“Brother Yun, I also think there is something wrong with this Qingzhu Town.”
The first person to speak was Lin Zhongyu.
She was always good at observing people’s expressions and her intuition was also sharp, so she caught some clues.
“Isn’t it said that the disappearance incident has caused a lot of uproar? Why do people in the town seem to be unaffected at all? I just saw someone performing acrobatics on the street. It was very lively. It didn’t seem like people were panicking at all.”
Lin Zhongyu accurately pointed out the weirdness of the small town beneath its prosperity.
After she finished speaking, she glanced at Yun Zhonghe again, like a student waiting for his teacher to give him a grade.
When she saw Yun Zhonghe nodding in approval and praise, she couldn’t help but show a look of surprise on her face.
I got praise from Brother Yun!
I was cheering in my heart, as if I had obtained a little flower.
“Yes, didn’t they report the disappearance incident to the Immortal Alliance because it became more and more serious? And why is there no news from the last group of cultivators who came here? If Qingzhu Town is really so stable and peaceful, they shouldn’t have no news at all?”
Miss Luo Qing also put forward her own point of view.
As a casual cultivator, she has done a lot of missions and has rich experience, but she is naturally inferior and timid.
In fact, her strength is not bad.
But this time, because of the presence of Yun Zhonghe, an elder brother who is particularly good at taking care of others, Miss Luo Qing also mustered up the courage to express her opinions.
Yun Zhonghe also nodded, agreeing with Miss Luo Qing’s idea.
The latter breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, a hint of embarrassment appeared on her face, and she felt greatly encouraged.
Song Ziwei thought for a moment and looked at Yun Zhonghe: “Brother Yun, did you find anything wrong? Just now when Mayor Wu invited us to stay at the mayor’s mansion, you suddenly interrupted and didn’t let us go. Is there something wrong with this Mayor Wu?”
Yun Zhonghe couldn’t say whether there was a problem or not.
He did feel that there was something fishy, but there was not enough evidence at the moment and he could only say there were a few clues.
Yun Zhonghe said, “I have been observing Mayor Wu just now. When he heard me say that I would not go to the mansion, his face turned ugly. I am afraid he came prepared. I boldly speculate that there is something wrong with Mayor Wu. The mayor’s mansion is probably a dangerous place. The last team of cultivators has not been heard from since then. I am afraid that this is also the reason why they died.”
Yun Zhonghe paused, then continued, “And there’s something wrong with this town. I found that the people in this town behave very rigidly.”
“What do you mean? I think the people in this town have no problems except for their weird attitudes.”
Xiao Yang couldn’t help but ask curiously.
Yun Zhonghe stood up, motioned for everyone to follow him, and moved to the window.
He gently opened the window a crack and said, “Come and take a look.”
Looking down from here, you can just see the children playing in the alley.
The child who had just hit Mu Jixue with the ball was also among the group of children playing with the ball.
“Isn’t this the rude kid just now?”
When Xiao Yue saw it, she recognized it at the first sight.
Yun Zhonghe didn’t say much.
He put his two fingers together, condensed his spiritual power at his fingertips, and a miniature sword energy burst out from his fingertips.
It was the first time that everyone witnessed Yun Zhonghe’s Qi refining and sword transformation up close, and they couldn’t help but marvel in amazement, but at the same time they were also curious about what Yun Zhonghe was going to do.
Yun Zhonghe’s sword energy lightly brushed the edge of the ball, without scratching it, but it bounced it away.
The ball rolled to the ground not far away. “hiss……” “Brother Yun, you have great swordsmanship. How did you manage to let your sword energy touch the ball without damaging it at all?”
“Not only has he mastered the technique of refining Qi into swords in the foundation-building stage, but he can also control it to such a delicate degree. I am impressed.”
Song Ziwei was a disciple of the Tianjian Sect, which specialized in swordsmanship, but she had never seen a genius like Yun Zhonghe.
She had heard a little about Yun Zhonghe in Cangzhou City before, and thought it was just an exaggeration.
However, after seeing it with her own eyes, she had to admit it.
Yun Zhonghe: “…” No, I’m not showing you my skills.
Can you please not just focus on my techniques?
Maybe this is the occupational disease of cultivators.
Yun Zhonghe pointed at the group of children helplessly, signaling them to focus on the key points.
The group of children seemed unaware and were still playing with the ball.
It’s just that they are beating the air now.
“What’s going on here?!”
Xiao Yue shuddered and her face turned pale.
The strange scene before their eyes made everyone’s hair stand on end.
Luo Qing, who had the lowest presence, suddenly spoke up: “They are puppets! These people have become puppets!”
Yun Zhonghe didn’t expect that someone knew this, and then he looked over with encouraging eyes.
Luo Qing suddenly became the center of everyone’s attention.
She felt a little uncomfortable, but still mustered up the courage to speak.
“I’ve seen people like this.”
Luo Qing seemed to be lost in memory.
“My hometown village was like this. Overnight, everyone became a puppet.”
“That year, I was only six years old. I ran to the mountains because I was playing around and escaped. But when I returned to the village, I found something was wrong. Why were people still harvesting rice in the fields at night? I was so scared that I ran away.”
“Later, I saw many monks heading to the village from afar. They told me that there were evil cultivators causing trouble. All the people in the village were turned into puppets by the evil cultivators. They were already the living dead and could not be saved.”
“Later, a kind-hearted monk gave me a set of skills and some money, and I have been practicing on my own until now.”
As Luo Qing spoke, he couldn’t help but tremble.
Obviously, what happened at that time left a big shadow on her.
Luo Qing added: “People who become puppets have a characteristic, that is, their pupils are particularly dark and lifeless, and they will repeat the same movements when no one is controlling them.”
Yun Zhonghe looked thoughtful.
“Yes, everyone in this town has become a puppet! When I first entered the town, I heard the vegetable seller and buyer bargaining four times, each time for the same price, and the playing children tripped over the same place five times.”
“Everyone’s behavior is repetitive. Maybe it’s not obvious when put together, but if you look closely, you will find something is wrong!”
“But Mayor Wu is different. He is no different from an ordinary person. Either he is an evil cultivator, or the evil cultivator is controlling him, or he is an accomplice of the evil cultivator. No matter how you look at it, he is not innocent.”
After some research and analysis, it seemed that the eerie atmosphere shrouding the town was gradually dispelling, and everyone’s hearts were slightly hanging in the balance, no longer as cheerful as when they first came.
They also realize the seriousness of the problem.
Seeing this scene, Yun Zhonghe felt that the plot was developing in a good direction.
Although the original story did not mention the details, it did mention that the team fell into a trap as soon as they entered the town, and by the time they realized something was wrong it was already too late.
Afterwards, everyone fled to the dungeon and found clues about the previous team.
Everyone was dead and only Qin Hongye, who was accidentally involved, was left.
Everyone fought desperately, but in the end they were no match for the evil cultivator, and only two people escaped.
The current situation is much better than in the plot.
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