This actor is full of tricks.

Chapter 166 Backpacker

Lin Jue finally got a full night's sleep. After getting up at six in the morning, the first thing he did was to check on the old man's condition.

The old man was still sleeping, still digesting the resentment brought by the murderous blood, but Lin Jue could feel that the degree of distortion in his mind was gradually decreasing. According to this rate, the old man would be able to wake up within today.

The old man’s strength should not be able to be upgraded to C level, otherwise there would not be only two C-level students in that school.

Lin Jue walked into the bathroom and after washing up, he directly took on the "prayer" script.

[3★ Semi-scripted "Prayer": You are a backpacker who loves hiking. One day, you arrive in Buming Village. Strange customs and lost folk arts, everything the villagers do seems to be for the purpose of praying for blessings...]

[Script accepted, costumes and props delivered to system backpack]

【Please check the role information you are playing this time】

Finally a new character!
The richer the character library, the greater the room for operation.

[Name: Zhao Huayu]

【Age: 32】

[Role Positioning: A seasoned hiking enthusiast who enjoys visiting unexplored places and possesses a spirit of adventure and exploration]

The positioning of this character is quite suitable for this script. Buming Village is definitely a place full of questions. It just needs someone with an exploratory spirit to get to the bottom of it. If it is someone like Wang Tianshu who is timid, I don’t know when the truth can be found out.

He checked the system backpack again. The suit belonging to Zhao Huayu was a vest, a pair of work trousers, a pair of worn hiking shoes, and an extra-large travel backpack.

This surprised Lin Jue a little. With this backpack, he could grab more things.

After changing his clothes, his face slowly changed. A hint of gray appeared on his temples, his skin turned dark from being tanned by the wind and sun, and his eyes showed a bit more vicissitudes of life. That was the temperament that only came from someone who had seen all the scenery in the world.

After transferring all the stuff in his backpack into his travel bag, Lin Jue opened the door and walked out.

According to the route described by Xiao Ming's grandfather, you need to take the highway from the North Ring Road towards Jiuyuan, get off the ramp when you see a crooked tree, and then you need to walk for an hour.

Lin Jue walked a long way before he stopped a taxi. After agreeing on the price with the other party, the car drove onto the North Ring Road and headed towards Jiuyuan.

Sanjiang was getting farther and farther behind him, so the driver took the initiative to start a conversation: "Young man, are you traveling to Jiuyuan?"

"Yes, I'm going to a village. I heard that the talismans there are very effective. I want to go and see if I can get some protection." Lin Jue leaned lazily on the back seat and asked casually, "Master, have you heard of that village?"

Taxi drivers are the most informed people in the city. What if the other party really knows?

"I think I've heard of it."

What Lin Jue didn't expect was that the driver actually knew. He replied while thinking, "I heard from my colleague a few days ago that he's been unlucky lately, either running into weird people or encountering strange things, so he wants to go to a village to get a talisman."

"I wonder if this is the village you were talking about."

Wait a moment...

This colleague sounds familiar. Could he be the kind driver?
He and the driver were truly destined to be together. He would definitely have a good chat with him the next time they met and make up for the fare he owed him. "Did he tell you anything else, like where he heard about that village?" Lin Jue sat up straight.

The driver looked ahead. "I don't know about that. I also heard him say that when we were drinking."

Lin Jue didn't ask any more questions on this topic and chatted with the driver casually.

While the two were chatting, Lin Jue noticed a crooked tree on the side of the road ahead. It should be a locust tree, but it was dead. Its branches were twisted and intertwined, making it look like a giant human-shaped spider.

"Master, keep right and take the ramp with the crooked tree. Please let me off after we pass the toll booth." Lin Jue hurriedly called out to the driver to avoid him passing by.

The driver slowly slowed down. One kilometer down the ramp was the toll station. This was a toll station in a district of Jiuyuan. It was a bit desolate, with only one toll gate open. Apart from their car, no other cars passed by.

"Is this place so desolate?" Lin Jue saw that some toll booths were covered with cobwebs. It was obvious that no one had been here for a long time.

"This county has always been poor, and there are disputes over administrative divisions. Neither Jiuyuan nor Sanjiang wants to take over an economically backward county."

The taxi driver is a living repository of information; he knows a lot: "After the fog descended, most people in this county moved out. Now it feels like a dead town."

Lin Jue looked up at the name of the toll station. The county was called Quming. The village was very remote and was next to an almost deserted county town. It was indeed a good place to hide and do bad things.

After paying the fare and toll, Lin Jue picked up his bag and got out of the car. He happened to see an old man with a basket on his back preparing to climb over the guardrail.

It seems that he is preparing to go into the mountains.

"Uncle, wait."

Lin Jue hurriedly chased after him and stopped the old man. The old man was dressed simply and there was black mud under his fingernails. He looked like a farmer working in the fields.

However, the basket behind him did not contain any oily noodles or vegetables, but incense, candles and paper money, and there seemed to be a mask at the bottom.

But only a corner of the mask was exposed, so it was hard to see what it looked like.

[Plot 1: You hear about an isolated village that retains many of its traditional customs. As an adventurous person, you decide to visit the village...]

The plot has been triggered, which means that this old man is an "NPC" related to this plot, and should be from Bu Ming Village.

"What's the matter?" The old man had already stepped over the guardrail and was looking at Lin Jue with a wary look on his face.

"Uncle, I don't have any other intentions." Lin Jue pointed to the large backpack in his hand and said, "I'm a backpacker and I love traveling. I heard from the taxi driver that there is a village nearby where you can pray for blessings. I want to go there to ask for a talisman and spend a few days there."

The old man looked at the large travel bag, his tone still stiff: "Which taxi driver? What does he look like?"

What? Do I need an introduction from someone I know to enter the village?
Lin Jue described the appearance of the kind driver from before. The old man thought about it as if he was trying to confirm whether he had seen the driver before.

After a few minutes, he finally nodded, his expression slowing down: "Okay, come with me."

(End of this chapter)