Chapter 9: Escape from Death
The pitch-black sky drove away the last rays of sunlight, and the darkness shrouded the vast and quiet deep mountains, and in the mysterious bamboo forest that covered the sky and the sun, Zhou Kui and the white rat spirit were surrounded by a flood of zombies.
"Brother Zhou, this time we really have no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth!" The white rat spirit lay on Zhou Kui's shoulder and said in despair.
Zhou Kui raised his hand and wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, looking at the zombies that were constantly gathering in all directions, his face turned pale.
"Lao Bai, don't you have ten years of Taoism? Hurry, hurry up and resist for a while! Due to excessive fear, Zhou Kui's limbs couldn't help but tremble.
The white rat spirit sighed, and his little head kept shaking: "You can pull it down, the weakest zombies here also have decades of Taoism, let me fight them, isn't this going to die?" ”
"So what do you say?" Zhou Kui was a little breathless.
"Whoa......"
Although Zhou Kui couldn't see the location of the zombies clearly, but through the strong yin qi emanating from their bodies, Zhou Kui made this judgment in his heart: "The back road is intercepted, the front road is blocked, and the southeast, northwest, and northwest are surrounded by them, do you really have to explain here tonight?" ”
"Brother Zhou, zombies, zombies are coming!" The white rat spirit roared heartbreakingly, and his mental state was close to collapse.
"What to do, what should I do?"
This is the closest time in Zhou Kui's life to death, and he, who rarely experiences this kind of scene, is already overwhelmed with fright, and his legs keep trembling.
"Xiao Kui, I'll teach you this trick 'Paper Man Stand-in Technique', if you encounter evil in the future, you will use this spell to get out."
At the critical moment, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed in Zhou Kui's mind, and the words that his father had said gradually echoed in his ears at this moment.
"Lao Bai, you quickly get into my yellow cloth bag and get a piece of yellow paper out, move fast!" Zhou Kui seemed to grasp the life-saving straw, and there was a trace of confidence in his eyes.
The white rat spirit didn't say much, and quickly got into the yellow cloth bag on Zhou Kui's shoulder.
It only took a moment for the white rat spirit to run out of the yellow cloth bag, hold a neatly cut yellow paper in his mouth, and hand it to Zhou Kui.
"Well done!"
Zhou Kui took the yellow paper and began to fold the paper figure skillfully.
For him, the craft of origami is simply easy, even in the current environment where he can't see his fingers, Zhou Kui can make a paper figure in a very short time with muscle memory.
"It's done, and then it's time to draw the facial features!" Zhou Kui clutched the paper figure in his hand and said with some excitement.
The white rat spirit glanced at the paper figure made by Zhou Kui, and showed an expression of admiration on his face: "Senior Brother Zhou really has two brushes, hurry up and draw his facial features and let him move!" ”
Zhou Kui nodded, he eliminated the distracting thoughts in his mind, his heart was horizontal, he opened his mouth and bit his middle finger, gurgling blood suddenly poured out of the wound, and the zombies around smelled the smell of blood, became more excited, and roared towards Zhou Kui.
Between the lightning and flint, Zhou Kui used the middle finger of his bleeding right hand to quickly trace on the yellow paper, and in just a few seconds, a lifelike paper figure was born.
"Brother Zhou's painting skills are really amazing, admire and admire!" The white rat spirit gave Zhou Kui a thumbs up, and his mouth was amazed.
"Alright, you're done!"
Zhou Kui silently recited the incantation that urged the paper man in his mouth, and at the same time wrote his name on the paper man's body.
When the incantation was finished, Zhou Kui shouted: "Go!" ”
The paper figure in his hand was endowed with spirituality, and he saw a white light flash in the air, and the zombies around him suddenly dispersed quickly like a low tide, and they all rushed in the same direction.
"Lao Bai, the paper man has now become my stand-in, and the zombies are chasing him, take advantage of this opportunity, let's run away!" After Zhou Kui finished speaking, he immediately ran away.
The white rat shrank in Zhou Kui's arms, and kept admiring: "I really didn't follow the wrong person, Brother Zhou will cultivate hard after he goes back, and he will definitely be able to achieve a great career in the future!" ”
"Don't pat yourself on the back, I'm still just getting started, and I don't know if I can't learn spells until the Year of the Monkey." Zhou Kui said a little anxiously.
I don't know how far he ran, Zhou Kui couldn't hear the sound of zombies, and the temperature around him seemed to have returned to normal.
The white rat spirit poked out his head and exclaimed in surprise: "The concentration of yin qi here is far less strong than just now, which means that there should be no zombies around here." ”
"You're saying we're out of the Black Bamboo Forest?"
"I don't think so!"
After running wildly for almost ten minutes, Zhou Kui could finally stop and catch his breath, he sat cross-legged on the ground piled with fallen leaves, and looked around cautiously.
"It's pitch black, I can't see anything clearly!" Zhou Kui scratched his unkempt hair, and his mood seemed very impatient.
The white rat spirit ran out of Zhou Kui's arms, he stood on Zhou Kui's shoulder and looked at it carefully, and said something in his mouth: "Isn't it, we walked out of the black bamboo forest so quickly?" ”
When Zhou Kui heard this, a smile appeared on his face for the rest of his life.
"Brother Zhou, this place is already very close to Broken Dragon Mountain, so we will rest here and set off after dawn."
Zhou Kui rubbed his sleepy eyes, he had hardly rested well all day, he yawned, and said listlessly: "Okay, then listen to you." But Lao Bai, the task of sentry is handed over to you, I have to hurry up and sleep for a while to replenish my strength. ”
"Don't worry, I'm here, and I'm guaranteed a good night's sleep!"
Zhou Kui lay on the ground with his head on the pillow with his hands, and before going to sleep, he reached out and touched the little hairy head of the white rat spirit.
"Xiao Kui, Xiao Kui, Xiao Kui ......"
In his sleep, Zhou Kui vaguely heard the shouts of his parents, he subconsciously opened his eyes and shouted excitedly: "Mom and Dad, where are you?" ”
"Xiao Kui, Broken Dragon Mountain is very dangerous, go back quickly, don't go any further!"
The loving advice of his parents echoed in Zhou Kui's ears, and a gust of breeze came, Zhou Kui couldn't help but have a sour nose, and tears came out of his eyes like pearls with broken threads.
"Mom and Dad, I miss you so much!" Zhou Kui sobbed quietly.
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The next morning, when a red sun rose over the eastern horizon, the morning light broke the silence of the night, and the drowsy earth gradually awoke from its deep sleep.
"Brother Zhou, wake up, it's time for us to hit the road!" The white rat spirit lay next to Zhou Kui, constantly scratching Zhou Kui's side face with his little paws.
Zhou Kui slowly opened his heavy eyes, the strange dream last night made him still immersed in the sadness of missing his parents, and he couldn't help but feel a little lost when he saw the white rat spirit guarding his side.
"Brother Zhou, did you have a nightmare last night? I saw you crying so sadly that I almost woke you up. The white rat spirit asked with a concerned face.
Zhou Kui shook his head and said with a sad expression: "I had a strange dream, I dreamed of my parents who had been dead for many years, and they reminded me in the dream not to go to Broken Dragon Mountain and let me go back the way I came. ”
"I see, it's my parents' dream!" The rat spirit sighed to himself.
Bathed in the soft sunlight of the early morning, Zhou Kui stood up from the ground and looked into the distance, where a lonely mountain with peaks and strange rocks came into view.
"Brother Zhou, look, that's Broken Dragon Mountain!" The white rat spirit stretched out its paws and pointed to the lonely, majestic mountain not far away.
Zhou Kui looked at Broken Dragon Mountain carefully, and he suddenly said: "Broken Dragon Mountain is a lonely mountain isolated from the world, it has no connection with the surrounding mountains, no wonder it is called this name!" ”
The white rat spirit nodded approvingly: "The majestic dragon veins of the Lingyun Mountain Range were diverted to other places when they arrived near Broken Dragon Mountain, so this lonely mountain was named ''Broken Dragon'. From this name, it can be seen that the feng shui of Broken Dragon Mountain is very dangerous, and its danger level is probably still above the black bamboo forest. ”
"Wouldn't that be better? I'd love to see how dangerous it really is! Zhou Kui did not forget his parents' dreams, but his curiosity was haunted, and a strong desire to explore was ignited in his heart.
The white mouse carefully persuaded Zhou Kui, so he had to sigh helplessly: "Alas, curiosity kills the cat!" ”