Path of the Dead Prequel: Wings of Silver

I watched the Liliths leave the dojo until they disappeared in front of the stone plate door of the cellar. Then I took Tomato's hand and walked out of the big house. I climbed up the corner blockhouse in front of the gate and chose a room with a good view to stay. Guarded for half the night.

Lucy was forced to live under the command of Jacaranda due to force. According to common sense, I had no right to take this person away, but seeing that she was going to have to go out to find the ancient tomb tomorrow, she still nodded and agreed to let him go. The girl climbed up the masonry watchtower with me, looking curious and excited. As soon as the door was closed, she seemed impatient. I quickly turned my head and asked her not to think wrong.

"I came to you because I want to check some details with you. I patted the bed and asked her to sit down first, and asked:"The first time you brought us here to get the guns, did you bump into two people staying at the dojo? What did they look like?" I want to find out who they are"

"I didn't meet him. I didn't know there were still people on guard. Since the old man from Eatenton issued the wanted order, we have temporarily given up on the Goddess Peak. When we arrived, the gatehouse was locked, and there was no trace of human life in the dojo. She spread her hands, leaned her head on my shoulder, and said,"Sister, is this what you're asking me for?" Where can I ask this? Go to bed quickly, they all got up early"

"This is a very important matter. Whether the purple robe pickets are here to find the imprisoned or to kidnap them is currently unclear, and it is always a hidden danger to clarify. I had a hunch that they would not give up and would still hide nearby and watch eagerly. This is why I took the initiative to apply to be on night watch."I looked directly into her eyes and asked:"How did Jujube Core know that?"

"It's been a long time, okay? How do I know why Zaohe said that? I'm not familiar with them in the first place. She avoided my eyes and shouted:"I don't like this kind of interrogation atmosphere. Ever since I was a child, people have always liked to ask me all kinds of questions and want me to answer them immediately. It's the look in your eyes." Do you think I'm hiding it on purpose? Absolutely not. I'm very tired and just want to rest"

"Okay, it’s my sister who is verbose."I made her lie down, put the headlamp on the bedside for lighting, and lay beside her, talking about interesting things from childhood, such as fishing, camping, and going up the mountain to pick mushrooms. Lucy was among the group. They are still very young, still a child. They don’t like to be under pressure. They haven’t completely gotten out of the rebellious period yet. Even if they ask questions, they need to be step-by-step. After chatting like this for a while, she gradually turned the topic to me, and her hands began to become dishonest. I am a beast, so naturally I accept everyone who comes.

After the strenuous exercise, she looked in high spirits. She stood up quickly, wiped her sweat and smoked, looked at the dark clouds in the sky, and suddenly said:"I remember easily when I relax. Something happened. That day I unlocked the door and went in to get the oil bag. I saw something strange."

"Oh, what do they look like? You can really mess around."My whole body seemed to be falling apart, and I had no energy at all. I was having too much fun this time and was somewhat drained by the alcohol. I grabbed the blanket and covered my back, turned sideways and asked,"Have you talked to each other?"

"I didn't see anyone, but I saw an ashtray next to the shrine with a cigar in it. There were muddy watermarks of leather shoes on the bricks of the big house, indicating that there had been visitors to the ashram. Seeing that I turned around and wanted to ask something, she hurriedly waved her hands and said,"That's all.""

Cigar and muddy watermarks? Although they are clues, the scope is too broad. It may be the left-behind themselves or the acquaintances they attracted. If the head of the deceased has not been cut off, his identity can be found out through facial features. Seeing me thinking silently, this girl then said something else, saying that she had thrown away the ashtray when she saw it, and that if you were willing to look for it, you might still be able to find it.

"I'm sure the cigar smoker lives in a nearby town because this brand is made in a local workshop. She winked at me slyly and said with a smile:"You have to be my sister as you promised yourself, and then I can remember many things that I have forgotten now." Go to sleep. Tomorrow I will take you to find that corner. It’s just a matter of walking a few steps."

"I think you should be given the nickname"little coquettish fox". A person of such a small age has actually learned how to blackmail me."I nudged her with my butt and closed my eyes. Lucy's habit of lying is universally recognized by the Liliths. Maybe she, as she said, lived in a repressive environment since she was a child, which led to her becoming like this.. However, this kind of person is relatively easy to deal with, that is, she has to meet her requests from time to time. Only then can she pry out some useful information from her mouth.

Although she said that she was on the night watch, as soon as my head hit the pillow, I immediately fell asleep. , when they woke up naturally, all the Liliths had already gotten up, put on their sweatshirts and rain boots, carried coal shovels and climbing ropes, and were ready for the adventure. After going downstairs, they simply ate some leftovers from last night. Meat, I also put on my leather clothes and tied my tail in a ponytail, yawned and joined the crowd.

Lucy saw me approaching and handed over an open Cordon Bleu beer can. This was what she mentioned last night. The ashtray arrived, but there was nothing in it except rainwater and cigarette ashes. It turned out that after she was called downstairs early in the morning, Jacaranda immediately asked her to report the reason for being called away, and she had to explain everything. So the half of the cigar had been taken away. Seeing me asking, Jacaranda walked towards me and raised a sticker in her hand towards me. It was a rather tacky sign, depicting an iguana lying on a cactus.

Peach Blossom, Xiangcheng and others had already figured out that this kind of cigar was produced in a nearby town. In the past, almost everyone in Georgia grew tobacco and lentils, even Alison's farm. The cigar brand is called Chameleon, ten pieces. Once installed, it is sold in various gas station shops. This does not have any effect, because people who come to travel will also buy it as souvenirs, so anyone can smoke. Everyone began to follow

Alison behind, and moved towards Heading towards the hills on the back side of Goddess Peak. For some reason, I felt that several pairs of eyes were looking at her with strange expressions, including Tianzhu Ju. I couldn’t help but push her gently and asked her what she was looking at.

"After calming down last night, the sisters and I analyzed your original words word for word. Everyone suspected that Canna might be the great elder. She lowered her tone, stopped tying her shoes and said,"Including those who went to unveil the curtain, she was also the first to go.""

"Eh? She was the first to go, but I didn't see her secretly carrying a purple envelope?"I couldn't help but stop, pretending to be waiting for her, and said:"Actually, I still have a nightmare that I haven't said yet. That incident has something to do with her, because Alison was killed by the bomb."

Then, Tianzhu Ju told them a few details that they had checked. The first characteristic was the figure of the woman who took Kyoko away. She was a head taller than us, and there was only a peasant woman in the whole group. The second characteristic was that her legs were very white. The palms are larger than ordinary people, and Alison has all of them. The last one is her guess, that is, the peasant woman is too generous. This is especially abnormal. No one does not complain after suffering huge losses. Last night I waited for three When someone gave her money, Alison neither shirk nor refuse, she accepted it calmly.

"The elder must have other private properties, otherwise where would a bunch of girls get the money for their daily expenses? And I see that Canna sells agricultural and sideline products all day long. The only thing that makes a profit is that the quality of her leaves is very good. Even if her husband dies, she can find another one to inherit Zhuangzi, but she has neither helpers nor strong labor, so she has to take care of it all by herself? My sisters feel the same way."

Although she said to be more cautious, I was unwilling to do so. Alison has been suspected of being the Great Elder for more than a day or two. When we first arrived at Zhuangzi, we also regarded her as a target. But after getting in touch with her, she was She is a very simple woman, and what evidence is there to accuse the Great Elder in advance? She neither killed anyone nor showed up. She claims to be a servant of the Demon General and has no decision-making power. She just has some quirks and may not be cruel in nature.. All Lilith's crimes are the collective will to achieve. Our original conception of the sisterhood stems from the fact that the Lancasters have been iron fisted, so they are regarded as the embodiment of evil from the root. I was thinking wildly, and bumped into someone else's shoulder with a bang. When I came back to my senses, I saw that everyone had arrived at the fault of the back mountain, and going further down was the dense forest. The buyer of the land on Goddess Peak really got the best deal. The value is not measured by the broken church, but includes the entire hill. There is a vast area of ​​dense forest extending from the mountainside, and the shoal also contains the tributaries of two streams. The total area is worth the entire Black Maple Town. Because it is so vast, it also brings a lot of trouble to our search.

"I didn’t expect that the back mountain is so big. If I rent it out to others as a summer camp, I can make money."Celeria sighed involuntarily, bent down to pick up a stone, and asked:"How long did it take for the mud hole in your nightmare to fall straight to the bottom?"

"About half a minute, but it was not a fall, but a relatively small hard-shelled insect crawling in the hole, and the extra time spent in twists and turns was not more than ten seconds, I think."I took out my computer, roughly calculated a line of numbers, and put it in her hand.

The stones rolled down the slope, fell into the bushes and lost their traces, and then threw a few more. According to the digitizer, I judged that the drop was thirty. The radius is within fifty meters. In this way, the scope of the search will be greatly reduced. As long as you find the towering old tree in the nightmare, you will probably find the stone house. The next thing is Tianzhuju's expertise. She silently took out the morning dew and put it on, took a deep breath, jumped up in the air, landed steadily on the cliff below, and began to fly upside down among the trees. The girls were already used to it and could not utter a single exclamation. On the contrary, they greatly admired the bead curtain and felt that this kind of hanging ornament was exotic and had a mysterious beauty. Alison said proudly that I once gave her one and put it in the cupboard of the lonely building of the farm. When the crowd heard this, they all came forward to flatter me and asked me to do the same for them.Trying to think of something, I was so noisy that I couldn't think straight. I couldn't help but ask why they thought this thing was so strange. And citing it as some kind of honor to have it? This thing is a very ordinary decoration for Miliya

"The Demon General once said that only by becoming the daughter of Huagai can one understand the magical power of Tianjincao, which is not something ordinary people can find."

"Yeah? Okay, okay, there are so many of you, where should I go to find many of you? You have to give me some time."I snickered secretly, and took out the morning dew I bought and put it on my face. As soon as I looked down, I felt that the view became a little weird. That was the end of the skyline. There were originally rolling dark clouds, but now they were glowing purple. It was full of air, and there were many impurities jumping around like flying insects.

The jacaranda also hung up the morning dew silently, perhaps borrowing it from someone else or maybe buying it with my own money, pretending to look into the distance. At this time I Just then I noticed that she was wearing dark dark-colored shiny eye makeup like a purple-eyed fox. Could it be that this was not to seduce men, but some kind of compliment? Thinking that I took out the makeup box and planned to improvise, she sighed and said, Then talk

"Huaxiao is very close, there are still at most five days."She knew I didn't know how to identify it, so she deliberately held my shoulder, pointed to the horizon and said:"Nightlight lice are messengers of the moon god. They come east with purple air and float in the sky no matter day or night. From a distance, they look like summer nights. fireflies. It brings both peace and sudden changes, just like the unpredictable events in the world. Therefore, there will be continuous heavy rains in the next few days, with lightning and thunder all the time. It is really similar to the red moon period, but it is a different story. When the center of the heavy rain moves to the sky directly above the dojo, which is the head of Corpse North, this is the mystery of Huaxiao Night. You only know how to fight and kill, but you are not familiar with these things."

As soon as she finished saying this, she flew away like a geranium, jumped into the air and disappeared. I just remembered that the forget-me-not in Yinxing used to do this trick, which made us dizzy and controlled by her again and again. See These profound things are closely related to the morning dew. The girls couldn't help but cheer loudly as she disappeared into the air, and also asked me to do some acrobatics to show them.

In addition to dreaming, I seem to have other intuitive abilities. I couldn't do anything in the performance, so I couldn't help but feel embarrassed. The more the girls pressed me, the harder I pressed. I had to pretend to rummage through the bag, and my fingers touched the soul of Ruowen Wang. Yes, isn't there velvet? It is necessary to pierce the tip of the tongue to release the black mist. Isn't it a great sight? I pulled out the Angong Ash and was about to slit the tip of the tongue. There were shouts from below. The two people who went down had already made a discovery. Everyone heard that there was something interesting. He left me in a hurry and ran away in joy. I followed the crowd and ran, and soon I came to a piece of mud as red as charcoal fire. This kind of loose mud is the best fertile soil.

"Stop, don't go any further."Out of the blue, Jacaranda sprang out from the slanting thorns, blocking everyone in front of them, and said:"The heavy rain has been raging for days, and all traces on the surface have been washed away. Her sharp eyes can only see the fingerprints of others holding the tree trunk, but People who visited here in the past were very cautious and hid them. You see, if I am not mistaken, the so-called stone house is not far ahead."

Following her guidance, there was indeed a towering old tree standing about ten meters away. From the outside, it looked a bit like General Sherman, the famous redwood tree in California. The difference was that it was much smaller, and it should have become more mature in autumn. The red crown of the tree is still green, like a bud that has just been sprouted. The most incredible thing is that for such a huge tree, I could see it at a glance while standing on a high ground overlooking it, but I couldn't find it. This tree seems to understand Miliya's trick and hides itself

"This tree is called Corpse Back. Although it is very similar to a redwood, it is a different tree species. It is also divided into male and female. This tree is an old lady and has been standing here for thousands of years."Jacaranda put her hands behind her back, paced in front of everyone, and said to herself:"No wonder Hua Xiao appears here. It turns out that he moves with the movement of the God of Incarnation, so it becomes much easier to understand."

The girls had never heard of these secrets before, so they couldn't help but formed a circle and asked her to explain them in detail. Jacaranda responded with a"Hello" and began to answer.

"There are hundreds of species of wonderful trees in the world, some are extinct and some have not yet been discovered. But when it comes to trees that are both plants and animals, there are only three: Mingling Flower Tree, Corpse Back and Suhunli. These strange trees are not products of the earth, but brought by meteors from the sky. Among them, the corpse spine is more peculiar. This kind of tree was first used to bury wise men. People dug out the core of the tree, stuffed zombies into it, and then covered the hole with red pine soil. The backs of corpses will eat the dead as nutrients, and people will cut down the roots of trees."

"Why is this? Are tree roots edible like beef?"A group of fans listened with gusto and urged her to continue.

"People cut down the tree roots, moved them deep into a mysterious forest and buried them under the soil. After a few years, they dug up the soil again, and the tree roots would grow into human shapes on their own. As time goes by, it will eventually become more and more similar to the person buried in the tree, so it is called the tree of shadow."As she spoke, she approached the crowd and suddenly made a gesture of baring her teeth and claws, causing everyone to step back in shock.

"Eh? Isn't this the God of the Ridge? Could it be that?"I was not surprised when I heard this, because Li En had already described it

"Nonsense, don’t you know you are worthy of being called Miliya? So wordy, have you found the capital to show off again? She cut me off abruptly, sighed again, and said,"To be honest, the other little fox and I were at the end of our ropes when we got to this point." Where there is a tree of shadow, any entrance walkway will be hidden, and you need to rely on extremely dangerous things to break through."

"So you have been talking for a long time, but nothing can be done? Are we going back home? Alison shrugged and sneered.

"Of course not, the only one who can do this is you, a little sister who is doing nothing but doing nothing." Jacaranda sneered several times, dragged me out of the crowd, pulled me to the bushes, and said,"This little coquettish fox Born to be used as a spy"

"Eh? what do you mean?"I was dumbfounded and whispered at a loss:"What kind of trick are you going to play again?"