Chapter 1 Step by Step

Step by step, his footsteps were silent.

Wei Yuan walked forward quietly.

This time, the wooden building seemed even more vibrant than usual.

Today was no longer a white day filled with mist, but a deep night. The sounds that faintly came were no longer the crisp and melodious singing of a female dan, but the loud and boisterous laughter of men, the clinking of cups and goblets, and the gentle, ingratiating laughter of women.

Joy, happiness, and an unstoppable sorrow.

Wei Yuan paused and turned his head to the left.

In the gray night mist, a row of people knelt neatly, including a child with a black mole at the corner of his eye, men, and women, all with their heads bowed.

The men lacked courage, and the women lacked compassion.

They looked like rows upon rows of tombstones.

He withdrew his gaze, lifelessly entered the courtyard, and before stepping inside, he opened his eyes, regained his senses, and a look of shock and anger flashed in his eyes, "Another dream?!"

He saw the stone well under the old locust tree, and he saw the woman with her head bowed.

This time she was wearing a large red dress, bright red and festive.

The melody in his ears changed to the suona horn, joyful and soaring.

It was a wedding.

But there was a chilling feeling that couldn't be stopped, an unstoppable desolation that made his scalp tingle. Wei Yuan's expression changed drastically, and he realized something was wrong. He rolled backward, reached out, and tried to grab the sword in his arms, but his hand grasped at empty air.

He looked up suddenly.

Silk ribbons fluttered on the locust tree, but there was nothing below.

He looked to the side.

The woman raised her head and silently looked at him.

Her palm instantly pierced Wei Yuan's heart.

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"Ah!!!"

Wei Yuan was awakened by a nightmare.

He suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes filled with shock and anger. He calmed down only when he saw the ceiling with green mold spots.

A few minutes later, he got up and drank most of a glass of water. The cold water soothed his intense emotions, and his expression calmed down, but he was even angrier. He turned his head and saw that the talismans at the door and the bedside had silently burned to ashes.

The other party was provoked.

But it wasn't just it that was provoked.

Wei Yuan had no intention of getting involved in the world of demons and ghosts, but the other side didn't seem to want to give him a way out at all. After seeing the talismans on his bedside, it became even more aggressive in entering his dreams. Even a clay figure had some temper, let alone a young man.

An unnamed fire burned fiercely in Wei Yuan's heart.

If it weren't for the Crouching Tiger Waist Token, he might already be dead.

There was no escaping this, it had to be dealt with.

His thoughts gradually became clear.

Finally, he decided to go to Jiangnan himself.

Rather than sitting and waiting for death, it was better to take the initiative and gain the upper hand. Anyway, staying here wouldn't help, so he might as well give it a try.

Wei Yuan went to the bathroom to wash his face, then put the Crouching Tiger Waist Token in his pocket, and then knocked loudly on the door where the ghosts dwelled. The water ghost floated out half of his body from the closed door, yawning. He was startled when he saw Wei Yuan and said, "Boss Wei... what's wrong with you?"

"Get ready, we're leaving for Jiangnan."

"Going to Jiangnan?"

The water ghost was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening and his scalp went numb:

"What, what are we going to Jiangnan for?"

"...What do you think?"

Wei Yuan curled the corners of his mouth, his expression a half-smile as he replied.

"To not reciprocate is impolite."

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The water ghost had a deep impression of the female ghost who had stabbed him straight through without saying a word. This time, he directly chose to stay and watch the house. Wei Yuan, like when he had obtained the Five Methods of Opening the Eyes, obtained from the Crouching Tiger Waist Token, through the same method, the Great Han Sili Commandant's solution for dealing with fierce ghosts.

Actually, it was very simple. The strong negative emotions of most fierce ghosts were linked to something.

Destroying that kind of thing would stimulate the fierce ghost's mind and cause them to develop other types of emotions.

The existence of a fierce ghost itself was based on the combination of negative emotions and a certain type of spiritual land in the world. The birth of extra emotions was equivalent to impurities appearing inside, reducing the degree of fit, and the fierce ghost's strength would plummet.

Another method was to burn all the yin objects related to the fierce ghost, mix them into a special talisman water, and then smear it on weapons, which could produce a killing effect on the fierce ghost. The kind of water Wei Yuan used to open his eyes was a relatively common one.

He roughly remembered the approximate location of the map that appeared on Zhao Yi's computer. He would go directly to that area when the time came.

He also used the [Exorcism] supernatural power to drive the wandering soul of the woman who committed suicide by poisoning, and drew out the pavilions and courtyards he saw in his dream. He didn't have the police's database, so he planned to ask the old people who were more familiar with local affairs when he went there. Finally, he hid the eight-sided Han sword in the sword box.

After thinking about it, he took it out again and found a guqin box from the museum.

It was made of redwood and was quite old, with scratch marks on it.

He threw it on the carpet outside, which would be enough to fool a few people without discerning eyes.

In matters of life and death, Wei Yuan couldn't care about anything else. He hid the sword box in the guqin box, and then drove the Qi Family Army soldier soul to try to familiarize himself with the action of taking the sword out of the guqin box. Jiangnan was not far from here. This kind of controlled knife could not be taken by train, so he could hitch a ride with someone in a van.

After making a decision, Wei Yuan burned all the female ghost's severed hair and mixed it into the talisman water.

Then he found a waist bag and put the talisman water for opening his eyes and the talisman water for slaying ghosts into small bottles.

The two paper dolls were also willing to go with him. Wei Yuan pulled up his cuffs and the two paper dolls slipped in.

Holding hands, they turned into something like a wrist guard, fitting snugly on his wrist.

Finally, waiting for sunrise to depart, under the suggestion of the Qi Family Army military soul, Wei Yuan sat cross-legged on the ground, slowly meditating to control his mind and breathing. This was a technique for adjusting his state and breathing and quickly restoring his strength after experiencing bloody battles, but it was almost impossible to teach in words.

Anyone who could roll around on the battlefield a few times and get a few heads without dying would basically know it.

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"There's still room, there's still room, squeeze in."

"Come on, here, can't you squeeze in here?"

"Let's wait for one more person, let's wait for one more, and we'll set off!"

Wei Yuan squeezed into a van, holding a guqin box. The driver didn't ask anything. After there was really no room for anyone else, he turned the steering wheel, stepped on the gas, and set off directly. The driver was extremely familiar with the roads, and was able to find the best routes all the way.

They set off in the morning and arrived at their destination in the afternoon.

Wei Yuan stood in a somewhat unfamiliar place, thought for a moment, and turned back to find the original driver.

The driver was in the car, talking on the phone while eating a lunchbox, saying loudly:

"Ah? Is Daddy eating well? Hahaha, of course, I'm eating well. I just made braised pork, a big portion, does it smell good?"

"It smells good, that's right. When Daddy goes back this month, I'll let you try it too."

"Hey, be good, listen to your grandma."

"What, you want to see the braised pork? Hey, what's so good about that?"

"Of course I really ate the meat."

He noticed Wei Yuan walking over, said two more sentences, and covered the phone. Wei Yuan saw the stir-fried potato shreds in the lunchbox, nodded, raised his voice slightly, and said, "You're eating so fast, there are only two pieces of meat left. Give them to me, I'll treat you next time."

The driver gave him a stunned look, then nodded with a slight hint of gratitude.

He chatted with the person on the other end of the phone for a few more words, and then hung up.

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"Thank you, brother, here, have a cigarette."

Putting away the phone, the driver didn't know what to say, so he just kept handing Wei Yuan cigarettes.

Wei Yuan took the cigarette, and the man put away the cigarette box, embarrassed, "I showed her the bill before, and she started to suspect me. Tell me, how old is she?"

Wei Yuan smiled, "She's very smart."

"That's for sure."

The man's face relaxed a lot, and he smiled more.

Wei Yuan took the cigarette, but didn't smoke it, and said:

"I came here to ask you for some information."

"You come here often, do you know any older people who know a lot about the past? I want to ask about something, write something..."

"Old people?"

The driver was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and a trace of hesitation appeared on his face:

"There are some, that person is very famous in this area, everyone knows him."

"It's just that he has a bit of an eccentric personality."

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Another dream...

It was the era of prosperity, the Jiangnan area, known throughout the world for its romance.

High buildings, covered with silk fabrics sent by patrons.

They were all sent for her...

The top female dan of Jiangnan Dao.

Beautiful.

Her voice was pleasant, pleasant.

The old man squinted his eyes, lying under the tree, patting the armrest, humming a tuneless tune in a low voice. He thought of the high and mighty female dan who gave him candy when he was a child. Sweet, it was so sweet.

But every time at this moment, he would suddenly remember that matter again. Every time he remembered it, it would hurt his heart.

That night, he and the people in the whole courtyard knelt all night.

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That night, no one dared to speak.

In the end, only she died.

Even more so, no one spoke.

People, when people die, their light goes out, and even favors can become cold.

He slowly opened his eyes, looking at the sunlight falling down, feeling that the house and himself were about to rot. He didn't know how long he could last, whether he would really rot away one day. If he rotted away, no one would know. But he couldn't go out in his current state, he couldn't go out.

That person often said, "In the deep of night, I suddenly dream of my youth."

That matter, I'm afraid I'll have to take it into my coffin.

Knock knock knock.

The sound of knocking on the door rang out.

The old man raised his head. He didn't want to pay attention to it at first, but for some reason, he thought about it and got up tremblingly to open the door. The door opened, and a man carrying a guqin box stood outside. The man glanced at the house, his eyes paused at the old locust tree, saw the ancient well under the locust tree, and finally his eyes fell on the old man's face, seeing the black mole at the corner of the old man's eye.

He suddenly recalled the child kneeling in his dream.

A sigh of vicissitudes of life flashed in Wei Yuan's heart, and then he restrained his emotions, carrying the guqin box sword box, and smiled slightly:

"Are you Mr. Jiang?"

"My name is Wei Yuan, and I want to ask you about something."

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