Phoenix Feather

According to the map, the place marked by Phoenix Feather is near the well.

The water well is surrounded by towering ancient trees. Under the ancient trees are shrubs as tall as a person. Between the shrubs and the ancient trees are densely packed vines and thorns, which look like a tall green wall, blocking the prying eyes of outsiders. Looking at the line of sight, I thought that the ancient well was the end of the road.

Xuan Xuan's eyes turned dark, the secret must be behind the green wall, the question is how to get in?

"Xuanxuan, come here, wash your feet!" After trying several times, Yueyu finally shook a bucket of water and greeted Xuanxuan excitedly.

"I'll just do it myself." Xuanxuan was not used to being too close to people, and Yueyu's hospitality made him a little uncomfortable.

Because he was a bit thirsty, seeing the unusually clear water in the well, Xuan Xuan scooped up a handful of water and took a sip, but the next moment he spit out the water again, coughing several times.

Yue Yu was startled, "What's wrong?"

Xuan Xuan wiped the water from his lips, and frowned: "This water has a strange smell."

Yue Yu took a sip, "It does have a strange smell." He licked the tip of his tongue, "It has a very faint fishy smell."

Xuanxuan went to the edge of the well, under the dim sunlight, the water was full of shadows, and he could see the yellow sand at the bottom of the well and the moss on the wall of the well.

Yue Yu said: "Just from the surface, there is nothing wrong with the quality of this water, unless we can test the material composition of this water."

Xuan Xuan said: "It may be the soil problem here that causes the water to have a strange smell."

"It's possible, by the way, didn't the woman just say that there are many dogs in this village, why didn't I see a single dog?"

"You believe her words?"

This gentleman is definitely not an embroidered pillow.

Yue Yu smiled: "I'm just wondering why she insists we bring this kit?"

Xuanxuan said: "Maybe it was used as a sign, didn't you notice just now, those villagers were very happy to see us alone, and wished to drag us away immediately, but they didn't come around, probably because they saw us Take this kit."

Yue Yu raised her eyebrows: "You mean that this kit means that we have already gone to someone else's house and already belonged to someone else?"

"Ah."

Yue Yu looked at the blue kit in her hand, and suddenly a playful smile appeared on her lips, "Give me your kit."

Xuan Xuan didn't ask any further questions, and threw the kit in his hand to Yue Yu.

"Want to see a trick?" Yue Yu asked with a smile.

"Watch it if it's exciting, and don't watch it if it's not."

"you will like it."

Yue Yu took out a very thin knife and slit the tightly sewn brocade bag, and picked out a small dark blue bug from inside.

Xuan Xuan's eyes widened suddenly.

Yue Yu said: "Do you know why that woman insisted that each of us take one, because she wanted to leave a mark on us."

"mark?"

"This is not an ordinary bug, this is Gu, Luminous Gu. With this kind of Gu on your body, you are like a firefly when you are in the dark, and it is very easy to expose the target."

Xuan Xuan pondered, "According to what you said, this kind of Gu is ineffective during the day?"

Yue Yu nodded: "You can say that."

In the backward mountain village, the unusually enthusiastic villagers, with the tricks of Gu, a kind of ominous premonition quietly enveloped Xuanxuan's heart.

"How do you know that there is heaven and earth in the kit?"

Yue Yu rubbed her chin and smiled: "Gu master is one of my professions, is that surprising?"

Xuan Xuan was surprised, it was really hard to associate such a dazzling and noble person with a Gu master who often dealt with snakes, insects, rats and ants.

Yue Yu said: "A lot of times I'm a doctor, and I occasionally play a guest role as a Gu master."

Xuan Xuan glanced at the chipmunk on his shoulder, and suddenly asked: "Is this squirrel also a Gu?"

"Xiaohua is an ordinary squirrel, of course it is more beautiful than ordinary squirrels."

squeak!The beautiful chipmunk nodded immediately.

Xuan Xuan said coolly: "How beautiful can a bald-tailed squirrel be?"

The chipmunk's raised belly suddenly deflated.

After beating the chipmunks, Xuanxuan turned his mind to the row of thorns, thinking of a way to get in.

Seeing his intention, Yue Yu asked: "You don't want to go in and take a look, do you?"

"Why not?"

Looking at the long spikes on the vines, Yue Yu asked, "How do you get there?"

"There is no road below, but there is above."

Xuanxuan took out a piece of red rope from his backpack, wrapped it around one of the big trees, and jumped up with his strength.

Watching Xuanxuan's figure disappear among the branches and leaves, Yueyu suddenly chuckled and said to himself: "Is this considered defenseless against me?" He touched the chipmunk's little head, "Oh, Xiaohua, I I have a bad premonition, I feel that what I'm looking for may also be what Xiaoxuan is looking for, do you think it's better for me to let him or not?"

squeak!I bet ten pine cones on the master that you will give it to him.

Moonfeather knocked on the chipmunk's head, "I just gave you a few nuts and your squirrel legs turned away. Well, I always feel like I've seen him somewhere."

But if he really met Xuanxuan, he probably wouldn't forget it. How could such a person forget so easily? ...

Yueyu suddenly sensed that someone was peeping in the dark, and he scanned the surroundings vigilantly, but found nothing suspicious, but the feeling of being peeped could not go away... Suddenly someone asked from behind: "What are you doing here? You didn't come here The place."

Yue Yu turned around, but before he said anything, the other party had already whispered: "It's you? Why are you here? You got off the train too!?"

The thoughtless call made Yue Yu Zhang Er King Kong confused. He had a very good memory, and after looking at the person, he recognized at a glance that it was the female steward who took him on the train.

"Why can't I come here?" Yue Yu asked calmly.

"Because this is—because it's best not to run around in a strange place, or you will break the taboo here." Fan Xiaoyan, the flight attendant who almost said something wrong, brought back the words in time.

Looking at Fan Xiaoyan with a look of panic in her eyes, Yue Yu thought, "Taboo? Do you know the taboo here? Do you know what is behind this ancient tree?"

Facing Yue Yu who was pressing her repeatedly, Fan Xiaoyan took a step back and said unnaturally: "Don't be ridiculous, how would I know the taboos here? It's also my first time visiting this village."

Yue Yu stared at her, not letting go of any expression changes on her face, and said slowly: "First time? Then how do you say this is not where I came from?"

Fan Xiaoyan faltered: "I, I...an old lady warned me like this when I came here just now."

Yueyu saw at a glance that Fan Xiaoyan was hiding something, and after a second thought, he said kindly: "By the way, I don't know your name yet, my name is Yueyu."

Seeing that Yueyu didn't ask any more questions, Fan Xiaoyan was obviously relieved, "My name is Fan Xiaoyan."

Fan Xiaoyan looked around nervously, and after confirming that there was no one around, she lowered her voice and said, "Get out of here quickly while there is no one around, and don't let people know that you have been here."

"Why? I want to know why."

Fan Xiaoyan was a little confused by the gentle voice, "Here—" After saying two words, she seemed to suddenly think of something, woke up suddenly, and stopped talking, "The old woman said that this well has died, it is not auspicious. , the people in the village don’t use this well.”

Yue Yu was dubious, "Then why did that woman tell me that there is a well here?"

"Which woman?" Fan Xiaoyan raised her head, accidentally saw the kit in Yue Yu's hand, and said subconsciously, "Have you ever been to Uncle Quan's house? Aunt Quan told you so?"

Yue Yu reacted quickly, and immediately asked: "Uncle Quan? Which Uncle Quan?" He took a step forward, "Do you know people here? Did you see this kit, so you know that I have been to that Uncle Quan's house? What is this kit used for?"

Fan Xiaoyan had a regretful look on her face, and her eyes wandered to avoid answering.

Just when the two were deadlocked, a man appeared, that sinister man Zhang Jun said was the conductor of the train, he glanced at Yue Yu, and said to Fan Xiaoyan expressionlessly: "Go back to the train."

Fan Xiaoyan lowered her head, with a look of fear of doing something wrong, her voice trembling slightly: "Yes."

After speaking, Fan Xiaoyan didn't dare to look at Yueyu anymore, turned around and left quickly.

The man also didn't look at Yue Yu, and glanced coldly at the big tree that Xuan Xuan jumped up to just now, then turned and left without saying a word.

Yue Yu stopped him: "Hey, are you the train conductor?"

The man didn't seem to hear Yueyu's call, and kept on stepping until he turned a corner and couldn't see his back, then Yueyu heard his sneer coming from the wind: "curious people die faster."

***

Xuanxuan was surprised. Behind the ancient wooden thorn wall was an ancestral hall, a gorgeous ancestral hall with carved beams and painted buildings.

In ancient feudal society, the concept of family was very deep. Often a village lived with a family or several families with one surname, so they would build their own family temples to worship ancestors. Such family temples are generally called "ancestral halls", so in a village It is very common to see ancestral halls here, especially in such relatively backward mountain villages. What makes Xuanxuan strange is that ancestral halls are usually places for offering sacrifices to ancestors or sages. , will use this broad ancestral hall for activities.Therefore, ancestral halls are generally built in the middle of the village, which is convenient for the villagers to worship or use. It is extremely rare to build such a hidden and well-protected temple.

Standing on a high place and looking around, the ancestral hall faces the abyss on three sides, and the only way is to cross the thorn wall. From this point of view, this ancestral hall is forbidden to enter.

Looking at the half-person-high weeds below, Xuanxuan didn't dare to jump off rashly. He sat down on a thick tree branch and carefully observed the terrain below.

Ancestral halls are generally larger than private houses. The more powerful and wealthy a family is, the more elaborate their ancestral halls are. Tall halls, exquisite carvings, and high-quality materials are a symbol of the family's glory and glory.The ancestral hall in front of me is magnificent and magnificent, which seems out of place with this backward small mountain village with only [-] or [-] households.

After thinking for a while, Xuanxuan decided to go down and have a closer look. He took out a spell and swung it out. The flames sprang up, and the weeds under the tree burst into flames...

Xuanxuan jumped down from the tree lightly after the fire was all over.

There was silence all around, no sound could be heard, Xuan Xuan didn't dare to be careless, took out a dagger from his backpack and held it in his hand, while paying attention to the situation under his feet, he kept an eye on the movement around him at all times, and slowly approached the ancestral hall.

The closer he got to the ancestral hall, the more Xuanxuan felt an invisible murderous aura, making it difficult for people to move forward. As a last resort, Xuanxuan stopped, with thin sweat on his forehead, and his breath became a little short.

Looking closer, I feel that the ancestral hall is more and more gorgeous. The glazed windows painted with colored paintings, the walls carved with auspicious clouds and bats, and the Zhumen inlaid with crystal stones are all exquisite products. The strange thing is that it exudes a magnificent and majestic momentum. However, the ancestral hall was shrouded in a thin black mist, which was very dark.

Xuanxuan took a deep breath and was about to go further, when suddenly the sword in his hand seemed to touch something, he pushed aside the grass and looked, it was a stone statue, Xuanwu, one of the four gods, and a rope was tied to the stone statue, and a rope was tied to it. Wearing a black bell and talisman, this is──

Xuanxuan squatted down to take a closer look, yes, this is the soul-locking bell of the underworld.

Walking around the ancestral hall, he found the other three gods White Tiger, Green Dragon and Suzaku in the west, east and south directions. Xuanxuan tried to put his feet over the rope, and immediately felt the strong airflow, like a An invisible wall that prevents any creature from approaching.

No mistake, this is the enchantment of the underworld, could it be that there are evil spirits sealed inside?If it's an evil spirit, what's going on with this ancestral hall?

Xuanxuan was puzzled, he took out the sheepskin map from his backpack, the place marked by Phoenix Feather should be this ancestral hall, what exactly did his father want him to see?Or is it that the father is locked in this ancestral hall?No, the yin here is so heavy, the person locked inside must be a ghost. What is certain is that the father is still alive, so he cannot be inside.

Thinking of this, Xuanxuan felt a little relieved. For a while, he couldn't figure out his father's intentions. Since there is an enchantment of the underworld here, he can't enter here. Although he is curious, he doesn't want to offend the underworld. Be careful, if you release the things locked in this ancestral hall, you will really cause trouble for your upper body. Taking a step back, he is not sure that he can break the barrier.

This ancestral hall has the seal of the underworld. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is impenetrable. No matter whether it is an evil spirit or a treasure that is locked inside, ordinary people will never be able to rescue and steal it. Now that the place is known, there is no rush .

After quickly making a decision, Xuan Xuan didn't stay any longer, and retreated along the original road.

The faint sunlight shone on the pitch-black bell wrapped around the basalt stone statue, refracting a cold light. The part where the bell was hidden in the grass cracked a thin crack.