Although it was far away, I could hear his voice clearly. So I stopped and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on? Who could have done such a vicious thing to you?"
"Hehe." The man hanging on the wall laughed coldly, "Vicious? No, not vicious enough. I've just been nailed to the wall, exposed to the sun and rain for eight or nine years. The pain is unbearable, but it's nothing compared to the misery of the whole village."
"What happened to the village?" I asked again.
"Hehe," he laughed again, "If you're just here to watch the show, why ask so many questions?"
Just then, the time for the spiritual eye was up, and the man suddenly disappeared from my sight, and the entire forest instantly returned to normal.
"Du Mu," at this point, Fat Dun's voice came over, "What the hell are you sneaking around for? Hurry up and catch up."
Hearing this, I responded and quickly walked in the direction of Fat Dun and the others. But as I walked, I couldn't help but look back at the village.
Was this village the source of the evil mentioned by the old woman?
It seemed highly likely. Because in this village, I felt a very strong sense of evil. However, the resentment in the village was even heavier than the evil.
And everywhere in the village, Nie Wei's methods were evident, extremely brutal and malicious.
According to the old woman, was this village the place harmed by Nie Wei?
Not long after, I returned to the group, but my mind was no longer on the spring outing. Regardless of how much Wang Qian and Pang Dun called out to me, I simply sat to the side lost in thought.
As Wang Qian and Pang Dun tired themselves out from calling me, they became too lazy to bother with me and started bustling about, grumbling, and starting a fire to barbecue.
In fact, the spring outing is not just for fun, the enjoyment lies in the process of picnicking. But when some people saw me sitting still, they became unhappy.
"What's the point of having someone like him here? Just look at him, with such a distracted and lifeless look, it really annoys me," said one of the basketball team members, not paying attention to Zhu Jie, but rather someone who had come for Wang Qian.
Upon hearing this, I came to my senses and turned to look, realizing that he was talking about me.
"What are you staring at? I'm talking about you," to my surprise, as soon as I turned around, he directly started scolding me, pointing at my nose.
Seeing him act this way, I didn't get angry; instead, I glanced at the barbecue grill and said, "Isn't someone else in charge of grilling the meat?"
Upon hearing this, the man became even angrier, "This meat was grilled by me, who do you think you are? Why should I grill meat for you to eat?"
"Fine," I replied indifferently, "You eat the meat you grilled, I won't eat what you grilled, can I eat what someone else grilled?
"Duan Mu," finally unable to bear it any longer, Wang Qian called out to me, "He's always like this, don't pay any attention to him."
"Okay," hearing Wang Qian's voice, I felt somewhat relieved.
After saying this, Wang Qian looked at the man and said, "Wu Bei, can't you stop acting like this? Today's spring outing was specially organized by Zhu Jie as a thank you to Duan Mu, so what if he's slacking off?"
Wu Bei? Upon hearing this name, I silently noted it down. I paid no attention and continued to contemplate. And after being scolded by Wang Qian, Wu Bei finally walked away sulkily.
The barbecue continued, but after Wu Bei's outburst, the atmosphere suddenly became less lively, and Zhu Jie's face looked very unpleasant. However, the barbecue finally arrived.
Pang Dun walked up to me with a black face, handing me a piece of grilled meat, "You're really enjoying yourself, you didn't move at all."
I took the grilled meat and started to eat, ignoring Pang Dun. But after a few bites, I suddenly spat out all the meat in my mouth, and threw the piece of meat Pang Dun handed to me on the ground.
"I can't eat this," I suddenly shouted.
Pang Dun had barely even put the meat in his mouth when I stopped him, and he looked at me dumbfounded, "Duan Mu, what's gotten into you? Why can't we eat it?"
I ignored Pang Dun, and instead turned to look at the nearby mountains and forests. I hadn't noticed earlier, but upon closer inspection, I realized that the area was filled with sinister energy. Although the concentration was far lower than Nie Wei's sinister formation, consuming this sinister energy would definitely make people seriously ill.
"Not good, we can't stay here, we need to leave quickly," I furrowed my brow, addressing everyone.
As I spoke, I took out a few soybeans and threw them towards the forest, giving each person a handful of soybeans, "Take them, put one in your mouth every minute and spit it out after a short while."
"Why should we?" At this point, Wu Bei suddenly threw the soybeans on the ground, "Just because you tell me to eat, I should eat?"
Hearing him throw the soybeans, I turned back and frowned, not bothering to pay attention.
"Alright, let's go, leave this place as soon as possible," I said, setting off towards the old pine tree outside.
Pang Dun and Wang Qian looked hesitant, and hastily followed, "Duan Mu, what's wrong, what's happened?"
"Hehe." I looked at Wang Qian and said, "Sergeant Wang picked a good place. If I didn't follow you today, I'm afraid this group of people would have disappeared without a trace."
"What?" Wang Qian showed a fearful expression.
"Du Mu, come and take a look." At this moment, Pang Dun suddenly pointed behind me and yelled.
My heart sank, and I quickly turned around and said, "What's wrong?"
Pang Dun pointed behind me and said, "Didn't you see? The three of them are gone?"
"Uh?" I was shocked to see that there was indeed no one in front of me, and Zhu Jie and his two basketball players had all disappeared without a trace.
Seeing this scene, I couldn't help but curse, "It must be that idiot Wu Bei causing trouble, damn it."
"What should we do?" Wang Qian said anxiously, "The three of them came out with us. If something really happened, how do we explain when we go back."
At this point, Wang Qian was really anxious. When she was anxious, she didn't care about her image as the class flower, and looked at me urgently.
"Hehe." I sighed helplessly, then suddenly turned to the old pine tree and said in a deep voice, "What else can we do?"
Saying that, I suddenly turned and walked in the direction we came from. "Follow me."
Pang Dun and Wang Qian didn't hesitate and quickly followed. Before long, we returned to the small road in front of the old pine tree forest where we had passed by on the way here, where I had seen the person on the wall using my "celestial eye".
Upon reaching this place, Pang Dun and Wang Qian were shocked. Far away, we could see that Zhu Jie and Wu Bei had actually entered the village.
"Du Mu, what's going on? How did they get into that village?" Pang Dun and Wang Qian were already dumbfounded and exclaimed in surprise.
I shook my head gently, "Just the tricks of evil spirits. I thought the evil spirits in this village were pitiful, but in the blink of an eye, they are causing trouble in front of me?"