Chapter 44: The Covenant of the Year Before Last

"When this family protector had to use this town spirit talisman to destroy this 10,000-faced ghost sound monster, for some reason, he didn't completely eliminate this ghost sound, but could only seal it on the top of Ma Mountain, and these family protectors were attacked and suffered a lot of injuries because of this. At this time, they discovered that one of the Dharma protectors was impure in mind and full of greed and was bewitched by the ghost sound of ten thousand faces, and had already made an agreement with the ghost sound in private, and took the opportunity to steal the forbidden law of cultivation in the Book of Ancient Gods. ”

"What is their agreement."

"Leave the Ten Thousand Faces Ghost Sound alive, and after a thousand years, he will help the Ten Thousand Faces Ghost Sound break the seal and reappear in the world." After this patriarch finished speaking, we couldn't help but be shocked.

The patriarch looked at us with a solemn expression, and sighed in a low voice: "This protector took the "Ancient Divine Book" to practice the forbidden law, went mad, fell deeper and deeper, and even sucked all kinds of monsters and unjust souls sealed in this "Ancient Divine Book" in order to enhance his strength, so that when the rest of the protectors finally tracked him, he was no longer human, not a demon, half human and half monster, these protectors used all the power of their lives to destroy the body of this monster, but they could not completely destroy this monster, because he had cultivated to the point where he could use his soul to gather within a thousand years, Constant rebirth.

Therefore, the descendants of the family are also cursed, and every time this evil spirit gathers souls to appear, they are on the mission of sealing him. It's just that in this life, it is this evil spirit that fulfills the agreement with the Ghost Sound of Ten Thousand Faces and helps the Ghost Sound of Ten Thousand Faces reappear, if we don't stop it in time and let these two thousand-year-old monsters join forces, then the legendary curse of doom will really come, and the devastating consequences are something we can't afford. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, the original betrayer is your clan's protector." When Zhou Xuran said this coldly, the patriarch lowered his head a little ashamedly, which could be regarded as acquiescence. Ji Ran and I looked at the patriarch in surprise.

"Our clan has also been cursed and punished for his betrayal, and the descendants of our clan have been imprisoned on the top of this mountain for generations, guarding the forbidden place where the Ten Thousand Faces Ghost Sound is sealed, and we can not leave here and live a free and normal life until this Ten Thousand Faces Ghost Sound is completely destroyed. This seems to be a paradise of paradise, but in fact it is the cage and shackles that imprison us, and the fact that we are trapped here and live in isolation is actually the price we paid for our betrayal. ”

I looked at the patriarch and felt a little sympathetic, one person's fault clan and future generations to bear.

"But there is one thing I don't understand, since you don't have the ability to seal the ghost sound of the Ten Thousand Faces, then what's the use of you staying on the top of this horse mountain for generations." Ji Ran asked

"Our bloodlines can sense his breath. When the evil spirit begins to gather souls and reincarnate, we can sense the strength and weakness of the evil spirit in this life, and as long as the evil spirit comes here on the thousand-year covenant, we can sense the rhythm of the evil spirit and the ghost sound of ten thousand faces. After discovering the rhythm, we will pass on the news, and then the descendants of the rest of the family protectors will come here. From the very beginning, we noticed that the ghost sound of the Ten Thousand Faces began to have a slight rhythm, and we used to pass the message according to the previous instructions, but there has been no response, we are very anxious, but fortunately today you finally appeared. ”

"Patriarch, what did you use to distribute and transmit the message, and we can't hide that we didn't come here this time to receive the message from you, it's really accidental."

The patriarch looked at me with some confusion, and then silently recited the spell, and then we saw Zhou Xuran's dagger suddenly light up. Ji Ran and I looked at Zhou Xuran suspiciously, although we didn't speak, but our eyes were sharp, why didn't he tell us about receiving the news.

"My dagger has been a little unusual lately, and I haven't figured out what the hell is going on for a while, so I can't jump to conclusions, so I won't tell you."

"It's better to be like this." I looked at Zhou Xuran and said, although we also felt that this statement did not seem to be so convincing.

"Some time ago, we were even able to sense that the momentum of this evil spirit formed through the evil qi gathering soul was very strong, and the forbidden place that sealed the ghost sound of ten thousand faces also began to rhythm, and recently there have been more people who have gone to the top of Mount Ma one after another, and there are even people who have been confused by the ghost sound of ten thousand faces and fallen into the mountains like in the legend.

But today, the aura of the evil spirits suddenly weakened, and the forbidden land seemed to have returned to its previous peace, which made us even more uneasy, and we didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad one. As soon as the patriarch finished speaking, Ji Ran looked at me: "Could it be that a few days ago, you inadvertently opened the Book of Heaven in the ancient building of the Republic of China and seriously injured the evil spirit, so his strength has weakened a little." ”

"Book from Heaven?" The patriarch asked suspiciously.

"It is the remnants of the Ancient Divine Book that the Dharma Protectors have taken back from the evil spirits, and the Yang family clan has been passed down from generation to generation as one of the magic weapons used to eliminate evil qi and seal evil spirits." Zhou Xuran explained.

"This has come to this, now we must find a way to completely eliminate the ghost sound of the Ten Thousand Faces as soon as possible before the evil spirits come here to make an appointment." A few of us came out of the cave with a heavy heart, and when we passed through the forbidden land, Ji Ran took out the compass and wanted to sense the situation here, but the compass didn't seem unusually calm.

"When I was at the bottom of Mashan Mountain, the compass clearly sensed that something had been spinning, but at this moment it didn't react, which is really strange." Ji Ran repeated the test a few times with some uncertainty, but there was still nothing abnormal, and he muttered to himself: "Is it the calm before the storm?" ”

"Yinglin, what's wrong with you, why did your face suddenly become so pale." Zhou Xuran on the side noticed that I was a little abnormal.

"It's nothing, it's just that I suddenly had some heartache just now, but now it's much better."

"It's my house in front, I should have prepared a meal, and it should be better to take a rest in it."

When we arrived at the patriarch's house, the table was already full of food and drink.

"Where can you enjoy the beautiful scenery, and you don't take the two of us with you, people have been waiting for you here for so long, and the food is almost cold."

I heard the voice of one of the girls, and now it is not a heartache, but a little uncomfortable stomach and want to vomit.

I sat silently beside the patriarch with some interest and watched this girl's pretentiousness, and the girl even got up a little coquettishly, leaning against Zhou Xuran with a charming look in the corners of her eyes, pulling the corners of Zhou Xuran's clothes and being coquettish. It's just that this time Zhou Xuran was obviously not in a good mood, his temperament was a little cold in the past, and he pushed this girl away without a gentleman, and sat beside me with the aura that you are far away from me.

"I don't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade." I looked down and held my chopsticks and mocked.

"The people who know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade are there." Zhou Xuran replied to me, I followed his eyes, and saw that the girl turned to sit next to Ji Ran, pestering Ji Ran more and more enthusiastically, but Ji Gongzi's current situation is a little embarrassing, two people can be you and me, when there are three people, I am afraid that this left and one right, and even a little jealous, it turns out that there are times when he can't handle the love scene, it seems that some are not very good left and right, these two girls are very competitive, and they are more and more calculating, no one will give in, and even some of them seem to be turning against each other, they are really plastic sisters. Seeing Ji Ran sandwiched in the middle with an infigurable expression, I felt a little dark in my heart, I deserved that Ji Ran, a playboy, was willing to provoke them.

Obviously, this move also attracted the attention of the people around me, and I said to Zhou Xuran, who was sitting next to me: "You are hiding quickly, but it is practical to say that the person who has been pestering you since yesterday is practical enough to transfer the target so quickly." Zhou Xuran was too lazy to take care of me, just silently took a sip of tea, and said to the patriarch: "Good tea, good taste, slightly bitter in the mouth, sweet aftertaste, it is the best grade." The patriarch smiled: "We planted it ourselves in the mountains, you like to drink, I will give you some when we leave." ”

"I'm glad everyone is here, all of them are guests, there are no rare and delicious foods, they are all wild things in the mountains, don't dislike it, let's make do with it."

"These are the most fashionable, the most precious, original and healthy foods at the moment, thank you for the hospitality of the patriarch, we toast you." The doctors stood up and toasted in thanks. I looked at the pheasant on the table and some unknown wild vegetables, the method is also very original, not delicate but the taste is really good, and the freshness of the ingredients seems to be very important. I ate a little bit and it was quite to my liking.

Full of wine and food, the patriarch began to give a serious order to evict the guests, but it was clear that the effect did not work. These doctors excused themselves and said that they were drunk, and they couldn't get down the mountain with the strength of alcohol and wanted to stay overnight, and enjoy the night view by the way. Not to mention the two girls, the purpose is to pester Ji Gongzi, and if Ji Ran doesn't leave, the two of them seem to be resolute not to leave. The patriarch began to pull down his face, and his attitude was no longer friendly, but it still had no effect, and he looked at us helplessly.

I know his difficulty, they can always drive them down the mountain if they don't leave, even if they really go down the mountain, but with their feet on other people's legs, they can come up at any time. There's no other way but to watch over them with them three nights, and I just hope it's safe tonight.

When night came, our group gathered around the campfire to watch the beautiful scenery of the mountains and talk happily. At the end of the song, they dispersed, and they each went back to their tents to rest. In the end, only the three of us were left, guarding outside the tent, and it seemed extraordinarily empty and quiet in the mountains.

"Actually, it's not bad to really stay here, away from the hustle and bustle and return to calm, although a little secluded but also rare to be comfortable."

After I finished speaking, Ji Ran looked at me with an incredulous expression: "Eldest sister, what I said, sometimes I really don't understand you, I really stay here, how boring it is to live in isolation like this, I can't suffocate to death, I tell you, it's just because there are thousands of ghosts to deal with, otherwise I can't stand it if I stay here for a while, and I don't even have a little fun in life." ”

"Let's just say we're not the same kind of people, I think it's nice to be so peaceful and quiet. And if you can meet someone who can stay here for a lifetime, is it really possible to stay with you for a lifetime, for a long time, after all, there are so many temptations outside now. ”

"Miss Yang, wake up, your strange view of love is staggering, not to mention what age it is, you are really innocent, how can there be anything forever now, everyone is talking about living in the moment and having fun in time, right, President Zhou." Ji Ran looked at Zhou Xuran and wanted to get a response from him.

Zhou Xuran was staring at the starry sky with rare calm at the moment, and did not make any response, in fact, he has always been a relatively silent person.

I looked in his direction: "Are you looking at the Cowherd and Vega?" ”

"Hmm" "I didn't expect that, but I told me this story, my grandmother told me." ”

"Who doesn't know this story, but where are the two stars? There are so many stars in the sky, I can't see which two. ”

"Ji Ran, you don't have any intentions, you see those two, the brightest, one is Vega, that is the Cowherd Star, the two not very bright on the left and right of the Cowherd Star say that they are the two children he carries, and the middle row of stars is said to be the Milky Way in front of them." Ji Ran followed me and pointed in the direction: "It seems to be a little bit so." ”

"It's been a long time since I've been so quiet, but sometimes it's pretty good." Zhou Xuran simply lay on the ground and looked up at the starry sky.

Ji Ran looked at him with some incredulity and then turned to me: "I can't believe that you are a workaholic who wants to be idle." ”

"Didn't you find that Zhou Xuran has always been a quieter person, and you are the only one who is more noisy?"

"Yinglin, you two have a common language now, do you want to squeeze me? I really can't stay like this. ”

"Have you noticed that the stars in that direction seem to be a little unusual, how do I feel as if they have been rotating and moving clockwise, as if they are going to be connected in a row, will there be something abnormal in the stars?"

"What's the matter, why didn't I see it, everything moves, so the stars are originally moving, and now it's relatively static, isn't it that your eyes are dazzled after looking at it for a long time." Ji Ran said disapprerovingly.

We just lay on the ground and quietly looked at the stars in the sky, and our special beauty reflected our special insignificance. It's just that the rare silence was broken, and it was at this time that we began to hear the sound of a tent next to us, looking for directions, it was a tent where two girls lived, and one of the girls came out of it.

We sat up, and I looked at Ji Ran's somewhat mocking tone: "It should be here to find you, Ji Gongzi, you won't be alone now." ”

"That's not necessarily, maybe it's looking for him" Ji Ran looked at Zhou Xuran with his eyes: "I've been following him before, but I got closer to me at noon today, so who to look for, how do you know it's looking for me." ”

"I think you're more likely because you like to provoke people." While speaking, the girl walked up to Zhou Xuran and looked at him with a smile on her face, Ji Ran looked at me with a mean expression, meaning that I was right, Zhou Xuran didn't react at all coldly.

It's just that this girl's performance is a little strange, she stood in front of Zhou Xuran and stopped, her face was full of peach blossoms, but her eyes were a little dull looking ahead, and she didn't know who she was talking to: "I knew you liked me, how could you not like me, I am so beautiful and cute, you say, wherever you want to take me, I will go with you." ”

Zhou Xuran looked surprised and was silent.

Before we could react, she began to talk to herself with great interest, without stopping for a moment. Ji Ran looked at her: "What does this sister mean, it doesn't seem to be talking to us, how can it be like talking to the air, she didn't drink at night, it's like getting drunk, could it be to get our attention, or else it's sleepwalking." ”

At this time, another girl in the tent also walked towards us, she saw this girl standing in front of us, to be precise, Ji Ran and Zhou Xuran were so excited in front of her, she killed her with some anger.

"Speaking of fair competition, how can you start first, aren't they all divided, why rob me of my resources in advance."

"Is this a showdown for you? So realistic. I blurted out these words, this girl blushed after hearing this, a little embarrassed, presumably a little angry just now, so she didn't control her emotions on the spur of the moment.

Her anger seemed to turn to my side: "If you want to take care of it, you have a scheming, high rank, and ambiguous left and right." ”

I'm also angry, it's my business, why did the war burn on my head, and I said mercilessly: "Nonsense at night, what does it matter to me about the matter between you." The girl's temper came up, and she probably still looked at Zhou Xuran and Ji Ran with some scruples, didn't continue to argue with me, turned around and grabbed another girl and took her temper out on her: "What are you doing at night, don't sleep, go back with me and don't toss people." ”

The girl didn't respond at all, she still spoke again with high interest, as if she had entered another world.

"What the hell do you want tonight?"

The girl who was yelled at not only did not get angry and made any response, but even began to walk in other directions with high spirits.

"Where are you going, I can't seem to hear you at night, and I don't care about people, wait for me, don't make trouble, it's weird." The girl who lost her temper still cared about the friendship of her classmates after all, and followed the girl with some anxiety, trying to take her back to the tent, but she couldn't pull it with some difficulty, and she asked us for help in a little hurry: "Come and help me, take her back, tonight her whole person has become a little weird." ”

This scene caught our attention: "Something is not quite right with that girl. After Ji Ran finished speaking, our expressions became serious.

"Obviously there is nothing abnormal, no, it can't be that the ghost sound of ten thousand faces has really appeared." I looked around, the calmer I was, the more frightened I became, and my back was cold: "Don't scare me, this monster is very terrifying in legend." ”

"Ji Ran, let's hurry up and see what the situation is, whether we really went to the direction of the forbidden land, Yinglin, you hurry up and go to the patriarch, tell him the situation here, prepare in advance, and let him arrange for the people on the mountain to guard and take care of the rest of the people here, and then you and the patriarch come to meet us."