Chapter 78 Return to Xiaotan Village

After leaving the inspection office, Ding Yi returned to the martial arts hall and found Bai Wangyun, and told him that he was going out for a few days.

Bai Wangyun didn't say anything after hearing this, but just reminded him that the outside world was not like Qingfeng County, and he had to be careful about everything.

Ding Yi naturally agreed, and then returned to his room and took off his Feiyun suit, changed into ordinary people's clothes, and even added a layer of linen inside.

It was autumn at this time, and the weather was getting colder. Ordinary warriors were full of blood and qi, and they were not afraid of the cold, but ordinary people had already changed into slightly thicker clothes at this time.

Ding Yi dressed like this to better hide his identity as a warrior, otherwise, with a thin coat, anyone with a discerning eye would know that Ding Yi was a martial artist.

After leaving the martial arts hall, Ding Yi walked south along East Street and arrived at the city gate again in a short while.

At this time, it was the hour of Mao, and the guard on duty was pulling the capstan and slowly opening the heavy city gate.

Outside the city gate, a long queue of people had long been formed to enter the city. Some of these people were merchants, some were slave owners, but more were refugees who came here to seek refuge.

Ding Yi looked at this scene and sighed in his heart.

In Qingfeng County, ordinary people became the food of Yin Yang Sha, suffering from desires every day to satisfy the needs of Yin Yang Palace to worship gods.

But even so, there are still people rushing here from outside, which is enough to show how desperate the area outside Qingfeng County is.

Tightening the package on his body, Ding Yi came to the city gate and handed the patrol letter of the Inspection Office to the soldiers guarding the gate.

In Qingfeng County, you can come as you want, but you can't leave as you want. You must get a letter from the government to leave.

And those merchants who ventured outside, more of them got the pass from the state government.

It can be said that the entire Qingfeng County is like a big mouth, swallowing the people who come here with skin, but not spitting out even a bone.

Unlike the long queues entering the city, there were very few people leaving the city. After Ding Yi passed the identity verification, he set out on the road to Xiaotan Village.

Unlike when he came, Ding Yi was already a martial artist in the Refining Zang Realm at this moment. He could travel dozens of miles a day with his blood surging. If he traveled at night, he could reach Xiaotan Village that day.

However, there were still many pedestrians around Qingfeng County. Ding Yi decided to travel at a normal speed first. At the same time, he took out the quicksand map and spread it out to check from time to time.

The farther away from Qingfeng County, the more desolate the surroundings became. Ding Yi once again felt the despair in this chaotic world, but this time, his eyes were calm, and he didn't even have any emotional fluctuations.

The next morning, Ding Yi, who had already put on a human skin mask, stood in front of the entrance of Xiaotan Village. He looked at the map again and confirmed that there was nothing abnormal before taking a step forward.

The transparent film that had previously enveloped Xiaotan Village had disappeared. Ding Yi, who took a step forward, did not notice any obstacles and entered Xiaotan Village.

In his eyes, most of the neat houses were now dilapidated, and the doors of every household were closed. The bleak autumn wind rolled the weeds randomly on the dirt road in the village.

"Has the blood sacrifice been completed?"

Ding Yi had this thought in his mind, and then continued to walk forward. Not long after, he came to the door of Old Man Wei's house.

At this moment, most of the house had been burned down. Ding Yi looked inside from the collapsed door and saw only charred soil and collapsed charred wood. A trace of emotion flashed in his eyes.

The scene of the life-and-death fight with Qingyunzi that day came to his mind again.

Ding Yi did not enter the house, but turned around and continued to walk forward, and pushed open the door of the next small house.

Inside the house, two shrunken corpses were lying on the ground in the main room.

The corpses all had claw-shaped hands and hideous faces. It can be seen that they must have been in great pain before they died.

Seeing this, Ding Yi seemed to have expected it. He did not stay for too long, but continued to walk to the back.

Not long after, Ding Yi arrived at the end of the village.

After investigating along the way, Ding Yi found that there was no one alive in the entire village. All of them turned into mummies and died in the house.

Obviously, Bai Yunzi had successfully sacrificed the entire Xiaotan Village with blood and left here with the statue.

Ding Yi took a last look at this lifeless village, and then continued to walk forward along the path behind the village.

This road was naturally the road that Ding Yi followed the villagers to go up the mountain to the Taoist temple.

At that time, they took most of the day to reach the Taoist temple. This time, Ding Yi only took more than an hour to reach the foot of the mountain where the Taoist temple was located.

Taking out the quicksand map, Ding Yi glanced at it slightly, and found that there was no red cross on it, so he continued to walk up the mountain.

When he reached the middle of the mountain, Ding Yi found the Taoist temple with red paint on the surface, still standing among the mountains and forests.

The sparse bird calls sounded from time to time, but it made the forest even more gloomy.

Ding Yi walked up the stone steps slowly, and after a cup of tea, he arrived at the gate of the Taoist temple.

At this moment, the gate of the Taoist temple was half-closed. Ding Yi first stood at the door and listened quietly for a while. After finding that there was no movement, he walked in sideways.

It was noon at this moment, and the Taoist temple was still as quiet as the last time Ding Yi came. The sun shone on the bare floor tiles in the Taoist temple, but it could not bring any warmth to people.

Ding Yi took out a broken evil talisman and turned it upside down in the palm of his left hand, and his right hand was placed on the handle of the long sword hanging on his waist. Then he slowed down his steps and walked towards the backyard of the Taoist temple.

In the backyard, the huge Taoist statue still stood in the center, but now the stone statue was covered with cracks, and it seemed to be about to collapse at any time.

But unlike that day, at this moment, there was a strong fishy smell coming from the stone statue, just like the smell of the dead fish and shrimp floating by the lake.

"It seems that Bai Yunzi has left."

A thought flashed through Ding Yi's mind, and then he returned to the courtyard and walked into the Taoist temple that he had not entered last time.

After entering the temple, Ding Yi found that the three statues placed in the hall were all faceless, but there was a closed human face on each chest.

"It's really an evil demon!"

Seeing this, Ding Yi couldn't help but snorted, and then continued to walk deep into the temple.

Behind the statue was a long and narrow corridor.

Walking along the corridor, Ding Yi came to an open-air courtyard again.

There were three side rooms in the courtyard. Ding Yi guessed that this was probably where Bai Yunzi and others rested at that time.

"I wonder if I can get something with evil spirits."

Ding Yi looked at the rooms in front of him, a glimmer of expectation flashed in his eyes, and then he chose the one on the left, and directly pushed open the wooden door with a long knife. After seeing that there was no movement inside, he slowly walked in.

After a cup of tea, Ding Yi checked three rooms in a row, but did not find anything particularly useful, which made him a little disappointed.

But he was not without gain.

Ding Yi was holding a small porcelain bottle in his hand at this moment, which contained some hair and clothing fragments he had just collected in the three rooms.

Immediately afterwards, Ding Yi put down the package he had been carrying, spread it on the ground and opened it, and took out the pen and ink from it.

After a while, Ding Yi dipped the pen in ink and wrote the words "Bai Yunzi's traces" on the bottle, and then stared at it quietly.

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