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Chapter 82 [Entering the Mountain at Midnight]

Chapter 79 [Entering the Mountain at Midnight]

The two drove back to He Village, but Chen Yan got off the car at the village entrance. After telling Chu Keqing that he would not be going back to the He family mansion for dinner, Chen Yan stood by the roadside and watched Chu Keqing drive into the village. He turned around and strolled to the small convenience store at the village entrance.

I walked through the shop and pushed the door open into the mahjong room. The mahjong tables were still full of people.

Chen Yan took a quick look and found that two of the three card-playing friends who had sat at the same table with him yesterday were not there, but the one called "Old Stick" was playing cards at the table.

Chen Yan went over to greet him, took out the remaining cigarette from yesterday, toasted him with one, then moved a stool and sat next to him to look at the cards.

After watching for more than an hour, someone left the table, leaving a vacant seat, and Chen Yan just took over.

After greeting the boss and ordering another bottle of Orange Juice, Chen Yan glanced at Lao Gunzi and asked, "Did you win a lot today?"

"Bullshit." The old man shook his head, looking rather unhappy. "I lost all afternoon, and just made some money back this evening."

Chen Yan knew the temper of these idle people in the village when playing cards. They would definitely curse if they lost, but he didn't care.

Following yesterday's routine, playing cards in hand and talking nonsense in mouth.

Chen Yan asked Lao Gunzi if he had heard of a family named Sun in the surrounding area.

Lao Gunzi just shook his head and said he had never heard of it.

Someone at the same table, after Chen Yan offered him a cigarette, chimed in, "There are Yangcun, Zhaocun, and even Hecun near here. But I've never heard of any large clan with the surname Sun."

Chen Yan pretended to mention the nearby mountain and said, "Do you know that there is a valley behind the mountain?"

The two people at the table shook their heads, but Old Stick nodded: "I know, there is an ancient tomb in that place."

As he spoke, the old man raised his head and looked at Chen Yan in confusion: "Why are you asking about that place?"

"Have you been there?" Chen Yan asked.

"Who would go to that place for no reason?" Old Stick said unclearly, cigarette butt between his teeth, his hands quickly sorting cards, "It's shady, and there's a bunch of desolate graves. Who would go to that place to play after having nothing better to do?"

Afterwards, under Chen Yan's questioning, the old man said a few more words.

Not many people in He Village know about the deserted graveyard in the valley on the north side of the back mountain, especially the young people. Who would go into the mountains for no reason?
Now only a few old people in the village know about that place.

That place is far away from the foot of the mountain. You have to climb two slopes and pass through the forest to get there. Ordinary people would not run to that place.

There is nothing valuable in the valley.

All that was left of that desolate grave was a pile of broken stones, which were worthless.

It is said that many years ago, experts from the county came to conduct archaeological excavations. They came to see the cemetery and said that the area and the stone tablets were too badly damaged and had no historical value, so no one was interested.

The country people’s idea was simple: if it was really a treasure, the government would have sent people to conduct archaeological excavations long ago.

Even the government doesn't care about it, so it's obviously worthless. No one would be curious enough to dig out some treasures.

In this game of mahjong, Chen Yan didn't get any valuable information, so he played without much enthusiasm.

After playing two rounds, Chen Yan made up an excuse and left, returning to the He family mansion.

He ate a bowl of fried rice while playing mahjong in the mahjong room. He wasn't hungry when he came back, so he went straight to his room in the backyard.

After entering the room, Chen Yan locked the door, pulled out his suitcase, opened it, and took out the items he brought with him: talisman paper, writing brush, ink, cinnabar...

He lay on the table drawing runes for more than two hours, and then meditated on the bed for a while.

Just after midnight, Chen Yan, who was sitting on the bed, slowly opened his eyes.

The room was pitch black. He listened outside and found that the He family mansion was already silent.

Chen Yan jumped out of bed, put on his shoes, then got dressed and went out.

When he reached the door of a room opposite the courtyard, Chen Yan gently knocked on the door and called out, "Chu Keqing."

Soon, Chu Keqing's response came from inside the room: "Senior?"

"Well, I have something to talk to you about."

There was silence for a while, and then there was the sound of someone getting up from the bed.

Then, the lights in the house came on and the door slowly opened a third.

Chu Keqing stood half of her body behind the door, her long hair loose, her face still slightly flushed from waking up from a deep sleep, but the look she gave Chen Yan was strange with a hint of nervousness.

"Senior...it's so late, are you, are you okay?"

Chu Keqing spoke cautiously, but her posture was obviously defensive - she stood behind the door panel the whole time, with her hands folded in front of her chest, her body blocking the angle of entry.

How could Chen Yan not understand what this woman was nervous about?
He took a step back confidently and said, "I have something to talk to you about...Get dressed right now, and then we'll go out."

"Go out?" Chu Keqing was stunned. "Where to?"

Chen Yan showed a creepy smile on his face: "Go up the mountain!"

grunt.

Chu Keqing swallowed hard and looked at Chen Yan with a somewhat straight gaze: "Senior...it's midnight now, we..."

"Do you want to find Sun Zhihui?" Chen Yan smiled: "Then don't ask too much, go change your clothes quickly and follow me!"

Chu Keqing immediately became more serious. She glanced at Chen Yan with a complicated look, and finally made up her mind: "Okay! Wait for me!"

Just as she was about to close the door and go back to change her clothes, Chen Yan reminded her again: "It's cold in the mountains at night, so wear something warm."

"……Um."

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Chu Keqing took ten minutes to change her clothes, and when she came out again, she was still holding her backpack.

The two of them left the small courtyard without disturbing the people from the He family. Chen Yan found a spot in the corner of the courtyard wall that he had spotted during the day, and then walked there with Chu Keqing. He looked around to make sure there was no one there.

He walked around behind Chu Keqing and grabbed the back collar of her clothes.

Chu Keqing: “?”

Before the woman could react, she felt her body being lifted up by a force. Her eyes blurred, and she jumped up and landed outside the courtyard wall!

Chu Keqing:!!!!!!
The woman stared at Chen Yan with wide eyes.

Chen Yan said nothing as he led Chu Keqing out of the He family mansion and onto the village road. He then turned his head and glanced at the woman: "Hold out your hand."

Chu Keqing didn't understand what was going on, but out of respect for this "Senior Chen", she slowly stretched out her left hand.

Then, she saw Chen Yan reach out his hand without hesitation and hold her palm.

Chu Keqing subconsciously tried to break free, but before she could exert any strength, she suddenly heard Chen Yan whisper:
"Law Order: Escape!"

Suddenly, a force came from his palm, and Chu Keqing only had time to let out a short cry of surprise before her entire body was pulled and flew away! !
The night wind whistled past her ears, and Chu Keqing's body was involuntarily pulled by Chen Yan. Her feet hardly touched the ground, and her figure was speeding along the village road at night!
It was unknown how long had passed, but when the two of them stopped, Chu Keqing was still in shock. She looked up and saw the mountain right in front of her. The woman's eyes suddenly became very interesting.

"How about this? If you feel like vomiting, we can rest here for two minutes." Chen Yan said deliberately indifferently.

Chu Keqing breathed rapidly, then stared at Chen Yan intently: "I can still bear it... But, Senior! Just now? From the He family, to here... You brought me... this..."

"A small spell." Chen Yan deliberately downplayed it.

Chu Keqing's heart was filled with shock - she had just come all the way here, and she had been driving this road back and forth for the past two days, and it took about twenty minutes to drive there.

But this senior Chen Yan pulled me along and sped along...

Chu Keqing had been wandering the world for so many years, but she had never seen or even heard of this kind of magic - she had only seen it in legends!

Thinking of this, my heart was filled with a burning passion: "Senior..."

"Let's stop talking nonsense and get into the mountains." Chen Yan waved his hand, then he said seriously, "You're climbing too slowly. I'll use magic to pull you in later... Be careful with your steps. If you feel uncomfortable, tell me immediately."

Chu Keqing took a deep breath. This time, the woman did not wait for Chen Yan's instructions. She quietly stretched out her hand and handed her fair and delicate hand to Chen Yan.

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With the help of the Law of Escape, even with Chu Keqing, Chen Yan could climb the mountain several times faster than during the day.

In addition, he had actually already slapped a lightness talisman on his body.

In just over half an hour, the two of them were already standing on the northern hilltop of the mountain. Chu Keqing recognized that further down was the ancient Sun family tomb in the valley they had visited during the day.

But before going down the mountain, Chen Yan stopped Chu Keqing and said, "Wait a moment."

As he spoke, he reached into his arms and took out two talismans.

One of them slapped his body, and under the stimulation of his vital energy, the talisman power was immediately activated.

With the other one, Chen Yan glanced at Chu Keqing, held it in his hand, and suddenly reached out and slapped it - slapping Chu Keqing's chest neither lightly nor heavily.

Chu Keqing’s eyes suddenly widened: ………? ???

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to take advantage of you. It's just that my talisman is most effective when applied on the heart." Chen Yan explained quickly, his eyes and expression could not be seen clearly in the darkness.

Chu Keqing's eyes were a little complicated, three parts shame and anger, three parts nervousness and three parts shock...

Well, there is also rationality: It seems to me that you did it on purpose!
She had lived for over thirty years, and tonight was the first time she had held hands with a man. It was also the first time she had been touched on the chest by a man like this!
Although there was a thick down jacket between us, he could still feel a hint of the touch... Chen Yan pretended to be calm.

Before Chu Keqing could say anything, she felt the talisman power on her chest slowly dissipate, as if turning into a faint vital energy that quickly spread around her body.

She was about to say something reproachful, but she swallowed it back and whispered, "What... is this talisman?"

"The Qi-Gathering Talisman," Chen Yan explained, "can gather a person's vital energy and breath. If you hide in the dark, even if you encounter a skilled opponent, as long as they can't see you with the naked eye, it will be difficult for them to detect you through spells like the Qi-Gazing Technique."

Chu Keqing nodded, but she still hadn't recovered from what happened just now. She blushed and didn't say anything in the dark.

In fact, these two breath-receiving talismans were drawn by Chen Yan in his room tonight. They are the relatively easiest talismans to use in concealing breath in the talismans in the book.

However, this simple talisman, while effective in concealing breath and shielding vital energy, also has a drawback:
Once you put on this talisman, if you want to hide your aura, you must not use any energy or cast any spells during the period of hiding.

Even the Qi-gazing technique must not be used - because once the vital energy is slightly stimulated, the effect of gathering the Qi will be broken!

In the darkness, Chen Yan supported Chu Keqing, and the two of them walked down the hillside in the dark and entered the valley they had visited during the day.

It is hard to say how brave Chu Keqing was. After all, it was the middle of the night, and she was a woman. She followed Chen Yan into the forest. It was pitch black all around, and it was very cold in the mountains at night.

Walking in the valley, Chu Keqing's whole body was trembling slightly.

Chen Yan felt the woman's body trembling. He thought for a moment and whispered, "Don't be afraid. There are no snakes in the mountains this season... Even if there are, they are all hibernating.

Besides... you're a practitioner of the mystical arts, are you still afraid of ghosts?"

In the darkness, Chu Keqing knew that Chen Yan probably couldn't see her expression clearly, so she rolled her eyes at Chen Yan.

Am I afraid of snakes? Am I afraid of ghosts?
I'm afraid of you! Who was it that deliberately walked behind me and looked at my butt when we were going up the mountain during the day?

Who touched my breast just now?!

Chu Keqing said nothing and silently called the word "scumbag" more than ten times in her heart. Finally, she was pulled by Chen Yan and walked to a corner of the valley, behind a bush.

"Turn down your phone, turn down the display brightness, and turn on night mode. Remember, turn off the flash!"

Chen Yan moved closer and whispered quickly in Chu Keqing's ear, "I'll need you to film what you see later!"

Chu Keqing's body began to tremble slightly again - because Senior Chen was leaning on her and his breath sprayed on her ears when he spoke.

"...Yeah." Chu Keqing responded in a low voice with a slightly trembling voice.

"No matter what you see in a moment, don't use the Qi-gazing technique—you must never circulate your vital energy under any circumstances! Remember! Otherwise, the Qi-gathering Talisman will be ineffective."

Chu Keqing listened to Chen Yan's instructions and couldn't help but move aside a little before whispering, "How did you know that you could find Sun Zhihui here so late at night?"

"...I don't know." Chen Yan's answer almost broke Chu Keqing's defense.

Chu Keqing, who always treated people with calmness and sophistication, almost cursed out loud after hearing this answer.

You do not know?

Don’t you know that you dragged me out of the room in the middle of the night and into this forest?
"I really don't know, I'm just guessing." Chen Yan said frankly, "I have a guess. If my guess is correct, then Sun Zhihui will appear here in the middle of the night.

I’m just not sure if it will be today, tomorrow, or someday.”

Chu Keqing suppressed her anger and said, "So... Senior, are you bringing me here to try my luck? What if Sun Zhihui doesn't come here tonight?"

"Then let's try our luck again tomorrow night." Chen Yan replied.

Ok!

You are amazing!

Chu Keqing rolled her eyes again, then whispered, "Senior, what did you guess? Did you come to the conclusion that Sun Zhihui would come here in the middle of the night?"

"I..." Chen Yan was about to speak when his eyes suddenly changed. He pressed Chu Keqing's shoulder and said, "Here I come!"

Chu Keqing immediately looked out from the gap in the bushes, and then, when she saw clearly what was happening at the entrance of the valley, the woman couldn't help but feel a chill running down her back!

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It should have been a pitch-black night at the entrance of the valley, but with the help of the sparse starlight and hazy moonlight in the sky above, I could vaguely see a figure staggering out from the bushes, and then walking into the valley step by step.

This figure was clearly a person, but when he walked in, his body was swaying, as if he was drunk - this was Chu Keqing's first impression.

But she soon discovered that her perception was not accurate.

The man walked through the grass and went inside. His posture was not exactly like the staggering steps of a drunk person.

Instead, this person was clearly staggering as he walked, but his body showed a strange sense of hardness.

It was as if every step he took, every swing of his arms, every movement... his legs, arms, every joint seemed to be rusted and stiff like a robot.

As he walked along, his entire body shape and posture were in a strange and distorted form.

The more Chu Keqing looked, the colder her back felt.

A familiar word naturally came to mind:
Zombies?

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After all, I have watched a lot of movies.

Chu Keqing quickly made a more accurate judgment: the way this figure walked was very similar to the zombies in the movies she had seen!

Twisted, stiff, staggering...

With a little moonlight, it was clear that the man was carrying something on his back as he walked into the valley.

Chu Keqing was so nervous that she subconsciously held Chen Yan's hands, and her nails pinched Chen Yan's flesh.

Then, Chen Yan suddenly grabbed Chu Keqing's hand - this action did not make Chu Keqing feel abrupt or offensive.

On the contrary, this scene at this moment gave Chu Keqing a sense of security.

However, Chen Yan was not stuck in the oil. Chu Keqing soon discovered that Chen Yan's fingers were writing on her palm.

She was originally an extremely intelligent woman. After a moment of concentration, she quickly recognized the words Chen Yan had written on her palm:

"This is Sun."

Chu Keqing understood that Sun meant Sun Zhihui.

However, the two strokes of the word "Zhihui" were too complicated, so Chen Yan did not write the full name.

Chu Keqing's heart moved, and she drew a "?" on Chen Yan's palm with her backhand.

This question mark means: How do you know?

Chen Yan didn't say anything, but patted the back of Chu Keqing's hand, motioning her to continue reading.

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The figure staggered into the valley, passing by the place where Chen Yan and Chu Keqing were hiding. At the closest distance, they were only about seven or eight meters away.

Chu Keqing subconsciously held her breath, but she also saw the man's appearance clearly.

He was wearing a plain cotton jacket, casual trousers, and sneakers. His hair was messy and he looked dirty.

This person stopped only when he reached the area of the Sun family's ancient tombs in the valley.

He raised his head as if to identify the direction, then quickly found a flat ground and took off the things he had been carrying on his back.

Only then did I see clearly that it was a shovel.

Then, the man stood there, holding the shovel in both hands, and started shoveling the soil!
chap!
A shovel of soil.

chap!
Another shovelful of dirt!

He seemed to be digging something, but the distance was too far and Chu Keqing couldn't see clearly what he was digging.

After digging for more than an hour...

Chu Keqing squatted behind the grass, her body a little frozen.

But he saw that the man had already dug a big hole in the ground, and the soil around the hole had gathered into a pile.

Finally, the man jumped into the pit, slowly lay down, and then swung his shovel to dig down the sides of the pit, causing the pile of earth outside the pit to collapse and slide down...

Gradually, he...

Bury yourself!!

Chu Keqing didn't dare to breathe loudly, but instinctively stared at this strange scene with wide eyes.

Although she had traveled the world and was familiar with the mysterious arts, this strange scene today was the first time she had ever seen it in her life.

Midnight, deep in the mountains, ancient tomb!

A man dug a hole and buried himself!
At this time, Chu Keqing once again felt Chen Yan writing on her palm:
"It's him, Sun!"

Chu Keqing no longer worried about why Chen Yan knew that this person was Sun Zhihui.

She immediately wrote backhandedly: "He buried himself?"

Chen Yan patted her gently, then wrote another sentence on Chu Keqing's palm.

These words made Chu Keqing's body tremble twice.

"He died before he entered the mountain."

At this moment, Chu Keqing had too many questions in her mind to ask Chen Yan.

Just as she was thinking about how to write it in the simplest sentences possible.

Chen Yan had already quickly written a sentence on her palm:
“Remember to record the video!!”

Chen Yan wrote the word "video" twice before Chu Keqing could recognize it.

She nodded slightly and was about to take out her phone...

Next, Chu Keqing suddenly trembled!
Because Chen Yan suddenly stood up from behind the bushes and strode towards the place where Sun Zhihui had buried himself in the valley!
Chu Keqing subconsciously stretched out her hand but failed to stop him. Instead, she quickly covered her mouth with force and slowly squatted back.

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Chen Yan strode into the valley - he seemed to be walking calmly, but in fact he was not relaxed at all.

He walked to the edge of the pit and looked down.

Well, it was buried properly, and the soil was covered, so the body couldn’t be seen.

Now that he was out, he no longer hid himself, but instead stimulated his vital energy and used the Qi-gazing technique to scan the area around the valley.

Finally, he fixed his eyes on the west side and slowly walked over.

One hand was in his trouser pocket, and in his fingers was holding a piece of the [Formless Disaster Breaking Slash] talisman paper that Gu Qingyi had given him before he left.

It probably won’t be used... Chen Yan thought to himself.

After walking to the west side of the valley, Chen Yan stood under a big tree about ten meters away from the burial pit.

He thought about it, and suddenly he bowed seriously and slowly towards the trunk of the big tree.

Suddenly, a spark appeared under the tree trunk.

With the help of the light of this little spark, a figure suddenly emerged slowly from under the originally empty tree trunk.

A short and thin figure squatted on the ground, leaning against the tree trunk.

She was wearing colorful funeral clothes and had gray hair. She was obviously an old lady.

She lowered her head, holding a cigarette butt in her hand, with only the spark of the cigarette flickering.

Chen Yan thought about it, then smiled and took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to him with both hands.

"I have some good cigarettes, Huazi—they don't make you cough." Chen Yan said with a smile, "Want one, Mrs. He?"

When the call of "Old Mrs. He" came out, the old woman squatting under the tree lowered her head and let out a creepy laugh of "Hehehehehe".

"Are you very clever, little boy? I saw you go into the mountains and use your qigong to look around on your first day here—are you looking for me? How do you know I'm not dead?"

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