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However, at that time Wu Ji and I had not thought that one of our actions, which we had done with goodwill, would bring about a great deal of trouble to ourselves and the villagers of Xiao Xi Kou.

Of course, that was something to be said later.

No matter who set up this Seven Fiends Soul Refining Formation, there must be a reason for it to be here, so we used the Seven Fiends Soul Refining Formation as the center and searched for other suspicious areas.

We have never been able to determine what we are looking for in the Xiao Xi Kou, but Wu Ji, based on the Xiao Xi Kou and the terrain mountains around the village, determined that the location of the Xiao Xi Kou is extremely special.

Because when we connect our village to the surrounding villages and the terrain, the surrounding terrain is slightly high, similar to a bowl shape, and Xiao Xi Kou is the bottom of the bowl.

This type of terrain had a name, 'Yin Gather.'

There is a saying, 'People go higher.' This saying is not just about how people work hard to go higher.

Another theory was that while anger (the breath of the living) would be higher, death (the breath of the Yin Qi) would flow towards the lower regions.

That is to say, those who are alive will walk higher, and only those who are dead will live lower.

Therefore, as the center point of this area of several kilometers, all the Yin Qi in the vicinity would flow towards the Xiao Xi Kou (bottom of the bowl).

Even though Xiao Xi Kou was a place that had existed for many years, if all of this was a coincidence, then it would be too much of a coincidence.

Wu Ji believed that the experts must have set up a formation to 'isolate' the Xiao Xi Kou from the world for some unknown reason. However, for some unknown reason, during the seventies, there would be people who used the knowledge of the young people to break in and set up that sinister Seven Fiends Soul Refining Formation.

Furthermore, the purpose of this formation is even more difficult for us to figure out for the time being. It was obvious that there was something hidden here that had existed for many years. The purpose of the two men who formed the formation was good or evil, and for the time being there was no way of knowing.

"But …" When I heard Wu Ji's words, I was a little doubtful.

"Hmm?" Wu Ji turned around and looked at me.

I say, before this, when I was at Huang Wancai's house and even when I met the thing on Wang Xiuzhi's body, I would have felt a very peculiar feeling, and very uncomfortable. But if the Xiao Xi Kou was gathered for so many years and there were so many Yin Qi in the surroundings, why couldn't I feel anything at all? "

Hearing this, Wu Ji's expression became clear for a moment. A moment later, he said, I'm afraid this question of mine is also what he is looking for.

"But what exactly are we looking for? The three words Yin Gongfu do not seem like a good place. " I was still confused.

Wu Ji said that, if there was anything hidden within the Xiao Xi Kou, it should be near here, because the terrain of this location was relatively special.

But now we find nothing. Maybe there's something else we didn't consider.

"But we don't have much food left. Maybe we should go out first and make more preparations before coming back?" I asked tentatively.

This exploration of Xiao Xi Kou may have been exciting, but the current results are far from what I imagined. With a few nameless bones and evil formations, there are more and more questions that I have no answers to.

But Wu Ji disagreed with my words.

When he heard me say that he would return first, he immediately looked at me with a serious expression. "If I can't find him, I won't leave!"

I don't know if it's because the light in the forest is so quiet and deep, but it makes me feel like his eyes are filled with a light that makes me feel cold. They're so dark that the bottom cannot be seen, it's obviously Wu Ji but in that instant, it wasn't him.

Could it be that the person in front of him was not Wu Ji?

No, it's not right, it's daytime, and we spoke so much without any flaws, he is indeed Wu Ji.

However …

My lips moved, but I opened my mouth and said nothing. He thought, "Maybe I was just mistaken."

After all, it was easy to let one's imagination run wild in such a depressing environment. It wouldn't even be enough to create illusions.

In just an instant, Wu Ji had returned to his normal state. Although he was still stern, the gaze that made me shiver was no longer there.

He said that we would find another day here, and that if we did not make any progress, we would return to the village at dawn tomorrow.

I didn't really care about this day, and I didn't want to come here for nothing, so I agreed to his suggestion.

We had drunk all the water, and even if we could save some of the dry food and hunger, the water would not stop. Therefore, it is imperative that we also find a source of water that can be used for drinking.

It wasn't hard to find water in the old forest, so we followed the wet and low-lying areas. Soon we found a flowing stream, and the water was clear and clean.

I was very happy. I immediately filled my cup with water, ready to go back and boil it for drinking.

But when he was done, he turned around and suddenly felt something shake in the bushes across the way.

My heart skipped a beat. I wondered if another giant beetle would pop up, but I didn't dare to act rashly.

Wu Ji, who was behind me, obviously noticed it as well.

I did as he said and stared unblinkingly at the trees on the other side. I could vaguely make out a gray thing moving under the mottled shadows of the trees. It really did look like a gray donkey, and it was about the same height.

Donkey horses and the like were quite common in the village. Although I was not very afraid of them, I had never dared to approach them.

At this moment, I couldn't help but imagine the scene of a giant donkey rushing towards us with murderous intent!

"What should we do?" I slowly retreated back to Wu Ji's side, not daring to move even an inch.

Wu Ji grabbed my wrist and said that we should retreat into the bushes first.

Wu Ji and I walked with light footsteps, and carefully retreated into the forest behind us, afraid that we would accidentally alert the thing in front of us.

At this moment, we suddenly heard a "peng" sound coming from the opposite forest.

I was startled and didn't know what had happened.

Wu Ji frowned and said: "It's a gunshot!"

Just as we recovered from the shock of the gunfire, we saw a rustling sound in the trees across from us. In the blink of an eye, something gray rushed out of the trees.

When I looked closely, I almost fell to the ground in fright.

It's not a donkey, it's a giant rat, and its teeth are bigger than a grown man's hand, and it's got a bloody thing in its mouth, and it's coming at us like we're dying!

"Run!" Wu Ji pulled me and ran.

I really want to cry right now, I was afraid of mice the most in my life, and that big rat behind me is even bigger than me!

But it wasn't the rats behind us that worried us the most. It was the two gunshots we heard again, and they were coming our way.

Subconsciously, I wondered if the people in the village knew that we had entered the Xiao Xi Kou, so they brought a hunting rifle and organized a group of people to deal with us.

But Wu Ji said that the gun wasn't a hunting rifle, it couldn't be someone from my village.

We didn't run too far before we felt the rat behind us getting closer and closer and there was someone behind the rat with a gun. The current situation was much more difficult than the situation when we encountered Mountain Demon.

If I were to encounter Mountain Demon, I would be able to ask for help from the immortals. However, if the people I meet are people, then even the immortals wouldn't be able to recruit me.

We couldn't keep up with the rat behind us, and soon I could smell the stench of it, and it was thick with blood.

I turned my head and found that the thing was only two meters away from us. I could clearly see what was in its mouth.

It was a man covered in blood!

"Up the tree!" Wu Ji forcefully pulled at me once, and before I could reply, he forcefully lifted me up onto the tree. I subconsciously hugged onto the tree trunk, and climbed up while holding onto the branch.

Wu Ji then turned around and, just like how he had dealt with the giant beetle before, lured the big mouse to another direction.

But what made us surprised was that the big mouse didn't chase after Wu Ji, but instead dived into the forest in front of Wu Ji, and disappeared without a trace.

Wu Ji and I were stunned for a moment. The two of us were so tired that we ran for a long time, but in the end, the shop assistant chased us to the point where he didn't even put us in his eyes?

What was going on!?

However, we didn't dare to let down our guard even after Big Mouse left, because we quickly saw someone chasing us from the forest. They were even swearing as they chased after us.

"F * ck your ancestors, release that person for me!"