Chapter Seventy-Four: Soul Locking Pagoda (1)
Dongfang Piaoxue secretly laughed.
laughed at herself as a goddess of the shrine who should have a pure heart and few desires, but she actually got involved with that wild wolf spirit who was not deep, and she also had a strong possessive desire for him.
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Windy City is located in a plain area, the terrain is flat, and there is only a hill in the south of the city. There is an ethereal Taoist temple on the mountain, which has always been a place for men, women and children in the city to burn incense.
Because there is a seven-story pagoda in the ethereal temple, the pagoda is more than three meters high. The top six floors are solid, the bottom layer is hollow, and there is a well pressed in the middle of the tower. The wellhead is not large, but eight feet wide. An arm-thick iron chain was attached to the Crouching Tiger Stone by the well at one end, and the other fell into the well.
Legend has it that thousands of years ago, a demon dragon caused chaos in this place and was ambushed by a certain immortal. In order to punish the demon dragon, Daxian removed the skin and flesh of the demon dragon, pierced the collarbone of the demon dragon with an iron chain, and imprisoned the demon dragon in the well. He also warned the local people not to drag the chains to release the demon dragon, so as not to bring disaster to the people and destroy their lives.
Due to the relationship between the keel immersion, the water in the well has since had the effect of dispelling diseases and disasters. An ethereal temple was built around the well. And because the demon dragon in the well has a high mana, its demon power turned into purple light and spread out, enveloping the entire ethereal Taoist temple. Therefore, the whole Taoist temple does not give birth to insects and ants, and demons do not invade.
In the past two days, the ethereal view has once again attracted the attention of the public. It is said that because of its disrepair, cracks appeared in the seven-story pagoda. The merchant who bought the temple is going to renovate the pagoda and at the same time pull up the rusty iron chain on the well and treat it with a protective anti-rust treatment.
Zitong used to be most interested in this kind of thing, but these days her own life is also full of strange flavors, how can she have the heart to think about other things?
Since she was rescued by the sea, she has stayed in the Forgetful Pavilion and worked as a clerk here.
The business in the store is very deserted, and Zitong has nothing to do every day, so she can only sit in the store in a daze.
"Little Pingfan, how are you doing lately? Do you miss me? A smiling word floated outside the door, and then a pale blue figure walked in from outside. Pick up a peach wood gourd pendant on the wall, wrap it around your fingers, and say with a smile.
What did Feng Jiu do? Ever since the last time he was going to strangle himself to death, Zi Tong felt that every time he showed up, it would be fine.
"Feng Jiu, what are your ideas?" Zitong asked cautiously.
"Xiao Pingfan, don't be afraid, I'm not here to find you this time. It's none of your business. Feng Jiu smiled very brightly, as bright as a peach blossom, "I'm here to find your baby boss." ”
As soon as the words fell, I heard Canghai say: "Zitong, go pick up the goods." ”
Zitong was stunned.
Seeming to be proud of the surprise on Zitong's face, Feng Jiu opened the door for her, and owed her again: "Xiao Pingfan, pick up the goods as soon as possible, and set off quickly." ”
Usually the goods are picked up by Qin Zhong, and the sea is clearly to branch Zitong.
After not walking a few steps out, Zitong turned back. There is no way, let the honest Canghai and the cunning Feng Jiu stay alone, Zitong is really not at ease.
There was no one in the living room, so Zitong tiptoed up to the second floor and gently put her ear on the door of the Canghai room.
A person's voice sounded in Leng Buding: "Of the five ways to leave the soul, I have only tried two. If you don't go, I'll try the third one on her. It was Feng Jiu who spoke, and his voice was smiling as before.
"I'll help you get the Soul Suppression Pill, and you're not allowed to touch her." Canghai replied. The voice was still very flat, but it was not the same as usual, and there was a faint excitement.
"There is a promise in my hands, do you have the capital to threaten me? Boss Cang? ”
As soon as these words came out of the room, there was silence, and for a moment Canghai's voice sounded faintly again: "If it happens, don't pester her anymore." ”
"Some people live in the past, some people live in the present. Boss Cang, I don't care what time you live? But I only live by Xiaoxue's side. Then a sound of footsteps sounded from the room, and it seemed to be coming straight in the direction of the door. Zitong hurriedly took a few steps back and jumped to the staircase, leaning on the railing, and pretending to look downstairs.
Pushing open the door and coming out, Feng Jiu chuckled: "Little ordinary, eavesdropping is not a good habit. ”
Zi Tong turned his head and glanced at him, but did not answer.
Although his slightly flirtatious expression was no different from usual, seeing that Zitong didn't want to pay attention to him, he actually just smiled and walked away this time.
Seeing him go downstairs, Zitong ran to find Canghai, thinking about asking Canghai if Feng Jiu was in trouble with him again. You can push open the door and see that the sea house is empty. He hurriedly ran back to the stairs and asked, "Where has my boss gone?" ”
Feng Jiu had already walked to the door of the living room, and when he heard this, he raised his head and smiled at Zi Tong: "How do I know?" ”
As soon as the sea disappeared, it was two days, and there was not even a message left. Zitong asked Qin Zhong, and he said that the sudden disappearance of Canghai was not once or twice. Let Zitong not worry. He also told her to go to Lingshui Temple two days later to do things with him.
Qin Fatzi knew the old man who guarded the door of Lingshuiguan, and he actually wanted to start the repair project of the old well of Lingshuiguan, and the honoraria was very expensive.
Arriving at the destination, Zitong was taken aback.
A long queue was discharged more than ten meters away from the mountain gate, and only people were seen near the entrance and exit, and the mountain gate could not be seen at all. There are many food stalls and jewelry stalls on the roadside. Selling balloons, selling small pets, playing small games, juggling everything, it seems to be more lively than catching up with the market.
Further up, the stone steps are lined with incense candles, and many people are burning paper and incense at the designated location. The smoke was so faint that one could barely see the road.
Zitong and Qin Zhong didn't have time to watch the excitement, so they went to the hut next to them to change their clothes. Dedication is the most basic work ethic, in order to satisfy customers, the fat man specially got two Taoist clothes for the two of them to put on.
After changing clothes, Zitong walked to the center of the square with the tools used in the process.
At this moment, the seven-story pagoda was lifted from the root and moved to the side by the workers, and the famous demon well was revealed.
The mouth of the well is covered with a thick layer of dark green moss. Indeed, an arm-thick, rusty iron chain was fastened to the statue of the Crouching Tiger next to it, and the other end hung down the edge of the mossy well.
Zitong plucked up his courage and walked to the well to look down. The frosty aura rushed up from the well and hit her face, and she suddenly felt a chill all over her body, and she couldn't help shivering. More than two meters deep from the wellhead is the water surface, the well water is green and faint, and it is slightly blue, and people are instinctively frightened.
At noon, when the yang energy is at its highest, the sacrificial ceremony begins. Qin Zhong held a prayer flag in his hand and chanted around the mouth of the well to do requiem rituals to appease the resentful souls trapped in the well. Zitong followed him with a basket of paper money, following his instructions as he walked, spilling as he went. After reciting the scriptures, Qin Zhong lit a string of firecrackers and set them off, indicating that the Dharma was completed.
The workers then began to act, and the chains that had been pulled up were first dry and covered with red rust. Soon it was wet and turned into an inky black color.
Everyone held their breath and remained motionless, staring at the well.
Zi Tong also held her breath, anxiously waiting for the end of the chain to see if a pair of wet dragon bones would appear when she saw it.
At this moment, a very strong wind suddenly swept up, blowing the people around him to stagger.
Then there was a faint thunder rolling in the sky.
Bang......
Zitong subconsciously looked up at the sky, only to see that the originally cloudy sky was surging at the moment, and large clouds were pressing low above her head.
Bang......
The thunder rang out again, but not from the sky, but from the mouth of the well, like a restless earth dragon roaming underground.
Then he saw that the workers guarding the mouth of the well turned pale and shouted: "There is blood in the well!" ”
Zitong walked briskly, looked at it, and saw that the water in the well seemed to be boiling, gurgling up and down. The water was black and red, like a mixture of ink and blood. She turned to the fearful worker and said, "It's the silt and the rust deposited, keep pulling." ”
The chains are immersed in the well for many years, and of course there will be many rust deposits. The total volume of the iron chain is huge, and it has been motionless at the bottom of the well for many years, and the pressure of the well water has reached a weak balance for many years. When you drag it, it will naturally make a rumbling sound and splash around. That's why black and red water bubbles up from the well as strange noises as soon as the chain is pulled.
But before the chain could be pulled to his head, the thunder in the sky and the rumbling sound in the ground became more and more rapid, and the sky was as dark as night. In the blink of an eye, a few points of rain fell, followed by a downpour that split the head and covered the face. The people around them shouted, put their hands over their heads and fled in all directions.
Qin Zhong hurriedly cleaned up the offering table: "Zitong, hurry up and help?" ”
As soon as Zitong raised her feet, she felt heavy under her feet and couldn't move at all. Then, a muffled cry went from under him to his ears.
Suddenly, Zi Tong's ankle was frozen, as if he was grabbed by a powerful hand, and his body was pulled straight down the well. Instinctively, the arm was lifted up, and the body fell straight down, falling into the water in the blink of an eye, and the cold well water was past the nose.
It was pitch black at the bottom of the water, and the only source of light was the narrow wellhead on the surface. It was already raining outside the well, and the faint light of the sky sank into the cold and turbid water, and the light could only reach a few meters underwater. If you sink a little deeper, Zitong will become blind.
In a panic, she quickly held her breath and looked down at the water. An ugly humanoid monster grabbed her right ankle with both hands and dragged it hard into the bottomless water.
The thing had an even more bizarre appearance under the murky water, without a single hair on its body, and it was smooth and smooth like a shelled egg. The big eyeballs are painted, and they are simply ugly monsters. This monster is so powerful that if it were pulled down to the bottom of the water, it would be dead.
In a panic, Zitong stretched out his hand to support the wall of the well, but the width of the well was much wider than the wellhead, and he grabbed it with both hands.
The last bit of hope in her heart suddenly turned to despair, her chest was about to explode, and her heart was pounding wildly, in desperate need of fresh air. If you don't float to the surface again, you will drown in the water if you don't get bitten to death by these monsters.
But the cold water invaded her body, and the last bit of strength she had was instantly gone. The limp body was dragged by the monster under its feet, and quickly fell into the water.
In a daze, a pair of hands reached over to wrap around her waist, and then a pair of soft lips covered her lips. Air, cold air kept rushing from the other party's throat, and the instinct to survive shocked her spirit, hugging the person and taking the initiative to suck, eager to inhale all the air in the other party's chest into her body.
When she had enough breath, the man let go of her lips and swam towards the dark well with her.
Why did he take himself down the swim?
Zitong was anxious and angry, trying to push him away, but at the same time turned his head to look at him, stunned.
It was a woman who held her.
Dressed in a white dress like a light veil, his whole body seemed to be wrapped in smoke. Her shiny black hair rippled like a cloud as she dived. His complexion was unusually pale, completely bloodless, his eyes were as clear as glass, and his whole face was carved out of crystal.
It's just her facial features...... It looks ...... is very similar to Zitong ......, especially those stunning purple eyes that hook people's souls!
Sensing the stiffness of Zitong's body, she turned her head to look at Zitong. Her cloudy hair fluttered to the side, revealing her collarbones. The left and right collarbones are each pierced by a thumb-thick ring with iron chains. Two chains of iron were welded upwards into a thick strand above her head, extending into the endless darkness of the water.
"You ......" Zitong wanted to ask who she was, but she was so shocked that she forgot that she was underwater. As soon as he opened his mouth, the breath in his chest turned into bubbles and escaped from his mouth.
Before the well water could be poured into her throat again, she kissed Zitong's lips again.
The air poured into Zitong's throat again, and her body sank softly, sinking to the thick dark bottom, and the silence around her was deathly.
I don't know how long it took, her feet finally touched the ground slowly, and the woman let go of Zitong's lips.
It was still pitch black all around, and it was strange that Zitong couldn't figure out if she was still in the water. She could still feel the presence of water around her, but she was able to breathe normally, and the clothes on her body were dry.
The eyes lit up, and it turned out that there was an extra silver ball of light in the middle of the woman's hands, the size of a plate. I saw her gently lift up, and the light rose up, and the moon hung in the air, illuminating the surroundings.
With the bright silver light, Zitong looked around. It appears to be a granite natural cave, about the width of a basketball court. The dome ceiling is covered with stalactites, dripping with water. There is a two-meter-wide hole in the middle of the ceiling, and the water in the hole is rippling, and not a drop has fallen against the gravitational pull of the earth.
In the middle of the cave is a rectangular coffin, which is angular and larger than an ordinary coffin. The coffin was neatly carved with strange columns of runes. The entire coffin was tied up by several thick chains, and it was tightly closed. A thick iron chain lifted the coffin slightly from the middle, slightly off the ground and suspended in the air. The other end of the chain, like the one on the woman's body, went all the way up through the two-meter-wide hole in the middle of the ceiling and submerged into the water.
The woman turned around and walked slowly towards the wall: "Sit casually." The voice was delicate and tactful, but with a slight smile.
"Who are you?" Zitong asked.
"I, originally a spirit, should be a container now." She said softly.
didn't understand, Zitong was confused, and asked several questions in one breath, "Where are we?" What was it that bit me just now? Do they want to eat me? Are they youkai? How do we get out? ”
She didn't look back, but replied one by one: "We are at the bottom of the prison; The thing that bites you is the well jailer; They don't want to eat you, they just mistake you for the east wind and snow, and want to drive you back to the prison, whether you live or die; The jailer is not a monster, there is a corpse of the east wind drifting snow to guard it, and there will be no monsters in a radius around the well prison; I don't know how to get out. ”
It seemed that he understood it, but Zitong understood the last sentence, and a feeling of despair suddenly came to his head: "Ah! Don't know how to get out?! ”
Zitong's mania did not affect the people not far away, she still seriously walked to the base of the wall with her feet one after the other. At the end, another turned and walked towards her. The chain on the collarbone seemed heavy, but it was very light, and it floated down gently like a ribbon.
So Zitong ran to her and waved her hands: "Girl, you help, help me out." ”
Amethyst-like eyes glanced at Zitong, and a light smile spread on her lips: "Asking for yourself, it's rare, want to go out?" ”
Zitong hurriedly nodded her head like a chicken pecking rice.
"Like me, walk seven thousand six hundred and fifty-seven steps."
It seemed that there was hope for going out, Zitong breathed a sigh of relief, said that there were a lot of footsteps, and asked, "And then?" ”
She said, "Then the solar eclipse passed, my mana was restrained again, the enchantment disappeared, and the well water was filled into the bottom of the well again. ”
Speaking of this, she stopped again, so anxious that Zitong's heart burned, and then asked, "Then?" ”
She blinked slyly: "Then you were drowned, and you stayed here with me for a hundred years, and your soul flew out of the well to be reincarnated freely." ”
Zitong almost didn't squirt out a mouthful of old blood, this woman was wearing a fairy-like gauze dress, her temperament was unearthly, how could she speak so black?
"Sister Fairy, please don't tease me." Zitong pleaded.
"Didn't tease you." She held back a faint smile, her crystal clear eyes overflowing with something called sincerity.
Cruel sincerity...... (To be continued.) )