Chapter 26 Chapter 25 Blood Stealer

Although the story has been told, everyone's thoughts are still ups and downs, each silently meditating in the drizzle.After a long time, I heard Zhou Liwei say: "Oh, I never imagined that there is such a thrilling and soul-stirring history hidden behind this small blood bottle." The emotion at the time was sincere. "So you should know how important this sacred object is to our tribe." Anmi sighed in a deep voice, and looked at Luo Fei with dark eyes while talking. Luo Fei knew that the other party remembered his mistake of breaking the blood bottle again. Under such an atmosphere, he felt a little embarrassed. He touched his nose and tried to divert the topic away: "Yes, it's very important...but, such an important thing, How did it get stolen by that young man?"

As soon as that person was mentioned, An Mi immediately became very angry. He gritted his teeth, and the veins on his forehead jumped: "This despicable and shameless villain, he took advantage of the hospitality and kindness of the Hamo people, and he deceived us." !" "cheat?" "Yes." Seeing that An Mi was emotional, Suo Turan took over the topic and said, "At least at the beginning, he disguised himself as a friend of the Hamo tribe." "How to pretend?" Luo Fei looked like he was going to break the casserole and ask the bottom line.

"It was a year ago. He suddenly appeared in the village of our tribe. He came alone, and he brought some very interesting gifts for Mr. Anmi. Our Hamo people always welcome guests from afar. That night, Master An Mi held a banquet in this yard and warmly entertained him." "What kind of person is he?" Luo Fei suddenly interrupted and asked, he believed that, as an elderly wise man, Suo Turan's ability to read people should be very accurate. Soturan narrowed his eyes and remained silent, as if he was planning the appropriate words in his mind. After a while, he shook his head lightly and said, "This is a very powerful guy."

Although the words are simple, the meaning contained in them is far from simple.Luo Fei's heart skipped a beat: Suo Turan could say the word "powerful", that's not an ordinary person.Thinking this way, he turned his head to look at An Mi again, and saw that the other party's face was ashen. Although he was extremely angry, he didn't intend to refute. It seemed that he also acquiesced to Suotulan's evaluation. But I heard Suo Turan go on to say: "When drinking that day, he seemed very forthright, talking and laughing happily, without the slightest restraint. Perhaps it was because of this that we regarded him as a good friend at that time. In the eyes of us Hamo people Come on, those who can sit together and drink happily will not hide harmful ghosts in their hearts."

Luo Fei nodded: "There can only be some truth to this sentence... Didn't you ask him why he came here?" "Of course I asked, and I looked into his eyes." Soturan said seriously, "It's very easy for a person to lie with his mouth, but it's very difficult for him to lie with his eyes. He didn't avoid my gaze at all, so His answer should not be a lie. He said that he came for the legend of 'Jihad' and the secret of 'Uncanny Valley'." "Don't you find it strange? Who is he and why is he interested in these questions?"

"He said that he is an explorer, born to be a person who lives to seek secrets. Regarding his name, he just replied: Among a hundred surnames, the ranking is Zhou." Luo Fei, Zhou Liwei, and Yue Dongbei couldn't help but look at each other.They heard Yue Dongbei mention these eight words in Longzhou. It seems that this young man is always used to introducing himself like this. "A person's name is actually irrelevant, what matters is what he has done." Seeing Luo Fei and the other three looked surprised, Suo Tulan said leisurely at this time, "So we didn't ask further, just follow the It is the habit of our Hamo people to call him "Zhou". Later I told Zhou the story of the Jihad, which is the same as what I just told you. He seemed very interested and talked with me without blinking. Looking at each other, it seems that he is not only listening, but also looking at something."

"Looking at what?" Luo Fei frowned and repeated softly. "Yes, it's looking at my heart! Those eyes are very sharp. If I conceal or deceive him when I tell him, I can't escape his eyes." "As a guest, it's a little rude. Aren't you offended?" "No." Soturan said frankly, "Jihad is the most glorious history of the Hamo people. We are very willing to tell others, so we will not hide anything at all. The more attentive the listener is, the more serious the narrator will be." Glad. Thinking about it now, Zhou seems to have used our mentality to win our goodwill from the very beginning."

Luo Fei shook his head: "It's not necessarily deliberate. Since he came so far away, he must be very interested in these things. But... it's really like what he said, just to reveal some things. Is it a secret?" "Obviously, he just wanted to get the holy relics of the Hamo tribe!" An Mi snorted heavily, "Otherwise, after knowing the whole process of the jihad, he should have left, so why would he be in the village?" stay there for so long!" "Really? How long has he been there?" "Three or four months." "That's really long enough!" Luo Fei looked a little surprised, "What is he doing here?"

Soturan replied: "He often goes to the 'Uncanny Valley'. He stays for a whole day, and we don't know what he does, because he always walks alone." "I think these are just his disguises. He is delaying time and waiting for an opportunity." An Mi said coldly, "In the end, he has mastered the language of the Hamo tribe proficiently, and he has become a good mix with Shuiyiji. My friend. It's a pity that we didn't feel alert at all." "Shui Yi anthill?" This is a new name, Luo Fei immediately asked, "Who is it?" An Mi kept silent, as if unwilling to mention this person.Soturan sighed softly, and explained: "He is the guard of the saint. He should be the bravest and most loyal young man in the entire Hamo tribe. Who would have thought that he would commit such a terrible crime."

Luo Fei read the subtext in the other party's words, his eyes flashed: "He helped Zhou steal the blood bottle?" Soturan closed his eyes and nodded silently.It could be seen that he was extremely distressed by Shui Yidhill's betrayal. "Why did he do this?" Luo Fei was extremely surprised in his heart, and blurted out.Indeed, since he was the guard of the saint, it would be easy for him to steal the blood bottle.However, what reason does he have to betray the entire tribe and sell the supreme holy object to outsiders?Just because he and "Zhou" became good friends?This is obviously inexplicable.

Soturan shook his head helplessly: "I still don't understand. How many times have I asked Shui Yiji? But he never answered, at most he just said that everything was his fault and he was willing to accept any punishment. .” "Where is this person now?" Luo Fei keenly sensed something suspicious. "Shut up in a water prison." "I want to meet him." Luo Fei said frankly, "The sooner the better." Suo Turan didn't speak, and turned to look at An Mi. Obviously, he still couldn't make the decision on this matter. After a moment of silence, An Mi finally spoke: "No matter what the reason is, what Shui Yiji has done has insulted the title of 'warrior', and he is a disgrace to our Hamo people. Such a person is not qualified to meet with you. See, he should live in darkness forever. However, since everyone is dealing with the reappearing demons, let's first look at those who have sold their souls to the demons." After saying this, An Mi got up first and walked towards the gate of the courtyard. "Everyone, please!" Suo Turan led Luo Fei and the others, and followed closely behind An Mi.The four attendants waiting outside the door were very clever. Seeing that the leader was about to go out, they immediately took torches and distributed them on both sides to guide the way. A group of people walked through the drizzle and headed north. After a while, they saw the water in front of them, and they had come to the edge of the mountain pool.Immediately, everyone turned to the west along the poolside.At this time, the night was getting darker, and most of the houses of the villagers along the way had turned off their lights, and the surrounding area was very quiet. The further you go, the fewer and fewer people are on the roadside.It seems that this is going outside the stockade?Luo Fei was thinking in his heart, when he suddenly saw the flickering fire not far away, reflecting a row of densely packed houses. There are a total of seven or eight of these houses, all of which are built in the water not far from the shore. The lower part is made of thick black wood as piles, so that the main body of the house is suspended above the water.There are torches next to each house, and the light of the fire fluctuates with the wind and rain, but instead presents a gloomy and strange atmosphere. Everyone kept walking, and they came to the front in an instant.A man stepped out of the fire, saluted An Mi and Suo Turan, and then said something in Hamo dialect. Although Luo Fei couldn't understand, he roughly guessed that it was something like greetings. The man looked thirty, tall and strong, with a fleshy face.While saluting and saying hello, he secretly looked at Luo Fei and the others, a look of astonishment obviously flashed in his eyes, but it was immediately hidden. Anmi murmured, supposedly introducing everyone's identities and intentions.Although his voice was not loud, it had already broken the original silence.Something seemed to be disturbed in the darkness, and suddenly let out a shrill cry. This call sign carried a piercing chill, piercing into everyone's hearts.Luo Fei was startled suddenly, and his thoughts were brought back to Kunming a few weeks ago, to the dark corridor of the mental hospital. The sound was so similar to the shout of the young man at that time!It is also full of despair and fear!And here and now, things seem weirder and more complicated. Because the sound hadn't stopped yet, another call sign sounded, and then one after another, three or four people were screaming at the same time.The originally peaceful mountain pond suddenly seemed to have fallen into hell on earth. Luo Fei and the others all changed their faces, but now An Mi said coldly: "These are people who were frightened mad by the devil, and they are locked in these houses." Luo Fei and Zhou Liwei glanced at each other, and knew in their hearts: This is exactly the "phobia" that appeared in Longzhou!It turned out that there was also an outbreak among the Hamo people. It seems that the source of this disease came from near the "uncanny valley", which is beyond doubt. "When did these people go crazy?" Luo Fei immediately turned his head, looked at An Mi and asked. "It was in the few days after the blood bottle was stolen that the power of the demons began to recover in the Uncanny Valley." Anmi replied with a stern expression, "They all entered the Uncanny Valley while hunting, and the demons took their souls away. " Luo Fei nodded secretly, from this point of view, these Hamo people and the young man in the Kunming Mental Hospital should be the same group of victims, he pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Is it just the few days after the blood bottle was stolen? Nothing happened for more than half a year?" "Afterwards, no one dared to go to the Uncanny Valley. In our clan, there are many warriors like Dierga guarding the village, and the devils dare not easily invade our land." When Anmi said this , glanced at the tall man in front of him, full of praise and praise.The man also proudly puffed out his chest. It seemed that he was the mentioned "warrior" Dilga. "That Shuiyi anthill is also locked here?" Luo Fei asked guessing. An Mi nodded, and said something to Dierga.Dilga agreed, and then led the crowd towards the row of wooden houses.After passing a suspended trestle bridge, they came to the walkway in front of the wooden house. "This is the water prison of the Hamo tribe. It was used to detain enemy prisoners during the war. It was built on the water to prevent the enemy from rescue or the prisoners from escaping. Now, the prison cells are full of our own people in the tribe." Said. When it came to the last sentence, Suo Turan looked emotional, and there was sadness in his tone. The wooden houses are connected one by one and have no windows, but the front doors are all fenced, so that the house will not be too stuffy, and the guards can monitor the situation in the house at any time.Luo Fei and the others followed Dierga to the depths of the row of houses. Along the way, they inevitably peeked at the houses they passed by, but they saw faces distorted by fear under the dim red firelight, with creepy expressions. The screams are still coming out. Luo Fei frowned, the horror experience at noon was still in his heart, and when he recalled it, he still had a suffocating feeling. Soon, the group came to the end of the aisle.The last room here is isolated from the whole, not connected to the neighboring wooden houses, and its structure is different from the other houses.There are no walls around it, and all are fences nailed by wooden pillars with thick legs.Even the roof has been replaced by a fence.Rather than saying it is a room, it is more accurate to say it is a "cage". Everyone stopped in their tracks one after another, Yue Dongbei stroked his bare head, laughed dryly "hehe" a couple of times, and said with nothing to say: "This cell is a bit special." "This is specially designed to detain those who have committed great crimes. They are exposed to the scorching sun, wind and rain, and bites from mosquitoes and poisonous snakes all day long. Although they are alive, they have to suffer more terrible pain than death." An Mi Gritting his teeth, he said the words.His eyes were wide open, fixedly staring at a person in the "cage", his eyes seemed to burst into flames, which showed his hatred for him. Luo Fei and the others followed An Mi's line of sight, and saw the person in the "cage" lying curled up in a corner, with his head pressed against the floor, motionless, as if he were dead.Because the light was dim and the distance was far away, he still couldn't see his figure clearly. Dierga raised his voice and yelled twice. Although he spoke the Hamo language, Luo Fei could clearly discern that his pronunciation was similar to the Chinese "Shui Yi Dick", and he should be calling the name of the "caged man". , but the man ignored it. Dierga cursed in Hamo language, with a ferocious expression and a vicious tone.Suo Turan glared at him suddenly, with a slight rebuke in his eyes, Dilga stopped talking quickly, with an embarrassed look on his face.Suo Turan turned his head, looked at Shui Yiji lying in the cage, first sighed, and then uttered a piece of Hamo dialect, but the tone was much softer. This time Shui Yiji had a reaction. After looking up and looking out of the cage for a few times, he began to twist his body, as if remembering, but his movements were slow and weird. After struggling for a long time, he straightened his upper body and formed a kneeling posture. pose on the ground.Then he staggered and almost exhausted all his strength, finally stood up completely, and staggered towards the door of the cell where everyone was. As he progressed gradually, Luo Fei narrowed his eyes and carefully scrutinized this female guard who had betrayed the entire "tribe".His clothes were ragged, his body was dirty and muddy, his beard and hair had grown long, and it was difficult to distinguish his original face from his actual age.Due to the long-term suffering, his body was extremely emaciated and his face was haggard. With difficulty, step by step, he almost moved to the door, and there was only a wooden fence separating him from the crowd.His movements were sluggish and clumsy, not only because his physical strength was extremely weak, but more importantly, because his hands were tightly tied behind his back, and ropes were wrapped around his feet, leaving only half a step gap. Being imprisoned in a water dungeon and subject to such a bondage, there is no freedom at all.Luo Fei couldn't help shaking his head silently.Soturan seemed to see what he was thinking, and said softly: "If you want to deal with a tiger, you must use the strongest shackles." Accompanied by Suo Turan's voice, Shui Yiji slowly raised his head and looked across the door from everyone.The moment Luo Fei met his eyes, Luo Fei had fully understood the meaning of Suo Turan's words just now: this is an extremely powerful person. Although he was tortured, his physical condition was on the verge of collapse, and he was firmly restrained, but this person's eyes were still so sharp, shining with a sharp light.Besides his own clansmen, he knew Bai Jian'e, but Luo Fei and the other three were completely strangers.His gaze stayed on the three of them, full of vigilance and scrutiny. "These are Han warriors from afar, they are friends of the Hamo people. Demons have ravaged their land, and the three followers of Lord Baizhai have also been killed by demons. Don't you repent of the crimes you committed? ?” Soturan said to Shui Yimo in the language of the Hamo tribe, his tone was low, but not harsh, and there seemed to be more elements of persuasion and inducement in it. Shui Yiji's eyes tightened, a slightly surprised expression appeared on his face, and he muttered to himself: "The devil? The devil really appeared?" Suo Turan pointed to the guests standing beside him, and his expression became serious: "Luo and Zhou came from the distant Longzhou. The sacred objects were broken there! Many people, like the victims in our tribe, were killed by demons. Frightened crazy, even frightened to death! And the devil followed them all the way, maybe it will reappear in the village soon." "Zhou?" This familiar address seemed to evoke a certain memory of Shui Yiji. His eyes lit up, and he immediately followed Suo Turan's pointing to Zhou Liwei, but he quickly shook his head in disappointment. , obviously, the other party is not the person he wants to meet.Then he turned his head slightly and looked at Luo Fei's face.This person is still so strange to Shui Yiji, but this person has a mysterious aura, which touched his heart in an instant. A temperament so indescribable that you can't even tell where it came from.From those bright eyes?A frank smile from the corner of the mouth?Or the calm and confident look on his face?In short, although the other party did not speak, they clearly conveyed this message: Come on, tell me the secret in your heart, only I can solve all your confusion. Shui Yiji became interested in this young man of a foreign race. He licked his tongue and asked in a hoarse voice: "Luo? Why are you here?" Soturan immediately conveyed his words to Luo Fei. "Can he understand Chinese?" Luo Fei was delighted to see that the other party was willing to communicate with him. Of course, he hoped that the two sides could have a direct dialogue. But Suo Turan's answer made him regretful: "No, according to the rules handed down from generation to generation by the Hamo people, all the saintess guards are strictly forbidden to learn Chinese." Luo Fei curled his lips helplessly, this rule is indeed a bit strange.That being the case, he had no choice but to turn to Suo Turan again: "Please help me to ask him why that 'Zhou' stole the blood bottle, and why did he help this person?" Soturan translated this sentence into Hamo, but it can be seen from his expression that he himself did not have much hope for this inquiry. Shui Yi anthill quickly gave his answer. "What did he say?" Luo Fei asked impatiently. "He admitted that he stole the sacred object from the saint and gave it to the young man. But the reason, he will only tell her to her alone after seeing the saint." An Mi had been standing aside with a livid face, and before Suotulan's words fell, he scolded furiously: "You have committed an unforgivable crime. If you don't repent, you will be punished by the most severe punishment from our clan." punish!" Shui Yimo bowed slightly, saluted An Mi, and then replied calmly: "Respected leader An Mi, I am willing to accept any punishment, but according to the family rules handed down by the hero Aliya and the great Helay, The Saintess Guard only obeys the orders of the Saintess herself, and only the Saintess can punish him accordingly." An Mi narrowed her eyes and clenched her teeth, obviously extremely angry.After a while, he sneered sinisterly: "You rely on the protection of the family rules to act so boldly. Good! Good! Didn't you always want to see the saint? Tomorrow I will fulfill your wish, I want to see Look, how she will treat you, a traitor who betrayed the tribe!" Shui Yiji frowned, his face showed joy, and at the same time he cried out in surprise: "Saint? Has she recovered?" An Mi snorted, and said through her teeth: "You just give up, the saint will never forgive you!" Luo Fei watched the confrontation between An Mi and Shui Yiji, and at the same time learned the content of the conversation between the two from Suo Turan, and then he asked a little strangely: "The saint has never come to ask him words?" Suo Turan was stunned for a moment, and his expression suddenly became a little awkward. Before he could speak, An Mi rushed to answer: "After the sacred object was lost, the saint became ill and had been bedridden for nearly half a year. This time Just recovered in two days." "So that's the case." Luo Fei nodded, and then looked at Shui Yiji in the cell, "It seems that some of these secrets can only be solved by the saintess." "Tomorrow night, the saint will show up." An Mi understood the meaning of Luo Fei's words, "Our clansmen have not seen the saint for too long. When the time comes, I will bring Shui Yiji over and let He faces the judgment of the saint." "That's great." Luo Fei showed a satisfied expression, after all, a day's waiting is not too long. A cold mountain wind passed by, and the rain suddenly picked up.Raindrops fell on the surrounding wooden roofs and began to make a series of dense sounds. An Mi looked at the sky with a somewhat bewildered expression.He must have thought of the terrible plot that the "devil" almost succeeded in the heavy rain hundreds of years ago, right? Shui Yimiki also raised his head, his eyes widened.There was no rain cover on his head, and soon his whole body was wet. Suo Turan coughed lightly, and said to An Mi: "My lord, go back." An Mi nodded, then looked at Luo Fei and the others: "I will arrange a place for you to live in. What are your plans now?" Luo Fei had already had an idea in his mind, so he said it at this moment: "We want to go to the 'Uncanny Valley' tomorrow, and hope that Master An Mi can find us a guide who is familiar with the route." "Go to the 'Uncanny Valley'? There is no more suitable candidate than Dierga." Anmi pondered for a moment, then added, "High Priest Suotulan, take two more warriors and go with you. Right. Since the devil is nearby, it’s better to be more careful when going to that place now.” Soturan folded his chest and bent over: "Follow your lord's advice." An Mi didn't speak anymore, one person took the lead and walked out of the water prison, followed by the others.After Dierga saluted, he did not follow and see him off.Due to the heavy rain, the group of people walked quickly, and after a while, they had already walked outside the mountain pool, and the dark and gloomy cell was left in the wind and rain behind them. Suddenly, a series of hoarse shouts came from the water dungeon, which could be vaguely recognized as the voice of Shui Yiji. An Mi stopped, as if taken aback for a moment, but he just glanced back, then walked away again. "Shui Yi anthill? What is he talking about?" Luo Fei asked curiously. Soturan shook his head silently, followed An Mi closely without answering. "He wants An Mi to let him go and let him protect the saint and fight against the devil." Bai Jian'e came to Luo Fei's side at this time and answered the other party's doubts. Then he looked at the backs of An Mi and Suo Turan, He said meaningfully, "But now, apparently, no one believes him anymore."