Infinity through different life

Chapter 163
Xu Jing also remembered the incident of the group of ghosts in Fayuan Temple devouring incense, and now it seems that those ghosts had the permission of the black evil guard in all likelihood.

As for not harming others, he didn't believe it. Otherwise, there would not have been ghosts staring at him in the first place. Thinking about it, it was very likely that the other party had done things cleanly and left no hands and feet.

Zhu Lie sent another message at this time: "Have you made any progress in your demon power cultivation?"

"No." Xu Jing didn't want to reveal his strength, and his promotion was too fast, the most correct choice was to keep a low profile and hide himself.

Zhu Lie didn't doubt it either, and said, "Then you just report what you found. It's very difficult to deal with ghosts without demon power."

Xu Jing replied: "I left the scene long ago."

"That's good." Zhu Lie sent another message after a while: "I reported your detailed strength information separately when I introduced you to join, so before you are unable to deal with ghosts, you don't have to worry about the mission you receive. When you encounter ghosts, and if you still can’t recover your demon power later on, you can exchange your meritorious deeds for self-defense against ghosts.”

After Xu Jing thanked him, he clicked on his personal information again, and then began to report the situation. He reported in detail what he saw and heard, as well as the specific time and place where it happened.

After completion, those reporting information becomes a form awaiting review.

Xu Jing didn't look any more, quit the induction, concentrated on driving the carriage, chatting with Xu Maozong from time to time.

The time on the road was boring and passed very slowly. From morning to afternoon, they stopped for a rest and arrived at the post station in time before dark.

This inn was also built on the edge of the village. It is said that the entire village had been relocated more than ten miles away because of the depletion of the water source.

Now, except for the post station which looks tidy due to years of renovations, the whole village has become very dilapidated. There are broken walls everywhere beside the road, and the houses have been vacant for a long time, and the inside is overgrown with vines, which looks extremely desolate.

"Quack~!"

A group of crows with scarlet eyes flew from a distance and landed on the roofs of the houses in the village, looking at them.

"Rest here for the night and leave tomorrow."

Xu Maozong got out of the car and moved his hands and feet.

Xu Jing had no objection, he also stayed here for a short time when he came, and caravan pedestrians who came from south to north would often choose to spend the night here.

In addition, Yicheng here is an elderly man, surnamed Zhang, who has been here for more than ten years.

Xu Jing walked outside the inn and prepared to knock on the door, but found that the door was only ajar and not closed.

Squeak~!

He pushed open the door and shouted, "Uncle Zhang?"

But no one responded.

"Uncle?"

Xu Jing shouted again and walked into the house, looking around.

"Where did the people go?"

He searched around but couldn't find anyone.

Xu Maozong walked in at this time, looked at it and said, "Maybe he went back to the village."

Zhang Yicheng was originally a villager in this village. After the entire village was relocated, he also had a house in the new village.

Xu Jing felt it carefully, but found nothing unusual, so he nodded and said, "I'll stop the horse."

As he spoke, he went out, took the horse out of the carriage, and led it to the stable behind the post station.

The stables were empty, and the mount he fostered here was also missing.

Xu Jing was a little helpless, he guessed that Zhang Yicheng had ridden him back to the village, and he had no choice but to ask someone to go back to fetch it later.

After adding some feed to the trough, he left the stable and looked at the deserted village behind. To be honest, he didn't like this environment at all, and he always felt a little uncomfortable.

Before the sun went down, Xu Jing walked into the village, ready to check.

All kinds of weeds have grown on both sides of the road, the houses are empty, the doors, windows, and floors have become moldy, and the houses are full of vines and moss, which looks very quiet and cold.

Xu Jing walked quickly. He opened the door of each room and went in to have a look. He sensed it through the spirit and identity jade badge, and walked from the beginning of the village to the end of the village. Fortunately, there was no problem.

He felt relieved and returned along the road. When he walked all the way to the center of the village, the sound of rushing water suddenly sounded from the abandoned dry well in the open space.

Xu Jing turned around suddenly, focused on guard, and approached slowly step by step.

At the same time, he was puzzled, knowing that the relocation of the village was due to the depletion of water sources, and the sound of water was really strange.

The sound of water flowing in the well continued, as if someone was playing with it.

Xu Jing drew out the long knife, approached and stretched out his head to slowly look down into the well from the edge.

As a result, he took a look and found that the dry well had started to emit water again, and bubbles rose up from the bottom of the well, constantly churning.

"Hoo~!"

Xu Jing let out a breath, felt for a while, turned around and left after everything was fine.

Gollum...

Not long after he left, the clear water gushing out of the well turned blood-red in an instant, but recovered in a blink of an eye.

When Xu Jing returned to the inn, Xu Maozong had already prepared food in the kitchen. After the two simply filled their stomachs, they found two empty rooms next to each other on the second floor to rest.

It was getting dark, and soon it was dark.

Xu Jing lay fully clothed on the hard wooden bed, but couldn't fall asleep despite tossing and turning.

He simply got up, ready to go to the next door to chat with Xu Maozong.

Gently open the door, there is a winding corridor outside, the corridor is full of guest rooms, and Xu Maozong lives in the room on his right.

The faint moonlight sprinkled from the skylight on the roof, faintly illuminating the line of sight.

Xu Jing went out and turned right, only to see a figure disappearing at the end of the corridor.

He felt that the back of the disappearing man was very familiar, so he came to Xu Maozong's room in a few steps, and knocked on the door: "Uncle, are you there?"

There was silence in the house.

Xu Jing felt attentively and found that there was no trace of popularity inside, obviously Xu Maozong was really not there.

"Was that uncle just now? Where is he going this evening?"

He was puzzled and a little anxious, so he quickly chased after him without thinking too much.

Soon, Xu Jing came to the end of the corridor, turned around, and entered the hall next to him. The hall was empty, but he could clearly hear the sound of small footsteps going downstairs.

"Uncle!"

Xu Jing shouted and ran quickly to the stairs of the hall. He looked down, but he saw no one and no one answered him.

Squeak~!

At this time, there was a sound of opening the door downstairs, and then footsteps sounded again, and they went out quickly.

"its not right!"

Xu Jing didn't think that Xu Maozong couldn't hear his shout just now, and he finally felt something was wrong at this moment.

After thinking for a while, he didn't chase down the stairs, but turned around and quickly ran back to Xu Maozong's room.

Bang~!

After coming to the gate, he kicked the gate hard, then rushed in with a knife in one hand and Zhang Fulu in the other.

(End of this chapter)