“How do you know I have been poisoned?” Hearing his words, Shuo Ling could not help asking.
The man gave him a scornful look, “It took me a lot of effort to pull you out of the water. I checked that the injury on your body was not serious. Later I saw that you were in a coma, and your forehead was in a cold sweat. Then I opened your eyelids and found that the poisonous insect in your body was making an influence.”
“Are you sure?” Shuo Ling frowned slightly. The thing was exactly the same as he thought.
“Yes. You were drugged by a poisonous insect named enterobrosis insect, which could destroy your gut. This kind of poisonous insects liked to move at night. They made an influence on people more and more severely. When they made an influence, they could make people unbearable, but they wouldn’t kill people. It’s just torture.” Talking about this, the man could not help shaking his head and shivering.
What this person said was completely consistent with his symptoms these days. Shuo Ling asked again, “Could this poisonous insect be solved? I remember that I didn’t touch the person who could do this thing.”
“I had already helped you solve it when you were in a coma. As for the people who drugged you, you don’t need to touch them. As long as you drink the water with the eggs of the poisonous insects, you will be poisoned.” The man explained to Shuo Ling.
Hearing this, Shuo Ling recalled something in the village of god’s temple that night. Sure enough, the bowl of the wizard’s holy water was suspicious!
Shuo Ling thought deeply and asked tentatively, “Do you know how to deal with poisonous insects?”
“Besides solving your poisonous insects, I can solve all the poisonous insects in the world!” This man said with a smug face.
Just now, he was still guessing. Hearing this, there was no doubt that this man was the king of witchcraft, Hou Shi.
Shuo Ling hurriedly saluted Hou Shi, “I didn’t know you are the king of witchcraft. Sorry, I was disrespectful before.”
“It does not matter.” At this time, Hou Shi really appreciated Shuo Ling, thinking that this young man was not impetuous.
After a while, Hou Shi stopped smiling. Now it was not time to talk and laugh. When he found that there were poisonous insects in the young man’s body, he decided to take Shuo Ling back to the Witchcraft City.
So Hou Shi just continued asking, “Do you know where you drink some unknown water or whether you offend some people?”
“What happened to you?” Seeing that Hou Shi had been asking this question, Shuo Ling couldn’t help being curious.
Hou Shi shook his head, “I’m ashamed to say this. I doubt it’s done by the junior fellow apprentice who has left the sect!”
“Your junior fellow apprentice?” Shuo Ling felt puzzled.
“When the master died, he passed the position of the king of witchcraft to me. Originally, it should be given to my junior fellow apprentice, Zhan You. However, the master said that he was not strong in mind and could not be competent for the position. Being angry, my junior fellow apprentice left, and he even stole the forbidden book of the sect!” Hou Shi sighed while saying.
Hearing the words of Hou Shi, Shuo Ling asked, “So, do you think the disappearance of the frontier people is related to him?”
“Since I knew that the forbidden book was missing, I have been ordering people to leave the mountain to look for him. But they are not successful. This time, I heard that some frontier people were missing. I thought it might be his actions. I went out to check it myself and happened to save you halfway. But when I knew that you were poisoned, I thought it must be related to Zhan You. So, I brought you back to the Witchcraft City, wanting to ask you about his whereabouts when you were awake.” Hou Shi explained to him.
Shuo Ling nodded after hearing this. Seeing the worried face of Hou Shi, he couldn’t help saying, “You don’t have to worry about this!”
“So, do you know where he is?” Hearing Shuo Ling’s words, Hou Shi asked in a hurry. The worry on his face faded a lot.
Since Hou Shi was not the enemy, Shuo Ling did not beat about the bush, “I’m also investigating this matter, but….”
“But what?” Seeing Shuo Ling paused, Hou Shi asked in a hurry.
Shuo Ling said, “This village is very strange. It seems that there is a scheme for confusing people outside the village. It is impossible to enter this village!”
“A scheme for confusing people? But how do you know it’s the problem of this village?” Hou Shi looked at Shuo Ling suspiciously.
Then Shuo Ling told him how he entered the village that night, and what happened after entering the village and the circumstances of the villagers at that time!
“So, have you seen the wizard?” Hou Shi asked again.
“Yes.” Shuo Ling answered.
“Do you remember the person’s appearance? Can you draw it for me? If it was really Zhan You, it would be necessary to prepare in advance!” Hou Shi was worried again.
Seeing Shuo Ling nodding, Hou Shi brought paper and Chinese brushes.
After a while, Shuo Ling took the portrait to Hou Shi.
Hou Shi burst into anger, “It’s really him, I didn’t expect him to use zombie insects to control these villagers to work for him!”
“Zombie insects?” Shuo Ling frowned slightly.
Hou Shi continued saying, “if you were drugged with zombie insects, as long as the wizard gave orders to the king of zombie insects, the king would send out instructions, and the poisonous insects in the human body would follow the instructions!”
“I see. But what’s the way to solve?” Shuo Ling nodded and asked again.
No wonder he hit the villagers before falling down the cliff, but it seemed that they didn’t feel the pain.
Hou Shi said seriously, “Unless you find Zhan You and kill the king. As long as the king is dead, other poisonous insects will automatically die when they perceive this thing. Otherwise, as long as this person is still alive, the person will continue to complete the task of the king.”
“Next, what are you going to do?” Asked Shuo Ling.
Hou Shi said with a long sigh, “It seems that we need to find Zhan You as soon as possible to avoid more people suffering from being harmed, but we must find out the situation first, so as not to let more villagers get injured at that time.”
“If you believe me, I will help you to investigate the thing first, but I don’t know how to solve the scheme for confusing people at the village entrance.” Thinking of the scheme for confusing people at the village entrance, Shuo Ling couldn’t help but look worried.
Hou Shi walked to the jar that the poisonous insects were in it and fiddle with it, “It’s simple. His scheme for confusing people is not difficult for me. You just look at your feet to go forward and don’t look aside.”
“Thank you for reminding me. When I find out, I will order someone to tell you.” Shuo Ling saluted Hou Shi and prepared to go out.
“Wait.” Hou Shi took a token from his waist and threw it to Shuo Ling while saying.
Shuo Ling caught it, “This is…?”
“With this token, you can enter and leave the Witchcraft City freely.” Said Hou Shi, still fiddling with the jar.
After another bow to Hou Shi, Shuo Ling walked to Elysium City. He had been out for several days. He didn’t know what happened to Mo Li.
In Elysium City.
Mo Li had been staying nearby to keep watch on the village. But in those days, two more people were missing. So, Mo Li tried to enter the village at night to find out, but every time it would appear the same two roads. No matter which one he chose, he would return to the original place again.
After several attempts, Mo Li had no way but to give up. Marquis Shuo had been out for five days. What happened to him?
Yesterday, the small army sent by the Emperor had arrived in Elysium City. Because Marquis Shuo was not here, he asked Lord He first to meet them and arrange accommodation for them.
Everything was ok, but he did not know when Marquis Shuo would come back. Thinking of this, Mo Li couldn’t help worrying about this.
Just thinking, with the moonlight, he saw a dark shadow coming here.
Mo Li quickly hid behind a tree. He carefully observed it. When it was closer, he could see clearly that it was Marquis Shuo.
He quickly came out from behind the tree, “Marquis Shuo.”
“Did something happen in these days?” Shuo Ling nodded and asked.
Mo Li quickly replied, “Marquis Shuo, I’ve been keeping watch on the village these days, and I didn’t find anyone coming out. But I don’t know why there are two more people missing in Elysium City!”
“Oh! Are two more people missing?” Shuo Ling frowned slightly.
Before Mo Li spoke, Shuo Ling said, “Let’s talk about it later. Now go to the village to find out the situation.”
“I tried to enter the village these days, but I couldn’t enter. Did Marquis Shuo find a way to enter the village?” Mo Li asked quickly.
Marquis Shuo nodded, “You just follow me tightly. Don’t lose me.”
After saying, according to the method that Hou Shi said, looking at his feet, Shuo Ling followed a road to go straight ahead.
Sure enough! They came into the village.
It turned out that this scheme for confusing people used visions to disturb people’s minds. Without looking around, this scheme could be solved naturally.
Before they could take a few steps, they heard the sound of other people. They quickly hid behind the house beside them.
They listened to one people said, “Hey, where do we go to find so many people? Since people found someone missing, their awareness of prevention has become stronger.”
“Don’t complain here. If the wizard heard your words, you wouldn’t get a good ending.” Another people who was with him said.
Hearing his words, the man said reluctantly, “I see. I’m also working.”
“Hurry up. Get the villagers together quickly. If the time of sacrifice were missed, the wizard would scold us.” He urged again.
After saying, they rang the gongs in their hands!
At this time, the villagers opened the door one after another and walked out, still looking dull!
Seeing this, they quietly sneaked in from the side and followed the villagers to the altar.
When they got to the altar, they also knelt down as the villagers did.
Shuo Ling raised his head slightly and saw a man lying on the altar.
Being on the side, the wizard was the same as the last time he looked. Speaking some unreadable incantations, he shook his cane to command the villagers.
Finally, they heard the wizard said a sentence, “Send the man to heaven.”
All the villagers looked at the altar, and a burst of white smoke appeared around the altar. When the white smoke dispersed, the man on the altar also disappeared.
Shuo Ling thought there must be a mechanism in the center of the altar!
After the sacrifice, they followed the villagers out of the altar. When the people who were watching over the villagers were not paying much attention to them, they hid behind a haystack.
After all the people left, they came to the middle of the altar quietly and found out the mechanism.
After a long time, finally, they found it. The mechanism was on a strange stone. This stone was placed around.
Pressing down the mechanism, they only saw a hole in the middle of the altar for one person to go down. They entered the hole and walked quietly to the inside. They almost fumbled forward. After walking for a while, they didn’t hear any strange sound. Then Mo Li took out the carry-on paper igniter to light the fire.
Immediately, there became brightened in this cave. They walked cautiously inside and did not find anything abnormal.
When they were about ten meters away from the hole, they heard something inside. Shuo Ling signaled Mo Li to extinguish the fire.
They slowly moved forward. With a dim light flashing in the front of them, they followed the light to see inside. They saw that there looked like a dungeon, in which these people were tortured seriously.