Chapter 52: The Spotted Leopard
The cold in the Qiushui River made people shiver, Lin Muye fell into the river and felt that the soul power of his whole body was being swallowed by the river, and he used his soul power to wrap his body in it to no avail, and after diving less than ten meters, he felt that his whole body was soft.
The Buddha and the fat man didn't know where they had sunk, he had to float out of the water, his arms kept waving and kept approaching the shore, lying on the shore, dragging the weeds on the shore in his hands, holding on hard, his body was limp forward and lying on the muddy ground panting.
"Whew~" He wiped his tears while gasping, tears and sweat mixed together, holding back the grief in his heart but unable to release the grief, a stick poked into his throat, and a big stone pressed against his chest.
"Master......" His trance-like expression left some memories, took out the Qiankun bag given by the Buddha and demons, wiped it on the bag with his hand, looked at it, and stared at it for a long time.
The master is gone, and he fell into the Qiushui River, even if he hasn't heard of how dangerous the Qiushui River is, he should have felt the difference here just now, those rivers will drink up the soul power.
However, he still had a glimmer of hope, he wanted to wait for the Buddha and the demon to come out of the river, and excitedly told him that the water was very fun, and the master was just playing for a while.
When night fell, the galaxy was bright, Lin Muye stared at the moon in the Qiushui River, the swaying made people feel upset, he took out the magic knife and kept paddling in the water!
It's dawn, I haven't slept all night, there is not even a movement in this river, the Buddha and the demon have never come out, it has been a day and a night, and Lin Muye has not left.
Seven days and seven nights passed......
The autumn water is as usual, Lin Muye has a scruffy beard, his hair is unkempt, and his original pair of smart eyes have become much darker, he has not eaten for seven days, if he didn't rely on soul power to maintain his life, I am afraid that he would have died long ago.
On the tenth day, the river was surging, and he finally collapsed by the river.
I don't know how long it took......
There were the cries of children, the chirping of a few swallows around the sky, and the coughing of old women mixed with the sound of dough kneading on the panel.
Lin Muye opened his eyes, his pupils constricted, and he found that he was lying in a room, the room was old, the only thing that stood out was the red cabinet next to the bed, and there should be something open from above.
He got off the ground and put on his shoes, and the old woman in the house was rolling out the dough with meat filling next to it, as if she was going to roll out the dough to make dumplings.
"Who are you?"
"Are you awake? The old man found you by the river and brought you back. The woman smiled and took a rolling pin out of the red cupboard.
"Thank you......" Lin Muye's mood was still a little heavy, and there was always something in his heart that he couldn't put down, "Did you find anyone else by the river?" he asked tentatively.
The old woman shook her head.
"What about the dead?" Lin Muye frowned, his voice a little hurried.
The old woman shook her head: "The old man only found you alone. ”
"You're awake, young man, you're in good health!" came an old man from outside the house, with a white beard and a whip in his hand, and a muscular body, wearing a thin white button-down suit, and his chest open.
He put down the whip, and said to the old woman with a somewhat dull face: "The third son has not found it either, and the second son is afraid that he has been taken away by a wild beast." ”
"We've already lost three people, and if we continue like this, our whole village will be gone. The old woman sighed as well.
Lin Muye showed a puzzled expression when he heard this, he turned around and walked out of the door, the sunlight outside was a little dazzling, this is a small village, there are more than fifty families, every family raises livestock, and lives by the forest in front and the mountain behind.
A few days ago, there were three disappearances here, three people disappeared at night for no reason, and the men in the whole village were not found for three days and three nights, the old man's surname was Wu, and Lin Muye also found it by chance when he was looking for the villagers.
"Are these people men?" Lin Muye asked.
"It's all men, and they're all strong, and it's strange to say that they are all gone in the middle of the night, and there is still a puddle of water left on the bed, and the bed stinks, and it's very disgusting. Old Man Wu kept shaking his head, washed his hands and cooked with the old woman.
After eating dumplings at noon, Old Man Wu took a leather whip and prepared to find someone again, but was stopped by Lin Muye, he also wanted to help, in order to repay Old Man Wu for saving his life, and the people here live not far from the Qiushui River, they may know some secrets of the Qiushui River, if there is a way to enter the bottom of the river, you can find the master, even the master's bones have to be salvaged.
Thinking of this, Lin Muye cheered up.
Due to the need to investigate the location where the villagers disappeared, Lin Muye asked Old Man Wu to take him to the villagers' houses where the accident occurred.
The rest of the villagers who were happy to join in the fun followed Lin Muye and Old Man Wu to the first house, which was surrounded by a bamboo fence and a small courtyard, and there was a yellow dog in the yard, and when they saw Lin Muye, they began to bark.
Out of the room came a fierce-looking young woman, holding a fan in her hand, fanning back and forth on her chest.
Listening to the old man Wu, this woman called Jiang Cuiyi is her man, and she is not in a hurry if she is gone, I heard that she has some unsightly things with other men in the village.
Lin Muye looked quite handsome, Jiang Cuiyi kept winking at him, Lin Muye ignored the people who walked into the house, and walked straight to the head of the bed, which was generally wet, half dry, and there was a strange smell from the wet side.
"This beach smells so bad that it hasn't dried for two days, and if the village chief hadn't let him say that this was a clue, I would have thrown it away. Jiang Cuiyi pinched the little thumb of the pu fan and cocked it, revealing an expression of disgust.
I went to the remaining two in succession, and all three of them had a peculiarity, that is, there was a foul-smelling pool of water on the beds.
"It cannot be ruled out that there are fierce beasts that take people away and eat them, but this beast is very clever and only eats strong men. Lin Muye sat on the bamboo bench of the village chief's house and said his opinion.
At this time, Xuanshan, the son of the village chief, came from outside, and he scolded and pointed at Lin Muye: "You know a fart! This is a female ghost who is haunted by ghosts and eats men, and I haven't seen anything in the three years of cultivation in Zhongnan Mountain." ”
"Son, don't talk nonsense. The village chief smiled and said to his son, without any reprimand.
Lin Muye was a little unhappy in his heart, the son of the village chief was disrespectful, he didn't care about being a father, he sighed when he came here, since there is a Taoist priest of Zhongnan Mountain who has returned from cultivating for three years, what else do you use him as a soul crosser.
"Okay, the village chief didn't say it, I originally came to repay the old man Wu for saving his life, so I rushed to join this matter, since your son is a ghost hunter, I won't hold back, I will leave. Lin Muye rounded his words, glanced at Xuanshan and left.
"Looking at other people's dog-like appearances, their temper is not small......" The village chief in the house snorted coldly, and said bad things about Lin Muye in front of Old Man Wu, Old Man Wu could only laugh.
The evening is a good time to open the altar, Xuanshan put on a Taoist robe and put on a dick, which is no different from the tricks played by those deceitful Taoist priests.
All the people in the village gathered around Xuanshan, the old man Wu took the old woman and his daughter Wu Xiuxiu, Wu Xiuxiu went to the mountains to pick herbs to exchange money in the city during the day, so she didn't see her during the day, she had a round face, big eyes, a round nose, and her face was always red, but Lin Muye didn't mix it.
Everyone was watching Xuanshan to do it, Lin Muye went to the forest alone, he used his soul power, and found that there was a residual energy somewhere, and this energy was extremely familiar to him.
Searching all the way, the energy became more and more intense.
He lifted a huge leaf, and there was a pool of red blood underneath, which was human blood.
Lin Muye squatted down and lifted a few leaves around him, there were also some traces of blood hidden under these leaves, and there were also footprints of wild beasts.
"I'm afraid this beast has already become a sperm!" Lin Muye frowned, no wonder the people in the village searched for three days and didn't find any clues, it turned out that those traces had been covered up.
Lin Muye raised his head, and there seemed to be an eye staring at him in the middle of the leaves, glowing in a blink of an eye. And you can vaguely see its figure, with long hair and mottled patterns.
What's even more surprising is that the purple energy fluctuations emitted from his body are like animals possessed by purple energy.
This reminded Lin Muye of the Catwoman she had met before, her soul was controlled by purple energy and lodged on the cat's body, and it was very likely that this beast was also controlled by purple energy.
"Hmph~" Lin Muye snorted coldly, and the condensed soul power in his palm instantly jumped up and slashed at the figure!
The beast was taken aback, and suddenly jumped down from the tree, it faced Lin Muye, its long hair stood up, and Lin Muye finally saw its true face, it was a spotted leopard, and there were blood stains on its two teeth.
It saw that Lin Muye did not attack, as if it had already sensed that it was not Lin Muye's opponent, its head fell to the ground, and a hot breath erupted from its nose, as if it was a little dissatisfied but very unwilling.
Then he turned around and ran away!
Seeing this, Lin Muye also chased after him!
It ran in the direction of the village.