"Stinky Daoist, do you hear your companion's screams, he's dying, quack...... So if you don't want your companion to die so quickly, stop you, or ...... Hmph,"

"Despicable,"

Hearing the old ghost's threatening words, I scolded angrily, and then asked loudly, "What do you want?"

"It's not fair to extinguish your fire charm, you've killed too many of our companions and your companions aren't dead, so we're going to make a fair deal,"

"Oh, fair trade, trade with you goblins,"

I scoffed and said, "Do you know what fairness means?"

"Stinky Daoist, if you don't agree, we can let your companion die now,"

"Okay, then you can tell me what a deal,"

I had no choice but to extinguish the spiritual fire talisman and stop, and the ghost trees around me immediately surrounded it, as if they were demonstrating, but I had the evil sword in my hand, they could only stand around me dryly, and did not dare to make any moves, these ghost trees, just some low-level spirits, could not cause me any harm at all, what I am most worried about now is Ah Lang,

Because I promised Erya that I would hand Ah Lang over to her intact, of course, this promise was secretly promised by me to Erya so as not to hurt Ah Lang's self-esteem.

"It's a deal, it should be said to be a gamble, and the result depends on whether you can win a good prize, quack quack......"

"Gambling, as if my luck has always been good, aren't you afraid that I will win you,"

"If you win, you can take your companions with you, and if you lose, between the two of you, you must die one, stinky Taoist, do you dare to make this bet,"

"I didn't expect that the ghosts are more calculating than us, whether you win or lose, you won't lose a single hair,"

"Hmph, stinky Taoist, you don't have any room for refutation, you can only say, accept it or not,"

"I ......"

I scratched my forehead, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly said: "I accept your gamble, but I hope you don't break your promise, otherwise I will burn the whole forest with a fire, and I will only lose one companion, and what you will lose is thousands of companions,"

"Very good, stinky Taoist, if you can find your companion in a quarter of an hour, you can take him away, but only if you are not allowed to use your fire talisman again, if you can't find it in a quarter of an hour, then you have to choose between the two of you to die, how,"

"A quarter of an hour, you clearly just played me, what a deal, what a gamble, never thought that a group of ghosts would play these worldly tricks with me, even if it was an hour I would not be able to walk this forest, if you put my companion on the other side of the forest, then I will definitely lose, so that you can kill one of us, how despicable,"

"Quack quack...... These despicable methods, aren't you born more good at playing, among your living people, there are countless ghosts and monsters who are more vicious than us, so as the old saying goes, people are more poisonous than ghosts, so, stinky Taoist, the bet you have accepted has now begun to count the hours, and every bit of time you waste is wasting your life or that of your companions,"

"Ah, you old ghost, you,"

I was shocked, and hurriedly stepped around, constantly speeding up under my feet, using all my strength, and kept shuttling back and forth, but what I could see in front of me was still an endless ghost forest.

"Stinky Taoist, two words have passed, and there is one last word, you must know that a quarter of an hour will pass, it will come quickly, you have to hurry up and find it, quack quack,"

"Fuck your uncle, don't bother me looking for someone,"

I kicked the ghost tree in a fit of rage, continued to pout my ass and rubbed it around, cold sweat continued to break out on my forehead, and my heart was even more anxious, Ah Lang, Ah Lang, where are you...... If I can't find you, then the two of us will have to die, if you die, I can't explain to Erya, if I die, then Lingzhu will have no point in recovering his memory, and my master will also be sad, alas......

"The last word, already ......"

"I found it,"

At the moment when the old ghost woman had not spoken, I turned around sharply, lifted the evil sword, jumped up, raised the sword in my hand, and a ghost behind me was split in half when it was erected, only to see two black gases slowly disperse, sure enough, it was Ah Lang, who was covered with scars, collapsed to the ground, I walked to Ah Lang in surprise and asked urgently: "Ah Lang, Ah Lang, you are fine, I will take you out of here immediately,"

"Wait,"

"Why, you old ghost woman, do you want to regret it,"

I picked up the unconscious Ah Lang and glanced left and right, but I didn't see the figure of the old ghost woman.

"We're goblins, but we're not as dishonest as you guys, and since you've won, you can take your companions with you, but tell me how you came up with this at the last minute,"

"Oh, I was originally wondering how I found Ah Lang, then let you worship, although you are ghosts who have survived for hundreds or even thousands of years, your wisdom is naturally not comparable to ordinary people, but you underestimate us human beings, so use these clumsy means to deceive yourself is almost the same, if you want a person to never find what you are looking for, naturally hiding behind him is the best way, you may never have thought that in a limited time, I would turn around and give up the opportunity to look forward, Hahaha,"

After speaking, I picked up Ah Lang and strode out of the ghost forest,

"Stinky Daoist, this time it's your luck, next time you won't have such good luck, next time we will leave all your masters and apprentices, quack quack......"

The moment I walked out of the ghost forest, the voice of the old ghost woman came again, I sneered, and went straight up the hillside,

When I returned to Erzi's house with Ah Lang, the full house had already dispersed, and it was approaching early morning, just before the sky was about to brighten.

Ezi is a ten-year-old strong young man, a blind old mother at home, seeing that Ah Lang was seriously injured, immediately found a place for him to lie down, and after a while, the master also walked in and took the pulse for Ah Lang,

"Master, how is Ah Lang?"

I asked anxiously,

"Well, I can't die yet, but I only have half a life left, those ghosts use life-destroying means, and it is already a great luck to be able to leave half a life for Ah Lang, and his physique is very weak, Erzi, when he wakes up, burn a bowl of hot soup for him and drink it, and then go out to bask in the sun, enhance the yang energy in the body, and it will recover quickly,"

The master beckoned the Erzi at the door to come in and commanded,

"Hmm,"

After the master finished speaking, he just nodded heavily, and it could be seen that his face could not hide a touch of melancholy, perhaps because he was unable to marry his new daughter-in-law last night.

"My name is Chen Xiaojiu, thank you very much for helping us,"

I smiled and introduced myself to Eko,

"It doesn't matter,"

Erzi smiled a little, and said nothing else,

"Have you ever asked someone to visit the bride's house?"

I think of the moment when I squatted in the bride last night, and I couldn't help laughing at myself,

"Someone has seen it, and they ......"

Halfway through his speech, he couldn't go on, and walked out with his head down.

"Master, what's wrong with Erzi's daughter-in-law,"

Stunned, I asked Master,

"Well, those ghosts first stopped the bride's send-off procession, and then came to send the underworld, and now the bride is yin and evil into the body, and she can't go anywhere at home, according to the customs here, three days before the wedding, the son can't go to visit, so he is so anxious, after dawn, the master will go to see, hoping to help them get married as soon as possible,"

When Master said this, he asked again, "How did you get Ah Lang back?"

I immediately told the master about the before and after of sending the underworld relatives and the bet in the ghost forest.

"It turned out to be the same kind of yellow-eyebrow old man, the ghosts and monsters are strange, they are all a nest, hmph, when Ah Lang wakes up, we will go to destroy the ghost forest, and then let the local fishermen borrow us a good boat, and then go to find Penglai Immortal Island,"

Master sighed lightly and said, "The situation of the Lingzhu girl is getting more and more serious, you must find Penglai Immortal Island as soon as possible and force the frog to treat the Lingzhu girl, otherwise the Lingzhu girl is likely to be like this forever......"

"Uh...... Isn't Lingzhu doing well this time, and her condition seems to be better now,"

I looked at Master in shock, and as soon as I heard that Lingzhu's situation had changed, I couldn't help but stand up and ask, "Where is Lingzhu now?"

"She lives in a room with Ezi's mother, you can go to see her after dawn, just now she suddenly fainted when she came back, Master took her pulse, the situation is very bad, the breath in her body seems to have begun to erode her mind, if the cultivation and memory can be restored, the mind can never be recovered, once it erodes her mind, even if she recovers the cultivation, she will become a stupid person, and the recovered memory is meaningless, alas,"

Master sighed deeply, shook his head, turned around and walked out,

"Lingzhu ......"

I sat down on the stool, staring blankly at the gradually brightening sky outside, if I can't save the spirit bamboo, then what is the point of everything I have done?

Until the sky was bright, Ezi's mother opened the door of the room, I immediately walked into the room, looking at the still sleeping Lingzhu, I couldn't help but have hot eyes, my hands trembled and took Lingzhu's hand, put it to my mouth and kissed it gently, choked up: "Lingzhu, you must hold on to Penglai Immortal Island, I will definitely find a way to cure you......"

Thinking of what Master said, I hurriedly walked out of the room and asked, "Master, Lingzhu has been sleeping like this, when will she wake up again?"

(Tianjin)