This simplification is outrageous

……

woohoo~

The phone rang, and after reading the message, Qiao Yuan showed an expression of enlightenment, and then took a few more photos and sent them over.

After a few minutes.

The conjecture in my heart was verified.

The family members of these deceased are all missing. According to the intelligence inside the Security Bureau, it can be deduced that the time of disappearance is exactly when these deceased were paid homage.

Another disappearance case!

The direction is right!

Obviously, apart from the strange spirit incident, these people probably entered the secret realm unintentionally.

"A funeral?"

Qiao Yuan looked at these tombstones. First of all, he could rule out tributes, flowers, kowtows, and lettering... because some people have already tried these.

And the only step I didn't try was just one point!

Burn incense and burn paper money!

That's right, how could there be no such steps as offering incense and burning money to pay homage to the dead!

And there are ashes next to the tombstones related to the missing persons.

Go buy a few sticks of incense and try it!

Just as Qiao Yuan was about to leave, he suddenly remembered the few sticks of incense that he had obtained from the boatman. Although they had magical effects, they were essentially incense.

You might as well give it a try, and if it doesn't work, go to a nearby store to buy some incense and paper money.

He took out three sticks of incense from his backpack, and after successfully lighting it, Qiao Yuan inserted it next to one of the tombstones that had been sacrificed.

In an instant, Qiao Yuan's figure disappeared.

……

"Damn it, senior has disappeared!" Someone suddenly found out about it when he was halfway through eating the long-haired tribute.

"I saw him here just now, what did this senior do? He found a way?"

"Help me up from the coffin and let me see!"

"..."

Everyone looked around, and finally focused on Qiao Yuan's last position before disappearing.

The person in the know pushed his glasses. Compared to the others who acted blindly, he kept observing Qiao Yuan, the only one in the field who couldn't see through.

"The correct way is incense!"

"This person still has a lot of secrets!"

"..."

"Sanzang actually discovered the method first, it seems that I underestimated him!" A gleam appeared in the monkey's eyes.

"We agreed to form a team, but they didn't wait for us, Lao Sha... What do you think? Lao Sha?"

At this time, Lao Sha has already run away...

Because he has been observing other people around him, the focus is on the insider and Qiao Yuan.

"Wait for me!" the old pig roared.

In an instant, everyone left the cemetery and went to a store not far away to buy things.

……

When Qiao Yuan realized it, he had already arrived at another place.

In the dark of night, this is a wide road with no end in sight.

There was a mist in the distance, and Qiao Yuan's mental strength was unable to fully spy on it for a while.

When he approached, he realized that what was blocking him was a river!

The surface of the river was calm and calm, and the eerie silence made people feel a chill in their hearts.

This is the quicksand river that is common in secret realms.

In the secret realm of my village, Liusha River was the last hurdle to stop Lingquan, but here...is it actually the first hurdle?

According to the reminder given by the Security Bureau, only after all four entrances are opened can one enter the secret realm.

It's still one place away!

Is the other side of the river the final destination?

……

Under the night, Qiao Yuan was thinking about something.

At this moment, the surface of the smoggy river fluctuated, and then three small boats slowly emerged.

There are actually three?

This secret realm is a bit interesting, much weirder than my own secret realm.

Soon, three small boats docked on the shore.

The boats all look the same, dilapidated, decayed...

But it just doesn't sink.

The three boatmen are all different.

The one on the far left is wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, his face is covered with blue and black spots, criss-crossing, densely packed, like a dead body.

The boatman in the middle was thin, like skin and bones, and looked very scary, especially his sunken eye sockets, which made people tremble all over. He was holding a knife and a scale in his hand.

The boatman on the far right is fat, with a red face, a big belly, and his eyes narrowed into a line. He looks simple and honest, just like the smiling Buddha in myths and legends.

……

Qiao Yuan looked around and came to the far left.

"Boatman, what are the conditions for crossing the river?"

The spotted boatman glanced up, without any expression on his face, and said a word lightly.

"free!"

Qiao Yuan frowned.

free?

This is absolutely impossible!

The free ones are often the most expensive.

"Ordinary people only!"

Sure enough, then the spotted boatman said another condition.

Could it be that those missing ordinary people were sent to the other side by this boatman after they came to the outside world of the secret realm?

These strange spirits who were left here by the secret realm and couldn't get out all their lives would be so kind?

Chapter 252 Crossing the River

"What about you? What's your price?"

Qiao Yuan didn't board the boat, and turned around to ask the skinny ghost.

"A catty of flesh and blood!"

The skinny ghost made a creaking sound of bones rubbing against each other, revealing a mouthful of rotten and incomplete big black teeth, and then took out a knife and a bronze scale.

It seems that they are quite well prepared.

I just don't know if this scale is a scale of conscience, but looking at its teeth...it's probably a scale of black heart.

"What about you? Seeing that you are smiling so happily, with such a big belly, you should be full of bad water, right?"

Skipping the second place, Qiao Yuan looked at the belly ghost.

What exactly is in this stomach?

"One month's spiritual energy!" The big belly foreign spirit said with a smile.

Qiao Yuan raised his brows and took a closer look at the big belly ghost. This was the first time he saw a ghost that could draw spiritual energy.

I just don't know how this month is calculated, and it's useless for the spirit to ask for aura.

"You really want the boat fare? Don't you think about it?" Qiao Yuan said.

"We need two catties now!"

"Not consider."

The two strange spirits said one after another.

From the looks of it, there is no marketing department in the foreign spirit circle, and the trend of asking prices indiscriminately is very serious.

Qiao Yuan: "I am also a regular customer, so who...and who...and who, I often take their boats, you are all colleagues, they don't charge, you don't charge, or I Always take care of your business."

"Ten catties of flesh and blood!"

"Business is business, don't talk about feelings!"

……

After pondering for a moment, Qiao Yuan was completely at a loss, showing a helpless expression.

"That's fine, since you don't talk about feelings, you can only talk about that thing!"

Skinny ghost: "?????"

Pot-bellied strange spirit: "?????"

"I have a treasure here, which is only shown to those who are destined to see it. Look carefully!"

Qiao Yuan pulled out the big knife on his back, the silver-white blade was shining with stars, it looked very ordinary...but the spells on the handle of the knife added a sense of mystery to the knife.

His gaze was as sharp as a blade, and he stared directly at the three strange spirits in front of him, an invisible aura was transmitted from the blade.

Breaking the precepts of swordsmanship!

The big knife in his hand turned into a blood-colored phantom, and quickly galloped towards the three strange spirits.

As the sword light galloped, a fierce gust of wind was brought up!

In an instant, the originally calm river surface became turbulent, stirring up layers of water splashes, rolling around!

Even the fog ahead seemed to be split in half!

……

Qiao Yuan's body turned into an afterimage, and he kept slashing with the trick knife in his hand.

The place where the knife light dances... collided with the flesh, making a chirping sound, fiercely converging in the air, splashing sparks, and the air was filled with a strong and pungent stench.

The faces of the three strange spirits with scars all over their bodies changed suddenly!

His eyes stared at Qiao Yuan like a poisonous snake, carrying endless resentment and curse.

The dilapidated, decayed, and weird wooden boat had cracks under the sword in Qiao Yuan's hand, as if it was about to collapse in the next moment!

They couldn't believe this scene at all.

Even a fifth-level awakened person can't cause damage to this wooden boat!

"Human, we will drive you for free, we talk about feelings, don't do anything!"

The three strange spirits said in horror.

"Business is business, don't talk about feelings, you said it!"

Qiao Yuan flipped the big knife in his hand, and swung dozens of knives again. The light of the knife roared, and the light of the knife crossed the sky, leaving a few faint red lines!

The air was cut open, making a sharp piercing sound.