We don't know everything here, inexplicably arrived at such a place, to be honest, I don't know where the direction of progress is, suddenly there is such a voice, indicating that someone is coming, no matter what kind of purpose the person is coming, it always gives us a guiding direction.

So, I took everyone to stand on the wooden bridge and wait quietly.

The sound grew louder and closer, and with such a sound, I saw a group of people as if they were coming out of the cracks in the mountains.

This sudden glance surprised me, but when I looked closely, I realized that they were coming out from behind, indicating that there was a valley hidden behind the mountain range.

No wonder such a strange village is unknown, it turns out that it is unusually hidden from the terrain.

There were no more than ten people in that group, a few people sat on the kind of wooden cart pulled by one person, and a few people wearing hats followed on foot, not fast, but because it was a flat tidal flat, they still quickly came to us, and then stopped at a distance of about ten meters.

At the first glance of these people, I was slightly surprised in my heart, the few people wearing hats were just that, the cart was pulled by a middle-aged man wearing a sheepskin jacket, except for the expressionless face, the eyes were indifferent, there was nothing special to pay attention to, what surprised me was a few people in the car.

It was a few people wearing Taoist robes, just like when I saw my master, I couldn't tell the age at a glance, it seemed to be middle-aged, and it seemed to be an old man, saying that it was middle-aged, just because the traces of the years were not too heavy, saying that it was an old man, because of the vicissitudes of life revealed in his eyes, at a glance, it made people feel that this was not a look that a person who was not old could have.

But unlike my master, these people seem to pay great attention to the image, although the Taoist robe is not new, but it is vaguely gorgeous, very clean, and the hair is tied in a bun, which is the standard hairstyle of Taoist priests, modern Taoist priests are rarely so dressed, but this bun is also meticulous by them, and it feels as if they have smeared their hair with oil.

These people are very strange, people feel familiar at a glance, and they don't remember their appearance, this situation is not because of their public faces, or it means that their skills have been cultivated to a very high level, secretly in harmony with the world, so it does not appear abruptly and harmoniously, which not only makes you feel familiar, but also feels like a floating cloud that cannot be caught.

While I was looking at these people, these people were also looking at us, only the Taoist priest sitting in the middle had his eyes half-closed, and he didn't look at us.

The atmosphere was very silent, and we didn't know what to say about the people who suddenly appeared, and they didn't speak, but they just looked at us and couldn't guess it, because it was so strange that I couldn't describe it.

After more than ten seconds like this, the Taoist priest sitting in the middle suddenly opened his eyes, and his gaze instantly fell on me.

Just at that glance, I felt an inexplicable huge pressure, and I found that I didn't dare to look at his eyes In addition to the great pressure, I felt as if this person had seen through everything, and some of the things revealed by his eyes were not at all ordinary people could have, making people feel that this was not a person at all, but an old monster who had lived for a long time.

My forehead is inexplicably covered with fine and dense beads of sweat, and a certain unyielding that has always been stubborn in my bones is also rapidly disintegrating, and my intuition feels powerless against this Taoist priest, and I should even give him some respect, even I don't know where this emotion comes from?

"Chen Chengyi." The old man opened his mouth inexplicably.

"Huh?" I subconsciously let out a meaningless exclamation, and as soon as I raised my head, I inevitably met the gaze of this Taoist priest, or the old Taoist, and my mind seemed to be overpowered, how did he know that my name was Chen Chengyi?

"You are the heir of the mountain lineage?" The old man spoke with a strong and inexplicable simplicity, not giving anyone any explanation, but just approaching step by step and asking directly what he wanted to ask

I swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and the sound of everyone breathing heavily behind me was heard, and the pressure was probably felt by everyone.

"Yes." I didn't know why I answered directly, I felt a little humiliated, I subconsciously clenched my fists, kept cheering myself up, and finally had the courage to look at him and asked: "How do you know me?" ”

Originally, I wanted to say how you know everything about me, but I don't know why, and the voice became quieter and quieter, so that my courage was simply not enough to support me to finish this sentence.

"Reckoning." Unexpectedly, that old Tao gave me an answer, although the answer was only two words, but it had already explained everything.

Reckon? I suddenly remembered all the terrible things in that town, could it be, could it be him?

This thought made me involuntarily raise my head, and looked up at this old Taoist with some horror, and he looked back at me calmly, but his eyes seemed to have great suction, I only glanced at it, but I couldn't take my eyes off freely.

"You're very good, and you have the courage to ask me rhetorically." I couldn't speak, and the companions behind me were originally a group of proud and stubborn people in their bones, and they couldn't make any sound at all, but this old man spoke calmly.

I couldn't feel the context or emotion of what he said, I couldn't tell if he was complimenting me or if I was angry with him, but in short, in the late autumn weather, my sweat was also wet.

Many people may not understand my feelings, but I just inevitably think of Jiang Yi, everything about him is like this, the voice of a newscaster, and his emotions are hidden deeply, but compared to this old man, he seems to be deliberately pretentious, and this old man hides everything so naturally.

I still looked at him, just because I couldn't take my eyes off it, and he continued: "Choose, you do it." Stay in this village, be a presence in this village, follow me. Stay in this village and stay until a certain amount of time to become a sacrifice. Choose. ”

At this moment, my fine sweat has accumulated into beads of sweat, rolling down the edge of my forehead, this old man speaks without any nonsense, to the point that there are no words of acceptance and inflection, but I still understand what he means, life, is to follow him, become the existence of 'helping and abusive', and die, then be sacrificed here.

And apart from these two choices, from his words, I can't hear any meaning at all.

My clenched fists also oozed sweat, how many times have I faced death, and I have not even felt such pressure when I have passed with death, but in the face of absolute power, although I will feel fear and weakness, it is my soul that cannot be changed and erased.

I can't forget those poor old people, I can't forget their protection and persistence, and even give my life to get a glimmer of light, how can I take advantage of the road they paved for us with their lives, get here, and then become another 'executioner' who 'slaughtered' them??

"People, you always have to have a little bottom line." Master's indifferent words sounded in my head, and what I didn't finish was that even if this bottom line had to be guarded at the cost of my life.

"Morality, morality, morality and righteousness are connected, and righteousness is righteousness!" The ancestor once taught Xiao Chengqian's elders like this, that is, the Wu Liyu who disappeared with my master.

I can't forget this, under the pressure, my breathing has become difficult, and the sweat all over my body is rolling down, as if I have just fished out of the water, but the inexplicable courage gushes out, so that I can look at the indifferent old way, word by word: "I, I will not choose to follow you." ”

"Okay." The old man didn't even mean to ask a second time, but turned to look at the person behind me and asked, "You guys?" ”

There was no sound behind me, but I subconsciously looked back, everyone was shaking their heads with difficulty, they may not be able to say anything under pressure, but they did not hesitate to choose the same front with me, which made me feel calm, but not moved, because we have gone through life and death, understand each other, isn't this an inevitable thing?

"Good." The old man narrowed his eyes again, and the atmosphere became silent again, but as he closed his eyes, I felt the pressure drop sharply, and I was finally able to breathe smoothly.

At such times, I didn't notice that there was one person who was more relaxed than me, and that was Tao Bai, who inexplicably resisted the pressure

After more than ten seconds again, the old man still didn't open his eyes after all, but he spoke again: "Xiao Chengqian, bring it over." In addition, that one, interesting, bring it over. ”

He pointed to Tao Bai, why did he point out Xiao Chengqian separately??

I felt like I was stuck in the quagmire in this holy village, and I couldn't see everything around me clearly.