I survive in the weird Liaozhai

Under the leadership of Gu Nian'an, the two passed through the main city and the market, then left the city from the east gate and walked another seven or eight miles to the southeast.

After finally reaching a dark forest, Gu Nian'an slowly slowed down his pace.

He didn't feel very good here, and there was a familiar aura lingering around the woods.

It's cold, dull, depressing, and makes people feel a little breathless.

Gu Nian'an lowered his head and thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He remembered that it was somewhat similar to the feeling when he first approached the red coffin.

So has Sister Red Coffin been here recently, or is Sister Red Coffin in the woods now?

He slowed down his pace and took off the scarf from his eyes. Gu Nian'an gripped the hilt of the knife with all his muscles tensed, ready to strike at any time.

He had quite complicated feelings towards Sister Red Coffin.

He had cheated Sister Hongguan, and Sister Hongguan had also cheated Taoist Qi Yuan, but in the end they reconciled.

If possible, he actually didn't want to be his enemy anymore. After all, there were few people with principles, and ghosts with principles were even rarer.

The two walked in the woods, and the atmosphere was a bit depressing.

Gu Nian'an took the lead and walked in front, looking a little solemn.

Xu Chongxiao followed him silently with a dim look in his eyes. He actually understood what the Taoist said before.

He just held out a glimmer of hope. As long as he didn't see it with his own eyes and hadn't seen his senior sister's body, he wouldn't believe it.

The two walked quietly in the silent woods. Suddenly, Gu Nian'an exerted force on his feet, jumped up, and shuttled back and forth in the woods using the tree trunks.

Xu Chongxiao, who was following behind him, was stunned for a moment, then quickly followed.

Gu Nian'an ignored the people following him. He found something interesting and took off the scarf from his eyes.

He could clearly see a gray-black air current swirling in the air in the woods, extending deep into the woods.

Stopping on an ancient tree that was so thick that it took a man to hug it, Gu Nian'an's expression became even more solemn.

He stretched out his hand and compared it with the brown palm print on the tree trunk. It was undoubtedly a human hand.

But the palm print on the tree trunk was too small, only one-third the size of his palm, and there was a layer of gray-black mist lingering on the palm print.

Standing on the tree trunk, he turned and looked towards the northwest of the woods, where the gray-black fog was even thicker.

Could it be there?

Without any hesitation, Gu Nian'an continued to fly deeper into the woods by stepping on the tree trunks to see the situation first.

If I really encounter something powerful, I don’t know whether I can defeat it or not.

But he still has some confidence in running away. With the blessing of Thunder, his speed is definitely good enough.

Three minutes later, Gu Nian'an stood on the tree trunk, quietly observing the woods below. This was where the gray-black airflow was the thickest.

I saw an open space of about five or six square meters below, with several broken trees lying on the ground in all directions.

And the flowers and plants on the ground also showed signs of dying.

So has anyone here tried this?

Just as I was about to observe for a moment, a figure quickly shuttled through the woods and ran straight towards the open space.

Looking at the figure running towards the open space, Gu Nian'an's eyes fluctuated slightly, but in the end he did not step forward to stop it.

It was he who chose to come along, so I don't intend to be responsible for his safety.

Xu Chongxiao was very anxious. The Taoist priest was moving too fast and he couldn't catch up for a while.

However, he could clearly see the general direction in which the Taoist priest left.

So he could only run in the direction the Taoist priest left.

But we have been chasing him for a while, but still haven’t seen the Taoist priest.

The Taoist priest wouldn't leave him and go away, right? The more Xu Chongxiao thought about it, the more anxious and scared he became. He didn't want even this last bit of hope to disappear.

So Xu Chongxiao once again tried his best to speed up until he arrived at this open space.

Looking at the messy scene in front of him, he quickly stopped.

Then he walked forward cautiously to check the situation.

He walked to the broken tree, observed it carefully for a moment, then reached out and touched the cut on the trunk.

Suddenly, Xu Chongxiao's eyes lit up and were filled with joy.

There is no mistake, there is no mistake, this is the trace left by Ruyi Jin.

The front half of the trunk cut is smooth, while the back half has obvious tear marks, which is completely consistent with the effect of Ruyi Jin.

The Ruyi Power that he and his senior sister practiced seemed to be moderate and peaceful, but in fact it had great explosive power. Once hit by Ruyi Power, the wound would have traces of tearing and penetration.

However, he and his senior sister's practice was not good enough, and they could not maintain the Ruyi Power at all times. Only the burst of true Qi at the moment of contact would cause the tearing effect.

However, the burst of true Qi has a time delay, which results in the front half of the incision being smooth and the back half being torn.

And since my senior sister used a sword, the marks she left behind would be more obvious.

The traces here were left by my senior sister. That’s right, that’s right. The traces here must have been left by my senior sister.

Xu Chongxiao's eyes were shining as he walked back and forth in the open space, looking around, not wanting to miss any clues.

Gu Nian'an stood on the tree trunk, looking at the figure walking back and forth below with some helplessness.

If Xu Chongxiao continues to act this way, all clues will be destroyed if he is allowed to go around a few more times, and there will be no point in investigating.

Besides, Xu Chongxiao has been hanging around down there for a while, so there shouldn't be any danger here.

So Gu Nian'an jumped directly down from the tree.

The sound of him landing made Xu Chongxiao, who was in an excited state, instinctively raise his spear.

However, when Xu Chongxiao saw the man's face clearly, he quickly put down his spear and walked up to him with a somewhat excited look.

"Master, my senior sister has been here. I checked and there are traces of her here."

Seeing Xu Chongxiao's excited expression and shining eyes, Gu Nian'an didn't pay much attention to him. He just glanced at him, then walked around him and went to the open space to investigate.

He has an extra pair of eyes that can see strange air currents, like Xu Chongxiao, so he can find clues that Xu Chongxiao has overlooked.

Slowly walking to a withered grass, Gu Nian'an squatted down and looked at it carefully.

The grass is very ordinary, just a common weed on the roadside.

But there were a few black spots left on the withered grass leaves.

He saw clearly that this was one of the sources of the strange gray and black airflow.

As for the other place?

Gu Nian'an stood up, and suddenly his figure moved instantly. He quickly came to a big tree, drew his sword, slashed diagonally, and put it back into the sheath in one go.

"boom"

After a moment, the trunk slid down diagonally and broke into two sections.

Looking at what was exposed after the tree trunk broke, Gu Nian frowned.

I saw a broken sword tip completely embedded in the tree trunk, with a little bit of the tip exposed and some black marks left on the top of the sword tip.

The sound of the tree falling woke up Xu Chongxiao who was in a daze.

What were those eyes just now? How could someone's pupils be gold and silver?

Moreover, those eyes gave him a feeling of majesty and terror. They only glanced at him.

I felt my body a little stiff, so who exactly is this Taoist priest?

A strange and paralyzing qi.

Proficient in divination.

And those eyes just now that were not like those of an ordinary person, everything about them revealed something unusual.

After waking up from his daze, Xu Chongxiao didn't worry too much.

Nothing else matters now. Finding senior sister is the most important thing at this moment. He put aside all distractions and quickly came to Gu Nian'an.

Just as he was about to ask, he saw half of the broken blade stuck in the tree trunk.

Just one glance, and instantly two lines of tears flowed down the corners of his eyes.

At this moment, Xu Chongxiao seemed to have lost his soul, and his body moved stiffly step by step towards the tree trunk.

That is my senior sister's sword. There is no doubt that the broken sword in the tree trunk belongs to my senior sister.

He remembered every pattern on the sword clearly.

Especially the plum blossom mark on the tip of the sword. He remembered that it was left behind due to a special quenching process.

This is also the origin of the Qingmei Sword, but the Qingmei Sword is Senior Sister’s favorite thing, how could it be broken? How could it be broken?

Xu Chongxiao knew very well what a personal weapon meant to a warrior.

That is a warrior’s second life.

The sword is broken, senior sister, where did she go?

With tears in his eyes, he walked to the tree trunk, stretched out his hand and moved closer to the sword blade, not caring about the sharpness of the blade at all.

Seeing Xu Chongxiao's hand about to touch the tip of the sword, Gu Nian'an's face darkened slightly and then he grabbed Xu Chongxiao's shoulder and threw him out.