polar demon

Chapter 428 The Witch (V)

This old man was also someone Zhao Dong knew well, and he was Granny Li in the village.

It was rare to see a person from the village, and Zhao Dong was thankful and ashamed for his cowardice just now.The people who wanted to come to the village did not disappear, they just left temporarily due to an emergency.

He hurriedly ran towards Grandma Li, shouting as he ran:

"Grandma Li, why are you here? Also, where are the people in the village?"

Grandma Li must be old and deaf, she didn't respond to Zhao Dong's words at all, she just kept trying to move forward.

After Zhao Dong ran to take a closer look, he saw that Grandma Li didn't make a sound, but her eyes were fixed on the front, and the faces around her were almost crowded together, as if she didn't notice Zhao Dong's approach at all.

Zhao Dong looked down and saw a lot of vines wrapped around Grandma Li's calf.

The wattle vines in these forests are very tough and have sharp thorns on them.For some reason, Grandma Li stepped into the nest of vines all the way. At this time, Grandma Li was pulling her feet out forcefully, but the vines were tightly entangled. The harder Granny Li tried, the more she couldn't break free.

Zhao Dong even saw that the thorns on the vine had cut through Grandma Li's trouser legs, and her calf was already bloody.

He hastily said in surprise:
"Grandma Li, you are injured! Don't move anymore! I'll untie these vines for you!"

As he said that, Zhao Dong squatted down to untie the vines that were entwining Granny Li.However, Grandma Li was still twitching her legs desperately, as if completely ignoring Zhao Dong's words and the pain on her feet.

Zhao Dong managed to untie those vines, but Grandma Li, who had just been freed, ignored Zhao Dong and ran straight towards the depths of the mountain alone.

"Hey! Granny Li! Where are you going? Where are the others?" Zhao Dong asked loudly in surprise.

However, Grandma Li ran very fast and was about to disappear into the forest.

When Zhao Dong was astonished, he hurriedly got up and chased after Granny Li.

In the mountains where the vegetation is not strong enough, it is not difficult for Zhao Dong to follow Grandma Li, and he has been chasing closely.

It didn't take long for the young and strong Zhao Dong to be out of breath, but even though Grandma Li was old, she didn't feel tired at all.Zhao Dong wanted to stop Grandma Li along the way, but all his efforts were in vain.

After a while, Zhao Dong finally chased to the end of the mountain. Here is a steep and heavily weathered mountain wall. Zhao Dong, who has lived in this mountain for many years, is naturally no stranger to this place.

However, what Zhao Dong didn't expect was that at some point, there was a big hole in the mountain wall.

Layers of weathered rock can be seen on the yellow mountain wall. From a distance, it is really hard to see that there is a hidden crack here.The crack was wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, and the bottom was just shoulder-width apart, but it was already impossible for people to pass through if it was more than half a zhang.

Granny Li didn't hesitate at all, and went straight into the crack.Zhao Dong hesitated for a moment, and then followed in.

The tunnel in the crevice was long and tortuous, and when he reached the back, Zhao Dong had to walk sideways like a crab, constantly scraping loose gravel off his chest and back.

As it gradually deepened, the light began to dim, and at the end it was almost pitch black. Zhao Dong didn't expect the cliff to be so thick. He didn't know whether walking like this would lead to a paradise far away from the mortal world, or he would finally find that the end of the tunnel was a wet and cold stone wall. , a dead end.

When Zhao Dong was about to be unable to see in the dark, he suddenly saw a strange red light in the distance.

Afterwards, the crack also came to an end, and the surroundings suddenly became clear, and the heights and distances were all hidden in darkness, only a strange red light flowed nearby.

Zhao Dong turned pale with fright, he didn't expect that he ran close to the belly of the mountain.

He hurriedly looked for Grandma Li, but saw Grandma Li running towards a big pit in the belly of the mountain with all her might.That big pit is particularly huge, and those weird red lights seem to be emanating from the bottom of the pit.

Seeing that Grandma Li was about to fall into the big pit, Zhao Dong was so frightened that he hurriedly shouted:

"Grandma Li! It's dangerous! Stop it!"

However, Grandma Li fell headlong into the big pit as if she had never heard of it.

Zhao Dong hurried to the edge of the pit and looked into the pit.However, this look scared him out of his wits.

The bottom of the big pit looked much larger than the mouth of the pit, and the pit was filled with dark red blood, which was constantly boiling.The smell of blood was thicker than viscous, and it kept rushing up from the pit.

The villagers and livestock that disappeared in the village were all floating in the blood. Among them were Zhao Dong's parents, Seventh Uncle and Grandma Li who had just jumped off. Their eyes widened and they all died.

And in the blood lake, there is actually a huge bronze drum floating.Bronze drums are not uncommon in the far west, and most of them are the size of washbasins.However, this bronze drum was surprisingly large, with a diameter of more than three feet.

What's even more weird is that the sun pattern is painted on the surface of the ordinary bronze drum, but on this huge bronze drum is a hideous and terrifying grimace.

The ghost face on the bronze drum seemed to be alive, and its eyes even slightly glanced towards Zhao Dong.

At the same time, all the corpses of villagers and livestock in the blood turned their wide eyes to Zhao Dong above.

"what--!"

Zhao Dong couldn't bear this bone-piercing fear anymore, he screamed wildly, turned his head and fled crazily outside.

He has no consciousness in his mind at this moment, Cannian told him to escape from this place as soon as possible, the farther the better!

He escaped from the belly of the mountain all the way, and then escaped from the mountain, running desperately along the mountain road leading to the outside of the mountain, not daring to stop at all.

He didn't know how far he had escaped, nor how long he had escaped. He didn't realize that he was about to escape from the mountain until a loud noise came.

With the loud roar of the sky, the entire stretch of mountains seemed to be trembling.Zhao Dong couldn't stand upright and fell to the ground.He looked towards the mountain depression in horror, only to see that the mountain he escaped from suddenly collapsed.

With the collapse of the mountain, countless boulders and soil poured down one after another, and in a blink of an eye, Pingpo Village in the mountain depression was buried.

Looking at the dust all over the sky in the distance, and the village that had completely disappeared, Zhao Dong sat on the ground blankly, crying and laughing, as if this person had lost his soul...

Later, Zhao Dong left the disappearing Pingpo Village alone and lost his soul, walked along the mountain road to Baoxuan City, and told everyone he met about this strange thing.

However, people only regarded him as a survivor of a landslide, who went crazy and talked nonsense due to the excessive stimulation.Crazy things are not uncommon in this world.

There are also people who believe in Zhao Dong's story, but mortals are not capable of meddling in such matters, nor are they qualified to lightly touch the secret sect of the Imperial Law to solve it.

Until this incident finally reached the ears of the city lord.

Then from the city lord, it went all the way to Jiang Guo's palace, and presented it to Long Zhi, who was still a princess at that time.

"Bronze drum with ghost face?" After hearing Long Zhi's story, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

Ordinary drums are mostly leather drums, and only some special drums are cast in bronze.

Jiang Yuan has also heard that bronze drums are more popular in southern countries. This seems to be a custom that has been handed down since the ancient times when gods and men mixed together.

The so-called major events of the country are sacrifices and soldiers.Every war or grand sacrifice requires bronze drums as the most important sacrificial vessel. Therefore, each bronze drum is an important weapon of a country and a symbol of wealth and power.

On the other hand, the bronze drums in the southern countries are all cast with sun patterns on the drum surface, and the parts that represent the light are either sharp-edged or sharp-edged, but I have never heard of other patterns other than the sun pattern.

But in the Far West, there is a bronze drum, which is still a magic weapon, which seems very strange.

"I wish you know, it's the Devil's Bronze Drum!"

Xun Yu Zhuzhu suddenly said at this time:
"In the secret book of the pheasant-tailed chicken family, there was a legend about the bronze drum of the devil's face. It is rumored that it is a rare special weapon that can affect the soul among the magic weapons in the world. According to the legend, this magic weapon has long since disappeared. Zhu Zhu never thought that the Demon Faced Bronze Drum would be in Jiang Country."

When Jiang Yuan heard this, he couldn't help becoming interested.

The soul has always been a forbidden area for gods and demons. The other powerful people in the world, including witches, tried to comprehend the mysteries of the soul, but they all gained little.

Among the artifacts that Jiang Yuan has encountered, it seems that only the evil spirit mirror can directly harm a person's soul.

Jiang Yuan himself is even more unpredictable about the soul. Although he has a soul in his body at this time, it is basically a dead soul belonging to the original owner of the exorcist.

As for where his real soul is, or whether he has one, Jiang Yuan still has no clue.

For these questions, maybe some clues can be found from the magic-faced bronze drum, if... I can communicate with the magic weapon this time.

Jiang Yuan felt a headache when he thought of the problem of communication.So far, he has not successfully communicated with any artifact that he can touch.

So he stopped thinking about these distressing and unsolvable questions, and continued to ask Long Zhi:

"What about the back?"

Long Zhi continued:

"Later, I sealed off the area with the troops I could mobilize, tortured the insiders and silenced them, and concealed all the clues. This matter gradually became unknown. I also ordered people to A tunnel was dug in the collapsed mountain, leading directly to the place where the strange bronze drum was located, in an attempt to dig out the bronze drum. But...

All the craftsmen who participated in the excavation in the tunnel suddenly became abnormal one day. They walked towards the depth of the tunnel together and never returned.Even the people sent to find them, no one was able to return.For this reason, I conclude that the tunnel has been dug to where the magic weapon is, and the disappearance of the craftsmen is that the magic weapon is luring living people to sacrifice by itself.

In order to make sure that the magic weapon has always been there, I will send people into the tunnel to check every once in a while. As long as no one can return, it means that the magic weapon must be there.After I became queen, Ji Huwei presided over there for me. Until we left the palace yesterday, I still received a letter from Ji Huwei, proving that the magic weapon is still at the end of the tunnel. "

In the dark room, a sneer flashed across Jiang Yuan's face and said:
"It's better that the magic weapon is still there."

The cause of the craftsman's disappearance may not be the magic weapon, it may be the gathering of poisonous gas, some special geological disasters, or the ghosts, and it may not be the self-sacrifice of the magic weapon.

If he ran all the way this time and couldn't find the magic weapon, then Long Zhi should worry about himself.

Don't say that I just touched her body now, even if I have fucked her now, if I let myself go back empty-handed, it is still impossible for Long Zhi to save his life.

(End of this chapter)