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Su Tang folded the note left by the silver bracelet and put it in his pocket.Bai Zhi saw it when she was cleaning the table and asked her senior sister if she wanted to keep it. Su Tang said just wipe it, as it was not an inscription by a celebrity.Bai Zhi wiped it with a rag, and the writing fell apart. The tea seeped into the wood grain, leaving a light brown mark, like someone accidentally spilled a drop of old ink.Fat Orange squatted nearby and looked at it, saying it looked like a cat.Bai Zhi said it doesn't look like a cat, and Fat Orange said you have bad eyesight.

After the silver bracelet left, the dessert shop's business continued as usual.But Su Tang discovered one thing - there were several new faces in the store, wearing dark gray, dark green, and navy blue. They sat in the corner and ordered the cheapest tea for an hour.Bai Zhi asked if these people were here to sit down, but Su Tang said no, they were members of the casual cultivator alliance.Bai Zhi asked how do you know, Su Tang pointed to the silver bracelet exposed on the wrist of one of the guests - the same style as the silver bracelet, just smaller.

Bai Zhi suddenly realized it and said, Senior sister, you have really good eyesight.

Su Tang did not expose them.People from the Loose Cultivator Alliance came to the dessert shop not to eat waffles, but to see her.They want to know what this anchor point that can suppress the source of shadow looks like, whether it is a vicious god or a fairy.What I saw was a young woman with a bun and an apron, and her hands were covered in flour. I was disappointed but also a little curious - the muffins she baked were indeed delicious.

The silver bracelet himself did not come back.But on the third day, a gray crane landed at the door of the dessert shop.There was a small bamboo tube tied to Linghe's leg. There was no letter in the bamboo tube, only a jade slip.There is only one sentence on the jade slip: The matter in the north is over.If you need human hands, crush this slip.

Su Tang put the jade slip away without crushing it.She hung it around her neck, the jade slip against her chest, feeling cool.

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On the fourth day, Su Tang was kneading dough in the kitchen when Xiaoxue suddenly floated out of the sword, her little face tensed up.

Su Tang, I feel it.The direction of the third source.She floated to the map and placed her little hand on the northwest direction, about 1,200 miles away, at the junction of the mortal world and the world of cultivation.There is a mountain there called 'Wugui Mountain'.The mountain is not high, but it is shrouded in fog all year round, and few people who go in can come out.

Su Tang put down the dough in his hand and wiped his hands.The third source.One of the first two is in the back mountain of Jianzong, one is in the northern forbidden land, and the third one is in Wugui Mountain.These sources are distributed in different places, but there seems to be an invisible line connecting them - they are all on the edge of the Tianwaitian debris fall zone, and they are all in inaccessible places.Maybe it's not a coincidence, maybe it's a pattern.

​​Xiaoxue, can you determine the size of the source?

Xiaoxue closed her eyes and sensed it for a while: it was smaller than the one in the northern forbidden area, but bigger than the one in the back mountain of Jianzong.About somewhere in between.The energy waveform is the same as the previous two, but there is something indescribable - like... alive.

Alive.Su Tang's hand paused.The source of the shadow is a collection of resentment. Resentment is not alive, but it will appear alive when it is attached to the consciousness of a living creature.There are people missing all year round in Wugui Mountain. Maybe the missing people are not dead, but absorbed by the source and become part of the resentment.

Shen Yebai walked down the stairs, holding a letter in his hand: From the Sword Sect.Leader Dugu said that Wugui Mountain has experienced abnormalities recently - the fog in the mountain has begun to spread outwards, and villagers in several nearby villages have experienced symptoms of nightmares, hallucinations, and mental disorders.

He handed the letter to Su Tang: It may be that the power of the source is leaking.

Su Tang finished reading the letter and folded the paper: leaving tomorrow.Get ready today.

Bai Zhi poked her head out of the kitchen: Senior sister, are you leaving again?There was a hint of grievance in her voice, but there was no complaint.Su Tang would arrange the store properly before leaving, she just had to follow her instructions.But if you feel like you are being arranged too much, you will feel a little disappointed.

Su Tang patted Bai Zhi on the head: Go and come back quickly.Three days.

Bai Zhi nodded and swallowed her grievance: I will prepare dry food for you.

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The preparation work this time was faster than the previous two times.Su Tang was used to going out and had packed his bags - dry food, elixirs, spiritual springs, maps, and a thick cloak.Bai Zhi also stuffed a pack of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, saying it was a new recipe, and asked Su Tang to try it on the way and give her opinions.Fat Orange squatted next to the baggage, using his paws to pull out the contents and stuff them back in, checking to see if anything was missing.The little green dragon was coiled around Su Tang's neck, its golden eyes sparkling, ready.Xiaoxue stayed in the sword, ready to go at any time.

Shen Yebai stood at the door, holding a sword in his hand.His white clothes were washed white, but clean.Bai Zhi saw him and whispered to Fat Jue: Senior Brother Shen is in good spirits today.Fat Orange rolled his eyes: What day did he have a bad day?

Su Tang pretended not to hear, but the tips of his ears turned red.

Linghe was waiting for them at the door.Su Tang climbed on Linghe's back, and Shen Yebai sat behind her.The spirit crane flutters its wings and flies high, and the city of Yunmengze becomes smaller and smaller under its feet.Su Tang looked back - Bai Zhi was standing at the door of the store, head raised, holding Fat Orange in her arms.Fat Orange's tail curled around Bai Zhi's wrist, and the little green dragon coiled on top of Fat Orange's head.Snow is floating in the air, waving with little hands.

Bai Zhi is becoming more and more like the boss lady.Shen Yebai's voice came from behind.

Su Tang was stunned for a moment: What did you say?

Angelica angelica.The way she stands in front of the store looks a lot like you.

Su Tang turned his head and looked at Shen Yebai.The profile of his face was clear-cut by the sun, and the corners of his mouth were slightly tilted—not the usual almost invisible arc, but a clear, warm smile.Su Tang turned his head and pretended to look at the scenery, but the tips of his ears turned red.

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The crane flew for a day and a night, and on the evening of the next day, Su Tang saw Wugui Mountain.

The mountain is not high, but the mountain is black, not stone black, but charred black, as if it has been burned by fire, but the fire has been extinguished for a long time.The top of the mountain is shrouded in thick gray fog. The fog is flowing slowly, not blown by the wind, but by itself, like a pot of boiling porridge, bubbling on the surface.

There are several villages at the foot of the mountain, but there are no lights, no smoke, and no sounds of people in the villages.

Su Tang asked the crane to land at the entrance of the first village.There is a stone tablet at the entrance of the village with the words "Shiqiao Village" engraved on it.There is a yellow notice posted on the stone tablet - the villagers have moved away due to the epidemic.No outsiders are allowed in.

But Su Tang knew it was not an epidemic.

She used her anchor power to sense it. There was a faint breath of people in the village, but it was very weak, like someone breathing far away. She couldn't hear it clearly, but she knew it was still there.

There are people.Shen Yebai also felt it.He drew his sword and walked in front, followed by Su Tang.The two walked into the village.The streets were deserted, and the doors and windows of every house were closed. Runes were painted with cinnabar on the door panels—not to ward off evil spirits, but to calm the soul and prevent nightmares from intruding into the consciousness.

Su Tang stopped in front of a house and knocked on the door.No response.She used her anchor power to sense what was inside the door - a person lying on the bed, breathing weakly and unconscious.She opened the door and walked in.Lying on the bed was a middle-aged man, skinny as a stick, with sunken eye sockets and chapped lips.His eyes were open, but his pupils were dilated, as if he were looking at something that didn't exist.

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