Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

Chapter 29: Retrieving Objects, Longhu Mountain

After the sacrifice, Master Baiyun returned to the stage, fiddling with something and muttering to himself.

Suddenly, the sound of firecrackers was heard behind Li Zhi.

Li Zhi looked over in the direction of the voice and saw six strong young men with bare upper bodies sitting on racks being carried out from the other side.

Although the six young men tried their best to appear calm on their faces, Li Zhi could keenly see the fear in their eyes.

At this time, Li Zhi also discovered that the enthusiastic villager who brought them here had a pale face but a look of relief.

Six strong young men were carried in front of Master Baiyun, who was holding a bowl of black potion, which was what he had been fiddling with just now.

Although Li Zhi didn't know what it was, he had a vague feeling that it was not a good thing.

Master Baiyun handed the black potion to the six young men and asked them to take a big gulp each. After a while, the six young men closed their eyes and did not move.

Master Baiyun took the needle and thread handed to him by Master Zhang.

Li Zhi's pupils shrank and he asked, "What are you doing?"

Zhang Dongze said calmly: "If I'm not mistaken, it should be sealed!"

"seal?"

Li Zhi was puzzled.

Zhang Dongze did not explain, and Li Zhi saw Master Baiyun using needle and thread to sew up the mouths of the six guys one by one.

However, faced with the pain of a needle piercing a rope, the six young men remained motionless and showed no reaction. I guess it was because of the black potion just now.

Li Zhi asked again: "Why do you want to keep it secret?"

The villager who brought Li Zhi and the others here said with a trembling voice: "Because they are human stakes!"

"Hitting a living stake!" Li Zhi exclaimed, finally understanding what these six people were going to do.

Li Zhi's voice made the villager tremble.

Zhang Dongze then said: "These people, whether they are voluntary or forced, need to be silenced to prevent them from becoming resentful and turning into evil spirits, and luring others to fall into the river and die."

The villager said with a pale face: "Who would volunteer to die? The six of us were forced to do this. Even I was almost chosen..."

Li Zhi couldn't help but despise him when he heard this. This guy didn't have such an expression when he was sacrificing the child just now. As expected, no one feels the pain unless the knife cuts one's own flesh.

At this time, Li Zhi didn't want to continue watching, so he turned around and left.

When Zhang Dongze saw Li Zhi leaving, he raised the corner of his mouth, revealing a strange smile, and followed Li Zhi away.

"With your personality, it will be difficult for you to survive in this world." Zhang Dongze's voice sounded behind Li Zhi.

Li Zhi didn't turn around or say anything. He just took out the map given by Master Liu and looked at it carefully.

After several comparisons and confirming the approximate location, Li Zhi walked in one direction and soon arrived at the location designated by Master Liu.

This is a seemingly ordinary hill, but it exudes an unpleasant odor that seems to seep from deep underground, filled with the smell of decay and decline.

As Li Zhi got closer, the nauseating and depressing feeling became more and more obvious.

Li Zhi frowned and said nothing. He just wanted to solve the problem given by Master Liu as soon as possible and leave here. Not only the weird hills in front of him, but also the whole village made Li Zhi feel uncomfortable.

Li Zhi made a hand seal and chanted a spell, drawing in the void. A blue light flickered and a gloomy air emanated from it. Then five little ghosts came out from it.

"Go!" Li Zhi said in a deep voice, pointing towards the small hill in front.

After receiving the order, the five little ghosts instantly dispersed and flew towards the hill, then dived into the hill one by one.

This is why Master Liu waited until Li Zhi learned the Five Ghosts Moving Technique before letting him come here to get the thing, because the thing was inside the hill and it was impossible to get it out by ordinary means.

Suddenly, Li Zhi frowned. One of the five little ghosts he sensed disappeared inexplicably and the connection with him was also cut off.

Zhang Dongze had been keeping an eye on Li Zhi. Seeing Li Zhi frown, he asked, "What's wrong?"

"Something's happening!" Li Zhi responded casually, and then drove another little ghost to the place where the person disappeared.

But before this little ghost could reach the position of the previously disappeared little ghost, he also suddenly disappeared.

Li Zhi's face really changed this time, because he didn't notice when the first little ghost disappeared before, but this little ghost was specially driven over by him, and his mind was all on it, so at the moment when this little ghost disappeared, Li Zhi captured the message sent by the little ghost before it disappeared.

That little devil was eaten!

What can eat ghosts?

I'm afraid only a more powerful demon can do that!

Whatever it was, it was not what Li Zhi wanted to encounter.

Li Zhi gritted his teeth and drove one of the little ghosts to speed up the search. He drove the other two little ghosts to the place where the little ghosts disappeared to lure away the unknown existence.

Even though he knew that the existence that could devour ghosts was definitely not simple, Li Zhi did not want to leave just like that. He had yet to complete what Master Liu had asked him to do. You know, the reason why Master Liu specifically taught him the Five Ghosts Moving Technique was so that he could come here to get something.

Immortal Master Liu had always had a strange attitude towards him. Li Zhi actually knew in his heart that Immortal Master Liu might need to use him for some reason, but he could only pretend to be nice to him now.

Li Zhi couldn't imagine what would be left of the so-called master-disciple relationship between them if he was no longer useful and could not meet the requirements of Master Liu.

The sacrificial scene just now is still vivid in my mind!

Li Zhi doesn't want to die!

He wants to live!

The connection between the third little ghost and him disappeared again. Although Li Zhi was nervous and anxious, his expression remained unchanged.

Then the fourth little ghost's sensation also disappeared, but Li Zhi's face showed joy.

"Found it!" Li Zhi shouted.

A little devil came out from the hill, holding a small wooden box in his hand.

Li Zhi took the wooden box and shouted to Zhang Dongze, "Go!"

Zhang Dongze had been on guard just now. When he heard Li Zhi's call, he ran without hesitation.

The two of them left here quickly.

Just as they left, the hill suddenly shook, and a rotten voice rang out: "So hungry... So hungry..."

Then a cloud of black smoke spread out from the hill, but the black smoke seemed to be restricted by something and only spread near the hill.

Fortunately, all the villagers of Qinghe Village went to the riverside today, and this place is relatively remote. The black smoke rolled over the edge of the hill for a while and then shrank back.

Li Zhi didn't know that he almost brought out a terrifying existence. After he and Zhang Dongze got on their horses, they didn't dare to stop and galloped away.

The two of them didn't even say much, and they ran all the way to Gaoling City before slowing down.

Seeing that they were far away from Qinghe Village, Zhang Dongze breathed a sigh of relief and said to Li Zhi: "Brother Li, let's stay in Gaoling City for one night. We can't go back tonight."

Li Zhi originally planned to rush back overnight, but after thinking about it, he agreed.

After all, if he was outside at night, Li Zhi was worried that he would encounter some monsters and demons.

Moreover, because he was worried about the danger, he did not dare to slow down and rode the horse at full speed all the way. Now that he relaxed, his legs twitched involuntarily. He knew that he could not ride the horse for the time being and had to rest for a while.

After the two men got off their horses, they led their horses to the gate of Gaoling City. When they were about to enter the city, they suddenly heard shouting from behind, and then a group of people pushed and shoved them. Li Zhi was not paying attention, and his legs and feet were inconvenient due to excessive riding. He was pushed and squeezed by the people and fell to the ground.

Li Zhi was not careful for a moment and fell to the ground. The wooden box in his arms also fell out, and a black pill rolled out of the wooden box. This was what Master Liu wanted. Li Zhi did not dare to be negligent and quickly picked it up and put it back into the wooden box.

Zhang Dongze saw Li Zhi being pushed down, and quickly helped him up. Before he could scold him, he heard several guards at the city gate shouting in unison: "Quickly make way, the carriage of the Dragon Tiger Mountain Heavenly Master has arrived!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Dongze no longer had time to scold those people, and hurriedly pulled Li Zhi aside.

Li Zhi looked and saw an exquisite and luxurious carriage slowly approaching. The body of the carriage was inlaid with gorgeous gems and exquisite carvings. A small flag on the carriage fluttered in the wind. In the middle of the flag was a yin-yang fish, and below it were a dragon and a tiger with ferocious bodies, squatting and guarding.

Dragon and tiger protect the road!

"Is this Longhu Mountain?" Li Zhi's eyes flickered.

The civilians nearby were roughly pushed aside by the guards, and then several guards greeted the carriage with fawning looks on their faces.

Li Zhi's eyes flashed. Although he didn't know why the guards were so awed by Longhu Mountain, he glanced around quickly and found that the people around him, even Zhang Dongze next to him, were all in awe. He couldn't help but become curious, and he secretly planned to ask Zhang Dongze later.

Unexpectedly, when the carriage was about to enter the city, a voice suddenly rang out from inside the carriage: "Wait!"

The coachman stopped the carriage upon hearing the sound, and the carriage stopped right in front of Li Zhi and the others.

A young man came out of the carriage. He had clear and bright eyes, his hair was tied in a bun, and he was wearing a purple Taoist robe with a yin-yang fish pattern.

The guard at the gate quickly stepped forward and asked, "Little Heavenly Master, what can I do for you?"

The little Taoist priest who was called Little Heavenly Master just waved his hand and looked at Li Zhi.