Chapter 49: 049 (double more in one)

After going out, the ringtone became clearer.
An entire village was shrouded in darkness and moonlight, silent, like a village without people, terribly quiet.
Those people walk slowly, and they easily follow behind.
The villagers wore the same clothes as usual. The only difference was the masks on their faces. The facial features were not even visible in the dark, just like the evil spirits of hell.
The closer you get, the clearer the ringtone.
As the wind reverberates in the mountains and plains, there is no stopping for a moment. Originally, there was only one village here, very empty, and the sound naturally spread farther, and as it approached the river, the rhythm of the bell gradually accelerated.
When passing through the woods, none of the three spoke.
The trees are projected on the ground, their branches are twisted and weird, just like puppets, their feet on the fallen leaves make fine noises, and the villagers moving forward seem to have not noticed the sound behind them, and continue to walk forward.
Liu Xuanxin almost jumped out of her chest.
This scene is too exciting.
She felt as if she had dreamed of it, but she never cared about it.
The night before departure, she dreamed that she was walking on the road wearing a mask under the same darkness. As for the destination, she didn't know where it was, and finally woke up like this.
She was suddenly thankful that the mask was not by her side.
Everything in front of me is clear. The villagers in this village will walk forward because they have masks. If she is also by her side, I am afraid she will follow inside and join the team.
Think about it like being pulled back from the edge of death.
Liu Xuan couldn't help but say: "The stone bridge is here."
They are standing by the river now, and on the bridge are villagers one after another, crossing the bridge like a line, and then disappearing into the forest on the opposite side.
Shi Qi stood there, looked for a while and said, "You may see something different later, don't bark."
Ning Meng nodded.
Liu Xuan was already incomplete, and each of them was like going to die on the opposite mountain, wearing a weird mask.
I don't know what's on the mountain on the opposite side, and I don't even know where the bell came from, echoing across the sky.
The moon has hidden in the dark clouds, and the entire river and the stone bridge are completely dark.
Since those people didn't respond, Shi Qi took out his mobile phone and started lighting. The light was not turned on, and the road was still visible.
Ning Meng looked at the people over there who hadn't finished walking for a while, and suddenly said, "They don't look at the road, and they don't know how to fall. They are really talented."
Shi Qi turned his head and asked: "...You have come to such a conclusion after watching for a long time?"
Ning Meng blushed as he said, "Then what did you find?"
Shi Qi paused for half a minute before answering, "I found nothing."
Ning Meng: "..."
Big asshole! Thanks to her, she was expecting to listen.
As he was talking, the last person was already on the stone bridge, Shi Qi's eyes narrowed slightly and said, "You can go."
Ning Meng walked on the stone bridge with him. It was completely different from the feeling of walking on the stone bridge in the afternoon. The cold feeling was like getting into the body.
Her body is already yin now, and she likes all the wicked and wicked ones, and she has to bear more than ordinary people.
Fortunately, I can bear it here.
After crossing the stone bridge, the crisp ringtone seemed to increase suddenly, and it shook my ears so that I was getting used to it.
Liu Xuan squeezed to Ning Meng's side and asked in a low voice, "Senior sister, can you hear the ringtone? It's like ringing a bell."
Ning Meng nodded, "Yes, we should all hear it."
Shi Qi faintly said: "This is the bell that summons them. Once it breaks, these people will wake up."
So I haven't stopped until now, the closer I get, the clearer it becomes.
After crossing the stone bridge, the three people followed the last person in the mask team into the woods. There were shadowy shadows and the rustle of leaves.
As soon as the woods passed, the eyes suddenly opened up.
With sharp eyes, Ning Meng could see better at night after she had yin and yang eyes. There was a small house not far away at this moment.
She tugged Shiqi's sleeve, "Look, there is a house over there."
It should be the temple mentioned in the novel. It's so weird here, and no one will take the dagger.
Shi Qi looked serious, "The end is there."
Liu Xuan felt that it was like a cannibalistic place, so he was a bit hesitant to go, but she wouldn't dare to stay here.
The senior is so good, should he protect it?
She thought extravagantly, took a peek at him, followed behind him and the senior sister, and did not dare to fall behind at all.
The more you go to that house, the more panic in my heart.
Ning Meng unconsciously thought of all kinds of ghost stories, feeling that they are not afraid of death now, and they have to try everything.
But in order to survive, I still have to go.
Shi Qi suddenly turned his head and asked, "Are melon seeds delicious?"
"Huh?" Ning Meng didn't respond at first, and he asked again before answering, "...It's delicious."
When Shi Qi saw her eyes suddenly became strange.
Ning Meng touched her arm, "Why do you look at me like this?"
Shi Qi didn't speak and looked away.
The masked team had reached halfway up the mountain. The mountain was not high and could easily go up. The three of them followed and soon reached the end.
Liu Xuan stared: "Why are they missing?"
I just followed, how come so many people suddenly disappeared when they came up and turned a corner, this is incredible.
What appeared in front of them was a clearing.
It can be seen clearly under the moonlight. It is paved with stone slabs and surrounded by stone tablets.
The stone steles are separated by one meter, and some vague characters are engraved on them. It looks old and the characters are not modern simplified.
Ning Meng wondered if this was left by the owner of the dagger when he suppressed the ghost.
Generally, this kind of stone monument cannot be destroyed. Once destroyed, the formation will be broken, and then the ghost will come out and they will all be destroyed.
The system praised her thoughts: "You are right. These stone tablets are engraved with scriptures and blood is added. They are very rare. They are the supreme kind. If the stone tablets break a formation, they will be destroyed."
Ning Meng's heartfelt admiration for the unknown expert.
And behind those steles was a temple, which was in dilapidated condition and there were things like cloth strips floating on it.
A sense of fear surged in Liu Xuan's heart, and she instantly swept through her body, telling her instinct that there must be something terrible in her.
She stumbled and asked, "Are we going in? Those people are gone, are they all in?"
Shi Qi didn't even look at her, "Of course go in."
As soon as I walked in, I saw a group of people sitting together, one circle and two circles... three full circles, all sitting on the ground, all bleeding their wrists.
Among them, there are four people dancing, their movements are weird, the range changes greatly, and they are getting more and more terrifying, and finally they are like dismantled dolls, distorted.
As they danced, the mask patterns on those faces began to change, becoming more and more obvious, and finally all became exactly the same.
Liu Xuan couldn't help shaking, not knowing what it was, she stared at everything in front of her, her whole body chilled, her thinking seemed to freeze.
They seem to have not found the three people standing at the door.
Ning Meng asked the system for help: "How to interrupt this dance? It's weird."
It took a long time for the system to give the answer: "Interrupt the ringtone."
Shi Qi obviously had the same idea, and not long after they discovered the source of the sound.
It's a bell made of stone.
It's very big, just hung on the top, but it's blocked by the collapsed temple on one side.
Liu Xuan pointed at the bell, her words were not neatly spoken: "This, this..."
The bell in front of me shook.
Its upper part was shaking like an invisible hand, and then the bells kept ringing, heavy and clear.
Ning Meng frowned, drew a stone from the side and threw it on.
The wrist shook immediately, and the whole person was almost shaken to the ground, but Shi Qi supported her, "You..."
In the end, Shi Qi didn't say anything, and took the stone in her hand and threw it on.
The two people beside him could even see Mars, and then a crack appeared in the stone bell. The bell broke for a moment and then started to ring again, but the sound was much weaker.
Liu Xuan looked back and said happily: "They seemed to have paused their actions just now, it's useful!"
Shi Qi didn't speak, but he smashed it up again.
The stone bell was overwhelmed, torn apart, the gravel fell to the ground, making a rattling sound, and the sound that had been ringing in my ears finally disappeared.
Ning Meng almost didn't stare down.
She didn't react at all, and she smashed it to pieces... the world was obviously not gentle to her, not gentle at all.
Liu Xuan was also quite unbelievable, but she didn't say much cleverly.
Shi Qi threw the stone directly and took Ning Meng to the center of the temple. Those people were no longer dancing.
It's just that there are blood stains on the ground, and it looks dark at night, very crippled, and it flows towards the middle in a certain trajectory.
Suddenly someone in the center circle moved.
Liu Xuan fixed her eyes to see that the man was wearing what Uncle Li wore during the day. It should be him. She hurriedly asked, "Uncle Li? Are you awake now?"
After waiting for a while, Uncle Li finally raised his head and moved around on his face. A vague voice came from behind the mask, but he did not speak.
Shi Qi stood by the pillar and watched coldly.
Ning Meng looked at him as a quail as he didn't move. It's so weird here, so it's better not to move.
I don't know where that dagger is.
She still couldn't help saying to the system: "Can I really get the dagger? Will it be destroyed before it arrives?"
The system says: "This kind of thing is available to everyone."
It is really described in the novel very powerfully. The dagger suppressed ghosts for hundreds of years, and the aura of Taoist masters still existed on it. Even if it weren't there, the smell of ghosts would make lonely ghosts afraid to approach.
It can be said to be a very good life-saving method.
Ning Meng always felt that she was weak. She didn't need anything except to be able to stay with Shi Qi, but she just happened to be hell.
Sometimes she also wondered if it would be better if she didn't have yin and yang eyes.
But then I thought about it again, if she didn't have the yin and yang eyes, she didn't know what was going on when the ghost pinched her, it would be better to be in front of her own eyes.
Then, if you find a life-saving one, you can spend the remaining half a year properly, hide the dagger before you die, and continue to use it next time.
Ning Meng couldn't help but nodded, the idea was really good.
Ningning's body will be in a car accident in May, so she will definitely not be able to rely on her time for such a long time.
Except for Uncle Li who was sober, everyone else sat there motionless, as if petrified.
Liu Xuan didn't dare to approach, so she could only ask from the side: "Uncle Li, do you know what the situation is now?"
Uncle Li didn't answer her, he was still tearing the mask, blood seeping from the edge.
After that, he was out of control, the blood shed more and more, and his clothes were dyed red, but he didn't know anything.
The mask was torn off at the end, but it was torn off along with his face.
"Ah--" Liu Xuan covered her mouth as soon as she said it.
She was shocked by the sight and took a few steps backwards, hitting the pillar, and the cold reaction behind her, her eyes frightened.
Liu Xuan was sure that she was right, and Li Shu tore off her face.
Ning Meng also took a deep breath. Just now, when Shi Qi wanted to cover her eyes, she was a step late, a little unhappy.
The blood-stained Uncle Li took the mask in his hand, stood up swayingly, and walked towards the outside of the temple, without seeing them at all.
Soon, his figure disappeared into the night.
As he left, it was like a signal. The remaining people tore off their masks one by one, and also tore off their own faces.
Then went straight to the outside.
Ning Meng was dumbfounded, almost biting her tongue before she didn't feel nauseated. "This...what's the situation? Why are they suddenly..."
Can this person survive?
How did she remember that the scarred man who was torn off by the paper man died on the spot? How could these people leave?
Shi Qi turned her face away, "Don't look, we're here to have business."
Ning Meng blinked. What lingered before her eyes was the scene of uniform tearing off the mask just now, her heart beating very fast, "...um."
She poked Liu Xuan, "Are you okay?"
Liu Xuan recovered from the sluggishness, swallowing her saliva: "No...nothing."
She suddenly took out the small round mirror and shone it at her face, but was delighted to see that the mask pattern on her face became less.
Liu Xuan did not dare to look again, she was afraid that she would tear her face off uncontrollably like Uncle Li and others.
She looked at Shi Qi, "Senior, what should we do next?"
Shi Qi spit out a few words gently: "Look for a mask."
Ning Meng wondered: "Why do you find the mask?"
Shi Qi's eyebrows moved slightly, and he explained: "Since the mask she was wearing is gone, there is only one person in the village, which shows that her must be fixed and will not be lost."
These people were obviously brought here because of their masks. It can be said that Liu Xuan's original mask would also be put on by her before coming here.
But there was an accident midway, and she threw the mask.
Liu Xuan also heard what he meant, and she let out a long sigh of relief. She was really fortunate... the feeling of the rest of her life.
At this moment, a voice came from outside.
Several people went to the door to see that a stone tablet was cracked.
Shi Qi's complexion was not so good, he naturally knew what was on the stone tablet, and it would definitely be affected if it was broken now.
Immediately afterwards, a black mist emerged from the ground.
Shi Qi made a decisive decision: "You go in."
Ning Meng knew he was talking to herself, "What about you? This stone tablet is broken, should we leave as soon as possible?"
The villagers didn't know where they went, and there was no sound.
Something like a soul came out from under each stone, but it moved very slowly, but it could be seen that it would come out soon.
Liu Xuan couldn't see it, she could only feel something was wrong, "Senior Sister, what did you see? Did a ghost come?"
She can only feel this.
The air was getting colder and colder, and Ning Meng felt a gust of cold air digging into her body, cold into her bone marrow.
Shi Qi turned his head and said seriously: "Go in."
He walked into the center of the stele and drew on the ground with his hands very quickly, Ning Meng's eyes could see powder falling from his fingertips.
Like drawing a symbol.
With his movements, those souls seemed to be frozen, their speed became very slow, and the black energy that had originally risen gradually came down at a uniform speed.
The black air quickly enveloped him, but suddenly dispersed when he approached Shi Qi's side.
It was like a safe zone around him, no matter whether it was the black energy or the twisted soul, he dared not approach him.
With the depiction of the hand, the powder gradually sinks into the ground and flows out of the gully.
Ning Meng froze, dragged Liu Xuan into the temple, and said, "Liu Xuan, let's go find your mask."
Liu Xuan nodded blankly.
The inside of the temple was more gloomy and cold, and it was much better if there was a mobile phone in the light. She turned on the flashlight mode and rummaged in it with Liu Xuan.
The temple collapsed in half, and the place where those people danced was the intact main hall. There were still a lot of blood stains on it, which was shocking.
Liu Xuan followed Ning Meng's life, she could only use her heart very carefully.
The whole temple is not big, but after seeing the main hall in a few minutes, Ning Meng focused his attention on the collapsed part.
Liu Xuan was timid, hesitated, and reminded in a low voice: "Senior sister, over there...I don't know what else is there?"
In case something gets out of it...
Ning Meng didn't know where the courage came from. Shi Qi was still outside. She said solemnly, "If you don't want to, then forget it."
Liu Xuan said quickly: "I am willing."
She hasn't found her mask yet, so naturally she has to find it.
The two began to pick up some rotten wood and stones, and gradually penetrated into the edge of the temple. Most of the time passed.
Liu Xuan faintly cried out to give up.
But when she thought of the mask on her face, and the scene of the villagers tearing off the mask, she did not dare to stop.
The hard work pays off. After a slate is lifted up, two things come into view
Ning Meng finally saw the dagger.
It turned out to be blocked by collapsed rocks, no wonder it was never found.
A mask was placed in the covered area. The black mask had very few patterns. It was the same as Liu Xuan's body at the beginning, but it gradually increased over time.
Liu Xuan saw it too, and almost stopped breathing: "It's the same as what I see every day! It's just so many, and then the entire mask is full of patterns."
And there was a dagger stuck in the center of the mask.
The dagger was half broken, and it was about to slip off the mask, but it didn't fall, and it stuck firmly on it.
With her eyes fixed on it, she was almost certain that it was the broken dagger that was taken away by others in the novel.
Being able to work with the mask is definitely not small.
Was it a masked ghost that the expert suppressed?
The system sensed her doubts and came out to explain: "This is not suppressed, but incidentally, this mask is the medium, and the stone monument outside is the key to suppression."
Ning Meng's eyes brightened: "Then I can pull it off and it's okay?"
The system said: "It's okay, you can go out and give them a blow."
These words made Ning Meng feel a lot happy, and she was finally able to play usefully.
She tried it first, and the broken dagger looked like it was about to fall, but she couldn't move it. Shi Qi was now laying out, and she couldn't bother.
After thinking about it, she looked at Liu Xuan: "Come on, we two will break this apart."
Liu Xuan hesitated a little: "Senior sister, will there be anything wrong with this removal?"
Ning Meng shook his head, "There will be nothing for the time being. We interrupted the recovery ceremony. We are in the formation, and he will not come out."
The system is always right.
Besides, this dagger was eventually taken away, and that person also left safely. It must have been nothing serious.
Seeing her hesitation, she said: "Your mask must be used."
Liu Xuan finally let go and picked up the mask with her, her tentacles were cold.
The two of them are like a tug of war.
Ning Meng really used the strength to suckle, and only then did the dagger move out a little bit, and finally he was so angry that he was about to kick it with his feet.
They were tired for a long time, and the two of them did not separate the dagger from the mask. They used a lot of strength, so they had to lean on one side to rest.
After a while, Ning Meng reminded, "Look at your face. Can you still see the mask now?"
Liu Xuan looked in the mirror, and the phone reflected a black mask, exactly the same as the one on the ground. She smiled bitterly and said, "More."
If she hadn't looked at her photos every day before, she would have forgotten what her face looked like.
Ning Meng sighed and said comfortingly, "Maybe we have to wait a little longer."
Liu Xuan responded in a low voice.
The two continued to put on the masks, and as time passed, the broken part of the dagger finally appeared, only a little bit.
Ning Meng's motivation immediately increased, and the strength he had just recovered.
When there was only one point left, the two of them didn't use too much force and placed the mask on the ground. The pattern on it had disappeared, and it was a dark piece.
There are two black holes in the eyes, which are a bit scary.
Ning Meng swallowed and took it with her hands. This time she could take it out, but she accidentally hit the blade.
"Hi..." She took a breath.
Liu Xuan heard the voice, she didn't know what was going on, so she quickly asked, "Senior sister, are you okay? Is there any injury?"
Isn't something wrong? That would be over.
Ning Meng took the broken dagger and switched to his left hand. Not surprisingly, he saw a wound on the index finger of his right hand. Fortunately, there was not much blood.
The mask fell on the ground, and a crack split between the center of the eyebrows.
Liu Xuan came over: "Sister, what's wrong with you?"
Ning Meng wiped the blood directly on her body. The wound on her finger was not big, but it was a bit painful. It was still a little bit cold, and it hurt in her heart.
She said nonchalantly: "It's okay. You wear the mask, you may use it."
I don't know how to remove the mask on Liu Xuan's face.
Liu Xuan didn't ask any more, picking up a corner of the black mask, and then secretly taking a small round mirror from her pocket to take a photo of her face, and she froze in place.
She can see her face!
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