The crooked way can also lead to heaven

Perhaps because they were tired of watching it, stools were moved to the small square in the village, but not many people came to watch the show, and they could see it all at a glance.

Ye Ran was also among them, but he behaved very casually, looking like he was about to fall asleep.

Xiaoyu glanced at the blind girl next to him, then sat next to Ye Ran, and said slightly nervously: "Senior, I feel something is not right about this place."

Ye Ran glanced at him and said calmly: "Just leave if you feel something is wrong. What's the use of telling me?"

Xiaoyu scratched his head and said with a troubled expression: "I also want to leave, but there is no shuttle bus at this time. If I want to leave, I have to wait until tomorrow morning."

Ye Ran took out a cigarette and lit it, silently staring at the stage in front of him, and then looked up at the sky. The surrounding light was almost disappearing.

Originally there were street lights in the village, but they have not been turned on yet, causing the sight in front of me to get worse and worse. Only the stage is lit.

"There is no way to leave now."

"If you're lucky enough to survive until tomorrow morning, maybe we can meet again."

After Ye Ran said this, he stood up and left.

Xiaoyu was confused when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Senior, what does this mean?"

However, Ye Ran did not answer, and his figure was submerged in darkness in the blink of an eye.

At this time, Ye Ran had already taken out the prepared shovel and started digging under the locust tree.

After a while, a pit was made.

"How deep are they buried? I'm so convinced that I can't see the bones after digging for so long!"

Ye Ran thrust the shovel into the soil and found the cigarette's clicking spot.

Just as he was puffing away the mist, a drop of water fell squarely on his face.

He raised his finger and rubbed it gently, then rubbed it a few more times. He found that it was not only sticky, but also had a foul smell that penetrated his nose.

Looking up, I didn't know when the branches were already covered with corpses, swaying gently.

The face of each corpse showed the same weird smile, and a pair of dead fish eyes stared directly at Ye Ran below.

"The illusion...when did it activate? There was no warning?"

Ye Ran didn't panic as he imagined. He calmed down and analyzed it briefly to get the result.

But now it's not clear whether it was the people in the village who launched the formation, or whether the puppet ghost appeared again.

He looked down at the big hole that had been dug, and after a moment's hesitation decided to continue digging.

The biggest function of the illusion is to confuse people's minds, thereby gradually amplifying their inner fears, thereby achieving the effect of killing people without leaving a trace, or trapping people.

The bell on Ye Ran's wrist did not make any sound, indicating that he was still in a safe state at this moment. Before the illusion was further strengthened, it was better to dig out the corpse of the puppet ghost first.

If nothing unexpected happens, digging up the corpse of the puppet ghost should be just the first step in unblocking it.

After working for a while, I finally dug out something solid. After scattering the surrounding soil, a wine jar suddenly appeared in front of me, with an evil charm affixed to it.

Ye Ran pulled off the yellow talisman, opened the cork, reached in and dug around, and pulled out a blackened bone. After examining it carefully, he found that there was also an evil spell engraved on it.

I think this must be the corpse of the puppet ghost. Not only was it buried deep, but sufficient safeguards were also done.

Under the influence of the double evil-suppressing spell, even if the puppet ghost got his own corpse, he would not be able to use any means.

Moreover, there are no skulls or limbs inside the jar!

This shows that the previous speculation was correct, and digging out the corpses under the locust tree is only the first step in unsealing the case.

According to Ye Ran's years of experience, the illusion here must be created by the puppet ghost, but at the same time, the people in the village are also involved.

To put it simply, the people in the village must have turned the limbs and heads of the puppet ghosts into eye formations and scattered them everywhere to control the puppet ghosts to activate the illusion.

"There is a formation master in the village, who could it be?"

"...that old man!"

Ye Ran narrowed his eyes slightly, and the scenes he had seen in the past two days flashed through his mind.

Sudden!

The corpses hanging above their heads suddenly began to laugh collectively. This scene was terrifying!

Ye Ran retracted his thoughts, raised his eyebrows and looked up. At this moment, the thick tree roots seemed to come alive, turning into thorns and attacking him!

Ye Ran reacted quickly and quickly jumped out of the pit to avoid the attack, then dumped the scattered bones into his satchel.

"Because it has been nourished by Yin Qi for a long time, has it become a spirit?"

"Forget it, you are not the target anyway, there is no need to continue to pester."

Ye Ran originally wanted to fight back, but then he thought about it and thought it was a waste of time. The tree demon that became a spirit was already rough-skinned and thick-bodied and extremely resistant to beating.

Moreover... as of now, this thing has not yet cultivated a demon body, and its range of activities is limited to this distance.

"So, where should we look next?"

Ye Ran turned around and glanced around, then took out a black talisman from his bag and folded it into a paper crane.

Then he drew a circle with his fingers together, chanted a few spells in his mouth, and the paper crane flapped its wings and flew forward.

Ye Ran quickly followed Qian Zhihe and found that the direction he was walking in was the shadow puppet hall.

When he reached the door, it seemed that some kind of restriction had been triggered, and it instantly burned into a pile of ashes.

As soon as he stepped in, he saw Xiaoyu's figure, but he was in a very bad condition, with blood oozing from his forehead.

Even so, he tightly protected the blind girl behind him.

As for the other two couples, their heads were cut off at this moment, and they were sitting cross-legged on the tribute platform in front, with their necks covered with burning incense strings.

Xiaoyu's face changed slightly when he noticed something behind him. He turned around quickly with a demon-slaying pestle in his hand. When he saw that it was Ye Ran, his expression became much more relaxed.

"Senior, are you okay?"

After letting down his guard, Xiaoyu greeted him.

In such a depressing and dangerous environment, having a powerful senior by his side is undoubtedly a guarantee of survival.

"Will you chat? Are you hoping that I will die?" Ye Ran said as he walked.

Xiaoyu laughed awkwardly: "I made a slip of the tongue, please don't blame me, senior."

"Okay, just tell me how they died?" Ye Ran didn't want to continue chatting, so he pointed to the bodies in front.

As soon as he talked about this topic, Xiaoyu's face immediately darkened, and he seemed to be a little nervous.

"Suicide."

These two short words were enough to explain the horror he had experienced.

Although he was also a ghost walker, after seeing the scene at that time, he couldn't help but feel a little fear, and even his voice trembled a little.

"We were watching a play, but the person behind the screen suddenly disappeared, and then a woman in costume walked onto the platform and began to sing."

"I felt something was wrong, so I walked over to take a look."

"It turned out that the person on the platform was not a person at all, but a heavily made-up puppet!"

"I was about to tell them to run, but when I turned around, everyone was gone."

"Then I heard some noise coming from the shadow puppet hall, and when I ran over, I saw that the people were cutting their necks with knives."

"I wanted to stop them, but was injured by the puppet that suddenly appeared. I fought back desperately and saved one person."

The scenes of the two couples committing suicide are still vivid and lingering.