Imperial Demon Slayer Division

The deacon is only responsible for conveying the mission. After the Demon Slayer Envoy knows the mission, he has nothing to do without them, so he immediately rushes back to the Demon Slayer Division to resume his duties.

a moment later

When Lin Qingshang saw that Gu Yan hadn't come back yet, he came to the door and saw Gu Yan squinting his eyes and looking ahead in a daze.

He stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Gu Yan.

"Gu Yan, what are you looking at? What is the mission?"

Gu Yan, who came back to his senses, shook his head.

"It's nothing. Two Huang-level demon slayers at the Qi Training Realm in Guangshui Village are missing. Master Lin sent me to investigate."

"Missing? Didn't you even send a distress signal?"

Lin Qingshang felt that something was wrong. Demon-slayers who went out on missions would always bring a signal-sending arrow or jade token.

Gu Yan shook his head

"Nothing came out"

"Let me go with you so that you can take care of me."

"No need, ordinary Seven Realm monsters can't keep me, you take good care of the house."

The Demon Slayer Commander has imposed a ban. Once the mission is assigned, you must rush to the scene as soon as possible.

Gu Yan went straight back to his room, took the demon-slaying knife and the demon-hunting plate, and hurried to Guangshui Village on horseback.

After driving all the way, Gu Yan finally arrived at the vicinity of Guangshui Village successfully at 10 o'clock the next day. During his time in the Demon Slaying Division, Gu Yan had become accustomed to traveling long distances. As he fought with the demons during this period, his concentration and Endurance is significantly improved

Guangshui Village is very large, with nearly a thousand households. The village is near the official road. Several police officers are standing at the entrance of the village.

Intercept some pedestrians who want to come to the village to supply supplies.

The current situation in the village is unclear. The police officers who entered have all disappeared, and no news has been released. It is extremely strange. The local government is unable to deal with it and can only report it to the Demon Slayer Division.

Unexpectedly, even the two demon slayers who came to support were trapped.

The local government did not dare to relax even more. They sent detectives to guard the area for twelve hours and never let anyone in.

The whole village was quiet. Even near the official road, there was no movement, not even snakes, rats, insects and ants. It seemed that the snakes, rats, insects and ants around them also felt the strangeness in the village and left quietly.

Several police officers at the entrance of Guangshui Village saw a young man in green clothes rushing over and stepped forward to stop him.

"This place is off limits, please go back."

Gu Yan took off the token from his waist and placed it in front of him

"My surname is Gu, and I am the demon slayer who came to investigate the situation. Has anyone been in this village?"

After several agents saw the token clearly, they quickly bowed and saluted.

"I've seen Mr. Gu. Except for a few policemen and two demon slayers who lost contact at the beginning, no one has gone in. Some of the Jianghu people who passed by were also driven away by us."

Gu Yan nodded and asked

"When did the problems begin in the village? Tell me in detail."

"About ten days ago, a brother from the county government took leave to go back to his hometown to visit relatives. He did not return to the county government until the holiday was over.

The county magistrate found it strange and ordered the head catcher to bring several brothers to investigate. As a result, three days later, the head catcher and several brothers also disappeared mysteriously. The master thought that there must be an evil spirit here, so he asked the Demon Slayer Division for help.

But I didn’t expect that even the two adults from the Demon Slayer Division would be trapped in it.”

Gu Yan waved his hand

"Well, get out of your way."

Several detectives quickly moved out of the way, and Gu Yan dismounted and walked towards the village.

It was now three o'clock in the morning, and the golden sunshine had covered the earth, which was particularly dazzling. Gu Yan walked forward and walked into the village.

As soon as I entered the village, the dazzling sunlight disappeared instantly, and the surrounding area turned into a mist. White mist spread all over the village.

Gu Yan vigilantly sensed his surroundings and found that his perception was limited by the white mist to three feet around his body. Divine consciousness can only be obtained after cultivating the mind. Once you have divine consciousness, you can no longer be restricted by the white mist.

I had no choice but to walk towards a room

When he came to the door, he raised his hand and knocked on the door. After waiting for a while, no one responded. Gu Yan put his ear against the door and listened carefully. No sound came from the room.

Gu Yan frowned and went to the next door and knocked, but still no sound came.

With a wave of his hand, a blast of energy cut off the door bolt from the crack in the door, opened the door and walked in.

After entering the house, there was a square table. On the table lay a family of three who had turned into mummies. There was half-eaten food on the table. The scene was extremely strange.

Gu Yan checked the three mummies and found that there were no wounds on them, but no blood or essence was left in their bodies.

After pondering for a moment, he came to another house. The silver sword roared out and opened the door of the other house. Gu Yan went into the house to check. The situation in the house was the same as the one before, except that there was an extra mummy.

After checking the conditions of several houses again, Gu Yan's scalp felt numb for a while.

"Is it possible that all the villagers in Guangshui Village have been turned into mummies? The evil spirit that can quietly turn thousands of villagers in Guangshui Village into mummies is extremely powerful and is not something I can deal with. I have to go back to the county to report the situation."

He did not think about the large-scale invasion of evil spirits. Huaizhou is the hinterland of Qin Dynasty. If a large number of evil spirits invaded Huaizhou in an organized way, then there would be no need for the officials of the town of Huaizhou to work, and they could go directly back to the imperial capital to be punished.

Gu Yan immediately turned around and left the house and walked along the road towards the outside of the village. After walking for about a quarter of an hour, he saw more and more houses in front of him, which were extremely dense. Some houses were repeated several times.

"No, the road from the village is not that far, and I can't remember the wrong direction. I'm afraid there is a formation covering this place."

Gu Yan summoned his true energy, turned into lightning, and rushed forward. Two quarters of an hour later, Gu Yan's face was gloomy. He looked at the increasing number of houses around him and could not find a way out.

Suddenly I smelled a faint smell of blood. I immediately looked around for the smell of blood and found two bodies lying on the ground next to a house ahead.

It was the two missing yellow-level demon slayers. The two corpses were covered in wounds, and the official uniforms of the demon slayers were so damaged that they were almost unrecognizable.

After the two colleagues died, they were still holding the demon-slaying knife tightly in their hands. It looked like they had gone through a hard battle. Gu Yan opened his fingers and picked up the demon-slaying knife that had been cut to the curled edge.

"The quality of the demon-slaying sword is undoubtedly the best among weapons of the same level. After such a fierce battle, the sword was cut like this."

After checking the bodies of two colleagues, it was found that although there were many wounds on their bodies, none of them were fatal.

"The essence and blood are still in the body. It was not done by the evil spirits who turned the villagers of Guangshui Village into mummies. They should have died of exhaustion."

The longer I stayed here, the more I felt that Guangshui Village was extremely strange. I didn't care to take away the bodies of my two colleagues, so I got up and continued to look for a way out.

Gu Yan kept trying various directions in the village. In the blink of an eye, it was already noon, and the thick fog gradually dissipated.

Before he could be happy, figures gradually appeared around him, surrounding Gu Yan.

Looking at this weird scene, Gu Yan's whole body was covered with hair. He held the demon-slaying knife tightly in his right hand, and the thunder in his left hand was raging, but it was not triggered.

A kind-hearted old man came over and asked kindly

"Little brother, are you not a villager in Guangshui Village?"

Gu Yan saw that the old man walking over looked familiar. He did not rush to take action, but replied cautiously.

"Old sir, I am a passing traveler and came to the village to replenish some food."

After hearing Gu Yan's words, the old man grinned and said

"I am the head of Guangshui Village. My little brother must be starving. Come with me."

After saying that, the old man came up and pulled his arm.

Gu Yan subconsciously wanted to hit the old man with the thunder in his palm, but then he controlled himself in time and said to himself

"Let's first see what kind of medicine is sold in these gourds."

Let the old man pull you in one direction

After the thick fog dissipated, the village returned to its normal appearance. There were uncles carrying hoes to farm, aunts washing clothes by the river, and even a young girl in her twenties squatting in the corner to peek at Gu Yan.

The old man took Gu Yan to a restaurant. The restaurant was extremely lively, with an endless stream of diners coming and going.

The old village chief found an empty table. The old man looked at Gu Yan and enthusiastically introduced the restaurant's specialty side dishes.

As he spoke, he looked at Gu Yan, his eyes seemed to be looking at a unique delicacy, and the saliva from the corner of his mouth was dripping.

Gu Yan observed the diners around him. These people were eating extremely fast. Devouring was no longer an exaggerated adjective here. They all seemed to be unaware of how full they were. The more they watched, the more horrified they became.

The food in this restaurant is very fast. After ordering, it only took a cup of tea. The waiter brought the dishes out one after another. Gu Yan looked at the dishes in front of him with a strange expression. What was on the plate was exactly what he didn't notice when he came. Snakes, rats, insects and ants

Seeing that Gu Yan was just looking at the things on the plate but not moving his chopsticks, the old man asked

"Little brother, why don't you eat it? But it doesn't suit your appetite? How about I ask them to change some dishes for you?"

The surrounding diners also turned their heads and stared directly at Gu Yan, their appearance gradually changing, and they gradually turned into the appearance of a fierce ghost.

The old man in front of him was sitting on a stool, his neck stretched out three feet, and he crossed the table and came to Gu Yan.

At this time, Gu Yan suddenly remembered why the old man looked familiar. In the first house he entered, one of the three people lying on the table eating was this old man.

These diners in the restaurant and those who surrounded Gu Yan on the street just now should be the villagers of Guangshui Village who died as mummies, but I don't know why these villagers turned into ghosts.

A strange voice came from behind Gu Yan

"Little brother, what are you looking at?"