Spiritual Masters

Spirit messengers are strong enough to protect themselves at any time, and for some reason, they can't help but feel at ease when they open their mouths.

Volume Two: Jingzhou City

16. The Lost City ([-])

In the past, Sui Xing followed them, but now they have switched over. They followed the people in front of them and continued to move forward. They also borrowed a carriage and finally arrived at their destination.

"It's here." Suixing opened the curtain of the carriage and looked at the compass in his hand: "Concentrate, perceive."

Chi Sheng did as he did, and he really felt that there was a monster aura nearby, and it was very strong: "There is indeed a monster aura, strong."

A few people got out of the carriage, looked at the sign on the city wall, they actually arrived in Jingzhou territory, no wonder the journey of the carriage was so desolate, there were few mountains and forests along the way.

Jingzhou is known as a "backcountry" place. It is far away from Kyoto. There are no mountains or green forests. There are only a few villages and some rural areas outside the city. Even the town has not been repaired for a long time, and it is a bit dilapidated. .

After entering the city, it is more like a small town than a city. There are not many shops in the town. There are some beggars scattered on both sides of the street, and quarrels and shouts can be heard from time to time.

These people have weird expressions when they see outsiders coming, as if they are not very welcome.

"This place is really desolate." Chi Sheng whispered to several people, then pointed to the place where the sign of the restaurant was hung and said: "Test the way, go here."

There were a few people sitting in the lobby, they didn't look like good people, but the bandits and bandits didn't pay much attention when they saw that they were not dressed like ordinary people and they were not easy to provoke, so they continued to drink and talk.

The voices of those people were loud, as if they wanted to lift the roof of the house.Chi Sheng recruited a buddy and asked, "What is your specialty here?"

The buddy smiled: "That's too much, it depends on what taste the guest officer likes."

"Come here." Chi Sheng just said casually, "By the way, here are some good wines."

"Okay." The man looked at them a few more times before leaving.

Seeing the guy walking away, Ruan Yan frowned and said, "People here are so weird, it's weird to say the least."

"No hurry." Chi Sheng observed the inside of the restaurant: "Just ask."

Zhong Mili couldn't figure it out: "How do you know that he will definitely say it?"

"Of course he will." Chi Sheng said.

Sure enough, the waiter kept looking at the people after serving the dishes, and asked after a short while: "You look at the clothes, they should be noble people, and they are all handsome. Why do you come to such a desolate place like us?"

Chi Sheng listened to him and smiled: "Little brother, who do you think is more handsome among us?"

The clerk sized them up, pointed at Sui Xing with a smile and said, "This young man is handsome, but it's a pity he's cold!"

Suixing didn't even bat an eye, as if he had been told that he wasn't.

"..." Chi Sheng curled his lips and pointed to himself: "How about me?"

The clerk is a master who sees the wind and turns the rudder, and he can see who is the one who is talking, so he hurriedly said cheekily: "Hey, this young man didn't pay attention, this young man is really handsome, even more handsome than these three young men! "

"..."

Chi Sheng nodded his head in satisfaction and said, "That's right, it's true."

The man was happy to see him, and asked again: "Aren't you a local?"

Chi Sheng's eyes flashed: "The eyes are so poisonous, we came from Qianzhou."

Seeing their attire and what they were carrying, the man didn't fully believe them, but said, "What are you guys doing here? There is no place to play in the desolate Jingzhou."

"Of course we didn't come to play." Chi Sheng opened a jar of wine and knew that the people here were weird, so he must have precautions, so he said bluntly: "We are here to hunt monsters."

The guy's face suddenly became weird, he hesitated and said: "A few of them are spiritual masters, the young ones are really blind."

Ruan Yan stared straight at him: "You don't need to play riddles, you should have guessed it a long time ago."

"Dare not dare" the buddy said "嗐": "If I recognized the expert, I would not be so negligent, the expert really misunderstood!"

Chi Sheng said: "I think the second brother has a good eye, why don't the second brother have a drink with us and talk about the customs and customs, so that we can get to know the city better."

The guy is indeed a bit greedy for alcohol, his family is strictly controlled, and he has never tasted this fine wine, so he hesitated a little bit itchy: "This... I'm afraid it's not good!"

Seeing his expression, Chi Sheng waved his hands: "Don't be restrained, I don't think anyone is coming at this time, just relax."

"What does the expert want to know?" The clerk no longer pushed and shoved, and sat happily on the side and said, "Although I don't know much, I can still explain a thing or two to the guest officer."

"Oh?" Chi Sheng poured a bowl of wine for the buddy and pushed it in front of him.

The guy picked it up and drank it in one gulp, and finally wiped his mouth and said, "The wine is really different, good wine!"

"Drink more if you like." Chi Sheng smiled gently at the guy.

After a few bowls of wine, the man started talking with his tongue out. Chi Sheng exchanged glances with the others, smiled, and said, "Second brother, do you know what strange things happened in Jingzhou?"

"Strange things?" The man smacked his lips: "I don't know what weird things the expert wants to know? There are so many weird things in Jingzhou!"

"How do you say that?" Chi Sheng signaled Ruan Yan to continue pouring wine for the waiter, and Ruan Yan nodded and filled the waiter again.

"Hey, the guest officer doesn't know, this Jingzhou City is also called the Lost City." The man blushed and shook his head.

"Why is it called the Lost City?" Chi Sheng asked suspiciously.

"This city of Jingzhou was abandoned by the government five or six years ago." The man said with a sad expression on his face.

Chi Sheng said: "How can the government give up a city if it's so good?"

He let out an "ah" and continued: "Monsters are rampant everywhere in this desolate place. The magistrate who was sent here died inexplicably within a few days. No one knows how he died. Over time, the government completely abandoned this place. It’s been a few years since I’ve been here.”

"It's so weird, why have you ever heard outsiders talk about the Jingzhou incident?"

"Hey!" The waiter said excitedly and slapped the table vigorously. The bowl was shaken up and then fell down with a "bang" sound. No one will deliver news to the people of Jingzhou, the people of Jingzhou are in dire straits."

He sighed: "The only big mountain in the vicinity suddenly turned into a dry mountain for some reason more than ten years ago. No new plants can grow on the mountain, and even the fruit trees planted by the nearby villagers before have withered. Without a way to make a living, it is suffering, it is suffering!"

Several people showed doubts, Chi Sheng asked: "Does anyone know why this mountain has become dry?"

"The people don't understand these things, and other towns refuse to let them in, so there is nowhere to ask for help." The man wiped the sweat off his face with a towel: "In addition to the fact that monsters have been rampant these past few years, this Jingzhou has no government protection. And they refused to come here, and the people closed the stalls and hid at home early in the Youshi period, fearing that they would be caught and eaten by monsters."

Chi Sheng was puzzled: "But monsters have been used to do evil in the city? Why are the people so afraid?"

"As soon as we pass Haishi, there will be a strange sound, like the howling of wild beasts, which is extremely terrifying." The man lowered his voice and looked at the few people and said, "I heard that there was a hunter who disappeared without returning from Haishi, and the family members didn't even have a corpse. Seeing it, I dared to hold the funeral secretly."

"It's really weird..." Chi Sheng asked again: "Why do people in the city look weird when they see outsiders coming?"

The buddy laughed: "That's because the people here have never seen such handsome people, I'm afraid they are confused!"

"..." It seems that this guy is unwilling to say any more, Chi Sheng didn't force himself and just sighed, "Do you know where the dry mountain is?"

"Ah..." The guy hiccupped as if remembering.

"Man! Man! Give us another good drink!"

The buddy responded with a loud voice: "Okay, wait a moment."

He smiled at them after answering: "Thank you for the good wine, I'm so busy. If there is anything else you want to know, you can ask me."

After finishing speaking, he got up and strode away briskly with a towel on, without appearing drunk at all.

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, Ruan Yan wondered, "How strange is this Jingzhou?"

"This place is remote, and it's normal that the sect can't take care of it." Chi Sheng stroked his chin: "And the guy said that people here can't find help, and they probably get used to numbness over time, so they accept this kind of life."

"I always think that guy is a bit weird." Zhong Mili thought of the way he took the guy just now and said, "Why did he start playing haha ​​when he got to a critical place?"

Chi Sheng was surprised: "Is there something weird about you as an old man?"

"..." Zhong Mili couldn't hold it back for a long time, and said angrily: "You can accumulate some morals, you will know how to bully me, if you have the ability, go bully your poor deer and Ayan, really People who are kind are bullied, I suffer!"

"Broken Deer" replied: "Indeed."

Chi Sheng also agrees in his heart, isn't it that people are good at being bullied, and thinking about this, he looked at the broken deer angrily.

He said: "However, there are a few things that are really strange. The officials sent by the imperial court came here, and accidents happened one after another. These are all murder cases!"

Ruan Yan nodded: "There are indeed a lot of doubts here."

"This place has been plagued by demons for a long time, could it be related to the man in black?" Zhong Mili asked, pinching his neck.

"The highest official position in Jingzhou is the county magistrate?" Suixing raised his head and glanced at the crowd.

Chi Sheng thought for a while: "It should be. I don't know much about it. I'll know when I go tomorrow!"

Ruan Yan nodded, thinking that he had some arrangements, he asked, "Why is it tomorrow?"

"Because the boat and the car are exhausting."