Chapter 913 Visit and Inquiry

Chapter 913 Visit and Inquiry

Chapter 913 Visit and Inquiry

The two began to visit and inquire around to collect clues. Some villagers said that before the song appeared, there would be a cold wind blowing, which made people's backs cold even on a hot summer day; others claimed to have seen a vague figure flashing near the abandoned ancestral hall in the village. These statements made the whole incident even more confusing.

At the same time, some livestock in the village also showed abnormal behavior. The originally docile cattle and sheep became restless and often made miserable cries at night, as if they were extremely frightened. These phenomena made the villagers' fear reach its peak, and many people even began to prepare incense, candles, and paper money to pray for peace.

Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei decided to start their investigation from the abandoned ancestral hall. The ancestral hall had been abandoned for many years and was rarely visited on weekdays. The weeds grew around it and it looked particularly eerie. They took flashlights and walked into the ancestral hall on a moonlit night. The ancestral hall was filled with an old atmosphere and dust was flying in the beam of the flashlight. The two carefully looked around but did not find anything unusual.

Just as they were about to leave, a melodious song suddenly sounded, and the sound echoed in the empty ancestral hall, which seemed particularly strange. Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei nervously held the flashlights in their hands and looked around for the source of the sound. However, no matter how hard they looked, they could not find the source of the song.

"What on earth is going on?" Qi Tongwei frowned and whispered. Xiaoxuan did not answer. His eyes were attracted by a mural on the wall of the ancestral hall. The mural was very old and the colors were mottled, but it could be vaguely seen that it was a painting of an ancient sacrificial ceremony. Xiaoxuan looked closer and found several strange symbols on the mural, which he had never seen before.

Just as they were concentrating on studying the murals, a dark shadow suddenly flashed past them. The two turned around quickly, but saw only an empty ancestral hall. "Who's there?" Qi Tongwei shouted loudly, and his voice echoed in the ancestral hall for a long time, but there was no response.

The investigation did not yield any substantial results, but made the two more confused. After returning to the village, they consulted a scholar who was well versed in local history. The scholar told them that a long time ago, there was a mysterious sect in Qingshan Village. This sect was good at an evil technique called "Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate", which was said to be able to manipulate ghosts and bring disaster to the world. The symbol on the mural was probably the symbol of this sect.

"Is this really related to that mysterious sect?" Xiao Xuan couldn't help asking. The scholar shook his head and said, "This is just my guess. After all, these are all legends from many years ago, and there is no solid evidence. However, you can go to the village library to look for relevant ancient books, and maybe you can find some clues."

In the dusty ancient books in the village library, Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei finally found some records about the mysterious sect. It turned out that this sect was once very popular in Qingshan Village hundreds of years ago, but later because of its many evil deeds, the villagers united and drove it away. In order to prevent them from coming back again, the villagers also held a grand sacrificial ceremony to seal their power.

"Perhaps the power of the seal has weakened, and their remaining forces want to make a comeback." Qi Tongwei speculated. Xiaoxuan nodded and said, "Whether it is true or not, we can't take it lightly. We have to find a way to appease the villagers and continue to look for a solution to the problem."

So Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei organized a village meeting to explain their findings to everyone. Although most villagers were skeptical about the legend of this mysterious sect, they gradually calmed down after being comforted by the two. They also organized the young people in the village to form a patrol team to strengthen patrols in the village to prevent accidents.

During the patrol, the patrol team found some suspicious signs. They found some strange footprints in the corner of the village. The shape of these footprints was different from that of ordinary people, and there was a strange symbol at every distance, which was exactly the same as the symbol on the mural in the ancestral hall.

Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei realized that the enemy might have been lurking in the village. They decided to take the initiative and look for the enemy's traces based on the clues of footprints and symbols. After some tracking, they came to a cave in the back mountain of the village. There was a strange atmosphere around the cave, which made people shudder.

The two walked into the cave carefully. It was dark and damp inside, with strange lights flickering on the walls. As they walked, they suddenly heard a sinister laugh. "Welcome to our territory." A hoarse voice came from the darkness.

Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei quickly turned on their flashlights and saw a group of people in black robes appear in front of them. They all wore strange masks on their faces, so their faces could not be seen clearly. "Who are you? Why are you making trouble in the village?" Qi Tongwei asked loudly.

The black-robed leader sneered, "We are the descendants of the Ghost Gate Cult. This land once belonged to us, and now we want to take it back. Do you stupid villagers think you can stop us?"

Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei were not afraid, as they knew they had the responsibility of protecting the village. "Your plot will not succeed, we will definitely stop you," Xiaoxuan said firmly.

The two sides were in a standoff, and the atmosphere was extremely tense. Suddenly, the black-robed men launched an attack, waving strange magic weapons in their hands and muttering something. Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei quickly dodged and looked for opportunities to counterattack.

In the fierce battle, Xiaoxuan found that although the magic of these black-robed men was strange, it was not invulnerable. He remembered the method of cracking recorded in ancient books, so he whispered to Qi Tongwei: "Tongwei, let's try the method in the ancient books."

The two cooperated tacitly and used the terrain in the cave and the surrounding objects to successfully break the black-robed man's spell. Seeing that the situation was not good, the black-robed man wanted to escape, but was blocked by Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei.

"You can't leave, just surrender." Qi Tongwei said coldly. The black-robed man saw that he couldn't escape, so he had to put down his weapon and took off his mask. It turned out that these people were some lawless elements from the neighboring village. They took advantage of the villagers' superstition and pretended to be ghosts in an attempt to create chaos and seize the property of Qingshan Village.

Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei handed these people over to the police, and the crisis in Qingshan Village was finally resolved. After this incident, the villagers cherished the hard-won peace and prosperity even more. Xiaoxuan and Qi Tongwei also realized that protecting the village is not only about developing the economy, but also about inheriting and promoting traditional culture, enhancing the villagers' cultural confidence, and making everyone no longer easily believe in those feudal superstitions and rumors.