Chapter 9: The Night Watch of the Devil
"Senior, how long have you been imprisoned here?"
Although I didn't want to offend Mr. Zhong for fear of stabbing his heart, I couldn't help but ask, hoping to know more about him.
"There are no years here, if you want to compare it with the outside world, one day outside, here is a year, well, I've been here for three years...... Live in a strange world with those evil spirits every day! β
Speaking of this, Zhong Laoqi couldn't help but raise his trembling hands, and the pitted wounds on them could already explain his hardships and pains in the past three years.
"You've been living here for three years......"
I sighed deeply, and then asked in surprise: "Then you are at least a ghost fairy outside, why can't you be alone?" β
"Huh!"
When Zhong Laoqi heard this, he immediately laughed happily, and said: "If I am just an ordinary mortal, it will be fine, it is precisely because I have achieved a ghost immortal that I was imprisoned here by them, how can their Taoism far surpass mine, so ...... Alas, little one, are they going to great lengths just to deal with you?! β
"No!"
I shook my head and said, "It's not to deal with me alone, I'm not their main target, their real target should be my master, the Dragon and Tiger Daoist, but I came here first, and my master didn't come here, so this calamity fell on my head, even so, I am also very relieved, after all, my master can protect himself, and I, as an apprentice, are not in vain." β
"I didn't see it, you kid is quite filial, hehe!"
Zhong Laoqi smiled and nodded.
"That's right."
I smiled, but quickly retracted my smile and asked, "Senior, can't we find a way to get out?" You've been here for three years and haven't been able to find a way out? β
"Can't get out, the exit outside is blocked by those monsters, unless they take the initiative to let us out, otherwise we will always be trapped here, I don't believe you can try, I'll go to bed first, it's better not to leave here at night, otherwise your luck won't be so good!"
After Zhong Laoqi finished speaking, he lay on his back on the stone bed and slept, leaving me alone to sit by the fire and watch the flames flicker.
"Hoo ......"
A cold wind blew, and the fire in front of him was suddenly extinguished.
I raised my head in shock, hurriedly ran to the cave, and found that the evil qi outside was pervasive, and the yin qi was even more condensed. Old-timer! Wake up! β
"What's wrong......"
Zhong Lao Qi opened his eyes in a daze, but when he saw the sudden change of the scene outside, he waved his hand lazily and said, "As long as we don't step out of this cave, they won't find us, let's find a place to rest, there are still many things to be busy tomorrow!" β
With that, Zhong Laoqi lay down and fell asleep again.
"Uh...... Have a lot of things to do tomorrow? What are you busy with? You don't even need to eat here, just sleep and rest, what else can you do? β
I thought about it in amazement, listened to Zhong Laoqi's words, came to the air leak, and sat down to rest.
Through the air leak, I looked at the dim patch outside, but it was exactly the same as the scene during the day, indeed, there is no day and night here, and I don't know the years and months, as for why there is a day outside, and here will be a year, maybe Zhong Laoqi is a ghost and fairy, and he has his own supernatural powers to detect it.
It's not a night, and the yin qi is very heavy, more than dozens of times heavier than when I first came, and it's like a fight with the netherworld.
The yin is heavy, the air is very cold, the flames will be extinguished by it, you can see how cool it is, I can't help but sneeze, curled up in the air leak, through the water droplets, looking outside, only to see that under the dim sky, countless ghosts, shuttling over the scarlet waterfall, sometimes rushing in groups, sometimes scattered and scattered, hovering between the mountains, as if looking for something, I was horrified, it must be ...... Must be looking for me.
They want to eat me......
Soon, those ferocious ghosts gathered in large numbers towards our mountain, and at this moment, my shoulders sank, and I subconsciously screamed, and turned my head to look, but it was Zhong Lao's eyes wide beside me, and he made a silent gesture to me.
"Don't make a sound, their ears are very smart!"
Zhong Laoqi lowered his voice and admonished.
"But why are they all here?"
I asked in a low voice.
"Well, we must have left traces when we crossed the pool, but don't worry, as long as we don't mess around, they won't be able to find us!"
Zhong Laoqi said, turned to look at me in horror, and asked, "Where are your shoes?" β
"In ...... At the mouth of the cave, what's wrong? I see yours too......"
As I spoke, I looked down and found that Mr. Zhong's shoes were already on his feet, but my shoes were still on the entrance of the cave.
"Not good! They must have smelled your shoes and chased after you! β
Zhong Laoqi hurriedly rushed to the exit of the cave, but was stopped by me.
"I'll go!"
I said in a deep voice: "Seniors, juniors are reckless and cause trouble, if they find us, you find a chance to escape, I will block them!" β
"Silly boy, you're too naΓ―ve, if they find out, none of us will be able to escape, go quickly!"
Zhong Laoqi said anxiously, his face was unconsciously bloodless, and his forehead was also covered with cold sweat, I was slightly shocked, I didn't understand why Zhong Laoqi was so afraid of those ghosts, and he was afraid to such an extent.
I dodged and rushed to the mouth of the cave, but saw that the yin qi was already thick outside, looking at my shoes, I was shocked, from those hovering yin qi, there is still less than a foot away, if it is swept out by the yin qi, those ghosts will definitely find our location, reach out and take the shoes back, I dodged and hid in the dark corner, at this moment, a black shadow flew by like lightning, scared me almost scared to pee, the horror of these ghosts is really not fake, a slight wrong step, will fall into the land of no return!
Cautiously returning to the air leak, I found that Mr. Zhong was staring out, I also leaned in and asked casually, "Senior, what are you looking at?" ...... outside"
Before I finished speaking, I was already stunned, only to see that there was a black oppression outside, covering the sky and the sun, all of them were strange-looking ghosts, as if there were thousands, no, there should be tens of thousands, in short, countless......
One of them is so terrifying, and they can't deal with it at all, let alone so many, it's crazy!
"Demon Night Watch!"
Zhong Laoqi trembled, turned his head to say a word to me, and then collapsed on the stone bed, unable to move.
"Devil's Night Watch? What do you mean? Old-timers, why are there so many evil ghosts? β
I asked Mr. Zhong in astonishment.
"In ancient times, there was a saying that since there are ghosts, there will naturally be ghosts, and ghosts haunt during the day, and ghosts appear at night, especially at night, the number of ghosts is countless, alas, we can't escape......"
Zhong Laoqi said, and the old man shook his head horizontally in tears.
I could see Mr. Zhong's despair, but this was not a fate that we should fulfill, I gritted my teeth, held Mr. Zhong's hand tightly, and comforted: "Senior, we can, we can definitely go out!" β
Looking at the pitted scars on Zhong Laoqi's body again, I don't know how much flesh and skin is missing from his body, but I know that these ghosts have become Zhong Laoqi's nightmare and become his deepest attachment.
I walked quickly to the air leak and looked through the crack in the stone to look out.
It turns out that these black and oppressive monsters are the ghosts that appear at night, the so-called ghosts, are the ghosts of the mountains, their Taoist height, their evil karma is the extreme, and the ghosts are listed as the four ghosts of ancient times.
Compared with the ordinary ghosts and monsters in the world, the ghosts and ghosts have the path of cultivation, and they have existed for thousands of years, and they are very familiar with the variables of heaven and earth, so they can mess with the concentration of many cultivators.
If you can provoke a war between the ghosts and the ghosts, will you have a chance to escape from this place?
But how can ghosts and ghosts go head-to-head? This is a big problem, I frowned, I think it is unlikely, the ghost comes out at night to do evil, the ghost occupies the stream during the day, they don't have any intersection at all!
"What if I could get them to intersect?"
As soon as my eyes lit up, I hurriedly pushed the old man again...... "Senior, senior, wake up!" β
"If you make such a noise again, you really provoke them, and we're both finished!"
Mr. Zhong stood up with a huff, glared at me fiercely, walked to the air leak again, and looked at the scene outside.
"Senior, don't look at it yet, I have a very important question for you!"
I thought about it for a moment and said very cautiously.
"What's the problem?"
Zhong Laoqi raised his eyebrows, looked at me in amazement, and turned his head back, it seems that for my existence, it is dispensable, and all my problems are not a problem at all in his opinion, of course, I think it is an important problem, and it is naturally not as good as a fart in him.
"Do you know what time the day and night are?"
I froze, and then explained, "That is, the interval between the alternation of ghosts and ghosts, do you know this time?" β
"Day and night?"
Old Man Zhong frowned, slowly turned his head, looked at me in disbelief, and said, "What do you want to do?!" β
"Hey, hey! You'll know then, but tell me first, maybe that's the only way we can escape!" β
I smiled wryly.
When Mr. Zhong listened to my method, he almost frightened in place, and he stared at me for a long time without saying a word.
"What's wrong?"
"You're looking for death!"
"If you continue like this, you will really be looking for death!"
Not surprisingly, I was splashed with cold water by Mr. Zhong, I pouted and said disdainfully.
"But ......"
Zhong Laoqi hesitated again, nodded slightly, and said, "Maybe this is really a solution, but as for the result, I don't know!" β
(Tianjin)