This inevitably made Yan Jing a little surprised. After thinking about it, he immediately realized that Heavenly Court had cut off the information that these people could obtain.

Obviously, these half-demons who abandoned their human identities and forcibly turned themselves into so-called "blood purifiers" are nothing in the eyes of real demons, they are just a group of servants or dolls who play around at will.

How can a slave be qualified to discuss those really important messages with his master?

Yan Jing, who was aware of this, did not stay in the training hall for a long time, and left decisively after getting a copy of the ghost information and the start time of the war game. As a result, she met Suoman who had not left again near the pier in front of the venue.

The arrest warrant issued in the early morning was lifted before noon.

Yan Jing transformed himself into a team member, and he, who is about to become the hero of the gray mist district three, naturally no longer has to worry about being reported on the road.

Taking advantage of the time before the competition, Yan Jing decided to hurry up and look for clues to other tasks.

The street restaurants near the pier shone bright yellow and warm light in the gloomy sky.

The street is still shrouded in heavy rain, but the store is hot.

A middle-aged man with an apron hanging on his chest was busy working in front of the old stove.

The iron pot rises and falls on the fire, and the fried noodles are turned continuously. The sauce is sprinkled on it, and the aroma spreads with the heat, driving away the influx of moisture.

Yan Jing and Suoman occupied the outer seats and sat opposite each other.

Soman, who smelled the scent behind him, swallowed, glanced back at the chef, and forced himself to focus on the notes at hand,
"There are rumors or rumors about tigers, dragons, water and other strange beasts. I wrote it down, wait a moment, I will ask my colleagues and friends I knew before. We've dealt with each other."

The moment he saw Yan Jing leaving the training hall safe and sound, Suoman knew that he was right to choose to follow.

The opportunity is ahead, he must seize it!

"How many people can you contact in a short period of time?"

Yan Jing raised her eyes and asked.

He didn't mention mission information such as holy relics or demon generals to Suoman, not because he was afraid that he would leak it, but because Yan Jing knew the social environment where the former lived, and it was impossible to get access to such clues.

Instead of distracting Suoman with too many demands, it is better to give him the most critical part and let him use all his abilities to find information that may be related to the foreign objects in the marsh.

It's just that Yan Jing is not sure about the information she gave at the moment.

"Don't worry, as long as this thing is in place, there will never be fewer people!"

Pointing to the red envelope just sent out by the group on the screen of the mobile phone, Suoman was full of confidence with Yan Jing's financial support.

Yan Jing looked over.

as predicted.

The chat group that was stagnant just a second ago has become completely lively because of a few large red envelopes.

As Soman said, red envelopes are always one of the best ways to communicate than asking if you are there.

While asking Suoman to help find clues, Yan Jing herself was not idle. While waiting for the fried noodles, she looked through various news in Xiangong City recently, hoping to catch some clues from them.

Since there are not many clues about the leftover foreign objects, it is not easy to find them. On the contrary, a random search can turn up more than ten pages of news reports related to the incredible events mentioned in the optional missions.

The optional task only required Yan Jing to find out one of the seven incredible events, so he didn't plan to spend too much time targeting the two incredible events that occurred in the gray fog area.

One is the ghost butterfly.

The content of the incident is not complicated. It is said that there are ghost knights in the gray fog area, and they often go to and from the gray fog area in the middle of the night to fight crime and the activities of some gangsters, because after each action, ghostly blue butterflies will be left to do their work. As a mark, he has not been arrested for many years, so it has gradually become a famous incident in the gray fog area.

The last time Ghost Rider appeared was three days ago, in the gray mist area two.

The second is extraordinary events.

Every once in a while, abnormal colored light will appear in the gray fog area. No one knows its source and the reason for its appearance. The news is also vague about what happened in the area where the abnormal colored light occurred.

All I know is that without exception, these places were blocked in a very short period of time, and the guards from the Heavenly Court personally came down to deal with them.

The appearance of the Heavenly Court Guards undoubtedly attracted Yan Jing's attention.

"You two's fried noodles are ready, take your time."

The boss's voice came from the side, Yan Jing nodded and thanked, asked him to put the fried noodles on the table, subconsciously looked up.

I thought that the fried noodles in the gray mist area should be used to fill the stomach, but the two servings on the table are delicious, not to mention the taste, and there are a lot of eggs and bacon added, which surprised Yan Jing, and couldn't help turning her head to look to the boss.

Even though he has only been in this foggy area for more than half a day, he can still feel the lack of supplies of the people at the bottom. This kind of fried noodles should not appear in such dilapidated small street restaurants.

"You should be the master who opened the martial arts gym. I saw the previous arrest warrant. Thank you for helping us eliminate the mud gang. The extra items in these two fried noodles are given to the two of you."

Xu Shi noticed Yan Jing's gaze, and the boss who was planning to leave like this stopped, looked at the former's face, confirmed his identity again, kneaded the apron in front of him with both hands, and said carefully,
"The monthly protection fees they charge are far more expensive than these ingredients."

"Thank you very much then."

Yan Jing didn't refuse the boss's kindness, she nodded, and motioned for Suoman, who was next to her with a shy face, to move her chopsticks too.
"You do me a favor, this bowl of noodles is also deserved."

Suoman, who was affirmed by Yan Jing, waved his hands in a hurry. Even though he had cultivated a thick skin as a salesman over the years, encountering such a thing made him unable to control his emotions for a while.

In the end, the aroma of the fried noodles overcame everything. Seeing that Yan Jing didn't mean to say anything, she still couldn't help but bury her head in the noodle bowl, and looked at the screen of the phone while eating, paying attention to the various information that was constantly refreshed.

Blowing on the steaming noodles, she was about to enter, when Yan Jing suddenly seemed to notice something, she stood up straight and looked towards the small door on the inside of the restaurant.

The light reflected a small face with painted patterns and a circle of feathers on top of its head.

The little boy probably smelled the fragrance outside, and his bright eyes were looking eagerly at the fried noodles in front of Yan Jing.

Yan Jing picked out half a bowl of noodles and waved to the children in the back room, but when he ran out of the dark room, Yan Jing noticed that he was actually wearing an animal skin, which looked somewhat nondescript.

"The clothes and oil paint, are there any recent activities in the gray fog area?"

Yan Jing looked at the child, passed the noodles over, and then turned to ask the boss.

"This is required by the school. It is said to be the new regulation of heaven. Learning from blood purifiers should start with children. Those with better conditions will undergo surgery for children. Our family is relatively poor, so we can only use this method."

Seeing the noodle bowl in his child's hands, the boss replied in embarrassment.

"Always been this way?"

Yan Jing patted the child's head, this time it was Suoman who asked.

"Yes, I was also asked when I was a child, but I haven't been able to have an operation until now, and I'm still hanging around in the gray fog area, being a person who is nothing."

I wanted to say what the blood purifiers called ordinary people "untouchables", but thinking that the person in front of him had never undergone body modification, Suoman couldn't help swallowing his words and changed his words.

"I see, eat noodles, I'll be busy later."

Yan Jing didn't ask any more questions, but just replied in a muffled voice. After a few mouthfuls, she ate up all the noodles in the bowl, and didn't want any more. She turned around and looked at the street and the river outside the shop.

The rainwater fell from the condensed gray fog from high above, scattering chaotic neon lights, falling on the street and mixing with the mud all over the ground, becoming filthy, and finally flowing to the side of the river.

There was a black-covered boat passing by above. The boatman was wearing a plastic raincoat and holding a bamboo pole in his hand. He curled up in front of the cabin, ate corn bread, and raised his head from time to time to yell in a hoarse voice.

Above his head, the suspended train was speeding past, and the colored light at a higher place seemed to have never been dimmed.

Somehow, Suoman felt that the atmosphere in the store was much duller.

He was vaguely aware of the special aura coming from Yan Jing's body, and he couldn't help but sneak a glance at the other person after eating halfway, only seeing a tall and straight figure from the back, when he looked back, he caught a glimpse of the bamboo chopsticks on the table, his eyes widened immediately.

The middle of the pair of chopsticks was pinched and shattered!
Eat and drink enough, it's past noon.

Suoman's red envelope effect is very good.

Under the premise of paying a lot of money, he received a lot of messages in just one lunch.

Of course, at least ninety-nine percent of the news here is useless, and even a considerable part of it is fake information that those people have made up to defraud them of rewards, and it takes time to identify it.

Yan Jing is also aware of this point, so she is not in a hurry to draw conclusions, after all, there will be a war game tomorrow.

Taking advantage of this spare time, Yan Jing was not idle either.

After reading the news, he quickly found the nearest place where there was a splendor. First, he took a boat to the vicinity, and then asked Suoman to lead the way to investigate.

"I've been to this place before, because of the extraordinary splendor and the fact that the Heavenly Court Guards came and blocked it for a period of time, so many people thought that there must be something wrong here, and there were rumors that there had been monster attacks, so it was pretty good A community completely deserted within half a year, and only some people who had no money to move and homeless people continued to stay here.”

Walking into the narrow and cramped alleyway, Suoman introduced the surrounding situation, glanced at the phone and said,

"I have a friend who is in charge of some idle properties nearby. He seems to know something. I'm just asking him. There should be news in a while. I'll take you to the place where Yicai appears first."

Yan Jing followed Suoman and looked around the laneway. The doors of the houses on both sides were closed, and various sundries were piled up in front of the doors. Occasionally, he saw a few residents walking close to the wall with ragged clothes. He only looked at the two of them out of the corner of his eye.

In some dark corners, Yan Jing even saw a few people lying down in the corner, sleeping on mats, letting the rain drenched them completely, but they didn't seem to move at all.

Go a little further and turn two street corners.

Yan Jing saw a deserted residential area surrounded by barbed wire at a glance. Its appearance was no different from the splendor mentioned in the news. It should be the destination they were looking for.

Looking into the dark interior of the community, Yan Jing was not in a hurry to go in. He knew very well that if he could find the key to the appearance of the splendor only by relying on the information provided in the news, it would not be a special event in Xiangong City.

Special measures must be used.

The pupils of both eyes changed color in the blink of an eye, and the spiritual vision ability of Lu Wu's golden eyes was instantly activated.

The game won't start until tomorrow night, so the cooling time is in time.

Relying on the sensitivity of spiritual vision to fluctuations in spiritual energy, Yan Jing's eyes gradually swept across the front area from left to right, carefully observing every hidden corner, to ensure that there would be no mistakes or omissions.

Suoman on the side saw that Yan Jing didn't speak, let alone move forward, and didn't dare to interrupt, so he simply took a few steps back to communicate with his friends first.

As a result, after only a few minutes, I heard Yan Jing in front of me turn around and approach this side, raised her head hastily, and only heard him say,

"What I'm looking for is not here, change to another place."

The spirit vision didn't find anything in the community, and Yan Jing didn't have time to go into each room to search in person, so she could only hope to find something in the next place before the spirit vision disappeared.

"finish watching?"

Suoman looked at Yan Jing in confusion, he thought the two of them were going in for a fight.

As a result, he observed through the barbed wire for a few minutes?
However, seeing Yan Jing nodded solemnly, Suoman didn't dare to neglect, and quickly picked up his mobile phone to lock the second location, but when he was about to tell the new route, he found that the former seemed to have discovered something, and suddenly accelerated his pace from behind him He ran over and went straight to a dilapidated residential building behind.

Although he didn't quite understand Yan Jing's sudden movement, Suoman followed decisively, and when he got close, he saw the former pointing his finger at a stone statue on the edge of the roof of the residence, and asked back,
"What is this, do you know its origin?"

"This is a house decoration. I can look it up, just take a picture."

Suoman clamped the umbrella in his hand to his neck, and hastily took out his mobile phone to take a photo of the stone statue on the edge of the roof and searched on the Internet, but the result was unexpected. Looking at the blank screen, he looked at Yan Jing in astonishment and said,
"It's strange, there is nothing about this stone statue on the Internet."

Without responding to Suoman, Yan Jing's gaze was completely attracted by the stone statue.

Its appearance shows the body of a dragon head fish, the tail covered with scales is rolled up high, and the mouth is wide, posing a posture of swallowing the roof ridge.

In the field of vision of Lingshi, Yan Jing still noticed the water spirit power flowing around it, even if it was only a small change!
(End of this chapter)